Summary: In the Admiral's Palace, Bao Qibao complained; At the banquet, the old butler hurriedly broke in.

A privately owned grove, today "hands and eyes reach the sky", tomorrow "step by step", "water comes naturally" finally turned into a garden.

The two green camp management officials, each with their own calculations, complain and I agree; One cares about the future, and the other cares about his brother.

While Taqib was watching the exercises in the playground and pondering, the banquet hall of the Admiral's Mansion was full of light and hearty. The smell of sweat, the smell of wine, and the smell of meat are intertwined, and all kinds of people are mixed together, and the indescribable taste is an incomparable scene.

Bao Qibao was in a bad mood, and he had just drunk three cups of his daughter's red, and he was already eight points drunk. When more than two dozen subordinate officials began to toast him in turn, his eyes were as red as a pregnant turtle.

But he has a lot of wine, no matter how red his eyes are, as long as the subordinate officials raise the wine with both hands, he will never refuse, and put it all in his mouth.

The subordinate officials took turns to salute the wine, and Bao Qibao opened the conversation box and talked endlessly.

Bao Qibao was born in martial arts and is a person with no ink. What he is best at is drinking and playing with women, and what he is not good at is talking and swinging. But as long as half a jar of wine is drunk, he has the most words, and thinks he is the most gentle.

His opening remarks today are like this: "As long as the governor of Hunan is an old brother, no one can think of being a green camp!" What is Green Camp? It is the teacher of the national economic system! What is a team exercise? It's a vigilante group that protects the home and the home! Ta Ji Ting has now become a lackey of the militia group! It's worth it! Sooner or later, my brother will pick his skin, pull his tendons, and stew his meat! If you don't believe, just walk and see. What kind of person is my brother? The elder brother is illiterate, but the elder brother is in prison! ”

The old butler who has been waiting outside the door?? In fact, it was Mrs. Destiny's maiden brother, and when he saw Bao Qibao say such words, he hurriedly walked in and said, "My lord, the cook asked, the elbow has been cooked, is it braised or steamed?" ”

Bao Qibao was stunned for a moment, then got up and said to the subordinate officials: "These turtle bastards, you have to ask everything." Ladies and gentlemen, drink slowly, and let the elder brother teach them a lesson. They were skinned and stewed for everyone to eat. ”

As soon as they heard that they were going to elbow up, the officials knew that the time had come to leave the table.

Because every time the subordinate officials went to the Admiral's Mansion to drink, as long as they raised their elbows, Bao Qibao would definitely leave the table, and the subordinates would also run in to give the eviction order for the master. This has almost become a rule that everyone in Hunan Green Camp knows.

The subordinate officials then got up one after another and said, "Do these little things also need to be driven by the military gate?" In fact, we have already been full of wine and food, where do we dare to delay the rest of the army? ”

Bao Qibao hurriedly said: "How can this be made? How does this work? The taste of human flesh is very delicious. ”

Seeing the subordinate officials go out in turn, Bao Qibao suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, you sons of bitch, you have to go to gambling!" Let's go, brother will go with you today?? Brother Qingren and Brother Li, you two take a step slowly, Benti has something to say to you. ”

Qingren is the younger brother of Qingde, the deputy general of the revolution, and the elder brother Li in Bao Qibao's mouth is the same clan of Li Dusi who has beheaded him. One of the two people is to raise the left military pipe belt, and the other is to raise the right military pipe belt. Bao Qibao led the Chinese army to Yueyang to defend the town, leaving the left and right battalions to guard the provincial capital. Both of them are cronies that Bao Qibao has cultivated for many years.

In fact, even if Bao Qibao didn't stay, Qingren and Li Guandao didn't want to leave the Admiral's Mansion so soon. Qingren wanted to inquire about his brother's situation, and Li Guandao wanted to talk to Bao Qibao about an idea that he had been brewing for a long time.

Neither of them left, but Bao Qibao was helped out by the housekeeper.

After a while, the housekeeper walked in again, and smiled at Qingren and Li Guandai: "The tea has been brewed, and my family is waiting for the two of you to drink together in the back garden." You two, please come with the little one. ”

The so-called back garden of the Admiral's Mansion is actually just a small forest behind the house, and it was not official land. After Bao Qibao commanded Hunan, he forcibly occupied it. It was surrounded by a high wall of stone tiles and connected to the Admiral's Palace. First, after listening to the old man's words, he cut down the trees in the middle and built a two-story attic, saying that his hands and eyes reached the sky. Later, according to the fourth lady, a battalion of soldiers was mobilized to dig a large ditch around the attic, and two wooden bridges were built on it for passage. The beautiful name is called: "step by step". Later, he obeyed the orders of Mrs. Fifth, and ordered hundreds of soldiers to carry water from the outside and pour it into the ditch, and catch a few fish and put them inside. It's called a matter of course.

The ladies were all granted, and he himself was very happy. But his little daughter, who had not yet left the cabinet, quit and said, "What a big forest, with all this nonsense in the middle!" What does Lin Bulin look like? Just change it to a garden. “

Bao Qibao thought about it and thought that what his daughter said was very reasonable, so he started to build again. Cut down a few trees today and build a rockery; Ming'er cut down a few trees and dug a pond.

This work lasted for several years, and it was not completely completed until the last years of Daoguang. In the past few years, the Hunan Green Battalion has hardly performed a single exercise, but each battalion has taken turns to dig trenches and plant flowers in the Admiral's Mansion every day.

Luo Bingzhang, Zhang Liangji, and even Pan Duo are all hindered by Bao Qibao's fact that he is a person who is more valued by the imperial court, except for a few complaints behind his back, he doesn't dare to let go of a fart in front of him. This is also the main reason why Bao Qibao, as a martial artist, dares to underestimate Zeng Guofan.

Qingren and Li Guandao were taken by the housekeeper to the pavilion in the garden.

In the middle of the pavilion is a carved square table, on which are placed four or five kinds of fruits such as watermelons and dates. The fruits are served on a generous plate. There is a purple sand pot on the outside, and four teacups are placed around the pot.

Bao Qibao was holding a fan in his hand, leaning on a Taishi chair and sleepy. The butler didn't dare to be alarmed, and quietly pointed to the chair next to him and the teapot on the square table, and motioned for the two to drink tea and sit and wait.

The butler poured a cup of tea for each of them, nodded and withdrew.

Qingren just took a sip of the teacup, but Bao Qibao suddenly sat up straight.

The two of them were startled and hurriedly got up to salute.

Bao Qibao first took a piece of watermelon and swallowed two bites, then freed up one hand and shook it wildly, clearly signaling the two to eat watermelon too.

The two didn't dare to make a mistake, and made a big gift in a proper manner, and began to rush to serve Bao Qibao and eat watermelon.

Two pieces of watermelon went down to the stomach, and Bao Qibao spoke: "Two brothers, you all sit down." ”

The two said: "Xie Muen lifted." ”

Half of their butts fell to the wooden chair, but the other half of their butts were dangling.

Bao Qibao grabbed the cloth towel on the table, wiped his mouth, threw the cloth towel into the distance, and said: "Zeng Disheng wants Tazhiting to control Hunan Green Camp, he doesn't think about it!" Unless my brother and I leave Hunan, no one is allowed to point fingers! Who fought the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty was fought by our ancestors! ”

After Bao Qibao finished speaking, he took a date and threw it into his mouth.

Qingren hurriedly said: "Lord Junmen, look at the humble brother, does it matter this time? ”

Bao Qibao spit out the jujube kernel and said: "Brother, I have written a quick letter to Chongfutai and Qi Junmen, I believe that in a few days, Qing Xietai will be able to return Lingding and reinstate the official." Actually, the elder brother is not very worried about the affairs of Qing Xietai, and the elder brother is most worried about Zeng Disheng and Ta Zhiting. ”

Li Guandao said at this time: "My lord, it is easy for you to move away from Tazhi Pavilion. Just write a letter to Mukden, and you'll probably be done. ”

Bao Qibao's old Taishan lived in Mukden. Although his old Taishan had military exploits when he was young and wore a yellow coat, he was not mentioned by the imperial court for many years after he returned home. Seeing is useless. But he is such a useless old martial artist, but he has a close relationship with an idle prince in Beijing. And that prince is close friends with Baylor, who is in charge of the Internal Affairs Office!

What Li Guandao said above refers to this relationship.

But Bao Qibao shook his head and said: "Lord Belle has not had good luck recently, and he has been vacant from above. Perhaps, he also returned to his hometown. Unreliable! ”

Li Guandao suddenly lowered his voice and said, "The matter of Lord Belle has also been talked about in a trance. There has always been an idea that it is better to ask for others than for yourself. Why don't we figure it out for ourselves? ”

Bao Qibao sneered and said, "Your brother is light! If I could figure it out myself, I wouldn't be writing letters everywhere asking for help, brother! ”

Li Guandai whispered: "My lord, with the matter of Tazhiting's hot summer exercises, how about the green camp make him a move?" Taking advantage of the chaos, someone sent Ta Zhiting to the west with a gun. Then he rushed to Xiangxiang by boat and killed the surname Zeng! ”

Bao Qibao's eyes widened and said, "Do you want to mutiny?" Mutiny is to kill the head! What nonsense! You've lived enough, but my brother hasn't been blessed enough. ”

Qingren said at this time: "I think that what Li Guandao said is also feasible. You always think about it, the green camp is making trouble, and you are not in the provincial capital. Even if you are investigated, you can only pursue Futai, but you can't be held accountable for your old head. ”

Qingren asked Li Guandao in a low voice: "Brother, what do you think?" Why don't you make it clear to adults? ”

Li Guandao raised his head and looked around, before he said: "The original intention of the humble post was not to ask the soldiers to mutiny, but to encourage them to reason with Ta Zhiting. Everyone surrounded the Tazhi Pavilion, and the lowly officials sent good people in advance to secretly pull the bolt. After the gunshots rang out, the lowly official immediately came forward to suppress the matter, arrested a few irrelevant people, and sent them to Futai for justice. You always think about it, what can the court do? It's not like you're going to be wrong! ”

Bao Qibao immediately asked, "What should I do where Zeng Disheng is?" You've already suppressed this matter, can't you just go to Xiangxiang with you? Futai won't agree! ”

Li Guan smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said something again. (End of chapter)