第二三二章 天地间，那朵最娇艳的花儿
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“美国人？”
“是。”赵烈文点了点头，“这位汤玛士，是一位铁路测量工程师，受雇于‘京汉线工程局’，直隶境内，北京至保定一段线路，归他负责，因此，公务上，我和他颇有交集。”
“汤玛士出身行伍，退役之前，是俄亥俄军团的工兵少校，该军团的军团长，叫做谢尔曼——就是同轩邸联袂扫平西路、南路南逆的那一位了。”
曾国藩轻轻的“哦”了一声。
“查塔努加大捷之后，汤玛士被借调至松江军团——谢尔曼部的工兵，独步天下，非但全美无出其右者，就是英吉利、法兰西国之工兵，亦不能过之，汤玛士等借调至松江军团，其实是给咱们当老师来着。”
“休整了一段时间，四大军团——松江军团、昆布兰军团、孟菲斯军团、俄亥俄军团，次第开拔南下，剑指亚特兰大。”
“汤玛士说，他记得很清楚，那是一个孟春天气，晴好、温暖，黎明时分，无数营帐，一起动作收拾，从高处望下去，人影幢幢，马鸣萧萧，大地好像滚沸了一般。”
“饱餐之后，各部列队成行，踏上征途。”
“太阳升起来了，大路之上，无数人马，无数旗帜，犹如蓝色的巨龙，绵延十数里，前不见首，后不见尾。”
“各连队之间，互相打着招呼，不时爆发出轰然的喝彩或喝倒采的声音；长官高亢的口令声此起彼伏；军乐团起劲地演奏着；间中还夹杂着军犬兴奋的吠叫声。”
“就在这时，有人发现，轩邸在一群参谋的簇拥下，立马于路边的高岗上，士兵们纷纷向总司令致礼，轩邸举手回礼，欢呼声响了起来，无数条手臂向着高岗挥舞。”
“紧接着，汤玛士说，一个令他终身无法忘怀的场面出现了——”首发..
“轩邸转头示意，一匹皮毛油亮的枣红马从侧后方上来，与轩邸并骑而立，马上的骑手——”
顿了顿，“戎装毕挺，披着起花小斗篷，腿上是过膝的铮亮的软皮马靴，腰间紧紧束着宽皮带，左挂短剑，右扣左轮手枪，头上是一顶软檐宽边牛仔帽，上插一丛红色羽毛，正在风中轻轻飘动。”
曾国藩心头微微一震，“是……杨侧福晋？”
“正是！”
赵烈文目光灼灼，“汤玛士的原话如下，‘嫩绿的山坡上，碧蓝的天空下，清澈明亮的阳光中，天地间一朵最娇艳的花儿！’”
曾国藩不由自主，微微倒吸了口气。
“十数万大军突然安静下来，紧接着，潮水般的欢呼声，倏然拔地而起，一浪高过一浪，海啸般漫过山谷。”
那口气，轻轻的吐了出来。
“之后的几个月——一直到战争结束，”赵烈文继续说道，“这一幕，都是汤玛士和他的袍泽们——尤其是洋兵，最为津津乐道者，许多人都说，‘就为了她，我们再多打一年的仗，也是乐意的！’”
曾国藩没有出声，不过，脸上隐约的神色变幻，显示出他已受到了深深的震动。
“第二件事，汤玛士未曾亲睹，不过，新闻纸异口同声，还有照片为证，自然不假——”
“大乱敉平之后，轩邸受林肯总统之邀，前往京师华盛顿，做客总统官邸‘白宫’。”
“杨侧福晋随侍——哦，不对，‘随侍’二字不对，一下火车，杨侧福晋的身份，就不是‘勤务兵’，而是‘公爵夫人’了！”
“啊？”
“‘公爵夫人’是美利坚那边儿的说法，咱们这边儿，嘿嘿，是既没有承认过，也没有否认过。”
“看照片，‘公爵夫人’穿的是洋装，星眸樱唇，人美如玉，所有的新闻纸，都大声喝彩：‘好一对璧人！’
“战争部长斯坦顿‘接站’，整一个骑兵图护卫；前去白宫的路上，大街两旁，挤满了欢迎‘公爵伉俪’的市民，欢呼声绵延不绝。”
“到得白宫，总统伉俪降阶以迎；总统夫人更亲自携了‘公爵夫人’的手，先走进了宫门，林肯总统、轩邸、斯坦顿跟在后头。”
“晚宴，是真正的‘家宴’，总统夫人在座，斯坦顿坐陪。”
“当晚，‘公爵伉俪’就宿在白宫的‘皇后套房’。”
“回国之后，总统夫人、‘公爵夫人’二位，一直保持着书信往来，也时不时的，互致礼物。”
“怎么样？爵相，这位杨侧福晋，不能以寻常侧室目之吧？”
曾国藩默然片刻，缓缓点头。
“还有一层也很紧要——”赵烈文神色郑重，“轩军成军，是在上海，这一段，轩军的兵源，几乎都是江浙人；轩军的扩军，却是在美国，这一段，轩军的兵源，几乎全是华工——都是粤籍、闽籍的。”
顿一顿，“这后一拨儿的，包括三个在美国成军的洋兵团——一个白人团、两个黑人团，可就只识杨侧福晋，不识扈侧福晋了！”
曾国藩抬起头来，目光投向窗外。
现在也是“孟春季节”。
过来好一会儿，他开口了，声音平静：“惠甫，你的意思，我都明白了。”
顿了顿，“‘团结就是力量’——轩邸不遗余力，号召中国上下‘团结’，这个道理，希望将来关氏子弟自个儿……不会不懂吧！”
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