Fan Ha'er, whose real name is Shundian, is Shao Zeng.

In Sichuan dialect, "Ha'er" means "silly". This lord was born in a landlord family, and he didn't like to read since he was a child, but he liked to listen to people's stories, and his mind was full of the idea of heroes robbing the rich and helping the poor.

To put it bluntly, Fan Ha'er is a bit like a teenager who was influenced by "Crazy Boy" in later generations, he didn't learn well at a young age, and joined the local Pao Ge organization at the age of 13.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, Sichuan has never been peaceful, and there have been wars almost every year.

Ordinary people naturally have a hard time, but hob meat like Fanhal is mixed like a fish in water. In the past 20 years, he has gone from a little brother to a division commander under Liu Xiang, and was appointed by Chang Kaishen as the commander of the Sichuan-Hubei Border Defense Army last year.

Now that the civil strife in Sichuan has temporarily subsided, only Liu Wenhui and Liu Xiang's two uncles and nephews are the most powerful, one occupies western Sichuan and the other occupies eastern Sichuan.

Second, Liu was originally a relative, and he has always been a natural ally. But after they subdued the other warlords, they inevitably became hostile to each other, and they all wanted to destroy each other and unify Sichuan.

Fan Haer's strength is not bad, so he has naturally become the object of wooing both sides.

Just last month, Liu Wenhui, chairman of Sichuan Province, took out 500,000 yuan to buy Fan Haer. Fan Ha'er agreed on the surface, calmly accepted the 500,000 oceans, and sold Liu Wenhui when he turned around, and asked Liu Xiang what to do with a huge amount of money.

Liu Xiang laughed at this and asked Fan Har to take the money to Shanghai to play, as long as he did not get involved in the struggle between the two Lius.

Instead of immediately going to Shanghai, Van Har went to Chongqing with the money. He chose a piece of land in Shangqing Temple near Caiyuan Dam and is building "Fanzhuang" on a large scale.

Historically, after the "Fan Zhuang" broke ground, Fan Haer would go down the river to Shanghai, where he was accepted as a closed disciple by Zhang Jinhu, an old man of the Green Gang, and also did opium business with Du Yuesheng.

Van Harr has three anecdotes in his life that he is most famous for –

First, when he was defeated and in distress, in order to accumulate strength, he made a comeback and led people to rob property everywhere. After Van Harr developed, he found all the people who were robbed at the beginning, and returned the goods with interest.

The second is that he has many wives and concubines, and there are dozens of aunts. One of the concubines, Ziju, fell in love with the young principal Wang Shijun when she was studying at Chongqing Kaiming School. Although Van Harr was angry after being cuckolded, he finally chose to forgive. He accepted Ziju as his goddaughter, Wang Shijun as his godson, invested 5,000 oceans as a dowry, and married off his concubine with the etiquette of marrying his daughter.

The third is that he fell in love with the sports star "Southern Mermaid" Yang Xiuqiong, and he didn't care about the face of Chang Kaishen and Song Meiling - Yang Xiuqiong was Song Meiling's goddaughter, and actually forced Yang Xiuqiong to divorce and marry her own wife.

Fan Harr's personality is extremely complex, he is righteous and squandering money, bold and generous, and knows how to repay kindness, but he is cunning, greedy for money, lustful, and one party for disaster. He had no ink on his chest, bullied men and women, and was full of heroic thoughts, but he understood the righteousness at a critical time, and scattered his family wealth in order to resist Japan, and finally rebelled against Chiang and defected to our party - after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was in a high position and died a good death at the age of 83.

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Today's Chongqing is still relatively backward, and the Xinxin Theater and Cathay Pacific Theater have not yet been completed.

Fan Ha'er took Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Mouzhi to the Yuehe Tea Garden on Jifang Street (near the Liberation Monument of later generations), where there is the most famous Sichuan opera troupe in Chongqing.

The Sichuan teahouse is very different from the teahouses in Shanghai and Tianjin, and the teahouses are all bamboo-woven chairs, which can sit upright or lie half-lying, and then make a bowl of tea, which is extremely leisurely and comfortable.

On the stage, a flower monk with Buddha dust on his shoulders appeared, and after only a few steps, he attracted the applause of the audience.

"Good!"

Van Harr applauded wildly with joy, and the fat on her face was shaking. He introduced Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Mouzhi: "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhang, the flower monk named Liu Chengji, the baby who came out of Suining. Don't look at him young, his flower face (harlequin) is a must in Chongqing. This "Drunk Hitting the Mountain Gate", got the true biography of Zhao Blind, and the performance was so comfortable that the whole Chongqing couldn't find a second one. ”

"Drunken Hitting the Mountain Gate" is a well-known Kunqu opera, and it is expressed in the form of Sichuan opera at the moment, which actually has a unique charm.

The flower monk Lu Zhishen played by Liu Chengji is majestic when he hugs him, but he is cute when he is drunk. In particular, the eyes and expressions, combined with the Sichuan opera chanting tone, show an indescribable sense of comical.

"Good, good!"

After singing the play, Fan Ha'er kept clapping and applauding, and said happily: "Dog X, the turtle son insists on getting it, and he will reward Liu Sanrong (Liu Chengji) with 10 oceans to Lao Tzu!" ”

Until he left the tea garden, Fan Ha'er was still full of praise for the performance just now, and he took Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Mouzhi to the restaurant to drink.

When the wine and food were served, Fan Ha'er raised his wine glass and said, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhang, I'm a rough man, and I can't say anything in a crepe." I toast you two of you with this glass of wine. Brother Pao, never pull the belt, I did it, you are free. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say," Zhou Hexuan drank it all and said in Sichuan dialect with a smile, "I'm also a brother in a robe, so don't call Mr. in the future." ”

Fan Harr was surprised: "You are also from the Elders' Association?" ”

"I am a Hongmen in the United States," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Hongmen and Hanliu (Elders' Association) originate from the family, and you and my brothers are our own people." ”

"He is the brother of the Hongmen General Hall, disrespectful and disrespectful," Fan Ha'er hurriedly raised his glass and said, "Brother Zhou, I'm Fan Ha'er who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so I will punish myself with three cups!" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "You don't have to punish yourself, just drink." ”

"No, no, it's necessary to punish wine," Fan Ha'er drank three glasses in a row, wiped his mouth and said, "Brother Pao, you must not slack your belt, what is it to drink a few glasses of wine?" ”

"Brother Ha is bold!" Zhou Hexuan gave a thumbs up.

The two chatted for a while, and then Fan Ha'er asked, "Why does Brother Zhou recognize me?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said nonsense: "I heard Mr. Li Zongwu mention Brother Ha, and he said that you are righteous and upright. ”

"Mr. Li still praises me?" Van Harr was flattered.

Li Zongwu is so famous in Sichuan that he is not only respected in the educational and cultural circles, but also serves as an adviser to many Sichuan warlords. In a few months, Liu Xiang defeated his uncle Liu Wenhui, and he would also invite Li Zongwu to be his adviser.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Brother Ha, don't be arrogant, you took the initiative to return the looted goods back then, which one in Sichuan doesn't admire?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey, the ridiculous things of my youth, I blushed when I said it," Fan Ha'er was proud and embarrassed by this, he changed the topic and asked, "Brother Zhou came to Chongqing with his father-in-law this time, what is he going to do?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I am going to open a factory in Chongqing, and I am about to visit Commander Liu Xiang and Liu. ”

"This is easy to say, wrap it up on me, and I'll introduce you tomorrow!" Fan Ha'er patted his chest and said, "Commander Liu still wants to give me Fan Ha'er some face." ”