By the time Tan Renhao and Liao Yingyu arrived at the banquet venue in the garden of General Pei Yuming's villa, the banquet was about to start, and they were one of the last couples of guests to arrive.

Influenced by naval traditions, the banquet was Western-style, with an open venue where guests could move freely, chat, dance, and grab food and drinks at the long dining table in front of the staircase of the villa. In addition, more than a dozen non-commissioned officers in white waiter uniforms also shuttled around the venue with plates, delivering drinks to those guests who were not very convenient.

"Renhao, you're finally here!" As soon as he walked into this huge garden, Colonel Ji Xiaobin, who was wearing a dress, walked over. "The chief of staff asked me to wait here, how about the report that General Liao asked you to complete yesterday?"

"The first draft was done." Tan Renhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't waste his precious time, and his hard work was not in vain. He handed the folder to Ji Xiaobin. "However, there are some things that I haven't had time to revise yet, so I don't know ......"

"It's already good, it's better than nothing!" Ji Xiaobin smiled and patted Tan Renhao's shoulder, and then glanced at Liao Yingyu next to Tan Renhao, "Have a good time at night, and chat more with Xiaoyu." ”

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Liao Yingyu.

"Uncle Ji is this temper!" Liao Yingyu laughed, "Now I remember that when I was five years old, when I went to the army, he liked to bully me the most, don't look at his age, he is not serious at all." ”

Tan Renhao laughed, he had already felt it, don't look at Ji Xiaobin is almost forty years old, he usually talks and laughs with a group of small staff officers, and he doesn't have the frame of a colonel officer at all. This probably has something to do with his experience serving in the Army's cavalry units.

The banquet began soon, because it was a banquet held by Pei Yuming instead of Marshal Sajiting, and it was held in a family way, so it was Pei Yuming's wife who gave the speech. When the dance music started, a couple of guests entered the dance hall.

"Why, don't you invite me to dance?" Liao Yingyu is still so generous, and she leans next to Tan Renhao, so no one else asks her to dance.

Tan Renhao smiled and made a gesture of please, and then the two entered the dance hall. However, Tan Renhao immediately noticed another person.

Liao Yingyu followed Tan Renhao's gaze to the left, and then laughed. "You haven't forgotten the night you graduated?"

"No, I just think it's weird." Tan Renhao shrugged his shoulders, "Why did Fan Peikun come to the First Fleet?" ”

"Do you know who his dance partner is?" Liao Yingyu smiled and looked at Tan Renhao, who was a little dazed. "She is the youngest granddaughter of Marshal Satietin, Bei Kexin."

Tan Renhao frowned slightly, the network of contacts in the Imperial Navy is very complicated, almost every general has a background, which is why Marshal Sajiting asked him if he was a relative of General Tan Zhenbing.

"Do you know the relationship between General Pei Yuming and Pei Kexin?"

Tan Renhao shook his head, if he had been in the navy for five years, he might be able to completely figure out the network in the Imperial Navy, but he had only served in the Imperial Navy for less than three months.

"General Pei Yuming is Pei Kexin's uncle, and Pei Kexin's father is General Pei Yuming's own brother." Obviously, Liao Yingyu was very familiar with the network of people in the Imperial Navy. "Now, you should know why Marshal Satitin asked General Pei Yuming to give orders to revitalize the First Fleet, and gave Admiral Pei Yuming so much hope, right?"

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed. Needless to say, Satieting trusts Bei Yuming not only because Pei Yuming is an excellent general in the Imperial Navy, but also because he is also the younger brother of Marshal Satietin's son-in-law, and this relationship alone can allow Pei Yuming to be taken care of by the marshal.

"So Fan Peikun's pursuit of Bei Kexin is also for his own future?" Tan Renhao glanced at Fan Peikun's dance partner, if in terms of appearance, Bei Kexin can only be regarded as average, but as long as her background is added, I am afraid that any second lieutenant of the Imperial Navy will think that she is a big beauty, a big beauty who can fight for ten or even twenty years less.

Liao Yingyu laughed. "What, you're tempted too?"

"Miss Liao, I'm not the kind of person you think!" Tan Renhao immediately smiled awkwardly, "However, the Fan family is so influential, does Fan Peikun still need nepotism?" ”

"It's not that simple!"

At this point, the first dance song ended. The two left the dance arena and walked to a corner of the garden.

"The Fan family is indeed one of the most powerful families in the Imperial Navy, and if you talk about the number of generals produced, it even exceeds the Yuan family. However, over the past few hundred years, the influence of the Fan family has decreased a lot. Liao Yingyu took the wine glass handed by Tan Renhao, "The Yuan family made a wise choice, they gradually faded out of the navy, entered the navy military industry, and continued to maintain the family's position in the navy. However, the Fan family is not so smart. If Fan Peikun didn't rely on nepotism, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have a chance to become a general. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, the influence of the Fan family is indeed much worse than that of Marshal Fan Shien, so it is very likely that Fan Peikun took the initiative to pursue Bei Kexin for the sake of his future. Then, he glanced at Liao Yingyu, obviously, Fan Peikun took the initiative to approach Liao Yingyu for the same purpose.

"Think I'm weird?" Liao Yingyu didn't avoid Tan Renhao's gaze at all, "Second Lieutenant, you are very lucky, I heard that you are now a big celebrity under my father, and even Marshal Sajiting has begun to pay attention to you." ”

"Miss Liao, if you want to be sarcastic about me, you don't need to be so direct." Tan Renhao laughed awkwardly.

"Well, then I won't be sarcastic, but, lieutenant, you still owe me a candlelit dinner at Bonaparte's, you don't want to get rid of it, do you?"

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Of course not, as long as you can convince General Liao, then I will invite you tomorrow." ”

Liao Yingyu's eyes rolled. "That's what you said?"

"Of course, if a man says a word, the horse is hard to chase!"

Just when Tan Renhao was figuring out how Liao Yingyu was going to convince her father, Ji Xiaobin ran over to the two of them quickly, obviously, at this time, Ji Xiaobin was definitely not welcome.