"Foreign businessmen from France, who do not hand over weapons?"

Yan Xishan spoke with a thick Shanxi accent, and when he spoke, he guessed in his heart the intentions of these people. The news that the adjutant who had just gone out to negotiate with Li Zhicheng and them brought back made him a little confused.

Mike. He hadn't heard of the Prince Company, but it was clearly the name of a foreign trading house. Chinese warlords, who are inward-fighting and outsiders, instinctively have a fear of foreigners.

Yan Xishan, who was educated in Japan and inclined to Japan in his heart, muttered in his heart.

"What are these guys doing here?"

He didn't have a good impression of Westerners, just as the Japanese instructors told them that the East was the East of the Easterners, and if he could, he should drive the Westerners out of here.

Although they had the intention of not seeing them, their attitude seemed to be quite tough, and if they had the support of the French government, it would not be wise not to see them.

"Well, let them in, and as for the weapons, they can take them with them if they want!"

Yan Xishan decided to take a gamble, if it was really just a business according to what the other party said, then it was nothing. In particular, for this matter, it is really incompatible with the French to hurt peace.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a cold wind swept through the treetops of Shanxi. Due to the Chinese New Year, the streets are showing a more prosperous market than before. This is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the hard-working Jin merchants still opened their stores and hung firecrackers in front of their stores, which rang non-stop.

Outside Yan Xishan's mansion was his Jin soldiers confronting the people who had just come down from the sky, although they were instinctively afraid of the people who came from the sky. But they are the children of Shanxi, and they are defending the people of Shanxi who have practiced "Confucian benevolence", and Yan Dashuai, who has just become a waiting master, has also made them tighten the steel guns in their hands one by one.

With his own soldiers, the adjutant, who was down-to-earth in his heart, maintained his "hospitality" demeanor and did not take out his pistol. And the other party would not hand over their weapons, which Yan Xishan's subordinates also saw it.

"Gentlemen, Lord Hou invites you to meet in the West Flower Hall, but this weapon ......!"

Li Zhicheng chuckled and shook his head in the face of the Jin soldiers holding rifles in their hands, and in the face of Yan Xishan's men's cautious approach. The submachine gun in his hand was thrown along with the pistol to his subordinates, and he reached out and slapped himself on it.

"I'm going to see him alone! How about it, do I need a body search? ”

The adjutant who conveyed the order stood on the stone steps of the Yan family's gate with his hands behind his back. He shook his head, still respectful in his words.

"There is no need to talk about this anymore, Master Hou invites you in. Please! ”

Li Zhicheng also made a plea to the adjutant with his fist, but did not take back his weapon from his subordinates.

Although Yan Xishan is a waiting master, he is also a businessman. He always cares about business, so he has been waiting in the West Flower Hall for a long time. Because it was business, he didn't wear a military uniform, but wore a silk home-style cotton robe to greet Li Zhicheng at the door.

Looking at the people who were walking towards this gate under the leadership of his adjutant, he said to himself in his heart.

"This guy is a soldier!"

Looking at people's skills, about a Jin merchant will have some talent. Otherwise, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, it would be impossible for Jin merchants to become popular all over the world, and Yan Xishan, who is half a soldier, half a politician and a businessman, is better than other businessmen in this kind of ability. With just one glance, he figured out the "true identities" of the three of them.

"They are Chinese...... It's a soldier again...... And he claimed to be a businessman of a French company...... From Heaven! What do they really mean? ”

A good banquet has been placed on the table in the West Flower Hall, the wine is Shanxi Fenjiu, and the dishes are also very rich in Shanxi characteristics.

"Sir Yan, look up for a long time, look up for a long time! In Xiacangzhou, Li Zhicheng came to pay a visit. ”

Facing the three people who had just returned from Europe in terms of hairstyle and dress, Yan Xishan also greeted them loudly.

"It's a pleasure to have friends from afar...... This sentence is going to be changed to have friends from heaven today, it is really a noble person from heaven, come, three people please inside, please inside! ”

After the hustle and bustle was over, Li Zhicheng and the three of them were let by Yan Xishan and his adjutant to the banquet set up in the hall. Yan Xishan, who was dressed as a merchant, had a little majesty as an overseer at this moment, but it was all the courtesy of Jin merchants.

After sitting down, Li Zhicheng reached out and took out Tang Yunyang's letter to Xi Xishan from his arms, and handed it to Yan Xi with both hands.

"Chief Yan, this is a letter from President Tang of our company to you."

Regarding Li Zhicheng's behavior that was not polite and went straight to the topic, Yan Xishan was a little uncomfortable. Stretched out his hand to take the letter, didn't hurry to open it to watch, and only raised his wine glass to toast Li Zhicheng.

"The three of them came to the cold house on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which really made Yan face shine, and the three lives were fortunate."

Li Zhicheng picked up the cup in his hand and said to Yan Xishan: "Chief Yan, thank you for your hospitality, but please read our President Tang's letter first, and we can talk about it later." ”

Since people said so, Yan Xishan put away his politeness, opened the envelope and took a closer look.

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Judging by the thickness of the letter, it was a long letter. In addition, like most Westerners or those who have returned from abroad, this letter was written in pen.

"Brother Baichuan...... My brother's heart to strengthen the country is unknown to the world. Since my brother entered Shanxi, the people's lives have been stable and the economy has developed rapidly...... Although, Brother Xihu is based on the west of Taihang, there are Luliang Mountain in the west, Beiyue and Wutai in the north, Zhongtiao Mountain in the south, and the Yellow River is dangerous...... However, Shanxi is located inland, the road is difficult, the goods are difficult to pass through the five provinces, and the wealth is difficult to gather all over the world. Now the company can provide airships, light over thousands of mountains and rivers. You can export your premises to overseas and export overseas industrial technology to your brother...... In addition, the company is an American arms company, producing artillery, firearms, airships, airplanes and other equipment, if the brother is interested, it can be preferential......"

There is not only Tang Yunyang's signature at the check-in office, but also the signature of another person, but this person Yan Xishan knows. He is Li Shizeng, and this letter was actually written by him.

"Aren't you a French company? Also, this sealed Mr. Li Shizeng Li, who is in charge of the pen, is he also in your company? ”

Li Shi used to be a fairly well-known member of the alliance, how could Yan Xishan, as a member of the alliance, not know. However, Li Zhicheng said just now that they are businessmen from France, but here Li Shizeng wrote that they are American companies, which cannot but make the shrewd Yan Xishan ask a few more questions.

Facing Yan Xishan's doubts, Li Zhicheng smiled slightly.

"No wonder you have this question, the two presidents of our company are Chinese Americans. And we are an arms company. In order to develop, the production line is mostly located in Nancy, France in order to sell products to the French army nearby, and the French army is quite welcome to our products. As for this Mr. Li Shizeng, he is our Mike. General Manager of Prince Company! ”