In the private room, the fake foreign devils listened to Li Guolou's eloquent talk, adoring and staring at Li Guolou, and there were such outstanding figures as Li Guolou in the "fake foreign devils", which made them feel that they had a backer.

Du Xianyu asked, "Mike, where will the next situation go?" ”

Li Guolou pretended to be worried about the country and the people, and said with great sadness: "Hey, the country has been eaten apart by Western powers, even if I have great ambitions, I have to wait to gain a firm foothold, I hope there is still room for salvation this time, don't make trouble with human lives, thank God!" ”

"I hope so." A group of fake foreign devils, pretending to be in agreement, each with a ghost, are thinking about how to extract many state secrets from Li Guolou's mouth.

"Come, Mike, it's been a long time since we've been together, Bo'er, open a bottle of Bonaparte 1846." The thief head thief Chen Bulei's neck stretched out, and asked the waiter outside the door to get red wine, to get Li Guolou drunk, and now old friends get together, Li Guolou is still shallow in drinking, and he likes to show off, and only when he listens clearly can he ask for credit from the master.

"Hey, I'll drink later, I'll go with Yingying first, and we'll talk after dinner." Li Guolou shirked, he had drunk too much at noon, and he didn't want to talk more with these fake foreign devils, keeping it mysterious, and holding the pearls, so that they would flock to it, and after some excuses, Li Guolou gave his friend face and drank three glasses of red wine before leaving the private room.

Du Yingying has probed her brain at the door several times, if it weren't for the strict tutoring, Li Guolou was called in by her father, she would have lost her temper a long time ago, and when she saw Li Guolou finally come out, she said angrily: "Mike, you haven't said hello to my mother!" ”

"Oh." Li Guolou was dragged by Du Yingying, called countless seven aunts and eight wives, and recognized more than 40 relatives in the restaurant.

"Mike, my third, fourth, fifth, eighth, and thirteenth uncles······ The errand is handed over to you. Du Yingying took Li Guolou's arm, went around the banquet, and gave him more than 20 tasks.

"Errand" Li Guolou has what he has in his hands, as long as he is not seeking an official, he can place personnel anywhere, Li Guolou agreed, so that Du Yingying had a lot of face, the two behaved decently, and danced three dances.

In the private room, Li Guolou took Du Yingying's hand and said: "Yingying, call me Xiaolou in the future, don't call me a foreign name, give you face today, those relatives who don't even know your name, I will help them arrange errands, don't agree to others casually in the future, you can only use your mother, father and relatives, it's okay to say, those little mom relatives don't care about you, don't participate in the scene!" ”

"Hmph, Xiaolou, I'm also entrusted by others, I'm embarrassed to refuse in person, won't you be sloppy." Du Yingying blinked her big watery eyes and looked at Li Guolou with a smile.

"Oh." Li Guolou regretted it very much, because he thought Du Yingying was too simple, and he just talked about it on the scene, and he promised too much.

After chatting with Du Yingying for half an hour, Li Guolou said goodbye to Du Yingying's family, looking at the innocent and lovely Du Yingying smiled brightly and charmingly, and waved goodbye in the carriage, Li Guolou felt quite guilty, he lost his conscience, all for success, even if he parted ways with Du Yingying in the future, he would not be soft, there was a lesson plan in Tianjin, this is God help me, it rained and the streets were wet, let the carriage go slowly, Li Guolou sneered, Tianjin will undergo earth-shaking changes in one day, and when he arrives in Tianjin tomorrow night, it will be too late.

Li Guolou raised his voice and said, "Battle, how many catties of roast beef have you eaten!" ”

Pulling the reins of the horse, Battle smiled and said, "Lord Li, I think there are always more than a dozen catties, drive." "The carriage has turned into Dengcao Hutong, and at the gate of the Li Mansion, the lantern is hung high, and it is as bright as day.

"Hey, Battle, your appetite is too big, otherwise I can guarantee you to be a soldier, and I will be my own soldier in this life, and I have a reputation for a martial arts position, don't envy others." Li Guolou gave the official position to Battle, and felt that if Battle left him, it would be a problem to even eat a full meal.

When Li Guolou got out of the carriage, Battle lowered his voice, his tone was soft, and he begged: "Lord Li, I still want to go out and break through, give me a chance, I will eat three more points, I Batel swears, no longer indulge myself, Lord Li, my wife also wants me to be a soldier, hehe!" ”

Li Guolou stretched out three fingers and said: "Three points full, you said, the barracks is rationed, you think clearly and then tell me!" ”

"Master Li, think it through." Battle let out a loud cry and stood straight like a nail, motionless.

"Battle will stand here for me all night, and if I can survive this officer, I will promote you." Li Guolou raised his legs and stepped into the Li Mansion, and the opportunity was only given to those with background, of course, first of all, to the servants in the family.

"Pierce." The other four military academies all stood still at the door, Li Guolou was dumbfounded and turned his head to look at the five people who were full of wine and food, and they couldn't raise white-eyed wolves, and they had just invited them to eat Western food for nothing, and they had to leave him.

"Well, I finally know who's around me." Li Guolou's right finger pointed at the faces of the five military academies, and he held a grudge against them, "Cheng Kun" and "Liu Yu" have only been here for a few days, and they are all going to leave him, and "Wutang" is a second chance in life for these military academies.

"Master Li, you have to count when you speak, hey, hey, hey." The five who have just become military academies have hope again, and staying up all night is nothing to them.

This is people's ambition, when they get to the environment, they have goals, young people will not be satisfied with the status quo and have the courage to challenge, Li Guolou likes such young people, because he is also such a person, and he is willing to promote such subordinates.

The five grandmothers in the inner house were all wearing cheongsams and waiting to show Li Guolou, Li Guolou told them that he was going to Tianjin with Li Hongzhang tomorrow, and asked Zhen Yuhuan to take Chen Xiangfang, Wu Peipei, Bai Lian and daughter Li Lingling to Tianjin, as for Xie Xiuzhu to stay in Beijing, Chen Xiangfang just played in Tianjin for a few days, and then asked her to go back to Beijing, the eldest grandmother Chen Xiangfang and the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu could not go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors, and there were too many things in Beijing, so they could only be wronged.

Zhen Yuhuan already knew the news of the "Tianjin Teaching Plan" and asked: "Xiaolou, what do you think of this matter, will the people impact the concession!" ”

Li Guolou touched his chin and said hesitantly: "Probably not, the officers and soldiers will deploy the concession as soon as possible, as for other places, it is difficult to say, don't worry, my uncle has soldiers in his hands, or tomorrow we will leave together, and there will be a response, but you must be prepared, go with us, you will run very much, and the bumps along the way will not stop, can you afford it!" ”

Zhen Yuhuan replied: "Forget it, Xiaolou, you are in a hurry to roar and march, let's join in the fun, you go, we will come back in two days!" ”

"Dad, I don't want to go to Tianjin." Even her daughter Li Lingling was frightened by the terrifying atmosphere and didn't want to go to Tianjin to play.

After discussing it, the plan to go to Tianjin the next day was canceled, and as for going back to his hometown in Hefei, Anhui Province to worship his ancestors, depending on the situation, he will not return to his hometown of Hefei.

Li Guolou said to himself: "Well, that's fine, don't rush like a ghost, I still live in Tianjin for a while, choose the address of Wutang, be closer to Tianjin City, and take care of business in the future!" ”

Wu Peipei was puzzled: "Xiaolou, don't you put the martial hall near the Jingshi!" ”

Li Guolou smiled slightly and said: "I'm not so stupid, put it in the suburbs of Beijing, those people in the military department, don't come two times in three days, just put it in the suburbs of Tianjin, not far away, not close, the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces are at ease, the minister of military aircraft Wen Xiang and the principal Weng Tonggong want to come and suffer from the fatigue of cars and horses, their health is not as good as mine, and they will not be able to stand it once in five days!" ”

Zhen Yuhuan couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and comforted: "Xiaolou, you can be such a calculating person, don't you get yourself in, every five days a round-trip, how long can you last!" ”

"Hey, for the sake of military power, I have gone out, I don't have military power in troubled times, and the wealth I get will also be taken away by others, we will have so many shops in the future, if we don't protect our property, what will Lingling do in the future." Li Guolou first said that the family was coming in the future, and immediately won unanimous approval, anyway, it was only more than 200 miles, and it took more than half a day to walk immediately.

There was no train in the Qing Dynasty at this time, and the two places still used horses to transmit documents, and eight hundred miles were expedited, which was five hundred miles a day, which was already very remarkable, and the post horses had to run to death, which could only be implemented at the time of military emergency.

In order to control the specific matters of the "Wutang", Li Guolou did everything he could, calculated the Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Xiang and the Principal Weng Tonggong together, took advantage of his youth and strength, worked tirelessly, and prepared to ride back and forth between Beijing and Tianjin every five days.

The night was deep, the rain hit the plantains, the raindrops on the roof fell on the courtyard, and gathered in a pool, Xie Xiuzhu asked: "Xiaolou, do you still want to write an excerpt tonight!" ”

Li Guolou put his hands behind his back, stood in front of the desk, and sighed: "Yes, I got back a lot of documents today, and I have to sort out a clue, the Empress Dowager Ci'an praised me in the court today, you must know that the Empress Dowager Ci'an easily did not speak, with this sentence, I am going to be promoted again, the emperor rewarded me with a flower feather in the morning, and the ministers were red when they saw it, for the emperor, for the queen mother of the two palaces, I only bowed and died!" ”

Li Guolou has a "gunman" Xie Xiuzhu, and a "secretary" Wu Peipei, the three of them fought in the room at night, the three of them worked together, and a "Preliminary Plan for Studying in Foreign Schools" stayed up until late at night and was written, Li Guolou sealed the fire paint, stamped it, and put it in the box, which was to be handed over to the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Office to be presented to Prince Gong.

Xie Xiuzhu has a sense of accomplishment, and she has her credit in the excerpt of "Preliminary Plan for Studying in Foreign Schools", and she said proudly: "Xiaolou, without me, you have to live ten years less!" ”

Li Guolou pursed his lips and said: "You two are the East Palace and the West Palace, if I am the emperor, the two of you will also control the government, let me see who will be the big winner, huh······ Second grandmother, you will kill the eighth child and take charge of the dynasty alone, as for the face······ Hey, hey, hey. While speaking, Li Guolou had already picked up Xie Xiuzhu, enlarged the hard work on the bed, the East Palace and the West Palace, and of course had to be "rewarded".

Under the candlelight, there is an apricot face and peach cheeks, and a star-eyed eyebrow, which is very tempting, "Fuwa, huh······ Oh······" Xie Xiuzhu and Wu Peipei called Li Guolou's flower name.

The red candle teardrop platform, the curtain is light and hazy, and when the night is quiet, the song and dance are joyful.

It was already five drum time, Li Guolou washed his hands in the copper basin, ate a steaming breakfast, and was about to set off, the family got up to say goodbye, and watched the family send to the gate at night, Li Guolou was happy, waved goodbye, and said: "Second grandma, the family depends on you, you have nothing to do to come to Tianjin early, I will wait for you!" ”

"Remember to send a telegram back, and we need to be ready." Chen Xiangfang has grown so big, she has never been to the Tianjin Concession, only she is interested in going to Tianjin, and the other grandmothers waved their hands at Li Guolou riding a jujube red horse, snorted, dragged heavy steps, and turned back to the inner house to sleep.

Li Guolou only took one military academy Cheng Kun, two people and four horses, and went straight to the east gate Mingyang Gate, and Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, led a team of personal soldiers to escort him, and waited at the gate of the city.

Li Guolou saw that Li Hongzhang was traveling in a carriage, and couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved, jumped off the war horse, bowed down and saluted: "Lord Zhongtang, morning!" ”

"Well, the national building is here, come up." Li Hongzhang was in a state of mind and made a tired voice.

"Za, Lord Nakado." Li Guolou's voice was a little choked, and he boarded a luxury carriage pulled by four horses and sat next to him.

Li Hongzhang is so old, he has to stay up all night, working hard for state affairs, there was an emergency in Tianjin, the "Wanghailou Catholic Church case", the imperial court, as usual, pushed this kind of mess to him to handle, and it was also the Empress Dowager Cixi's trust in Li Hongzhang, believing that he could live up to his mission and successfully complete the court's trust.