Early the next morning, the guard company loaded the purchased medicines and other supplies into the truck. After Song Zhewu finished breakfast, he went to Shang Zhen to say goodbye, Liu Pei was already waiting there, Shang Zhen told him again, accompanied by Liu Pei, gathered the team, with a truck full of supplies, still from Xizhimen out of the city, back to Laiyuan.

The city defense of Beiping was guarded by the troops of Zhang Yinwu, commander of the Beiping garrison, and more than a dozen soldiers with guns on their backs, shrunk their heads and squeezed into the sun, allowing pedestrians to enter and exit freely. A soldier standing guard at the city gate saw the convoy of the security brigade coming from a distance, and hurriedly ran into the tower to report, and a small officer ran out, took a closer look at the arrow stack for a while, turned around and kicked the soldier who reported it, and ran back to the tower. The soldiers basking in the sun at the gate of the city heard the sound of car motors from afar and immediately came to their senses, but when they saw Shang Zhen riding in the car in front of the convoy, they muttered and returned to the city wall to continue their warmth project.

After bidding farewell to Liu Pei at the gate of the city, Song Zhewu immediately ordered the whole army to strengthen its vigilance, and after releasing a squad of soldiers from afar, the troops accelerated their advance and returned to Laiyuan in the evening.

At about 7 o'clock in the evening, Song Zhewu and his entourage returned to the source. The guard company escorted the medicine and materials to the logistics office for delivery, and Song Zhewu took Chu Feng and the guard squad directly back to the brigade headquarters of the Geyuan Temple. Xiao Guodong and Wang Xu were both in the brigade headquarters, and when they saw Song Zhewu coming back, both of them stood up, Xiao Guodong said with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry to come back, why do you have to spend New Year's Day in Beiping and come back tomorrow." "Isn't it to you?" Song Zhewu said while taking off his clothes. "Think of us, you think about the army, you have never left the army for more than 3 days in the past two years. Brother Shunyan still understands you, he said that you must come back today, I didn't eat dinner, and I have been waiting for you. Xiao Guodong poured a glass of water for Song Zhewu and handed it to him. Song Zhewu knew that Wang Xu, a workaholic, would not look for him if there was no matter, so he put the cup that Xiao Guodong handed him on the table and asked, "By the way, what is the matter, so urgent?" Wang Xu didn't answer, just smiled and handed the stack of telegrams on the table to Song Zhewu. Song Zhewu saw that the telegram at the top was a telegram from Zhang Yinwu, commander of the Beiping garrison, to Yan Xishan in Taiyuan, and the message was, "Song, commander of the Hebei security guard, separated from Ping at 8:20 this morning, and brought 20 truckloads of medicines and supplies. Looking at the following, there is Zhang Yinwu's report that he entered Beiping, as well as the instability of Li Pinxian's department, as well as a recent telegram between Pingjin and Taiyuan and each other.

Song Zhewu grabbed Wang Xu's hand excitedly: "You deciphered the code of Jin Suijun, seeing Wang Xu nodded, Song Zhewu screamed happily and jumped up." "Yes, sit down and speak, by the way, tell him quickly, or Wen Ge will be able to collapse the house in a while." Xiao Guodong pulled the two of them into the chair.

It turned out that since Wang Xu arrived in the security brigade, Song Zhewu asked him to organize personnel to study and decipher the code. In several universities in Beiping and Tianjin, those who know English and Chinese and those who study mathematics are widely recruited talents, and Song Zhewu has offered generous conditions, and as long as these talents enter the security brigade, they will be majors, and they will be rewarded for their meritorious contributions in the future. In the past two years, Wang Xu's telecommunications office has recruited more than 200 people, and has set up a special second confidential section, which is absolutely secretive, and is only responsible to Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong, and is personally controlled by Wang Xu.

Today finally bears fruit, how can Song Zhewu not be happy, when the three of them were in Germany, they often went to the bar to drink beer when they were happy, and now there is no beer, whiskey is still available, but the quantity is not much, and it is usually handed over to Xiao Guodong for safekeeping. "Brother Xiao, is that wine going to open a bottle today?" Song Zhewu looked at Xiao Guodong and whispered with some embarrassment. There is no special thing that alcohol is not allowed in the army, this is his own rule, and Song Zhewu used to have a preference for wine, in order to lead by example, Song Zhewu took the initiative to hand over the key to the wine cabinet to Xiao Guodong for safekeeping. Seeing that Song Zhewu was happy, Wang Xu also smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, I'm also greedy, you can open the favor and give a bottle!" Xiao Guodong looked at the demeanor of the two, laughed and said, "Okay, let's have a bottle." As he spoke, he took out the key and took out a bottle of wine. Song Zhewu and Wang Xu had already put the three cups away, and after pouring the wine, Xiao Guodong said: "Today, one is to decipher the code for Shun Yan, and the other is to go through three years of ups and downs for our security brigade, today is New Year's Day, for these two things, let's have a toast." Xiao Guodong's words also made the two of them emotional, and all three of them drank it all.

After pouring the wine again, Song Zhewu took the cup and said to Wang Xu: "By the way, for you to successfully decipher the code of Jin Suijun, Brother Xiao and I will toast you!" "Actually, the first credit for deciphering the code of Jin Suijun this time should be you." Wang Xu's words made Song Zhewu stunned? "That's you." Wang Xu said seriously: "The key to deciphering is to clearly know that there are one or two paragraphs in the code, even if it is one or two sentences, after knowing, you will know the composition of this set of passwords." When you went to Beiping this time, I thought that there must be a telegram exchange between Taiyuan and Hebei, so I provided the people of the Second Section with a few words such as security brigade, Song Zhewu, and truck, and asked them to try to find these words in the message code, and they found it. So, the credit for this should be yours. ”

Xiao Guodong looked at the stunned Song Zhewu and laughed: "Okay, let's toast to Wenge's trip to Beiping!" ”

After the three of them carefully discussed the key direction and secrecy of the future code-breaking work, Wang Xu resigned and returned to the telecommunications office.

Xiao Guodong called the orderlies and brought the food for the two, two hot and two cold. They are white meat, Dongpo meat, a cold hoof tendon and four pig trotters. Usually the two of them only have two dishes and one soup, although today is the evening of January 1, 29, but Song Zhewu has not been in Laiyuan for the past two days, Xiao Guodong specially ordered to make two more dishes, and the two of them made up for this New Year.

While eating, the two introduced to each other the situation of Beiping and the place of origin in the past two days. Xiao Guodong was also very happy after hearing about the incident in Beiping, at least it proved that the hard work they spent on the security brigade bore fruit. There are two things in Laiyuan's situation that aroused Song Zhewu's interest, one is that the county magistrate of the source asked to see him; Second, the secretary general of the county party department has something to do with him.

"What's the matter with them?" Song Zhewu asked Xiao Guodong with a frown. He has met this county magistrate several times, named Meng Chu, a man in his 50s, and a former Qingju person. The feeling given to him is that he is honest, loves the people, and is a good person. A month ago, he was approached because of the disaster victims, and the emotional department actually shed tears for the disaster victims, and he came to Song Zhewu to estimate that it was still the disaster victims, and the county magistrate even completely subverted Song Zhewu's understanding of the old bureaucrats in his previous life. But the secretary general of the county party department, Song Zhewu has only met once, and he has no impression, he only knows his surname Chen, and he can't remember what his name is. Moreover, he knows that in addition to party affairs, the current party department also has the duty of monitoring and collecting political axes and armies in various places. By the way, it must be a matter of army expansion, and now the whole country is disarming, and his wanton expansion of the army must have attracted the attention of others, but it is those who are disarming and laying, and they are local troops in Hebei, even if there is a problem, they have to go to Shang Zhen first.

"I wasn't at the brigade headquarters when they came, and I don't know what happened." However, I asked the staff officer who received them, and the party secretary did not look like there was something serious. Xiao Guodong knew what Song Zhewu was afraid of. The two pondered for a while, but they didn't understand what the other party meant. "I don't want to, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth. We'll rest, and tomorrow we'll know what he's coming for. Song Zhewu said as he went back to his residence to sleep.

The next day, Song Zhewu still went out with the troops as usual, and this time he went to the 4th Company of the Second Regiment. Now the whole brigade can go 10 kilometers armed off-road, but there are still some people left behind, seeing that half a year is coming soon, the commanders of each regiment are so anxious that they are scolding.

After returning from the trip, after breakfast, Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong just sat down to discuss the training and assessment of the troops after the Spring Festival, Chu Feng came in to report, and County Magistrate Meng and Secretary Chen of the Party Department came to visit. "They're coming together?" Song Zhewu was a little strange, this Meng Chu didn't seem to like this surnamed Chen very much. "I didn't come together, County Magistrate Meng arrived first, and then Secretary Chen of the Party Department arrived." Song Zhewu looked at Xiao Guodong and said to Chu Feng: "Please let them in." ”

After a while, Meng Chu and Secretary Chen followed Chu Feng in, the two of them sat down with Song Zhewu for a few words, and after the guards poured tea, Song Zhewu first asked: "The two of you have always been busy with official business, and they rarely have time to come to me, I don't know what the two of you have, as long as I can do it, just say it." Secretary Meng Chuhe and Secretary Chen glanced at each other, and Secretary Chen nodded: "Please ask County Magistrate Meng to say first, my affairs are not in a hurry." Meng Chu was also not polite, and said to Song Zhewu with a worried face: "Old man still wants to trouble Commander Song this time, last month, the food you gave to the victims was not enough." "It's not enough, Song Zhewu thought to himself that last month it was the food given to more than 1,000 victims, enough for them to support until May, so soon it will be gone, isn't it embezzled? Meng Chu saw Song Zhewu's thoughts, and hurriedly said: "Now there are more and more victims, there are more than 4,000, and the last time the food can only be supported until the end of this month, now is the time when the weather is cold and the earth is freezing, and there is no reception, we don't care, these people have only a dead end." Laiyuan is a poor county, old and incompetent, only to trouble the commander, and hope that the commander will be merciful and save these victims! As he spoke, he wept again when he saw it.

Song Zhewu hurriedly said: "County Magistrate Meng cares about the people, which makes Song deeply admired. County Magistrate Meng should not be in a hurry, as long as it is a matter of the victims, I will give as much food as I want. Immediately said to Chu Feng: "You immediately go to the logistics office with County Magistrate Meng, send food over according to County Magistrate Meng's request, and in addition, go to Manager Sun to get some cloth, for the New Year, please trouble County Magistrate Meng to find someone to make a dress for the victims." Meng Chu thanked him for his gratitude, and said to Song Zhewu: "There are few people in the county, and I also ask Commander Song to arrange manpower to be directly responsible for the relief of the victims." ”

Song Zhewu understood that Meng Chu was afraid of suspicion, and he was not greedy, but he didn't dare to guarantee that the people under him were clean. Song Zhewu had already planned this matter, and this time he went to Beiping to deal with the garrison Laiyuan, where he often had back pain, and asked Shang Zhen to give him the position of deputy county magistrate, Shang Zhen had already agreed, so he arranged for Chu Feng to do it. Under Song Zhewu's painstaking persuasion, Chu Feng finally agreed, but said that it was okay to go to the county, but he would not leave the security brigade, Song Zhewu immediately agreed, and told him that now he wants him to exercise, and the security brigade must have its own territory in the future, which needs to be managed.

As soon as he heard what Meng Chu said first, he was in the middle of it, and immediately agreed happily. Meng Chule went out with Chu Feng to arrange relief.

Secretary Chen didn't speak, just listened quietly, and only when he mentioned Chu Feng's matter, the corners of his mouth moved unconsciously. As soon as Meng Chu went out, without waiting for Song Zhewu to ask, he took the initiative to say: "The security brigade has been in Laiyuan for half a year, and it is not only strong and strong, but also has good military discipline, which can be called a model for all armies in China. Commander Song is young and promising, leading the troops in a good way, Chen has already reported to Shangfeng, my brother came this time to be sent by Shangfeng, I just want to ask, why didn't Commander Song join our party? As soon as he heard this, Song Zhewu was shocked, negligence is absolutely negligent, how can this matter be forgotten, if he wants to get his own territory, it is absolutely impossible not to be recognized by the political axe. Thinking of this, Song Zhewu hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Secretary Chen, Song is ashamed, he has been focusing on the training of the army for the past six months, and he has been negligent. Song believed in Sanming and righteousness, supported the Central Committee, and resolutely obeyed Chairman Chiang, and all the officers and men of the brigade were willing to join the Kuomintang, and asked Secretary Chen to be the introducer. ”

As soon as he heard Song Zhewu's words, Secretary Chen's heart immediately relaxed, and he thought that he was going to find an excuse to shirk it, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth. Immediately smiled and said, "Commander Song is young and promising, he should have done this a long time ago." It's just that this is the introduction of joining the party, Chen is not qualified enough, so I will go back to report to Shangfeng, and naturally someone will do this. After saying that, he said goodbye to the two, Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong kept sending him out of the door, so that Secretary Chen's good impression of Song Zhewu increased a few points.