Zhao Guanhou is not a generous person, especially he has always adhered to the principle of killing mistakes without letting go, although he may not have much love for Hannah, a girl younger than himself, but watching her and Xiao Li Man get engaged, he is not happy to see it happen. Besides, I rescued her myself and let her marry someone else, who did I say to me about my hard work? It is his method of retreating as advancing, that is, to serve his own plans.

"Yes, I said I would give you a gift, a precious gift, and I will keep my promise." With Zhao Guanhou's skills, dealing with such a little hairy head can be regarded as killing chickens with a knife. Hannah's front, almost without much resistance, fell one by one and fell into the hands of Zhao Guanhou.

According to his thoughts, he gave hundreds of millions of children and grandchildren as gifts, and made a wooden boat, and in the future, even if Basons was against it, he would have to be a cheap grandfather. But at this moment, when the sword was about to be reached, from the entrance of the cave, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps, and a man's shout, "Hannah, are you here?" ”

In any case, it was impossible for Hannah to do anything with Zhao Guanhou at such a time, and Zhao Guanhou even withdrew before she made a defiant move to show his gentlemanly demeanor.

Hannah gasped and hurriedly straightened her clothes, only then did she realize how dangerous she was in. I must be crazy, how can I do these ...... in such a place. She lifted her skirt shyly and said with tears:

"Guanhou, I will wait for you...... Wait until we both have gray hair, and we will not hesitate to do anything. I believe that one day, we will walk into the church and receive blessings. But...... But we can't do anything like today...... God will not forgive us, and I must repent in order to wash away my sins. ”

Zhao Guanhou secretly cursed the people, they not only ruined their own good deeds, but also made Hannah wary, and if she wanted to eat this Prussian angel in the future, she was afraid that it would take a lot of effort.

"Crown, Hannah, you are indeed here. Well, if we can't find it again, our lad, we may have to mobilize everyone to search. Bishop Andrew laughed and walked over, followed by the Marquis of Leeman Jr. Andrew is a China expert, and in official terms, he is comparable to Hurd, the foreign tax officer of the tax department, and more authentic than many officials of Daikin.

Hannah had great respect for the bishop, and during her captivity, she had also been taken care of by the other party, so she hurriedly saluted and walked out with the corner of her skirt in her arms. Andrew shook his head, "Poor little girl, everyone who falls in love is stupid, and she is no exception. Lord Zhao, this is a girl as pure as an angel, I hope you don't hurt her. ”

"Don't worry, Lord Bishop, Zhao will definitely not hurt her." Zhao Guanhou said in his heart: How can it be called harm if human beings continue to be a major event? At most, it's a little blood, which can't be called damage.

Xiao Li Man made an inviting gesture to Zhao Guanhou, "Your Excellency, I want to talk to you, first of all, I want to apologize to you, apologize for my arrogance and rudeness last time I was in Jinmen, and secondly, I want to thank you, if it weren't for Your Excellency's help this time, I think it would be difficult for us to leave here." ”

"Marquis Liman, you are too polite, this is our duty."

"Well, that's my second point, consensus. The governor of your country has not been friendly to us, and I suspect that the actions of these robbers have his support and acquiescence. So that's what I want to talk to you about, the protection of Prussian interests in China. In the warehouse of the Qingdao office of Lihe Foreign Bank, a number of the most advanced military equipment are stored, and at the same time, the foreign bank can provide a group of excellent technical personnel. If you want, we can talk about the equipment and personnel. We work together to safeguard our country's rights and interests in Shandong. ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled, "I thought that the Marquis was going to talk to me about Hannah." ”

"Oh no, if it was me a year ago, I would definitely have to use Hannah to talk to you in exchange. But now, I'm not going to do such a stupid thing. I'll try to get Hannah on my own and nothing else. As for business, that's business. Today, we only talk about business. I hope you can cooperate, you buy this batch of equipment, you must hire our technical personnel, if there is financial difficulties, you can only borrow from our bank. The price is the missionary power of the Catholic Church in Shandong, as well as the right to exploit the mines, and Bishop Andrew would like to talk to you about the protection of the Church. ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded, "I'm very interested in these topics, really very interested." However, my rank is not enough, and only the governor of Shandong, not me, a foreign military attaché, can decide this kind of issue. ”

Li Man smiled, "I think that the governor of Shandong will soon be replaced by your chief officer, Lord Yuan, and as long as you agree, Lord Yuan will not object." Based on your help to us, we will choose you as the negotiation partner for this business, which is also the return of the Leman family, and we do not owe favors. ”

In Zaozhuang City, it is like a flood receding tide, and it is a mess. Smoke rose from the burned houses, and door panels, carts, and other things used as offensive weapons were scattered everywhere. On the ground, discarded red turbans and belly wraps could be seen everywhere, which had become filthy because they had been trampled on.

Along with these red scarves, there are weapons such as knives, guns, and pitchforks, as well as the corpses of boxers who invited Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Yang Zongbao to the upper body. Some of them were not dead, but they were also wounded, and they were lying in corners or struggling on the ground, screaming in pain. The dark red blood didn't have time to seep into the ground, forming a stream in the streets full of.

A large number of soldiers of the Jin Kingdom dressed in Western-style military uniforms, carrying yellow dragon flags and rifles, searched everywhere for the remaining boxers. In the middle of the team, the governor's special yellow flag stretched out in the wind, with a big "Yuan" written on it.

Under the banner, a short and fat middle-aged man with a short stature was dressed in a military uniform and holding a saber, which was Yuan Weiting, who was protecting the Governor of Zhili Yinxin as an alternate squire, and behind him was the right army of Wuwei, 10,000 soldiers. Starting with the entry of the right army of Wuwei into Shandong, Shandong was announced and entered a new era.

The officials who came to deal with the aftermath of the foreigners arrived in Baoqinggu two days later, and the identity of the person who came was not comparable to Guo Yunsheng's alternate Taoist, but the second person in Shandong at the moment, Zhang Renjun, the official and political envoy of the domain.

He was the nephew of Zhang Peilun, a famous minister in Beiyang, and his uncle was a very famous warrior in the clear stream, and he was famous in the imperial court for being good at fighting in this chapter, and Huguang Zhang Xiangtao, Bao Ting, and Chen Baochen were collectively known as the four admonitions of Hanlin. However, the official Fu was not prosperous, and he suffered a big loss when he was appointed by the Fujian Naval Division, and the entire Nanyang Naval Division was almost wiped out, and since then it has been sluggish and has done nothing.

Zhang Renjun was born in Hanyuan, first put the salt road, and then transferred to the domain, once served as a politician in Liangguang, and then had a quarrel with the governor of Liangguang and moved to Shandong. He is also very proficient in foreign affairs and is not conservative, and because of this, he can't get along with Yuxian, who is a friend of the ocean. In this carjacking case, Yuxian did not let Zhang Renjun participate in it from the beginning, and suspected that Zhang Renjun was communicating with foreigners, so he pressed the feudal division by Futai, and his life was not easy.

But now that the situation has changed dramatically, Shandong is easy to carry, he turned from black to red, changed stickers with Yuan Weiting, worshiped his brother, and soared into the sky in Shandong officialdom, becoming a hot figure.

This time on the mountain, with him is the famous Shandong general Xia Shaoxiang, he followed Zuo Ji Gao to the west, very meritorious service, and foreigners have also seen the battle, is considered to be the first-class general in Shandong. Even with the entire bandit who hugged the calf, he was also quite jealous.

Fortunately, Zhang Renjun was very polite, and after going up the mountain, he first had a secret conversation with Zhao Guanhou for a while, and then went to meet Bishop Andrew and several other representatives of foreigners, and finally announced that the carjacking incident was successfully resolved. Hug the people in the cottage, accept the imperial court's recruitment, and make arrangements for the establishment and official positions after meeting Governor Yuan. As for the compensation and pacification of foreigners, the consuls of Prussia and Argentina will also give a plan after consulting with Governor Yuan.

When he came, he had already allocated a special train to send foreigners to their destinations, and Zhao Guanhou and others also took this car to meet Yuan Weiting.

As soon as she heard that she had finally won Zhao'an, Sun Meiyao finally let out a sigh of relief, the sword hanging on the head of the calf cub finally didn't have to fall, and these green forest people would not fight hard with the government. Although Xia Shaoxiang is old, he is in good spirits and does not age at all. After chatting with Sun Guiliang for a few words, he deliberately said:

"Yufutai, in fact, I gave an order to sweep away all your cottages in Mengyin. I don't want to fight with you in my heart, and I will burn all the jade. However, as a soldier, he should obey military orders and cannot disobey, thanks to Lord Zhao's timely telegram to the imperial court, Chen said that the benefits and harms, and the imperial court should not act rashly when he returned the telegram, so a catastrophe was avoided. ”

He remembered Yuxian's command before, and he was a little disapproving, but at this time, he had already dismissed the official and handed it over to the ministry, and if he said anything, he would inevitably be suspected of falling into the ground. Only said:

"He was fooled by the people around him, and he acted a little recklessly, but you yourself also have misconduct. It can be known that the foreigners are almost about to invade the whole of Shandong, if you really get to that point, you are the sinners of our Shandong! In the future, since he has become a teacher of the imperial court, he should strictly abide by military discipline and must not relapse into the old ways. ”

Sun Guiliang has dealt with him, and he is really afraid of this veteran in his heart, and there is no malice in his words, he really points out, so he has to nod his head and praise goodness, and he doesn't dare to say a word.

When he got on the train, Zhang Renjun invited Zhao Guanhou into his carriage, with a very kind attitude and no arrogance. He is a native of Hanyuan, and Zhao Guanhou is a military general, so it is said that he can't put it in his eyes. But his demeanor is very humble, but he can be a man.

After the two talked, Zhao Guanhou realized that during the trip to hug the calf in the past few days, the situation in Shandong changed several times, and it was almost out of control at one time, but it finally turned into safety. His telegram at the Marquis of Leeman's premises became a key move.

Since the carjacking case was discovered, public opinion in the embassies of various countries in the capital has been in an uproar, and the legation represented by Klint has protested several times to the national affairs yamen of the General Office of the State of Jin, and both the Argentine and Prussian countries have thrown out some fierce remarks. Komura Shoutaro, the minister of Fuso, even proposed at the ministerial meeting that since the Jin side could not guarantee the smooth operation of the railway, it was proposed that the right of way of the Shandong Railway be taken back from the hands of the Jin court and handed over to the joint jurisdiction of all countries.

This proposal was supported by the ministers of various countries, who expressed to the imperial court that if the hostage incident could not be properly handled, the right of way in Shandong Province would be jointly supervised by all countries to ensure that such incidents would not happen again. This kind of proposal is tantamount to looting, and the Jin court naturally cannot agree to it, but once the hostages are killed and the right of way is not handed over, I am afraid that there will be war in an instant.

Later, Zhao Guanhou sent a telegram from Shandong, first explaining the harm of Kanli's two fists, and then saying that Yuxian was hindered by several parties, and there were many sabotages, and even imprisoned those who came to negotiate and wanted to kill them, and finally said that Prussia was ready for war and intended to occupy the whole of Shandong, which strengthened the heart of the court to be appeased.

Originally, he did not change Yuxian at the earliest, because he was known as a capable member, and he was also very honest, and he had a good official reputation in the court. In addition, there is such a big case, if he is dismissed, I am afraid that no one will dare to take over the seal. But now the incident that is being handled by him has become out of control, so he can't take care of it, so he will withdraw it first.

As for the successor candidate, Han Rong protected Yuan Weiting, and his squire alternate official title, it is very appropriate to release the governor. The right army of Wuwei can fight, the queen mother has seen them with her own eyes, if the foreigners really face each other with swords, only the right army of Wuwei can be an enemy.

Zhao Guanhou is also Yuan Weiting's subordinate, and the cooperation between the two is the most tacit understanding, which can be regarded as the convenience of the imperial court to the greatest extent, and allows Yuan to act cheaply and have full authority to dispose of it.

Emperor Tianyou hated Yuan Weiting very much, but his hatred was meaningless, once the queen mother's will arrived, he couldn't do anything except read the book. It was to send two successive orders from military aircraft, one to be issued and the other to be sent by the court. Tingji ordered Yuan Weiting to hand over his errand and take office immediately, and Mingfa's edict was to take the post of governor of Shandong Province of Ge Yuxian and hand it over to the ministry.

Not long after these two telegrams were sent, the imperial court received a telegram from Shandong that more than 2,000 Prussian soldiers had set off from Qingdao by train and moved in the direction of Zaozhuang. At this time, even the Empress Dowager Cixi was a little unstable, and summoned the military plane to discuss how to deal with it once the war started.

In Zaozhuang City, after the arrival of Zhu Hongdeng and the sincere monks, it was convenient for Zaozhuang to set up a bright fist, and everyone practiced martial arts and demonstrated to foreigners. Zhu Hongdeng's appeal is very strong, in a short period of time, inside and outside Zaozhuang City, thousands of boxers have gathered, and the mood is rising day by day, and some people have proposed to kill the foreigners in the city and eliminate demons for the country. A company of Prussian cavalry, unable to do anything at this time, all shrank to Leeman's dwellings, and the scene was almost on the verge of breaking out.

If the boxers really start attacking Li Man's residence, whether they succeed or not, it will be an unspeakable disaster. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Yuan Weiting's train arrived in Zaozhuang. The people thought that the governor was still Yuxian, and he came here to cheer for the boxers, so Zhu Hongdeng brought a group of people to greet him, not wanting that the governor had changed, so his position was different. As soon as the car arrived at the station, first the guns were platooned, then the bullets were left in the hands, and finally the ruthless killing. Thousands of boxers were scattered, Zhu Hongdeng was captured, the whereabouts of the sincere monk were unknown, and a major diplomatic incident was finally strangled in the cradle. (To be continued.) )