Zhao Guanhou was originally going to stay at Su Hanzhi's place at night, but she drove him to Cheng Yue, the two didn't talk as usual, and after eating, they went to the husband and wife ceremony as usual, and then they were ready to rest. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Cheng Yue was unusual, took the initiative to hug Zhao Guanhou, and begged behind him

"Sir...... I was wrong...... From now on, I will never care about you and my children, don't ...... Don't be so cold to me, okay? ”

"Cold, you're not funny, are you? The number of times you should go to your room every month, once a lot, this is also called cold? ”

"I ...... The concubine wants to talk to the lord more, even if the lord scolds me a few words and hits me a few times, it is better than ignoring the concubine like this. ”

"I'm a little tired today, I don't want to talk, if I have anything to say, I'll talk about it later."

Cheng Yue's heart was sour, in the past two years, her increasingly cold attitude made her feel more and more sad, in the final analysis, she attributed the blame to her failure to give birth to a boy. She lowered her figure more and more, and whispered: "A few days ago, the third young master came to see the old lady, and said that there is a big business in Songjiang, what kind of rubber stock can make a lot of money." The old lady told me about it, and asked me to remind the old man. If you want to do this business, the concubine can give the third young master their residence and name to the master. ”

The third young master she said is Cheng Gongting's son, whose son does not join the army, but runs an industry. He engaged in commercial trade in Songjiang, and it is said that the business is doing very well. Zhao Guanhou didn't like Cheng Yue in the first place, and in the past two years, idle flowers and weeds can be folded at will, so she is even more lazy to perfunctory. Originally, I wanted to fall asleep, but when I heard her words, I came to my senses and opened my eyes, "You mean...... Rubber stocks? ”

"Yes...... It's stocks. As soon as she saw her husband coming to her senses, Cheng Yue's emotions immediately rose, and she explained what she knew to Zhao Guanhou in a way that was close to flattering. Sanshao is in Songjiang, making a rubber stock, saying that it can rise many times. He was very familiar with one of the clerks in that foreign bank, and he had news. It is said that this stock can rise dozens of times. This stock is generally limited to people buying, but the third young master can find a relationship and buy more. If the old lady wants to buy it, I can ask the old lady to come forward and talk, and it will not be a problem to buy a thousand shares. ”

"There are so many thousand shares, isn't the third young master making less money?"

Cheng Yue's face flushed slightly, "The old lady loves me very much, and she is worried about the concubine's body...... I don't have the ability to be angry. Help me earn more money and speak a little harder at home. ”

Zhao Guanhou snorted, "Oh, so, am I angry with you?" ”

"No...... Concubinage is not what it means. The concubine is saying that the old lady will definitely help, and the third young master is a filial son, so he doesn't dare to disobey his grandmother. There is really no other meaning, and I don't dare to tell what is wrong in front of the old lady. The concubine also knows that now she is the master's person, the master is close to me, and her mother's family is far away from me, and she will not do anything outside of eating. ”

Seeing her like this, Zhao Guanhou shook his head, "After the New Year, I will send you to a girls' school to study." If you read more books and gain more knowledge, you won't have to be afraid of me like this. ”

"No...... Concubines should not go to girls' schools. When a woman reads, she has to read the biography of the female precepts of the female precepts, so as to achieve three obedience and four virtues, and serve her husband. After reading foreign books, I read my brain badly, and I only thought about quarreling with my husband, and even thought about reconciliation and divorce like Mrs. Meng. The concubine only wants to serve the master, and doesn't want to learn those bad things. The concubine scolded the ugly and ugly today, not with a heart, wearing the pearl on the top, but where the famous instrument of the court is, you can't play with it, otherwise if the old man is there to participate in a book, the court wants the old man to understand the echo, then it will be troublesome. Now it is not as good as the time of the Holy Mercy, and the Holy Grace is long. Now that the new monarch has ascended the throne, the five masters have a very bad impression of the master, and Sheng Xingsun has been used again, and they are all eyeing the master. The more this happens, the more cautious we are, if we are ugly and playful, and the master is involved, the concubine will die and will not be able to atone for her sins. The master is the closest person to the concubine now, so naturally he should think about the master everywhere, even if he is ugly and hates me, I don't care. ”

What she said was sincere, and the emotion of concern was not false, Zhao Guanhou was quite moved in his heart, stroked her smooth back, and comforted: "I know your intentions, I also have something wrong today, don't care." Ugly is still a child, don't scare her, let alone hit her. Just play around, it's not a big deal. If you have anything to say in the future, don't always keep it in your heart, it's not good. ”

Cheng Yue leaned up obediently, "The concubine knows that she looks ugly, but she is wholeheartedly devoted to the master...... As long as the master says a few more words to the concubine and smiles more, the concubine will be content. The concubine also wants to spread branches and leaves for the Zhao family and continue the incense. ”

"In that case, I will fulfill you."

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Guanhou directly found Huo Qiu and asked, "How is the situation in the army?" ”

"Don't worry, the sons and daughters are all thinking that the handsome is good. The court didn't give a reward this time, and the marshal took out the money to pay everyone for three months, if he couldn't tell the good from the bad, wouldn't he become a bastard? Everyone says that if you eat food and become a soldier, you have to work with someone like Dashuai, and follow you to have a way out. ”

"That's good, after the New Year, I have an errand to tell you. This errand is very difficult to do, the difficulty is not in the local area, you have to go to other provinces, although you are officers and soldiers, but you have to hide your traces. Mei Yao has someone who is good at doing this, but she is not familiar with life, and she may not do it well. I trained your battalion and taught you something just to adapt to this kind of occasion. But teaching is one thing, whether you can do it or not is another thing. And it's not my territory, so if you don't do it, it's risky. ”

Huo Qiu knocked on his heels, "Don't worry, the handsome man will definitely do a good job of his errand, and he will definitely live up to his mission." Every year can celebrate the New Year, the handsome's errand can not be delayed, the handsome just command, and go back to arrange manpower. ”

"Then you have no complaints when you celebrate the New Year in another city? Besides, you married a daughter-in-law again, and that Rouran girl heard that she was pregnant, can you rest assured? ”

Huo Qiu said: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, the commander has orders, and there is no difference between swords and mountains and fires, let alone the New Year." If it weren't for the handsomeness, how could he marry such a lovely man? You can rest assured that they are strong and will not miss a baby when they give birth. Besides, there is a stable woman and a hospital, and there is no difference between being in a humble position or not. The commander's military order is the first priority. ”

Zhao Guanhou took out a silver ticket from the book of protection and handed it over, "This is 10,000 taels of silver tickets, for you to pay for it." Since you can't spend the New Year at home, don't be too wronged when you're outside, you can spend it casually. If it's not enough, send me a telegram and I'll send it to you. You go back and light a sentry man, each with two revolvers, bring more ammunition and hand ammunition, and give me Songjiang to keep an eye on a person. This man's name is Greg? Mai Bian is an Albion merchant. Rubber stock business in Songjiang. ”

Huo Qiu said: "Da Shuai wants to take his ticket?" Although he was in the concession, he was sure to bring him back. ”

"It's not a ticket, it's surveillance, keep an eye on him, don't let him find out. I always feel that this businessman is not reliable, and it is said that this matter is not in my hands, but I think this time his scene is very large, and it does not look like a real businessman. If it is really in the rubber business, this kind of munitions will not need to support the pomp and circumstance so much. If I'm not mistaken, this man may be a white demolition party from Tessie. Once there is an accident, it is not a matter of one person and one family, and it will affect Shandong. So, it never hurts to take precautions. If there is a chance to get rid of him, it may be of great benefit to our military salary. ”

As soon as he heard the military salary, Huo Qiu didn't say anything, nodded and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, this matter will be handed over to the humble position, there will be no mistakes, and Bao Zhun will let this dog foreigner not be able to escape from our hands." Whether he is a legal merchant or an illegal merchant, in the end, let him put down the money for us. ”

When Huo Qiu was sent away, Zhao Guanhou rode his horse to the barracks, where on the school field, Yang Jiaoxi was teaching the soldiers, raising guns, aiming, and loading. Hundreds of soldiers on soft horses, urging their mounts, rushed straight towards the infantry lined up, and the infantry, as the defender, raised their wooden guns in their hands and made a defensive posture.

These long-trained soldiers have become more and more able to cope with this kind of scene, galloping horses, furious horses, cold long knives. No matter what the situation, they will raise their bayonets and stab their opponents through.

In the white-knuckle combat training, the two troops are grouped to fight, each holding a wooden gun instead of a bayonet. The fifth-class training of the Broadsword King taught the soldiers to practice slashing and stabbing, and the guard troops practiced the use of weapons such as grapplers and daggers.

In the barracks, Reinstein watched as the two dozen young men roared, "This is the plan you handed in?" I have to regret to announce that all of them did not pass! Look at you salted fish! Are your brains made in Fuso? The tactics are dull, the plans are outdated, and I really doubt what you learned in Fuso. I'm sorry, you staff officers, the next posts are: kitchen, the enemy is potatoes, I promise, your enemies are as many as they are. ”

A young man was a little unconvinced: "Our program was guided by a military instructor in Fuso, and in the military academy, dealing with similar problems is solved in this way, and I personally believe that you are biased against us." ”

"You're right, I'm biased against you, and I'm just as biased against your instructors. If that Fuso man were here, I would beat him all over the ground looking for teeth, and I would step on his head and ask him how he taught so many salted fish! Now that I've answered your question, it's time for you to deal with the potatoes. ”

"We are here as officials on the orders of the imperial court, although Your Excellency is a foreign general, but he is only a guest general, and he has no right to command us." A young white-faced general, Huo Ran got up, stared at Reinstein, and his attitude became tougher. He spoke Prussian, too, in a very firm tone. "I, the new army, do not allow foreign teachers to point fingers and interfere in personnel."

"No, you are wrong, he has the right to command you, and everyone in the barracks. In my absence, the entire command of Fifth Town was represented by His Excellency Reinstein. All of you have it now, get up, run to the room, peel the potatoes. This is a military order, whoever dares to disobey it, beware of the military stick. ”

Zhao Guanhou appeared, and these new staff officers had nothing to say. The young man who stood up to confront Ryanstein turned red and white, but eventually obeyed the order and ran out of the room with the others. Ryan Stein smiled at Zhao Guanhou, "They should thank you, otherwise, if you don't come, I will let them experience what it is like to disobey orders." ”

"Are they really that bad? These are all high-achieving students studying military affairs in Fuso, and according to the opinion of the Chinese government, they should be appointed as standard generals. ”

"Standard level? What are you kidding, even if they are a battalion-level pipe band, they are not qualified. Generals don't understand soldiers, just as soldiers don't understand generals, why do they think they can get their troops to do what they command. Look at the tactical plan they submitted, dull, completely spiritual, the troops are like boy scouts. Such an army is only suitable for drills on the playground, and I really don't know what the Fuso people taught them. Worse than that, they have problems with their minds as well. ”

Ryanstein turned around, took out some bound books from a drawer, and threw them in front of Zhao Guanhou, "Look at it, this is the reading material that they have promoted in the barracks since they came." Your court is really a monster full of contradictions, on the one hand, they deliberately maintain their own expertise, and for this reason, they do not hesitate to send some incompetent fools to break your elbow; On the other hand, the generals they trust are openly spreading these things in the troops, do they know who they use? ”

Zhao Guanhou took these prints and saw that they were printed on oil paper, the texture was rough, and the printing process was average. On the cover, there are words such as Alarm Bell, Fierce Return, and Ge Mingjun. In the past two years, Zhao Guanhou has confiscated a lot of such books, but most of them are carried by people in transit either for fun or for other reasons.

Since the implementation of constitutionalism in the imperial court, the law and discipline have been relaxed, and for those who carry this kind of reading, they will also be held high and light, turn a blind eye and let it go. It is the first time that the officer with the troops took the lead in distributing it.

The soldiers of the fifth town of Shandong are mainly the children of Huaishang, and most of them are poor people who can't eat and drink in their hometowns, so naturally they have no chance to read and write. After entering the barracks, the army opened classes and popularized education, so that they learned to write their names and knew more and more words, but in principle, they only learned one thing: loyalty and righteousness. In the military, it is Guan Gong, not ism, that believes, and the influence of this kind of manual is very limited.

The troops of the Fifth Town, because of their single origin, did not have the same variety of secret societies as the troops of the other towns. The strength of the party is also very weak in the army, although there is a Cao Gang, but they are all Zhao Guanhou's own disciples and disciples, standard, and pipe, some of them worshiped Zhao Guanhou as a master, and became the big characters of the Cao Gang, and there are groups of senior brothers and brothers in the army, and other Hui Gang has no room to survive.

There are some groups called reading clubs, progressive clubs, etc., but none of them are in the climate. The rate at which such books proliferated was not high, and the soldiers were neither interested in reading them, nor did anyone dare to read them. However, if it is issued by some standard-level officers, the impact will be difficult to control.

Zhao Guanhou said: "It seems that I came to the right place today." ”

"If you don't come, I'm going to call you over, this is your troops, and this matter must be dealt with by someone. If we only let them deal with potatoes, it may not be long before we have to face a large number of rebellious potatoes. ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled and did not answer this question, but said to Ryanstein: "Brother Ryanstein, I know that you are very knowledgeable, but I have a long history of Chinese culture, even Your Excellency, I dare not say that I have read all the classics. I'm going to recommend you a book today, Zuo Chuan. ”

"Left pass?"

"Yes, what you need to see is Zheng Zhuang Gongke Duan Yu Yan, after reading it, you will understand what I mean. We have an old Chinese saying that when a cunning rabbit dies, a lackey cooks. I don't want to become an ingredient in a pot, so I have to use some means to let the court know that if they don't appoint me, they will lose everything. (To be continued.) )