After two years, Li Yaoting can be described as a shotgun for a gun, and bought a big house in the French Concession, covering an area of dozens of acres in the courtyard alone, with green trees and flowers in the garden, and there is no sense of winter.

Put down the luggage, after a little washing, everyone gathered in the living room again, Bing'er changed into a Western-style dress, put on the headdress given by Jianbing, beautiful eyes, glamorous, but when Jianbing came down from upstairs, a cheongsam with just the right cut was more elegant and peerless.

Bing'er was suddenly discouraged, but she didn't show it, but praised it vigorously: "My sister is so beautiful." ”

Chen Zikun also changed his clothes and went downstairs, carrying a wooden box in his hand, which was opened on the coffee table, and inside was a rugged and sturdy pistol.

Li Yaoting's eyes lit up: "Big-eyed masturbation!" ”

Chen Zikun said: "This is a gift from the godfather of the New York mafia Pacino family, a total of two, and now I will give you one." ”

Li Yaoting picked it up and played with it, couldn't put it down, and asked: "What kind of business does the mafia do, it sounds very famous." ”

Chen Zikun said: "The mafia is the youth gang in the United States, and the godfather is our old man here, so it is very appropriate to transfer this gift to you." ”

Li Yaoting immediately took off the horse card on his body, replaced it with this brand-new M1911, and beckoned to the door: "Four treasures, you come." ”

A big man walked over and said respectfully: "Boss." ”

"Take this horse card and practice the gun well." Li Yaoting handed over his old pistol.

"Thank you boss!" The name Sibao is Li Yaoting's coachman, and he knows that he is a character who can fight when he looks at that face, and he takes the boss's gun with both hands, he is flattered and can't help but be happy.

Seeing that the men were always entangled in the issue of firearms, Bing'er became a little impatient, grabbed Li Yaoting's arm and said coquettishly: "It's time to eat, the guests are hungry." ”

Li Yaoting patted his head: "Look at me!" I almost forgot about the reception banquet, what to eat? ”

"There's a new Atlantic restaurant on the four roads, and I've heard that it's a brute." Bing'er said with her eyelashes flashing.

Li Yaoting twisted her buttocks: "Who asked you, my eldest brother and sister-in-law haven't eaten any Western food in foreign countries, and they still eat Western food when they go back to Shanghai, isn't this a troublemaker." ”

Bing'er is very unhappy, Atlantic Western Restaurant is her favorite, she even changed her Western-style dress, and she can't go to lose face, this Li Yaoting is too, she is obedient to herself on weekdays, but when she sees her eldest brother and sister-in-law, she is like a different person.

She had to force a smile: "Big brother and sister-in-law, what do you want to eat?" ”

Jianbing is such a clear person, how can she not see Bing'er's thoughts, if she wants to put it in the past, she will definitely suppress the other party's majesty, but after two years of traveling in Europe and the United States, her heart has been calm, so she said softly: "Let the guest be the host." ”

Li Yaoting slapped his thigh: "Okay, let's go to Meiyuan Restaurant, there are local dishes, Huaiyang dishes, and even better champion red, let's get drunk today." ”

Chen Zikun and Jian Bing both nodded, "Okay." ”

Li Yaoting waved his hand: "Four treasures, prepare the car!" ”

……

Meiyuan Restaurant is the place where everyone met for the first time, the private room is still the same private room at the beginning, and the guests are still the guests of the year, but the stunned young man who was poor and white in the past has become an up-and-coming tycoon in Shanghai Ten-mile Foreign Market today, and Jianbing, one of the four famous prostitutes in Shanghai, is already a lady who has returned from overseas at this time.

Talking about his old friend back then, Chen Zikun sighed with emotion: "I don't know where Brother Zhiqing is now? ”

Li Yaoting said: "He, he made a windfall by doing stocks, I persuaded him to accept it when he saw it, but he didn't listen to me, and finally collapsed, got all his blood and was forced to pay debts everywhere, and hid here for two weeks, borrowed a thousand oceans, and went to Guangzhou, don't talk about him, talk about you, how are you going to develop?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Report back to the War Department and see how the marshal arranges." ”

Li Yaoting said: "With your qualifications to stay abroad, as well as Wu Dashuai's appreciation, you will definitely soar, brother, listen to me, having soldiers in your hands is more important than anything else, in this world, only this thing is the most trustworthy." ”

As he spoke, he slapped the pistol on the table, and it happened that the guy came in to serve the food, and he was startled.

Chen Zikun said with a smile: "Put the guy away, what you said makes sense, in today's troubled times, having a gun is the king of grass, and only with a gun can you stand up and be a man, by the way, how is that Lu Xiaojia now?" ”

Li Yaoting said with a smile: "Da Kunzi, which pot you say you don't open and which pot to mention, I still remember this account, but Lu Yongxiang has not fallen yet, Lu Xiaojia is still powerful in Shanghai, I can count on you, I will bring down his father in the future, and I can also avenge this arrow." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Lu Yongxiang's fall is a matter of time, tell me about you, where have you made your fortune in the past two years?" ”

Li Yaoting said: "What do I do to make money, bars, casinos, tobacco houses, stocks, bonds, everything, the fastest money in these years is still big tobacco, but this business has always been monopolized by a few bigwigs, I can only make a small fuss, there is a business is not bad, you have spare money to invest." ”

"Oh, what business?" When Jian Bing heard this, he suddenly became interested.

"Real estate." Li Yaoting said, looking a little complacent, "The concession is developing rapidly, and the places such as Avenida Yingda and Avenida de Fada are all expensive in every inch of land, and they can't buy it if they want to. ”

"How?" Jian Bing's eyes lit up.

"Hehe, I heard from the grapevine that the concession is going to expand the road to Huxi and build a few roads in the past, and the farmland on both sides of the road will definitely be worth a lot of money at that time, and now you can buy an acre of land for dozens of silver dollars, and it will not be a problem to increase it dozens of times or hundreds of times in the future."

"However, Huxi is under the jurisdiction of China, how can the Ministry of Industry and Bureau build roads there, aren't you afraid of the Chinese side asking questions?" Jian Bing looked puzzled.

Li Yaoting laughed and said: "Sister-in-law, you and your eldest brother have stayed abroad for two years, and your brain is not as bright as before, and it is not the first time that the concession authorities have built roads and expanded land, and they are willing to pay money to build roads. ”

Now Jian Bing understood, nodded and said: "It makes sense, Yaoting, you are really getting better and better, but it's a pity that we don't have any money left, otherwise we can really buy hundreds of acres of land to keep it, and we will definitely make a fortune in the future." ”

Chen Zikun's face changed: "These traitors! ”

Li Yaoting hurriedly smiled: "Big brother, don't be angry, it's all mixed food, our country can't even keep Qingdao, let alone a few roads in western Shanghai, and the Ministry of Human Resources and Industry Bureau didn't say that it recognized the management of the concession." ”

Jian Bing also persuaded him: "That is, the British and the French must build roads, and the Shanghai Municipal Government can't manage it if it really wants to, the Ministry of Industry has police, there are international business groups, what does the city government have?" Do you expect Lu Yongxiang to support them? ”

Chen Zikun was angry and angry for a while, and he figured it out in an instant, laughing at himself: "I am a scholar, let everyone laugh, come, drink." ”

Bing'er, who had been unable to interject, finally found an opportunity, Yingying got up and said, "Big brother and sister-in-law, I toast you and welcome you back to Shanghai." ”

Chen Zikun and Jian Bing were just about to raise their glasses, but Li Yaoting said: "Book that, I haven't saluted yet, why is it your turn to toast, do you understand the rules." ”

Bing'er was extremely embarrassed, and she didn't sit or sit while standing with a wine glass.

"Let's do it together." Jianbing hurried to round the field, and everyone raised their glasses together and drank this glass of wine.

……

Chen Zikun spent the New Year of 1923 in Shanghai, during which he visited some of the old ones, the Sun Wen Villa on Molière Road in the French Concession was empty, and the Russian team of the International Chamber of Commerce in the Public Concession. Vasilyevich had already left Shanghai, and the Jingwu Society in Zhabei was even more dilapidated and withered than three years ago, Chen Zikun lingered outside the door for a long time before knocking on the door, but who knew that the door was opened by a young and unfamiliar face.

After inquiring, I learned that Huo Dongge, the owner of the museum, had gone to Nanyang to open a branch, and Liu Zhensheng, the senior brother in charge, went to Guanwai to promote the spirit of Jingwu, and now he is in charge of an unfamiliar name.

The courtyard was deserted, with a layer of dust on the swords, guns, swords, and halberds, Chen Zikun's eyes wandered, touching the scene, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Sir, who are you looking for?" The young man guarding the door looked at the stranger in a dress suspiciously.

"I'm just looking." Chen Zikun smiled and nodded, turned and left.

……

In mid-January, Chen Zikun embarked on the road to report to the north, after he had already contacted Wu Peifu, the Zhilu-Yu patrol envoy stationed in Luoyang, by telegram, and Wu Dashuai ordered him not to go to the War Department in Beijing, but to go directly to Luoyang to take up his post.

Zhabei, in the VIP waiting room of Shanghai Railway Station, Chen Zikun was dressed in a coat and hat, with a small suitcase at his feet, Jian Bing stood opposite with tears in his eyes, holding a handkerchief in his hand, looking reluctant.

"Luoyang is not as good as Beijing and Shanghai, there is no running water, there is no laundry, you have to be careful, don't drink raw water, change clothes frequently, otherwise you will give birth to fleas." Jian Bing chattered endlessly, as if Chen Zikun was a child who had not grown up and was going to camp.

Luoyang is the garrison of Wu Peifu's army, although Chen Zikun can bring his family with him, but it is better to keep a low profile when he first arrives, not to mention the poor countryside of Luoyang, Jianbing must not be used to the life there, so Chen Zikun still goes alone.

Li Yaoting and Bing'er also came to say goodbye, they were smiling, Li Yaoting said: "Da Kunzi, get promoted and get rich early, the brothers are waiting to have dinner with you." ”

The whistle sounded, the train was about to leave, Chen Zikun took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "I'm leaving, don't send it away, goodbye." After that, he picked up the suitcase and turned around, Jian Bing was reluctant to let him go, chased after him, and ran on the platform: "Letter to the place." ”

The train gradually moved away, Jianbing was tired and sweaty, stopped at the end of the platform, looked at the train in the distance and complained: "This one has no conscience." ”