In March, the peach and plum are fragrant, and Texas at the turn of spring and summer is already a lively and noisy scene. On the station, people come and go, shoulder to shoulder. On the wharf, mountains of goods are piled up, waiting to be loaded and shipped.

With the rise of the Zhili Flying Tigers, foreigners are not easy to gain a foothold. When they learned from the consulates of various countries or other sources that Shandong was a pure land at this time, they all flocked to Shandong. Texas is located in the key chong, there are many foreigners, and the people have long been surprised, whether they are blonde and blue-eyed, or dark as coal, they always buy things and give money, and others have nothing to do with themselves.

At the station, a young couple had just stepped out of the station carrying heavy suitcases when several half-grown children rushed over to grab their suitcases. The man warily waved his cane as a threat, and the children had to say in a half-baked Albionwen: "The box...... We...... We've got you covered...... Ten eldest sons......"

After talking about painting for a long time, the two of them knew that it was not a robber who came, but a paid laborer, and the man paid the money, took his wife's arm, and followed the children vigilantly. In the countryside of Baoding, they had really seen the Flying Tigers rob things and kill people, and if it weren't for the fact that the man had a pistol on him, the two of them might not have been able to escape.

Texas is a big city, I heard that there are no boxers, I don't dare to kill people during the day, but even in my own country, it is still inevitable to encounter thieves at the station, who knows if these children will take the opportunity to steal their own things.

At the station, the patrolling soldiers came over and asked in the same lame Albionwen: "What do you need help with?" ”

When the man didn't understand the child, the soldier touched his head and had to explain "they...... They are government-approved...... Ligong ...... Something went wrong...... We're in charge. ”

When they came to the entrance of the station, a child ran out quickly, and after a while, he called two rickshaws, and several children carried their suitcases to the car, and then ran to the station to continue waiting for new business. The man's Mandarin was worse than the children's Albion, and the coachman had been arguing with them for a long time, but he couldn't get the point. At this moment, a short and sturdy man suddenly came over and acted as an interpreter for both sides.

After the report, the male protagonist learned that this kind person was a Fuso man named Banxi Hachiro. Although there was no correspondence between the two, seeing that he was so enthusiastic and able to act as a translator, he asked him to accompany him and take him to his destination.

The rickshaw left the station, and before it had gone far, it saw a team of hundreds of people wearing uniforms and carrying fast guns behind them, running in a line. As he ran, there were officers shouting loudly, "Marutomaru, Marutomaru!" ”

"This is? The army of the Kingdom of Kim? The man glanced at these soldiers, and saw that their mental outlook was generally good, their nutrition was relatively good, and most of them had red faces, which were completely different from the officers and soldiers he saw in Baoding who were yellow-faced and thin-skinned, and were about to nap when they stood there. If it weren't for the flag, there would be no way to believe that these two forces belong to one country.

Banxi nodded, "This is the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army, and there is an artillery mark stationed here." Last year, it was this army that captured Zhao Laozhu alive in the Great Battle of Senluo Palace. From the Chinese New Year to the present, they have trained their troops every day, and their training methods and means are very similar to those of Taixi's troops, and even the passwords are in Albiang. Or rather, they are a Tessie unit in the uniform of the Golden Soldiers. ”

The two couples nodded, and when the soldiers passed, the rickshaw came to the main road, and the hostess looked at both sides of the road, and then let out an exclamation, "Eddie, I really can't believe that this is actually the street of Jinguo." You see, I almost thought I was in Paris right now. There was no effort to be seen here, and no one was dumping those things on the road. In the air, there is no disgusting stench, even in the capital of this country, which is unthinkable. ”

Banxi Hachiro smiled: "This is the credit of Lord Zhao of the artillery mark." In the past few months, he has established rules in Texas, prohibiting large and small disagreements on the road, and violators are punished with fines, and there may be hard labor. Now the governor of Dezhou, Yuan Weidun, the brother of the governor of Shandong, obeyed Zhao Biaotong's request, and the yamen also cooperated with the supervision, no matter who it was, they were all fined. At first, someone broke the rules, and when they were fined or even flogged, they began to learn to follow the order. Besides, His Excellency has built a lot of toilets on the street, which is convenient and has a place, and the road is clean. ”

Speaking of this, Banxi added, "In addition to this regulation, Texas has set up training institutions to teach the Albiang language to the common people, so that they can serve the citizens of all countries. With the establishment of health clinics, the teaching of public epidemic prevention and the unclogging of sewers, if this development continues, Texas will soon become an international city far beyond the capital. ”

The man smiled, "I have to correct a mistake of Mr. Banxi, even now, this is still an international city far beyond the capital." At least now, I don't have to worry about encountering a red bandana, and I don't have to hold a pistol in my hand at all times. ”

"Mr. Eddie, you can safely lock your gun in the safe. Shandong, it is forbidden to practice boxing and set up factories. Although the Jin court issued an edict, saying that they were righteous people, and allowed them to hold group exercises. However, the ban on boxing has never been abolished in Shandong, and whoever dares to set up an altar to practice boxing will be killed immediately. For the sake of practicing boxing, dozens of villages were bulldozed, and people's heads hung on the city walls as many as stars in the sky. It's not just about practicing boxing, but it's also very good at catching robbers and thieves here in Texas, and the level of public security is probably higher than that of some Taixi cities. ”

The hostess was fascinated by this, and suddenly said to her husband: "Eddie, I don't think we need to go to Weihai to run our own factory, here, it's okay too." ”

"Casey, what you said is exactly what I thought, and when we settle down, I'll pay a visit to this Lord Zhao and see if there's anything to talk to him."

At this time, Zhao Guanhou was accompanying Shigege around the Thousand Buddha Pagoda in Texas, the four beauties were in the same hall, the earth and the ocean were complete, and it sounded infinitely beautiful, but it was extremely difficult to maintain the balance between the four people and try to make everyone happy. Rao is Zhao Guanhou is clever means, but he is only good at stealing food in four places, and there is a time difference. Now that the four women are together, many means and rhetoric cannot be used, which makes him feel embarrassed.

Fortunately, Su Hanzhi is the most jealous of the four, but because of his secret illness, he suppresses all the unhappiness in his heart, on the surface, he is always docile and humble, and he is polite in everything, and the other three will not make a big fuss. On the whole, he has lived a happy year on the whole, but his ambition of the four-American bed has not been realized after all.

Among the four, Su Hanzhi has no requirements for him, only talks about dedication and does not ask for anything in return. Sun Meiyao took the opportunity of military training to have time to be alone, and Mrs. Jenson could also take him away for a few days under the pretext of inspecting business or military cooperation and other topics. Only ten Gege has a noble status, and she has to serve her with her heart.

She was already a little sensitive when she avoided trouble and went out of Beijing, if she felt that she was treated coldly again, or pitied, with her temperament, she might really leave. It was Zhao Guanhou who was the most attentive to her, and he changed his ways to please her, and Yuqing was also a very smart woman, so she couldn't see it.

The two of them were spinning around the tower, and the accompanying monk had already been driven down by the guards, leaving this place to the two of them. Yuqing said: "I'm causing you trouble, in order to accompany me, I don't know how much business will be delayed." I heard that the boxers in Zhili are making a lot of trouble, maybe when, they will come back to Texas, you are still busy with your business, I will not leave. ”

Zhao Guanhou took her hand, "Let's go?" I'm pulling you, where can you go? Wherever I go, I'm going to get you back. No matter how fierce the boxers are, it's a small thing, and you are my big thing. Wait for two days, I will take you to fight tigers, there are tigers on the ground in Shandong, let's go hunt one or two, peel a whole tiger skin to honor my father-in-law. ”

Yuqing leaned into his arms and smiled: "Then your big things are too much." I'll count, Sister Hanzhi, Sun Da, foreign widow...... I heard that there is still a senior sister in Jinmen, when will you pick up someone. There is also a Yang Cuiyu in Beijing, by the way, the daughter of Mr. Ba Xi, is it time to come to China from Prussia when she is on vacation? She's almost due to graduate this year, and maybe she'll never leave again. ”

"I know, it's really not good......"

Yuqing smiled, "I just think that you are too good to me, if this is your sincerity, it is naturally good, if it is only for my personality, I will feel uneasy." Although I hope you only like me, but the superficial work must be done, and the inner house must always pretend to be the same, I don't want them to treat me as an enemy, and the three of them will join forces to deal with one of me. Also, you don't care in the barracks, no problem? ”

Zhao Guanhou shook his head, "What's the matter, my set of military training techniques, the people below have also learned it, Xiao Gui Cao followed, just follow my path, and the rest will be left to them." As long as the troops are obedient, I don't care about anything else. Texas is a good place, the location is unique, it is convenient to raise food, it is more than enough to raise me, my life is comfortable, there is nothing to worry about. ”

Yuqing had a hidden worry on her face, "You are comfortable, I think this matter is not so simple, we have a lot of foreigners in Texas recently, and some of them I still know, are foreigners who are directly affiliated with business." I've been to visit them, and I've heard that Naoli is making a lot of trouble now. Originally, Shandong was in the countryside, but Zhili was in the countryside, and it has gone from the countryside to the city. Originally, it was a small county town, but now, it has begun to develop into the famous city of Dayi. I also wondered, obviously Zhao Laozhu was hit a live target, how could anyone still believe this, and the more he practiced, the more he practiced? ”

Zhao Guanhou said: "Zhao Laozhu was beaten into a sieve, or cut into meat sauce, it is useless, the mouth of the rivers and lakes is immeasurable, and he can't ask the people in the rivers and lakes." They can say that Lao Zhu is not dead, but just a soldier. There is such a catastrophe in life, borrowing the hands of the official army to be reincarnated, and it is the body that is broken, and the soul has already flown away, attached to whoever and whom, this is a very simple matter. What really determines the rise and fall of the boxers is the attitude of the imperial court, from Yu Zuochen's transfer to Shanxi as the governor, I can see that there is such a step. He made a fuss in Shandong, and as a result, he was directly sent to Shanxi, the richest in the five northern provinces, as the governor, which clearly showed that there were people above to protect him and support his actions. He is a person who has nothing to do except be honest, and who really likes a clean official in the current big gold? Thinking about it, that is Qiu Yang, who can change his top, the court has such an attitude towards foreigners, and the boxers will naturally make more and more trouble. This matter is from Duanzhuang and Zhuang, with these people, the boxers will not be able to finish the trouble. ”

Zhao Laozhu was executed before the Spring Festival in the downtown area of Jinan, when King Duan sent a telegram over, hoping that Yuan Weiting's men would show mercy and avoid hurting the people's morale. After Yuan Weiting consulted with the staff, the reply was that Zhao Laozhu did not add punishment, but only tried supernatural powers. He was treated in advance, and he was allowed to set up an altar, and then he was shot with a gun, and a dozen mini guns were fired in a volley, and the people were beaten into a sieve, and pictures were taken.

It is said that even the chief leader has been proven to be false, and the people below should no longer be fooled, but in fact, the momentum of the boxers in Zhili is greater than in Shandong. Not long ago, there was an incident of boxers and officials in Laishui.

Several boxers killed the commander Yang Futong, and the body was unloaded into several pieces, which was miserable. Afterwards, the government did not punish the boxers, but dismissed Yang Futong, and the university scholar Ganglie characterized this matter as that Yang Futong should not hurt the righteous first, and all the morals were canceled.

Since the boxers who killed the officials became righteous soldiers, the status of the Flying Tiger Regiment could not be shaken, and later, there was more Zhili Governor Feng Lu with his own honor guard to send Zhang Decheng, the teacher of the Tianjin Flying Tiger Regiment, to use the matter, with the dignity of the leader of the ministers, kneeling to the boxers to greet them, the system was lost, and the prestige was gone, and the word system was impossible to talk about.

The courtiers actually made this statement, and the feudal officials also folded their own worth, and when they reached the grassroots level, the word order was completely gone. Zhuozhou and Yizhou were occupied by the boxers one after another, and the officials and soldiers were expelled instead.

The killing of parishioners and the burning of churches in the two places were extremely unspeakable, and the number of people who were killed did not know how many. Even those who wear glasses and hold umbrellas cannot protect the leader, and in the Flying Tiger Regiment, there is also a saying that ten hairs are killed. From the real foreigner Da Maozi, to the second Maozi of the religious people, the Sanmaozi who speaks foreign languages, etc., all of them must be killed.

As long as the large families are accused of being connected to foreign countries, they will be immediately attacked, and the doors will not be saved, and the property will be looted. Unlike Shandong, this time there is no government to participate in the distribution of profits, and the rule of equal distribution of three places has become two and one to add five, which is a model for the imperial court not to compete with the people.

A large number of foreigners fled to Shandong, but it enlivened Shandong's economy, coupled with Zhao Guanhou's Texas management plan for several months, the environment of Texas has been greatly improved, and more foreigners are willing to stay in Texas for development, which is of great benefit from the perspective of prospering the local market in Texas.

But Yuqing is the character of Jin Guo after all, and the problem of considering is not a little Texas, but the side of Jin Guo. Even Zhuozhou and Yizhou are occupied by boxers, after Yizhou, not far from the emperor's mausoleum, if the mausoleum is shaken, she, as a descendant of the Wanyan family, will have no face to face the ancestors.

And Jinmen and Baoding are all Zhili Governor's Office, and even there is a fight, this capital is afraid that it may not be able to protect, she always feels that this is definitely not a good phenomenon, and she always feels extremely nervous in her heart, and if there is something big, it will happen.

"Duanwang!" Yuqing said hatefully: "This thing that has brought disaster to the country and the people, if it really provokes foreigners to turn their faces and raise troops to commit crimes, it will be up to him to see what he will do when the time comes." Why is this man so confused, believing the nonsense of the boxers. ”

"He's confused? He knows it better than anyone else. Zhao Guanhou snorted coldly, "There are so many martial arts masters in Duanwang's Mansion, what kind of tricks can hide from him?" But the current situation is that his son wants to be the emperor, and the foreigners don't let his son become the emperor. There is such a group of bastards, who can clean up the foreigners for him and let his son ascend the throne and sit in the palace, who do you say he is on? The foreigners came to cut the land and pay compensation, they were looking for the queen mother to talk to the current emperor, and he didn't have anything to do, and he didn't need to pay for it. But in the end, he got it, you say, is he confused? ”

Yuqing's face turned pale, and she said angrily: "This Chengyi, as his name suggests, is a dog!" When he really gets into trouble, I'll see how the Buddha settles accounts with him. ”

While the two were talking, there was a sound of footsteps at the stairs, Huo Qiu walked up quickly, handed a telegram to Zhao Guanhou, and Yuan Weiting called him and ordered him to take ten grids to Jinan as soon as possible without delay. (To be continued.) )