Chapter 223 Transaction (please vote for me!)

In the living room on the second floor of the Imperial Envoy's Mansion, when he saw Li Zhiyuan walking into the living room, a smile broke out on Xu Shuzheng's lips, which was probably a greeting.

"Meet the manager"

"Secretary Xu"

After entering the hall, Li Zicheng smiled and nodded, and then sat down to sit down, while Xu Shuzheng happily took his seat. At this time, Zhang Yilin also left the living room knowingly. He knew that when the manager entered the hall,

The rest may be a secret between the two of them.

From some later biographies of the Republic of China, Li Zicheng knew that Xu Shuzheng was not a man of words. To a certain extent, he was even a taciturn person. At this point, he and Duan Qirui had similar personalities.

And he didn't say much either, so after the two of them sat down, neither one said anything.

Li Zhiyuan's silence fell into Xu Shuzheng's eyes, but he did not show any emotion. He just picked up the tea cup and took a look at the young man.

Everyone knows how young Li Zhiyuan is. Xu Shuzheng, who met Li Zhiyuan for the first time, was also surprised by how young he looked. Although he deliberately grew a beard, his youthful appearance even seemed too "young"

, will still let people know his age. This appearance, even for some young people from wealthy families, is nothing more than this.

Li Zicheng also looked at Xu Shuzheng. Is this middle-aged man with a round face without any features the idol he once admired when he was a child? As expected, there is no trace of the military temperament in him, but he looks a bit like

He is a scholar, or a civil servant, maybe more like a scholar.

After looking at each other for a while, the two of them looked at each other in silence without exchanging a word. The clock on the wall clicked very loudly.

Finally, after nearly half an hour of silence, Li Zicheng couldn't bear it anymore. He opened a can of cigarettes and handed them over. He started smoking one after another, and the sound of clicking could be heard. After smoking a cigarette,

, when Li Zicheng offered the cigarette again, Xu Shuzheng refused. Li Zicheng took the initiative to pour him a cup of tea and poured tea for Xu Shuzheng, but there was no psychological barrier at all. In fact, I believe that no one will have this obstacle in the future.

Because he was a person who truly made great contributions to the country in the Beiyang era, he deserves to pour a cup of tea for him, and he should do so himself.

Seeing Li Zicheng's actions, Xu Shuzheng smiled slightly in his heart. The other party's actions could be said to be quite useful to him. After Xu Shuzheng finished his cup of tea, Li Zicheng took the initiative to give him another cup of tea, and Xu Shuzheng

Then he sipped the food unceremoniously, looking around, with a solemn expression.

When they had finished three bowls of tea and half a cigarette, the two of them still didn't say a word.

This guy

Although the other party said nothing, Xu Shuzheng felt that the boy in front of him had a good temper with him, and when he put down the tea cup again, he took the initiative to speak.

“Sarajevo”

This is the purpose of Xu Shuzheng coming to Lianyungang.

"Luckily I got it right"

Li Zicheng didn't say any nonsense. The words that were passed to Xu Shuzheng's ears through Zhang Jizhi were just for today's meeting, so that Xu Shuzheng could take the initiative to bring up the matter. Basically, he was in control of the overall situation.

In the almost half an hour since they met, the two of them only exchanged a few sentences or eight words.

"Whether it's luck, luck, or misfortune, if you can guess this day, it's so amazing that it's almost as good as the calculations of ghosts and gods."

Facing Xu Shuzheng's compliment, Li Zicheng just smiled and said nothing, then picked up the teapot and poured him tea again. Seeing Li Zhiyuan pouring tea for him again, Xu Shuzheng still smiled and accepted it.

“Tieguanyin from Wuyi Mountain, this year’s new tea”

Li Zicheng did not answer him, but talked about the taste of tea, which no longer tasted like tea after drinking water these few times. However, this tea was indeed new and was brought to him by Mu. Compared to tea, he preferred drinking coffee.

However, Mu thought that drinking coffee was too Westernized and drinking tea was better, so he drank tea instead.

“Most people thought it was a joke at the time.”

After realizing that Li Zhiyuan was as talkative as himself, and could even be said to be not very good at words, Xu Shuzheng knew that if he didn't clarify his purpose, they would not be able to talk even if they sat here "talking" like this for a month.

If he had any clues, the final result would be that Li Zhiyuan smoked a lot of cigarettes and drank a lot of tea.

But this kid also has only three tea leaves. He still doesn’t know how to change the tea leaves. He is really used to drinking coffee.

Li Zicheng took the initiative to take over. After smoking too many cigarettes, Li Zicheng, who was a little parched, took a sip of tea, looked up at Xu Shuzheng and said:

"It's like having a dream"

The Jiangsu Army requested to return to Mongolia. Although there was no electricity in Jiangsu, it still spread quietly in the society. Of course, the outside world thought it was just a joke. This was the first time that Jiangsu Army and his Huaihai Economic Strategy were revealed in words.

The "relationship" between people, and the reason why I say this sentence, the more important point is that I need to be honest now.

"Um"

Xu Shuzheng nodded. While being surprised by Li Zhiyuan's frankness, he also knew that if he hid the relationship between the Economic and Strategic Envoy's Office and the Jiangsu Army in the past because he did not want to attract attention, now he probably wants others to see what he is doing.

The power he possesses is like this sometimes. In the past, Li Zhiyuan looked like a fat sheep. If it weren't for the president's protection of business, this fat sheep might have lost a lot of meat. Now that he has power, he naturally hopes that others will see it.

Here and there is a fat sheep, clearly a wolf.

“It’s not something you can’t do, it’s just the wrong time.”

In the Ministry of War, Xu Shuzheng had always advocated the use of force to restore Mongolia, but he also understood what might be faced in regaining Mongolia by force, so he acted cautiously and advocated force, but did not agree with the immediate use of force.

"Knowing that you can't do something, but doing it is a man."

Li Zicheng's words are still very simple, much less than usual, and this is deliberate. After all, Xu Shuzheng doesn't like those who talk too much, and he himself is not simple. If he plays tricks with people like Xu Shuzheng, he must be the one who loses.

, instead of doing this, it is better to be more frank.

In the past two years, I have not suffered from my sincerity in treating others. Those who want to plot against me, few of them end up with a good ending.

"That's what it says, but it's not what it is"

Xu Shuzheng shook his head and took a sip of tea.

"Then why did you come to Lianyun?"

"Zhiyuan, you can see farther than others for half a year. I think you can understand today's situation."

The two people's frankness and reticence won each other's favor, and naturally there was no need to hide anything. Xu Shuzheng said directly that he came to Jiangsu today to ask him for advice on the international current situation.

"Approval of Jiangsu Army's Petition"

Li Zicheng made his request.

“Must I go to Mongolia?”

Xu Shuzheng was a little surprised by his persistence, but he vaguely felt that this matter was not that simple.

“The lost ground must be recovered”

Li Zicheng said half-truthfully, sometimes he would be so ambiguous so as not to offend others. At least when Xu Shuzheng knew the whole story in the future, he would not hold a grudge against him. If in this era, the last thing he wanted to do was

What are you doing? I'm afraid it's to offend that person and then make the other person hate you.

In this era, I don’t have many friends, let alone any relatives. It is always right to be sincere in dealing with people. I treat people with sincerity. Although I don’t say that I can get sincerity in exchange, I can at least make the other party have nothing to say to the outside world.

It can be said that sometimes "reputation" is very important. Even if you really want to play dirty tricks in the future, you have to make sure that the outside world cannot find a reason to blame.

"oh"

The other party's persistence made Xu Shuzheng think for a moment.

"You can go to Chahar for training to help with negotiations."

This was the biggest concession that Xu Shuzheng could make, but at this point, he still needed to go back and think carefully about how to convince Yuan Shikai, or to be precise, Wang Shizhen, the general secretary of the Generalissimo's Mansion.

"It's enough to raise weapons and food by ourselves. We must send out troops at the end of the month."

Li Zicheng smiled. He finally got what he wanted. What he wanted was the permission to mobilize the army. The Jiangsu Army can be mobilized at will within Jiangsu, but if it goes out of the province without an order from the Ministry of War, who knows what kind of trouble it will cause.

Appropriate compliments are more important than anything else.

While Yan Xishan from Shanxi was discussing the purchase of bullet machines with the Germans, he also asked the Ministry of War for approval. The first time the Ministry of War did not approve it, he sent a text message saying, "All bullet machines were purchased with the sweat and sweat of Shanxi merchants. If the contract is cancelled,

, I am afraid of losing tens of thousands of yuan, and Baichuan may not be able to explain it to the Shanxi elders." Now is not the time for warlords to be in chaos and do their own affairs. At least before Yuan Shikai's death, China still has a central government. In any case, as long as Yuan Shikai is there, the provinces will

He can't cause any trouble, and he can't go too far, otherwise he will only suffer in the end.

After all, no matter what, Yuan Shikai held the righteousness of the "Central", and the localities were just localities after all, just like Sun Yat-sen, who in the end was only called a rebel. Even the overseas Chinese who had always supported him called him to oppose him in launching a rebellion.

And local business people were extremely disgusted with his behavior.

You may not care about your reputation, but a good reputation is beneficial but not harmful. There is no need to tarnish your reputation at this time.

"Mongolia will definitely recover"

Li Zicheng raised his eyes and smiled again. Mongolia must be recovered, and of course it was not his fault. Since it was Xu Shuzheng who recovered Mongolia in history, he should not take away others' beauty now.

"oh?"

His eyelids twitched slightly, Xu Shuzheng stared at Li Zicheng, as if he wanted to understand the meaning of these words, but he couldn't think of the reason, and naturally he couldn't guess the original intention. Looking at the man in front of him, Xu Shuzheng finally knew what it meant to be audacious.

"Zhiyuan, do you know..."

"Something to do and something not to do"

Interrupting Xu Shuzheng's words, Li Zicheng's face flashed with a hint of joy.

"I'm betting. If I can win the first step, you don't know that I can't win the second step."

The first step to winning a bet?

Xu Shuzheng shook his head repeatedly.

"Zhiyuan, you just guessed one thing right, but you never won the bet."
To be continued...