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The strong wind roared, the cold wind blowing from the north invaded people's bones, snow was floating in the air, and the snowflakes hit the land, the ocean, everything between the world, and at this time, they were completely shrouded by the cold wind of Siberia.4∴8065

Lianyungang Haitou Bay has formed the shipbuilding industry of Lianyungang. There are more than 20 ship docks and ship platforms of different sizes scattered along the coast of Haitou Bay nearly 3 kilometers. The former strait was filled with flat ground and filled with the shipbuilding base of Lianyungang. A seawall in Yingyou Strait extended several kilometers to the sea, that is, Haitou Bay Seawall. Haitou Bay Seawall is not connected to the island, but leaves a 100-meter-wide estuary. After the completion of this seawall, with the help of the erosion from the sea outlet, Yingyou Strait was deepened by more than one meter.

After the Haitou Bay Seawall is built, there will always be a place where young men and women see the sea. They will stop near the lighthouse, look at the sea and hold their lover's hands lightly, and then make a promise of life affectionately. However, in this severe winter, no one will come here to enjoy the sea or see the scenery.

However, today, on the seawall of Haitou Bay, which is dozens of meters wide, a man and a woman walked along the seawall. People with discerning eyes can guess a little bit at a glance about the behavior and relationship between the men and women, but there are no people here.

The woman was wearing a Scottish tweed coat and a rolled-edged women's hat on her head. The man beside her was very tall, nearly one head taller than the woman. She was wearing a dark gray coat and a top hat of the same color on her head. Judging from the clothing alone, the income of these two people should be pretty good. At least not everyone can afford this kind of tweed winter clothing.

Finally, the two of them walked to the end of the seawall. They stood under the lighthouse, and then looked towards the sea regardless of the cold wind. They looked like a mythological shadow from a distance.

"This is my second time here. When I came here last time, it was still a construction site."

“I just came once when it was finished.”

"I thought you would take the opportunity to hold my arm openly and stay here for a while."

For Zhao Qi, who grew up abroad since childhood, her personality has been influenced by some foreign cultures, so she is more proactive and bolder than many girls in China.

“…”

Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel hoarse. He didn't expect Zhao Qi to be so proactive. Well, that's right, it's just proactive.

Li Zicheng does have a good impression of this girl, or feels moved by her. In the past few months, she always remembers the scene of her holding her hand in the studio and giving encouragement. Her slender hands are always missed. In the past few months, when she occasionally thinks about her, she always wonders if she should ask her out, but unexpectedly, she met her unexpectedly at home today. Without waiting for her to speak, she took the initiative to open a meal and ask herself to enjoy the snow.

"Just make a joke with you, it scares you."

Zhao Qi's face showed an imminent smile, but Li Zicheng's surprise only made her feel disappointed in her heart. She didn't know why she took the initiative to ask him, and she couldn't understand why the shadow of this man was left in her mind. It seemed that for her, from the moment she held his hand in the studio that day, the shadow of this man was imprinted in her heart.

It was from that day that the shadow of this man kept popping up in her mind, but until today, he took the initiative to make an appointment with him as if he was obsessed with the reason to find his elder brother.

“It’s so cold here.”

As he rubbed his hands, Zhao Qi, whose face was red with a cold face, said lightly, but then said quickly.

"But it's very clear."

Her words made Li Zicheng look helpless and coldly glance at Lu. It seemed that this was his last look at Lu and he would never come back. But in reality, it was just because he wanted to see if his bodyguards could keep a distance from him. txt e-book download**

"I heard from my brother that after the Spring Festival, you may leave Lianyungang and go to the capital."

This news was only spread among a very small number of people, and Zhao Pingpu naturally knew about it.

"Well, maybe, I might stay there, or I might come back once."

When he went to the capital and thought of what he would face after going to the capital, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel a little excited. Any man longed for power, even Li Zicheng was no exception. A real man was in power and ruled the world. Whenever he thought about what he might get, Li Zicheng would always find it difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart. Now when there are no outsiders, the expectations in his eyes are completely unconcealed.

Suddenly, Zhao Qi stared at Li Zicheng with her eyes, and finally found the demeanor she least wanted to see on his face.

"Then...then congratulations."

Zhao Qi's voice was a little disappointed. She knew clearly that the distance between her and him was too far away. It was as far away as the difference between heaven and earth. Now he was going toward a higher place, which only aggravated the loss in her heart. While she was losing, she showed the desire for power on his face and gave birth to an inexplicable feeling. She felt that he had changed.

"What's the point of congratulations? It's just a transition from one battlefield to another."

This sentence has nothing against your will. In Li Zicheng's opinion, going to the capital is undoubtedly going to a battlefield. What you will face on that battlefield is not yet clear. What you have now is just a desire for power and the future.

"battlefield……"

Zhao Qi acted seriously, and then she said:

"If you really go to Beijing, I hope, I hope..."

She looked at him while walking, and her words seemed squeaky and squeaky, and then Zhao Qi turned her head aside inexplicably. Every time she became serious, she would pose in this position. Suddenly she turned around and looked at the man in front of her. She knew that probably, this meant that she and his life would no longer have any interaction, and that he would become a big man who would remember, and what about herself? But just an announcer, what else do you think? Why do you still have to worry about yourself? She stretched out her hand and quietly held Li Zicheng's hand, while Li Zicheng shook her glove-wearing hand in surprise and smiled quietly.

"I'm glad you've become a politician after all!"

politician!

When Zhao Qi said this, Li Zicheng was unforgettable for a long time. What was unforgettable was not the expected thing on the face, but the unexpected impression. In their era, the most respected woman's face was quiet, soft and shy. The face obviously did not meet the aesthetic standards of this era, but from her own perspective, she was so beautiful. No matter what era, no matter what aesthetic standards were used to measure, this was an extremely beautiful face, even a bit exquisite and excessive.

But this is an unforgettable face, not because of her beauty, but because it is a sad and sad face one by one. The sorrow revealed on this face is just like the spring water flowing out of the woods, pure, natural and difficult to block. There is no pretentiousness, no falsehood, no hysteria, no mask of deception, and most importantly, this is a natural expression.

As for those innocent eyes of clear spring, Li Zicheng felt that those eyes had the power to penetrate everything. Of course, this did not refer to the gaze itself, but to its effect. At that moment, he felt that he was seen through by the other party at a glance and deserved to be pierced and destroyed.

Become a politician myself!

The woman's evaluation made Li Zicheng's expression change. Has he actually fallen to this level? Just a politician?

Is this what I want? No!

Obviously not!

At this time, Zhao Qi was silent. She looked back for only two or three seconds at best, then turned around and stared at the sea. She looked at the sea and stopped saying anything. After all, after the two were silent for a few minutes.

She turned around again and smiled slightly at Li Zicheng.

"Thank you, thank you for taking the time with me today. Okay, let's go! You still have a lot of things!"

When Zhao Qi finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the land, Li Zicheng looked at her back and opened her mouth to speak.

"No, I'm not a politician! I'm not, I'll be..."

But he couldn't say it. To be precise, Li Zicheng realized that he was probably not much nobler than Zhao Qi's metaphor. In any case, he was just the most vulgar person who longed for power. No matter how noble his reasons were, how hypocritical he said, but in front of those eyes and those pure sight, he had nothing to defend himself.

A noble reason cannot cover up what he thinks in his heart, but he can only let himself despise himself for his character. With a wry smile, Li Zicheng looked at Zhao Qi's background. At this moment, Li Zicheng understood some things, probably many things, but for him, it was just a luxury.

At least the ordinary love of ordinary people is just a luxury for themselves. Since it is, why do you still pursue it? Why do you still need to...

The two walked silently towards the direction of the land. At this time, no one would say anything more, just walked quietly, as if from now on, the sky and the earth would no longer have any intersection.

When it was still a hundred meters away from the bus platform, Zhao Qi turned around and waved at Li Zicheng, then said with a smile.

"goodbye!"

goodbye……

Li Zicheng sighed in his heart silently, and looked at the girl's back. He understood that now is probably the time to say goodbye to many extravagant expectations. People always need to learn to give up, and this is always the case on the road of life.

After lunch, in the rest room of the office room, Li Zicheng looked at his face blankly in front of the mirror. At this time, his thoughts and souls were chaotic and difficult to sort out. He felt that there was endless magical things in his head, and he felt a sense of frustration in his heart. This mood had nothing to do with what happened on the sea wall. What really bothered him was what he was about to face:

Going to the capital is your own strategy, and in this process, I will have to face the challenge of how to gain power from Yuan Shikai. When I go to the capital, no matter whether I take any position, I cannot and will not be Yuan Shikai's seal tool. Yuan Shikai has his pursuit and has his own ideals. Perhaps in more than a year, Yuan Shikai will die. However, before that, I must establish enough authority. Only in this way can I use the authority accumulated by the previous power of the fox and tiger in the post-Yuan Shikai era to establish my authority, so as to ensure that the country will follow the normal path.

In this process, I have to survive a long, struggled road, which is an unprecedented challenge for me.

Moreover, I have to face one problem, that is, I am just twenty-four years old now. In the eyes of many people, I am just a young man. If I were in that high position, could I convince those traitorous politicians?

Of course not!

Therefore, I have to complete some things. Only in this way can those people understand that they are probably young, but they must not underestimate themselves. They must establish authority through a series of events. Moreover, in this process, they cannot do without Yuan Shikai's support. This means that there is a power struggle between me and Yuan Shikai, and there must be cooperation. This means that on many issues, I have to make compromises, otherwise it will be difficult for Yuan Shikai to support me, but Yuan Shikai...

Thinking of Yuan Shikai having to give him a profession as an explanation to the people, but on the other hand, was he willing to delegate power to himself? He was obviously unwilling to accept it. Perhaps in Yuan Shikai's view, his threats to him are far more than others, and this means that Yuan Shikai will not give him a knife from behind, which is already true, and can he still refer to his support?

But even enemies who compare life and death may cooperate for the sake of common threats. What about yourself and Yuan Shikai? It does not mean that there is no possibility of cooperation!

With his eyebrows relaxed, Li Zicheng was constantly looking for various foundations for cooperation with Yuan Shikai in his heart. To be precise, it was to find a point of fit for interests. Only after finding this point of fit can the two cooperate. Only in this way can they gain Yuan Shikai's support and establish their own authority.

But where is the point of fit for profit?

Suddenly, his frowning suddenly loosened, and Yuan Shikai's performance in this Sino-Japanese conflict emerged in Li Zicheng's mind. In any case, Yuan Shikai is the president of China. This means that he must keep his position on some issues. This means that if he pursues foreign affairs and seeks the preservation of national interests, Yuan Shikai can only choose to cooperate with himself and support himself for his reputation or for the interests of the country!

In this process, I can gain support from the people, especially the capital community, through the process of promoting industry through "fighting for sovereignty outside and promoting industry inside". By regaining national sovereignty, I gain support from young people and ordinary people, which will eventually become my own political capital, thereby suppressing those traitorous politicians and letting them drive themselves.

But how did the foundation for his cooperation with Yuan Shikai be built?

Hand over military power!

This idea just flashed through Li Zicheng's mind. If the biggest revelation of this "Jiaoao Incident" on Yuan Shikai was probably that the army was owned by the commander. In the past, the reason why Yuan Shikai wanted to turn the army into Yuan Shikai was because he was a minister of the Qing Dynasty, but now it is different. Yuan Shikai was the president of China, so he naturally could not tolerate the army being owned by the commander. This conflict, not to mention the provinces, or the Beiyang generals he regarded as his confidant, were all selfish. How could this not arouse his vigilance?

It is precisely because of this that he used the Huai River loan to train the "New Army" and established an army under the central government, which was actually under his control. In this process, whether it was the Beiyang generals or the provincial army, it would be his confidant. According to the information from the capital, Yuan Shikai was preparing to use the old army and provincial army to transfer to Europe to the European warriors, so as to achieve control of these armies through unified supplements. In China, he used the new division to achieve control of the country's main forces. As expected, Yuan Shikai would definitely plan post-war disarmament, and by then, Yuan Shikai would have an army belonging to the "central".

But the problem is that Yuan Shikai didn't know at all, he had no time at all... A smile appeared on his face. Li Zicheng found the foundation for his cooperation with Yuan Shikai. He hoped to have the "CSKA", so he would assist him and support him, and even be able to use the experience of later generations to build a nationalized army in China today. I think Yuan Shikai would definitely be willing and would be happy to see it happen, and this can be a stepping stone.

Send troops to participate in the European war!

Well, this can probably become a bargaining chip, a bargaining chip used to bargain with the great powers of Britain and France, sending troops to Europe is what the French need, and it is also what Yuan Shikai needs. For himself, it was just a formality, but now it can turn it into a bargaining chip. Internally, support for Yuan Shikai can be exchanged for his cooperation on some issues, externally, and can use it to regain some rights and interests and even revise the New Testament.

As for Yuan Shikai who wanted to change the formation of the army by participating in the war, so that he could control the army without bloodshed, he did not expect that he would not have that time at all. In other words, everything he did was just to make a wedding dress for himself. For the outside world, what the outside world saw was his own "selflessness" and only saw his own "state affairs first".

All this is just the beginning of my cooperation with Yuan Shikai. After this step, more problems will await myself, but some things must have a beginning!

"It's really a new battlefield!"

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