Guangzhou's prosperity is also the result of its foreign economic prosperity, so unlike cities like Beijing, Guangzhou has a bit of a hybrid international feeling for a long time.

On Yonghan Road, Western buildings are lined up, and not far away, a 12-story skyscraper called Xindaxin Company outside the city is in full swing, which can be regarded as a skyscraper at that time.

Churches, buildings, joint-stock commercial banks, and a few Republican billboards all show the blending of cultures. Some telephone poles are scattered on the streets, foreigners in suits, intellectuals in robes and coats, overseas Chinese who see ties, and rickshaw drivers with short sleeves are shuttling through the streets.

Of course, in addition to these people, there are sometimes groups of soldiers with five-colored stars on their heads on the streets, yes, these are the soldiers under Lu Rongting and other Gui warlords.

In fact, there is no specific old marshal's mansion in Guangzhou, but Lu Rongting sometimes stays in Guangzhou to work, so he has a private old marshal's mansion.

Huang Ke and Cui Wu walked unhurriedly towards the old marshal's mansion, to be honest, they came to try their luck.

"Sir, there is the Field Marshal's Mansion in front of you, but do you see that door? The soldiers at the station were not vegetarians, and if they stayed there for a while, they would be driven away. Cui Wu stopped Ma Zhuang and pointed to the Marshal's Mansion in front of him to explain, in fact, this is not the Marshal's Mansion, and Lu Rongting himself does not spend much time in Guangzhou.

But this will be regarded as a catch-up by him.

Huang Keding saw that it was indeed majestic.

In front of the wide red door, eight soldiers in gray military uniforms with stand-up collars stood tall and tall, like steel casts. They all wore large-brimmed hats with five-colored cockades on their heads, leggings on their feet, and cowhide belts the width of their index fingers around their waists.

Compared to the Overseer's Palace, this Generalissimo's Mansion is much more formal.

Huang Ke couldn't help but applaud, sure enough, the Guangxi soldiers are strong, it seems that Lao Tzu is going to recruit these people to form a strong team to fight the world.

With a stride, Huang Ke jumped off the horse, he straightened the lapels around his neck, and swaggered forward with a horsewhip in his hand. Cui Wu followed closely behind, not daring to slow down a step, he was afraid that others would make any unfavorable moves towards Huang Ke.

"Sir, we're afraid we're going to be blasted out like this?" Cui Wu followed Huang Ke, wanting to stop his venture.

Huang Ke stopped, turned his head and sneered at Cui Wu: "If you're afraid of death, go back now." ”

Cui Wu is the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, hearing Huang Ke say this, his head was horizontal: "I, Cui Wu, admire people with courage, sir, just go, it's a big deal!" ”

"You're not going to die!" Huang Ke shook his head: "Don't say it's Lu Rongting, it's the Prime Minister's Mansion in Beijing City, Lao Tzu will still go in." ”

After speaking, Huang Ke led the horse and swaggered forward.

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When Zhao Tinghui arrived in Guangzhou City, he first went to find Chen Lianbo and Deng Kai-shek of the merchant group. He knew that only by relying on the influence of the merchant group could he hope to rescue his sister.

The influence of the Cantonese merchant group in Guangzhou is also unique, basically the officials and warlords who come to Guangdong have to give the merchant group some face, otherwise they will not be able to manage Guangdong well.

Zhao Tinghui now puts all his bets on the merchant group.

Chen Lianbo saw Zhao Tinghui rushing over, and knew that something urgent must have happened, and he secretly rejoiced in his heart, since he came back from the UK, he has been doing business with these Cantonese Yankees, and it seems that he can knock a bamboo lever again.

A few years ago, Chen Lianbo, who came back from England, established the Silk Association in order to do business, and pulled some silk factory owners together, taking advantage of the convenience of HSBC to make a lot of money.

"Brother Tinghui, please take a seat, what's the urgency of coming to me so late? A few days ago I heard that your factory was under siege by bandits, and I was thinking of sending someone to take a look. Chen Lianbo looked hypocritically polite.

Although Zhao Tinghui is stingy, he can still understand when he looks at people and things, how can Chen Lianbo's face hide from him?

But this will, he really needs him.

"Uncle Lian, it's not a secret, my sister was locked up by the Overseers a few days ago, and I'm here for this matter this time."

Zhao Tinghui told Chen Lianbo the ins and outs of the matter, and Chen Lianbo laughed when he heard it: "Sister Ling's matter is on me, and I will go to the Overseer's Mansion with you now." ”

"That's great," Zhao Tinghui was overjoyed.

"Don't worry, I'll send someone to the Overseer's Mansion right now and let someone report it first." It's not his own business, of course Chen Lianbo won't be in a hurry, he has also worked in the Overseer's Mansion before, but he didn't do it for long.

"I'm tired," Zhao Tinghui thanked him.

Chen Lianbo called his subordinates and asked them to go to the Overseer's Mansion to report first, which was actually to get through the relationship. After a while, the maid brought two cups of freshly brewed black tea.

Chen Lianbo looked at it, pretended to be angry and said, "Take it down, Mr. Zhao is a person who has studied abroad, and he will change the coffee." ”

Zhao Tinghui picked up the teacup and said politely: "No need, I'm still used to drinking tea." ”

Chen Lianbo smiled, but he asked people to change to a cup of coffee to taste: "I'm not used to drinking this tea, but I'm more used to drinking coffee." ”

"That is, Mr. Chen grew up abroad, so he was naturally influenced by the living habits of foreign countries." Zhao Tinghui put down the teacup and said in a slightly flattering tone.

Chen Lianbo just smiled, he put down the coffee cup and pretended to be concerned and asked, "I heard that Brother Zhao's factory was attacked by bandits again a few days ago?" What about the damage? ”

"Thanks to a team of guards I trained, I was able to repel the bandits." Zhao Tinghui talked about this matter and his eyebrows flew a little fluttering, after all, in Guangzhou City, and even in the entire Guangdong Province, he Zhao Tinghui was the first to repel large-scale bandits without relying on the official army.

"Brother, I've heard some about it here." Chen Lianbo stood up and looked outside, "I think I'm going to see you in two days, and then gather all the people of our merchant group, and we will discuss the expansion of the merchant group's escort together." ”

"I heard that you have a military talent who has returned from studying abroad, I think it is better to hire him as the chief instructor of the merchant army, once the merchant army is trained, it can protect our interests, and it can also improve our ability to speak in the government."

Zhao Tinghui nodded again and again: "I have long had such an idea, our business group will be twisted into a rope and work together." Otherwise, whoever wants to bully will be bullied, and this business will not be easy to do. ”

"Now the merchant group is like a mass of loose sand, although all localities have also trained the township group, the merchant group is armed, but after all, it is a small fight, if we can form a merchant army, not only to safeguard the interests of the merchant group, but also to get involved in politics."

When it comes to getting involved in politics, Zhao Tinghui is vigilant, he has always adhered to business negotiations, and does not want to mention anything about politics.

"This ...... I really admire Mr. Chen's insight. However, this seems to be a bit of a stretch. Holding back such a sentence for a long time, Zhao Tinghui can be said to have nothing to say.

Chen Lianbo smiled heartily: "Brother Zhao, what I said is not far away, but everyone doesn't dare to think about it." If we look at Western Europe, the constitution and government were the result of the unity of European businessmen. The strength of our businessmen should not be underestimated. Besides, the British government will support us at that time to protect the interests of British merchants. ”

The more Zhao Tinghui listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, how could Chairman Chen's statement feel so dangerous? In that case, wouldn't the Chinese merchants be under the control of the British?

He knew in his heart that although the warlords were fighting now, it was much better than being colonized by foreign countries. However, he said that if he wants to hire Huang Ke as an instructor, this is okay.

After all, his sister was robbed by the Overseer's Mansion this time, and she will marry someone in the future...... Since she and Huang Ke are interested, it is better to let them.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tinghui's wishful thinking in his heart began, it seemed that he really wanted to recommend Huang Ke to Chen Lianbo, but he couldn't show it now, otherwise Chen Lianbo found out his intentions, wouldn't he let him find out?

Zhao Tinghui had the shrewdness unique to a Guangdong businessman, he shook his head and said, "President Chen, it's a little inappropriate for Huang Ke to be this chief instructor. ”

As soon as he heard this, Chen Lianbo couldn't help but lift his spirit: "Oh? Why is that? ”

Zhao Tinghui frowned: "Although Huang Ke has some skills, he also has a set of skills in leading troops to fight, but I still can't figure out his details. He said that he has been abroad, and I am worried that his thinking is a little westernized and does not conform to the interests of our business group. ”

When Chen Lianbo heard this, he smiled, Zhao Tinghui hit him very accurately, and hit him seven inches at once.

"I think it's better to be able to be open-minded for people who have lived abroad for a long time!"

"I have always regarded what you said as the truth, raising money and training troops, I am the first to approve of these, rest assured! As soon as my sister comes home, I'll do it. ”

Chen Lianbo smiled, and he secretly said in his heart: "Boy, in the end, you still want to blackmail me with this." ”

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