Wang Jian pointed at Xu Lang: "You said that you, when did you learn to cheat and deceive." ”

Xu Lang stood up with a smile: "Chairman Wang, I have found the reason for you, what to do, you also got Guangzhou and Qin Songwang to discuss, I can't care about this, say goodbye." ”

Xu Lang came out of Wang Jian and returned to the General Staff, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the General Staff, he saw Leng Tianbing walking out of it with a document bag: "Tianbing, where are you going?" ”

"You're back just in time." Leng Tianbing stopped, "Just now, your family Mingyan came to you and said that you should go home early today." ”

"Is there anything going on at home?" Xu Lang asked.

"I don't know about this, and Mingyan didn't say anything." Leng Tianbing said again, "If there is nothing to do, you can go home in the afternoon, maybe I have something to do with you, and I have to go to Zheng Jiang." ”

"TechnoAlpin, you wait first." Xu Lang grabbed Leng Tianbing, who was leaving, turned his head to see that there was no one, and asked in a low voice, "I told you everything about Gao Chen, when is it appropriate to let him come back, he is about to grow hair in the hospital." ”

Leng Tianbing smiled: "You two, get some things that pretend to be ghosts." I don't have any other opinions, he can come back whenever he wants. But let's talk about it first, and then I'm not responsible for what goes wrong, it's all your idea. ”

"Okay, I know, just have your words." Xu Lang slapped Leng Tianbing and entered the small building of the General Staff.

In the afternoon, Xu Lang arranged his work and went home from work an hour early.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Xu Lang heard a burst of laughter, noise and stir-frying sounds coming from the kitchen. Xu Lang didn't enter the house, and walked directly into the kitchen on the side of the courtyard.

In the kitchen, Chen was stir-frying, Qingwen and Musk Yue were working on the side, and the three of them were talking and laughing together.

Xu Lang stood at the door and saw that the kitchen was full of chickens, ducks and fish, and asked with some confusion: "Miss Chen, why did you come back so early today?" How did you get so many delicious foods today, is someone coming to visit? ”

Chen turned around and saw that it was Xu Lang standing at the door, and said with a smile: "No wonder Sister Yiyi and Sister Zhiruo said that you don't care about anything, there are guests today, but I think Mr. Xu has forgotten everything." ”

Xu Lang smiled, he really couldn't remember who he was going to invite today: "Where did Mohua and Siqin go, haven't they left school yet?" ”

The three people in the kitchen all covered their mouths and laughed, and Xu Lang became more and more strange: "What are you laughing at, who is here today." ”

Musk Yue stood up and grabbed Xu Lang's arm: "Mr. Xu, you come with me to take a look, the guests have arrived early." ”

Xu Lang was dragged into the living room by Musk Yue, Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo were sitting in the living room, and two eighteen or nineteen-year-old boys were sitting on the chairs below.

When the two boys saw Xu Lang coming in, they hurriedly stood up and shouted, "General Xu." ”

"Ang, all sit, sit." Xu Lang greeted him, and unconsciously looked the two boys up and down, and the two of them were handsome. Xu Lang remembered that it was his future son-in-law who came to meet his father-in-law.

"Xu Lang, let me introduce you." Zhao Zhiruo pointed to a slightly taller one and said, "This son is a classmate of the original Siqin, named Wu Nan, and now he works in the Industrial Bureau. ”

Wu Nan bowed to Xu Lang: "Hello General Xu, the students have always admired General Xu's prestige, and I was fortunate to meet the general today." ”

"You're welcome." Xu Lang smiled, "Since you are Siqin's classmate, you are just like our children." ”

Zhao Zhiruo pointed to the one next to him and said: "This son is from Wanzhou, his name is Cao Kun, and he is now doing business in Yulin Bay. ”

Cao Kun also bowed: "General Xu is good." ”

"We don't have to call it that at home, just call me Mr. Xu." Xu Lang beckoned the two of them to sit down, casually asked about the situation of the two, and then turned his head and asked, "Are Lu Lao and Aunt He back, Miss Chen's meal should be almost ready." ”

"Let's wait a little longer." Zhao Zhiruo said, "There are a lot of things in the school today, maybe the two old people will come back a little later." ”

"Isn't Aunt He not the principal?" Xu Lang was a little strange, "The two elders are only teaching now, so there's nothing to do." ”

"It's not the headmaster." Zhao Zhiruo said with a smile, "But if there is anything in the school and the Education Bureau, you still have to ask Aunt He, everyone is used to it." ”

Xu Lang felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this, but he didn't think much about it. After talking to Zhao Zhiruo, I saw Wu Nan and Cao Kun sitting there a little restrained, and said with a smile: "Two sons, if it's not appropriate, how much do you drink?" ”

The two of them didn't understand why Xu Lang suddenly asked this question, and replied together: "Back to Mr. Xu, it's okay to have a few drinks, but you can't drink too much." ”

"Hehehehe." Xu Lang smiled, "Just drink if you can, and drink a few drinks with me for a while." ”

Cheng Yiyi glared at Xu Lang on the side, and Xu Lang smiled: "It's okay, everyone is happy." ”

Everyone was talking, Lu Tianxiang and his wife went home from work, and Cheng Yiyi asked Qingwen to call Si Qin and Mo Hua. Xu Jiajia's four children are a total of 15 people, plus Wu Nan and Cao Kun, 17 people are crowded around a large table, and Chen and Zhao Zhiruo are holding a child.

Preparing for dinner, Cheng Yiyi quietly told Lu Tianxiang and his wife the purpose of the two boys, Lu Tianxiang held a wine glass and kept laughing at Wu Nan and Cao Kun.

Everyone sat down, and Lu Tianxiang said: "Two sons, since you came here, you will treat this place as your home, Mr. Xu and we are very easy-going, and you will know after a long time." Come, let's drink. ”

Wu Nan and Cao Kun hurriedly raised their glasses and replied, "Thank you Lu Lao." ”

Xu Lang put down his wine glass and asked, "Gongzi Cao, what kind of business are you doing now, is it doing business with Westerners?" ”

"Hui Mr. Xu." Cao Kun said, "I'm not doing business on my own, I'm helping my relatives." We have some dealings with Westerners, and we do everything, as long as they want it, we will do it. ”

"Oh." Xu Lang nodded, and Cheng Yiyi said, "Don't look at Gongzi Cao's age, but he is very motivated, and he is now the shopkeeper of their shop." ”

"Don't dare, Mr. Cheng." Cao Kun said with a smile, "It's all appreciated and promoted by the owner." ”

With Cheng Yiyi watching, plus the two of them met Xu Lang for the first time, Xu Lang didn't drink much. After eating this meal for nearly an hour, Wu Nan and Cao Kun said goodbye, and Zhao Zhiruo gave them some gifts before leaving.

Xu Lang was optimistic about these two children, and Xu Lang no longer cared about the following matters, everything was arranged by Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo.

The Military Commission held another meeting at the end of the month, and Jiang Beiming passed on the situation to the north. Wang Hua is now in Dengzhou waiting for news, and Liang Er took people back to Yaksa City to investigate. The soldiers and horses of the King of Qin have also returned, and Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou are still in the Xi'an area to continue to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng. As for Tao Min, he has now returned to North Korea, and his next move is unclear.

After listening to Zheng Jiang's story, Xu Lang tilted his head and asked, "This is the end?" Nothing else? ”

"It's over." Zheng Jiang looked at Xu Lang for some reason, "What else do you want?" ”

"Hey, this Chongzhen." Xu Lang said with a smile, "I worked hard to fight this battle for him, and this is the end, why didn't I get promoted, I am still a general." ”

Xu Lang's words caused a burst of laughter, and Zheng Jiang finally stopped laughing: "You are really an official fan." But it doesn't matter if Chongzhen doesn't give you a promotion, I'll give you a promotion. ”

Zheng Jiang took out a document and put it in front of everyone: "This is the personnel arrangement of the two armies that I discussed with Chairman Zhang, you can see if you have any opinions." ”

Jiang Beiming and Zhang Hai and others still stayed in Beijing, and Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang were still in Xuanfu Town and Datong Town, which did not change, but promoted Zhang Hai to the rank of brigadier general. Yulin Bay and Vietnam formed two armies according to Leng Tianbing's opinion, and Han Wantao, the commander of the First Army, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general; It has three divisions, Ye Zhan, deputy commander of the first division; Andreas, deputy commander of the 2nd Division; Xu Tianbin, deputy commander of the Third Division, and three people were promoted to brigadier general at the same time.

Because the cavalry division suffered heavy losses in Beijing, and Ye Zhan and Andreas were not traversers, Zheng Jiang was worried that if these two people were promoted from colonel to major general and division commander at once, he was afraid that the crossing conference would not approve it, so he took a compromise route and was promoted to brigadier general and deputy division commander first. In order to balance, Xu Tianbin was also promoted to brigadier general, and the three divisions did not have division commanders for the time being.

Because the Second Army is a type B army, it adopts the model of a military battalion, so Li Fuqiang did not move for the time being, and he is still a major general. Brigadier General Lin Zhaolong, commander of the 1st Brigade; Brigadier General Zhao Qi, commander of the Second Brigade; Brigadier General He Chaoyong, commander of the 3rd Brigade. Both armies no longer formed separate artillery and cavalry divisions, but mixed artillery and cavalry into divisions and brigades.

In addition, the Yulinwan Military Academy and the General Staff Headquarters were officially upgraded to the rank of full division, Wang Hua and Xu Lang were promoted to major generals, and Leng Tianbing was promoted to brigadier general.

There are also new arrangements on the part of the Navy. At present, the United Fleet has a total of 18 warships, large and small, and the cost of daily maintenance alone is a large sum of silver. Tao Min has no strength at sea, and the relationship with the Westerners is not bad at present, and there should be no major conflicts in the near future. Therefore, Zheng Jiang meant that the Combined Fleet was reduced to 12 warships, the Pearl, Guangdong, and Fujian were reduced to the First Fleet, and Zeng Guangxian served as the commander of the Combined Fleet and the commander of the First Fleet, and was promoted to vice admiral. Four 500-ton warships, including the Fuzhou, were organized into the Second Fleet and stationed in Dengzhou, and Wang Zhaoxing served as the commander of the fleet and was promoted to rear admiral. The remaining 500-ton warships and four 30-gunboats were organized into the Third Fleet and stationed in Pliango and Singapore, with Zhao Dequan as the commander of the brigadier general.

After everyone finished reading this arrangement, Zhang Guodong asked Zeng Guangxian: "Guangxian, do you have any opinions on the downsizing of the combined fleet, this is your navy's business." ”

"Chairman Zhang, I also know that there are some difficulties in funding, and I have no opinion." Zeng Guangxian replied, "But I have two requests. The first is that the 30 gunboats that have been decommissioned should not be sold at first, but can be parked in the dock or temporarily assigned to the customs anti-smuggling team, because in the event of another large-scale naval battle, we still need to expand the combined fleet. ”

"That's fine, that's what we're going to do." Zheng Jiang asked, "What is your second request?" ”

"I want to promote Da Silva and Fernandez to colonel, and make them captains of the Canton and Fujian."

"Aren't the captains of these two warships An Yuhang and Xin Jiaju?" Leng Tianbing interjected and asked, "If the Westerners are the captains of the ship, why are they going?" ”

"Hey, hey." Zeng Guangxian said with a smile, "Our Admiralty has a new plan, which is to set up a professional naval academy separately. Now the main direction of our Yulin Bay Military Academy is still the army, and Wang Hua is also from the army, so he doesn't know much about the navy. The Navy Section he did wasn't very specialized, so I thought it would be better for us to do it ourselves. ”

"Guangxian, is this necessary?" Xu Lang said, "It's not so easy to build a military academy, and it's still a naval academy. ”

"Actually, it's not that hard." Zeng Guangxian replied, "The world in the future will be the world of the ocean, and it will be very troublesome for us to not have a professional military school to train professionals." ”

"What Guangxian said is also very reasonable, if you want to build a navy, you really can't do it without professional talents." Zhang Guodong was also from the navy before the crossing, and he agreed with Zeng Guangxian's opinion, "I make a suggestion to ask the Admiralty to come up with a detailed plan to report to the crossing conference, which involves increasing military spending, and it must be approved by the crossing conference." ”

When Zhang Guodong said this, no one else raised any further opinions, and the issue of the establishment of the entire army was decided.

After the meeting, Xu Lang went to the hospital, but did not find Gao Chen in the ward. Xu Lang turned around, and finally saw Gao Chen on a grass outside the hospital.

Xu Lang almost stopped laughing, Gao Chen's head, arms, and legs were wrapped in gauze, and a cane was added to his armpit, and he was limping and walking with difficulty.

"Gao Chen." Xu Lang shouted, stepped forward quickly to support Gao Chen, and secretly twisted his arm, "How is it, how are you recovering in the past few days?" ”

Gao Chen turned his face, and the smile on his face was more ugly than crying: "Sir, it's okay if I don't quit the marriage, hurry up and get me back, who can stand pretending to be lame every day." ”

"That's not good, you retreat before the goal is achieved, isn't that all these days in vain." Xu Lang couldn't help laughing, "There's no news from Yazhou yet?" ”

"The girl came to see me a few days ago, asked me some questions and plans for the future, and I answered as you commanded, but they didn't say anything."

"Didn't mean anything?" Xu Lang was a little unconvinced.

"Not explicitly." Gao Chen thought for a while, "But the attitude is quite cold, especially after I said that I might retire from the army and go home in the future." And I also told them that this time it was because of my responsibility, so the discharge pay was probably gone. ”

Xu Lang stared at Gao Chen's crutches: "You have to pretend for a few more days, I said hello to Deputy Chief of Staff Leng, as long as you withdraw from the marriage over there, you will return to the General Staff immediately." ”