After the talks of the US consul, Zhao Bei took care of the bank's discussion with the shareholders of the Han Yeping Company who had been invited to discuss the matter, and the general showed his determination to reorganize the Han Yeping Company to these industrialists, and solicited the opinions of the people on the matter of expanding the shares of the Han Yeping Company.

After the industrialists left the Political Propaganda Commission, Zhao Bei hurried to the newly established chamber of attendants, met with several secretaries of the chamber, and tested their knowledge, although it cannot be said that they are all capable of standing alone, but at least the shelves of the chamber are set up, and the work will be on the right track in the future, a chamber of attendants, a supervisory office, that is, the two sticks that the commander-in-chief holds when pointing out the country.

Leaving the attendant's room, it was already noon, and Zhao Beizheng took the Ford car to the grassroots company for lunch, but when the car drove past the main gate of the Political Propaganda Committee, he saw a foreigner at the door pulling and pulling with an adjutant, and the foreigner was still carrying a wine bottle in his hand.

Zhao Bei asked Jiang Fangzhen to stop the car and sent Tian Jinfu to see what was going on.

But before Tian Jinfu could get out of the car, the adjutant had already ordered several soldiers to take the foreigner out and throw him on the side of the road.

"You ...... Deceitful! …… You are gentlemen! ”

The foreigner stood on the side of the road and shouted a few words, but he used authentic southern Jiangsu Chinese.

Tian Jinfu ran over, muttered a few words to the adjutant standing at the door, and then hurried back to the car, and whispered to Zhao Bei: "Commander, that foreigner is the French captain who wanted to visit you just now, called Bessonluc." When we left the Political Propaganda Committee just now, he hadn't woken up yet, and I didn't see him, but now he is sober and can't see you. ”

"What kind of foreigner's majesty is obviously drunk!"

Zhao Bei looked at the French captain and said, "He brought it here, I want to see what his idea is." ”

Tian Jinfu took a few guards over and put the French captain to the side of the car. Until this time. The foreigner realized that there was a Ford sedan in front of him. So he rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure it wasn't a hallucination.

"I must be drunk. How could this place be an American sedan? The Frenchman muttered. Raising the almost empty bottle in his hand, he licked the last few drops of wine in it with his tongue.

"Mr. Besson. May I ask you what is the matter with the commander-in-chief of the Republic? Zhao Bei asked.

The French threw empty wine bottles. Reach out and put your hand on the windshield and raise your right hand. Hold up a finger. Move to your lips. "Shh You can't just say it. Unless. Can you take me to your commander-in-chief? ”

Zhao Bei looked at the Frenchman carefully. See him in a suit. It's clean, too. If you don't look carefully, you can't see a few patches in the corner, as for the shoes on the feet. It's also a bit old.

This is obviously a down-and-out foreign adventurer, like those foreign destitute eggs. Go to this eastern country to find a fortune opportunity to get the first pot of gold in life. However, it seems that he has not yet made a fortune, and perhaps this is the reason. I had to rely on wine jīng to anesthetize myself.

"I'm the senior adjutant of the commander-in-chief, and it's the same if you tell me, if you say it well, I'll take you to see the commander-in-chief."

Zhao Bei nodded solemnly, and Jiang Fangzhen on the side couldn't help laughing, and also looked at the French drunkard.

"You are the adjutant of the commander-in-chief? I don't believe it. The Frenchman shook his head. Unless you prove it to me. ”

Zhao Bei patted the door of the sedan and said: "This American car is the best proof that there are not many people in China who can sit in this kind of car now."

How could I be qualified to ride in such a car if I was not the senior adjutant of the commander-in-chief? ”

The Frenchman shook his head again and said, "Unless you buy me a bottle of brandy, or an authentic Scotch whisky, then you can prove that you are the senior lieutenant of the commander-in-chief." ”

"Tian Jinfu, go to the reception room of the Political Propaganda Committee to see if there is any foreign wine, and give him a bottle. Xiuhao, you park the car on the side of the road, let's go to the teahouse and sit down. ”

Zhao Bei got out of the car, gave an order to the captain of the guard, and led a few guards into a teahouse on the side of the road, and the French also walked over.

After entering the teahouse, the guards immediately cleared out a corner, and the jǐng ring was also properly arranged, and the shopkeeper of the teahouse understood that a distinguished guest had come, so he personally stepped forward to serve.

After ordering a few cups of tea and a few plates of dim sum, Zhao Bei ordered the Frenchman to sit down beside him, but the other party was not polite, and after sitting down, he picked up the dim sum and stuffed it into his mouth, but he didn't know if he could taste it.

Jiang Fangzhen and Tian Jinfu walked into the teahouse one after the other, Tian Jinfu still carried two bottles of foreign wine in his hand, walked to the tea table, and put the bottle in front of the French.

"Which bottle of wine? This bottle is British whiskey, this bottle is Russian vodka, both for distinguished guests, you French drunkard is cheap. ”

"Russian wine? That's for the savages to drink. ”

The Frenchman stuffed the last piece of pastry on the plate into his mouth, reached out to push away the vodka, picked up the whiskey bottle, nibbled the cork with his teeth, poured half a bottle in one go, and then sighed, pointed to the bottle and said, "You have been fooled!" This is a fake liquor made by Rì himself, a fake whiskey blended with liquor jīng and spices. If you ask me to be your logistics consultant, you will never fall for it! ”

Zhao Bei smiled and said: "I can't drink, you can't do logistics, the logistics officer of our army is not a drunkard." Mr. Besson, if you want to meet with our commander-in-chief, just to recommend yourself as the head of logistics, I think you should be honest in your barge business. ”

Seeing that Zhao Bei stood up and was about to leave, the Frenchman grabbed the table and stood up, glared at the people around him, and said: "I want to see your commander-in-chief, not to talk to him about whiskey, nor about brandy, but to give him a secret weapon, with this weapon, your army can have stronger firepower and win more battles!" Only we French are experts in weapons, smokeless gunpowder was invented by us French, and we French were the first to put the fierce explosives in the shells! I'm confident that I've designed this secret weapon, and it's sure to change the way you think about it! ”

"Oh? Will you design weapons? Or is it a secret weapon? Take it out and take a look. If it's an effective weapon, I wouldn't mind recommending you to the Commander-in-Chief. ”

Zhao bei walked back, and the Frenchman also sat back and poured a few sips of wine, and then put his hand into the pocket of his suit and took out a piece of paper, but he didn't immediately unfold it, but looked left and right a few times, and then put it

to Zhao Bei's hands.

Zhao Bei unfolded the paper, and Jiang Fangzhen and Tian Jinfu, who were standing on the side, also leaned over and looked at the paper, curious about what this secret weapon was.

"Isn't this a pistol?" Tian Jinfu glanced at Zhao Bei. "Commander, this is a bit like the pistol you drew back then."

Jiang Fangzhen didn't speak, just glanced at the Frenchman with pity.

But Zhao Bei did not rush to conclusions, because the design sketch of this pistol was drawn carefully, the structure was unobstructed, and judging from the magazine, this pistol should not be an ordinary pistol.

"This is no ordinary gun!"

The words of the French prove Zhao Bei's opinion.

"This pistol can be fired continuously and automatically! Its magazine can be loaded with twenty bullets! These bullets can be fired in the blink of an eye. Da Da ...... Da Da ...... If it is used to equip troops, it will be the best weapon for melee combat! Fierce fire can hit the enemy without raising his head! ”

"Isn't it an automatic pistol, a semi-automatic pistol with a longer magazine. The firepower is fierce, but unfortunately the distance is too close, and there is no accuracy at all, flashy, suitable for bandits, and the army cannot use it. ”

Zhao Bei smiled faintly and returned the sketch to the Frenchman. In recent years, there have been many people fishing in troubled waters, and both Chinese and foreigners have been fooled by the Beiyang Naval Division in the past, when two American liars fooled that they had a way to make warships invisible, and some people really fell for it.

Obviously, this Frenchman also wanted to learn from those two American predecessors, but he seemed to have picked the wrong time and the wrong person.

"Nope! This pistol is useful, at least to equip the Commander-in-Chief's Guards! "France shouted." I'll only sell you 5,000 English! The price is fair! ”

"Liar!" Tian Jinfu unceremoniously gave this Frenchman an evaluation.

"Nope! I am an adventurer, and I have been adventuring in this country for almost a decade. The Frenchman corrected.

"If you really want to work for the IRA...... I can recommend you a location. ”

Zhao Bei was going to kick this drunkard, but suddenly remembered something, so he didn't hurry to leave, sat down at the table, and his eyes wandered for a moment on the face of the somewhat hysterical French adventurer.

The Frenchman quickly sat down, put away the sketch, took a few sips of the bottle, and said: "I can be the manager of the arsenal and supervise the production of the arsenal." You know what? The reason why your Chinese army cannot defeat a foreign army is because your arsenal is so poorly made of weapons that you need an experienced foreign manager to supervise the factory. At that time, I worked as an arsenal director in the Ottoman Empire, and the first arsenal of the Abyssinian Kingdom was built under my direction, and I have a lot of experience in the work of arsenals. I know that you are planning to fight Rì himself, and you can't do without advanced weapons. ”

"Alright, alright. Don't brag, there is an old Chinese saying called 'empty mouth without evidence', anyway, your mouth is your own, you can blow as you want. Also, it's none of your business whether or not to fight with Rì himself. ”

Zhao Bei shook his head at the drunkard and said, "Arsenal, we have our own talents, we don't need you to interfere, this job I introduced to you is actually about business." ”

"Business? I am very familiar with business, I have been running a business in the Far East for many years, I have a lot of experience, and I have many friends, French, British, rì himself, Russians, even Americans and Germans, I have a wide range of paths, and I am not very demanding, five thousand pounds in annuity, and in addition, give me an American car. ”

With that, the Frenchman looked up at the teahouse, looked at the American-built Ford and poured another sip of wine.

"Are you a Manchu official who has never seen the world as a revolutionary soldier?"

Zhao Bei was a little unimpressed by the greed of the French, but this person's adaptability was very good, which was also in line with the commander-in-chief's intentions.

"The annuity gives you a thousand pounds, which is paid in half a year, and another five pounds a month to buy wine and drink. In addition, you can give you a year-end bonus every year according to the business situation, and the specific amount is determined by us. This condition is already very generous, you have thought about it, to do it or not to do it? ”

The Frenchman was stunned for a moment with the bottle in his hand, and then nodded after a few sips.

"What kind of work is it?"

"The manager of a trading company.

Of course, you are just a nominal manager, the real management is in charge of the Chinese, you are just a signboard. ”

The Frenchman rolled his eyes and suddenly realized.

"You are cunning. Okay, what does this trading company do? ”

"It's better to wait until you wake up, and this is not the place to talk."

Zhao Bei stood up, pointed to the Frenchman, and said to Tian Jinfu: "You immediately send two people to take him to the guest house, arrange to stay, and when he wakes up, ask Shiren to contact him." ”

After speaking, he and Jiang Fangzhen left the teahouse and got into the car.

When Jiang Fangzhen started the car, he asked: "Zhenhua, do you fancy this foreigner, is it for the business of the trading company in Shanghai?" ”

"Exactly. Using foreigners as the boss on the surface, the real power is still controlled by us. But now, this company does not need to be located in Shanghai, it can be located in the nearby Hankou Foreign Concession, and a branch in Shanghai. ”

"Why did you take a fancy to this drunkard?"

"It doesn't matter if he's a drunkard or not, the important thing is that he's a Frenchman and speaks Chinese very well."

"French? Now that the United States and Germany have resumed normal trade with us, it seems that the leather bag company is no longer needed? It's easy to import raw materials for military industry now. ”

"That's just one of them, there are other uses for this trading company, you'll find out later."

Zhao Bei explained slightly, and didn't go deeper, at this time, Tian Jinfu came from the teahouse, still carrying the bottle of Russian vodka in his hand, and sat down in the back seat of the car.

"Commander, let's go to the troops for dinner? This bottle of foreign wine is just ready to be served, and the commander has a section of rì that has not touched the wine. Tian Jinfu shook the bottle of Teda wine.

"I'm not going to eat in the army today, let's go to the Hanyang Arsenal to eat in the canteen. Although the Frenchman's automatic pistol is not practical, it reminds me of one thing, let's go and see how the gun that Liu supervised and the others are doing, and by the way, look at the new gun, he told me a few days ago that it has entered the finishing stage, and now it may be almost done. ”