Zhao Dongyun's residence in Baoding City is not the traditional courtyard where the Chinese people live, but the small western-style building that has only risen in recent years, this small western-style building was originally built by an Austro-Hungarian arms dealer, and was later purchased by Zhao Dongyun, the small building itself is only two floors and the area is not large, but the small building occupies a large area of the garden, and is surrounded by brick walls and iron fences.

This small building is not big, but there are not many people living in it, in addition to his master, there is an old housekeeper who came from Xuzhou, and there is also a little maid and a cook in Baoding. A few days ago, his cousin Zhao Dongping was still living, but now he has moved to the barracks, so there are only four people left in this small building.

In the evening, Zhao Dongyun had already changed into a set of dresses again, the long leather boots under his feet were shiny by the little maid, and after taking the tweed army coat and jacket handed over by the old butler, he put on the top hat and walked down the stairs.

By this time, he had already seen that his two guards in the living room downstairs were already waiting respectfully.

The old housekeeper walked in front and said while helping Zhao Dongyun open the door: "Master, the handlebar style outside is already waiting!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded and said, "The third uncle is tired, I estimate that he will come back later, don't wait for me, you all go to bed early!" ”

Zhao Dongyun's old housekeeper said that he was a housekeeper, but in fact, Zhao Dongyun's distant relatives, although the blood relationship has not known how many generations have passed, but the superficial respect still needs to be maintained, after all, he is the old mother of Xuzhou's hometown specially sent to take care of him.

Without waiting for Steward Xu to answer, Zhao Dongyun stepped out of the door first, and just went out, he felt a biting chill in his face, Baoding in February was still very cold, and there was a light snow just a few days ago.

When I went out, I saw that there were already a few people waiting in front of the door, and there were three Oriental cars on the side, and the three coachmen saw that the door was opened, and hurriedly trotted and pulled the car over, and the first strong man who was about forty years old spoke first: "I have seen the master!" ”

Before Zhao Dongyun could speak, Steward Xu behind him had already stepped forward and said to the coachman: "Send the old man to Chongyu Building, and then send the old man back in the evening, if there is the slightest slack on the road, be careful of the board!" ”

Although Steward Xu said harshly, the middle-aged man was not the slightest dissatisfied, but showed a mouthful of uneven yellow teeth, and smiled honestly: "Thank you Steward Xu for lifting up, you can rest assured, we promise to send the master safely!" ”

The reason why he waited outside in the cold weather, and remained enthusiastic in the face of Steward Xu's cold words, was because Steward Xu said to them first: If Zhao Dongyun is satisfied with this trip, then he will often call him in the future, if this can really be done, then he will not have to worry about having a meal in the future, and he may be able to save money to make a dress for the little daughter at home.

Zhao Dongyun didn't pay much attention to the whispered conversation between Steward Xu and the man pulling the cart, at this time he had already gotten into the car first, and the two guards behind him also got into the Toyo car with an excited face, it was the first time for them to take this kind of novel transportation.

According to the concept of today's people, it is impossible for the two guards to get the treatment of riding in a car, and the normal situation should be that Zhao Dongyun is sitting in a Toyo car, and the two guards are trotting behind, but Zhao Dongyun has the soul of later generations, it is difficult to ignore the tired and tired work of the soldiers around him, but he sits well, anyway, the money spent by this person in a car is not much different from the money spent by three people in a car.

Moreover, this is called an extra car, which can be regarded as giving people an extra livelihood!

The Toyo cars in this year are the same as the taxis of later generations, the drivers need business to fill the stomach of their families, if Zhao Dongyun can hire a few more drivers, it is equivalent to taking care of the business of several drivers.

"Sir, sit tight!" After the man in front said this, he pulled up the car, first walked out of the gate along the bluestone path in the courtyard, and then turned directly onto the street.

The rubber-wrapped iron wheels are matched with the spring-absorbing body, so that Zhao Dongyun, who is sitting on it, does not notice the vibration of the body at all, and the speed of the driver in front of him is not fast, but it is very stable, and there is no trace of emergency stop or acceleration.

At this time, it was nearly six o'clock in the evening, and it was not dark in summer and autumn, but now at the turn of winter and spring, the sky has begun to darken.

As the street darkened, there were little candles around, and at this time, the Toyo car where Zhao Dongyun was sitting was also lit up early, and this lamp was a kerosene lamp, which was hung on the long wooden handle sticking out of the handlebar.

The sky in the depths of winter was darker than Zhao Dongyun imagined, and when they came to Chongyulou, the sky was already half dark, Zhao Dongyun got out of the rickshaw and said to the middle-aged coachman who was already panting: "You don't have to wait, go find a place to eat two mouthfuls of food and drink tea!" ”

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man said: "Thank you for your kindness, we brought our own food, just find a leeward corner to eat!" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Zhao Dongyun frowned, and then took out a silver dollar from his jacket pocket and handed it over: "It's a tip, take it and eat tons of hot rice!" ”

After Zhao Dongyun handed out the eagle, the driver at the head immediately showed surprise on his face, and the first two younger coachmen showed a smile.

These Oriental coachmen, on weekdays, from the morning to the late income of only two or three taels of silver per month, this has to be a good business, tonight they pulled Zhao Dongyun and his party, in fact, the car Xu Steward has already given it, and now Zhao Dongyun's silver dollar is a pure tip!

They even thought that if they could pull guests like Zhao Dongyun a few more times a month, they were afraid that life would be much better!

After giving the silver reward, Zhao Dongyun didn't look at their happy looks and turned around and entered Chongyu Building, but what he didn't know was that after the three coachmen divided the silver dollar with a smile, they didn't go to a nearby restaurant to eat as Zhao Dongyun thought, but took out a cold steamed bun wrapped in a white cloth, and ate it while drinking water while biting the steamed bun.

The middle-aged man led by him said while biting the cold steamed bun: "I made a little fortune tonight, plus the ones I saved before, I guess I can make a new dress for the eldest girl." ”

The slightly shorter driver in the back smiled hehe: "You know every day that you think about the few at home, it's better to wait for the end of the work, let's get some wine and drink a sip to be refreshing, but some days I haven't drunk, I'm very greedy!" ”

"Haha, okay, let's see if Butcher Xu sells any leftover pig ears, and if so, I can get some wine!" The other one also responded haha.

The dim light from the window on the other side of the street brought a glimmer of light to the dim corner, and in the dim light, the three men took a sip of water, took a bite of steamed buns, and talked about how much wine they would beat, how much meat they would cut, and how much cloth they would buy.

And what about Zhao Dongyun at this time, as soon as he entered Chongyulou, a middle-aged man in a horse coat hurriedly greeted him: "This military master is here to go to the banquet of Lord Wang, the contemptible surname is Qian Sui, and he is the housekeeper of Chongyulou, I don't know what the honorable guest's surname is?" ”

Zhao Dongyun was a little surprised, this was the first time he had come to a place, how did the shopkeeper here know that he was coming to Wang Yingkai's banquet? But when he looked down at his coat, he knew that he was a New Army officer, and the New Army officer who was able to come to Chongyulou today was afraid that nine times out of ten they were here for the banquet!

Nodding slightly, Zhao Dongyun spoke: "The official's surname is Zhao, Lord Wang has already arrived?" ”

"It turned out to be Zhao Tong, Qian Sui has been looking up for a long time, and Lord Wang has not yet arrived, but Lord Xu Bangjie, Lord Bao Guiqing, and Lord He Zonglian have already arrived first, please take Zhao Tong to Zezhi Pavilion first to gather with all of you.!" Qian Kai said as he led the way to the backyard and back area.

Chongyulou is not a restaurant in the usual sense, nor is it a pure green building, but a combination of the two, although there are prostitutes, but the focus is still on the meal and banquet, plus Chongyulou is not open to ordinary people on weekdays, it is more secret, so it attracts many military and political dignitaries like to come here to feast or discuss important matters.

Although this Chongyu Building is named after the building, it is actually not a high-rise building, but a garden similar to the Jiangnan house, and many courtyards and pavilions are divided for guest banquets, and Zezhi Pavilion is one of them.

It didn't take long for Zhao Dongyun to be introduced to Zezhi Pavilion, and as soon as he entered, he saw that there was already a large table of people sitting inside, but there were only three men inside, and the remaining few people were the girls in the song who accompanied the wine.

I know them not because they are famous in history, but because they are all colleagues of Zhao Dongyun in the new army, then Xu Bangjie is the commander of the third battalion of the right wing of the Wuwei Right Army, while Bao Guiqing is the second battalion of the left wing of the Standing Army, and He Zonglian is the first battalion of the left wing of the left wing of the left town.

I have to talk about it here, don't worry about Zhao Dongyun and Xu Bangjie, as well as Bao Guiqing and He Zonglian, they are all in charge of a battalion, but there is a difference between this battalion and the battalion, the battalion on the side of the Wuwei Right Army is a large battalion, and there are nearly 1,500 people in one battalion. On the other hand, the standing army has a small battalion system, with only more than 700 people in one battalion, and basically two infantry battalions of the standing army can compare with the infantry battalion of the armed guard right army.

You can know here by looking at the titles of the commanders of their respective infantry battalions, Bao Guiqing and He Zonglian are the titles of the band, but Zhao Dongyun and Xu Bangjie are the titles of the commander, and this commander is a title of the commander of the standing army.

For the three people inside, Zhao Dongyun had seen it before, so after entering it, he was the first to speak: "Brothers, they came so early!" ”

"We've been hungry all day, can we not come sooner!" Xu Bangjie was the first to open his mouth and said with a smile.

He Zonglian on the side said: "Supervisor Zhao, you're late, we've already drunk several cups, no, you have to punish yourself with three cups!" ”