"Mr. Lu has arrived during the inspection tour of Guangdong and Guangxi! 1. With this sound, Cai Sili came out with a spring breeze on his face, greeted Lu Rongting with greetings, and introduced Lu Rongting into a private room specially prepared for him.
There were four or five people sitting inside, all of whom were big businessmen. Lu Rongting recognized most of them. When they saw the patrolling envoy coming in, they all stood up to say hello to Lu Rongting.
There was only a young man who was not very old, and his face looked pale due to excessive drinking, but he sat there carelessly, as if Lu Rongting didn't exist, which made Lu Rongting a little unhappy at that time.
It's just that it's not easy to get into trouble for a while because it's in the way of so many customers.
Cai Sili raised his glass and toasted one by one. After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere became lively.
Cai Sili was the master, but Lu Rongting was the well-deserved protagonist. All the businessmen were fawning over him. Lu Rongting was also thinking of ways to scrape some money from these businessmen to pay for military expenses, and he also tried his best to behave politely.
As the conversation continued, the topic turned to the war situation in Hunan. In order to make the merchants have more confidence in him, Lu Rongting couldn't help but exaggerate, telling how the Gui army fought bravely and skillfully.
Not wanting to get to the point where he was happy, the arrogant young man snorted coldly: "If President Yuan was still here, how could the world be in such chaos? It's a pity, President, as soon as you leave, this country will change.
What’s it like?”
Lu Rongting's face darkened when he made such a fuss. Cai Sili said hurriedly: "Seventh Master, Qiye, please drink."
For the sake of Cai Sili, Lu Rongting endured his anger, put on a smile again, and said to the businessmen: "Protecting the Dharma is the most important thing. Our Gui army is fighting bloody battles on the front line, all for the glory of our place...
1 "Yes, yes.
1, several businessmen said in succession.
"It's just 1, Lu Rongting changed the topic: "It's just that wars are about money. Now the frontline troops have begun to owe wages. Since everyone is here today, Lu wants to ask you to help... 1, After hearing this,
When they were about to take out the money, the banquet that had been lively just now suddenly became deserted. Several businessmen lowered their heads and just drank and ate. No one dared to look at Lu Rongting seriously.
Lu Rongting was angry.
To be honest, Guangxi’s finances were pretty good before.
Lu Rongting sworn to Chen Binggun as the governor of Guangdong, and his wife's uncle Tan Haoming as the governor of Guangxi. Needless to say, all the important military and political officials in Guangdong were from Guangxi. The firearms and bullets produced by various arsenals in Guangdong were first used to satisfy the Guangxi army or were transported back to Guangxi, where the Guangdong army
Don't get involved. The mint mints silver cents and transports them back to Guangxi, which makes Guangxi's finances more than sufficient. However, Guangdong's silver coins are short and the cents are low. The Guangdong people have lost more than ten million a year, which has caused the Guangdong people to fight against the Guangxi clique.
The profound contradictions in Guangdong regard Guangdong as a paradise for adventurers. As for running rice operations, transporting opium, selling minerals, etc., they regard Guangdong as a paradise for adventurers. The middle and higher-level officials of the Guangxi clique,
Most of them became rich men.
But the successive wars have caused a lot of consumption of the accumulated wealth in Guangxi. In the current situation, it is too difficult for businessmen to come up with money.
At the side, Cai Sili suddenly said: "Since the patrol is in trouble, I will donate 10,000 yuan to help the military pay! 1. When someone started, it was Cai Sili. Lu Rongting was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. Cai Sili shrugged: "
When I was in Paris, in order to please the Countess Warren, I spent the equivalent of twenty thousand ocean francs in one day. This little money is nothing."
There were exclamations during the banquet, and Lu Rongting also made up his mind to make friends with this God of Wealth.
Who would have thought that the "Seventh Master" was so sinister that he said: "Only you guys from the countryside who stay at home all day have never seen the world, twenty thousand oceans? The Seventh Master was in Beijing for Xiao Taohong, and he died in ten days
Throwing 180,000 oceans! 1. With a crash, the banquet table exploded. The businessmen were whispering to each other and talking about it.
If this is true, this is the God of Wealth who is greater than Cai Sili. Although Lu Rongting hated this person's style, he reluctantly smiled and said: "Don't you dare to ask Gao's name?"
"This is Hu Qiying and Hu Qiye from Beijing! 1. Cai Sili had just finished the introduction, and Hu Qiying sneered again and again: "If we can get those things from North Korea..."
Cai Sili coughed hurriedly, and Hu Qiying realized that she had made a mistake. She quickly lowered her head and drank and stopped telling lies.
But this caught Lu Rongting's attention.
From the moment we talked about military pay during this drink, everyone had their own suspicions.
Everyone chatted with each other, and after eating for a while, they all made excuses to get up and leave.
Lu Rongting sat for a while, having something on his mind, so he excused himself and left because he was busy with military affairs.
"Check the origins of that Hu Qiying." Lu Rongting said with a sullen face as soon as he left the restaurant.
"Yes. 1. The Wuzhou Military Conference convened by Lu Rongting was held on time.
In addition to the military leaders of the Guangxi faction, this meeting also invited Sun Wen's representative Hu Hanmin, the French military government representative Wang Zhengting, deputy minister of foreign affairs, Navy chief Cheng Biguang, and Guangdong governor Li Yaohan. This Wuzhou military conference was more powerful than the Nanning military conference.
The meeting was expanded. It was a joint meeting including the Kuomintang, Guangxi clique, and local soldiers in Guangdong.
The theme of this meeting is to cooperate sincerely to fight against the Northern Army while eliminating internal barriers.
The Guangxi clique took charge of the frontal action to aid Hunan, and at the same time asked the Kuomintang to send troops to Fujian and open a second battlefield to contain the Northern Army.
The Kuomintang had the opportunity to express its opinions at this time, so it raised the issue of Chen Binggun, the Guangdong governor of the Guangdong faction, being unpopular and seizing the provincial governor's loyal troops. Lu Rongting immediately accepted it and suggested that Chen be transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Jiguang Army against Long and Cheng Biguang be promoted to Guangdong.
The 20th Battalion of the Provincial Governor's Army, which was received by the governor Chen Binggun, was also transferred to the command of Chen Jiongming to attack Fujian, but it was subject to the control of Cheng Biguang.
Cheng Biguang was a well-known moderate in the Kuomintang. He had always advocated joining forces with the Guangxi faction to resist the Northern Army. The Guangxi faction recommended him to serve as the governor of Guangdong and to control Chen Jiongming because they trusted him. At this time, the Kuomintang did not want to serve as the governor of Guangdong.
The position made the Guangxi clique sad, so he strongly urged Lu Rongting to come to Guangzhou to preside over the military affairs. In the final meeting, it was recommended that Lu Rongting be appointed as the patrol envoy of Guangdong and Guangdong and concurrently serve as the governor of Guangdong, and Cheng Biguang be appointed as the chief of the navy and concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the army and navy to fight against Fujian, with the commander-in-chief of the navy under his jurisdiction.
Commanders Lin Zaoyi and Fang Shengtao jointly attacked Fujian.
At the end of the meeting, a statement was issued condemning Wang Hengyue.
The statement stated that Wang Hengyue destroyed the Dharma protector, attacked Yunnan, and undermined the situation in the southwest. It also requested Wang Hengyue to immediately invite Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi, who had resigned from the opposition, to return to Yunnan and Guizhou to resume presiding over the important military and political affairs in the two places.
It’s hard to say whether Wang Hengyue should take this condemnation seriously or not. Although a military resolution has been made, there is still an old problem: military expenditures!
Where to get military spending? Aiding Hunan requires military spending, attacking Fujian requires military spending, and guarding against Wang Hengyue, the most powerful faction in the southwest, also requires a lot of military spending!
Lu Rongting's hands were tight, and the Kuomintang's hands were even more dire.
Wang Hengyue, who controls three provinces in the southwest, has money in his hands, but how can you ask him for it? You made a statement of condemnation and then asked him for money in the next moment? This is too unreasonable, not to mention that even if you ask for it, Wang Hengyue will not give it to you.
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"The inspection envoy found out about Hu Qiying. 1. These words made Lu Rongting recover from his worries, and then he thought of Hu Qiying that day.
He didn't pay too much attention to it, and asked casually, "What's his background?" Lin Tianlong said in a low voice: "This person is from Beijing, and he really has a good background. He was called "Seventh Master" when Zhang Xun was restored.
He, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang also treated him as a guest, and it was said that he was very polite and respectful. This man spent money in Beijing like running water. In order to support an actor, he threw hundreds of thousands of dollars away without even frowning! Moreover, he and the foreign bank
We have close contact with each other, but there is something strange..."
He looked to the side: "This man suddenly left Beijing quietly. As soon as he left, it seemed that Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui were in some confusion. They sent people everywhere to arrest him secretly, and they were not willing to arrest him publicly.
, do you think it’s strange?”
Lu Rongting only felt that there was something very strange about it. What was the background of this "Seventh Master", so that he could be regarded as a guest by such arrogant figures as Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui? Why did he leave Beijing later and offend Feng and Duan?
Can they only be arrested secretly?
"What's his relationship with Cai Sili?" Lu Rongting couldn't help but ask.
"This man has been to France, and he probably met Cai Sili when he was in France." Lin Tianlong quickly told everything he knew: "And I also found out that this time Cai Sili came back, not because he wanted to kill himself.
The reason why the business was transferred to China must be for Hu Qiying to come back.
There is another weird thing. Before Cai Xun died of illness in Japan, Cai Sili hurried to Japan and stayed with Cai Zhen all the time. I think..." "Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
Lu Rongting kept circling around the room, his brows tightly knitted together.
Suddenly he stopped and frowned: "There are weird things, there are weird things. There must be a secret hidden in Hu Qiying, and Cai Qi must also know it. Don't forget, Cai Qi spent a lot of time with Yuan Shikai in Beijing.
After a period of time... wait... 1, Lu Rongting suddenly thought of something: "Hu Qiying opened his mouth to President Yuan and shut up President Yuan. Does this person have any relationship with Yuan Shikai? Or does he know some secrets about Yuan Shikai?" "Yes?"
Maybe, why didn't I think of it?" Lin Tianlong patted his head and said: "If he really knows some secrets and can tell them, it might be of great help to us. 1. Lu Rongting thought for a while and rolled his eyes.
After a few moments he said: "Get my film right away and invite Hu Qiying and that Cai Sili to come to my place for dinner. Be polite. No matter what, you must invite them here!"!