Chapter 32: Special Gift

  The next day, Wang's younger brother heard about Meng Yao's "great achievements" and kept asking him to tell stories. In her opinion, those things that could only be heard in storytelling were a big deal for her. Especially this time, Meng Yao was able to win against the Japanese, which made her even happier. Although she still didn't know that the Japanese were actually a group of beasts.

  Meng Yao was furious with Lu Tao at this time. This bookworm, who had brought a silly girl who only knew how to ask questions by his side, seemed to be from the Central Plains on the surface, but did she know where the provincial city was? Did she know where Luoyang was? Did she know where Wu Peifu's government office was?

  This bookworm has ulterior motives.

  After being beaten up and down, the Qian family father and son were thoroughly convinced. Money, which was still useful for looking at doors and delivering letters, would not work if it went any further; even a bright yellow gold bar would be useless. What does this show? This shows that Wu Peifu must have issued a gag order, who doesn't cherish their own head, so now they can only hold onto their golden rice bowl, like beggars staring blankly outside the government office.

  Only Meng Yao remained unmoved and silent, quietly watching the Qian family father and son. He was waiting, waiting for all the opportunities to mature, and the final blow to succeed.

  At this time, Cao Fei's men had basically figured out the situation in Luoyang:

  In the 9th year of the Republic, that is, on September 2, 1920, after the outbreak of the Northern Warlord War, Wu Peifu defeated Duan Qirui of Anhui clique and was appointed as the deputy inspector of Zhili, Shandong and Henan provinces by the Beiyang government. In October of the same year, he led his troops to Luoyang and hung out the signboards "Office of the Inspector of Zhili, Shandong and Henan Provinces" and "Headquarters of the Second Army" at the Western Engineering Battalion. Cao Feibiao told Meng Yao that currently, the Western Engineering Battalion has expanded to around 10,000 mu, with more than 12,000 rooms added, and over a hundred houses have been built on the east side of the barracks street. The prosperity of the army can be seen from this. Moreover, Wu Peifu had other even more astonishing moves:

  First, large-scale construction projects such as the big playground, parade ground, Guanghan Palace and the military camp were built in Luoyang. Following that, the first airport in Luoyang's history was also constructed under his control. At that time, Luoyang not only became the largest political and military center of the Zhili clique warlords but also a place where representatives from all provinces except Guangdong, Yunnan and Guizhou were stationed. Even the Henan Provincial Governor's Office was moved to Luoyang.

  This old man is ambitious, Meng Yao thought with a smile, comparable to the nine-character mantra of Laozi.

  "What shall we do now?" asked Cao Feibiao.

  Meng Yao looked at him, "Are you sure that girl is absolutely out of danger?"

  "I guarantee," Cao Feibiao said, somewhat impatiently: "That old scoundrel is obviously setting a trap, trying to lure a beautiful girl. How could he possibly bear to kill her? He's actually just like you now, waiting for someone to willingly come to him."

  It's true, if you're not careful, you'll be lumped in with the national thieves. However, the situation isn't as dire as it appears on the surface. If Wu Peifu really wanted to eliminate the revolutionary party, those who should have been beheaded would have been executed long ago.

  If we only consider the rescue, this matter would be relatively simple.

  After thinking about the whole plan, Meng Yao and Cao Feibiao discussed it back and forth for half a day before finding Qian Jia's father and son. They told them straightforwardly that Qian Ruyun would definitely not be released, and considering the current situation, there was only one way to solve the problem once and for all - jailbreak.

  The Qian family didn't suspect the reliability of this news at all, and they had already received a clear hint from Yue Weijun yesterday that he would never intervene in this matter. Moreover, Yue Weijun even asked them to keep their mouths shut about his long-standing intention to propose to the Qian family through his secretary. As a result, not only was the Qian family's last hope dashed, but they also gained another suspicion from Yue Weijun. Therefore, although the Qian family father and son looked embarrassed, they still asked in unison: "If we are going to jailbreak, what will happen to the Qian family? Will we have to flee for our lives as soon as we return?"

  "That's not necessary," Meng Yao laughed as soon as he heard it, and said very lightly to Qian Yaozu: "Qian Bo, as long as you trust me completely, everything will be done according to my plan. I guarantee that three days later, not only will Miss Qian appear before you unharmed, but also the Qian family will remain what they were originally."

  As he spoke, he smiled and glanced at the two young masters with a hint of teasing, saying: "Just eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, listen to the opera when you should, and pretend nothing has happened."

  Since witnessing Meng Yao's abilities, they now have some confidence in what Meng Yao says. However, this matter is a huge deal that has shaken the heavens, and they still find it hard to believe in the vision Meng Yao has painted for them. Especially in the hearts of the two young masters, if not for the old master personally taking charge, even if anyone else were to take his place, he would not risk the entire wealth and lives of the Qian family to go against the powerful General Wu. Wouldn't that be a loss? From now on, the Qian family would be finished in Zhongyuan. Now hearing Meng Yao say that the Qian family doesn't need to flee, as if this matter didn't concern them, the two young masters are overjoyed, and can't wait to throw themselves at Meng Yao's feet.

  "Please go on, we're all ears." The two of them were getting impatient and didn't care about the old man's attitude anymore.

  On that day, Qian Yaozu followed Qian Ruyang under the escort of the guards. Qian Yaozu returned to Yangweitown, while Qian Ruyang rushed straight to Shanghai. As Meng Yao said, at this time, his family business could not afford any mistakes. In fact, Qian Ruyang also knew that Meng Yao was so concerned about them, in short, he was concerned about his first big deal. When he was in Shanghai, Qian Ruyang had calculated that the formula for compressed biscuits and orange juice provided by Meng Yao was absolutely a gold mine, and he could dig as long as he wanted.

  Qian Ruwu stayed behind, not because he volunteered, but because he had to. Otherwise, once Qian Ruyun was rescued, with her stubborn personality, she would never follow Meng Yao, a complete stranger, back to Yangweitown. On the other hand, Lei Wanli refused to return to Yangweitown with the escort team no matter what. Given his obstinacy, Meng Yao had no choice but to leave him behind and assign him the task of protecting Qian Ruwu.

  That evening, Meng Yao took everyone to their new destination.

  This point was chosen by Cao Fei Biao, and it was decided that it would be the base of the shock troops in Luoyang. Since Luoyang is the political, cultural and military center of the Central Plains, the provincial capital's location naturally had to be moved here as well. However, everyone knew that before long, they would have to move again, Wu Peifu wouldn't last long.

  When eating, Meng Yaofei insisted on squeezing together with the soldiers, and Cao Feibiao couldn't stop him. He was afraid of this very thing, and it happened just as he feared.

  As expected, the Mengyao morning warriors took a look at Cao Fei's hands and immediately dragged him to one side, banging his head hard, almost directly covering it with the bowl of braised pork rice he was holding. "Speak up, what's going on? Why are the soldiers still gnawing on biscuits and canned food, is there not enough rice?"

  Cao Feibiao nodded reluctantly, self-reproachfully saying: "Now the big ocean is indeed not enough to turn around, we can only eat rice once every three days. But don't worry, I will definitely complete this year's 1 million yuan revenue creation task."

  Meng Yao listened, her eyes reddening without realizing it.

  Qian Ruwu, who had been sitting in the house eating all along, also came out for some reason. Seeing the expressions of the two, he didn't say a word and walked around the warrior, ordering Lei Wanli to take his bag, quickly pulling out an envelope from it and handing it over to Meng Yao.

  "This is..." Meng hesitated for a moment.

  "A silver note, one million two hundred thousand dollars." Qian Rujun said with a sigh of relief.

  Cao Feibiao's eyes sparkled at once.

  Meng Yao shook his head and smiled without moving: "This large sum of money, Second Master should be careful."

  "Here you go, this money is yours." Qian Ruwu stared at Meng Yao in surprise, thinking to himself that it was really rare to see someone who didn't grab the money when they saw it.

  "Is this hush money?" Meng Yao suddenly burst out laughing.

  Cao Feibiao's face turned red with rage, his mouth pursed in anger, and he dared not utter a word.

  Qian Ruwu also became anxious, grabbed Meng Yao's hand and stuffed the silver ticket into his palm. "You say it is, then it is. Anyway, it's not you, let alone 12 million, even if it's 1,000 taels of silver, my family won't have a single one left. Take it, take it, my father repeatedly instructed me to hand over this money personally, it's not part of the shares, but a special gift from the Qian family."

  Meng Yao silently picked up the silver ticket, looked at it, and then sighed for no reason.

  Sorry, there's only one update today, I'm in the hospital and I'm exhausted, so please bear with it.

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