In the afternoon, the New Year atmosphere in the back mountain of Liangshan became more and more intense, and the sound of firecrackers continued to sound, and even the smell of Chinese New Year's Eve rice wafted in the air.

After the noon banquet, Gu Haotian did not rest, he took Bian Xiang and others to visit various camps.

Since the current task of the escort team is not heavy, the Military Administration Department has humanely given the whole team a three-day holiday, so all the members of the team who have families have gone back, even if their families are in Crouching Tiger Village or Lijia Daokou, the Military Administration Department has sent a boat to send them back early.

Therefore, there are not many people left in the barracks, but it is these few people who feel more lonely for the New Year, so Gu Haotian pays more attention to the arrangements for these people for the New Year.

The cavalry battalion had the most personnel, and Gu Haotian came here at the first stop, but if the big barracks were empty, there were not a few people left.

What's going on? Gu Haotian was puzzled, but saw Zhou Yunqing and Fuji Don't be surprised.

"Senior brother, where are all the people in your camp, is there a safe arrangement for this New Year?"

"The arrangement has been prepared for a long time, but it has been in vain."

Zhou Yunqing saw that Gu Haotian was puzzled, and continued:

"Originally, I discussed with the Fuji brothers, arranged a few tables of wine and food in the canteen, and accompanied the single brothers to drink for a while, who knew that Brother Geng Gong came to invite a few old brothers to his house for the New Year, this is good, everyone has followed suit, those brothers were divided cleanly, and even the two of us also set up one, that is, Aliqi and those people from Liaodi, went to eat roast sheep, and now there are only a few people left on duty."

This is a good thing worth advocating, Gu Haotian secretly appreciated it after hearing it.

"In this case, senior brother, you will be relaxed, and you will go to my house in the evening."

"I-I-"

"What's the matter,?"

Gu Haotian suddenly stammered when he saw that his senior brother, who had always been straightforward, but he was inexplicable. At this moment, Fuji Ji couldn't hold back a laugh on the side.

"Little official, my battalion commander already has a better place to go, so don't embarrass him."

Gu Haotian suddenly realized that it was Pang Qiuxia's sake.

"I don't dare to say this, you are still a big man, and I will take Qiuxia Niangzi home tomorrow, and my mother is worried about her."

"Hey." Zhou Yunqing hurriedly responded, but his heart was warm.

Subsequently, Gu Haotian went to the infantry battalion and the sailor battalion, but he didn't expect that similar situations would happen in all battalions, but he saved a lot of heart.

It was already the middle of the unitary time when I returned to the back mountain, and at this time, every family had already gathered around the table to eat, and laughter and laughter were wafting everywhere. Gu Haotian took Bian Xiang straight to Master Wen's residence and invited Wen Huanzhang and Xiao Jiasui to go home for the New Year.

The ancient family, the sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has long been laid out, but the participants are not as many as last year, Ma Qiang went to the Gujiazhuang, the old faces are only Bian Xiang and Ma Wei and Zhu Gui, Wen Huanzhang settled the displaced people in Liangshan last year, and did not celebrate the New Year together, others such as Xiao Jiasui, Shi Qian, Duan Jingzhu, Li Bao, Zou Run, etc. are all participating for the first time, as for the other personnel have been pulled away by each family. For example, Yu Sheng and Lu Cheng were taken away by Sun Anzao, Yuan Lang naturally went to his partner Geng Gong's house, and Du Qian, Song Wan, Tang Long and others were divided by the personnel of the armory.

Although the personnel are not as lively as last year, Gu Haotian is happy to see this situation happen.

As Bian Xiang and Ma Wei lit the celebratory firecrackers, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the Gu family officially began.

However, unexpectedly, the tranquility of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the ancient family only lasted for less than a pillar of incense, and then the number of people increased geometrically.

The latest to come in are Su Sheng, Sun An, and Lu Cheng.

"The three of them came here at this time to do a good job, and the New Year's greetings have to wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." As soon as Bian Xiang saw them enter the door, he teased.

"I'm worried that you're not having fun drinking with your opponent, so I'm here to accompany you."

Yu Sheng unceremoniously squeezed Bian Xiang's side, picked up his chopsticks, picked up the dishes and stuffed them into his mouth.

"The dishes of the petty officials' families are just not ordinary." As he chewed, he picked up Bian Xiang's wine glass and dried it in one gulp, and then placed the wine glass in front of him, "Quick, full." ”

"Huh! Could it be that you didn't have enough to eat outside, and came to grab your job. Bian Xiang was so self-righteous that he couldn't laugh or cry.

And the bickering between the two caused the audience to laugh. Soon after the three of them added dishes and chopsticks and sat down, the Ruan brothers and Tao Zongwang outside the door came in one after another, these four people are now relatives, and they celebrate the New Year together at night, and after the family has eaten, they rushed here together.

Then people from all walks of life continued to arrive, and several seats were placed in the lobby of the Gu family in a row, but fortunately, there was no shortage of food in the Gu family, but it was just a lot of hard work.

The Gu family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was eaten until the end of the day, and everyone was still interested, and finally Wen Huanzhang got up and blew up a group of drunkards, otherwise I don't know when to make trouble.

Gu Haotian had not drunk at noon, and he drank a lot in the evening, and he was already seven or eight minutes drunk when he was over. I wanted to accompany my family to keep the New Year, but Li saw that he was full of alcohol, so he asked Pan Jinlian to help him go back to rest.

On the first day of the new year, Gu Haotian woke up to the sound of firecrackers all over the mountain, and then he found that Lian'er was still sleeping next to him, and then found that both of them were defenseless.

"What did I do last night?"

Gu Haotian desperately recalled, but he couldn't remember anything, he suddenly thought of something. Hurriedly lifted the quilt and found that the sheets were still clean and there were no blood marks, and I was relieved. Then he heard a "bang", but the beauty around him also woke up.

"Good Lian'er, you wake up, save me, otherwise I will die ...... petty official."

"Phew, on the first day of the new year, say very unlucky things."

Before Gu Haotian finished speaking, his lips were blocked by two pieces of sweet softness, and then a warm body snuggled into his arms, and then he started the first day of the new year in the most fragrant way.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the District Office organised activities such as lion dances and dragon lantern performances to travel between villages and markets. Everywhere there are old people and children, men and women who come and go to pay New Year's greetings, and the street market in the back mountain is very lively.

Gu Haotian gave New Year's greetings to his parents, Erniang and Master Wen and others early, and then waited at home for a group of people who came to pay New Year's greetings.

Since the second year of junior high school, he has entrusted his trivial matters to his parents, and he has been busy with the things at hand.

At this time, in the conference room of Zhonghua Hall, Gu Haotian and Wen Huanzhang, Xiao Jiasui, Zhu Gui, Du Qian, Xiao Rang, Shi Qian and others were discussing the first thing in spring. Since in more than ten days, Gu Haotian was going to the capital to participate in the Spring Festival, so Zhu Gui and the others, who had played the front station, had to set off immediately. During the year, Zhu Gui had already made a preliminary selection of relevant personnel in conjunction with the Military Administration Department and the Civil Affairs Department. Gu Haotian introduced the idea of laying out the capital, and the participants put forward their own supplementary opinions.

"There are advantages and disadvantages to the early layout of the capital division, but at the feet of the Beijing division and the Son of Heaven, there are many powerful people, and if there is no one behind the hotel management, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain a foothold, and you must find a backer to be stable."

Wen Huanzhang has lived in the capital for a long time, understands the political and economic ecology of the capital, and the questions raised are also very pertinent.

"What Mr. Wen said is very true, now Tokyo is full of traitors, if you want to get ahead in the business field, you have to find a backer, Mr. Wen used to communicate very widely in the capital, but there are acquaintances in this area." Xiao Jiasui asked.

"I used to be in Shilin, and the elite circle rarely participated, but there were very few characters used." Wen Huanzhang thought for a while, and suddenly remembered someone, "I got acquainted with a prince of the royal family, I don't know if I need to use it." ”

"If this person helps, it is enough, I think that our hotel does not need to be too public, it is good to be able to gain a foothold, first, it will not compete with the industries of those powerful people, and second, it will be convenient for us to do things in secret, so that it will be okay to have the name of a prince behind us."

Gu Haotian's original intention was not to buy any big property in the capital, he wanted to create a place similar to the small club in later generations, so that it would become a meeting point for some specific people. In this way, it will not be too showy, but also can attract a group of fixed customers, slowly accumulate contacts, and lay a foundation for future work.

"What Haotian said is very true, so he will do so. The prince I got acquainted with is called Chai Wenbo, whose mother was from a humble background and was only crowned the king of Huainan County, so he indulges in poetry and wine on weekdays, and he also has some prestige in the literati circle in the capital. I immediately wrote a letter here, after Director Zhu Gui arrived in Beijing, you can first find Zhao Ding, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, who has a deep relationship with me. ”

"Zhao Ding!"

Gu Haotian was shocked in his heart, and almost screamed again, isn't that the famous Zhongxing of the Southern Song Dynasty in the original history, but now he is nesting in the Hanlin Academy as a powerless and powerless bachelor, and he must make friends with him when he enters Beijing this time.

He then reported on the selection and allocation of personnel to Beijing, and he selected more than 20 personnel of various types in the Intelligence Department, Commerce Department, and Civil Affairs Department to form an intelligence group, and Chen Yun's action group also selected more than 20 people, all of whom were good hands in various battalions.

"Now that everything has been decided, Brother Zhu Gui will take the intelligence team to Beijing the day after tomorrow, and I expect to leave at the end of the month, and then I will bring the action team over to meet you in Beijing. The required expenses are listed as a plan, submitted to the management office for review, and then withdrawn from the logistics office. ”

After finalizing the affairs of the capital, everyone dispersed, and Gu Haotian, Wen Huanzhang, and Xiao Jiasui walked to the station of the action group. At the end of last year, under the coordination of the Military Intelligence Department, the members of the action group were recruited, and Chen Yun was also in place within the year. The reason why Chen Yun was asked to go to Tokyo was because he was young and clever, and secondly, he was originally the "Four Brave Generals of Longzhong" who was as famous as the victory.

When the trio arrived at their station, they found that the members of the operation team were already training. Seeing the three people coming in, they hurriedly lined up to greet them.

"Isn't there a three-day holiday, why do you start training today?" Gu Haotian asked with concern.

"I'm going to enter Beijing in a few days, it's a big city, the combat environment and objects are different from the usual training, and I don't have much experience, so I've consulted many battalion commanders these days, and I've thought of some ways to step up training."

Chen Yun led the troops independently for the first time, he was both excited and nervous, and he was not at ease even during the New Year, thinking about how to better complete the task every day.

Gu Haotian came to the crowd and briefly emphasized some aspects that should be paid attention to in the capital's action.

"Everyone, the actions in the capital are indeed different from other places, and there will be many difficulties that we have not usually seen, but who are you, you are selected from the more than 8,000 guards in Liangshan, and they are all elites in a hundred, everyone said, we are good men in Liangshan, when have we been afraid of others."

Gu Haotian's simple two sentences quickly aroused everyone's pride and self-esteem.

"But there are a few points I still have to remind you, one is to abide by discipline, in the manor, we repeatedly ask everyone to abide by military discipline, and the brothel of the Qinglou in the capital is full of lights, you must resist the temptation, you can't defeat yourself; The second is concealment, like a poisonous snake, sneaking in the shadows, quietly launching a fatal blow to the enemy, and not leaving your own traces and handles to others; The third is dexterity, to be like a gecko, climb freely, and move in the city, it is inevitable to climb over the wall and enter the house, which is indispensable; Fourth, we must cooperate, we must fight in unity with the wolves, the city is mixed, it is impossible to act in groups unless we have to do it, and we must practice the ability to cooperate with two people, three or five people; The last one is the most important, that is, to be tenacious, in case of falling into the hands of the enemy, to grit your teeth, and when you have to do so, you must have the courage to kill, we can't let the layout of the capital be ruined because of one person's mistakes, and even affect Liangshan. ”

"Brothers, did you understand what the little official said?" Chen Yun asked loudly.

"Understood!"

"Then if anyone thinks it can't be done, they can quit now, and I will never force them to stay. But if you stay, but you will stab Lou Zi in the future, as long as I, Chen Yun, live, I will not give up with him. ”

Chen Yun was already a little vocal in the end, and naturally none of the players below would quit.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Haotian put forward a ten-word request for this team of more than 20 people, which later became the standard for this team's selection and training, but no one expected that this team later became a famous secret guard in Liangshan, and the opponent was terrified when he heard it.