Xu Zhan figured out the strange situation, took a step forward, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Master Fu Xiang, it must be the mastermind behind the foreigners, and the Prussians are hiding behind." Li Guolou must have obtained the Prussian infantry drill manual, he is eccentric and eccentric, and immediately revised it and became him. This kid can use his brains, the two people in the Qing School happen to be his mentors, Li Guolou said that Taoguang was strategic, and secretly took refuge in Li Hongzao and Weng Tongyi, the two Confucian students. Weng Tongyi has risen again, and the Wutang Chongqing School is under control. Master Fu Xiang, cooperation can grow, Weng Tongyi is not easy to mess with. ”

"Hmm······ It's still Master Xu who sees it thoroughly. Liu Liumazi don't go to fall out with Li Guolou, when the martial arts hall officially starts, the instructors are all our Huai soldiers. Li Guolou's subordinates who have never fought before, who will obey them. Don't worry, when Li Guolou comes, I will directly show him a showdown and let you be in charge of the daily training of the martial arts. Li Hongzhang narrowed his slender eyes slightly, Li Guolou was too ambitious, it was time to restrain Li Guolou.

Liu Mingchuan lifted his sleeves and shouted: "Master Fu Xiang, your grandson has a bad heart, and you want to toss me to death if you put Wutang in Xiaozhan Town." But I'm a martial arts practitioner, so it's nothing. I'll stay with you tonight, and I'll go back early tomorrow morning and let Liu Jie eat flies. ”

"Liu Liumazi, don't rush back, Li Guolou will come tomorrow, you meet with him and take over the errand, so that the seven-grade sesame official won't embarrass you." Li Hongzhang was a little helpless, and he had to guard Li Guolou strictly. Supervising high-ranking officials and employing people, he likes to use his own family, but Li Guolou has many teachers, and he can't control him for a while. There are many matters of the Westernization faction, except for Li Guolou, no one has the ability to handle them, and Li Guolou has to prevent him from harboring evil intentions.

Li Hongzhang and Liu Mingchuan chatted about Wutang's patriotic proposition of loyalty to the monarch, the textbooks they compiled, and the songs of persuasion, and they criticized Li Guolou verbally and penalized, and scolded Li Guolou for forgetting his ancestors. In the bottom of their hearts, the two of them discussed the gains and losses, and guessed why Li Guolou changed it like this. What's in it for you? Jianming can't spare Li Guolou, and he has to let him explain honestly.

At this time, Li Guolou in the living room of the Li Mansion was entertaining the British Minister Wei Tuma and his party, and he had no choice, the British did not hand over a letter of worship like the Qing Dynasty first, to ask if you were free to entertain guests, and they came directly to the door, which made him have no reason to refuse the distinguished British guests. Since Li Guolou agreed to the French Minister Luo Shuya to invest in the development of the French Concession, the British sniffed out their noses and immediately came to him to cooperate. Everyone is an old acquaintance, and the friendship between Qing and Britain lasts forever, so Li Guolou can only promise to increase investment in the British Concession in Tianjin. At the long English table, the two sides had a good relationship and chatted while eating, and the British Minister Wittoma praised Cheria's craftsmanship and the fine traditions of the British.

Li Guolou was a little worried in his heart, every move he made in the British Concession was watched by someone, he was so close to the Western powers, and he invited guests to dinner every day, the imperial court didn't know what he would think of what he did in the British Concession? He wanted to be a patriot, but the reality was that only by cooperating with the Western countries of the industrial society could he have the opportunity to make a lot of money. Li Guolou, who boasted of being a foreigner, became a sweetheart in the eyes of foreigners, and the main purpose of foreigners coming to Daqing was to seek wealth, and the two sides hit it off and prepared to establish a rubber factory in Tianjin.

Li Guolou's preliminary peace talks went smoothly, but there was a lot of bitterness in his heart, and he set up a joint-stock company in a joint venture with foreigners, and a 3% share of the Tongzhi Emperor was indispensable. At this time, he thought that it was good to be a national entrepreneur, and he would be able to gain a foothold in the Qing Dynasty by paying taxes, but he would have to bear the responsibility of making money for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As always, Li Guolou received a distinguished gift from the British minister, several sets of exquisite porcelain plates and ten sets of dresses.

Seeing a group of British people with expectant looks, Li Guolou touched his cheeks and nodded at Zhen Yuhuan, greedy British people like Qing Dynasty antiques, and he lost money in the link of gift-giving.

Bidding farewell to the British Minister Wittoma and his entourage, Li Guolou lamented: "Seventh Grandma, do you say that the Americans will come tomorrow? ”

"Xiaolou doesn't have to guess, there will be a group of foreigners coming to visit you at night, the foreigners are united, do you understand the rules? Since you have made the rules, foreigners will not cheapen you. In this regard, you have to learn from Li Hongzhang, you are still a little tender. Zhen Yuhuan shook his head and sighed, such a good antique and fake goods are mixed in, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Li Guolou nodded, recognized Zhen Yuhuan's words, and shouted: "Seventh grandma, you will be a female celebrity for me, this is related to the future of our family, don't embarrass me." I'll train in the afternoon, let the foreigners come, they're all friends anyway. ”

"Hey!" Zhen Yuhuan knows that her task is arduous, and now their family belongs to a Manchurian aristocratic family, and every year during the New Year, they have to enter the palace and celebrate the New Year with the Queen Mother of the two palaces. During the Chinese New Year, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces rewarded the juniors with golden melon seeds, and Li Guolou asked her that she could get by with the female red, and not because she was a female celebrity. Li Guolou let her enter the palace, which was a great recognition of her, Zhen Yuhuan was quite serious about this task, and ran into the bedroom to be a female celebrity.

In the afternoon, Li Guolou sweated like rain to practice boxing, Fan Dahui ran over in a hurry, and said: "Lord Li, Liu Liumazi went to Xiaozhan Town yesterday, and no one entertained him, Liu Liumazi walked away with a fire in his belly." I'm afraid that it will not be good for you, so I rushed back to tell you. ”

"Wang Ba Lamb, what are you doing in Xiaozhan Town, looking for a fight! Whole glass balls, rolling! Li Guolou attacked the big sandbag left and right, as if the sandbag in front of him was "Liu Liu's pockmark".

Fan Dahui persuaded: "Master Li, those children will also be assigned to the army in the future, if you and Master Fu Xiang have a fight, he will make a trick." Master Li took a step back and opened the sky, don't be like Liu Liumazi, let's be soft first. ”

"Hey!" When Li Guolou heard the word "soft", he lost his energy, untied the gauze on his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Master Rice, you are right, under the eaves of the house, how can you not be soft." Tomorrow morning, I will go with me to the governor's line, go to everyone to worship the great god Liu Liumazi, bow your head and admit defeat. Go to the Italian embassy now, and tell them that tomorrow I will not be at home, and that the minister will not come for nothing. Go back and forth and eat grilled steak and stew mushroom soup in the evening. ”

Fan Dahui heard that Li Guolou had no intention of acting rashly, so he happily took the order and left. To be a qualified master, you must first analyze the pros and cons of things to the lord, if the lord does not listen to him, there will be no sense of achievement, and his subordinates will look down on him and not take him seriously.

After taking a well bath, Li Guolou thought to himself how to deal with Li Hongzhang? The only way to deal with Li Hongzhang is to buy it, and it can only rely on giving away rare antiques. He just got a peerless treasure, Tang Taizong's prime minister Feng Deyi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface", Wang Xizhi's personal book "Orchid Pavilion Preface" has long been extinct in the world, Tang Taizong's prime minister Feng Deyi imitated Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" book, which is also a peerless treasure. It hurts like worrying about the heart, this is more precious than the three-foot-high jade Guanyin, dealing with antiques all day long, how can Li Guolou not know the value.

Li Guolou took out the volume of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" from under the bed in the bedroom and watched it, sighing and sighing, no matter which grandmother knew that Li Guolou was going to bleed hemorrhage again.

Wu Peipei sighed: "Xiaolou is reluctant, just change it." Get Tang Sancai, Master Fu Xiang will like it too. ”

Li Guolou's face was like crying, and he lamented: "Hey······ You don't understand, readers like to read words, a piece of Tang Sancai Fu Xiang will only look at it, rejoice for a while, and then throw it into the corner. A piece of Feng Deyi calligraphy, Master Fu Xiang will take it out every day to see, I am really a loser. Good things are in with the left hand, and the right hand is out, and the old one is empty. ”

Zhen Yuhuan sighed: "Hey, don't think too much about Xiaolou, let Yanzi Zhang dig a few more holes, anyway, the criminal department is opened by your family." ”

Li Guolou was in a daze, and Zhen Yuhuan knew about it, and he couldn't hide the affairs of the house, so it was too difficult to ask his relatives to keep it secret from each other. hurriedly said: "Seventh Grandma is secret, let outsiders know, I will be miserable." ”

Zhen Yuhuan glanced at it and said: "Xiaolou, it's not your family that does antique business, antiques all over the world come like this, you think people are fools." Whoever is powerful will do this, do you want me to teach you this kind of truth? ”

"Well, that makes sense. It's still the seventh grandmother who can see it thoroughly, and I make up lies and people don't wear it. When I return to Beijing, I will send a few antiques to Mr. Bao, so that he can take care of them in the future. Li Guolou suddenly brightened up, his mood was comfortable, and the things outside his body were not brought in life or in death. Feng Deyi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" was given to Li Hongzhang to show his heart, and the good days can be longer.

Yelia asked, "Xiaolou, how much is this scroll worth?" ”

Li Guolou said: "At least tens of thousands of taels, but this kind of calligraphy and painting, there are no treasures in the antique market, and the price is not comparable." ”

"Oh! Li Hongzhang must know that you bought a gold watch, and if you don't give him one, he will hate you. "Yelia still knows a lot about the Qing people's love for Western strange things, and immediately reminded Li Guolou.

"Hey······ My chiefs are corrupt officials, don't be as greedy as them, I can't afford to raise them. Li Guolou looked at a few ladies, his family had not yet settled.

"Hey······" Several ladies also sighed, following Li Guolou seems to have infinite scenery, in fact, everyone has not accumulated much belongings, and they will be given away after enjoying the rare antiques for a while. The princes and nobles are hungry and greedy, so that Li Guolou is exhausted, and he has just settled here, and there will be a situation there.

"Xiaolou, I look at the numbers in the account book all day long, and the household department is not as busy as us, you are the yamen here. In the future, you set up a department to do business with foreigners. Zhen Yuhuan complained a little that once Li Guolou came to the British Concession, his family never gave birth to him, and he received foreign friends every day.

"Hmm!" Li Guolou didn't say much, the combination of power and money is invincible. Now even foreigners are close to the door, knowing that he is a powerful official in the Qing Dynasty, first have a good relationship with him, he already has the atmosphere of the yamen here, and part of the power of the yamen of the Prime Minister's Office will be divided by him in the future, which is also deliberately done by the Tongzhi Emperor, and he will be powerful.

There is no need for Li Guolou to guess, but in the evening, the American Minister William brought the counselor and ten other people to visit his house. Li Guolou and his American friends warmly embraced, and the Tianjin lesson plan made them form a deep friendship. In times of crisis, it is rare that foreigners have not proposed to ask for a few concessions to be counted as state compensation, thanks to the soft-heartedness of foreigners in Tianjin's teaching plan.

In fact, Li Guolou knew very well in his heart that the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty could face death directly after the war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army, and they were not afraid of foreign guns and artillery. The foreigners do not have a chance of defeating the Qing Dynasty, which is why Tianjin will be soft-hearted in the lesson plan.