The official lady is raised in the deep boudoir, even if she is a husband, she can't see each other before she passes through the door, how can she call it out casually to show the guests?

Before the thought was finished, a young girl of eighteen or nineteen years old had already run down the stairs, her goose egg face seemed to be covered with a thin layer of redness, her cherry-like mouth was playfully cocked, and her dark eyes were flowing and flexible. Looking at her dress, wearing a green Western-style dress, she looks like the daughter of a minister in the foreign field in the movie. Guan Zhuofan thought to himself, only Yang Fang can raise such a foreign daughter.

"Hello Master Guan." The girl was not shy, and generously gave Guan Zhuofan a blessing. She didn't stretch out her hand to shake hands, but Guan Zhuofan was a little disappointed, looking at her white and tender little hands, if she could shake it, it would be very interesting.

"Her name is Yang Ying," Yang Fang introduced Guan Zhuofan with a smile, turned his head and said to his daughter: "Ying'er, Master Guan is as big as the sea, I heard that his foreign dialect is very good, and he is much stronger than you." ”

"Really?" Yang Ying showed a look of surprise on her face, "When Master Guan is free, I want to ask for more advice!" ”

Guan Zhuofan's face was a little hot, and he thought, could it be that Yang Fang saw that he was alone, and he wanted to give his daughter to himself to relieve the loneliness in the room? Or see that he is a young upstart, and he must have a bright future in the future, which is unlimited, so let his daughter meet him and lay the groundwork for accepting himself as a son-in-law in the future?

He was still thinking nonsense, but Yang Fang had already opened his mouth to talk about business: "Yixuan, can you still be comfortable in business?" ”

Guan Zhuofan saw that Yang Ying didn't leave, but just sat far away, thinking that she was used to seeing such a scene, so he didn't care about her, put aside distracting thoughts, and answered Yang Fang's words first: "There is Lao Jin to help him in official affairs, everything is fine." I came today, in addition to meeting Qi Weng, there is another thing I want to ask Qi Weng for advice. ”

"Is it the Guns?" Yang Fang had already guessed his intention and asked with a smile.

"Yes. It's better to use raw than cooked, and I still want Wall to take care of it. On the concession side, I have asked an American vice consul, Kim Neng-hyung, to be a lobbyist for me. On our side, I would also like to ask for a word from Qi Weng. ”

"I should have served, but—" Yang Fang hesitated, "Yixuan, I won't tell you, after Wall returns to Shanghai, he still has dealings with me." It's just that I don't know much about the things on the battlefield, and I did it once last year, but I ended up complaining. This time, I was a little vague, afraid that good intentions would do bad things. ”

"Qi Weng, why be too humble? Your old courage and knowledge, not to mention the official gentry in Shanghai, even the foreigners, I am afraid that you have to admire. Guan Zhuofan heard that he still had dealings with Wall, and he even wanted to take a hat with a foot and three feet to wear to him, "Just about the things you observed when you rescued Wu in the old year, who can compare?" ”

Wu Observation refers to Wu Jianzhang, who was formerly the Shanghai Daotai. Yang Fang saved Wu Jianzhang's life, Guan Zhuofan heard it from Libin.

That was still Xianfeng's three years. When Wu Jianzhang was in charge of Daotai, he ruled a well-known gang - the Little Knife Club. The leader of the Little Knife Society is called Liu Lichuan, who is Wu Jianzhang's fellow countryman, and they have a good relationship with each other, so no matter what others say, Wu Jianzhang just doesn't believe that the Little Knife Society is going to rebel. When the knife will collude with Changmao, there will be a sudden incident, and the whole city will be occupied in an instant, Yuan Youde, the county magistrate, was killed, and the garrison Li Hua committed suicide. Liu Lichuan did not kill Wu Jianzhang, but imprisoned him in the cellar of a rice shop, which is equivalent to making a meat ticket with him.

Yang Fang was still an alternate acquaintance at this time, but he was the director of Ningbo Siming Office, and he was a head of Ningbo people. The Ningbo people in Shanghai were very powerful, and Yang Fang found out where Wu Jianzhang was being held, gathered more than 20 outlaws, and actually snatched him out by surprise and sent him to hide in a money village in the concession. When the knife meeting failed, Yang Fang was rewarded with the title of alternate prefect for this merit.

This matter is the most proud thing in Yang Fang's life, and Guan Zhuofan said it at this moment, and it happened to scratch the itch. He was happy in his heart, but he waved his hand as if he didn't think about it, and said, "It's all old things, and it's not worth mentioning." Yixuan, you want to find Wall to come back and bring the foreign gun team, do you have any detailed plans? ”

"In addition to Wall, his two deputies, Forrest and Bai Qiwen, also need to be recovered, and the other foreign soldiers will be hired by them, but they don't have to be too many, one or two hundred people are enough. I plan to recruit another battalion of new warriors and hand them over to train the pipe band, so although it is called a foreign gun team, in fact, there are still many Chinese soldiers in it. ”

"Ahh Yang Fang patted lightly on the coffee table and said approvingly, "This is to the point." Last year, the foreign gun team did not fight well, also because of the temporary rabble, which was very scattered, among the five hundred foreigners, I am afraid that there are two or three hundred **scoundrels, and it does not look like an army. If it is according to your current plan, I think it will work-Wall is a man who has a lot of experience in military training, and I have heard him say that he has led mercenaries in the Mexican country in the Americas and Crimea in Europe. ”

That's the stubble. Yang Fang promised that after Jin Nengheng met Wall, he would bring Wall over to talk about it.

"Yixuan, let me say it directly, I am sure that I can definitely say that I can move Wall in this matter." Yang Fang first punched the package ticket, and then said one of his worries, "But Wall has a lot of regrets about Wu Daotai's side, and he may not be willing to listen to his moderation." ”

"I've thought about this layer too." Guan Zhuofan said in his heart, this is very good, I didn't plan to hand it over to Wu Xu to manage, "If Walken comes, I plan to go to the fold and ask for a four-grade fame for him, so that he is equal to Wu Daotai, and it doesn't matter who listens to whom." ”

"Okay, okay, this time, there is no more hindrance." Yang Fang was deeply satisfied, "The military expenses of the foreign gun team are raised by the local government, and I will take the lead, and I will guarantee that it will not delay your business." ”

"Thank you!" Guan Zhuofan thanked him, "But there is one sentence, I still have to ask Qi Weng to make it clear to Wall." ”

"Okay, what's that?"

"Although the military expenditure comes from the local government, in the final analysis, it can be regarded as the money to serve the imperial court, so the foreign gun team still has to listen to the greeting of the imperial court, and if you don't listen to anyone, it won't work."

This is said in the truth. After all, it is an army, if it is still like last year, it does its own thing, and fights as much as it wants, then it is not Guan Zhuofan's original intention. What's more, last year, the official army had already been defeated, and they had to rely on the foreign gun team to save the scene, which is very different from the current situation.

"Well, that's how it should be." Yang Fang nodded and asked, "Yixuan, then this army, what do you mean......"

Of course, it means that I am in charge! However, he is only a seven-pin Zhi County, so it is inconvenient to say this, so he first played a spear and said respectfully: "I want to report to the imperial court, this army, belong to Qi Weng to lead." ”

Yang Fang narrowed his eyes, looked at him for a long time, and finally laughed.

"Yixuan, it's really yours." He shook his head with a smile and said with emotion, "I've heard that 'Chengnan Guan San' is a good character, and it really deserves its name!" With you, Shanghai is about to worry about it - don't leave today, just have dinner with me. ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled, knowing that he was a little careful, after all, he still couldn't escape the eyes of this old fox, he was just talking about military affairs, why did he suddenly get involved in eating? looked out the window, it was still very early, but since Yang Fang opened his mouth, of course he couldn't save face.

"Then bother Qi Weng," Guan Zhuofan said with a smile, "The chef in the house must be top-notch, and I just have a good time." ”

"The craftsmanship is not bad, but I don't need him today—I'm going to treat you to the best local dishes." After speaking, he pulled a rope next to the sofa, and with a ding dong, an official walked in. Guan Zhuo Fanxin said that this Yang Fang is really all Western-style, and even called a subordinate, and learned the style of a foreigner's rattle.

"Lao Zhang, I want to leave Master Guan to eat at home. You take my film and go and ask someone to come. ”

Yang Ying, who had been sitting on the side and listening attentively, jumped up at the moment and said with a smile: "Dad, do you want to invite Sister Hu?" I'll go, I'll go! ”

Guan Zhuofan almost forgot about this girl, and when he heard her laughter like a silver bell at this moment, his heart moved, and he thought: She is really interested in me, and even if she asks for an escort, she rushes to go. It's just that Yang Fang invited himself to dinner, why did he go to find that Sister Hu to accompany him, it was hard to understand, could it be the red card girl in which kiln? There is no such reason. What's more, he also let people hold a famous thorn and brought Yang Ying with him - it can't be said that he sent his daughter to pick up people in the kiln, right? I couldn't guess more and more, and I only felt that Yang Fang's actions were really unfathomable.

"You can go, take my car, and bring the sedan chair with you." Yang Fang smiled at his baby daughter, "It's just one, don't be greedy!" Go and come back quickly, Master Guan is still waiting for dinner. ”

"Got it!" Yang Ying glanced at Guan Zhuofan and said with a smile, "Master Guan, please wait." ”

When Yang Ying ran out of the living room briskly like a swallow, Guan Zhuofan came back to his senses and said to Yang Fang: "Qi Weng is too polite, which distinguished guest did you invite to accompany you?" ”

"It's not a guest, it's a cook who cooks something for us." Yang Fang said with a smile.

"Cook?" Guan Zhuofan was even more confused, a chef, where did he come from such a big show, and he still had to use a sedan car to pick it up?

"That's right," Yang Fang nodded and said proudly, "Delicate and beautiful chef." ”