African Nationhood

Chapter 299 Guo Songtao’s Rebirth
  On January 1892, 1, it was New Year’s Eve again.

All parts of Nanhua Company are on holiday, and it is also the busiest day for the Anhai Town Guest House.

After arriving in Southwest Africa, Guo Songtao has been using his spare energy to train local officials for Nanhua Company and teach civil servants how to govern.

His students are spread across all levels of Nanhua Company, so he can be said to be "all over the world".

From New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, students would come over every day to pay him New Year greetings and send New Year's goods.

Mrs. Liang has lived a very comfortable life these years because the wife of the family passed away two years ago.

And she has always been with her master. Although she has not been explicitly established as the right one, she is closest to her master and has been the longest.

In recent years, many members of her family have come to Southwest Africa, and relying on Guo Songtao's connections, they have also found a living here.

However, Liang's biggest job is to help Nanhua Company immigrate. When the immigrants from Hunan brought by Liang arrived here, they all exclaimed that they had made money.

Not only did they have enough to eat, but they also had land to grow. They were grateful to Mr. Shi and did not forget Mr. Liang's kindness in guiding them.

The Liang clan has made a lot of money for the immigrants of Nanhua Company, and now there is no shortage of land and livestock.

They also invested in various places in Southwest Africa and built rice processing plants.

As soon as the clumsy steam engine was turned on, white flour and white rice came out. This kind of business was so easy to do.

The only inconvenience is that the Liang clan cannot gather in one place and must be scattered around.

After hearing this, Guo Songtao agreed with Nanhua Company's approach.

He did not forget to advise the Liang clan to keep to themselves, otherwise they would be in danger of annihilation.

The Liang clan naturally abided by Guo Songtao's instructions.

They know that with the blessing of a huge industry, family prosperity is just around the corner.

Spreading around can also strengthen the family, which can also enhance the family heritage.

The Liang family has developed greatly in Southwest Africa. Guo Songtao saw it, but he never thought about moving the family here because he still had extravagant hopes for the Qing court.

It's just that the Qing court's view of him has not changed. He corresponded with his friend Li Hongzhang many times, and the reply he received was that he should wait patiently...

He was carefree and comfortable in Southwest Africa, but in the Qing Dynasty he was still an official public enemy and was reviled by everyone.

The children of his Guo clan could not enter the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty at all. They had to stay in their hometown and farm, or find other ways.

For example, his third son Guo Zhuoying was a well-known libertine who traveled with prostitutes all day long and was wild and uninhibited.

However, he is also somewhat talented and has done a lot of research on Chu Ci.

There were many correspondences between father and son, and there were also complaints in his son's words, which made Guo Songtao's mood fluctuate.

……

Over time, he could not help but feel resentful.

Anger was stagnating in his chest. He had been feeling a little stuffy in his chest and his head was a little dizzy.

He went to the hospital for a checkup and said it was caused by his age, and told him to relax and not eat too much spicy and greasy food.

Mr. Liang always kept the doctor's advice in mind, but the food in Hunan was heavy in oil and spicy, so Guo Songtao was not happy during this period.

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There was a knock on the door, and Mrs. Liang quickly went over and opened the door. Outside the door were the students who came to pay New Year's greetings.

Mrs. Liang welcomed the guest in with a smile.

As a teacher, Guo Songtao also upholds the dignity of a teacher and is very dignified towards the students who come to pay New Year greetings.

The students who paid New Year greetings said a few polite words and then left.

Ms. Liang sent the guests out with a smile, then turned back to check the new year's goods brought by the students.

While watching, he evaluated the status of the students who came, and then happily put away the New Year's goods, waiting for the next wave of guests to come.

After receiving three waves of New Year greeting guests in this way, Guo Songtao's face looked a little ugly, and his chest felt even tighter.

He wanted Mrs. Liang to help him lie down, but Mrs. Liang was seeing off guests at the door.

He opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Then his vision went dark and he immediately lost consciousness.

……

"Plop" was such a loud noise that Liang and the guests outside the door naturally heard it.

When they saw clearly that Mr. Guo had thrown him down, they were surprised and hurried over to check the situation.

"Master, master, what's wrong with you?"

Ms. Liang was so frightened that she could only yell and yell. Most of the guests who were about to leave were civil servants from Nanhua Company and were well-informed.

They stopped Liang's shouting, and several people hurriedly turned Guo Songtao over. I saw that Guo Songtao's whole body was cold, his face was as white as paper, and his teeth were clenched.

Several people tried calling Guo Songtao for a while, but there was no response.

An older civil servant boldly sniffed Guo Songtao's breath and was immediately startled.

The breath is gone!

"Master's wife, Teacher Guo is out of breath."

"What, master, master, you, you can't die!"

Mrs. Liang was completely panicked. She shook Guo Songtao's body in vain...

Several civil servants nearby thought about it and decided to send Guo Songtao to the hospital, so they looked around for something to use to carry Guo Songtao away.

While he was searching, a female voice shouted from outside: "Stop shaking it, or you'll really die if you shake it any more!"

Ms. Liang was stunned by the scolding. She looked up and found that the female voice came from a woman in her twenties or eighties.

This woman also has another position, which is the head nurse of Anhai Town General Hospital. Her name is Ji Hongxia.

She is also a student of Guo Songtao. She took the time to come here today. She will go back to work after celebrating the New Year.

I didn't expect that I would encounter such an emergency as soon as I came here.

She walked over quickly and pushed Mrs. Liang away, "Teacher Guo must have had a heart attack. I need to give him first aid. Do you have aspirin at home?"

Ms. Liang was awake now, and she hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, I'll get it."

After saying that, she got up and went to get the medical kit. Ji Hongxia said to the civil servants beside her: "Here, help me straighten Teacher Guo."

Several people hurriedly straightened the dry Guo Songtao and asked him to lie down flat.

Ji Hongxia began to check Guo Songtao's mouth and nostrils, fearing that there would be phlegm blocking the airway, but luckily there was none.

She did not pause and immediately began to help Guo Songtao perform artificial respiration.

Liang took out aspirin from the medicine box and was about to ask Ji Hongxia how to use it, when she saw that Ji Hongxia not only stopped pressing her master's chest with her hands, but also leaned over to kiss his mouth.

Mrs. Liang immediately became anxious. What kind of behavior is this?

Just as she was about to step forward and separate the two of them, the civil servant next to her immediately stopped her and whispered: "Nurse Ji is giving first aid to Teacher Guo. Madam, please don't be reckless. We will wait until Teacher Guo is rescued to deal with other matters."

Mrs. Liang immediately suppressed her annoyance and turned away, not wanting to look further.

Ji Hongxia is worthy of being the head nurse. Her first aid measures were timely and efficient, and Guo Songtao was really saved by her.

After taking the aspirin solution, Guo Songtao's face looked better.

They sent him to Anhai Town General Hospital for further observation.

By the time he woke up, it was already the morning of New Year's Day.

Mrs. Liang looked at her master who was conscious and could not help crying with joy.

She leaned close to the old man and whispered about the thrilling process of rescuing Guo Songtao. At the same time, she did not forget to describe the process of Ji Hongxia pressing the old man's chest and blowing air on the old man mouth to mouth.

When Guo Songtao learned that he had been rescued by a female student he had taught, his defense was completely broken.

He was deeply moved by the advanced medical concepts and many outstanding talents in Southwest Africa, which were precisely the things that the Qing Dynasty, which he admired and loved, could not have.

For a while, he burst into tears, crying silently.

What echoes repeatedly in my heart is the sentimental poem he wrote in the past: "My life experience is so vast that I have to sigh. Who can I talk to about the ups and downs?"

……

Mrs. Liang was frightened when she found her master in tears. She thought that her master's brain had been damaged by the sudden illness.

"Master, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?

Tell me and I'll call the doctor. "

Guo Songtao on the hospital bed shook his head and whispered: "Ruyi, go and send a telegram to your family and ask them all to move to Southwest Africa.

Gang Ji (Guo's eldest son, who died young) brought his two children together. I am old and want to see my grandchildren. "

Mrs. Liang felt unhappy when she heard this, but she didn't dare to disobey her master, so she had to accept it calmly.

……

When the news that Guo Songtao almost died from a heart attack reached Boss Shi's ears, he was discussing the expansion of the army with several military leaders.

After hearing about this, I couldn't help but sigh: "This old man Guo is destined to suffer such a disaster."

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