By the time Luo Jian and his party left Fengyang's Fourth Division and arrived in Xuzhou, it was already the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Li Chengdong said that Luo Jian could go to the second division for the New Year, so there was no need to talk about the surprise.

"Dadu Governor, you look down on our second division too much, Dadu Governor, for the New Year, you can eat whatever you want, don't worry, you won't spend a penny of silver in the division, Lao Li will treat yourself." Li Chengdong was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

"I want to eat abalone and lobster, do you have one here?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Lobsters have heard of what kind of fish is abalone? Lao Li, let people buy it. Li Chengdong habitually scratched his head and said.

"I'm kidding you, don't talk about those useless things, you don't need Lao Li to treat you, as before, let's go to the army to eat with the soldiers."

"That's not good, today's New Year's Day, what's the matter, I have to let Lao Li invite a guest, my family is making more money than me now, and I really can't use it up if I don't spend it."

Luo Jian thought that Li Chengdong's wife followed Mrs. Xing in the printing house, and she did earn a lot every month, so it didn't matter if she ate him, it was time for these women's soldiers to improve their food, it was already late today, and it was too late to go to the army.

"Okay, don't make those weird things, everyone has worked hard all the way, just have more oil and water." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Governor, you can rest assured, I'll let people arrange, should we go to the restaurant to eat or just eat at home?" When Li Chengdong heard that Luo Jian agreed, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly asked.

"Buy groceries and cook them at home, so you can save a lot." Luo Jian said.

"Okay, I'm going to have someone buy half of the pig and come back." Li Chengdong arranged it upside down.

The red lady followed behind, seeing that Luo Jian and his generals were in this kind of relationship, thinking that although King Chuang had also called his generals brothers and sisters before, his subordinates did not have this kind of casualness towards him, but this kind of casualness was not disrespectful, but a kind of trust and affection revealed in his bones.

"Let's work together, let's get a good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner early." Luo Jian greeted loudly with a smile.

Luo Jian also personally put on an apron and made a big pot of his best braised pork for everyone, Li Chengdong was about to grab it with his hand when he smelled it, but was pushed away by Luo Jian, "I haven't washed my hands, and I forgot the health regulations?" ”

"It's so fragrant, I can't stand it." Li Chengdong's exaggerated expression caused everyone to laugh.

"Is the Metropolitan Governor doing this to his subordinates on weekdays? Who is still obedient after all the wars like this? The two female soldiers of the literary propaganda team whispered.

"It's scary for the Metropolitan Governor to be serious, I heard that last time, the generals in the army sent people back to express their support for the new policy, which made the Metropolitan Governor angry and let several division commanders all be locked up by themselves, I heard that none of them dared to be perfunctory, and they all locked themselves up for three days." The red lady heard it and said to them.

"I don't think the Metropolitan Governor is like a popular look, it's all natural for him to do this, when I went to the Sixth Division to teach them to sing, I heard the officers and soldiers talk about the Metropolitan Governor, and their expressions were more important than the emperor." A female soldier said.

"Isn't it? I think it's really right for us to come to Yangzhou, it's comfortable to stay here, there is no one in the army who bullied us, and now we are paying more and more attention to our literary and artistic soldiers. ”

Listening to their words, the red lady remembered her previous years in the Dashun army and Li Yan. At that time, she was young and regarded Li Yan as a saint, Li Yan did live up to her expectations, since joining the Dashun Army, she made suggestions, and the Dashun Army also had a new improvement.

However, the outstanding Li Yan was soon suspicious of Niu Jinxing and others, and King Chuang became more and more unable to listen to advice, so he acquiesced to Niu Jinxing and others poisoning Li Yan.

The red lady was a little strange how she compared Li Yan with Luo Jian in her heart, Luo Jian is an angel from the sky, no matter how capable Li Yan is, he is just an ordinary person.

"It's time to eat! Everyone come here, let's have a reunion dinner! Luo Jian shouted loudly.

"Governor, today is the New Year's Day, we have to have two drinks, right?" Li Chengdong said with a smile.

"Only two drinks are allowed, absolutely not drunk, and we will have to go to the troops early tomorrow morning." Luo Jian said.

"Two glasses?! Okay, just two glasses. Li Chengdong gritted his teeth and said, and everyone laughed again.

"Call your guards together, people have worked hard to guard you for so long, you can't invite everyone to a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, right?" Luo Jian said to Li Chengdong.

"These free cubs, if they have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the Metropolitan Governor, then they can't let them blow the cattle for a lifetime?" Li Chengdong said with a smile as he asked people to call them out.

In the cafeteria of the division headquarters of the Second Division, seventy or eighty people gathered around several large tables and began the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Liu Lan of Yangzhou is accompanying the old lady in the Shi Kefa Mansion for the New Year at the moment.

Since Mrs. Shi Kefa came to the mansion, he was pulled by Liu Lan to the perfume factory to do stewardship, and now Shi Fu is no longer as poor as before, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is very rich.

"How did this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner become so extravagant? How much money does this cost? Shi Kefa frowned and walked to the table and said.

"Kefa, you can blame your wife, she now goes to work in our daughter's factory every day, and earns much more than you, every penny of silver is clean, you can eat with confidence." The old lady said to Shi Kefa with disgust.

"How much silver taels can Madame earn per month?" Shi Kefa asked curiously, he had never taken care of everything in the family, and he didn't know anything about his wife's income.

"Master, I can earn fifty taels of silver a month now." Madame replied quickly.

"So much? Sister Liulan, you didn't mean to take care of your sister-in-law, did you? Shi Kefa turned around and asked Liu Lan.

"How so? The system of the factory is fixed, and Mrs. Liu earns more, one hundred and seventy or eighty taels a month, and her sister-in-law comes late, and she will earn more after a long time. Liu Lan said with a smile.

"But the law, if my mother wasn't old, my mother would want to work in the factory and earn so much." The old lady said with a smile.

The old lady hugged Liu Lan and said with a smile: "It's still our daughter who is capable, and those men are nothing compared to her." Luo Jian, this kid is really good, for the New Year, such a good girl doesn't accompany her, so she has to run to the army. ”

When the old lady talked about this, she looked at Liu Lan with some affection.

"Mother, who is rare to him, it is best to have a mother to accompany him for the New Year." Liu Lan understands Luo Jian's approach, since she can remember when she was a child, her father rarely spent the Spring Festival at home, and most of the time he was out of the army.

"You girl, you're still duplicitous. Come, everyone sit down, let's celebrate the New Year. The old lady said with a smile.

"Mother, I have to pay tribute to Xinghua and them first for this glass of wine, if they hadn't come, I might have become a ghost under the knife of the Tartars, and the people of Yangzhou may not have had it for years. Sister Liulan, Xinghua, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Wang are not here today, you will do it for them, I respect you! After Shi Kefa sat down, he picked up his wine glass and said emotionally.

"Yes, yes, the sky has eyes, my mother is old, and she sent us such a good girl, my mother is already content in this life." The old lady said.

"Mother, Brother Luo, they can't run away and should come, but I was brought here, Brother Shi, don't thank me, I didn't do anything." Liu Lan said.

"Who dares to say that Sister Liulan hasn't done anything, I won't spare him! Others don't know, don't I know yet? Tianchang, if it weren't for you, our Yangzhou army would be in danger. Let's just talk about the latest new deal, if you hadn't arranged it in advance, where would we have been able to get the news in time. Also, like newspapers, factories, let's not talk about it, as far as our family is concerned, if you didn't get your sister-in-law into the factory, where would you be able to eat so well during the New Year? Shi Kefa said with a smile.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on both sides was all enjoyed for the time being, and on the morning of the first day of the new year, Luo Jian took Li Chengdong and the literary and artistic propaganda team to the troops of the Second Division.

Luo Jian also made arrangements for the New Year of the troops, and specially issued festival fees to each unit, and the New Year of the troops was very different from previous years.

"The Metropolitan Governor can go to our second division for the New Year, that is to look down on our second division, the training and education of our second division must be stepped up, and we can't embarrass the metropolitan governor." Li Chengdong said to the officers and soldiers of the Second Division.

"What do you say? The six divisions of our Yangzhou Army are all the same, isn't this just the New Year in your second division? However, you said that training and education should be stepped up, and this is true, I have said in both the Sixth and Fourth Divisions that we soldiers must have the idea of being ready to fight at any time, and when our new equipment is installed, we will fight to Beijing and drive out the Tartars. Luo Jian said.

"Metropolitan Governor, are you saying that we can all use Yangzhou rifles like a division?" Li Chengdong listened to Luo Jian's words, and was surprised and delighted.

"It's all Yangzhou Army, and they must all be equipped, but the current production capacity of the factory can't keep up, there are first and last, do you think that the first division is your own, and you are raised by your stepmother?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Then our second division has to hurry up and train now, I have to send someone back to discuss with Lao Liu, and ask him to send some instructors to the second division, how can this new rifle be used well, he is the most experienced." Li Chengdong hurriedly said.

Luo Jian was very satisfied with Li Chengdong's advanced consciousness, and said: "It's good that you have this kind of advanced thinking, but you have to pay attention to one thing, the new rifle is not all the combat effectiveness of the troops, and the previous training cannot be pulled down, and when the rifle runs out of bullets, our old business can't be lost." ”

"That is, the Metropolitan Governor can rest assured, if you want to do it with real knives and guns, our second division has met the real Tartars now, as long as it is not right away, we are not afraid of them at all." Li Chengdong said confidently.

"Also, the artillery training assigned to you can't be relaxed, if the training is good, you can play a greater role on the battlefield, you can't treat them as decorations." Luo Jian continued.

"Let's ask the Metropolitan Governor to rest assured, I know what Lao Li knows. Governor, are you going to Huai'an or Xuyi next? Li Chengdong said.

"Why do you ask this? The Governor's itinerary was kept secret. Yi Bang said next to him.

"I said Chief of Staff, what do you say? Is that kind of person for me? It's just that if the Metropolitan Governor arrives at the Third Division, please let go of Li Benshen's kid, this kid has eaten in the same pot as my old Li. Li Chengdong said helplessly.

"What's going on? What happened to the Third Division? If there is a situation, why not say it earlier? When Luo Jian heard this, he thought that there was a big problem with the third division, and asked three questions in succession.