Chapter Seventeen Something Happens

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  "In fact, most of the students at the Military Academy were already officers before they enrolled, and if we graduate smoothly, we will become even higher-ranking officers." Looking at Hu Min'er's silly expression, Xu Shao Wen tried to use simple language to explain. "Miss Hu, aren't you curious why I didn't seem surprised when I heard your father's name?"

  "Yes, why? Isn't Father's official position big enough?" Hu Min'er asked seriously.

  Xu Shaowen was at a loss for words, and the political structure of the Ministry of War's supervision is still very complex. The supervisor is the deputy officer of the governor, and since the end of the Qing dynasty, this ancient title has been continued, such as the highest military and political officials in each province are now called governors, military commanders, etc. However, in the Ministry of War, both the governor and the supervisor are types of military bureaucrats who serve as advisors.

  The Ministry of the Army and the General Staff are two different military institutions, with the former equivalent to the United Front Department and the latter being the Ministry of National Defense. Therefore, the staff advisors in the Ministry of the Army basically have no actual military power. Especially when Yuan Shikai's Beiyang government had just taken over the Chinese political situation, Yuan Shikai appointed many northern warlords and wealthy businessmen as directors and deputy directors of the Ministry of the Army to win over the northern forces.

  Nowadays, among the supervisors and deputy supervisors of the Ministry of War, only a few individuals have military leadership talent, while the rest are mostly wealthy and influential people from the north. For example, Hu Min'er's father, Hu Mingyu, is actually a representative figure of the old forces in Beijing, who is said to be a descendant of Hu Xueyan, a red-top merchant of the Qing dynasty. Hu Mingyu's financial resources in the north are quite astonishing, and there are even rumors that all the wharf businesses along the Beijing-Shandong section of the Grand Canal are operated by him behind the scenes.

  Although Hu Mingyu held the rank of lieutenant general, he did not ask much about military affairs. However, the financial and material support he provided to the Beiyang government, as well as his connections in the north, were not to be underestimated. As a nominal supervisor, although he did not hold actual power in the Ministry of War, his words still carried weight. Usually, the officials who held real power in the three halls and six departments of the Ministry of War would fawn on him, and even the Minister of War would show deference to him.

  For someone like Hu Mingyu who has no real power but has influence, Xu Shaowen really doesn't know how to judge whether this official position is big or small. He smiled slightly and said: "Actually, it's not a question of the size of your father's official position. If it were other students, they would be very surprised when they heard that your father was Hu Zuodong, the supervisor of the Army Ministry."

  "Really? Then why are you so cold?" Hu Min'er stared at Xu Shao Wen with wide eyes, asking curiously.

  "Hmm... If I say that my uncle is Xu Shichang, would you believe me?" Xu Shaowen hesitated for a moment and asked in a different way.

  Hu Min'er looked somewhat stunned, and after a brief moment of contemplation, she nodded solemnly and said, "I believe."

  "You believe? That's good then, it's like that." Xú Shào Wén smiled with relief.

  "Oh, so you're the nephew of Premier Xu Shichang. What's your name, Mr. Xu?" Hu Min'er smiled sweetly, and once she found someone who was somewhat of a match for her family background, her temper relaxed a lot.

  "My name is Xu Shao Wen, and my courtesy name is Wen Yuan." Xu Shao Wen replied without any concealment.

  "Hmm, it's a pretty good name. Hu Min'er's smile became even more endearing, 'Sigh, I'm really unlucky, almost because of you, I was unhappy. Actually, I found out at the train station that you're different, you're very refined and look honest and gentle, just the kind that's easy to bully.'"

  Xu Shaowen couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, he suddenly asked: "We also count as not scolding each other if we don't know each other, but I'm very curious, at the train station you had a little girl accompanying you, why did it become just you on the train?"

  "Are you talking about Xiaolan? She went to help me find a seat," Hu Min'er said with a smile, but after finishing this sentence, she showed a puzzled expression and turned back to look at the corridor, "I wouldn't have remembered if you hadn't mentioned it, Xiaolan has been wanting to go for a long time."

  Xu Shaowen looked at Hu Min'er, who seemed to have no luggage beside her, and asked in surprise: "Are you letting Xiaolan carry the luggage to find a seat? How will she come back to tell you after finding a seat? Are you going to let her put the luggage on the seat and then come back to tell you? Won't your luggage be stolen?"

  "Oh dear, you're absolutely right! Xiao Lan might have found a seat now, but I don't know how to tell you," Hu Min'er said repeatedly, her face looking somewhat anxious. "What do we do now?"

  "Now you should go find Xiaolan along the train carriage." Xu Shaowen really didn't expect this, could it be that rich family sons all have IQ problems?

  "But...," Hu Min'er's face turned slightly awkward, her tone carrying a hint of disgust, "some carriages are really dirty, and many people don't look like they have good intentions. I'm not too keen on going."

  Xu Shaowen sighed, but just at this moment he thought of going to help Guo Songling buy a pack of cigarettes, so he said: "Well, if Miss Hu doesn't mind, I'll accompany you there."

  "Really? Then... thank you so much." Hu Min'er immediately became excited.

  Xu Shao Wen accompanied Hu Min Er along the small Lan to find a seat, shuttling through several carriages. He always walked in front, and Hu Min Er was like a shy little deer, closely following behind him. In these few carriages, he met several classmates from the Army University, greeted them briefly, and then just explained that he was going to look for a vendor selling cigarettes.

  Hu Min'er was cautious all the way, and she seemed to be still unaccustomed to this strange public occasion, especially in some carriages where the environmental sanitation was very poor, which made her want to stop several times.

  Just as they were about to enter the fourth carriage, a burst of men's laughter came from ahead, mixed with the faint but anxious crying voice of a girl. Hu Min'er quickly recognized that the crying voice seemed to be her own maid Xiaolan, and she hastily pulled Xu Shaowen's sleeve, her face becoming very tense.

  "It seems... it seems like Xiaolan." Hu Min'er said to Xu Shaowen with a pleading look.

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