The crowd returned to the grocery store in the evening. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After settling down with the two grandchildren, Liang Er called Ning Yan and Hong Lu to his house.

"You two." Liang Er instructed, "Hurry up and send this old man to Yulin Fort early tomorrow morning." ”

"Head." Ning Yan asked, "Deliver it tomorrow?" No need to ask anything? ”

"What else is there to ask?" Liang Er waved his hand impatiently, "Remember, and Chief Liu will ask for our silver back, and we can't give out this silver." ”

After more than ten days of trekking, Ning Yan and Hong Lu sent their grandfather and grandson to Yulin Fort.

After explaining to Zhou Lei and Liu Jun, Ning Yan and Hong Lu did not stop at all, and returned to Xuanfu Town with the silver.

Liu Jun looked at the old man and grandson, and secretly laughed in his heart: "Why is it that grandpa is with his granddaughter, this happens to be a companion with Li Zhongkun's grandson." ”

Geng Rui has been busy building fire guns these days, and the prospecting has basically come to a standstill. The arrival of this old man Sun made Zhou Lei and Liu Jun a lot excited. Because the two of them have just received news from Yulin Bay, in view of the current financial situation, Yulin Bay will temporarily suspend the allocation of funds to overseas units. Not only did they stop allocating funds, but they also asked Datong, Xuanfu, Dengzhou and other places to find ways to solve some financial difficulties for Yulin Bay.

Zhou Lei stabbed Liu Jun with his elbow: "Don't look at it, how do you arrange these two grandchildren?" ”

Liu Jun thought for a while: "Let's let them live with Li Zhongkun as neighbors first, they are all grandfathers and granddaughters, and they can also have a care." Tomorrow, let them go with Geng Rui to have a look first. ”

Geng Rui and Old Man Sun went out for a few days, and although they found a few places that might contain gold and silver mines, they were very troublesome to mine. According to Geng Rui's calculations, if it is mined, I am afraid that the cost of smelted gold and silver will not even be enough. Zhou Lei and Liu Jun had no choice, so they had to put this matter aside for the time being, and instructed Geng Rui to step up the construction of flintlock pistols.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of July, the general election in Yulin Bay, Xu Lang and Han Wantao returned to Yulin Bay with the proposals from Beijing, Fan Qiuming and Liu Jun with the bills from Datong Town and Xuanfu Town, and Li Fuqiang with reports on the situation in Vietnam and Singapore.

Xu Lang and Han Wantao went home as soon as they returned to Yulin Bay. Zhao Zhiruo has been pregnant for more than 8 months, Cheng Yiyi and He Yun discussed, Zhao Zhiruo has now suspended teaching in Yulinwan School, and is quietly preparing to have a child at home.

"Good son, is it good in my mother's belly?" The first thing Xu Lang did when he got home was to lie on Zhao Zhiruo's stomach and start chatting with his child.

"Don't worry, your son is fine." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile on the side.

"Zhiruo, this is your first time giving birth, you must exercise more, eat more fruits, and eat more." Xu Lang said the little parenting experience he knew in his previous life several times.

Zhao Zhiruo took Xu Lang's hand: "Xu Lang, I know that Sister Yiyi takes care of me very well, and she will accompany me for a walk every day after eating." ”

Xu Lang straightened up, and Cheng Yiyi smiled: "Yiyi, I've worked hard for you." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Cheng Yiyi smiled, "You are now a guerrilla general, how dare the concubine abuse your son?" ”

After dinner, the three of them chatted for a while, and Zhao Zhiruo was served by two maids to rest.

Xu Lang and Cheng Yi lay on the bed.

"Yiyi." Xu Lang leaned his head over, "I haven't touched you for more than half a year." ”

"What? Can't hold it back? Cheng Yiyi smiled, "Have you done anything outside in the past six months?" ”

"I've done a lot." Xu Lang knew what Cheng Yiyi was asking, "Every day with Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao, they do big things, and they are all big things to save the country and save the people." ”

"Get out of the way." Cheng Yiyi smiled and pushed Xu Lang's head aside, "You know what I'm asking." ”

"Hehehehe." Xu Lang stretched out his hand and hugged Cheng Yiyi in his arms, "You'll know if I've done it in a while." ”

The two of them were a little exhausted after a toss, Xu Lang lay flat and looked at the sky quietly: "It's better to come back, I'm too tired in Beijing." ”

"Xu Lang, you haven't seen Shi Xianyang yet, have you?" Cheng Yiyi asked.

"No, what's wrong?"

"Shi Xianyang is going to join the church."

"Really?" Xu Lang was a little surprised, "This guy is really optimistic about others?" He promised to marry only one? ”

"It's not because of that." Cheng Yiyi replied, "When you are not at home, I sometimes eat with Sun Tianhao, Shi Xianyang, and Liu Guannan, and Xianyang really wants to join the church. ”

"Why?" Xu Lang asked, "Is he really going to believe in God?" ”

"Yes." Cheng Yiyi turned her head to look at Xu Lang, "The failure of the mixed brigade last time, especially Deng Zhaohui's matter, stimulated Xianyang a lot. He told us that only religion can truly save a person's soul, and only in God can we find the ultimate destination. ”

Xu Lang got up and took out a cigarette from the bedside and lit it: "Maybe he is right, people should have a belief and find a sustenance." ”

"And what do you believe?"

"I don't know." Xu Lang took a deep puff of his cigarette, "Maybe I believe everything, maybe I don't believe anything." ”

"It's the same as not saying." Cheng Yiyi muttered dissatisfiedly.

"What I said is true." Xu Lang held Cheng Yiyi's hand in the bed, "These people in Beijing have made a bill to be handed over to the crossing conference, but there is no answer to this bill at all. ”

"What did you come up with?" Cheng Yiyi asked, "Why do you say that there is no answer, can't you make a decision at the Crossing Conference?" ”

"You'll know when the time comes."

"Don't talk about pulling down." Cheng Yiyi said, "Let me tell you one more thing, Sun Dalei told me that he is going to resign as the president of the bank, and this time he will participate in the re-election of the committee." ”

"He's quit?" Xu Lang asked, "Who is the president?" He doesn't want you to do it, does he? ”

"He just wants me to be the president."

"So what do you want to do?" Xu Lang pulled the quilt, "Everyone knows that Yulin Bay is short of money now, and this president is not easy to do." ”

"That's why I asked you." Cheng Yiyi hugged Xu Lang, "You help me come up with ideas, should I do it or not?" ”

Xu Lang was so excited by Cheng Yiyi's breath that he turned around and snuffed out the cigarette in his hand: "I'll talk about it tomorrow if you don't do it, Yiyi, do it again." ”

The crossing convention was held on the last day of July. Since the Mixed Brigade expedition to Liaodong, too much has changed in the past two years, everyone has various ideas about the future development of Yulin Bay, and Lu Tianxiang's committee has received no less than dozens of proposals, which has also become the most problematic meeting to be solved since the landing.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Lu Tianxiang raised the document in his hand on the rostrum, "The work report of the committee has been adopted by the General Assembly, the term of office of our old committee has arrived, and the following work needs to be handed over to the new committee." But we've also received about 30 more proposals, and there are all kinds of suggestions. Because there are some bills that relate to the term of office of the committee and some proposals for institutional reform, I would like to ask you, should we discuss and vote on the bills first or will we hold the election of the new committee first? ”

"Of course, the election came first." Nie Zhongbin shouted below, "Didn't we all hold elections before we discussed them, and the new problems should be handed over to the new committee to solve." ”

"I don't agree with the election first." Dong Fei retorted, "There is a proposal on the bill we submitted to the General Assembly that the term of office of the committee should be extended, and if this bill is passed, then there is no need to elect a new committee." So I suggest discussing it first. ”

"Dong Fei, what you said is not right." Qin Zhigang also retorted, "Even if your bill is passed and the term of office of the committee is extended, it should be counted from the new committee, and the old committee should also serve for one year according to the original method." ”

"I think so." Zhang Guodong said on the rostrum, "Let's raise our hands to vote, this matter is not a big deal, everyone should not waste time on this, there are still many things that we need to discuss at this conference." ”

The General Assembly voted to elect a new committee and then discuss the bill under the leadership of the new committee that was elected.

After three rounds of voting, a new committee was elected. Xia Yang resigned from the post of director of the industrial bureau and was elected chairman. The Director of the Industrial Bureau was succeeded by Qin Zhigang. Sun Dalei was elected as a committee member, and Cheng Yiyi took over as the president of the bank.

On the second day of the meeting, the nine members of the new committee took over power from Lu Tianxiang's hands, but they sat on the rostrum listlessly and yawning one by one. These nine people didn't sleep all night last night, and sorted out more than 30 bills handed over overnight. For the first time, Xia Yang felt the hard work of the chairman.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Xia Yang rubbed his eyes, "Our new committee collectively discussed the submitted proposal last night. There are a lot of bills this time, and there are many aspects involved, so we need to discuss and vote one by one. Therefore, this crossing conference may be postponed for a few days, I hope everyone has a mental preparation. ”

"Xia Yang, how did you become verbose when you became an official?" Shen Daxing smiled below, "Don't be verbose when you know that time is pressing, hurry up and get down to business." ”

Xia Yang smiled and picked up the first document in his hand: "Then let's discuss and vote on the first bill first." This was submitted by the Military Commission to the General Assembly, requesting that the rank of general be established in the Yulin Army. ”

"General? Are we going to have generals? The traversers were stimulated by the motion.

"Everyone, everyone." Zhang Guodong said, "The establishment of the rank of general officer is something that our Military Commission has considered for a long time. A new round of military expansion is underway, and our goal is to expand the Yulin Army to 10,000 men, which was also agreed by the previous committee. With an army of 10,000 people, I am afraid that it will not be possible to speak without generals. ”

"How many levels of generals should be set up?" Someone asked.

"There must be generals, and it's better to have a marshal." Someone shouted again.

"The opinion of the Military Council is this." Zhang Guodong explained, "There will be four levels of officials, brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general and general. Let's confer the title of brigadier general this time, and as for the other generals, we will talk about it later. ”

This bill was passed quickly, and the Yulin army was about to exceed 10,000 people, and it was really unreasonable to have no generals.

Immediately after the motion on the rank of general officer was passed, the ranks of military personnel were adjusted. Jiang Beiming, Han Wantao, and Zeng Guangxian were awarded the rank of brigadier general at the same time, and Wang Hua, Lin Zhaolong, Li Fuqiang, Wang Zhaoxing, Xu Lang, and Zhou Lei were promoted to colonels.

At the same time, the Yulin Army rank system was officially approved by the Crossing Conference.

There are a total of 15 ranks of five classes, which are second-class private and first-class soldier; corporals, sergeants, sergeants; ensign, lieutenant, captain; Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel; Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, Admiral.

In addition, the post of sergeant major has also been set up, with a total of four levels from the platoon level to the regimental level, and there is no sergeant major above the regiment level for the time being. The platoon-level sergeant major is generally served by a non-commissioned officer, and at the same time serves as a deputy platoon commander, and the company level to the regimental level is a first, second, and third sergeant major.

Han Wantao and Zeng Guangxian stood straight on the rostrum as representatives of brigadier generals, and Zhang Guodong hung epaulettes inlaid with a bright yellow star on the shoulders of the two people: "General, you are the pride of the Yulin Army. ”

"Thank you, Chairman Zhang, thank you." The two of them saluted dignifiedly, "The Yulin army is invincible." (To be continued.) )