Republic of China small businessman

A few days later, Guo Yizhen sent someone to send a post to the East Courtyard, inviting Lord Jiu to a banquet.

Master Jiu took the post and tapped his fingertips on the table.

Xie Jing said: "Master, why don't we go to live in the mountains for a few days and try to push it?"

Master Jiu shook his head and said: "I can hide for a while, but I can't hide forever. I have to go and see in person." He ordered people, "Go and call Zhang Huwei. Jing'er will change clothes with me, and you will go with me."

Xie Jing agreed and followed.

At the end of spring, the weather is still a bit cold, with fine snow mixed with the rain outside, and the air is damp and cold.

When Master Jiu's car arrived at the restaurant, the other party had already been waiting for a long time.

Outside the restaurant, Guo Yizhen's personal soldiers stood solemnly with their guns behind them, guarding both sides of the restaurant's entrance, and had already reserved the place.

Master Jiu led people upstairs, and Zhang Huwei, who was following behind, was stopped by a man in uniform, who stretched out his hand to search him.Zhang Huwei has never been treated like this in the provincial government. Just as he was about to raise his hand to meet him, Master Jiu said, "Stop it."

Zhang Huwei stepped back half a step, although he put down his hand, he still stared at the opponent.

Jiu Ye looked at the other party and asked, "What's the meaning of this?"

The person who stopped them said respectfully: "The law and order in the provincial capital is not peaceful recently, the adult upstairs is also careful, for everyone's safety."

"Zhang Huwei has been by my side for many years, and he is my personal guard. Since it is inconvenient for him to go up, let him wait downstairs." After finishing speaking, Master Jiu turned around and went up the steps, shouting: "Jing'er, come with me. "

Xie Jing followed.

The other party saw that he was a young man in his teens, and it was hard to stop him for a while. The ninth master of the Bai family had already given enough face by leaving the guards.

Upstairs in the private room, several people were already seated, the leader was a man in his fifties with an unshaven face, talking and laughing with everyone there.Guo Yizhen was sitting on the side talking with her. When she saw Bai Jiu coming, she immediately got up and said hello, and said with a smile, "Master Jiu came just in time. Come on, everyone is talking about you. Mr. Feng was still praising you just now. I made a lot of money in Russia, but I got a lot of prestige!"

Bai Jiu went over to say hello, and the man sitting at the head was named Feng Zhenbei. At this moment, he looked up at him, and suddenly said: "Your uncle and I are sworn brothers, five, and I can still be worthy of your name." Say Uncle Fifth."

Bai Jiu saluted and called Uncle Wu.

Feng Zhenbei nodded, pointed to the opposite seat and said, "Family, don't be so polite, sit down quickly."

The signature dishes in the restaurant are usually served in flowing water, and the seats are all rough people who lead soldiers. No matter what delicacies are from mountains and seas, you can eat with wine and meat with great relish. Drink a big bowl of wine and eat big pieces of meat. When you talk about it, you can slap your legs haha laughing out loud.Master Jiu was sitting on the sidelines drinking too, but he didn't talk much and was mostly listening. Soon, Master Feng's eyes turned. A little crazy, and he does have the capital to be crazy-the 28th Division is the ace army of the Northland, and it is also a direct descendant of General Bai, with the best equipment.

Feng Zhenbei looked him up and down, toasted first, he took the lead, and the rest of the table toasted in turn, Master Jiu drank one by one, showing the bottom of the cup.

Feng Zhenbei showed a satisfied look on his face, and said: "You can drink well, and you are more sensible than other boys in the Governor's Mansion."

After drinking for three rounds, he still didn't say a word of business.

Jiu Ye drank a lot, took advantage of their punches, went outside to catch his breath.

Xie Jing followed him attentively all the time, supported him and asked in a low voice, Master Jiu shook his head and said, "No, just go downstairs and pour a bowl of hot tea for me."

Xie Jing agreed and went soon.

Master Jiu was standing by the window in the corridor to breathe. Not long after, he heard footsteps behind him. He looked back, but it wasn't Xie Jing.

The person who came was Guo Yizhen, who also drank a lot during the dinner, walked over and stood with Master Jiu, handed him a cigarette, and asked, "Would you like one?"

Master Jiu glanced at him and said, "No, my mouth is full of wine, and I can't get any taste out."

The other party lit a cigarette by himself, leaned on the side and tilted his head to look at him, suddenly smiled and said: "Bai Jiu, you are really interesting, you don't show the mountains and dews when you step down the steps, so it makes you feel comfortable." He was wearing a military uniform, At this moment, he only loosened his neckline and his hair was a little disheveled. After taking two puffs of cigarettes, he said, "I recently got news that someone bought a batch of arms from Dongyang and planned to ship them to Zhili. At this moment, the batch has arrived in Yugang."

Master Jiu also acted as if he had heard it for the first time, showing a bit of surprise: "Really?"

Guo Yizhen gritted her teeth with hatred, but had to do all the tricks: "It's true, there are a lot of things in that batch, enough to equip three divisions. How about it, my brother is interested? Yugang is your territory. Speaking of shipping, If your Bai family says it's second, no one in the North would dare to call it number one."

Master Jiu pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "This matter is important, but the ship is a small matter. Staff Officer Guo has been in the 28th Division. He doesn't spend much time in the provincial government, so he may not know the rules here. This place is different from the division headquarters. Things need to be reported to the higher authorities. The procedures are cumbersome, but Bai knows the other staff officers in the Governor's Mansion, so he can connect with Staff Officer Guo, and the approval process can be accelerated by a few days."

Guo Yizhen was already cursing in her heart, but she wanted to put on a grateful look on her face, cupped her hands and said, "I appreciate Brother Bai's kindness, it's just that it happened suddenly, and we need to act expediently."

"The more important things are, the more you have to think twice."

"Hehe, I'm afraid this is a little inconvenient."

"Oh? But Master Feng has something to hide?"

"My brother, why did you say that? This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Feng. Mr. Feng didn't know about it. I was the only one who got the news!"

Master Jiu nodded, and stopped talking when he heard his words.

The two confronted each other openly and secretly, and after some negotiation, Guo Yizhen knew that this person's face and heart did not match, and his scheme was very deep.He couldn't be deceived secretly, so he could only bite the bullet and say it clearly: "The teacher does know a little bit about this matter, but he doesn't care about the specific matters. Do you know why we came to the provincial capital? This batch of goods arrived in Yugang The old general Bai already knows the news, it is the old general's intention to invite you to dinner this time to make peace, if you don't believe it, you can go to the governor's mansion to ask later, I will not lie to you."

Master Jiu looked at the other party sideways, and Guo Yizhen's eyes were open, without the slightest evasion.

Xie Jing returned with hot tea, and heard Guo Yizhen's laughter from a long distance away. The other party patted Master Jiu's arm. Seeing him coming, he didn't say anything more, just handed him away: "Well, I'll thank you first Brother, as for the rest, wait for the good news."

Xie Jing and the others left, handed the hot tea to Lord Jiu, and asked in a low voice, "Master, have you promised to go to Yugang?"

Master Jiu drank tea, and after a while he said: "Things have changed, you go first later, go and call Bai Er to the East courtyard."

Xie Jing hesitated: "I can't leave you here by yourself."

Master Jiu laughed and raised his hand to touch his head: "Zhang Huwei is still downstairs, this is the provincial government, no one dares to do anything to me."

Xie Jing was relieved now, and promised to take the order.

East Court.

Xie Jing rode to find Bai Mingyu, and quickly brought him to the East Courtyard.

Bai Mingyu was warming his hands in front of the small brass charcoal stove in the study room, while talking to Xie Jing: "You've been traveling so fast, I'm still in a hurry, I didn't even have time to get a pair of gloves... Hey, little Xie , you just wear something like this, isn’t it cold?”

Xie Jing stood aside and said, "It's not cold."

Bai Mingyu looked him up and down, and muttered, "Could it be that he's short and not afraid of the cold?"

Xie Jing looked at him coldly, Bai Mingyu subconsciously avoided his gaze, but quickly realized that the other party was not Lord Jiu, so he didn't have to be afraid, raised his eyebrows and looked back: "I'm not wrong, you are not tall Ah, look, you are so much shorter than me." He approached and wanted to compare with Xie Jing, Bai Er's most proud thing now is that he is much taller than Xie Jing, Xiao Xie has not been much since last year Longer, he is of medium height in the Northland.

Just as Bai Er approached and raised his hand to gesture, Xie Jing's ears moved, and he stomped on his foot without making a sound, and stepped hard.

Bai Mingyu was about to scream in pain, and just as he uttered a sound, he heard someone outside shouting "Master Nine", and he could only grit his teeth to swallow the sound for a while.

After Jiuye came in, he didn't care about Bai Er's limping, and ordered in a low voice: "Come here, I have something to arrange for you to do."

Xie Jing also wanted to follow in. The person who came in behind Master Jiu stopped him, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, steward, I have a headache on the way, and I want to drink hangover soup."

Xie Jing took a look inside, knowing that only Bai Er was allowed in, so she stood for a while, then turned and went out.

Xie Jing helped prepare hangover soup in the small kitchen.

The master chef in the small kitchen was very happy to see him, and brought him a lot of snacks, Xie Jing didn't feel like eating, and just shirked that he had already had a banquet outside.

The master said: "The banquets outside are for others to watch, what can you eat, and you are a servant so how dare you really eat it, here, eat a piece of cake while it's hot."

Xie Jing really didn't eat. After a busy noon, the master stuffed a piece of steamed sweet date cake in his hand, and he ate slowly while staring at the fire.

Xie Jing ate two pieces of steamed cakes and a bowl of beef vermicelli soup, and Master Jiu's soup was also cooked.

He waited for a while, then took it to look for Master Jiu.

In the room, Bai Er had already left, and Master Jiu was sitting at a round table to rest with his eyes closed, but he didn't open his eyes when he heard footsteps, he just said, "Come here, sit down."

Xie Jing brought him the soup, put the spoon to his mouth, Master Jiu took a sip and immediately frowned.

Xie Jing wondered, "What's the matter?" He wanted to taste it himself, but was stopped by Master Jiu, "It's okay, it's just a little sour."

Xie Jing said dryly: "Oh, maybe I cooked it for too long just now, and this soup is a bit small, should I change another bowl?"

"You cooked it?"

"Ah."

Jiu Ye opened his eyes, took the small bowl in his hand, drank it in one go, poured another cup of tea and pressed it down, his brows slightly relaxed.

Xie Jing was in the mansion at night, and noticed that Zhang Huwei was not there, so she already had a guess in her mind.

When it was time for the vigil at night, he was lying on the side of Jiu Ye's bed but couldn't fall asleep for a long time. He was lying on his side in an orderly manner, when suddenly an arm stretched out from behind him, wrapped his waist around him, pulled him back, straightened him in arms.Master Jiu's voice was close to his ear, and he asked in a low voice, "What's on your mind? You haven't fallen asleep for a long time."

Xie Jing lowered her eyes and whispered, "How did you know?"

Master Jiu chuckled: "You will turn over again before going to sleep, and your mouth will make a 'click', like a child eating, every time."

Xie Jing said "oh".

After a while, Lord Jiu said in a slow voice: "I have my reasons for letting Bai Er go about the matter of Yugang. Jing'er, you can't get things done by being alone. You have your skills, and Bai Er has his. Only he can do it well.”

Xie Jing's mind was punctured, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed, turned over and buried her head in Master Jiu's arms, and said something in a muffled voice.

Master Jiu got close, but still heard clearly, dug him out and kissed him with a smile, said: "What do you learn from him, stay by my side, I will teach you personally."

Three days later, the Yugang incident occurred.

Overnight, tens of thousands of goods were lost on the Yugang wharf, and all large and small containers were pried open, especially the storage area. The one near the southeast corner was even more brutally ransacked, and all the large and small wooden boxes inside were lost.

The Japanese businessman who had just put the things in the storage area was furious and shouted repeatedly to be held accountable. The officials at the Yugang Wharf did not dare to slack off and directly contacted the police to investigate. But when asked about specific matters, not only the people on the wharf spoke vaguely It is unclear, and even the Japanese businessmen refused to say what was lost.

The matter was checked to the end, and it was nothing.

Guo Yizhen sent someone to send invitations to the East Courtyard, inviting Master Jiu to have a drink.

Master Jiu excused himself on the pretext of illness.

The other party had no grievances at all, and specially sent people to send many expensive gifts to express their condolences. There were many precious medicinal materials in the gift box, but they also gave a lot of antiques, which were very valuable.