Respectfully

Guanbei City Li Mansion

After seeing off visiting Lu Yin and others, Li Jinshu excitedly went to see the third wife.

"Mother, is it true that the Marshal's Mansion is going to hold a dance?"

The third wife is looking at the accounts, and now the Li family's expenses are all dependent on the third bedroom, and all the big and small accounts have to be over her eyes, plus some odd and small things, there is no idle time for most of the day.

"Who did you listen to?" Hearing Li Jinshu mention the ball at the Marshal's Mansion, the third lady frowned slightly, put down the account book, and waved all the girls in the room to go out.After the door was closed, he asked Li Jinshu to sit beside him, and asked, "Is it the ones who just left?"

"mother!"

"I told you long ago that they are all betrothed, so stay away from them." The third lady tapped Li Jinshu's forehead vigorously, "Who is a girl from a good family who shows her face outside all day, talking about democracy and freedom?" Like this? I dragged you to the parade back then, do you know how worried I was? If I had known earlier, I shouldn’t have sent you to some school!”

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Li Jinshu was not happy. "Now it is the Republic of China, not the Qing Dynasty. What are you showing your face? We are contributing our strength to the country's democracy! Also, the previous parade was also for solidarity. The army defeated Japan! Why did you say that?"

"Stubbornly, you are right." The third lady was also a little angry, "What happened to the bomb that was thrown into your Jinyan cousin's car? If it weren't for your nonsense, how could those people have a chance to attack?"

Li Jinshu stopped talking.

"What did I tell you at the time? Stay away from these people, you just don't listen! How did they know about the ball held by the Marshal's Mansion? Why did they come here to tell you? What's the idea, do you think?" Do not understand?"

"Mom, that's not the case."

"What else can it be?" The third lady tapped Li Jinshu's forehead again, "You were born by me anyway, so why can't you grow your brain? Being used as a hammer and saying good things to others! I understand now Well, it's still wise for the old lady, thank goodness I didn't assign you to the adjutant next to Young Marshal Lou, otherwise, you would be bringing disaster to our family with such a fool!"

It was the first time that Li Jinshu was reprimanded by the third wife. Although it was only the mother and daughter, his face was still burning hot, the corners of his eyes were red, he bit his lip, and tears began to roll in his eye sockets.

Is it the flesh that fell from her body? The third wife finally softened her heart when she saw her like this, she took Li Jinshu's hand and patted it, "Jinshu, listen to mother, mother will never harm you. In the future, leave those few, Especially Lu Yin, stay away, that girl looks decent on the surface, but those eyes...Mother has met many people in her life, she is not a good person."

Li Jinshu didn't speak, but lowered his head, and the third lady only thought she agreed.Continued: "The Marshal's Mansion is indeed going to hold a ball, saying it is to celebrate the Marshal's birthday. But your father told me that all the guests are high-ranking officials, important officials from various provinces, and foreign ministers. I didn't tell you before. You, it’s because I’m not sure whether I’ll take you there or not. According to me, it’s good for me to take you to meet those wives and ladies. But you have to be obedient and don’t get involved with Lu Yin and those people.”

"But……"

"But what?"

"I have already promised Lu Yin." Li Jinshu's voice became lower and lower, "I said I would take them with me."

"You!" The third lady patted the table angrily, "What did I just tell you?!"

"Mother, I took the initiative to take them there. Don't blame Lu Yin and the others." Li Jinshu shook the third wife's arm, "Mother, just promise, I promise you will be obedient, okay? Don't let I backtracked in front of my classmates."

The third lady was so angry that she couldn't speak, she dared to say that what she just said was in vain, why didn't her girl's head open up? !

Outside Li's residence, Lu Yin and others were walking by the roadside, the north wind blowing in front of them made the little girls shrank their necks uncontrollably.

"Lu Yin, why did you tell Jinshu about the ball at the Marshal's Mansion?" One of the female students with a pair of thick eyebrows and a bit of heroism asked, "You asked us to come to see Jinshu today, don't tell me? Just for this matter?"

"I don't have it." Lu Yin gathered the scarf around her neck, "I'm just curious. Aren't you curious?"

They are all girls aged sixteen or seventeen, educated, and have read some novels translated from the West, so they are naturally curious about dances and banquets. When Lu Yin said this, she immediately chattered.But the female student who asked the question before obviously didn't intend to let Lu Yin go just like that.

"Don't change the subject, these are two different things." The female student frowned, "It's fake for you to come to Jinshu, and your real intention is to let Jinshu take you to the dance, right?"

"Yang Pingting, you don't spout blood!"

"I spitting blood?" The girl named Yang Pinting sneered, "You are the only one who is smart, and everyone else is an idiot? Yang Xiuer told me what you did!"

"What did I do?" Lu Yin also sneered, "Yang Xiu'er shamelessly wanted to be a concubine for the Lou family, but no one forced her to end up like this!

"you!"

Yang Pinting was so angry that she wanted to make a move, and several female students next to her hurriedly grabbed her: "Pinting, Lu Yin, please stop arguing. We are all classmates and good sisters. This is not good."

"Yeah, yeah, stop arguing."

"Who is a good sister to her?!" Yang Pinting shook off the girl who was pulling her, "Let me remind you a few words, stay away from her as soon as possible, if one day you are betrayed by this Lu, I want to cry There's nowhere to cry!"

Turn around and leave.

The other female students looked at me and I looked at you. Two of them who were friends with Yang Pingting immediately chased after her, but the others stayed behind to persuade Lu Yin: "Don't be angry, Pingting has always had a bad temper. , she was also confused because of Xiu'er."

Yang Pingting and Yang Xiu'er are relatives, Deputy Director Yang was dismissed, and Yang Pingting's father was more or less affected.After knowing the cause and effect of this incident, Yang Pingting hated the Lu family's mother and daughter, and thinking about Lu Yin's previous events, she could be seen clearly.Seeing her come to look for Li Jinshu today, she kept talking about the ball at the Marshal's Mansion, so he could guess what she was planning.

"Down with the warlords, down with the feudal forces!" Yang Pinting said to the two girls who were chasing up: "Look, as long as you find a chance, she will be the first one to pick up! You are good to me, so I will tell you You guys, this Lu Yin is not a good person, so pay less attention to her in the future."

"Okay, we all know."

Several female students have been followed by several people since they walked out of Li's house until they parted ways.These people don't look very eye-catching, they belong to the kind of people who can't be found in the blink of an eye, but as long as they are Lian Jiazi, they can find that their kung fu is not weak.

"Leopard, why did Mr. Xiao ask us to follow these female students?"

"I don't know." The man called Leopard squatted in the corner with his hands in his sleeves, "Mr. Xiao ordered, we will follow."

"I've been staring at this for a few days, but I haven't noticed anything..."

Leopard suddenly winked at the complaining man. It turned out that when Lu Yin and others passed the corner, a male student in school uniform came over. Leopard clearly heard the female students call him "Zhang Jiancheng".

The two stalkers glanced at each other, Zhang Jiancheng?Wasn't it the young student who took the lead in smashing the Guanbei Daily newspaper last time, drawing Mr. Xiao and Master Yan's attention?

This time, both of them came alive.

Dashuaifu

Three days to prepare for a dance is not an easy task.It's not just that Li Jinyan is inexperienced, everyone in the Lou family feels that they have nowhere to start.

Mrs. Lou specially invited Mrs. Zhan to come over to help. When Zhan Changqing was working in the northern government, Mrs. Zhan also attended several such banquets and dances, including one held by the wife of the French envoy. She was able to give a lot of useful suggestions .

She took the list drawn up by Li Jinyan, carefully looked at the regulations on it, nodded from time to time, and occasionally picked up a pen to write out an item or add a few lines.

"If you ask me, this is pretty good." Mrs. Zhan handed the revised form to Mrs. Lou, "Just pay attention to the details."

"En." Mrs. Lou nodded after seeing it, "Let's do it like this."

Li Jinyan didn't speak, he was sitting stiffly on the sofa at the moment, like a statue, maintaining the same posture motionless, Lou Er Shao was lying in his arms and fast asleep.

"Mom," Li Jinyan's voice trembled a little, "is it almost there?"

"It's still early, why are you in a hurry." In view of Li Jinyan's poor performance when he hugged Lou Er Shao for the first time, Mrs. Lou took the opportunity to put Lou Er Shao in his arms. Of course, there was a nurse watching beside him. If there is any discomfort, it will be transferred immediately.

Even so, Li Jinyan still hasn't made any progress. Such a soft creature that looks like dough and can be crushed with a little effort is really more terrifying than a scourge in Li Sanshao's eyes...

"Okay, don't embarrass him now." Mrs. Zhan smiled and hugged Lou Er Shao from Li Jinyan's arms, and patted him lightly, "It's already full moon, haven't you decided on your name yet?"

"Not yet." Mrs. Lou put down her teacup, and signaled the girl to bring another pot of hot tea, "I don't even agree with the names given by the commander-in-chief, not to mention the elder brother, and the commander-in-chief also shook his head. I'm afraid I have to ask Daddy help."

"What's the name of the handsome man?"

"What else?" Mrs. Lou snorted, "Did you forget that he wanted to call Xiao'erlou Tiger? Tell me, the commander-in-chief has also been educated, so how could he name his child like that? At that time, Dad almost After being so angry that he swung his cane, Xiao'er's name was finally decided."

When Li Jinyan heard the word Louhuo, the snacks in his mouth were hanging in the air, Lou...huhu?For some reason, he suddenly remembered the tiger that was sent to Li's house by Young Marshal Lou as a dowry, and later brought back to Lou's house by himself as a dowry.By the way, does Young Marshal Lou know that he was almost called Lou Tiger?

It was only then that Mrs. Lou realized that she had slipped her tongue. Before, she had stopped her elder brother Bai Baoqi from disrespecting the handsome man in front of Li Jinyan, but now she said it herself.

"This matter is really..." Mrs. Zhan also smiled, looking at Second Young Master Lou in her arms, "What name did the commander give Second Young Master? It can't be a tiger, right?"

"No." Mrs. Lou didn't even try to cover up for Marshal Lou, and said angrily, "Shan Bao, Lou Shan Bao."

"Lou... a mountain leopard?"

Li Jinyan looked at the upset Mrs. Lou, then at the stunned Mrs. Zhan, and then at the second young master Lou who was held in Mrs. Zhan's arms who knew nothing. Well, when he saw Mrs. Lou in his hands, When I saw that piece of paper, I immediately felt 12 sympathies for Lou Er Shao. If it had a bigger tongue, it would most likely read Lou Shan Pao.

Poor baby, if it wasn't for a grandfather on top, I'm afraid he would have been called Shanpao...

After agreeing on the details of the dance party, Li Jinyan called the two butlers of the Marshal's Mansion, gave them the list, and told them to follow the regulations above.

"The details are all written on it. You must be careful about the purchases, and the servants who serve you. You don't need girls, you use them..."

Li Jinyan was talking with the butler when the girl came to report that someone was looking for Young Master Yan.

"who is it?"

"From the farm, he said his name is Battelle."

"Battelle?"

Li Jinyan stood up all of a sudden, remembering that there were other people in the room, coughed embarrassingly, "Let's do this for now, if you don't understand, then ask me."

The two butlers also had winks, and it was clear that Young Master Yan must have something to do, and they retreated after saluting.

After dismissing the two butlers, Li Jinyan went to the outer hall to meet Battelle in person.

This is the fourth time Barter has gone to the grassland.In the past three times, he did not go out of the six northern provinces. He mainly bought livestock in the Hulunbuir Grassland in Chahar. The salt, grain and cloth he brought were very popular with the herders. Now Battelle has become the most popular on the Hulunbuir Grassland welcome guests.

"According to Young Master Yan's instructions, we have made an agreement with the herdsmen." Battelle told Li Jinyan about the trip to the grassland in detail, and then took out the contract signed with the herdsmen from his bag, "The herdsmen all thank Yan Young Master, please say that Young Master must go to the grassland if he has the opportunity."

Li Jinyan nodded and put down the contract: "Battle, why have you been here for so long this time?"

"Master Yan, I went to Outer Mongolia."

"What?" Li Jinyan was taken aback, "You went alone?"

"No, it was with the merchant's horse team." Battelle said: "Although Jebtsundamba in Outer Mongolia has defected to the Russians, the herdsmen below still have to live. Most of the salt and grain they eat come from these I happened to know a brother of the cavalry team, and this time I went to Outer Mongolia with him. This year is too cold, the cavalry team walked along the Kerulun River and passed Mount Choibal. You can see sheep that were frozen to death, and even people were frozen to death, the life of the herdsmen is more difficult than in previous years, and the salt and grain brought by the horse team did not get much in return.”

"What about the cattle and sheep herders who froze to death?"

"Throw it away. The fur can't be sold, and the meat can't be eaten, so it can only be thrown away." Battelle's voice paused, "When this winter passes, I don't know how many people will die."

"Yes." Li Jinyan was also a little emotional, and after a while, he said: "Battelle, if the merchant's cavalry is reliable, how about you take a few people with you and go to Outer Mongolia in a few days? I will pay for all the expenses." .”

"Master Yan wants to do business with there?"

"En." Li Jinyan nodded, "You bring enough salt and grain, and buy the livestock from those herdsmen. Hal and Inner Mongolia moved here."

"I see, Young Master Yan."

After sending Battelle away, Li Jinyan immediately went to the study to find Marshal Lou. What Battelle said reminded Li Jinyan of something very important.

"Outer Mongolia?" Young Marshal Lou raised his head, "Take back Outer Mongolia?"

"Yes." Li Jinyan walked to the desk, pulled a chair and sat down, "It's not that we should send troops to Outer Mongolia now, but we should try to win the hearts of the people first."

Li Jinyan told Young Marshal Lou the news that Battelle brought back from Outer Mongolia. Herdsmen need to eat. What will they do with food?Jebtsundamba of Outer Mongolia has no ability. To put it bluntly, he is a puppet of the Russians. It is easy to deal with him, but it takes a lot of brainpower to deal with the Russians behind him.

Russia is not weak enough now, and it is not an ideal time to take back Outer Mongolia by force.When the First World War started and the Russian Tsar was ousted, it was time to act.

In history, when Duke Xu took back Outer Mongolia, he took advantage of the October Revolution. The princes and nobles in Outer Mongolia lost their backing to succeed in one fell swoop?

Although due to various reasons and the intervention of the Soviet Union and Japan, Outer Mongolia still went out independently, but Li Jinyan believes that as long as this piece of land can be taken back, as long as there is a young commander in chief Lou, others will never think about it again. Split out on the territory of China!

What's more, after the recovery of Outer Mongolia, taking advantage of the most chaotic time in Russia during World War I, the Chinese army can completely devour the Russian land bordering on the border with Outer Mongolia. The government must be unable to take these lands back from Huaxia.When they recover, the meat has already been eaten into Hua Xia's mouth, and then spit it out?Don't even think about it!