Chapter 397 Likes To Engage In Conspiracies And Tricks
?In the Michelin Western Restaurant in the French Concession, Tarzan and his old lover Jenny had dinner. Jenny, a blonde girl, came from the United States to support her lover. The two drank wine and ate half-cooked beef with smiles on their faces. Foreigners know the rules. A group of Tarzan's admirers did not harass the two of them for a candlelight dinner. Instead, they stood at the door of the restaurant, waiting for Tarzan to appear. They wanted to get Tarzan's autograph.
Jenny was quite surprised that there was going to be a boxing match soon, but her lover, Tarzan, was not in a hurry at all and was still in the mood to accompany her out to eat Western food.
"Taishan, you are so sure, aren't you worried about that yellow man?" Jenny was originally a reporter for the Global Times in the United States and liked to get to the bottom of things.
"Huh, yellow people, what's there to be afraid of? They only use their energy on women's bellies. My dear, don't worry. It won't take more than three rounds to beat a braided dog." Although it is a buffet, the ape Taishan's voice could still be heard by people at the next table.
Tarzan didn't know how to read, so Jenny took a newspaper and read to him: "According to reliable information, Mike Lee already wanted to kneel down and surrender and was unwilling to fight in this boxing match, but he was forced by the Qing Emperor to come to the match. , so Mike Lee, who is now very popular, rich and powerful, dare not bet all his belongings like last time, and bet 50,000 taels of silver in his own name. To this day, the odds of the boxing match are still among the highest. The odds are still high, and the latest odds offered by various betting shops are 3 to 1. The people of the Qing Dynasty do not underestimate the character of Michael Li, who is known as the fake foreign devil. People in Tianjin, especially, have bet their gambling funds on France. The stakes for the legendary star Tarzan in other areas are temporarily unknown, but this boxing match has attracted the attention of the world. According to Cyclops Jack, the owner of Captain Hook Casino, he has already organized this boxing match. To recover the cost, he doesn't care who wins or loses, he just wants to compete in a level and style, and make this boxing match a classic in history. Well...I won't read the rest, it's all tidbits for the two of us. ,Hehehehe!”
Tarzan smiled and said: "Dear Jenny, after this boxing match, we will get married. Please marry me." After saying that, Tarzan took out the engagement ring that he had prepared in advance and knelt in front of Jenny. , the waiter next to me also handed over a bouquet of red roses.
The touching scene made people stand up and applaud, and the whole hall was saying, "Marry him, marry him, marry him!"
Jenny was so moved by Tarzan that she covered her mouth with tears and nodded slightly.
Tarzan was so excited that after putting the engagement ring on Jenny, he ignored her and hugged her affectionately. He held Jenny in his arms and had a romantic kiss in the restaurant, which attracted screams of surprise and the camera in the reporter's hand. The lights were flickering, and the reporters were quite excited. Tomorrow's newspapers would have the headlines on the front page. There was a lot to watch about the decisive battle of the century, and there were endless tidbits.
"Mr. Taishan, please express your opinion on Mike Lee." Pravda reporter Eugene, the most comprehensive person in the crowd, shouted the loudest.
"Yellow people are vulnerable, Mike, just wait to die." Tarzan roared loudly at several reporters, then boarded the carriage with Jenny and left.
Pravda reporter Eugene and photojournalist Qutav rushed to report to the newspaper and were about to publish the article. Eugene pushed up the frame of his glasses and said: "Qutav, it's a bit suspicious. It's like Tarzan is out for a show. Who taught him His, it’s too fake!”
"Whatever, if you have material to write about, why don't you go ahead and dig out the privacy of Mike's family tomorrow? Our sales of Pravda will double." Qutav raised the camera in his hand, and there were kissing photos that could be published. , the editor-in-chief couldn’t stop laughing.
Eugene said suspiciously: "But I always feel that Tarzan's money came from something wrong. How did he get so much money to buy a diamond ring? He also wanted to immigrate to the United States. He also said that he would let Jenny live a happy life and live in a garden villa, and he would support Jenny for the rest of his life. Tarzan doesn't box anymore. How much money can he have to live in retirement? Do you think he will be bribed by Mike and lose on purpose during a boxing match?"
Qutav suddenly stopped, scratched his head and said: "Well... Eugene, what you said is very possible. Mike likes to do little things behind his back. You can go and find out tomorrow, Mike." What the hell is going on!"
"Hmm... That makes sense, it's time to make this dark move." Eugene was very strange, rolling his eyes, and there were a lot of dirty thoughts in his mind.
Qutav smiled and said: "Forget it Eugene, when the iron pestle is ground into a needle, you will have become an old woman. If you don't have this diamond, don't take this porcelain job, let me do it!"
"Huh, that's not necessarily the case. I also have a lot of opportunities." Eugene hopes that the Li Guolou family will be restless so that he can fish in troubled waters.
Eugene and Qutav walked proudly into the night. After conquering a hill, they were about to climb another peak. They no longer looked down upon low-level characters such as Li's servants. They wanted to make Li Guo Lou put on a cuckold, this is what French friends do. Romantic love history is the lifelong pursuit of French people.
In the morning, Li Hongzhang listened to the translator reading the contents of Pravda in the Governor's Office of Sanjiangkou. His face was gloomy and terrible. He couldn't be happy. Li Guolou didn't come to see him, and Lai didn't come out of the concession. There were so many things to do, but he was like a small boy. He went to fight with foreigners like a child. What irritated him most was that Li Guolou did not know how to avoid doing business. He put all his business in the names of several ladies. For this matter, he was impeached by the censor. Emperor Tongzhi did not know Who will punish Li Guolou for his crime? The young man has a wrong mind and doesn't know which is more important. He never does business by himself. Wouldn't it be better to leave it to relatives and friends?
Originally, Li Hongzhang wanted to take Li Guolou to visit Russia, Prussia, France, Britain and other Western powers. But when he thought about Li Guolou's tail rising to the sky, he did not want to take Li Guolou on a visit. Young people should hone themselves at the bottom for a longer time. It is his credit for the comprehensive cooperation between the Qing Empire and the Prussian Empire. Li Guolou cannot be allowed to get in the middle. He wants to take full credit for negotiating with Prussian King William I and Prime Minister Bismarck. Li Guolou should make money as an official and businessman. Li Hongzhang has already seen that Li Guolou Lou is very ambitious. He wants to suppress Li Guolou's upward momentum. Officialdom is very important about family status. Who is Li Guolou? Different factions are vying to win over him. People who have both sides are unreliable. Li Guolou must make his attitude clear. , correct thoughts.
Li Hongzhang learned from the translator what Li Guolou had been doing in the concession recently. He was quite satisfied. It was enough to stay at home. Collusion with foreigners would not end well. He waved the translator to go on and made a promise to his master. Qian said: "Li Guolou turned a deaf ear to my orders, what do you think we should do with him!"
Xu Qian replied: "Master Fu Xiang, you can't just pass on a message. Now Li Guolou is taking a holiday as an excuse. That's right. Your Excellency, you should issue an order and ask him to come to Sanjiangkou to see you directly!"
"Yeah, that makes sense. If that brat wants to put on airs for me, I'll kill him." Li Hongzhang was secretly annoyed that Li Guolou was so narrow-minded that he even grabbed the financial power of Xinwutang and refused to let go. He wanted to play tricks with him. , this time I must peel off Li Guolou’s skin.
"However, Li Guolou still uses the excuse of vacation to delay the time, which will be difficult to deal with. Mr. Fu Xiang, you should urge him with official business urgency and ask for 1 million silver from him to scare him, so that he will come immediately I'm begging you, if you don't know what to do, I'll kill him, it's shameless." After a while, Xu Qian came up with a good idea for Li Hongzhang, and he would scare and blind him when dealing with rich people.
"Well... just write it like this." Li Hongzhang stroked his beard and nodded slightly as he watched Xu Qian write the order. He should write in a more serious tone.
He was going abroad to visit Western powers. Although he had planned not to take Li Guolou abroad with him, he still had to pay attention to what he should pay attention to and avoid when going to Western countries. The terms of the contract also required Li Guolou to consult in detail. He would then modify it and use doctrine, which was to extract money first. The essence of Li Guolou's thoughts was then transformed into his own. He had already made rules for this. Li Hongzhang knew why Li Guolou avoided him, but the world is such a reality. Big fish eat small fish, as long as He was a bachelor of the Hall of Valor in the Qing Empire, and Li Guolou, a fake Manchu and a true Han, still had to follow his crutches.
Liu Mingchuan hurriedly walked into the lobby, looking angrily, holding back his anger and said: "Master Fu Xiang, I went to Xiaozhan Town to check the construction site, and those bastards have already arrived and started teaching. Liu Jie didn't even notify me. He asked me to speak to him with official etiquette. Grandma's bear, a seventh-grade sesame official, dared to speak to me like this. If a tiger doesn't show its power, it will treat me as a sick cat!"
Li Hongzhang was shocked and said anxiously: "Liu Liu Mazi, you are not mistaken. Didn't the Xinwu Hall students say that they will come after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year?"
Liu Mingchuan is about forty years old, tall and burly, with a mustache. He was born in a poor peasant family and is the sixth child. Because of the pockmarks on his face, he is known as Liu Liu Pockmarked. Nowadays, only senior officials and old friends would call him this. , Li Hongzhang called him this because he regarded him as his brother.
Liu Mingchuan stamped his feet and said angrily: "Master Fu Xiang, you were deceived by fake foreign devils. He used your tiger skin to recruit students from Anhui. The establishment of 800 people is already full. Now let those new students live in grass. We are collecting their bones in the shed, and I am also surprised, how can the fake foreign devil understand the foreign military training, and can train it with just his servants, what is going on!"
Li Hongzhang was quite surprised. The new martial arts hall was still under preparation, and the instructors of the military academy had not yet been in place. Li Guolou did not have the resources of the army. He was the governor of Zhili, and all the armies in the Gyeonggi region were under his jurisdiction. No officer dared to serve Li. How could Xinwutang start teaching on its own without Guolou's service?
"Oh..." Li Hongzhang suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Li Guolou was hiding in the British Concession and refused to come to see him. It turned out that he had used underhanded tactics, built plank roads openly, secretly visited Chen Cang, and began to cultivate cronies.
Xu Qian saw Li Hongzhang looking at him inquiringly. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "Save three, did you see that all the instructors were converted from Li Guolou's servants? Are there any imperial guards among them?"
Liu Mingchuan shouted loudly: "Master Xu, who am I? I can tell the origins of those bastards as soon as I take a pulse. The only people who dare to disrespect me are the Geshiha under the fake foreign ghosts. If I have Right, these bastards are going to be whipped, that motherland, that big donkey bear, I feel like kicking the shit out of the fake foreign devils..."
When Li Hongzhang heard Liu Mingchuan start to curse his mother in his hometown dialect, he laughed out loud and said with a smile: "Liu Liu Mazi, you are not young anymore. Be more cautious. Your future fame will depend on Xin Wu Tang. Keep a low profile and don't talk to Li Guolou." If there is a stalemate, I will take care of everything for you. What a shame!"
Liu Mingchuan was sulky and sat down to drink tea in a swaggering manner. He did not follow official rules at all. This actually made Li Hongzhang like him. He was a rough man and would not betray him. He was a man who played both sides like Li Guolou and who also liked to engage in conspiracy. , he cannot gain his trust,