Wang Shizhen, the dragon of the three heroes of Beiyang, who was the chief of the army and chief of staff of the Beiyang government, and even the acting prime minister of the Beiyang government for a time, stood in front of him like this, which made Qin Chuan's heart beat violently. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Qin Chuan also remembered that during the Beiyang review that year, he had seen Wang Shizhen from afar. At this time, Qin Chuan had the heart to solicit again, hurriedly pulled Wang Shizhen up, and pulled Wang Shizhen to sit down with a smile.

"Why do you need to be like this, come, come, sit down and talk."

Qin Chuan called out his words, which made Wang Shizhen a little surprised.

For Qin Chuan's name, Wang Shizhen has long been like thunder, not to mention that the Beiyang School of Qin Chuan was a blockbuster that year, not to mention that Qin Chuan's long-sleeved dance is illustrious, not to mention Qin Chuan's talent and wonderful chanting "Ten miles of Pinghu frost in the sky, inch by inch of green silk sorrow in the Chinese year", resulting in the best sentence that Luoyang paper is expensive in the land of Beijing and Tianjin for a while, not to mention that Qin Chuan led dozens of lone soldiers to dare to maneuver around the Seoul area where the Japanese army gathered heavily for more than a month, just saying that Qin Chuan sank the Japanese army's thousands of tons of ironclad giant ships in one fell swoop with a small boat, it is admirable and admirable!

Wang Shizhen usually sighed that he didn't know such a character as Qin Chuan, but he never expected that Qin Chuan, a promising young man, would know his own words? And so passionate about yourself?

Wang Shizhen was puzzled, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, after all, the young man in front of him was a new commander of the third grade, and although he was already old, he was still a cloth cloth.

With this thought in his heart, where was Wang Shizhen willing to sit, but he was finally pressed to the seat by Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan shouted to Xu Tong to make tea quickly, and the flattered Wang Shizhen got up again and threw his hand at Qin Chuan.

"Lord Qin, there is no need for tea, I am here to invite Lord Qin over on the order of President Ye, and President Ye wants to congratulate Lord Qin."

Ye Zhichao wanted to entertain himself, which surprised Qin Chuan a lot, and his intention to recruit Wang Shizhen was immediately dispelled by this news.

Xu Tong said: "Commander, Brother Wang has been here for a while, because you haven't woken up yet, so you've been waiting." ”

As soon as he heard Xu Tong say that Wang Shizhen had been here for a while, Qin Chuan immediately lowered his face and reprimanded Xu Tong.

"President Ye recruited me, why didn't you wake me up immediately!"

Without waiting for Xu Tong to explain, Wang Shizhen hurriedly said: "Lord Qin, don't blame this Brother Xu, it is President Ye who knows that Lord Qin has worked hard in the past month, and specially told me that if Lord Qin sleeps when he comes, I must not wake up Lord Qin." ”

Ye Zhichao was so careful and considerate, which made Qin Chuan even more grateful in his heart. But after all, Ye Zhichao is the commander of the Qing Army in Pyongyang, even in terms of official rank, he is several levels higher than himself, not to mention much older. Qin Chuan didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately asked Wang Shizhen to lead the way, and was anxious to see Ye Zhichao.

The two guards wanted to follow Qin Chuan, but they were also stopped by Qin Chuan, and only instructed Xu Tong to arrange for the soldiers to eat and rest quickly.

The official residence of Ye Zhichao opposite, although it looks bright and grand on the outside, the building inside is just ordinary, it is an ordinary three-entry courtyard.

According to Wang Shizhen's introduction, the owner of this mansion is a businessman surnamed Pu in Pyongyang, because Ye Zhichao arrived in Pyongyang relatively late, and the better mansions in the city have been requisitioned by Wei Rugui, Ma Yukun, Zuo Guigui, and Fengsheng A, who arrived early, Ye Zhichao had no choice but to choose this place as his official residence.

In addition to the more than a dozen pro-soldiers outside the gate, the first into the courtyard on both sides of the wing rooms and stables, are lit up, there are also some pro-soldiers in and out, but into the second courtyard, the scene is very different, although here is also brightly lit, the main house is even more brilliantly lit, but the yard is quiet, only the door of the main house stands two pro-soldiers, in addition, there is no one else in the yard.

Wang Shizhen told Qin Chuan that this was Ye Zhichao's habit for many years, and he had to read quietly every night, and outsiders were not allowed to disturb him.

Regarding Ye Zhichao's reading every night, Qin Chuan once heard Zhang Shiheng talk about it, saying that Ye Zhichao's family was poor when he was a child and he could not study, but he was literate and read in the army. Since moving to Zhili, because there is no war, he is even more diligent in studying, and Li Hongzhang also praised Ye Zhichao for this. After the death of the brothers Zhou Shengchuan and Zhou Shengbo, the old commanders of the Sheng Army, Li Hongzhang intended to let Ye Zhichao take over the Sheng Army. You must know that the Sheng Army is not only Li Hongzhang's most descendant unit, but also the strongest in the Beiyang Army, Li Hongzhang is willing to hand over such a force to Ye Zhichao, which shows that he favors Ye Zhichao.

To be able to lead the Sheng army, it has to be someone who Li Hongzhang absolutely trusts, and others are afraid that others will have to break their heads to fight for such a thing, but Ye Zhichao insisted on not accepting it, thinking that it is not easy for outsiders to lead the Sheng army to appease the army, and strongly recommend Jia Qisheng and Wei Rugui to lead the Sheng army. Through this incident, Li Hongzhang attached more importance to Ye Zhichao, and recommended him to serve as the governor of Zhili a few years later.

Regarding Ye Zhichao's personality, Qin Chuan also knows a lot.

On the seventh day of the Spring Festival last year, after he led the salt regiment to beat the horse team of Sheng Jun Lu Benyuan, Li Hongzhang was angry, and Ye Zhichao also spoke up righteously, saying some good things for him. Because of this incident, although Qin Chuan has never had a relationship with Ye Zhichao, he has a good impression of Ye Zhichao.

In addition, Ye Zhichao set up a military academy in Shanhaiguan, attaching great importance to learning Western modern military, which also impressed Qin Chuan.

Wang Shizhen thought that Ye Zhichao was very important, and in front of the main room, he just nodded with the two personal soldiers on duty, and he didn't understand it, so he led Qin Chuan directly in.

There are more than a dozen thick candles lit in the main hall, the spacious main hall is reflected very brightly, facing a piece of case, there are bottles, galls, brocade boxes, and a picture scroll of characters hanging on the wall, it is a white-faced middle-aged man wearing a golden crown and riding a black tiger, holding a bright gold ingots in his arms. Although Qin Chuan didn't know the characters in the painting, he knew that it should be a Korean mythological figure such as the God of Wealth. It's just that the chairs on both sides of the case are also empty, Qin Chuan was puzzled, was dragged by Wang Shizhen's sleeves, and followed Wang Shizhen to open the brocade curtain in the side hall on the left hand side and enter.

The side hall is also illuminated by thick candles, and there is a bookcase placed in front of the door, which not only has the four treasures of the study, but also a gold-lacquered wooden box, and on the bluestone ground in front of the bookcase, a huge copper basin burns most of the red and bright charcoal, and the steaming heat makes the side hall warm and sunny.

At this time, although it is still September, it is already very cold in the morning and evening, Qin Chuan doesn't feel anything at this age, but most of the older ones are a little unbearable. Ordinary people are okay, but Ye Zhichao, a commander of the army and many rich and noble families, often light braziers.

In an antique copper incense burner on one side of the bookcase, there is a faint cigarette smoke, which smells like musk and orchid, and the fragrance is refreshing.

This aroma Qin Chuan is also very familiar, this is also the high-quality spice produced by his Aurora Fine Chemical Company, not only musk and other precious spices, but also mixed with a little ambergris, the price is high. However, with a title like Ye Zhichao, he can naturally afford it.

On the bookshelf placed against the wall on the right-hand side, there are many books stacked, and on the left-hand side on the ground is a table of eight immortals, on which are placed a pot of tea and two tea cups, and there are only two chairs. There was also a large map hanging on the wall on one side, and Qin Chuan's eyes were sharp, and he could see that this was a topographic map of Pyongyang.

When Qin Chuan came in with Wang Shizhen, Ye Zhichao was standing on the edge of the brazier in front of the bookcase, holding a thread-bound book and reading it.

Ye Zhichaosheng is tall and burly, half a head taller than Qin Chuan, with a rounded face, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, and a natural honest appearance.

Zhang Shiheng once said to Qin Chuan that Ye Zhichao was honest, he only did things when he was young, but he spoke little, and he was called Ye Dadu. However, although Ye Zhichao looks honest, he is very brave in battle, and when he was young, he would take the lead in every battle. When flattening, there was a time when he was shot in the waist, and after falling to the ground, he turned over and jumped up, swung his knife into the enemy formation, and fought bloodily, which was very fierce.

"My lord, Lord Qin has arrived."

Wang Shizhen bowed slightly and whispered to Ye Zhichao.

Ye Zhichao looked up at Qin Chuan, his face was already full of innocent smiles.

Qin Chuan touched the heel of his riding boots and gave Ye Zhichao a military salute neatly.

"President Ye is well!"

Ye Zhichao looked Qin Chuan up and down, and couldn't help but praise repeatedly: "Good!" Ming Hong is still the same. As soon as he saw Ming Hong, the old man remembered the scene of the Beiyang school parade that year, if he was really young and promising, he would become a pillar of Beiyang in the future. ”

Ye Zhichao said as he casually threw the scroll in his hand onto the bookcase, and took Qin Chuan's hand one step by one step and walked towards the Eight Immortals table on the left. After only walking a few steps, he turned around and instructed Wang Shizhen.

"Pingqing, hurry up and tell the room, hurry up and set the wine, the old man wants to wash the dust for Minghong."

Ye Zhichao pulled Qin Chuan to the table, pressed Qin Chuan to the chair affectionately, and was busy pouring tea for Qin Chuan.

Ye Zhichao is a second-class member of the imperial court, although Qin Chuan's small commander is also a third-grade, but after all, he belongs to the Yamen of the Changlu Salt Transport Envoy, in the eyes of those Beiyang generals who are above the top, it is not in the stream, Ye Zhichao is so enthusiastic about him, it makes Qin Chuan restless, and he wants to get up to stop him several times, but he is stopped by Ye Zhichao.

After pouring the tea, Ye Zhichao sat opposite Qin Chuan, and warmed up affectionately.

As for Qin Chuan and his group of people in Pyongyang, they all asked about the food and accommodation in Pyongyang, and they were extremely thoughtful and meticulous.

Because he had been prepared, it was just a while for Wang Shizhen to lead a few soldiers to bring in the wine and food on two large trays, and put the wine and food on the table of the Eight Immortals one by one.

Ye Zhichao is a native of Hefei, Anhui Province, and his chef is also hired from his hometown, and the dishes are all Hui cuisine.

There are not many dishes on the table, only two hot and two cold. The two hot dishes are Huarutian chicken and grape fish, and the two cold dishes are toon mixed with shredded chicken and spicy cucumber. The wine is not from Anhui, but two pots of warm Shanxi aged bamboo leaves.

After the wine and food were arranged, Wang Shizhen took out a box of hard hardcover Chunyang brand cigarettes and a box of matches from his arms and put them on the table.

According to Wang Shizhen, Ye Zhichao knew that Qin Chuan smoked, and specially asked Wang Shizhen to find a way to get it from a battalion officer in the camp.

For Ye Zhichao's carefulness, Qin Chuan felt even warmer in his heart.

After Wang Shizhen led his own soldiers to withdraw, Ye Zhichao personally carried the pot again to fill Qin Chuan with wine, and poured it himself.

After a simple opening remarks, Ye Zhichao frequently poured wine and cloth dishes for Qin Chuan, and asked about Qin Chuan's sinking of Qiujinzhou and the attack on the Japanese army in Seoul.

After three rounds of wine, Ye Zhichao picked up the wine jug and poured it for Qin Chuan, looked at Qin Chuan with blazing eyes and said.

"Ming Hong, Zhongtang and Lord Zhou are very concerned about you, when you were still in Seoul, you called several times to inquire, and repeatedly asked me to send powerful personnel to Seoul to look for it, I have called Zhongtang and Lord Zhou in the afternoon to inform you of the news, both of them have called back the evening, asking you to return to China as soon as possible, and there must be no further delay. It's just that in the afternoon, I heard a message from Gongting, saying that you intend to stay in Pyongyang for the time being, and then make plans to return to China after inspecting the Japanese army's tactics? ”

"I don't know if Ming Hong is like this, but what does it mean?"