Li Zhen and Li Xiaotong reminisced about old times. They didn't talk for long. Soon she left the hall with Xiao Ping'an and went back to her yard, leaving the rest of the time to Gu Lina and the women in the house. These people They were all eagerly waiting for Li Zhen to come back, and now that the wait is finally here, naturally they want to be with Li Zhenni.
Li Zhen took Gu Lina, Zhou Xiuying and others to the backyard, and the family reunited.
The family is happy together.
This feeling made Li Zhen feel extremely comfortable.
Zhou Xiuying said: "Husband, how long will you stay at home this time?"
Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "In half a month at most, I have two things to do when I return to Guangzhou this time. One is to bring Zhilan back to see the latest changes in Guangzhou; the other is to dispatch soldiers from Guangzhou to attack Guangxi and pacify it. The Guangxi Admiral Xi Yinglong rebelled, so he didn’t have much time to stay in Guangzhou.”
When the girls heard this, they immediately fell silent.
They definitely hope to be with Li Zhen, but Li Zhen has many things to do, and there is nothing they can do.
Gu Lina said: "Husband, when you go to Guangxi this time, you must bring a doctor and a nurse with you. Alice and Gu Yili both studied as nurses, and they are both qualified to serve. Sister Xiuying is a general in the army. , they can lead a group independently, or they can accompany them. In my opinion, let them go together, they can take care of your daily life."
Zhilan has a child, and Gu Lina also has a child, but Zhou Xiuying and others do not. The method proposed by Gu Lina is to let Zhou Xiuying and others follow Li Zhen. Maybe Chunfeng will be pregnant with the child at some time. .
Li Zhen shook his head quickly and said: "No, no, how can we bring women in the military camp? As the commander, I should set an example. No, no, both Alice and Gu Yili will stay, and Xiuying will also lead the troops."
Zhou Xiuying said firmly: "Husband, I must lead the troops to fight and never stay."
Listening to Zhou Xiuying's firm tone, Li Zhen had a helpless expression on his face.
Alice then said: "Husband, my sister and I are disciples of Mr. Bojia. We are old enough to leave the army, and we must go this time." Gu Yili listened and nodded repeatedly.
The two sisters had already planned to follow Li Zhen.
Zhilan advised: "Husband, I think it's okay, let Xiuying, Alice and Gu Yili go."
Everyone persuaded Li Zhen with their words, and Li Zhen also felt a headache, because Zhou Xiuying was a military general and could follow him on the expedition. Sister Alice also found a suitable reason. In the end, Li Zhen sighed helplessly. : "Okay, I agree. Xiuying will lead the army to the expedition, and Sister Alice will accompany her as a medical staff."
Sister Gu Yili immediately laughed and was extremely excited.
The atmosphere in the courtyard became lively again, with several women chattering about what had happened in the past two years.
However, happy time is always short-lived.
Two days later, Li Zhen received news that Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, also visited.
In the past, when Li Zhen was only the governor of Guangdong and concurrently the governor, he was a subordinate of Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In the blink of an eye, Ye Mingchen was still the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, with his body sitting on a plain table, while Li Zhen was already an auxiliary minister of the imperial court. He could not be measured by the position he held. He had greater power and official position than Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, so Ye Mingchen took the initiative to visit.
Li Zhen received him in the study, and the two guests and host sat down.
Li Zhen asked: "Governor Ye is here to visit, what's the matter?"
Ye Mingchen sighed and said: "To be honest, I came here with a request. As the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, I have jurisdiction over the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Guangdong is prospering under the management of Mr. Li, but there is a rebellion in Guangxi. I can’t escape my guilt. Xi Yinglong, the governor of Guangxi, caused a rebellion, but I am old and weak and cannot lead the troops to quell the rebellion. I also ask Mr. Li to send troops to exterminate this gang to prevent this person from harming the people and the world."
Li Zhendao: "Don't worry, Governor Ye, I'm sending my troops south just to destroy Xi Yinglong."
Ye Mingchen breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him repeatedly.
However, Ye Mingchen still felt sour in his heart, because he was old, but he still only had the status of a governor, while Li Zhen was still young and already ranked as an auxiliary minister, which could be said to be one person below ten thousand people.
There is no need to be young if you have ambitions.
Ye Mingchen sighed in his heart, understanding that Li Zhen had already achieved great success and it was difficult to defeat him.
If you want soldiers, you have soldiers, if you want power, you are a well-deserved boss.
Ye Mingchen said something more to Li Zhen, and then stood up to leave. Li Zhen sent Ye Mingchen away and immediately summoned the main personnel staying in Guangzhou. The people gathered included Wei Yuan from Jiuzhou Daily, Fan Kai from Greater China Bank, and the uncle from the hospital. Jia Jia, as well as weapons manufacturing expert Dai Yuanhua and others, gathered together almost all the important personnel staying in Guangzhou.
At the conference table, Li Zhen was the first to speak: "Let's talk about the past two years. Mr. Wei will start."
Wei Yuan said without hesitation: "In the past two years, Jiuzhou Daily has begun to develop rapidly. The sales scope of daily newspapers has already expanded to Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian and other places. After we started the newspaper trend, officials from various provinces began to run newspapers , imitate us, but it is a pity that they only learn a little bit about trivial things, but we are different. We translate foreign articles in a targeted manner, add our own opinions, and then use what we learn for ourselves. They do Not coming."
Speaking of this, Wei Yuan looked proud.
During the time when Wei Yuan was in Guangzhou, Bojia checked Wei Yuan's body twice and treated him so that the old man's face was now rosy and he couldn't tell he was old at all.
Fan Kai added: "Sir, the bank has also made great progress. The financial lifeline of the entire Guangdong is controlled by us. Because of Xi Yinglong's control, we have not been able to set foot in Guangxi for the time being. At most, we have established establishments in Fujian Province, Guizhou Province and other places. Branches, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places have not been involved because of the wars."
"well done."
Li Zhen nodded, looking happy.
With Fan Kai's financial control, the entire Guangzhou is an iron plate. This is a group bound by a combination of interests. Coupled with Li Zhen's prestige and the loyalty of the soldiers below, it is absolutely impregnable.
Bojia said: "Mr. Li, compared to other industries, hospitals are expanding the fastest. From the beginning there was only one hospital in Guangzhou. Within two years, there were hospitals all over the counties in Guangzhou, including our doctors. At the same time, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian and other surrounding provinces also have our hospitals."
Bojia is also proud. His purpose of studying medicine is to treat more people. Now the hospital continues to expand and has treated countless people. You can imagine the joy in his heart.
Dai Yuanhua continued: "Commander, the arsenal has also undergone tremendous changes. I have made a lot of money by selling unused weapons. On this basis, I also produced the latest pistols according to the requirements of the commander. .”
