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Part 1 Chapter 6 Meet Li Hongzhang

After pondering for a while, Sheng Xuanhuai sighed slightly, "Okay, nowadays, the French and Yi are looking for trouble in the southwest. Lord Zhongtang is just in need of a person who has passed by to supervise the transfer of the bullets from Shanghai. The bullets of the two bureaus of Ning go to Pan Junmen. Let's do this, I will go and tell Lord Zhongtang that you are the title of the temporary Shanghai bureau to be responsible for escorting these bullets south."

"So, thank you sir." Chen Congyun really thanked Sheng Xuanhuai in his heart. This man was so grand that he knew that he wanted to leave and helped him so much. He deserved to be a pioneer of the Westernization Affairs.

"Don't worry, thank me, let me agree first. After finishing this errand, you have to come back honestly for me."

Chen Congyun smiled slightly after hearing this, and thought to himself that when I arrived in Guangxi, there would be a mess there, and it would be no difficulty to find an excuse to leave it. The premise is naturally to be under the banner of Li Hongzhang, so that we will not be subject to others' scrupulousness.

"I'll follow the arrangements of my lord!" Chen Congyun's words were still very nice.

Just when he was still happy, Yu Ping came over to serve tea with the plate. After saying that he had been blessed, Sheng Xuanhuai frowned, looked at Yu Ping's back as he left, and couldn't help but look back at Chen Congyun suspiciously and said, "What? Zi Gui doesn't like these two girls?"

Chen Congyun knew as soon as he heard that Sheng Xuanhuai's eyes were too poisonous and he could see it.

"Oh! Recently, that... that... that... that..." Chen Congyun held it in for a long time and couldn't find a reasonable explanation. His face turned red. Sheng Xuanhuai seemed to have understood what I knew, and laughed out loud.

"Zi Gui, your body is important. If you have just recovered from a serious illness, you should pay attention to it. I was negligent. I turned around and told my servants to give Zi Gui some ginseng to supplement it."

Shen Congyun….

"Sir!" Chen Congyun showed gratitude on his face. When he bowed, his words were choked. This was not pretending. If Sheng Xuanhuai was really good at winning people's hearts, no wonder after Sheng Xuanhuai died, a grand funeral was held in Shanghai. The cost of the funeral alone cost more than 300,000 taels of silver.

"A man will be raised for three or five days and will still be alive." Sheng Xuanhuai laughed, and this matter was over.

After chatting for a few more words, Sheng Xuanhuai stood up and said, "I'm back, I'll go to see the Lord Zhongtang now and take down the errand for you."

When Chen Congyun arrived at the door, Sheng Xuanhuai stopped and turned around, slapped his head suddenly and said, "Look, I forgot about this." After that, he reached into his cuff, took out an envelope, and stuffed it into Chen Congyun's hand, "A real man should not lose money for a day."

Before Chen Congyun could turn around, Sheng Xuanhuai bowed and smiled and said, "I'll go back, stay." He turned around and strode.

Chen Congyun held the silver notes and felt mixed emotions for a moment. Looking at Sheng Xuanhuai's back, he didn't know what to say.

It was not until Sheng Xuanhuai's back turned a door hole that Chen Congyun lowered his head and opened the envelope. There were a stack of silver notes, two of them, tens of them, one hundred taels, eighteen of them, fifty taels, and tens of them.

Alas, this gentleman is so meticulous that he has imagined that one day in the future, if he wants to compete with Li Hongzhang, how can he repay this favor?

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Having money in his pocket, Chen Congyun started to prepare for going south. He took Sheng Xiaoqi to the streets of Tianjin Wei for a walk, bought some books about the southwest scenery, and ordered a map of Vietnam at a foreign business, saying that it would arrive in three days.

Chen Congyun was about to go south, and Mrs. Sheng sent someone to send a pound of ginseng and asked Yu Ping and Qingxian to stew Chen Congyun's body. After hearing Mrs. Sheng's explanation, the two little girls started to work with a smile. Chen Congyun looked at her heart and thought that if she had to make up for three or five days, would she get angry?

I don’t know if I get angry. But after drinking the ginseng soup every day, some rosy appeared on my face, which was originally pale, and Chen Congyun looked much better. When the two girls saw it, they were very pleased. When they looked at Chen Congyun between their eyebrows, the spring gradually became stronger. Chen Congyun wanted Li Hongzhang to quickly delegate the errand to go south. A day when they were impulsive, these two girls were ready to go and want to be *. If they accidentally harmed others, that would be called evil. Yangzhou Skinny Horse is a trick to train people to be concubines and make men comfortable. Don’t have too many tricks. After the gentleness created by the creation fell into it, Chen Congyun, who came through time, would probably not have any thoughts to climb out.

After waiting patiently for four days, at noon that day, Sheng Xuanhuai hurried to the yard and found Chen Congyun in the study. The errand finally came down.

"Zi Gui, I've sent my errands, but it may be a bit different from what you think."

Chen Congyun was stunned when he heard this, and was still patiently waiting for the following.

"Mr. Zhongtang wants to see you."

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When I went out, the sky changed a little, and a few dark clouds floated from afar. For the first time, I was sitting in a sedan chair, and I was in such a small and closed environment, feeling the sedan chair slowly moving forward, Chen Congyun felt a little stuffy.

The sedan finally heard it and vaguely heard someone shouting in front of him: "Who is it?"

"Oh, it's Mr. Shan."

In order to meet Li Hongzhang, Chen Congyun put on a suit specially. The Qing Dynasty's long gown was really not used to it. He was much more comfortable wearing the suit he bought specially a few days ago.

"Zi Gui, I will meet with the Lord Zhongtang later. You must be careful when speaking." Sheng Xuanhuai pulled Chen Congyun into it and repeatedly reminded him.

Li Hongzhang met the two in the study. His thin body sat on the chair. His eyelids drooped and his eyes drooped, his glitter suddenly burst out when he saw them coming in.

"I've seen an adult!" Sheng Xuanhuai stepped forward and was about to hit Qian. Chen Congyun was slightly stunned. His sleeve was gently pulled, and Sheng Xuanhuai was winking at him.

"Yu Sun, I'm fine." Li Hongzhang's tone showed a sense of majesty. Cooperating with his eyes, Chen Congyun rushed to a pressure he had never felt before, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. This was much more stressful than the college entrance examination that year.

"Li Hongzhang wants talents and slaves at the same time. Even if he is a slave, he may not be able to see him without a certain personality. Didn't he say I'm crazy? I'll show him wildly." It was just a flash of thought, and this thought flashed through Chen Congyun's heart.

"Chen Congyun, the people who have transformed into grass, have met the master of the central hall." Chen Congyun made up his mind and did not kneel down, but just bent down slightly and bowed.

"Bold! When you see the Lord of the Central Hall, how dare you not kneel down?" The two strong Goshma scolded in unison and made a gesture to pounce on him.

Chen Congyun was shocked and said goodbye to himself. In anger, Li Hongzhang took himself down and questioned him. When the people saw the officials, they wanted to kneel down. This was written into the laws of the Qing Dynasty. However, when they saw a trace of strangeness in Li Hongzhang's eyes, Chen Congyun gritted his teeth. Instead, he did not kneel down, but thrust his waist and looked back at Li Hongzhang with straight eyes.

"Forget it! You're crazy." Li Hongzhang spoke in a low voice, and the two Goshmas retreated.

Sheng Xuanhuai, who had been winking Chen Congyun, only breathed a sigh of relief.

After making up his mind to go crazy, Chen Congyun immediately held his head up and took Li Hongzhang's words and said, "My Lord said Yun Cong was a crazy person, and he dared to ask him. Zeng Shi said: "Wanli voluntarily, I will give you advice from thousands of miles to the end of your son, and Jia Sheng will recommend you to you. Compared with the army of the Western Han Dynasty, Jia Yi, are you crazy?"

Li Hongzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Chen Congyun carefully, then suddenly looked up and laughed. This poem was a sentence from "Twenty Self-Report" written by Li Hongzhang when he went to Beijing to take the exam. Chen Congyun read it out at this time, and the implication was, don't you be crazy, weren't you crazy back then? At the same time, he also indirectly praised Li Hongzhang, which was quite like Li Hongzhang when he was young.

"Okay, Shen Zigui! Where can I know my plays back then?" Li Hongzhang's expression slowly relaxed as he spoke, and he looked in a good mood.

"Although Yun Cong grew up overseas, his ancestors always taught him and never forgot his hometown. He paid much attention to the affairs of China. In the West, when it comes to civil and military affairs in the dynasty today, foreigners know only the great masters, calling him the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, an open-minded model, and a great diplomatic talent. Therefore, the poems written by the great masters are often circulated in the West, and the younger generations have obtained them by chance." When ordinary people saw Li Hongzhang, even the second and third rank officials were respectful. Chen Congyun was just a white man, standing upright and talking with his head up. Li Hongzhang was not angry, and there was a smile on his face, which made Sheng Xuanhuai, who was watching, finally fell down.

"Haha! You are so frivolous!" Li Hongzhang sighed softly and ordered in a low voice: "Come here, see the seat, and have tea."

Chen Congyun was not polite. After Sheng Xuanhuai sat down, he sat half his butt. Li Hongzhang saw this detail and couldn't help but nodded slightly. He was neither humble nor arrogant, and was polite and concise. A good impression was initially formed.

"Zi Gui, I highly recommend you in front of me. You are proficient in Western Affairs and good at management, so you can help you take up the post of Shanghai Bureau."
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