Don't look at Cheng Yonghe, there are more than 10,000 people under his hands, it seems to be very awesome, but today's Yangtze River Naval Division is not at all the grandeur of the Hunan Army when it fought the Taiping Army, it has long been [***] unbearable, not to mention the use of it, it can't even be counted.

To put it mildly, the Yangtze River Naval Division originally came from the Hunan Army, so the Qing court had no control over the Yangtze River Naval Division, nor did it have the right to adjust military salaries, which led to the Yangtze River Naval Division being controlled by the Xianghuai Group for a long time, and it was also paid by the Xianghuai Group. This situation was fine when the Hunan army was strong, but now the Hunan army has long been finished, and the Yangtze River sailor has also fallen out of favor, his father is gone, and his godfather doesn't care, so the salary has naturally become a problem, and I don't know how many years I haven't paid a salary.

Fortunately, there is another source of funds for the Yangtze River Naval Division, that is, it is supplied by the five centicals along the Yangtze River; in good times, the annual salary is more than 700,000 taels of silver, but it is taken up by a large amount of overall personnel funds, and not much can be distributed to the officers and men at the grassroots level.

Well, now, because we all know the virtues of the Yangtze River sailors, the cargo ships that go on the Yangtze River basically can't see their own merchant ships, most of them are foreign ships from various countries, which can't collect taxes at all, so the money is getting less and less, so the Yangtze River sailors are getting more and more sad.

In order to survive, the Yangtze River sailors usually have to rely on smuggling and selling to earn some extra money, but that not only has a bad reputation, but also actually does not earn much, which is not enough for everyone's usual expenses, so it is still difficult.

Up to now, the Yangtze River Naval Division has actually become a place to commemorate the glory of the Hunan Army Naval Division and the Hunan Army's meritorious service Shui Yong spent the rest of his life, all so many years, the number of officers and soldiers of the Naval Division has never changed, all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the weapons and equipment have never been updated.

If the weapons and equipment are not good, the morale will be even worse, because of the long-term arrears of salaries and the inability to open up new sources of wealth at will, the Yangtze River Naval Division has been in trouble for a long time, but the weapons and equipment can be left rusty, and more than 10,000 people can eat, drink, laze and live for transportation, which does not need money? This is the same as the [***] state-owned enterprises in the late Republic era, only in and out, but the state-owned enterprises are supported by the state, and they will give loans at every turn, but the Yangtze River sailors are not supported by the state, so it is usually a big problem to just let these people be fed and clothed, and Cheng Yonghe is out of breath, let alone train Shenma, in this case, what combat effectiveness is there to talk about? It's not so much a soldier as an armed fisherman.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Yangtze River Water Division has long become less than five scum, worse than the green battalion, after the green battalion became a patrol battalion, it was better to replace the old sleeve of Hanyang after the rear, although the surname is often in arrears, but people are always the local political axe, nothing can also be a scare and scare people, by the way, in the city to collect a protection fee, fight an autumn breeze or something, said that the son is much better, of course, the combat effectiveness is much stronger.

Therefore, today's Yangtze River Sailor is definitely the kind of unlucky guy who doesn't hurt his grandmother and doesn't love his uncle, Cheng Yonghe doesn't look at what the Yangtze River Sailor is, but the real power of the Yangtze River Sailor is in the hands of the general soldiers below, and these troops scattered all over the country basically listen to him and don't listen to him, of course, if you really want to transfer troops, then take the money, so it's not so much about transferring troops, it's better to buy soldiers, and give money to the underworld and let them do things. In this way, if you really talk about oil and water and real power, he may not even be as good as Tu Zhixian as a water commander, not to mention Wang Yongni, the prefect, that is, he is there by virtue of his identity, and it is a bit of a deterrent to speak.

Think about it carefully, if Cheng Yonghe really had some power, he would not have been in history after the Xinhai Revolution, when he heard that it was just a local militia armed, he immediately abandoned his official position and absconded, and he didn't even dare to do it anyway, in the final analysis, he had no real power under his hands, and when the court was still there, his identity worked to some extent, once the court was gone, he was a waste of firewood, and no one cared about it anymore.

Maybe it's because of this that Cheng Yonghe, who is used to being poor, always speaks sourly, and it is really red-eyed Wang Yongni who can easily embezzle so many treasury silver taels.

However, although the words are not good, after all, they are all officials of the imperial court, and they all consider themselves to be shareholders of boutique department stores, and they have that friendship and interests entangled, so Cheng Yonghe also explained why he didn't send troops to rescue him in the first place.

It turned out that when Wang Yongni was pretended to be besieged by the "fake revolutionary party", Cheng Yonghe really wanted to send his subordinates to help, not because he cared about Wang Yongni, but because he was worried about something going wrong with the boutique department store, which he had a share. But the problem is that he gave the order, but his subordinates didn't move at all, they just asked him for a pull-out fee.

Seeing that his subordinates asked for money, Cheng Yonghe immediately broke off the idea of sending people, and he didn't even bother to talk about it, because he knew too well the virtues of his subordinates.

Cheng Yonghe is indeed the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division, but in this case, he can't forcibly order the people below, if he wants to transfer troops, okay, take the promotion fee first. But even if he Cheng Yonghe ruthlessly smashed a pull fee to them, these rabbit cubs rushed over because of love and rules, at most, they shouted twice in a distance, and then found a place to watch the excitement, and it was absolutely unwilling to go up to help, so it was better not to send it to embarrass people, and save themselves a sum of money. His money is all smuggling and drug trafficking with his head, and he doesn't really get much, so he can't cheapen those useless rabbits at will!

"Lord Wang is angry, my brother is really out of line, and he has no money." In the end, Cheng Yonghe sighed, "Don't look at me, I also have shares in a boutique company, but I haven't seen it yet, I haven't even heard the sound of the silver coin, where does the money come from as a pulling fee?" I don't have any money, I can't command those bunnies under my command at all, and you don't know about this. ”

seems to know that what the other party said is also the truth, plus the other party is a commander with soldiers in his hands after all, and everyone is a shareholder who has made a fortune together, and he does have a problem, Wang Yongni will no longer pursue it, but he still doesn't want Li Zhigao to take all the soldiers away, even if he takes half of them.

"Lord Wang." Li Zhigao smiled and said, "I know your concerns, but if you think about it carefully, how big is the prefect's yamen?" A thousand people is too much, and it can't be put down at all, even five hundred people are too much. In addition, the patrol battalion is familiar with the local area, if you really want to rebel, just rely on our 1,000 people and 500 guns to fight in the city, which is definitely not enough, so the most important thing is not to keep the 500 regimental training that has not yet been trained, but to stabilize the patrol battalion. The patrol battalion does not dare to tear up the face with the adults now, after all, you have the righteousness of the imperial court, but you have been using your own private regiment to practice, and you don't need to patrol the battalion, which will arouse their suspicions, and after a long time, it is not good for them to take risks. Not to mention anything else, in case of an assassination and then pushed to the head of the revolutionary party, who will reason for this? Therefore, it is better to let me take people out to give them more peace of mind. ”

"But, this, this going out to garrison troops, laboring and mobilizing the people, and the cost is also huge." Wang Yongni continued, "And I always feel uneasy about those who patrol the battalion, and you also said that you are engaged in assassination...... No, don't really have a revolutionary party mixed in, right? ”

"Since you're so scared, then I can't help it." Li Zhigao sighed deliberately, "It's a pity, because of this incident, the supplier who supplied me was very dissatisfied with me." Let's tell you the truth, it was the idea of the man who supplied me to go out of the city and build another armed trading post. He said that the officers and soldiers of Taiping Province were unreliable, and if they were still in the city, he would no longer provide me with supplies, because that would not be guaranteed. If he doesn't supply to me, our business will be delayed, business will not be able to be done, you and I will have no money to make, let alone the problem of big costs, even the current team training, I can't afford to raise it. In that case, I might as well get out of the way and make another plan in another place. ”

"Don't don't, why did Brother Wenqing say this." Hearing Li Zhigao say this, Wang Yongni didn't speak, and Cheng Yonghe, who was scared, was startled, and hurriedly jumped out and said, "Since everyone has a share in this company, you can't have the final say by yourself surnamed Wang." Hmph, he is greedy for life and afraid of death, so let him raise his 500 people by himself, but the other 500 people plus 300 guns, but we all have a share, he himself said it doesn't count! I think so, let's vote, I unconditionally agree with Brother Wenqing anyway. I have one and a half shares, as many as Lord Wang, plus Wenqing, your thirty percent, this is forty and a half, as for this Mr. Ma......"

"Oh, say me?" Marven blinked, then made an American-style shrug and spread his hands, "I naturally listen to Li, and I will do what Li says." ”

"It's over!" Cheng Yonghe slapped his face, "A few of us are the absolute majority, Lord Wang's shares are small, the proposal is negligible, he wants to mess around like this again, I suggest that his shares be withdrawn, don't let him get involved again." ”

"You, you, presumptuous! Cheng Yonghe, what do you want to do! Wang Yongni slapped the table again and was furious!

"Wang Yongni, I want to ask what you are going to do!" Cheng Yonghe didn't give face at all this time, and he also slapped the table and yelled, "It doesn't matter if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, but if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you will not be able to delay everyone to make money and make a fortune!" ”

"You, you, how can I delay ......"

"Don't you know what you're doing?" Cheng Yonghe interrupted Wang Yongni's words, "What do we rely on to make money in this business?" By your bit of power? Or do you rely on my little soldiers? Neither! That's because the young brother has the ability to get high-end goods and new things! Really let Brother Wenqing go, where can I go to find this God of Wealth? Well? Do you have what it takes to conjure up those good things? ”

"This, this ......" was scolded by Cheng Yonghe, and Wang Yongni also reacted.

Indeed, it seems that everyone in this boutique department store has shares, but in fact, anyone in this company can leave, and Li Zhigao is inseparable!

The company can make so much money, mainly because Li Zhigao can get a large number of rare goods, his own power or something, at most to escort, to put it bluntly, is to be a high-end thug to protect people.

It doesn't matter if you don't have yourself in this business, there is always someone who can replace your self-consciousness, but if you don't have Li Zhigao, then you can't do business here. Although I didn't investigate it carefully, this Li Zhigao is a foreigner, and the means of threats may not be used on him. Since there is no way to threaten, then people think that this side is really not good, so they can just leave and change places. However, people can go casually, but he can't move casually, if he doesn't do business here, he won't be able to make money, so he really can't offend Li Zhigao, because he is really the God of Wealth of his own people!

He was really frightened in the previous incident, so his brain was hot, and now he calmed down and thought about it carefully, it is safest for soldiers to go out of the city for training, and to establish a stronghold, if the new Ding stays in the city, in case the patrol battalion becomes suspicious and riots, he will become dumplings.

On the contrary, if the regimental training is taken out of the city for training, the people in the patrol battalion will not be suspicious, and they are the prefect appointed by the imperial court, as long as they do not have much conflict of interest with those patrol battalions, they will not blatantly tear their faces to embarrass themselves, and it is estimated that they will be the same as before.

Think about it, if you really want to embarrass him, you won't be able to engage in acting, how good is it to come directly? Who doesn't know that in this world, the imperial court's control over the place has been greatly reduced, and it doesn't matter if he is a prefect, the head of the army is the boss.

In other words, Lord Wang has been scaring himself and thinking about things too complicated after he was overly frightened.

"Brother Wenqing." Wang Yongni, who had figured it out, smiled awkwardly, "I'm ...... That's it, I'm nonsense, in my opinion, there is no need to leave me 500 people, you take them all away, and I am still responsible for the salary of the 500 people, this is always okay, right? ”

Hearing him say this, Li Zhigao couldn't help laughing, not because the other party compromised so quickly, but because of the title of Wen Qing.

This Wenqing is Li Zhigao's own word, and it has the element of spoofing and self-deprecation, but I didn't expect that everyone who listened to it would call it smooth, but every time I heard it, I had to laugh first, and I couldn't help it.

"Ahem, what, in that case, let's go according to the original plan." Li Zhigao smiled and nodded, "Go back and prepare to prepare, the day after tomorrow at the latest, I will take people out of the city." However, before I do that, I want to trouble the prefect with a few things. ”

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