Zhou Rui nodded and said, "This time, a considerable part of our military budget was allocated to buy live sheep. The Mongolians did not raise pigs, so they could only collect some live pigs from the Han people in the mainland and Tunbao residents. The cost was a lot. But Tian Siguan said that no matter what, we should ensure that the soldiers had enough meat. Unfortunately, we had insufficient funds last year and had not much canned reserves. Otherwise, the soldiers also liked to eat canned meat, which was convenient and trouble-free, and tasted good."

The two were talking about the important things behind the ducks. Zhou Fengji felt that this nephew of his family was much more sensible, and knew to put his mind on the important things, and he was quite smart in his eyes, and he spoke with abilities. The old man felt very happy and said unconsciously: "You should prepare a decent gift in the past two days, and use it for the first year of the year."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Rui said: "Which guy from which family wants to be over one year old? It's not an adult. When the eldest son was one year old, he set up two tables in the inner house. His family and our servants had a lively fun together. No one had ever received any gifts. Everyone knows that the adults don't want to promote extravagance, so no one gave it to him."

"This time is different." Zhou Fengji smiled and said, "Don't be expensive, but be careful. This time, it is a name for the second young master. Being a year old is just an excuse. Not many people know about it now, you can ask for a lottery."

"Yes, thank you uncle." Zhou Rui was very happy. Although giving a decent gift was nothing, as long as you get a good start, the Houzhai would always remember himself, and the friendship of the attendant officer could continue. This is valuable for external officials. This is really a good start.

As for gifts, you will always find good ones as long as you are careful.

The ducks drove them away, Zhou Fengji nodded and said, "You are so kind to do it yourself. Everything else is empty. Be polite, not ostentatious, and do not do much. If you are careful in business, there will always be the day when you young people lead the family. Your age is older than the young master. You will still be in your prime ten or twenty years later. Our generation will definitely be gone. It will depend on you at that time."

"Thank you, uncle, you will live a hundred years old." Zhou Rui bowed and bowed. The old man had already gotten on the horse. Several members were impatient to wait, and rode together with the old man.

"It's so terrifying." Zhou Rui's wife said: "It's been so long that we can prepare earlier."

"What do you know?" Zhou Rui scolded: "Uncle said all the words of Lao Chengming and Conspiracy, and Lord Zhang listened to his words. Listen, now he still calls the Lord the Young Master. Can we compare this kind of friendship?"

Zhou Rui's wife didn't dare to say anything again. When the couple got on the carriage, the woman mentioned that she wanted to promise Si Xiqiang to her brother. Zhou Rui waved her hand and said, "Si Xi just signed a contract for employment. How can we force them? Besides, your brother is also very bad, and he still wants to marry a little girl. Isn't it good to find a widow or something."

Zhou Rui's wife didn't say anything. She felt the man's impatient and hidden anger. She knew that her man was running more and more, and her family was gradually left behind. If she couldn't help her, she might have a big problem.

The woman lowered her head, gently stroked her belly, and never said anything again.

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Qingcheng gradually became lively, and almost all the military generals except a few garrisoned here came.

Wang Changfu, Liang Xing, Zhou Yao, Yang Qiu, Yang Sixun, Wang Yikui, Li Laibin, and Li Congye, these were all old people of the past, the rising stars Sun Yao and Xia Xiping, as well as Zhang Shixiong, Zhu Dayong, Duoer and others all rushed over, and the city was filled with stars.

In the marching department, only Mo Zongtong from Mobei did not come, and almost everyone else rushed over.

When we arrived at Li Shenming, Sun Jingting and others, there were Tian Jitang and Liu Peng, Zhang Chun who was in charge of military law, and of course Kong Minxing, Zhou Fengji, Li Yuchun, Liang Hong, Huang Yucheng, and several masters from the Lizhuang direction, including Chang Jinquan and Song Yingsheng, all of them rushed over.

In Zunhua, Cai Jiu, Ma Chaowen, Li Dayong, Wang Datong... Qingcheng is full of handsome men. Except for some senior management who are guarding outside, they almost brought together the entire Hutchison senior elites.

Tang Wangzong, the commander of the artillery regiment, joked with people. A shell would probably hit several senior officials or above the deputy officers.

Only then did people realize that Hutchison's development had reached such a point that these people were elite figures in the North. For example, Wang Datong, his family had been rooted in Zhangjiakou for several generations and had hundreds of thousands of taels of family assets. It can be said to be a representative figure among the Shanxi merchants.

Perhaps in history, this man and his family did not secretly trade with the Later Jin Dynasty, but did not gain the status of emperor after the founding of the Qing Dynasty and were dumped by the eight Shanxi merchants in history. At this moment, this man and his family successfully reached the Kuangji Temple and soared, making a big profit in trade with the Russians. It is estimated that twenty years later, the wealth of his family and this person can at least exceed one million.

With such a huge amount of family resources and a very wide connection, they have a strong influence on the local area. There are even many people in the family who are officials outside. Such families have also chosen to cooperate with Hutchison, and can even be said to be completely attached to Hutchison's banner. From this point, many people can see the clues.

When Liu Guojin and his family's vehicles arrived in Qingcheng, they happened to encounter this most lively scene.

"Oh, I'm blind." Liu Guojin complained to his two sons and his wife: "Along the way, no one talked about this to us. This is a big deal, how could he not express it?"

"We are afraid we won't be able to catch up." The boss of the Liu family said, "We come all the way from the capital. You must see the scenery and live in Datong for a while before talking. Later, I heard that someone was sending troops to attack Lin Danhan, so you can't sit still and have to come to Qingcheng to pay a visit. To be honest, our Liu family is powerless now. Let alone whether Lord Zhang can see you, let alone that you want to get into a quarrel in such a thing."

"The bastard is said by a bastard." Liu Guojin paused and cursed: "You may not remember your goodness in such matters. If you dare not prepare gifts without any intention, you will remember your badness. You are almost forty years old, why don't you understand the worldly style?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand." The boss of the Liu family laughed and said, "I have always been interested in medicine. I have just signed up for the Health and Health Department of Hutchison, and planned to go to their hospital to do things. Their doctors are also divided into levels. According to their son's level, they can at least become battalion-level military doctors. Hutchison's military doctor has a good status, so I have already found out."

Liu Guojin has never been obsessed with his son's obsession with medical skills, and even scolded him many times. Because in gentry, there must be doctors, wealthy families will interact with several famous doctors, and they will give some cash and gifts during festivals. But to put it bluntly, it is because they are afraid that the people in the house will get sick, and they can be used for emergency use. Although they are not advocated as good people, they may not be much better than those in the hearts of the big guys. The scholars and officials learn medical skills to see pulse cases, and they do not let others coax them. There is also a topic between them. If they really study medical skills, they will not be recognized, but will be felt that they are not doing their jobs.

Even if medical skills are successful and each family is delayed, something may happen. People are always busy or too lazy to move, but those who come to the door to ask for are either rich or noble. Which company do you dare to reject? If something happens to the diagnosis, kindness will become malice, and suddenly it will become a great hatred for life and death.

So if you have a hobby, it is a stupid thing to really study medical skills.

The leader of the Liu family was strictly prohibited by Liu Guojin from exposing his talent in medical skills. Even so, he would have achieved success in his studies. If he were allowed to treat him, he would have become a famous doctor in the capital.

"This is not bad. If you are not good at being a father, you still have a way out." Liu Guojin nodded slightly and expressed his approval.

The Liu family talked under the eaves of the main hall, watching the family carry the items in a mess. Although they were temporarily living, they also rented a small courtyard for a while, which cost a lot. However, Liu Guojin was not short of money at all. After arriving in Datong, he planned to buy land on a large scale. However, seeing that the land in Datong was almost occupied by Hutchison, he only bought a small manor to settle down. He planned to take a look at the remaining money. If Hutchison was really reliable, dividends were all real, and the remaining money would be better taken out and joined Hutchison's trade in the trading city.

Since the boss can make achievements in medical skills and the second brother is determined to do business, this matter is much simpler.

The second young master of the Liu family said at this time: "The child has prepared paper inkstones from Huzhou. Although they are not top-quality, they are dozens of taels a set. I heard that the amount of gifts from Lord Zhang strictly ordered should not exceed fifty taels. Our set is similar, so let's give paper inkstones?"

"Yes." Liu Guojin stood up and said, "Let's go now."

Everyone left the house, and there were many pedestrians along the way, many people were sitting in carriages, and many were riding horses. The father and son of the Liu family saw many of them riding horses with silver stars on their shoulders. They were obviously senior officers of Hutchison, but they were not wearing very gorgeous robes and were dressed in gray military uniforms. The military ranks only indicate their status and status, and there was no brigade's guards to follow. It was even more impossible for Ming army generals like Ding, who were standard for going out.

Just seeing these is quite extraordinary, but there are quite a few military officers and civil servants with high status walking casually, and even swearing with pedestrians on the roadside. No one prides himself on his identity. Hutchison's senior executives may have been ordinary shopkeepers, friends, or lahu, vagrants, rogues, and border soldiers a few years ago. They were all in the lower class of society except for a few people. They made their fortunes too quickly and did not forget their previous experiences, so they were far from being able to show off their official positions, let alone show off their power.

After Liu Guojin went out, he understood why there were tens of thousands of residents in Qingcheng, but there was not even a single sedan.

People here either ride horses or ride cars or walk. Civil and military officials with high status can walk at will. Their robes are not that wide, and people look very clean and neat. They all have a kind of energy when walking. It is something that Liu Guojin has not been an official for 30 years.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were either people who were submissive and listless, generals and soldiers with tigers and wolves, staff and literati who were pretending to be powerful, scholars who were dull due to studying, smart or greedy court officials, and then more domineering nobles and eunuchs. As in front of you, you have a civilian atmosphere and are in a high position. Naturally, you are shrewd and show your identity without relying on your clothes and guards to show your identity. There are more than one or two such people, but in groups.
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