Han Huaiyi didn't know that Shi Jintao was at his feet at the moment.

He let the wind go to the captain's room to chat with Bortai and them after a while in the bow of the boat, and then fought with Shen Baoshan's brothers for a while to fight the landlord.

Time passed, and the sky was full of red clouds and then starry eyes.

After the sun rose and the moon passed, the Roma arrived at Wuhan, the important place of the thoroughfare of the nine provinces.

Here the turtle and snake two mountains face each other across the river, and the three towns stand all over the thousands of sails.

The arrival of the Roma caused some sensation, and what was even more sensational was that the young and handsome Han Huaiyi took out a telegram and said that he was invited by Xiang Shuai to come.

The news soon reached the Governor's Palace.

Wei Yungong, who arrived here first, simply came to pick up Han Huaiyi in person.

After the two met, Han Huaiyi was very surprised: "Why are you here, what is the matter with Xiangshuai." ”

Wei Yungong smiled and only said: "Xiangshuai knows that you are very happy, and said that I will hold a banquet for you in the evening, I don't have as much face as you." ”

And he said, "Let your foreign friends go with them." ”

The people around listened to it very red, and after they left, they talked about it but couldn't guess Han Huaiyi's origin.

When there were no outsiders, Wei Yungong and Han Huaiyi quietly reminded: "Xiang Shuai has been quite worried about the Hanyang Iron Works recently, so I summoned you and me to come over to help him quietly take a look at the situation, but don't make a noise about this matter, because someone is about to use this matter to make Xiang Shuai's article." ”

"What's the matter with the Hanyang Iron Works?" Han Huaiyi asked.

"I don't know what went wrong, I can't always make good steel, Xiang Shuai has been worried about this matter, but there are few that can be used here. He said that foreign monks are good at chanting, don't you and I know that there are many foreigners, so he asked you and me to go around in the name of investigation, and then ask some foreigners about the situation. ”

"Don't you just find a buyer?"

“。。。 Can't get in touch. ”

"Huh?" Han Huaiyi blinked, just kidding you.

He stopped: "Brother Yungong, if you don't tell me the truth, then I'll turn around and leave." ”

Wei Yungong looked at him speechlessly, why do you love to blackmail people so much.

"I feel like it's a pit, and it's not impossible for me to jump into the pit, at least let me know if there's a knife or a spear in the pit." Han Huaiyi said.

Bortai and the others simply dispersed to the side, as if a group of guards attracted the eyes outside, but no one could hear the whispers of Wei Yungong and Han Huaiyi on the street.

Well, Bortai is a soldier after all, and the privacy of the chief needs to be protected.

But he didn't know what kind of visual and psychological impact the appearance of foreigners guarding the Chinese would give people in the interior in this year.

Some good deeds on the streets of Wuhan actually came to a conclusion because of this, I don't know what kind of Belle master this is.

There are knowledgeable people on the side who can't wait to give him two mouths, the emperor doesn't have foreign eunuchs, where did Baylor come from with foreign guards?

Han Huaiyi ignored the beeps outside, and only stared at Wei Yungong for the truth.

Wei Yungong had to say: "Xiang Shuai had some unhappiness with the seller over there, and he broke off contact early, so he did something that couldn't get up or down." ”

"First of all, I was unhappy with the seller, and I grabbed others to add blockage, um." Han Huaiyi was happy: "Then ask us to record the situation quietly in the name of investigation and find someone who knows how to do it, it seems that the old man did something bad to do so cowardly." ”

Wei Yun stomped his feet respectfully: "Don't say that, Xiang Shuai is an old man." ”

"Respect is not verbal, just say it directly, this time it is for you and my brother to join forces to quietly help Xiangshuai solve this trouble safely, and don't let outsiders know, isn't it?"

That's what it means. But don't show off in front of Xiang Shuai... ”

"You went over and told Xiang Shuai directly that I knew, and I will arrange it as soon as possible!" Han Huaiyi said that he would move, and he turned around and asked Bortai: "Do you know anything about steelmaking?" ”

“NO。”

"In this way, you will be free to move around later, and go to the Hankou Concession to find some compatriots to find out why the situation is in trouble at the Hanyang Iron Works and the channels to solve it."

"Huaiyi you?" Wei Yungong looked at him puzzled.

Han Huaiyi said with a smile: "The concession is a place outside the law, and it is also a place where news spreads. Xiang Shuai is also a high-profile person at home and abroad, and his good or bad will definitely be widely circulated, especially at the concession level. Sometimes if you listen directly to what foreigners say, maybe the answer is inside? ”

When Wei Yungong was thoughtful, Han Huaiyi continued: "At least this is also a channel to understand the situation, it just so happens that Bortai is British, if they ask anything casually, it will not arouse the suspicion of those who target Xiang Shuai, isn't this the purpose of Xiang Shuai asking me to come over." ”

Well, you're done.

Wei Yungong said convincingly.

Bortai and the others all had money, and after Han Huaiyi promised to be reimbursed, several people went to the Hankou concession happily.

Han Huaiyi and Wei Yungong came to the governor's office in Wuchang together.

The high yaya is deep, and the courtyard is forested.

Although the sun is shining today, the place is still full of decay and antiquity.

After the imperial court divided the original "Huguang Province" into Hunan and Hubei with Dongting Lake in the third year of Kangxi, the Qing court still called the "Governor of the Two Lakes" as the Governor of Huguang with the ancient title of Huguang.

Zhang Zhidong works and lives here.

Han Huaiyi, who had just come down from the ironclad ship, sat on the Ming Hall in the side hall and thought to himself, in a few years, there will be many swords and swords here, and the foundation of a dynasty will also be opened, but at this moment, who knows but me?

He looked back at Wei Yungong beside him and couldn't remember his birthday.

But he probably knows Zhang Zhidong's fate.

The old man who talked and laughed with him in Shanghai and talked funny about his words, his time was running out, but now he still looked energetic.

Thinking that these people wasted their good lives on "mending the pot" for the Qing court because of the limitations of the times, Han Huaiyi felt that it was a pity, but he couldn't do more.

Zhang Zhidong soon came over in person.

After entering the door, he pointed at Han Huaiyi and scolded with a smile: "You little child, the shelf is bigger than the old man, I asked you to come many days ago, why did you come today." ”

Han Huaiyi laughed dryly, cowardly.

This is his territory, if he suddenly gives an order on a whim, Han Huaiyi will have nowhere to run if he wants to.

So he is a good man who doesn't suffer immediate losses, and he is very low-key.

Wei Yun respectfully said: "Xiang Shuai, he has already told Huaiyi about that matter in private, and he has already started to arrange it. ”

"Oh? Huaiyi. Zhang Zhidong shouted with a smile and didn't ask him how he arranged it.

"Yes."

"Are you sure? Some things involve the reputation of the old man, so the old man can't hear the truth anymore, so he can only find another way. Zhang Zhidong almost didn't shy away from Han Huaiyi.