After seeing off Fan Hanjie, Zhuang Jihua did not go back to the hostel, but called a small sampan on the pier and went up the river to Cuixi Wai in the north. The geography of Shantou is a bit like that of the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers crisscrossing the Yangtze River, and transportation relies heavily on this small sampan.

Zhuang Jihua rowed a boat is a man in his forties, the perennial water life has turned his skin into a bronz, just now when the young officer asked for a boat, he was still a little hesitant, worried that he would not get the money after arriving at the place, but he didn't expect the officer to seem to see through his thoughts, and immediately threw him two pieces of small ocean, which was to change the previous army will immediately be hit by the butt of the gun, and now this army is stronger than Hong Zhaolin's troops.

Zhuang Jihua was not lonely while chatting with the boatman, the accent of the boatman's place was very strong, which made him sound a little difficult, but in general he was still very pleasant, the boatman's home was near Cuixi Wai, and he heard him say that the military discipline of the army currently stationed in Cuixi Wai was very strict, unlike Yudi's troops who often bought and sold.

Yudi should be the unit of the Tan Shuqing Brigade of the Guangdong Army, and this Tan Shuqing is not from Guangdong; Zhuang Jihua thought of this, a smile flashed in his heart, this Xu Chongzhi didn't know what to think, there are so many non-Cantonese generals in the army, but they want to engage in xenophobia, isn't this forcing people to deviate from your morality.

Zhuang Jihua didn't know, Xu Chongzhi was also helpless, Xu Chongzhi's troops came from the Chen Jiongming Department of the Guangdong Army, and belonged to Chen Jiongming's collateral line of the Guangdong Army.

When he was in Guangzhou, due to the Yunnan Gui Army, Xu Chongzhi's descendant of the Guangdong Army had no room for development, although there were these rumors, Xu Chongzhi could still suppress them; Now after the recovery of the Dongjiang River, Xu's troops have developed rapidly, the brigade has been expanded into divisions, and the regiments have been expanded into brigades, and how many people are staring at the positions of these division commanders and brigade commanders, and some people will be much smaller if they drive people from other provinces out of the Guangdong army, and because Xu Chongzhi wants to incorporate the rest of Chen Jiongming's troops and vigorously promote the great unity of the Guangdong army, this kind of rumor has become more and more popular, and even core officers like Xu Ji have gradually tended to this concept.

There were two changes in the xenophobia of officers from other provinces within the Guangdong army: Wang Maogong, who had a place to go, simply resigned from his military post in the Guangdong army and went to Huangpu, and Wei Lihuang, who could not escape, gradually formed a group to support each other. When Zhuang Jihua arrived at Cuixi Wai, Tan Shuqing was a guest here at Wei Lihuang.

Hearing the guards' report that Zhuang Jihua was coming to visit, Wei Lihuang was a little puzzled, and he didn't know Zhuang Jihua's intention; Tan Shuqing asked him if he had any contact with President Jiang? Wei Lihuang shook his head and said no, and came out to greet him after speaking. He didn't dare to underestimate this person, he knew that this young man had a temperament in Zhangmutou, and he didn't let anyone underestimate his temperament.

"Commander Wei, junior brother is here today to thank you and your regiment for saving your life." Seeing Wei Lihuang come out, Zhuang Jihua hugged his fists and saluted from afar.

"Brother, what do you mean by that?" Wei Lihuang asked puzzled.

"You have forgotten that in Zhangmutou, you saved the lives of dozens of brothers in our company." Zhuang Jihua said with a smile.

"Brother, I don't dare to say this, Zhangmu is you who played beautifully, if you want to talk about it, I should also thank you, you crippled Yuan Yaojiu, I didn't say anything about it, and I made a great contribution." Wei Lihuang didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to come for this matter, Zhuang Jihua said that he saved the life of the Seventh Company, he didn't think so, in his opinion, it is appropriate to cooperate with each other on the battlefield, and there is no such thing as who saves whom.

"Commander Wei, I'm afraid you didn't think that you would be two hours late, and dozens of our brothers would probably go to report to Lord Yama." Zhuang Jihua said solemnly.

"Brother, I'm ashamed to say that, I should have arrived two hours early." Wei Lihuang resolutely refused to admit this life-saving grace.

"Regiment Commander, let's invite Major Zhuang to speak to the regiment headquarters." The chief of staff next to him saw Wei Lihuang standing at the entrance of the regiment department and pushed Zhuang Jihua to give in, so he reminded Wei Lihuang.

"Yes, yes, please, Major." Wei Lihuang leaned sideways and made a gesture of please.

"Commander Wei, you can call me the Cultural Revolution."

"Okay, don't call me any regiment commander, you call me Wei Junru, damn, what regiment commander, I'm almost thirty, if I hadn't picked up a bargain in Zhangmutou, I would still be a lieutenant colonel, compared to your brother, I would be ashamed." Wei Lihuang noticed that Zhuang Jihua was already a major, and looking at Zhuang Jihua's grade, he was only twenty-five or sixteen, and he was afraid that he would catch up with him in two years, and some loss welled up in his heart.

"I'm a principal cultivator, how can I compare with Brother Junru, you, the colonel, don't rely on the sky or the earth, you rely on your own knife and shot." Zhuang Jihua walked forward as he spoke, as if to compliment.

But these words suddenly resonated in Wei Lihuang's heart, and he also felt a little sour. Since he joined the Guangdong Provincial Defense Army nine years ago, he started as a small soldier, step by step, no one helped him, and he has come to this day by fighting for his life and death. But now some people want to exclude him from the Guangdong army, Wang Maogong can go to Huangpu, because he graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, and he has classmates to help, but what about himself, no, he really doesn't know where to go after leaving the Guangdong army.

The two talked and walked, and after arriving at the regiment headquarters, Wei Lihuang introduced several people around him to Zhuang Jihua, Chief of Staff Liu Zhiyuan, battalion commander Fang Jing, and Tan Shuqing. Zhuang Jihua was also secretly happy in his heart when he saw Tan Shuqing, and said that since I saw you here, I don't need to make a special trip to find you.

After greeting a few people, Zhuang Jihua took out a check and put it in front of Wei Lihuang with both hands, Wei Lihuang was puzzled, Zhuang Jihua explained: "Brother Junru, this is a little bit of the younger brother's heart, Zhangmutou, you saved me, the principal rewarded 1000 oceans, the younger brother gave 200 oceans to the common workers' group, and left 300 for himself, the remaining 500 was entrusted by the brothers of the whole company to be transferred to the brothers of your regiment, you don't postpone, since this reward has the credit of your regiment, and the brothers are grateful." Zhuang Jihua said very sincerely. According to Chiang Kai-shek's meaning, he gave 5,000 oceans, but Zhuang Jihua felt that giving so much for the first time would definitely make people suspicious, so that he couldn't reach it quickly, so he suggested giving less, 500 was enough, anyway, he was just figuring out his attitude now, not about acting immediately.

Seeing the check in front of him, Wei Lihuang's face turned red, and his heart was hot. He was very angry, even a little angry:

"Cultural Revolution, what do you mean by that? I can't ask for this money, and if I ask for this money, my conscience will be eaten by dogs, and I will have a son without an asshole. After speaking, he stood up and turned his back to Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua was a little stunned, he didn't expect Wei Lihuang to be so angry, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Junru, I am sincere, when we were looking forward to reinforcements in Zhangmutou, you should understand, the reinforcements came, I thought it was our regiment, but I didn't expect it to be you, do you know, after the war, even the brothers almost cried." The more Zhuang Jihua spoke, the heavier it became, and when he thought of the brothers who died in Zhangmutou, he felt uncomfortable.

"I understand, so I can't take this money, this is what your brothers bought with their lives, I will accept it, and you can bring it back." After Wei Lihuang listened to Zhuang Jihua's words, his voice softened.

"Brother Junru ,...,"

Seeing that Zhuang Jihua still wanted to let go, Chief of Staff Liu Zhiyuan hurriedly interrupted him, he knew Wei Lihuang's temper, this kind of money, with Wei Lihuang's surname, would never accept it, and if he let it go on, maybe Wei Lihuang would turn his face on the spot.

"Cultural Revolution, what our regiment commander said is true, not only will the regiment commander not accept this money, but we will also not accept it, if you want to treat the regiment commander as a friend, you will take back the money."

Zhuang Jihua saw that Liu Zhiyuan was very cautious and sincere, and he understood in his heart that he had reached the limit. Then he took back the check and said, "In this case, I will take back the money, and I will pay this friend Junru." Tomorrow the principal is leaving, I don't have time, the day after tomorrow I will invite you to drink in Shantou Chaoyong Pavilion, I don't know if you appreciate your face. ”

"Do you need it the day after tomorrow? Drink it today, brother, I also made this friend of yours, Junru, the eight immortals in the town are drunk and not bad, I have a treat today. Tan Shuqing shouted arrogantly, just now he had been watching coldly, when Zhuang Jihua just took out the money, he instinctively thought that Zhuang Jihua had other purposes, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to say that it was only 500, which made him a little surprised, buy? This money is too little, grateful? Is it really grateful? He was suspicious in his heart, but he quietly observed, his troops arrived late in Zhangmutou and did not get credit, but in some cases he knew, such as the Zhangmutou Workers' Group received a reward of 200 oceans.

However, he soon knew that this was an opportunity, as long as he made Zhuang Jihua as a friend, he would be able to at least have more ways in the future, and now this xenophobia in the Guangdong army might burn him that day, if he could catch Chiang Kai-shek's line through Zhuang Jihua, he could also switch to Chiang Kai-shek after leaving the Guangdong army, so this meal was worth it.

"Brother Shuqing, didn't you slap me in the face? When you come to my one-third of an acre, how can I let you have a treat, the eight immortals are drunk, I invite. After Zhuang Jihua took back the check, Wei Lihuang felt that his words were a little too heavy, but he didn't think that Zhuang Jihua was not angry, and actually took back the check very simply, which made him a little embarrassed, Tan Shuqing's proposal was exactly what he wanted.

"Okay, but I'll ask you another day, you can come." Tan Shuqing immediately agreed, Wei Lihuang is a good-looking person, and it is best not to fight with him for this kind of thing. Of course, Zhuang Jihua couldn't ask for it, according to his experience, as long as he could drink well with them at the wine table, then this first step would be considered a success. So Liu Zhiyuan took the lead, Fang Jing went to call the other two battalion commanders, and a group of people such as Wei Lihuang, Tan Shuqing, and Zhuang Jihua went straight to the Eight Immortals.

(To be continued)