The idea of whether to rescue San Lucas has always been vacillating in Wang Yongan's heart, because he knows that with the strength of the current Mexican government, San Lucas will inevitably fall into a bitter battle, so it is very likely to bring about the consequences of failure in the rescue of power. But from the bottom of his heart, he naturally prefers to rescue St. Lucas, after all, no matter how much he develops in the country, it is better to preserve St. Lucas's fame in history. Of course, Suo Ling'er's words are not Wang Yongan's determination to be rescued, but they represent the hearts of many people, it is a rich, fair, and beautiful place, a place that he has taken back with his life, and he must not abandon San Lucas.

Yes, save San Lucas, save San Lucas!

Since he was determined to rescue San Lucas, Wang Yongan decided to arrange a follow-up, and his plan was that when Yuan Shikai became emperor, he would return to China from San Lucas, hold high the banner of anti-Yuan, and take the opportunity to occupy Sichuan and Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. According to historical records, Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor occurred three years later, so he had to endure it for three years in China, so it was better to take advantage of this opportunity to rescue St. Lucas.

Although he decided to keep Li Zuzhi, Wang Yongan could not let him be the overseer of Xikang, and he planned to make Li Zuzhi the commander of the Kangzang border guards, on the one hand, to guard against the British invasion of Xizang, on the other hand, to guard against the encirclement and suppression of the Sichuan-Yunnan warlords, and at the same time to be ready to support Li Shirui's development in Sichuan anytime and anywhere.

In terms of economic development, it is naturally impossible for Wang Yongan to give up the Xikang economic development plan that has already been implemented, and Luo Yinxian, the Republic of China version of Li Dakang, is very suitable for this role. However, the relationship between Luo Yinxian and Li Zuzhi is more delicate, although Li Zuzhi is listened to militarily and Luo Yinxian is listened to in internal affairs, but once they have a conflict in the future, a third party will inevitably be needed to define who to listen to. In the future, Wang Yongan is far away in San Lucas, and he may sometimes be out of reach, so it is better to leave a three-person ruling situation in Xikang, with the three parties in charge of military, internal affairs, and personnel, and if there is a vote, the decision will be made according to the minority obeying the majority.

After the preliminary determination of Li Zuzhi and Luo Yinxian, the third question of the candidates who stayed was Wang Yongan's biggest problem, who could stay in order to contain the two of them respectively?

It is impossible for Wang Yongan to leave a strategist like Feng Heng, and his full support for San Lucas is Feng Heng and other officers, otherwise with a weak scholar like him and a little stinky money, Huerta will be afraid of him?

Since Feng Heng is not leaving, the only person who stays is Li Yao, and Li Yao is Wang Yongan's brother, and Li Yao is from a low background, so he is more able to have a good relationship with others, and with him in Li Zuzhi and Luo Yinxian's reconciliation, there should be fewer contradictions. After the decision was made, Wang Yongan said to Suo Ling'er that he would send someone to Feng Heng and Li Yao, so that they could come to the Overseer's Mansion overnight to discuss important matters.

Suo Ling'er immediately told Liu Tong the news, and Liu Tong sent people to call Feng Heng and Li Yao, who were already preparing to rest, to the Overseer's Mansion, and then asked his subordinates to make a table of wine and food.

Wang Yongan looked at the wine and food, and couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "You know the tastes of the three of us, not bad." ”

Suo Ling'er pursed her lips and introduced with a smile: "Feng Heng is from Jiangsu and likes sweets, Li Yao is from Tianjin and likes pasta, although you were born in Yangzhou, you grew up abroad since you were a child, and you have been in the army since you returned to China, and you are not picky eaters." So in fact, the dishes on this table are mainly based on their taste, and if you invite them to supper, you must consider them. ”

"Born with a delicate heart." Wang Yongan praised.

After a while, Feng Heng and Li Yao came, Li Yao also specially washed his face, his face was full of sleepiness, Feng Heng was very energetic, this guy is also a workaholic.

"Dashuai, what's wrong today, do you have a request for me?" Li Yao washed his face before he came to his senses, and said with a hippie smile.

Feng Heng said: "It's okay for me, it just so happens that I'm hungry." ”

"But I'm not hungry, I'm dreaming with my third aunt in my arms." Li Yao said with a bitter face.

"It's okay, little plum, you're in good health." Wang Yongan said with a smile, after the three of them sat down, Wang Yongan asked Liu Tong and the others to go down, so they didn't have to come in.

Feng Heng and Li Yao became cautious, and Wang Yongan smiled: "Eat and drink first, we'll talk about it later." The two of them barely ate some, but they really couldn't eat something in their hearts, Wang Yongan also put down his chopsticks when he saw this, and the three of them were filled with wine, and raised his glass and said: "If I don't say it again, you will definitely not eat or drink, so I'll say it first." ”

Li Yao put down his chopsticks and said, "I should have said it a long time ago, I'm hanging in my heart, do you know how uncomfortable it is?" ”

Feng Heng also smiled: "Yes, yes, don't sell it." ”

Wang Yongan said: "San Lucas sent a rescue telegram, last month the Mexican government staged a coup d'état, and the commander of the Mexican National Army, Huerta, successfully rebelled and became the new president of Mexico. But this Huerta was cruel and murderous, killing more than 20,000 opponents in Mexico City at the beginning of his tenure, and also took the initiative to provoke the United States. Now, he has his sights set on St. Lucas, who he hopes to regain to increase his popularity. In fact, this person is a person who is similar to Emperor Yang of Sui, he only understands military affairs, does not understand politics, and does not understand construction, if a person like him wants to sit firmly on the throne of the president, he must make the people fanatical, worship him as a hero, worship him as a god, in order to cover his incompetence in other conveniences. ”

"So ......," Feng Heng immediately said, "If this Huerta wants to be a national hero, he must recover San Lucas, so San Lucas will inevitably have a war?" ”

"Yes." Wang Yongan nodded.

Feng Heng said: "What do you mean by calling our brothers here today, is it that you have decided to support St. Lucas?" ”

Wang Yongan raised his glass and drank it all, and said: "I still have a few problems to solve, only after solving these problems can I say that I want to support St. Lucas, you know that I am a scholar, although I am rich in the world, but I am not a military talent, marching and fighting and the like rely on you professional soldiers, I can at most be the logistics steward who prepares food, salary, and ammunition in the back." ”

Li Yao drank it all, and said: "Dashuai, you look down on yourself, the whole of China, can make the front-line soldiers relax and fight without scruples, and never go hungry and lack medicine, only you can do it." There are many people in China who can fight, but there are not many people who know how to fight. ”

Feng Heng applauded and said: "Well said, those who bite the text and chew the words, Shibei should be impressed for three days." ”

Wang Yongan was surprised: "Xiao Li Zi is good at writing, not bad." ”

Li Yao said modestly: "Our background is a little lower, but we can learn, I married a female show to be the third aunt." ”

"Speaking of your third aunt, I'm strange, when did you get married?" Wang Yongan asked with a smile.

Li Yao boasted: "Soon, soon, I haven't had a happy event yet, haven't you been too busy lately." She is a serious female talent of 800, who works as a teacher at St. John's College in Shanghai, by the way, she also worked as an assistant to Mr. Lu Bicheng Lu. ”

Wang Yongan recalled, remembering that Lu Bicheng did have a female assistant with glasses next to him, but he didn't expect that after several tosses and turns, he finally married Li Yao and became the third aunt, this fate is indeed wonderful.

Li Yao's eldest wife, Zhang, is a down-and-out lady, and she knew that Li Yao was from a low background before marriage, but Li Yao was at least an officer in the Beiyang Army, and marrying him was not a grievance. After marriage, the two had a son and a daughter, but the two basically had no communication, and gradually lived in two houses and became a nominal husband and wife. The second lady Chang is a female scrivener who sings in the bookstore, in fact, she is a high-end Qinglou girl who sells her art but not her body, after Li Yao and the eldest lady became weaker, she fell in love with her when she went to the bookstore to listen to music, so Li Yao ransomed her and married her as the second aunt. However, after marrying into the door, the Chang family became different, after learning that Li Yao and the Zhang family were not on good terms, he always competed with the Zhang family, and openly and secretly wanted to drive the Zhang family away. Although Li Yao's culture is lower, he is smart and clever, and it is true that Zhang and himself have no feelings, but Zhang is the mother of his two children, how can he get rid of Zhang, so he reprimanded Chang, and Chang is finally honest. Later, Li Yao went to Hefei to garrison, and the eldest wife Zhang was reluctant to leave Yangzhou, so she stayed in Yangzhou with her children, and Chang came to Hefei with Li Yao. Without the restraint of the eldest wife, Chang became more and more arbitrary, and actually smoked opium.

The reason why Li Yao made a small teapot in the Qinglou since he was a child was because he was a prostitute's mother who smoked opium, and eventually smoked opium to death, and he had no livelihood and could only be a turtle slave. Wang Yongan dislikes his subordinates smoking opium the most, and Li Yao hates opium even more, so the Li family is absolutely not allowed to smoke opium. This second aunt really committed Li Yao's taboo, so Li Yao ignored Chang's pleas and took her out of the house.

The third aunt Tai Ding used to be Lu Bicheng's assistant and helped her open a girls' school in Shanghai, and later Lu Bicheng went to the Beijing Presidential Palace to be a secretary to the president, and Ding did not go, but decided to stay in Shanghai. Ding is a native of Hefei, and after sending Lu Bicheng away, Ding decided to go back to his hometown to visit his parents. Ding's parents refused to marry their daughters at the age of twenty-eight, so angry that they almost vomited blood, crying and saying that their daughter could be like this, she did her own sin. Ding's uncle worked as a civilian in the Hefei Yamen, and often had contact with Li Yao in the military. After Ding learned about the urging to marry, he saw that his parents were forced to die, so he decided to meet Li Yao, the deputy commander of the Jiangbei Army.

After the two met, I don't know what they talked about, Ding actually became Li Yao's secretary and female staff officer. Especially in the process of the westward advance of the Jiangbei Army, Li Yao was responsible for logistics scheduling, and the material and transportation workload of 100,000 people in the three divisions of the Jiangbei Army was huge.

Now that the Ding family is married to Li Yao, although her name is the third aunt, she has actually become the main palace mother of the Li family. And because of this third aunt, Li Yao became more and more tactful and became a lubricant-like figure in the Jiangbei department.