The team of 400 people only brought basic self-defense weapons, that is, pistols and daggers, in order to hide, they did not wear military rotation, but just ordinary clothes, and the soldiers were engraved in their bones with discipline, which still made them different from ordinary people. Getting on the train in Taiyuan, there is no impact, because it is the base camp of the Jin merchants, go down the Zhengtai line, when changing trains in Shijiazhuang, there are some problems, and the railway personnel in charge of inspection seem to feel their situation and want to check their luggage.

400 people, with not much luggage, the only luggage to carry, there are a few spears, which are not allowed on the railway, once checked, there must be a problem.

A dispute formed here, and in the end, 400 people did not get on the train and stopped at the station, where hundreds of well-trained servicemen were just above the station, and the railroad personnel were also frightened and seemed to inform the local garrison.

Things are getting bigger, Wang Jinming is not worried, it is the old Beiyang, Shijiazhuang here, and close to Beijing, it can be regarded as an important town in Beiyang, the Beiyang garrison called, must be an acquaintance, sure enough, a team officer who led the team once drank with him, and after a communication, it was delayed for most of the day, and then he successfully got on the bus, Wang Jinming was also blackmailed, and invited a meal of wine at noon.

After entering Baotou, whether it is military salary, or monthly salary, it is the top, a battalion management belt of the Beiyang Army, the salary standard is about 100-150 yuan, which also includes the expenditure of pro-soldiers, masters, etc., more than 100 yuan is not enough at all, do not rely on drinking soldier blood, can not get by at all, plus in Beiyang, deducting military salary is the norm, when they met Yang Yuanzhao on the train, it was to Zhengzhou to urge salary.

After arriving in Baotou, these aspects are simply used to worry about him, the pro-soldier is also a member of the soldiers, these wages and salaries, are issued by the reclamation company, which is equivalent to a certain amount of dù above the restriction of the officer's deduction of military salary, as compensation, all the officers, the amount of military salary tripled, he is also the head of the Yellow River patrol battalion and the militia regiment, the monthly salary can reach 800 yuan, which is much higher than before, even if it is deducted.

Other officers at all levels, ranging from 600 to 200, even the big head soldiers can get a salary of twenty or thirty yuan, so calculated, just a 3,000-person militia and the Yellow River patrol battalion, every month, only the salary expenditure is more than 100,000 yuan, this number, in Beiyang, is enough to support a standard, not to mention all kinds of weapons and equipment and ammunition, especially the latter, a day of double training, twice a week weapons training and live ammunition training, the cost is simply an astronomical amount.

The train, even if the train of this era, is slower, the railway of Zhengtai Road and the customs is of better quality, more than 1,000 kilometers away, it only took 3 days, it was finished, and when he got off in Shenyang, Wang Jinming saw Feng Yuxiang who came to pick up the station.

After not seeing him for more than three months, Feng Yuxiang seemed to be a little tired, and it seemed that he had a lot of things to worry about, and when he saw Wang Jinming, he squeezed out a smile.

Wang Jinming knew Feng Yuxiang very well, this eldest brother rarely showed such an expression, and said with some concern: "What's wrong, what's going on!" ”

"Yuan Zhongtang is now being persecuted by the regent, and Governor Xu is also a little overwhelmed, maybe Beiyang will withdraw from the Northeast!" Feng Yuxiang knew that these things could not be hidden from the old brother, and said bluntly.

Feng Yuxiang made it clear to Wang Jinming who gave the situation at this time, Feng Yuxiang was able to thrive in the Northeast, because of Yang Yuanzhao's support, and also in the Northeast, which is vast and sparsely populated, not to mention hiding more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is more, be careful, it will not show its feet, now, even Xu Shichang, the governor of the three provinces, has to go back, as a Beiyang army, even if he will not move his defense, he will be stared at by others, and he will not be able to move at all.

"Big brother, otherwise, send it to Baotou first!" Wang Jinming's mind turned and he said.

"Sent to Baotou?" Feng Yuxiang's eyes lit up, and then, it was a little dim, and he said with a little frustration: "Can Baotou support so many soldiers?" ”

This time, he was a little greedy, plus there were a lot of qualified soldiers, all of a sudden it was 1,000 people, plus the previous one, I'm afraid there were almost 2,000, a battalion of regular soldiers 500, plus 200 people, which is equivalent to an overstaffing of 1,300, it is easy to do in the northeast, once transferred back, near Beijing, it is really difficult, and it must be reduced by about 1,500 troops.

"Of course I can feed it!" Wang Jinming's eyebrows danced with Feng Yuxiang about the current situation of Baotou, from the cement factory to the soap factory, from the soap factory to the cotton mill, of course, the shining six peonies, 10 zhang length, six feet wide, a huge six peonies, is simply unimaginable supreme treasure, not to mention a large number of fabrics, he only knows that Baotou produces more than 15,000 pieces of cloth per day, this number is close to 100,000, not to mention 80 high-count cotton cloth and seven-color cloth, that thing is more expensive, The six peonies of the Qu family don't know, others such as Guanyin and temples, the retail price is as high as more than 500.

After listening to Wang Jinming's narration, Feng Yuxiang couldn't help sighing, and said faintly: "Back then, Brother Yuanzhao's words were still in my ears, he had created a career, and he really began to complete his ideals step by step, I still stumbled!" ”

Wang Jinming heard the loneliness from Feng Yuxiang's words, and tried to say: "Big brother, why don't you go with me, it's really good over there!" ”

"Okay, needless to say, you just go over, I'm here, and they!"

Feng Yuxiang did not explicitly refer to who they were, Wang Jinming knew very well, it was a comrade from the south, to tell the truth, the development of Baotou made Wang Jinming understand that violence is really as Yang Yuanzhao said, it can't save China, it will only put China in a dangerous situation, the powers are peeping outside, and they are confused inside, wasting the wealth accumulated by countless people in vain, and it will also let people with intentions control it, for the great powers, a unified China is what they are most afraid of, Only by dividing China into small places and fighting each other is the best result for them, whether it is Japan, which is close to China, or Britain, Germany, France, and the United States, their minds are almost the same.

"By the way, what are you doing here, the telegram didn't make it clear, how did you bring all the people!" Feng Yuxiang glanced at the soldiers lined up, most of them he had seen, they were the soldiers under him back then, although it was only two months, but he felt a little different, before, he could only be said to be elite soldiers, and now, it seems that there is a little more of a different toughness, what made them change so much, it seems that Baotou is indeed a good place.

Wang Jinming quietly mentioned the purpose of coming this time to Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang suddenly changed color, and said: "It's actually a red scarf thief, I didn't kill them last time, it's their good luck, I actually put my hand on my brother's side, Jin Ming, don't worry, I'll arrange it, none of them can run away!" ”

"Big brother knows the red turban thief!"

"It's the horse bandit we just killed once!" Feng Yuxiang said disdainfully.

Wang Jinming only then knew that the red turban thieves were a group of horse thieves in the northeast, at the peak, there were at least more than 1,000 horses and more than 300 guns, but unfortunately they bumped into Feng Yuxiang, even if Feng Yuxiang's hands were just recruits who had just been trained for 2 months, the advantages of equipment and training also made them suffer a big loss, and the main force was annihilated, only a few leaders and backbones, with five or six hundred people, fled from Jilin in a hurry, and ran to the Mongolian steppe to carry out activities.

Feng Yuxiang waved his hand, everyone followed to the camp, almost the carriage sat for most of the day, and finally arrived at the barracks, after arriving at the barracks, Feng Yuxiang reported some information, his movements were very fast, almost in Shenyang, all kinds of orders were issued, plus the channels of the Jin merchants, the information about the red turban thieves, like a tide, gathered here to Feng Yuxiang, and some of them were sent after preliminary analysis.

This gang of red turban thieves, I don't know whether it is a wall, or something else, things have not been shot, 170 cars of cotton, are elastic lint, huge harvest, so that they are unwilling to give up, just like this 170 cars on the Mongolian steppe, in the early days, the red turban thieves also pay attention to the hidden, to the next few days, from Baotou more than a few hundred kilometers away, they did not pay so much attention to before, with the network of Jin merchants, all over the country, some clues quickly gathered to Shenyang.

"These guys are really dead!" Feng Yuxiang said proudly, these horse bandits, because of the 170 carriages, dragged them down, even if they set off first, or even Mongolia, but now, they have not yet reached the junction of Mongolia and the Northeast, that is to say, Wang Jinming They are at least nearly 5 days faster than the red turban thieves, and they have rushed to the front.

"Jin Ming, what are you going to do, I'll let them make a plan!"

"What should I do, this group of guys, but the whole Baotou was alarmed, don't give them some color to see, Baotou will not be a bandit in the future!" Wang Jinming said in a deep voice, this is also what he decided when he left Baotou, only after arriving in Baotou, he found out that Baotou is behind the prosperity of the crisis.

Baotou is too rich, the construction of a large number of industrial projects, and are imported foreign machines, the products not only crown the country, even better than some foreign products, in this case to make money is certain, strength and capital, on behalf of power, but also on behalf of a danger, in the case of no way to protect this strength, now the only good point is that Yang Yuanzhao noticed this, invited him to come, and strongly supported, the establishment of a militia group, 3000 armed forces, If you have trained well, he knows very well how much strength he will have.

The hijacking of horse bandits is a crisis, and if this crisis is not solved well, more bandits will flock to it, and then Baotou will usher in a catastrophe. RS