"Second brother, it's not me talking about you, you and your second sister-in-law have been in trouble like this today, and you have to bear more than half of the responsibility. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info two couples, what do you do like this...... Please post? Don't go! The second sister-in-law I recognize is the one I recognize, where did this second sister-in-law come from, I haven't seen it, and I won't admit it. If you are willing to ask for a small child, it is your business, but if you want me to recognize this second sister-in-law, it is impossible to do it. ”

The purpose of Meng Siyuan's coming here is to send a wedding invitation sticker and invite the fourth brother to participate. Seeing that Zhao Guanhou was angry, he was not annoyed, and said with a smile:

"Fourth, I have my reasoning, you listen to me, and it's not too late to stand up for your second sister-in-law. The two of us have been married for so long, and there is no movement in her stomach, this is what you know, I am the single biography of the Meng family, and you also know it. The old lady's biggest thought is to hug her grandson, I can't do this, is it unfilial? ”

"Not having children is not necessarily a woman's problem...... This is not a good thing to say, and it hurts the face of the man. But I know a good Western doctor, you go to do a systematic diagnosis, and then talk about whose responsibility it is. If you can't do it again, you can take a concubine, the second sister-in-law, I will go to the thunder and scold for you, but I didn't say, if you divorce and remarry, what should the second sister-in-law do. ”

That's the second point I said. In fact, the Miss Liu I am marrying now is the one I should marry the most. When my father was in Japan, he decided to marry me, and it was this Miss Liu who was determined. However, when I later studied in Albion and met Xiurong, the two of them married privately, and each betrayed his own marriage contract. Miss Liu, she can remarry someone else, but she said, this body has a belonging, if you don't marry, even if I regret the marriage, she is also my wife. The family was tight, so she went to become a monk, led the practice, and waited for me to be thirty years old in the family temple. ”

Zhao Guanhou was stunned by what he said in the past, "There is still such a file? In this way, this Miss Liu is affectionate and righteous to her second brother. But the second sister-in-law ......"

"You can't control the problem between me and Xiurong, this matter is very complicated, and it is not clear in one or two sentences. In short, between the two of us, it is not a trivial matter, I know your kindness, but it is not so easy to persuade peace. I know Xiurong's temper best, and even if I rush to Songjiang to beg her now, she may not be willing to come back. In this case, it is normal for each of us to pursue our own happiness. Please keep this post, and you must come when the time comes. ”

After talking about the marriage, Meng Siyuan asked about Songjiang again, as for the purpose of his visit to Songjiang, he only said that he was talking about a business, and did not elaborate. On the contrary, he suggested on the matter of the Consultative Council:

"Now the Consultative Bureau is in turmoil, and everyone is opposed to Dajin's policy of taking power under the fake constitution, fourth, since you are the governor of Shandong, you should take the responsibility of the governor of Shandong. Propose to the Imperial Court to expand the powers of the Consultative Council. Now, the gentry in Shandong still support you, but in the future, it will be difficult to say. If you stand by the Dajin court for a long time, the people will also think that you are in the same group, and you will lose the support of the people. The fathers and elders of Shandong will not support you as they did in the past. Adapting to the trend and conforming to public opinion is what a smart person should do. The people want constitutional government, and you shouldn't be enemies of the people for the sake of the court. ”

"It's easy to say, my relationship with the imperial court, second brother, you know, this time I almost even took off the top. It is absolutely impossible to talk about how I will be loyal to the imperial court, but what do I do, you have to draw up a charter for me, right? In this way, your Consultative Bureau will go back and get a proposal, sign it, and I will use it for defense. ”

"That's the best, I'll do it when I go back, and in a day or two, there will be a tangible response."

Seeing Meng Siyuan away, Feng Xi said angrily: "Even if you scold me, I have to say that the second master is not doing the right thing." The second sister-in-law is such a good woman, how can he not want it. Also, how can he tear down your platform? You have been gracious to him. ”

"You can't say that, the second brother has the second brother's thoughts, and his thoughts are not necessarily wrong. My thoughts are not necessarily right, but you are oriented towards me, so I think I have a point. He is a good man and a hero with ideals, but unfortunately, his ideals and my ideals are not on the same track, and it is inevitable that there will be friction after all. I can only think of a way to get the best of both worlds and try to preserve this friendship. ”

"It's going to be very difficult. How can you keep a man who wants to destroy your inheritance? Feng Xi looked around, but no one passed by, and he boldly grabbed Zhao Guanhou's hand, "You...... You have to think more about Jingci, he can't live without his father. Besides, he is a young master and can become a big official in the future. If it's like Meng Erye said, what should he do? Our son cannot endure hardship. ”

"Can you do without me, then?"

"I ...... I do not know...... Jingci is so big, what else do you want me to say! In short, I can't let Jingci be without a father, if he dares to be against you, I will kill him, even if you kill me in the future, I don't care. Whoever dares to harm my son will not be a young master, and the father who will harm my son will not be an official, I will not let him go! ”

"You're in a girls' school, aren't you also studying? Why don't you support Gonghe like the second brother? ”

Feng Xi shook his head, "He is a young master, I am a subordinate, although I have read the book, I am destined not to think of it together." I only know that I have suffered from snack, but my son now has a good family, and a good father and mother love him. If I do what they do, my son will grow up and suffer like me. It doesn't matter how much I suffer, I just need to be merciful and good, I don't care what is right or wrong, I only know that what is good to my son is right, and it is ...... Men are good, that's right. ”

She said a word of love for the first time, her face turned red first, as if she had done something unseemly, and she didn't dare to look at Zhao Guanhou. If you scatter your legs, you want to run away. Zhao Guanhou had already grabbed Feng Xi, hugged her tightly, and said in her ear: "Don't worry, the fishing line and fishing rod are in my hands, how can the fish run." Our sons will not endure hardship. In the future, neither our daughters nor our sons will suffer hardship. ”

He kissed Feng Xi, pinched her chest, let go and walked out, Feng Xi's body was soft, his ears were hot, and he couldn't help asking, "...... Where are you going? ”

"Go find the fishing rod and fishing line, you are ready, we will add a sister to Jingci in the evening."

He came out of the yamen, ran all the way to the barracks, and after a series of changes in the fifth town, Jinan is now stationed in a target of Jia Maoqing and his subordinates. But beyond this standard, there is also Reinstein and his foreign mercenaries.

In the past two years, Ryan Stein has expanded his team through the connections of Warby Bank, and the number of mercenary groups has reached 1,500 people, which is a combat unit that must not be underestimated. Even Jia Maoqing was not sure that he could solve the problem of more than 1,000 foreign soldiers with one standard, and it was difficult to say whether the outcome would be won or lost.

Zhao Guanhou went to the garrison of Ryanstein's troops, and as soon as the two met, Ryanstein smiled and said: "My esteemed governor, I really can't believe that I actually missed the biggest gamble of this century." The three-million-pound bet brought the entire Daosheng Bank to bankruptcy, haha, it's really exciting. I must admit that if I was allowed to participate in the whole process and kick the Grand Duke's ass, I could bear to eat salted fish for a month. ”

"You forgot your salted fish, my chief of staff. I have one thing to tell you, and in fact, I can only say it to you alone. Did you see the newspapers, a Yankee passenger liner exploded......"

The relationship between a passenger liner and the secrecy of human life made the chief of staff from Prussia lose his usual composure and calmness.

"In the name of a passenger liner, but with arms and gold? It's hard to imagine. God forbid, I think, the Yankee president is playing with fire. ”

"Don't play dumb riddles, what's going on."

"If I'm not mistaken, a storm is brewing to affect Tessie. This...... It's so exciting. ”

Ryan Stein stood up and walked around excitedly, which surprised Zhao Guanhou, it was the first time since they met that the chief of staff had seen such a gaffe.

After pacing back and forth three times, Ryan Stein stood up violently and said to Zhao Guanhou: "First, I need more resources. Including funds and manpower, they must obey my dispatch and do not interfere in any way. Second, I demand that Shandong secretly store grain, weapons, gold, silver, and other precious metals from now on. Also, for Tessie's policy, don't be too obvious for the time being. If my estimate is correct, this time, there will be a lot of people crushed! ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded, "No problem." You have the right to mobilize all the resources that I have the right to mobilize. I met quite a few Nanyang rice merchants in Songjiang this time, and they promised to sell us foreign rice. As for the arms, how about getting them from Matsue? ”

"Those iron strangles? I have to say that the Tiele people who launched the madness are indeed a different eye, from the end of the Tiele Fusang War to the present, their progress speed surprised me. These Tiele munitions, as well as the military equipment imported by Tieler, are all first-class products, and even I can't find too many problems. Of course, these excellent weapons can only play their real role if they are in the hands of the right soldiers, such as me and my people. ”

"Humility is a virtue, and my Lord Chief, you and your men, need it. Now about the troops, you know what I want to ask. ”

"It's easy, fix them, in just three hours, or less. In fact, the subordinates that Lord Jia can control are never more than a hundred, as long as you give an order, you can solve them at any time by relying only on your own people. ”

"Don't worry, I'll give the brothers a reward first, and then I'll go around the province. All the barracks, every one of them, must be transferred, and all my men, including the Second Mixed Association, I will give a reward to every soldier, so that they may know who is their food and clothing. ”

In the barracks, everything seemed to be as usual, training soldiers, practicing formations, and operating all kinds of weapons. Reinstein would review as usual, drench everyone's scolding dogs with blood, and conduct military chess exercises with the generals, and then accuse everyone of being salted fish.

In the camp school, the four teaching exercises teach military knowledge such as infantry and artillery to officers who are advanced and teach command skills. Shandong's new army still maintains the first training intensity among all towns, and similarly, the diet and treatment are also the first among all towns.

But if you look closely, you will find that the target people stationed in Jinan will obviously be divided into two groups. Most soldiers, like ordinary people, train, eat, rest, and live a simple life, which makes up the whole.

But a small number of students with cultural knowledge or study abroad experience are very close to Jia Maoqing. After the training, they were not very keen to participate in wargame deduction or sand table simulation command, but under the leadership of the co-ordinator, they carried out reading activities.

There is no restriction on reading in the barracks, and the Shandong Army has a library with dozens of hand-copied and translated military textbooks, which can be read at any time. But the books they read, apparently have nothing to do with it. Even the overall action is very strange, occasionally they will be in the army, explaining to the soldiers the meaning of constitutionalism and republicanism, or talking about the battle of the Jin and Song dynasties, and talking about the distinction of China.

The soldiers listened quietly, without expressing an opinion, as if they were listening, and did not seem to understand what was happening. Only when Zhao Guanhou distributed the silver downwards would these wooden soldiers hug the silver with red faces and shout loudly, "Great handsome grace, great handsome grace!" ”

The organization established in the name of the reading club was very active after Zhao Guanhou left, with more than 300 members.

But then, because of the Songjiang stock turmoil, Jia Maoqing embezzled military salaries to speculate in stocks, and lost all his money. Although Meng Siyuan borrowed a debt for him in time to fill in the hole, his credit was greatly reduced, and there were still those backbone members left in the reading club, and the newly joined periphery withdrew one after another.

The soldiers who had just been rewarded were still in a state of excitement, and they would send the money home or deposit it in the bank. Siheng Bank has an agency in the barracks, and if you deposit money, you can have a fold and a seal, and even if you are unfortunately killed in battle, the bank will be responsible for sending the money back to your hometown in the future. Moreover, it is also a very cost-effective thing for soldiers to send silver without deducting water money.

The marshal gave care, and today the soldiers improved their food, and Siheng prepared dozens of big pigs to send them, and the pork and white rice were enough. The soldiers let go of their bellies and ate a lot, and some people said while eating: "It's still handsome, look at Jia Xietong, it's just not a fucking person." I don't understand what he said, I know one thing, the handsome man gives me food, gives me clothes and gives me the silver to marry my daughter-in-law, the court dares to dismiss the handsome official, and I will fight hard with the court! ”

Several young officers left the cafeteria early and came to the activity organization of the reading club. These are a few rooms in the barracks, which are used as small warehouses on weekdays, but in fact, they are their secret base.

They are all international students, and they thought that they could control the military power in Shandong, but they didn't expect that the rules of Shandong were different from other places, and the power of the town control was so great that they could ignore the imperial court. The existence of Ryanstein's foreign teaching also makes them powerful, and now they can only be an adjutant by Jia Maoqing's side. wanted to be sent to the army as a military commander, but was rejected by a sentence of whether there was a letter of appointment signed by the marshal.

For Zhao Guanhou, these people have naturally been dissatisfied for a long time, but in the army, the anti-Zhao faction is far less popular than the pro-Zhao faction. Several people couldn't help but complain:

"I knew that I didn't want to speculate in stocks, and I took advantage of Zhao Guanhou's absence to drive Zhao directly in Jinan, maybe I could succeed. Looking at it now, it will be difficult to find such an opportunity if the fighter plane is delayed. He didn't use much money today, but the soldiers were willing to convince him, and now it is not easy to expel him. ”

As soon as the door opened, Jia Maoqing came in from outside, he had to accompany him today, but he didn't expect to leave so early.

"Dashuai and the people from Siheng Bank went to talk about the silver, and it just so happened that I had time to spare. The present situation, on the whole, was favorable to us, and although we failed in Canton, the imperial court, in order to reduce expenditures, began to reduce the salaries of the new troops in the provinces. A large number of soldiers of the New Army are unwilling to accompany the burial of the decaying empire and are willing to side with us. More and more new soldiers have become our comrades, and these people in the army can influence more people to support Ge Ming. When these forces are united, even the imperial court is helpless. As far as we in Shandong are concerned, the actual situation is not bad, Mr. Meng has lobbied Mr. Zou, and great progress has been made, and Mr. Jing Ze has already supported us in principle. ”

"If he supports us, then ask him for a fund. Our Shandong funds are all folded in the Songjiang stock market, and now there is no money to do anything, and there are constraints everywhere. The Zou family is a prestigious family, and the family has money, if he is willing to contribute a sum of money, I am sure of this. ”

Jia Maoqing shook his head, "The help provided by Mr. Zou is not necessarily financial, but perhaps more important. For example, pull Zhao Guanhou to our side. ”

"This ...... What can be done? ”

"How not. Judging from the Songjiang bailout, this person still has a sense of national responsibility and mission, and at the critical moment, he can come forward and donate eight million silver to save the national economy. From this point of view, this person is still very contributing. We are now engaged in Ge Ming, which is to confront the imperial court, and the power in our hands is only too little, not too much. The more powerful officials like him, the more we strive for the better. If the Fifth Town, and the Second Mixed Association can rise up to respond to Mr. Sun's call and use force to arrange the gold, the Jurchen position will immediately be chaotic. ”

A few people nodded and said, "Then, who is going to say?" ”

"This matter must be urgent, it must come little by little, and we can't be too anxious. Mr. Meng's wedding is a good time, and I believe that this time will definitely convince him. (To be continued.) )