Since the promulgation of Chen Zikun's new agricultural policy, funds have been stretched, and it is when there is a shortage of money, and he is naturally moved to see a million-dollar bill, but the hands of the person who take it are short, and the money is a bit hot.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Dai Jitao said: "Brother Xian, when Brother Jiang comes, Brother Jiang asks me to give you a message." ”

"Please."

"Brother Jiang asked you, do you remember the past when he helped your brother buy suits when he was in Shanghai?"

Dai Jitao's words brought Chen Zikun's thoughts to that year, when he and Li Yaoting first arrived in Shanghai, they were penniless, Jiang Zhiqing did stock economy, and he didn't have much savings, and he was often collected by local ruffians and hooligans.

"Brother Zhiqing's care, the little brother is unforgettable, I still have that suit, every time I see it, it is as if I see Brother Zhiqing." Chen Zikun said with emotion.

Dai Jitao laughed: "Brother, you are really a nostalgic person, Kai-shek said, today's him, and the past him is no different, brotherhood with the passage of time, will only be more solid, this money, there is no other meaning, Jiangdong is an agricultural province, barren and poor, you are arrogant, do not want to take refuge in foreigners, you can use this money as you like, or buy ordnance, or build railways, you can do it." ”

Chen Zikun got up and bowed, and said with a straight face: "Thank you Brother Chuanxian, and I also thank Brother Jiang for me, I accepted this money, love, I received it." ”

"It's really refreshing, that's good, my task is completed, and then it's up to you, brother, to arrange it, drink wine, listen to the play, and enjoy the Huaijiang style." Dai Jitao was in a good mood.

Chen Zikun called Zhao Yufeng and said: "You are responsible for receiving Mr. Dai, you should have the best food and lodging, and at night in the provincial capital Huaiyang Building, Tianzi private room, I invite." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yufeng snapped upright, and turned to Dai Jitao and said, "Mr. Dai saddles his horse and is tired, let's go rest with me first." ”

Dai Jitao got up with a smile, went out with a civilization stick, and turned his face at the door and said, "Zikun, if you don't get drunk at night, you won't return, remember to bring your wife." ”

When he left, Chen Zikun paced back and forth in the room, and suddenly said, "Something is wrong." ”

Yan Su said: "Something is wrong with Mr. Dai. ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's not that Dai Jitao is wrong, it's Tian Cishan who is wrong, although Wang Zhaoming is a scholar, but he is not so ignorant of human feelings, he has never had anything to do with me, how could he casually send an unknown person as a personal representative, and give me a military order to crusade against Sun Chuanfang, which is reasonable and reasonable." ”

Yan Su thought for a while and said: "When you say this, I also think it's a bit of a problem, it stands to reason that Wang Zhaoming took leave to resign, and the chairman of the national government is replaced by Tan Yanmin, so he has no chairmanship, besides, the power struggle in Guangzhou is so fierce, his own porridge can't be blown cold, how can he have time to come and order us." ”

Chen Zikun said with a smile: "That's it, anyway, this kind of thing can't be investigated by private representatives, if I guess correctly, Tian Cishan was not sent by Wang Zhaoming." ”

"But it came with Dai Jitao." Yan Su said.

Chen Zikun nodded: "A small strategy to attack the heart, the representatives on both sides are compared, and I naturally have no choice, so even if Wang Zhaoming really sends a representative next time, I have a preconceived idea, and I don't have a good impression of him." ”

Yan Su said: "You, the alliance brother who became the commander-in-chief, are really scheming. ”

Chen Zikun said: "This is just our speculation, who is Tian Cishan's person, it is estimated that it is difficult to find out, he is always sent from Guangzhou, party infighting, you have me, I have you, we have no ability to find out this confused account, and there is no need to find out, anyway, the one million bill of exchange is real money, Jiang Zhiqing temporarily sat in the position of military and political power in Guangzhou, it is also true." ”

Yan Su said: "The Northern Expedition is imminent, the first to bear the brunt is Wu Yushuai, and Sun Xinshuai's men and horses in Fujian, in your opinion, how will the war situation develop?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "The Northern Expeditionary Army will undoubtedly win. ”

Yan Suqi said: "How can you see it? ”

Chen Zikun said: "The so-called National Revolutionary Army, in fact, is just a patchwork team of warlords from Guangxi and Hunan, the real backbone is the Whampoa Military Academy, a young man in his twenties, who accepts the influence of this doctrine and that doctrine all day long, and regards himself as a hero who saves the common people, isn't our Jiang University student an example, the pampered young master, when he comes to the army, he is more desperate than anyone else, Xiao'an, the army with political beliefs can't be provoked, Dai Jitao's words are not false at all, people everywhere have suffered from warlords for a long time, For the revolutionary army, like a great drought, the May Fourth is followed by May 3, and after May 33, it is March 18, Beiyang has already turned the people's back, the general trend is the trend, and the southern army will win. ”

Yan Su pondered for a long time and said: "When the wind is surging, my Jiangdong is in the land of four wars, how should I deal with myself?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Two words, wait and see." ”

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Under Zhao Yufeng's arrangement, Dai Jitao lived in the provincial capital Jiangdong Hotel, on the same floor as Tian Cishan, and Chen Zikun held a banquet to entertain old friends in the evening, and Jiangdong military and political dignitaries came forward to accompany him.

"With Wu Peifu as father and son, with Zhang Xueliang and Jin Lan, and with Sun Chuanfang, that's all, they are all Beiyang Yimai, and now they are kowtow brothers with Chiang Kai-shek in Guangzhou, this Chen Dashuai is really a source of left and right." Mai Zilong, the director of the police department, said with emotion, he has always felt that Chen Zikun is young and difficult to take on a big responsibility, and he has the intention to replace him, but now it seems that this young handsome man is much smarter than himself, and he is in a chaotic situation, and he is at ease, which is not a situation that ordinary people can play.

Dai Jitao was drunk, and the next day, accompanied by Chen Zikun, he visited the Huaijiang scenic spots, inspected the Jiangdong guard, and finally took the calligraphy, painting and antiques presented by Chen Zikun, and went back to Shanghai satisfied.

And Tian Cishan quietly left the provincial capital the day before yesterday and never met with Dai Jitao.

On 1 July, the Guangzhou Nationalist Government announced the mobilization order for the Northern Expedition, as Dai Jitao said, the troops were divided into three routes to take Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian, and on the same day the Northern Expeditionary Army recovered Changsha.

In August, the small warlords of Guizhou and Sichuan threw themselves into Guangzhou, and Wu Peifu's hometown of Hankou was in danger, and Wu's army hurriedly went south from the north and rushed back to Hubei.

Yu Shuai's letter made Chen Zikun's heart tremble, Wu Yushuai, who used to be in Luoyang, is now tired of running for his life, fighting in the east and west, but his strength is getting worse and worse than back then, and now he actually puts down his dignity to ask for help from himself, which is really gloomy.

In love, Wu Peifu recreated his kindness, promoted from a gang leader to an officer, and was sent to study in the United States, it can be said that his take-off completely depends on Yu Shuai's insight and talent, and now Yu Shuai is in trouble, and it is incumbent on him to help him.

However, in terms of reason, Beiyang has been twilight, and the people in the world are tired of war and yearn for reunification.

When Chen Zikun was entangled in conscience, two letters from Beijing strengthened his belief, the first letter was written by Lin Wenjing, the payment time was April, because the mail route was blocked, it took three months to reach his hands, the letter said to participate in the March 18 parade, was shot at the gate of the ruling government, and was shot in the back, fortunately, the bullet passed through the body of a classmate first, and the strength has been greatly weakened, so it was only injured, and now the hospital is recuperating, please don't worry about Yunyun.

The second letter was written by Baoqing, saying that Miss Lin was wounded by a gunshot and that her life was safe, so don't worry, Zhang Zongchang's troops issued military tickets indiscriminately after entering Beijing, and the people were miserable, I don't know how many shops closed down, and the business of the car dealership was not easy to do.

Lin Wenjing is fine, Chen Zikun's hanging heart finally let go, but what happened to Baoqing made him worry again, Zhang Zongchang issued military tickets indiscriminately, presumably it was a last resort, even if Shandong was a rich province, it couldn't stand this tossing method, and the east and west were begging for soldiers and bandits everywhere, and there was no money in finance, so he had to issue military tickets to loot the people.

In order for the students not to be slaughtered again, and for the people not to be exploited, Chen Zikun made up his mind and refused to aid Wu, and wrote a letter to count the evil consequences of the warlords' melee and persuade Yushuai to stop his troops and go to the wilderness.

In August, the Northern Expeditionary Army broke Wu Peifu's main force at Hesheng Bridge and Tingsi Bridge, and approached Wuhan, and the Beiyang Third Division, which had been invincible all over the world in the past, was vulnerable in front of the Northern Expeditionary Army composed of Huangpu students.

In order to obtain the latest intelligence at the first time, Chen Zikun selected more than 10 capable young officers from the army and sent them to Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Beijing, Shandong, Shanghai, and other places to collect military, political, and economic information.

……

In mid-September, in the provincial capital of Jiangdong, the back garden of the superintendent's office, the garden is full of osmanthus flowers, and the gunshots are bursting to ruin the scenery, which is the rule that Chen Zikun raised during the period when he was the Jiangbei Protector Army, and the whole family must practice marksmanship, and the female dependents are no exception.

On a thick oak table, there are all kinds of masturbators, box guns, carbines, rifles, shotguns, and even the latest ZB26 light machine gun imported from the Czech Republic.

After hitting the target for a long time, the fragrant fragrance of osmanthus in the back garden was replaced by choking gunsmoke, and the confidential secretary Liu Ting came in with a secret letter and submitted it to Chen Supervisor.

"Xiao Liu shot twice." Chan was interested.

"No, I'm afraid of guns." Liu Ting said.

"The gun is a murder weapon in the hands of bad people, and it is the embodiment of justice in the hands of good people, my favorite sentence in a western movie when I was studying in the United States, the revolver is the judge, and the six bullets are the jury, born in troubled times, you can't use a gun, especially girls, you have to learn to shoot, and you can save your life at a critical moment."

Chen Zikun's big reason made Liu Ting unable to refuse, so she had to pick up a small and delicate Browning palm thunder, hold it with both hands, and fired two shots at the target ten meters away, which naturally failed, everyone laughed, Yao Yilei said: "Xiao Liu, you are mistaken, the smaller the gun, the more difficult it is to control, the bigger the gun, the easier it is to fight." ”

Jian Bing chuckled: "Guns are the same as men, the more incapacitated, the bigger the temper, beating his wife at home all day long, the more capable he is, the smaller his temper is, just like our handsome family, but he is a good man, he never messes with flowers and grass outside, and he will not eat grass by the nest." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Ting intentionally or unintentionally.

Secretary Liu blushed a little, but she didn't hear it.

Chen Zikun opened the letter and read it at a glance and ten lines, and said: "The Northern Expeditionary Army is approaching Jiangxi, and Sun Chuanfang, the commander of the five provinces who was sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, finally understood the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and raised 80,000 troops to gather in western Jiangxi and northern Jiangxi. It's finally time to start. ”

Yao Yilei's eyes lit up: "Bet and bet, buy and leave." ”

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