The gunshots were not loud, but they were extremely sharp, not to mention Xiao Zheng, even Lin Xiaozhu on the other side of the phone could hear it clearly. Anxiously asked, "Brother-in-law, what's the matter?" I want to hear the gunshots? ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Xiao Zheng said solemnly. "That's firecrackers."

"Really?" Lin Xiaozhu asked curiously. "It's not the New Year's holiday, where are the people who set off firecrackers?"

"Little kids." Xiao Zheng smiled and said. "Alright. I'm just harassing you, a top student, I'll hang up first if it's okay, and I'll have a high-level meeting later. It gives me a headache just thinking about it. ”

Lin Xiaozhu said crisply: "Brother-in-law, don't pretend in front of me." I have long heard that you are in a high position in the new Olympics, and you have become a big man under one person and above ten thousand people. What's the matter, what about a student dog like me? ”

With a smile, Xiao Zheng instructed Lin Xiaozhu to say two words, asking her to study hard and live a good life, and hung up the phone.

As soon as he pushed open the door and was about to go downstairs to investigate, a vigorous and powerful bass voice came from behind him.

"Don't go down."

When Xiao Zheng heard this, he turned his head with a confused expression, only to see a middle-aged man in a military uniform standing behind him.

He is about fifty years old, carrying a star on his shoulders, of medium stature, but exuding a majestic aura. It's awe-inspiring.

"Who are you?" Xiao Zheng looked at General Qi and asked tentatively. "Commander-in-Chief of the Dragon Group?"

General Qi nodded with a smile, paced towards Xiao Zheng, and said, "There is a lot of trouble down there." Just stay upstairs. If it goes down, it will only intensify the contradictions. ”

"It's always my fault. It's not like it's always hiding. Xiao Zheng said respectfully. Besides, I'm not a member of the Dragon Group. How can you keep it covered. ”

"You're going to become a member of the Dragon Group, won't I be right for you to follow?" General Qi said with a smile.

"But—"

"Don't stand here talking." General Qi waved his hand and said with a smile. "Let's go and sit in my office. We'll have some time to do next. ”

When Xiao Zheng heard this, he had no choice but to follow General Qi into the commander-in-chief's office.

The décor is simple, but there is an air of seriousness. The lamp on the desk was glaring, robbing the ceiling of the chandelier and dimming the office. Slap a huge figure against the icy wall.

It was eight o'clock in the evening, it was already pitch black outside the window, and the place was quite deserted, and at a glance, there were only sporadic street lamps, which looked very lonely.

When General Qi returned to his office, he sat down in a chair, took out a pack of cigarettes from a drawer, and asked, "Smoke?" ”

"Pump." I just finished smoking the cigarette in my hand. Xiao Zheng was not polite.

"Let's smoke it." General Qi threw the whole pack of cigarettes to Xiao Zheng. Then asked with a smile. "How? Are you interested in the Dragons? ”

Xiao Zheng lit a cigarette and said with a rather strange expression: "I am no longer a soldier." ”

"The Dragon Group is not an ordinary military formation. We don't pick on identity, we only value strength. After a pause, General Qi continued. Of course, there is also a heart for the country and the people. ”

"For the country and the people?" Xiao Zheng smiled dumbly. "That's too big."

"Not big." General Qi was not surprised by Xiao Zheng's reaction, shook his head and said. It's just that people nowadays structure this sentence too heavy and too big. In my opinion, these four words are not difficult at all, nor are they big. ”

Xiao Zheng sat up straight and asked with a serious face, "What do you say?" ”

"When the police catch thieves, they are for the country and the people. Businessmen do charity, and they also serve the country and the people. No matter what your intentions are, as long as you do it and do practical things, it is for the country and the people. To put it mildly, in the future, when foreign enemies come to attack and the whole country goes to war, you dare to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, wave the flag and shout, that is for the country and the people. It is also the biggest thing I understand to be for the country and the people. General Qi said with a smile. Why, you came out of the artillery battalion of the 38th Army, the best soldier Lao Jiang brought in his life, and he didn't even have this awareness? ”

Xiao Zheng opened his mouth, and then said with a cautious expression: "That's it?" ”

"What else do you think?" General Qi asked rhetorically. "You young people dare to fight hard, but you like to talk about useless conspiracy theories. If you do it in your position, you will do your duty, and if you do a little more, you will be excellent. In these years, Yu is not forced to be a hero in public or private. Heroes, the state publicizes, can be mass-produced. In the army, the real mainstay are those soldiers who dare to fight. Of course, if you have to worry about the phenomenon of dragons and snakes in the army, then I can only tell you that there is no absolute fairness in the whole world, not only in the army, but also in the whole world. Truth, goodness and beauty are fooled. How can a person be free from selfishness and without bad roots? The reason why a saint is a saint is that he knows how to control his selfishness better than ordinary people. ”

"Can you understand what I say?" General Qi smiled and took a puff of his cigarette.

Xiao Zheng nodded and said with emotion: "Listening to your words, I really feel that I have lived too narrowly. ”

"It's not wrong to be narrow-minded. It's not a sin. General Qi said with a smile. Don't look at me, I talk a lot of big things in one go. But if you want me to do it, I can't do it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have snatched you from Old Jiang's hands. ”

"Grab it?" Xiao Zheng asked with wide eyes. "When did I become fragrant?"

"Don't be humble kid. Just the things you're doing abroad. Although it is not a good thing, the ability is still worth affirming. If I could change direction and do something different, maybe I could still get some light. General Qi, whether it was the way he spoke or his attitude, made Xiao Zheng feel comfortable. No matter how you look at it, it's like small talk between friends. Rather than listening to the teachings of high-ranking military generals.

Xiao Zheng is making snacks soft and not hard, even if the old dean whips him with a leather whip and hammers him with a big stick, don't want him to be obedient and arrested. But as long as he knows it with reason and moves with emotion, Xiao Zheng will usually be defeated by the old dean's psychological defense line and have no place to embarrass himself.

Just like Jiang Qing used an arrogant attitude to get her a supernumerary legal identity before, but he didn't care at all, not only didn't he care, but he also sneered. Not appreciative at all. But at this moment, the old general only had a brief conversation, which moved Xiao Zheng and persuaded him of some of the prejudices he had retained before.

"But I'm usually busy." Xiao Zheng said regretfully. "I probably don't have much free time."

"I understand." General Qi nodded with a smile and took a puff of his flue. "After all, you are now the boss of hundreds of millions of dollars. Of course, I can't let you go to a secret training camp and start from scratch. At your level, there's no need for that. ”

"What do you mean—" Xiao Zheng asked tentatively.

"The state has been disarming. The purpose is to co-opt the elite and remove some of the establishments that eat dry food and have little value. You also know that fighting a war now is a high-tech war, unlike the previous crowd tactics. But in addition to high technology, the tactics and experience left by many older generations are still crucial and indispensable. Let's just say that the sharpest Marine Corps in the United States, the equipment is world-class, right? But Iraq can't take up the short guns and artillery. Why? They relied too much on technology and weapons, resulting in tactics and troop literacy not keeping up. A small street fight can knock them back into their original form and form a swarm of headless flies. General Qi refilled a cigarette and stared at Xiao Zheng with burning eyes. Do you know the value of an all-rounder like yours to the troops? ”

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