Chapter Twenty-Four: The Bandits Cover the Sky for a Long Time

After packing up the things at home, Wang Maoru and Pu Ji went to the Longbeile Mansion on Qianjie to visit the old Baylor, and the old Baylor was naturally very happy to see him. Now that the old man had cut his braids, Wang Maoru was curious about how he cut his braids, and the old Baylor said: "Now I have joined the Consultative Council and am a member of the royalist party. ”

"Royalists?" Wang Maoru suddenly jumped out of his heart with a word, and Fu Fu shook his head, this old and young man is really a thief, but they are not bad people, and the country is not allowed to be nostalgic after the death?

Old Baylor was well entertained, after eating and drinking for a while, Wang Maoru chatted with Old Baylor about the things in Beijing this year, and Old Baylor naturally knew everything, and he loved to chat with people when he was older. Several people chatted for a while, and Wang Maoru asked about his future. Old Baylor laughed when he heard it: "If you take it in advance, you must give it first, why don't you invest in it?" ”

Wang Maoru asked: "What should Shibo say?" ”

Old Baylor said: "Last year, I gave you the idea to take refuge in Yuan Keding, and now he has returned to China and advocated Yuan Shikai to be the emperor. ”

Pu Ji said angrily on the side: "Chaotic ministers and thieves, chaotic ministers and thieves, I have only been in the Qing Dynasty for a few days?" Old thief Yuan deceived people too much"

Old Baylor said: "Third child, don't talk nonsense, as far as I know, Lao Yuan himself disagrees." ”

Wang Maoru said: "Shibo, are you asking me to take refuge now?" He recruited me, I didn't agree, I went to his son? Isn't this ......"

Old Baylor smiled: "These two are naturally different. Lao Yuan's subordinates are full of talents, although Xiusheng is talented, but you are useless in front of him, and he can give you an idle job naturally shows that he no longer cares about talents. On the contrary, it is Yuan Keding, what ...... this person" He laughed, his small eyes narrowed into a slit, and said: "How can this Yuan Keding have the wisdom of his Lao Tzu, now he is proud, if you use some tricks, this person will definitely give you great help." ”

threw out the identity of the old Baylor before Qing Baylor, in fact, chatting with him, that is, a Beijing old man. There is no park in these years, otherwise he would be an old man who carries a bird cage to the park to play tai chi. Wang Maoru was grateful to him in his heart, after all, after he came to Beijing, it was the Longbeile Mansion that took him in. Although the house in the backyard was bought in exchange for a watch, it was the old Baylor who asked for help. Wang Maoru is a person who repays the grace of a drop of water, so he also respects Old Baylor very much. Leaving Baylor Mansion, Wang Maoru asked, "What does Shibo mean?" Does he support Yuan Shikai or oppose Yuan Shikai? ”

Pu Jidao: "Naturally, he is against Yuan Shikai, but he can't do it." ”

Wang Maoru nodded and smiled: "I guess in a while, the president's people will come to me, we don't have to beg them, they come to beg us." You are angry with Yuan Dagongzi in your heart. ”

Pu Jidao: "I don't think he likes it, this cripple is so arrogant now, he wants Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, he is the prince, and the emperor is still in the Dragon Court, why do these people want to change the dynasty?" ”

Wang Maoruxin said that he would have changed the dynasty a long time ago, what are you still doing with nostalgia, but he didn't say it, and said with a smile: "This person is immature, but he can be used by you and me." ”

Early the next morning, Wang Maoru went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State Council, where he had previously visited Gu Weijun, but it was not a coincidence that Gu Weijun had gone to Shanghai to negotiate with the British on the Tibetan issue. Wang Maoru bought some gifts and sent them to Gu Weijun's house, and when Mrs. Tang Baoyue saw that it was his gift, she smiled and said: "My sister just called you yesterday to ask about you, saying that you didn't call her since you came to Beijing, did you forget her?" ”

"Haha, too busy, too busy." Wang Maoru gave Gu Weijun two purebred German high-level black-backed military dog puppies, he heard that Tang Baoyue likes small animals and bought them at a high price, Tang Baoyue was really happy. She kindly touched the puppy's head, spoiled it very much, and said, "What are Mr. Xiusheng's plans to return to Beijing this time?" ”

"I'm going to go into politics, but I don't know where to start right now." Wang Mao said truthfully.

"It's better to ......" Tang Baoyue wanted to say that it was better to let Gu Weijun help, but it was not good to interfere with her husband's career.

Wang Maoru naturally knew her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Gu don't have to worry about it, Xiusheng already has some plans, but it is not clear now, so I have to wait a little longer." After talking for a while, Wang Maoru took her leave and asked her to bring greetings to Premier Tang Shaoyi and Tang Baoqi.

After returning to the company, Pu Ji suddenly ran to say that their newly opened flour mill in Hebei had been attacked by bandits, and Wang Maoru was furious and took his team to the flour mill. When they arrived at the flour mill in Pinggu County, the director was Cui Zhou's cousin Ma Huiren, and he saw that he had bandages on his head and several workers were also injured. Ma Huiren said that eight workers were injured and taken away, and the 300 bags of flour stored in the factory were also looted.

Wang Maoru asked who did it, Ma Huiren said that he really didn't know, and Pu Ji found the local local security to inquire. The land security said that this bandit was done by Gai Tianjiu of Xiaodongzhuang. The three hundred men and horses of the Eight King Kongs under Gai Tianjiu occupied the area of Yuanbao Mountain, and it was not easy to plunder south, but this time he somehow ran to Beijing. On the same day, Gai Tianjiu asked someone to bring a message, saying that he would pay a thousand oceans and redeem eight workers, otherwise he could only collect their corpses.

Wang Maoru asked Pu Ji if he called the police, and Pu Ji smiled bitterly: "Call the police?" If the officers and soldiers go to suppress bandits, the cost of pulling out and ammunition will not be able to be spent by a thousand oceans, let's say that we have been offended for a long time for this matter. Wang Maoru said hatefully: "Blame me, if there is a group of militias, Gai Tianjiu will not come." Pu Ji said: "Why don't you apply to the government to form a militia group?" Wang Maoru patted his head and said, "Yes, how did I forget about this." Pu Ji said: "It just happens that you can also get in touch with Yuan Keding." ”

Wang Maoru arranged to lock up and take 1,500 oceans to Yuanbaoshan, ransomed the eight workers, and used 500 oceans to buy three years of peace. Seeing that the merchant was soft, Gai Tianjiu said the reason for the southward raid, it turned out that the Mongolian lamas and Mongolian bandits who were separatist went south to beat Gai Tianjiu and them*, and three of Gai Tianjiu's eight King Kongs died, so Gai Tianjiu had to avoid going south to loot and replenish supplies.

Upon hearing this news, Wang Maoru also inquired that although Gai Tianjiu and his people were called bandits, they were not thirsty for killing, and this person was one of the three types of bandits in the Republic of China. There are probably three kinds of bandits, one kind of bandits, the era is a bandit, the mountain is the king, the father and son are passed down, although they are bandits, but the persecution of the people under them is not heavy, and some are quite chivalrous; A kind of wild bandits, mostly hooligans and ruffians in the village, bullying outsiders or businessmen in the middle of the night, robbing some money, honest and serious on weekdays, and the harm is not serious; The third type is bandits, this kind of bandits change places with one shot, never stay in one place too long, kill people and kill people, and cause the most serious harm. This Gai Tianjiu was a bandit, but he was robbed of the chassis and lost his brothers and money, so he was forced to go south.

After the eight workers were released, they saw that although they were injured, they did not suffer from their sins, and that no workers died in the factory.

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