This is Zhang Leyi's real reaction, appearing in the public eye as a fiancée, and no woman can compete with her in the future. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

With Zhou Hexuan's current reputation, his marrying his aunt and wife will be regarded as a romantic affair, which will not affect his image as a "friend of women" in the slightest, but if he abandons his fiancée, he will definitely have to bear a heavy infamy.

Therefore, the thinking of the Republic of China is very strange, allowing men to have three wives and four concubines, but the bottom line is not to live up to the main wife (including the fiancée). This so-called "disappointment" is not to cheat on the mistress, but to announce divorce or regret the marriage.

It is a tradition to have three wives and four concubines, and it is also a tradition not to turn your back on a bad wife, and everything is caused by traditional moral concepts.

Therefore, Xu Zhimo was scolded for divorce and remarriage, so Lu Xun only dared to live with female students, but he did not dare to break his arranged marriage.

"Wow, Mister Zhou, when did you get engaged?" Roger asked, feigned surprise.

Zhou Hexuan couldn't refute Zhang Leyi's face, so he could only follow her and say: "Just a while ago." ”

Herway smiled, "When you get married, be sure to send me an invitation." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I hope that when the time comes, the two consul gentlemen will be able to come to the wedding with their faces." ”

When the men spoke, Zhang Leyi smiled silently. Wanrong was also laughing, but she smiled very reluctantly, she knew that she couldn't have a result with Zhou Hexuan, but she still felt very lost.

Roger took out the cigar box, handed one to Zhou Hexuan, and said, "Mister Zhou, I already know about cleaning the channel, a very clever method. Do you have any other suggestions for this? ”

Zhou Hexuan didn't answer, but said to Zhang Leyi: "Leyi, you play with Wanrong first, and I'll talk to Mr. Consul about something." ”

"You're busy." Zhang Leyi smiled and nodded to the two consuls.

After they left, Zhou Hexuan, together with Roger and Elway, walked to the bench next to them and sat down to talk.

Zhou Hexuan said bluntly: "Actually, I don't care about cleaning up the waterway, I just hope that I can start work as soon as possible and help the victims of the disaster in Tianjin with work." ”

"Zhou, your kindness is admirable," Roger said, "but this is a big project, and even if the money is sufficient, it will require the cooperation of the local government of Tianjin." From the formulation of the plan, the issuance of public bonds to the official start of construction, it is simply impossible to do it in half a year. ”

"It can be done at the same time," Zhou Hexuan suggested, "It's not that the local government in Tianjin doesn't want to take care of it, but it doesn't have the money, and as long as there is a concession board and customs to raise funds, they will definitely be willing to cooperate." As for the management of the Haihe River, from the late Qing Dynasty to the present, five major projects have been carried out, and the experience is very sufficient. Find those old river workers as guides and consultants, and then ask competent water conservancy experts to make plans, and you can quickly come up with a set of plans. As long as the plan is determined, you don't have to wait for the meeting to pass it, you can do some corner work first. I think customs, ports and traders can't wait. For them, the quicker the governance, the better. ”

Roger shook his head and smiled: "Young people are always so impatient. ”

Hervé suddenly said: "The Japanese side does not seem to agree to issue public bonds with customs tariffs in three years." ”

"This is normal, because they never thought of returning China's customs autonomy," Zhou Hexuan said disdainfully, "but the management of the Tianjin waterway is related to the commercial interests of more than a dozen countries, and they must agree!" No matter how strong Japan is, it will never be possible to single-handedly compete with the whole world, right? Moreover, the project cost at most 1 million, and the countries will share it even less, and the Japanese used several million yen to support Zhang Zuolin free of charge at the beginning of the year, and they will definitely pay this money. ”

Roger chatted with Zhou Hexuan, obviously not for the waterway control project, because it was just a trivial matter in his eyes. After Elway's communication, Roger found that Zhou Hexuan knew everything about the world and the situation in China, so he wanted to hear his opinion, so he changed the topic and asked, "Kang, do you think the southern government will win?" ”

"I'm sure that within a year or two at most, China will be nominally reunified." Zhou Hexuan said without thinking.

Roger said: "But the Feng army is still very strong, although it has lost one after another on the battlefield, the main force of the Feng army has never been dispatched, and it is difficult to see the battle in the end." ”

"The main force of the Feng army has not moved because Zhang Zuolin is playing a trick to drive away the wolf," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "You know how to drive the wolf?" Zhang Zuolin let the Anhui lineage, the direct line, the Shanxi army, and the Feng department fight to the death with the Northern Expeditionary Revolutionary Army, while he preserved his strength and wanted to wait until the end to clean up the mess. But the situation was beyond Zhang Zuolin's expectations, the Northern Expeditionary Army fought too smoothly, and what was waiting for him was not an endgame, but an army of tigers and wolves. ”

"And then?" Hervé asked.

Zhou Hexuan analyzed: "Zhang Zuolin belongs to the old fox, and his follow-up actions are no more than three: first, if the war in the Beiyang faction goes well, he will immediately send the main force of the Feng army to the front line to snatch the results; second, the Beiyang departments and the Northern Expeditionary Army were both defeated, which was the best situation for him, and he directly sent a large army south to pacify the whole country; Third, it is the current situation, the Northern Expeditionary Army has reached Henan, and the army is getting stronger and stronger. In this case, Zhang Zuolin will not use his family funds to fight hard, and his most likely move is to lead the army back to the northeast. If you don't have a chance, you will be the emperor of the Northeast Soil, and if you have the opportunity, you will enter the customs again to fight for the world. ”

Roger and Hervé nodded their heads in response, and the Great Powers also had various analyses of the situation in China, but they were all in a strategic sense. Zhou Hexuan started from Zhang Zuolin's character, and thought of Zhang Zuolin's consistent practice over the years, which is obviously likely to be said by Zhou Hexuan.

Roger has even decided to report Zhou Hexuan's views to the Congress when he goes back, which can be regarded as a reference.

"What about the chaos in the South?" Hervé asked.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "The situation in the south has been decided, otherwise how could Nanjing send troops?" And the strategic cooperation with Wuhan is still so good. If you don't believe it, look at it, within half a month at most, Yan Xishan in Shanxi will change his flag and declare his belief in the Three People's Principles. ”

Roger was surprised: "Are you so sure? ”

"If you don't surrender and attach righteousness, Shanxi's territory will be occupied by Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan is not so stupid." Zhou Hexuan teased.

"Sure enough, Chinese understand Chinese." Herway sighed. These foreign consuls also often predict the current situation in China, but they are all guessing when Yan Xishan will be defeated, but they do not think about when Yan Xishan will surrender and change the banner.

Of course, at the moment, they are just talking, and they don't fully believe Zhou Hexuan's words.

It wasn't until a few days later that Yan Xishan telegraphed the whole country to support the revolution and turned around to help Feng Yuxiang attack the Feng army, which shocked Roger and Herway beyond comprehension - they were actually caught by Zhou Hexuan!

In his later years, Hervé wrote in his memoirs: "China is a magical country, as Napoleon said, a sleeping lion that will wake up one day...... I have met many legendary people in China, and Mr. Zhou Hexuan is undoubtedly the most special one. He is not keen on politics, but he has a keen eye for the situation and can always predict the future without any mistakes. When I was in Tianjin, whenever I had doubts, I would invite Mr. Zhou for a drink. Strictly speaking, he's my free advisor in China. Of course, I also paid a lot of money for alcohol. ”