Respectfully

"Is this Guanbei City?"

From getting off the train, to getting on the car that came to pick them up, to entering Guanbei City, Ned's mouth never closed.What he saw and heard along the way made him have an illusion. Did he leave China and arrive in England or France, or a certain big city in Germany?

Not even Portugal, the hometown his father spoke of, has such a city.

So, so... Ned couldn't find a complete word that could accurately describe what he saw before his eyes.

The spacious and tidy streets, row upon row of houses, rows of horse-drawn carriages and two-cylinder taxis pass by, trams pass by, and the sound of Dangdang can be heard endlessly.Large billboards are erected on the shops along the street, and the bright pictures and product introductions attract pedestrians on the street to stop.

The car continued to move forward and turned into a slightly narrow road. There were people coming and going in restaurants and teahouses, and there were bursts of aroma from bun shops and sesame seed shops.

"God, is it all food here?"

Ned felt that his eyes and nose were not enough. The whole street was filled with the smell of food, which made his mouth salivate constantly, and his stomach couldn't help growling.

Sitting next to him, Lu Huaide kindly explained to him: "This is Fenglong Street in Guanbei. Most of the restaurants, restaurants, teahouses and various snack shops in the city are concentrated here. See, there is Two western pastry shops."

Looking in the direction Lu Huaide pointed, Ned saw two buildings with different decoration styles from other places. The front of the store said Western pastries, and there were French and Russian words below, showing that the owners of the two stores were different. From France and Russia.

Ned took a good look at everything in front of him. Lu Huaide asked the driver to stop the car, and ordered the man who came to pick him up to buy some snacks from the street, including donkey meat, roasted meat sprinkled with cumin and pepper, and a bottle of soda. , Just look at the sign and you will know that it is a newly opened factory in the industrial zone.

"Taste it." He handed the paper bag containing food to Ned.

"Thank you."

Ned was not too polite. After being brought on the train by Lu Huaide, he only ate a few pieces of bread along the way. It wasn't that Lu Huaide deliberately starved him, but he really didn't know what was waiting for him. He didn't have the heart to eat at all. thing.Even if Lu Huaide said the hype, but Ned is not a child of a few years old, and he will not take all his words lightly.

What's more, what's the benefit of Lu Huaide doing this?He didn't think he could bring anything to the other party.While Ned was thinking, he took a bite of the donkey meat, and the mellow taste almost made him swallow his tongue.

too delicious!

He didn't have time to think about the purpose of Lu Huaide bringing him here, all his thoughts were on the food.In less than 10 minutes, I ate all the food in the paper bag, and drank the sweet soda in two or three sips.

Lu Huaide didn't say anything, and signaled the driver to speed up. The car drove out of Hong Leong Street and stopped in front of a hotel.

"Get out of the car."

Lu Huaide arranged Ned to live on the second floor of the hotel. The beds, tables and chairs in the room were all in authentic Chinese style, but the bathroom was Western style.

"I've arranged another person to live next door to you. If you need anything, you can call him." Lu Huaide said while taking out his pocket watch, "A tailor will come over later, you need to make some decent clothes, suits, Gown, and dress, I will take you to meet my boss tomorrow."

his boss?That must be a big shot.

"Can you tell me who it is?"

"Don't worry, you'll know the answer soon."

After saying these words, Lu Huaide left.Reunid was thinking about it alone in the room, and remembered what Lu Huaide said to him on the train, and his heart suddenly felt hot.

Perhaps, this Mr. Lu is not lying to him...

Did he really get lucky?But what is the reason?

Before leaving the hotel, Lu Huaide told the two people who stayed here to pay close attention. If Ned wanted to go out for a walk, he didn't have to stop him, but someone had to follow him.

"But don't take it too seriously, he is a guest invited by Young Master Yan."

"Manager Lu, don't worry, we have the numbers."

In the Marshal's Mansion, Li Jinyan was looking through the account books.As the business in his hand grew bigger and bigger, he specially hired two accountants and a financial officer who returned from studying abroad. The omissions found were pointed out one by one.

Lou's Commercial Group has been listed, and Liao Qiting's position as deputy general manager promised earlier has also been officially implemented. For this reason, Li Jinyan also specially sent a telegram to Young Master Liao Qi in the south to inform him of the good news.

As everyone knows, Young Master Liao Qi is being caught by Mr. Liao who is in Huzhou at this moment. He couldn't think about it, so he chose to visit Mr. Gu today, and sent him the gift and letter from Li Jinyan. I saw my grandfather who came to Gu's family to "drop in".

Looking at his grandfather's dark face that looked like the bottom of a pot, Liao Qiting was glad that he was in the Gu family, otherwise, the old man would most likely ask a monk to become a monk.A man in his twenties is still being spanked, so how can he deal with those old foxes in the business world when it gets out?If Li Sanshao found out, he would probably burst out laughing.With Liao Qi's way of looking at people, this third young master Li in rabbit skin is definitely a person who is ruthless and has the heart of a fox.

Don't mess with him, and it's best not to catch him, otherwise he won't have a good life.

Gu Lao felt a little sorry for Li Jinyan's return to Guanbei City, but he was not incomprehensible.He had heard about what happened in Tianjin for a long time, and knew much more than what was reported in the newspapers.

These old foxes who have been around for many years all laughed meaningfully when they saw the four characters "Temporary Takeover" written in the newspaper.Although they don't touch politics on the surface, but in this day and age, their political sense is even inferior to most government officials.

"This son Lou Xiao has extraordinary courage and insight. He is a good general in prosperous times and a hero in troubled times." Mr. Gu and the visiting Liao Lao talked about Young Marshal Lou, and his expressions were quite emotional, "If you were born ten years earlier, It may not be impossible to reach the Ninth Five-Year Position."

If you are not a hero, but a hero, you should be able to achieve a grand plan of dominance.

"Brother Gu values ​​him so much?"

"To tell you the truth, brother, it's not just me, Mr. Zhang also thinks so."

Elder Liao fell silent, with a trace of solemnity on his expression.

The Zhang family in Nanxun is the head of the four elephants, if Mr. Zhang is also optimistic about Lou Xiao, should he also think more about the descendants of the Liao family?Although the Liao family had been friends with Song Zhou for many years, Mr. Liao did not have a good impression of Song Wu.It's a pity that several sons and grandsons are devoted to the Song family, only Xiaoqi has mentioned the Lou family to him many times before.

Thinking of the news he had received before, Mr. Liao made up his mind.This is also to leave a way out for the Liao family.

Therefore, although Mr. Liao put on a bad face for Young Master Liao Qi, in fact he didn't really want to punish him. Unfortunately, Young Master Liao Qi at that time didn't know...

After reading half of Li Jinyan's account books, Lu Huaide came to the door.

Seeing the dusty Lu Huaide, Li Jinyan smiled and said, "Thank you, Manager Lu."

"I don't dare to say it's hard work for Young Master Yan."

Lu Huaide took over as the manager of the soap factory after Pan Guangxing. Except for Li Bing from the clothing factory, he can be said to be the oldest person who followed Li Jinyan.Even Li Qingyun, who is the deputy manager of the Jiahua factory, has to stand aside.Lu Huaide has self-knowledge and a vision of seeing people.He clearly knew that as long as he continued to serve Li Jinyan wholeheartedly and did not give birth to ambiguity, Li Jinyan would never treat him badly.

What's more, in today's China, who else can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lou family that Li Sanshao relies on?

The Song family?A trip to the south gave Lu Huaide a new understanding of the domestic situation.Even the Song family, which appeared to be comparable to the Lou family on the surface, was no longer the opponent of the Lou family, father and son, and Li Sanshao.

"Short words, this is what happened..."

In the following time, Lu Huaide told what happened in Shanghai and his own views on Ned. Li Jinyan just listened carefully without interrupting. He waited until he had finished speaking before asking: "Manager Lu, In your opinion, is this person available?"

Available, not trusted.

"Available," Lu Huaide did not hesitate for a moment, "He is a person who pursues money, as long as he gives enough chips, he will become a good card in Yan Shao's hand. But..."

"what?"

"Just because this card is valuable, we need to prevent him from being pinched in the hands of others."

Li Jinyan smiled, if that was the case, he could use this person with confidence.He was confident that what he could give Ned, others would never give.As long as Ned got on his boat, he couldn't get off unless he jumped into the sea desperately.

What's more, Uncle Dumb came back, and Second Sister Xu, who was with him, strengthened Li Jinyan's confidence even more.

Seeing Second Sister Xu for the first time, Li Jinyan was stunned.It's not because of her appearance, no matter the second wife, Mrs. Lou, or the girls of the Li family of the Lou family, including Yang Pingting, are all out-and-out beauties, and the appearance of the second sister Xu can only be regarded as above-average among these people , not enough to make Li Jinyan lose his mind.

What surprised Li Jinyan was her demeanor, every move she made, with a sense of majesty and a touch of charm, such a woman is like a poppy, which will make men want to bow down at her feet.

Beg to be ravaged, beg to be trained, beg to be whipped, while shouting, you are my god, Your Majesty the Queen!

Of course, this does not include Li Jinyan, who already has a tiger in his family.

Uncle Dumb told Li Jinyan that he brought Second Sister Xu back because of Ned.Li Jinyan didn't need to explain too clearly, Li Jinyan could guess what Uncle Dumb meant, this Second Sister Xu would be a trap for Ned.

Sending Ned to Europe to develop business, recover cultural relics, and at the same time inquire about information and recruit talents, no matter how it is considered, it is a profitable business. However, the details of the arrangement must be careful, and a mistake may cause problems.

Didn't the prototype of [-] in history capsize in the gutter and disappear inexplicably?Who did it is still a mystery.The only thing that is certain is that he definitely did not hide his name incognito.

Therefore, Ned must be put on a hoop and monitored to protect him.At least until what Li Jinyan wants to do is done, he will be intact.

After Lu Huaide left, Li Jinyan went to see Marshal Lou.

"Young Marshal, I'm going to ask Xiao Youde to arrange for someone to communicate with Ned." Li Jinyan leaned against the edge of the table with a smile, "In addition, arrange for Second Sister Xu to be by his side. As for her status, she can be a relative. He has half of Chinese blood .It can also be a couple. Which one do you think is better?"

Li Jinyan had already talked with Second Sister Xu, but Second Sister Xu didn't care, there was no difference between siblings or husband and wife, even if she stayed with the Transbaikal group, she didn't feel disadvantaged.If this Ned dared to have a crooked mind, he wouldn't be beaten to death!

After the matter was settled, Uncle Dumb asked Li Jinyan to arrange a few reliable people to teach Second Sister Xu English, French and German. As for Russian, she could already speak quite well.Li Jinyan thinks it is impossible to learn three languages ​​at the same time in such a short period of time.It can be seen that Li Sanshao burst into tears after realizing the learning achievements of Second Sister Xu.

Queen or something, genius or something, it's too fucking shocking...

When Young Marshal Lou was studying at a military academy in Germany, he was appreciated by the late German Army Chief of Staff Marshal Schlieffen, and he also knew something about the upper class in Europe. Dealing with them requires a different way of thinking.He told Li Jinyan that being Ned's wife was more convenient for Second Sister Xu than being his sister.

"That's it." Li Jinyan nodded, "Then let's do this."

Just when he wanted to get up and leave, Marshal Lou grabbed his waist.

"Young commander?"

Lou Xiao didn't speak, but slid his big hand along his waist to his back, pressed lightly, and Li Jinyan froze.

"I went back to my room last night and you fell asleep."

While speaking, he pulled Li Jinyan into his arms and straddled his lap.Li Sanshao swallowed, this posture is quite dangerous... In other words, he didn't do it on purpose, he was tossed and baked like pancakes for three days, and he was so busy during the day that his feet didn't touch the floor, and he went to the meeting when he touched the bed Is Zhou Gong normal?

Marshal Nai Helou didn't think so.

Obviously, he intends to make up for what he left behind last night today.

"Young commander, you still have work to do."

"not busy."

With a big hand, he pulled away his long gown...

When Li Jinyan was "released" from the study, his footsteps were already floating, with his waist supported, he walked as if he was floating.Young Marshal Lou wanted to send him back to his room, but he was resolutely refused. Just kidding, what if he was pushed to the bed again?

To cherish life, we must stay away from Louhuo!

Unfortunately, for Li Sanshao, this matter is quite difficult...

The next day, Ned got up early.The tailor was very efficient. After he took a shower, a set of plaid suits, including shirts and bow ties, had been placed in front of his bed.

Ned carefully combed his hair, applied a layer of pomade, shaved his face again, put on a new suit, and looked much more energetic.

Biaozi who lived next door knocked on Ned's door according to Lu Huaide's instructions, and the car to pick them up was already waiting downstairs.Sitting in the car, Lu Huaide took Ned to have breakfast first, then started the car again, drove from Fenglong to Changning Street, and drove to the Marshal's Mansion along the widened road.

Changning Street still maintains the prosperity of the past, but Ned did not keep his eyes on it like yesterday.Lu Huaide nodded secretly, as he thought, this person would be someone sooner or later.

In front of the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, the driver showed his pass, Lu Huaide rolled down the window, and the guard stepped aside after seeing the people in the car clearly, indicating that he could go in.

Looking at the soldiers with guns on their backs and the building in front of him, Ned's heart began to beat wildly. God, is he really going to be lucky?

The car stopped, the two got out of the car and walked, the butler welcomed them into the living room, and the girl brought them tea.Ned sat on the sofa and maintained his composure, but as a result of trying so hard, his whole body became stiff.

Li Jinyan walked into the living room, and what he saw was a handsome young man in a suit, but as stiff as a statue.

When I read the newspapers before, I didn't think so, but when I saw a real person, Li Jinyan thought to himself, is it true that all mixed races are beautiful?Or is it because Ned's parents have good genes?

"Master Yan."

Seeing Li Jinyan, Lu Huaide stood up, and Ned subconsciously followed him to stand up, looking at the long-clothed boy who came in from the living room, is it a boy?He is the boss that Mr. Lu said?

Li Jinyan nodded to Lu Huaide, then smiled and said to Ned: "Mr. Ned, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Li Jinyan."

For a moment, Ned thought he saw an angel.

However, soon Ned will know that there are no angels in this world, there are only Li Sanshao who is waving gold coins and banknotes, making him willingly kneel at the opponent's feet...

"Mr. Ned, do you want to become the richest man in Europe?"

In one word, one choice, Ned's life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In his autobiography in his later years, he wrote: Others say that I sold my soul to the devil, but I believe that if they are given the same opportunity, they will all make the same choice as me.I'm glad that that devil like an angel chose me.

Second Sister Xu stood outside the living room with her arms folded. From her angle, she could clearly see Ned sitting on the sofa.

A young man in his early twenties, with black hair and black eyes, when talking to Yan Shao, his cheeks flushed because of excitement.This is far worse than Erhu and the others.It is estimated that she can vomit blood with one punch.

Second Sister Xu licked her plump lips, but that's okay, only this way will be obedient.If you want to complete the plan of Master and Yan Shao, you have to be such an ambitious guy who can control him.

Li family

The housekeeper Li Dong trotted all the way to the gate of the third bedroom courtyard, and said to the gatekeeper's wife: "Quickly go and inform the third master and third lady that the second lady has sent a letter!"

Since Li Jinshu sailed to the United States to study, there has been no news. Although she knew that Li Jinyan had arranged someone beside her, the third wife was still worried.Hearing the servant's report, he hurriedly asked the girl to call Li Dong in.

"Is it really Jinshu's letter?"

"Yes, ma'am, it's really the second lady's letter."

Li Dong handed the letter to the girl as if offering a treasure, and the girl sent it to the third lady. The envelope was indeed written in Li Jinshu's handwriting.The third lady's eyes turned red immediately, she asked the girl to give Li Dong some money, and sent him away, opened the letter and was looking at it, Li Qingyun opened the curtain and walked in, said: "A letter from Jinshu?"

"Yes, master." The third lady quickly wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, "The letter said that everything is fine, just asked us to send her some money."

"Want money?"

"It's five hundred oceans. The master sent someone to..."

"Why do you want money?"

"It didn't say that."

Li Qingyun took the letter from the third lady, read it carefully, frowned, and said: "Don't be busy, I'll go ask Jinyan, he sent someone beside Jinshu to see what's going on."

"My lord, it's only five hundred oceans, so there's no need to ask my nephew?"

"What do you know?" Li Qingyun has changed a lot during this period, and his behavior is no longer the same as before. "It costs five hundred per mouth. Before she left, she was given two thousand oceans. How many days is this?"

"My lord is saying?"

"I'm not sure now, anyway, it's up to me."

The third master insisted, and the third wife had no choice but to agree.Besides, after the third master mentioned it, she also felt that there was something wrong with it. How could a girl spend so much money?