C26 (2/2)
The old masters in the eight alleys could no longer smoke anymore. Lying in the arms of the leading card, they were all thinking about how thin the waist of the western women was, how high the breasts were, and how they looked like when other people were stealing from other men.
Of course, there were also a few corrupt scholars who were jumping around after reading the book, and all of them were desperately looking through the books written by the Saints, trying to find a way to refute Xiao Letian. Who knew if they were truly trying to protect the Saints, or were just using all their might just to get the five thousand taels of silver.
In just ten days, the Beijing was completely shaken and even the recent Tianjin was in an uproar. Along the Grand Canal and Great Qing's relay network, the divine book started to spread in all directions.
It was only now that the people finally discovered a question, ”Who exactly is this Xiao Letian? Where does he live? Why is it that not a single person in the literary system of the Great Qing knows him? ”
They only got some information from the bookseller. So this book was published by the owner of the Jin Shang's Guangde, Fan Lian. If they wanted to know who Xiao Letian was, they had to find the old shopkeeper first. However, when everyone rushed to the Guangde s to inquire, they found out that Fan Lian had already left his house with his brother a few years ago.
”Let's go, I've already found where shopkeeper Fan Lian lives, it's in the Willow Alley, I'll be going with you, let's go prepare some pointers …” The group of scholars gathered at the Guangde did not ride their horses nor sit on palanquins, and instead, they walked straight towards the Fan family.
Right now, the Great Willow Lane Fan family coincidentally had Xiao Letian as its guest.
”Cleric Louis, is everything alright? Am I big enough to give you the house? I think I can build a small church, ”he said.
”Thank you for your generosity. The Lord will bless you. However, what I am talking about today is not that, but the 'Divine Awakening' you gave me. Where did you get that information from? ” Louis stared intently at Xiao Letian.
Xiao Letian laughed, ”This question is really not easy to answer. I can only tell you that it is the Divine Awakening, you just need to know that this news is not a prank.”
The two of them were actually discussing important information, because Xiao Letian still had a fresh memory of one thing that happened in 1865, and that was Lin Ken's assassination.
If Xiao Letian's memories were not messed up, if the history of the United States had not been changed by his Transcending Butterfly, then Lin Ken would be re-elected as the United States President in November 1864. However, his plan to abolish slavery and reform had already offended too many people. On April 14, 1865, in the Ford Theatre in Washington, a madman was about to end his life.
On one hand, Xiao Letian didn't want this tragedy to repeat itself. On the other hand, it was due to his admiration and respect for Lin Ken, and on the other hand, it was because of his own practical interests. If he wanted to establish a true cooperation with a foreign power, he had to make a comeback.
The Cleric Louis could be trusted, not only because he was a Cleric, but more importantly, because he treated the little black man as an equal. He could be sure that Louis was a supporter of the Abolitionist cause. He was a warrior that belonged to the same faction as Lin Ken, so the information given to him should be trustworthy.
Louis thought for a while, ”Right now, the eastern and western parts of the United States already have a small number of teleportation channels. Adding that the teleportation across the Pacific Ocean is the fastest one, I think it is still possible to send information over at the time you said. But, Shaw... Is it really good to gamble like this? ”
Louis seemed to be really conflicted, he thought for a long time before replying, ”If this is a fake intelligence report, then Minister Hua Ruohan and I will become the laughingstock of the American political community. Honestly speaking, Minister is not a kind person. I believe he will definitely take revenge on you.
Xiao Letian laughed bitterly in his heart, thinking that Louis was not bad, to be able to inform him in advance was already enough of brotherhood. But he did not know what Xiao Letian's difficulties were like, nor did he know what kind of existence this Great Qing Dynasty was actually like. His career was not very obvious at the start, but when the power grew, Qing Dynasty would definitely not reason with Xiao Letian, and they would definitely eliminate him at the first possible moment.
”You don't understand my difficulties. The danger I face is much greater than you can imagine. In my eyes, the threat of Hua Ruohan is incomparable to the danger I face … Forget it, you should help me think it over. If this matter is true, will United States Government agree to the conditions that I hope for? ”
Xiao Letian's question made it very difficult for Louis, but just as he was frowning and thinking, suddenly, a commotion came from the direction of the door.
”We want to see the Mr. Xiao. How dare a little gatekeeper like you block me? Get out of the way …”
”Don't think that I'm lying, I just came from the Guangde. Fan Lian only has this house right now, where else can he go?”
”Mr. Xiao come out, we want to see Mr. Xiao …”
There were only three people who entered Manager Fan's courtyard, the smaller ones. With the commotion at the main entrance, the people in the study could clearly hear everything. In the beginning, these passionate scholars were just buzzing around like flies. However, not long after, there was a roar from outside like that of a tsunami.
”Update... Update... ”Update...” At that moment, they shouted out the thoughts of all the scholars in the capital.