Respectfully

The seventh year of the Republic of China, May 1916, 1 in the Gregorian calendar

Li Jinyan was sitting in the room, looking at the ledger on the table, but his mind was already far away.

On New Year's Day, Young Marshal Lou said that he would get a character for him. The next day, Mrs. Lou sent a telegram from the capital, saying that his grandfather knew that he would be crowned this year, and he would also get a character for him.It is said that President Lou Da also mentioned a few words, because of his "prominent" performance in the names of Young Marshal Lou and Lou Er Shao, Mrs. Lou immediately vetoed them.

Mrs. Lou also told Li Jinyan that both Bai Baoqi and Zhan Changqing had this intention, but after learning that Mr. Bai "came out of the mountain" in person, they all stood aside very self-aware.

After Li Jinyan informed Young Marshal Lou of this incident, Young Marshal Lou's expression did not change, but he sent a telegram to Mrs. Lou in the capital on the same day. ", I'm afraid it still belongs to Mr. Bai.

However, Young Marshal Lou's words were taken by Bai Lao, and now old man Bai opened his mouth to choose Li Jinyan's words, which is enough to show the Lou family and Bai's seniors' attitude towards Li Jinyan, and it is only good for him.

Mrs. Lou told Li Jinyan that this year's birthday must be well organized. Lou's family, Bai's family, and Zhan's family will all attend.The Li family just passed it by, and only mentioned the second wife.

Li Jinyan told the second wife what Mrs. Lou meant, and the second lady did not speak for a long time. After a long time, she stroked Li Jinyan's hair and said slowly: "If Qinglong was still there, he should have taken your calligraphy. Back then When naming you, he filled a dozen sheets of paper..."

"mother……"

"Forget it, that's fine." The second lady smiled gently, with nostalgia and a trace of sadness that she tried to hide in her smile, "It's also your luck to have the Patriarch of the Bai family pick up characters for you."

The room was quiet, and neither mother nor son spoke again.

Snow began to fall outside the window again, and through the frosted glass, one could see snowflakes flying in the air accompanied by the wind.Li Jinyan suddenly didn't have the heart to deal with business anymore, he really wanted to take a walk outside.

Do as soon as you think of it, put down the pen, close the ledger, pick up the thick cloak, and push open the door, a few maids are holding pine nuts and walnuts around the charcoal stove in the cubicle, one of them is picking up the tongs to poke the charcoal in the stove, Seeing Li Jinyan push open the door and come out with a cloak on his arm, he asked in surprise, "Master Yan, you want to go out?"

"En." Li Jinyan put the cloak on his shoulders, "Go for a walk."

The girls looked at each other in blank dismay, no wonder they were puzzled, this year's Guanbei was extremely cold, after winter, the snow almost never stopped, and when they were young, they were as tall as knees.Businesses in the city and factories outside the city have people clearing the snow everywhere, but often the snow falls in the sky as soon as a road is cleared.

Li Jinyan is afraid of the cold, and everyone in the Marshal's Mansion knows it.It is said that it was because he fell into an ice hole in the cold winter a few years ago, and his body was basically injured.Dr. Liu also specifically told Li Jinyan that when it was cold, Li Jinyan must be careful not to catch cold, otherwise he would get a new disease before the root of the disease was gone, which would hurt his body even more.

In this way, Li Jinyan will not stay out of the house, and everyone can feel at ease. Once he walks out of the room, not to mention the entire Marshal's Mansion, all the girls who serve him, the driver who drives him, and Adjutant Liu who follows him will all tense up.

"Master Yan, it's snowing outside." The girls stood up and walked over, one of them said, "Why don't you go out when the weather clears?"

"I didn't fall down when the wind blows, I'm not that delicate." Li Jinyan knew that the girls had good intentions, but he was really uncomfortable in the house and wanted to go out to get some air.

The girls couldn't persuade them, and they had nothing to do, but they couldn't let Li Jinyan go out wearing such a padded cloak. They rummaged through boxes and boxes to find a fox fur cloak, snow-white fur without a trace of variegation, and put it on Li Jinyan's shoulders. The white on the collar, against his face, made people unable to move their eyes away.

The faces of the little girls turned red again.

The weather is beautiful, but it’s only time to change the cloak, and the snow is gradually getting smaller.

Li Jinyan refused to let the girl follow, put away the umbrella, walked to the yard by himself, stepped on the snow, creaked, took a deep breath, and then exhaled, seeing a white fog in front of his eyes.

He suddenly became interested and bent down to collect a handful of snow. Before he got up, he heard footsteps coming from behind him. When he turned his head, his eyes could only see the black military boots that came from stepping on the snow.

Looking upward, a man who is as tall and straight as a pine, and as sharp as a knife.

Snow-white gloves, Wujin's horsewhip, snow on the brim of the black hat, and the collar of the military uniform trimmed with fur. When he walked up to him, he didn't speak. He leaned over and picked up Li Jinyan who was squatting on the ground, just like picking up a child. .

Li Jinyan forgot the snow ball in his hand, and habitually put his hand on the shoulder of Young Marshal Lou, the black cloak was instantly wetted by the snow.

"Destroying corpses and destroying traces" must be too late, Li Jinyan could only grin, "Young commander, didn't you go to the barracks?"

"En." Lou Xiao didn't care about the snow on his shoulders at all, put Li Jinyan on the ground, took off the glove on his right hand, covered Li Jinyan's cheek with his palm, frowned, "How long have you been here?"

"I just came out." Li Jinyan was helpless.He is afraid of the cold, but it's not for that reason. Didn't he come over well in the past three years?Even if this year is colder than usual, it may not be...

It's a pity that you can't talk too much. Li Jinyan, who was thinking about this, suddenly had an itchy nose and sneezed.

Li Sanshao rubbed his nose, before he could speak, he was picked up by Lou Shaoshuai again, turned around, and went back to the room.

"Young commander, I can walk by myself."

"kindness."

Agreeing, the two arms tightened again.

Li Jinyan: "..."

The girl has long been used to Li Jinyan being carried around by Marshal Lou. When the two came in, Li Jinyan was put on the ground, and immediately went forward to shake off the snowflakes on the two of them, took off the cloak, and served hot tea.

Back in the inner room, Li Jinyan rubbed his hands and drank the hot tea, his whole body warmed up.

Young Marshal Lou took off his military cap and sat down too.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Li Jinyan put down the teacup and said, "Young commander, the snow is so heavy, do you want to arrange people to look around? I heard that in some villages outside the city, the roofs of some houses were collapsed by the snow. "

Li Jinyan heard these things from the radio.

Since the establishment of the Guanbei Radio Broadcasting Company, the radio has almost become a must-have item for every household in the six northern provinces.

The radiating area of ​​radio stations is getting wider and wider, and the content of broadcasting is also becoming more and more abundant.

From the earliest operas, storytelling, and cross talk, to the later political news, reading newspapers, to Western music and emerging singer songs, and even a few episodes adapted from movies, they are regularly broadcast on the radio every day.The elderly and children in the family, the workers who are off work and the farmers who have finished their work at hand, the favorite thing is to gather around the radio and listen to what's new.

Seeing the "power" of radio, some merchants even came up with the idea of ​​advertising on the radio.It is no longer uncommon to advertise in newspapers these days, but it is the only one on the radio.

The first person to do this was not Li Jinyan, but a businessman who opened a fireworks factory.Entering the twelfth lunar month, more and more people are buying new year's goods. Merchants are not worried about making money, but they are also competing with each other.The owner of this fireworks and firecracker factory was also one of the first batch of people who borrowed from the official bank to set up a factory.Although it costs more to advertise on the radio, it pays more back.

The success of one person attracted many people to follow suit. Soon, there were more and more advertisements on the radio, and it also made the Guanbei people who like to listen to the radio hear another kind of "lively".

The matter of heavy snow crushing residential buildings is the latest report of Guanbei Current Affairs News. Boss Wen's newspaper includes "Current Affairs News", "Celebrities", "Interesting Talk" and many other well-known domestic newspapers and periodicals, especially "Current Affairs News" , has become the newspaper with the largest circulation in the north, which is enough to distinguish itself from Shanghai's "Shenbao".

The circulation of "Celebrity" is not as good, but after adding the English version, it has gradually gained the momentum to go international. Not long ago, an exclusive interview with a well-known economist in a certain country has aroused considerable repercussions both at home and abroad.Chinese people pay attention to Chinese newspapers, and they even report on a foreigner.For example, the principals of several foreign banks saw cold sweat on their foreheads after reading this report. Why is part of the content of this interview so similar to their upcoming plan?

Look at the signature of the interviewee, a professor of economics who focuses on academics, who is still far away in another continent.This makes them even more uncertain whether the plans were leaked or just a coincidence.

In fact, this interview was jointly arranged by Bai Baoqi and Ren Wuchu, and the questions were also drafted by the two of them. The professor who was interviewed was indeed a real person, and he still had a little friendship with Ren Wuchu. The entire interview was in the form of a telegram Finished, the scholars on the other side of the ocean didn't know that a financial war was about to start in China, but they just felt strange that Ren could also answer these questions, and was more specialized than him, so why did they find him?

However, after seeing the "Celebrity" sent in, seeing the interview about him published on it, and getting the money order of considerable value, this question is no longer a question that needs to be delved into.

Li Jinyan is also studying some books on economics recently. Although Bai Baoqi and Ren Wuchu did not continue to drink water from his head, they did not plan to herd cattle to eat grass.In the eyes of these two, Li Jinyan has talent, otherwise he would not have made such a big business. The difference is that he has not "been to school".However, judging by the performance of Marshal Lou on weekdays, it is definitely impossible and unrealistic to send Li Jinyan to school or even to study abroad. For the current plan, they only need to spend more time and write down the books they have collected and their years of experience. I handed over my notes to Li Jinyan for him to "study" by himself.

There is no need to discuss this matter, Ren Wuchu aside, Bai Baoqi is his uncle, can you not listen to what your uncle says?President Lou was terrified when he saw him as an uncle.

Although the professional books are difficult, the notes are easy to understand. After a period of time, Li Jinyan has also benefited a lot. Many problems that I didn't notice or couldn't figure out before can be easily solved after reading it now.This made Bai Baoqi even more convinced that his niece and daughter-in-law are talented, and thus started the most difficult period of study in Li Sanshao's life.

But these are not that important for the time being. The most important thing at the moment is to arrange for people to visit the villages outside the city to see if there is any disaster.Li Jinyan could have done this by himself, but after thinking about it, he decided to let the military government or should be called Young Marshal Lou come forward.

Since the beginning of winter, in addition to the second division that is still fighting in the Far East, the new No.19 division that has stabilized Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, the third division in North Korea, the border guards that have entered Siberia and the new No.15 Division, most of the rest of the troops have nothing to do, even if they go out for training every day, these soldiers are still so idle that grass grows on their bodies.

Someone even asked Shangfeng if he would trade with the Second Division?They have fought for so many days and made a lot of military achievements, so it should be changed, right?

It's a pity that Shangfeng has not issued an order, and the soldiers can only continue to grow grass every day.

Now simply arrange for them to visit the village and help the villagers sweep snow and repair houses, which is a good way to "weed".It can also be shown to the outside world that the soldiers in the six northern provinces are not only good at fighting and demolishing houses, but also good at repairing houses.

After finishing speaking, Li Jinyan's mouth was a little dry, and he was about to drink some tea, but his chin was pinched by Marshal Lou, his warm lips fell on his forehead and the corners of his mouth, and his deep voice came to his ears, "My .”

what?

"I can only pick up your words." Young Marshal Lou slightly opened the distance between the two of them, and Li Jinyan's shadow was reflected in his dark eyes.

Are you talking about building a house?Why are you getting involved in this matter again?

The brains of geniuses and mortals really have two structures.

When the soldiers from the six northern provinces carried their shovels and brooms to carry out military and civilian fish and water activities, the soldiers in the southwest finally waited for the long-awaited gunfire, but the development of things was somewhat different from what they expected. The bullets were indeed They flew over, and they also flew over from Myanmar, but what happened to those out of breath pineapple heads running ahead, and the muddy British who lost their command swords?What happened to the group of locals chasing after them?

They thought that the troops stationed in India would show great power, which would make it easier for them to "defend themselves", but it was the British and Indians who were driven over... What should we do?Shangfeng didn't explain it.

Seeing the Huaxia soldiers who were fleeing, they rushed towards them regardless of March 21 or [-]. From their point of view, being caught up by the group of people behind was a dead end, and if they were caught by these Huaxia people, they might be able to save a life. Life.

The three thousand troops stationed in India stepped into the traps set by the locals unconsciously. The dense jungle, all kinds of terrible poisonous insects and simple but deadly traps became their hell.The gunshots that could appear at any time became a reminder, and they couldn't even tell which direction the attack came from.

The prisoner who led them into the trap was killed by the British, but his smile before death seemed to be mocking the stupidity of the British, as if to say that he was waiting for them in hell.

The [-] Indian troops stationed in India suffered heavy casualties, more than half of them were wounded and captured. Several artillery pieces were seized, and guns and ammunition were thrown all over the place along the way. The British officer who thought this was just a boring trip before not only lost his command knife, but even The caps are all gone.

"Stop!"

The Huaxia soldiers raised their guns, pointing their guns straight ahead.Indians can't understand Chinese, but they can see the muzzle pointing at themselves. The British also can't understand Chinese, so they can only shout for help in English. After finding that a Chinese soldier can understand his words, they mumble Another series, the soldier carrying the sergeant's epaulets seemed to understand, nodded, and said in slightly blunt English: "Put down the gun, put your hands on your head and squat down!"

After the British and Indians did so, the Huaxia soldiers fired warning shots at the locals chasing after them. After a short confrontation, those people finally retreated.

When the danger was lifted, the British resumed his arrogant posture, as if he was not the one who was out of breath and screamed for help just now.

The soldiers looked on coldly, and soon, the order from Shangfeng was issued. The English-speaking sergeant smiled and said to the British that he and his army would be sent back to India unharmed. To ensure their safety, The Chinese army will escort them all the way.

Hearing these words at first glance, it seems reasonable, but the British military officers always feel that there is something wrong with it, what is wrong, the British who have just experienced the test of life and death, it is difficult to understand for a while.

After the British Consul heard the news, he contacted the Yunnan Military Government as soon as possible. Marshal Long Yiting smiled enthusiastically, as if he had been friends with the British Consul for many years. He patted his chest and assured that "" Allies" troops were sent back to India.

The British consul also felt that something was wrong, and hoped to send someone to notify the British troops in India to "pick them up", but Long Yiting obviously would not change his mind, if he refused, would these troops go back to India by themselves?It was impossible for them to continue fighting the Burmese, much less surrender to a group of natives.The British were even more unwilling to be disarmed by the Chinese and become a prisoner of the Chinese.Although this is already true...

Of course, the British consul can also send a telegram to the Indian army on its own, but if there is another problem in the middle, or if it is "misunderstood" by China as an act of war against them, the matter will be difficult to resolve.

In the end, the British consul accepted Long Yiting's "help", and more than 1000 disarmed Indians and British officers were sent back to India "intact".During the period, it was not that there were no local armed forces watching from the sidelines, but there were Huaxia people by the side, and they never did anything.

To the surprise of the British military officers and consuls, the Chinese army did just send back the more than 1000 troops stationed in India, and did nothing other than that, and did not ask for "escort fees".Only the Huaxia soldiers in the team understand that what they want, such as the terrain along the disputed area, the strength of the troops stationed, the firepower required for the attack, etc., have been deeply engraved in their minds.

Although this is somewhat different from Long Yiting's original plan, it doesn't matter.After this failure, the British will definitely make a comeback, and then it will be time for them to really take advantage of it.Long Yiting not only wanted to take back the land that was dependent on Myanmar, but also sent a telegram to Liu Fuxian in Sichuan. It was time to talk about the McMahon line that the British had worked out in private.