Although there was an episode of Arsenal in this meeting, the main body was still carried out around the new machine gun camp. After this meeting, Zhao Dong Cloud officially won the supervision and dispatch of the new machine gun camp.
At this time, Zhao Dongyun’s official official rank is "Rank Zhizhou Stay in Zhili" or "Zhengsi Dispatch" and "Wuwei Right Army Right Wing Second Battalion Unified Belt" and "New Machine Gun Battalion Supervision", in which Zhizhou is his official rank, and the unified belt and supervision are only temporary dispatches. Strictly speaking, compared with last year, Zhao Dongyun has not been promoted, but the dispatch has changed.
Of course, in this era, the real value is sending.
Everything is the same as the governor, but the governor of Zhili is more valuable than the governors of other provinces. Because when being the governor of Zhili, everyone has a lot of assignments, such as Yuan Shikai, who is also the governor of Zhili and also the minister of Beiyang, the minister of railways, the minister of government, the minister of conference and agreement, and these assignments make Yuan Shikai the most powerful government official in China today.
For Zhao Dongyun, the same is true. It doesn’t make any difference whether the rank is magistrate or magistrate. The difference is not very important for him. Today, he was given a new machine gun battalion to supervise the brand, which means that he can infiltrate his influence into Beiyang.
After coming out of the Governor’s Office, Zhao Dong Yunyuan went straight back to the office, but it hasn’t taken two steps yet. Behind him was someone shouting "Dongyun!"
Looking back, I saw Wang Yingjie coming quickly, and the new army was about to burst in his chubby body. It is hard to believe that this man is one of the core generals of Beiyang New Army when he walks.
Nowadays, people think that the Beiyang New Army in this era is a trendsetter, especially middle-ranking officers. They should all be strong and well-groomed. After matching with a new army, most people want to shout "fake foreign ghosts."
However, although this Wang Yingkai is wearing an army, he still has a braid because of his obesity. Zhao Dongyun thinks that he is still wearing an old-fashioned dynasty or a mandarin jacket.
Wang Yingkai walked into two steps, and his face was shaking. "Dongyun, why are you in such a hurry!"
Although Zhao Dong Yun and Wang Yingkai are not affiliated with each other, their positions are much higher than him, and the other party is a big boss of Beiyang New Army. Zhao Dongyun naturally won’t openly laugh at his obesity and immediately said, "I want to go back to the government before returning to camp!"
Wang Yingkai didn’t care. "Don’t rush back to camp yet. I also know that you are alone here in Baoding. I invited some people to Chongyu Building for wine tonight. Come!"
Although Wang Yingkai looks out of tune, his tone of voice is carefree and amiable, but Zhao Dongyun’s heart is dark scold you for fighting with Duan Qirui, so what are you doing?
Now he is a new soldier in Beiyang. Everyone knows that Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui are fighting with each other almost everywhere. This has been fully demonstrated from the meeting just now. Now Wang Yingkai has called Zhao Dongyun to the party to dig the corner of Duan Qirui.
But looking at Wang Yingjie, it seems that people and animals are laughing. Zhao Dongyun is also not good to refuse directly, because if he refuses directly, it is equivalent to posing for Duan Qirui’s side. This Wang Yingjie is estimated to have to constantly give him a little shoes to wear.
Immediately, he said, "Then Dongyun will nag adults about drinking several times!"
Wang Yingkai showed satisfaction and said, "We’ll talk later!"
After that, he didn’t wait for Zhao Dongyun to go out directly, leaving Zhao Dongyun with a wry smile. Now that he has become a member of Beiyang, fighting is the way to avoid it. If he is still an important teacher, then everyone will not pay attention to him. However, since he brought him with the right-wing second battalion, he has become a middle-level person in Beiyang, which is inevitably affected by the competition of Beiyang faction.
I looked up at the sky, then turned around and looked at Zhao Dongyun, the gate of the Governor’s Office behind me. Who do I want to take refuge in? I also want to take refuge in Yuan Shikai. Why do I want to take refuge in you, Wang Yingkai?
Although I am not impressed by Wang Yingjie’s wooing, there is no need to offend people for no reason. It is enough for Zhao Dongyun to invite Wang Yingjie personally. If Zhao Dongyun refuses to go to the party, it will be a naked face for Wang Yingjie.
Even though the good mood of supervising the newly-built machine gun battalion was destroyed a little by Wang Yingjie, today is still a good day for Zhao Dongyun. He did not ride his horse directly but walked slowly around the streets of Baoding with interest as usual.
So there was a strange scene on the streets of Baoding. A young soldier dressed in a blue-gray officer’s ceremony looked around like a hillbilly for the first time in the city and was curious about everything on the street. This situation made Lin Yong, who was leading the horse behind him, feel strange.
Zhao Dongyun accepted the original memory, but it is one thing to remember in his mind, and it is another to see it with his own eyes. Everything in Baoding street at present is strange and novel to him.
Nowadays, the streets of Baoding seem to be in a blending point of the times. Just the means of transportation is a great sight for Zhao Dong Cloud. On Qingshiban Road, there are people riding donkeys and mules, and there are people riding mules, and there are people riding in your house. In addition, there are people who have just arrived in Baoding for two years. Oriental cars have passed by. In addition, Zhao Dongyun also saw a young man parading through the city on a bicycle.
If you add Zhao Dongyun and his party on horseback, the street in front of you has fully displayed the unique atmosphere of the late Qing Dynasty.
It is Zhao Dongyun who regards these people as scenery, but it seems to others that Zhao Dongyun and others are not tasting scenery!
Zhao Dongyun can hear a whisper.
In a teahouse on the street side, a man holding a cigarette rod and smoking a big cigarette with black eyes said, "Those are fake foreign ghosts. It looks disgusting. That suit is just like a foreign ghost. You can tell it’s barbarian at a glance!"
Beside him, a thin-faced man who is a foot long but doesn’t have a few pounds of meat also said, "Yeah, you see, they all walk like cross-eyed, and they don’t know that they are not afraid of falling to death and that their waist is so straight that they are not afraid of breaking bones!"
"Hey, hey, you said that these fake foreign ghosts have forgotten the rules of their ancestors one by one. Look, the leader has shaved off all the braids. It’s really embarrassing for our ancestors’ faces and the clothes look disgusting. There are our ancestors’ jackets that are comfortable to wear!"
Zhao Dongyun heard these light words and then looked up slightly at the two men who wanted to say something, but after half a day, they couldn’t say anything. Finally, they took a deep breath and tried to calm their mood. However, even the gas was full of ignorance and depravity.
Turning his head, he directly took the reins from Lin Yong, and then turned the horse over. With a wave of his whip, his legs were clipped, and Lin Yong didn’t know what was wrong with his own company. He could also rush the horse. The whip in his hand was crazy and he was riding a horse to chase Zhao Dongyun.
Zhao Dong Yun and Lin Yong both rode wildly, and the horseshoe iron hit the green flag, giving off bursts of drumming like a sunny winter thunder. The teahouse man was shocked by this horseshoe, and he couldn’t live.
Finally, I held the railing to stabilize myself. At this time, I saw that the original two fake foreign ghosts had galloped away, and then my legs were slightly separated and I took a deep breath. It was a big drink. "You fake foreign ghosts don’t let the uncle look at you again, or I will make you look good!"
After saying that, he turned around triumphantly. At this time, the tea drinkers inside also made a big noise. "Third Master is full of courage!"
The third master smiled with satisfaction, then put his arm around the pipe and bowed his hand to the tea drinker inside, as if he had done something great.
Chapter 14 Driver’s Dinner
Zhao Dongyun’s residence in Baoding City is not a unified courtyard where Chinese people live, but a small building has emerged in recent years. This small building was originally built by an Austrian-Hungarian arms dealer and was later purchased by Zhao Dongyun. However, the two-story building is not too big, but it occupies a large garden area and is surrounded by brick walls and iron bars.
This small building is not big, but there are not many people living in it. In addition to his master, there is an old housekeeper from Xuzhou, and Baoding has a little maid and a cook. His cousin Zhao Dongping still lived a few days ago, but he has now moved to the barracks, so there are only four people left in this small building.
In the evening, Zhao Dongyun had already changed a set of long boots with ceremonial feet, which were polished by the little maid. He took the old housekeeper and handed me the military coat. After he put on his hat, he just took the stairs.
By this time, he had seen his two guards waiting respectfully in the living room.
The old housekeeper went ahead to help Zhao Dongyun hit the gate and said, "Master, the handlebar style is waiting outside!"
Zhao Dongyun nodded and said, "My uncle is tired. I guess I will come back later without waiting for me. You all go to bed early!"
Zhao Dongyun’s old housekeeper said it was a housekeeper, but it was actually Zhao Dongyun’s distant relatives. Although the blood has been separated for many generations, the surface respect still needs to be maintained. After all, he was sent by his old mother in Xuzhou to take care of him.
Before housekeeper Xu answered, Zhao Dongyun stepped out of the door first and just went out. Right against the face, he felt a biting chill. It was still very cold in Baoding in February, and there was just a light snow a few days ago.
When I got out of the door, I saw several people waiting in front of the door, and there were three oriental cars on the side. When the three drivers saw the door being hit, they quickly trotted and pulled the car over. The first strong man, who was about forty years old, first said, "I have seen the master!"
Zhao Dongyun hasn’t had a mouth yet. Manager Xu behind him said to the coachman the previous step, "Take your master to Chongyu Building and send him back later. Be careful if you neglect him at all!"
Although Mr. Xu said it was harsh, the young man was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, he showed his jagged yellow teeth and smiled with a simple and honest smile. "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for flattering you. We promise to send the master safely!"
He waited outside in the cold weather to face housekeeper Xu’s coldness and remained enthusiastic. That’s because housekeeper Xu first told them that if Zhao Dongyun was satisfied with this trip, he would often call him later. If this really works, he wouldn’t worry about having a meal, and maybe he could save money to make a dress for his little daughter at home.
Zhao Dongyun didn’t pay much attention to the conversation between housekeeper Xu and the rickshaw puller. At this time, he got off the bus first, and the two guards behind him were also excited. It was the first time for them to take this novel means of transportation.
According to the concept of time and people, it is impossible for the two guards to get the treatment of riding a bus. Normally, Zhao Dongyun should be riding an oriental car while the two guards are trotting behind. However, it is difficult for Zhao Dongyun to see that the soldiers around him are running hard and sit well. Anyway, there is not much difference between spending money by car and spending money by three people.
Moreover, calling a car is an extra livelihood for people!
These days, oriental cars are just like taxis in later generations. Drivers need business to fill their families’ stomachs. If Zhao Dongyun can hire more drivers, it will be equivalent to taking care of several drivers’ business.
"Master, sit tight!" After Han said this, he pulled up the car, first walked out of the gate along the courtyard green flag path, and then turned directly into the street.
The rubber iron wheel and the spring are used to absorb the vibration of the car body, so that Zhao Dong Cloud on the sitting surface can’t notice the vibration of the car body at all, while the driver in front is pulling at a steady speed, although it is not fast, without any signs of sudden stop or acceleration.
At this time, it is nearly six o’clock in the evening. It is even dark in summer and autumn, but it is already dark at the turn of winter and spring.
As the street was dim, there was a little candlelight around, and at this time, Zhao Dongyun’s Oriental car also lit up its lights early, which were kerosene lamps, so the trailer put its head out of the long wooden handle.
The darkness in late winter is faster than Zhao Dongyun imagined. By the time they came to Chongyu Building, it was already dark. Zhao Dongyun stopped the rickshaw and said to the middle-aged driver who was already panting, "You don’t have to wait to find a place to eat two meals and drink tea first!"
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged Han said, "Thank you, Sir, for being sympathetic to our own food. Just find a leeward corner to eat!"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Dongyun frowned when he said this, and then took out a silver dollar from his pocket and handed it to him. "Let’s eat a ton of hot rice with it!"
Zhao Dongyun handed out this eagle ocean, and then the driver immediately showed his face with surprise. The first two younger drivers smiled and showed it.
These Japanese drivers usually earn only two or three taels of silver a month from early to late, which has to be good business. Tonight, they pulled Zhao Dongyun and his party for real fare, but now Zhao Dongyun’s silver dollar is purely small!
They really think that if they can pull Zhao Dongyun several times a month, even the guests will have a much better life!
After giving the silver reward, Zhao Dong Yun turned around and went into Chongyu Building without looking at their joy. He didn’t know that it was the three drivers who gave this silver dollar with a ha ha smile, but instead of going to a nearby restaurant for dinner like that with Zhao Dongyun, he took out a white cloth wrapped in cold steamed bread and ate it while drinking water.
The first middle-aged man bit the cold steamed bread and said, "I think I can make a new suit for Da Ya before I make a little money tonight."
A slightly shorter coachman in the back smiled. "You just think about those at home every day. It’s better to wait for work and we’ll get some wine to drink, but some days we haven’t drunk it!"
"Ha-ha-ha. Let’s see if butcher Xu has any leftover pig ears. It’s better to get some wine if you have something to say!" The other one also ha ha should come.
