On January 6, Xiao Zhenlei and Cai Guodong took the invitation letter from the German military sent by Bauer to the Daotai Yamen to meet Cai Naihuang and explain to him about going to Europe.

Cai Naihuang saw that Xiao Zhenlei had only come back a week later, and said with some doubts: "Huanyu, why are you coming back again?" Is there anything in the barracks? ”。

Xiao Zhenlei took out the invitation letter from the German military and handed it over and said, "My lord, look at this!" ”

Cai Naihuang didn't know German, he took the invitation and saw that the text on it looked like foreign characters, so he asked, "What is this?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei explained: "My lord, this is an invitation from the German military, and they invited me to Germany for military exchange activities!" ”

"Military exchange activities?" Cai Naihuang is a literati who knows almost nothing about military affairs, and asks suspiciously: "They asked you to study Western military affairs?" ”

We often discuss and exchange experiences and ideas together, and we make progress together, which is basically what it means! ”

Cai Naihuang looked at Xiao Zhenlei like a monster when he heard this, and circled around him a few times in a row, Xiao Zhenlei felt goosebumps on his body, and Cai Naihuang said: "So you are still a soldier?" Otherwise, what kind of 'military exchange activities' will the Germans invite you to? ”

This sounds like sarcasm, but Xiao Zhenlei knew that Cai Naihuang was suspicious, but he was not worried about it at all. Because the invitation was genuine, and it had been communicated to the War Office. Because he was afraid that after he left, the Qing court would send someone to replace him in the army. He asked to meet the governor of Jiangsu early in the morning, and recommended Cai Guodong to command the 46th standard instead of himself, in fact, the higher the official position of the Qing court now, the more afraid of foreigners, the governor Bao saw that Xiao Zhenlei was holding the invitation letter of the Germans and the official document of the War Department, and there was no idea of leaving Xiao Zhenlei in difficulty, and it was better not to offend those who could get the favor of the Germans, and he said that Xiao Zhenlei would rest assured that he would go to Germany to communicate with the Germans, and the position of the 46th standard would be reserved for him, and hoped that Xiao Zhenlei would return as soon as possible.

As for why the governor of Jiangsu has the right to decide on the military rank of the officers of the new army. With the exception of the six towns in Beiyang, the new armies established in each province were all organized into armies by their own provinces, and the provinces themselves were responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officers and military expenditures, and the governors even had the right to decide who would be in charge of a town.

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile: "My lord praised it falsely, I just exterminated a few bandits, but I think the reason why the Germans invited me to Germany for exchanges." It may also have something to do with some of the new tactics I used in these crackdowns on bandits, I came this time to say goodbye to my lord, and my brother is responsible for the lord during this time, his name is Cai Guodong. It's my blessing system, and if there is anything big or small or any action within the army, he will report it to the adults just like me! ”

Cai Guodong immediately gave Cai Naihuang a formal and decent military salute: "Report to your lordship." Forty-six subtitles: Cai Guodong reports to adults! ”

"Hmm!" Cai Naihuang looked at Cai Guodong when he heard this, although he couldn't see anything on his face. But he was extremely unhappy in his heart, because as soon as he saw Cai Guodong, he knew that this person was not easy to buy. It is quite difficult to take the control of the forty-six standards from Xiao Zhenlei, Cai Guodong is an unsmiling and extremely ruthless person at first glance, and it is almost impossible for such a person to confiscate and buy.

After looking at Cai Guodong for a while, Cai Naihuang didn't show any affection, he asked Xiao Zhenlei: "How long are you going to go this time?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "I have already contacted the German side by telegram before, according to their arranged itinerary, I estimate that it will take about three to four months, if you count the time to go back and forth, it may take half a year!" ”

When Cai Naihuang heard this, he also knew that he couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to offend the Germans, many of the instructors in the army of the six towns of Beiyang under his backer Yuan Shikai were Germans, and the weapons used were basically purchased from Germany, so it was not a wise move to offend the Germans!

After thinking about it, Cai Naihuang asked, "Do you know about this?" What if they send someone to take your place after you leave? ”

"As you know, the War Department has sent an official letter on this matter, and the Governor Bao has explained the matter to the Governor, and he is very supportive of my ability to go to Germany to conduct military exchanges with the Germans, and has promised to keep this position for me, and my deputy Cai Guodong will be responsible for commanding the whole army during my absence."

Cai Naihuang nodded and said, "Okay, when are you leaving?" ”

"The ticket has been booked, and we will leave in three days!"

"Okay, this official wishes you a smooth journey and an early return!"

"Understood, bid farewell to the next class!"

After coming out of the Daotai Yamen, Xiao Zhenlei asked Cai Guodong: "Do you want to rest here for a day or two, buy something and then go back to the barracks?" ”

Cai Guodong shook his head and said: "I'm not as leisurely as you, I think it's better to forget it, go back and deal with things over there as soon as possible, if neither of us is here, I'm worried that something will go wrong over there!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought about it and nodded, it is true, the only one who is really trustworthy is this difficult brother who passed through together, and he is always separated from the others, "Okay, I won't keep you anymore, you don't have to come over to see me off when I board the ship in three days, wait, don't leave yet!" If you have a girl you like, try to socialize with others, get along with each other for a while, let's see if we are not as good as before, the work we did in the previous life will lose our heads at any time, but now it is different, although the risk is also very high, the situation is completely different, finding a woman is better than being single all the time, if you don't have it, I will let Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao introduce you to one from among their school classmates, so decided, no objection, if you still treat me as your eldest brother, just listen to me, Striving for our brothers to get married and have children at the same time, what we didn't do in the previous life, we can't leave regrets in this life! ”

Cai Guodong said with a bitter face: "But I have no experience in falling in love with a woman at all!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei scolded with a smile: "I'll rub, do you still need experience?" As long as your root can still be used, besides, you didn't seem to be a chick in your previous life, right? You don't need to talk about love to get married and have children these days, if you really don't have any experience with girls, then I'll give you a matchmaker, go directly to the church to get married, send it to the cave room, and save the level of falling in love, this is always okay, right? ”

Cai Guodong waved his hand and said, "You're leaving soon, I think it's better to be free!" If that's the case, I might as well find it myself, see which woman is my liking, and I'll go find a matchmaker to protect the matchmaker! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "That's okay, I'll come back around June, at the latest in early July, and then I hope to see a woman next to you."

After Cai Guodong returned to the Nanqiao military camp, Xiao Zhenlei came to Aurora Academy, and at noon, he entered the school and found Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao, two girls who had just finished class.

"Yanan, Baguio!" After seeing Wang Yanan and Cheng Baguio in a group of students, Xiao Zhenlei raised his hand and waved.

The two girls ran over together with smiling faces after seeing Xiao Zhenlei, "Brother Xiao, why are you here?" Aren't you going to the West in a few days? Don't need to prepare these days? ”

Wang Yanan, hì 穑粽鹄仔, Φ rout, white abdomen, white abdomen, 鞫甲鐾炅, coin catching, throbbing, oysters, simmering

Cheng Bayao pouted when she heard this, and was quite annoyed: "But we still have classes in the next few days!" What can I do? ”

"Silly girl, you're not going to take leave?" Wang Yanan scolded with a smile.

"Well, I can only ask for leave!"

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile: "Two young ladies, let's go, I'll invite you to lunch, after lunch, I'll send you back to class, but before school in the afternoon, you have to ask for leave from the school, and you have to accompany me in the next three days!" ”

Cheng Biyao said shyly: "Oh, Brother Xiao, you are too bad, you use inappropriate words, what do you mean by 'accompany you well'?" We're not those dancing girls! ”

"Okay, okay, I was wrong! Ladies, please get in the car, I'll take you to a restaurant that cooks delicious food! ”

Next, Xiao Zhenlei took the two girls to lunch, and after sending them back to school, he went to the major banks to exchange some foreign currencies as pocket money, and carried a bill of exchange for a large amount of money, and then found a relevant local bank to withdraw it after arriving at the destination, but before that, the bank here must also send a telegram to the destination bank to indicate that a large amount of money has been transferred to the other party's bank, and the telegram indicates the identity, name, account name, etc. of the person carrying the bill, and some also need to indicate the withdrawal password.

In the next three days, Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao asked for leave from the school and played with Xiao Zhenlei for three days, and they ran all the fun places on the beach.

Xiao Zhenlei originally wanted the two of them to accompany him to Europe, but considering that they still had to take classes, plus he didn't know the attitude of their family, and he couldn't be sure if the trip was dangerous, after careful consideration, he still decided not to take them there, these two girls themselves have no ability to defend themselves, in case something happens during this period, he is in a strange foreign country without any power and can't protect these two girls, he may regret it, leaving the two girls behind, at least in Shanghai, Now with his power in Shanghai, basically no one dares to touch them.

On January 10th, at ten o'clock in the morning, Xiao Zhenlei took nine highly trained elite action group agents sent by Opiyin and Wang Yaqiao to board the "Elizabeth III" cruise ship to London, England, in the tearful eyes of Wang Yanan, Cheng Biyao, Song Shijie, Chen Huizu and many other high-level personnel of the iron-blooded National Salvation Society and Zhenhua Company, the cruise slowly left the dock, Wang Yanan and Cheng Baguio waved desperately with tears, Xiao Zhenlei smiled and waved them back. (To be continued......)