Yuan Su and Butler Huang arrived at the train station. Zhang Juren and other relatives of the Zhang family were accompanying the governor's wife on the platform. www
Butler Huang brought Yuan Su to Zhang Juren, who then led Yuan Su to the governor's wife and talked for a while.
Although the governor's wife previously thought that Yuan Su was Yuan Shikai's nephew and should be more polite, after this period of funeral ceremony, she was emotionally sad and did not have much thought to talk to Yuan Su at this moment. She only had a simple conversation with Yuan Su.
We exchanged a few words of greetings, and then said nothing more.
Zhang Juren accompanied Yuan Su and chatted a lot, all about the recent big news in Luanzhou, such as the affairs of the Consultative Bureau and the training at the Supervisory Training Office.
"When I entered the city this morning, I saw you leading the team for a run. I have to say that the Supervisory Training Office is really doing a good job now, and the momentum has already increased." Zhang Juren sighed.
"Uncle Cousin, why did you enter the city so early today?" Yuan Su asked curiously. The morning session at the Supervisory Training Office started at seven o'clock. He ran into the city until almost eight o'clock, and then ran back to the southern suburbs.
It takes about two hours before and after.
"Yes, the eldest lady has a lot of things to pack, so she naturally has to go to the city early to take care of things. I heard that the gentry in Luanzhou have donated money to support the Supervisory Training Office. Unfortunately, I was busy with matters at home at that time.
I failed to take care of you. I will send someone to deliver some supplies to the state capital when I return to the town later. If the Supervisory Training Office needs anything else in the future, just come to me." Zhang Juren said in a serious tone.
"My nephew, I would like to thank my cousin in advance. In fact, the donations from all the adults have not been used up yet, so my cousin does not need to worry about this matter. The main point of joint military-civilian defense is to cultivate the tacit understanding of military-civilian cooperation and the enthusiasm of the people. As long as the common people have
With this kind of awareness, you can still defend your homeland without any effort." Yuan Su said politely, it's not that he doesn't want money or food, but joint military-civilian defense is a long-term undertaking, and it naturally needs to be sustained.
"What you said is good. As long as people in Liming have such a strong awareness, why worry about big things happening? You don't need to be polite to me. I know that the Supervisory Training Office has just started and there are many things that need to be taken care of. My share of the donation is
Just pick up the things this afternoon." Zhang Juren said with a smile.
"Then, my nephew, I'd rather be respectful than obey." Yuan Su bowed politely and thanked him.
Not long after, the sharp and distant whistle of the train was heard in the distance. Everyone on the platform started to move, some were carrying luggage, some were saying their last goodbyes, and some were running around. Two vendors were pulling in the crowd.
There were shouts, and the whole scene gradually became lively and chaotic.
Zhang Juren ordered his servants to help the eldest lady pack her luggage, and then called on the juniors to help.
Yuan Su originally planned to follow Zhang Juren to escort the eldest lady to the car, but at this moment someone grabbed his shawl from behind. When he turned around, he saw that it was Zhang Hanling, who was wearing a white silk jacket and a red jacket.
Long cotton trousers, with the trouser legs tucked into a pair of deerskin short boots. Zhang Hanling is originally very tall, so this tight and short outfit makes her figure even more slender, but it has an avant-garde classical beauty.
"You saw me just now and didn't even say hello. Now I'm leaving. I don't know when I can see you again." Zhang Hanling said with a slight smile, and a quiet temperament appeared on the page.
"You want to leave too?" Yuan Su asked strangely.
"Yes," Zhang Hanling nodded, with sadness gradually appearing on her face, "Originally, I was going to celebrate the New Year at my uncle's house this year. My father and aunt would both come, but there was such a big incident at my uncle's house, and aunt said that there is no place in Beijing.
Something serious happened, so I had no choice but to go back to Baoding."
"Well, there is really nothing we can do about it. But actually this is not a bad thing. There is chaos everywhere in the country now. Baoding is the provincial capital after all, so it will always be safer." Yuan Su said deeply.
"I really don't know why, the originally peaceful world suddenly turned into such a mess... Sigh." Zhang Hanling sighed sentimentally. After a pause, she suddenly looked up at Yuan Su and asked, "Oh.
, By the way, since you and I are relatives, how old are you this year?"
"I am twenty-four years old this year." Yuan Su replied with a smile.
"You are actually only twenty-four years old? You lied to me! Looking at you, I thought you were almost thirty years old." Zhang Hanling said matter-of-factly.
"Really? This really makes me feel ashamed." Yuan Su said in a dumbfounded voice.
"So, since you are older than me, I will call you cousin from now on." Zhang Hanling said with a cute smile.
"That's it. The train has arrived, I'll take you on board."
It was already past ten o'clock when he came out of the train station. Yuan Su said some words to Zhang Juren, and then sent Zhang Juren to the carriage to return to Anshan Town, while he returned to the Biaobu compound on his own.
That afternoon, Zhang Juren indeed sent someone to deliver a cart of food, and also left a donation totaling 30,000 yuan.
After Wang Litong received the supplies, he immediately sent someone to inform Yuan Su. He was not an idiot. Based on the relationship between Yuan Su and Zhang Juren, the other party must have known about it, and he did not dare to make any more crooked ideas.
Also in the afternoon, Yuan Su also received a telegram from the Postal and Telecommunications Bureau. When he opened it, he discovered that it was a security letter sent by Lin Boxen from Shanghai. The telegram was signed on January 26th.
It seems that the world is not peaceful, even communication has been delayed for so many days.
In this telegram, Yuan Su learned that Lin Boxen arrived in Shanghai on January 18th after a lot of twists and turns. He also described the temporary government of Nanjing and the latest news in Shanghai. According to the propaganda in the Shanghai Maritime Newspaper
, Nanjing has planned to elect Yuan Shikai as the interim president in exchange for Yuan Shikai forcing the palace.
In addition, the southern provinces have shown signs of warlord separatism. The local political power in each province has been increasingly expanded. The army colluded with bureaucrats to intercept national tax revenue. In addition to private squandering, most of the intercepted national tax revenue was used to expand armaments.
, which increased the rights and interests of local military forces.
At the end of the telegram, Lin Boxen said that after recuperating for a period of time, he might go north again. As for the purpose of going north, the telegram did not mention it.
Yuan Su showed this telegram to Chen Wenian for review during dinner.
After Chen Wennian read this telegram, he immediately frowned and asked in surprise: "Master Gong Bao wants to be the president?"
Yuan Su nodded and said: "The commissioner sent by the provincial government also mentioned this matter before, but no one knew that this matter was related to my uncle."
Chen Wennian was silent for a while, then nodded thoughtfully and said: "It's not surprising that Lord Gongbao currently holds all the power in Gyeonggi Province, and even foreigners preach that only Lord Gongbao can stabilize the situation in China. In my opinion, the Manchus will leave
After that, it will really be Mr. Gongbao’s turn to take charge of the overall situation.”
Yuan Su was thinking about something in his mind. The reason why he showed this message to Chen Wenian was because he hoped to use this matter to talk to Chen Wenian about establishing his own business. Although he knew that Chen Wenian stood on the same side as him, but
This stance is only aimed at Zhang Jiangong, and Chen Wenian himself will not be able to figure out what his plans are for a while.
However, before Yuan Su could continue the conversation, Chen Wenian suddenly stared at Yuan Su and asked lukewarmly: "Zijing, what are your plans for the future?"