Chen Tianhua smiled, looked at the captain of the guard who had been with him for the longest time, and said in a deep voice: "Zi Ge, the captain of the guard who followed me later became the commander of the army. Let's not mention Song Xiaoniu. He is now in the Ganzhou Brigade.

Deputy brigade commander and commander of the Gannan Assault Regiment, you are in charge of the administration. You have been following my commander all the time and you are just serving me. Don’t you have any idea in your mind?"

After hearing this, Fei Ge laughed and said in a deep voice: "General, you still don't know how many pounds my subordinates have? If you really want me to go out and lead the troops to fight, many people will be killed. I can only

Be a warrior who charges forward, rather than a general who leads thousands of troops. Now your subordinates are very satisfied and can stay with the general every day to protect your safety. What is this called... Oh, by the way, make the best use of things.

!”

After hearing this, Chen Tianhua couldn't help but burst into laughter, pointed at the flying pigeon and said: "You boy, you really don't have any ambitions. Your real destiny is to be the captain of the bodyguard, haha..."

"The general has many outstanding generals around him. They are either brothers who have followed him through life and death for many years, or they are returnees from abroad or graduates of the military academy. However, Gege has no education and is not a student of the military academy, so he is willing to be a pawn and serve the general all his life. That's great!

"Fei Ge said seriously.

…

Early the next morning, Chen Tianhua, Huo Shan and other people left Shihuiyao Town in Changye County and drove all the way to Hanyang Mansion at noon.

As soon as I arrived at Hung Hom Mansion and before I had a sip of tea, the doorman sent in a letter with only one address and it was signed by an old friend of Hong Xiu.

The handwriting was beautiful, and it looked like a woman's handwriting. Chen Tianhua naturally thought of the dozen pairs of shoes and the phrase "red sleeves add fragrance to the face, like flowers".

Could it be her?

I left my address, obviously hoping that Chen Tianhua would come and visit me.

The address was Shengshi Road in the Hankou Concession, which was within the scope of the French Concession and could not be entered with troops or weapons. Chen Tianhua decided to visit privately incognito.

The French Concession is close to the Japanese Concession, and last year there was a conflict with the Japanese spy Leshantang. They were afraid that there might be a trap. Fei Ge and Yu Yang tried to dissuade them, but Chen Tianhua decided to go and investigate.

He asked Yu Yang to bring dozens of personal guards in plain clothes to provide support near the Hankou Racecourse. He and Fei Ge went in in an official carriage.

Arriving in front of a high-end residence on Shengshi Road in the French Concession, Chen Tianhua asked Fei Ge, dressed as a coachman, to wait in the shade of a tree on the roadside while he went in alone.

This place is close to the Bund of Hankou and has an elegant environment. It is home to wealthy families and is not an ordinary commercial and living area outside the concession.

To be able to live in these magnificent mansions on Shengshi Road, one must be rich or wealthy, and must be someone with strong financial resources or a certain status and background.

However, there are very few officials living here. After all, this is a place where businessmen gather, brothels, and singing and dancing studios.

It is not like Tianlufang in Wuchang City, which is home to officials.

Although the officials of the Qing Dynasty secretly like to have fun, enjoy themselves, and love money as much as their lives, they are all sanctimonious and pay great attention to their own identity and status.

Letting them live in the prosperous road is a sign of self-degradation and self-degradation, and even if they are killed, they will not do it.

They can often go to brothels to play, which represents a kind of romance and fashion. However, it is a bit degenerate for them to build their mansions next to brothels.

Therefore, most of the luxurious mansions on Shengshi Road are owned by big businessmen or the bosses behind fireworks venues.

They do not have any titles or honors, nor are they from noble families, but they are wealthy.

Little-known upstarts can often be encountered here.

In the Qing Dynasty and various dynasties, the occupations of social classes could be divided into military, agricultural, industrial, military and merchant.

It can be seen that the social status of businessmen is the lowest. Fortunately, the Qing Dynasty had well-established officials and businessmen, that is, government representatives who supervised the commercial affairs. But they were officials first, and their private activities were businessmen.

But businessmen often have strong financial resources, and it is they who support the entire country.

Located in the center of Huguang in the waters of the Yangtze River, Wuchang Prefecture is generally the official land, Hanyang Prefecture is the merchant land, and Hankou is the port. Merchants gather here, and foreigners from all over the world live here, with a population of tens of thousands, especially many with Japanese nationality.

Along the way the chariot passed by, Chen Tianhua saw many scholars, merchants, dignitaries, and children of wealthy families.

They drove or rode horses, and before evening, they were already entering brothels, restaurants, restaurants, and shopping areas in an endless stream.

It was very lively there, starting early as the sun set in the afternoon.

The carriage passed through a cross street and turned into another quaint residential area.

There are quaint and pleasant buildings with carved railings and painted walls, colorful windows and beaded curtains, quiet and quiet, and scattered attics.

Some pavilions are built near the water. If you open the attic windows, you can see the scenery of various channels of the Yangtze River.

Some owners of wealthy families even asked their orders to divert a stream of water from the canal and pour running water into the quiet mansion area.

Small bridges, flowing water, and green trees make it more artistic and beautiful.

This kind of thinking and style is very close to the villa architecture in modern society.

The luxury housing areas here are all managed and are called squares, which are equivalent to residential communities in later generations.

A person who looked like a shop owner received Chen Tianhua. After figuring out who it was, he said:

"Your Excellency, General, please forgive me. Miss Luan Rong's residence here is not open to the public. Therefore, you cannot enter through the square gate, but through the side door. I hope General will not have any grudges."

Instead of taking the main entrance, go to the side entrance, but pass the main entrance through the small gate. In the current Qing Dynasty, this is absolutely forbidden for high-ranking officials.

This is detrimental to dignity and image.

Chen Tianhua was a first-grade military attache and a second-grade civil servant. In the entire Hanyang City and Wuchang Prefecture, he was one of the few big shots.

Of course, Chen Tianhua did not reveal these identities. He only made it clear that he was a general. The shop owner was worried that he would challenge him, so he tried his best to explain clearly first to avoid the other party's resentment.

"Oh, yes, no problem!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Tianhua agreed without even showing the slightest hesitation, which shocked the shop owner.

In fact, he didn't know something. A second-generation man like Chen Tianhua was so open-minded that he could even break into underground rivers and stinky ditches. Do he care about big or small doors, front or back doors?

As long as the purpose is pure, do you still care about the process and means?

After a while, he walked around the outer wall of Fang Street and came to a small door on the side. He opened the door, showed the jade sign on his waist to the guard, and went in.

Passing through the small door and entering the courtyard of Luanyue's residence, there are four words "Hongxiu Yayuan" above it.

He understood it and felt that this should be his destination.

As soon as Chen Tianhua entered the door, he turned around the wall screen and walked out of the winding corridor. He saw a flower garden with willows and bamboos.

Flower rockery, strange stone basins and pools are like the architecture of a Jiangnan garden.

In the distance, there is an artificial lake and a stone pavilion.

The entire back garden is quite large.
Chapter completed!