Chapter 4: Dream (1)

"Then Xu Yifan...but he's back..."

Ronglu sat blankly in the signing room of the Suzhou Governor's Office, holding a tea trunk in a daze, looking like he was wandering in Taixu. The tea trunk was empty, and the new tea was still on the table. He didn't notice it, and he held the empty tea trunk to his mouth from time to time to give it.

The masters in the signing room all looked at the boss, but no one dared to say anything. The whole house was as quiet as the grave, and only the sound of abacus making a crackling sound was heard. Ronglu came in a hurry. Although the order of the former Suzhou Governor Ye Mengqi came suddenly, Ronglu was just single. Except for a few personal personalities, he did not bring one private person, and even his family stayed in Beijing. The private persons hired by the former governor were kept politely. In the past, the emperor became a routine. Which governor and governor had replaced people? Apart from the master of the Muzhong, did he not bring a bunch of alternate officials who had gone through the door? In just two days, the yamen would have to be listed and found some excuses to withdraw a large group of people, and then put a bunch of private people in.

In the past, there will always be a few months of buffering time for these changes, and these personnel changes will be arranged. The new governor will also slowly say, give them some time, or make more money in different ways as a chew after stepping down, or leave time for those who are about to step down to find ways to see if they will continue to eat in another province. This is also a customary rule in the Qing Dynasty.

Ronglu suddenly came and suddenly accepted the sect. Logically speaking, the court broke the rules. As usual, some local bosses wrote letters to the capital. Then the master in the capital had to speak, and the court had to explain a little - even the emperor, he could not just be bad at the job of a person!

But Ronglu came this time, with one person not moving, and one person not moving. He only collected half of the job when he went to the local area. He kept his job. Such a bad rule that could cause a huge shock to the officialdom came without any movement. Everyone praised the new Rong Zhongcheng's kindness. In addition to Ye Mengqi who was suddenly driven away, everyone passed the qualifying mark. As for why Ronglu came, he had any grudges with Xu Yifan, and the thoughts behind the court's sudden arrangement for Ronglu to come, no one was too lazy to care about it... We are not a military aircraft in Beijing, and many people also paid the capital to donate it with waste of money. No matter whether the court was blowing east or west, who broke our job, it would be impossible to get along with the entire bureaucratic system!

After Ronglu took action like this, his reputation naturally came to heaven. He didn't care about any trivial matters below. No matter what official documents were sent, he would definitely approve the yamen that issued the documents to express his request and act according to the court. When the new governor came, there were often places to sue the local prefectures and counties that were too ugly. The new governor often followed the good deeds and was just in the open place to install private people. This time, Ronglu ignored it. The new governor was so well-informed that the local officials were so moved that they slapped their chests one by one.

Zhu said that he would definitely make the ruler clean, and would not let Lord Rong have any difficulties, and would not let the capital men in the capital say anything nonsense. He also hinted that although Lord Rong was honest and had only half of all kinds of rules, how could they be ignorant? These rules would not be less than Lord Rong. According to the experience of his aides and mentors, Rong Lu should be free and at ease, but for almost half a month, he did not see that Rong Lu had a moment of relaxing his eyebrows!

What are the things that this Rong Zhongcheng is thinking about every day?

The masters were in a mess of the plan, and the same question was circling with this question.

"It's like a dream...it's still a fucking nightmare!"

Ronglu just felt that he had not yet woken up from that nightmare.

In the heavy rain at midnight, the iron stream rolled towards Seoul. The black uniforms and white leggings of the Japanese soldiers, the black smoke fire rising in Seoul, the ruins of the Seoul General Consulate General of the Qing Dynasty, the corpses burned black, curled up their legs and hugged their heads, and the Canglong Banner of the Imperial Guard, the bright bayonet that was pressed in front of him!

It has been more than a year since the incident, but he still wakes up from the night and sits on the bed, sweating in a cold sweat!

The world is different. He is a very arrogant person. He is also capable among the bannermen. He thought he could handle everything and control everything. However, in the Seoul incident, everything was beyond his control! None of them could handle Xu Yifan or the Japanese.

But the court still wanted to drive the ducks to put them on the shelves and asked him to come to Liangjiang to face Xu Yifan again. The only thing that could comfort him was that Liangjiang was here, not North Korea.

In North Korea, Xu Yifan can act without any taboos. His army of tens of thousands is absolutely huge in North Korea and no one can control it. But this is the heart of the Qing Dynasty. All kinds of interest groups have long been mixed, no one can move, and no one dares to move. His tens of thousands of imperial guards were thrown into the crowd, and I am afraid that even the waves could not be curled up... Besides, in the place where North Korea is full of enemies, this group can still remain vigilant and upward. When it comes to this rich and romantic land of the two rivers, can this group still maintain a completely different style from the Qing officialdom?

In North Korea, as the saying goes, Xu Yifan won the battle with thorns and fearlessness. But can Xu Yifan still stir up the turbid swamp in the heart of Daqing? Or is it that the light and dust gradually fade away?

The imperial court gave Liangjiang to Xu Yifan, which was very meaningful...

Even though he understood the truth, Ronglu still felt dazed all day long, and the reason was nothing else. If the general truth worked for Xu Yifan, he would have long no idea where he died!

"Be a monk who hits a bell for a day... It's better to be able to look so close. Whether you win or lose, with this kid's vigor, it's also a big scene, right?"

In the end, Ronglu could only think so self-deprecatingly.

A police officer stood at the door, looking at Rong Lu's dazed look, and he was about to enter but did not dare to enter. The general copy of the governor's yamen saw it. The general copy of the governor's yamen was able to chat with the governor in casual clothes in the signing room, commonly known as the second Futai. Only he was qualified to cough and asked, "What's the matter?"

The police officer hit him with a loud blow: "When you say that, the current officials and members of the various yamen and bureaus in Jiangning City followed the instructions of the Lord and arrived at the court and waited for the Lord's orders. When will you meet?"

Ronglu said oh, then jumped up. He wanted to let go of the teacup in his hand, but found that he had been hugging him for half an hour and was a little embarrassed. He slapped the teacup on the table heavily, and the inkstone jumped up with a jingle. Several men who pretended to bow their heads to do things were shocked by his actions.

Rong Lu frowned, and the heroic spirit of being a general in Xi'an back to his body, without a trace of dazed expression: "My surname is Xu, the second game between Rong and you is now the beginning!"

He said in his heart fiercely, shook his sleeves: "Let's go! Look at these unlucky guys who are going to be under Xu Yifan's hands!"

Among the Imperial Guards, most of the soldiers were from the North, and the officers were mainly from the South China Sea. There were also some guys who were from Beiyang to learn from the Beiyang army back then. The only ones who were close to Liangjiang were Chu Wanli and Li Yunzong. And Chu Wanli, the guy, was from Shanghai.

Their Chu family was born in Siming, Zhejiang. Their grandfather used to be a member of the bureau in Shanghai. Later, the family settled here and did some business of goods from both sides and south. They were considered a big family. They also claimed to be an innocent squire who passed down from farming and reading. Although they mainly do business, in this year, even if they are funerals, who can use a pleasant archway to be a friend, who cares about them!

Xu Dashuai Jue's house, and after the first time, the uncle Weiyuan could slip away and go home to see his concubine. Chu Wanli's army gate, Lord Yunqiwei naturally admired Shangguan Xiehua. He resolutely changed into casual clothes and got into the crowd. He didn't ride a bicycle and rode his horse, and rushed to his home in Nanshi. He said he was going home, but he was not too anxious and slow. He first went to the City God Temple to take a walk. The Qin family, the descendant of the City God who guarded the temple, was also an old friend of Shanghai. A plate of small salted fish pieces and two taels of yellow wine was a welcome gift.

After a little bit of it, he still slipped to Nanxiang to eat soup dumplings. He was so full of oil that he planned to go home to see his parents' high hall. He also put his feet on the fight with the chariots on the street and opened his mouth wide outside the crowd for a long time to watch. There was no trace of the style of "the brain of the Imperial Guard", "the first wise general of the Qing Dynasty", and "the Zhuge who ended the fate of Japan"! (The above titles are all titles for Chu Wanliga by later Japanese history books. Japanese people like to give these exaggerated nicknames, and even Pu Yang was called "Xu Yifan's Dianwei"...)

He was watching the excitement, and a carriage passed by behind him. The curtain was lifted. An old foreign man greeted him in stiff Chinese: "General Chu!"

Chu Wanli is a waking man. In such a lively place, the old man from foreign to greet him was not loud, but he heard it all at once. When he looked back, he found that the old man Kontz was sitting in the carriage. Even if the old man Junker in Prussian smiled at you kindly, he was still stiff as if he was something.

Although Contz and the German military advisers did not stand on the front desk during this Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Xu Yifan would never hand over the main command power of his country's army to foreigners. However, the achievements of these staff advisers are obvious to everyone. From the staff system to military training, to the construction of military engineering, as well as the calculation of the supply quantity and the arrangement of supply transfers. Behind them are all the shadows of frustrated soldiers who were swept out by the German General Staff. No matter their attitude towards this war, their work is absolutely dedicated. The old man Contz was so tired that he committed a heart attack. Xu Yifan did not treat them badly, and he doubled the battlefield allowance and even asked the court for the prize of the Baoxing Medal for them - the Germans cared about this thing. The war in southern Liaoning was certain, so they were sent to Shanghai for recuperation as soon as possible, which was much earlier than Xu Yifan.

Unexpectedly, Chu Wanli could still meet this old guy by walking around!

Even though the two of them were able to say it in North Korea, when they saw the old man sitting there, Chu Wanli yelled and jumped into the carriage: "Old Kong, where are you going? Can you borrow something and send me home first? This carriage is not broken! Which carriage rented it?"

Kontz looked at Chu Wanli and shook his head slowly: "Mr. Fleisher, not Mr. Kong... General Chu, it seems that you can never be a gentleman. If you are in Germany, you will not be able to join the General Staff. It is hard to believe that Lord Xu has won such a great war with you... Sorry, I can't give it to you."

Chu Wanli smiled and didn't care about Konc's comments about him at all. He reached out to cover Konc's shoulder and turned around to greet the coachman: "Go to Nancheng! Old Kong, we are having kimchi together in North Korea, so we are so stingy? You get more than 2,000 taels of silver a month, and I'm only less than 400, so you should have a meal and eat it all the time..."

Koont looked at him helplessly, his eyes a bit like an old man looking at a promising but naughty junior: "A gentleman should not let the lady wait for a long time. Sorry, I'm going to pick up my daughter."

"Your daughter?" I remembered that Kontz also had an old daughter. He came to Xu Yifan, mostly to buy dowry for his old daughter. The customs of foreigners are evil. If the daughter doesn't have a dowry, she can't marry a good family. She must be the same... Chu Wanli's eyes rolled and looked at Kontz's hooked nose: "Do you look like you? Old Kong, I suddenly remembered that I had something to do... Let's talk to Jiangning..."

He wanted to get out of the car, but Kontz grabbed him: "General Chu, the war has ended, and our two-year contract with Lord Xu is about to expire. I am definitely not saying that it is unpleasant to serve under Lord Xu, but why did Lord Xu renew the contract with us for three years? The Imperial Guards are so powerful that there is no army in this country that can match. Who else do you want to fight? The Prussians never want to see any crown landed!"

Chu Wanli smiled faintly: "What about Napoleon III? Old Confucius, don't pretend to be hypocritical. You Germans are very treacherous..." He called the coachman, lifted the curtain and jumped out of the car. Contz also looked at him through the window. The old man was very stubborn, and it seemed that he had to ask for an answer.

Chu Wanli pointed at the surroundings and smiled bitterly: "Old Confucius, don't worry, Marshal Xu is just keeping you to continue building the army, and the seeds of the National Defense Forces in the future. You don't need to fight wars. Besides, wars cannot solve all problems... As for who our new enemy is..." He looked around, looked at the crowds on the street, looked at the cars and horses passing by, and even looked at the sky and the earth: "Aren't everything around us the general's enemy? But he insisted on challenging all of this. Isn't it exciting to follow such a boss?"

Kontz's expression moved and said nothing, and Chu Wanli also smiled and waved his hand, turned around and left. The two said that they met left, but they just talked for a few words.

"Mr. Xu thought he was...Promishus? Want to change such a huge empire?" Contz sat in the car with his eyes closed, silent.

"...Konc's daughter...will this foreign woman look good? It's hard to say, Mrs. Xian, who is half foreign woman, doesn't make people drool when they look at her?" Chu Wanli walked on the road swayingly, and suddenly shook his head.

The two people who left the detour had such completely irrelevant thoughts in their hearts.

Nightmare! This is definitely a nightmare!

Xu Yifan sat alone in the flower hall, looking sad.

In the entire flower hall, the table was rich and the eight treasures of water and land were all gathered. He ate canned food in North Korea and ate big cakes and had enough appetites, but at this time he couldn't eat them at all.

There is no other reason. He is sitting alone at such a big table!

Li Xuan was so powerful that before Xu Yifan finished explaining, she drove him out of the door with a broom. Under her strict order, even Nan Ying and Nan loved the two Korean girls gestured at him with feather dusters.

The people in the inner yard now know Xu Yifan's temper. Among the men of this era, they are definitely a cheap one. They are majestic outside and are determined to kill. When they return to the inner yard, they still give in to the girl a little. There is no majestic and murderous aura of the eldest master. Li Xuan's words are much more effective in the inner yard than him. Xu Yifan was beaten out by Li Xuan, and no one helped him. He wanted to run to Du Juan and Luo Shi to cry and express his grievances. As a result, as soon as he approached Du Juan and Chen Luo Shi's yard, the inside was suddenly in chaos. The girl and the old lady held the big bar and pressed the door tightly. Du Juan and Luo Shi also pushed him with their backs, how could he push it away!

He called the door, and the two little girls leaned against the door and replied in a crying voice: "Master, don't make things difficult for us. Next time, Miss Li doesn't know what to make our hair look like... You are not at home every day..."

The sound sounded even more aggrieved than him.

All the plans, all the beautiful dreams of 4p, and the postures adopted in the various plans were all gone. Xu Yifan had to go to the study in shame, where the servants had already packed up the shop for him, and they were also fucking wooden beds! When he was fighting in North Korea, he slept on the steel wire camp beds of foreigners!

When it was time for dinner, only one person ran out to have a meal. The girl and the old lady had arranged the arrangements and quickly got away. Xu Yifan didn't dare to do anything to Li Xuan. Since Li Xuan got a few military sticks last time and accidentally established his authority in the army for him, Xu Yifan always gave in to her. But Xu Yifan dared to get angry at their servants!

Gentle and virtuous...fake! Xu Yifan took a hard bite of the sea cucumber. This sea cucumber was shipped from Southeast Asia and is not comparable to the quality of real estate.

Thoughtful and gentle...fake! Another bite of moldy dried vegetables from Nanxiang Laotian. In Shanghai, one or two moldy dried vegetables are worth a piece of ocean. Only Li Xuan, the rich woman in charge, dares to offer such food.

It's all in accordance with everything...fake! Xu Yifan stretched his chopsticks to the red dates to simmer chicken soup. This kind of northern goods is also very popular in Shanghai. There are too many northerners in the concession. These red dates and chickens are produced in Dezhou, Shandong. Needless to say, chickens are known as the world's best. The red dates are also crispy and fallen on the ground and they are in half, which replenishes qi and blood. The northerners are so small that they are officials in the south that they really can't afford it.

Fake! Fake! Fake!...

Men, their careers are going well, and their emotional life is often unsatisfactory... Speaking of which, I am also a victim of political marriage...

Xu Yifan was full of wine and was slumped on the chair and picked his teeth with a toothpick. In this weather, Shanghai was a little wet and cold. I don’t know who was careful under the chair, so he put a marten fur produced in the Russian Far East. Russia is colder than in the Northeast, and the fur is of excellent quality. Several fur products in Shanghai, such as De Rongxiang, who made furs in Shanghai, always have a few pieces of this kind of leather goods that are used to press the store. Most people dare not even ask about the price.

Thinking of the sadness, Xu Yifan felt sad and couldn't help but burst into tears again.

When Shukong was so sad that spring and autumn were sad, and lamenting that he had been ruined by this arranged marriage, a servant was wandering at the door, and Xu Yifan raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at him. Before he could speak, he burped, and the smell of fresh seafood could be smelled at the door.

"What's the matter? I'm in the inner house, if you have something to ask Miss Li to go, it's useless for me to speak..."

The servant hurriedly beat a thousand yuan. It seemed that he was the old family member who had been following since Xu Yifanna Du Juan and Luo Shi: "When you say that, the old shopkeeper Dashengkui and Han sent a message to him and greet him..."

Xu Yifan suddenly jumped up from the chair. Only then did he remember that he had not seen Zhang Yu, a vicious master, for so long! Speaking of which, he was still the butler of Xu's house!

Mr. Han was really awake. He came to the house after he went back to his house privately... What should be coming, maybe it's coming.

He always has a complicated mind to Dashengkui, and has to leverage his strength and be wary of it. There is no doubt that he has already affirmed that Dashengkui's power, especially Mr. Han, has a deep background in the Qing Dynasty secret associations. These secret associations have also played a very important role in the history of the Qing Dynasty.

...But, Xu Yifan, I never thought of storing the power of a secret club. This kind of power can only cause trouble and not accomplish anything.

Xu Yifan's face no longer had any inappropriate expression. He slowly circled around the dining table with his hands behind his back, and suddenly asked, "Where is Butler Zhang?"

The servant was stunned and scratched his head: "Yes, I haven't seen Butler Zhang today..."

Xu Yifan waved his hand and looked up and smiled faintly: "Change clothes. I saw Mr. Han in the study and told me that he should not serve others. I want to see what kind of dream Mr. Han and the others have had!"
Chapter completed!