Hu Taojiang took his sister Hu Taoying to visit the bookstore on his bicycle every day after eating at noon, and at the age of 11, he liked to squat under the bookshelves of the bookstore and flip through the books that Hu Taoying thought were strange and strange. Hu Taoying only wanders around the store not far away, and sometimes refuses to go out with her brother to stay at home and play by herself.

Questions that Hu Taojiang didn't understand were written in a notebook and placed on a long table, and Hu Wenkai would answer them for him when he came back in the evening.

When Hu Wenkai and Carrotta drove home, the two children fell asleep again, and Hu Taoying still had a small candy in her mouth, and Carrota woke her up to go to the restaurant to rinse her mouth. Hu Taoying touched the restaurant in a daze, spit out the small sugar in her mouth, rinsed her mouth, stretched her waist and yawned, and lay down quickly.

Hu Wenkai patted Hu Taoying's little face. "Hu Taoying is a good *, and she sleeps with a little sugar and is not afraid of insect decay."

"Huh," Hu Taoying stuck out her tongue and grimaced.

"Tao Ying can't eat before going to bed at night, if she is hungry, she will go to bed after eating and brushing her teeth, otherwise there will be worms in her mouth." Carotta sat next to Hu Taoying and pressed the quilt for her.

Hu Taojiang opened his eyes: "Dad, Mom, I have told Taoying many times, she is afraid that I will see the sugar in her underwear pocket and eat it secretly." ”

Hu Wenkai scratched Hu Taoying's nose and said, "Children can't be so delicious, and if your classmates know about it, they will laugh at you." After the Chinese New Year, Carotta found a piano teacher for Tao Ying to let her learn piano. Tao Jiang practiced calligraphy at home. ”

Early the next morning, Hu Wenkai changed into a grass-green military uniform, tied an armed belt, and drove to the Qingpu military camp with Lao Yi and others.

As soon as the convoy drove within 20 kilometers of the Qingpu barracks, it was discovered by a mobile sentry, and not long after the armored vehicles drove out of the barracks to meet them.

"Lao Yi, Qiu Ming This is the twenty kilometers reaction time I requested, and the troop station must be completely in control of any wind and grass in the twenty kilometers, and it can't be like Qi Xieyuan's troops."

Wang Hongguo stood at the gate of the camp and saluted and reported loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, the officers and men of the First Brigade have finished lining up and are waiting for the commander to review it. ”

The reorganization of the troops was still in progress, and Hu Wenkai transferred 1,500 officers and men from the Yanyang barracks to the three brigades to take up posts at all levels, and all the officers above the squad and platoon commander level of the three brigades were sent to the Yanyang barracks for retraining.

The rearmament of illiterate officers or their conversion to local militia groups proceeded in an orderly manner under Hu Wenkai's high pressure, and the General Staff estimated that it would take four months to reach 70 percent of the combat effectiveness of the veterans of the Yanyang barracks.

Hu Wenkai got out of the car and said to Wang Hongguo: "Wang Hongguo is about to celebrate the New Year, let the officers and soldiers be busy, let's just come over to condole." ”

"The commander wants to give a lecture today to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers, and many soldiers have not yet met the commander."

"Okay, I'll just say a few words." walked side by side with Wang Hongguo to the review stand.

After standing on the review platform, Wang Ba's aura naturally flowed out, looking around, dozens of people wearing blue-gray military uniforms and big caps were neatly arranged under the stage, and in front of the team was a row of grassroots officers wearing grass-green Yanyang military camp.

Wang Hongguo said loudly: "Now Commander Hu Wenkai will give us a lecture. ”

"Officers and soldiers of the First Brigade, I wish you a happy New Year in advance, and I have come today to greet you in the early years and have lunch with you."

"This is the first time I have visited you since you joined the new army, and we only ask of you for two things, one is to obey the discipline of the army and practice your skills, and the other is to protect the fruits of our hard-won victory. What we can provide you with is that the full amount of military pay is paid directly to each soldier by the bank, and the perfect guarantee mechanism ensures that each soldier is well fed and clothed. ”

"We will provide you with cultural and educational opportunities, and fairly promote squad and platoon leaders from among the best soldiers. Pensions are paid for casualties of officers and soldiers, regardless of whether you are a new member or a former member of the old army. As long as you obey discipline and have skills, you are not afraid that you will not have a chance to get ahead. ”

"Every soldier must pass the examination before he can stay, and officers must be literate and trained before they can serve ......."

Hu Wenkai spoke for less than five minutes, and was constantly interrupted by seven or eight applause. In this era, what is the purpose of being a soldier is to eat and eat for military salary, Hu Wenkai guarantees that having a full amount of military salary is more attractive than anything else. The soldiers were delighted to find that this month's salary was paid directly to the soldiers by the bank, and it was not exploited by the commander.

The entire unit of the army over the age of 30 was persuaded to retire and go home with severance pay, and all the soldiers and officers with a junior high school graduation or higher were concentrated in the Yanyang barracks for intensive training.

"A person, especially a man, who has no history of being a soldier in his life, cannot be said to be a pity. However, if there is a history of being a soldier, it must be something to be proud of, and the color of life is even richer. Because, the army is an excellent big school, where it can be specially tempered. Who said that soldiers do not understand feelings, soldiers have richer feelings, more understanding of the sorrow of parting, more understanding of the pain of sacrifice, more understanding of the principle of giving, more understanding of the treasure of dedication, and more understanding of the precious ...... of life and feelings. ”

At the end of his short speech, Hu Wenkai signaled Wang Hongguo to disband the troops, and Wang Hongguo stepped forward to say that the troops were holding tug-of-war competitions for each company in order to welcome the Spring Festival, and the winning companies could wear saffron for lunch and eat meat.

Tug-of-war competitions are often held in Yanyang Barracks, and this activity can unite the team's ability to cooperate, and Hu Wenkai said on the spot that he would join the weakest company to participate in the competition.

Simple explanation of the company's skills when the whistle at the beginning just fell, see who strikes first, who will take the first advantage, and then grasp this advantage, tug-of-war is a multi-person sport, everyone should be in the same straight line in the direction of force, so as to produce the greatest strength.

Hu Wenkai shouted the horn and pulled hard, and he arranged for a strong soldier to straighten the rope. In the sound of the trumpet, he pulled the rope in his direction little by little, and in the stalemate, he yelled not to lose his strength, and finally lost a company, and all the men and horses were pulled down on the playground.

Got up and patted off the dust on his body and said with a smile: "We are still lacking in strength and congenital deficiency." ”

After having lunch with the soldiers at noon, he convened a discussion with officers at and above the battalion level, and demanded that they must complete the reorganization training by April and report to the general staff headquarters in a timely manner if they have any difficulties. The Fujin Party should make every effort to recruit party members in the three brigades, and in the future, the Yanyang barracks will only be responsible for officer training, and soldier training can only be carried out in the local barracks. Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime.

The companies were to be re-dispersed and reorganized according to their training results, and after the re-outfitting was completed in March, they were reorganized into troops in the three brigades according to the company.

Wang Hongguo said: On the whole, the overall quality of the Beiyang Army is acceptable, and the military discipline is acceptable, and he began to be unconvinced by the defeat of the Yanyang Army; through this period of contact, the overall military quality of the Yanyang Army was obviously much higher than theirs, and the implementation of equality between officers and soldiers slowly calmed down the annoyance. Wang Hongguo requested that a party organization be established in the 1st Brigade as soon as possible and that political commissars be appointed.

Dai Jitao looked at Wu Hongxia and said: "After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the political commissars of the three brigades must be appointed, and the branch must go down to the company in March." According to the boss, only by establishing a company branch can we be considered to have complete control of the brigade. ”

Wu Hongxia said: "Governor Dai, don't look at me, the party organization of the army is different from the local one, and I have no experience in this training." I suggest that the boss go to the Yanyang military camp after the year and be selected from the trained officers. Now these three brigades are all our belongings, and my energy is mainly focused on the ideological guidance of the officers of the Yanyang Barracks. ”

Hu Wenkai pondered after taking a step and said: "It takes time to appoint a political commissar, and it is easy to appoint a political commissar, but it is difficult to accompany a political commissar who can carry out the party organization of the entire army. Wu Hongxia said that it is necessary to select at all levels, and the more important the position, the more we must carefully select and choose. According to the old rules, more than a dozen people were selected from the Yanyang military camp to focus on the inspection and then decide. ”

"Jiang Qiuming and Dai Jitao, the two of you must often take time to come to the Qingpu military camp to assist Brigade Commander Wang Hongguo in managing the troops well. That's it for today's condolences, Wang Hongguo, you should pay close attention to the investigation of Zhejiang, and report the results of the investigation to the General Staff in a timely manner. ”

On the way back, Hu Wenkai always felt that something was wrong, and it was not until the company that he remembered that a brigade of thousands of people was actually in a military camp. He immediately said to Jiang Qiuming: "Qiuming, you immediately send a telegram to the General Staff, asking all brigades to disperse their troops according to regiments, and it is strictly forbidden to garrison more than one regiment in one county. ”

"Why is that?" A few people in a car asked puzzled.

"Now the troops are not the same as in the previous era of cold weapons, and they need a lot of people, and if they are surrounded, they can't give full play to the firepower of the troops, and our troops are highly mobile, and if there is an enemy situation, they can be reinforced for a few hours. It was this mistake that Qi Xieyuan made that led to us being easily eaten. ”

"Boss, you said that this is really the case, I will implement that the troops must be deployed according to the regiment before the fifteenth day of the first month. Bykov drove directly to Yatian South Road. Jiang Qiuming instructed Bykov.

Hu Wenkai looked at his watch and asked if there was any hot water in the factory bathhouse on South Yiyatian Road today and wanted to take a bath before going home. Dai Jitao laughed and said that the bathhouse water is waiting for the boss to wash it, they arranged for Hu Bin to boil the bathhouse water today yesterday and wait for them to come back from Qingpu to take a bath, it is estimated that Deng Jun, Wang Changrong, and Lao Shi are already soaking in the bathhouse.

Greeted Wang Changrong and the others naked, and his body was immersed in hot water. It is customary to put a towel soaked in hot water over your head and relax and soak in the pool water. The pool was steaming, and the sunlight shone down from the skylight at the top, creating a column of light in the mist.

The old man seemed to be motionless, his body was red and sweaty, he leaned on the edge of the pool and said to a few people next to him in a sullen voice: "I wonder if the policies we implement are out of touch with the actual situation, and I mean whether our policies are too advanced and the level of the people can't keep up." ”

After thinking deeply, Dai Jitao put the towel on his shoulder and said, "Well, the boss has not appeared in this scene for the time being, and you have not shaken the foundation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang." ”

"Brother Ji Tao, what is the foundation of this area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"

"Boss, you're testing us, right? In the early days of the emergence of small-scale peasant economy and capitalism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the policies we are implementing now, heavy industry and heavy commerce, are basically in line with the development aspirations of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the north, the big landlord class is dominant, and in the south, it is controlled by clans. I also wonder if this policy will be hindered if we move forward. ”

Hu Wenkai immersed his body in the water and said with his head exposed: "Brother Ji Tao, let's not think so far for the time being, how to break the big landlord class by running Jiangsu and Zhejiang well in the past few years and using Anhui as a pilot." Open the road in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and think far away, tossing yourself. ”

"Society has entered a new era, and if the old-fashioned big landlord class cannot keep up with the times and transform into the bourgeoisie, then we have no worries about raising the butcher's knife. You must know that the French bourgeois revolution killed 400,000 nobles. ”

The whole bathhouse suddenly fell silent, which was too iron-blooded to accept for a while.

"We are not living in the previous feudal dynasty, only the change of power of one of our central dynasties. Now the outside is the preparation of the great powers.* We are scattered internally, and the thinking is extremely backward or that kind of small peasant consciousness. In extraordinary times, we must have extraordinary means, and we must not sell our reputation. ”

"After the three provinces are won, they will do a good job, and everyone should have a comparative goal, that is, Japan, at least the three provinces should have higher industrial output than the national industrial output value of Japan. so that the great powers do not dare to bite us easily. The purity and organizational soundness of the key revival party is a headache for me. ”

Jiang Qiuming asked: "Boss, how much do you estimate that our current industrial output value is that of Japan?" ”

"I've estimated that we're about one-tenth the size of Japan, and we're about the same as Japan in terms of steel production, but there's a big gap in power generation. We are blank in the chemical industry. Hu Wenkai sighed.

"All this requires our efforts in the past three or five years, and I am ready to take Shandong after obtaining Anhui and Zhejiang. After 1925, the next step will be discussed. ”

Dai Jitao sighed and squatted in the middle of the pool and said to Hu Wenkai: "Wenkai, I'm not too fast now. ”

Got up from the pool, patted his belly, sat down next to Hu Wenkai and said: "My opinion is to make every effort to open up the traffic between southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu, there is already a fire here, and the last fire is only about to be lit." Only when we let Jiangsu people do not do without us, put aside everything and move forward with us, can we take action in the next step. ”

"Brother Ji Tao is right, simmer slowly and lay a solid foundation first. Let's have a happy New Year first, no matter how much I think about it now, it's just on paper. Hu Wenkai picked up the teacup next to the bath and took a sip of tea, and snuggled back comfortably.

After soaking for a while, I quickly came out and dressed and went back, today Chinese New Year's Eve the first time to celebrate the New Year in the Republic of China, and Carotta must be angry when I go back late, this girl let the teacher Liang Qichao bring it is now more traditional than Chinese.