Although Bai Fei's "beating" is a bit nondescript in Li Shuyang's eyes, the final effect is very good, at least it looks good in front of him.

Those bureaucrats went through repeated intimidation along the way, and when the two sides met later, Bai Fei pointed out that they had fled from the battlefield when facing the Japanese army, which was a heinous act and should have been shot.

In order to make an appearance, Bai Fei even ordered all of them to be taken into custody on the spot, and the bureaucrats were naturally frightened, but it was Li Shuyang's "goodwill" persuasion from the side that saved their lives. Later, at Li Shuyang's suggestion, Bai Fei "relented" and promised to support their official reinstatement and continue their original work.

At this point, everyone was shocked, frightened and afraid of Bai Fei, and when they left, they kept expressing their heartfelt feelings to him, but rarely expressed their gratitude. On the contrary, they were full of unprecedented affection and gratitude for Li Shuyang.

Afterwards, Li Shuyang asked Bai Fei why he was like this. Bai Fei replied: "At the moment, I can't stay here for a long time, so I just need them to be afraid of me." And you are different, they think of you well, which is conducive to your work in the future..."

Li Shuyang sighed and said: "Listening to you say this, it seems that my desire to go north to resist Japan is going to be frustrated again this time..."

"I know that I have wronged you, but at the moment, apart from you and Brother Wei Guo, I really can't find a suitable candidate to replace you..." But compared with others, Li Shuyang is unmatched in terms of ability, calmness, or other aspects. With him here, Bai Fei can worry a lot less.

Li Shuyang sighed again and said, "When will you leave this time?" ”

Bai Fei said: "I have to finish some things here." Besides, although the Japanese have been driven away at the moment, what if the Japanese come again as soon as we leave? So I think you should take advantage of this time to seize the time to recruit troops, and try to train them as well as possible, even if you encounter an unexpected situation in the future, you will not be in a hurry. ”

Li Shuyang nodded and said, "I'm awake at this point." I expect to recruit about 3,000 more people, making a total of 6,000 with the previous veterans, what do you think? ”

Bai Fei said: "You can do it." You are the leader of this army, and I leave it to you to handle the whole training, except for the rationing of weapons and the distribution of salaries, I do not plan to interfere again. ”

Li Shuyang knew that Bai Fei was giving him rights and benefits in disguise, after all, a 6,000-strong force was not a small number, and it was completely equivalent to two and a half regiments directly under the military police, or an integrated brigade. In this regard, he was also very moved, and said: "Our brothers and families don't talk to each other, you don't have to be like this." ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "It should be." You must know that although your army has a large number of people, it was recruited by us privately and has not been approved by the central government, so it can only exist underground, and cannot be put on the table to speak. Correspondingly, you will not receive the rank and treatment that is commensurate with the state's recognition. ”

Li Shuyang said: "I thought of this a long time ago, and I didn't take it to heart. ”

Bai Fei patted him on the shoulder and said, "It is precisely because of your understanding, Brother Shuyang, that I feel even more guilty." I understand your ambitions, but it will be painful for you to tie you up on the island right now. I'm going to give you no more power, in case you don't do it, who will I cry with when the time comes? ”

Li Shuyang smiled: "After doing it for a long time, am I such a person in your mind?" ”

"Or what do you think?"

Li Shuyang: "......"

The two brothers laughed and scolded for a while, and went back to rest.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Li Shuyang ordered people to erect a banner of recruiting troops in Haikou and the surrounding districts and counties to continue to expand the military force led by him to defend Hainan. Because of the victory in the battle and the drive away of the Japanese devils, the local people have great trust and enthusiasm for their armed forces, plus the military salary of 3 oceans a month, so the recruitment work has been carried out extremely smoothly, and in less than half a day, more than 3,000 young people aged between 18 and 25 have been recruited.

Someone asked, why is their military salary set at 3 yuan per month, which is different from the treatment of the regiment directly under the gendarmerie? The reason is that the treatment of the regiment directly under the gendarmerie previously formulated by Bai Fei is at least 10 yuan per person per month, especially if killed or wounded, the subsidy will be more. At that time, due to the lack of comprehensive consideration, the amount set was too high. However, there is a saying that "the wood is already in the boat", and since the rules have been set, they can only follow this. And this Hainan defense force was recruited locally by Li Shuyang in his name, although it is still under the leadership of Bai Fei, it is not a regiment directly under the gendarmerie after all, so this treatment should naturally return to a reasonable position.

When he received the news that the following report had recruited enough soldiers, Li Shuyang, Bai Fei, Wang Weiguo, Mei Yuehai and several other people were visiting and inspecting the pharmaceutical factory.

Some time ago, due to the Japanese army's attack on Hainan and the blockade of the Qiongzhou Strait in the north, many penicillins that have been made cannot be transported out by sea, resulting in a backlog of goods in the factory, and the preliminary estimate is now more than 8 million, but the sales channels are not strong.

Mei Yuehai introduced: "After the Japanese army was driven away from the island, the Qiongzhou Strait was basically restored to unblocked, and the Seven Star Company and people also resumed contact with us one after another..."

Bai Fei smiled: "Mr. Mei has also become cautious now, it doesn't matter, it's all your own people here, don't be too careful." ”

Mei Yuehai nodded and said: "In the past few days, through shipping channels, there are almost 3 million penicillins transported to the other side, of which about 400,000 have been transported through secret channels, and Seven Star Company has bought 500,000 this time, so more than half of the drugs are still stranded in Leizhou..."

Bai Fei asked, "Does Seven Star Company only buy this every time it buys?" ”

Mei Yuehai shook his head and said: "The first few times are quite normal, each time it is about 1 million, and just these few times, the purchase volume is getting less and less." ”

Wang Weiguoqi said: "I remember a few days ago in Nanchang, I saw that there was a field hospital that was very short of this medicine, why didn't they purchase more..."

Mei Yuehai smiled bitterly: "Because they want to make money, everyone understands the truth that scarcity is expensive." Did you know? Now on the black market outside, the value of a penicillin is not much different, if not comparable to the weight of gold. Seven Star Company has a strong background, and they can completely control the market and circulate penicillin purchased cheaply at the negotiated price to the black market for sale, so as to make high profits. ”

Bai Fei exclaimed: "So, they deliberately reduced the amount of purchases, just to push up the price of the black market?" ”

Mei Yuehai said: "You can also say that! ”

Bai Fei said angrily: "This Seven Star Company is really a bastard, I didn't say that when I signed the contract with Kong Lingwei, I didn't say that. ”

Mei Yuehai should have heard of the ambiguous relationship between Bai Fei and Kong Lingwei, so when he mentioned Kong Lingwei, Mei Yuehai hurriedly said: "This is just speculation, I think it is better to send a telegram to ask, so as not to cause misunderstanding." ”