After the wedding, Xiao Yimin's spirits were lifted and his energy was extraordinarily energetic, which made Liu Baoqi Liu, who had moved to the West Courtyard for retirement and became Ma Gang's father-in-law, sigh greatly.

Usually before dawn, not long after a group of children set up their horses in the martial arts training field in the West Courtyard, Xiao Yimin arrived, as usual, first greeted Old Man Liu, and then went to the north to stand under the big tree for half an hour, and then hit the wooden stake or sandbag for half an hour to practice strength, and after the practice, he sweated profusely and went to chat with Old Man Liu and drink a cup of tea, and said goodbye politely.

In the past two years, as long as he does not go to other places, Xiao Yimin insists on practicing boxing and piling skills almost every day, which can be said to be rain or shine.

When he was young, in order to learn art, he walked the world alone to visit famous teachers, and finally beat the old man Liu who traveled all over the northwest and southwest provinces, and once made a conclusion to Xiao Yimin very regretfully, saying that if he only learned some self-defense and fitness fists and feet, it was okay to maintain his body, but to a certain extent, it was difficult to make a breakthrough, and it was difficult to improve no matter how he practiced.

Old Man Liu's regret has no effect on Xiao Yimin, the reason is that Xiao Yimin is not interested in flying eaves and wall walking and palm cracking boulders at all, he thinks that he can strengthen his body and be able to react more quickly in an emergency, even if he is superhumanly talented and can practice high-strength martial arts that hurt people by flying flowers and picking leaves, he is not willing to spend more than ten or twenty years to achieve this goal, countless things are waiting for him to do, each of which is much more meaningful than practicing to become an immortal.

Therefore, Xiao Yimin can accept all this very happily and continue to do it according to his own ideas.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Xiao Yimin and Chief of Staff Bao Jiqing inspected the cavalry camp outside the Xinxi Gate, and discussed with the battalion commander Tang Wulin and other chief officers whether to expand the recruitment of soldiers.

Xiao Yimin rushed to meet at the gate of the camp, and when he heard Zhang Lan explain his intentions, he invited Zhang Lan and Dong Xiuwu to his headquarters to sit down and talk.

Zhang Lan looked at the burly Tang Wulin carefully for a while, went up and held Tang Wulin's hand in surprise, called out Tang Wulin's name in one mouth, talked about the scene when he talked happily with Tang Wulin when he went to the police academy twice to give speeches, and asked Tang Wulin why he didn't come back from the expedition to Tibet Province to see him?

Tang Wulin explained embarrassedly: General Zhong Ying was forced to return to Yanjing, and after a large number of excellent battalion and company commanders came back, they all had to stay at home.

Zhang Lan was very emotional, and he was still worried until he entered Xiao Yimin's headquarters and sat down: "Yiming, it's a pity that the group of officers under General Zhong Ying in the past, why don't you accept a few more to serve in the border army?" ”

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "My temple is too small to attract a true Bodhisattva!" Hasn't the Forces nouvelles been vigorously expanding? Isn't it very good to hear that Wang Lingji and more than a dozen other middle-level officers who have received a new education and have gone to the battlefield have all been given the opportunity to display their skills in the new army? ”

"What a fart! If the new army is not reformed, it will still be as bad as before! If the new army is half the level of your border army, we don't have to worry about it, and we can give money comfortably. Dong Xiuwu, who had an upright temper, said dissatisfiedly.

Xiao Yimin waved his hand modestly: "Minister Dong, you are a rare God of Wealth, I deign to come to see my little brother today, I'm afraid it's not just to discuss the construction of the arsenal, right?" ”

Dong Xiuwu's old face turned red, he smiled and pointed at Zhang Lan, picked up the teacup and drank tea by himself.

Zhang Lan was not polite to Xiao Yimin:

"That's the case, the renovation of the old city far exceeded the original budget, seeing that most of the overall project has been completed, and the funds are gone, Deutschaut Bank said that before our political axe has not really recovered the tax rights in the artesian well area, it will not give us any more loans, so I can only come to beg you...... "Don't put on a sad face, I know you have money, you have made a lot of money selling arms in the past six months, and even the warlords in northern Shaanxi and Lanzhou have asked you to buy arms in batches, who has money if you have no money?"

"O conscience of heaven and earth! Our border army asked the provincial government for military salaries, and the provincial government pushed it to Yanjing, and Yanjing pushed it to the provincial government. Xiao Yimin complained repeatedly, and Bao Jiqing on the side nodded frequently with a serious face, as if he was really about to be overwhelmed.

Zhang Lan pointed at Xiao Yimin and scolded with a smile: "If you kid cry poor again, I will propose that the Ministry of Finance start taxing Huaxi Group Company!" ”

Xiao Yimin pouted:

"You try, as long as you dare to collect taxes, thousands of our workers will dare to march in the streets! Don't look at how much real money we have invested in the Phoenix Mountain Arsenal, and there are more than 1,000 workers who belong to the political axe and thousands of their families to be raised by the Huaxi Group, are you embarrassed to levy taxes on the Huaxi Group?

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if you have a policy, we also have countermeasures, didn't we just introduce a provision for lifelong tax exemption for disabled servicemen's welfare factories? Tomorrow, I will get hundreds of disabled people to go to Huaxi Group, let them sit at the gates of various factories, watch the door, and you can talk to them about taxes. ”

Bao Jiqing couldn't hold back any longer, lowered his head and laughed out loud.

Zhang Lan couldn't help crying and laughing, Dong Xiuwu's head was full of frowns, shook his head violently, and sighed loudly: "Lao Tzu understands, no wonder Governor Yin and Deputy Governor Zhang are afraid to meet you kid, they have never benefited from you." ”

Xiao Yimin was reluctant: "Look, prejudice is here again, which time did I suffer a big loss when I dealt with those two crow's mouths?" Right now, the younger brother is still helping the two of them carry a big black pot in Deutsch-Hua Bank! ”

Zhang Lan was impatient: "Nothing else, I'll ask you today, I only borrow 300,000 yuan from you, and repay it within a year, the interest is double that of Dehua Bank, you just say yes or not." ”

Xiao Yimin really can't help Zhang Lan, Zhang Lan is for all the people, so far I haven't seen Zhang Lan seek personal interests for himself and his relatives and friends, plus he has been friends for many years, Xiao Yimin can't say anything about not wanting to help, not to mention that what Zhang Lan did was exactly what Xiao Yimin wanted to do.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yimin stood up: "Let's go, let's go up to the west city wall together, maybe when we get there, we can come up with a way to get the best of both worlds." ”

Zhang Lan and Dong Xiuwu's eyes were full of doubts, and when they saw that Xiao Yimin and Bao Jiqing had already stood up and were about to leave, the two had to go together.

On the way through the barracks, Dong Xiuwu was envious of the entire camp, praised Xiao Yimin a few times, and then scolded the insatiable losers of the New Army.

Walking up to the original Xilai Temple, seeing that all the officers and soldiers were stationed, and the entire temple had become a large military camp with perfect facilities, Dong Xiuwu sighed again, and even Zhang Lan admired Xiao Yimin's methods, but he didn't know that Xiao Yimin secretly used many unsightly means in order to drive away dozens of lamas and their mothers-in-law inside.

Ascending the city wall and walking all the way to the top of the new West Gate, Xiao Yimin pointed to the Changping position with a large piece of broken walls and tiles in the southeast, and sighed with emotion:

"Look, after a few years of chaos, a good warehouse has become like this, there is no sewer, all around is stagnant water, soaked so that the walls have collapsed, and they have been abandoned all year round, dozens of half-dead guards and officials are gone, and the provincial government and Chengdu City government have no plans?"

"Plans? Can't take care of the east and south of the city, who dares to plan in this place? Dong Xiuwu had a headache.

Zhang Lan keenly felt that Xiao Yimin had a way, and immediately stared at Xiao Yimin's eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Say what you think, as long as it's not too much, I strongly support it." ”

Xiao Yimin stretched out his finger, pointed to a group of warehouses in front of him, and slowly drew a circle: "Sell it all to Huaxi Company, I won't take advantage of the fire to rob, 300,000, a fixed price!" ”

Dong Xiuwu suddenly froze, thinking that 300,000 yuan is not a loss! Although the dilapidated warehouse in front of me is large, it is in disrepair all the year round, water accumulates everywhere, more than half of the warehouse has lost its maintenance value, the weeds grow taller than people, and the haunts are some wild dogs and night cats, and there are people herding sheep in it, rather than throwing away the wasteland and being worthless, it is better to sell it to earn back 300,000 yuan, and it can also save a lot of money to rebuild it later.

Zhang Lan is much more cautious: "This is a regular liquidation!" A provincial city can't do without a reserve warehouse, this thing is a bit difficult to do, can you think of other ways? ”

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "There is a way, isn't the provincial government going to agree to Liu Cunhou's Fourth Division moving into the city and stationing in the West Church?" No, it's the big field under the city wall in front, do you see the tall buildings on the north side of the field? That was the original warehouse of the Manchurian Guards, but fortunately, we came in time during the mutiny last year, and we beat away the rebels who wanted to set fire to it, and finally kept the warehouse.

"Now the treasury is inhabited by people of the Manchu and Mongolian ethnic groups, and when their new homes are built, they will be vacated, and the provincial government and Chengdu government can completely set up the strategic reserve warehouse there, and take advantage of the fact that Liu Cunhou's fourth division is not stationed, and it is just right to take it, so that the provincial government will not have to bear 300,000 foreign debts."

Dong Xiuwu's eyes lit up, and he nodded frequently: "I think it's feasible, it's a good idea." ”

Zhang Lan weighed it and finally agreed: "Tell me, what are you going to do after you take this piece of land?" ”

"What else can I do? Get up the house! However, it is not the kind of house that the provincial government axe gave to the people, before we build a house, we first build a perfect sewer and cement pavement, and then erect telephone poles and pull the wires in front of each house, only in this way, the rich are willing to live in it. ”

Zhang Lan nodded: "It's still the Huaxi Group that has a lot of money, and only the Huaxi Group can play such a big trick, I agree, I believe the parliament is also happy to see the Huaxi Group build a house, which has a great effect on sharing the pressure of the political axe and calming down the people's grievances." ”

"Wait! There is one more thing, the younger brother needs the help of two older brothers. Xiao Yimin grabbed the two who turned around and wanted to leave.

Zhang Lan and Dong Xiuwu glanced at each other and motioned for Xiao Yimin to just say it directly.

Xiao Yimin pointed to the southwest: "In the past month, there have been tragic disasters in the Kang-Tibet region where caravans have been robbed and killed by rebels, and General Phuntsok of the Kangding Ganzi battalion is leading his troops to support hard, and has been besieged by rebels with more than 5,000 men and horses four times, and the ancient tea horse road to the west and south of Ya'an has been completely cut off. ”

Zhang Lan and Dong Xiuwu were taken aback, and Zhang Lan asked nervously: "Why didn't the Ministry of Military Affairs tell us about this matter?" ”

Xiao Yimin smiled bitterly: "I'm still the deputy minister of military and politics, right?" Didn't I tell the two adults now? I hope that when the two adults go back, they will ask Yin Dudu, and they will know how bad the situation is. ”

"You mean, Governor Yin deliberately concealed us?" Zhang Lan is keenly aware of the problem.

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "This is not what I said, you can find out for yourself, but as a good friend, I advise you, you must truthfully report what you have learned to Yanjing Political Axe, otherwise if you are held accountable in the future, it will be a dereliction of duty by the Provincial Political Axe and the Council, and the younger brother will also report the situation to the War Department and ask the War Department to give instructions." ”

"We will fulfill our duties, Yiming, you can rest assured, we will never put the responsibility on the border army, how to say that the Chuankang region is still under the jurisdiction of Sichuan, we must not let the rebellion continue, I will do this when I go back." Zhang Lan made a very serious promise.

Xiao Yimin sent the two out of the camp, saying that they would sign a contract with Huaxi Group immediately after the political axe meeting was passed, and Zhang Lan and Dong Xiuwu boarded the carriage and hurried back.

Looking at the carriage in the distance, Bao Jiqing sighed: "If all officials reach the height of Speaker Zhang, the people of Sichuan will be blessed." ”

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "Don't say it's halfway, even if there are a few more officials like Speaker Zhang, things in Sichuan will be much easier, it's a pity!" Don't talk about them, let's talk about how we respond? ”

Bao Jiqing is confident:

"When I go back, I will draft a telegram to report the serious border unrest situation to the War Department again, and wait for the telegram from the provincial government to reach Yanjing, I am afraid that it will be the time when Yin Changheng will step down. During this time, I was always passive and defensive, and the brothers were tired of it, and it was time to fight back. ”

Xiao Yimin smiled coldly:

"This day has finally arrived, this time I won't kill him, but I also want him to shed his skin, otherwise this dog will always think that we are easy to bully! At the end of the telegram, a few sentences were added: Most of the officers in charge of the Third Division of the Sichuan New Army at all levels were officers at all levels of the former army stationed in Tibet, and they had quite rich experience in plateau operations, and the division had high morale under the strict supervision of Governor Yin Dudu, and it could be called the main division of the Sichuan New Army with the strongest combat effectiveness. ”

"Understood, or is it thoughtful." Bao Jiqing nodded heavily.

Xiao Yimin, who was relaxed, walked with his hands behind his back, paced square steps, and entered the camp with Youzai, singing happily as he walked:

"In 1912, it was a spring-day, and another madman drew a circle in Chengdu, China......"

(To be continued)