To the east of the racecourse in the south of Tianjin, there is a road leading to the British Concession, called Racecourse Road.
The owner of No. 2 Machang Road is Pan Fu, who was promoted to the Beiyang Government's Finance Minister just two months ago. This person travels among the Zhili, Feng, and Anhui warlords, and has close contacts with all forces. Basically, every
Dinner parties are held at home every week, and the invitees are either the commander-in-chief of one party or the dignitaries of Beiyang.
After the principal formally pledges his allegiance to the Northern Expedition in the south, Pan Fu will become the link between the various factions in Beiyang and be regarded as Zhang Zuolin's top adviser.
That will be next month. Now Pan Fu is still staying in Tianjin, holding parties every now and then to keep in touch with each other.
"Didi!"
Chu Yupu's car drove through the gate, accompanied by his fifth concubine, Chu Nanxiang and Zhou Hexuan.
"Oh, it's a rare visitor. Brother Yunshan, please come in quickly!" Pan Fu personally stood at the door to greet him, shaking hands with Chu Yupu and patting his shoulders with great enthusiasm.
Zhou Hexuan was inconspicuous as a follower. As Marshal Chu entered together, there were already several people inside. They were Zhang Zongchang and his concubine, Li Jinglin and his concubine, Yang Tingyu and his concubine, all of whom belonged to the Fengjun line of generals.
Zhou Hexuan was taken to the side hall by people from Pan Mansion, where the aide-de-camps stayed. He had not walked a few steps when he heard Zhang Zongchang curse: "Chu Yupu, you rotten brother-in-law, how dare you argue with me? I'm going to do this today."
Kill you!"
They started fighting when they met in the living room. General Zhang Zongchang, who had no idea how much money he had, how many soldiers he had, and how many concubines he had, kicked Chu Yupu in the air.
Chu Yupu quickly got out of the way, not wanting to use force with his old boss in front of him, so he hid while shouting: "Commander, don't force me to fight back, you can't beat me!"
"You still dare to fight back? There is no way!" Zhang Zongchang became even more angry and was so angry that he pulled out his gun.
"There is something easy to say, there is something easy to say!"
Li Jinglin and Yang Tingyu hurriedly stepped forward to break up the fight. Finally, Zhang Zongchang went back and sat down angrily, his eyes widening as he wished he could eat Chu Yupu.
Since Chu Yupu became the Supervisor of Zhili and Governor of Zhili, he has paid less and less attention to Zhang Zongchang, and even deployed people to annex Zhang Zongchang's small army. The two had a dispute some time ago because of the Red Spear Club incident.
It was very stalemate. At that time, the Shandong Red Spear Club developed all over the country, and even tens of thousands of Red Spear Club troops gathered in Wenshang County.
The Red Spear Club is a rural Taoist organization, its purpose is to prevent bandits, bullies, officers and soldiers, and taxes. When this thing started, it was very difficult for Zhang Zongchang to collect taxes, and he threatened to bloodbath Wenshang County.
Wenshang County is the hometown of Chu Yupu. Marshal Chu was a nostalgic man who deliberately shouted to his subordinates during military training: "If he dares to bloodbath Wenshang County, I will bloodbath a hundred miles of Ye County!"
Ye County is Zhang Zongchang's hometown. Lao Zhang knew that Chu Yupu could do what he said, so he had no choice but to cancel the plan to massacre Wenshang. The people in Wenshang County were so grateful to Chu Yupu that they even erected a monument to Marshal Chu's virtues and called him "
The second emperor came out of Beijing."
It's funny to say that Chu Yupu, who was regarded as a scourge by the people of Tianjin, was actually a kind man in the eyes of his family.
Zhou Hexuan sat down in the side hall and exchanged names with several other members of the marshal's entourage. They all seemed to know each other and chatted wordlessly.
After a while, the atmosphere in the main hall had become harmonious. Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu, who had been fighting violently just now, were actually smoking side by side together, and their friendship was as good as that of real brothers.
"Young Marshal!"
Suddenly, everyone stood up and stepped forward to greet Zhang Xueliang, who was belatedly arriving.
Zhang Xueliang also brought his concubine (his original wife is still alive), who is his second wife Gu Ruiyu. In recent years, Gu Ruiyu has often been with Zhang Xueliang, even in battles, so she is also called the military wife.
Last year, Zhang Xueliang suffered from insomnia because of Guo Songling's rebellion. Yang Tingyu encouraged him to smoke cigarettes to relieve fatigue, and he became addicted to opium. Gu Ruiyu did not dissuade her, and the Zhang family was very dissatisfied with her, but the relationship between the two was still very stable.
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Until later the young marshal met Miss Zhao Si...
Zhang Xueliang, Pan Fu, Yang Tingyu, Zhang Zongchang, Chu Yupu and Li Jinglin sat down, with their concubines beside them, still pushing Pai Gow around the table.
The room soon filled with smoke. Zhang Xueliang held a cigarette in his mouth, rubbed the dominoes in his hands, and then slowly opened his empty eyes, and kept chanting: "Double sky, double sky, double sky... Damn it..."
, exploded, Yashiro!”
Everyone stretched their necks and took a look, only to see that the card that Marshal Zhang showed turned out to be Tianzhang. They were basically guaranteed to lose, unless the dealer was even more unlucky.
"I'm sorry," Yang Tingyu spread his cards and said with a smile, "Young Marshal, I have high legs."
"Take it, take it," Zhang Xueliang pushed a stack of oceans over and said angrily, "I've been losing at cards lately, so I still don't believe in that evil. Shuffle the cards for me, and I'll be the dealer!"
Pan Fu flattered him and said: "The casino is frustrated, the officialdom is proud, the young commander is going to be promoted again!"
"Yes, yes, I wish the young marshal good luck in his career." Others agreed.
Zhang Xueliang felt a little happier. After shuffling the cards and dealing them out quickly, he covered his own cards and said, "You show your cards first, and mine comes last!"
Everyone did not dare to refuse, so they each turned over the cards. The cards from big to small were: Zhang Zongchang's double bench, Pan Fu's double axe, Li Jinglin's Zajiu, Chu Yupu's King of Heaven, and Yang Tingyu's ground bar.
Zhang Xueliang also turned over the first card, which was a tie card. He rubbed the two cards together fiercely, and then slowly pulled them apart. First, a white dot appeared, and then he pulled out two more white dots.
"There's a show!"
Zhang Xueliang stopped worrying and pulled the card to the end. There was only a red dot on the lower half. He laughed and took out the card: "Hahaha, double geese, kill them all! Give me some money."
"The young commander is still awesome."
"Young Master, you are so lucky!"
"Next time, don't play cards with the young marshal. He is an expert."
"..."
Everyone flattered him one after another, and Zhang Xueliang was beaming with joy.
Playing cards until evening, Zhang Xueliang, who had been sitting at the bank, had already won thousands of dollars. Pan Fu's servant came over and said: "Master, gentlemen, you can start dinner."
Zhang Xueliang was in a good mood. He put down Pai Gow and said, "Let's eat first and then play in the evening."
Everyone immediately gathered around Zhang Xueliang and went to the dining room, where the marshals and their concubines each sat at a table. While serving food and pouring wine, Zhang Xueliang suddenly remembered something and asked Chu Yupu: "By the way, the Zhou Hexuan I mentioned last time, you want to take this person to the dining room?"
Did you bring it?"
"I brought it. I'm waiting in the side hall." Chu Yupu responded quickly.
Zhang Xueliang waved his hand and said: "Invite him over to have dinner with me. The old man is very optimistic about him and asked me to come to Tianjin to ask for more advice."
"That's his blessing." Chu Yupu quickly stood up and ran to the side hall to call someone.
