At 9 o'clock in the morning of 9 April, the plaque of "Nanjing Camp of the Central Military and Political Department" was finally hung on the huge stone pillar on the left side of the gate of the Overseer's Palace; there was no notice beforehand, and no ceremony was held when the plaque was listed; half an hour later, more than 100 Chinese and foreign reporters rushed to attend the press conference held at 10 o'clock, and when they saw this brand-new plaque with white letters on a black background, many people exclaimed that they had missed a major historical moment.

The meeting hall on the first floor of the Overseer's Palace was solemn today, and the podium, which had been temporarily set up by several long tables, had been transformed into a special solid wood table with a slight curved shape, about six meters long, with a dark brown log sheen in front of the long table, inlaid with an exquisite pattern of golden laurel leaves surrounded by five-colored stars.

The blank wall behind the rostrum is painted dark blue, and the white block letters directly above form the theme of "The Central Military and Political Department's Nanjing Camp Press Conference", and there are three five-color national flags on the left and right sides neatly placed at a 45-degree angle, and in front of the national flags stand two groups of tall military policemen wearing white steel helmets and pine green military uniforms.

The conference seats that can accommodate 350 people in front of the rostrum have also changed, and the original temporary placement of more than a dozen rows of benches and benches has disappeared, replaced by 12 rows of newly made one-piece benches, of which the first and second rows of seats are set up in front of the simple and sturdy, exquisite workmanship and easy to write records, the seating setting and the distance between the front and back are spacious and comfortable, reflecting the designer's meticulousness and thoughtfulness everywhere.

At 10 o'clock, when 12 generals, including Xiao Yimin and Wang Lingji, and the chief officers of various departments in Nanjing, appeared on the stage, nearly 100 Jiangsu Provincial officials and more than 200 Chinese and foreign reporters attending the press conference all stood up and gave warm applause. It looks more like an executive meeting.

This effect made Xiao Yimin very satisfied, and also made Gu Weijun and others, who were on the rostrum together, secretly admire, no one thought that Xiao Yimin's insistence on decorating the special venue for the press conference could have such an impact.

Yang Du, the new secretary general of the Nanjing camp, presided over this important meeting, and he first read out the order of the central government signed by Premier Duan Qirui, solemnly announcing the formal establishment of the "Nanjing camp of the Central Military and Political Department."

After the warm applause stopped, Yang Du announced the organizational principles, terms of reference and institutional setting of the Nanjing camp, and when Yang Du announced the list of appointments, the audience burst into exclamations and applause from time to time.

The 12 military and political officials on the rostrum, one by one, were radiant, and each of them stood up and saluted when they read their names and positions, and Sun Baoqi, who was highly respected and politically influential, was honored as the chief senior staff member of the Nanchang Xingying Senate.

The others are: Wang Lingji, chief of the general staff of the Nanjing camp, Ma Gang, commander of the military police headquarters of the Nanjing camp, Zhang Qun, director of the military and political liaison office of the Nanjing camp, Zhang Jian, director of the Economic Committee, Gu Weijun, director of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Wang Chonghui, director of the Judicial Committee, Lin Baishui, director of the Education Committee, Wang Zhengting, director of the Finance Committee, and Kuang Sunmou, director of the Communications Committee.

Yang Du, secretary general of the camp, stood up and solemnly announced: "Based on the urgent wishes of the people of the whole country, and in accordance with the orders of the Central Military and Political Commission, Premier Duan Qirui, and Commander-in-Chief Xiao Yimin, from now on, all units under the Nanjing camp will go to Jiangxi, Anhui, and other rebel areas to launch a resolute blow against all rebel armies and rebel forces!" ”

Among them, the 21st Division of the 6th Army and the 7th Army of the Sichuan Army, and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Jiangsu Army went to Anhui to suppress bandits; The First Army of the Sichuan Army, the Fourth and Fifth Divisions of the Zhejiang Army will march into Jiangxi, closely cooperate with the Third Division of the Hunan Army and the Fourth Army of the Sichuan Army, and strive to eliminate Li Chun, Chen Guangyuan and other rebel forces in the shortest possible time! ”

Unfortunately, Yang Du announced the end of the meeting, Xiao Yimin and others, who had appeared on the rostrum, walked to the backstage, and the reporters who could not interview immediately gave up their futile pleas, and rushed out of the Overseer's Mansion and rushed to the sales department of the telephone and telegraph company, transmitting important news one by one as quickly as possible.

Two hours later, Gu Weijun, who had finished handling the affairs at hand, and Wang Zhengting, who had received the report from the Finance Department, both rushed to the parking lot, and after learning that the other party was also anxious to find Xiao Yimin, Wang Zhengting got into Gu Weijun's special car and rushed to Qingliangshan in the west of the city together.

The brand-new Cadillac sedan moved forward smoothly, and Gu Weijun saw Wang Zhengting's flushed face and excited expression, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What is the happy event for Cousin Confucian?" ”

Wang Zhengting turned his head and asked rhetorically, "Shaochuan, do you know how big Yishuai's family is?" ”

Gu Weijun said with a smile: "I really don't know what Yishuai's family background is, but judging from the one million start-up fees allocated to various ministries in the past two days, the rumors that Yishuai has a good way to make money and are rich can rival the country are probably correct." ”

"Haha!"

Wang Zhengting excitedly opened the report in his hand: "You see, just three days after our plan was handed over, the 8 million yuan allocated by Yishuai has been received, and it has been deposited into the three special accounts of Citibank, HSBC and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in a very thoughtful manner.

"If you look at the two cooperation agreements that have just been received, the letters of commitment issued by Citibank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China respectively can be paid to us at any time as long as the single loan does not exceed 100,000 US dollars! Shaochuan, before this, how did you and I ever think that we could get such trust and support from Yishuai? ”

Gu Weijun was taken aback, and then remembered the hard years when he and Wang Zhengting were treated coldly and could not move an inch in Yanjing, and remembered the trust, understanding and support given by Xiao Yimin after coming to Nanjing, and couldn't help but sigh again and again:

"yes...... Cousin Confucian, I remember the first internal meeting, Yi Shuai told us not to worry about money, he will fully support our work, now it seems that Yi Shuai said to keep his promises, I believe, we have made the right choice! ”

Wang Zhengting nodded frequently: "The pressure is also greater!" ”

The car quickly stopped in front of the checkpoint at the foot of the inner city wall, Gu Weijun and Wang Zhengting got out of the car and showed their documents, and were immediately led up the city wall into the Dysprosium Tower.

Gu Weijun and Wang Zhengting entered the large room in the north, and at a glance, they saw Xiao Yimin, Wang Lingji and more than a dozen other generals gathered around a huge table, staring at the map on the table, and discussing in a low voice.

Gu Weijun and the two glanced at each other, and they all stopped and waited in place, and Xiao Yimin's voice came: "Shaochuan and Rutang, come here, I am about to ask for your opinions." ”

Gu Weijun and the two had no choice but to walk to the table, and were immediately attracted by the architectural plan on the table.

"The new business space is so large?" Gu Weijun's face was full of amazement, and Wang Zhengting's eyes widened.

Xiao Yimin smiled all over his face, whispered a few words to the surrounding generals, pulled the two of them, called Wang Lingji, chief of the general staff, and walked out of the dysprosium tower to the city wall together.

Wang Zhengting and Gu Weijun looked at the magnificent scene and huge scale of the construction of tens of thousands of engineers inside and outside the city wall at the same time, and sighed again, even saying that they never dreamed that the entire project was so huge and the construction was progressing so rapidly.

"It is not surprising that many people look down on our engineering corps, because of the special surname and secrecy system of our engineering corps, and the outside world's understanding of the engineering corps belonging to the military system is mostly still at the level of 'civilian men in military uniforms', who knows that the battalion and company commanders in our engineering corps are basically graduates of the three-year engineering and surveying and mapping majors of the military academy, and they will not know that nearly half of the chief officers above the regimental level have architectural design and other related professional diplomas from German and American universities.

"You look at the dozen or so drilling rigs on the front and rear construction sites, and then look at the concrete mixers driven by diesel engines, this is only a part of the construction equipment owned by our engineering corps, I dare to say that there is no professional construction company in the whole of China that can have such strength and level!" Wang Lingji rarely said such a large amount of boastful words.

Gu Weijun and Wang Zhengting are both well-informed people, and after listening to Wang Lingji's words, they nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yimin seems to be in very good spirits today, with a smile on his face all the time, listening to Gu Weijun's inquiries and Wang Lingji's introduction, pointing in his hands, from time to time adding a word or two to the names and uses of the buildings that are beginning to take shape in the direction of Stone Town, telling the two where the barracks are and where the residential areas are, and even the hidden military prisons and underground air defense buildings are not hidden from the two of them, and a secret is revealed at the end:

"On the top of Qingliang Mountain is the base of a large radio transceiver system, and the faint sound of explosion comes from the southeast foot of the mountain, and the communication center of the Nanjing camp will be located in it."

Gu Weijun and the others were even more shocked when they heard this, and finally Wang Zhengting couldn't help but ask: "How much does the total investment cost?" With such a huge scale of construction, can it really be completed and put into use in October? ”

Xiao Yimin replied very affirmatively: "The total investment will not exceed three million, because all the buildings will not exceed three floors, the largest building is a comprehensive office building covering an area of 1,200 square meters, so the construction difficulty is not great, and our engineering corps has rich construction experience, Sichuan University, which is highly praised by the national education circles, is the following engineering corps to build, as well as the Yichang military training base, Ya'an military training base phase II project that the outside world does not understand, etc., They were all designed and built by our engineers themselves, and the scale of the buildings of the two bases is much larger than what we are looking for! By the way, the two of you must be in a hurry when you find here, right? ”

Gu Weijun came back to his senses at this time, took out a protest letter and handed it to Xiao Yimin: "This is sent by the Shanghai Consulate and China Merchants, Yi Shuai, we really detained more than 30 passenger and cargo ships and weapons and ammunition worth 800,000 yuan from China Merchants?" ”

Xiao Yimin nodded: "That's right, at midnight last night, four cargo ships carrying weapons and ammunition to Li Chun's rebels were led to the dock by the navigator of Wuhu Port who we secretly rebelled against in the Wuhu River section, and our commando team immediately sailed to Huangshi Port in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River after the attack was successful, and a division of our Seventh Army was stationed in Huangshi after withdrawing from Jiujiang.

"As for the China Merchants steamer, I ordered it to be detained, and not only the ship, there is already evidence that the China Merchants Bank involved in the rebellion could not escape, at eight o'clock this morning, I have issued an order to seal up the Shanghai head office of the China Merchants Bank, it is estimated that at this time, all the branches of the China Merchants Bank in the provinces of the entire Yangtze River basin have been raided by the provincial overseers, except for the Nanjing branch, I have not moved."

Gu Weijun and Wang Zhengting looked at each other in shock, they didn't expect Xiao Yimin to act so quickly and so ruthlessly! It seems that the Sheng Xuanhuai family, which relied on Huaijun and Beiyang, is coming to an end! The wealthy families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who are still swaying and watching, may not be better ......~~~~~~~~~~~~~off in the future

(To be continued)