Chai Dongliang's mansion is very lively, and the structure of the pillar is exposed on the top of the hanging mountain. Tongtian Lingmen, the bayonet of the gatehouse is the wood carving of the Antarctic fairy Weng riding a deer and the picture of a hundred sons of Fushou. There is a brick carved railing at the front of the corridor, in the middle is a picture of grapes, and to the east is Kuilong and magpie Denghai; The west side is the heron silk playing lotus and the sparrow playing chrysanthemum, and the top is a wood carving, engraved with the Kuilong Bogu map. Standing on the balcony, you can see the whole courtyard. The courtyard on the two floors is parallel across the alley, the north and south buildings are warped, and the heaven and earth are blessed with "double ingots".

The courtyard is full of joy inside and outside, and it is not a good look, hundreds of maids, mothers-in-law, small servants, and handymen are hurriedly hanging red thick and palace lamps, and cleaning red felt.

A man in his forties, wearing a black silk coat and a [***] hat, with small eyes, a chubby face, two mustaches, and a smile when the corners of his mouth are upturned and not smiling, is directing dozens of subordinates to work. His appearance is too ordinary among businessmen, and he is simply the best template for the image of a standard businessman who is not replaced by ancient and modern times. This person was not a businessman, but Gao Chuguan, a senior secretary of the Military Advisory Office. His face is so deceitful!

"Hurry up, put your hands and feet sharper, hey, what about you, the palace lamp is hanging crookedly, a little further to the left, yes, a little more, stupid you! Are your eyes breathless? ”

"You, return you, yes, that Zhu Liu is also here, a few of you, go and wipe that plaque clean! There is a little gray star on it, and Lao Tzu will send you steamed buns to eat, smashing your rice bowl. ”

Chai Dongliang moved a ladder and personally commanded his subordinates to hang the palace lanterns, and he was very busy.

Yu Qiaqing from Shanghai sent a telegram that he was going to Anqing with Zhang Taiyan. If it was only Yu Qiaqing, Chai Dongliang didn't care, Yu Qiaqing relied on Chai Dongliang to make money, only when he met Chai Dongliang, Chai Dongliang categorically did not greet him.

Zhang Taiyan is different, the founder of the Restoration Society, the predecessor of the anti-Qing revolution, and the master of Chinese studies. Chai Dongliang's sworn brother Tao Chengzhang has always served Zhang Taiyan with a teacher's courtesy.

After the success of Zhang Taiyan's Xinhai Revolution, he did not take credit, let alone become an official, and returned to Shanghai to live in seclusion. His protégés and old friends are all over the world, but he is unwilling to accept anyone's help, preferring to sell words to support the whole family. Yuan Shikai asked him to go out of the mountain several times, but he politely declined. Compared with Sun Yaoqing, Zhang Zhenwu and other heroes who jumped up and down, Zhang Taiyan's noble conduct is admirable.

A few subordinates struggled to carry a large vat, and a foul smell came to the nostrils.

"Wow, what's that smell?" Chai Dongliang was so smoked that he almost fell off the ladder, he covered his nose and asked.

Gao Chuguan, who was working under the command below, covered his nose and said, "Stinky amaranth and stinky radish strips." ”

Chai Dongliang smiled bitterly: "Mr. Xiang Yuan, what are you doing with these things?" ”

Gao Chuguan said with a smile: "The governor doesn't know that Mr. Zhang Binglin likes to eat stinky things the most, which is simply odorless and unhappy, stinky mandarin fish, stinky duck eggs, stinky peanuts??? As long as it stinks, he likes it to death! The owner of a calligraphy and painting workshop in Shanghai used these things every day to deceive Mr. Zhang Binglin of more than 100 ink treasures. ”

Chai Dongliang got down from the ladder, shook his head and said, "He can stand it too?" Aren't you afraid of smoking? ”

Gao Chuguan smiled and said: "You don't know this, Mr. Zhang Binglin's nose is wrong, he can't smell the smell, so no matter how smelly it is, he is not afraid, only the mouth can taste the umami of these stinky things, he is not rare when you put down the delicacies of the mountains and seas, as long as there are these dishes, he can faint happily." ”

Two subordinates came over carrying a bamboo basket, and there was a pungent stench, Chai Dongliang couldn't cry or laugh: "What is this?" ”

"Stinky duck eggs and our Anqing specialty white-haired stinky tofu."

Chai Dongliang covered his nose and said, "Hurry up and carry me to the kitchen, it's tightly sealed???? This Mr. Zhang Binglin, how can you take this bite! ”

Gao Chuguan grinned and said: "Mr. Zhang Taiyan has a lot of quirks, you have to be careful, this ancestor is not stingy, don't make you unable to get off the stage when the time comes, he won't care that you are the governor of Anhui, and he won't save face for Tao Chengzhang, who passed away." ”

The Gao brothers participated in the anti-Qing revolution very early, and they were contemporaries of Liu Gong, Jiao Dafeng and others, and Zhang Taiyan was a figure of the same generation, so they knew him very well.

"Listen to me, this Mr. Zhang Binglin ???" Gao Chuguan talked about Zhang Taiyan's anecdotes.

Zhang Taiyan calls himself a "saint", and sometimes he calls himself a "madman", and he has four major quirks in his life, the first is that he likes to eat smelly things, he has severe rhinitis, and finally develops to the point that he can't smell anything, so the unpleasant smell of these rotten eggs and other things does not exist for him at all.

The second case was that he hated bathing, and often did not wash or change his clothes for three months, and the servants wanted to change his clothes for him, and he was very unhappy, saying that the servants interfered with his personal freedom, and when the servants did not eat this set and forced him to change his clothes, he was helpless.

Zhang Taiyan's most famous quirk is that he likes to scold people, especially Sun Yat-sen, but he only allows himself to scold, but he does not allow others to echo him. If anyone helps, he will commit his taboo, maybe the boss will go up with an ear scraper. After Zhang Taiyan finished beating people, he also said with a heart: "Sun Wen is a special person, a first-class great man in China, and I am the only one in the world who is qualified to scold him, what kind of person are you, and you are worthy of scolding Sun Wen?" ”

Zhang Taiyan also loves to smoke, he is addicted to smoking, but he can't afford to smoke a good one, a pack of "golden rats" for three cents is his daily routine, someone once gave him a tube of "Oleik", he likes to hold it in his arms, and he is reluctant to let go of sleep. With a tube of nine-cent cigarettes, they deceived him into 30 ink treasures. Zhang Taiyan actually thought that he had taken a big advantage, he didn't know the price of his calligraphy and painting at all, let alone the price on the market.

These cases are okay, and what's worse is that he likes to prescribe his own prescriptions. Zhang Taiyan read medical skills, read a few boxes of medical classics, and pretended to be a famous doctor, especially like to see people. Often, the money for medicine is also used to help others diagnose and treat. The patient didn't know the truth, and when he heard what he said, he really regarded him as a miracle doctor. Only Zhang Taiyan's wife knew the inside story, for fear that he would treat people to death, and every time Zhang Taiyan saw someone else, she had to pull the patient to explain the truth, and scared the patient half to death.

The one who is most afraid of Zhang Taiyan is his friend, in case someone comes to his house and mentions that he has a headache and brain fever, Zhang Taiyan will be full of interest, he has to treat others, and he has to force his friend to take medicine according to his prescription. The dosage of his medicine is extremely ruthless, and it is a certain drug for one or two or eight dollars at every turn, and no one dares to use his prescription. After Zhang Taiyan was middle-aged, he even claimed to be the holy hand of national medicine. Even when the child is sick, he is not allowed to go to another place to see a doctor, only to use his prescription. Madame knew what was wrong with him, and every time the child was sick, she lied that she was optimistic about it with his prescription, and turned her back to find another doctor, but in fact never used his medicine. After he got better, he said that he ate according to his prescription, and so did his friends, and Zhang Taiyan thought that he was the best in the world in medical skills. On the contrary, it is not worth it for his extraordinary level of Chinese culture and calligraphy.

After Chai Dongliang listened, his head was as big as a fight, this ancestor is really a freak, fortunately he is not interested in politics, if this master becomes the president, I don't know what the world will be like in this world.

Chai Dongliang didn't understand what Yu Qiaqing was doing when he invited this master to Anqing? However, from his quirks, Chai Dongliang also analyzed it. Although Zhang Taiyan scolded Sun Wen, he respected Sun Wen more, so he did not allow Sun Wen to make mistakes, it was the deep responsibility of love, so he only allowed himself to scold and not others. Zhang Taiyan was arrogant but did not override, so he was helpless against the slaves. It is the tradition of the Chinese literati who like to see people, "if you are not a good person, you are a good doctor".

Although he has many quirks, he has a strong iron backbone, and he only values morality and does not love money in his life, and he is an admirable traditional literati with pre-Qin colors. He should be a fairy-like character like Li Bai, and he shouldn't live in this materialistic world.

Although he doesn't like to take a bath and his clothes are dirty, he has a spiritual cleanliness habit??? Such a person is cute and respectable, but it's really hard to serve!

Tao Chengzhang gives Chai Dongliang the feeling that he is a hero, and he is the kind of "chivalrous man" who serves the country and the people, taciturn but worried about the country and the people, much like Guo Jing in the novel, Zhang Taiyan belongs to Zhou Botong in the game world, everything doesn't matter on the surface, but he always has his own limit in his heart.

Chai Dongliang thought about it, it was his blessing to be able to meet such a legendary figure, China at the beginning of the twentieth century was really an era of many strange talents. It is also the only era in Chinese history that can be compared to the cultural and ideological explosion of the pre-Qin period.

It is not my luck to be able to come to this era and participate in this great era!

"Mr. Zhang Binglin, when did you come to Anqing?" Chai Dongliang asked, "It's already gone, three days later!" ”

Chai Dong nodded brightly and said to himself, "Three days? It has been three days since the advance army entered Manchuria! ”

??? Dividing line ???

Zhang Shuyang led a battalion of cavalry to hang unhurriedly behind the horse bandits in Utai, and set out from Tumut through Ulanqab, Balinzuoqi, and Horqin??? After more than ten days of marching, they finally arrived at Taonan. This place was once harassed by Wutai's horse bandits, but it was beaten by Wu Junsheng's Fengtian patrol battalion, and even the Gegen Temple, the old nest of the Gegen Living Buddha, was bombarded by Wu Junsheng's cannons. Encountered a small group of horse bandits near Taonan, and after being surrounded and annihilated by the advance army, the horse bandits fled to the southeast, and Zhang Shuyang and others chased and killed, and followed them to Xinmin Mansion, which was not far from Fengtian.

Zhang Shuyang's shotgun was replaced, the company commander's lieutenant epaulette was replaced with a magnificent school officer's epaulette, and the war horse was also replaced by a majestic Hequ black horse. This is a gift from Princess Tumut Wuyunzhu, he didn't accept it at first, Wuyunzhu took out a pistol and was about to kill the horse, but the frightened Zhang Shuyang had to accept it, and Wuyunzhu turned his anger into joy.

Wuyunzhu was interesting to him, even the blind could see it, and both the advance army and the Mongols understood. According to Gu Mazi's meaning, he simply let Zhang Shuyang be Tumut's colt on the spot, and send him to the cave room in a big way. Zhang Shuyang is not bored with Wuyunzhu, but he is really afraid of her style that is more bold than a man, so he has to use the excuse that he cannot get married without the permission of his parents.

Bayintel and Wuyunzhu also know the customs of the Han people, and Wuyunzhu wishfully thinks that Zhang Shuyang is showing respect for himself, not only not angry, but also happily buys a dowry.

"Brothers, be careful, this is next to the South Manchurian Railway of the Rakshasas, be careful of these foreign devils taking the opportunity to make trouble." Zhang Shuyang reminded.

"I'm afraid that he's a bird, aren't we burning sticks in our hands? Have you seen less of the old Russian hairy man these days? Look at the broken guns in their hands, and then look at the torn leather jackets they wear, where do they still look like soldiers? It's clearly a group of people called Hanako! A soldier said dismissively.

Zhang Shuyang glared at him: "Nonsense, obey orders!" We have less than 2,000 people, and the Russians have 80,000 people on the Middle East Road and the South Manchurian Railway, and forty of them will fight one, how can this battle be fought??? He unloaded the wireless telegraph from his horse and sent a telegram to Deputy Commander Gu, saying that our unit had reached the boundary of Xinminfu and asked for instructions on the next combat plan. ”

Chai Dongliang paid special attention to the communications of the Jianghuai Army, and imported 50 wireless telegraph sets from the Italian Marconi Company in one go. Zhang Shuyang's reconnaissance battalion was also equipped with one.

The telegraph operator set up the antenna and sent a telegram to Gu Mazi in the rear.

Zhang Shuyang looked around, only to see that the sky and the earth were sparse, and the autumn scenery with high sky and clouds was beautiful. He suddenly frowned and muttered to himself, "Why hasn't the Scout come back yet?" ”

As the vanguard of the whole army, the reconnaissance battalion also excluded more than a dozen scout cavalry from the forefront to prevent sneak attacks by horse bandits at all times.

Just as he was full of suspicion, a few small black dots appeared in the distance, and when he got closer, he realized that it was a cavalryman. Zhang Shuyang looked through the binoculars, the clothes of these people and the surrounding grass and trees were almost perfectly integrated, and the rifle on his back was shorter than the ordinary one and longer than the cavalry gun, which was the Hanfeng I short rifle with the surname of the Jianghuai Army.

No need to ask, he also knew that it was the detective who he had only seen returned.

"Report to the battalion commander, an anomaly has been found near the railway in front!"

"What's the situation, a dozen horse bandits mixed with the Russians, looking sneaky, and they don't know what to do by the railway! We left a few people behind to continue scouting! The detective said breathlessly.

Zhang Shuyang was also vigilant, it is no longer news that horse bandits collude with the Russians, this is the case in Mongolia, but the Russian troops in Mongolia are very small, and in the Middle East Road and the South Manchurian Railway, they have a full 80,000 troops!

"You didn't scare the snake, did you?"

"No, we've been watching from afar, not getting close!"

Zhang Shuyang said with satisfaction: "Very well done!" Then he turned around and shouted: "Send a telegram to the deputy commander, just say that the South Manchurian Railway near Xinmin Mansion has found traces of horse bandits, they seem to have hooked up with the Russians, and we will report the specific situation after we understand it clearly." ”

Before the words fell, an explosion suddenly sounded in the distance. The vicinity of Xinmin Mansion is sparsely populated, with fewer buildings, and the sound travels far away.

After Zhang Shuyang carefully identified it, he shouted: "It's not good, it's the direction of the South Manchurian Railway!" ”

Everyone's hearts suddenly hung up, couldn't it be that the cavalry of the advance army and the Russian old man fought, right?

(To be continued)