Tesla, accompanied by Xiao Zhenlei, walked around Shanghai Beach, and spent the whole afternoon shopping, sometimes walking around the downtown area, sometimes sitting in the car to watch the scenery, and went to the City God Temple, Huangpu Beach and other places.

The next day, at the strong request of Tesla, Xiao Zhenlei sent him to Zhenhua Company, where Xiao Zhenlei built an independent real yàn room for him, which is independent of Zhenhua Company, but there is no lack of popularity here, fortunately, there are many foreigners working here, and the arrival of Tesla has not attracted much attention.

After arranging Tesla's accommodation, Xiao Zhenlei took him to visit the scientific research institute of Zhenhua Company, and introduced while visiting: "Nikolai, you see this is my Zhenhua Company's scientific research institute, here, there are mainly more than 20 projects such as engine research projects, aerodynamic research projects, alloy steel research projects, radio research projects, etc.!" ”

Tesla was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "There are also people here conducting radio research?" ”

"Yes, Nikolai!" Xiao Zhenlei introduced: "Of course, these studies are based on the theory you proposed, and now the researchers here are trying to try to improve the miniaturization of the radio transmitter!" ”

"Oh, did they succeed?" Tesla hurriedly asked.

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head: "Not yet, they have encountered technical problems!" ”

"Can I go in and have a look?"

"Of course, if you can give them some suggestions, I think they should be inspired, and maybe they will succeed!" Xiao Zhenlei said and led Tesla into the workshop of the research project team.

The researchers of the project research team were quite surprised that Xiao Zhenlei, the boss, brought a foreigner in, but no one paid attention to them and did their own thing.

Tesla casually looked at it and asked, "What do you want to make the wireless transmitter smaller?" ”

"If only one person could carry it with him!"

Tesla frowned and shook his head when he heard this: "I have a way to improve the transmitter to the weight and size that a person can carry on his back, but it can only be used in places where there is a power supply, but if you use a battery, with the current battery storage capacity, the transmitter can not be used several times, so for the time being, you can only use a fixed power supply, and you can't let it be carried and used!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said: "As long as one person can hold it, it's fine, but how does the power of the reduced version of the transmitter compare with the current large transmitter?" ”

Tesla said: "After my optimization of the circuit, the power should not be much smaller!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei held Tesla's hand and kept shaking: "Thank you, Nikolai, thank you, you just came here and solved a heavy problem for us!" ”

Tesla smiled: "You're welcome, I'm also your employee now." Let's go, take me to my real room! ”

"Oh, please, please, I'll lead the way!" Xiao Zhenlei said that he walked in front of him with joy to lead the way, and the arrival of Tesla made him very excited, this old guy is simply a treasure. If the research materials brought by Tesla can be thoroughly studied, then China will not have to worry about technological problems for a long time to come.

For a long time, Xiao Zhenlei was in a good mood and was full of confidence in the future.

Now Xiao Zhenlei is looking for assistants for Tesla everywhere, after all, Tesla is just a person, not a god, his energy is also limited, find some assistants for Tesla, you can share some work, so that he has time to rest, and at the same time can learn from Tesla, but it is really not easy to find someone who can be an assistant for Tesla, which made Xiao Zhenlei busy for two months before finding four assistants for Tesla, these four assistants made Tesla very satisfied, they are all international students who have returned from studying abroad, and their English proficiency is very high, Also because they all have the experience of living abroad, there are no barriers in terms of language and living habits.

During this time, Fast sent a telegram from the United States, saying that it was too late for him to go to Feng Ru, and that the officials of the Qing court had found Feng Ru before him, and persuaded Feng Ru to work for the Qing court, and Feng Ru had promised the officials of the Qing court that he would return to China next year.

This made Xiao Zhenlei extremely disappointed, but he still did not give up, because the Qing court could not really provide Feng Ru with enough funds and conditions for the research and development and manufacturing of aircraft, and now in China, only he Xiao Zhenlei has this condition, because he has money and a factory, and there is no shortage of research and development funds if he has money, and there is a manufacturing capacity if there is a factory, and it is impossible for the Qing court to set up an aircraft research institute and manufacturing factory for Feng Ru, but Xiao Zhenlei can, and the key Xiao Zhenlei can do his best to support it.

So Xiao Zhenlei sent a telegram to Fast, asking him to continue to pay attention to Feng Ru, and if Feng Ru wanted to return to China, he must find out the specific date of Feng Ru's return.

Three months later, in February 1911, Xiao Zhenlei received a telegram from Fast informing him that Feng Ru had returned to China by ship with two of his assistants, and that they would disembark in Hong Kong. He immediately sent people south to wait for Feng Ru, and as soon as they got off the boat, the people who were sent immediately got in touch with Feng Ru and invited him to come to Shanghai to work.

After sending people south to Hong Kong to wait for Feng Ru, Xiao Zhenlei received an invitation from Li Pingshu, the chief director of the Chengxiang Autonomous Office, and invited him to participate in a secret meeting held by Shanghai business people. What are they doing here?

On February 27, 1911, Xiao Zhenlei came to Li Pingshu's residence in Nanshi, and when he arrived, Li Pingshu's residence had already come to fifty or sixty wealthy gentry from the industrial and commercial circles.

After seeing Xiao Zhenlei coming, these bigwigs in the business circles in Shanghai got up and greeted him one after another, "General Xiao is here, and with General Xiao supporting Zhejiang, I believe it should be fine!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei responded with a smile one by one, "Okay, okay, everyone, but please don't call me a general, I'm just an assistant now, and I'm not a general!" ”

Li Pingshu waved his hand and said: "Eh, General Xiao should not be modest, don't think that we don't understand the military ranks of the Qing Dynasty, according to your current rank and position, you should be the commander of the Xiedu, and according to the military ranks of the foreigners, it should be equivalent to the rank of major general, this is a real general!" ”

The local tyrants echoed: "Yes, yes, it is indeed the rank of major general."

Xiao Zhenlei smiled and didn't answer, and after sitting down, he asked Li Pingshu: "By the way, Li Gong, so many business bigwigs are gathered here today, what are they discussing?" ”

Li Pingshu said: "A few years ago, more than 2,000 British soldiers and horses were stationed in the Pianma area in western Yunnan, do you know this? ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "Of course I know!" ”

"The "Japan-South Korea Merger Treaty" signed between North Korea and Japan last year, I think you should also know about it!"

How could Xiao Zhenlei not know? He is always paying attention to current affairs at home and abroad, and almost every slightly bigger thing cannot escape his ears and eyes.

The signing of the Japan-Korea Merger Treaty marked the complete loss of sovereignty in Korea, which stipulated that the Emperor of Korea would permanently cede sovereignty over the Korean Peninsula to Japan, and thus marked the end of the Korean regime.

After the British army entered Pianma, it was fiercely resisted by the local Lisu and Jingpo people, led by the leader of the Lisu people, Lemo Duopao, who had fought against the British many times together with the people of all ethnic groups in Pianma. The large-scale invasion of the British army aroused the resentment of Lemo's seizure, and he resolutely contacted the head Yao Zhongke, led the border people of all ethnic groups, and carried out an "unyielding" struggle against the British army. When the British army entered Gulang Village, the anti-British team of more than 100 people led by Le Mo Duopao, dressed in robes and armed with bows and crossbows, ambushed in the jungle next to Gulang Village, killing a British officer, and the British army fled south.

When the news of the British invasion of Pianma reached the interior of the motherland, public opinion boiled, and people everywhere gathered and marched one after another, demanding that the Qing government send troops to recover the lost territory. The Yunnan Provincial Consultative Bureau elected Zhou Zhongyue and Li Yueyuan as representatives to Beijing to petition the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that the British government lodge a strict protest to the British government, and at the same time strive to recover the minerals of Qifu Since the Qing government only lodged diplomatic protests and strict representations, and did not send troops to the front line of Pianma, the British army did not encounter Yan Zhan resistance, so they occupied Pianma, Gulang, Gangfang and other places, which made the people in my country even more angry, angry at the invaders, At the same time, he was extremely dissatisfied with the ruling class of the Qing court.

It is precisely because of the signing of the Japan-South Korea Merger Treaty and the Pianma Incident that the progressive people in Shanghai's business circles realized that imperialism had stepped up its efforts to press and encroach on China step by step, that today's gathering took place.

Seeing Xiao Zhenlei nodded, Li Pingshu continued: "After these things, we old guys can see clearly, the great powers will not die, the court is incompetent, the old man's current official position is just a name, in fact, he is already careless, concentrating on running a business, but according to the current situation, I am afraid that in the near future, we will not be able to do business, so after some discussion, we old guys gathered the big guys together and decided to set up an armed business group!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei wondered: "Set up an armed merchant group? Don't we have an armed caravan? ”

This is not bad, Xiao Zhenlei is still the commander of the Nanshi Armed Merchant Group, after this armed merchant group was transferred away from 400 people last time, it has been replenished with 400 people again, and now there are still 500 people, and the weapons and equipment are still complete, and they are still training every day, and they are not idle at all.

I saw Li Shuping wave his hand and said: "We are just the Nanshi Armed Business Group, just a few of us organized, and now we have invited all the business colleagues from Shanghai Tang to discuss the preparation of the entire Shanghai Tang Business Group, which is not only much larger in scale than the previous Nanshi Armed Business Group, but also more sophisticated in weapons!" ”

"Oh, I see!" Xiao Zhenlei nodded, and asked again, "Then you called me over?" ”

Li Pingshu said with a smile: "If you are based on the size of your official position, the old man wants to bow down to you, but this time the old man will not tell you the size of the official position, but tell you about your age, and the old man will rely on the old man to ask people to invite you over, the purpose is to ask you to be the commander-in-chief of our armed merchant group in Shanghai!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was about to speak, Li Pingshu seemed to know what he was going to say, and raised his hand to stop him: "The old man knows that you are still in Suzhou and have military affairs, and I just ask you to hang this name here, Cai Wei is in charge of this specific armed merchant group affairs, and he is the deputy commander, what do you think?" ”

Cai Wei was sent by Xiao Zhenlei to the Nanshi Business Group, after the Nanshi Business Group was transferred away from 400 people, only 100 people remained, and Cai Wei was in charge, and later supplemented by 400 people, still by Cai Wei as the deputy commander, responsible for all training and command, now Li Pingshu is ready to expand on the basis of the Nanshi Business Group to the Shanghai Tang Armed Business Group, the number has increased to 2,000 people, if all these people are equipped with sophisticated weapons and ammunition, it is definitely an armed force that cannot be ignored, since Li Pingshu invited him to be the commander-in-chief, Xiao Zhenlei can't ask for it, And the person in charge of specific affairs is still his person - Cai Wei, which is tantamount to sending an army directly to his hands, why not do it?

Xiao Zhenlei immediately agreed, and arched his hand: "Since Gong Li looks up to me Xiao, how can I not know how to lift?" Okay, I agreed, to be the commander of this armed merchant group! ”

Zhu Baosan, Yu Qiaqing and other Shanghai Tang business bigwigs were overjoyed when they heard this, after all, they don't understand military affairs, but Xiao Zhenlei understands, he has fought bandits, and he has won several games in a row, with such a record, he is naturally a person who knows the soldiers, in their opinion, Xiao Zhenlei can be the commander of the merchant group, it is they who hand over the merchant group to the hands of a person who knows the soldiers, this is the responsibility of the merchant group, and if Xiao Zhenlei is the commander of the merchant group, the local government will not dare to make things difficult, which is also their main purpose.

At this time, a young man appeared at the door, wearing a military uniform, still a pipe band, very young, in his twenties, with a heroic spirit, Li Pingshu saw it and hurriedly beckoned him to come in, and the young pipe band saw Li Pingshu beckoning to him, so he walked in.

"Come on, come on, Yingshi, let me introduce you, this is Lord Xiao Zhen Lei Xiao, the 23rd Mixed Association of Suzhou, haven't you seen it yet?" Li Pingshu pulled the young officer to introduce.

The young officer saluted Xiao Zhenlei: "Humble Li Yingshi, see your lord!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei returned a military salute and looked at Li Pingshu, Li Pingshu introduced: "General Xiao, this is my distant nephew Li Xianmo, the word Yingshi, graduated from the Cavalry Department of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and has just been transferred to the first battalion of the cavalry standard of the Ninth Town of Nanyang. ”

Xiao Zhenlei raised his eyebrows: "It's easy to say, Brother Yingshi and I are the same age, we should be able to talk about it, Brother Yingshi is a member of the Alliance or the Restoration Society?" ”

Li Xianmo shook his head and said, "No, I'm just a little more familiar with some of them!" ”R1152