On January 4th, Yuan Su received a strange telegram from Beijing.
It was not a strange thing to send a telegram from bei jing, but the signature of the telegram turned out to be Yuan Shikai's eldest son Yuan Keding, which seemed very strange. He thought that he did not have a deep relationship with Yuan Keduan, although he went to the Presidential Palace to celebrate the New Year last time.
At that time, the other party had some social activities, and even lent him a sum of money to participate in the gambling game. The money has not been repaid until now. But in the end, Yuan Keding still always has a superior mentality. Socializing is just socializing, and he will never have a true heart to heart.
Even faster, we haven’t contacted each other for more than a year since the last time we met. Why did I send a private email today? Yuan Su opened the email with great confusion and read it in detail.
The content of the email only briefly mentioned two things. One was that the Jiayin New Year was approaching, and he was invited to go north to celebrate the New Year; the other was that he heard that a large-scale comprehensive metallurgical company was going to be opened in Luanzhou, and Yuan Keding was willing to participate in it.
partnership.
Last year during the Chinese New Year, Yuan Shikai personally sent a telegram inviting Yuan Su to go north, but this year it was Yuan Keding. No need to guess too much that this was not Yuan Keding's own intention, and he must have acted like this under Yuan Shikai's instructions.
As for Yuan Keding's participation in the comprehensive metallurgical company in Luanzhou, this is definitely a good thing from a big perspective.
First, Yuan Keding is the eldest son of Yuan Shikai. Joining with this status and background will naturally strengthen the strength of the metallurgical company; secondly, Yuan Keding's shareholding must also be authorized by Yuan Shikai, which means that this shareholding will bring state-level assistance.
, which can greatly provide a considerable amount of capital.
But why Yuan Keding did this, or why Yuan Shikai asked Yuan Keding to do this, I still can't figure out the reason for a while.
But no matter what, since there is this invitation and it is a profitable thing, there is no reason for Yuan Su to refuse. After Fu gave him the designation of three central yang brigades, he can already conclude that Yuan Shikai still has some feelings for him.
Thank you. This trip to Beijing to celebrate the New Year at the Presidential Palace is definitely not a test like last year. On the contrary, it should be a way to win over and cultivate family ties.
Immediately, he immediately asked Du Yu to arrange relevant travel matters, and he decided to set off on January 10th.
After two days of arrangements, Yuan Su handled some more important official matters before replying to bei jing with a message notifying him of his itinerary. In order to obtain Yuan Keding's investment cooperation, he even asked the Comprehensive Metallurgical Company to postpone the delay.
Opening, currently we are only preparing for the construction of the factory building and the introduction of equipment.
Everything was ready, and the day before he left for the north, he sent another branch message to bei jing.
Early the next morning, Yuan Su took the design drawings of the new rifle and some precious gifts that had been prepared, then boarded a special train dispatched by Luanzhou Railway Station and set off for Beijing. After a day and night's journey,
We arrived at Bei Jing Daqianmen Railway Station at four o'clock in the morning on the third day.
There had just been a heavy snowfall in bei jing, and there were frost and ice on the ground. As soon as he got off the car, he felt a blast of cold air hitting his face. Even in a groggy state, Yuan Su couldn't help but tremble.
He did not bring many bodyguards with him. Even his adjutant Du Yu stayed in Luanzhou and was responsible for strengthening the training and establishment of the first brigade teaching team. He was only accompanied by Wang Zecheng, the secretary of the Dudu Mansion who was recruited six months ago.
, and four other security guards.
There are not many passengers on the platform of Daqianmen Railway Station at this time, not only because of the cold weather, but also because it is the end of the year, and there are not so many passengers going out. The empty platform can be seen at a glance
There was a team sent by the Presidential Palace to welcome him. There were about twenty people, only a few of them were wearing military uniforms, and most of the rest were in civilian clothes.
Seeing Yuan Su and his entourage get off the train, the team that came to greet them from the Presidential Palace immediately came to greet them. Another person hurriedly turned around and ran into the station, as if he was going to announce something.
"Captain Yuan, you have worked hard all the way. I have Fu Wenian, the second-class adjutant of the Military Staff Office of the Presidential Palace, here to greet Governor Yuan on orders from the President and the eldest son." The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a major's military uniform.
The young man came forward to say hello politely with a warm gesture.
Yuan Su had some doubts in his heart: In the past, the Internal Affairs Office of the Presidential Palace came to greet him. Why did it change to the Military Staff Office today?
"Commander Fu, you have worked hard. It is really difficult for you to wait here in such a cold weather." Yuan Su replied humbly.
"Where is the responsibility? To say that the hard work is not on the lower class, but on the fact that the eldest son has been waiting here at the train station since 12 o'clock yesterday, and waited until just a while ago. It was really cold, so he
At my persuasion, please go back to the waiting room and rest for a while." Fu Wennian said very tactfully.
"Since my cousin has come to greet him in person, this... this makes Yuan Sucheng very frightened." Yuan Su said in surprise. It was already strange that Yuan Keding suddenly sent a message to invite him to go north this time, but he didn't expect that he would do so this time.
Braving the severe cold and staying up late at night to welcome it, what else could it be but a sense of sincerity and fear?
"Haha, it should be, it should be. Let's stop talking outside the house and ask Governor Yuan to move inside the house. The eldest son is waiting for Governor Yuan right now." Fu Wenian said as he turned sideways,
Made a "please" gesture.
So Yuan Su, surrounded by everyone, walked towards the waiting room hall.
Just as I arrived at the door of the waiting room, I saw another group of people quickly coming out of the hall. The leader was none other than Yuan Keding, and behind him were a group of attendants or guards in military uniforms.
A military attache, or an attaché secretary in a suit and leather suit. Yuan Keding was wearing a long coat of thick plush mink fur. He was a bit sleepy. It was obvious that he did not just take a short rest as Fu Wenian said just now.
But no matter what, after Yuan Keding saw Yuan Su's arrival, even though his mental state was still hazy, he quickly put on an enthusiastic look and stretched out his hand to hold Yuan Su's hand first.
"Oh my god, Brother Keli has worked hard all the way. Brother Yu, it's really hard to wait."
"My cousin came to greet me in person. I'm really flattered." Yuan Su quickly put on a gesture of saluting and bowed to Yuan Keding in a formal manner.
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