After the inspection of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian provinces, Chang Zhenbang bid farewell to Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangdu, and then slowly sailed south from the Qinhuai River, and arrived in Hangzhou County, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and learned that Chang Zhenbang was coming, Chen Guangyuan went out of the city early to welcome him into the overseer's mansion. This Hangzhou County is not better than other places, although it has been changed from Hangzhou to Hangzhou County, the name is much lonely, but the scenery is the top place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the garden is more unique. Even a well-informed person like Chang Zhenbang couldn't help but be stunned, and Xiao Ling on the side couldn't help but say: "Compared to the Overseer's Mansion in Nanjing, the little girl prefers it here." Chang Zhenbang said: "If you like it here, you might as well stay for a few more days, anyway, the adults have nothing to do on this trip, so the beautiful scenery should be enjoyed with you." Xiao Ling was very happy when he heard this. She was originally sent to take care of Chang Zhenbang's maid in the Nanjing Overseer's Mansion, and was bumped into by Li He when she was laughing, Li He saw that Chang Zhenbang was willing to make it clear for her, so he simply did it to the end, and sent it over when Chang Zhenbang went south, Chang Zhenbang did not object to this, after all, beauty is rare, and it can further bring Li Chun and his relationship closer, why not?

As soon as Chen Guangyuan heard that this beautiful maid had actually been to the Overseer's Mansion, he treated her as Chang Zhenbang's concubine, and even sent two maids over to serve, which made Xiao Ling a little embarrassed, Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Lord Chen, you can accept it, if you anger Chen Overseer, I'm afraid you can't afford it." It's not good for you to stand up for you. As for Chang Zhenbang's side, no matter how big or small things she is doing, the maids sent by the house to take care of Chang Zhenbang are also happy to be idle when they see her like this, and they are more sure of the idea that this follower maid wants to turn positive, so he simply removed all the maids sent to take care of Chang Zhenbang, leaving only one to help.

I heard that Chang Zhenbang is here for a simple tour, how can he, as the host, not make arrangements?

In the Leifeng Tower, Chang Zhenbang savored the lake and mountains, the sense of Wu Yue's rise and fall, but the Xiao Ling beside him carefully looked at everything in the Leifeng Tower, tried his best, and did not find the relevant traces of the White Lady, when he went back, he also took a few old bricks of the Leifeng Tower, Chang Zhenbang saw it, and couldn't help asking: "Xiao Ling'er, you are really greedy, others only take one piece, why did you move so many pieces?" ”

Xiao Ling said: "The bricks of Leifeng Pagoda are said to be protected by the Buddha and the White Lady, which can best bless the safety of the adults' homes." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "The house is safe, but I don't know where my home is, where the house is, the patrol envoy Yamen may be where I live now, and I may go somewhere else in the future." ”

Xiao Ling thought for a while and said: "If that's the case, let the Lord Chen send some people over to get more bricks, so that the Lord will take office and take a brick over, so that the Buddha Lord and the White Lady will always bless the Lord." ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "If you take so much, Leifeng Pagoda will be demolished by you, and the Bodhisattva will only blame me for being too greedy, not only will it not bless us, but it will bring disaster." ”

Xiao Ling thought about it, turned around and left, Chang Zhenbang said, "What are you going to do?" Xiao Ling said: "Put these bricks back and leave them for those who are destined, let's just take one piece." Such an answer made Chang Zhenbang unconscious

On the bank of the Qiantang River, Chang Zhenbang saw what the tide was, the sound was like thunder, the mountains and the sea were overwhelming, magnificent, looking at the overwhelming tide, Chang Zhenbang laughed unconsciously, but the little spirit on the side was so frightened that he hid in Chang Zhenbang's arms, like a golden hoop wrapped around Chang Zhenbang's body, until the tide receded, he was frightened and shy to break free from Chang Zhenbang's arms.

After three or two days of touring the mountains and waters, Chang Zhenbang didn't mean to talk about business at all, which made Chen Guangyuan's heart can't help but make waves, and when he had dinner, Chen Guangyun whispered to Chang Zhenbang: "My brother is leisurely and elegant, and I envy my brother very much, but I am anxious for my brother, if my brother has something, let's do it first!" ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled slightly and said: "The little brother is ignorant, I don't know what Brother Chen is talking about?" ”

Chen Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "Brother, let's not tell lies in front of the Ming people, you have traveled thousands of miles from Guangzhou to Nanjing, and then from Nanjing to my Hangzhou is not just for sightseeing!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Since my brother is an understanding person, then I will only say it, have you received the telegram from the president?" Dude, what do you claim? ”

Chen Guangyuan was taken aback, he didn't expect Chang Zhenbang to know about it, and hurriedly said: "My brother received news from the president about the war in the southwest a few days ago, so my brother is here for this matter?" ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled and said: "It's not a secret, the little brother received the president's secret telegram, and he traveled all the way to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for this matter, and the little brother Li Dujun in Jiangsu has already received a satisfactory answer, I don't know what Brother Chen thinks here." ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "The president has the grace to support the elder brother, and the elder brother must take the president as the leader, but most of the people here in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are Duan Qirui's people, and the leader is Lu Yongxiang, who is known as the escort envoy, this kid makes stumbling blocks for Lao Tzu everywhere, and sings against Lao Tzu in everything." If you pull him out with a thorn in the head, who knows that there seem to be people from his Duan family almost everywhere in Zhejiang Province except for me, the overseer, what does the president want, it is easy to let the brother send a telegram, but I don't know where Lu Yongxiang came from, let out the words, as long as Lao Tzu supports the peace, he will mobilize the town guards of Zhejiang Province, and the army envoys will expel me together. Brother, you now know that your brother is in a dilemma! ”

Chang Zhenbang was surprised: "Wasn't Lu Yongxiang dismissed from office by the president?" Why did he become the envoy of the Songhu Protector again? ”

"Don't mention it!" Chen Guangyuan said with great disgust: "The president dismissed him from his official position of Lu Yongxiang, but within three days, Duan Qirui reinstated him again, and even released a word to let those town guards in Zhejiang listen to his Lu Yongxiang's dispatch in everything, I, the overseer, have become the commander of the light pole, I am really irritable!" ”

Chang Zhenbang thought for a while and said, "This is indeed not a good thing, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for us. ”

Chen Guangyuan glanced at Chang Zhenbang in surprise and said, "How is my brother talking?" Isn't it a bad thing that the old brothers have become the commander of the light pole? ”

Chang Zhenbang said mysteriously: "Brother, do you want to become a veritable overlord of Zhejiang?" ”

Chen Guangyuan said with a straight face: "Brother, you are wrong about what you said, my brother is an official of the imperial court, and I only hope to be loyal to my duties, but I don't dare to think about it or something." ”

Chang Zhenbang glared at him and said, "Brother, you are not kind, why do you still say such a scene in front of your brother?" In this case, my brother will be your loyal overseer in this Hangzhou city, and my brother also knows your position, since you are unwilling to endorse the president, I believe that the president has no reason to stop Duan Qirui from replacing you. ”

Chen Guangyuan said with a look of surprise: "Premier Duan wants to replace me?" Impossible! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "There is nothing impossible in this world, only what you haven't done well!" At the beginning, the president valued the old brother, so before his old man entered Beijing, he not only transferred you from Suiyuan in the bitter cold land to Suzhou and Hangzhou in the paradise on earth, but also suppressed the formation for you and dismissed Lu Yongxiang once, but you are good, after this overseer became a free man, he was free in the overseer's mansion, not only could not suppress the following town guards and envoys, but also refused to stand in the same line with the president, what does the president want you to use, what does Uncle Feng want you to use! ”

Chen Guangyuan's face suddenly turned blue, now the north and south are fighting, if he retreats from the position of Zhejiang overseer, he will either be thrown to the battlefield in Hunan by Duan Qirui, or he will go home directly to retire, no matter which road he doesn't want to see, after all, he feels that he is still young, Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui is fifty or sixty years old, and they are willing to contribute to the country, how can he retire at such a young age? Didn't it make your colleagues laugh and lose their big teeth, and what face did they have to meet their white-eyed wolf-like sons? Thinking of this, he grabbed Chang Zhenbang's hand and said: "Brother, my brother shouldn't say these high-sounding words, for the sake of our brothers and sons, no matter what, you have to find a way for your brother to hold the position of Zhejiang Overseer, otherwise you have to take a few nephews and eat your brother alive." ”

Chang Zhenbang looked at Chen Guangyuan and said: "It's not that I Chang Zhenbang doesn't want to help you, after all, this Zhejiang is different from my three provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian, and the only people who can help you are the president and yourself." ”

Chen Guangyuan thought for a while and said, "I'll send a message to support the whole country to support the president's peace conditions!" ”

Chang Zhenbang sighed and said, "Brother, it seems that you really don't want to be the overseer?" If you send electricity to the whole country like this, don't you just hit Lu Yongxiang's meaning? If he leads the people to expel you from the province, even if the president only transfers you to another province to be an overseer, who in the world is as good as the overseers of Zhejiang? ”

Chen Guangyuan said with a sad face: "For the sake of the president, he is assigned to a bitter cold place like Gansu to be the overseer, and the old brother has to do it." ”

"And!" Chang Zhenbang glanced at Chen Guangyuan with disdain, and said, "Old brother, didn't you think about driving Lu Yongxiang and these people out of Zhejiang? If it happens, not only will there be more oil and water, but our five southeastern provinces will be integrated, even if Duan Qirui really takes us to the knife, we will not be worried, with the financial resources of Guangdong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is possible to kill him Duan Qirui! But if the old brother really went to a poor place like Gansu to be an overseer, the three horses in the northwest, the Bailang thieves, and the revolutionary party were none of these guys were fuel-efficient lamps, and there were Duan Qirui's people to hinder them, and that kind of taste would be even more uncomfortable. ”

Chen Guangyuan sighed and said: "I have more than enough heart but not enough strength, my brother only has the 12th Beiyang Division in his hands, and it is not difficult to recruit Lu Yongxiang." However, it is not easy to deal with other town guards at the same time. ”

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Brother, in fact, this kind of thing is not difficult, I'm afraid that you will not be willing to do it." ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "If my brother has anything to say, just say it!" If my brother can help my brother defend Zhejiang, my brother's life will be sold to you in the future. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Then the little brother dares to ask, does my brother think it is good to be this nominal Zhejiang overseer?" Or is it better to be a soil overlord who seems to lack the Zhejiang overseers in Shanghai? ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "Brother, do you want Shanghai? ”

Chang Zhenbang shook his head and said, "Shanghai is just an enclave for me, I can't attack or retreat, I can't defend it, what's the use of coming?" ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "Then who wants?" ”

Chang Zhenbang pointed to it and said, "I want to kill these bastards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang." At that time, the brother's attack from the south of Zhejiang, the west, Jiangsu from the north of Zhejiang, the elder brother sat in Hangzhou, and took the opportunity to attack, so as not only to protect the property and life of the people of Zhejiang, but also to deter the army of Jiangsu when necessary, so that they did not dare to be presumptuous, and after Lu Yongxiang was finished, the reputation of the Songhu Protector was abolished, and he became the Shanghai town guard again, but from then on, the Shanghai town guard envoy was appointed by Jiangsu. I don't know what the old brother thinks? ”

After Chen Guangyuan summed up for a long time, he hardened his heart and said: "Shanghai was originally a place in Jiangsu, but Duan Qirui forcibly assigned Shanghai to Zhejiang in order to satisfy his selfishness and let Lu Yongxiang become the overseer of Zhejiang, if Li Overseer wants to take back Shanghai, Guangyuan has no opinion!" Please also ask Brother Zhenbang to pay more attention. ”

Chang Zhenbang nodded and said, "It's rare that Brother Chen thinks so clearly, it's good!" The elder brother went to Nanjing again, and the elder brother was taking a good look at how to use the soldiers, after all, Zhejiang is related to the life of the elder brother, and he must think about it more. ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "Fujian's soldiers and horses are reliable? If it doesn't work, please ask my brother to transfer Jiangxi soldiers from eastern Zhejiang. ”

Chang Zhenbang sighed and said: "Fujian's personnel are complicated, and the elder brother also wants to take the opportunity to rectify it, but the elder brother can rest assured, whether it is Fujian or Guangxi, the younger brother's soldiers guarantee that there will be no crimes wherever they go, and they will never touch the elder brother." ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "Li Dujun wants Shanghai, my brother is so busy and I don't know what I want, as long as my brother has it, my brother might as well say it directly." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled faintly and said: "I don't want anything, as long as my brother doesn't forget the friendship between you and my brother, you also know that there is no one in the younger brother's court, only Uncle Feng is alone, and some things still need to use the connections of the old brother, the so-called convenience with others!" ”

Chen Guangyuan nodded and said: "This is naturally not a problem, Wenzhou is also a good place, if the elder brother does not dislike it, then Wenzhou will be included in Fujian!" ”

Chang Zhenbang immediately shook his head when he heard it and said: "I can't help it, the little brother is not a descendant of Beiyang, and he has occupied as many as three provinces. ”

Chen Guangyuan said: "You can't let my brother come for nothing, so let's do it, I will pay 500,000 yuan for military expenses!" ”

Chang Zhenbang thought for a while and said, "Okay, Zhenbang will thank my brother for my brothers." ”

The two talked about some details in a low voice, until the moon fell, the meal was not finished, and the next day, Chang Zhenbang returned to Nanjing again with the small Lingxiang car BMW.

Xiao Ling returned to the Overseer's Mansion as Chang Zhenbang's maid, and was welcomed by many sisters in the past, of course, behind the welcome was jealousy and flattery, although this has long been accustomed to in the Overseer's Mansion, but Chang Zhenbang's identity is after all placed in the Three Provinces Patrol Envoy, not to mention that he is a head higher than the average Overseer in terms of official position, not to mention, he is also handsome and young, a hundred times stronger than those forty or fifty-year-old bad old men.

In the face of the more enthusiastic girls, Chang Zhenbang did not show the leisure of the last time, but hurriedly found Li He and said, "What does Brother Li He think of Shanghai?" ”

Li He thought for a while, and said very enviously: "Wrap 100,000 yuan around your waist, ride a crane to Yangzhou!" This Shanghai is even better than Yangzhou! It's a pity that this place has been transferred from Jiangsu to Zhejiang, and it is no longer owned by me, a pity! What a pity! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Now there is a way to return Shanghai from Zhejiang to Jiangsu!" ”

"Seriously!" Li He was overjoyed and said, "Brother Zhenbang, don't play as a brother!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Where does the little brother dare to play with the old brother? Actually, this is so, so, so! Saying that, Chang Zhenbang told Chen Guangyuan's difficulties from beginning to end, Li He nodded again and again after hearing this, and said: "Uncle Lu Yongxiang's matter already knows, and he is also extremely disgusted that this person is alive and kicking around in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and it is also interesting to clean up this person, but sending troops to fight is not a joke." Chang Zhenbang said: "The four southwestern provinces have already made Premier Duan anxious, just when he has no time to look east, solve Lu Yongxiang's matter, otherwise when he turns around, once Lu Yongxiang expells Chen Guangyuan, he will have to free his hand and Zhang Huaizhi, Ni Sichong and the north and south to put pressure together, and it is not known whether the power of Jiangsu Province can resist these three provinces at that time, even if the brothers want to support, they must first resist the pressure of Zhejiang and Anhui!" In order to avoid the war, the president can only lose the car to protect the commander and remove Uncle Li from his position. It is better to quell chaos in a province than chaos in the world, this is all Zhenbang's heartfelt words, and please convey it to my brother! ”

After Li He relayed Chang Zhenbang's words, Li Chun thought quietly for a long time, and said: "Go down and let Qi Xieyuan prepare, tell him that after taking Shanghai, he must not burn, kill and loot, and must not do nothing, he will become our Shanghai town guard in Jiangsu, but Shanghai's financial revenue must be managed by Wen He, and thirty percent of it will be sent to Chen Guangyuan on a monthly basis." ”

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