Coordinated by Mrs. Jenson, a float was added to the train as a special train for Zhao Guanhou. The floats are provided by Belgian companies and the interior is extraordinarily luxurious. The front and back are divided into three parts: bedroom, sitting room, and dining room, the floor is paved with tiles, arched windows, tasseled curtains and satin curtains, so that Jiang Fengzhi almost looks straight, dumbfounded, and has no place to put his hands and feet. "This is a train?" This is wider than our house, how much does this ticket cost? ”

Huo Qiu was extremely obedient, and when he saw Jiang Fengzhi and Zhao Guanhou being close, he always felt that this was a woman with an unlimited future. Hurriedly helping with the luggage, and constantly complimenting, Jiang Fengzhi saw a dignified official nodding to himself, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, quite satisfied. It's just that as soon as he entered the sitting room, a gust of incense blew on, which actually overshadowed the perfume on Jiang Fengzhi's body, and then I saw Mrs. Jenson greet her generously.

Jensen was dressed in a neat hunting suit, like a noble lady who was about to go hiking and hunting, and his calm and elegant demeanor made Jiang Fengzhi feel ashamed. The two met in Jinmen County, and at this time it was considered a reunion of old people, and Jensen stretched out his hand to her and said in Chinese:

"Beautiful young lady, brave female warrior, we meet again. It is my honor to walk with you on this trip to Shandong. Then he hugged Zhao Guanhou again, "My dear, great, we can finally travel together again this time." I believe that this will be a trip of a lifetime, Miss Jiang, what do you think? ”

Jiang Fengzhi saw that the two of them were hugging each other, and when she saw that the foreign woman was actually provoking herself, she couldn't help but say, "Senior brother, what's the matter with her?" Don't forget, you're a family man. ”

"Oh, beautiful young lady, I think it's a problem between us, or rather, it's between me and Lady Hanzhi, not with you. What do you think? Jensen smiled slightly, not caring about Jiang Fengzhi's angry gaze

"As you can see, Guanhou and I love each other and are attracted to each other. The two of us are very suitable, don't you think? He belongs to me as much as I belong to him. His artillery battalion is sponsored by our bank. For example, on this trip to Shandong, Warby Bank will not provide loans, but I will use my private property in my name to lend to Guanhou because I want to help him. ”

"You!" Jiang Fengzhi stomped his feet angrily, and ran forward with his hands covering his eyes, and several fellow guards looked at each other, on the one hand, they admired their chief officer for his clever means to catch such a rich beautiful widow, but on the other hand, he didn't know how he solved such a big problem. This is more troublesome than any foreign ticket, how can two women see the king.

Zhao Guanhou smiled helplessly, "Jensen, you can't do this, we said okay......"

"Yes, but she's not part of the agreement. I must first make her understand her position, I must not think of encroaching on my territory, I must guarantee my power. Okay dear, I respect your national customs, but you must also respect me, anyway, I don't want to see you have too much intersection with her, and so do other women. You can go chase her back, and I'...... Waiting for you here. I think we have a lot to do, and we don't have much time for this little girl. Also, our poor Miss Hannah, who is still in the hands of those wicked robbers, let us pray for her together. ”

Although Jiang Fengzhi lost his temper and made a temper for a while, Zhao Guanhou said some good things, and he was finally able to coax it. Moreover, she herself knows that she doesn't have too many positions to accuse anything, and if she makes too much trouble, she will actually suffer from it. Whether it is in terms of appearance or financial status, he is far inferior to Mrs. Jensen, and the only thing he can rely on is the affection of the old man. If you lose even this one, you will be a complete failure.

Thinking about this layer, in the next trip, she didn't embarrass Mrs. Jensen, but just looked at Zhao Guanhou attentively, and protected him tightly in the spirit that she couldn't eat and others didn't want to touch him. Zhao Guanhou was trapped in it, and he also felt a headache, but he didn't know how to appease the two.

When the train enters Shandong Province, the road becomes very difficult, the railway is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and the road conditions are far inferior to Zhili. As soon as he passed Heze, the car was forced to stop. The railway ahead was damaged a lot, and the car could not move, so it had to wait for the maintenance personnel to come to repair it before continuing to operate.

Jenson frowned, "Your country's protection of the railroad is really terrible. And the security in Shandong is also worrisome. If this continues for a long time, I think the Prussians will find more reasons to demand benefits from your country. ”

Jiang Fengzhi snorted and whispered: "If it weren't for you foreigners, who would come to dismantle the railway." If you are all gone, the railroad will be smooth and there will be nothing. ”

Zhao Guanhou got off the train to take a look, and when he came back, his brows furrowed, "Jensen, I think the situation is not as simple as a simple railway sabotage. I took a look, and the terrain here is very suitable for organizing an attack. The fields on both sides of the railroad can accommodate a lot of people to hide, and if anyone wants to attack us, this will be a great location. In addition, when I got out of the car just now, I also saw some suspicious people, sneaking here. This is not quite right, and it would be a big joke if even the envoy who negotiated the ransom was ticketed. ”

In the train robbery in Lincheng, the robbers destroyed the railway line and attacked the train at night while the train stopped and waited for the railway to be repaired. Now there are also problems with the railway here, and when I hear Zhao Guanhou say this, no one dares to take it lightly. Jiang Fengzhi hurriedly took out the knife and slingshot from the luggage, took out the cartridge sac, and said confidently: "Don't be afraid of a twenty or thirty robber, my slingshot, let them know that it is powerful." ”

Jenson smiled slightly, and gave an order to the four servants he had brought, and the four sturdy servants immediately took out their weapons from the carriage. Each had two revolvers, two Mini rifles, and Jenson swung five revolvers in a row in front of him, all of them full of bullets, and reloaded several Mini guns, one of which was thrown to Zhao Guanhou. looked at Jiang Fengzhi again

"Brave young lady, courage alone is not enough, you also have to learn to use modern weapons. These weapons are more reliable than your slingshot. ”

At noon, the conductor came to report the bad news, the railway was badly damaged, and the road maintenance personnel were nowhere to be seen, and the road would probably not be completely repaired until tomorrow morning. Although the food and drink on the train were well prepared, when they heard that they were going to spend the night in such a desolate place, the passengers in the other carriages immediately complained.

Zhao Guanhou and they prepared a float, the conditions were naturally the best, and the second and third class carriages in the back were not only crowded, but also smelled bad. There are a lot of people who are in a hurry to go back, trapped here, how to bear it, the noise is passed all the way. Zhao Guanhou shook his head

"If something really happens, these people will do bad things. Huo Qiu, you take a few people to guard the aisle, if someone really comes to fight our idea, we can't let people from other carriages enter our carriage, so as not to suffer a plot. Baoshan, give me the binoculars, everyone pay attention. ”

After noon, a large number of people with red scarves on their heads could be seen appearing in the fields near the railway. It was autumn harvest time, and the crops were supposed to provide cover, but due to the drought of the year, the land was bareland. There was only a dry and cracked ground in the fields that should have been undulating wheat waves, and there were scattered crops with wilted heads, which could not hide people at all.

These men wrapped in red scarves were wandering some distance away from the railway, although they did not attack, but the steel forks in their hands and the single knife behind their backs proved that they had no good intentions. By about three o'clock in the afternoon, they had already seen two earthen cannons set up on both sides of the men, as well as a dozen raised guns, and the situation became more and more wrong.

This time, even Jiang Fengzhi couldn't sit still, so he went to the sleeper and pulled the curtain, and changed into his usual silk handkerchief and thin-soled fast boots. I picked up the knife and got out of the car.

"I'm going to talk to them and see which way it goes. Looking at this outfit, it looks like what Zhang Decheng mentioned about Kanzi boxing and Lizi boxing. If it's them, then it's easy to do, everyone is the same family, and my grandfather is still their teacher's master. Vermilion worships my grandfather, and if I talk to them, they can let us go. ”

Zhao Guanhou grabbed her arm and pressed her back to her seat, with a surprisingly serious expression, "Don't mess around." You don't see that it's an earthen cannon again, and it's a gun bearer, and you go down and they fire, I don't know if there will be any accidents. You give me a good life, there is a man here, it is not your turn to die. Jenson, you too, watch her well, don't run around. We'll do the rest. I want to see if these two broken guns, a dozen broken guns, can move me. Baoshan, Baohe, tell the brothers to prepare! ”

Jiang Fengzhi is not afraid of heaven and earth on weekdays, but after being trained by Zhao Guanhou, he became extremely tame, lowered his head, and said softly: "I know, just don't run around." But you should also be careful, there are too many of them, if they hurt you...... Sister Hanzhi has to blame me to death. ”

As the sun set, in the afterglow of the setting sun, there was already a sea of red outside the carriage. There are more and more people with red cloth wrapped around their heads, and there are probably thousands of people gathered. They didn't have a queue, they stood haphazardly, densely packed, but there was no deterrent power of the military formation, but the number of people was still considerable.

Some of them are probably craftsmen, who used carts to pull materials, set up mat sheds on the side of the road, burned incense and burned something, engaged in cigarette smoke, and some like musicians, holding suona, flute, cymbals and other musical instruments to play, the music is mixed with smoke, the scene is very weird. There were also women who pushed food in carts, and men with turbans found a random place to sit down, gobbling up dry food while watching the train.

Behind this float, there is another first-class carriage, which is not as good as the float, but it is far better than the second- and third-class carriages. There were some wealthy businessmen sitting on it, and when they saw this, some people came to greet them, hoping to take refuge here. A wealthy businessman was even more crying

"I brought 5,000 Yingyang, I was going to Shandong to do goods, but I didn't expect to meet boxers. I heard that they hate other people's use of foreign things the most, and if they let them see this foreign money, they are afraid that they will die. Besides, I still have glasses, and I have a foreign watch...... Your Excellency, please save your life. ”

Zhao Guanhou talked with several wealthy businessmen, and found that there were not many people in the carriage, and they were all merchants from Jinmen and Zhili, and they all had roots to be found, so there would be no accidents, so he nodded and let them come. Jenson settled these people and took the opportunity to find out if there was a chance to start a business.

Huo Qiu sent someone to the second- and third-class carriages to inquire about the situation, and soon reported back. Unexpectedly, the people in the second and third class carriages did not seem to be afraid of these boxers, and after confirming that the people who came were not bandits, most of them breathed a sigh of relief and were no longer afraid. Someone else said, "These senior brothers have very good spells, they will not kill innocents, they only kill foreigners and foreigners." As long as you don't have foreign gadgets on you, you'll be fine. ”

Compared with the robbers, these passengers obviously have no foreign gadgets on them or think they don't have them, and their emotions are very stable, but they don't cry and grab the ground. On the contrary, some people complained, hoping that foreigners and foreigners would get off the bus quickly and not delay their own affairs.

There are foreigners in this carriage, and the passengers also know about it, but they also know that there are guns and officers and soldiers in this carriage, so they don't dare to say much, but just whisper something. Zhao Guanhou snorted, "They like to think like this, just follow their wishes, don't come to harm our business, everything will be fine." Everyone also prepares their diet, and they may have to work hard later. He smiled at the rich businessmen who had taken refuge, "I'm sorry for a few people, I'm afraid you will be implicated when you come." ”

One of them, the wealthy merchant with five thousand eagles, shook his head and said: "That's not what I said, those people not only hate the foreign, but also the rich, and there are squires behind them who pay for the grain, otherwise where will the grain come from." But for us foreign merchants, they are not polite, you have guns here, and they are safer, otherwise, they will have to take all my money this time. As long as I pass this level, I am willing to honor the heads of the two masters, Yingyang, for 200 yuan...... Never break your word. ”

The commander also knew that the situation was not good, he was not as sure as these people, not to mention that when it came to foreign things, the entire train was considered foreign goods, wouldn't it all have to be reimbursed. Although it was autumn, the sweat on his forehead came out layer after layer, and he kept wiping his sleeves, came here to deliver food, and muttered in a low voice, "Why haven't the people from this government come yet?" With so many boxers and no officers and soldiers, I am afraid that they will not be able to break the siege. ”

What the commander didn't know was that the officers and soldiers had already arrived, and the two earthen cannons and the guns were all the equipment of the officers and soldiers, but they appeared in the hands of the boxers at this time. A battalion of infantry, who acted as a master to escort the boxers, was eating victory bread and drinking victory porridge on the ground.

The officer who led the team talked to several senior brothers, pointed to the train, and offered his own opinions. But a few senior brothers were obviously not interested in his guidance, just perfunctory, and then patted their chests, saying that they were invulnerable, and they didn't need to think about any tactics at all, and they could win by rushing over.

Guo Yunsheng, the alternate Dao Dao led by the official army, was eating eight bowls with a "master" of Kanziquan in a temporary reed shed, and the one who accompanied him was the most famous senior brother of Kanziquan recently. Because when he hijacked a car in Lincheng, he killed a foreigner who put a gun with a dart, and became a real Taoist. He has sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and his appearance is dignified, which makes Guo Yunsheng can't stop praising him.

Outside the reed shed, there is a big flag brought by Guo Yunsheng from Yuxian, the governor of Shandong, which is Yuxian's recognition flag, and with this flag, it is like Yuxian coming in person. The people are afraid of officials, and with this flag to protect themselves, they can do whatever they want, without restrictions, no matter how many people they kill or how much trouble they cause, they will have the endorsement of the government. (To be continued.) )