Pace Western Restaurant is located on the east side of Jingshan Mountain, where you can see the rippling blue lake, and there is a guild hall opened by foreign devils to entertain Chinese friends and foreign devils. You can also see the majestic Bauhinia City, where Western culture is rooted in the imperial city.

This kind of guild is a membership system, and Li Guolou has already joined this guild. But this morning, he forgot to bring his membership card. When he came to the door, he blocked the way to the Indian Ah San, who was guarding the door, fortunately, he was fluent in English, and as soon as he was reprimanded, he asked the Indian Ah San to find his friend Du Xianyu here.

Under the leadership of his friend Du Xianyu, Li Guolou entered the Peth West Restaurant. Du Xianyu is dressed very similar to Li Guolou, with coats, leather boots, trousers, and hats that are top hats worn by Westerners. The well-groomed two mustaches look like a successful businessman.

After making fun of Li Guolou for a few words, Du Xianyu and Li Guolou walked into the restaurant inside, and the sound in the exquisite shop hall was very soft, and even the sound of spoons and plates could be heard. Noble foreign gentlemen, pretending to be corseted foreign girls can be seen here. Although it is said that it is to entertain Chinese friends, from the seats they sit in, you can see the difference between foreigners and fake foreign devils. To the east are the gathering areas of fake foreign devils, and eleven fake foreign devils sit on both sides of the long table, waving their hands elegantly, speaking pidgin English, and greeting Li Guolou.

Li Guolou knows their virtues, some of them can only use these few sentences of foreign Chinese, and then they will talk about the combination of Chinese and Western English, but first of all, they praise them for their English improvement.

Li Guolou, who has stayed in the British Empire, and most of the fake foreign ghosts in it are not at the same level of English, most of them are compradors, and the English that businessmen are exposed to is used to do business, if you discuss with them Darwinian evolution, the most popular topic in the Western world, these people are all confused.

The fake foreign devils here are also seated in the order of high and low status, and Li Guolou sits at the bottom of the seat. However, no one here dares to underestimate Li Guolou, they all know that Li Guolou's family has a strong influence in the south. Some fake foreign devils also have business dealings with Li Guolou's family, knowing that he is an angry young man, and like them, he is a little out of place with the Qing Empire.

Li Guolou snapped his fingers, and the "Bo'er" with a bow tie immediately walked quickly with his chest and belly, and Li Guolou reported a long list of dish names, allowing everyone to see his English level.

Huang Guang on the side smiled and said, "Misty Lee, can you eat so many things?" ”

Li Guolou said: "Mister Huang, I have been running all morning, and now I can eat a cow, I ordered a bottle of aperitif, French champagne, please drink it together." ”

Today is the day of the gathering of fake foreign devils, that is, the Friday in the mouths of foreigners. In the afternoon, I would play cards, chat, smoke cigars, or watch Westerners' cabaret performances in the clubhouse. Of course, white-skinned foreign girls can also be found here, but this kind of activity is played by one or several people, and there will not be so many people to engage in this kind of activity together.

Du Xian is the organizer here, take off his hat and you can see that he has shaved the hair of a Westerner, he is no longer from the Qing Empire, he has joined the British nationality, and his lofty momentum can be felt here.

Du Xianyu began to talk at length, and today's topic is still when the Twist Army in the East and West will be wiped out.

Li Guolou knew very well why they were so interested in fighting, and now that the treasury had no money to fight, the army of the Qing Empire was borrowed by the overseers Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang from foreign banks, domestic compradors, and ticket numbers. The Qing Empire had to rely on personal charm and strength to borrow money, and these people were creditors, and they had become the backbone of a country. If they don't serve the country, the country will go bankrupt and the army will mutiny. After all, these people love the Qing Empire in their hearts, and they don't want to see the Twist Army sweep through half of the Qing Empire like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Li Guolou also echoed a few words, saying that the war was about to end, and everyone had to live a good life. He doesn't have much say here, these fake foreign ghosts invited him to join the club because of his fists, and Du Xianyu was beaten by Li Guolou. The so-called things gather people in groups, Li Guolou has a British atmosphere, which makes these fake foreign devils feel cordial, and if they are beaten, they don't know each other.

After lunch, a group of people came to the box and sat on the sofa with a box of Cuban cigars, some people like to smoke cigars, and some people like to smell this aroma. Drinking bitter coffee, snorting big cigars, swallowing clouds and spitting mist, making these fake foreign devils feel like dragons among people.

Li Guolou held a cigar in his left hand and raised his voice: "Mr. Du, I heard that several of your ships and goods have been hijacked, have the cases been solved?" ”

Du Xianyu was poked in the sore spot and scolded: "It's really poured eight lifetimes of mold, this kind of thing will happen in the river transportation, the Qinggang is really a bastard, I also bought insurance, and now I just don't admit it, I lost thousands of taels of silver, but only compensated me for the loss of two hundred taels." I really wanted to go to the yamen to file a complaint, but when I thought of being dragged into the bottomless pit of the lawsuit, I could only swallow my teeth in my stomach. ”

Li Guolou said: "Mr. Du, I am now going to the Yamen of the Criminal Department to do things, I will solve your case for you, don't think about it, all the goods will be returned to you." ”

Du Xianyu was happy at first, and then immediately changed his face and said: "You kid is not a good person, give me such a big face, and invite us to drink, say!" On behalf of whom will the word be spoken? ”

Li Guolou smiled, looked around at the people around him, and said loudly: "You live in a high-end area, and you don't know how chaotic Jingshi is now, and there are endless murders and arsons. The battle has been fought from the city to the outside of the city, and Mr. Du is the victim of this gang fight. There are no rules in the rivers and lakes, and the cost of doing business will be even higher in the future, and some people have gone crazy. ”

Everyone will be interested in murder and arson, and Li Guolou will pick up some of the recent cases and tell them. Of course, the murder case that he solved was highlighted, so that the eleven fake foreign devils knew that he was no longer idle, and had been reborn as a useful person to society.

Yu Hanbing, who is in the business of Fushou ointment, has a deep understanding of the chaos of the gang, and he also helps Li Guolou to speak, he is also very worried about the current situation, his store has to pay a few protection fees, and there are no rules to talk about.

Yu Hanbing sighed and said: "The yamen is useless, come and take a look at a few people, say a few innocuous words, and don't even catch people." There is a backstage newspaper number, but people say they haven't heard of it. Mr. Li, why are your yamen so weak? ”

Li Guolou said: "That's because they have people in the yamen, and they are all covered, and they will come out after a walk in, so those officials don't even bother to catch them." Now that the yamen has been infiltrated by gangsters, there are people from all gangs, and everyone has to save face. The people above don't care, they just have to collect the money, anyway, they are not gangsters, and they will pat their butts and leave after their term of office. ”

Yu Hanbing sighed and said, "If I didn't have to do business with foreigners, I wouldn't want people to know that I was a gangster." I want to worship Master, but without Master, it is useless to pay protection money. ”

Li Guolou rolled his eyes and said: "Mr. Yu, don't talk nonsense with your eyes open, you have already joined the gang, as for which gang I will inquire about." ”

Yu Hanbing's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Mr. Li, don't talk nonsense, I'm a legitimate businessman." ”

Li Guolou said: "Mr. Yu, in your line of work, you can't achieve such a high status without gang support, but you have been concealing it, I think you should be a member of the gang in the south, and you will stand on your feet in the north, I am right." ”

Yu Hanbing's face turned white, he no longer had the habits of a businessman, he squinted at Li Guolou, his face was evil, he really had the appearance of a big brother in the rivers and lakes, Li Guolou knew that he was a member of the elder brothers' association.

The Hong Gang is a gang that is against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a gang that has been severely cracked down by the Qing Empire. In order to survive, the Hong Gang divided into many small sects, hiding the purpose of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, such as the Sichuan Elder Brotherhood evolved from the Hong Gang. The Elder Brotherhood has extended its tentacles to the Beijing Division, how big is the picture? It is not allowed to tell anyone, but it is not possible to say it in public.

Li Guolou is the best at looking at people's eyes, laughed, and said: "I'm sorry that the little brother said something wrong and made you angry, so I rushed to apologize to the little brother, how offended." ”

The fat Huang Guang stroked his big belly, giggled, and said, "Mr. Li, if you enter the yamen, you will bluff people, this is the funniest joke I heard today." ”

The other fake foreign devils also laughed together, they are all human spirits, and their talent for fraud does not need to be taught. They have their current status, they have sold their ancestors, and they all have an ulterior past. Laugh at the embarrassing things, and never mention Li Guolou's nonsense again, unless they want to use Yu Hanbing one day, this matter will be exposed by them, this is the cunning of businessmen, using each other not to make a loss-making business.

Li Guolou was clever again, but offended Yu Hanbing and put him in an embarrassing situation. Li Guolou stopped talking, and was angry that he had killed a good game.

Du Xianyu saw that Li Guolou seemed to forget what he wanted to say, and talked about innocuous gossip, but he became interested in Li Guolou. Li Guolou gave him a meeting gift of thousands of taels of silver, and he was able to stabilize his mentality and no longer make requests. Li Guolou has a mysterious temperament, and he can expose Yu Hanbing on the spot, although he is a little reckless, but it also shows that Li Guolou has some skills, and he can see the deepest part of people, and he is an excellent candidate for secret agents.

Du Xianyu was very interested in Li Guolou, the strange encounter between the two, Li Guolou's mysterious appearance in Beijing, and the strange actions of the Yamen in the Six Ministries, and he could speak fluent English. Li Guolou expected that Yu Hanbing was a member of the Elders' Association, so he expected that Li Guolou was an agent sent back to the Qing Empire by the British Empire, and Li Guolou was a traitor, this is Du Xian's judgment of Li Guolou by this "British".

With countless people, Du Xianyu recognized Li Guolou's old background, he has a family identity with "British compatriots", this time as long as he can, he will help Li Guolou.