The news of another admiral in Wenzhou immediately spread, and for a while, the talker, who was not very famous, immediately became a well-known big family in Wenzhou. People from the Wenzhou county (then county) government came, and then the provincial officials also came. Anyway, at that time, there was a naval general in Wenzhou, which was definitely big news, and even the newspapers in the province published this news. And for local government officials, it's a top priority. Admirals correspond to at least the senior officials of the province, and their status is much higher than that of the officials of a county.

Tan Renhao originally wanted to live a quiet day for two days and prepare for the engagement, but now he didn't have a quiet time. Although he didn't want to pay attention to those local officials, but the military and civilian family, and now that he represented not an individual, but the Imperial Navy, he couldn't excuse himself. In just two days, Tan Renhao received more than ten invitations, in addition to local officials, there are also many well-known squires, local chambers of commerce, famous families, anyway, a little fame will regard this second admiral in the history of Wenzhou as a treasure, thinking that as long as Tan Renhao can step into their door, it will be a matter of glory to the ancestors.

Forget it, Tan Renhao has a headache, these more than ten invitations, even if he runs two times a day, it will take several days. And if you can't go to two houses in a day, it will take more than ten days. He only has a month's vacation, and no one can guarantee whether this vacation will be full, I'm afraid that when he walks down this circle, he should go back to report it, so he and Liao Yingyu's engagement can only be cooled to the side. After thinking about it, Ren Hao simply decided to pay for the treats himself, and if he didn't want to eat, others would spend his own money, and invite all these people who invited him back to solve it at one time.

Tan Jingkang immediately unified his son's proposal, originally the Tan family had no status before, and he also felt that he was subject to those officials. There are also big households, please be a little reluctant not to go, of course, he wants more than one daughter-in-law, this matter cannot be delayed. As soon as the father and son put it together, they decided to set up a few tables in their own house and invite those people in. Then Tan Jingkang went to ask someone to repair the house. Banquets are available. However, Tan Renhao had a little headache, he only brought back a set of military uniforms, and they were regular uniforms, and he couldn't always wear civilian clothes, representing the Imperial Navy. Outcome. Tan Renhao could only quickly call Lei Shaoqing and ask Lei Shaoqing to bring his navy dress. This time, Lei Shaoqing also knew about Tan Renhao's engagement with Liao Yingyu, and immediately Hao Dongjue often recommended Xin, and he also knew. Nature. It is indispensable for these three people to drink wine.

Now Tan Renhao finally knows that holding a banquet is not a simple matter, and it is impossible for him to ask his father to come forward to invite all the guests. After all, those guests were coming for him, not for his father. Relatives and friends, these can let the father come forward, so it is more polite, but those officials, chambers of commerce, and squires have to talk about it, and Renhao himself will come forward. This brings us to the following scene. "Master Li. You've got to be on time! Tan Renhao smiled with a smile on his face: "Come to the cold house early in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, there is nothing to entertain adults, but please also ask adults to go to the banquet on time." ”

"Definitely, definitely. How could I be late for the general's invitation! The middle-aged official was also smiling.

"Then I won't bother Master Li. Say goodbye, say goodbye! ”

"I won't send the general to go slowly, go slowly!"

After leaving the official's mansion, Tan Renhao wiped the sweat from his forehead, and when he saw that there were no people on the list, he suddenly felt a headache. Looking at the Chinese network all the way, I was originally going to invite only more than a dozen, but thinking about it, it was impossible. For example, if you invite Director Li, you can't help but invite Director Wang, as for whether these two officials have anything to do with each other, Tan Renhao doesn't know that he only knows that he can't invite one and not invite the other, which is very rude.

"Renhao, I think you've become a squire." Liao Yingyu also runs with Tan Renhao every day, but she always thinks that Tan Renhao is very funny when dealing with those officials.

"Squire? If I were a squire, I wouldn't go to the Navy to report. "Tan Renhao moved the car", but these officials cannot be offended. Although I am now an imperial admiral, how can I say that my parents, mother, and sister are all in Wenzhou, if I offend these magistrates, who knows what they think in their hearts? If you don't say offended, even if you are snubbing, it's not good. I'm not afraid, but my family still has to be managed by these people, right? ”

Liao Yingyu smiled and shook her head. "It seems that there are businessmen in Wenzhou, and this is really reasonable."

Tan Renhao also laughed. "But I'm not a businessman."

"If you were a businessman, I wouldn't marry you, my husband is a hero like no other in the world, do you think I like businessmen?"

"Of course not, but your vision is really good!"

Both of them laughed, and then they went to visit the next "Lord Wang".

After running for a day and a half, Ren Hao finally invited more than 30 "big shots" who had to be visited by him in person. In fact, in terms of level, even the county magistrate of Wenzhou County is below him. If you want to talk about Renhao when you were together when there was no separation between the military and the government in the past, those officials had to stand. However, now that the military and the government are separated, the army is under the army, and the government is under the government, although many officials still know that the military has more power than the local government, after all, the local government has no right to mobilize the army, and does not even have the power to intervene in the army's operations, and the army is under the direct command of the central government. But soldiers have families and families, so Tan Renhao is polite and polite to these local officials, and it is also for the sake of his own family.

At noon that day, Tan Renhao went home and had dinner. Of course, he also gave his father a list of officials who had been invited.

"Renhao, did you forget one?" Tan Jingkang soon saw that there was one less person on the list, but he immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing: "Forget it, I'll go." ”

Tan Renhao was shocked at first, but he was relieved to see his father change his words.

"Who else hasn't been invited?" Liao Yingyu's reaction was not so fast, "If Ren Hao didn't invite us, let's go for a trip, there are still so many things at home for my uncle to watch." ”

"This ......" talked about Jingkang a little embarrassed.

"Dad, I'll go." Tan Renhao sighed: "It's nothing, so many years have passed. ”

Tan Jingkang nodded. And say no more.

At this time, Liao Yingyu saw the problem, but when she saw that the atmosphere was wrong, she didn't ask.

After resting for an hour after dinner, Tan Renhao went out, he didn't want to take Liao Yingyu with him, but Liao Yingyu insisted on coming along. It's not good for him to refuse anymore, otherwise it will make Liao Yingyu feel uncomfortable.

"Are you going to invite the father-in-law who hasn't been to the door?" As soon as he got in the car, Liao Yingyu asked.

Tan Renhao smiled bitterly and said, "And the father-in-law who passed through the door?" ”

"You know what I mean, anyway, don't you?" Liao Yingyu didn't want to joke with Tan Renhao.

Tan Renhao nodded. "When I went to the military academy. Chai Jinbiao is also the vice president of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce, and I heard that he became the president two years ago. Now it is the head of Wenzhou merchants. Hey, such a person can't afford to offend, anyway, after so many years, I believe he won't think there is any problem. ”

"The Chamber of Commerce is important?" Apparently. Liao Yingyu grew up in a military family and didn't know much about the outside world.

"It's very important, even more important than government officials." Tan Renhao drove the car out of the small alley. "Have you ever heard of the saying that Wenzhou merchants are all over the world?"

Liao Yingyu nodded, this is a common saying that has been passed down in the empire for hundreds of years.

"Wenzhou businessmen first began to do business, after hundreds of years of development, Wenzhou businessmen can have today's status, the chamber of commerce plays a very big role. I heard that Zhang Shaoting was able to become the imperial minister back then, and the support of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce was the most important. This is also a consensus reached by Wenzhou businessmen for hundreds of years. To be united, it is necessary to gather the strength of all people. Tan Renhao deliberately slowed down the car, he wanted Liao Yingyu to know as much about the relevant knowledge as possible, so as not to make a fool of himself later, "Maybe." For ordinary people, the reputation of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce is not too loud. However, now the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce is the largest local chamber of commerce in the empire, and more than sixty percent of the commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are concentrated in the hands of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce is not a simple business organization, and has a great influence on the government and even the parliament. Chai Jinbiao is the president of the Chamber of Commerce, in addition to his Chai family's bank, the most important thing is the Chai family's influence in politics. I heard that even Xue Xiyue wanted to give face to the Chai family. For that reason, I had to invite him personally. ”

Liao Yingyu looked at Tan Renhao with a little surprise.

"There's nothing strange about it. Now Jiangnan Shipyard has forty percent of the shares in the hands of members of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce, how important do you say this Chamber of Commerce is? ”

Now Liao Yingyu can be understood. She thought for a moment and asked, "But if you want to see the eldest lady of the Chai family, if you dare to change her mind, be careful that I pull your skin!" ”

"My aunt, if I had to choose, I would rather offend Chai Jinbiao than offend you."

Liao Yingyu nodded with satisfaction, and the women were a little vanity.

Fifteen minutes later, the jeep stopped outside Chai Jinbiao's gate. There are many courtyards in Chaijiadi, which are not those Western-style villa-style courtyards of the admirals, but pure Tang style courtyards. However, this courtyard is very large, just looking at the main gate, it is extremely magnificent, and the two stone lions on the side of the door make people feel extremely majestic. In addition, the vermilion door panel, the panicked door frame (yellow used to be a forbidden color, but now it is not), and the door plaque with "Chai Fu" written in bright gold on the house. Let people know at a glance that this is not an ordinary family.

"The master is in the study, the general will sit down first, and I will go and invite the master over!" The housekeeper is an old man in his sixties, he knows Tan Renhao, Tan Renhao also knows him.

"Then it's troublesome for the second uncle!" Tan Renhao looked very polite. I don't know what this housekeeper's original surname was, but he used to be Chai Jinbiao's father's housekeeper, so everyone in the family called him Chai Er. Tan Renhao came to Chai's house several times when he was a child, and he always called him "second uncle".

Not long after Chai Er left, a maid walked in with two cups of tea that were still steaming. Tan Renhao didn't know this little maid, probably this maid was hired by the Chai family after he went to the military academy.

"Renhao screen looks like there is a woman!" Liao Yingyu's eyes are very sharp, or she has an extra heart.

Tan Renhao frowned slightly, in fact, he had noticed it a long time ago, but he just pretended not to see it. He doesn't guess who the woman hiding behind the screen is.

"I haven't seen General Tan for many years!" The woman heard Liao Yingyu's words and took the initiative to come out.

"yes, I haven't seen you for many years, and you haven't changed much." Tan Renhao felt annoyed, he saw the person he didn't want to see the most. "Let me introduce you, this is ......."

Without waiting for Tan Renhao to introduce Liao Yingyu, he introduced himself with a smile: "I am Liao Yingyu, the fiancée of General Ren Hao, you are Miss Chai, right?" ”

"Yes, it turns out that Miss Liao is really so beautiful." The person who came was Chai Jinbiao's daughter Chai Furong, who was about the same age as Tan Renhao, but she looked a little old (in fact, she was only three months younger). In addition, she does not have the boldness and ability of Liao Yingyu, but has more of the delicate and delicate daughter of a big nobleman, and there is also ruthlessness and the obvious jealousy of a woman who is more beautiful than her. At least this can be heard from Chai Furong's words. "Miss Liao, when are you going to get married? I'm sure you're engaged, right? ”

Liao Yingyu is a real wealthy family, and was influenced by her father and brother, although she heard the sour taste in Chai Furong's words, she still kept a smile and said very "affectionately": "Miss Chai is really understanding, I am going to get engaged to Ren Hao in the next few days, Miss Chai must come then!" ”

Tan Renhao saw the two women fighting openly and secretly, and he regretted it in his heart, why did he bring Liao Yingyu here? But soon Chai Jinbiao came to help him out of the siege.

"Talking about the virtuous nephew and talking about the general, you have been waiting for a long time!"

Hearing this, Tan Renhao breathed a sigh of relief, didn't care about the other meaning of Chai Jinbiao's words, and quickly pulled down Liao Yingyu, and then greeted Chai Jinbiao who had just entered the door with a smile. "Uncle Chai, you're really joking."

"Where and where I heard that there is a general in Wenzhou, and he is still talking about a virtuous nephew, I am naturally very happy." Chai Jinbiao is the posture of a big businessman, "Sit down, please sit down, this is General Liao's daughter, right?" It's really a blessing to be true to its name! ”

Liao Yingyu is a person who is used to seeing big scenes, so naturally he will not panic in the slightest. After entertaining, Tan Renhao also hurriedly sent out an invitation, saying that he was even more stage frightened than Liao Yingyu!