The sky was not beautiful, and on the day the Second Mixed Regiment of the Army left Duolun, snowflakes fell in the sky one after another. At first, it was just like catkins floating lightly in the wind, but as the wind blew more and more fiercely, the snow became denser and denser, and the snowflakes became bigger and bigger, like weaving a white net, and there was nothing to see in the distance, and it was like a continuous curtain, falling straight to the ground.

The bad weather seems to set off the sadness and anger of this long trip, and the hard work for more than ten days to protect this famous grassland city has been driven out, and it was cold and lonely when he left, and there was no one to say goodbye.

"This is the hell weather, Brother Tang, or let's not leave today!" Wuyun Geri laboriously dusted off the snowflakes on his body, rubbed his cold hands and said, "Let's rely on a few more days to see what they can do to us!" ”

"Let's go, people don't welcome us anymore, so why should we be uncomfortable." Tang Zhidao said lightly. It would be a lie to say that there is no nostalgia at all, after all, after fighting here for more than ten days, hundreds of comrades-in-arms lie on this land forever. But nostalgia is also mixed with a bit of disgust, worthy of the commercial capital, this ability to see the wind and rudder is too colorful!

"I'm too wronged brother this time, when I get to Zhangjiakou, I must say it well in front of Tian Dutong!" Wuyun Geri said unevenly. Compared with Captain Tang's coming to the dark cloud pipe belt, it shouldn't also be called the head of the dark clouds, and the mood is much better. In view of the great achievements made this time, the Wuyun Geri Division was expanded into the Chahar Independent Cavalry Regiment and moved to Zhangbei.

"Forget it! Tian Dutong is afraid that he can't control my idle matter. Tang Zhidao said with a wry smile, compared to the loneliness on the surface, in fact, there was not much unhappiness in the heart of the head of Tang, on the contrary, there was a little pride. On the surface, he lost all the lawsuits, and the great work of defending Duolun and killing Babu Zabu was completely divided between Tan Zongrui and Cai Chengxun. These two men and their subordinates have been promoted and rewarded to varying degrees for this achievement. But in fact, the War Department not only approved the expansion of the mixed regiment, but also did not say a word about the so-called trophies, in fact, it acquiesced to the original state. In addition, his suggestions for the inclusion of Wuyun Geri Baoju and Han Zitai's ministry were adopted.

"It's so cheap for them!" Wuyun Geri turned around and pointed in the direction of Duolun City, his regimental commander was largely won by Commander Tang for him, the soldiers were also selected from the captives, and the guns were also mixed together.

"It's just a name!" Tang Zhidao pretended to be generous and said, "Except for this Duolun City, they didn't get anything substantial. ”

"Alas! This old brother is a layman, and Duolun is a treasure land in Saibei. Wuyun Geri said regretfully: "Every year, there are not a few filial piety of merchants from all over the world!" ”

"Dazhu, go to the front and see, how the team has slowed down!" Tang Daodao saw that the team had slowed down, and ordered Li Dazhudao.

"Commander, a few merchants in the city are blocking the way in front!" Before Li Dazhu left, following the actions of the front team, Du Shijie eagerly beat the horse and turned back

"What are they doing here?" Tang Zhidao frowned and said, as the old saying goes: bitches are ruthless, businessmen are unrighteous, since the news of the transfer of the mixed group came out, the businessmen who originally surrounded the head of Tang immediately disappeared without a trace, obviously to shoot the sycophants of Master Cai and Tan Zhentai.

"I don't know, it seems to have pulled a lot of things!" Du Shijie shook his head and said, "The roads are all jammed. ”

"Brother Tang, don't you know if you go and see." As soon as Wuyun Geri heard that there was a door, there must be something good, so he smiled and suggested: "These businessmen still have a bit of a conscience! ”

"Hmm!" Several people whipped their horsewhips and made their way through the slowly marching procession to the front. At this time, several businessmen wrapped in thick fur coats were waiting anxiously in the cold wind and snow, and the one in the middle was not Ai Qingshan, the president of the Duolun Chamber of Commerce. …,

"Ai Lao, how dare you wait here!" Seeing Ai Qingshan from a distance, Tang Zhidao jumped off the horse and ran over in small steps.

"It should, it should!" Ai Qingshan saw that Tang Zhidao was as enthusiastic as before, and said with self-reproach: "I should have sent Ruoshui off at the gate of Duolun City with great fanfare, but what ......?"

"People are in business, and they can't help themselves, I understand your old situation!" Tang Zhidao said comfortingly: "Besides, these days, you have taken care of our department enough. ”

"It's good if you can understand, it's good to understand!" Ai Qingshan took Tang Zhidao's hand and said: "I don't know when we will meet this time, and there is nothing to give to you, please be sure to accept these trucks of dry food and fur hats and leather coats!" ”

"You're breaking the bank!" Tang Zhidao said gratefully: "I won't postpone it, I thank you on behalf of the whole group." ”

"In addition, the colleagues of the Chamber of Commerce also gathered some members to buy some wine for the brothers to drink in Zhangjiakou!" Without Tang Zhidao's thanks, Ai Qingshan took out five more Zhuang tickets from his sleeve and handed them over.

"What's so embarrassing?" This time, Tang Zhidao shirked the road, and the five tickets were all Zhuang tickets of Hengtai Qianzhuang with a face value of 2,000 oceans.

"This little bit is nothing, just our chamber of commerce has bid 50,000 oceans for the head of Babu Zabu, but it is cheaper for others!" Ai Qingshan muttered.

After some shirk, Tang Zhidao still accepted the banker's ticket, although he made a fortune this time, but the number of troops alone increased by forty percent, and there were more places to spend money on the family's great business. It's just that Ai Qingshan's emotional investment is not a loss at all, only four years later, when Tang Zhidao entered Kulun, the entire logistics were taken care of by the Duolun Chamber of Commerce, and the profits earned were more than a hundred times.

In the sentence "There will be a period later!" With that, Tang Zhidao led his team to disappear into the increasingly fierce wind and snow.

"President Ai, they're far away, let's go back!" It wasn't until the snow fell all over his body that Ai Qingshan moved his steps and walked back under the reminder of his companions.

"Ai Lao, your shot is 10,000 oceans, isn't it ......" A businessman wearing reading glasses who came with him said hesitantly: "Yesterday, Tan Zhentai asked you to make up 5,000 oceans, and you pushed back." ”

"Tan Zongrui is a hungry wolf who can't be fed, the more we give, the more he wants!" Ai Qingshan stroked his snowflake-stained beard and said.

"Tan Zongrui is still our town guard no matter what, and the Chamber of Commerce has to deal with him!" The merchant still said reluctantly: "Although this little Tang regiment leader is a good person and a good official, after all, far water can't quench his thirst, wouldn't this money be spent ......?"

"Rats' eyes! Tang Ruoshui has the strength, means, and courage at a young age, how can he be a thing in the pool! Ai Qingshan sneered and said: "If Boss Yang feels that this money is wronged, the old man will give it to you, but I hope you will not regret it in the future!" ”

"Ai Lao misunderstood, I didn't mean that!" When Boss Yang saw that President Ai was angry, he hurriedly apologized and said, "I have no objection to the decision of the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"That's pretty much it!" Ai Qingshan raised his cane and said, "Tonight, we will have a banquet for Master Cai and his party at the Shanxi Hall, and everyone must be there!" ”

"Yes!" Several businessmen promised, and they had to admire Ai Qingshan's eight-sided exquisiteness of this old thing, no wonder he could stand as the president of the Chamber of Commerce for more than 20 years.

More than ten miles out of the city, the marching team stopped again, and this time naturally no one came to see them off. Here, the team will join Han Zitai's team and march in the direction of Zhangjiakou. The War Department has agreed to incorporate Han Zitai's troops, but the final number and structure will not be determined until after the inspection, which will be carried out by the War Department and the Chahar Metropolitan Government.

Half an hour later, Han Zitai's troops appeared, and as soon as they met, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, some brothers are unwilling to recruit An, and it will take a certain amount of time to be dismissed." "Five or six hundred brothers pulled over nearly seventy percent is not a small achievement, and the unwilling Han Da is not reluctant, and the family belongings are divided into one point, in short, it is good to gather and disperse. …,

"Old Han, I thought you couldn't bear your throne as the king of the mountain!" Wuyun Geri laughed and said: "When you become an official soldier, you won't be at ease before, you have to be mentally prepared!"

"You think I want to be the king of the mountain!" Han Zitai said with emotion: "If the brothers can't live, who would want to live this kind of life of licking blood on the knife." ”

"Brother Han, how many people are guns now!" Tang Zhidao looked at Han Zitai's cavalry and asked, The number of people and guns directly decided what rank Han Zitai could mix after the inspection.

"Three hundred and eighty-two people, you can basically do one person, one gun and one horse!" Han Zitai didn't hide it, and asked with a big grin: "It shouldn't be a problem to get a battalion commander to do it!" ”

"Obediently, it's almost time to catch up with one of my regiments!" Uyun Geri said in surprise that the new structure of the War Department adopted by his so-called independent cavalry regiment, that is, the cavalry regiment directly has four cavalry companies under its jurisdiction, omitting the battalion level, so the whole regiment is only five or six hundred soldiers.

"There should be no problem in forming a cavalry battalion, I don't know whether it will be given the number of an independent cavalry battalion, or it will be incorporated into other units." Tang Zhidao thought for a while and said, even if Han Zitai doubled the number of soldiers, he could only give him a battalion commander to do, after all, his identity was there.

"It's better to give me an independent number, my brother and I are used to being free after all." Han Zitai said with a smile: "Otherwise, I will be placed under the command of Brother Tang, and Brother Tang will serve me." ”

"How is this possible?" Tang Zhidao hurriedly refused.

"Why not, Brother Tang is afraid that my brother will not be able to stand the restraints?" Han Zitai asked rhetorically: "We must obey your military discipline, if someone violates military discipline in Han, you will cut me!" ”

"Old Han, don't embarrass Brother Tang!" Wuyun Geri has been in the army for many years and knows the reason for Tang Zhidao's refusal.

"What do you mean by that?" Han Zitai stared at his round eyes and shouted, "How did this become my embarrassing brother?" ”

"It's enough for his mixed regiment to be organized into a cavalry company, if you add one of your battalions, it will directly become a cavalry regiment." Uyun Geri quipped: "At least there is no such compilation method at present." ”

"What a mess!" Han Zitai was confused, but finally didn't continue.

"Let's go!" With Tang Zhidao's command, this team of about 4,000 people continued to march along the snow-covered Zhangduo Highway, leaving footprints that were soon covered by the raging wind and snow.

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