Respectfully

The fifth year of the Republic of China, November 1913, 3 in the Gregorian calendar

The new issue of "Celebrity" magazine has caused a sensation in the six northern provinces and even Beijing and Tianjin. It is like dropping a heavy bomb, and its power is no less than the ongoing North-South peace talks.Compared with the previous large-scale text reports, this issue of "Celebrity" published a large number of photos ingeniously, and the photo of Lou Xiao riding a horse in military uniform took up half of the page.You don't need to look closely at the content, just this photo is enough to attract attention.

According to Li Jinyan's words, this is the "celebrity" effect.

"Sir, miss, there are really no more." The newspaper boy pulled the cloth bag containing the newspaper at several young students, and it was indeed empty.

"No more." A female student wearing a blue top and black skirt complained, "We've been running around for almost a morning, but they're all sold out."

"It's not surprising." A male student with round-frame glasses on the bridge of his nose and a student uniform with a stand-up collar said, "Don't mention us, even my father ordered his family to buy this newspaper early in the morning."

"Mr. Zou?"

"That's right. Two reporters came to my door the day before yesterday, saying they were going to do an exclusive interview for my father. The name they reported was "Celebrity". I must buy a copy of the report of Shenglou's father and son."

"Isn't Mr. Zou obsessed with research and doesn't care about politics?"

"I don't care, but my father respects Lou's father and son very much, especially Lou Xiao. When he defeated the Russians in Manchuria, my father beat me on the head and said that he is a scholar who is useless." The student exaggeratedly wiped his forehead and put on a bitter face, "If I can't buy this newspaper back, I'm afraid I will be served by the family law."

Several female students were amused by him.

This issue of "Celebrity" has not only caused a huge response among young students, but also people from all walks of life, whether they admire him or are hostile to him, are also full of curiosity about Lou Xiao. The exclusive interviews with Qing and others, all these factors together contributed to the hot sale of this issue of "Celebrity", even out of stock.

"sold out?"

Li Jinyan was also a little surprised when he got the news. He expected that this issue of "Celebrity" would sell well, and he specially ordered Boss Wen to print [-] more copies, but he didn't expect that it would be out of stock so soon.

"Newspapers from all over the province, including Beijing and Tianjin, hope to print more copies. In addition, many people in Shanghai are also interested in this journal. Third young master, why don't we open a branch office in Shanghai? Isn't there a temporary office in Beijing? Is there a branch?"

It wasn't the first time that Boss Wen proposed to open a branch in Shanghai. Li Jinyan shook his head after thinking about it for a while.Not yet, where is Shanghai?Ten miles away, there are many foreign concessions, the water is not usually deep, and it is under the rule of Song Zhou, sending people there rashly will cause trouble if you are not careful.If you want to open a branch in Shanghai, at least you have to wait for Marshal Lou to sit on the throne of the president of the coalition government.

There was news from the capital that the peace talks between the North and the South were on the horizon. The inter-provincial self-government proposed by the six northern provinces was supported by the overwhelming majority. After the relevant system was established, the voice of opposition gradually decreased.

Although finance and taxation are under the control of the central government, it does not mean that the central government can do whatever it wants and get stuck in the neck of the local government at will.The powers in the hands of the provincial governors are bound to be divided, but they will not be cut off, which is enough.

It is an unchanging truth to accept as soon as you see it, and not to hit a rock with an egg.

Don't look at these superintendents, if you beat me today, I'll beat you tomorrow. It really makes them fight with all their wealth. It's still more likely to lose than win. Few people are happy.Just like the Dian army and the Guizhou army, they fought every now and then over trivial matters, and the Sichuan army occasionally joined in to pull sideways fights. As a result, there were more shots fired into the sky and less injuries.There is also Han Anshan, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Province, who has the name of an escaped commander-in-chief, and the army refuses to accept his control. He is still alive and well, and he is still working hard to continue to be a polished commander...

Li Jinyan can only see the surface of these political matters now, and he will feel dizzy if he goes deeper. Fortunately, Young Marshal Youlou told Li Jinyan that the results will be announced no later than mid-April.There are only two outcomes, the best and the worst.

"The best result is the commander in chief." Li Jinyan can guess this, "Then what is the worst result?"

"Peace talks break down, continue with civil war, or talk again."

Continue the civil war?

"how?"

"It's nothing." Li Jinyan shook his head, and Marshal Lou also said that this was the worst possible outcome.Anyway, how things will develop is beyond his control, and it's useless for him to worry about it.Instead of worrying about things that he can't get involved in, it's better to think more about recruiting.Although immigrants from Shandong have entered the six northern provinces one after another recently, there is still a huge labor shortage.In addition, the army was also recruiting during this period, which made it more difficult to recruit workers.

Things are all put together, and it's hard not to get a headache.

"What are you thinking about?"

The voice came into his ears, and Li Jinyan realized that he was distracted again, "Young commander, I have an appointment with the Siemens company in Germany tomorrow, and the director of the exhibition is not here. I want to ask Mr. Ren to help me negotiate with them. What do you think? "

"why?"

"In order to maximize the benefits. In a negotiation like this, I can only do not suffer a loss. At most, I can take advantage of a little bit, but only a little bit." Li Jinyan stretched out two fingers and gestured, and said with a smile: "But in exchange for the exhibition The director and Mr. Ren are different, they go out, and it is harder for these foreign devils to take advantage than to go to the sky, and they will definitely make a lot of money, and it is absolutely impossible to play tricks."

The so-called make the best use of everything, when encountering such a thing, you should ask the best people to help.It used to be Zhan Changqing, but now Director Zhan is representing the North Six Provinces in the peace talks. The first thing Li Jinyan thought of was Ren Wuchu, who sent a deposit of 20 yuan. Mr. Ren must express something, right?It is definitely not Li Sanshao's style to be dismissed with a thank you.

"You decide."

Young Marshal Lou picked up another document, and after reading it for a while, he frowned, stretched out his hand and pinched his forehead.

Li Jinyan got up and walked behind him, and naturally helped him press a few acupuncture points on the top of his head, "I asked Dr. Liu for advice, young commander, you should have a good rest."

"En." Young Marshal Lou relaxed his body, closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair back, his head slightly tilted back, with ink-stained eyebrows, thick eyelashes, a straight nose bridge, and...Looking down, Li Jinyan was a little embarrassed In a daze, the movements of his fingers gradually slowed down. Young Marshal Lou suddenly opened his eyes, raised his big hand to clasp the back of Li Jinyan's head, and pressed down. Before he could make a sound, all the sounds were blocked in his mouth. In the gap between the two, a touch of crystal slipped down the corner of the lips, and the breathing gradually became heavy...

There was a knock on the door, and when the door was let go, Li Jinyan's consciousness was still a little fuzzy. When he lowered his head, he realized that he was standing in front of Lou Xiao at some point. Three buttons of his long gown were unbuttoned, and the white The neckline of the inner jacket was also ripped open, so he could imagine what he looked like without looking in the mirror. Looking at Young Marshal Lou, he was still dressed in military uniform, only his hair was a little disheveled. If I remember correctly, it was him. caught.

It was Adjutant Ji who knocked on the door. Perhaps it was his intuition cultivated on the battlefield. The moment he opened the door, his back suddenly felt cold, and he felt an urge to turn around and run away...

Young Marshal Lou was dealing with military affairs, Li Jinyan excused something to leave the study, and as soon as he went downstairs, he saw Mrs. Lou sitting on the sofa in the living room with Mrs. Lou in her arms, and Mrs. Zhan sitting opposite her.

"Mother, aunt."

As soon as Li Jinyan came closer, the second young master Lou suddenly stretched out his arm towards him, making a babbling sound, Mrs. Lou and Mrs. Zhan both looked at him in surprise, and then looked at Li Jinyan. It's only been four months, stay away You may not be able to see things clearly, how can you recognize people?

"Come on, hold me." Mrs. Lou was so happy that Second Young Master Lou got close to Li Jinyan, no matter it was a coincidence or whatever, she directly stuffed Second Young Master Lou into Li Jinyan's arms, and turned to talk to Mrs. Zhan.

"Yeah." Second Young Master Lou was handed into Li Jinyan's arms, continued to babble and blow bubbles, and grinned.

Li Jinyan froze again while holding the soft creature full of milk fragrance.

On March 3, representatives of the German company Siemens arrived in Guanbei City.He was received by Li Jinyan and Ren Wuchu.

Although Ren Wuchu studied in the United States, he can speak fluent German, and he was not at all polite in haggling with representatives of Siemens.When the contract was signed, the expression on the German's face can be described as crying without tears.

However, Li Jinyan believed that the Germans could still make money, otherwise they would not have set up temporary offices in the six northern provinces on the day the contract was signed, and told Li Jinyan that they hoped to continue the long-term cooperation.To Li Jinyan's disappointment, the current telegraph is too bulky, and its size is beyond imagination. It is no problem to put it on a battleship, but it needs to be pulled by a cart to move with the army.This is also the reason why the Army basically relied on signal soldiers to convey orders during World War I.Adolf Hitler was one of these signalmen.

When Li Jinyan proposed this kind of radio station, the representatives of Siemens were at a loss. They told Li Jinyan that there was no radio station in Europe that Li Jinyan wanted, which could be carried by a communication soldier on his back.

After a short period of disappointment, Li Jinyan clenched his fist. There are no foreign countries, and Huaxia can study it by itself.If it can lead the countries in this respect, the Chinese army will be a big step ahead of the enemy in terms of combat and intelligence transmission!

If he remembered correctly, two reporters from the "Celebrity" journal had just interviewed an expert in radio research, surnamed Zou, who studied in Europe in his early years and is currently teaching at Jingshi University.

Li Sanshao stroked his chin and had to think about how to invite this Mr. Zou to come to the six northern provinces.