Respectfully

Naturally, the gifts from the young marshals cannot be taken in vain. When Wu Song gave Li Jinyan two daggers, the six southern provinces followed the model of the six northern provinces to build industrial zones and jointly established a radio broadcasting company.Now that I have received seven gifts at once, it is really unreasonable not to do something.

"Young Marshal, let's postpone our return to Guanbei for a few days." Li Jinyan picked up the saber on the table, with a gold handle and a scabbard inlaid with precious stones, carved with exotic patterns. Obviously, this is not Chinese things.

The unsheathed saber had a bright blade and a sharp blade. Li Jinyan tested the weight, "Is it gilt?" If it was all gold, it wouldn't be so light.

"Cossack stuff." Young Marshal Lou took the blade from Li Jinyan's hand, looked at it for a moment, and then put the saber back into its sheath, making a scraping sound.

Li Jinyan rubbed his arms, "Young commander, why don't you keep it for me."

Although he is also quite interested in knives and guns, and it would be nice to collect them and put them on display, but this saber is definitely not within the scope.He couldn't bear the level of a murder weapon.

He didn't hear Marshal Lou's answer, and Li Jinyan didn't care. Talking to Marshal Lou was perfectly normal.He casually picked up a Browning, unloaded, probably not a handgun, so he put it away without any pressure.

Just as he was thinking, his chin was suddenly lifted by the scabbard of the saber. Li Jinyan blinked suspiciously, "Young commander?"

Without answering, the man standing with his back to the light bent down, his lips fell on the tip of his nose, touched, slid down, and kissed his lips.

Li Jinyan paused for a moment, then threw Browning on the table, put his arm around Young Marshal Lou's shoulder, held the scabbard of the saber with his other hand, pushed it aside, and kissed harder .

If you don't kiss, you don't kiss.

The girls in the living room withdrew after the young commanders left, leaving only two people in the room, and the temperature rose unknowingly, just as the young commander-in-chief Lou pulled off the collar of Li Jinyan's long gown, and brushed it slightly with his fingertips. While showing her thin collarbone, the voice of an unexpected visitor sounded outside the door.

"Brother Yan, Brother Yan!"

After Lou Er Shao, there were the voices of Mrs. Lou and President Lou Da.

Lou Xiao silently buried his head into Li Jinyan's neck, his breathing was still hot, Li Jinyan combed Lou Xiao's black hair, trying to calm down his hot body and emotions, he almost forgot that this is the Presidential Palace in Beijing, not Guanbei University handsome mansion.

As the voice got closer, Li Jinyan pushed Young Marshal Lou, wanting to straighten the collar of his gown, but fortunately he didn't tear it this time, "Young Marshal, let me go first."

Young Marshal Lou raised his head, just when Li Jinyan thought he would let go of him, he leaned over and pulled Li Jinyan up, carried him directly on his shoulders, and walked to the window in a few steps.

His eyes turned upside down, and Li Jinyan was taken aback.

"Young commander?"

Marshal Lou didn't make a sound, clasped his waist with one hand, leaned on the window sill with one arm, and jumped out with his long legs.

Fortunately, this is the first floor... This was the only thought in Li Jinyan's mind after Young Marshal Lou landed.

When the President and Mrs. Lou walked into the room, all they saw were pistols, daggers and sabers left on the table.

The Second Young Master Lou looked around the room, but he was quite disappointed not to see Li Jinyan.Mrs. Lou pulled him to sit on the sofa. She didn't seem to notice the murder weapons on the table at all. She called the girl and asked, "Where are the young commander and young lady?"

"It was still there just now." The girl was also full of confusion, "After the guests left, the young master and Yan Shao have never left the living room, and there are always people guarding outside."

"I see, let's go down first."

Seeing that the girl was telling the truth, Mrs. Lou didn't continue to ask. After the tea was served, she waved for the girl to go down. She wiped Lou's second young master's hands with a handkerchief before allowing him to eat snacks. He picked up a pistol and patted him lightly, "President, look over there."

Hearing Mrs. Lou's voice, following her fingers, President Lou looked towards the window.After a while, I understood, and then I was dumbfounded.

"Ma'am, our eldest son is really good!"

Mrs. Lou smiled, and wiped the scum from Lou Er Shao's mouth, "Rui'er, when you grow up, you can't be like your elder brother."

"Can't be like Big Brother?" Second Young Master Lou raised his head and slapped his curled long eyelashes twice, "Why?"

"You will understand when you grow up." Mrs. Lou looked at her youngest son, couldn't help holding his little face, and kissed him twice, leaving two rouge marks on the fat baby's face, "Anyway, listen Damn right."

The Second Young Master Lou put on his chubby face seriously, "Mother, my grandfather and uncle say I've grown up." I can't hug and kiss casually like this anymore.

"No matter how big he is, he is still mother's son." Mrs. Lou kissed again, seeing the frown of her younger son, her mood immediately improved.Bai Baoqi was in the capital, so Bai Lao naturally wanted to live with his son. Previously, President Lou Da and his wife took Lou Er Shao to talk at Bai Baoqi's home, and Zhan Changqing also joined in the fun.

Sitting on the side, President Lou Da looked at his wife, and then at the chubby face of Dough Dough. He always felt that the youngest son was becoming more and more like the eldest son. An illusion, it must be an illusion!

After returning to the room, Li Jinyan was lying on the bed, his shoulders kept shaking, and when Marshal Lou pulled him over, he realized that Li Sanshao was laughing so hard that tears were about to flow out.

"Young commander, you jumped out of the window..." Li Jin laughed again in the middle of his words, and pressed his hand on his stomach. It was obvious that his stomach hurt from laughing.

No wonder he laughed like this, Young Marshal Lou jumped out of the window, who would believe it!

Smiling and laughing, Li Jinyan suddenly felt a little cold, looked at the young marshal Lou standing beside the bed, and shrunk his neck, as if he had stabbed a hornet's nest.

"Don't laugh anymore?"

"En." I dare not.

"Well."

Before Li Jinyan could react, the long gown on his body was torn to the end. Of the five sets of clothes he brought to the capital, four of them had died.

A certain rabbit who teased the tiger's beard has only one thought in his head, it doesn't matter if the clothes are dead, he himself is not sleeping on this bed, so he wants the Buddha of Infinite Life, thank God...

Perhaps some god heard Li Sanshao's prayer. The next day, Li Jinyan appeared on the breakfast table "miraculously". Mrs. Lou forgot to hide the surprise on her face.

The breakfast table was very quiet, Lou's family members were very silent. Li Jinyan drank two bowls of porridge, two buns and an egg before putting down his chopsticks.After finishing eating, he picked up another egg, peeled it clean, and put it in Young Marshal Lou's plate.

I don't know when it started, this became the habit of the two of them.Subtly, their every move seems to have a tacit understanding.When there are no elders around, they get along more casually.

Mrs. Lou also put down her chopsticks and was taking care of Lou Er Shao's meal.Young Master Lou Er has used the spoon very well, and the porridge won't spill outside or get on his face, but he still doesn't know how to use chopsticks, so he still needs others to "help" when eating.

After breakfast, neither President Lou Da nor Marshal Lou went out, and Li Jinyan and Mrs. Lou accompanied Lou Er Shao to read the pictorial.After reading the "Dianshizhai Pictorial" sent by Mrs. Bai, Li Jinyan thought that Boss Wen's newspaper office could also try to publish similar publications.

In addition to current affairs news, the content published in the fun talk newspaper is very suitable for compilation into picture albums. Small folk stories, interesting things in the streets and alleys, and all kinds of things in the world can be included in the picture.It can be made into black and white brochures, or colored pages.It can be attached to the journal as a copy of the declaration, or it can be sold independently.

"Dianshizhai Pictorial" allowed him to clearly see the creativity of Chinese people in painting. The beauties of the Republic of China similar to those in the Shanghai Monthly Card are also unique characteristics of this era.If these factors can be combined, it will definitely not be a problem to make money and business flourish.

Liao Qiting also arrived in Beijing before the military parade, and he came with Mr. Liao.When meeting with Li Jinyan, he specifically mentioned a month card that has recently emerged in Shanghai, and brought a copy to Li Jinyan. It was painted with ladies in ancient costumes, not traditional ink and light colors or heavy colors, nor Western oil paintings. The painting method created by a painter surnamed Zheng.

The characters in it already look like beauties in cheongsams in old Shanghai advertisements and New Year pictures in the 30s and [-]s. After careful inquiry, Li Jinyan learned that this painting method appeared only two years ago, and it has gradually emerged in Shanghai now.

"Many owners of commercial firms and factories have asked Mr. Zheng to draw billboards for them. The sales of New Year pictures written by Mr. Zheng are also very good. Many people imitate Mr. Zheng's painting techniques, but they often fail to get the essence."

Liao Qiting's words aroused Li Jinyan's great interest in this painter surnamed Zheng. If Qutanbao wanted to publish a pictorial supplement, such a big hand would definitely invite a few of them.

After nine o'clock, visitors came to the door one after another, and Li Jinyan didn't have time to play with Lou Er Shao anymore.

The visitors included government officials and governors-general of various provinces.Everyone seemed to make an appointment in advance, and most of them staggered the time.Chinese people always have their own set of rules when doing things. At first glance, it is puzzling, but after careful consideration, the mystery will surface.

Regardless of the government officials, Li Jinyan will meet the governors and commanders of all provinces, especially those who have a good relationship or have interests with the Lou family, and none of these people came empty-handed.

"Given by the elders, it is irresistible."

At first glance, the veterans and scoundrels seemed illiterate, but after a few words of response, Li Jinyan had nothing to say, no matter what they gave, he had to accept it, or not?Absolutely not.

Fortunately, most of the gifts given by the commanders-in-chief were "normal", gold, silver and jade wares, mostly pens, inks, papers and inkstones.Although expensive, it is not too out of the ordinary.Only Yunnan Governor Long Yiting's meeting gift was special. What he gave to Li Jinyan was a dark green jadeite the size of a fist.

"I didn't bring any good things with me when I came to Beijing this time. Let's take this stone and play with it."

Even Li Sanshao, who was not short of money, held this piece of emerald that could vaguely be seen in the shape of a goshawk, but he didn't say a word for a long time.

A piece of emerald the size of a fist, take it for fun?Commander Long is really rich and powerful...

In fact, until the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, jadeite was not considered a very precious thing. From the perspective of later generations, Li Jinyan naturally felt that the piece of jadeite in the box was extraordinary, but in the eyes of Long Yiting and others, it was nothing more than a piece of jadeite. It's nothing.

It's not too expensive, and you can get it out of your hands. It's just right to use it as a meeting gift for the younger generation.

These superintendents visited the presidential palace not only for political benefits, but also received canned pistols before the military parade, and armored vehicles displayed during the military parade, all of which aroused their great interest, and several people even took a fancy to motorcycles car.

Li Jinyan didn't decide for himself, but turned to look at Young Marshal Lou. Canned food and clothes are fine, but when it comes to firearms and armored vehicles, President Lou and Marshal Lou still need to nod.

"can."

Marshal Lou had discussed this matter with President Lou Da before. After the military parade, the real power factions in various provinces will definitely come to him because of the weapons.Rifles, machine guns, pistols, and Guanbei can all be sold. This business is not only done by Guanbei himself, but also the arsenal jointly established with Shanxi and Henan.As for the armored vehicles, due to the small number, they cannot be sold at present, and they will be absolutely fine until next year.The automobile factory has become independent from the workshop of the arsenal and has begun to manufacture trucks by itself. With trucks, will armored vehicles be far behind?

"Guns and ammunition are fine. If you want to build an arsenal, the Lou family must take a share."

Marshal Lou's conditions are straightforward. Of course, the shares are not for nothing. The capitals of the six northern provinces will provide technical support and production equipment during the construction of the factory. The scale and production capacity of the Guanbei Machinery Factory are more than twice that of the original factory , together with Song Wu's machinery factory, combined, can completely supply most of the domestic demand.

Europe stopped exporting machines to China because of the war. Li Jinyan wanted to expand production, so he could only import machine tools from the United States.Even so, without the activities of John from the American foreign firm, these machine tools may not be able to be shipped to China.After all, in terms of business in Europe, China and the United States are competitors.

However, the United States is not that strong now. The US Navy is indeed stronger than China, but the Army is just a role that may not be qualified for soy sauce. The standing army of 11 is almost even in Hebei alone.A large number of Americans only focus on making money and doing business.Everything is in line with interests, and the power of gangsters has surged. Not long ago, Situ actually received news from the main hall in the United States that the boss had just ordered the gang to clean up a group of provocative white gangs. played a huge role.

China's submachine guns have won a place on the European battlefield. Not only the Germans, but also Britain and France have gradually paid attention to the role of submachine guns in trench warfare.

The bloody battle damage is right in front of you, can you not pay attention to it?

The German MP18 has not yet come out, and the American Chicago typewriter is still under development. Today, the best submachine guns all come from China.

With these sharp weapons, Huaxia's gangs can not only guarantee their own safety, but also have considerable confidence in "aligning" and "doing business" with other American gangs.

Li Jinyan doesn't know what kind of business Situ Jing's gang is doing in the United States, but it is an indisputable fact that the gang's power is growing.

In the 20s, with the prohibition of alcohol in the United States, the development of gangsters will enter a "golden age". At that time, the standard for judging each other's status will no longer be the so-called "skin color", but the guy in hand!

John not only helped Li Jinyan import a large number of machine tools, but also leased five other British merchant ships for him.

"Li, I plan to start a shipping company." John said to Li Jinyan when the five freighters were delivered, "Are you interested in taking a share?"

Li Jinyan thought he heard it wrong, John planned to march on the "ship king" and invited him to take a share?

"Yes, you heard it right." John was holding a cigar in his mouth and a civilized stick in his hand, and his figure also had a tendency to develop horizontally.Today, he is quite in line with the most classic image of a capitalist in satirical cartoons, "My nationality is American, but I am also a Jewish businessman. Smart Jews always know where their money comes from and where to use it."

"I can take it that you intend to make more money from me?"

"No, my friend, I'm sending you money." John put away his cigar and laughed twice, "Do you understand me, Lee? Your business acumen, your present and future status, are worthy of me. Invest all your money."

"You trust me that much?"

"No, I believe in myself."

"Okay." Li Jinyan shrugged his shoulders imitating John, "Who will push the money delivered to the door?"

"Lee, you really look like a Jew sometimes."

"I am from Huaxia." Li Jinyan shook his head, "However, I will take your words as a compliment. John, I hope we can continue to cooperate happily."

"My pleasure."

John's shipping company plan is going very smoothly. The terrible production and manufacturing capabilities of the United States have already emerged in this era. Two [-]-ton giant ships will soon be labeled as shipping companies.

Apart from making money, Li Jinyan also became quite vigilant.

In the final analysis, China's industrial foundation is still too weak. If it wants to compete with European and American powers, it is urgent to accelerate the pace of development.

On June [-], the six northern provinces initially reached an intention to cooperate with several southwestern provinces in various aspects of industry and agriculture.

The six northern provinces will provide advanced farm implements, high-yielding fine seeds and machinery needed for setting up factories to the southwestern provinces, and dispatch a small number of professional and technical personnel according to actual needs.

As for the "small amount" limit, Li Jinyan really has no choice. The professionals on hand are used by several people, and the small amount can be set aside for the sake of the high "expatriate labor fee". ... You know, the landlord's family has no food left!

To reach this series of cooperation intentions with the six northern provinces, Long Yiting, Liu Fuxian and others also paid a lot of money. Dayang spent it without blinking an eye, which made Li Jinyan suspect that their money really did not come from John Bull and Did Pineapple Head grab it?

On June [-]th, information about the Battle of Jutland was sent back to China from Europe. Because the battle took place at sea, Second Sister Xu spent a lot of time trying to obtain detailed information, and Markov in Switzerland was not idle either. Also sent back a lot of useful news to Li Jinyan.

It is reported that countries such as Britain, France and Germany have begun to imitate the Chinese armored vehicles that appeared in the military parade, especially in Germany, where more than a dozen armored vehicles converted from trucks have appeared on the battlefield of Verdun. Under the powerful machine gun fire, Although the French army had been prepared for a long time, it was still beaten.

Fortunately, this hastily refitted armored vehicle is not as powerful as a tank. Otherwise, the Battle of Verdun may end early, and Petain will not be a hero of World War I. The history of World War I will also turn a corner after a turn bend.

Li Jinyan got the telegram and smacked his lips, not knowing what to say.

On the same day, the Russian army, which had completed civil engineering work, finally launched a fierce attack on the Austro-Hungarian army on the European Eastern Front.