Ren Lingyu put his hands behind his back, turned his head slightly, and calmly talked about this old friend Yang Licheng had "encountered by chance".
He was of medium height, and his face was completely covered by coal dust and mud. He could only barely make out his outline. Ren Lingyu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. Through such a layer of mud, he could still clearly see the person's true face. , this Yang Licheng can indeed be said to have a burning gaze
"Mingcheng, why are you here?" Yang Licheng pulled the visitor's dirty sleeves, and his usually calm and almost dull face was rarely filled with excitement.
"And" Yang Licheng glanced at the coal unloaders surrounding the two of them, and then asked, "How did you become such a coal unloader?"
"It's hard to explain." The coal unloader whom he called "Mingcheng" gently raised his other hand, calmly pulled Yang Licheng's hand from his arm, and then asked: "Shou Zheng" , how did you end up here?¡±
"It's hard to say, come on." Yang Licheng grabbed the man's hand again, half pulling and half dragging him in front of Ren Lingyu. He immediately stood next to Ren Lingyu and said to the visitor with great enthusiasm: "Mingcheng, let me introduce to you. This is the deputy committee member appointed by the emperor to prepare for the ship review. Mr. Ren Lingyu, Mr. Ren is also from our Tianjin The new president of the Naval Academy is still from the old middle hall"
"Shou Zheng." Ren Lingyu spoke softly and interrupted Yang Licheng naturally. He immediately turned to the visitor, smiled slightly and cupped his hands and said: "Ren Lingyu, whose courtesy name is Zhiming, is currently the president of the Tianjin Naval Academy. I don't know who this person is. What do you call a brother?"
While Ren Lingyu introduced himself, he looked at the person coming for a moment. At this moment, the two of them were closer, but they still couldn't see clearly his true face under the mud, but he could see that the person's cheeks were extremely thin. Thinking about it, life must be quite hard on weekdays.
"Liao Feng. Mingcheng, a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province" The man seemed to hesitate for a moment before continuing: "An overseas traveler, a commoner."
"Oh?" Ren Lingyu raised his eyebrows slightly. With these short answers, he already had a deeper impression of the visitor - from the tone of his voice, Liao Feng should be a young man of his age. . But even after knowing his identity. His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and his responses were decent. However, his words always seemed to have a hint of loneliness, faintly revealing a kind of desolation that was not commensurate with his age.
"Mingcheng, what you said is a little unclear and dishonest!" Yang Licheng frowned and said to Liao Feng. He then turned to Ren Lingyu: "Teacher, Mingcheng was originally from Beiyang"
"Stay upright!" Liao Feng shouted loudly. There was already a hint of anger in his frowning eyes. "A good man never mentions his bravery! It happened in the past. Just don't mention it again. Okay?"
"Mingcheng". Yang Licheng stomped his feet slightly. Ping Di's face was instantly filled with anger and anger. It seems that he has thrown away all his usual calmness and self-possession: "You are not to blame for that matter. Why do you have to take everything on yourself?"
"Are you taking care of things?" Liao Feng smiled quietly. The smile was full of helplessness and heaviness. There is also a hint of sadness that cannot be concealed.
"Be upright. Look at me now" Liao Feng opened his arms and let Yang Licheng take a look. He continued: "Do you still have the capital to stand up and take care of things? Now I can ask for three meals a day. I am already satisfied."
"Mingcheng!" Yang Licheng was full of unspoken words but was blocked by Liao Feng. He actually held it all back. He looked at Liao Feng with a red face. For a moment I didn¡¯t know what to say!
"My lord, be honest." Liao Feng glanced behind the two of them. At the same time, he said: "Look at your appearance. Are you going to the dock Master Yan?". He suddenly looked behind Ren Lingyu in surprise.
Ren Lingyu turned around in surprise, only to see that Yan Fu, Zhang Jingxing and others had gotten off their respective carriages at some point and were already behind him.
Hearing the visitor's greeting, Yan Fu did not answer immediately. Instead, he walked to Ren Lingyu's side with a solemn expression and stopped face to face with the visitor.
"Liao Mingcheng?" He looked at the person who came down and asked slightly hesitantly.
Liao Feng seemed to be at a loss for a moment. He murmured for a moment before replying: "Master Yan, it's Mingcheng."
"It's really you" After hearing the voice of the visitor clearly, Yan Fu seemed a little relieved, but then he frowned again, "It has been two years since we left Tianjin, and I have been very worried about you But how did you end up here? And why did you become a coal unloader?"
Liao Feng immediately lowered his head. His feet were paddling on the ground almost unconsciously, as if he was considering an important decision.
"Replying to Mr. Yan" After a long time, he spoke loudly, "After the student failed to choose to study in Germany two years ago, he has been quite unwilling. Later, he asked Schmidt The teacher asked for a letter of recommendation and asked him to raise funds to study in Germany" He swallowed slightly embarrassed, and then continued: "I don't want to take a boat to Port Said and the students have exhausted all their expenses, so I have no choice but to¡ I have no choice but to¡¡±
The expression on Ren Lingyu¡¯s face remained unchanged, but his eyes suddenly became profound¡ªtwo years ago? Studying in Germany? Smith teaches?
Beiyang Armed Forces Academy
"So I have no choice but to stay in this foreign country and make a living by working hard every day. When one day I can't work anymore, I will die in a foreign country and become a lonely ghost who will never return home, right?" Yan Fu's eyebrows The time has wrinkled into the word "Chuan", and the words are as sharp as a knife!
Ren Lingyu turned his head and looked at Yan Fu in surprise - since he and Yan Fu met, except for the student strike at the Naval Academy, the general manager had almost never spoken so harshly to anyone
And Yan Fu turned to him at this time, "Master Ren!" He used his official title to Ren Lingyu with a very rare and solemn look, "How about taking a step to speak?" He raised his hand and said to Ren Lingyu.
Seeing Ren Lingyu nodded almost without any hesitation, Yan Fujiang let out a sigh of relief. He stretched out his hand: "Please!" and then led Ren Lingyu towards the corner.
"This man's name is Liao Feng, whose courtesy name is Mingcheng. He is from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. He was originally a student at the Beiyang Military Academy." Yan Fu first looked back at Liao Feng, Yang Licheng and others in the distance to confirm that the conversation between him and Ren Lingyu was indeed true. After they couldn't hear him, he spoke.
"Well, I just heard that Liao Mingcheng mentioned studying in Germany, and I already guessed it." Seeing Yan Fu being so straight to the point, Ren Lingyu became rarely open and honest.
He looked at Yan Fu who was looking at him blankly, and asked: "Then how could he leave the Military Academy?"
Yan Fu did not answer immediately. After a while, he nodded and said, "I have long heard that Zhi Ming has a reputation for being knowledgeable about world affairs. Only today did I know that his reputation is indeed well-deserved!"
Ren Lingyu didn't answer, just waved his hand to Yan Fu and smiled awkwardly.
And Yan Fu didn't mention this again: "It's really hard to say anything about Liao Mingcheng's departure from the Military Academy!" He turned back and glanced at the former Beiyang Military Academy student who looked embarrassed, and then continued: " When Liao Mingcheng was in the Armed Forces Academy, he had almost no success in any subject such as history, astronomy, geography, geography, surveying, arithmetic, chemistry, tactics, weapons, drill formations, gunnery skills, fortification engineering, etc. They are not superior. Therefore, when Master Zhongtang selected students from the Armed Forces Academy to go to Germany to study the Army two years ago, he was the first one on the list reported by the academy"
"But just before the list was announced, he went out of the camp during the weekend break and caused a big disaster!" Regarding Liao Feng's "big disaster", Yan Fu didn't seem to want to mention more, just vaguely. But then, "As a result, not to mention that the opportunity to study abroad is gone, and he can't even stay in the Military Academy. I only heard that he dropped out of the Military Academy and has not been heard from since then"
"But I really didn't expect that he actually wanted to go to Germany to study" Yan Fu shook his head, no longer feeling sad.
Ren Lingyu stopped answering and just looked at him quietly until Yan Fu could no longer bear it and looked back at him - "Zhiming" he said tentatively.
"No need to say more." Ren Lingyu raised his hand and looked at the waterproof watch on his wrist. "Our ship leaves at 10 o'clock, which is still two hours away. This guy" He glanced into the distance. Liao Feng continued: "As soon as I heard what he said, I knew he was a stubborn donkey. Whether you can convince him to get on our ship depends on your own ability, Brother Dao!"
"Zhi Ming?" Yan Fu looked at Ren Lingyu in surprise, with mixed emotions on his face - after seeing Liao Feng's dejected look, he had indeed made a reservation for Ren Lingyu to take Liao Feng with him. I just didn¡¯t expect Ren Lingyu to be so considerate
"When I participated in the Beiyang Grand Parade with my teacher, I heard about something" Ren Lingyu showed a warm smile on his lips, as if he remembered something from the past, "That year, Deng Zhengqing went to England to pick up the four ships, Jing and others, back to China. When passing through Gibraltar, he took eight Chinese workers stranded there back home, risking military disciplinary action."
He looked at Yan Fu and said, "I don't have to worry about military law on this trip, and I'm helping students from my Beiyang Military Academy, so I don't have to worry too much. It's just beyond my control whether I can persuade him. "
Yan Fu didn¡¯t say anything anymore, he just cupped his fists towards Ren Lingyu.He saluted, then turned around and strode towards Liao Feng.
"Yang Shouzheng, you stay with Mr. Yan, Huang Bo, watch Mr. Yan's carriage, and then meet us at the dock when Mr. Yan is leaving." Ren Lingyu also walked towards his carriage. While continuing to shout: "Zhang Jiming, stop being Master Yan's carriage, get in my carriage and go with me."