As Su Hanzhi, Jensen, Hannah and others boarded the ship one after another, Mary also understood the meaning of Cheng Zhen's words. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After all, compared to a fox like Jensen, there is still a big gap between her little goblin and Taoism. Cheng Zhen had already left the ship early, and at today's gathering, Cao Zhongkun and Li Xiushan also came with their dependents, so there was no need for him to have fun. The four people who worship in Jinmen, because of their different careers and priorities, are rarely able to get together. Occasional gatherings, there must be people absent, as complete as today, not for several years, you shouldn't spoil the scenery.

Although Zou Xiurong never resumed his marriage with Meng Siyuan, he also attended the party this time, and the women got together and whispered, and most of the female relatives of several families were very envious of Su Hanzhi and Zou Xiurong. One of the two became the provincial governor, and the other became the second-in-command of the Republic Bank, which was much more majestic than the Overseer's wife.

At the same time, some women pointed at the two foreign women, Jenson and Hannah, thinking that the little wives were not qualified to participate in this kind of big women's gathering. Su Hanzhi said with a smile: "It's okay, Guanhou said that the family does not have this set of wives and concubines, and I have to take the lead in supporting his work." Besides, both of them have a share in what the second brother talked about. ”

The men are more boasting of Zhao Guanhou's achievements in the construction of Shandong, among the brothers, Li Xiushan sits in Jiangsu, Cao Zhongkun has Baoda, one is the traditional land of fish and rice, and the other is the essence of North China, but to say that the economy and finance, tied together, are not as good as Shandong. As soon as he sat down, Li Xiushan praised Shandong's economic development and asked Zhao Guanhou for advice.

On the contrary, Zhao Guanhou highly admired Meng Siyuan, "Of the four of our brothers, three of them eat swords, guns, and rice, and only the second brother holds a pen." Don't look at the three of us now have soldiers, horses, guns and cannons at hand, if you want to talk about achievements, you have to say that the second brother is the highest. The Jingfeng Railway was repaired from the pre-Jin era, and the progress before and after it was repaired to Hong Xian and then Feng Yuzhang became the president, and the progress before and after was less than 100 miles. The second brother has been the chief for only two years, the Jingfeng railway has been repaired sixty percent, this time with Jinpu into a line, it has become a ready-made Jifeng road, in the future the second brother will also pave the railway to the northwest, if this thing is done, it is really a great merit. ”

Meng Siyuan said with a smile: "You don't have to praise me, I will build the railway, and I will definitely use the rails and sleepers you recommended." The four of them laughed out loud, and Meng Siyuan continued:

"I ran an industry in the pre-Jin era, and I never saw much improvement in Gonghe, in the final analysis, it was the human factor that was in the way. In the case of Jingfeng Road, because the further north it goes, the more it involves the land of the former Jin clan, and there are the most disputes, and there is also the intervention of local warlord forces like Zhang Yuting. Without his approval, how could the railroad pass his defenses? Of course, it is also affected by the domestic situation, and if we are still at war, we will definitely not have so much money to build roads. ”

"You can't say that, second brother, the money you pay for road construction mainly comes from the issuance of public bonds, and the government supervises business and runs the people. If it weren't for your own incorruptibility and good governance, how could you make the railway profitable. If the railroad is not profitable, how can a businessman buy your account and subscribe to public bonds. In the past, although the Ministry of Communications was a wide yamen, it was common for railways to lose money. It wasn't until the second brother took over that the railway, shipping, and highways became a cornucopia of money, with tens of millions of dollars in the accounts every year, which was the solution to Duan Zhiquan's siege. A public official in the capital can receive a monthly salary, and they all know the second brother's favor. ”

"It's very normal for someone to know my favors, and someone to scold me behind my back, and I've already cultivated to the point where I'm not shocked, so I don't take it seriously." Meng Siyuan smiled and said: "I understand the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, I have been doing business for so long, and I also understand that these things cannot be completely eliminated." But it is intolerable to take money and turn money-making projects into losses. I was able to clean up the officials, in fact, I also relied on the help of the fourth child, without your Lu Jun as support, I, the chief executive, may not be able to buy it. ”

Cao Zhongkun said: "The fourth overseer army, that's really a good thing." It is precisely because of the Overseers that we, the Overseers, will not be angry with the Zhengfu, otherwise we will be a small fan, which of us will think about it? Can you live this fairy-like life now? Siyuan repaired the railway this time, why did he build it wherever it went, it wasn't that the overseers in all provinces sold their old face, and with the overseers nodding, there was nothing that couldn't be done! Siyuan, do you think that's the truth? ”

Meng Siyuan smiled bitterly: "Big brother, I don't dare to agree with what you say. When it comes to this overseer of the Fourth Office, I really want to beat him up. Now the union has become a multi-headed monster, and it was all caused by him. And the fourth child started to fight against the Zhengfu by force, which is not a good phenomenon. Don't look at how comfortable you are now, what if one of us becomes president in the future, and these Overseers do the same to us? ”

Every time the government issued a dismissal order or a telegram reprimand, Zhao Guanhou responded with resignation, and then the general resignation of the Shandong military circles. From the division commander down to the company commander, all the telegrams were sent to the company, claiming that they would follow the resignation of the commander and no longer bear the responsibility of maintaining public order.

Shandong's chamber of commerce and the provincial council immediately sent a telegram saying that the people of Shandong would always support Zhao Guanshuai and would not recognize other overseers. If the government insists on going its own way, Shandong will exercise self-control and no longer regard itself as a province of the United Nations. Immediately afterwards, the provincial border sharpened the knife Huohuo, and there was a great deal of using the seal official sent by the Gonghe as a Fusang person.

At this time, the Overseers will inevitably actively participate in the war, and a cadre of Overseers will send a telegram in solidarity with the people of Shandong, and as long as the resolution of Shandong self-control is passed, the province will follow and declare its self-control.

Needless to say, Hunan and Hubei are the wings of Shandong, and the most laughable thing is that Cao Zhongkun, the overseer of Zhili, must respond every time, claiming that Shandong is independent in the front and Hebei must be in the back. As soon as the telegram was sent, some people ridiculed that Hebei was self-controlled, how could Jingshi deal with himself?

Due to the dispute between the government and the court, the local overseers were allowed to sit in the middle of it, and even the days when they became the emperor of the soil were indeed very comfortable, but Meng Siyuan's question made Cao Zhongkun also fall into deep thought.

Since the three brothers made an agreement to take turns to establish the president, this soldier from Jinmen cloth dealer has already moved his heart to win the throne. Now I am also seriously thinking about how to restrain these feather dusters once I become president.

Li Xiushan was more shrewd than him, and said with a smile: "Second brother, what you said is confused." Now he is making trouble with Lao Duan because he can't get along with us. When we become presidents ourselves, the Overseers will have to listen to us, dare not listen, and go over and sobbed one by one. The Prince of the Two Lakes is a ready-made example, called Patrol, with no land to patrol, known as the Overseer, and no army to supervise. Even the guard battalion was headed by Lu Jun, and he couldn't even appoint a section chief. Whoever dares to go against us and let them become the second prince Chun, what else is there to fear? You see, in the past two years, the little fan has taken the initiative to help you build the railway, isn't this just a sign that Lao Duan wants to show us goodwill? If it weren't for the confession, the dignified Frontier Force Preparatory Office superintendent, the deputy chief of the army, could he go with you to build the railway? ”

Zhao Guanhou said: "This is really a thing. The little fan is the mastermind of the crooked nose, and it is said that he will not serve in this kind of practice. When he was in a hurry to build the railway, he always felt uneasy and kind. ”

Meng Siyuan smiled: "Fourth, you think too much. Xu Tieshan's character is not very good, but there is one advantage, that is, he also wants to maintain the integrity of the territory and recover the rivers and mountains that were ceded in the past. At least on this issue, he is a partner who can develop. On the issue of Wai Rouran, I agree with his performance, and now the training of the border guards is also to suppress those unstable factors in the northwest. In that year, Zuo Ji Gao went to the west, and due to the problem of transportation capacity, it was very difficult to transport food and equipment, and it was very difficult to fight the war. I am now building the Jingfeng Railway in order to accumulate experience, and when I have experience, I will repair the Beijing-Liang Railway and repair the train to Liangzhou, which will be of great help to him in the Western Regions. This matter can be regarded as mutually beneficial. I want to develop the economy of the republic, he wants to recover the country, everyone has the same interests in this matter, and he will not do anything bad. On the contrary, with the support of him, the superintendent of the border guards, we can carry out the road construction work in the border areas, which is also something that cannot be helped. ”

Cao Zhongkun frowned, "It's a pity, Ziyu didn't come with him in Baoding, otherwise I would have to ask him, what does the little fan mean?" In the past six months, he has been very close to Zhang Yuting, and I always feel that he has some tricks. ”

"Big brother, you think too much, he is friendly with Feng Zhang in order to use his strength to suppress the princes who are soft inside and outside, which is also a matter that is beneficial to the country and the nation. I'm in the Ministry of Transportation, and the news is quite bright. Those princes either wanted to restore or want to be independent, and they all relied on the alliance of Xu and Fengzhang to suppress those princes. The friendship between the two of them can be regarded as established at that time. Now the government allocates millions of military expenses to Zhang Yuting every year, just to prevent the Rouran people from making trouble, and it is not a bad thing to make friends between the two. ”

When Meng Siyuan said this, his face was a little more serious, "We have lived a good life for two years, but we can't forget it, be prepared for danger in times of peace." The civil strife in Fuso has basically subsided, and the eyes of those Oriental people are looking at us again. Although the troops have suffered losses and the country's economy has been severely damaged after the war, it is unlikely that troops will be attacked. But most of the other means will still be used. Look at Tieler, the strong neighbor who once pressed us breathlessly, now split into three forces, attacking each other, killing endlessly, the strong country has become a weak country, we are united, we must not go down that road. ”

Jensen smiled: "This is for our Marshal, the war of Tiele has been fought to this extent, and the efforts of the crown marquis account for a large factor. Without the strong pill supported by Shandong, I think the war would have ended long ago. ”

Among the several sides of Tiele's war, one side has always played the banner of Anna, but the culprit has always been a rice worm in Jinan, without the slightest consciousness of Queen Tiele. Moreover, Kolchak and his subordinates can fight for so long, and even after the end of the Taixi War, they can continue to confront each other, and the support of Zhao Guanhou is inseparable.

Diana pills are nominally forbidden to be taken by the Chinese people. However, it is also an open secret that each army, more or less, has a reserve of strong pills.

Jensen added: "Mr. Meng, Wall-Pby Bank has always given full support to the construction of the railway. But this time, you refused our loan and didn't let Hannah's detection company enter the construction site, which is hard for me to understand. You should know that under the vast land outside the Kansai, there are rich mineral deposits, and the people of Fuso have always coveted it. Don't you think it's a pity to let those rare minerals fall into the hands of the Fuso people, or bury them in the ground? ”

Meng Siyuan shook his head and said: "I run an industry to make China rich and strong, not to make me rich." After selling those mines, the fourth child will know my feelings, and I will make a lot of money myself, but at the level of conscience, I can't get over it. When the civil strife of the Fuso people ends, he will be a common disaster one day. Only when we ourselves are strong will outsiders not dare to bully us. China has rich mineral deposits and a large number of resources, which have been coveted by various countries for a long time. With the passage of railways, the mining of mineral deposits will follow. The Fuso took away the minerals, I don't like it, Belgium took them, and I won't nod either. Now, we are competing with your country for time, before the intervention of the Taixi countries, to build our own railways, and to control the right of way for mining rights in our own hands. It cannot be like in the pre-Jin era, where railways and trains are the property of foreigners. It is really humiliating to be driving on the territory of China, but the power is in their hands. In addition to issuing Fengji railway bonds, I am also preparing to issue national power bonds, and concentrate the funds to redeem all the rights of way in Jinpu and Jinghan. ”

Jenson shrugged his shoulders slightly, "I'd love to see this idea come to fruition, provided ...... You can really do it. As long as you have money, Warby Bank's creditor's rights, I'm willing to sell. After all, according to you, I am now a Chinese daughter-in-law. ”

Hannah was even more apprehensive to Meng Siyuan's mouthful of foreigners, and she snorted, "Without my country's technology and workers, I don't think your country has the ability to mine those ores." ”

"But sooner or later, there will be. These ores are treasures left by the ancestors to future generations, and Meng doesn't want to fall into the hands of foreigners like this. We are indeed lagging behind now, but I believe that sooner or later, we will become stronger, my generation can not do it, and future generations can do it. At least they can't be left with a bunch of treaties, concessions, and foreign debts. Our generation is used to repay debts and work hard, to create a good development environment for our next generation, so that we can be regarded as qualified ancestors. ”

Zhao Guanhou saw that Hannah's face was a little ugly, and hurriedly said: "Look, the second brother is still a scholar, after all, he is a scholar, and it is different from us who leads the troops." At that time, Emperor Sun said that he wanted to build 200,000 kilometers of railways, which was a lie, and he knew that he couldn't do it if he thought about it. The cost of the inspection went to more than one million, and the railway was not repaired for a mile. The second brother didn't say anything grandiose, he took office for two years, not only brought money to the government, but also built so many railways, if you want me to say, the second brother is more than enough to be president. When Jingfeng Road is repaired, I will toss it in the Congress, and I will have a crooked nose disgusting Feng Huafu for so long, it is time to move the nest. ”

"That's right, the second brother will be the president first, and then let the eldest brother be the president, let's brothers, take turns! When the time comes, the general will build the railway, the president will lead the troops, and the country will be built rich and strong, and our brothers will drink together again. ”

With Li Xiushan's words, the cups in the hands of the four people collided together. The promise made by the four brothers was drunk with the wine in the cup, and the atmosphere became warm and festive.

On the side of the female dependents, it is more private. Cao Zhongkun's wife pulled a few concubines to ask about the child's birthday and wanted to marry a baby, Su Hanzhi excused herself, pulled Zou Xiurong aside, and whispered,

"Second sister-in-law...... Second brother and Mrs. Liu...... There is only a false name, this is the one sent by the Guanhou to investigate. The second brother is good, his life is not different, he is nominally married, but he never touches the Liu family, and he sleeps in separate beds in one room. You've been in a temper for so many years, and it's time to get angry. Such a good person should not be missed, lest he regret it in the future, but there is no place to take regret medicine. My family Jingci loves to find Sister Fuman when she has nothing to do, and maybe she will call her second brother father-in-law in the future. ”

Zou Xiurong smiled, "What's the matter, our provincial master has also learned to speak matchmakers?" This is not in line with your slogan of free love. Wait, wait until he gets the railroad through...... I'll have a good talk with him and everything will always be fine. ”

The small painting boat, carrying the hope of national rejuvenation and the beautiful vision of reunion after breaking the mirror, floats on Daming Lake. The wind blows the water, and the waves are sparkling, as if everything is in a painting. In the distant sky, a few clouds gradually converged at this time, and in the unnoticed by people, they became thicker and thicker, and finally formed a large dark cloud, obscuring the sunlight. When it was getting late, a hazy drizzle fell, and the cabins crackled.

The wind gradually gets stronger and colder, and in this early summer season, it adds a little coolness.