Although the big guy had left, the old-fashioned Father Chen and the butler Uncle Huang were deeply worried about certain things. Especially when they saw how Chen Li did not care about their marriage at all, their minds were filled with thoughts.
It was not that he had not tried to persuade Chen Li, but Chen Li directly denied it. However, this matter was not easy to explain. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that his relationship with the system vase was not shallow, but it really did not go in that direction.
She watched as Chen Li brought the woman out to shop for clothes and things. He also brought her to meet some students. When they returned home, they would close the door from time to time. She didn't know what the two of them were doing.
This made the two old men feel even more threatened.
No one knew who came up with the idea to send the little girl he bought a few days ago over. She said that she was going to help Chen Li pour tea and massage his shoulders and back.
Originally, Chen Li was determined not to. After all, he had too many secrets that could not be exposed. It would be a lot more inconvenient to have another person by his side.
However, the little girl who was supposed to be studying mathematics and physics in school, playing Mobile Legends and cheating her teammates with her phone, stood there without saying anything. Her hands were twisting the hem of her clothes, and her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at him.
"Alright, stay!" Chen Li finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
Looking at her frail appearance, she must have suffered a lot in the past. She really could not help much in the Chen residence. She had only eaten for less than two days. If people thought that she disliked her, they would definitely not look at her kindly.
He didn't mind being kind again. At most, he would just avoid her when he did something.
So after Young Master Chen threw all his original followers to train, he finally had another follower.
The little girl's name was Yue 'er. She did not know her surname or where her hometown was. She only remembered that she was sold when she was young and raised as a child bride for a few years before being sold again…
She said it calmly as if she was describing a very ordinary matter, but Chen Li did not feel good when he heard it…
The evil old society! Why didn't I have a child bride in my previous life? I'm still that when I transmigrated
If she thought too much, she would cry!
Since she didn't have a name, Chen Li naturally gave her one. Originally, the slaves that were bought were supposed to follow the master's surname. Chen Li didn't intend to challenge this tradition that had existed for thousands of years. Chen Yue was very unpleasant to hear, but calling her Chen Qingyue felt a little elegant.
Of course, Chen Li would never say it. He only felt that Yue 'er was thin and did not know who in the family had cut her a clear soup noodle bun…Therefore, he felt that the word 'Qing' suited her very well.
"Qing Yue!"
"Sigh! Young Master, you're up?" A crisp sound rang out.
"Let's go!"
"Where are you going?"
"On the streets!" Chen Li, who was smoking, said without looking back.
"Are you going to the hospital or the telegram office this time?”A clear voice asked.
"How did you know that I was going to these two places?" Chen Li was stunned for a moment.”
" You didn't go anywhere else these two days," Chen Qingyue said straightforwardly.
Thinking about it, it made sense. He was too careless. Even a transmigrator could not underestimate the observation skills of the ancients. Chen Li secretly reflected for a second.
Then, he dragged out his tone." I won't blame you this time, but you have to learn to not listen to what you shouldn't hear, not look at what you shouldn't see, not say what you shouldn't say, and not think about what you shouldn't think. Do you understand?”
"I know. Young Master, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again.”The decibel and pitch of her voice had become slightly lower. Anyone could hear the grievance and frustration in her voice. At this moment, she must be in a low mood.
"If you don't hurry up and follow me, I'll beat your ass. It's a stock!" Another low voice sounded from not far away.
"Coming, Young Master!" It felt like he was smiling through his tears.
"Children are so easy to coax!" Chen Li thought.
For the upcoming war of resistance, for the sake of Wanping County, for the overall situation of the war of resistance, Chen Li spent a lot of effort and made a lot of plans, although these plans were sometimes just a flash of inspiration.
Buying books and giving cannons was only a small part of Chen Li's huge plan to resist the war.
It took a long time to take effect, and it wasn't obvious. It couldn't be said that after learning the things inside, there would be a reduction in battle losses or an increase in battle results. In the short term, the visible effect was only to quickly accumulate resource points.
With the inability to communicate with the anti-alliance army in a timely manner, the people who went to Shanghai to sell books were also unable to report some useful information in an instant. This made Chen Li very dissatisfied with the communication system of his own army.
Chen Li was extremely concerned about the progress of the book sales. At the same time, he was uncertain about the judgment of the unknown outside world in this era. What Chen Li wanted was the most up-to-date information so that he could make the correct judgment.
In this era, the telegram office was a transit station for information.
Since 1871, China had established its first telegram station. Of course, this overseas telegram line was made by foreigners, and it entered the concession in Shanghai.
However, in the following years, a telegram network for military use was established one after another. Although the initial coverage was only along the railway and some important cities, and it was only used for military purposes, the effectiveness of the telegram had already been seen by some far-sighted people.
Later, part of the telegram network began to take over the business of civil communication. Telegrams, which were several times or even dozens of times more time-efficient than letters, entered and affected people's lives from the beginning.
In the last era of the late Qing Dynasty, the advancement of science and technology made it possible to put radio into practical use. The original wire telegram network slowly evolved into a wire telephone network. Some important counties and cities could enjoy the convenience of the telegram without the need to build a huge network.
Therefore, the telegram office, which was almost completely civilian, was similar to the post office in the 1980s and 1990s.
It was the so-called golden decade of Old Jiang, and the war had yet to begin. As a relatively new thing, the telegram office and the post office formed a situation where their business complemented each other.
Ordinary letters from home, letters from ordinary people, and even newspapers, magazines, books, and items were sent by traditional mail. It was cheap, but slow, and there might be losses.
Telegrams, on the other hand, were high-end. They were expensive, but time-efficient, and relatively safe. This was because the telegram office had a file for receiving and sending telegrams. Even if the sender lost the telegram, the unsigned telegram would be sent again the next day. To put it bluntly, it was just a handwritten copy, so it did not cost much.
Therefore, the circulation of important information among the people, especially those that required a high time limit, such as urgent family matters, sick relatives, or important relatives who were about to get married, naturally could not be communicated by mail that would take less than ten days to half a month (it might even take several months for overseas letters). Telegrams that were sent on the same day and arrived the next day at the latest were naturally the best choices.
However, the people who entered the telegram office the most frequently were not ordinary people, but businessmen!
The so-called business world was like a battlefield. This was not a joke in any era. The effectiveness of information sometimes determined the profit and loss of one or more transactions.
A simple example would be that everyone was harvesting garlic somewhere and was preparing to sell it in the capital to make a profit.
Now that the price of garlic in Beijing had risen several times, the first person to know this news would buy the garlic at a much higher price than usual. Because he had the confidence, he could even buy the goods from other garlic merchants because others did not know that the price of garlic in Beijing had risen.
Of course, if the price of garlic could maintain this price, this person would definitely make a lot of money. If the price of garlic in Beijing fell again, or even couldn't be sold, he could at least sell the garlic in his hands as soon as possible and reduce his losses by a lot.
This was the importance of timely information.
Therefore, there would always be a group of businessmen in the telegram office every day. They were usually people from the trading firm. Their purpose of coming was very simple. They either sent a telegram or came to ask if there were any telegrams from their trading firm.
What Chen Li did was to come to the telegram office every morning and afternoon to ask,"Do you have a telegram from Chen Yong's house in the north of the city?”
There were at least a few hundred families with the surname Chen in Wanping County, but only one of them could use Chen Yong's family in the north of the city.
There was nothing else. He owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and his business was honest. Being rich was not enough to describe his family's wealth, and good deeds such as building bridges and paving roads were everywhere.
No matter who mentioned the name Chen Yong, at least the people in Wanping County would give the thumbs up to the people from the Chen Residence. It was also very convenient. After all, whether it was black or white, others would still give him some face. Even his son, who wanted to become the head of the security team, was able to do so.
However, when it came to Chen Yong's son, Chen Li, even though he had already become the head of the Security Corps, his image did not seem to be any better.
Those who were in a good mood shook their heads and smiled. Those who were not in a good mood directly cursed the prodigal son, the silly son of the landlord, the silkpants, and the scum.
Fortunately, Chen Li had long been used to such cold gazes. Even if Chen Qingyue, as a follower, sometimes acted a little inharmonious, it was fine to tease her. Anyway, children were easy to tease. What era did not have a few nationalistic youths?
We shouldn't lower ourselves to the same level as those people. After all, we are the successors of the 21st century. We can accept different views from different angles. We can accept criticism and realize our shortcomings. We should accept all rivers!
The most important thing was that the things that his predecessor had done could not be brought up on the table-it was embarrassing!
Seeing others glaring at him but not daring to act rashly, once or twice, he felt a little uncomfortable. Street rats!
After so many times, Chen Li had already ignored them. He had nothing better to do and waved a folding fan in his hand. He liked it the most when they looked at him unhappily but could not kill him! Anyway, I have a gun in my hand. How can the head of security not bring a gun out?
However, there were some details that even Chen Li himself did not notice.
Every time he came to the county's telegram office, he would stare at the two girls who sent and received telegrams with a smile on his face.
Of course, it didn't matter if it happened once or twice. After a few times, even if they didn't find anything, their colleagues would naturally remind them kindly.
As a result, when the two telegram operators saw the famous silkpants in Wanping City, they couldn't help but look nervous and feel a chill in their hearts. Who knew what that famous bully was planning to do to them?
Chen Li did have an idea. A wireless telegram transmitter was only worth five resource points in the system. To put it bluntly, it was not much more expensive than a rifle.
However, he didn't have the talent in this area. The telegram he could exchange for was no different from the one from World War II in his previous life. To put it simply, he first used the code to send the English message, then translated it into Chinese according to the code table.
If he wanted to form his own communications team, he needed talents in this field. Otherwise, he would be completely clueless.
The two women who sent and received telegrams in the Wanping County Telegram Office were naturally talents in Chen Li's eyes. He had even inquired about their residence, time and route to and from work.
There was nothing he could do about it. There was only a month left to train his own talents. It was too short. Moreover, it would take him about the same amount of time to understand the code as he did. In short, he did not have the confidence to train his own communications personnel in a short period of time.
After all, there was no Hanyu Pinyin in this era, and it was still difficult to integrate Hanyu Pinyin into the telegram system. Many words were stressed and homophonic, which was a difficult problem.
As long as there were a few 'technicians' who could use the telegram method of this era to send and receive telegrams, Chen Li felt that his plan would be much smoother.
Secret? There was no need at all. The Japanese could translate it however they wanted.
In the future, Chen Li could use words to confess even if it was just a number. Coupled with those common jokes, encryption was not a problem at all for him.
In other words, as long as he kidnapped the two girls who sent and received telegrams from the telegram office, he could build the foundation of his communication network, no matter if he talked to them about national justice or held their heads at gunpoint.
Then, he would force them to bring in disciples with guns. Bring one disciple, give them some money, bring another disciple, give them more money, and they would have children and grandchildren, okay? If it continued to develop, there would be endless possibilities!
Of course, now was not the ideal time to make a move. The most ideal thing was to arrest them directly on the day of the July 7 Incident. As for the others in the telegram office, they were useless in Chen Li's eyes and were directly ignored.
A talent for repairing telegraphs? No need at all! It's not expensive to buy a new one!
Telegram delivery? There was no need for that. The army had already prepared a signal soldier!
There was no need to even think about sweeping the floor and cooking. There were plenty of people in the army who knew how to cook. They could cook without training. Now, wouldn't any squad in the security corps be secretly happy when they transferred to cooking? You can secretly eat at the stove when cooking, and you don't have to train. This is a wonderful job.
There was no need for management personnel. It was all military control. If you didn't agree, I would shoot you a few times to scare you. If you didn't scare me, I would just beat you to death. There was no difference between one or two of them! The Japanese had already fought to this extent, yet they were still playing tricks on their own people. If they didn't fight you, who would they fight?
After thinking through this, Chen Li felt that he would soon be able to establish a communication foundation. Then, he would no longer be restricted by a bloated organization like the telegram office. Everything would only serve the military.
As long as he could communicate with his internal troops without any obstacles, Chen Li felt that he had succeeded more than half of the time. One had to know that his current orders were still in the state of communication by shouting.
Of course, Chen Li also had a dirty plan. If he found out that the main force of the 29th division had retreated in advance, he would immediately take over the city defense. At the same time, he would send a call for support from the central government. He wanted to see if Song Zheyuan would dare to risk the world to send people to sign the truce agreement with the Japanese. At the same time, he wanted to see if Old Jiang would dare not give him support.
In his previous life, after reading so much about modern history, Chen Li discovered a very crucial point, and that was electricity.
In other words, the entire history of the Republic of China could be interpreted as the history of electricity.
Perhaps the meaning of using electricity was not easy to understand. To put it bluntly, it was to send a telegram in plain text. In other words, the contents of the telegram would be known to everyone, the entire country!
After all, many telegrams in this era were still used for military purposes. Even if they were used for civilian purposes, they were still confidential. At the very least, there was a password, not to mention that it was not easy to decipher.
There were many cases of cracking other people's telepathic messages, but most of them were only used for intelligence analysis and were generally not disclosed. I overheard your family eating pork trotters tonight, but I definitely won't tell anyone. It's boring. I just need to digest it.
Another example was Li Hongzhang. During the negotiation of the Xin Chou treaty, the telegrams between the country and the diplomatic corps were intercepted by the Wei Nation and deciphered. They knew the bottom line of the Manchu negotiations…Everyone knew what happened next.
Electricity, on the other hand, was a message without a password, which was something that everyone could talk about on the surface.
It was as if someone was cursing and swearing on the street. No one had any psychological barriers when talking about such a thing. After all, you had already said it yourself. It was not me revealing your family's dirty laundry or eavesdropping. You said it yourself.
At the same time, in that era, speech was relatively free. Most of the communicators were not under Old Jiang's control, so how could they not be free?
So, today, this person was unhappy with the ruling party. He sent a message saying,"What bad things did he do? Which faction wants to be independent?" He sent a message saying,"Boss did bad things. I don't want to hang out with him anymore."
The next day, this faction wanted to fight with another faction, and they sent a message saying," I'm ugly but I'm gentle." No, it was someone who bullied me. I was wronged and I wanted to resist, so all of you came to beat him up with me.
Later on, when the factory was in arrears with wages, the union wanted to provide electricity. There was a reason for us to go on strike, and we were treated unfairly.
Teachers can't get paid, and they need electricity. I want to tell the people of the country that I teach and earn money. It's unjust not to pay my salary. Everyone must pity me!
However, it was undeniable that electricity was indeed effective. It was much more powerful than the curse posts in the future, or the public accounts in the circle of friends that played the emotional card. This was because those who had the ability to send electricity were usually big shots.
As soon as the teacher's call came out, even Song Ziwen, who had been rich from the national disaster, had to spit out a mouthful of blood. He had to pay for them first and stop them from talking.
The three eastern provinces were occupied, and electricity was being supplied everywhere. Even the high position of the chairman had to temporarily retreat and avoid the limelight.
This was where Chen Li's confidence came from. It was also the reason why he could not forget the two girls in the telegram office. They were his magic weapon.
As long as they could send out a signal at the most suitable time and delay it for another day or two, the central government would definitely send troops over impatiently. Resisting the invasion was a national cause, and the central government would definitely not be able to avoid it.
Moreover, this was also a good thing for Old Jiang. Beijing and Tianjin, which were originally inconvenient to interfere in, finally had a good excuse…
When the central government's reinforcements arrived, Old Jiang would definitely not watch him die, unless he was out of his mind.
However, Chen Li was also very clear that if he really did this, Song Zheyuan would definitely want to chop him into minced meat and even send assassins to kill him.
Therefore, he felt that he should not use this move unless he had no other choice. However, at least he had a foundation to protect himself.
This was the only way to deal with thousands or even tens of thousands of Japanese with just a hundred people. Otherwise, even with the advantage of weapons and geographical advantage, they would not be able to hold on for long under the Japanese's persistence.
Song Zheyuan was also a sensible person. That was why he chose to negotiate, even though he had nearly 100,000 soldiers.
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