As the first two local towns in Huamei, West Point and Silver Valley on the other side of the Song River in the north, have settled populations of more than 18,000 and 16,000 respectively, and their complete urban construction is almost second only to the capital Manchester and Qingcheng. In other states, the scale of town development would have been changed to a city long ago, but these two towns have held the title of town for the past two decades.

At first, it seemed to be belittled, but as the process of social localization deepened, the name of the town gradually became an old qualification label for West Point and Silver Valley to show off. According to incomplete statistics, at least 10% of the backgrounds of officials at or above the department level in government agencies across the country can be traced back to West Point Town or Silver Valley Town. The two towns have contributed to the birth and development of each new town in the country, enjoying the reputation of "national incubators", and bringing more and more pride in the pride of alternative superiority to the people of the two places.

Influenced by the initial national colonization policy and the folk atmosphere, the inhabitants of the two towns actually saw each other as rivals at first. Not only did the ordinary residents tease and ridicule each other when they had anything to do, but the magistrates of the two places also racked their brains to find economic highlights in order to be one level higher than their rivals in terms of urban development.

When the mining industry began to decline due to the decline of mining reserves, the West Point town government immediately introduced policies to encourage light industry. Cement building materials, glassware, cigarettes, leather products, high-end tiles, and fruit wine have become new strengths of the local economy.

Due to the geographical constraints, the plains of West Point are extremely scarce, and from 1635 onwards, West Point's agriculture has embarked on large-scale vegetable and fruit cultivation, winemaking, mushroom and poultry breeding. There are nearly 200 private industries such as mountain orchards, vegetable plantations, mushroom farms, poultry farms, and winemaking workshops, and the corresponding output is second only to Porter City and Jersey City in Songzhou, and the output of fruit wine is the first in the state, supplying the dining table consumption of many towns along the Song River.

In the capital city alone, at least 350,000 eggs, 10,000 chickens and ducks, 40,000 kilograms of fruits and vegetables and 6,000 bottles of fruit wine are consumed every day, of which at least 150,000 eggs, 2,000 chickens and ducks, 13,000 kilograms of fruits and vegetables and 3,000 bottles of fruit wine are supplied by West Point.

Every night at 21 o'clock sharp. West Point's river terminal will send out cargo ships loaded with chickens, ducks, poultry eggs, vegetables, fruit and wine to the capital Manchester City, and then rush to deliver the goods to the markets in various neighborhoods of Manchester by 5am the next morning. In order to ensure smooth logistics, in addition to the first special poultry egg transport boxes and cargo ships in China, the West Point Town Government has even designated a wharf trestle at the port of the new district as a special export port for poultry and eggs.

As such, West Point receives more than $300,000 a year in tax revenue from agriculture alone.

West Point Town has developed vigorously, and Yingu Town has never been defeated, and even because of the economic development idea of "sword going sideways" founded by the first mayor Sun Hongyi, the economic industry of Yinggu Town is more distinctive.

Even though there are many mining sites in the mountainous areas in the north, Yinggu Town did not choose the mining industry as a breakthrough, and the cultivation of medicinal herbs still dominates the world. Not only are the types of medicinal materials becoming more and more abundant. The scale of cultivation is also getting bigger and bigger, and the largest crude drug processing and pharmaceutical base of the state-owned pharmaceutical group is simply set in Yinggu Town.

Furniture, porcelain, enamel, kimchi, and pharmaceuticals are the industrial strengths of Yingu Town, but due to the same shortcomings of the limited terrain of the plains, the agricultural and sideline industries of Yingu Town have to find another way.

As early as 1625, Sun Hongyi, the mayor of the town at the time, introduced Asian bamboo species on a large scale purely as a "personal hobby", allowing economic bamboo to settle in a large area in the mountainous area north of Yingu Town. When the bamboo forest is about to "flood" more than ten years later, Yingu Town will naturally increase the bamboo products processing industry, and the bamboo, bamboo charcoal, bamboo fungus, bamboo shoots, and bamboo ware of Yingu Bamboo Industry Company quickly monopolized the domestic market, and high-grade papermaking also occupied a place.

Dongfu Town, Haizhou, was established by a group of old residents of Yingu Town. It is a veritable "brother" town of Yingu Town, and its rapidly rising economic development has become the object of learning from Yingu Town. It is still Sun Hongyi's idle point that the beekeeping industry in Dongfu Town was decisively introduced by Yingu Town in 1637, and then under Sun Hongyi's behind-the-scenes investment. More than 70 residents of Yingu Town jointly founded the "Yingu Bee Industry Company" and directly embarked on a large-scale business model.

The local farms and orchards in Yinggu Town have very limited sources of honey, so every spring and summer, an army of honey collectors composed of beekeepers in Yinggu Town will rush to the Song River like locusts to sweep the world. Honey, propolis, royal jelly and beeswax are then transported back to the town of Silver Valley for initial processing.

Silver Valley Bee currently has more than 5,000 boxes of bees, more than 500 employees of all kinds, and accounts for almost half of the country's total production. The company's annual net profit is more than $100,000. As one of nature's five ingredients that never deteriorate, Ingu Town's honey products are also exported to Europe in small quantities, and its crazy development momentum has even frightened the "teachers" of Dongfu Town.

As for the annual output of less than 300 kilograms of life-prolonging precious propolis produced by the national beekeeping industry, it is completely an exclusive commodity of a group of families who are increasingly "afraid of death". Such a little bit of "purple gold" is at most a few hundred grams per crossing family, which is completely in short supply, and the price per kilogram is as high as 400 US dollars, which is almost 50 times the price of later generations!

Naturally, there is a small topic here, that is, Sun Hongyi, who has a lot of shares in several advantageous industries in Yingu Town behind the scenes, has relied on this Yingu Town, which has been despised by many people who have been contemptuous by many people, to constantly eat and drink spicy food, and quietly become the top 20 wealthy families in the middle of the world, and he has also made an excellent reputation, which can be regarded as an eye-opener.

This kind of local economic competition with its own merits has developed, and over time, the complementary dependence between West Point Town and Silver Valley Town has gradually formed.

Silver Valley supplies glass and building materials to West Point, and half of the feed for West Point's poultry industry comes from Silver Valley Town.

West Point supplies a large number of fresh vegetables to the Silver Valley Kimchi Company, and the local large-scale vegetable and fruit plantations have become an important nectar source area for the Silver Valley bee industry. Sixty percent of the fertilizer needed for agriculture in Silver Valley comes from West Point, at least 80% of the chickens, ducks and eggs on residents' tables are purchased from West Point, and glassware for packaging medicines and kimchi is in high demand.

In recent years, the economic industries of West Point Town and Silver Valley Town have been transferred to a greater or lesser extent, and the degree of integration between the two towns across the river has become higher and higher. After such a long delay, the population and economic scale of the two towns have reached the stage where they have to change their towns and build cities.

But so close to the two large towns of Songzhou with a population of tens of thousands. The establishment of two more independent local administrative teams also seemed to be a bit of a waste of management talent, so the cabinet finally made administrative adjustments to merge the two towns to establish a city.

According to the arrangement of the state, the town of West Point and the town of Silver Valley were to be officially merged on August 1, 1642, to form the "Union City". As a result, the new Union City will have a population of more than 34,000 people, making it the third largest city in the country after the cities of Lieman and Porter, and will also rank among the top 10 cities in the country in terms of total economic output.

It seems that the momentum is quite strong and the future is bright, but it is not known whether the "good intentions" of the state will make the old citizens of the two places who have been competing with each other for 20 years buy it.

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July 19, 1642. Saturday.

The water level of the Song River has risen a lot due to continuous rain for several days upstream, but fortunately, the town's embankments along the river have continued to improve over the past two decades, so the river channels in West Point and the opposite bank of Silver Valley are no longer plagued by the spring and summer floods of the past.

In the western part of West Point Town, which is about to become the "West Point West District of Union City", the suburbs of more than ten years ago have now become a beautiful high-end community. In front of a hilly slope full of fruit trees and terraced vegetable gardens, there is a beautiful Western-style manor house, in front of which the delicate metal fence, snow-white stone flower terrace, turquoise lawn and towering old oak trees all show the high social status of the families who live here.

"Minia, no matter how naughty you are, I'll put you on the flower stand and never get down!"

In front of a flower stand. A European-American blonde girl wearing a high-end Western-style dress was deliberately "furious" at a little girl in front of the flower stand who liked to raise her hand to pull the flower branch when she was fine.

A delicate and cute baby face, long natural curly blonde hair, and a beautiful and slender figure. A 17-year-old girl is the age when the flower season blooms. And the little girl, who was only three or four years old, didn't seem to be afraid of this "beautiful little aunt" at all, just grabbed a freshly torn flower and ran around the flower stand.

Seeing this scene, the servants who were tending to the vegetable fields and fruit groves around the manor all laughed. Whether it's the beautiful girl or the little girl with a big fart. All of them made these elderly middle-aged women smile sincerely.

"Oh, I see, it's Miss Alice! She's back at West Point! ”

"Miss Alice is so beautiful! I heard that she was admitted to an Ivy League college. I will definitely become a noble angel in the future! ”

In a certain fruit grove not far from the manor, the figures of several young men flashed out from behind the trees, looking at the figure of the girl in the metal fence, all showing stupid expressions.

As the only daughter of Brigadier General Scott and a close disciple of Lady Jeanne, the artistic director of Manchester City Entertainment, Alice was already well-known in China as early as her childhood. Not only was she admitted to the Literature and Art Department of an Ivy League university with excellent results this summer, but also during the college entrance examination, Alice also officially released her first singing album, which has won great popularity among domestic music lovers with her youthful and playful style, and has been sung among young people in cities and towns across China in just one month. Alice's album songs are played every day at West Point Town Square, and her popularity is already comparable to Jenny's, and she has the potential for a new generation of young superstars.

If Jenny is the "Forever Princess of West Point", then Alice is newly named the "Angel of West Point". Alice had only returned to West Point from Manchester City a few days ago, and the news spread far and wide, attracting a lot of local young men to peep at every day.

"Look, dear cousin Alice, if you don't get back to the house, I'm afraid in a few days that Mrs. Santos will need to call in the police to protect this place."

A young woman and a middle-aged lady walked out of the manor villa building, grinning at the young girl who was trimming the flower table, amused and helpless at the number of male figures swaying outside the manor.

"You should be more careful with Minia, this kid has learned how to get out of the manor and hide in the orchard, and obviously learned it from Alice." The middle-aged lady also walked up to Alice with a smile and stroked her hair lovingly.

"Aunt Santos, Cousin Jessica!"

Alice threw herself into the arms of the middle-aged woman and sprinkled coquettishly, showing infinite love to the elder who had pulled her since she was a child, and then after a few greasy rubs, she took Jessica's hand again.

Jessica, Scott's wife, Brenda, was a little niece that she had been with since Bermuda. Now she has also grown up and is a female pediatrician at West Point Hospital, and her husband is the sheriff of the West Point New District Police Station. The little girl who is now with Alice is Jessica's eldest daughter, Minia. As for Jessica's grandfather, Old Ellen, he died a few years ago.

Mrs. Santos, who has been single since her husband's death twenty years ago, has long since become the special mistress or housekeeper of the Scott family estate, and has been playing the role of Alice's mother for many years, which can be regarded as a huge personal sacrifice for the family.

"Miss Alice, I love you!"

A young man who didn't know how to express himself suddenly rushed out of the woods, grabbed the metal fence and yelled, looking like he was going to climb in and make a confession at close range. Then a few seconds later. The middle-aged maids who were toiling near the manor all screamed.

……

About a few kilometres northwest of Scott's Manor, the road through the pristine forest joins a new urban area. This is the location of the U.S. Army West Point Military Academy, which is now connected to West Point North.

West Point North was once the site of the Pecot War, and now West Point is now the main agricultural area for West Point's expansion inland, and the sprawling West Point Army Base and West Point Military Academy have long been integrated into this peaceful and tranquil urban area.

It has been almost 20 years since the establishment of the Army West Point Military Academy, which covers an area of more than 200 acres, and it has already revealed a little bit of historical precipitation. The section of the wall shared with the West Point military base still retains the original appearance of the original West Point military fort, and inside the wall, there are modern school buildings and several playgrounds.

For private educational institutions. It's summer vacation, but for the Army's West Point Academy, which has only a small amount of vacation a year, it's still class time, even on Saturdays.

on the playground. Dozens of army non-commissioned officers for short-term training are also conducting map sand table simulation operations under the guidance of instructors, and in the administrative building of the largest military academy, in the principal's office, the principal, Brigadier General Scott, is also entertaining several visiting West Point officials and old friends.

“…… Mr. William, General Scott. In a dozen days, West Point will be gone, and this is our last chance. We need support. Especially you, General Scott! ”

A young West Point official muttered beside the old mayor William, while looking through the window in the direction of the port area of West Point, looking very bad. Just as he couldn't see, on the outer wall of a large building in the port, a large red banner was hanging at this time, and a line of large letters was sewn on it: There are still 13 days left before the establishment of Union City!

"It's still a great moment for us to be proud of and look forward to, kid, and it shouldn't be a psychological burden for us." Old William glanced at the junior officials who grew up in West Point Town, and showed a relieved expression, "I believe that the people of Silver Valley Town on the north side of the other side of the bank see it the same way." ”

After becoming a member of the Songzhou Local Council at the beginning of the year, William Sr., the richest man in West Point, officially bid farewell to the mayor's throne that he had held for 20 years, and sat opposite Scott at this time and laughed. And his "old partner" Brest Church, pastor of West Point, has now been promoted to the president of the Huamei Christian Association, "overseeing" the entire Huamei Christian affairs, which can be regarded as another sense of Huamei Christian archbishop status officially recognized by Huamei.

"But the Department of Defense has canceled the honor privilege exclusive to West Point! This is a denial of our glorious history, Mr. William! Shouldn't the state legislature give the people of West Point more consideration and appeal to Congress? You must know that this news has not yet been announced, and if everyone knows, I am afraid that the people will be even more unhappy. ”

The young junior official looked very aggrieved, as if he was very dissatisfied with the decision made by the Cabinet of Defense not long ago. Because as early as 1625, at the end of the first Butterfly Island Clean-up Campaign, West Point, which enjoyed the reputation of "the first military city" in China and the United States, was awarded a special honor privilege by the state, and had the qualification to send three outstanding young men to the Army West Point Military Academy every year, which was a unique honor in the whole of China.

The West Point soldiers are second to none in the Chinese Army, and of course this conclusion only has a market in West Point. In the eyes of the old people of West Point, the entire Chinese American Defense Army seemed to be composed of a "West Point Battalion" plus a few thousand reinforcements. This unique sense of glory was precisely the result of the lives of nearly 300 officers and men from West Point over the past 20 years, and it also "coaxed" groups of young people from West Point Town to go forward and forget their lives, but now it has disappeared with the imminent merger of West Point Town and Silver Valley Town into a "United City."

"God still favors everyone here. General Scott, you see, ......" When the old priest of Brest first heard the news, he was also in a deep mood for a long time. Although it remains calm on the surface. But this "blow" is far more difficult to let go of than learning that two neighboring towns have merged to form a city.

"The country needs justice, so from the standpoint of equal opportunities for all young people, I agree with the decision made by the Minister of Defense. However, it is also necessary to respect the sense of honor that belongs to the people, and it is even more necessary to preserve some traditions for this sense of honor. I will submit my personal opinion to the Army Command to reserve at least one place for the United City each year to be admitted to the Military Academy, and I believe that General Chen will also carefully consider and support the voice of the people of West Point. ”

Scott was officially promoted to brigadier general by Congress at the beginning of the year, becoming the first senior general to immigrate, and now serves as president of West Point. Scott understood the decision unilaterally taken by the Department of Defense as a gesture to gradually eliminate injustice.

The surrounding West Point officials all took a stand when they saw Scott. They all breathed a sigh of relief. They can't stop the state from making changes to the local administration, but they always hope to leave something for the "gone" town of West Point.

"General, a police officer from West Point has come to report that your manor residence in West Point has been broken into by strangers, your family has called the police, and the police have detained the intruder."

Just as a group of officials and the old man were discussing things with Scott, suddenly a Chinese non-commissioned officer knocked on the door of the principal's office.

Everyone in the "......" room looked at each other, especially Old William, who couldn't cry or laugh.

"Haha, General Scott. Beautiful Miss Alice is definitely an angel in our West Point Town! Although some people acted a little recklessly, this is the most sincere love and affection of the lads for her! After a brief moment of stunnedness, a middle-aged European-American official from West Point was still very proud.

Like all residents who have lived in the local area for more than 15 years, everything that belongs to West Point is the people and things that belong to West Point. In their eyes, they are all too good to be in the sky. This conceited West Point complex has not faded since the day West Point was founded, and has always infected the new residents in a short period of time.

"She's still young and needs to work harder. to prove that she can bring new glory to West Point. ”

Scott still has a calm expression, and the blindfold on his face that has been worn for more than ten years seems to have never been replaced, looking old and calm. Widowed and celibate Scott. No matter what the reason, I often stay away from the family, but I finally pulled my daughter up. Thinking that her daughter is now being "blocked" at home and dare not go anywhere, the corners of Scott's mouth can't help but smile a little.

"Haha, don't be too harsh, General. Children will always be our pride, as long as they live freely and happily. Seeing that Scott's attitude was very humble and peaceful, Old William also smiled.

"Please tell the policeman, please release the reckless, he is just not good at articulating, but that should not be a reason to punish him. So, I give up the prosecution. Scott thought about it, but still planned to keep a low profile.

……

At this time, in the port area of West Point, the radio speaker was playing Alice's album songs.

"I came from the mountains with orchid grass. Planted in a small garden, I hope the flowers will bloom early. I watch it three times a day, and it takes a lot of time. The orchids are still there, and there is not a single bud. ”

"In the blink of an eye, autumn has arrived, and I have moved into the greenhouse. The dynasty is frequently cherished, and the night is not forgotten. Looking forward to the spring flowers, I can fulfill my long-cherished wishes. The garden is full of flowers, adding a lot of fragrance. ”

The song "Orchid Grass" has a bright rhythm, and it is also deliberately added to the characteristic accompaniment humming of the Indian Pecots. The song is full of youth, and Alice's voice is even more lively and sweet.

In the corner of the port, a Chinese teenager about seventeen or eighteen years old was staring blankly at a poster of a young girl in the distance, revealing a forgetful expression.

"Brother, my eyes are about to fall off! Don't look at it, there's nothing to see! Miss Alice is now a singer and the daughter of General Scott, so you don't have any hope! A well-behaved Chinese girl of twelve or thirteen years old was glaring at her brother on the side.

"Niu Wa, remember to take my sister to help your uncle go to the aquatic store to buy fish. Eat by yourself at noon, I'll have something to do. A middle-aged officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel patted the boy on the shoulder.

"Oh, yes, uncle...... Don't you go home for dinner? The young man named Niu Wa turned his head with a red face, then took the basket from his sister's hand, and looked at his uncle a little reservedly.

"Your Uncle Yu came to West Point today. Come to me and talk to me, and I won't go back at noon. Qiao Yan smiled lightly and walked towards a small hotel in the distance.

"Brother, I won't come here to play during the holidays in the future! What's so remarkable, it's not a mountainous country, where can it compare to our Yacheng! The girl still seems to be a little unaccustomed to life in West Point, especially the girls from the neighbors near her uncle's house.

Cai Niuwa, Cai Xiaoyun, is a pair of children left by Cuiya that Qiao Xian brought out from Lu Che, and they were adopted in the family surnamed Zhang who moved out of Lu Che together. Changed his name to Zhang Niuwa, Zhang Xiaoyun. The Zhang family's wife is Qiao Yan's distant cousin, so in a sense, Qiao Xi has become the uncle of Zhang Niuwa and Zhang Xiaoyun, two siblings.

Zhang Niuwa, who witnessed the tragic death of her mother, lost her memory after a high fever and illness, and Zhang Xiaoyun was only a few months old baby at that time. The Zhang family concealed a little bit under Qiao Yan's entrustment, and lived on Pearl Island with their two children for three years, and then was taken to live in Yacheng by Qiao Yan in 1632 along with his family.

In 1631, after marrying the daughter of a carpenter in West Point Town, Qiao Xian's family moved to Yacheng, Binzhou. He also bought a farm in Yacheng, and his wife usually takes care of the family business. Now Qiao Yan has four biological children ranging from 2 to 10 years old, and he himself was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the beginning of the year, which can be regarded as a prosperous family. He was transferred from the Binzhou Army Local Command to West Point Military Academy and began serving as a military instructor for two years.

After Qiao Yan entrusted the family affairs of Yacheng to the Zhang family to take care of, he took the family back to his wife's maiden house in West Point Town, and by the way, he also asked Zhang Xiaoyun, who had never been to West Point Town, to come here for the summer vacation. After graduating from high school last year, Zhang Niuwa worked as a temporary apprentice in the carpenter shop owned by her uncle's family in West Point. I learned the craft, but I am more familiar with the qiē here than my sister.

"Brother, when are you going to buy me a dress...... Just like that Miss Alice was wearing...... "I saw the beautiful dress in the store on one side." Zhang Xiaoyun secretly swallowed her saliva.

"That's the dress that adults wear, how old are you. And my father doesn't like to see you wearing a 'western skirt'. Zhang Niuwa couldn't help laughing, a little speechless at this younger sister who seemed to be very old since she was a child.

"People are also in middle school, okay...... When I returned to Yacheng after the summer vacation, I didn't have a chance to wear it. Secretly glancing at the "airport" where she had almost no development, Zhang Xiaoyun blushed, and her voice became lower and lower.

"Well, when my uncle pays me at the end of the month, I'll buy it for you!" Zhang Niuwa, who has always doted on her sister, touched the other party's hair lovingly, turned around and walked towards the aquatic product store not far away.

After hearing her brother's promise, Zhang Xiaoyun suddenly smiled and followed behind.

……

At Robert's Little Hotel, the oldest hotel in West Point, two soldiers in army uniforms sit in the corner. The two are very different in size, one is a bear, the other is short and capable.

“…… Why did they dispose of all my chickens, I want to sue the official, I want to sue the official......"

"Mr. Zheng, according to the original insurance contract, the company can only pay you $1,000. In fact, if you add another insurance product at the beginning, you can still get at least 30% more insurance claims. ”

At another table nearby, a middle-aged Chinese man was still weeping and sighing, while a young European man sitting across from him was saying something with regret on his face.

"What a hapless guy...... I can imagine the spectacle of more than 6,000 old hens being buried alive. Makarov took a sip of beer at the bar, and then skimmed the Chinese chicken farmer, who was about to shed tears, and shrugged his shoulders slightly, "Because of a chicken plague, someone killed all the chickens in the entire chicken farm, this kind of war is rare." It's really decisive, are the people in the Agricultural Bureau all retired from the Army? ”

Makarov, who is 42 years old this year, has the rank of second sergeant major on his shoulder, showing his current unrivaled qualifications, as long as he is promoted by two more levels, he can become the first sergeant major since the founding of the Chinese and American Army, and at present, it seems that there are no strong contenders.

After the end of the military campaign to suppress the black riot in South Africa, Makarov continued to return to West Point to be responsible for the training of non-commissioned officers, and has rarely participated in foreign military deployments. Although people are idle, because they take their sons to hunt in their own forest farms when they have nothing to do, they still don't show a trace of fat on their bodies.

"Hehe, I said a long time ago that this Zheng family will be unlucky one day! What do you usually slam the door into......" Yu Shan lowered his voice with a gloating expression. It seems that I still mind the small conflict that happened with the other party at some point.

Yu Shan, like Qiao Yan, is also 39 years old this year, and unlike Qiao Yan, who has already moved to Yacheng, Yu Shan continued to stay in West Point Town, and has five children with his wife Ximei. Yu Shan was fortunate to be promoted to the fourth sergeant major of the army a few years ago and entered the Manchester Capital Garrison Command as a sergeant major of the Capital Garrison Battalion.

"You mean fellow, you don't look like your son at all! I doubt anything good will happen if you come to me today......" Makarov said with another vicious expression.

"Hehe, wait for one more person, you'll know later......" Yu Shan blinked. It seems that he is still covering up for this special run back to West Point.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, welcome!" The waiter's voice sounded, and I saw Qiao Yan standing at the door and looking around.

"Qiao Yan, we're here!" Yu Shan's eyes were much sharper than Makarov's, and he immediately raised his hand.

"You cunning idiot, I knew it was going to be Qiao Yan! If you don't give me an answer today that satisfies me, I'll let my son blow up all the glass in your house with a shotgun! Seeing another acquaintance, Makarov was stunned and muttered.

"Rushing back to West Point for the weekend. And you brought me and Sergeant Major Makarov, what's the matter? Qiao Yan first gave Makarov a military salute, then took off his military hat and sat down, and patted his old friend on the shoulder with a smile.

According to the definition of the title of the Chinese Army. The second-class sergeant major is equivalent to a colonel, so as a lieutenant colonel, Qiao Yan adopted a kind of respectful etiquette of saluting first, but Yu Shan, who was naturally slippery, has always been neither big nor small in front of Qiao Xi and Makarov.

"Of course we got rich together...... Yu Shan saw that everyone had arrived, and then he took out a copy of Wen Jiàn from his pocket with a mysterious smile. Fingers lightly tapped the table, "Hehe, I got a loan from Ren's family." There's still a good business to do! ”

"Ren? Have you found a new buyer for your second-class fruits? Makarov looked confused, as if wondering who else in the country could care about the life of this idiot in front of him.

"The little soldier in my company back then, Ren Xingzhong, remember? Of course, now a lieutenant, went to the Foreign Legion. You should know, his father and mother are big shots! Yu Shan whistled proudly, unfolded Wen Jiàn, and showed a smug face, "We didn't take care of the eldest young master of his family back then, no, this thing is the reward of our brothers!" ”

"Sisal coarse fiber processing?" Qiao Yan pointed to the business investment in front of him, and he was still a little confused.

"That annoying thing? In addition to being able to make hemp rope and canvas, what other value can it have. Makarov glanced at the contents, also with a disdainful expression.

"Hey, sure enough...... Chief, do you know what the country's annual grain exports are? Do you know what the Navy's annual demand for hemp rope and bursacks is? Yu Shan looked at the two friends in front of him who didn't know anything about business, and deliberately showed a sad look.

Makarov and Joe looked at each other, then shook their heads at the same time.

"This is the sisal coarse fiber produced by the sisal farm invested by the Ren family in the Caribbean, and the wife of the Ren family is willing to contract some of it to me!" Yu Shan pointed to some numbers below Wen Jiàn, and his voice was lowered, "The coarse sacks in all walks of life in China now need 13 million per year, but the local output is less than 9 million, and the navy alone has a shortage of 500,000 sacks for coal burning every year, and they have to be pulled back from South Africa, and the price of every 1,000 sacks in China has risen to 24 yuan...... You still don't get it? ”

"Is that bad stuff really going to make money?" Makarov touched his chin, still looking disbelieving.

"What are you afraid of, we have a relationship! I've calculated, the Ren family can package me the source of sisal coarse fiber. 1,200 tons per year, 18 yuan per ton for others, only 16 yuan per ton for me, and three months on credit for the first purchase! The three of us partnered to build a sack weaving factory here, which required about 60 workers and 15 machines, and I calculated that the cost would be almost recovered in the first year, and the net profit would be tens of thousands of yuan per year after that! ”

Yu Shan turned the second page of the text and said it was a splash of spittle.

"Not counting the machine, land and factory, 60 workers will have to pay at least more than 14,000 yuan a year, as well as other miscellaneous expenses, paying taxes, ......" Qiao Yan frowned, and it took a long time to calculate a number, "Even if the raw materials can be owed on credit for three months, to set up this factory, the start-up capital will be a lot, I think it will be at least 16,000 yuan." ”

"Damn, $16,000?! Then we need a battalion of troops to go hundreds of miles away and capture some Indian prisoners to sell! Makarov tilted his head and thought about it, and seemed to think that he could make money, but on the question of where the capital came from, Makarov's idea was very uncreative.

"Boss, there is a loan from Renjia Bank! 10,000 yuan, the monthly interest set for me is only 2 cents, and if you don't roll the interest, you can pay it off in three years! You can't find this kind of good thing anywhere else. Yu Bandit took out a loan contract from his pocket awkwardly, and looked even more proud, "How about it, there are a few thousand dollars left, Sergeant Major Makarov, Qiao Yan, can you make it up?" ”

"That's not a big deal. I can return to my capital in one year, and I can earn a lot every year after that. The honest Qiao Yan finally understood Yu Shan's thoughts, and he also felt that the business was feasible.

"Hmm...... This can be considered, but how to calculate the shares? Makarov nodded slowly, but then glanced at Yu Shan with a smirk on his face warily.

"Well...... I got the source of goods, and I also got the loan, so I will suffer a loss, accounting for sixty percent, and you and Qiao Yan each account for two percent. Usually, the women of our three families help to take care of things, and everyone is relaxed. Yu Shan rolled his eyes, and pulled out a share contract with a hippie smile on his face, as if he had known that the two in front of him couldn't stand the temptation.

"We only have 20% each? You vampire! No, absolutely unacceptable! Makarov slammed his fists on the table, and his high-pitched voice immediately attracted the attention of all the guests in the hotel.

Seeing Makarov's statement, Qiao Yan, who was embarrassed to speak, also nodded quickly.

"But chief, I've been running away for a long time...... Yu Shan grimaced, touching the loan contract aggrievedly, as if he was suffering the most unjust blackmail.

"I think it should be fairer, you say, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel? Yu Shan, an idiot, just give him 40%, and the two of us will account for 30%, how about it? Seeing that the other party was in a deflated state, Makarov immediately cracked his big mouth and drew on the contract with his furry fingers, "Maybe I can find cheaper workers!" ”

"Well, Niu Wa is not very interested in carpenter's work, I think I can let him enter the factory to help with things." Qiao Yan also entered the state, completely ignoring Yu Shan's expression at this time.

"But...... But ...... "Seeing that the two sworn friends didn't care about their feelings at all, Yu Shan panicked all of a sudden, and in the end he was already crying and didn't know what to say.

"Well, today is a good day, and it should be celebrated. Three more beers, lad! Makarov happily slapped the table, his face filled with endless joy.

"Cheers to profits! Cheers to Mrs. Ren's health! Cheers to the victory of Lieutenant Ren Xingzhong, who fought in South Africa! ”

Makarov was the first to drink the large glass of beer, Qiao smiled and drank slowly, and Yu Shan was full of unwillingness and dejectedness.

There was another commotion outside the window, and a large group of children were seen fussing around a group of alpacas walking through the street, while the mythical beasts were spitting in a bad way, causing bursts of laughter from adults and children. (To be continued......)

PS: The Chinese and American armies are highly hierarchical, and soldiers must take the initiative to salute officers, and junior officers must take the initiative to salute senior officers.

The only exception to this is the Sergeant Major rank, which is "equivalent" to an officer in rank, so when a senior sergeant major and a junior officer meet, the senior sergeant major must first follow the rules of saluting the officer, while the junior officer may choose (but not force) to salute first on a more active basis as a sign of special respect, especially when facing a senior senior sergeant major, this attitude is especially important.