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Yao Fan successfully fooled Xu Jianyin, the general office of Shandong Machinery Bureau, and even Xue Fuchen, who listened to it on the side, was also greatly admired, and the two felt that if according to Yao Fan's statement, the machine could be installed immediately after it was bought, and it could be put into production within three months, which was much faster than the one-year production required by Lord Ding.

So the two immediately began to write a note and apply for a silver approval, and within two days, Yao Fan got the 50,000 taels of silver tickets handed over to him by Ding Baozhen.

On this day, in the Beichayuan Street, in the handling department of the Jiqì Bureau, Yao Fan, Xu Jianyin, and Xue Fuchen were quietly waiting for Ding Baozhen's arrival.

When Ding Baozhen came in, he didn't say any nonsense such as "Yao Fan, don't lie to me", nor did he say any sensational language such as "every penny here is the people's anointment".

just stuffed the silver ticket to Yao Fan in front of Xu Jianyin and Xu Fuchen, and said, "You work hard, you don't have to worry about anything else." ”

After speaking, Lao Ding turned around and was about to leave, as if he had come specifically to send silver.

Yao Fan stuffed the silver ticket into his pocket, his mood was complicated, he knew that an outlier like Ding Baozhen was really rare, an official of the Manchu Qing Kingdom, but if he could squeeze out the silver, how many would use it for foreign affairs?

Yao Fan didn't let himself think too much, he didn't hesitate to take a step forward, bowed down and said:

"There is one more thing that the junior wants to ask for the adult's permission."

Ding Baozhen was also stunned.

"Yao Fan, what else is going on?"

"My lord, on the way to Jinan this time, the caravan of the younger generation encountered horse bandits, everyone was held by the neck with steel knives, and their lives hung by a thread, and the younger generation almost died. Thinking about it now, I still have lingering palpitations. The younger generation asked the adults to allow me to donate a regimental training official position to my family, and hang it under the green camp to eat, so that in the future, I can also bring some people to escort me on the road. ”

Ding Baozhen frowned and said: "I know about this, those horse bandits have thirty or fifty people in a lock, say more or less, say no more, say less, perennial trade routes, I have talked to Zhou Juerong a few times, he has used the excuse that the horse bandits are erratic, have no fixed residence, and are never clean!" ”

Speaking of this, Ding Baozhen was a little angry.

Yao Fan said this, but he didn't want to embarrass Zhou Juerong, the chief military officer of Jinan Prefecture, and hurriedly said: "I see that Li Jingfang and they don't have many domestic servants, but fortunately, if they have a knife in their hands, they can easily repel the horse bandits. ”

Ding Baozhen snorted amusedly, and said, "You are a hundred domestic servants with knives, how can you compare with those warriors in his family who have been in battle."

You don't need to send silver to the Dental Bureau, the League Training Bureau, and the Baojia Bureau, but only go to the support bureau of my Yamen, and hand over the relevant body and 1,000 taels of silver, and I will tell them to do it for you, and hang it under the garrison camp of Wei Guofu in Qingdao, Jiaozhou, and give me a general title, usually ...... It was sent by the Jiaozhou Prefecture to send Sun Maowen to help Sun Maowen collect some donations and send bills. ”

When Yao Fan heard this, the affiliation and dispatch were not even a family, so it was a three-way thing! I was overjoyed in my heart, and quickly thanked Ding Baozhen.

"It's just that there is no money, don't think about this. Now that the green camp is still only half of the salary, how can he pay the village brave? Get out on your own! This is to protect your own property, do you still want to reach out to the court? Ding Baozhen said that there was also a fire here, and he turned around and left impatiently.

"Alas, Lao Ding, if you can be 2o years younger, I will definitely bring you over." Yao Fan thought proudly.

As soon as Lao Ding left, Xue Fuchen smiled and said, "Brother Yao, since you have donated a group training establishment for your family, why bother to ask adults for salary." The adult asked you to help the yamen in the state collect donations and distribute the roll, that thing is like snowflakes every month, since the adult promised you this errand, are you afraid that you will not be able to pay in the middle? ”

Yao Fanxin said that he just hoped that Lao Ding would think that he was greedy for money, but he didn't expect Lao Ding to help him arrange all the ways to dig up the silver, and he really took care of himself very much.

Back in the store, Yao Fan helped He Shicheng write his body, and sent the silver to the governor's yamen's bureau, and stuffed a hundred taels of red envelopes into the bureau, with the red envelope and Ding Baozhen's personal instructions, the bureau did things like flying, and two days later, the documents were reported to the yamen at all levels of the relevant state capitals and county roads, and the appointment letter was handed over to Yao Fan.

After He Shicheng went to Tai'an to deliver the silver, and returned from helping Yao Fan with Luo Guanqun and Wang Chuannian from Tai'an, he suddenly realized that he was already a small official.

"Shicheng, when I go back to Qingdao, I will hand over the appointment letter to Wei Guofu, and you will be regarded as a practitioner."

"The owner, how many officials are you practicing for?"

"Not in the stream."

"The hundred presidents under the garrison camp are also not in the stream, which one is bigger?"

"I don't know, maybe he's older than you, after all, they're regular soldiers."

He Shicheng went back to his house in a huff, but he was still happy in his heart, Heng Zhi became an official. Although he was only an unincorporated militia leader who was not even from Jiupin, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well all night.

The three members of the Li family played in Jinan Mansion for nine days, and on the tenth day, it was time for the three of them to leave.

Yao Fan has been making friends these days, and the relationship with the three of them has become one step closer. He sent the three of them out of ten miles in one breath that day before he turned back, and when he left, he gave the three people the five boxes of Ferrero chocolates he had eaten, still tearing off the Chinese stickers of imported goods. Three more people, three 28 farm bikes and improvised kits and hand pumps were delivered.

These days, Yao Fan heard Li Jingshu complain that because Yao Fan said that those chocolates could not withstand heat, the three of them ate diligently, and Li Jingxuan was the most greedy for sweets, and she could eat half a box a day alone. Yao Fan thought to himself, are you complaining? Or is it a bribe? So I had to give the one I kept as a snack to the three of them.

"Brother Jing Fang, here are thirty fountain pens and thirty bottles of ink, which your brothers will use when they are studying, and they will also save face when they are sent to the classmates. In addition, there are 10 new towels, all of which I brought back from the West, and I specially used them to wash my face, which is more comfortable than wiping them with a cloth. Yao Fan thoughtfully took out a package from his carriage and handed it to Li Jingfang.

"Brother Yao, this time is really costing you." Li Jingfang said gratefully.

"But my brother also asked people to patronize Brother Yao's business, and I bought a hundred heavenly umbrellas and three hundred spring soaps, which helped my eldest brother make money." Li Jingshu immediately said jokingly.

Yao Fan was stunned when he heard this.

"What? …… Hi! Why didn't you kid say it earlier, wouldn't it be over if I sent you a few boxes, why did you ask someone to buy it, let people know, I lost face. ”

"Look at what Brother Yao said, what are you polite to us. My brother bought these and took them to Beijing and Tianjin to send them to friends, if he still looked for Brother Yao with a shy face and stretched out his hand, it would really be unreasonable. What's more, Brother Yao sent us so many books and gifts before and after, this little money is not enough to worry about, but it's a pity that our brother has to go on the road and can't bring too much, otherwise he will definitely buy it double. Li Jingshu said with a smile.

Yao Fan smiled softly.

"You study well in the capital and Tianjin, and if I have the opportunity to travel by there in the future, I will definitely come to see you."

"If Brother Yao is passing by, he must come!" Li Jingxuan suddenly burst out.

Li Jingshu and Li Jingfang also strongly demanded that Yao Fan must take time to go to Tianjin in the future, so that they could have the opportunity to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Yao Fan knew that it was Li Hongzhang's base camp, and many of the Huai soldiers had taken their families to live, and there were more people on the street who spoke Anhui than spoke the local accent.

After traveling and feasting together many times in the past few days, the relationship between the four has become quite close.

After the four of them said goodbye, Yao Fanmu sent them away.

On the way back to the city, Yao Fan decided to immediately embark on the journey back to Qingdao.

He originally went to Jinan Mansion to hug his thighs, but now that the goal has been achieved, the thickest thigh is firmly hugged by him, so naturally he doesn't need to stay here for a long time.

Luo Guanqun and Wang Chuannian spent 3,000 taels of silver to help Yao Fan find a broken landlord family surnamed Yao in Tai'an to become naturalized, and after entering the side branch of the family tree, they also returned to Jinan. Yao Fan asked them to stay in Jinan Mansion to watch over He Wanyou, and beware of him embezzling the bank's silver.

Yao Fan led the original team he brought from Qingdaokou, used the small gas bag he brought with him to fully invigorate the bicycles, and set off again, and the convoy of 28 bicycles and 3o people returned to Qingdaokou. This time, because there was no delivery, the ride was easier, and the two extra two bikes were carried by the team in turn.

As for Zhou Si, he had been instructed by Yao Fan to send the medicine back, so he hired a big car in Jinan Mansion and went straight to Qingdao.

The driver collected twenty taels of silver, and naturally hurried according to the agreement, because the empty car ran fast, and it only took nine days to send Zhou Si home home.

Seeing the medicine and letter sent by Yao Fan, and listening to Zhou Si's experience along the way, the third sister discussed with Li Hainiu.

"Third sister, you have an idea, you are a person close to the owner, I will listen to you."

"Brother Li, it's the first time I've encountered this, and I'm very panicked, what do you think Brother Yao thinks? Why do you want to give the horse bandits medicine to cure their diseases? The third sister sat in Yao Fan's room, frowning and pondering suspiciously.

Li Hainiu understood Yao Fan's thoughts, and said unhurriedly: "Probably because the owner sees those people pitiful, as the saying goes, saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter." ”

"Those horse bandits robbed the eldest brother's silver, what is there to save, just teach him to die!" The third sister said indignantly.

"The owner has his reasons for doing things, let's still listen to the owner." Li Hainiu enlightened.

……………………

Lunan mountainous area, stone ditch.

In the village of the White Horse Club, in a low wooden house, there is a light like a bean.

In the dim light, Bai Xiaoqi, the head of the White Horse Club, knelt in front of a small wooden shrine and devoted herself to prayer.

I only heard her mouth reverently chanting:

"May the Bodhisattva bless my son with peace......

May the gods and Buddhas bless my son's safety......

Pray that my ancestors will bless my son with safety......

Ask the Jade Queen Mother to bless my son with safety......"

There was only one wooden plaque in the middle of the shrine, on which was written the spiritual seat of the ancestor Bai Jiude.

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