Wang Yongtai nodded again and again, and transferred part of the property to the concession, which is a good way, so that he has no worries, and he can let go of his hands and feet in doing things, so he smiled and said: "That's it, fourth, after this veteran and recruit competition, you will take your family's silver and cultural relics and antiques to the Shanghai concession, and you only need to leave 200,000 taels at home for backup at any time." After the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info arrives in Shanghai, it is up to you to decide whether to buy land, buy land, or do other business. Second brother, I believe in your earning ability, although you are not as good as me in leading troops, but when it comes to doing business, I am not as good as one of you. You see, now whether it is a garment factory or a shipping company, they have begun to make money. ”

"Second brother, are you modest, haven't you, I also found out, the second brother is actually you, you are pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger." Wang Yongan said with a smile, this is true, although Wang Yongtai usually looks rude, but there is a fine in the rough. Outsiders have always thought that Wang Yongtai is brave and unscrupulous, but in fact, it is a misunderstanding of him. Wang Yongan knew in his heart that his second brother was a person with a clear heart, and he understood that his second brother was actually just not so ambitious, and no one around him had given him ideas before, but he was not a really reckless man.

Wang Yongtai didn't understand the meaning of the Cantonese dialect of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger", and said strangely: "Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? What do you mean? ”

Wang Yongan laughed and explained: "Second brother, this is a sentence in Cantonese, which means that if you are wise and foolish, you will pretend to be stupid and take a big bargain." Second brother, you are a handsome talent, brother, I can only be a staff member. ”

Wang Yongtai couldn't help laughing and said, "You kid...... Alas...... How did you survive in the nine years that you were your second brother and I have been in the north? If I had been like you every day, I would have been calculated to death. Alas...... That's why I said, fourth, you blocked the bullet for me, attracted all the attention of outsiders to you, and saved me. ”

Wang Yongan shook his head slightly and said: "Second brother, where are you talking about, who are our brothers with whom, only if I protect you, can I protect myself and our Yangzhou Wang family." ”

"In those days, because of the military hospital, I criticized you, don't hold a grudge against my brother. It's not easy to feed an army, and you can't feed too much with just the property of a Cao Gang...... Alas, you, don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. This association of people and horses, I need to use an extra 100,000 taels of silver a year, in exchange for don't you want to save money? Wang Yongtai said in his heart, because the brothers did have some mustard in the hospital, not only Wang Yongan felt uncomfortable, but Wang Yongtai was also very awkward.

Wang Yongan nodded, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the two brothers disappeared.

That Wang Yongtai suddenly twisted and said, "Fourth, in fact, I am my brother...... And also...... There's one thing I'll discuss with you, and you'll see what's going on. ”

Wang Yongan saw that the second brother stammered to discuss with him, and he was puzzled, how could he be so cramped according to the second brother's resolute behavior, so he asked: "Second brother, what do you have to tell me?" Is this a dilemma? ”

Wang Yongtai's gaze drifted and said, "Yes...... It's about your sister Cao, when am I going to take her into the house, although I can't be a wife, I will take her as a concubine and give her a name. ”

It turned out to be this matter, this is a trivial matter, Wang Yongan touched his chin and said: "Sister Cao has been with you for so many years, and she has worked hard for you, but it is nothing to give her a name." Although she is a woman in a green house and cannot enter the main room, she will not be ridiculed if she is a concubine first. ”

Wang Yongtai was puzzled: "It's just that my younger brothers and sisters are afraid of it...... I'm afraid I can't say it. What he thought was that his brother-in-law was Yuan Shikai's daughter, and her concubine was actually a Qinglou woman, how could she not be angry, if Yuan Nianzhen was angry, what did she say in front of Yuan Shikai, the backer she just had was about to fall.

Wang Yongan laughed and said: "Don't worry, second brother, I will bring Sister Cao in for you in a few days, and Yuelou will also be sold that day, I see that Tianyuelou's business is not very good now, Sister Cao will marry the second brother from Liang, which is her luck." ”

Wang Yongtai was very happy, patted Wang Yongan on the shoulder and said: "You husband and wife don't object, I am relieved, you can rest assured, Sister Cao will definitely not have much trouble in our family, and she will not cause trouble, she presides over such a big business as Tianyue Building has handled it very properly, and her mind will definitely not be small." ”

Wang Yong'an said goodbye and returned to the recruit camp to continue preparing for recruit training, and made final preparations for the next big competition of new veterans.

On December 12, 1909, there were still three days before the veterans and recruits competition, and the first batch of 1,000 camouflage uniforms were sent to the quartermaster department......

"Return! Return! What are these things, and can people wear them? Luo Yinxian said angrily.

"This was designed by Adjutant Wang himself, and the garment factory did not make any modifications, so ...... If you want to return the goods, you have to find Adjutant Wang first. The delivery soldier hurriedly said.

Luo Yinxian found Wang Yongan angrily and accused: "Adjutant General Wang, you are just child's play, how can the military uniform have this color, and it is a shame for the soldiers to pass it out." ”

Wang Yongan didn't say a word, opened the box, took off his coat and windbreaker directly, put the camouflage uniform on the outside of his cotton clothes and pants, fastened the cloth belt, put on the camouflage penny hat of the training cap, turned around and said, "Are you laughing at me?" ”

Luo Yinxian let out a long sigh and said, "Adjutant General Wang, I don't laugh at you, but other troops will definitely laugh at us." ”

Wang Yongan said: "This military uniform is used in training, if other military officers come to visit, we will wear Beiyang military uniforms." Why ask for so much for a training suit? Look at this garment, it is close-fitting, strong, wear-resistant, and it is best used in training. ”

Luo Yinxian couldn't withstand his persuasion, so he had to agree to accept this batch of new military uniforms, and then directly handed over the camouflage uniforms to the new barracks. Wang Yongan then distributed camouflage uniforms to some recruits, and said: "This set of training uniforms is called camouflage uniforms, the specific role is to hide and train, hiding is used in actual combat, training is used on the school field, if the camouflage uniforms are damaged in training, you do not need to bear any expenses, you only need to hand in the training uniforms, and the military affairs department will issue you new camouflage uniforms." ”

After hearing that the camouflage uniform was damaged and did not need to spend their own money, the soldiers finally let go in the next training, but the camouflage uniform also brought a lot of troubles to everyone, and the biggest problem was that people called the camouflage uniform as toad skin, and the recruits as toad essence......

Wang Yongan also knows that he can't stop Youyou's mouth, if others are willing to call the toad essence, let him go, and after the big competition, see if the toad essence is powerful or the veteran is powerful.

Two days later, at the strong request of Wang Yongan, the second batch of camouflage uniforms were made overnight and sent to the recruit camp.

On December 15, 1909, the weather was a good day, but the temperature was a little lower, only about seven or eight degrees during the day, which was really torturous in the first decade of the twentieth century, when there was no greenhouse effect. However, even so, many people think that the temperature is already very good this year, including Wang Yongtai, who also thinks that this year is indeed much warmer, because at the same time, Lu Province has been full of snowflakes, coupled with the reduction of grain production, many families have fled to the famine.

Since Fang Xianwu, the head of the military affairs section, temporarily served as the chief instructor of the recruits, the person who presided over the veteran recruit competition this time was Feng Heng, the chief of staff, who was full of ability, the transfer arrangements were appropriate, and the steps were orderly. And the people in charge of defending were some of the cavalry brothers, who were ordered that if someone took the opportunity to launch a revolutionary rebellion or something like that, they could shoot directly without notice, and Wang Yongtai sent his henchman Li Yao to be directly responsible for the security work.

For Li Yao, this is an opportunity to perform, although he can't lead troops to fight, he can't fight everywhere, but he has one thing that others can't reach, that is, he knows best what Wang Yongtai needs. Wang Yongan secretly said to Li Yao, I will form a headquarters guard soon, and the candidate for this guard captain was originally me, but I secretly recommended you. This security work is a test for you, if you do it well, my second brother may let you do it, if there is a little mistake, this work will be handed over to someone else.

Li Yao knew it in his heart, and he worked extremely hard, and even sent the scouts a thousand meters away, and invited the patrol police to be responsible for protecting them at the outermost level. The Yangzhou Dingzi Patrol Battalion was puzzled when he saw this, guessing that he thought that the 24th Mixed Association was going to fight again, so he was so frightened that he quickly hid in, this 24th Mixed Association is not a good person, let's not be affected by them......

Everyone got into the ring, looking at the strong soldiers in the audience, Wang Yongtai suddenly felt heroic in his heart, these are his own soldiers, and the money he spent was not spent in vain, but the colorful "toad skin" of the new barracks is a little ugly...... Wang Yongan was also not satisfied, the reason why he was not satisfied was because the camouflage uniform was not dyed neatly, and it was not completely in accordance with his ideas, it was really a limited time, and the new barracks were in a hurry, and the printing and dyeing workshop could not accurately print and dye the 07-style jungle camouflage in the later generations of the city according to the requirements. But if you think about it, you can understand that there is no camouflage in this era, and the printing and dyeing technology is very backward, so it is good to be able to dye this virtue.

"Alas......" Wang Yongxin sighed, thinking about finding a suitable printing and dyeing workshop in the future, he suddenly thought of a TV series "Big Dyeing Workshop" that he had seen, printing and dyeing in Lu Province has always been a traditional strength, I don't know if there are capable people in Lu Province, and the camouflage effect is really printed and dyed.