On August 2, Xiao Yimin ushered in his old friends, Zhang Yuan, Xie Zhijie and Guan Chengyuan, the scoop leaders of Hongmen in northern Sichuan.

When old friends meet, wine is naturally indispensable, Xiao Yimin enthusiastically welcomed the three righteous bosses of northern Sichuan into his home, and instructed his subordinates to take out his son who was less than a month old, so that the three old brothers were happy, and then instructed Wu San and others to greet the other brothers, and personally led the three to the pavilion on the hill in the backyard, where a table of sumptuous dishes and a few boxes of aged wine from Syria had been placed in the middle of the pavilion, which moved Zhang Yuan and the three of them.

After the wine was half-drunk, and everyone talked about their separation, Xiao Yimin finally got down to business:

"Thanks to the close cooperation of the three elder brothers in the past year, if it is not for the great help of the three elder brothers, the younger brother's batch of weapons and ammunition will definitely not be able to reach Shaanxi and western Henan, not to mention the ability to market Ningxia Ganshan, this affection, the younger brother and all the brothers are in mind!

"If you don't talk about seeing the outside today, there must be something wrong with the three old brothers since they are here, right? If you can trust the little brother, just mention anything, and the little brother will definitely go all out. ”

The three of them looked at each other, and their faces were all happy.

Obviously, before coming, the three of them had agreed that Zhang Yuan would speak on behalf of everyone, but he pointed to a table of young people in the courtyard below, and said earnestly:

"Brother Yiming, is there really anything I want you to see those two bare-chested little guys? The long-haired one is my nephew, named Zhang Zhishun, the short-haired tall man is the eldest son of your third brother Guan, named Guan Yuepeng, who has learned a few of us since he was a child, and has studied private school for a few years, and his marksmanship is barely okay, we want to entrust the two of them to you to cultivate, so that they can see the world and open their eyes, and our elders can also feel at ease, how about it? ”

"Okay! are all good seedlings, look at the figure and bearing of the two of them, you know that several old brothers have spent a lot of effort on them, and they are much stronger than the students in our military academy, such a handsome man, the little brother can't ask for it, how can there be a reason not to bite the meat sent to the mouth? Xiao Yimin said with a smile.

The three of them laughed heartily when they heard it, and they were in a particularly comfortable mood, and the red-faced Guan Chengyuan said happily:

"Brother Yiming, we received the news of the opening of the military academy, a step late, plus a group of unsightly routs suddenly ran on the ground in northern Sichuan, robbing everywhere, making people panic, the elder brother cleaned up for half a year before it was settled, so it was delayed until now, if these two boys can't enter the military academy, just stay by your side and call it, I think it's better to follow you than to go to the military academy, and you can learn real skills!"

Xiao Yimin was not happy:

"How's that going to work? In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to qualifications and diplomas, and the future of these two great guys cannot be delayed, how to get into the military school to mix two years of qualifications, which is good for their growth, and can also allow them to meet friends from all over Bashu and establish their own contacts, which is conducive to their future future.

"I think so, the first batch of cadets of the military academy is divided into two parts, one part is sent by the military escorts in central Sichuan for further study, and the other part is for the exam, so that the two of them will enter the one-year infantry department under the command of the younger brother in the name of the border army transfer students, and after graduation, they will enter the border army teaching regiment for a year of internship, and then whatever the old brother arranges them, they can come to me, how about it?"

"That's great!"

"It's still my brother who thinks about it!"

Zhang Yuan and the three of them raised their wine glasses and saluted Xiao Yimin together, Xiao Yimin and everyone touched three glasses in a row, and hurriedly and politely served vegetables for everyone after drinking.

After the laughter, Zhang Yuan put down his chopsticks and told Xiao Yimin in detail with the two brothers about the prevalence of banditry in southern Shaanxi and western Henan, and the sinister conquest between warlords and warlords in various parts of Henan and Shaanxi, as well as the serious harm brought to all parts of northern Sichuan.

Zhang Yuan sincerely solicited Xiao Yimin's opinion:

"Our brothers thought and thought, discussed and discussed, and then didn't pull up a group of soldiers to watch each other, so I took the opportunity to send two children to Chengdu to study, and rushed to discuss with my brother together, and asked my brother to give us guidance and help us set up a set of rules, otherwise if we still scatter sand like before, we will definitely not be pleased."

Xiao Yimin pondered for a moment: "Do the three elder brothers want to run a garrison or a local militia group?" ”

"What do the garrisons say? What about local militias? Guan Chengyuan asked, and the three of them couldn't figure out the difference between the two for a while.

Xiao Yimin explained: "The garrison force is a local army that has been approved by the provincial political axe military and political department, and is managed by the local political axe, also known as the security team, or the local army.

"And the militia is relatively simple, many places in Sichuan have their own militia, including the three elder brothers' thousands of people can also be called the militia, but without the consent of the provincial government military and political department, there is no record of the roster of officers and soldiers, it is an illegal arm, when the world is chaotic, the political axe can not be controlled, turn a blind eye and go with the flow, but as long as the political axe is free, it will be ordered to disband at any time, and those who disobey will be treated as bandits.

"In order to ensure the safety of material transportation and ensure that the local rich gentry set up factories, I am afraid that the whole province will crack down on bandits next year."

Zhang Yuan looked at each other a few times, not knowing what to do.

The three of them are all well-known local snakes in the counties of northern Sichuan, and the local government only nods to them, they have always felt that their situation is very good, where did they think that they could be requisitioned and suppressed by the regular army?

But if they were to be turned into a local garrison, they would not be willing, and their thousands of brothers would not want to leave their hometowns, let alone obey the leadership of the local political axe.

Xiao Yimin didn't know what they were thinking, and seeing that they were at a loss, he had to propose a compromise solution:

"Is this good, after the three elder brothers go back, they will all go to the county police chief, this is just a matter of one sentence for the three elder brothers, and I will help speak from the provincial government."

"At present, the counties in northern Sichuan have just settled down, and the counties have not yet had time to establish their own police forces, and some places do not even have county magistrates, so after the three elder brothers become police chiefs, they can completely use the reasons for maintaining local law and order and preventing banditry to form their own militia groups, and they only need to report the list to the provincial political axe military and political department.

"The local militia does not need political axe funding, and the approval procedures are very simple, and if you get it right, a few old brothers are likely to be county magistrates for a few years."

The three of them were overjoyed, but in a blink of an eye, they found that the food was a problem, and hurriedly asked Xiao Yimin how to solve it?

Xiao Yimin smiled: "Isn't it simple? As long as the local police station sends out a militia group and firmly grasps the current few trade routes, it can justifiably collect public security fees.

"The businessmen have long been accustomed to it, rather than handing over the road money to the bandits in various mountains, it is better to hand it over to a few old brothers to be real and safe, not to mention that there is still a lot of business to be done between the younger brother and a few old brothers, in addition to the arms trade, the next step is that the little brother intends to control the good wood in northern Sichuan, and can no longer let the good wood for the production of gun handles and other military supplies be shipped out of Sichuan.

"After a few old brothers pull up the team, they can unite the magistrates and local heroes, everyone has money to earn, and take this business into their own hands, how much money do the fathers and villagers sell wood to outsiders, and the younger brother will increase the price to buy it, and a few old brothers can help the younger brother transport it, and take the wood for guns!"

All the difficulties of Zhang Yuan and the others were solved in this way, and the three of them stood up excitedly, and they had to drink three glasses of wine in a row.

Xiao Yimin had a large number of three reckless heroes in the prime of life, and hurriedly pulled the three back to their seats and began to talk about the current sales of a large number of arms business:

"Half a month ago, I received a letter from three elder brothers, and learned that southern Shaanxi, western Henan and other places urgently needed to buy rifles and ammunition, and the quantity was very large

"It's just that the brothers have doubts, can these refurbished guns really be sold for fifty oceans? Could it be that the three old brothers made a mistake and caused us to be happy in vain? That's the price of a new gun! ”

Zhang Yuan and Guan Chengyuan looked at each other and laughed when they heard this, and then motioned to Xie Zhijie, the second who was the most shrewd and good at settling accounts, to answer.

Xie Zhijie smiled:

"It's true, and the price went up again a few days ago, brother, before I went out, I couldn't help but sell ten and a half new and old Hanyang-made, five revolvers, and planned to find out, but I didn't expect that as soon as the news was released, the four scoops in Hanzhong in southern Shaanxi flocked to the house and bought them at the price of fifty-eight oceans each, for fear that I would regret it, and I didn't even eat when I got the gun, and I ran fast."

The crowd listened amusefully, and they all laughed.

Xiao Yimin was finally relieved, nodded and said:

"Second Brother Xie, the younger brother still has 15,000 Mauser long rifles and 1,200 Leopard brand pistols, all of which are sixty percent new, and at least eighty percent new after refurbishment, and the rifling and bolt are very good, Xiangxi Chen Quzhen sent people, just got away a thousand spears and three hundred short guns yesterday, and the political axes of various counties in southern Sichuan are also forming their own garrisons one after another, and they have found the younger brother, but the younger brother didn't dare to agree to them, I want to ask the three elder brothers first, after all, the younger brother should give priority to ensuring the line of the three elder brothers."

"Don't say it, give it all to us, no matter how long or short the gun is, we want one for fifty-five oceans, the guns of your border army are the best German guns, even if they are half-new and old, they are much better than ninety percent new Hanyang-made, we use them ourselves!"

Zhang Yuan said first, and the other two also echoed, putting on a posture of not giving up if they couldn't get it.

Xiao Yimin couldn't help but be happy: "Three old brothers, can you use so much?" ”

Xie Zhijie smiled: "I'm afraid more than 10,000 guns are not enough to sell, but we don't plan to sell them all, keep half and sell half, pay you half of the money first, this time we brought the money, thanks to the support of the elder brother in every way for a year, several of our old guys have also made a fortune, saved a lot of money, plus the major local families for safety have made a copy, enough to pay half of the payment, the balance will be sold out and sent immediately, no more than a month, at most we will buy another 200 Leopard brand shell guns for our own use, haha!" ”

Xiao Yimin said proudly:

"In this way, the price will be according to what the three brothers said, in addition, each gun is equipped with fifty more bullets, as for the two hundred shell guns, the three brothers will bring them back when they go back, which is a congratulatory gift for the younger brother to congratulate the three brothers in advance to pull up the team! Come, dry this glass at the end, and after this cup, let's go and talk to the two brothers and see what they mean, please! ”

Zhang Yuan and the three of them were very grateful, stood up again to persuade them to drink, and saw that Xiao Yimin always wanted to run, so they held him down with all their hands and feet, and only after pouring down the three cups did they laugh and let go of their hands, causing Xiao Yimin to almost lose his breath.

(To be continued)