When the New Year of the 19th year of the Guangxu period passed, the northern trade army stationed in Weili, Tianjin, was a prosperous and lively time.

Unlike the solemn, leisurely and quiet under the feet of the emperor in Beijing, the atmosphere and liveliness of Tianjin are far away.

The streets were full of steaming fried dough sticks, and the aroma of the big fried dough sticks that Tianjin Wei was famous for was filled with fragrance. The guys at the Goubuli bun shop shouted at the door with their voices. The car of Yunwei wine was running over the street in a daze.

In addition to the people, there were also officers wearing five-cloud jackets and practicing military uniforms and speaking in Huaidi accents, walking around and opening their mouths to watch the fun. Tianjin Wei famous gangsters who eat sluts with big braids on their shoulders, and each section of the magnolia flower planted from a bottle was swaying across the street.

There are also many foreigners here than in the capital. Neatly dressed British gentlemen sat on the carriage and swam across the city. Their Chinese coachmen all wore foreign top hats and coachmen's tuxedo. They looked so weird and weird. Americans in hunting suits carried cameras with tripods. The people who were there would be left to avoid them.

"The foreign soul-catching machine objects, throw away the soul once and once!"

There are also Japanese businessmen wearing kimono who squint their eyes and pass through the streets. In the eyes of the people of Tianjin, they are not as good as Western goods. There is no such thing as opening a store at the downtown entrance.

The children also followed behind and clapped their hands to make fun of it: "Low Dongyang, with a ring-legged top, whip, turn around..."

What is even more surprising than the capital is that there are many Chinese people dressed up in foreign style. Most of them are Chinese compradors hired by foreign companies in Tianjin. The braids are not cut and they are stuffed into the top hat. Wherever they go, the people look at them like monkeys. At this time, these senior white-collar workers working in multinational companies are far less glorious than later generations.

A group of carriages and horses walked into the west gate outside the guard. The chariots and horses attracted a lot of attention. The team of people were all fierce and light men, and many of them had knife and gunshot wounds on their faces, which were not inferior to them. The carriage they were guarding was surrounded by green official carriages, but there was no official title slip at the entrance.

From time to time, a girl's head poked out from time to time, looking at everything around her with her shiny eyes open.

This girl is beautiful and beautiful, with wild aura in her arms. She is the daughter of the thief leader, Miss Du Juan Du.

That's right, this is the convoy where Xu Yifan took office. Du Juan was in the same car as her.

The matter of practicing the Imperial Guards finally turned into a farce with heavy thunder and little rain. The people who were passionate at the time are now shameless. Only Xu Yifan, the crazy man, is left to hold the jar.

Just after the New Year, Xu Yifan asked for training to go south, and the face was still normal. Guangxu summoned him again. This time he didn't say much, so he kowtowed and retreated. Since he was a member of the assistant, he had to report to the escort. There was nowhere left to half of the bannerman willing to follow Xu Yifan to the muddy waters of Tianjin Wei!

The military training department guard he asked to transfer, and the Ministry of War would give him a name. Who cares about how he got together this team? As a result, Xu Daotai's guards were all former horse thieves from Qilin Village to change their careers. Even Military Advisor Jiang quickly donated a garrison official title and became a military general of the court. With this guard. As for other members of the Division's Literature Office, Tan Sitong recommended several scholars before leaving, and they all entered Xu Yifan's curtain. He originally wanted to find a few people from his friends to join the guard, but the escorts and men were all unavailable to leave their hometowns, and only a few gangsters were willing to take the salary.

The opening fee paid by the Beijing area is at most enough for these people to eat for a month. Later on, Xu Yifan, the Minister of Beiyang and the Governor of Zhili, Li Hongzhang, went to discuss the matter. The thoughts of the military aircraft bosses may not be that this military training department will be the trial office to open the yamen one day earlier, and it will be more worry-free.

I've all been offended by Lafayette, is this a big deal?

The more than a hundred men in Qilin Village who had lived for more than a thousand miles, led by Military Secretary Jiang, all silently accepted the changes that were adapted into Lord Xu's subordinates. As for Xu Yifan pulling Du Juan and his carriage, no one said anything. Qilin Master was a fallen into trouble this time, and it would be better to have such a way out. Lord Xu became the new son-in-law of Qilin Village, even if the two families were united. They listened to Xu Yifan's orders, but they all looked at each other with their eyes open. When would they bring Qilin Master to them?

Looking at Du Juan's excited look, Xu Yifan just smiled. Chen Luoshi stayed in Beijing, waiting to see the bride. Du Juan followed him as a mortgage to gather more than a hundred men in Qilin Village.

With a little girl accompanying her, she felt much more relaxed along the way.

Du Juan put down the curtain: "Why are people in Tianjin much harder than people in Beijing?"

Xu Yifan smiled and said, "There aren't so many Anhui people who have changed Tianjin dialect to the current taste?"

"Huai Army?" Du Juan reacted quickly. When he was a horse thief, he was bound to deal with the official army. The white-haired veteran Song Qing brought many Huai Army officers inside and outside the Yijun Town and Rehe. In other words, he was also acquaintance with Qilin Village.

The little girl's face sank a little, probably remembering the tragic situation at Qilin Village that night again. She looked at Xu Yifan: "We heard that we are going to train troops here. Have we practiced to fight the Huai Army?"

Xu Yifan just smiled and shook his head. His thoughts were not the same as this big word. The stubborn and powerful girl couldn't explain it clearly. She would rather act as a mortgage for the hundreds of men in Qilin Village. The use of Qilin Village is not to be sent here in Beiyang.

Listening to the increasing liveliness around, Xu Yifan stepped on the car board. The official car stopped immediately. The person who drove the car was a fellow member, and the four tigers who followed Xu Yifan to Tianjin. He quickly stopped the four strong mules. The four strong mules stopped.

Before Xu Yifan could lift the curtain, Zhang Yu's face came in: "Sir, what's wrong?"

With a letter from the shopkeeper Han, Zhang Yu suddenly became the real Xu Yifan's manager from Dashengkui. He ran forward and afterward, he was extremely capable.

Xu Yifan waved his hand: "We will not stop and visit Li Zhongtang directly!"

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To be precise, the Governor's Office of Zhili should be in Daming Prefecture, Baoding. With the five ports of trade, Zhili Governor would inevitably have the title of Minister of Trade in Beiyang. After a lot of foreign affairs, and it was necessary to respond to the matters of North Korea's vassal states, the Governor of Zhili should be stationed in Tianjin. It was not until the winter trade off-season returned to the real Governor's Office of Baoding's Daming Prefecture.

Now, the Earl of the Qing Dynasty and Xian, together with Zhongxing, were the last important minister. He was the first governor in the world. He was the governor of Zhili Province, managed river affairs, acted as governors, and led the Minister of Commerce in Beiyang, and co-organized the Grand Secretary Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang. He was stationed in Tianjin, making the Baoding yamen a decoration.

Beiyang has become synonymous with a kind of power. It has the most modern army and the most mining machine bureaus in the Qing Empire. It has a considerable modern fleet, the Beiyang Military Preparation School that trains army officers, and the Tianjin Navy School that trains naval officers. The forces cover the three provinces of Zhi, Lu and Henan, and are all over the outside of the pass. There are also the sixth camp Qing army stationed in the vassal states and Korea. This Beiyang also performs some diplomatic functions in the country. The revenue of Tianjin Customs is also controlled by Beiyang himself.

There were a lot of talents and the scene was broad. At one time, this was the center and hope of China's self-reliance and Westernization Movement. It was a small window for the Qing government to face the world and slowly carry out changes. In addition, Li Hongzhang's personal position was not an exaggeration to say that it was power in the world. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was regarded as a war between the Beiyang forces alone and Japan!

The name Beiyang has influenced the entire country for fifty years in the history where Xu Yifan came from. And now, it is the huge creature in front of Xu Yifan.

When he changed into his docking clothes, held his handbook and stood at the gate of the governor's yamen. Looking at the personal soldiers of Li Hongzhang, who were erect and raised his belly, and handed his films inward, he felt the majesty here even more.

Before the huge screen wall, he was the only one standing there with his handbook. At the gate of the governor's office, except for the tiger-headed sign and the halberd, the personal soldiers of the brigade standing straight, all with foreign guns on their backs and without squinting. The day he came was not Yuanqi. There was a quiet and solemn surrounding him, and he really had the majesty of the First Governor's Office!

The sound of the communication spread farther and farther, and then slowly came back: "Super the cannon, welcome to Li Zhongtang in the second gate!"
Chapter completed!