Xiao Yiming's life was full and busy, and he was almost full of schedules every day, followed by two young guards, and often returned between the Army Crash Course in the southwest corner of the city and the Governor's Yamen in the southeast of the Imperial City.

The image of three people and three horses, young and mighty, has almost become a street scene.

Over time, Chengdu people gradually became affectionate to Xiao Yiming, a native of Chengdu, and his two guards, and Xiao Yiming, who was famous, did not have the slightest shelf, anyone could greet and talk to him, and he gave the locals a long face, and he was willing to help whoever was in trouble.

In the blink of an eye, midsummer came, and Xiao Yiming once again followed the students of the Army Crash Course to the shooting range outside Xicheng, where the scientists will conduct the shooting subject exam.

As the chief of the quartermaster section and cultural instructor of the Army Crash School, Xiao Yiming is deeply loved by the students, who not only like to listen to Xiao Yiming's classes, but also admire his talent and entrepreneurial history.

Xiao Yiming has great respect for the students and is never stingy.

The new weapons stored in the arsenal of the Governor's Yamen were bought by Cheng Qian, chief of staff of the Sichuan New Army, and others, and they were bought by Cheng Qian, chief of staff of the Sichuan New Army, and no one could get them except Zhong Ying's 33 Association equipment, so Xiao Yiming had a way to get back 400 rifles, three mountain guns, three field guns, and corresponding ammunition for the trainees, and generously told the instructors and trainees of various departments to practice more live ammunition, and he would find a way after the bullets and shells were fired.

This move was strongly supported by the instructors and students.

With the capital to squander, the instructors immediately showed their superb teaching level to the fullest, and organized two field live-fire training sessions every month, with the result that the current cadets' theoretical knowledge and practical skills in gunfire have steadily improved, and their overall results far exceed those of any previous cadets of any military academy.

Only Zhong Ying and Xu Xiaogang, the general office, were worried, and secretly scolded Xiao Yiming as a loser, and the chief instructor Zhou Daogang even secretly scolded Xiao Yiming for being generous to the court and seeking his own selfish interests.

Xiao Yiming disdains this, he has the capital of pride, although he has never stayed abroad, but he is the leader of the Sichuan Army Police Academy, and the mentor is Zhou Shanpei, the military and police master who is famous in the country.

It is precisely because of Xiao Yiming's outstanding performance and outstanding knowledge that the reputation of the Sichuan Army Police Academy is now far above the military academies in the province.

In addition, Xiao Yiming not only translated and compiled the highly respected "Modern Military System of European Countries", which opened the eyes of many people in Sichuan officialdom and military circles, and was deeply touched, and then, he and Yajima Hojiro, the instructor of the sword, summarized the shooting textbooks of the army and the German army, and combined with the actual situation of the Sichuan New Army, they cooperated in compiling the "Sichuan Army Crash Course Shooting Instruction", which was highly praised by Governor Zhao Erxun and the military circles. Even all units of the New Army and battalions of the border army have adopted this textbook as the standard for military training and assessment.

Because of this, Xiao Yiming's reputation is not worse than that of Liuyang, but has a great tendency to live on it, plus Xiao Yiming is honest and generous, never puts on a stinky shelf, and makes money in a good way, but never infringes on the interests of any official gentry, and has never been proud of his merits, asking for promotion, and his good character has been unanimously recognized by the officialdom, which makes the governor who always pays attention to him extremely pleased.

It is rumored that Mr. Yuan Jinkai, the confidant of the Governor, was once drunk in Wangjiang Pavilion, and once looked at the flowing water surging eastward, and sighed: "Ten years later, there will be a place for Xiao Yiming in Sichuan officialdom!" ”

The reason why Yuan Jinkai has a very high evaluation of Xiao Yiming is not just looking at the appearance, but from a major event that everyone is happy about, he saw that Xiao Yiming showed political wisdom and ingenious methods far beyond his age, and the specific process is as follows:

After the Spring Festival, Xiao Yiming quietly acquired old real estate and cheap land in the area from Beijiaochang to Wenshu Monastery, which aroused the vigilance of the three lords of Chengdu Prefecture, Chengdu County and Huayang County.

After realizing the huge profits contained in it, no one could sit still, and when the three big men got together to discuss how to set up obstacles for Xiao Yiming's "Huaxi Company", Xiao Yiming quietly carried heavy gifts and visited the adults one by one.

In the following three days, the yamen of Chengdu Prefecture, Chengdu County, and Huayang County vigorously publicized the old city renovation project that benefited the country and the people through newspapers, and won the support and welcome of people from all walks of life in Chengdu.

Just after the Qingming Festival, the three major yamen held a grand groundbreaking ceremony at the west street entrance of Wenshu Monastery, for a time all eyes were on it, and there was a chorus of joy, but they did not know that the land around the two-mile long road widening project that leads directly to the west city gate has already been secretly bought out by major merchants and individuals, and the three mansion lords and Xiao Yiming's Huaxi company have made a lot of money, and even the governor has more than 50,000 oceans in his pocket, and he happily put pen to the name of the new road "Jianghan Road".

The one who benefited the most was Xiao Yiming.

Not to mention that the Huaxi Company obtained more than 300 mu of land at a low price, the Jianghan Road under construction was all with public funds from the government offices at all levels, and the Chengdu Prefecture Yamen was responsible for all the construction affairs, and like the north-south avenue on the west side of the Wenshu Monastery that Xiao Yiming's Huaxi Company was constructing, this new avenue built an advanced underground drainage and sewage main channel, which happened to surround the edge of the 750 mu of land purchased by the Huaxi Company.

Today, the land of Huaxi Company has become a construction site in the east and west, but the vast majority of people still can't see the fame.

After this incident, Xiao Yiming's popularity in the officialdom rose sharply, and the position of the officials and lords, who were still quite contemptuous of this slowly rising market boy, changed greatly, and many old officials successively approached Zhao Erxun and recommended Xiao Yiming, who was generally regarded as "the proud protégé of the master of Taiwan", to become a civil official, so as to "give full play to his talents, build Sichuan, and be the people", but was vaguely rejected by the governor, and the reason for the refusal was very decent-he was still young and still needed to be tempered.

When the cadets returned from the live-fire test, the sun was already falling.

Covered in gunpowder smoke and dust, the instructors Yajima Hojiro and Sakai Haruzo came to Xiao Yiming together and earnestly invited him to a banquet in the evening.

Xiao Yiming did not refuse, although Yajima Hojiro, who is over forty years old and not outstanding, is Xiao Yiming's deeply wary person, but this person has a rigorous style, is diligent and dedicated, not only proficient in Chinese culture, but also deeply admired by Xiao Yiming for his attainments in military theory, Xiao Yiming often feels that Yajima Hojiro is only a pity as a sword instructor, and his level is more than enough as a chief instructor.

Another infantry bishop, Haruzo Sakai, was not an idle man, he was the highest rank among the six instructors, and this person was the captain of the first wing of the first division of the army during the Russo-Russian War, and he had rich command experience and a very high level of training.

When asked about the location of the banquet, Xiao Yiming was slightly surprised, it was actually at the house of Genjiro Tsukasa, a wealthy businessman he was familiar with.

After going home and taking a shower, changing into the military dress that had just been issued, Xiao Yiming instructed Wu San and Xiaofei to bring a few decent gifts and ride to the Yueben Trading Company together.

Xiao Yiming came to the gate of the trading company, Tsukasa Yuan with his wife, daughter and six instructors were already waiting there respectfully, Xiao Yiming hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to salute, and sent exquisite Shu embroidery gifts to the backyard.

After receiving the gift, Tsukamoto's wife and daughter liked it very much, and thanked them repeatedly, saying that such exquisite craft embroidery had never been available before, and this time they finally got their wish.

Xiao Yiming politely explained that it is indeed difficult to buy, because these works are all from the hands of the old master of the Shu embroidery family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and in addition to completing the necessary tribute every year, their old master is no longer hands-on.

Entering the inner hall that is completely in the style of this and sitting down, Tsukagen joked that he was grateful to Yajima-kun, Sakai-kun and other military friends, otherwise he would never have received such a precious gift from Xiao Yi Mingjun, who has known Xiao Yimingjun for nearly two years, has cooperated with each other a lot, and has drunk together five times, but the most valuable gift he received from Xiao Jun is still a basket of cured meat during the Spring Festival.

Tsukasa Yuan's words caused laughter from everyone, and the atmosphere relaxed.

As the master, Tsukagen gave a brief speech, and then handed over the power to Yajima, and Tsukamoto's wife and daughter and several women in kimonos served diligently.

The wine is the best aged wine in Xufu, Sichuan, but the dishes are the original dishes, and even the shape of the wine glasses and pots and dishes is completely Oriental style.

After three rounds of drinking, several women shyly came to the middle of the hall and danced, surprisingly, Tsukasa Yuan's wife actually played a beautiful guzheng.

Applause rang out, and the dancers stepped back and continued to serve each guest.

Tsukasaki's daughter, Miss Michiko, is beautiful and charming, the only drawback is that she is too short, less than one meter five, she only reaches Xiao Yiming's chest. Michiko Tsukagen knelt behind Xiao Yiming's side, and enthusiastically poured wine and vegetables for Xiao Yiming, which made Xiao Yiming very embarrassed.

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