Only Li Hongzhang attached great importance to it because he was like this, and hurriedly found a time to summon Zhou Fu and others, and said:

"I told you that this man is no better than Andhai, and you should be on your guard. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info now it seems that the more unfathomable it looks, you think about it, how to touch his bottom. ”

"Eunuchs are always eunuchs, and there is no one who doesn't like to wear a high hat." Zhou Fu said energetically, "We blow him and praise him, and if we don't believe in him, it's useless."

"Easier said than done!" Li Hongzhang shook his head and said, "You can't be overconfident. He traveled far away from the wind and waves, and he was also wronged to wear a six-grade top, and he must ask for something. Could it be that Prince Alcohol has no one to wait, and the Queen Mother specially sent him to take care of him? No, it won't! Try to get close to him as much as you can, and get to the bottom of it. ”

"Yes, I will do my best."

Back in Xingyuan, Li Lianying was still excited, so she simply asked people to move a chair and sit in the courtyard to savor it.

It's so exciting, if it's a real knife and a real gun, it's even more exciting, I think the master has never seen such a scene, and I must talk about it to her in detail when I return.

Thinking of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Lianying couldn't help but think of her mission, after so many days, there is no chance, if you go back like this, how can you explain to Lafayette? Alas, the prince is really right, he is so energetic, he can't give our family a chance.

"Chief, Lord Zhou Fu of Tianjin Customs Dao asks to see you." A little eunuch stepped forward at this time and said.

Our family has no relationship with him on weekdays, what is he doing here? yes, why don't I get to the bottom of it from him. Thinking of this, I saw Li Lianying slap her big foot and shouted:

"Hurry, hurry, please."

"Humble Zhou Fu to the chief manager."

"Alas, Lord Zhou, please take a seat."

Zhou Fu was ordered by Li Hongzhang to come to explore the situation, but it was too late to stammer, how dare he sit down?

Hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Don't dare to be lowly, don't dare to be lowly." I heard the name of the chief manager for a long time, and I just didn't have a chance to visit, so I came to greet the chief manager today. This little thing is a little bit of a humble heart, please take it with a smile. ”

"Lord Zhou is too polite." Li Lianying said and took the things, "Our family is just a slave serving Lafayette, and we will have nothing to support in the future, and we will be sorry for the grace of our parents when we die." That's right, it's ......!

"This is a wine sent to Zhongtang by the French consul, and I am fortunate to get a few bottles of wine, and I have come to give it to the manager, which is really not respectful."

"You say wine invigorates blood, doesn't you?"

"That's right! This kind of wine nourishes the skin and invigorates the blood, the medicinal properties are king, and it is often taken for self-efficacy. The chief steward serves the Queen Mother every day, from morning to night. You must have the spirit of Ryoma to deal with it. So ......"

"Okay, great."

Saying that, Li Lianying pulled Zhou Fu to sit down. After a few pleasantries, Li Lianying turned to the topic, first asking about the salaries of foreigners hired by the Beiyang Yamen, and then asking about the actual number of "coastal defense donations" received by Beiyang.

Zhou Fu couldn't help but be wary and carefully perfunctory.

But with his little ability, how can he be Li Lianying's opponent? mentioned the cost of purchasing the ship, and finally made Li Lianying ask for tricks.

"Lord Zhou, if we buy a boat with a foreigner, do we also pay cash?"

"No, you have to buy pounds to send it."

"I didn't see that Master Zhou is quite knowledgeable! I don't know where to buy it? ”

After listening to Li Lianying's praise, Zhou Fu didn't hold back his mouth, and said very energetically:

"If you go back to the manager, you can buy that foreign bank, but we always buy HSBC."

"Why is that? Could it be that you buy it with HSBC, you can give us a little less? ”

"Not so! The price of the pound is the same, and the market is different from day to day, whether it is high or low, and it depends on foreign telegrams to list. ”

Zhou Fu replied, "As for the exclusive purchase of HSBC, it is because the navy funds exist in it to earn interest. ”

As soon as she heard this, Li Lianying couldn't help but feel overjoyed, Beiyang really still has money, which is much easier to do.

So he asked quietly: "What about the interest rate of foreign banks?" I think it's higher than our silver bank, otherwise I wouldn't have saved it. ”

As soon as Zhou Fu said just now, he regretted it in his heart, he shouldn't have told the truth about Beiyang. Seeing Li Lianying ask again, she immediately learned to be obedient, and refused to reveal the exact number: "Not necessarily, and the savings are current, which is lower than the regular one." ”

"That being the case, why don't we have a money number in the bank, what's the picture?"

"Foreigners do business, everything is done according to the contract, which is more reliable. There are also ......" When the words came to his mouth, Zhou Fu couldn't help but stop.

Then the loophole had appeared, and Li Lianying was willing to let it go easily, only to hear him continue:

"What? Don't you want to talk to us? If that's the case, then forget it. As he spoke, his face sank.

How dare Zhou Fu offend him? Suddenly it was difficult to ride a tiger, and after thinking for a long time, Fang replied:

"The governor is angry, and the lowly position is so. Foreigners do business, the most important customers, no matter whose money is stored in him, not only can it be relied on, but also someone to check, they will not reveal it. ”

"Can't you go and check it out on orders?"

"This ......" Zhou Fu hesitated for a moment and said: "Foreign banks are under the jurisdiction of the ministers of their countries, and the Empress Dowager's decree cannot be carried out there." ”

"I see, I really didn't expect there to be such a big knowledge here." Speaking of this, Li Lianying yawned a few times.

Zhou Fu was ordered to find out the details, he didn't want to steal chickens and rice, but let Li Lianying find out a lot of news, and was about to ask again, who expected Li Lianying to come to such a hand, so he had to say:

"It's not too early, the chief has rested early, and he has retired from his humble position."

"Okay, we'll see you another day." Saying that, Li Lianying sent Zhou Fu out of the door.

The next day, the torpedo boat was scheduled to shoot targets. Li Lianying was too excited last night, and when she got up, the sun was already rising, so she hurriedly got dressed and went straight to the martial arts stage.

"Zhongtang, the prince is ...... today,"

"Why did the prince feel cold at night, so he couldn't come today."

Hearing that Prince Mellow didn't come, Li Lianying was very happy, and hurriedly asked Li Hongzhang if he would start the review now.

Li Hongzhang wanted to cancel this review because of Prince Alcohol's future, but when he saw Li Lianying's appearance, he couldn't say anything, so he had to order the review to begin.

As a result, a golden flag on the flagpole in front of the martial arts stage was rising; When they reached the top, they saw white spray on the sea, and the torpedo boat rushed out like a water snake.

I only heard the rumbling sound and the smoke of gunpowder. The tea was done, the cannon stopped, and the sea was covered with scattered pieces of wood.

"Zhongtang, there are so many torpedo boats, it's the first time we've seen them, it's so exciting!"

Li Lianying couldn't help but say.

"Only five."

"What?" Li Lianying was dumbfounded when she heard this, "There are only five, and it looks like there are dozens." (To be continued.) )