The situation in southern Jiangsu is not only concerned by Yijiyuan Yanji and Zhu Erdian, but also by diplomats from other countries in China, and in addition to Yijiyuan Yanji and Zhu Erdian, it is Jia Leheng who is most concerned.

The United States has invested a lot of money in order to support Chen Jingyun, and the army aid program has been launched one after another, not only has a large number of artillery pieces been delivered to the Nationalist Army, but even the machinery and equipment for the expansion of the arsenal and the steel plant have been shipped to China one after another; when they heard that the Nationalist Army was in short supply of ammunition, it took the initiative to contact several domestic arms enterprises to provide a large amount of ammunition, not to mention that the more important naval cooperation plan has been in full swing, and Yu Wentao has signed a detailed contract for the purchase of ships on behalf of Chen Jingyun and the Nationalist Army and the United States. Several shipyards in the United States have already begun to work on the construction of these ships.

Under such circumstances, the United States naturally hoped that Chen Jingyun would develop as quickly as possible, and when he heard that the Nationalist Army had conquered Taishan Town on the north bank of Nanjing, Jia Leheng could be said to be the happiest among the ministers of various countries in China.

As the leader of the U.S. policy toward China, Jia Leheng can be said to have single-handedly led the cooperation between the United States and Chen Jingyun, and as the national army becomes stronger and stronger, more and more American capital and products enter China, Jia Leheng's influence in the United States is also increasing, which is undoubtedly the biggest gain for a politician.

And when he learned that Zhu Erdian and Ijiin Hikoyoshi were planning to unite countries to intervene in the war between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army, trying to one-sidedly favor Yuan Shikai, he was also a little worried, and began to actively contact other countries, such as France and Germany.

When a new round of diplomatic wrestling began in Dongjiaomin Alley in the background, in Shanghai, Chen Jingyun also held his first cocktail dinner in Shanghai.

Unlike the diplomatic reception held by Zhu Erdian, the dinner held by Chen Jingyun in the Chen Mansion this time was not a banquet for diplomatic hostages, but a fundraising dinner, the main purpose of which was to promote a new round of recovery bonds issued by the Nationalist Army.

Since the Fuzhou Uprising, the Nationalist Army has issued several successive issues of recovery bonds to support the rapid development of the Nationalist Army, but it has not achieved much results. Among the subsequent issuance of the recovery bonds, the sales volume was extremely limited, and the vast majority of them were purchased by wealthy businessmen in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and most of these people were directly related to the national army, such as the princes who served in the military and political axes of the two provinces. The amount is not much, resulting in the fifth million of the fourth issue not being sold out for more than half a year.

However, since the Nationalist Army occupied Guangzhou, the recovery bonds were sold for a few days, but the war in southern Jiangsu together, no one bought it, the vast majority of people are waiting for the results of the war in southern Jiangsu, they are waiting for the Beiyang Army and the Nationalist Army to divide the victory and defeat, if the Nationalist Army is defeated, then the recovery bonds will immediately become worthless, not to mention re-purchase, those who bought the recovery bonds as an investment before are afraid that they will try their best to get rid of it.

However, since the Nationalist Army captured Taishan Town, and Cao Kun and Jin Yunpeng's troops retreated from Zhenjiang and Lishui to the southern city of Nanjing, outsiders thought that the Nationalist Army had victory in sight, so the Nationalist Bonds were selling well again.

The interest and maturity of this fifth tranche of the bond are the same as the previous ones, which are three-year short-term bonds, and a certain amount of principal and interest is paid every year. However, the difference is that this time the fundraising office has prepared tens of millions of dollars for sale. And the distribution place is not limited to Fuzhou and Hangzhou, but the main area is Shanghai, this time the target group is to choose the large number of domestic tycoons gathered in Shanghai.

In order to promote the sale of the liberation bonds, even Chen Jingyun, the commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Army, had to stand up and wave his flag and shout, and sent invitations to many wealthy businessmen in Shanghai and nearby in his own name.

So, such a dinner party, which had no copper smell on the surface but was for money from beginning to end, was held in the Chen Mansion.

Coming to Shanghai from Fuzhou, on the one hand, it was to report to Chen Jingyun about the production affairs related to the Fuzhou Arsenal, and on the other hand, it was also to meet some other business collaborators, Tang Huikang, and a few people in horse coats walked towards Chen Jingyun.

"Commander, this is Mr. Sheng Xuanhuai!" Tang Huikang introduced several people around him to Chen Jingyun: "They all have a cooperative business with Fuzhou Arsenal!" ”

When Tang Huikang brought them over, Chen Jingyun had already paid attention to them, and immediately smiled when he saw them: "Mr. Sheng, I've been looking up for a long time!" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai was also polite: "Commander Chen is polite, I came to your mansion rashly today, and there is a lot of disturbance!" ”

"How can this bother, since it's a banquet, the more people there are, the better!" Chen Jingyun said with a smile and talked to Sheng Xuanhuai and Tang Huikang.

The reason why Sheng Xuanhuai appeared at this banquet was naturally because he was invited because he was rich, and he was able to be personally introduced by Tang Huikang to Chen Jingyun's side, but it had nothing to do with his money, even his name as the father of Chinese industry, or even his experience in the officialdom of the former Qing Dynasty. After all, there are a lot of rich people in China, especially at today's dinner, those who are worth more than a few million are embarrassed to enter the door, and the identity of the former Qing officials is not dazzling, there are many frustrated politicians living in Shanghai, and there are many other people with huge political influence like Cen Chunxuan, and to be honest, Sheng Xuanhuai, the former minister of the Qing Dynasty Posts and Communications, is nothing.

The reason why Tang Huikang really led him to Chen Jingyun is very simple, that is, Fuzhou Arsenal has a deep cooperative relationship with Hanyeping Company, and at present, more than half of the coal required in Fuzhou Arsenal comes from Hanyeping Company, and then also purchases a large amount of pig iron from Hanyang Iron Factory to make up for the lack of production capacity of the steel plant under Fuzhou Arsenal.

The relationship between Han Yeping and Sheng Xuanhuai is complicated, from the early official office, to the official supervision and commercial office to the complete commercial office, Sheng Xuanhuai can be said to have always controlled the Han Yeping Company, whether it involves the embezzlement of national assets and other issues, not to mention, the interesting thing is that at the beginning of the year, the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe was in urgent need of funds, and at that time it was planned to turn the Han Yeping Company into a joint office in order to obtain a loan in this regard. The process and interests are entangled, anyway, Sheng Xuanhuai got 3 million yuan from himself, and then gave 2 million yuan to Nanjing Temporary Political Axe, but after being learned by the outside world, Qi Qi scolded Sheng Xuanhuai for betraying the country, forcing him to resign from the position of general manager of Han Yeping.

However, although he resigned as general manager of Han Yeping, this was only in name, and he still maintained control of Han Yeping.

Coming here today, in addition to recovering bonds, it is more important to discuss the next step of cooperation between the two sides with Tang Huikang.

Sheng Xuanhuai doesn't know whether he is a traitor Chen Jingyun doesn't know, and he has little interest in knowing, there are more people who have been scolded as traitors these years, even Chen Yi and Jiang Fangzhen are still carrying the name of Han Jian, and some people in the newspaper scold Yuan Shikai for betraying the country every day, saying that Chen Jingyun betrayed the country, saying that Sun Wen and Huang Xing betrayed the country, if you don't be scolded for a few traitors, you are embarrassed to say that you are a traitor in the early years of the people.

After talking to Sheng Xuanhuai for a few words, most of them were focused on the industrial aspect, such as some policies in the economic development zones of Fuzhou and Hangzhou, when Sheng Xuanhuai heard Chen Jingyun say that he planned to set up a similar economic development zone in Shanghai, he immediately showed interest, but on this occasion today, Chen Jingyun naturally had little time to say in detail to him, and before Sheng Xuanhuai could ask, he had already said: "Manager Tang and Mr. Sheng will chat first, and I will come when I go!" ”

Tang Huikang on the side answered: "I know a little bit about this economic development zone, come, I'll talk to you here!" ”

At this time, Chen Jingyun had already withdrawn and left, walking all the way, greeting people along the way, and soon came to the door, at this time, the British consul in Shanghai, Sir Faleigh, was leading a blonde lady to slowly come in, and the countess was followed by the smiling blonde girl Linna.

Soon Chen Jingyun greeted Sir Fa Lei and the Countess, and before Chen Jingyun could speak, several foreigners surrounded him and began to greet the Countess, and Chen Jingyun also retreated.

As soon as he turned around after coming out, he saw a Linna standing behind him who didn't know when, and after seeing Chen Jingyun turn around, he spoke: "General, good evening!" ”

Chen Jingyun looked at Linna, today she was wearing a light blue dress, she looked younger and more energetic than last time, the girl seemed to be stunned when she saw Chen Jingyun, and shook it with the small fan in her hand, which made Chen Jingyun seem to wake up: "Oh, Miss Linna, good evening!" ”

After this greeting, there was a silence that followed, Chen Jingyun's mind was still thinking about how to push out the recovery bond tonight, and in addition, he also had a strange feeling about the aristocratic lady in front of him. There are enough women he has met in the two lives before and after, but he has never been in a relationship with a foreign woman, let alone a genuine aristocratic lady, and this strange sense of distance makes him a little uncomfortable.

If there is a so-called psychiatrist here, you can find at a glance that Chen Jingyun has a sense of inferiority, and ordinary commoners will have a feeling of psychological inferiority complex when facing the aristocracy, whether they admit it in their hearts or not. And this kind of psychology is more serious in the nouveau riche, such as those who became rich overnight are estimated to have been trying to integrate into the upper class all their lives, eager to be recognized, and for example, those who launched a rebellion political nouveau riche showed cruelty in the face of the defeated aristocracy, this is no longer as simple as revenge and anger, but a deep inferiority complex, there is a line like this: Why do you look down on me when you are dying.

And Chen Jingyun is a serious political explosion of wealth, even if he is already in a high position, but the psychology of the civilian class that he has cultivated for a long time in his previous life will not disappear so quickly, although he does not admit it or does not know, but he still feels uncomfortable in the face of this so-called aristocracy, such as the last time he saw the countess, Chen Jingyun felt even more so.

And now, although the aristocratic girl in front of her is lively and cute, without the slightest arrogance of the nobility, it still makes Chen Jingyun feel a little uncomfortable, of course, this may be another reason, that is, since he was in a high position in the Fuzhou Uprising, no woman except Chen Yu's has dared to look into his eyes, even his wife Lin Yun and Luo Li and Dong Bai's three women have not looked into Chen Jingyun's eyes, and other women have lowered their heads when they see him.

However, today, this seemingly innocent blonde girl was half-tilting her head, and then her almost innocent blue eyes looked at Chen Jingyun, staring at Chen Jingyun as if she was not blinking, this feeling made Chen Jingyun very unaccustomed.

But naturally these will not be shown, he just gave a light apologetic smile: "The people over there are waiting for me, and we will talk later!" ”

After that, she went to Zhuang Nan and the others on the other side, leaving Linna with her mouth half-open, she was about to speak, but before the words could be said Chen Jingyun left, looking at Chen Jingyun's departing figure, she snuggled her mouth, and then stomped her little foot lightly and turned around and returned to her mother.