Compared with Yang Du, who is arrogant and high-minded, Yang Shiqi is more easy-going, and he is very polite when talking to anyone, but Yang Shiqi also has a sense of superiority in his bones, as Yuan Shikai's confidant and strategist, he thinks that his strategy and calculation are rare in the world.

For a vulgar martial artist like Zhang Zuolin, Yang Shiqi didn't look at it, but just had to socialize. Zhang Zuolin gave him a gift in person, which made Yang Shiqi a little disdainful, Wufu really doesn't understand the rules, is this kind of place a place for gifts, no matter how valuable the gift is, he can't accept it.

"Master Zhang, the things you take out must not be ordinary, as the saying goes, a gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, I can look at it and I'm already very satisfied."

Yang Shiqi's words obviously refused to accept this gift, just to see, he opened the wooden box casually, and saw that it was not an ordinary calligraphy and painting, but a handkerchief-sized, stacked silk book, Yang Shiqi was a little surprised.

He thought that Zhang Zuolin would definitely spend a lot of money to buy some paintings such as Tang Bohu and Zhu Qi, although this kind of thing is precious, but he has seen a lot, and he has not much interest at all, but the silk book in front of him made Yang Shiqi surprised, with his experience, judging from the texture of the weaving, it is a thing of the Song Dynasty.

Gently unfolding the corner, Yang Shiqi saw three words: Chen Yue question. Yang Shiqi's brain flashed quickly, and suddenly a thought came to him, and Yang Shiqi trembled unconsciously as if he had been shocked.

He did not rush to open the silk book, but respectfully put it back into the wooden box, then closed the lid and held it in his arms, for fear of any damage. Everyone else also noticed Yang Shiqi's strange appearance, and everyone was also interested, Duan Zhigui asked: "Xingcheng, what kind of treasure is it, let everyone open their eyes together!" ”

Yang Shiqi did not speak, but asked the servant to bring a large desk, placed it in the middle of the hall, the most lighted position, he was like a devout believer, put the wooden box in the middle, and put white gloves on his hands.

The wooden box was opened, and then the silk book was taken out, slowly unfolded, after reading a few lines, Yang Shiqi suddenly raised his head, closed his eyes, as if to calm down his excited emotions, everyone present had never seen Yang Shiqi so out of shape, and everyone was also hung up by him, wanting to know what kind of treasure it was.

"Everyone, have you ever heard Su Dongpo's poems: Cursive writing is not learning to talk about self-entertainment, and the pen has called Zhou Yuenu?"

Everyone present had a blank expression, only Yang Du's eyes were shining, and he asked in surprise: "Xingcheng, is this Zhou Yue's calligraphy?" Yang Du also walked quickly to the front of the table and watched carefully.

A pair of silk books surprised Yuan Shikai's two strategists, and everyone became more and more interested in this mysterious silk book.

"Ladies and gentlemen, most of the calligraphy in the early Song Dynasty inherited the style of the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, and there was not much change, and then Su Huang, Mi Cai and other Song Dynasty four families rose, and the calligraphy of the Song Dynasty had its own characteristics, which had a fault of about 70 years. The art of calligraphy also pays attention to inheritance, the Song family will not rise abruptly, there must be a character who connects the previous and the next, and this character is Zhou Yue, but he has not found his works for many years. ”

After Yang Shiqi finished speaking, he turned around and bowed deeply to Zhang Zuolin to show his gratitude.

Many things are worthless in the eyes of the layman, but in the eyes of the insider, they are priceless. Even if he put ten thousand taels of gold in front of Yang Shiqi, he would not lose his temper, but this Zhou Yue's ink completely captured Yang Shiqi.

When Zhang Tinglan saw Yang Shiqi behaving like this, he also secretly gave Wang Yongjiang a thumbs up, and this authentic work of Zhou Yue was provided by Wang Yongjiang. He is also a scholar, so he naturally knows what the literati like, this thing fills the gap in the history of calligraphy for 70 years, and the value cannot be measured by money at all, as long as people who really like calligraphy are difficult to refuse.

"Mr. Yang, you are too polite, Zuo Lin is a martial artist, and I still don't know what this thing is. People often say that treasures have spirits, it seems that Zuolin is destined to be just a passing God of Wealth, this thing is only worth the money in the hands of Mr. Yang! ”

When it came to this, Yang Shiqi didn't want to refuse anymore, he took Zhang Zuolin's hand and said, "Yuting, you are a blessed person, don't worry!" ”

Yang Shiqi made a pun, openly talking about Zhou Yue's true works, but secretly telling Zhang Zuolin that he would help speak. Lao Zhang is so keen, he naturally understands the meaning of his words, Lao Zhang is also very happy at this time, inside and out, Lao Yuan's close people have accepted his gifts, so he is not afraid that they will not do things for him.

When everyone was appreciating Zhou Yue's calligraphy, someone came again, it was the British Minister Zhu Erdian, Yuan Keding and others immediately came out to greet him, and they gave enough courtesy to the emperor who represented the British Empire.

Zhu Erdian, who has served as minister for many years and is the most senior China expert, is keenly aware of the changes in China's political arena, so he also actively contacts all parties in order to make correct judgments.

His participation raised the level of the banquet a lot, and everyone was staggered, and the interest became higher and higher. Zhang Zuolin also participated in this kind of gathering for the first time, and there was novelty everywhere, and when he was observing around, Liang Shiyi suddenly walked over.

"Master Zhang, the shot is extraordinary, a pair of Zhou Yue's ink blots made Yang Xingcheng fascinated, I didn't expect Master Zhang to know calligraphy and painting."

"Secretary-General Liang, how can I understand this, it's just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse."

"Master Zhang is humble, your ability is far more than that, I heard that you gave the eldest prince 200,000 rubles this time. There are not many people who directly send foreign currency, you are the first to start, people often say that I am the God of Wealth, I think Master Zhang is the real God of Wealth, a little stone into gold! ”

Although Liang Shiyi said this flattering word, his tone obviously had a hint of provocation, Lao Zhang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and said coldly: "Liang Caishen praised it falsely, Zuolin is just a rough person, and he doesn't understand the economy!" ”

"Don't understand economics? But Master Zhang understands people's hearts! You've figured out other people's fetishes. Liang Shiyi continued to squeeze Zhang Zuolin with words, and he did it mainly because of jealousy.

Liang Shiyi and Yang Shiqi are at odds, and have been fighting for power, but they have been suppressed, and now Lao Zhang Youbao only knows how to give it to Yang Shiqi, but he didn't expect him Liang Shiyi, so he was dissatisfied, and he used wine to cover his face, wanting to find trouble with Zhang Zuolin. Lao Zhang was naturally unhappy, but he didn't know how to answer this Liang Caishen correctly.

At this moment, Zhang Tinglan came over: "Secretary-General Liang, I have heard for a long time that you have a good way of managing money and are the right hand of the president, but I don't know what Liang Gong thinks of the word credit?" ”

Zhang Tinglan suddenly opened her mouth and kicked the ball back, and a trace of unhappiness flashed in Liang Shiyi's eyes: "Young man, Liang has been managing money for many years, and he still uses a junior to point fingers?" ”

"Liang Gong, the kid naturally doesn't dare, but I have heard that since ancient times, there is a distinction between making money and collecting money, making money is the road to benefit the country and the people, and collecting money is a small road that harms the people and misleads the country, I don't know why Liang Gong gave up the road and took the small road?"

Liang Shiyi's squeezing of Zhang Zuolin has attracted the attention of others, so everyone unconsciously looks here, and now Zhang Tinglan suddenly spoke, directly accusing Liang Shiyi of accumulating money, and even buckled the big hat of harming the people and misleading the country, everyone was interested, and wanted to see how this play was performed, Yang Shiqi and Yuan Keding also came over.

Especially Yang Shiqi just received a heavy gift, and took it back to sit back and watch Liang Shiyi bully people, so he came over and looked at Liang Shiyi coldly. Liang Shiyi was slapped in the face in public by a junior, and his heart was also angry.

"Junior, how much do you know, you dare to slander Liang. If you can't be reasonable, don't blame Liang for being polite! ”

"Liang Gong, the indiscriminate issuance of paper money, the credit of the traffic bank is completely lost, and you know how much the ticket has depreciated. This currency, which was originally a medium of exchange and circulation, suddenly depreciated, the wealth in the hands of the merchants and the people shrank sharply, and how many families went bankrupt. Since our country is known as the Republic of China, the people come first in the country, and the people are damaged, won't it eventually lead the country? ”

Zhang Tinglan continued to question, just poking Liang Shiyi's sore spot, his face suddenly became gloomy, of course he knew that his approach was to drink to quench his thirst, but in order to please Yuan Shikai, he couldn't care about anything.

Seeing Liang Shiyi's face become like a pig's liver, Zhang Zuolin was happy in his heart, he had enough confidence in Zhang Tinglan, this kid can play with foreigners between applause, and a mere Liang God of Wealth is not a problem.

Lao Zhang simply cocked Erlang's legs, drinking tea while watching the excitement. Yang Shiqi saw that his old opponent was deflated, as if he had eaten ice cubes on dog days, and he was full of comfort.

"Young man, when the God of Wealth is also powerful, you must not be rude."

Although Yang Shiqi accused Zhang Tinglan on the surface, he was actually saying that Liang Shiyi was poor in donkey skills, Liang Shiyi couldn't hear it, his fat face couldn't help trembling, his triangular eyes squinted, and he glared at Zhang Tinglan fiercely.

"Junior, since you dare to accuse me of accumulating money, then you have the ability to make money, if you can find a way, Liang admits it, if there is no countermeasure, just play lip service, let's fight the lawsuit in front of the president, Liang is not afraid of you!"

Zhang Tinglan looked calm and relaxed, arched his hand at everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone, the people who came to the banquet today are all respected and respected big people, there are endless business opportunities among us, as long as we are willing to work hard, it is enough to find a way to make money, why bother to make money by bullying the people!" ”

"Boy, you don't want to use everyone's power to use your power for personal gain, then it's still to collect money!" Liang Shi couldn't help but sneer, he obviously didn't believe Zhang Tinglan's words.

Zhang Tinglan didn't pay attention to him, but got up and walked to Zhu Erdian's seat, the British minister was full of sighs, Liang Shiyi was also Yuan Shikai's confidant, but he had no gentlemanly demeanor, and he actually quarreled with a young man, and his quality was really not high.

"Sir Jurdian, I would like to ask you to see something, and I hope you will allow it."

"Young man, your words are sharp, but do you think that there is a so-called business opportunity in me, which can achieve what you call making money?" Zhu Erdian immediately smiled and said, "I am a British diplomat, and I don't want to get involved in the dispute between you and Mr. Liang." ”

"Sir Sir, this is not a battle of will, but a business opportunity that will allow the British government to save tens of millions of dollars in war costs, I don't think you will miss it!"

As he spoke, a young guard quickly ran over with a tray and placed it in front of Zhu Erdian.

For mobile phone users, please read it on m.qidian.com.