No wonder Yao Qizhen was shocked, repairing the railway is not something that ordinary people can get, it is a problem considered by the court bigwigs at the level of Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, and his hairy son-in-law proposed to repair the railway before he was dry, which really surprised the vice president of the Bank of Communications.

However, he quickly calmed down, and reprimanded him with the style of an old man: "Do you know how much silver it costs to build a railway, design and survey, measure land, build bridges and open mountains, import rails, locomotives, and even porcelain pots on road nails and wires. ”

Chen Zikun replied honestly: "I haven't calculated, but I will spend as much as I want, and I am mentally prepared for this." ”

Yao Qizhen said: "I don't know how thick the sky is, you just be your protector, even if you can raise a huge amount of money, it is not a year or two to build a railway, and now the situation is unstable, who knows if you will invest millions of dollars." ”

Chen Zikun said: "No matter how unstable the situation is, can there be chaos at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China? The railways that were built at that time are not all going to continue now, and the section of the railway I want to build is not very long, and the cost will not be too large. ”

Yao Qizhen still shook his head: "You are too naïve, building a railway is by no means as simple as you think." ”

didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, and Weng and his son-in-law didn't want to continue arguing on this issue, but instead talked about the arrangements for the wedding, Yao Qizhen said that he wanted to hold a big deal, at least in terms of momentum, he wanted to overpower the wedding where Lu Xiaoman married Wang Geng, but Chen Zikun said that the time to stay in Beijing was limited, and he just had to publish a marriage statement in the newspaper.

Yao Qizhen was immediately displeased, Mrs. Yao also said that you can't be hasty when marrying your daughter, Zikun, you just stay in Beijing for a while, aren't you going to run the matter of repairing the railway, just take advantage of this time to run the process and take out some loans or something, you don't have to worry about the wedding, our Yao family will take care of it.

When it came to this, Chen Zikun had to agree, and then he visited his old friends non-stop, Ziguang Depot was still the same, Xiong Xiling was still idle at home, dung king Yu Deshun was still continuing his dung pulling career, Li Junqing and Zhao Jiayong were still the same, haunting the eight alleys of theaters and casinos all day long, wrapped in a leisurely little life, Chen Zikun clearly felt that the rhythm and trajectory of his life were completely different from theirs.

In addition to meeting with old friends, Chen Zikun went to the War Department to ask for military salaries, firearms and ammunition, but was told that the Ministry of the Army did not have any documents, and he had to go to the Ministry of Finance to ask for money, so Chen Zikun was kicked to the Ministry of Finance again, and Wang Kemin, the Minister of Finance, asked him to go to the president to ask for salary.

Chen Zikun had no choice but to go to Xinhua Palace to meet President Cao Kun Cao, he knew that his official position was slight, and this trip must have been in vain, how did he know that when he arrived at the presidential palace to hand over his business card, the attendant officer paid great attention to it, and politely asked him if he was the Chen Zikun who sneaked into the calf to rescue the hostages last year.

The answer is naturally yes, it turns out that Chen Zikun's name is still well-known in the military circles of the capital, and the attendant officer reported to the president, Cao Kun knew that Chen Zikun was Wu Peifu's favorite general, and immediately summoned him.

This is the second time Chen Zikun has been summoned by the president, the last time was when Xu Shichang was in power, he dealt with Cao Kun freely, talked well, the president was quite appreciative, and said: "You did a good job, go back to Xiao Lizi and ask for money." ”

Chen Zikun was about to express his gratitude, when suddenly the door of the official room was pushed open, and a burly and majestic man broke in, wearing the gray cloth military uniform of a private, and he did not even wear a collar badge.

"Huanzhang, what are you doing here?" Cao Kun asked when he heard this, it seemed that he was used to Feng Yuxiang's unreasonable behavior.

Feng Yuxiang said violently: "The presidential palace guards beat my soldiers, does the president know, if the president knows and does not do it, he will protect his shortcomings, if he does not know, he will be deceived by the villain!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Kun, who was originally kind-hearted, widened his eyes, although Cao Laoshuai is famous for his generosity, but in the end, he is an old man, and he is the president of the Republic of China, which is equivalent to the emperor of the past, and the anger of the Son of Heaven is still very majestic.

"Huan Zhang, the presidential palace guard beat the soldiers, why don't you go to investigate the bad elements who caused the incident, I am the president, do you want me to deal with this kind of trivial matter, when did I tell you that I want to maintain the presidential palace guard!"

Feng Yuxiang was speechless for a while, and his arrogance was greatly reduced, and he said: "Huanzhang is the president's subordinate, just like the president's child, he always has to find his father when he is bullied. ”

Cao Kun also softened his tone and said, "Okay, I know, you can do it." ”

Feng Yuxiang didn't leave, and looked at Chen Zikun with his eyes.

Cao Kun said: "Huanzhang, do you have anything else?" ”

"President, our department is short of food, and the soldiers can only drink gruel every day, and I also ask the president to help." Feng Yuxiang was also refreshed, and directly opened his mouth to ask for money.

Cao Kun frowned and said, "How much?" ”

"50,000 yuan can relieve this breath."

"Okay, you go to Li Yanqing, just say what I said, 50,000 yuan."

"President Xie." Feng Yuxiang saluted and went out.

Cao Kun's mood was disturbed, and he didn't have the heart to talk to Chen Zikun anymore, so he sent him out after a few words of encouragement.

Chen Zikun went out of the president's office, but saw Feng Yuxiang waiting for him, the army inspector looked like a big old man in front of the president, but in front of Chen Zikun was a gentle and elegant Confucian general.

"Brother Zikun, don't come unharmed." Feng Yuxiang asked with a smile, he was close to 1.9 meters tall, taller than Chen Zikun, dressed in a coarse cloth military uniform, with two thick mustaches, but he really had the demeanor of a big brother.

Chen Zikun was very moved when he saw that Feng Yuxiang could still call his name, and saluted: "Inspector, I'm okay, how are you?" ”

Feng Yuxiang laughed: "I'm also very good, but the brothers are not good, they are hungry all day long, how can they fight the enemy if they can't eat enough to eat, by the way, what are you doing in Xinhua Palace?" ”

Chen Zikun said with a sad face: "I'm also here to ask for money." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Let's go, let's go to Li Yanqing together and ask for money." Feng Yuxiang pulled Chen Zikun out of Xinhua Palace in great strides, a car was parked at the door, and an officer with a box gun on his waist saw Feng Yuxiang coming, and hurriedly pulled the car door to salute.

When Chen Zikun saw him, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Wang Dongliang, why are you?" ”

The officer with the second lieutenant's epaulette was none other than Wang Dongliang, the former driver of the Ziguang Depot, who also knew Chen Zikun and replied on his heels: "Report to the chief, I am now the escort of the inspection envoy." ”

Chen Zikun saw that his eyes were blazing and majestic, and he immediately smiled: "They are all second lieutenants, they are promising, not bad!" ”

The two generals got into the car and went straight to Li Yanqing's apartment, this is a big mansion in the former Qing Dynasty, luxurious, a long car parked in front of the door, Feng Yuxiang and Chen Zikun got out of the car and entered the door, and the housekeeper swooped out of the gatehouse to block the driver: "Two, it's really not a coincidence, the sixth master is not in the house." ”

Feng Yuxiang said: "Don't come to this set, Li Yanqing is in the house." As he spoke, he went straight inside, and Chen Zikun also followed him inside.

The housekeeper is short in stature, how can he stop the two big men, there are a lot of guards in the house, but they all know how powerful Feng Yuxiang is, although Lao Feng doesn't dare to do anything to the sixth master, but it is still a piece of cake to kill them, so he only listens to people's voices, and does not see people in front of the king.

The two broke into the inner house directly, Li Yanqing was really in the house, playing mahjong with a group of brightly dressed men and women, seeing Feng Yuxiang and Chen Zikun come in, he didn't even turn his head, still talking and laughing, touching cards and playing cards, and smoking two sisha puffs from time to time.

Feng Yuxiang said: "Sixth master, the president said that you would like to pay 50,000 yuan for us urgently." ”

Li Yanqing typed out a sheet of nine cakes and said, "The president didn't call, I don't know about it." ”

Feng Yuxiang said: "That's what I just said, the president's dictation, Sixth Master, can I lie to you about this?" ”

Li Yanqing said: "The words of the review envoy are naturally true, but recently I have a tight amount of money here, otherwise, you go back first, and I will look for you when there is money in the account." He said to Chen Zikun again: "This one is a little familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere, are you?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Sixth master, I am Chen Zikun, the envoy of the Jiangbei Protector, under the command of Wu Yushuai. ”

Li Yanqing glanced at him a few times with slanted eyes: "The handsome person? It's not like, I don't remember the position of Jiangbei Protector Envoy, when did he take office, why didn't he notify me? ”

Chen Zikun was angry, and said in his heart that I would like to pay tribute to you when I take office, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, and he smiled: "Sixth master, I took office in June last year, and the establishment is a brigade, and I have not received a military salary until now." ”

Li Yanqing rubbed his temples and thought for a while, and suddenly said, "I remember, you and Li Junqing are friends." ”

"The sixth master has a good memory." Chen Zikun said, relieved for a while, it seems that there is hope for his money.

"In this case, you can go back first, and I'll send someone to inform you when I have the money." Li Yanqing continued to play cards, and the housekeeper next to him stretched out his voice and said: "Send off guests~~~~"

Chen Zikun and Feng Yuxiang looked at each other, and were about to leave, when suddenly a person came in from outside, wearing a melon skin hat and satin horse coat, well-dressed and smiling, looking like the shopkeeper of the Liuli Factory.

"Shopkeeper Qi, what kind of good things did you bring this time, let the sixth master open my eyes." Li Yanqing said.

The shopkeeper Qi said: "Sixth master, don't scold me, you don't know my family background yet, but now I really have a good thing, it is poured out of the palace, you give me a long look to see how much it is worth." ”

As he spoke, he took out a brocade box, opened it carefully, and there was a layer of yellow silk in it, and after unraveling it, a dog carved from a delicate jade came.

Li Yanqing's eyes lit up, and he held the green dog in his hand and played with it, and was full of praise: "It's really a good thing!" ”

The shopkeeper Qi said: "I know that the sixth master is a dog, and I got it specially, but it cost me a lot of silver." ”

Li Yanqing said: "You kid really have a set, let's make a price." ”

The shopkeeper Qi said: "I don't dare to make a price in front of the sixth master, what do you think of the 150,000 oceans?" ”

Chen Zikun and Feng Yuxiang, who were standing on the side, glanced at each other, and were both shocked, a green dog was so valuable, and it was worth more than half a year's expenses of the previous brigade army.

Li Yanqing didn't frown, and said with a smile: "You kid wants to make a fortune, although this dog is good, it's not worth the price, can it be sold for 100,000 yuan?" ”

The shopkeeper Qi looked embarrassed: "Sixth master, I really didn't make your money, you also know that now the things in the palace are one less thing, so it took me a lot of effort to find this green dog for you, you don't look at the credit and hard work, so you can send me a little more." ”

Li Yanqing laughed, asked the accountant to open a check, took out a seal letter from his arms, stamped the check with a sigh, handed it to the shopkeeper Qi and said, "Take 120,000 yuan." ”

The shopkeeper Qi held the check and thanked him for his kindness, and went happily, Li Yanqing yawned, stretched his waist and said, "It's not early, where are you going to eat tonight?" ”

The housekeeper said: "There are a lot of people who come to invite the sixth master, and there are a lot of posts alone." ”

Li Yanqing said: "Bring them all." ”

The housekeeper brought the post, and Li Yanqing casually took out one and unfolded it: "Go to Wang Kemin's house to drink today." ”

The housekeeper smiled and said: "Sixth Master, your post is really accurate, but it is a coincidence, President Wang called to invite it just now." ”

Li Yanqing looked at the content of the post, and then looked at the Western table clock in the corner, and said, "Yo, I'm half an hour late, it's not good for the big guy to wait for me, prepare the car and hurry up." Saying that, he stood up, took a breath of cool air and said: "These two rounds of cards have been played for a long time, and I have been holding a lot of urine, so bring the spittoon." ”

The housekeeper came over with a spittoon and knelt on the ground holding it, and Li Yanqing did not shy away from Chen Zikun and Feng Yuxiang, who were standing aside, and unbuttoned their pants in public and peed.