Wang Yongan's heart was full of emotion, Li Yao was his true brother, and Feng Heng was his true friend, at this time, they were all able to think about themselves and put themselves in their shoes. He clasped the hand of one person in one hand, nodded heavily, and said, "I know what you are worried about, thank you brothers." But there is one thing you haven't thought of, whether it's Jiangbei or Kangzang, I will do my best to grasp one thing, and that is the economy.

Money, money must be in my hands, if Kang Zang betrays me, I will cut off Kang Zang's economy and let this place completely collapse, if Jiangbei betrays me, I will cut off Jiangbei's economy and let Jiangbei collapse. Therefore, the money bag must be in my hands, and it will never be given to others.

Have you ever thought that in fact, the war is not fought by the army, but by burning money? Although our Jiangbei Army has defeated its opponents several times, the Mexican rebels, the Mexican government army, the Qing army, the Beiyang army, and the Japanese army, through these wars, we have made Jiangbei famous, and let us have the reputation of the first army in the world and the victorious army. But it is also because of the continuous wars, burning money, burning half of our Jiangbei economy, otherwise why Yuan Shikai secretly supported me to fight with the Japanese, it was because he supported me to burn money, and after I spent all the money, I had to choose to cooperate with him.

In the same way, even if I leave, I still control Jiangbei's money, and when I leave Kangzang in the future, I will continue to control Kangzang's economy. As long as I hold my money bag tightly, am I afraid that someone will rebel against me? ”

"This ......," the two of them could not speak.

Wang Yongan then smiled, let go of his hand, and said, "And who said that I left an acting overseer, after I leave Kangzang, I won't let only one person inherit Kangzang." I prepared a plan, and after I left, I would leave all the heavy responsibilities of Jiangbei to a group of three, and I called the three of them a three-legged stool combination. The three of them support each other and check each other, one of them is in charge of the military, one is in charge of the administration, and the other is in charge of personnel, and they can decide the things under their own jurisdiction, but any major decision must be supported by two of the three to be implemented. Moreover, if it comes to major matters that affect Kangzang's fate, they must report it to me. I'll use this three-legged stool combo to continue to control Kangzang's future development, rather than leaving an acting Overseer. And I don't think anyone who can be an acting Overseer doesn't want to take my place. ”

Li Yao and Feng Heng looked at each other, and finally couldn't help but stretch out their thumbs and say, "Wonderful, wonderful." ”

Wang Yongan poured wine for the two of them, and said: "In the three-legged stool combination, every foot is very important, because the positions of these three people are the deputy commander-in-chief of the Kangzang Frontier Army, the head of the Xikang Civil Administration, and the secretary general of the Xikang Supervisory Military Government. He stared at Li Yao and said word by word: "And you, Li Yao, are one of the feet of the three-legged stool, in charge of personnel and supervision work, the secretary general of the Xikang Governor's Military Government." I believe in you, capable of accomplishing this task. ”

Li Yao was surprised, the chopsticks fell on the table, he quickly picked them up, feeling a little flustered, after all, he had never been in charge of such an independent task before, and he had never imagined that one day he would take on the heavy responsibility alone, so he couldn't help but say, "What? I? I'm staying? Do I do a kick? Dashuai, do you think too highly of me? ”

Wang Yongan put a heavy line on Li Yao's shoulder and said: "I didn't see the wrong person, and I won't see the wrong person, you are my brother, I must leave you to take care of the house for me." You also said that in the years since I left, it was inevitable that someone below would snatch my power, so I left you here, and you were in charge of the personnel arrangements. For those who have selfish intentions, they must not be reused, and those who shout for revolution in my area must be killed by me, and there is no need for the nine clans, but his brothers, sisters, parents, children, grandchildren, and his wife's family must be killed, and I have no revolutionary party here, and I don't want any revolutionism. Remembered. ”

Li Yao said excitedly: "Okay, I must be optimistic about my home, and I must remember it." ”

Wang Yongan said to Feng Heng again: "Feng Junshi, I plan to transfer 20,000 troops from Xikang, 20,000 troops from Yangzhou, and form 40,000 reinforcements to support St. Lucas. If we want to resist Huerta's Mexican government army, the total strength of our San Lucas People's Army must reach at least 400,000, so these 40,000 Jiangbei Army is the backbone of the future People's Army, and every soldier is a non-commissioned officer at the level of squad leader. You know that I don't understand military affairs, and that I will only serve as commander-in-chief of the People's Army of San Lucas in name in the future, and you, the chief of staff, are the real commander. ”

Wang Yongan stood up and toasted: "The 400,000 army will fight to the death with the Mexican government army, this kind of heavy responsibility can only be handed over to you, I hope you will not let me down, do not let 400,000 Chinese die in vain on the American continent." ”

Feng Heng also became excited, and said in a trembling voice: "400,000 troops? How to raise an army of 400,000? ”

"Extraordinary times, very prepared." Wang Yongan resolutely said, "I don't care so much, it's just a big deal to catch the strong men, we are fighting to the death with the Mexicans, we will be in Mexico in the future, one step back is the grave, and one step forward is the homeland." They were slaughtered if they did not resist. ”

Feng Heng said: "I'm afraid it's the only way." ”

Wang Yongan raised his glass and said, "It's done!" ”

"It's done!" The two laughed.

After a glass of wine, Li Yao suddenly asked: "I think the chief of civil affairs must be Luo Yinxian, but the deputy commander of the Kangzang Border Guards...... And who? Are you going to call Li Shirui back? ”

"No, Li Shirui was too impulsive, let him be the border commander, I was afraid that he couldn't help but lead the army to Chengdu directly, so I decided to let another person be the deputy commander." Wang Yongan smiled, "Li Zuzhi." ”

Feng Heng laughed: "Okay, good, good, Li Zuzhi must be a wonderful candidate, he will guard Kangzang, I don't think three or four years, even thirty or forty years, Kangzang will not lose an inch of land." ”

The banquet of the three is just an excuse, but it is actually determining the future political direction of Xikang. After the decision, the next day he discussed with Li Zuzhi and Luo Yinxian one by one, Luo Yinxian had no objection to this, but Li Zuzhi was a little worried, Wang Yongan asked him why he was worried, Li Zuzhi said: "The most suitable person to accompany you to San Lucas is Li Shirui, he is not as good as me in defending the city, I am not as good as him in attacking the city, you go to Mexico, you won't really want to defend San Lucas, right?" The decisive battle in the field can cause the least loss, so I suggest that you might as well ask the marshal if he would like to go to San Lucas. ”

Wang Yongan frowned, nodded, and then asked Liu Tong to chase Li Shirui on a fast horse and summon him back immediately. [.]