The car drove straight into the gate of the public office, the guards saluted with guns, Yan Su sneered and said: "It's a pity that they came one step late, Sun Dujun has promised not to blame the past, can he still break his promise and get fat?" ”

Zhang Pengcheng said: "What Brother Xiao'an said is very true, the handsome man is a person who wants to save face, although you can go back with confidence, if there is any wind and grass here, I will send someone to carry a letter to the past." ”

"Then there's Lao Lao." Yan Su said goodbye to him and walked back with Gong Zijun, at the banquet just now, Young Master Gong was a little frightened, and he didn't speak, but now he finally became energetic and said: "In total, it has cost a lot of money, at least more than 20,000 yuan, and it is better to use it to recruit troops and buy horses." ”

Yan Su said: "How many guns can you buy for twenty or thirty thousand yuan?" How many soldiers to recruit? How long will it take for the newly recruited army to form combat effectiveness, have you calculated, this money can be exchanged for at least half a year's peace, and it is definitely worth it! At present, although we are short of money, we are even more lacking in time. ”

Gong Zijun said: "I just sighed, I understand the truth." ”

Yan Su said: "In the future, these things will be handed over to you to do, be more attentive and learn more." ”

Gong Zijun was a little disappointed, wandering among bureaucrats, politicians and warlords, haunting inside and outside the bank shops in Fireworks Willow Lane, which was really very different from his dream of serving the country in the army.

……

Overseer Office, Sun Kaiqin was a little drunk, lying on the rocking chair to take a nap, the maid was gently shaking the fan on the side, there were two people under the corridor, Duan Haixiang, the lieutenant general and division commander of the Second Division of the Jiangdong Provincial Army, who was standing, and Nie Jinku, the commander of the 11th Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division, was kneeling.

The afternoon was particularly long, knowing that it was the late summer season on the laurel tree, the sun was still hot, and the Duan Master under the shade of the tree was sweating, and Nie Jinku, who was kneeling in the sun, was even more sweaty and soaked his clothes, his lips were scorched, but he didn't move.

The Overseer punishes him on his knees, who dares to move.

After a long time, Sun Dujun woke up from his sleep, took a sip of the tea handed by the maid, looked at Nie Jinku coldly, and said, "Get up, look at the seat." ”

Nie Jinku knelt for too long, his legs were numb, and he was helped up by two orderlies, but he didn't dare to sit, and said with a bitter face: "Dashuai, the lowly butt was beaten by the surnamed Chen, and I can't sit still." ”

Sun Dujun said: "Tell me, why did he beat you?" ”

Nie Jinku said: "He looks down on the big handsome, and he takes the humble position to stand up, on the surface he slaps the ass of the lowly position, but in fact, he slaps the face of the big handsome." ”

Sun Kaiqin was furious, and smashed the teacup in his hand: "Come on, drag me down and beat fifty military sticks!" ”

Nie Jinku wailed and was dragged down, Duan Haixiang said: "Da Shuai, this kid really deserves to be beaten, a mouth and cheek-eyes, spraying feces indiscriminately, how can his ass be pulled together with Da Shuai's face, but Xiao Nie's loyalty to Da Shuai is still visible from the sun and the moon, and Da Shuai's subordinates are merciful." ”

Sun Kaiqin snorted and didn't speak, but Xia Jingqi, the personal adjutant, understood, and went down to give the guards a look, and the guards showed mercy, the military stick was raised high, and it fell gently, and the blow was not heavy, even so, it was a fat beating, and the buttocks bloomed again.

Nie Jinku was carried up, and now not only can he not sit, but he also can't stand, so he has to lie on the ground.

Sun Kaiqin asked, "Nie Jinku, do you know why Ben Shuai wants to beat you?" ”

Nie Jinku cried and said with a sad face: "Humble and unbeaten, this mouth is not the door." ”

Sun Kaiqin said: "Beat you fifty military sticks, ten sticks because you are bullshit, forty military sticks because you embarrassed Lao Tzu, a regiment of soldiers can't do others, they were disarmed and killed, don't go back to take revenge, and are embarrassed to come to Lao Tzu to complain, are you still fucking Lao Tzu's soldiers, why don't you have any interest at all?" ”

Nie Jinku cried: "Da Shuai is wronged, he wants to take revenge, but the camp was attacked by bandits, losing hundreds of brothers, countless guns and ammunition, and the 11th Regiment has collapsed. ”

Duan Haixiang stepped forward and kicked Nie Jinku in the face, and scolded: "What is not angry, it has ruined Lao Tzu's group." ”

He said to Sun Kaiqin again: "Big brother, send troops, pacify Jiangbei, and avenge the brothers of the 11th Regiment." ”

Sun Kaiqin said: "Nonsense, I still use you to teach me how to do things." ”

Duan Haixiang glared at him and didn't speak.

Sun Kaiqin stood up, paced a few steps to Duan Haixiang, held his shoulder and said: "Third brother, it's not that I don't want to send troops, our brothers are making trouble on other people's territory, and they are taken and killed, we really have nowhere to reason, and I won't hide it from you, the people from Jiangbei have come here today and sent a large stack of them, all of which are good things done by the brothers of the 11th regiment in black and white, what do you say I should do?" If I go out into the army, the whole world will not scold me. ”

Duan Haixiang rubbed his hands and said, "Then are we going to suffer this dumb loss?" ”

Sun Kaiqin said: "I can't openly crusade against him, but you can, he can pretend to be a bandit and cross the river to attack at night, and you can too." ”

Duan Haixiang paused: "Big brother, I understand." ”

Sun Kaiqin said: "Let it go, but there is one thing, you must not reveal your identity." ”

Duan Haixiang snapped and stood up: "Big brother, pretending to be bandit brothers is the best, by the way, how to deal with Nie's crooked mouth?" ”

Nie Jinku, who was lying on the ground, trembled.

Sun Kaiqin smiled: "Let's make meritorious service for the crime." ”

"Xie Dashuai!" Nie Jinku's tears rained down.

Duan Haixiang went back with Nie Jinku, Sun Kaiqin yawned, he was addicted to opium, and the adjutant hurriedly served him on the smoke, loaded a tube of cloud soil and smoked it, and after a few sips, the whole body was comfortable, like a cloud.

Seeing that the Overseer was in a good mood, Adjutant Xia Jingqi said, "Marshal, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not. ”

"Speak, mother-in-law and mother are not like Lao Tzu's soldiers."

"Yes! Humble as ...... Jiangbei Chen Zikun, not an idle person, the handsome should be on guard. ”

Sun Kaiqin smiled: "You kid is also attentive, let's talk about it, what is there about Chen Zikun that is worthy of my high glance at him?" ”

Xia Jingqi said: "This person is a young general and a military envoy, he could have served under Wu Yushuai, but he went to Jiangbei to be the king of grass, it can be seen that his ambition is not small, the matter of the eleventh regiment, it is even more obvious that this person is smart, it is said that his prestige in Nantai County is already in full swing, and if it goes on like this, Jiangbei will become a monolith sooner or later." ”

Sun Kaiqin gradually became serious, nodded and said, "What you said makes some sense, where did you get this information?" ”

Xia Jingqi said: "The humble father is in Nantai County, and he is a local squire, which is mentioned in his old man's letter, and there is ......"

"What else?"

Xia Jingqi fell to his knees with a thud: "Please be the master of the humble position." ”

"Say!" Sun Kaiqin's eyebrows furrowed.

"My father was in good health, but he was paralyzed by Chen Zikun's stroke, the iron-beaten man is now being helped to walk, half of the family's mansion was burned down by him, the nursing home died tragically, the security team was dismissed, Chen Zikun also recruited bandits, strengthened the people, this person is ambitious, his ambition is not in a corner of Jiangbei, the handsome, for the public and private, the lowly position is not shared with him, and the handsome man is the master of the lowly position."

Looking at the tearful appearance of his personal adjutant, Sun Kaiqin thought deeply, this Chen Zikun is really so powerful? He didn't believe it, the newborn calf in his twenties was just nothing, even if he killed the local squire, as long as he wanted, he could kill him at any time, and what he was afraid of was just the person behind Chen Zikun.

The feud between Zhiwan and Anhui will be avenged sooner or later, but now is not the time, Zhang Yushuai of the Feng Department is planning this matter, uniting Sun Yat-sen of Guangdong, Lu Yongxiang of Shanghai, and when the time is ripe, he will raise troops at the same time, and when the time comes, it will only be a matter of moments to pull out the nails of Jiangbei's direct line.

These top secrets naturally can't be used by outsiders, even if it is his sworn brother Duan Haixiang and his personal adjutant Xia Jingqi is no exception.

Thinking of this, he patted Xia Jingqi on the shoulder: "This matter is known, from today onwards, I will give you a task to monitor every move of Jiangbei, and if you need money, you can withdraw it from the logistics office, if you have any important news, report it to me directly, understand?" ”

Xia Jingqi stood up and snapped: "Yes, Xie Dashuai!" ”

……

The next day, Yan Su took a carriage to the Jiangdong Provincial Army Logistics Office to collect 500 sets of military uniforms approved by Sun Dujun, but only received a large cardboard box.

When I opened it, there were a lot of five-color star emblems inside, and Yan Su recognized that this enamel red, yellow, blue, white and black star emblem was the army cap badge set by the Beiyang government.

"I'm here to lead the army, not the cockade, five hundred sets of military uniforms, the marshal personally approved, who can help with it?" He said politely, and handed over the paper cigarette in his hand.

The other party blocked the cigarette roll, and looked businesslike: "No, this is the military uniform that the marshal gave you, order it, it's exactly five hundred." ”

Yan Su still didn't give up: "Why don't you call and ask?" ”

"There's no need for this, if you want it, I'll take it if you don't want it." The other party's attitude is very blunt.

Yan Su knew that there must be something wrong here, so he took the cockade back to the Gong Mansion, hung up the phone to Zhang Pengcheng, and asked him what happened.

Zhang Pengcheng played on the phone and said: "Brother Xiao'an, you are still serious about the words on the handsome wine table, it is already good to give you 500 cockades, by the way, you are still in the provincial capital?" Hurry up and go back, I heard that Duan Haixiang said a lot of bad things about you, and the handsome man was very angry. ”

After hanging up the phone, Yan Su immediately resigned to Gong Jiaxiang, the loan of 200,000 yuan had been completed, and he would not withdraw it for the time being, but stored it in the account of Huijin Bank, and he could directly issue a bill of exchange or promissory note when he needed it.

Gong Jiaxiang sent a car to send them to the wharf, the two of them took the cargo ship to carry tung oil upstream, Gong Jiaxiang was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, standing on the shore and watching the cargo ship go upstream, the river is wide and the clouds are low, the water birds are passing by the river, the air is hot and hot, it seems that a rainstorm is coming.

"Jiangdong is going to change." The general manager of Huijin Bank muttered to himself.