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Chapter 653 Surrender (second update)
Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering why Xu Bingtou came to visit again at night, and asked them both by name.They looked at Ruan Fuxi for instructions.

"You guys go, maybe it's your chance." Ruan Fuxi encouraged.

So Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi stood up, and said to Xu Bingtou who had come, "We are Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi, I don't know why Master Bing is looking for us?"

"You follow me, someone from our military department is looking for you." Xu Bingtou said.

Uneasy Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi didn't say when they saw Xu Bingtou, but glanced at the Ruan family members, and followed Xu Bingtou to leave under the complicated eyes of the Ruan family members.

Xu Bingtou held a kerosene lamp in the dark night, and the light was cast on the ground through the rough glass.Although the light is not particularly bright, its brightness is several times that of ordinary lanterns and oil lamps.

Ruan Youyi saw that the glass kerosene lamp carried by Xu Bing was made of glass, shaped like a gourd with a thin waist and a big belly, and he was not afraid of being blown out by the wind, so he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Master Bing, what is inside this lamp, and why is the light so bright? Bright?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Bing looked at the kerosene lamp in his hand, "This thing is called a kerosene lamp. It was produced by the fuel research laboratory under the Academy of Sciences and the coal mine factory under the Far East Trading Company. It is made of cotton rope. Fill the wick with kerosene, light the wick, and you can get several times more than ordinary oil lamps."

"What is kerosene?" Ruan Youyi couldn't understand.

"...It's something like water. I'm not a cultural person, and I don't know much about how to produce kerosene. If you are interested, you will have a chance to learn about it later." Xu Bingtou mentioned the kerosene lamp to their Before, the kerosene at the bottom of the kerosene lamp swayed gently.

"Sure enough, it's similar to water, but it seems to be heavier than clear water when shaken."

"Your eyesight is not bad, but the kerosene is indeed a bit cloudy."

"The world is so big that there are no surprises. It is even more amazing that the Kyushu Army can invent such a thing."

Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi were amazed at the kerosene lamp.

"If this kerosene lamp surprised you, when you arrived in southern Liaoning and saw the street lamps on the main street, you would be so surprised that your jaws would drop." Xu Bingtou said.

"Street lamps?" Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi were puzzled, "Are street lamps brighter than kerosene lamps?"

"It's not only brighter than kerosene lamps, it's as bright as the sun and the moon." Xu Bingtou said that the two of them were stunned, and they were even more curious about the street lights.

Xu Bingtou led the two to the garrison camp located between the wall and the barbed wire.The camp of the Yantai Peak garrison was almost the same as the camp where the captives lived, but there were still soldiers patrolling the barbed wire, fearing that if any important person escaped from the fortress, the higher-ups would blame them.

"Master Staff Officer, I brought Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi here." Xu Bing came to the outside of a wooden house, stood outside the wooden door, and respectfully asked the people inside for instructions.

staff?Although Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi can speak Chinese, they may not be able to understand some vocabulary. In addition, Chu Yun established the military staff system a long time ago, which made it impossible for them to understand what a staff officer does.

"Let them come in alone, you wait outside." The person inside the wooden house said.

"Yes." Xu Bingtou said respectfully, and said to Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi in a low voice, "The person inside is the senior staff of our Kyushu Army. It is your good fortune. If you can seize this opportunity, you may not be able to escape."

Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi were a little nervous and uneasy.

They pushed open the wooden door and found that there was only a middle-aged man in ordinary clothes inside.

"Please sit down, both of you. I want to introduce myself to you first. I am Zhao Youguang from the Kyushu Army Staff Department. You can regard me as a military adviser, a staff member, etc. Of course, with the military leader's talent and unconstrained style Thinking, I don’t need a military adviser, I’m more like an aide.” Zhao Youguang said to Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi.

"I don't know why your lord is looking for the two of us? We are all prisoners, so I'm afraid it's not worth your lord's summoning." Ruan Youjin said coldly.

"Haha." Zhao Youguang smiled softly, "You were defeated by our Kyushu Army Southern Corps, and were sent to Liaodong by the Nanyang Fleet. It is normal to have a lot of resentment. Do you know why you were defeated?"

"It's just the difference in weapons and the strength of the country. Our Annan Kingdom is relatively safe, and the population is not as large as the Central Plains. Naturally, we can't beat a powerful Central Plains country like you." Ruan Youjin said angrily.

"That is to say, you are not weaker than Changyi, Deng Qianlong, Huang Degong, etc., but you have talents that cannot be displayed in a small place like An Nanguo? Then, do you want to command a powerful army or fleet like them? , Invincible, conquering the city?" Zhao Youguang suddenly threw an olive branch at the two of them while talking.

"You mean... you want to recruit us and let us betray the Ruan family? The Ruan family has kindness to us, so we have to repay it." Ruan Youyi stood up excitedly.

"The Ruan family has fallen and become a thing of the past. As a prisoner, you have already repaid their kindness. According to the recommendations of Deng Qianlong, Cao Bianjiao and others who fought with you, the two of you may be the two most capable military personnel in Annan Kingdom. That's why our staff department wants to recruit you. We don't even want to spend energy recruiting generals like the Zheng family. Are you really willing to stay here for ten years with your talents? You don't want to join our Kyushu Army , lead the most powerful army in the world to conquer unknown areas?" Zhang Yuan urged step by step, "And we can ignore your past and send you to the Academy of Sciences to learn the most advanced infantry, artillery, and naval tactics. Advanced natural science will make you the first-line generals to conquer the world! Think about it, not only will your name be on Annan's annals in the future, but your name will also be engraved on our China's monument in the future."

Ruan Youyi, who was originally excited, was persuaded step by step by Zhao Youguang, and he was a little shaken.Ruan Youjin, whose tone was cold, was also shaken.

Regardless of the past, and the Kyushu Army has great intentions to reuse them, and is willing to teach them the most advanced tactics and knowledge. If they master it, they can also lead troops to bully small forces like Deng Qianlong and others.

"Is your Kyushu Army short of generals? Why did you find us whose loyalty cannot be guaranteed?" Ruan Youjin said.

"The so-called suspects don't need to be suspicious, not to mention that we plan to attack Nanyang on a large scale in two years, and we really lack a group of local generals in Nanyang." Zhao Youguang stared at the two, very determined that they would eventually compromise.

(End of this chapter)