Chapter 4 The Six Nations Hotel

"Brother Tang, what move did you use just now?" Zeng Lu seemed to be still immersed in the surprise of Tang Dao's ease into the two strong men.

"That's right! I haven't seen Ruoshui for more than a month. Liu Ruxian also asked with a puzzled face: "The infantry army commander of the Yamen Guardian still has some strength, and he has also walked sideways in the capital over the years." ”

Tang Zhidao smiled and said nothing, it can't be said that Lao Tzu was possessed by a traverser!

"I don't know how many people will be unlucky in the past two days!" Hu Bingtao obviously thought a little farther, when did the dignified Jiang Dashao suffer such a loss, how could he easily give up. Sure enough, within two or three days, the slightly stronger beggars in the streets and alleys of Beijing were arrested, making the Jingshi Detention Center overcrowded and miserable.

"It's here, it's here!" As he spoke, a four-storey Western-style building came into view, which stood out from the surrounding short buildings, and this was the famous Rokkoku Hotel.

As the name suggests, the Rokkoku Hotel is a joint venture between six countries, built in 1905. It is located in the core area of Dongjiaomin Lane (Embassy District) in Beijing, next to the Belgian Embassy, and is a joint venture between Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan and Russia. With four floors above ground and one floor underground, the hotel covers an area of about 20,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 8,000 square meters, about 200 guest rooms, restaurants offering exotic cuisine, conference halls, amusement halls, movie halls, billiards rooms, table tennis rooms and swimming pools. The rooftop has a garden and can accommodate hundreds of people. The hotel mainly has ministers, officials and upper-class people from various countries to stay, dine and entertain here, forming a meeting place for dignitaries and nobles. At that time, it was also a refuge for military and political dignitaries who had fallen from power.

At this time, the Six Nations Hotel and the French-run Beijing Hotel were the two most upscale hotels in and around Beijing, and for the first time, they brought Western bread, coffee, steak, and a complete set of dining etiquette to the people of Beijing: how to stack snow-white napkins, how to use knives and forks, and to eat without making chewing noises as much as possible, including the gentleman's rule of giving priority to ladies in everything.

"Gentlemen, please come in!" Seeing someone come in, the Indian doorman wearing a red hat eagerly opened the glass door and said.

"You can't go in, beggars are not welcome here!" Tang Zhidao, who finally entered the door, was stopped outside by Ah San.

"He's our friend, we're in this together!" When Zeng Lu heard this, he hurriedly came over to relieve the siege.

β€œNO、NO!” The red-headed Ah San shook his head and said, "No matter whose friend is dressed like this, you can't come in!" ”

"Yes!" Tang Zhidao sneered and took out a banknote from his arms and threw it on the face of the red-headed Ah San, floating past him in a dashing manner.

"FUCK......" Ah San was about to have a seizure, and when he saw the banknotes in front of him, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "Sir, please come in, sir, please come in!" ”

"Why did you let this beggar in!" At this time, the Belgian foreman on the side rushed over when he heard the news, pointed to Tang Zhidao's back and said, "This is a place for high society!" ”

"Beggars! Compared to him, I am! The red-headed Ah San waved the banknote in his hand and said excitedly.

"yes, five pounds!" The Belgian foreman casually glanced at the banknote in Ah San's hand and said in surprise, this Indian Ah San is really lucky, at this time, one pound is equal to 5 US dollars or eleven oceans.

"Jiang Dashao came from there, but I didn't expect it to work here." Looking at the stunned three friends, Tang Zhidao said with a smile, and the waiters and distinguished guests in the hall immediately cast strange glances when they saw a beggar-looking person come in.

"Brother Tang, let's go take a shower and change your clothes first!" Zeng Lu came over and hurriedly handed over the two keys and said, "This is the key to room 315, we are waiting for you in the western restaurant on the first floor!" ”

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"It's so comfortable!" Although the hotel room has 24-hour hot water, Tang Zhidao still enjoys the stimulation brought by the impact of cold water, which can make him sober up a little, after all, he has only been in this time and space for two or three days, and the memories of the two lives have gradually merged to make him adapt to this world more quickly.

The three buddies were waiting upstairs, Tang Zhidao hurriedly rinsed up, changed the tattered clothes on his body, and changed into the clothes prepared by Zeng Lu.

"Jiang Dashao is really timely rain!" From the pocket of the old clothes, I found the stack of banknotes that I had stolen from Jiang Dashao, and there were not only pounds and US dollars, but also banknotes issued by HSBC and Huili in China, all of which were quite hard currency, and the specific numbers were not clear to Tang Zhidao for a while, in short, this was his first wealth in this time and space.

"The appearance is not bad, a little more handsome than the one in the later life, the only drawback is that he is a little thinner!" Looking at the handsome and sharp-eyed self in the large glass mirror in the bathroom of the room, Tang Zhidao said to himself: "In the future generations, he can be regarded as a handsome person, just one of the most critical rich words!" ”

Tang Zhidao, who appeared in the hall on the first floor of the Six Nations Hotel again, was already like two people just now, his slightly long hair was combed with oil, and he was dressed in a light gray suit with shiny black leather shoes on his body, which looked particularly decent, coupled with his tall and handsome appearance and tall and chic steps, which attracted the ladies and celebrities in the hall to look back frequently.

"Brother Tang, we're here!" In the search, it was Zeng Lu who discovered the Tang Dao first.

"Why did you choose such a location so easy for me to find!" Tang Zhidao quickly stepped forward and found three buddies in a corner.

"It's quiet and easy to talk to!" Hu Bingtao said with a smile: "We're all ordered, come by yourself!" ”

"Okay!" Tang Zhidao sat down in the middle of Zeng Lu and Hu Bingtao, and casually picked up the menu on the seat and looked at it. In later generations, all kinds of Western restaurants, McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut and the like were all over the streets, even the original Tang Zhidao had studied in Japan and Germany successively, and had eaten both the Western food of the Japanese two knives and the authentic European Western food.

"What do you want, sir?" A moment after Zeng Lu rang the bell at the table, a tall Chinese waiter walked over.

"A half-cooked steak, two sandwiches, a French foie gras, a minced macaroni ......" I just nibbled on a little pancake for two or three days, and Tang Zhidao was already hungry with his chest sticking to his back, but his head was in a mess, and he couldn't care about it so much, but he was unconsciously very hungry.

"Sir, you may not be able to eat so much by yourself!" The waiter kindly reminded that many Chinese guests who come here have this problem, whether they eat or not.

"Do what he wants, remember to be fast!" Zeng Lu waved his hand and said, "In addition to what he ordered, add a freshly squeezed juice and three bottles of vodka!" ”

"Come on, come on, fill Ruoshui first!" Hu Bingtao took the lead in holding the wine glass and said, "Let's toast to Brother Ruoshui's freedom first!" ”

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"Dry"

The four glasses collided together, and everyone drank them all, even though the four of them didn't like to drink very much on weekdays.

A glass of wine Tang Zhidao only felt hot, Lao Maozi's wine was still quite strong, and then he said sincerely: "I respect the three brothers!" Without the help of the three of them this time, I might really have to confess. ”

"My own brother, it's too much to say this." Hu Bingtao said with a smile, but he also felt that seeing Tang Zhidao this time was a little different from before. The previous Tang Dao was really arrogant, arrogant, and stubborn, even if the knife was on his neck, he probably wouldn't frown, and the Tang Dao in front of him was obviously a lot more sleek and flexible. …,

"How's it going out there?" After eating something, Tang Zhidao asked in a low voice, although he vaguely remembered some major events of the same era, but now he was eager to know what was going on in the outside world.

"A word is out of order!" Hu Bingtao frowned and said: "There is a mess in Beijing because of the abolition of the imperial system, and the chaos in the south has not stopped because of the abolition of the imperial system, and the war has not only not stopped, but has a tendency to expand!" ”

"Yes! Every day, our Ordnance Department is overwhelmed with guns and cannons, and Cao San, Zhang Jingyao, and Ma Jizeng are really waste, and more than 100,000 people in the 7th and 8th brigades of five or six divisions are uneven, and thousands of people and horses in the south are uneven! Liu Ruxian also sighed and said: "It seems that the southerners will not stop if they don't drive President Yuan down!" ”

"President Yuan is also a good president, if he doesn't do it, he has to be the emperor, and it turns out that the heavens are angry and people are resentful!" Zeng Lu's words may represent the voice of the vast majority of Beiyang officers, after all, Yuan has no direct knowledge of these new generation of Beiyang officers.

"Shh Hu Bingtao hurriedly stopped Zeng Lu from saying, after all, Tang Zhidao had just been released, and the secret agents of the Military Justice Department and the Jingshi Police Department were secretly watching.

"Brother Tang is too unrighteous this time, and he won't take me with him for such a big deal!" Speaking of Yuan Shikai, Zeng Lu said indignantly.

Tang Zhidao just smiled bitterly and didn't say anything, this Zeng Lu is still too N, too Y, too S, and still really believes that he participated in the assassination of Yuan Shikai, if that is the case, thirty brothers will not be able to save him.

"What are the plans for Ruoshui in the future?" Hu Bingtao asked as he changed the subject.

"I don't know! The military pastor will definitely not be able to go back. Tang Zhidao shook his head helplessly, and after working for a long time, he still had no house, no car, and no job.

"Shen Yuwen's dog day is really not a thing!" Liu Ruxian was angry when he mentioned the words "Military Pastoral Division", if Shen Yuwen, the director of the department, was willing to come forward to protect Tang Zhidao, he would not have been locked up for so long, if the imperial system was not canceled so soon, I am afraid that he would not even be able to save his life.

"Director Shen is also wise to protect himself, you can't ask too much from others!" Compared with Liu and Zeng, Hu Bingtao knows a little more about the inside story. The Military Pastoral Department is considered an authentic and authentic Qing Shui Yamen in the powerful War Department, and he can't even drink a few sips of water, and Tang Zhidao, who had not beaten up Japanese instructors at the Army Military Academy, would not have been placed in this position.

"Shen Yuwen may not be able to do it for long!" Although he is only a trainee in the General Affairs Department, after all, it is the number one critical department in the Ministry of War, and Zeng Lu still has something to report.

"News from there?" Except for Tang Zhidao, the other two are more concerned about this issue, and the director level is at least a senior general with the rank of major general.

"It is rumored that the president intends to let Premier Duan come out to clean up the mess!" Zeng Lu whispered: "It is said that I have sent people to run twice." ”

"Except for Premier Duan, there is really no one who can clean up this mess!" Hu Bingtao's eyes lit up and said with a little excitement. Let the "Tiger of the Beiyang" Duan Qirui out of the mountain is almost the voice of most of the generals of the entire Beiyang Department, this public small station training era is one of the famous "Beiyang Three Heroes", the first year of the Republic of China led 48 senior generals of the Beiyang Department to retreat from the Qing court, become a great hero of the Republic of China, and then served in the center for a long time as an important position (Minister of the Army, Governor of Henan, Prime Minister of the Cabinet and Minister of the Army) protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the important place.

"With Premier Duan's jealous and hateful personality, he will definitely not be able to tolerate a person like Shen Yuwen!" Liu Ruxian also said excitedly: "It's not like Wang Shizhen who can pound paste!" ”

"It's hard to recover from the water, and no one can clean up the situation!" Tang Zhidao said with a wry smile, the chaos after Xinhai is only Yuan Xiangcheng barely has a chance to clean up two or three percent, but unfortunately as soon as Yuan takes the road of no return to God's system, the situation of warlord secession is doomed.

"Forget it! Today, I only give Ruoshui to catch the wind, and I don't talk about state affairs! Although he was a little dissatisfied with Tang Zhidao's words, Hu Bingtao still stopped Liu Ruxian, who wanted to argue.

"Drink!" If you have wine today and get drunk tomorrow, who knows what tomorrow will bring!