When Chen Wennian and his party arrived at Beidaihe, it was almost noon. In order to avoid the main roads and city gates, they took many detours along the way, which was why they were delayed for so long. After some beating around the bush, he finally arrived at the British Chamber of Commerce
The club found its chairman, Robertson. Robertson knew Chen Wennian, and upon hearing that the situation was urgent, he immediately invited Chen Wenian to sit down in a private office inside the club for a detailed discussion.
Chen Wennian explained the situation in the city in detail, explained Yuan Su's intentions emphatically, and implored Robertson to come forward to help these two things.
After a long period of contemplation, Robertson did not immediately reply to Chen Wennian, but vaguely said that the matter needed to be discussed separately. He allowed Chen Wenian to temporarily hide Zhao Fangyu in the basement of the club, and reluctantly made a promise, saying that once
Linyu County sent people to ask about Zhao Fangyu, and he would help cover it up.
As for putting pressure on Wu Chenglu to ensure Yuan Su's personal safety, he asked Chen Wennian to go to Beidaihe to find a hotel to stay, and he would hold a small meeting with the British Chamber of Commerce to discuss it, and then send someone to notify Chen Wennian when there was a result.
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After all, Chen Wennian was someone who had seen the market. When he heard Robertson's words full of prevarications, he realized that this foreigner was obviously unreliable. He once again solemnly informed Yuan Su of the cooperative relationship with Reynoldson, as well as the cooperation with Reynoldson.
The contract signed by the British Consulate in Jinan emphasized that if Yuan Su made any mistakes, it would directly lead to the loss of British interests in China.
However, Robertson was still perfunctory, and then only sent an interpreter to entertain Chen Wenian, while he left with an excuse.
Chen Wenian had no choice but to leave the club and find a place nearby to stay. He had been thinking about how to solve the problem in front of him. You must know that Yuan Su had warned him in the early morning that what he had done was
The most important step, if anything goes wrong in this step, the whole plan will probably fail.
But I never expected that these foreigners were so nice when talking about cooperation, but now they have a shunned attitude when they really need help. The world is really in trouble.
He felt that this matter must be handled well no matter what, not only because of his responsibility to Yuan Su, but also for his own future.
With this in mind, he asked his entourage to find a place to settle down first, and he immediately went to the Beidaihe Post and Telecommunications Office and sent a telegram to Luanzhou.
For Robertson, after such long negotiations, it has finally been confirmed that the British Chamber of Commerce will participate in the two major Chinese government-run projects of Yanghe Reservoir and Nandaihe Sea Port. This is indeed a rare commercial investment. At the same time, he is not without it.
I have considered the cooperative relationship between the British government and Yuan Su. Generally speaking, I am very willing to provide additional help to Yuan Su within my ability, just like agreeing to Yuan Su to use the Father Dou case to frame the governor Wu Chenglu.
However, the prerequisite for all this is that "Yuan Su must have the capital to cooperate." Even though Yuan Su was not the actual person in power in the Shanhaiguan area, he was a free person before, and he also had the title of East Zhili Military Envoy.
Now that Yuan Su has become Wu Chenglu's prisoner, Wu Chenglu is obviously aware of Yuan Su's secret conspiracy with the British Chamber of Commerce. It is really not worth it to take risks for Yuan Su at this time.
The cooperative relationship between Yuan Su and Reynoldson is an official matter of the British Empire. As a capitalist, Robertson will first weigh his personal interests. What's more, Yuan Su insisted on revising the business cooperation plan before, which is generally not inappropriate, but
This directly led to the British Chamber of Commerce's interests in this cooperation being reduced.
Robertson didn't care how tempting the conditions offered by Yuan Su were, because any Chinese official in the Shanhaiguan area could implement the revised business cooperation plan. Since there was no special benefit, why should he bother with this matter?
Since Yuan Su is gone, the worst case scenario is that we will continue talking to Wu Chenglu.
Of course, he would not make a conclusion on this matter so quickly. He would sit back and wait and see for a while. If Wu Chenglu could not defeat Yuan Su, it would mean that Yuan Su was really a powerful figure and he would step forward to help him when the time came.
It's not too late to lend a helping hand. Because of this, he would consider temporarily helping to cover up Zhao Fangyu's affairs. On the other hand, if Wu Chenglu really did something about Yuan Su, he would have to put some effort into turning around the business plan again.
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At noon, other patrol battalion troops stationed outside the city gradually entered the city. Wu Chenglu ordered martial law throughout the city. At the same time, he mobilized nearly 2,000 troops from three battalions to rush to the train station and surrounded the station of the first regiment of the first mixed brigade. Zhao Shanhe
After returning to the first regiment's station with Sun Desheng in the early morning, all preparations had been made. Weapons and ammunition were distributed in place. Sandbags and horses were used to form fortifications around the camp. The soldiers were fully armed and guarded behind the fortifications with the camp as the center.
When the old army soldiers in the patrol camp saw the first regiment in such a formation, they immediately felt a headache. They had not fought in real battles for many years, and they planned to directly attack the first regiment's camp by surprise and control everyone. But obviously in the end
The initial plan has been aborted. If we attack forcefully, I am afraid it will cause huge losses.
Wouldn't it be said that the overall quality of the soldiers of the old army was very backward, which can be seen from the efficiency of marching into the city. Yesterday, Wu Chenglu ordered the troops to be gathered quickly, but as a result, the battalions outside the city were delayed until noon the next day.
, it is reasonable to miss the opportunity for a sneak attack. It is not impossible to launch a strong attack, but the key to the problem is that no soldier in the battalion is willing to take the lead, and no one will be enthusiastic about risking human lives.
If you can't attack, you can only use deception. First, lure the generals of the first regiment out and control them. Naturally, the remaining soldiers can only be captured without mercy. The patrol battalion sent seven or eight people to the first regiment's station to meet Zhao Shanhe.
He said he was holding a banquet, said there was an urgent meeting, and pretended to be Yuan Su's order. Zhao Shanhe didn't accept these tricks at all. The first few people just kicked him out, and later he simply sent in
He was taken hostage.
Not daring to attack by force and unable to deceive, the two sides could only fall into a confrontation.
The patrol camp expected that the first group would not dare to mess around under heavy siege. As long as the first group did not dare to mess around, it would be equivalent to being under supervision. In short, the situation could be considered under control.
After Wu Chenglu caught Yuan Su, he just imprisoned him in the side courtyard of the garrison office and was guarded by more than thirty soldiers. He really wanted to teach this yellow-haired boy a lesson, but considering that the other party was not an ordinary person after all,
Serving with severe punishments or deliberately insulting people will not only have no practical effect, but on the contrary, it will not be easy to give an explanation to the superiors.