034 Hongmen Banquet
Before 12 o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Zhijiang's Austin car had already driven downstairs in Yuelai. Seeing that Wu Zhijiang was the first to arrive at the scene, Huang Ke put on his cloak and walked down the stairs to personally greet the arrival of the chairman of Guangdong Province.
"Chairman Wu, it's a long way to go!" When Huang Ke was still a few meters away from Wu Zhijiang, he gave up his hands and hugged his fist.
"Commander Huang, you are driving Guangzhou, it should be me who is the friendship of the landlord in the east, but I am rude to let you do the east." Wu Zhijiang was dressed in a crisp lapel national uniform, with a delicate national emblem on his chest and a delicate top hat on his head, which was the standard dress for officials in that era.
Listening to Wu Zhijiang's words, Huang Ke smiled and said: "Chairman Wu is polite, I have lived in Guangzhou for many years, and my family and relatives, even my former subordinates, are mostly here. It's not an exaggeration to say that this is my second hometown, so it makes sense that I am the one who is the east. ”
Wu Zhijiang smiled reluctantly, although Huang Ke's words were complete, the meaning could not be more obvious, that is, he clearly told himself, don't look at you as the chairman of Guangdong Province, but this place is still my Huang Ke's base, and when I am here, it is not your turn to be in charge here.
After a few words of greeting, Huang Ke invited Wu Zhijiang upstairs to talk. Soon after going upstairs, Huang Ke heard the guards below shouting: "Mr. Fu of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Huaxing Company is here!" ”
Fu Wangshan is Huang Ke's "God of Wealth", and supporting Huang Ke can be regarded as a good stock he invested. Over the years, with the continuous rise of Huang Ke's political status, Fu Wangshan has now opened a lot of new businesses, not only involved in railways, mining, and even some overdrafts of military projects, and half of the import and export trade of Guangdong ports has passed through his hands.
More than a year ago, Fu Wangshan registered and established Huaxing Company, which is responsible for the import of domestic and foreign goods. Huaxing Company not only has import and export base stations, containers and transshipment agencies, but also special steamship bureaus and trains, and Fu Wangshan even plans to set up an aviation team.
Because the interests are too concentrated, Fu Wangshan knows that he and Huang Ke have a prosperous relationship, so in Huang Ke's politics, he has always supported if he can, and he must support if he can't support the frying pot and sell iron, so whether it is investing in an arsenal or building a railway, Fu Wangshan always takes the lead in supporting it, and mobilizes the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to actively invest.
Not long ago, Xu Shaozhou, a senior general under Huang Ke, asked for his resignation from his post as commander of the Songhu garrison and was ready to concentrate on aviation and the establishment of an air base. And in the name of Huaxing Company, donated the first aviation funds.
With such a relationship, the alliance between the two is naturally unshakable. This time Huang Ke came to Guangzhou, Fu Wangshan naturally wanted to come over.
Hearing that Fu Wangshan had arrived, Huang Ke said hello to Wu Zhijiang and went downstairs. After shaking hands with Fu Wangshan cordially, Huang Ke noticed that there was a beautiful girl standing next to Fu Wangshan, and he took a closer look at the person who was none other than Fu Wangshan's daughter Fu Jin.
Huang Ke couldn't help but be stunned, when he was not married to Zhao Xiaowan, he had several encounters with Fu Jin, and they also cooperated closely in that world-renowned anti-Japanese demonstration. It's just that I cut off the news later because of busy affairs, and what I didn't expect today was that Fu Wangshan actually brought her over.
"Hello, Commander Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Fu Jin generously stretched out his right hand to shake hands with Huang Ke, which made Huang Ke a little uncomfortable, he also stretched out his right hand and smiled: "I haven't seen you for a long time, the little girl has grown up." ”
Hearing Huang Ke joking like this, Fu Jin smiled: "Commander Huang, I'm not a few years younger than you, but my skills are far worse than you." ”
Although Fu Jin's words sounded a little harsh, he complimented Huang Ke extremely subtly, Fu Wangshan naturally heard it, and he smiled: "The dog girl is not sensible, I hope the commander will forgive me." ”
"Mr. Fu doesn't have to be polite, you can call me Xinghua or Huang Ke, don't be the commander of the commander, aside from the friendship between us, now I have already stepped down from the position of commander, haha."
When several people were greeting, Zhao Xian, commander of the Guangdong Garrison, Chen Zhongchuan, director of the Department of Communications, and Zhao Tinghui, Huang Ke's brother-in-law, were present one after another. Zhao Tinghui originally didn't come, and he was very touched by his sister's kidnapping last time, but when he saw his sister return safely, he still came.
Everyone is a representative of the upper class society in Guangdong Province, so naturally there will be no embarrassing scenes, even if they have not seen each other, they all greet each other, and the atmosphere is very harmonious. After the opening time, Huang Ke invited Wu Zhijiang and the commander of the Guangdong Garrison District to sit on the top, but the two of them shirked it, Huang Ke invited Fu Wangshan again, and he didn't dare to hold it up, and finally Huang Ke still sat on the top, and Wu Zhijiang and others were on both sides.
The banquet has already begun, but Bai Xianming, director of the Guangdong Provincial Police Department, has not yet arrived. Wu Zhijiang smiled and said, "Director Whitehall has been busy arresting the Red Party recently, and it is understandable that some things have been delayed. Let's not wait for him, let's start the table first. ”
Huang Ke naturally doesn't pay attention to these little things, and besides, none of the people here are older than the police chief, even if he has real power, and then he is a figure of the Kuomintang party, naturally there is no reason for everyone to wait for him, Huang Ke waved his hand and signaled to serve the food.
The banquet went on as usual, and some typical dishes such as crispy roast suckling pig, monkey brain soup, and Chaozhou roast chicken were served with Cantonese cuisine, which is known for its noble ingredients, but Huang Ke, a northern man, was a little unaccustomed to eating it.
The owner of Yuelai Lou also arranged some local dishes considering that there were northerners among the guests. After three rounds of drinking, the faces of the people present were slightly flushed.
Just as the banquet was about to end, a loud shout came from the shopkeeper below: "The chief of the police department has arrived!" ”
Everyone followed the sound and looked at the staircase, and there was a sound of "da-da" leather boots from the bottom, and the box where Huang Ke and them were located was open, with only a few screens blocking it, so Bai Xianming's figure could be seen clearly. Bai Xianming was wearing a black police uniform, followed by two guards who were also dressed in the same costume. As soon as they reached the staircase, four capable men in black national uniforms blocked their way.
"Chief Whitehall, it's all your own today, so please leave your gun and leave it to us for you to keep for the time being." A major in the pre-dry office stood up and said politely to Bai Xianming.
In fact, this is not Huang Ke's special, it's just that the recent attack and kidnapping made him have to guard against it, and everyone else knows this, so everyone is very cooperative.
But Bai Xianming didn't buy it, he copied it behind his hands and said: "Since they are all their own people, then there is no need to unload the gun." On the land of Guangzhou, no one dares to be presumptuous here. ”
After that, Bai Xianming was about to lead people inside, but the people of the four action groups were not vegetarians, they stretched out their hands and said politely but toughly: "I'm sorry Director Bai, you can't bring weapons into it." ”
Bai Xianming shouted loudly: "Which one are you wearing?" I'm the head of the Guangdong Provincial Police Department, do I need to shoot here? Get out of the way of me at once, or don't blame me for being rude to you. ”
Bai Xianming showed the gun in his hand and was about to rush in, and the two policemen behind him also rolled up their sleeves. The shouting had reached the box, and everyone had different faces, some angry, some angry, and some as if they wanted to sit and watch a good show.
As the proprietor, Huang Ke was like no one else, he sat firmly in the middle position, and said to Wu Zhijiang, Zhao Xian and others with a smile: "Director Bai seems to be very angry, but such a person is a bit out of place to be the director of the police department, and he should go to Commander Zhao to serve." ”
Wu Zhijiang smiled awkwardly: "Commander Huang's words are wrong, Director Bai is the police chief appointed by the central government, but his personality is a little irritable. ”
It is inevitable that Wu Zhijiang and Bai Xianming will not be in harmony, and Bai Xianming, as a figure installed by the veteran faction of the Kuomintang, is naturally not the same way as him.
Zhao Xian's face was a little displeased: "Commander Huang, there is no one in the eyes of the head of the White Hall, but we have no choice but to let him do it due to jurisdiction." ”
That night, the training team of the National Police Department rushed into the garrison headquarters and arrested several Red Party elements, which made Zhao Xian very unhappy, and coupled with the previous contradictions between the two sides, he also had a hostile attitude towards the National Police Department. Now the head of the White Hall is making a big fuss at Huang Ke's banquet, which just gives them the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Zhao Tinghui and Fu Wangshan glanced at each other, and both of them expressed the same worry. They have all dealt with this Bai Xianming, this person is not an arrogant and domineering half-hanger, at this time, it suddenly happened, it seems that he must be prepared, coupled with the kidnapping case that happened not long ago, people can't help but think about it.
Huang Ke glanced at Fu Jin, who was sitting next to him, and then smiled slightly and said to Fourteen Tsai: "Go and invite the head of Whitehall to come in, remember, it's please!" ”
Fourteen Zai went out with a sigh, and after a while, Bai Xianming walked in with two policemen, and after coming in, he sat on the opposite side of Huang Ke, and muttered: "Commander Huang, don't be surprised, I just delayed a little business." In addition, a few blind shopkeepers stopped me, so I delayed a little, and in order to make amends to you, I punished myself with three cups. ”
Yang Yibing, who was standing next to him, was furious, Bai Xianming didn't give face, he deliberately said that the person in the pre-dry office was a guy from the store just now, does this guy have anything to do with the previous kidnapping case?
When Yang Yibing was thinking, Bai Xianming beckoned someone to pick up the wine glass and pour three glasses of wine, and drank it with a clatter. Bai Xian knew what he was doing, and he had already been given an order from above to get rid of the Red Party and those who sympathized with the Red Party.
Huang Ke and his subordinates are obviously in this category, they are not members of the Kuomintang, but they are all heavily armed, but they are much better now. Zhao Xian, the commander of the Guangdong garrison, was a neutral faction, and he was not worried about the few men in the pre-cadre office, and he had secretly mobilized more than a thousand police teams with guns.
As soon as Huang Ke had an attack, he beckoned all the brothers to come over and correct Huang Ke on the spot.