Chapter VIII Preliminary Meeting
Zhang Yueming was the person on the scene, because of Han Lihong, a little junior brother, he led everyone to the Yuelai Teahouse on East Street.
Yuelai Tea House is the most famous tea house in Baoding City.
The teahouse has three floors, brick and wood structure, blue bricks and red tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, towering on the East Street, a glance at the mountains and small, very magnificent.
Behind the teahouse, there are more than 20 houses for guests from afar, the courtyard is spacious, there are flowers and grasses, pleasant and timely, if you live for a few days, there is a sense of joy and thought.
Yuelai Teahouse is so magnificent, and it also has some origins.
Yuelai teahouse was built when Li Hongzhang was the governor of Zhili, it is said that Li Hongzhang made many friends in the business circles, and it was inconvenient to show his figure in the yamen, so Li Hongzhang built this teahouse in order to facilitate the meeting, and invited the merchants to come here to negotiate business.
At that time, this teahouse was not open to the public, and after Li Hongzhang took office, it was opened to the outside world and became a place for business people to meet friends and discuss business.
The people who come here are all people with status, and Bai Ding can't come.
As soon as Zhang Yueming arrived, the guy immediately greeted him and greeted: "Master Zhang, Master Li, how many masters are here?" ”
Zhang Yueming nodded and ordered, "We're here to drink and prepare a private room." ”
The teahouse was originally a place to eat dim sum and drink tea, but the Yuelai teahouse is a large place, so it operates a variety of businesses, and also provides wine and food in the back yard.
After everyone sat down, the man made the tea, Zhang Yueming took a sip, and said to Li Shuangyin: "Master, do you know that something happened last night?" ”
Li Shuangyin was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Zhang Yueming said: "Tang Fuhai's family was killed last night, and the old couple and the young couple all died. ”
Li Shuangyin was taken aback and asked, "Really?" ”
Nodding, Zhang Yueming said, "Really, I just came back from the police station." ”
"Well killed!" Li Shuangyin slapped the table and said loudly: "This old killer is rich and unkind, he should have died a long time ago!" ”
Zhang Yueming smiled silently.
Li Shuangyin once had a conflict with Tang Fuhai.
Tang Fuhai's shop is shoddy, and the cloth that Li Shuangyin's wife bought in Tang Fuhai's shop can't help but be washed, not to mention the color fades, and it will be broken after washing it twice.
Li Shuangyin is cannon barrel temper, and he couldn't stand this, so he went to Tang Fuhai to theorize, but Tang Fuhai didn't admit it, and almost didn't make Li Shuangyin angry, and in the end he came forward and gave it to him.
After Li Shuangyin finished his temper, Zhang Yueming said: "Master, don't say this again, the official is worried that he can't find the right master." ”
Li Shuangyin asked, "Who did it?" ”
Zhang Yueming shook his head and said, "This thing is very strange, there is no wind at all." ”
In several counties around Baoding, it is these bandits who do the murder and overkilling, but everyone has a tacit understanding, that is, not to work in Baoding City.
The reason for this tacit understanding is that as long as Baoding City is calm, the official face will let the bandits go. In particular, almost all bandits of size had business in the city.
By opening these trades, you can not only make a lot of money, but also launder money and sell the looted jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings properly.
The police and bandits are a community of interests, and if they want to do work in the city, those policemen will not be able to stand it, and they will break this community of interests, which is not good for anyone.
Therefore, this tacit understanding is very strict, and no one dares to violate it, not even those who go to the gang.
Li Shuangyin also understood this, and he said: "It may be foreign." ”
Zhang Yueming said: "No matter where you come from, this person is very powerful. ”
Li Shuangyin was puzzled and said, "Yue Ming, why do you say that?" ”
Zhang Yueming said: "I went to the scene to see it, and that guy cut off the head of Donald's pimple daughter-in-law." ”
Li Shuangyin was still puzzled, and asked again: "What's wrong with that?" ”
Zhang Yueming explained: "It was cut with a dagger, and the work was so beautiful, I don't know who in Baoding can do it so beautifully." ”
These two said that cutting off their heads was like drinking cold and white, but the faces of those apprentices turned a little pale.
Stay for a while, this won't let people eat.
Li Shuangyin noticed it, and he scolded: "You bunch of waste, listen to obedient words and be so virtuous? Then, he said: "Look at Lihong, he started later than you, and he is younger than you, so he is not as unproductive as you." ”
Several of the apprentices shrank their heads.
Zhang Yueming also noticed it, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Han Lihong said: "I went home a few days ago, I fought with someone, and I almost didn't die. After a few hours of breathlessness, he somehow came back to life. After that, I wasn't afraid of that. ”
Li Shuangyin, Zhang Yueming, and the apprentices all widened their eyes, and Li Shuangyin asked, "Lihong, what's the matter?" ”
Shaking his head, Han Lihong said, "It's a trivial matter, it's over, don't talk about it." ”
Knowing that Han Lihong was reluctant to say, Li Shuangyin didn't ask. At this time, the wine and food came up, and the people began to drink.
During the banquet, they inevitably talked about 918, talked about Yue himself, talked about the anti-Japanese trend, talked about the national political axe, and talked about the current situation.
Speaking of this, apart from Han Lihong and Zhang Yueming, Li Shuangyin and those apprentices were just venting their anger, and they couldn't talk about anything else.
Soon, the wine table turned into a conversation between Han Lihong and Zhang Yueming, and everyone else listened silently.
"Lihong, do you think the resolution of the League of Nations will work?" Although he didn't say a few words, Zhang Yueming had already changed his address to Han Lihong from "little junior brother" to "Lihong".
The resolution of the League of Nations mentioned by Zhang Yueming refers to the resolution made by the League of Nations to withdraw from the occupied land on November 16.
After pondering for a moment, Han Lihong said: "There are two forces in the world now, one is the capitalist force represented by the United States and the United Kingdom, and the other is the [***] force represented by Soviet Russia, they are irreconcilable rivals. ”
Zhang Yueming was a little stunned when he heard it, but he still understood the basic meaning. As for those people, they were simply ignorant and couldn't understand a word.
Han Lihong continued: "The United States and Britain are happy to see the occupation of Eastern Province, because they think that after the occupation of Eastern Province, they will not continue to invade south, but will invade Soviet Russia in the north. Therefore, in the previous days, the League of Nations made a resolution in favor of the original. ”
In previous resolutions, the League of Nations demanded that the two sides cease all conflicts, strive not to escalate the incident, and immediately withdraw their troops.
This resolution is outrageous!
The League of Nations openly demanded that the Chinese [***] team "retreat" from its own territory, which was not only presumptuous and insulting to China, but also openly connived at and protected the invasion and occupation of Northeast China.
In a conversation with the delegates, Eric Drummond, secretary general of the League of Nations, openly praised the "courageous spirit" of the Kwantung Army, but warned the Chinese political axe that the effectiveness of the action of the Executive Yuan of the League of Nations depended on whether the Chinese political axe could suppress the anti-Japanese movement and maintain tranquility. In other words, it wants China to admit to Ben's aggressive actions.
Zhang Yueming was not clear about the previous resolution, and when Han Lihong explained it in detail, Zhang Yueming's eyes had already risen, and Li Shuangyin was even more angry.
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