Clayman is a man of his word, and the weapon Wang Hengyue had been dreaming about finally arrived!
Two hundred and fifty brand-new rifles, each equipped with a bayonet. At this time, the first team can finally be said to be "in order" and no longer the shabby "beggar" army before.
Kleiman sent another letter, asking Captain Wang not to forget his appointment in Chengdu. The letter specified the time and place in detail.
Calculating that it would only be a few days later, Wang Hengyue explained the affairs of the military camp and asked staff officers Ma Xiao and Peter to accompany him.
Before leaving, he called Yu Lei and thought about it for a while before speaking out his thoughts.
Since Yu Lei followed Wang Hengyue, he has made several achievements, but now that Yu Lei is a clerk, it is always a bit ridiculous.
What Wang Hengyue meant was to establish a "Statistics Office" after the first team relayed the Internal Affairs Office. The external name was to count various materials, but internally Wang Hengyue quietly told Yu Lei what he was thinking.
Yu Lei is a smart man. Wang Hengyue only gave a brief explanation and immediately understood the meaning of Captain Wang's official words. Then he said calmly: "Since you trust the students, the students will do their best to underwrite you!"
Wang Hengyue nodded, but he had no idea whether it was a wise choice to put Yu Lei in charge of the "Statistics Department"...
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Returning to Chengdu this time was completely different.
The last time he came to Chengdu, he was still a "revolutionary party" and had to rely on Qin Guangcheng to take care of everything. But this time he came back as a serious team officer with new military exploits.
He went straight to Qin Guangcheng's home. Qin Guangcheng was overjoyed to see his brother back and hurriedly asked someone to prepare a banquet.
Qin Guangcheng had already heard about what his brother had done in Rong County, and he was full of praise. He even said that he had not misjudged the person at the beginning. Now his brother is stationed in Rong County. Although he is far away from being a "local official", he has a promising future after all.
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"Brother Qin, if my brother kills Lu Baoyin this time, Lu Baogen will definitely not let it go. He has a grudge against his brother, so please be careful." Wang Hengyue expressed his worries.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Qin Guangcheng didn't care at all: "Brother, if you kill Lu Baoyin, you are doing harm to the people. Even if there is no such thing, wouldn't Lu Baogen come to me?"
As he said that, he put the topic aside: "Brother asked Fang Yun to bring back the banknotes last time. I have sent people to the surrounding areas to purchase large quantities. Now the fifteen thousand taels of silver have turned into white cloth. To say that this white cloth can be
It was not easy to buy. Originally, the sales were not widespread, and there were only a few pieces in each cloth shop. I sent people to the surrounding areas to buy them on a large scale, and then I spent the fifteen thousand taels of silver. My brother explained carefully, and I also entered five
It’s a thousand taels of goods. I just really don’t understand what brother means. When will the goods of 20,000 taels be sold?”
"Brother has only received five thousand taels? It's less, it's less." Wang Hengyue shook his head repeatedly, but he couldn't say what he was thinking: "It's just that I'm afraid it's too late to replenish the goods. Forget it, it counts as an entry anyway."
Qin Guangcheng couldn't figure out why he wanted to buy so much white cloth. There was a backlog of high-grade, medium-grade, and low-grade white cloth in the warehouse. God knows what year it would be sold. His brother's behavior was somewhat unpredictable.
Already.
"Sir, Manager Du is here."
"Oh? Brother Charlie is here? Please come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Charlie's English that was not very standard, but always liked to talk about it, floated in: "Good afternoon, qinmanager!"
Looking again, Wang Hengyue was actually there, and Du Charlie was even more smiling: "Ah, Shuzhi is also there. Brother Shuzhi is really making a splash in Rong County, and his face is also very bright."
Wang Hengyue stood up to meet him. Qin Guangcheng asked, "Charlie Du had not eaten yet, so he asked someone to put the tableware on him."
Du Charlie was not polite and drank a glass of wine by himself: "Brother has to deal with those foreigners all day long. He is really busy. Those foreigners can't live without brother for a moment. Brother has long wanted to give up, but
Those foreigners are begging for brothers, but there is really no way to get away. I have been busy all morning, and I don’t think I have eaten yet, so I have no choice but to shamelessly come to Shopkeeper Qin to hang out for a while, haha!”
This man is also a braggart without batting an eyelid. I'm afraid it could be said in reverse that he is the one who insists on demanding foreigners.
Qin Guangcheng was not surprised: "What is Brother Charlie busy with this morning?"
Du Charlie pretended to sigh: "Do you know Fan Lixi Company? This company is American. The head office was originally in Chongqing. It is very big. It has an office in Chengdu. The general manager Kleiman was a close friend. This time
I want to hold a cocktail party and I have to ask my brother to accompany me. My brother wanted to refuse, but Kleiman repeatedly refused."
When he heard that it was also a cocktail party held by Kleiman, Peter was startled. Just as he was about to speak, he was kicked quietly by Wang Hengyue. Peter quickly swallowed his words, and when he looked at Wang Hengyue, he was holding back as well as himself.
laugh.
Du Charlie didn't know that Wang Hengyue and Clayman had known each other for a long time, and Peter was still his junior. He was just shaking his head: "This cocktail party is incredible. Consuls from various countries in Chengdu are required to attend. Being able to go there will naturally be a great addition to our country."
Cai, brother, I had to go to this level because of this."
"Consul?" Ma Xiao, who never spoke, was startled: "Countries only open consulates in Chongqing. Chengdu is not a treaty port and cannot set up consulates. Where do you get the consuls from?"
With one sentence, Qin Guangcheng's face darkened and he sighed: "Brother Ma, you are from another province, so you don't know much about Sichuan. Yes, according to the Yantai Treaty, Chongqing became a treaty port for the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and the United States.
Germany successively stationed consuls and established consulates in Chongqing. According to international diplomatic practices, Chengdu is not a treaty port and foreign countries are not allowed to set up consulates and station consular personnel. However, because Chengdu is governed by Sichuan Province, the center of power of the provincial government, the highest administrative head, the governor and the foreign affairs specialist
It is the seat of the Western Affairs Bureau of the administrative agency. If all countries want to expand their influence in Sichuan, solve major problems, and handle disputes over teaching plans, they need to negotiate with the relevant authorities in the provincial capital in a timely manner. If the report is forwarded through Chongqing, the procedure is cumbersome and time-consuming. Therefore, the British, French,
The German, American and other consulates in Chongqing have successively set up non-consular permanent agencies in Chengdu, such as the Chongqing Consulate Office, and some even used the signboard of 'Consulate General of a Country in Chengdu'."
Ma Xiao was furious when he heard this: "This is a matter of national sovereignty. Doesn't the imperial court care about it?"
"The imperial court?" Qin Guangcheng sneered a few times: "What does the imperial court have to control? In addition to stipulating that the great powers cannot carry out activities in the name of the consulate, most of the activities they actually use the consulate are tacitly accepted. Therefore, among the people, newspapers, and sometimes even official documents
They all refer to these institutions as consulates."
Ma Xiao gritted his teeth: "A country's sovereignty has been lost, and the royal court is so weak!"