The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

On the east side 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 Racecourse Road is Pan Fu, who was promoted to the finance minister of the Beiyang government two months ago. This person wandered among the warlords of the Zhili, Fengli, and Anhui cliques, and had close contacts with various forces. Basically, he held a dinner party at home every week. The invitees were either the generals of one party or the dignitaries of Beiyang.

After the headmaster formally vowed to lead the Northern Expedition in the south, Pan Fu would become the link between the various factions in Beiyang and be regarded as the highest counselor under Zhang Zuolin.

That will happen next month, and now Pan Fu is still staying in Tianjin, holding parties every now and then to connect with each other.

"Didi!"

Chu Yupu's car drove into the gate, accompanied by Fifth Aunt, Chu Nanxiang and Zhou Hexuan.

"Oh, rare guest, rare guest, brother Yun Shan, please come in!" Pan Fu greeted him personally at the door, shaking hands and clapping shoulders with Chu Yupu enthusiastically.

As a follower, Zhou Hexuan was inconspicuous. He entered with Marshal Chu, and there were already several people inside. They are Zhang Zongchang and his concubine, Li Jinglin and his concubine, Yang Yuting and his concubine, all of whom belong to the Fengjun line of generals.

Zhou Hexuan was taken to the side hall by people from the Pan residence, where the adjutants who accompanied him stayed. He hadn't walked a few steps before he heard Zhang Zongchang swearing: "Chu Yupu, you bad brother-in-law, you dare to argue with me, I'll kill you today!"

When they met in the living room, they started fighting, "I don't know how much money I have, I don't know how much soldiers I have, I don't know how much I have my concubine", Zhang Zongchang, the three-unknown general, kicked Chu Yupu with his kick.

Chu Yupu dodged quickly, not being able to fight his old boss face to face, and shouted while hiding: "Marshal, don't force me to fight back, you can't beat me!"

"Do you still dare to fight back? There is no law!" Zhang Zongchang was even more angry, and he was so angry that he directly pulled out his gun.

"If you have something to say, you have something to say!"

Li Jinglin and Yang Yuting hurried forward to try to persuade them to fight, and finally Zhang Zongchang went back to sit down angrily, his eyes widened and he wanted to eat Chu Yupu.

Since Chu Yupu became the supervisor of Zhili and the governor of Zhili, he paid less and less attention to Zhang Zongchang, and even deployed people to annex Zhang Zongchang's small army. Some time ago, the two had a heated argument because of the Red Gun Club incident. At that time, Shandong Red Gun Club developed everywhere, and Wenshang County even gathered tens of thousands of Red Gun Club troops.

The Red Gun Society is a rural Taoist organization whose purpose is to prevent bandits, bullies, officers and soldiers, and taxes. This thing caused a commotion, which made it very difficult for Zhang Zongchang to collect taxes, and threatened to bloodbath Wenshang County.

Wenshang County is Chu Yupu's hometown, and Marshal Chu is a nostalgic person. He deliberately said loudly to his subordinates during military training: "If he dares to bloody Wenshang County, I will bloody Ye County for a hundred miles!"

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 bloodbath Wenshang. The common people in Wenshang County were very grateful to Chu Yupu, and even erected a monument of virtue to Marshal Chu, calling him the "Second Son of Heaven".

It's funny to say that Chu Yupu, who is regarded as a scourge by the people of Tianjin, is actually a kind person in the eyes of the old family.

Zhou Hexuan sat down in the side hall, and exchanged names with the other entourages of the marshal. Even if they knew each other, they chatted nonsense.

After a while, the atmosphere in the main hall has become harmonious. Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu, who had been fighting violently just now, actually hooked their shoulders together and smoked together, their friendship was as good as brothers.

"Young commander!"

All of a sudden, everyone stood up and went forward to welcome Zhang Xueliang who had come late.

Zhang Xueliang also brought his concubine (the original wife is still there), which is his second wife Gu Ruiyu. In recent years, Gu Ruiyu has often accompanied Zhang Xueliang, even in battle, so she is also called the wife of the army.

Last year, because of Guo Songling's rebellion, Zhang Xueliang suffered from insomnia all night. Yang Yuting encouraged him to smoke opium to relieve fatigue, and thus became addicted to opium. Since Gu Ruiyu did not dissuade her, the Zhang family was very dissatisfied with her, but the relationship between the two was still very stable.

Until later the young marshal met Miss Zhao Si...

Zhang Xueliang, Pan Fu, Yang Yuting, Zhang Zongchang, Chu Yupu, and Li Jinglin sat down. Their aunts and wives also stood by their side and started pushing Pai Gow around a table.

The room was soon smoky. With a cigarette in his mouth, Zhang Xueliang held the dominoes in his hands and rubbed them together. Then he opened his eyes slowly, and kept saying: "Shuangtian, Shuangtian, Shuangtian... Mom, what's the matter?" , Exploded, deflated!"

Everyone stretched their necks and saw that Shaoshuai Zhang's card turned out to be a sky kong, and he was basically a loser, unless the dealer was even more unlucky.

"I'm sorry," Yang Yuting spread out his cards and said with a smile, "Young commander, I'm tall."

"Take it, take it," Zhang Xueliang pushed a stack of oceans over, and said in a bad mood, "Recently, I always lose in card games, so I still don't believe in that evil. Shuffle all the cards for me, and I'll make the banker!"

Pan Fu flattered: "Frustrated in the casino, proud in the officialdom, the young commander is going to be promoted again!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I wish the young marshal every step of the way." Others echoed.

Zhang Xueliang was in a slightly happier mood. He shuffled the cards quickly and dealt them. He held his own cards and said, "You guys show your cards first, and I will open my cards last!"

Everyone dared not refuse, and each turned over their cards. The cards from big to small are: Zhang Zongchang's Double Bench, Pan Fu's Double Axe, Li Jinglin's Zajiu, Chu Yupu's Heavenly King, and Yang Yuting's Ground Bar.

Zhang Xueliang also turned over the first card, which was a draw. He rubbed the two cards together, and then slowly pulled them apart. First, a white spot appeared, and then two more white spots appeared.

"There is a show!"

Zhang Xueliang didn't bother anymore, and directly pulled the card to the bottom, only a red dot on the lower half. He laughed and slapped out the cards: "Hahaha, double geese, pass kill! Give me the money."

"Young handsome is still amazing."

"Young commander is out of luck!"

"You can't play cards with the young marshal next time, he is an expert."

"..."

Everyone flattered one after another, and Zhang Xueliang smiled happily.

Playing cards until the evening, Zhang Xueliang, who had been sitting in the dealership, had already won several thousand oceans. A servant from Pan Fu's family came over and said, "Master, everyone, you can start dinner."

Zhang Xueliang was in a good mood, put down the Pai Gow and said, "Eat first, then play in the evening."

The crowd immediately surrounded Zhang Xueliang and went to the dining room, where the marshals and the concubine sat at a table each. While serving food and pouring wine, Zhang Xueliang suddenly remembered something, and asked Chu Yupu: "By the way, did you bring the man Zhou Hexuan you mentioned last time?"

"I brought it, I'm waiting in the side hall." Chu Yupu responded quickly.

Zhang Xueliang waved his hand and said: "Call him over to have dinner together. The old man is very optimistic about him. Let me come to Tianjin to ask for advice."

"That's his luck." Chu Yupu got up quickly, and ran to the side hall to call for someone.