Probably because of Yan Shao's extremely enthusiastic relationship before, the atmosphere of the peace talks was not bad, at least there would be no sabre-rattling scenes. It's just that today is Duan Qirui's first day in Anqing after all, and they have been tired for several days, and they were pulled here for peace talks without even taking a break, even if they have great sincerity like Yan Shao, I am afraid that they will not be able to talk about anything.

So on the first day, basically nothing was discussed, and Duan Qirui and the others had already been sent to the accommodation arranged by Yan Shao for them.

But anyway, this day was not wasted. Although nothing came to fruition, at least it did not lay some foundation for future peace talks, that is, a good atmosphere—————— which was by no means diplomatic language...

"We talked all day, but nothing came to fruition..."

With a small yawn, Yang Du's face was full of tiredness. At this time, it was already more than 9 o'clock in the middle of the night, and he had never rested after a long journey, and he had talked about it from the day to the present, although Yang Du was only 38 or 9 years old at this time, but he also felt deeply tired.

Originally, there should not be him in the delegation this time, but because of Yang Du's own initiative, he finally added this person to the list of delegations. It's just that before leaving, Yuan Shikai said to Duan Qirui that he had a thousand instructions, and he was instructed to make sure that Yang Du was taken care of.

As for the reason...

Without him, Yang Du may be a very smart person, but he is full of bookish anger and thinks too highly of himself, Yuan Shikai is really afraid that he will get angry and mess things up after he goes...

"It's not true that nothing has been negotiated." and Yang Dubi. Although Duan Qirui is much older, he is obviously much more energetic. "Anyway, at least it can be seen that Yan Shao really wants to talk. This is more important than anything else..."As he spoke, Duan Qirui took off the coat on his body, and the attendant on the side hurriedly stepped forward to take the coat, and then hung it on the hanger on the wall next to him.

"yes," Yang Du sighed. People have to bow their heads under the eaves, which is really more important to us now..."

Hearing Yang Du say this, Duan Qirui also sighed, and his heart was also full of helplessness.

Because as Yang Du said, people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

Maybe in the eyes of the world. The situation in Beiyang is already bad. However, as one of the de facto controls of Beiyang, Duan Qirui knows that the current situation in Beiyang will only be worse than what the outside world sees.

The previous battles could not be said to be the last in terms of scale, but they were also unprecedented. Such a large-scale battle is definitely not something that Beiyang itself can support. After all, Beiyang is not like the National Society, there is a party leader in the party who opens up unlimited money, not to mention such a battle, it is no problem to independently support China to participate in World War I.

For Beiyang. If it weren't for the support of the British and the Japanese. I am afraid that if you hold out for less than half a month in a campaign of this level, you will feel exhausted.

And that's exactly where the problem is...

The British and Japanese would support Yuan Shikai in order to win the civil war. Now that it was determined that Yuan Shikai could not win at all, how could they be stupid enough to continue to support him?

After losing support and suffering heavy losses in previous battles, Beiyang was almost instantly beaten back to its original shape.

The current Beiyang may still have the ability to fight in the eyes of the world, but Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai deeply understand that the tens of thousands of Beiyang troops stationed in the Beijing-Tianjin area are completely fancy, if they really do it. The National Social Army only needs to touch it lightly, and these tens of thousands of troops are afraid that they will collapse...

This is also for what Duan Qirui would feel helpless before. Because now he and Yuan Shikai are not worried about how harsh Yan Shao's conditions are, but that they don't plan to talk to them at all...

You must know that Duan Qirui has never had such an encounter in his life...

Along the way, it can be said that Duan Qirui has actually been worried about this matter all along, and now that Yan Shao's attitude is even better than they expected, Duan Qirui is naturally relieved.

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Glancing at each other, Duan Qirui and Yang Du both sighed.

Because as mentioned above, since the establishment of the Beiyang government, they have never encountered such an embarrassing situation. It is also because of this that although Duan Qirui has always been a little unpleasant to Yang Du, now he has no time to give him some face.

"By the way, I saw you in the car for a long time today, what do you think of the situation in Anhui?" Yang Du and Duan Qirui couldn't talk about going together, and when they talked about this, they were a little bit speechless.

"Opinion?" Hearing Yang Du's words, Duan Qirui shook his head. "I can only say that we are not unjustly defeated..."

No one knew how much of the impact of what Duan Qirui saw outside this morning had on him.

The brand-new streets, the skyscrapers standing in the city, and the rich life of the common people are all things that Duan Qirui has never seen when he was in Beiyang. Although Duan Qirui had also seen Anqing photos taken by spy officers in some of the intelligence that Lu Jianzhang got back in the past, of course, there were also newspapers, but there was still a big difference between the photos and seeing them with his own eyes.

When the convoy drove into Anqing, Duan Qirui really understood that they were indeed unjustly defeated, not at all.

Because when they were still thinking about using loans to expand a few more divisions in order to stabilize their rights, Yan Shao was constantly investing the silver in places related to people's livelihood—————— which was natural, which was also because Yan Shao had a lot of money and couldn't spend it enough.

If Yan Shao's finances were as embarrassed as Yuan Shikai, what he did would not be much different from Yuan Shikai.

But then again, even if you don't care about anything else, you only care about expanding armaments but don't care about the people's livelihood at all, which Yuan Shikai's approach is indeed a bit inappropriate.

In fact, this is also the common denominator of people in this period, there are many reasons why the republic will fail in history, but one of them is certain. That is, all the people are talking nonsense, and none of them talk about what is good for the common people.

The demands of the common people are usually very low. Especially at this time, the people's requirements are unimaginably low, as long as they can eat enough and wear warm clothes. That's enough. As for going to school, seeing something when you are sick? At least most people don't dare to imagine it.

However, at this time, many people could not even meet this demand, and they were all talking about empty words, shouting slogans to the earth-shattering sound, but the actual things were not done at all...

The reason why Yan Shao was able to gain great support as a foreigner in Anhui was because he had not forgotten what was most important to the people. That is to let the people live a good life, not empty talk and slogans that cannot be seen and touched...

Probably because of a common topic. The two people who originally looked at each other unpleasantly became a little more speculative the more they talked—————— probably because of the current situation.

It's just that it was almost 11 o'clock, and the two of them yawned to each other and were about to go back to their rooms to sleep, when there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

"Who's it?"

Leaned behind the door. The attendants brought by Duan Qirui were a little vigilant.

Neither Yuan Shikai nor Duan Qirui was worried about what Yan Shao would do to the delegation, not only because Yan Shao had never done such a thing, and his credibility in this regard was very guaranteed, but also because it was unnecessary. (The exception is for the Kuomintang.) Because that's revenge. And there is still a limit, otherwise the target of revenge will be expanded to all the top echelons of the Kuomintang)

However, this does not mean that Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui will not worry about the safety of the delegation, after all, there are many people who hope that the peace talks will fail. And if a peace talk is to fail, then assassination is clearly the best solution.

So when he was leaving, Yuan Shikai arranged for many soldiers to serve as attendants in the delegation, so that even if something happened, they could rush out to block the gun for Duan Qirui.

At present, these attendants are playing their duties, although this is the residence arranged by the National Socialist Party for Duan Qirui and them, there will definitely be security personnel outside to be responsible for security work. But who knows what will happen, and it's almost 11 o'clock by now. It's always a good idea to be careful at this night.

Just when that squire was on the alert. The sound outside the door made him stunned suddenly.

Immediately afterwards, Duan Qirui and the two, who were also nervous because of the sound outside the door, saw that the attendant opened the door without saying anything.

didn't care about blaming the attendant (officer), after seeing the person who walked in from outside the door, Duan Qirui and the others were also taken aback.

"Yan ...... Governor..."

In today's Anhui, Yan Shao is the only one who can surprise Duan Qirui.

Obviously, Duan Qirui couldn't figure out why Yan Shao would come to the door so late at night, but after seeing Yan Shao's face clearly by the light of the incandescent lamp, Duan Qirui and Yang Du hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Yan Dudu is so late, why..."

"Ah, because there are some things I want to discuss with the two of you..."With a gentle smile on his face that made people feel kind, Yan Shao took off the coat on his body. During the day, there are many people, and some things are not easy to talk about, but now there are only two of them, and it is just right to say something that is inconvenient to say during the day..."

Hearing Yan Shao's inexplicable words, Duan Qirui and Yang Du first felt a little inexplicable, and then felt their hearts tighten.

"Could it be..."

Just when the two of them were secretly guessing Yan Shao's intentions in their hearts, Yan Shao also found a chair to sit down, as if this was his home—————— strictly speaking, this was indeed his family's property.

How much money does Yan Shao have now? The cash in the bank is probably more than 200 million pounds, that is, more than 2 billion silver dollars, which has already been said. I can't help it, there is too much money, and sometimes I feel a little hard to spend.

Although Yan Shao has made his life as luxurious as possible, there is no way, compared to the money earned, the little money spent can only be said to be a drop in the bucket—————— can this idiom be used here?

"How can I say it, Yan has always acted more directly, and he is not very good at beating around the bush, so there are some things Yan Mou will say directly here..."Sitting in the position he was looking for, after seeing that Duan Qirui and Yang Du had already sat down one after another, Yan Shao did not greet him, but said straightforwardly.

Although there is only one person, Yan Shaozhi is not worried that Duan Qirui will deal with him at all—————— not that he looks down on Duan Qirui and Yang Du, but Yan Shao is also a 'tall man' with a height of 185cm. And in order to achieve the desire of his harem, he has always been diligent in exercising, and his physical fitness is definitely many times stronger than ordinary people.

In addition, two of the women around him are fighting masters, and ordinary soldiers are not opponents. In order to revitalize his husband, Yan Shao also learned some fighting skills. Although it is still inferior to others, ordinary three or two people are definitely not Yan Shao's opponents.

And what about Duan Qirui and Yang Du? One is almost 50 years old, and the other is a useless scholar, Yan Shao doesn't think they can be unfavorable to him.

What's more, if they do it to Yan Shao, unless they don't want to get out of Anhui alive...

And with Yan Shao's understanding of the two, they obviously don't have such courage.

And most importantly......... Yan Shao is not the only one in this house...

Yan Shao will arrange for Duan Qirui to make them a place to live. There's always some reason...

But before he spoke, Yan Shao also glanced at the attendant lightly.

Seeing Yan Shao's eyes, Duan Qirui and Yang Du were even more sure of their guesses. But they had no intention of leaving their attendants behind. Instead, he said directly to the attendants. "We have something to talk about, you can go outside first..."

Looking at the inexplicable appearance of these people, the squire also guessed what they were going to say—————— there were often such scenes in street storytellers.

But he also knew that this kind of thing was not something that one of his small attendants could handle. So he didn't say anything more. Just nodded. "Yes—" and then retreated.

It's just that when he retreated to the outside of the house, he found that there were dozens of people standing outside the door at this time, all wearing black suits, if it wasn't relatively close, and there were street lamps outside the door, he really couldn't see these people.

In the distance, the attendant could faintly see that there were still many dark shadows wandering there.

"As for it—" complained in his heart, but the attendant didn't dare to say anything more.

And when he walked out of the house, the sight of dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him at the same time also made him feel a little numb.

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Look at the squire cowering. Wu Qianqiu and the officers and soldiers of the Guards Regiment on the side were all puzzled, but they quickly turned their attention back to the house.

There were actually more people than the squire had seen this time. At the moment, there are more than 30 people standing at the door alone, and as for weapons and equipment...

Everything from pistols and grenades to light machine guns was available, and there were seventy or eighty people surrounding the house. If you fight a big battle, I am afraid that there will be fewer people, but if you fight a smaller battle, with one pistol per person, light machine guns and other equipment, this 100 people will have absolutely no problem against the 1,000 people of the local miscellaneous army.

As for whether this is an exaggeration...

Seeing that after the peace talks are successful, Yan Shao can replace Yuan Shikai as the de facto ruler of this country, in this case, even if there are his own people in the house, there is no need to worry about Duan Qirui They will suddenly lose their brains, and they will always have to worry about some other things...

But...

"There shouldn't be anything..."Scratching his head, Wu Qianqiu was not too worried.

At the same time, in the room, Yan Shao and Duan Qirui had already talked about the topic.

"Yan's purpose for coming here is very simple, Mr. Zhiquan's name Yan was already thunderous when he was still in France, and so was Mr. Huizi. At present, the National Social Army is just starting, to be honest, there is nothing else, but there are too few talents under him..."

sighed, Yan Shao's words were a little sincere.

"Although there is only one province under Yan's rule, he often feels that his hands are a little stretched, and the two talents Yan have long known the Tao, so they will not hide it here. At present, Yan is only the lord of a province, and when the place that Yan needs to take care of becomes the whole country, I am afraid that this situation will become more serious, so Yan urgently needs the assistance of great talents like the two, I don't know what the two of them think? ”

What else? Of course, the heart is like a deer bumping around—————— anyway, isn't it a little inappropriate to have this here?

Anyway, Duan Qirui and Yang Du do feel something similar to this.

The reason is also very simple, if a ship is about to sink, then what should the sailors on it do? Do you sink to the bottom of the sea with the boat, or do you jump on another ship?

In the face of this situation, I am afraid that most people will make the same choice, and the same is true for Duan Qirui and Yang Du. What's more, the sea they sailed on was the most dangerous sea in this world—————— the Huan Sea...

If you fall overboard in this sea area, there is only a dead end, and there is absolutely no second option...

So the decision the two of them can make is somewhat obvious...

It's just that they are old people in Beiyang after all, although they are willing in their hearts, but if they agree so easily, the man on the other side will inevitably look down on them, so Duan Qirui and Yang Du quickly made hesitant expressions...

"This..."

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Yan Shao suddenly showed a look of understanding, and then said with a smile. "I understand that after all, the two of them have been in Beiyang for many years and have a deep affection for it, so it is indeed a bit unsatisfactory for the two of them to make a decision, so I will not urge the two of them here. However, I still hope that the two of you can consider my proposal carefully, and you can also convey my proposal to all of you in the north, as long as you are sincerely willing to help Yan, Yan will definitely treat you the same..."

After speaking, Yan Shao stood up from the chair. "It's getting late, and after talking so much, Yan won't continue to bother the two, and ask the two of you to think about it more..."

How to say it, Duan Qirui and Yang Du are just his first stops, and there is another stop that Yan Shao needs to go to, and for that person, Yan Shao's expectations are higher...

Jiang Baili...... ?..."

Silently reciting this name, Yan Shao's heart was full of anticipation. (To be continued......)