The preliminary conversation went on until the afternoon, and this time Zhao Guanhou had to make drastic moves in Shandong, making adjustments from personnel to the yamen. The original political envoy of the "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info to be changed to the Shandong Department of Finance, and the director of the department was tentatively appointed as Xia Manjiang, but it was only in name, and the real power was held by the chief counsel Jane Sen.

The patrol road was upgraded to the patrol police department, and the director was Wang Hexuan. Provincial Department of Justice, director Zou Jingzhai. The Provincial Department of Water Resources, the director is Li Runnian, the director of the Department of Education is Su Hanzhi, and the deputy director Yu Meiren, like Sun Meiyao, has set a precedent for women to serve as officials in the Republic. As for the Shandong Military and Civil Affairs Departments, Zhao Guanhou himself was solely responsible, and the bulk expenditures of the Finance Department must also be signed or sealed by him before they can take effect.

Immediately, a series of policies were to be implemented in Shandong, which required meticulous investigation and study, and could not be settled for the time being, but it can be learned that the first thing to be implemented was to streamline the organs of the government and slim down the original yamen, so that the people laid off would not lose their jobs but be appointed, and such an arrangement would also avoid the occurrence of a large-scale rebound.

When the meeting was over, Zhao Guanhou naturally took Sun Meiyao out, she stayed in Shandong these days, and when she came back, she was naturally a special room to make up for the loss. Zhao Guanhou said as he walked: "I am designing a women's military uniform recently, and after the design is completed, you can wear it and ensure that you are satisfied." ”

"Phew, I don't wear it. What you design, you can't wear it out, you can only wear it at home, and it makes you happy. It's like the corset you designed, it's shameful. ”

Having said that, Sun Meiyao was happy in his heart, no matter what, he could think of designing clothes for himself, which showed that he had a place in his heart. She originally wanted to mention Hannah's coming to China from Prussia, but after thinking about it, she felt that the two would meet sooner or later, so why bother to say it in advance. Then he turned the gun and brought up another matter.

"That Yankee friend of yours, Hoover, was in Shandong not long ago. I posted twice, and it seems that I have something urgent to find you. ”

"Hoover, what is he looking for me for? The Yankees are about to go to war, does he want to borrow money from me? Ignore him, take care of us first, when will I have a baby? ”

Sun Meiyao blushed and struggled slightly, "It's not a life, the ghost is crying wolf, it's scary." Besides, I'm not the time to have a child now, we Shandong are going to reorganize the team, how can you leave me? Anyway, we have a lot of children, and there is no shortage of me, so I'll talk about it in two years. We are going to train the sailor in Shandong, and I also want to keep a few people in the sailor, we green forest people are not only riding horses and guns, but this foreign ship will also be able to drive in the future. ”

In the battle of Jiangning, Zhao Guanhou not only collected a large number of prisoners, but also recruited more than 100 foreign sailors in Songjiang. Most of these people are old, have been laid off by the army, and have no skills, so it is difficult to support themselves.

Mixed in the ten-mile ocean, the income is not high, and life is very difficult. Others have lost parts of their bodies in accidents and become disabled, making it even more difficult to find a regular job.

Therefore, recruitment in Shandong is an excellent job opportunity for them, they have left their hometown to come to China to find food, so it doesn't matter where their hometown is, as long as they have income.

These people drove more than one Baoshun ship, but Zhao Guanhou did not want to have only one paddle steamer, and in the future, he would not only have to buy a ship, but also build his own ship. The positioning of these foreigners is mainly to teach, and in the end, they still have to have their own naval talents. Sun Meiyao said that she wanted to protect people, but he had no opinion

"This time, a lot of people will be employed, the army will be greatly expanded, and the security regiments in some localities will also be reorganized, so that many military posts can be released. Make a list of as many people as you want to protect, and I'll do it for you. ”

"Expansion? The people below are still discussing, saying that after the peace talks between the north and the south, will they be disarmed and let everyone be disarmed and returned to the field. You also know that many of my people were born in the green forest, and they can only do things with knives, but they can't hold the plow, and the only thing they can do is kill people and set fires. Even eating is a problem, and in the end you have to be a robber. Moreover, it is the captives brought from the south, who came to Shandong with us, and they are willing to fight. But they are only soldiers, and they have no land or industry in Shandong. If one person is given a severance pay of 10 yuan and 20 yuan, which seems to be a lot, but it will be spent in a period of time, what should be done next? The people in the army are panicking, but fortunately they are maintaining it well at the moment, but if they really want to disarm, I am afraid they will still make trouble. ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled: "They, their brains are still not flexible enough, disarmament? It was said that Huang Changjie was in Songjiang and was in charge of disarmament. It was a thankless errand to be scolded, whoever made trouble with Ge Ming in order to do a common effort, didn't have his head pinned to his belt, fought desperately, and after the battle was over, he was waiting to get rich by his military exploits and marry his wife, telling them to disarm and return to the field and rectify the countryside, they would scold their ancestors. In Shandong, we not only do not want to disarm, but also expand the army. The Shandong Army has added a provincial army town, and there is also an infantry association directly under the Ministry of the Army, without special forces. This is on the surface, as for privately, our Shandong is located on the coast, if the Fusang people want to be unfavorable to us, Shandong must be a battlefield, and there is no army, but I can't let go of it. ”

Sun Meiyao also introduced that during these days, the Fusang people did have some activities, but they were not military acts, but sent businessmen to draw maps in Shandong under various names and contact local forces. However, most of the bandits that currently exist in Shandong do not have much combat effectiveness, and they are all under the prestige of the official army, and they are barely different from armed beggars. The so-called word armed is also very pitiful. Shandong banned guns, the bandits' firearms were limited and relatively primitive, and most of them only had cold weapons.

It's okay to attack unarmed ordinary people with this weapon, but if you want to go against the official army, you will be dead. Most of them can exist with the tacit approval of the government, and they have a tacit understanding with each other and use them to do some wet work.

As soon as the Fuso people came into contact, they immediately reported the news. Sun Meiyao's method of handling it was to relay this information to Albion and Prussia. The actions of the Fusang people obviously infringed on the interests of these two countries in Shandong, and the intelligence personnel and armies of the two countries began to expel the Fusang people without the Shandong troops coming forward.

After all, the people of Fuso do not occupy profits, and there are few people who come, so after suffering losses several times, they dare not come again. However, taking precautions, Sun Meiyao also felt that it was necessary to strengthen the security in Shandong to prevent possible movements of the Fusang people.

It is unlikely that a large army will be used, and the Albians will not allow it, and the most likely thing is to raise a force as a proxy to attack Shandong in the name of Ge Ming. Zhao Guanhou thought for a while, "Such an agent is not easy to find, it must have identity, power, and some appeal, which is so easy." ”

"It's hard to say, recently trains and ships have been going to Qingdao to pull people. The gang of people surnamed Wanyan, the prince and Baylor are piles, maybe there is anyone in them who wants to restore their Wanyan family business. There is also Hu Xiaolin, he is in charge of the soldiers, and the heads of the people killed by the Huaishang army in Anhui are rolling, and he has a bit of combat power. He's a bannerman, if he wants to support any prince......"

Zhao Guanhou hugged Sun Meiyao and kissed a few mouthfuls, "You, you think too much." Tiger Roaring Forest may not be loyal to Gonghe, but he is absolutely loyal to me, and this is something I can vouch for. I'm by his side, with my own eyeliner, and I guarantee that there will be no problems. As for those Dajin clans, their coming to Shandong is a good thing for us. Without them, who would have brought such a large fortune to buy our fund? With this cash, we can make money out of money, what is not beautiful? Don't look at them awkwardly, a group of people make poetry clocks in Qingdao, and there is nothing wrong with thinking about the previous dynasty. If you don't even have this amount of energy, what is the difference between Gonghe and Qianjin. ”

The next day, the generals of Shandong Standard and above were first convened, one for commendation and the other for promotion. Lu Bin made meritorious contributions to Shanxi, and the newly established Zhongyang Army Association will serve as the assistant commander, and Hu Xiaolin, who has made meritorious contributions in the Anhui war, will serve as the assistant commander.

Li Zongyun was promoted to the 10th Association of the Fifth Town of Shandong, and Jiang Yanbei was appointed as the general office of the Shandong Martial Arts Academy and concurrently served as the senior adviser of the Shandong Army. In the newly organized and trained first town of the provincial army, the town was under the command of Zhang Huaizhi, and the officers were selected from among the graduates of the Shandong Military Academy.

This time, the Fifth Town attacked in several ways, and captured more than 10,000 prisoners. At present, these strong men cannot become Shandong soldiers, but can only serve as police inspectors, fire brigades or local security guards, and are trained by Reinstein and his foreign soldiers, and after passing the qualifications, they can be filled into the army.

For the registration of the fallen soldiers, Zhao Guanhou presided over the public sacrifice in the army, and then according to the roster, the families of the soldiers were issued pensions. For each person who dies in battle, his family can receive four months' military salary as a pension, and his children can enjoy the treatment of joining the army or sharing the land.

If you can't join the army or farm, you can also work in a factory, and your young children will be paid for by the Shandong Finance Department and trained all the way to university.

Disabled soldiers can enter the Invalids Farm in Shandong, or work in a special military factory, and the army is responsible for providing for the elderly. It is precisely because of this complete set of pension and preferential care policies that the soldiers are guaranteed to have no worries, and the Shandong soldiers dare to fight in battle, never fear death, and their bravery is not inferior to that of the southern soldiers who shout long live the total.

After this bunch of things were done, it was already noon, Zhao Guanhou and Ryanstein arrived in the staff room, Ryanstein's expression was quite serious, and he pointed to the globe on the table.

"Your Excellency, Commander, as I have analyzed, a civil war in the Yankee is inevitable. Hoover and I have met him, and he came to you for support in the civil war. ”

"He asked me for support? What support do you seek from me, a Chinese magistrate? Economic, or military? ”

"He wanted to hire a group of our soldiers to go to the Yankee to fight in the Civil War. You must know that Uttar Pradesh is not short of manpower, and if there is a total force war, they will have an advantage in this regard. But there is a shortage of experienced officers and veterans in the North, and the presidents before them deliberately trained Southern officers and troops, including the task of entering China to fight, were also entrusted to Southern soldiers. This makes the soldiers have a wealth of experience in warfare, which is difficult for the North to compare with in any case. Hoover himself could recruit a force for war, but the commander and instructor, he wanted the support of a group of experienced officers-soldiers. ”

Only then did Zhao Guanhou understand: "Then he is here to find you?" ”

"This is understandable, but my men and I are employed by Your Excellency and will not negotiate with him. I need to talk to you first, get your attitude, and then decide what to do with him. ”

Zhao Guanhou thought for a while and asked, "Brother, look at this battle, which state will win between the north and the south?" ”

"Naturally, it's the north. The industrial capacity and mobilization power of the North are not comparable to those of the Southern States. Even if the Southern Pradesh sought support from the outside world, it was only in the hope of seeking peace through war and replacing the president who supported the South from power. The outcome of the war was revealed from the very beginning, and the rest was a matter of pure time. ”

"And you support Hoover for us?"

"I think it's a good business and we can support him if the conditions are right. Hoover's ideal hiring figure was five hundred, mostly my men. This is impossible to do, you brought back more than 10,000 salted fish from outside this time, and turned these salted fish into qualified soldiers, which is enough for me and my subordinates, and assign 500 people to him? Dream! ”

Ryanstein's subordinates originally had a thousand men, but this time they recruited in Songjiang, and they had expanded to more than 1,300 people, but if they took 500, the troops would be paralyzed.

His opinion was that loyal and reliable officers and men with certain combat experience should be selected from the Shandong army and handed over to Hoover to take away. As for the remuneration, Hoover agreed that Wallbe Bank would act as an intermediary, and that it would hand over the funds in the form of gold to Wallbe Bank, which would then transfer them.

In order to ensure success, Hoover gave another gift that was now urgently needed by the Shandong army, two steamers.

These two ships are not as good as Baoshun in terms of performance and tonnage, and they are both cargo ships of the detained southern state. The ship has been in use for many years, the hull is old, and the service life of the boiler has exceeded the theoretical life, and it can only run to 40% of the theoretical speed. Guns must not be installed on the ship, otherwise the ship may fall apart as soon as the guns are fired.

Rao is like this, the steamers with mini guns on both sides can still play a major role in anti-smuggling and other battlefields, and they are more than enough to deal with the two Huai salt dealers. In addition, it can be used as a training ship for the navy of Shandong to learn how to control a paddle steamer.

Zhao Guanhou said: "If the North can win, then we can help Hoover, it is a matter of course, friends should help each other." I'll take a moment to talk to him about this matter, and the Yankees are fighting, and this is an opportunity for us. According to your brother's previous analysis, the Yankee's war is likely to be just the beginning, and the entire Tessie may be dragged into the quagmire of war in the future. ”

"Exactly. But wouldn't that be great? The value of soldiers can only be reflected in troubled times, let us cooperate and make a big fuss together! (To be continued.) )