Waiting here is none other than Guan Zhuofan's old subordinate of the Chengnan Horse Team, Mu Ning. He stood up, but he still bowed his waist slightly, and he smiled and didn't know what to say.

"Lao Mu, the messenger is not bad, he has become a leader." Guan Zhuofan said with a smile as he walked inside.

"This is all the boss's cultivation!" Mu Ning greeted Thurin with a smile and followed Guan Zhuofan to the hall lobby.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I cultivated your twenty military sticks." Guan Zhuofan sat down on the chair, hahadaxiao. After returning to Beijing, I was naturally very happy when I saw my old friend.

"Without the boss's twenty military sticks, there can't be a mark today." Lao Mu still smiled, "I knew that the boss came back yesterday, and I rushed here early this morning to serve, and finally saw the boss." ”

"Don't keep bidding, I'm a magistrate now, it's not appropriate for people to listen to it." Guan Zhuofan smiled and shook his head, "What's the matter, the five-rank leader is not enough, and you have come to me to go to the door?" ”

"Undermarked...... How dare you dare to be lowly! Lao Mu hurriedly argued, "I'm here to listen to the boss's orders to see if there is anything to do." ”

"I'm happy to see you, and I'm having fun." Guan Zhuofan straightened his face and said sincerely, "Lao Mu, I haven't thanked you yet, in the past two years, my house has all relied on you to take care of it." ”

"It's a lowly duty." Lao Mu was very happy when he got this compliment, and he said, "Chengnan is the boss's land, and it's not all a matter of one sentence." ”

"Well, this time I brought you something from Shanghai, and I'll get it to Túrin when I get back."

"Thank you for Mr. Xie's reward!" Lao Mu asked for peace and leaned forward a little. Said with a grin. "Boss. Look at Tulin, now they are all the lieutenants of the second grade, when will you also take me out to break in, let me also follow a little light. ”

"Jingli is as good as Jingli, so it's more stable in the end." Guan Zhuofan smiled and said, "Who is in charge of the south of the city now?" ”

"The branch office is under the management of the staff leader Shang Bao, and I am his deputy."

The infantry army commanded the yamen. In the southeast, northwest, and four blocks of the capital, each has a branch office, and the chief officer is the leader of the three products. Guan Zhuofan pondered in his heart, and asked about the other people who stayed in the capital at the beginning.

"Yu Chun and a few of them, what are they doing now?"

"Yu Chunhe, like me, is now the leader of the Chengxi Branch, Qi Shengkui has been promoted to the general manager of the battalion, and now he has taken over your old position, in charge of the south horse team in the south of the city, and Buckner has also been promoted to the general manager. Transferred to the east of the city, it was under Demin's hands. ”

"Hmm. It's all out of the way. Guan Zhuofan nodded thoughtfully, and turned his eyes to look at Tulin, "Tulin, these are your old friends, and when I saw you promoted, I was also happy for you, and I turned around and asked Lao Mu to call everyone together, and you invited them to have two drinks for me." ”

Túrin and Lao Mu responded together, and Lao Mu saluted and said goodbye, and Túrin sent him out. Guan Zhuofan returned to his house at this time, first called a few long-term entourages over, took out the gift list, and distributed them one by one. Especially the things to be fed into the palace, which ones should be handed over to the Internal Affairs Office, and which ones should be connected with An Dehai, and they should be explained very carefully.

When they were all distributed, the entourages went to take the carts to load the goods, and they had to send things from door to door. Guan Zhuofan breathed a sigh of relief and called Qian Dingming in.

"Mr. Qian, what do you think should be done about the sale of military spending?"

When he returned to Beijing this time, he only brought two friends, Chu Chengliang was doing pen and ink for him, and Qian Dingming had been in the household department for six years, so he specially brought him here to be responsible for reimbursement of this matter.

"Lord Bao Junbao of the management department, naturally I want to ask the marshal to go and say hello first." Qian Dingming said, "As for the group of people in the ministry, I will come to connect." ”

"Bao Pei is naturally going there, and I know it too." Guan Zhuofan looked at Qian Dingming and said, "I just don't know what to say." ”

"It's okay to stop at the point, Lord Bao has a lot of counting." Qian Dingming whispered, "But I also remind the marshal, even if Lord Bao is an old friend with the marshal, but he has been in charge of the department for many years, and the rules and regulations in his heart are like a mirror." He is the person who knows the most about human feelings, and even if he has an explanation to his subordinates, he will not completely cut off the financial path of that group. ”

What Qian Dingming said was a drawback of the household department, and all the military commanders who applied for military expenses were good opportunities for the household officials to make a fortune.

"Well, I also know about those black-eyed officials. In the past two years, the Xuan army has won a lot of battles, and they may not think that I have earned a lot of gold and silver. Guan Zhuofan said with a smile, "Mr. Qian, this matter is your full authority, in short, everything is please." ”

"Don't worry, I have been in the ministry for six years, and I am also 'clear' of their tricks." Qian Dingming also smiled, "I have one purpose - let them not starve to death, but don't want to be full." ”

Guan Zhuofan was very satisfied with this purpose, and when Qian Dingming resigned, he called Wall and Forrest to the house, and specially gave advice.

"You two, don't run around until the king summons you." He said solemnly, "Beijing is different from Shanghai, it's very big!" If you get lost, I don't know where to find you. ”

Wall and Forrest both nodded convincingly—this was the largest city they had ever seen on this shijie, and they had already felt dizzy, and even Wall, who had always been proud, couldn't help but be convinced.

"Yixuan, don't worry, we are not children anymore, just wait for the news in the guild hall." Wall agreed, and asked tentatively: "I don't know if Charles has arrived, where does he live?" ”

Charles is the U.S. consul in Shanghai, and this time he also went to Beijing to "report to the minister" in Beijing, but he left earlier than them.

"He arrived a long time ago, and naturally he lived in the American Legation in Dongjiaomin Lane."

"Then Forrest and I, if we hire two sedan chairs and go to see him, will we be okay?"

"How's that going to work!" Guan Zhuofan shook his head, "The capital has been invaded by the British and the French, and the people in the city don't necessarily have any good feelings towards foreigners. Besides, they don't know that you two are Chinese now, and if you see it on the road and make something happen, there will be trouble. ”

Wall and Forrest were startled, looked at each other, and nodded.

"If you want to see Charles, you don't have to rush at this time. After meeting King Gong, I will find an interpreter from the Prime Minister's Yamen who is familiar with the capital, and then ask Thurin to send a few soldiers to follow him, so that it is safer. ”

With these words, the two "Chinese beauties" obediently went back to wait. Guan Zhuofan pondered in the room for a while, and felt that everything was in order, so he shouted: "Tulin-"

"In!" Túrin ran over from the lobby, "Master, you command." ”

Guan Zhuofan breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Let's go home."

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*(To be continued......)