Chapter 324: Recruiting Old Members
Chapter 324: Going to Guangdong and Guangxi to Recruit Old Members
After returning from Brother Tian's place, Shao Quanzhong finally had time to visit Hu Liuniang and her daughter.
Hu Liuniang was not pregnant and gave birth to a daughter to Shao Quanzhong. At that time, Shao Quanzhong was on a visit and did not dare to send a telegram to tell him. As a result, the daughter was six months old and still hadn't been named.
Seeing that Liu Niang looked like she had done something wrong, Shao Quanzhong comforted her, "After all, this daughter's surname is Shao, so you have done a good deed. By the way, does your Hu family want a child to inherit the cigarette business? If you want her to have the surname Hu, I will allow it."
Hu Liuniang shook her head, "Yuting, I have a younger brother in Dezhou. He is idle all day long and not focused on practicing martial arts, but he has not caused any trouble. He does not need me to inherit the Hu family."
I haven't heard Liu Niang say this, but Shao Quanzhong has heard it. After a little thought, he said, "Let's name my second daughter Shao Jiying."
Hu Liuniang herself is very heroic, and her daughter inherited this temperament, which is quite consistent with the actual situation.
Shao Quanzhong chatted with Liu Niang about the child for a while, and finally went to Wenxiu's room.
The new one has been with me for two days, so I can't forget the old one, right? In this regard, Shao Quanzhong was still very fair. He had set up house rules to manage the harem.
Now Wenxiu manages the harem fairly, Ronghui does not treat herself as an elder sister and treats her younger sisters equally, so there is no need to establish family rules.
The next morning, a telegram came from Baoding that the instructor group from the Berlin Military Academy, which was sent by Prussia to aid the Qing Dynasty, had arrived.
Shao Quanzhong immediately submitted a memorial requesting the withdrawal of the Huai Army staff serving as instructors in Baoding and their replacement by Prussian officers.
The court readily approved the request. This move once again demonstrated that Shao Quanzhong had no ambition to control the new army and was truly a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.
Shao Quanzhong immediately issued an order, "Tell the Deng Shichang fleet that is escorting Pu's aid not to return to Zhenjiang, but to go directly to Zhanjiang Port for maintenance. Shao Yigu will be temporarily transferred to Guangdong to build a naval base on Sanmen Island in Huizhou Prefecture as a new anchorage for the Nanyang Navy."
"Sanmen Island was converted into a military base and fishermen were prohibited from going ashore. All military supplies, including tracked tanks, stored in Fengyang were transferred to Sanmen Island for storage."
"The Zhenjiang Shipyard was demolished and moved to Zhanjiang, where it was co-founded with the Prussians. Mahan led the Zhenjiang Naval Academy to move to Zhanjiang and renamed it the Zhanjiang Naval Academy."
"The Third Battalion of the Imperial Guard Brigade that is accompanying the ship to escort Pu Yuan does not need to return to Hailing. They can go directly to Guangzhou to prepare for my appointment."
"The Huai Army Model Training Brigade stationed in Fengyang will be disbanded and used as the backbone of the new army in Jiangning Provincial Government, Anhui, and Guangdong and Guangxi. Soldiers will be recruited from retired Huai Army soldiers. No new soldiers are needed. I want these four new armies to quickly form combat effectiveness."
"All the staff officers withdrawn from Baoding also went to the Governor's Office in Guangzhou to rebuild the Huai Army headquarters and wait for orders."
Le Sen, Lin Bozai and Ma Yukun were rushing to Guangdong and Guangxi from Shaanxi and Gansu to take up their posts. The Jiangning Provincial Government in their old nest and Shao Hengzhong who was in charge of Anhui also began to prepare for battle.
Shao Quanzhong was stationed in Hailing, deploying troops and generals and re-recruiting old subordinates.
Shao Quanzhong was on a visit for a year and a half, and the Huai Army also rested for a year and a half. Now, under Shao Quanzhong's order, they gathered again and prepared to make trouble again.
His subordinates were gathering in Guangdong and Guangxi to take over this new territory, but Shao Quanzhong himself was not in a hurry to go there. After all, it would take some time for his three subordinates from Shaanxi and Gansu to take up their posts in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Shao Quanzhong went to visit Emery in the afternoon, and he and his new wife temporarily stayed at Shao Hengzhong's house next door.
Shao Hengzhong was appointed governor of Anhui, and his family followed him to Fengyang. His son Jishu accompanied him to study in London, and only the old servant was left to look after the old house in Hailing.
Shao Quanzhong finally met Emery's sick new wife Emily. The room was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine, and Emery was boiling the medicine himself.
"Is this for my sister-in-law?"
To be honest, Emery is one year older than Shao Quanzhong. But when they first met, Shao Quanzhong was already the commander of the Huai Army, and Emery was just a newly graduated second lieutenant in the US Army, so he always called him Xiao Ai.
"This is mine. Emily's has already been drunk." Shao Quanzhong was shocked. "Are you sick too?"
"No. But when Mr. Fei was treating Emily, he saw me and said that my face showed signs of blood stasis and he wanted to feel my pulse. After feeling my pulse, he prescribed medicine for me and said that if I didn't take care of my body in advance, I might get a brain disease in the future. This is called treating disease before it occurs."
Ahem, Shao Quanzhong suspected that he had given Emery too much money for medical expenses, and Mr. Fei would make a profit, but he didn't dare to say it. He was highly respected and probably couldn't do this.
"Emily doesn't have any organic disease, she's just born with a weak body. Mr. Fei is the imperial physician and is best at warming and nourishing. I believe Emily will get better."
"By the way, I'm taking Emily to Baoding tomorrow, so I won't say goodbye to you."
Emery has become the godfather of the Chinese New Army. He will have to fight for Shao Quanzhong again with four gold stars on his shoulders. That will be a long, long time in the future...
This time when Shao Quanzhong returned to his hometown, he stayed there for two whole months and spent the rest of his time with his family.
Maria and Isabel, a pair of foreign girls, were so beautiful that they radiated beauty. When Shao Quanzhong was about to leave for Guangzhou to take up his post, he found that he had to change his secretary again.
Maomei is in good health, the land is fertile, and Maria is already pregnant. Isabel is relatively weak, but she only blooms but does not bear fruit.
Wenxiu and Liuniang were also pregnant at the same time, but Ping'er, the most beautiful and talented one, was still not pregnant.
Shao Quanzhong wanted Ping'er to be his secretary again, but unexpectedly Ping'er refused and strongly recommended Isabel.
This time, Shao Quanzhong is not only going to Guangzhou, but also to face the French in Indochina. What most people don’t know is that he is also preparing to counterattack Paris.
It wasn't just revenge, the 900 million francs also attracted him.
What? The Rothschilds tricked him into not paying? They are so bold!
The chaebols have influence, but don't the warlords have it? If you dare to default on your debts, I will march to Frankfurt to demand your wages armedly. Do you believe it?
Besides, even though the chaebols did all kinds of evil, their business reputation was excellent, which was the foundation of their existence. The bank printed money like crazy, and it really didn't matter if they had 900 million francs. The assets of that family later reached 50 trillion US dollars.
Now, let me tell you a few things that are familiar to ordinary people. The London Underground and the English Channel Tunnel, which has already started exploration and construction, are all invested by them.
Although the tunnel went through many twists and turns and was not completed until a hundred years later, the family is still leading the capital world a hundred years later.
The most famous Lafite winery in Bordeaux, France, was just bought by them last year, so do you believe that the owner of Lafite is not French?
Capital is said to have no borders. In a sense, financial capitalists like world peace the most...
In short, it is very useful for a secretary to know French. The Bourbon family is from France, and French is their mother tongue. Isabelle speaks French better than Spanish.
But her Chinese is not good enough. Her spoken Chinese is almost good enough. If she needs to draft memorials, she needs to bring Nanny Wang from Luzon to help.
The fat old lady has now changed her job from being the royal chef of Chinese cuisine for the Spanish royal family to being the secretary of Shao Quanzhong's female secretary.
Why did Ping'er not want to be a secretary? She grumbled to Xiu'er, who approved a sum of money for her to buy a small courtyard in Hailing City and actually recruited people to set up a Huiban troupe.
The courtyard was filled with the sound of gongs and drums all day long. Ping'er acted as the scriptwriter and director, rehearsing Hui Opera every day. Even when Shao Quanzhong was recuperating at home, he had to patrol everywhere and had no time to pay attention.
I guess it's to please the old man and the old lady, and it doesn't cost much money. If she has this hobby, let her do it.
On June 16, the eighth year of the Tongzhi reign, Shao Quanzhong left Hailing and went to Guangzhou to take up the post of Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi. The countdown to the French becoming the second in the world began.
(End of this chapter)