"Don't make any noise. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Summer Yang keeps patting the table," said one by one. ”

The venue fell silent, and Xu Lang was the first to stand up: "Everyone, as the initiator of Operation Goryeo and the chief of staff of the mixed brigade, I will say a few words first, we must give this money." ”

Xu Lang's next words were interrupted before he could say anything, and Shen Daxing shouted: "Xu Lang, 500,000." You know that you are an enemy? If Tao Min really had these 500,000, then he could have raised a Korean army of tens of thousands of people, and even marched into Japan. ”

"It's not a rival." Zeng Guangxian retorted, "Those are 206 soldiers and more than 1,300 martyrs, if we can't bring them back, how can we be worthy of those heroic souls who sacrificed their lives." ”

"How is this not a capital enemy?" Qin Zhigang stood up again, "206 and tens of thousands, don't you Zeng Guangxian understand this ratio?" For the sake of 200 people, we have to increase tens of thousands of enemies, and how many more soldiers will be sacrificed in the future, don't you Zeng Guangxian know? ”

"Don't make any noise." Xia Yang stopped everyone's noise, "Cheng Yiyi, you are the president of the bank, do you think we can get this money?" ”

"I'll just say two things." Cheng Yiyi stood up and replied, "First, the bank can't take out the money at all, and the cash available in the bank is less than 100,000; Second, I would never agree to give money, this is the enemy of capital. ”

"Cheng Yiyi." Xu Lang stood up with an annoyed look, and stretched out the little finger of his left hand, "We are husband and wife, you will see this finger every day." I'm just missing a finger, but what about the soldiers, the more than 1,300 martyrs, can you bear to let their remains be scattered like this? ”

"What's the use of you being angry at me?" Cheng Yiyi didn't let it go at all, "You don't know that the bank has no money." If you have to insist on giving money, then you can see if your wife and I are worth 500,000, so you can simply sell me for 500,000. ”

"What are you talking about?" Xu Lang was angry, "I don't talk to you about husband and wife now, you are the president of the bank, and it is your duty and job to find money." If you can't even get 500,000, what else are you going to be the president, anyway, Zhao Zhiruo is about to go back to school, so you can go home and watch the children for her. ”

"Xu Lang, you." Cheng Yiyi's eyes filled with tears.

"Xu Lang, why are you talking like that." Shi Xianyang didn't know what was going on, so he stood up and persuaded, "Aren't we discussing this matter now, why are you talking so seriously." ”

"Yes, Xu Lang, what you said today is a bit excessive." Liu Guannan also stood up and persuaded, "I know that you have deep feelings for those soldiers who have formed a mixed brigade, and I am the same. But what Yiyi said is also very reasonable, we really don't have any money. ”

Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi glared at each other, and they both sat down and didn't speak.

Sun Dalei said slowly: "I'll say a few words. Tao Min said in the letter that he could use food and materials to settle the account, and I think we can let Mu Suide from Vietnam get more food and use the grain to top the silver. As for Mu Suide's food, we can owe it first. To be honest, I don't think it's appropriate to bring Andreas back. ”

After Sun Dalei finished speaking, Zhang Guodong continued: "I think Sun Dalei's proposal is good, and it doesn't make sense to throw the remains of those prisoners of war and soldiers. Anyway, no matter what we do about this issue, it will only benefit Tao Min, so let's stop arguing and vote. ”

The secret ballot is over, and the tellers and scrutineers are Sun Dalei and Shen Daxing this time, and the final result is that the difference of 3 votes passed the Yulin Bay payment.

Xia Yang looked at Zhang Guodong, and both of them smiled heartily. Xia Yang picked up another bill: "Members, this is a bill submitted by the Military Commission to the General Assembly, and we will discuss the reform of the military organization." ”

After this period of conscription, the number of Yulin troops increased. Zhang Guodong discussed with several committee members at home, and in order to meet the needs of future operations, it was decided to set up several independent regiments as mobile forces.

The Military Commission for the establishment of the independent regiment made a preliminary idea:

There are 10 people in a squad of infantry, 30 people in a platoon, 3 platoons in a company, plus a company headquarters, a guard squad, and a cooking squad, a company with a total of 115 people. There are 345 people in three infantry companies in one battalion, 30 people in the baggage platoon, 30 people in the guard platoon, and 435 people in the battalion headquarters and medical team. A regiment has 3 infantry battalions with 1,305 people, a guard communications company with 100 people, and an artillery battalion under the regiment with 2 companies with 300 people and 18 6-pounder guns; 360 cavalry battalions of the regiment; There are 25 people in the regiment headquarters, a total of 2090 people.

The troops of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town will be recruited locally on the current team of 1,000 people and expanded into the Second Independent Regiment and the Third Independent Regiment. An independent regiment was set up separately in Yulin Bay, and Lin Zhaolong was officially withdrawn from the Marine Corps and served as the colonel of the independent regiment.

The Vietnamese side still adopted the old establishment, with a garrison of 1,000 people in Kin Phu being organized as the first regiment of the new army in Annam, and Colonel Li Fuqiang, commander-in-chief of the Annam garrison and governor of the Kin Phu Governor's Office, was the head of the regiment; The 1,000-strong garrison of Priango was organized into the Second Regiment of the New Army, and Xu Tianbin was appointed Governor of Priango and Lieutenant Colonel; Because Singapore has not yet been developed, the Military Commission decided to keep only 500 troops and organize them into an independent battalion, with Lieutenant Colonel Ho Chaoyong as the commander of the independent battalion.

Taken together, the total number of troops in the army will reach 9,000 people.

On the navy side, two new 500-ton warships and two 30-gunboats were recently launched, bringing the total number of warships to 10. The four battleships in Dengzhou were organized into the Second Fleet, and Colonel Wang Zhaoxing was appointed commander of the fleet; The Vietnamese side kept only one gunboat on the God for liaison purposes, while Singapore kept one gunboat on the Wanzhou; The remaining four warships remained in Yulin Bay and were organized into the First Fleet, with Brigadier Zeng Guangxian as commander of the First Fleet. The number of people in the entire Navy will reach the scale of 2000 people.

The Marine Corps retains the size of a battalion of 500 people, and Zhang Hai was officially appointed lieutenant colonel and battalion commander.

At the same time, there are nearly 300 cadets in Wang Hua's military academy, who have been organized into an independent guard battalion and have taken on the task of military guards in Yulin Bay in peacetime.

The entire Yulin Army will have a force of 12,000 people.

The bill was passed quickly, and everyone knew that the expansion of the army was now a top priority in Yulin Bay.

"There's one more thing I want to tell you." Xia Yang beckoned, and a person from the Industrial Bureau placed a wooden box in front of Xia Yang.

Xia Yang took out two cigarettes from the box: "Our last meeting passed the resolution of the tobacco project, although the flue-cured tobacco has not been grown yet, but the Industrial Bureau has made cigarettes from the purchased tobacco leaves. There are two types in total, one is a cigarette and the other is a cigar. These are samples, you old smokers can take them back and taste them, and if there are no problems, we will finalize and set the price. First, use the purchased tobacco leaves to make a finished product to see how it can be sold. ”

Xu Lang was the first to rush to the rostrum and snatched the cigarette from Xia Yang's hand: "Come on, I'll try it first." ”

Xu Lang took out the fire sickle and lit the cigarette, took a puff gently, let the smoke swirl in his mouth, and slowly spit it out: "It's not bad, it's a bit of a offspring cigarette." ”

"Xu Lang, I haven't smoked cigarettes all these years." Dong Fei shouted below, "This should be stronger than your earth smoke." ”

"Xu Lang." Someone else shouted, "You have a cigarette now, but your fire sickle doesn't match, it's better to have a lighter." ”

"That's right." Xu Lang seemed to suddenly realize something, and waved his hand below, "Don't make noise yet, I suddenly have an idea, why don't we produce matches?" That stuff shouldn't be that hard, right? ”

"Xu Lang, the issue of matches has been discussed by our Industrial Bureau." Qin Zhigang replied, "What is needed for safety matches is chemical raw materials such as red phosphorus and antimony trisulfide, which we can't get out of now." It was unsafe to produce original white phosphorus matches, so it was never tested again. ”

"That's right." Xu Lang didn't understand these chemical things, so he didn't ask any further.

"Alright, guys." Xia Yang said, "That's all for today's conference. Let's talk about matches slowly, let's get the expansion of the army and cigarettes done first. I adjourn the meeting. ”

In Yulin Fort, Zhou Lei took the order he had just received from the Military Commission and said to Liu Jun with some sorrow: "The family has come to order, let us recruit troops locally, and expand the army into an independent regiment of 2,000 people." ”

"It's a little difficult." Liu Jun took the order, "People say that the key is silver." If you don't have money, you can't train anyone. ”

"I know." Zhou Lei also shook his head helplessly, "The key is that there is another problem, let's double the army at once, Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke don't have any ideas, right?" ”

"I don't think there's anything wrong with them, and I should turn a blind eye if I send some silver."

"If you talk nonsense, where do we have any money now? Our family has been starved of food. Zhou Lei complained and asked, "How is the fire gun built, it seems that we can't sell some arms." ”

"I just asked Geng Rui yesterday." Liu Jun replied, "Wang Qianxiang's coal delivery is quite timely, and there are almost 600 finished products." However, there is a problem, our hydraulic boring machine was made by Geng Rui himself, which is not as good as at home, so the quality of these guns is somewhat poor. ”

"It's okay, it's not for us to use ourselves anyway, as long as it's better than the shotgun of the Ming Dynasty." Zhou Lei said nonchalantly, "You do this, you let Geng Rui pick out 20 better quality, you and I will go to Guan Mingke tomorrow, and we will discuss selling guns with him." ”

"How much silver are you going to sell him?" Liu Jun asked.

"30 taels." Zhou Lei replied, "Didn't we sell Zheng Zhilong 30 taels?" ”

"It's definitely not going to work at this price." Liu Jun shook his head, "Guan Mingke is not as rich as Zheng Zhilong. Besides, Guan Mingke and Lu Baozhong didn't buy our guns for their own use, they would definitely have to sell them to the surrounding households at a higher price. You sell it for 30 taels, they add another 10 taels, 40 taels for a stick, do you think anyone can afford it? ”

"That's a problem." Zhou Lei thought carefully for a while, "Then how much silver do you think is appropriate?" ”

"I asked Geng Rui, all the costs of our current gun, including labor costs, are about 5 taels of silver. I want to sell Guan Mingke 10 taels of silver, and they can increase the price by another 5 taels. In this case, 15 taels can still be afforded by the nine-sided town. ”

"10 taels?" Zhou Lei hesitated a little, "Liu Jun, don't forget that our profits need to be shared with Wang Qianxiang, isn't it a bit small that there are only 2 halves of profits on one side of a gun?" ”

"I don't know much." Liu Jun explained, "But with such a consumption level here, I estimate that 15 taels will be too expensive." We are mainly trying to open up sales now, and if there is no sales, no matter how high the profit is, it is useless. ”

"You'd better go and let Geng Rui pick up the gun first." Zhou Lei no longer discussed the price, "Let's go and see what Guan Mingke means tomorrow." ”

Early the next morning, Zhou Lei and Liu Jun led a guard platoon with 20 flintlock pistols to Longmen City.

"Xiaguan has seen Master Guan." Zhou Lei and Liu Jun gave a salute to Guan Mingke.

"Hehe, Brother Zhou is polite." Guan Mingke grinned, he knew that if Zhou Lei came to him in person, there was a chance that there would be money to be made, "What is the matter with my brother today, just say it to my brother." ”