In the barracks of Xinnong Town, the officers shouted loudly, the drums and trumpets shook the sky, and the people shouted and the horses neighed, boiling the sky. The drills of the newly built army have recently become busy and strict, and the infantry and cavalry have been practicing non-stop every day, and everyone from the officers down to the army is covered in mud and sweat.

In the signing room, Xu Juren looked at Yuan Weiting, who was wiping his sweat with a hot hand towel, and said: "Rong An, I don't think it's always a way to do this, the people below are really a little too hard." Bassens can't say that the idea is bad, but it's too late to mention it, and I'm afraid it's too late to start the exercise at this time. It's better to act according to the past law, the Queen Mother...... I don't know the military formation, it's good to watch the excitement. ”

"Erlang is indeed hard, but it can only be a little harder. Basens's idea is good, and the armies of the Tessie powerhouses have such military might. The court raised huge sums of money to train the new army, and what was sought was to make our army as strong as the tiger and wolf armies of the Tessie powers. Seeing that my Dajin soldiers are like Taixi's strong soldiers, Lafayette is happy. Although she doesn't understand military affairs, she is shrewd, and it is not easy to fool her. The Queen Mother watched the exercise, except for target shooting, the guns must not be equipped with ammunition, otherwise they can be gunned and cannons to listen to the excitement, but now they can't even hear the excitement. How to please Galeries Lafayette is not an easy task. ”

Yuan Weiting also knows that because of the increase in training intensity recently, the people below have a lot of opinions. Those people didn't dare to come to him directly to react, most of them dredged Xu Juren's joints, so they explained:

"I also know that the people below are hard, and many people have pleaded in front of me, but I can't help it. Time is too tight, how can you practice if you don't pay a little more hard work. The phalanx of the infantry is okay, but the cavalry is the best at what dance steps, I heard that the royal honor guard of Albion is the best at it, and we have to practice, so we don't know how much effort it takes, and it will not work hard if we don't work hard. As for what you said, according to the past method, there is naturally no such thing, but this skill is gone. In the past, if you don't seek merit but seek no fault, you have no choice but to use this method. But not now. The major events of the Armed Guards have been decided, and the merger of several armies into Beiyang is already the overall situation. If we don't show some excellence, what is in our hands is some leftovers, and we will be able to make ends meet, and it will be difficult to eat as well as now. At that time, what filial piety will the elder take? ”

Xu Juren also knew that King Qing regarded the New Army as his own treasury, and there was a lot of retention and misappropriation of funds, and there was a huge deficit in the accounts. Of course, the new governor is his close friend, and he will never check Yuan Weiting's account. However, if Han Zhonghua really cuts the funds of the new army, there will be a shortage of entertainment for King Qing in the future, and once King Qing gets angry and loses Austrian aid, this cadre will have a hard time.

He had no choice but to nod, "Rong An, what you said makes sense, then let the people below pay a little more hard work, and practice well." Since you eat food and become a soldier, you can't be afraid of hardship, even if you suffer more sins, you have to bear it. ”

"That's the sentence, if you can't even eat bitterness, how can you be willing to eat bullets in the future?" Yuan Weiting made up his mind about this matter, and greeted Xu Juren, "Brother, there are two things that need to be done now, there are not many things I can trust in the barracks, and even fewer people can do things, so I can only ask you to refer to them." You said that this guard of honor review, the inspection of the three military formations, and even the whole process, was really Bassens come up with it? ”

Xu Juren thought for a while and gave a negative answer, "I don't know much about the Bayang people, but I always feel that he doesn't have this ability." In other words, even if there were, I didn't think of it for a while, otherwise why didn't I say it before. Behind this, I am afraid that there are masters who give advice to him, I heard that his children came to see him from abroad, could it be that they are plotting for his father? ”

"Probably not, his son is said to have studied geology, and he is not familiar with the military formation. Westerners don't open the mansion, and Basens doesn't have a staff, so there is definitely a high-ranking person behind this matter. This master must be found out, and if he can plan this strategy, we must also pull it to our side. ”

"I'll keep an eye on that. And what about the second piece? ”

"The second one is more ridiculous, this is the approval issued by the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, the trial production of fried eggs in the Quasi-Military Academy."

"Fried eggs?" Xu Juren took the approved telegram and frowned, "In the previous test, it was said that there were deaths and injuries, didn't it mean that it was not allowed to be mentioned again, who turned it out again." Even if you want to shake your wit, you have to pick a time, and now is the right time......"

When he said this, he suddenly fell silent, thinking that Yuan Weiting also thought of this layer, so he called himself to discuss. The Queen Mother is about to go to Xinnong to watch the exercise, but at this time someone asked for a trial production of fried eggs, whether this matter is successful or not, Shi Jizhi and even the person who approved the matter should take off the top.

He looked at Yuan Weiting, "The cultivator is a serious minister, how could he approve such a ridiculous request?" ”

Yuan Weiting sneered twice, "The glass egg is old and weak, and his energy is low, most of these official letters are approved by the staff in the house." Shi Jizhi and several of his friends came very well, and most of them took this way. He developed fried eggs at this time, which was deliberately to make me sleep unsteadily. ”

He ...... You don't have the courage to do that! ”

"I'm not afraid that he has the guts, I'm just afraid that he has no brains. In the world, there has always been no shortage of brave and unscrupulous horsemen, if there is really something that should not be made when you can exercise, Brother Bu, my Yuan is not only difficult to protect, but also the head of the neck, afraid and dangerous. You tell the Detective Bureau to send me more shrewd and capable men to investigate carefully. Especially in the vicinity of our Xinnong, all those who are born with eyes must keep an eye on them and not make mistakes. As for the military equipment, when the queen mother's observation is over, Shi Jizhi's inspector will almost come to an end. ”

He has long regarded the Martial Arts Academy as something in his pocket, whether it is the trainees trained in it or the large amount of money every year, it makes him salivate. It's just that the Wubei Academy is the main creator of Zhang Tong after all, and the imperial court has already stripped Zhang Xiangguo's yellow coat, so it's not good to even get rid of the last underwear, so let him run his own school and leave three points of dignity for Zhang Xiang.

But this time something like this happened, the general trend of the new army embezzling the military academy has been decided, and the next thing is to deal with some details. Xu Juren nodded, "Rong An is reasonable, I will arrange this matter, Lafayette's mercy, must not be disturbed in any way." ”

In the martial arts academy, Zhao Guanhou's life was not bad, he combined the military parade he had seen in his previous life with the drill code he currently knew, and the drill process he wrote was handed over by hand after the four teachings. It is said that Bassens was very satisfied with the project and praised it again and again. After all, this is a complete plan written by Zhao Guanhou in a modern mode, which is not the same as the current regulations.

Bassens has already told several foreign teachers that as long as Lord Yuan is satisfied, Bassens will protect him, but now the two have not established a relationship, and his protection is very limited. Although the four teachers and he were both Prussians, their personal friendship was not very close, and their power in this matter was limited. Zhao Guanhou had to hurry up and arrange the appearance of Sai Jinhua to make a promotion for himself.

When he met Bassen, it was the second weekend of Zhao Guanhou's arrival at the Wubei Academy, and this time he did not go home, but accompanied the four teachers to the church to do a service. There I saw the Prussian adviser, who was also a Catholic. The Prussian aristocrat, who was in his fifties, of moderate stature, wore monocles and military breeches, gave him the impression that he looked like a stereotypical secondary school principal rather than a soldier.

With him, it was the general merchant and the foreign bank class, last year there was a teaching case in Caozhuang, Shandong, Prussia took the opportunity to send troops to invade Jiaozhou (note, the alternate world, earlier than the historical time, similar situations will not be explained separately later). Later, Zhang Hefei intervened to mediate and lease the Jiaozhou Peninsula to Prussia in the form of lease for 99 years.

At the same time, it was stipulated that the state of Jin was required to borrow a sum of money from Prussia as collateral against the production of Shandong, and the purpose of the money was only allowed to purchase arms produced by Prussia.

Some people say that Zhang Xianggong got a great return from it, and he wanted to come to the prime minister Hefei and the world, and Zhang Xianggong's family was rich, how could he covet the return of the 500,000 marks that the general people deposited in the HSBC bank, this kind of statement is undoubtedly slanderous. It was Eli and the foreign company Taipan, which was also equivalent to half a grain platform in the new army, and there was a lot of contact with Bassen.

At the end of the service, the four instructors brought Zhao Guanhou over to meet with Bassens, who shook his hand politely, but had no intention of continuing the conversation. He was born into a Prussian aristocracy, a dignified baron, and he didn't think much of his last little student.

Even if he could speak the native Prussian language and write a perfect plan, in Bassen's opinion, he was just a good clerk, and he was always different from the aristocracy.

Next, Schmidt suggested that a lady of the champion invited Bassens to a cocktail party, which made him very interested. He has never been to the smoke of Jinmen, and he doesn't know the doorway here, because he is born in the aristocracy, and he has always had a good impression of the nobles of the Jin country. At the same time, he also knew that champion was an extremely noble title in the Jin Kingdom, and he was invited to participate in the noble lady's drinking party, which was a privilege he had never enjoyed in the Jin Kingdom, so he gladly agreed.

Came to the door of Sai Jinhua's room, but saw Sai Jinhua in a dress come out, his expression was solemn and charming, he couldn't see the taste of Fengchen, and he wouldn't really reject people thousands of miles away. After meeting, she first lifted her skirt, and then took the initiative to hand it over, and behind Basses's monocle, there seemed to be a flash of light. His expression also changed greatly, and he saw a smile on his face that was as rigid as a playing card, and gently kissed the back of Sai Jinhua's hand, and he also behaved very gracefully.

When he entered the room, the first thing he saw was the specially enlarged group photo, and Bassen's expression changed, and he came to the group photo with his legs together and solemnly gave a military salute to the photo of the King of Prussia. Then looking at Sai Jinhua's eyes, there was a little more infatuation.

"Beautiful lady, you are ...... Have you ever taken a picture with our emperor? ”

"It is for this reason that I have made a previous mission to your country, and I have formed a deep friendship with His Majesty the King and the Queen of your country. The Queen also gave me some small gifts, which I would be glad to bring out if Lord Basens was interested. ”

"Madame, you are so generous, and allow me to praise you, you speak Prussian very well."

The two talked about entering the port, and the head of the side of the company picked up the top hat and said goodbye when they saw this scene, and then the four teachers also said goodbye to Zhao Guanhou. Schmidt patted Zhao Guanhou on the shoulder

"God forbid, my friend, how did you do that? Do you have a magic lamp that can conjure everything? Why was such a noble lady found? Our poor Bassens, he's probably going to fall into the trap of love and can't extricate himself. You know, he's an old widower who hasn't had any contact with other women since his wife died more than a decade ago. I have a feeling that our great Prussian baron is about to lose his reputation. ”

"If you say that, Your Excellency Bassens and I will be very sad." Zhao Guanhou smiled proudly, "I'm just lucky, I just happened to meet such a champion lady." As for whether Bassens can make progress with her, I can't say yes. Perhaps Bassens was just polite to talk to the lady for a while, and he didn't seem to like the Jin people very much. ”

"I don't think so, at this time, he should have returned to the barracks, but he stayed with the lady Sai Jinhua, and that is enough to tell. He doesn't like the people of the Jin Kingdom, but he likes the nobles of the Jin Kingdom, this Mrs. Sai Jinhua is a noblewoman of the Jin Kingdom who is not compromised, how can he not like it? I bet he'll get hooked. ”

Qi Kaifen knew a little more about Bassens, and nodded: "His favorite is the nobility, and this lady is qualified to be friends with our Emperor Majesty, which is enough to attract him, more than anything else." Crown, I reckon, you're going to be lucky. If Old Bassens wants to promote you, he only needs to say your name in front of Yuan Daotai, and you can quickly leave the Martial Arts Academy and then take up a position as an officer in the new army. You should know that Master Shi doesn't like you, just as you don't like him, it's not a bad thing to leave here early. But one of the things I'm more worried about is that you don't have enough to learn, and you won't be able to effectively command the troops in such a short period of time. So during this time, I feel that I need to be strict with you, and in addition, I lend you the military books I have brought to you, I hope it will be helpful to you. ”

Zhao Guanhou bowed and said, "I sincerely appreciate the cultivation of the four of you, if I can really leave here, I hope to have the opportunity to continue to be your student in the future." ”

"No...... Not a student, but a friend. Qi Kaifen shook his head, "You are very sincere to us, neither deliberately flattering and welcoming some people, nor like other people, who are deferential on the surface and hateful in their hearts. I think we're friends, best friends. ”

"That's right, we're friends, best friends." Zhao Guanhou knew that the few antiques he gave were the most in line with Kaifen's thoughts, and the relationship between the two was also the closest. Although the relationship between the other three teachings is not as harmonious as Qi Kaifen's, it will not be inferior. If one day, I can really soar, but I really hope to work with these four people.

Sai Jinhua and Basens have reached the extent of today, he can't ask for the time being, and he is not bored enough to wait for Basens to leave and then go back to ask what he means. With the four teachers, I first drank in the hotel and went home.

Waiting until the next day, just when he went to the school to exercise, Shi Jizhi announced two news on the playground, one is that Zhao Guanhou is fully responsible for the trial production of fried eggs, and the required funds and materials are allocated by the school and cannot be obstructed. Second, three days later, a large-scale field training simulation confrontation will be held, in which everyone must participate.