In the Shanghai Governor's Mansion, Zhang Ran and Cai Songpo smiled knowingly when they heard Jiang Bili's words.

  "Chief of Staff, it's better for you to tell our Mr. Bury!" Zhang Ran said while drinking tea comfortably, thinking about the next strategy.

  Cai Songpo knocked on the empty tea bowl in front of him and motioned to Jiang Berry: "This person, if you want to speak, you must at least moisten your throat first. If your mouth is dry, you will definitely not be able to speak clearly. Besides, do people who listen to stories really only need to bring a Do you have ears? What should be done in front of you is still to be done! Some people praise the Western spirit of the rule of law, but in Cai’s opinion, while enjoying rights, one must also fulfill their obligations. This is the Western spirit of the rule of law. The most basic point, what do you think, Brother Bailey?"

  Jiang Baili laughed loudly when he was told: "Just say that you want me to pour tea and water for you, but you are talking about the spirit of Western rule of law, Songpo, I think you have been with our Lord Overseer for a long time, and people have become acquainted with each other. He is just as sloppy as he is, you used to be such a kind and gentle gentleman!"

  Zhang Ran didn't like hearing these words anymore, and protested: "Mr. Bury, don't talk to me, besides, you used to think that Cai Songpo was gentle, but you didn't realize his true colors! This kid is the best at it. Hiding and pretending to be stupid, or else I wouldn’t pretend to be like a dude in front of our President Yuan Da, playing crickets and lingering in the Eight Great Hutongs, blinding Lao Yuan!”

  Jiang Berry took it seriously: "The governor is right, it seems that someone Jiang has been deceived by someone Cai before!"

  In his heart, he sighed, Songpa is indeed becoming more and more cheerful, it seems that he is very satisfied with Zhang Ran's current life.

  But in good conscience, isn't he quite satisfied with his life in just a few days?

  At work, Zhang Ran gives full support as an overseer, and gives him enough attention and reuse. In life, he is easy-going and unpretentious, and he is very knowledgeable. No matter whether it is political, economic, military, domestic situation or international trends, he can talk about any topic. Admirable and comfortable.

  "Brother Baili, in fact, Mr. Sun's team went north, and the border between Chen Bing's Gan and Anhui provinces was indeed not a coincidence. It was a clever arrangement by the Overseer to artificially disclose the news of the battle between our Jiangsu-Zhejiang Army and Lu Yongxiang's Anhui Army. If you go to the south, let Mr. Sun feel that this is a good opportunity for the northern expedition, and he will naturally go north!"

  Although Zhang Ran planned this incident, he did not hide it from Cai Songpo, so he also knew the approximate implementation steps. The two main characters involved were Chang Zhiqing and Chen Qimei.

  These two were sent by Mr. Sun from the South to target Zhang Ran, but they would never have thought that Zhang Ran would use them to pass on information that would benefit them.

  Jiang Baili suddenly realized: "It turns out that even Mr. Sun was designed by the Overseer! What next? We were ordered to fight against Mr. Sun on the Anhui-Jiangxi border?"

  Zhang Ran looked at Jiang Berry with a smile and asked, "What? Does Mr. Berry object to this?"

  Jiang Berry didn't hide his true thoughts, but after a moment of indulgence, he admitted: "I don't want to deceive the Overseer, because Mr. Sun's starting point is also to save the country and the people, so from the bottom of my heart, I don't want to meet Mr. Sun in battle! The Overseer decides to fight, and as a subordinate, of course he obeys the order! Because the subordinate is first and foremost a soldier, a soldier of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army Overseer's Mansion!"

  Zhang Ran was very satisfied when he heard this answer: "Mr. Bailey is indeed a pure soldier! But don't worry, 643 I did not attract Mr. Sun from the south to compete with him! I, ah, Prepare to go to the front line of Anhui Province and have a face-to-face exchange with the Revolutionary Party! Let’s see if there is any possibility of cooperation!”

  As an outstanding strategist, Jiang Boli instantly understood Zhang Ran's strategic intentions and said in surprise, "The governor intends to join forces with Mr. Sun to fight against Yuan?"

  Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Why not?"

  Cai Songpo was also a little surprised: "The idea of ​​the Overseer is really bold, but I have to say that it is indeed a wonderful strategy that is most suitable for the development of our Jiangsu-Zhejiang Army! In this way, on the one hand, the President has to rely on the Overseer to defend against Mr. Sun's northward movement, while Mr. Sun is single-handedly. Lonely, might not have the idea of ​​wooing the Overseer to fight against the President!"

  Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Since both of you know my strategic intentions, do you think it is feasible? If it is feasible, I will leave for Anhui Province tomorrow!".

Chapter 480

  Cai Songpo and Jiang Boli both agreed with the strategy of uniting Sun against Yuan.

  "To be honest, the current domestic situation is somewhat similar to that of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. Our army of [-] people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is one side. Although Mr. Sun's troops in the south are not many, he is very famous among the domestic people. In some people's minds, Mr. Sun It is the representative of the progressive forces, so it deserves to be one of the forces, and Beiyang, headed by President Yuan Da, is the third force! Obviously, Beiyang has millions of troops and is the most powerful party. It is analogous to Cao Wei and our analogy In Shuhan, Mr. Sun is analogous to Sun Wu, so it is a very wise approach to use Zhuge Kongming's plan for Liu Bei to join Wu and resist Cao!"

  Cai Songpo smiled and said, "Brother Bai Li is very true! Overseer, both of us are in favor of joining Sun to fight Yuan, and we can join forces with Mr. Sun to fight against Yuan, and gradually encroach on the southern provinces! Understand, if you know the original intention of the Overseer for the country and the people, Mr. Sun may not be able to be persuaded by you to join us!"

  Zhang Ran put down the teacup and said sternly, "Actually, that's what I mean too! It depends on what Mr. Sun thinks at that time, whether to give this opportunity or not! If he can really lead the Revolutionary Party to surrender, Zhang is not a stingy person, much less will not Excluding dissidents, all foreign affairs can be handed over to him at that time, Mr. Sun is relatively familiar with Japan and Citi, and he has to rely on him in dealings!"

  For Lao Sun, there is no need to question his patriotism, but his ability, in addition to being stronger in advocating and creating public opinion, is indeed average in other military and political aspects, such as his [-]-mile railway plan, which is very imaginative. You must know that Zhang Ran lived in the later generations in [-], and the total number of railways in the country has only seen more than [-].

  This shows how unrealistic Laosun's big railway plan was.

  Therefore, Zhang Ran felt that the most suitable position for Lao Sun should be diplomacy, culture and education, and he should be able to exert his strengths.

  Jiang Boli and Cai Songpo obviously also knew Mr. Sun's shortcomings and knew that he was not good at doing things, so when Zhang Ran said that Mr. Sun was arranged to do foreign affairs, they both raised their hands in approval.

  "Then I'll be leaving tomorrow. Here at the Headquarters Overseer's Mansion, you Chief of Staff, Songpo, have more snacks. Don't think about making a baby with Xiao Fengxian when you hear it late" ~!" Zhang Ran made a final decision.

  Cai Songpo was almost choked to death by this sentence, and said angrily, "You can't talk nonsense even if you are a military governor! Am I, Cai Songpo, that kind of person?"

  "Dunlun, husband and wife, there's nothing to be taboo about reproduction, okay, don't get excited!" He suddenly remembered something, and said solemnly, "Songpo, you can go to Santa Maria Hospital when you have time to find out. A foreign doctor will do a full body examination, focusing on the throat examination!"

  He remembered that Cai Songpo would die of throat cancer in a few years. He hoped that it could be detected and treated early!

  However, even if it is found to be throat cancer, Zhang Ran is not at all helpless. He has a system in place, and there are still quite a lot of private goods.

  Cai Songpo wondered why Zhang Ran would say this. He smiled and said, "Recently, I feel that my throat is dry, as if phlegm is stuck all the time. It must be because of inflammation in my throat. What? Did you hear it? Our Lord Overseer has such a keen sense of hearing. !"

  Zhang Ran Xindao brother, you have made things simple!

  "Mr. Bury, the construction of those teaching buildings in the military academy can't be slack, so keep an eye on it! If you build it early, we will be able to recruit students earlier!"

  Jiang Baili replied: "Don't worry, the Overseer, I am more anxious than you!"

  Cai Songpo joked: "Yes, brother Bai Li is waiting to be the head of education!"

  When the discussion was almost over, a guard suddenly came in and reported that Yukio Takeda, the representative of the Japanese merchants in Shanghai, came to visit and said that there was an urgent matter.

  "Why is this devil here again!" Zhang Ran didn't like Takeda Yukio at all, or else he wouldn't let Takeda Yumi push out.

  Cai Songpo pondered: "¨〃Overseer, this is his fifth visit, right? He has come twice this month alone! It seems that this person will never stop until he achieves his goals!"

  Zhang Ran said impatiently: "I don't care whether he will give up! Just stop him outside the door. If he dares to take a step into the gate of the Governor's Mansion, he will shoot Lao Tzu and beat him to death!"

  Jiang Berry also persuaded: "Overseer, why don't we meet again? Listen to what he has to say! If you don't like it, you can reject it decisively. It's better than the other party running here all the time. Wouldn't it take more energy to deal with it? Besides, our main My mind is currently on domestic unification, so it's better not to strain relations with Japan first!"

  Zhang Ran shook his head and sighed: "You think it's simple, no matter how politely I treat this eastern Japanese pirate now, once our country faces reunification, the Japanese kingdom (Wang Zhao) will definitely obstruct it, not only the Japanese kingdom, but also the Western powers. , because they don't want to see the unification of our country, and only the big Xia Kingdom is in their interests! Since it is inevitable to have bad relations, why should I pretend to please them? I don't have the habit of being a dog!"

  Cai Songpo and Jiang Boli were stunned. They had never thought about the unification of the Great Xia from this perspective. They just felt that it would not be easy to unify the country, but Zhang Ran had never been so sharp.

  But if you think about it, it's true!

  At this time, the guard handed Zhang Ran another piece of paper: "Overseer, that Takeda said that if the Overseer doesn't have time to see him, let the villain pass this on to you!".

Chapter 481

  Zhang Ran took the paper with some disgust, and despised that old Japanese pirate in Wutian. If I didn't see you, do you think I would see you by writing a letter to me?Innocent!

  He intends to see what Takeda said in the letter, why should he be sure to impress him!

  After Zhang Ran unfolded the paper, he found two words on it: Zhang Ran!

  But these two characters are repeated on the paper, and they are densely written dozens of times, and it can be seen that the person who wrote them is not good at Chinese characters, because these two simple brush characters are written crookedly, just like a child learning to write Similar, but with a gentle pen, it can basically be concluded that it was written by a woman.

  Zhang Ran turned the paper to the back and found that there were other words besides Zhang Ran.

  Eight brush characters written by beginners in the same crooked way: Seeing a gentleman, does Yunhu not like it?

  Zhang Ran admits that he has little knowledge and does not know the origin of these eight characters, but he remembers that in a later book called Shendiao, Cheng Ying silently wrote these eight characters on paper after meeting Yang Guo. words.

  It probably means that since I saw this handsome gentleman, how could my heart be secretly happy, little girl?

  In short, it is a graceful expression of secret love.

  "Takeda Yumi!"

  There is no doubt that Zhang Ran, who is full of paper, and the two sentences copied from nowhere are from Takeda Yumi's handwriting.

  Jiang Berry was a little puzzled and wanted to ask Zhang Ran what happened to this piece of paper?But it was stopped by Cai Songpo shaking his head.

  After all, Cai Songpo had been in Shanghai for a long time. When he first arrived in Shanghai, he had seen that beautiful Japanese girl in the Governor's Mansion, because the first cup of tea he drank in Shanghai was someone else's. brought up.

  At that time, the governor's mansion was not called the governor's mansion, but the main hall of the Zhantang Gang.

  Later, he also heard in private that Xu Wenqiang and Chen Zhen mentioned the matter between the Overseer and the Japanese girl, and knew that the biggest obstacle between them was their nationality, so he could only feel sorry for them.

  The longer he had been in contact with Zhang Ran, the more Cai Songpo knew about his disgust and embankment for (cfae) the Japanese country, which was stronger than that of all Western powers.

  Zhang Ran was silent for a while, then threw the paper to the guard: "Go and return the paper to Yukio Takeda, and tell him to let him stay in Shanghu. Don't waste your time!"

  The guard took the paper, saluted and turned to leave.

  "Wait!" Zhang Ran gritted his teeth and sighed, "Forget it, let's meet!"

  Zhang Ran's brows were twisted into knots. He had already cut off the entanglement with the Japanese girl, but when he saw the words on the whole piece of paper, he believed that no man would remain indifferent.

  When the group came to the gate of the Overseer's Mansion, they saw Yukio Takeda standing outside waiting. Takeda wore glasses and wore a mustache. He looked very polite. No one would have thought that he would be A member of the Black Dragon Society, the vanguard of the Japanese invasion.

  As soon as Yukio Takeda saw Zhang Ran, he immediately greeted him with enthusiasm: "The governor Zhang, Takeda has long admired the reputation of the governor, and he has visited many times, but the governor has been stingy, Takeda has always been deeply regretful, my big Japanese and you Daxia have always been Friendly, I have always admired Lord Overseer Yukio Takeda, and I hope to make friends with Your Excellency!"

  Zhang Ran snorted lazily: "You said that your Japanese country and I have always been friendly in Daxia? Hehe, what happened to the Sino-Japanese naval battle and the Shimonoseki Treaty?"

  Takeda Yukio pondered: "It seems that the Overseer has a deep misunderstanding of my big Japanese. In fact, the Sino-Japanese naval battle is just a last resort. My big Japanese wants to help Daxia..."

  "Okay, alright, I'm not in the mood to listen to your nonsense. What do you think about my Daxia? I know very well, but I want to advise you. I have always said a word in Daxia. , friends come with wine, jackals come with shotguns!" Zhang Ran warned.

  Takeda Yukio hurriedly shouted injustice: "The Overseer really misunderstood, how can I be disadvantaged to your country as a big Japanese and your country? Alas, there is a saying in your country's poet, that I would like to focus on the bright moon, but the bright moon illuminates the ditch. "

  "Paralysis!" Zhang Ran spat out two words from his mouth.

  Yukio Takeda was stunned for a moment, and his eyes almost burst into flames.

  "Don't mind, numbness is just Bento's catchphrase! Mr. Takeda, if you're going to keep talking nonsense with Bento here, please come back, Bento is very busy!"

  Yukio Takeda's face was very ugly, but he also knew that the person in front of him was the King of Shanghu, who had over a hundred thousand troops in his hand and had just defeated Lu Yongxiang of Anhui Province. You can't easily offend the other party, not to mention that the order issued by the military is to get yourself close to this person and strive to get benefits in Shanghai.

  That's why he has the cheek to visit again and again.

  And this time is the best opportunity, you must not be too small to be scheming, Takeda Yukio told himself.

  I'm Takeda-kunin!

  "Director Zhang, to be honest, the little girl Takeda Yumi contracted the cold and had a high fever, but she refused to go to the hospital for treatment. Yukio accidentally saw this piece of paper on the desk in her room. If you want to get rid of Your Excellency the Overseer, can you visit the little girl once in the concubine and persuade her?"

  Zhang Ran narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while, and finally nodded. .

Chapter 482

  "Overseer, take a step to speak!" Cai Songpo said in a low voice, pulling Zhang Ran's arm.

  Zhang Ran nodded and took two steps to the side with Cai Songpo and Jiang Boli.

  Cai Songpo glanced at Takeda Yukio who was smiling not far away, and said in a low voice, "Overseer, didn't you always say that the Japanese people have bad intentions for us in Daxia? You don't worry that when you go to Takeda's house this time, he will Taking advantage of the opportunity is not good for you?"

  Jiang Berry also persuaded sternly, "Overseer, although Berry thinks that the Japanese may not have the courage to move our Overseer of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, but it is hard to say that the Japanese will not be fascinated by ghosts. The character of that nation is easy to go to extremes. Songpo and I are in that country. The country has been in the country for a few years, so it can't be clearer, and the old saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, since there is danger, a wise group leader will not let himself take risks!"

  Zhang Ran smiled and said: "I understand your concerns, but don't worry, since I decided to go to the appointment, I must have the confidence to protect myself! You have forgotten what my background is? What they are good at is fighting! These Japanese people want to keep me, they are not qualified!"

  Cai Songpo said with a wry smile: "Overseer, we all know that you are the number one expert in Shanghai, even Huo Yuanjia of Jingwumen can't compare to you, but your fists are no match for four, not to mention that the opponent has guns, you have to make a real decision. If you want to go, you have to bring the guard company!"

  Zhang Ran laughed and said, "Songpo, are you going to go to war with all the foreign countries in Shanghai? My Daxia army is not allowed to enter the public concession!"

  Cai Songpo also reacted.

  The Japanese people currently live in public concessions, and the Concession Law clearly stipulates that the concessions are not allowed to be large~ the Xia court garrisoned troops.

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