On the twentieth day of December of the new calendar, the first graduation ceremony of the Sichuan Army Crash School was held as scheduled, but the Governor did not come to cheer, and the Admiral did not seem to be interested, and the Chengdu prefect went to Longquanyi under the pretext of going to the countryside to inspect, but fortunately they all sent their deputies to attend, so as not to make Zhong Ying, Xu Xiaogang and others lose face.

The Governor sent Xiao Yiming's top boss and Zhu Qinglan of the General Office of Supervision and Training as a representative, and after the arrival of the General Office, his face was black, and he did not have a few good words, which made the officers at all levels of the crash school feel very dissatisfied, but the graduates who were about to go to the barracks did not care.

Xiao Yiming was also uncomfortable, because his boss Zhu Qinglan didn't say a word to him, although Xiao Yiming has been respectful to Zhu Qinglan for a year, and will submit a work summary every month, but it still can't eliminate the pimple in Zhu Qinglan's heart.

Xiao Yiming has nothing to do about this, who asked the Governor to cross Zhu Qinglan every time and give instructions directly to himself? Who made Zhao Erxun directly responsible for almost everything in the past year? Measured from another position, Xiao Yiming will also be unhappy.

However, Zhu Qinglan is also one of Zhao Erxun's protégés, so he should be kind to Xiao Yiming, who is also regarded as the protégé of the governor by the officialdom, at least he can't put disagreements and prejudices on his face.

Zhu Qinglan, whose ancestral home is Shaoxing, has no fame and no backer, before the age of 20, in order to make a living, he also picked up soil on the Yellow River embankment as a river worker, and in desperation, he followed his friends to the northeast to try his luck, Zhao Erxun, who was the governor of the three eastern provinces, saw that he could say and calculate, and his calligraphy was not bad, so he had a heart of love for talent, and gave Zhu Qinglan a stage for performance, from the battalion official to the county order, and then to the Yamen camp office of the governor of the three eastern provinces, and promoted him step by step. After coming to Sichuan, Zhao Erxun was once again promoted to the general office of the Governor's Yamen Supervision and Training Office, and also planned to let Zhu Qinglan serve as the reformed patrol police department in the New Year, and become a powerful figure in charge of the police in Sichuan Province.

According to common sense, even if Zhu Qinglan doesn't want to see Xiao Yiming in his heart, he shouldn't be so obvious, Xiao Yiming tried to improve the relationship several times but failed to do so, so he simply ignored it - if you don't wait to see her, you won't see it, I, Xiao Yiming, don't have the habit of sticking my hot face to people's cold butts.

As a result, the relationship between the two became more and more stiff, and when they stood on the stage, they were far apart.

After the graduation ceremony, Zhu Qinglan patted his ass and left, he didn't want to see the students surrounding Xiao Yiming reluctantly, which was simply a crime for him.

Xiao Yiming is still the same, and he is a brother to every student who comes forward to say goodbye, saying that everyone does not have to abide by the previous set after graduation, and they will all be brothers in the trenches in the future, what are you polite? The generous and plain words made the students' hearts warm, and even Yang Sen, who was the most conceited, came up to salute Xiao Yiming and say goodbye, and sincerely expressed his admiration in his heart.

After the gang broke up, Zhong Ying and others took the opportunity to go to Wangjiang Pavilion to spend public money [***] for a meal, and Xiao Yiming brought all the ten Ya'an brothers home, held a sumptuous celebration banquet, prepared a rich gift and a good horse for each senior brother, and asked them to go back to greet the master and their families.

Wang Qian and He Chengliang are about to go to the ninth phase of the non-commissioned officer school for further study, Lu Chuanfang, Wan Lianfeng and the junior brother Yu Chengjie were escorted into the Baoding Army Crash School, Xiao Yiming didn't say anything to them, but Wang Jian, He Qiwu, Zheng Yi, and Xie Mingyang, who were assigned back to the Ya'an Border Army Baggage Camp with poor grades, said goodbye to them, and told them not to relax themselves, let alone be disheartened and get by, this is an era of heroes, as long as they are diligent and persistent in learning and self-improvement, There will always be a day when you will realize your dreams.

After listening to the promise of the four people, Xiao Yiming was very happy, and quietly told the four brothers that he would build the best gunpowder factory and gun and ammunition factory in Sichuan in Ya'an, and this investment, which is estimated to be no less than 200,000 silver dollars, will be covered by the help of the brothers in the future.

The four of them were excited after hearing this, and immediately felt that they had won Xiao Yiming's attention and trust, and the sorrow in their hearts subsided greatly.

Xiao Yiming put the ten brothers on the horse, walked to the horses of Wang Qian and He Chengliang, and said non-negotiable:

"I only give you two five days off, you must return to me after five days, and you must learn the basics of mathematics and geometry within a month, otherwise don't blame me for scolding my mother!"

The brothers laughed, looking at Wang Qian and He Chengliang with sad faces one by one, gloating, causing hundreds of construction workers on the surrounding construction sites to look over.

After sending off a group of brothers, Xiao Yiming still has no chance to rest, he must make a series of important decisions before the arrival of the New Year, one of which is to transfer all the Jetta rickshaw dealers, which are full of people and trouble, but do not make a few dollars, to devote his energy to the production of weapons and spare parts in the hardware factory and the imitation of pistols, to rectify and improve the company's subordinate construction companies, to calculate the profits and losses of the water plant power plant, and to plan the construction project of the chemical plant.

The next evening, Xiao Yiming bathed and changed his clothes after dinner, got on his horse, and went to the governor's palace unhurriedly. I couldn't think of a clue until I approached the side door of the governor's mansion, so I had to put it aside for the time being, and I was going to see it later.

Guo Tiecheng, the chief of the guard who received the report, came out to greet him, his face was a little unsightly, Xiao Yiming hurriedly asked what was wrong?

Guo Tiecheng quietly told Xiao Yiming: "The more the revolutionary party makes more and more trouble, the more disagreeable it becomes, this time not only printed the scandals of 'fabricated' officials at all levels into leaflets and posted them everywhere, but also gathered people to publicize them in places such as Wuhou Temple, thatched cottages, and temples in the eastern suburbs outside the city, inciting dissatisfaction and demagoguery, and the police headquarters, Chengdu Prefecture and the yamen of the two counties did not catch a single person for more than half a month, but instead let thousands of leaflets of demagoguery and rebellion be stuffed into the doors of every household, and even the gate of our governor's yamen was stuffed with more than a dozen sheets, which made the adults angry. I just scolded my brother. ”

Xiao Yiming showed an expression like this, he was not surprised at all, Ma Gang, who was busy with the revolutionary party every day, went home and complained to him, but Xiao Yiming ignored it in line with the principle of not caring about himself, and told Ma Gang not to do such a thankless thing, who has the ability to let whoever makes meritorious service, I didn't expect the police stations at all levels and the yamen to be so incompetent, and there is still no achievement in half a month.

Xiao Yiming followed Guo Tiecheng to the door of the warm pavilion outside the governor's bedroom, and asked Guo Tiecheng to report first. Guo Tiecheng shook his head and had no choice but to comply, thinking to himself that this kid had come more than a dozen times, why did he behave like this every time?

Zhao Erxun's voice came from the warm pavilion, Xiao Yiming saw Guo Tiecheng raising the curtain in the door, hurriedly lowered his head and got in, and walked forward as quickly as usual Jin Jian and saluted: "See Lord Zhengtai!" ”

"There's no need to make a big gift here, come here, I heard that you make a good tea, and it just so happens that the small charcoal stove has just been delivered, let the old man taste your craftsmanship."

Zhao Erxun's voice was still so gentle, and he didn't have half a bit of anger.

Xiao Yiming responded, carefully walked to the pear blossom wood coffee table, sat diagonally opposite Zhao Erxun's head, quickly glanced around, pulled closer to the saucer where a set of exquisite Cantonese tea sets were placed, and picked up the steaming copper kettle on the small charcoal stove sideways, and began to perform the tea art unhurriedly.

After the prelude was completed, Xiao Yiming lifted the copper kettle and began to make tea, and after some elegant and skillful tea, two cups of fragrant amber tea appeared in front of Zhao Erxun and another old man.

Xiao Yiming respectfully picked up a cup and gave it to Zhao Erxun, and then sent the remaining cup to the old man in Xuanyi opposite, and when he saw the appearance of the old man in Xuanyi, he couldn't help but be startled, and almost exclaimed.

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