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Xiao Zhenlei shook his head when he heard this: "This is not good, although Xu Tonghao and the others are graduates of St. John's Academy and have a level of education, but after all, they are not graduates of professional military schools, they are not regular soldiers, where do they know how to train military skills?" The officers of the International Chamber of Commerce are basically veteran officers, many of the soldiers are veterans from various countries, and the commanders used to be colonels. If the elders trust me, and I recommend myself to be the commander of the merchant group, I will find a way to improve the combat effectiveness of the merchant group, although it cannot be compared with the regular armies of various countries, but it must be stronger than the combat effectiveness of the merchant group of all nations! ”

Mu Xiangyao said with a smile: "Ho, the young man is not small, but you can tell me, if you are appointed as the commander of the merchant group, how can you find a way to improve your combat effectiveness?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked confident, took a sip of tea, got up and walked to the middle of the living room, stretched out a few fingers and said: "If you want to train an armed merchant group with strong combat effectiveness, it must be carried out in accordance with the training method of the regular army, I don't understand the military, I don't know how to govern the army, but I know how to govern people, and governing the army is like governing people, but it is different, my company has thousands of people, if it is not well managed, how to improve production capacity?" How do workers work obediently and diligently? There are also tricks and methods for this. I don't know how to train soldiers, but I know how to train soldiers, and you won't disagree with me if you want to say that the most powerful army in the world today is Germany, right? ”

Everyone nodded. Although they have never been abroad, they all know that the German Army is indeed the most powerful. From just one point, it can be seen that the Japanese army is a German learner. Just five years ago, when the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the German student Japanese beat the old Russian man to the ground, and now Germany is pinned down by the three great powers of France, Russia, and Britain, but Germany has no fear at all.

Xiao Zhenlei saw everyone nodding and continued: "I am going to invite a few German officers to train the merchant team members, how can I be sure that the German officers have the ability to train the merchant team members?" We might as well do a test and scramble all the business team members and reorganize them. If, in such a situation, the German officer had the ability to get the merchant troopers to order a ban in a short time, then there would be no doubt about the German officer's ability! ”

Li Pingshu thought for a moment and affirmed: "This idea is good, it is indeed a good way to invite Germans to be instructors, we didn't take this business group seriously before, so we didn't think much about the instructors, since the virtuous nephew is willing to take over, I don't have an opinion." It's just that there is one more question, if you invite German officers, where to ask? How many please? What is the salary per person? ”

Xiao Zhenlei had a plan, he said: "There must be at least six people." One of them is the chief instructor, and the other five are instructors, each responsible for training a hundred people. I have already thought about the candidates, and I have a little friendship with Mr. Bauer, the manager of Lihe & Co., and Feige, the manager of Deutsch-China Bank. I'll ask them to introduce Lieutenant Leo, captain of the German team of the International Chamber of Commerce, as far as I know. The soldiers of the International Merchant Corps do not have to train every day, Lieutenant Leo has enough time to come to our merchant corps for training guidance, and the specific training tasks are handed over to the five instructors he brought, and it is completely feasible to stagger their training dates, my plan is to train for three months, and three months is enough time to train the members of the merchant corps, then the task of Leo and other German instructors will be completed, and then we will formulate a strong military character from the team members as instructors, and continue to train according to what the German instructors taught before, As for the salaries of Leo and the others, I have calculated them, based on their current salaries in the merchant group, they can get both a salary from the International Business Group and a salary from us, I don't think anyone will refuse! ”

In principle, the International Chamber of Commerce recruits recruits in the first half of each year, but if someone applies in peacetime, it can also be absorbed at any time, and the applicant can be temporarily enlisted after a medical examination, a temporary certificate issued by the country, and an oath by the applicant himself and the guarantor.

The training season of the soldiers of the International Merchant Corps generally begins in September and ends in December of the same year, which means that the soldiers of the International Merchant Corps do not have to train every day, and the annual training time is three months, and they still cannot be compared with the regular armies of various countries. The teams are usually in the rainbow? In October, the merchant regiments and sergeants will also undergo special training under the guidance of British officers, and all kinds of training will be conducted in accordance with the British military code in principle and use English, but the Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Portuguese teams will train in their own national codes and languages. At this time, all the teams of the International Merchant Group belonged to the nature of volunteerism, that is to say, there was no salary to take, but the officers should have a salary, and their salaries were borne by the Public Concession Ministry of Industry Bureau, and all the weapons, equipment and ammunition needed by the International Merchant Group were supplied by the Public Concession Industry Bureau.

Li Pingshu and the others saw that Xiao Zhenlei had thought about it, and there should be no big problem in implementing it, and after asking the opinions of several other council members, he said: "Okay, nephew Xiao Xian, I will appoint you as the commander of the merchant group in the name of the president of the Nanshi Chamber of Commerce, and you will be fully responsible for the procurement of weapons and ammunition for the merchant group and the military training and command of the merchant group members!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei arched his hand and said: "Take the order!" ”

In the next two days, Li Ping wrote an application letter and sent it to the Shanghai Daotai Yamen, Cai Naihuang read the application of the Chengxiang Autonomous Office and then convened a cadre of the government to discuss, and finally ruled to allow the Chengxiang Autonomous Office to solve its own expenses to purchase weapons and ammunition for the merchant group, and retrain the soldiers of the merchant group, and make due contributions to the security of Shanghai Beach, after all, the merchant group played a great role in maintaining the security of the city in the past, and also won the trust of the government. This time, the Chengxiang Autonomous Office voluntarily raised its own funds to buy guns and ammunition, so why didn't the government do it? Therefore, the provincial government quickly approved it. In fact, Cai Naihuang and others were frightened by Xiao Zhenlei and others who made a big fuss in the court last time, thinking that the revolutionary party was too rampant. If the merchant guild in the Chengxiang Autonomous Office could have a few hundred members, presumably the revolutionaries would not dare to act recklessly.

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Rites and foreign companies.

After the Shanghai Daotai Prefecture approved the application of the Chengxiang Autonomous Office to raise its own funds to purchase guns and ammunition for the Nanshi Chamber of Commerce, Xiao Zhenlei immediately took the check for 48,000 yuan raised by Li Pingshu and others to the rental office to meet the manager of the foreign bank.

"Hahaha, Xiao, my friend, what is the wind that blows you here?" When Bauer saw Xiao Zhenlei walking into the office under the leadership of the secretary, he immediately got up and walked over to Xiao Zhenlei with open arms and laughed.

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand again and again: "Oh, my friend, it's already June. It's too hot, so let's just hug it, I don't want to get prickly heat all over my body! ”

Bauer's enthusiasm was suddenly replaced by helplessness, and he could only shrug his shoulders and say helplessly: "Okay, okay, please come and sit!" Wine or coffee, or tea? ”

Xiao Zhenlei walked to the side of the sofa and sat down and said, "I'm free, just pour me a glass by the way if you drink!" ”

"Alright then!" Bauer didn't want to be himself, and although he was a very stingy person, he poured himself a glass of red wine. Of course, he also poured a glass for Xiao Zhenlei by the way, but not long after, he was glad for his decision, because Xiao Zhenlei brought him business again. Although this business is not as big as before, mosquito legs are also meat!

Xiao Zhenlei took a sip of red wine and nodded: "Not bad, okay." Mr. Bauer, I think you should be pleased. Because every time I come to you, I always bring you business. Today is no exception! ”

"Oh, really? That's great! Hearing this, Bauer immediately happily walked to the sofa opposite Xiao Zhenlei and sat down, and said, "I heard that last time your escort team was short of weapons, and you would rather find the patrol house to buy some rotten second-hand goods than order them from our Lihe Foreign Company?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei put down his wine glass and said: "At that time, my factory was blackmailed by the Qinggang gangsters in Baoshan, and the escort team urgently needed weapons to arm themselves to protect the factory, and at that time, all the weapons you stored in the dock warehouse were blown up, can you take the weapons and sell them to me?" I had no choice but to go to the patrol house and buy a few broken guns to use first! ”

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I blamed you wrong, I toast you and apologize to you!"

After drinking all the red wine in the wine glass in one gulp, Bauer did not forget the business that Xiao Zhenlei said just now, put down the wine glass and asked, "Then what business are you going to do with me this time?" Is your company ready to purchase the second batch of machines? ”

"Not yet, I estimate it will be at least three months!" Xiao Zhenlei shook his head, "This time I'm here to buy weapons and ammunition from you, I know you don't have the goods here, but I'm not in a hurry to use them right away, your Lihe Foreign Bank is out of stock here in Shanghai, and the branch in Tianjin should have it, right?" ”

"Of course, of course!" Bauer immediately said: "You must know that we have several branches in the Qing Kingdom, what weapons do you want?" How much? ”

"Mauser G98 rifles and bullets, 450 pieces, 500 rounds per disposal!"

Bauer was disappointed: "So little? ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled bitterly: "Do you think I bought a gun to fight?" I'm just a businessman, at most I buy guns to protect the safety of my production property, I'm not a person from the government, it's good to be able to bring you 450 rifles, this time I bought it for the Nanshi Chamber of Commerce, and I also organized a business group to join the guild, and the guild decided to equip the merchant group with weapons and ammunition, so I took this errand to come to you, what? Why don't you do this business? ”

"Oh, no, no, no, if it were someone else, I would definitely be too little, but you are different, even if you only buy a rifle, I will sell it to you, well, for the sake of you as a regular customer, I will give you a fair price, one hundred and ten yuan for each rifle with five hundred rounds of ammunition!"

Xiao Zhenlei stood up and exaggerated: "Bauer, are you still my friend?" You're grabbing money, you know? The black market price is not so high, eighty yuan a piece! ”

"You bargain too hard, a hundred yuan a piece, otherwise you have to find someone else, you have to know that I have to transfer goods from Tianjin and other branches, and the transportation fee is very high!"

Xiao Zhenlei glared at Bao Er and waved his hand: "Forget it, I won't bargain with you anymore, eighty-five yuan, don't sell it!" ”

"You, you have to let me earn something, if I don't make a profit, the German headquarters will let me drink the northwest wind, okay, ninety-five yuan, it can't be less, really".

"Ninety, ninety, you see I've given up a lot, if you can't even afford to sell it at this price, then I'm really wrong about you, forget it, I think you're also embarrassed, I'll go to Jardine Matheson to buy British goods!" Xiao Zhenlei said and got up and left.

When Xiao Zhenlei walked to the door, Bauer's voice came from behind him: "Wait! Count you ruthless, ninety yuan is given to you, pay half of the deposit now, pick up the goods after half a month, and then pay the other half of the money! ”

Xiao Zhenlei turned around and smiled: "No problem!" Actually, I Ball, you should have shouted ninety dollars a long time ago! (The novel "Shanghai 1909" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......) R1292