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Chapter 18 Mother and Daughter(1/2)

In September 1858, Zhao Sanbao, the general of the Fourth Town of Pingyuan Army, led a hundred guard posts to Yanping Prefecture and executed Mu Yin, the assistant minister of the Qing Dynasty's War. On the same day, he led two battalions of rifle soldiers to set up an ambush, defeating Jianning like a destruction. Fuzhou invaded the enemy, killed more than 5,000 thieves, and had almost no resistance in the southern Fujian area, so he landed in Yanping, Fuzhou and Jianning officials fled one after another, and were in panic all day long. The Fourth Town of Pingyuan Army was in shock for a while.

After the wide golden and jade table in Yin'an Hall, Ye Zhao was reading several telegrams, one of which was the memorial of the Fourth Town's establishment in Yanping. In Yanping Anying, the Green Camp Patrol Camp was incorporated. The Southern Fujian Patrol Camp was originally adapted by Gang'an Ma Xinyi and others. Many soldiers were already interested in the Southern Dynasty. This time, they regained the lost land and pushed the influence of the Southern Dynasty to central Fujian. Since then, most of Fujian's land is placed under the rule of the Southern Dynasty, and the Fujian Governor has already been selected, which is Liu Denghuan, the governor of Yanping Prefecture.

Ye Zhao has read his articles and letters about his relationship with Zhao Sanbao. This person has a clear understanding of his knowledge and is a talent. Unfortunately, Gang'an finally became a different person with him. Speaking of the young prince when he first established, he had already seen many clues that he could not come to Guangzhou. Perhaps he was like what Shen Baozhen said in his eyes, a traitor in troubled times. Therefore, although he was kind, he still chose another path.

As for Ma Xinyi's death, it is even more amazing that people have a lifetime and a life. He could have become a very capable minister, but only he knows it. In this life, his name has been lost in the long river of history. Even experts who study history in the future will never have any interest in his name.

However, Zhao Sanbao, Shenbao, Harric, and even Liu Denghuan may become characters who want to write a lot in history books. Why isn’t it embarrassing?

For example, Luo Zenan, who led the Huai Army into Fujian and Zhejiang in Shanghai, was the father of the Hunan Army. If he remembered correctly, he should have died in the battle two years ago, but now he is the Hunan Army who is the one who is a loyal minister like Zeng Guofan. On the contrary, Hu Linyi, the Hunan Army, who was one of the four ministers of Zhongxing, died early. The bright light that should have bloomed was no one to see. The encounter between people is difficult to predict.

However, when it comes to Luo Zenan, it is really not to be underestimated. Some people commented that he "led students to organize a group training with local students, and moved to Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei and other provinces. He fought more than 200 battles in all sizes and sizes, and defeated twenty cities. Because of his academic integrity and determination, he was able to fight with meticulousness. Now, all famous generals in Jiangnan say that Zenan is the leader."

The Huai Army was adjacent to Shanghai and was equipped with extremely well-equipped. Luo Zenan led the Huai Army into Fujian and Zhejiang, which was really an enemy of Zhao Sanbao.

Just as he was thinking about it, the guards came into the hall and knelt down and said, "Prince, Bai Gui is here."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly. After a while, the guards led the two into the hall. A fat red-topped official in front was the Guangdong Governor Bai Gui. Behind him was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a green cloth robe, eyes full of vigor, but his hair was sparse and a little white, and he looked like he was struggling.

"I am begging you to the prince." Bai Gui hurriedly called out to the palace. Ye Zhao said in his heart. This guy was getting fatter and fatter.

The man who was following Bai Gui bowed his knees: "Caomin Feng Zicai, see the prince!"

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Get up." He got up and went down to the hall, leading the two of them to the back of the yellow mantle and sit down.

Every time Bai Gui comes to Yin'an Hall, what he most fears is that the prince gives him a seat. Although he is a little shorter than the prince after sitting down, he feels uncomfortable all over. At this time, he is cautiously touched half of his butt and sits down. It is really better to stand and listen to the prince's hearing.

Feng Zicai didn't dare to sit, but like other officials, when he saw the prince sitting down, he could look down at the top of his golden crown, and he felt even more disrespectful, so he had to sit with the governor.

Ye Zhao smiled and said to Bai Gui: "Can the grain sent to Tingzhou be processed?"

"Yes, Zhao Junmen restored southern Fujian, and he was determined to do his best to keep the military without worries." Bai Gui said respectfully, and he felt even more sad. When the prince first established the young prince, he was really nervous, but now he looked at it, although the prince only occupied a corner, he might not be able to compete with the Southern Dynasties. As the governor of Guangdong, Bai Gui was very clear about the development trend of Guangdong, and the growth rate of the tax in the treasury was amazing, let alone the Guangdong Customs, which had a tax revenue of over 10 million this year. If this trend continues, he will be afraid to compete with the Northern Dynasties in a few years, and how many soldiers and officials were raised in the Northern Dynasties. Official? If the prince had not used most of this money on the "infrastructure" mentioned by the prince, it would have been a comprehensive armament and issued war bonds, and was afraid that the situation between the north and the south would be reversed immediately. However, the prince was right to consider that military force would lose the hearts of the people in the south. In the words of the prince, it would be easy to "all-round bankruptcy". Although this "infrastructure" has heavy investment and slow returns, it can actually greatly stimulate the development of people's livelihood, and the poorest people will also benefit. This is a virtuous cycle. Building roads, paving bridges, expanding docks, telegraph railways, education hospitals, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian and Hunan, and the two provinces and three areas are in full swing.

Now that Zhao Junmen is intimidating southern Fujian, the second town of Hashui Province has a minor collision with the Hunan Army. The Hengzhou camp is as stable as a rock. There is no need to mention Mr. Su, who is in Guangxi. Where can the troops in Yunnan and Guizhou dare to look east?

At this momentum, it is impossible to say that we can really attack Huanglong in a few years and pull the six kings off the dragon bed. However, now we are now in the bandits, and there is a little bit of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, it is difficult to break out in large-scale conflicts for a while. The prince also took this opportunity to vigorously develop infrastructure and accumulate strength. In the prince's words, infrastructure construction has come, industry and commerce and agriculture have leap, and industrial manufacturing capabilities have come up, so it is easy to fight in the future.

Ye Zhao picked up the teacup and sipped it, saying, "I am going to set up a right-level official in this military room, and the Prime Minister's military supplies are dispatched in various provinces. With such coordination, the burden of waiting will be lighter, and there is no need to control it layer by layer as it is now, and the efficiency will be greatly improved." The institution in my heart is probably similar to the General Logistics Department of the later generations.

Bai Gui hurriedly said, "The prince is very good at his opinion." In fact, he didn't know what the Prime Minister's military command is going on? But some of the ideas proposed by the prince often only know the wonders when they are really working. Only then did he suddenly realize it and admire the prince's true insights.

Ye Zhao thought, "This matter needs to be reported to the two empress dowagers and the emperor." In fact, Ye Zhao would not have convened a meeting of ministers if it was not necessary. He would have just conveyed the documents and held regular meetings every month. However, since the young prince ascended the throne, he would have to go to Guanyin Mountain to report the matter from time to time, and the head of the sixth house would have to go to Guanyin Mountain Qinzheng Hall every now and then to listen to the two empress dowagers' tutoring.

If you say that Ye Zhao was promoting the promotion of military and simplifying administration and improving the efficiency of various yamen, the one with the lowest efficiency is the Qinzheng Hall. However, Ye Zhao could not write a letter to the two palaces to advocate the form of "document", so as not to think that he was deliberately being disrespectful.

Ye Zhao said and looked at Feng Zicai again, and said, "Feng Shouge, I have carefully studied the twelve key points of your defeat of the Northern Dynasties, which are quite insightful."

Feng Zicai was frightened and immediately stood up and knelt down on one knee, saying, "How dare the arrogant words of the people be praised by the prince?"

Ye Zhao looked at him and felt a little strange. After all, this was an anti-French hero and patriotic general in the history textbooks of later generations. But why did he feel that he was really no different from Bai Gui in front of him?

Feng Zicai can be said to be a figure like Huang Zhong. He is old and stronger, and he is late to achieve great things. More than 30 years later, at the age of nearly 70, he led various regiments of the Qing army's Black Flag Army to defeat the French army at Zhennan Pass. This is the famous Zhennan Pass disaster in history. It is a real victory in resisting foreign aggression in the late Qing history, and it is also a special book on history books in later generations.

However, Feng Zicai is in an extremely embarrassing situation. He was originally a member of the Guangxi Tiandihui Association and was considered the old subordinate of Su Hongniang. He came to Guangdong a few years ago to participate in the Guangdong Tiandihui Liu Ba's invasion. Later, he led more than a thousand people to surrender the official army. He served as the general of Qian in the Green Camp. Later, he had military achievements and was co-organized from the fifth rank. However, he was always under the jurisdiction of the Admiral Huang Liangwei. Under the rule of Shengbao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. When Huang Liangwei collapsed, the young prince became emperor and Shengbao fled back to the capital. Feng Zicai became a lonely ghost.

Originally, Su Jue's old subordinates, although Su Jue has abandoned the secret and turned to the light now, they think they have prejudices against him. However, his qualifications have always been under Huang Liangwei and Shengbao, and this identity is even more embarrassing. Therefore, when the Sixth House reorganized Shengbao's old subordinates, Feng Zicai, the co-organizer, pushed the Pingyuan Army's various camps. In the end, he simply withdrew his subordinates. Although he was still entitled to the fifth-rank salary, he became an idle person.

In desperation, Feng Zicai joined the Bai Gui shogunate and started a commoner's business. This was also the reason why he called himself a sage when he met Ye Zhao.

In fact, Ye Zhao also knew from Feng Zicai's experience that this person is keen on power and position, but there is no perfect person in this world? Whether it is a hero or a famous general in history, his advantages are infinitely magnified and his shortcomings are covered as much as possible. And at the most critical moment, the hero's backbone blooms thousands of lights, which is enough to inspire future generations. Praising symbolic heroes is originally a praising of their spirit, rather than praising them themselves. Later generations are entangled in search of some so-called savvy people who have become the dark side of totem heroes, which is actually the most confused.

However, Feng Zicai naturally cannot be called a totem-like hero, and probably cannot even be called a hero. But no matter what, when Ye Zhao saw this figure singing praises from later history books kneeling respectfully in front of him, he felt a little strange in his heart.

"Get up, Ming *** comes to the military office to do the job." Ye Zhao waved his hand. People who become famous generals naturally have extraordinary qualities. Although Feng Zicai's reputation is not prominent now, perhaps due to different experiences, it is difficult to become a great person in the future, but how he achieves a higher achievement than ordinary people. If he experiences in the military office, it will naturally depend on himself what height he reaches in the future.

Feng Zicai was stunned and hurriedly kowtowed respectfully, "Thank you, Prince! Caomin is determined to devote all his efforts!"

Although Bai Gui didn't know how the prince valued him, he naturally smiled and said, "The prince is keen and wise, Nangan, you have to do your best to do it carefully, don't let the prince down."

"Yes, yes." Feng Zicai agreed repeatedly.

At this time, the guards outside the hall rushed in and knelt down and said, "Prince, the letter sent by the concubine ordered the servants."

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned and waved his hand. The guard quickly bowed and delivered the letter. Ye Zhao shook open the letter paper, looked at it for a few times, and burst into laughter.

...

In the backstage of Xiguan Grand Theater, Ye Zhao accompanied the theater manager Ms. Zhao to the dance room. In front of the yellow lacquer gate of the dance room, he was stopped by two pretty female members wearing pink uniforms of the singing and dancing troupe. He looked at Ye Zhao and the guard behind him vigilantly and said, "Men are not allowed to enter here."

Ye Zhao waved his hand, and several guards from the royal palace scattered in the corridor, and the passages leading to the east and west sides of the dance room were guarded.

Ms. Zhao smiled and said to the two female dancers: "It's okay, Boss Rong knows this."

A girl hesitated and said, "But, but Mr. Sharapova is teaching the class, the rules of the dance class..."

Ye Zhao waved his hand with a smile: "It's okay, Sharaba is my friend." The letter was written by Sharaba, and the girl from Jin was sent to him, saying that Sharaba had something urgent to come to him.

Although I know that Sharava's so-called urgent matter may be a big deal, I have not seen Sharava for more than a month, so I always have to care about the prisoner of war that I was captured by me, just see what her reputation is.

When Ye Zhao said that he was Mr. Sharaba's friend, the two girls were skeptical. It can be seen that Ms. Zhao nodded slightly. After all, Ms. Zhao was the theater manager, and both of them dared not disobey her intentions. They looked at each other and finally slowly opened the two wooden doors in the dance room.

The pleasant dance music immediately rushed over, and Ye Zhao strides in, and then he knows why he is not allowed to enter. However, in front of the huge glass mirror on the yellow wooden floor, Sharaba in a snow-white ballet dress was spinning with her graceful toes, and more than a dozen Yingying Yanyan around him were stunned.

White gauze ballet skirt, green eyes and blonde hair, skin is better than snow, Sharaba's devilish figure is revealed, the huge pepper breasts wrapped in snow-white gauze tremble slightly with the dance steps, the lace skirt rotates, and the slender and slender snow-white legs appear faintly. Sharaba is tall and slender, and at this time, she is tall and beautiful, with a sense of oppression coming to her face, which is a sexy and hot pressure that makes people unable to breathe. If the man with insufficient self-confidence just wants to turn around and run away at this moment, while another type of man will enjoy this dizziness, and even want to suppress this oppression, enjoy the huge satisfaction of her being oppressed and conquered.

Where is Ye Zhao? But he just looked at her and smiled, thinking that the little girl was getting more and more attractive.

"Sweetheart!" Sharava screamed in surprise and ran away quickly. At this time, the man in the ballet costume was wearing stockings. Sharava was naked with long snow-white legs and wearing soft white gauze ballet shoes. The more seductive it was, the more seductive it was.

Yingying and Yanyan looked at this scene with wide eyes, so surprised that they forgot to scream.

"Are you looking for me?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile, but let Sharaba grab his hand. Sharaba's snow-white little hands were delicate and slender, and it tasted wonderful when holding them in her hands.

"Yes, my mother is here in China and Guangzhou. I, I have no friends, I just thought of you." Sharaba's Mandarin is stiff, with a crisp exotic accent, which is extremely beautiful.

"Let's go, I'll change my clothes first." Sharaba held Ye Zhao's hand and walked towards the side door of the dance studio. Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Have our mother been here? Why are you calling me?" Speaking of which, since she was able to communicate with Sharaba, she always reminded him of her previous life and was joking with her boyfriend and girlfriend easily, but "our mother" blurted out. If she was with the woman next to her, she would either scold you for being shameless or being shy and secretly agreed, which was really helpless.

However, Sharapova was able to distinguish the meaning of "we, me, you". Although she was cheerful, she did not understand the profound meaning of the later vocabulary "our mother"?

After a moment of froze, Sharaba put her red lips on Ye Zhao's face and kissed her, saying, "Sweetheart, you want to propose to me. I promise you that you can call my mother to my mother."

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Wrong, my mother's meaning means that we have a close relationship, and we are a very good friend. Do you understand? It's just a title in Chinese, and it doesn't mean anything."

Sharava suddenly realized that she didn't care about her misunderstandings and said, "Your Chinese is too difficult to learn." As she said that she had already arrived at the door of the locker room. Seeing that Sharava was trying to pull herself in, Ye Zhao hurriedly pulled her out, pushed her down, and said, "Go and change it yourself!" Under the tulle, although she only touched her shoulders lightly, her delicate elasticity had endless aftertaste.

Listening to Sharapova changing clothes rustling inside, Ye Zhao asked, "Is your mother here to pick you up?"

"No, my mother and her sweetheart came to China to play and quarrel, and she remembered me."

Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel speechless. He had heard that Sharaba's mother had many lovers and was a typical Rakshasa beauty.

"You, can you have dinner with me and my mother? She said, I want to see the people who take care of me."

Ye Zhao even scratched his head. Once upon a time, he became the one who took care of Sharaba in her heart? But it would be okay to have a meal. In this upper class of Rakshasa, he was already ready to contact more.

The locker room door was opened, Sharaba was wearing a snow-white long dress, which was luxurious and eye-catching. She pulled her skirt around and circled in front of the mirror and looked at it again and again, and asked Ye Zhao: "Does it look good, me?"

Obviously, although Sharapova has little relationship with her mother, she is still very happy about her mother's arrival and dresses up very seriously.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "It's good to look good, but it's a little bit bad. Come with me."

Sharava nodded naturally obediently.

...

On the carriage heading to Wanghailou, Sharaba had a dazzling sapphire crystal necklace on her snow-white neck. Sharaba was so happy that she kept touching it with her little hands, and she was quite fond of it. Women, there were not many people who didn't like jewelry.

There are countless pearl, jade, gems and jewelry in the County Prince's Mansion. This Western-style necklace is the least popular because it is necessary to match it with a flat breast and a neck, so the concubines naturally don't like it. Ye Zhao casually scratched out a string and paired it with Sharaba's snow-white long skirt. The beautiful girl with green eyes shines even more dazzling.

The sea tower is on the bank of the Pearl River. The green island is lush and lush. The thousands of sails are shining with the beautiful scenery. The scenery is refreshing and pleasant.

Wanghai Tower was built last year and is now a top-notch place in Guangzhou. Ye Zhao naturally cannot be too shabby to invite Sharaba’s mother to dinner.

In Yutao Pavilion, it was magnificent. As soon as Ye Zhao and Sharaba sat down, they heard footsteps coming from outside. The door knocked gently, and Sharaba's mother Marina arrived.

When Ye Zhao and Sharaba arrived at Wanghailou, they had already asked to go to the Licha Hotel in Xiguan to pick up Sharaba's mother. The Licha Hotel is a hotel built and operated by the French. It has a red building and beautiful Paris style. It is one of the signposted buildings of Xiguan Road.

The door was pushed open, and a beautiful Western woman came in first. Her skirt was gorgeous and her eyebrows were slightly similar to Sharapova. However, because of excessive indulgence, her eyes were slightly darker because of her deep sleep, but she also added a bit of charm.

Needless to say, it must be Sharaba's mother.

Sharaba quickly walked up and hugged her mother, kissed each other on the cheek, and said in a gurgling manner. Ye Zhao couldn't understand, but just stood up with a smile and said, "Hello, Madam!"

However, Marina's eyes were suddenly attracted by the sapphire necklace on Sharaba's neck. She stared at it for a long time. It was not until Sharaba pulled her and said something again. Marina's eyes looked at Ye Zhao and said something with a smile.

Sharava said to Ye Zhao: "Mom said, just call her Marina."

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "It's just a title, please sit down." He reached out and gave up his seat, and Marina and Sharava sweared a few more times. Marina suddenly said to Ye Zhao, "Dear Ye, you can speak English?" But he spoke English. Although he was stiff, Ye Zhao could understand it.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I know a little bit, but I didn't expect that my wife also understands English."

Marina giggled: "Five years ago I had a British sweetheart, awesome guy."

Ye Zhao was speechless. Sharaba's mother was also considered the best.

Several people sat down and a waiter brought in fragrant tea.

Marina looked at Ye Zhao and asked, "Ye, how did you know Valia?"

Ye Zhaoxin said that it seemed that Sharava's elder brother didn't tell her about her. She thought that she had many lovers outside and would not tell her the secret of her identity. I am afraid that only Sharava's grandfather would know. As for what Marina knew, at most, it was only the address of Sharava's coffee. However, Sharava's father or mother, she could see her in the future. Although she might have any concerns or the instructions of the old man at home, it can also show that her affection was weak.

As for Sharapova's mother, she probably couldn't stand the loneliness and came to China for fun with her lover. After losing her fun, she remembered her daughter.

This Rakshasa noble family is really not something that Chinese people can guess.
To be continued...
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