When the spring breeze was blowing and the peach blossoms were beginning to bloom, due to many reasons such as the troubles of the cadets and the personnel disputes over the deployment of officers, the Sichuan Army Crash Course finally opened after many twists and turns.

On the renovated review stand, standing majestically stood Zhong Ying, the general manager of the school, and the lines behind him were:

Xu Xiaogang and Zhou Daogang, the supervisors of the non-commissioned officer school, Sakai Haruzo, the chief of the infantry section of the native country, the chief of the cavalry section Shirai Yu, the chief of the artillery section Kaniya Kanichi, the chief of the baggage section Kanaya, the chief of the sword section Yajima Hojiro, the chief of the engineer section Murayama Tao, and the other eight bishops of the Sichuan Army and Xiao Yiming, the chief of the quartermaster section, were lined up on both sides.

Under the high platform, more than 340 students formed four teams according to the four disciplines of infantry, artillery, engineering, and restraint, and the formation was crooked and twisted between horizontal and vertical, which was unsightly, not only the instructor on the stage shook his head, but Xiao Yiming, who was standing on the side, also felt blushing, so that Zhong Ying and Xu Xiaogang, the two vice principals, had no heart to listen to what they said.

At the end of the opening ceremony, under the leadership of the instructors, the scientists returned to their barracks to receive the teaching materials, familiarize themselves with the curriculum arrangement, and recite the new regulations of the school.

Zhong Ying, Xu Xiaogang, and Zhou Daogang warmly invited the instructors to the banquet to celebrate the grand opening of the school.

Xiao Yiming quietly asked Zhong Ying to push off the luncheon, walked to the barracks of the second team of the infantry section alone, and exchanged greetings with the two instructor captains for a while, Wang Qian and other ten people.

Under the envious gaze of more than 200 students, Xiao Yiming asked Wang Qian and the others one by one: Have you adapted to being here for half a month, and what else do you need?

The two instructor captains stood beside Xiao Yiming with smiles on their faces, and when Wang Qian and the others left, they whispered a promise to the celebrity beside the Governor and the General Office:

"Don't worry, Section Chief Xiao, we will take these little brothers with us."

Xiao Yiming thanked him very humbly, and quietly invited the two instructors to go out for a drink, and the two instructors happily agreed, and sent Xiao Yiming away with a smile.

In the afternoon of the next day, Xiao Yiming began his first career as an instructor, and the content of the lecture was the basic textbook "Modern Military Systems of European Countries" translated by Xiao Yiming, revised by his British friend Johnson, and prefaced by Governor Zhao Erxun, and taught to more than 180 students of the infantry section.

The clock rang at half past two, and Xiao Yiming, who was in full military uniform, walked into the class on time.

The team officers shouted to stand up, the students raised their hands in salute, and many people couldn't help but marvel at the suave instructor on the stage so young.

"You may be seated!"

Xiao Yiming calmly ordered, picked up the roster and flipped through it, the names such as "Yang Sen" and "Liu Xiang" that appeared among the top ten students startled him a lot, Xiao Yiming stared at the roster blankly, his head was buzzing, if it weren't for the surprised discussion of the students in the audience who attracted the reprimand of the team officers, Xiao Yiming might not be able to raise his head for a while.

Xiao Yiming quickly calmed down, glanced at a circle of students in the audience, turned around and picked up chalk, and wrote three words on the blackboard.

Putting down the chalk, Xiao Yiming raised his head and said loudly: "My name is Xiao Yiming, everyone can call me by my name in the future, and you can call me Instructor Xiao for face." ”

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and many people suddenly felt that Xiao Yiming was not amiable, and after a closer look, they found that this instructor had very deep eyes, a tall nose and a very attractive nose, plus he was close to one meter eight tall, he looked a lot more mature and sophisticated, and many people felt that they had an illusion just now, thus negating the young impression left at first sight.

Xiao Yiming and other laughter calmed down, and began to lecture in his rich voice, he briefly started with Napoleon, and finally to Bismarck, who made great achievements in German unification, and described in detail the three major battles that changed the pattern of the whole Europe and even the world, and then discussed the development stages of artillery, infantry, and cavalry of the armies of various armies in Europe.

Xiao Yiming's clear language, in-depth narration, and ridiculous style were fully revealed, and more than 180 students were fascinated by it, and even the officers and instructors of the accompanying team listened with relish, until the end of the 70-minute explanation, everyone reacted, and the spacious classroom erupted in warm applause.

Careful students and instructors found that from beginning to end, Xiao Yiming did not turn the handouts, the map of Europe drawn on the blackboard was simple and clear, and each column of fonts was so rigorous, serious, elegant and beautiful, so that after Xiao Yiming left, the students were reluctant to wipe the blackboard, and then heard an instructor sigh and say, "This textbook is written by Section Chief Xiao", almost all the students opened the textbook, and then gave birth to admiration, no one paid attention to Xiao Yiming's age, Wang Qian and other ten brothers were even more proud.

Although Xiao Yiming's class was very popular and well received by the instructors, he did not have the consciousness of "taking the school as his home", and he did not disdain to compete with Zhou Daogang and others for the feelings of the students.

After the shock, Xiao Yiming knew that this group of more than 300 students, including Yang Sen and Liu Xiang, could be described as mixed, uneven, and there were few gold left after the big waves, not to mention that they were still in the initial stage of establishing a world view at this moment, instead of competing for their feelings and ingratiating themselves unprincipledly, it was better to teach them more useful things, and infect them with real knowledge, style and morality, as for the future, that is a matter of the future.

Due to the care of Zhong Ying, the general office, Xiao Yiming's three classes are concentrated on Monday and Tuesday afternoons, and he only needs to work two days a week to complete the military supply affairs and finish the three classes, and the rest of the time is completely free to arrange.

At the end of March, the first batch of 1,000 C96 barge guns and 100,000 rounds of 9mm Balabellum ammunition from the Mauser factory in Germany quietly arrived.

Zhong Ying, who got the notice, rushed to Xiao Yiming's house with a team of guards, excitedly threw down 20,000 pieces of ocean, ordered to carry 60,000 rounds of ammunition, 200 guns, and 200 pairs of German-made Mauser pistol special leather equipment, and threw Xiao Yiming a jasper wrench that Kangxi rewarded his ancestors with back then, and turned around and left.

The next time, the guards of the 33rd Association of the New Army and the officers and men of an elite pistol company rode around the main streets of the city on high-headed horses, wearing German-made leather equipment one by one, carrying brand-new shell guns on their waists, and many people also tied dazzling red and blue silk streamers to the handles of exposed wooden holsters.

That night, Xiao Yiming, who heard Ma Gang talk about this, laughed and joked that he hadn't found General Zhong Ying so scratchy before, which made the brothers laugh.

The laughter did not stop, and the two little ones who guarded the door came to report: General Zhong was here again, and he brought two carriages.

Xiao Yiming hurriedly went out to greet her, Zhong Ying didn't wait to sit down, and asked, "How much is left?" ”

"There are still five hundred guns and equipment left, twenty thousand rounds of ammunition, what's the matter, big brother? Do you still want it? Xiao Yiming asked.

Zhong Ying took the teacup, drank it dry, and put the teacup on the coffee table: "The two standard commanders of the border army are not leaving at my brother's house, I have to ask my brother to get them three or four hundred immediately, my brother scares them according to what you said, who knows that the two grandsons are soft and hard, saying that the imperial court originally allowed officers to buy their own pistols, so as long as the battalions have money, no one can control them, I have no choice but to quote the price to seventy yuan for a piece of ocean, who knows that the two grandsons turned around and left, and in less than ten minutes, they carried the money and threw it into my yard, My brother had no choice but to carry the money to you, and told them that he was looking for the British, and when he arrived at the corner of Longxing Street, he turned around.

"Hurry up and give me the goods, all 500 guns are wanted, and there are guns and bullets, 35,000 oceans I will let people carry them in immediately, you can count them yourself, each one will give my brother ten oceans of legs and feet, everyone will earn money, if you don't make money, you won't make it in vain, tomorrow you go to the Germans to get two batches of goods back, the more guns and bullets, the better, my brother will sell you to all the border troops!"

Ten heavy sacks were placed in the middle of the hall, Zhong Ying led a group of guards to beat the horses and left, Luo Laosi called Sister Yi and a few women to help, counted it for an hour to count clearly, and finally handed it to Sister Yi to put away for the time being.

Luo Laosi wiped away his sweat and ran quickly to the study:

"Little brother, 35,000 oceans is a lot, all of them are Long Yang."

Xiao Yiming put down the brush, raised her head and sighed: "Grandma's, selling hundreds of guns can make half a year's profit from the car dealership, no wonder so many people work hard at the risk of killing their heads." ”

Luo Laosi said puzzledly: "It is estimated that we are the only ones who do the entire ground in Chengdu, could it be that someone in Yucheng has done it?" Shouldn't it be that Uncle Nantang Wu took three hundred and fifty Colts from us, didn't they all sell them to Brother Hongmen on the water surface of Yucheng? ”

"I didn't say that there are people in Sichuan now, I said that it was the coastal provinces."

Xiao Yiming fooled over, stood up and paced slowly, thinking cautiously: "I'm worried that General Zhong's big surname will leak one day, and if we continue like this, we will soon become a thorn in the side of others, which is extremely detrimental to our reputation and safety." ”

Luo Laosi thought so:

"I'm worried, too! If we hadn't had to avoid the spring rainy season, we would have started all the work. Little brother, why don't we buy the Chen Ji grain warehouse at the entrance of Qinglong Lane first? Next to it is the British Christian Church, and the British West School, which is specially opened for the children of parishioners, just south of the avenue that we are going to widen. ”

Xiao Yiming stroked his palms and praised:

"Fourth, you have a good idea, tomorrow morning I will go to Johnson, and set up a joint stock with him to set up a trading house, specializing in sewing machines, hardware accessories and mechanical accessories produced in European countries, and he will be responsible for supplying us to sell, and then invite a down-and-out foreigner from Shanghai to come back to sit in the town, hang the foreigner's sheep's head, and quietly sell our dog meat arms business."

"Little brother is clever! Tomorrow, I will go to talk to Chen Da, who runs an oil mill, and it is estimated that 500 yuan can be won. Luo Laosi said with a smile.

Xiao Yiming nodded: "Don't lower the price too much, it doesn't matter if it's expensive, you can't cause a bad reputation for injustice because of one hundred and eighty yuan." Fourth, you are like this, buy it with your name, and then ask a good construction team to pick a style from the existing drawings sent to us by foreigners, and rebuild a three-storey Western-style building, the more atmospheric the better, the first floor is the façade, and the second and third floors will be your home in the future, saving you from running around every day.

"That warehouse also has two acres of land, although there are only a few rows of dilapidated warehouses built decades ago, but the land is valuable, and now no one knows our details, but as long as our project is fully started, the real estate and real estate in that place will skyrocket, and at that time, we will not be able to compete with the rich businessmen and officials in the city."

"I'm so worried, little brother, I still use your name when I buy that piece of land, or just use Sister Yi's?" Luo Laosi refused in a low voice.

Xiao Yiming squinted at Luo Laosi: "You pretend to be stupid for me again, and then pretend, I'll watch it." ”

Luo Laosi's little face suddenly turned red, and after a while, he suddenly shed tears, and he couldn't wipe them clean.

"What's wrong? It's really unproductive! Xiao Yiming scolded with a smile.

Luo Laosi choked up and said, "Little brother, I will follow you in my life, and I will not go anywhere!" ”

Xiao Yiming laughed: "Aren't our brothers all together?" No one leaves anyone. Also, build it immediately after buying it, and build two symmetrical buildings, you and the third one live in one each, it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money, the first floor is all made of the top stone of Longquanyi, and by the way, the sewer and trunk road projects of the overall project are carried out together, and the sewers are repaired, and the others are easy to do. ”

"Remember, I'll make plans right away."

Luo Laosi no longer twisted and pinched, and secretly made up his mind to do a good job of the things that the little brother explained.

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