Regarding the matter of letting Huang Ke serve as the chief instructor of the new training and protection army, the housekeeper Lao Wang was a little uneasy, and after everyone left after dinner in the evening, Lao Wang came to Zhao Tinghui and discussed with him.

"Boss, I know you, you are revengeful, and you also want to get the family business right, but just pull someone over casually, is this not good? In society now, there are too many people who talk about it and don't use it. ”

Regarding Huang Ke, Zhao Tinghui is not unconcerned, he also doubted the identity of this person and the experience that came out of his mouth.

However, after observation and reflection, he denied the possibility that Huang Ke was a spy for Qiu Ba and other bandits.

Zhao Tinghui smiled: "Lao Wang, I have judged all these things, first of all, he will not be a spy of Qiu Ba and these people, you must know that there were indeed bandits who tried to shoot him at that time, and I also went to Xie Laosi, and they confirmed that they salvaged him when he went to sea." ”

"As for the experience that this person himself said, I really can't see the flaws at once, since he said that he has received an education from the world's first-class military academy, then let him take the soldiers to see, if he is a bombastic hypocrite, just find an excuse to drive him away in a few months, if he can bring out a good soldier, we can take revenge."

After Zhao Tinghui finished speaking, Lao Zhao gave a thumbs up with a smile: "It's still the boss who thinks far."

Huang Ke still knew a little about the Guangzhou Merchant Corps before, after all, he had read so much information before, but what he knew was only approximate.

He only knew that since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the merchants of Guangzhou had formed some private merchant groups to protect their own interests, and sometimes they even dared to confront the government, but they were only used later.

At that time, Guangzhou was one of the more developed areas of industry and commerce in the country, and the money bags of the whole country, those Guangzhou merchants with thousands of pockets had strong economic strength, and the strength of the merchant group after twisting into a rope was even greater.

Therefore, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China, the officials in power in Guangdong were courteous to the merchant groups, after all, if they wanted to govern Guangzhou well, they still depended on them, and they could provide corresponding economic support.

The more favorable the government was to the merchants, the higher the prestige of the business leaders in society, and the greater the influence on local politics.

However, Chen Bolian later made the merchant army become the minions of imperialism, and was finally killed by the revolutionary army.

Huang Ke touched his chin and thought, he can't follow in the footsteps of these people, the merchant army has no drama, and he can't play a big name, so he is looking for an opportunity to flash quickly.

Not to mention for the time being, it is still a bit interesting to follow the Zhao family and then follow the Guangzhou business group, not to mention that the Republic of China version of "Guan Zhilin" is still here.

Thinking of this, Huang Ke felt that he should stay, at least to meet "Guan Zhilin".

In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Ke changed into clothes and went to the playground according to Zhao Tinghui's instructions. There, there were more than 30 members of the Chen family's merchant group resting there.

In the back playground, about 30 people in old-fashioned military uniforms sat idly, some chatting, some gambling cards, and some simply lying in the shade of a tree, sleeping with their rifles on their heads.

Huang Ke was angry when he saw this, but he didn't get angry, he didn't get angry, he smiled, turned around and walked back, the merchant soldiers didn't take him seriously, what should they do.

"Stop!" Huang Ke had just walked not far away, and a sharp female voice came from behind, Huang Ke bared his teeth and smiled, who else is this Zhao Xiaowan?

"Miss Zhao, is there anything I can do?" Huang Ke smiled obscenely.

Zhao Xiaowan is a big lady with a temper, seeing Huang Ke like this, her original good impression of him is now becoming less and less, "You are here to train Jiading, why don't you even say a word and turn around and leave?" ”

"What's this?" Huang Ke showed a wicked smile after seeing that there was no one around, and he leaned next to Zhao Xiaowan and whispered, "If you are my wife, I will tell you."

Zhao Xiaowan became angry when she heard this, she stepped on Huang Ke's feet, and then scolded "hooligan" and left.

Huang Ke scolded while covering his toes, "Why is the girl so ruthless?" ”

After the idle talk, Huang Ke rushed back to Zhao's house. Zhao Tinghui wanted to ask him about the training, but before he could open his mouth, Huang Ke said in a hurry, "Brother Zhao, the clothes worn by those family members are not good, go, follow me to the tailor shop, and I will design a few different military uniforms for them."

Zhao Tinghui will go to the goods again, so he arranged for Fourteen Tsai to follow him.

According to Boss Zhao's instructions, Fourteen Tsai ran over to Huang Ke and said, "Mr. Huang, I'll take you to the tailor shop in the town to have a look......

What entered Huang Ke's eyes was a sturdy southern man, and a slender horsewhip around his waist was the most different thing between him and others.

Fourteen boys are not tall, cut a bald scoop, and worked as a partner in the Zhao family when he was young, and he did all the heavy and rough work, so he also practiced the tendon meat of the whole body, plus he learned a few hands to pounce, and three or five men generally couldn't get close to him.

Fourteen boys' fathers and old eggs will be chariot and horse drivers in the former Qing Dynasty, and they have a good whip, and when it is the turn of Fourteen Tsai's generation, chariot and horse drivers are not so popular, but Fourteen Tsai still inherited the craft of whipping, but he is not an animal, but a person.

This person is loyal to the Zhao family, especially to Zhao Xiaowan, if anyone bullies her, he can fight hard.

So much so that later Huang Ke suspected that he had always had a crush on Zhao Xiaowan, of course Fourteen Tsai refused to admit it, which is a later story.

At noon, Fourteen Tsai took Huang Ke to a tailor shop in the town, the owner of this tailor shop is Ah Quan from Shanghai, who has been crafting for more than ten years, and is very famous in this area.

Ah Quanchang is lean and polite. As soon as Huang Ke arrived in the house, he hurriedly served tea to greet him, and Huang Ke took it. Then he took out a ruler or something, and measured Huang Ke's body, and when he measured it, he praised Huang Ke's well-proportioned figure.

Huang Ke thought to himself, "It seems that in this era, Shanghainese people are not as proud as they were in his time?" ”

After Ah Quan measured Huang Ke's size, he took out a few samples for him, including an old robe and horse coat, and Huang Ke shook his head after seeing it.

"Have you ever heard of a tunic suit?" Huang Ke asked Ah Quan.

Ah Quan shook his head, "Is it the latest clothes?" Do you have a sample? If you can draw a drawing, I might be able to make one. ”

When Huang Ke heard this, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Okay, then I'll draw you a set of drawings, you first use my size to make two sets of samples according to the drawings, one is made of that kind of black hard fabric, and the other is made into light green loose clothes, when will it be done?" ”

Ah Quan frowned, "That's it, I'll send someone to your mansion, can you see it?" ”

Huang Ke shook his head, "It's too long, can you do it today?" If you do it properly, you can make more than 30 sets according to my request."

As soon as Ah Quan heard that this was a big business, he thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do it now, and try to get it for you when I have afternoon tea." After saying that, Ah Quan called his men and began to work.

When she walked out of the tailor shop, Zhao Xiaowan appeared at the door of the tailor shop impartially, needless to say, this girl must have come to find Huang Ke.

However, Huang Ke pretended not to see it after seeing it this time, raised his head and walked over, Fourteen Tsai greeted her politely, Zhao Xiaowan looked at Huang Ke with his toes high, and there was a burst of indescribable feeling in her heart, that is, a little disgusted, and seemed to want to see him a little.

What does that feel like? Of course, Zhao Xiaowan, a new knowledge woman, was enlightened earlier in the affairs of men and women, but she didn't want to like such a person in her heart, but the feeling in her heart clearly guided her......

"This Huang Ke! It's really not a good thing" Looking at Huang Ke's dashing back, Zhao Xiaowan gritted her teeth and scolded secretly.

After going out, Huang Ke took a dozen silver dollars to the private room of the "Ermao Room" of the teahouse, ordered a pot of tea and asked for some snacks.

"Ermao Room" was a high-end place at that time, there were records to listen to, and there were special waiters waiting, in addition to tea, you can also order coffee, red wine, quite like a café now.

You wandered for a while, and Huang Ke took a nap again.

In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Ke asked Fourteen Tsai to go to the tailor shop to bring back the clothes he had just made, and he first put on the black hard clothes.

After a while, he put on the much softer, fatter clothes and tried them on, and when he saw fit them, he changed into the black clothes and walked out.

He knew it was time to show off the outfit.

The first person to see Huang Ke wearing a black "Zhongshan suit" was Zhao Xiaowan, who came to the tailor shop after Huang Ke walked by, and wanted to see what kind of clothes Huang Ke was going to make.

Of course, the old tailor could not tell what kind of clothes he made, for he had never seen them. In desperation, he had no choice but to hand the drawings drawn by Huang Ke to Zhao Xiaowan, who looked at the 8-carat hard paper.

This set of clothes is really a little strange, the appearance is a bit similar to a suit, and the stand-up collar is used, the structure of the whole jacket is a little similar to the horse coat of the Qianqing Dynasty, but it is not as bloated as the horse coat of the Qianqing Dynasty, it has both the style of a suit and Chinese characteristics, Zhao Xiaowan smiled.

When Zhao Xiaowan saw a black "Zhongshan suit" appear in front of her, she couldn't believe that this dress really looked very capable and spiritual.

"How? Miss Chen" Huang Ke slowly turned around in front of Zhao Xiaowan, and then walked towards Zhao Tinghui's room in a dashing manner.

(It's a shame to steal clothes, but I can't wait, I can't keep wearing a robe, right?) Forget it, shameless once, it will continue to be shameless in the future. Later, the mysterious big man will appear)