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Chapter 17 Banquet Tan Yankai

Drums and music were put on early in the Huguang Governor's Office. The servants and maids were so busy that they both hated the "big hero" they had not met yet. Wouldn't they have been so busy if it weren't for the baggage "groom" who came out of that unknown, would it be so busy?

"Oh, isn't this Lord Guo? I heard you are going to upgrade to the quota? Alas, don't pull me, what are you doing?"

"I just know that I've been drinking Huajiu all day long, but I didn't see Lord Guo's expression unhappy today?"

"What's wrong?"

"Barry, it's not the one who made the errand in Biaotong! Yang Qiu is now 42 Biaotong."

"What, that damn leg?"

"Don't talk nonsense, they are Batulu."

"That's a fool, isn't it just a baggage groom who pulls a cart? I'll see me spitting on him when I come later."

There were many people in the streets who were in trouble, pointing at the officials and gentry coming and going. They didn't have much envy, but they were more curious and hated, because since Ruicheng came, the Huguang Governor's Office has become a place for banner officials to gather. He also changed his predecessor Zhang Zhidong's proposal and made a name to increase taxes without authorization. In order to provide the Qing Dynasty, which was about to collapse, he exploited the two places with foreigners in the concession.

Suddenly, the crowd became restless, and two officers in the distance wearing brand new general uniforms and shiny military boots came towards each other, especially the one on the left, who looked only in his early twenties, had a slender figure and a heroic appearance. When walking, his waist was straight, which gave people a sharp edge like a sword being unsheathed.

"I am here at the Governor's Office, Zhang Meisheng, and I have met Yang Biaotong and Xiao Guan led him." Zhang Meisheng was being hospitalized. When he saw the two of them, his eyes lit up and he hurried over. The perverted person next to him suddenly exploded. Unexpectedly, this young man was Yang Qiu, the new 42nd Biaotong, who had just been named by the emperor.

"Bah! You are so handsome, you have no eggs, and you will work hard for the Manchus!" The swearer was very happy.

"One-faced talent." The praiser only found one advantage.

"Wow, he is so handsome." This is a silly maniac.

As soon as Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo entered the door, they had not had time to "appreciate" the scenery in the Governor's Mansion, when they saw Ruicheng bringing a woman and a large group of gentlemen, the officials walked out of the hall to greet him, and quickly knelt on one knee to salute and say hello.

"Bidding Yang Qiu (Xiao Anguo) see the Governor."

"Get up, get up quickly." Ruicheng quickly helped the two of them up and said with a smile: "The family dinner to celebrate the two of you tonight is not necessary."

"If there was no promotion and recommendation from the Governor, there would be no Yang Qiu and An Guo today." After Xiao Anguo said that, he took out a small brocade box from his arms and handed it to Zhang Meisheng next to him and smiled: "This is some of the feelings of the two of them, and I hope the Lord will accept it with a smile."

"Haha, you guys..." Ruicheng sighed falsely, and when he opened the box, he saw a smiling Maitreya with three inches of high pure gold. He immediately smiled even more and said, "It's not easy to save some money by joining the army, and he won't be allowed next time." After that, he returned the box to Zhang Meisheng and said deliberately: "Go and put it on my desk."

After Zhang Meisheng left, Ruicheng held the two intimately and began to introduce the guests to them: "This is my husband's inner friend, this one is..."

When introducing Ruicheng's wife Liao Keyu, Yang Qiu quietly took a look. It was not because of how beautiful the wife was, but because many people in later generations said that Wuchang was the result of this wife's credit, because she persuaded Ruicheng to leave early, resulting in the army's lack of command. She also said that she was a spy installed by the Democratic Party for many years. She didn't know if this was the case in reality.

"This is..." Ruicheng pulled him to the door of an officer in his forties and arrogant face: "Guerxing is currently the steward of the Third Battalion of the 42nd Bill, and he will be Chen Hua's colleague from tomorrow. You will have to get closer later."

"If you have the help, I'll be lucky." Yang Qiu murmured in his heart as he saluted, because the few people who were involved in the army were mostly from the patrol camps. It can be seen that Zhang Biao was so strict with the new army that he didn't expect to see one of them in the end, but he was still his subordinate!

"You are polite, Lord Biaotong, I hope to take care of you in the future." Guoerxing looked arrogant and said, and then sat next to him and drank.

"Don't keep this reckless man in mind Chen Hua."

"How can I do it? I don't know anything when I first arrived. I will rely on Lord Guo to help me in the future." Hearing the maintenance in Ruicheng's words, Yang Qiu understood a little. Guoerxing must be the one who Ruicheng was inserted into the army. If it weren't for him, he would have been the new 42 Biaobiao.

No wonder he was not polite and blocked the way himself.

After introducing the guests, Ruicheng was about to greet everyone in the banquet, a hearty laugh suddenly came from the door: "What day is today? It's so lively."

Yang Qiu turned his head and saw a man in a thin blue shirt, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and two beards outside walked in. After seeing the man, Ruicheng also laughed: "I said who called me? It turned out to be Zuan."

Zuan? It’s him!

The first Huiyuan in Hunan, who is a prominent family background and is known as the son of Tan Yankai, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Hearing this font, Yang Qiu immediately remembered the old photos he had seen in the 1911 Revolution Memorial Hall and this person. No wonder Ruicheng, who is the governor of Huguang, was polite to him.

Seeing Ruicheng coming to greet him in person, Tan Yankai hurriedly said: "Hunan Consultation Tan Yankai has met the Governor General."

"Zuan is polite." Ruicheng kindly helped Tan Yankai up and asked, "Zuan is here this time..."

"Return to the Governor General, the Xiaguan came to Wuchang this time to pick up the guns customized by the new army from Hanyang." Tan Yankai bowed and said: "Recently, the bandits in Hunan are frequently encountered, so the new army urgently needs guns to suppress the bandits. I hope the elders..."

"I have heard of this matter. You can stay for a few days. In a few days, there will be a batch of guns in Hanyang. You can go out of the warehouse. Then you can accept it."

"Thank you, Governor." Tan Yankai thanked her for her, and saw Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo faced each other and asked, "These two are..."

Ruicheng laughed, pretended to pat his head, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, Zuan came early today than he was better than to come by. Come, let me introduce you to Yang Qiu, who has made contributions to killing the enemy in Sichuan and was awarded the emperor's commendation and titled "Loyal and Brave Batulu". He is the new Hubei Army 21 Mixed Association 42 Mark Six. In a few days, you will go to Hanyang to get a gun, and he will still need to lead the way."

Before Tan Yankai came, he also heard about Yang Qiu's "beautiful name", but he didn't expect that such a handsome young man was such a handsome young man. He quickly smiled and said, "It turns out that he is Yang Biaotong, who is named Jihuguang, and he has long admired him."

It turns out that bad things are spreading thousands of miles away!

Yang Qiu smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still admired Tan Yankai very much. At least he wrote well, right? He quickly said politely: "Mr. Tan is so polite. Chen Hua is just a rough man in the army. He is as talented as Tan, and he is also very good at writing."

After being scratched to the most proud part of his life, Tan Yankai looked at Yang Qiu twice more and said with a smile: "As a young age, he was on the battlefield, made great achievements, and was loyal and brave. The emperor also gave him a yellow vest. Such merits are rare, and they really make Yankai admire him."

"Haha, you guys are very excited to chat with each other in both literature and martial arts. The food and food are getting cold." Ruicheng smiled and pulled the two back to their seats, and specially pulled Tan Yankai to his side, asking for advice on calligraphy.

After Tan Yankai respected Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo for a few cups, he suddenly asked with a smile: "I heard that Yang Biaotong had been studying in Shanghai Ocean Academy before, so why did he think of returning to Hubei?"

Not to mention other people, even Ruicheng quietly raised his ears. Yang Qiu knew that his background must have been dug up several times. He turned his mind twice and said, "Don't Lord Tan know that Chen Hua is from Hubei?"

Since I was born in Hubei, no matter where I walked, I could not break the nurturing of the Han River. So after I finished my studies, I came back to join the new army. I dare not say that I could serve the country, but I never let go of my obsession with the family."

"Well said." Ruifang next to him slapped the table and nodded, "If everyone has the heart of Chen Hua as the national security, how could there be trouble? Do you think so?"

Seeing Ruicheng not responding, Tan Yankai held the wine glass and continued to ask with a smile: "Yankai is a man without any hand. However, seeing that the situation is unstable, he is anxious. He thought about it and felt that the ultimate was a dispute between Western learning and Chinese learning. Biaotong studied Western learning and had the intention to serve the country. I wonder what his opinion?"

This Tan Yankai didn't deliberately give up the face of the adults? Isn't it just happened, but it was arranged by the old fox Rui on purpose? Yang Qiu was in a dark belly. When he saw Ruicheng touching his beard and waiting, he didn't think there was anything hidden between the two.

But this question is really hard to answer. Although Tan Yankai was a constitutionalist, he was sympathetic to the party before the Xinhai period, and Ruicheng was also a famous conservative. So after pondering for a while, he said: "At the beginning of the Western Affairs Office, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong advocated the establishment of the country and learning the West. In the end, his original intention was to get the essence to make up for our country. However, some people used the name of Western Affairs Office and did not learn the essence of Western machines to forge the essence, but were obsessed with the way of bewitching and wanted to copy the things of foreigners.

But they forgot that water is sweet and bitter, and the country is different. Blind copying can only make people more confused. People will be in chaos, and the country will be in chaos, and the people will be in chaos. Therefore, foreigners will bully us more and more. In the long run, Yang Qiu will not see clearly. I hope Lord Tan will give me some advice."

"Haha... I'm so angry that the country will be in chaos, and the country will be in chaos even more chaos! Those unrest parties are really hateful. They don't want to serve, but they learn to use Western delusion to disrupt the foundation of my Qing Dynasty. It should be killed!" Ruicheng laughed and slapped the table and said with a smile: "Today, I heard Chen Hua's words, and I suddenly became enlightened. People come..."

Zhang Meisheng, who had been beside him, heard the call and quickly took out two prepared boxes from his arms and handed them to Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo: "Two sirs, this is the little intention of all the gentry, to congratulate the two patriotism and loyalty to the emperor."

"Brief? Is there such a good thing?" Yang Qiu looked at Tan Yankai opposite him, and saw that he looked a little unhappy. He seemed to be dissatisfied with Ruicheng's blatant bribery. He thought that the money was really stubborn. If Zhang Biao took it, it would be difficult to deal with it and he wanted to refuse.

When Ruicheng saw Yang Qiu not speaking for a long time, he knew in his heart that he was afraid of Zhang Biao. He snorted slightly and said, "This is everyone's kindness. Even if you accept it, you will go and explain it to Lord Zhang."

Since Ruicheng said that, Yang Qiu could only grit his teeth and kick Xiao Anguo quietly, picked up the wine glass and stood up to thank him, "Yang Qiu and Lord Xiao are both poor people in the army and are not polite. This money should not be collected, but since it is the kindness of the Governor and everyone, I dared to accept it. By the way, I would like to pay for it. If you send me in the future, please come to me."

Tan Yankai felt a little unhappy when he saw Yang Qiu receiving the bribe. He thought Yang Qiu was worthy of his words just now, but he didn't expect that he had gotten along with Ruicheng at the beginning of his tenure, so he stopped talking.

Seeing Yang Qiu harvesting the silver, Ruicheng laughed even more happily and said with a high-highway: "Go and bring the singer to everyone to cheer up."

A moment later, a group of singers in gauze walked in. Qingge and Manwu finally relieved the atmosphere inside. Yang Qiu had no interest in these women with small feet wrapped around and their faces were as white as cardboard. After no one was paying attention, he was startled by the amount inside.

He is worthy of being the governor, and he is generous in his actions, a full ten thousand!

Yang Qiu regretted taking this money. He was just a small Biaotong. Why was there such a big gift? Just as he was thinking about what Ruicheng should pay attention to, Ruifang next to him suddenly leaned over with the cover of singing and dancing, and whispered: "Mr. Yang, the people of Wuchang are now unstable, and the Governor General has always cared about the safety of Hanyang. Since 42 Biao is responsible for protecting Hanyang, you must pay more attention to this matter."

"Arsenal!" A cold light suddenly flashed in Yang Qiu's eyes.

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