The meeting between Li Cheng and Zhang Muzhi and General Cai was very harmonious, and after a polite exchange, Zhang Muzhi handed over the power, and the seals of various orders were handed over simply and decisively, and then, two days after the appointment, Li Cheng helped General Cai introduce the famous doctor who treated the disease, and it was over.

But since the two of them came, they stayed in the mansion until dinner.

It's night, and the inspection of the arsenal can only be arranged later.

What Li Cheng didn't expect was that at eight o'clock in the evening, two more people came to visit, and this was someone from Chen Zhen's command.

When he saw the comer, Li Cheng almost sprayed rice, this is Abu also crossed?

After listening to the introduction, he learned that this was a lieutenant colonel named Zhang Yi, who was in charge of the military affairs of a regiment under the command of Chen Zhen and Chen Dashuai, and he suddenly realized.

"Ding, Zhang also wants to follow the host, come out on top, and reward ,......"

"Ding, Ma Feng wants to follow the host, defend the country, and reward ,......"

Isn't this the two goods in the story of the dangerous city? If you think about it seriously, it is not surprising that in the story of the dangerous city, when Zhang Yi and Ma Feng followed the dart game, the late Qing Dynasty had not yet perished, and the big head had not come to power.

At the beginning of the story of the dangerous city, it was already an era when warlords were fighting and the people at the bottom were almost living in darkness.

In that story, Zhang was also a colonel who followed the warlord Cao Ying.

This is enough to see that Zhang Yi himself is not lacking in talent and ability, as for his junior brother Ma Feng, he may be a little too idealistic, but if he has been developing with Zhang Yi, the prospects may not be bad.

"Boss, Mr. Lu called to Ludong in the afternoon, and Captain Ma and I stayed in Shanghai, waiting to visit Boss Li. ”

"Chen Shuai asked us to convey that the 3,000 people that the boss wanted, they would be gathered in three days at the latest, it was not that there were few people who wanted to sign up, but after the boss, your conditions were opened, Chen Shuai's more than 30,000 brothers almost fought for the quota. ”

Chen Zhen's handsome man is more powerful, with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and Huo Tingen has more than 10,000 if he is less.

This force is not weak in the Beiyang Group, the number of people or something, it is not an exaggeration, and it can't stand these tens of thousands of people well-equipped.

When it comes to equipment, the two marshals who have been supported by Li Cheng are currently one of the strongest in China, second only to Li Cheng's escort regiment.

This is what they survived after a bloody battle with the island soldiers in various parts of eastern Ludong, who killed more than 10,000 island soldiers and lost 30,000 or 40,000 themselves.

But in the war, the skills are also honed.

Under Zhang Yi's report, Li Chengcai smiled and said, "Okay, I know, by the way, how long have you been in Shanghai?"

Zhang Yi immediately replied, "In July last year, all the soldiers of the island country evacuated Ludong, and we came here on behalf of Chen Shuai and Huo Shuai. ”

"Without the islanders to make trouble, there is no need for us to be on guard all the time. ”

Both of these jumped out of the task, both of them wanted to cross Chen Zhen, the handsome, and follow him directly, and if they received it, they would have attribute points.

Li Cheng was also not polite, "Then are you interested in following me directly? My 3,000 escort regiment, after Zhang Muzhi's handover and seal, just lacked a few suitable good hands. ”

Zhang Yi is more utilitarian, and it is good to use it well, plus a Ma Feng who wants to follow him, but just wants to protect his family and defend the country, not to make a fortune......

Take advantage of the situation to take over Zhang Muzhi.

Under these words, this pair of brothers from the dart game also agreed in ecstasy.

This is not to say that the two feel that there is no future for following Chen Zhen, but Chen Zhen himself said that he can be a general, but he is not handsome, and when it comes to fighting a battle, whether it is a small battle or a protracted war, he can charge into battle.

But in the overall situation, whether it is a province or the whole of China, he does not have that vision, and he found that Zhang Yi's brother has good ability, especially Zhang Yi's military talent is a bit outstanding.

They all took the initiative to let them stay in Shanghai and find an opportunity to show up in front of Li Cheng.

Therefore, the actions of the two are not a betrayal.

........................

More than 20 days have passed in a flash.

Bald Eagle San Francisco.

In the huge dock area, where many international cargo ships dock, when a large fleet of ships arrives from the sea, all kinds of coolies, coachmen, etc., who are active in the vicinity of the wharf, wait eagerly.

Ten years ago, an earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher struck San Francisco, killing more than 3,000 people and leaving more than 200,000 homeless.

But in just nine years, San Francisco has been reborn, and last year it hosted a World's Fair here, saying the city has come back from the ashes.

The reconstruction of San Francisco is such a big thing, and the Chinese workers and overseas Chinese have definitely made great efforts in it.

But at this moment, in the dock area, the coolies and slender men and the like, once they are involved in the lowest level of heavy physical work, most of them are still done by Chinese laborers, and even if you do something, you often have to go through several layers of white stewards.

Even if Hongmen has been established for many years, this is only a slight improvement in the living environment of overseas Chinese.

Zhang Yutang is the lowest level of Chinese workers, he is still a few years ago, in eastern Guangdong Province will be deceived piglets, he is deceived across the sea, most of the treatment is stamped and sent to various mines, tired to death.

Zhang Yutang was lucky, after just arriving at the wharf after some cleaning and disinfection, he had not yet queued up to be stamped and sent to the mine, when he accidentally found that there was a coolie on the wharf who was his fellow countryman.

When the fellow saw the fellow, the one who learned that he had been deceived said that he had moved the local Hongmen to come forward and save him from a desperate situation.

He now works as a coolie at the dock, and he has to work hard, but the treatment is countless times better than those who are sold to the mines.

Watching the fleet in the distance slowly sail by, Zhang Yutang smiled and greeted a few fellow villagers, and the crowd approached the steamer under the leadership of a white supervisor.

However, when the first big cruise ship was moored, I looked at the Chinese men on the deck who were full of energy, brightly dressed and carrying guns......

Not to mention that Zhang Yutang and the other coolies looked at each other, even the white supervisor Cameron who took the lead was a little dumbfounded, what is the situation?

This group of people with guns and uniforms, energetic and not simple, turned out to be Asian faces?

After being silent for a few seconds, Cameron, who was in charge of Zhang Yutang's group of coolies, smiled and said to a few men who walked down from the deck, "Good afternoon, gentlemen, are you from the island?"

The leader was Lu Yunsheng, even after some surprise study, Lu Yunsheng's English was very average, and it was difficult to listen, and when he looked to the side, a translator who was born as a comprador in Shanghai immediately explained these words.

Lu Yunsheng waved his hand calmly, "Tell him that we are Chinese." ”

After the translation explained, Cameron's face changed several times.

Looking at it, they couldn't believe that Lu Yunsheng's ship would be the same race as the group of coolies under him.

This group of Chinese is a little different.

After a few seconds of silence, Cameron smiled again and asked if he needed help from coolies or coachmen.

Lu Yunsheng glanced at the many Chinese faces under the boat and laughed, "Yes, yes." ”

(End of chapter)