Respectfully

If Master Li San hadn't mentioned it, Li Jinyan would not have discovered that he hadn't thought of his cousin who was sent to study in the United States for several months.

"Sincerely, I shouldn't have troubled you. You have done enough for our family." Li Qingyun smiled bitterly, "But Jinshu and I are really worried. How could a girl So much money? 2000 yuan is enough for her to live outside for two years, how long will it be gone?"

Li Jinyan nodded, indeed, no matter how he thought about it, this matter seemed unusual.

"Third uncle, I was negligent in this matter." Li Jin said: "I will find out what is going on as soon as possible. But you can rest assured that there should be no major incidents in Jinshu, otherwise there will be no news from me. "

"Then trouble you."

Li Qingyun's tone was extraordinarily polite, but Li Jinyan was not used to it.

Soon, Xiao Youde, director of the Intelligence Bureau, personally sent several telegrams from the United States to Li Jinyan.

Judging from the telegram, Li Jinshu's life in the United States is going well. Although he didn't get into the best institution of higher learning, he did attend a good university.There are many people in the school who discriminate against her skin color, but under the repeated orders of the principal, these people did not do anything out of the ordinary.

During the period when the anti-Chinese forces in the United States were the most rampant, Chinese people could be attacked just by walking on the street.

Even so, Li Jinshu also suffered a lot in the first days.What she learned in China was completely different from what she saw.It is hard for her to believe that a country based on freedom and democracy is like this?

Rich, poor, officials, poor.

Even in the most prosperous cities, beggars can still be seen everywhere. When white people and people of color have disputes, the police will wave their batons and knock the people of color to the ground without asking.She saw with her own eyes a white woman driving a car and ran into two black youths. As a result, the police came and took the two black men away without saying a word. live.

"Stay out of trouble."

Yes, stay out of trouble.

This is not Huaxia, here is no Li Jinyan and Mr. Li San, here is America, no one will treat her differently because of her background and her relatives, and the result of a momentary fever is likely to make her and those two black youths Fall into the same fate.Even if she won't be convicted of a felony, she will definitely suffer.

Holding her was indeed for her own good, but it was hard to say whether she appreciated it.

After returning, Li Jinshu was silent for a long time, and subconsciously began to alienate her protectors.Maybe she blamed them for her inability to come forward for justice, and that would make her feel better.

The two intelligence officers didn't care, they only needed to be responsible for Li Jinshu's personal safety, as long as she was alive and healthy, the task would be considered complete.In addition, they have more important things to do. Mr. Xiao said that they were sent to the United States, one is to protect Li Jinshu, and the other is to find talents.

They have locked the first target, a 27-year-old Chinese youth.Unlike other Chinese living in the United States, and also different from students studying in the United States, he has a good job and is engaged in research and development in a weapons factory.His research results are often taken by his superiors, and his salary is only one-third of that of his white colleagues, but in order to make a living, he can only continue to do this job.

This is the talent Mr. Xiao asked them to look for, right?

After ascertaining these circumstances, intelligence personnel began to plan to approach him and persuade him to take his family back to the country.After they sent the young man's family and two other Chinese surgeons to the ship, they found that at some point, a pair of Jewish brothers and sisters appeared beside Li Jinshu. They were beautiful and well-behaved. Both are devout Jews.

With two friends of the same age, Li Jinshu seemed much more cheerful than before, but there was also one thing, she started to spend money lavishly.

The intelligence personnel who followed her were only responsible for her safety, not her life. After having her own friends, she became more and more indifferent to the two who followed her.Other than that, there's nothing out of the ordinary about her performance.

"The problem probably lies with the siblings." Xiao Youde waited for Li Jinyan to read the telegram before he said, "This is my negligence. I will immediately ask them to drive the siblings away from Ms. Li."

Li Jinyan shook his head, "No, this will cause Jinshu's backlash, and things may get worse. Besides, we don't have evidence in hand, so things can't be done like this."

"What does Young Master Yan mean?"

"Check this family carefully, there must be a reason why Jin Shu was targeted by them."

Hearing what Xiao Youde and Li Jinyan said, Li Qingyun couldn't help interjecting: "Jinshu, did Jin Shu meet a liar?"

"Nine out of ten." And he's a professional liar.

"That……"

"Third Uncle, don't worry, I promise Jin Shu will be safe and sound."

It's not that Li Jinyan is boasting, but judging from the way the siblings cheated, their goal should be only money, and they have no power behind them, otherwise they shouldn't be looking for foreign students like Jinshu.

"Send the money back to her?"

"Send it." Li Jinyan pinched his forehead. Since Li Jinshu asked for money, he must have been cheated out of the money in his pocket. Said that the family has no money, and these are borrowed from relatives."

"This..." Master Li San hesitated.

"Third Uncle, only by doing this can the other party believe that Jin Shu has no money, otherwise they will keep pestering Jin Shu."

"I don't think Jin Shu will believe it."

Li Jinshu grew up in a wealthy environment, and her few pieces of jewelry are not limited to this number.

"Let those two liars believe it."

"I see."

Li Jinyan turned to Xiao Youde again and said: "Let the people following Jinshu go and investigate the siblings carefully, maybe they can be of other use if they are caught."

What good can a liar do?

Doubts are doubts, Xiao Youde still followed Li Jinyan's instructions.

After seeing Master Li San off, Li Jinyan began to think about how to make the idea in his mind a reality.

The best intelligence agents are definitely the most successful con men.

The racial difference made it difficult for Xiao Youde's men to open up the situation in the United States, so he had to find another way.Just like opening a trading post in Europe requires someone like Ned to come forward, even if he has established a "close" "business partner" relationship with these foreigners, they may not be willing to go to their territory to collect money by themselves.

Ned was different, as long as he didn't put it bluntly, he was a Portuguese who grew up in Macau and was basically European.

"That's the way the world is!"

It was rare for Li Jinyan to swear, and he leaned on the sofa with his eyes closed, but his jaw was suddenly clenched, his fingers were cold, he couldn't help shivering, anyone who dared to do this in the Marshal's Mansion, except Marshal Lou would not do it.

"Young commander?"

Opening his eyes, he saw Lou Xiao in military uniform standing behind the sofa and looking down at him. The black mink fur collar of the cloak, the wide brim of the hat covered with frost, the thick black eyebrows, the black eyes, the tall and straight Bridge of nose, red lips.

Thick and colorful, but as sharp as a blade.

For a moment, Li Jinyan looked a little absent-minded.

After a while, Marshal Lou let go of his hand, grabbed a bunch of fluffy things from his pocket, and threw it to Li Jinyan.

"I picked it up on the road."

Li Jinyan's eyebrows twitched, if he admitted correctly, this is a little leopard, right?Can this thing be picked up on the road?

"Really picked it up?"

"..." Young Marshal Lou didn't speak, and nothing could be seen from his face.

Li Jinyan looked up at the sky, and if he said that he picked it up, he picked it up.But why did Young Marshal Lou throw him a leopard?This seems to be the first gift that Marshal Lou gave him besides the gun. No, there is also a tiger... Then should he return the gift?

"Young commander, what do you like or want?"

As soon as Li Jinyan finished speaking, Young Marshal Lou's eyes swept over him.

"..." Can he pretend not to know?

Marshal Lou raised his eyebrows, and Li Sanshao fell silent.

Is this digging a hole and jumping by yourself?absolute.

The next day, Li Qingyun mailed 50 yuan to Li Jinshu, and the telegram was sent as Li Jinyan said.The third lady wanted to give an extra 50 yuan, but the third master Li snorted, "Do you want the child to be stalked by a liar?"

The third lady fell silent.

Li Jinhua didn't know that something happened to Li Jinshu in the United States. Since Li Jinshu went to the United States, she spent almost all day in her room embroidering and reading some ancient books and poems.I went to the main room to pay my respects, and once wanted to help the old lady copy Buddhist scriptures, but the old lady shook her head.

"What do teenage girls copy these things, be careful to change their temperament." Then she asked Chunmei to find a few brightly colored materials from the box for Li Jinhua, and asked her to make some new clothes after she was born.

"Thank you, old lady." Li Jinhua saluted politely and exited the back hall.Since then, she seldom went out of the room, and even rarely went to the Buddhist hall.

The marriage that Mr. Li San valued so much did not work out. The third wife chose two other ones for her. One is the second son of a businessman who runs a fur business. The clerk, whose family is not rich, has an excellent character and a good future.The third wife was more optimistic about the second one, but Aunt Bai was more willing to let Li Jinhua marry the fur trader.

Li Jinhua and Mrs. Bai have the same idea, not because of money, but because of her background, if she marries into a businessman, her husband's family will always give her family some face, if she marries into an official family, it seems that she is well-matched now, But when he develops in the future, his status will be embarrassing.Even though her third cousin was there, there was a layer of separation between them. Moreover, with so many incidents happening in the family, the third cousin treated them with the utmost benevolence.

If it were me, I'm afraid I would have given up on it long ago.

Thinking of this, Li Jinhua smiled, picked up the needle and planned to continue embroidering the red plum picture.

No matter what happens to her marriage in the end, life will always go on.

In mid-December, a group of bandits suddenly appeared in Henan. In just over a month, the number reached 3000.

Under the name of "robbing the rich and helping the poor", this group of rebellious bandits ran across cities and counties in Henan Province. Yuan Baoshan sent heavy troops to pursue and suppress them, and contacted Song Qining, the commander-in-chief of Hubei Province. , They actually diverted their routes westward and entered Shaanxi and Gansu.

Ma Qingxiang, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi-Gansu Province, is currently busy with his business and building a factory. Three horses have made enough money from Mongolia. The first canning factory has already started production. The taste of canned beef produced is not as good as that of Guanbei, but it is enough The three bearded horses had fun for a long time.This is their own property, apart from sharing a portion of the money earned with the Lou family, the rest will go into the pockets of their brothers.

The establishment of the factory also absorbed a lot of local labor force and solved the problem of food for many local people.The people in the northwest provinces no longer call Sanma "beard" and "horse bandit", nor do they say behind their backs that the Northwest Army is locusts.These Northwest soldiers can walk on the street with their heads held high.

All this also made the three Ma brothers sigh, what are they lamenting?It is indeed right that rabbits do not eat grass beside their nests, and if they rob, they must also rob outsiders!

So, a cow led to Beijing is still a cow, and a bearded horse bandit who runs a factory... is still a bearded horse bandit.

But Li Jinyan doesn't care, Huaxia has been robbed by those so-called "civilized people" in the West for a century, shouldn't they be allowed to make up for it?For Sanma's plan to cross Mongolia to rob Lao Maozi, he was in favor of it.

This is an era of bayonets and bullets. Whoever has a hard fist and a large artillery caliber will speak louder!

No, the plan didn't change quickly. The gangsters who came from the border of Henan and Hubei disrupted Sanma's plan to make a fortune abroad and made them angry.

Playing big swords in front of Guan Gong, pretending to be a robber in front of the group and professional horse bandits?

Beat you!

Therefore, the gangsters who wanted to enter Sichuan through Shaanxi and Gansu were stopped by Sanma at the border between Gansu and Sichuan. Liu Fuxian, the governor of Sichuan, was shocked when he learned that this group of people almost entered his territory. He intends to follow the example of Sanma and build a factory and start a mine on his own site. He has just started. If this group of people is allowed to come in, it may be bad.

Sanma was angry, Liu Fuxian was angry, Yuan Baoshan and Song Qining were already too angry.

After the governors and commanders of several provinces communicated with each other, they immediately mobilized the army, and they were bound to wipe out all this group of people.Don't let them walk around like shit sticks disgusting people.

Today's provincial armies are very different from what they were a year ago. Not only are they all elite soldiers, they can also be called strong soldiers.What's more, since the establishment of the coalition government, it has always attached great importance to people's livelihood. The provinces followed Guanbei to set up factories and mines. .

In the middle of this month, Congress again proposed a proposal to build a railway, and the governors-general of the provinces got the news and immediately expressed their approval.Now they no longer only focus on the territory and the army. Even if they have the territory and the army, it is useless without money.Look at the six northern provinces, then look at yourself, build roads, build roads, must be built!

This momentum of economic development and construction has taken President Lou Da by surprise. All these people have changed their sex?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, since everyone agrees, the matter of road construction is settled.

The central government and local provincial governments contributed money, and rich gentry and businessmen could also raise funds. The project was called for bidding from "the whole world", and road construction workers were hired locally.Now, not only the foreigners saw the gold bars and the ocean dancing in front of their eyes, but the Chinese people also saw the hope of having a full stomach.

"A man has four steamed buns and a bowl of porridge every day, and a woman has three steamed buns and a bowl of porridge. There must be enough steamed buns, and the porridge must not fall over with chopsticks."

This is a rigid standard. The coalition government will send people to the provinces to supervise, and the candidates are basically from the Overwatch Council run by Sima Jun.Provinces and cities will also supervise each other. Once someone is found to be enriching private pockets, it will never end well.

All of them ransacked their homes with guns, their property was confiscated, and those who reported the truth could get a lot of rewards.

In this way, although there will still be embezzlement and corruption, no one dares to go too far.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. There is no way to completely eradicate such things. Even Li Jinyan understands this truth.

This gangster appeared at an inopportune time.If it was a year ago, they would still have a certain mass base, but now, after road construction projects have been carried out in various provinces, their survival has fallen into a difficult situation, and some people have also begun to slip away. When they entered Gansu, there were still more than 2000 people. There are less than 800 people left.

The leader of the bandit was named Bai, not the historical Bai Lang, but his family.

Although history has changed, some people and things that are bound to appear will still leave their tracks in another form.

Although the Bailang Rebellion was dropped by Butterfly for various reasons, the Baizheng Rebellion took its place.The difference is that the Bailang Uprising was caused by peasants who could not survive, but behind the Baizheng Rebellion there was a faint shadow of foreign forces.

When Li Jinyan read the report about this group of gangsters in the newspaper, the coalition forces of several provinces had already surrounded them in the Lushan area of ​​Henan Province. Those who were killed by the bombing and those who survived were unable to escape from the encirclement, except for those who kneeled and surrendered, all were killed, and Bai Zheng was also captured alive.

After interrogation, it was learned that most of them were bandits from the mountains and forests of Juxiao, as well as the Green Battalion soldiers left over from the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They were encouraged by a group of Japanese spies to rise up. Most of the guns in their hands and the money and food for convening the troops were provided by the Japanese.According to Bai Zheng's testimony, when a Japanese spy who was in the team was found out, he was actually working for the Russians!

According to him, there were also several spies who were Japanese spies on the surface but were working in Britain in private, but they had either fled long ago or had been killed in previous battles.

Japan, Russia, Great Britain.

Just a group of gangsters involved so many foreign forces.

President Lou Da also scratched his head, he didn't see them well, how long did it take for such a moth to come out!

Li Jinyan learned the whole incident from Xiao Youde's mouth, and couldn't help gritting his teeth. Most of these foreigners felt that Huaxia was gradually getting out of their control, and they were anxious, so they made such a foolish trick.

They had a good idea. They all blamed the Japanese, let Huaxia and the Japanese fight each other, and they hid behind to watch the fun.It would be even better if it could cause civil strife in China.

When Li Jinyan clenched his fist, everything was not a good thing!