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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Qiu walked to the door of Wuchang with two firecrackers.

After he returned to Nanjing, he finished all his work like everyone else, and took advantage of the New Year to avoid everyone and Miao Luo to go back to Wuchang's house for the New Year. The river in the distance was foggy, and the machines that had been busy and roaring for a year also stopped, except for the factory protection team, which was still wide-eyed, and the rest of the workers were given five days of vacation. It's not that I don't want to rest more, but the order is really too busy, but fortunately, the workers can understand, most of them promise to come back on time to start work, only a few will be delayed because they want to go back to their hometown. Fortunately, in order to train more workers in recent years, almost all factory workshops are currently overstaffed, and leaving some people will not have much impact.

Behind him, Miao Luo and Rui Yao were also wearing new clothes, like two hard-working little bees with a new beginning in Chapter 361.

The Chinese people have the traditions of the Chinese people, and the thousand-year-old stretch can neither be said to be feudal nor ignorant, and the one-size-fits-all eradication is an act of ignorance. For example, after starting a family and starting a business, as the head of the family, you must open the door to keep the year until dawn on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and you must get up early to set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year without this firecracker sound, and the whole family cannot go out without this firecracker sound. And the hostess of the house, no matter how high her status is, must cook herself on this day and be ready to welcome the guests who come to pay New Year's greetings. Although he came from a later life, Yang Qiu insisted on dealing with these chores on such occasions, not only because he wanted to experience the long-lost traditions in the parallel world, but also because he wanted to tell others in this way that learning advanced Western technology does not mean that he would completely break his own tradition and culture.

"Commander, the longer you want to pull it apart, the more auspicious it will be." Lei Meng smiled and stood in the door with a smile in his heart, he wanted to go out to help, but it was a pity that the firecrackers started, not to mention that it was rare to command Commander Yang to do things and not take the opportunity to have a good time, only teased Chang Si next to him who had just come back from Nanyang with Rui Yao.

Since acquiring 15 German seagoing vessels, the Yangtze River Shipping Company, which originally had only a few second-hand ocean-going vessels, has been officially divided into three. A new beginning in Chapter 361 is the Yangtze River Transportation Company, which continues to specialize in nearly 100 inland river cargo ships, and the other is the Sihai Ocean Company, which has 80,000 tons of ocean-going vessels. The other is Wuzhou Shipping Co., Ltd., which has 3 10,000-ton ships and 5 ships of more than 5,000 tons. Moreover, the three companies and Yang Qiu's Hanyang and Chongqing will be listed and financed together after the Chinese New Year, and then continue to expand.

During this period, as all the foreign ships returned to Europe, more than a dozen Japanese ships were sunk by the navy in one go, resulting in a big gap in the originally busy shipping business in the Far East. So all three companies were so busy that they almost didn't even have time to catch their breath. Fortunately, through the introduction of Wang Guangxiung, commander of the Second Fleet. Many retired naval officers and sailors have joined the three companies, and with these experienced seafaring employees, they have gradually sorted out the clues and are on the right track. And with more and more goods being shipped to Europe. Britain and France themselves did not have time to hire their ships to go to Europe. Resulting in business volume. Sometimes he thinks that he can't buy dozens more, but unfortunately now even the United States can't build them, so he can only transfer some larger river ships to the closer South Sea routes to barely support it.

After tying the firecrackers and hanging them on the long bamboo poles, Commander Yang found a match and lit the two firecrackers hanging side by side. The first time I did this kind of thing, I was negligent, and the left lead burned first, so I didn't run far, and the festive red confetti covered my whole body.

"Giggle stupid." Miao Luo couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. Leaning forward and leaning back, a pair of meatballs on her chest were trembling wildly, and she loved to watch Yang Qiu mess up in some small details of life. Because only in these moments can she feel that her husband is actually the same as an ordinary man.

Rui Yao looked at her, and a light that couldn't tell whether it was envy or self-pity rose in her beautiful eyes. In just one year, this Hongmen sister who was born in the United States has almost changed people, perhaps as the wife of the vice president for a long time, and even does housework with a kind of down-and-out style. Standing in front of her at this moment, the luxurious and mature style that comes to her face makes people ashamed of herself, and the plump roundness under the cheongsam can't cover it, so that she has always been proud of her figure.

Thinking that he was either Nanyang or Guangxi and Fujian in the past year, or he ran from Wuchang to Shanghai, he finally went to Shandong but only got along for a few days and came back in a hurry, he didn't even say a few words, the look in his eyes couldn't help but dim a little, looking at the man who laughed with Lei Meng, his heart was sour, and he didn't know if it was worth waiting.

After Miao Luo poured the hot milk into the cup, she turned around and was about to ask Rui Yao to bring two more, but she saw that she was holding the cup in her hand and wiping it with a rag, but her eyes were staring straight out of the window. After following her eyes clearly, she suddenly understood her thoughts, and sighed secretly in her heart. No woman wants to share a man with others, if she has a choice, she hates to take Yang Qiu to a small place that no one knows and teaches her husband and children at home for the rest of her life. But he is handsome, talented, young, golden, high-powered, and even well-known in Europe and the United States, vice president and commander-in-chief of the army, and recently some people have even secretly called her the first lady.

Some things are involuntarily, she used to be open-minded and dare to love and hate, otherwise she would not have been sent as a bodyguard, but since she met Yang Qiu, she was like meeting a nemesis, no matter what she did, she was crushed by him, and finally she was entangled in emotions and finally fell. After being in a high position and aura during this time, my heart has recovered a lot, so instead of deliberately suppressing things in my heart and feeling uncomfortable, it is better to simply pick out and see the results.

Thinking of this, he deliberately coughed a few times: "Senior sister, what are you looking at?" ”

"No, I didn't see anything." Rui Yao retracted her gaze in a panic, lowered her head and wiped the clean teacup, her cheeks were pink as if she had been caught. This scene made Miao Luo sigh secretly, in the past, the senior sister was the leader of a gang, and she had a hot temper, but now there is still a trace of the freedom of the children of the rivers and lakes, completely like a Huaichun female student who has a crush on others but does not dare to speak, and was found by her friends to be ashamed to speak.

Miao Luo took a step closer and took the cup, deliberately leaned into his ear and asked, "Senior sister, do you like Brother Yang?" ”

"Huh?" Rui Yao was taken aback, she didn't expect her to ask so directly. I wanted to pretend to say that I didn't like it, but I was afraid that she would take it seriously, and as for the word liking, I couldn't say it, and I didn't know how to answer it for a while.

Miao Luo deliberately didn't look at her, and sighed faintly after pouring the milk: "Senior sister still doesn't know who he is?" I love to press on myself for everything, and I think all day long, thinking that I can't provoke 40,000 people to move forward alone. If you say that it sounds good, it is for the country and the people, but if you say it is unpleasant, you are asking for trouble. He always likes to influence the people below him with his own example, and even his words have to be carefully considered for fear of giving a bad impression. So it's even harder to wait for him to speak first. She said as her eyes turned red. The voice was snorted: "In front of outsiders, he is dazzling and imposing, but when he comes home, it is like a broken fight." That time in Shandong, I obviously had a stomachache, but I still endured digging holes and walking trenches with the soldiers. I stayed up late and didn't stop, and I insisted on returning to Nanjing to rest for a few days. It's not good to start calculating the matter of negotiating with Japan again. ”

"If you marry him, I will know that there will be today. Grandpa said that such a person can't be hidden, so I don't regret it. After Miao Luo was distressed, he suddenly burst into tears and turned his head and rolled his eyes: "Senior sister, if you really like it, you might as well tell me directly." I'll call the shots, and see if he dares to push back. ”

"Senior sister, me." Rui Yao was also moved by what she said. How can a woman be willing to push her man out. Miao Luo did this obviously because she was her senior sister, and she loved Yang Qiu so much that she didn't want to beat the mandarin duck, so she held her hand excitedly, but just now she spit out three words but was interrupted by a burst of footsteps outside.

The two women who were about to become sisters immediately turned their heads to look, only to see Cai Gongshi, Xiao Anguo and Jiang Baili actually walking in in a hurry. Because Song Ziqing and others brought their families to Nanjing, and Yang Qiu said early that he wanted to spend a clean year with his wife. Therefore, Cai Gongshi was only accompanied when he came back this time, and he also informed the important officials of the Hubei government to disturb as little as possible. And Xiao Anguo and Cai Gongshi spent the New Year in Wuchang because they worked here.

Seeing the three of them coming together, Yang Qiu also frowned: "What's wrong?" ”

Cai Gongshi looked at Jiang Baili and Xiao Anguo, and took out a telegram: "I just got the news that Yuan Shikai is dead." ”

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Yang Qiu set off from Hankou for the first time to Zhangde, the former longevity garden was desolate and desolate, the festive red couplet that had just been pasted on the gate for a long time was replaced with white, and the courtyard that had not been popular for a long time was crowded with mourners from all over the country, and most of them were the old people in Beiyang back then.

What is unexpected is that it was not the children who handled Yuan Shikai's funeral, but Xu Shichang and Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui who came from Beijing.

Seeing him, Cao Kun and others, who were forcibly retired after being promoted to general, still had some unkindness in their eyes, but what could this be? After a major war between China and Japan, several infantry divisions of the Beiyang system were all taken care of, and it was already very kind for them not to be deliberately swept into the footsteps of Yuan Shikai.

Yang Shiqi, who was kneeling in front of the mourning hall, also handed over the white silk with a complicated expression when he saw it, Yang Qiu took it and tied it around his waist and walked into the mourning hall with Lei Meng and others, and bowed deeply to Yuan Shikai's coffin three times in front of everyone before asking: "Brother Keding, why haven't you seen anyone?" Yang Shiqi sighed: "Keding went to France to find Wang Jingwei, and there is no contact with the chaos over there." Kewen lives in Hong Kong, and although he has sent a telegram, it will take half a month to rush back, and the others are scattered all over the place and have not yet returned. ”

Yang Qiu didn't expect the Yuan family to fall to this point, after the death of a generation of heroes, there were only a few young sons around him who had not been separated, and he also sighed deeply and patted Yang Shiqi: "Although Xingcheng can rest assured, Gong Bao is the former president of the country no matter what." I had already discussed with the president before I came, and all funeral rites were to be held in accordance with the highest state funeral standards, and the flags were lowered at half-mast throughout the country to pay silent tribute. These few words made the eyes of the people around him change a little, and even Feng Guozhang secretly admired Yang Qiu's mind, and he was able to place Yuan Shikai in the specifications of a state funeral, even if he officially recognized the second president of the Republic of China.

Yang Shiqi was even more grateful: "Shiqi thanked the vice president on behalf of the palace guard and his family." After he finished speaking, he took out a few words from his pocket that recorded Yuan Shikai's last explanation, opened half a step and handed it to Yang Qiu and whispered: "This is what the palace guard asked me to pass on to you when he finally woke up." He said that great chaos and great order are the means to determine the world at the beginning, but if long-term stability is needed, it is necessary to avoid haste and be patient, and the good opportunity of a major war in Europe must not be wasted. Vice President, you are still young, so don't worry too much about some old people, they will die before you anyway! He also asked me to remind you that Japan is like a pheasant without our resources, and it is half the battle if it is left unfed at all times. But the bad people of the Korean state are despicable and cannot be trusted! He also said that you must be careful of Russia, and only the north is the real big trouble in the past hundred years! ”

"In the spring and autumn of a hundred years, there will be a place for the palace guard, and my generation can comment on which is right and which is not merit and whose character is not meritorious." Yang Qiu was stunned for a moment, and after reading a sentence silently, he put away the note. Although Yang Shiqi annotated the original words, with his understanding of Yuan Shikai if he had enough time, he would definitely explain it like this, and it can be seen from these words that Yuan Shikai is worthy of a generation of heroes, but it is a pity that time does not wait for him.

"Brother Xingcheng is now in the past, and with your talent, if you are dusty, you don't want to see it under the palace Baoquan. I know you've lost your heart in politics, so why don't you go to Hanyang? There's a shortage of people like you who can take care of the whole situation. ”

Yang Shiqi arched his hand but refused: "Shiqi is old, this world is beyond our control." The vice president is in his prime, and it is time to regain the prestige of the country. He turned and walked away. When the most hardcore Beiyang person leaves, it also means that there will be no Beiyang in the world from now on. Looking at his back, Yang Qiu reached into the bag, pinched the advice left by Yuan Shikai fiercely, and turned his head to look at the cold coffin: "North Korea, Russia, Gong Bao, do you know that the curtain has actually just begun." ”……！！！