Respectfully

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, January 1912, 1 in the Gregorian calendar, the thirteenth day of the winter month in the Xinhai year of the lunar calendar

Since the overthrow of the Qing government and the founding of the Republic of China, the southern government has adopted the Gregorian calendar to record the year. The first day of the first month of the Gregorian calendar is designated as New Year's Day, and the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is called the New Year. The northern government also followed suit after its establishment.

Although the elderly still talk about the old yellow calendar, it doesn't matter whether it is the Gregorian calendar or the lunar calendar, these days are always going to be passed, and the festivals are always happy.

Guanbei City has been bustling since early in the morning, and the streets are full of joy.

Liao Qiting walked in front with his hands behind his back, Xiao Shuanzi trotted all the way with a sad face, it seemed that the Chinese New Year was about to come, the young master still didn't plan to go home, he didn't dare to think about going back to Liao's house in the future, it was a scolding meal Definitely can't run away.

"Young master, why don't we go back first, it's the New Year now, and the old man and wife at home are thinking of you."

Liao Qiting didn't speak, but his heart was beating.It is no secret that the Russians have increased their troops on the border. If one fails, a war will be fought.In case the Lou family really got involved with the Russians, there wasn't much the northern government could do to help, so it was good to stand still, lest someone stab them in the back.

According to Liao Qiting's understanding of these officials and warlords, it's not impossible to do this.Perhaps, he should go to the six southern provinces to have a look. Song Wu was indeed close to the Japanese, but Song Zhou really didn't seem like a short-lived person. As long as there were no accidents, he could live for at least ten years.The Liao family may not have no time to prepare.It is estimated that the grandfather knew it in his heart, and he also wanted to test himself, otherwise, he would not fail to mention a few words.

Thinking of this, Liao Qiting suddenly became enlightened.

"Little embolus."

"Hey!"

"Send a telegram to my family, and I'll be leaving in two days."

"Hey, master, but you..." Xiao Shuanzi almost didn't shed tears, the young master finally stopped being stubborn, seeing that the north is not peaceful, if the young master is not willing to go home, how can he explain to his family!

The master and the servant were walking by the side of the road, when a group of horses and horses came head-on, the black horse spread its hooves, the rider on the horse swung his whip, and the pedestrians avoided one after another, Xiao Shuanzi dragged Liao Qiting to the side of the road, but Liao Qiting stepped on it unexpectedly. A piece of thin ice fell, his feet slipped, and he fell to the ground. The knight on the horse yanked the reins, and the horse raised its front hooves, neighed a series of times, and stopped.

"Young Master!"

Someone in the crowd yelled, Liao Qiting raised his head, and the knight on the horse looked down at him. He was dressed in an iron-gray military uniform, a black cloak, and his eyes were cold.

Then the cavalry gathered up and looked at Liao Qiting with some unkind eyes.

Liao Qiting smiled wryly, is this a sudden disaster?

Lou Xiao cupped his fists: "Military affairs are urgent, offend me!"

Liao Qiting was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head, Lou Xiao saw that Liao Qiting was not injured, so he stopped talking, waved his hand, and the horse team galloped past.

Pedestrians on the street commented one after another: "Looking at this, I'm afraid I'm really going to fight with Lao Maozi."

Xiao Shuanzi quickly helped Liao Qiting up: "Master, are you alright?"

Liao Qiting stood up, patted the broken snow on the hem of his clothes, and suddenly said: "It's rare to live in."

Xiao Shuanzi asked in confusion, "Master, what did you say?"

Liao Qiting smiled slightly: "Do you know what Lu Buwei said when he saw Qin Shihuang's father for the first time?"

"what?"

The smile on Liao Qiting's face deepened: "This rare product can be lived in!"

"But it's not the first time you've seen Marshal Lou."

Liao Qiting: "..." Sure enough, Yumu's head can't be cured?

Lou Xiao and his party rushed back to the Marshal's Mansion from the barracks, and brought back the news from the Manzhouli Border Guards.

"The Russians did something?!" Marshal Lou was taken aback.

"Yes."

"Is the news true?"

"Indeed, the Russians fired first, killing and injuring a platoon, and killing a platoon leader."

"What did Liao Xiwu say?"

"Negotiations are useless."

Marshal Lou's face was gloomy, and he slammed his fist on the table, "Come here! Send a telegram to the President, saying that the Russians launched a surprise attack on the border, and a battalion of the border guards was killed or injured! The old man has kicked his nose in the face." , talk, talk shit talk!"

The large-scale mobilization of troops in the six northern provinces always had to be reported to the northern government. Remembering the call back from the president before, Marshal Lou was furious.If you want to hit the south, you just jump high one by one, and when you have sex with the old man, you just shrink your neck. What kind of people are these people?

Marshal Lou spun around on the ground twice with his hands behind his back, and said cruelly, "We don't have to wait for the day after tomorrow, let Qian Boxi's first division go out tomorrow, and Du Yuzhang's second division will also go!"

Didn't I let Lao Tzu's first division move?become!Lao Tzu's two masters move together!

"Father, what about Russia?"

Commander Lou was getting angry, when Lou Xiao mentioned it, he waved his hand and said, "I haven't sent back the news yet. I guess it's useless. They have to fight, so they know that my surname Lou is not easy to mess with!"

"Father, when the second division moves, we must beware of the Japanese taking advantage of loopholes."

"I know." Marshal Lou sat back on the chair: "Those bastards are just as bad as old men! One day, I will wring their necks off!"

At Marshal Lou's order, Jiang Yulin, the head of the logistics department, almost rolled his eyes and wiped his neck.The so-called three armies have not moved, food and grass go first, and the mobilization of the first division has already made Jiang Yulin anxious. In addition to Du Yuzhang's second division, there are six brigades, a total of nine infantry regiments, plus cavalry regiments, artillery regiments, yes, there are also six brigades. Including the independent regiment of the young marshal, there are more than 2 people!

Jiang Yulin wanted to cry to Marshal Lou, it's not so embarrassing!

The two deputy ministers and the staff below kept scratching their heads, but even if they scratched their heads, they still had to do the work they should do!Fortunately, the railway from Guanbei to Manzhouli was snatched back from Lao Maozi by the general. Otherwise, the people in the logistics department would have to hit the wall just for the mules and horses.

In the Marshal's Mansion, Li Jinyan saw the "talent" that Lou Xiao had found for him, and he was silent for a while.

An overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia who wears round-rimmed glasses and can't speak Mandarin well.

Young Marshal Lou wouldn't just find someone to prevaricate him because he was busy with military affairs, right?

Seeing Li Jinyan's suspicious expression, the overseas Chinese wearing glasses opened their mouths with a string of fluent English mixed with German. Li Jinyan could barely handle English, but he really couldn't understand a single word of German.

How does this communicate?

When he was having a headache, Lou Xiao opened the door and walked in. Li Jinyan, as if he had found a savior, hurriedly pulled him back: "Young Marshal, please help quickly, this is basically a chicken talking to a duck."

Lou Xiao didn't speak, but grabbed Li Jinyan's wrist with his backhand, and pulled him back to the sofa to sit down.

When the glasses saw Lou Xiao, he immediately showed a full smile, stood up, and opened his mouth to speak German. After Lou Xiao greeted him, he turned to Li Jinyan and said, "His name is Qiao Leshan. His ancestors lived in Fujian, and he moved to Nanyang in the late Ming Dynasty. .He graduated from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Berlin and just returned to China at the beginning of the year. He can understand Mandarin, but he can't speak it well."

Qiao Leshan looked at Li Jinyan, and then said a series of words to Lou Xiao, his expression was somewhat ambiguous, Lou Xiao's expression didn't change, he just nodded.

Li Jinyan didn't ask what the two of them were talking about, and always felt that it was wiser not to ask.

With Lou Xiao around, it was much easier for Li Jinyan to communicate with the glasses. After asking Marshal Lou and knowing that Qiao Leshan is absolutely reliable, Li Jinyan didn't waste any more time, and directly took out the information about sulfonamide that he had prepared a long time ago. material.The time is urgent, Young Marshal Lou will set off with the army tomorrow, there is no certainty about the battle, Li Jinyan can't afford it, he has to settle this matter before he leaves.

"Mr. Qiao, my late father got these materials from a man named Domark. It is said that this is a kind of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medicine."

Li Jinyan apologized to Li Qinglong in his heart, no matter what, Li Qinglong's big banner will still have to be raised for a while.

Hearing Li Jinyan's words, Lou Xiao's expression changed instantly, but he quickly calmed down.

Qiao Leshan had already flipped through the information on Sulfonamide. He frowned first, then his eyes shone, then frowned again, and then shone again.After more than 20 minutes, he raised his head and said something to Li Jinyan with a serious face. Li Jinyan couldn't understand, so he had to go to see Lou Xiao.

"Young commander, what is he talking about?"

"He is asking, where is the person who gave your father the information?"

"I only know his name is Domak, but I don't know the rest."

Qiao Leshan looked a little regretful. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and agreed to Li Jinyan to help develop this drug.However, he needs a laboratory, experimental equipment, and assistants. "

Li Jinyan heaved a sigh of relief, these are easy to handle, as long as the "talent" is in place, everything will not be a problem.

After the matter was settled, Li Jinyan acted like a villain and temporarily left Qiao Leshan in the Marshal's Mansion.Qiao Leshan didn't object. He knew how important this information was, and doing so would be good for both parties.

After arranging Qiao Leshan, Lou Xiao said to Li Jin, "I'll leave tomorrow, and Adjutant Ji will stay. If you have something to do, you can tell him."

Li Jinyan nodded, "I see."

The next moment, Lou Xiao was suddenly pushed down on the sofa. Lou Xiao knelt between his legs with one hand, clasped his wrist with one hand, bent down, and kissed his lips. A vague sentence: "Wait for me to come back..."

The next day, when Li Jinyan woke up, Lou Xiao had already left.

The serving girl came in with the toiletries, and the girl with the red phoenix eyes was gone.

There are two soldiers guarding the door, one of them is a soldier who is quite talented in storytelling.Brother Bing was a little surprised when he saw Li Jinyan, and he grinned: "When the young commander left, he left a squad for you. If you have something to do, you can give orders, and the brothers will never hesitate. If you see anyone who doesn't like you, the brothers will beat you up! Who dares to find You are uncomfortable, you will definitely be beaten to death!"

The corners of Li Jinyan's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he said, is this soldier really not engaged in some kind of "quick money" side job in private?

It just so happened that Adjutant Ji came over, and when he heard Brother Bing's words, his expression was very uncomfortable. The young marshal did order to take care of Young Master Haoyan, but when this stupid man said it, it seemed like he was telling Young Master Yan to be domineering?

Li Jinyan and Adjutant Ji exchanged some polite words, then turned back to the room and took out the regulations that had been drawn up before.Since Young Marshal Lou said that he should find Adjutant Ji if he needs anything, Li Jinyan simply handed over the purchase of test equipment to him.

With the support of the Marshal's Mansion, things will go much smoother.

Li Jinyan was busy with sulfa, and Lou Xiao's independent group had already taken the train west along the Middle East Railway, passing through Qishi, Angangxi, Zhalantun, Boktu, and Hailar.The frontier army sent back a message that the Manzhouli station was occupied by Lao Maozi, and the officers and soldiers of the first and second divisions had to get off the train at Hailar and walk to Manzhouli.

The Middle East Railway was built by the Russians at the end of the Qing Dynasty, with Harbin as the center, starting from Manzhouli in the west, Suifenhe in the east, and Dalian in the south.According to the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" signed between the Qing government and the Russians, the Qing government almost lost all sovereignty over the areas along the railway.In order to get the railway from Harbin to Manzhouli back, Marshal Lou spent a lot of time thinking about everything he could think of, and even asked someone to pretend to be a bandit.It took more than half a year for the Russians to let go, and spent several times the price to "redeem" the railway back at a high price.

Even if the taxes of the six northern provinces are cut off to pay the army to fill the hole, the money is still tight.

This is also the reason why the Lou family is in a hurry to set up a factory. They are short of money!

On the border, the border guards had already fought the Russians.

It is January now, and the ground is frozen solid. With a shovel down, only a shallow pit is left, and there is no way to dig a trench.Once the Russians bombarded them, they would always kill or injure a few brothers. The border guards were at a disadvantage in terms of firepower and soldiers, and it was not easy to survive until now.

Liao Xiwu was so anxious that his lips burst into flames. The telegram said that the reinforcements had already started, and the vanguard would arrive within two days at the earliest!

But with the people in his hands, can he last until then?

After putting down the telegram, the sound of cannons rang out again, and the adjutant hurried in through the door: "Commander, the old man is coming up again!"

Liao Xiwu glared, and grabbed the Mauser pistol on the table, "Damn think I'm easy to bully?! Let's go! Get rid of these bastards!"

Late at night, in the Kremlin, Grand Duchess Takyana woke up again from a nightmare, "Oh, God! Elena, where are you, Elena!"

The maid Yi Lianna came in and saw the Grand Duchess pale, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"I saw that sinful scene again." The Grand Duchess covered her eyes, tears dripping down her fingers, together with cold sweat: "God, forgive me!"

Elena kept comforting Grand Duchess Takyana, "Your Highness, that matter is over, it's over, and the sinner has been punished!"

Three months ago, at the Kiev Opera House, Grand Duchess Takyana and her sister, Grand Duchess Olega, witnessed the assassination of Prime Minister Stolypin.Since then, the Grand Duchess has been having nightmares.

"Your Highness," Irina gently patted Grand Duchess Takyana's arm, "Perhaps, you can ask the saint for help."

"Rasputin?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Elena's voice was low and calming, "The saint is omnipotent, and he will drive away the devil in the darkness for you."

"Tomorrow, invite Rasputin over tomorrow!"

"As ordered, Your Highness."

Yi Lianna held the candlestick, left the Grand Duchess' bedroom, stood at the door, a strange smile appeared on the corners of her plump lips, and disappeared without a trace in a moment, and she became the loyal maid again by the Grand Duchess Takyana's side. Irina, instead of Irina, who has Tatar and Mongol blood, whose entire family was slaughtered by Cossack cavalry, and who has a deep hatred for the Romanov dynasty.