The next day happened to be the first day of the official centralized training of the Nanshi Armed Business Troupe, and it also happened to be Saturday, early in the morning, Xiao Zhenlei asked the dog to drive the carriage to Aurora College to pick up Wang Yanan and Cheng Baguio and then go to Nanshi to watch the opening ceremony and flag presentation ceremony of the Nanshi Armed Merchant Group's training. ※％，.

The ceremony and flag presentation ceremony were set up on a new stage on nine acres of land in Nanshi. Nine acres of land in the northwest of the old city of Nanshi, close to the French Concession, the members of the society are complex, and the three religions and nine streams are mixed in it, and it has always been famous for the tobacco and gambling industry.

There are quite a few well-known gambling tables in the nine acres of land, and these gambling caves with the name of "playground" hang shiny signboards and magnificent decorations, and can accommodate more than 2,000 gamblers. The lights inside are dim, there is no clock, and the dealer is good at going out of the old man, skillfully setting up organs, most of the gamblers come in with full bags and go out with empty bags, many people lose money and peel off the jewelry to go to the nearby pawn shop to bet on the jewelry and then go to gamble, some lose only underwear, known as "white chicken", some gamblers who lose all their faces go home, they throw themselves into the river or hang themselves, and the gamblers who hang themselves in the iron gate of the alley or the street tree are often seen at night.

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't understand why Li Pingshu and others set up a good opening ceremony and flag awarding ceremony in a mixed place like nine acres of land, so he also specifically asked Li Pingshu, according to Li Pingshu, this was set by Cai Naihuang of the Taoist platform, the purpose was to deter those chaotic parties, ruffians, gangsters, and characters of the three religions and nine streams who were mixed in the area of nine acres.

The ceremony and the flag presentation ceremony officially started at nine o'clock in the morning, Xiao Zhenlei took Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao to the nine-acre big stage at eight o'clock, and I heard that the big stage is lively to see. The surrounding residents came early to take up their seats.

The autonomous office sent people to set up the ceremonial place here early in the morning, and some chairs were neatly placed on the stage. A large open space below was surrounded by wooden stakes that were straightened with ropes to enclose the entire perimeter of the new stage. It is forbidden for other idle people to enter, and only one entrance and one exit are left in two places, and people are assigned to guard them.

Xiao Zhenlei and the others were the first to arrive, and after getting off the carriage, he took the two girls to the stage to find a chair to sit down, chatting with them and waiting.

At about a quarter past eight o'clock, the men and horses of the Nanshi Armed Merchant Group began to gradually enter the open space under the new stage, and the first to arrive was a hundred people selected by Xiao Zhenlei from the factory guards, these people were led by Wu Shiyou, and they did not come empty-handed. Everyone carried a spear, Wu Shiyou also had a box cannon pinned to his waist, these people were wearing a uniform uniform, this is Xiao Zhenlei's team uniform specially customized for the armed merchant group to a tailor shop in the county seat, everyone has to wear, these people not only carry guns, they also escorted several carriages into the venue, the carriages are stacked neatly long wooden boxes, these boxes are the guns and ammunition ordered from Lihe Foreign Bank. Of course, there were only guns and a small amount of ammunition, most of which was left in the warehouse and not brought.

Seeing that the members of the business team were about to enter the venue one after another, Xiao Zhenlei asked Wang Yanan and Cheng Biyao to sit on the stage and not run around at will, while he walked down the new stage and came to the open space to direct Wu Shiyou and others to remove the weapons and ammunition from the carriage and stack them under the stage. The carriage was driven outside the venue, and everyone was asked to assemble on one side and wait for the other people's merchant group armed personnel to enter.

As other caravans arrived, the venue began to become a little crowded. Xiao Zhenlei deliberately wore a team uniform customized for the members of the merchant team today, and he had a pistol pinned to his waist. Wearing a pair of riding boots on his feet, he instructed the arriving caravan to enter in order. If someone did not obey the order, he shouted loudly, and everyone saw that he was dressed neatly, and there was a gun in his waist, and he was a little afraid of him, and they did not dare to make a mistake, so they obediently entered in turn according to his instructions, and began to line up in the innermost part after entering.

Xiao Zhenlei took some team members to maintain order, and the nearly 400 business team members outside the venue only took a few minutes to enter the venue, and even the formation was very well organized, Xiao Zhenlei was also very satisfied with this, after all, these people had been trained for a period of time in the past, although they had been idle for a long time, but their foundation was still there, and once they were serious, it was still very easy to form a formation.

When Li Pingshu and other bigwigs of the autonomous office came to the new stage of Jiumu Land, all the armed members of the merchant group had already stood in a row in the open space in front of the stage, and the neat phalanx looked decent, Li Pingshu and others saw the scene of these business team members in front of the stage, and couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhenlei with admiration, it seems that Xiao Zhenlei, the commander-in-chief of the business group, is really a little capable, and there is no appointment error.

Li Pingshu came over with a big boss from the autonomous office and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, you did a good job, these business team members are usually lazy, I can't imagine that you can make them obedient today, it seems that the old man is right to appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the business group!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei turned his head to look, and hurriedly turned around and arched his hand: "Hey, Duke Li, Duke Yu, Duke Mu, and Prince, are you here?" Let's sit down on stage first! ”

Li Pingshu waved his hand and said: "Wait, Lord Cai of Daotai and Lord Li of Zhixian will come over later, let's just wait here."

"Oh? Lord Cai and Master Li are coming over? This dare is good, with the support of Lord Cai and Lord Li, it will be easier for our business group to practice again! ”

The bigwigs stood together and talked about these merchant team members, talking and laughing, Xiao Zhenlei saw six soldiers wearing German military uniforms blocked at the entrance by several business team members he arranged, and hurriedly complained to Li Pingshu and others and ran to the entrance, and after a while, he brought the six German ** people over.

"Princes, let me introduce to you, this is Captain Leo, the captain of the German team of the International Business Group, he has served in the German Army for ten years, and he will be the chief instructor for this training, these five are his officers, help him train our business team members!"

After Xiao Zhenlei finished introducing Li Shuping and others, he introduced Lei Ao and others, and after the introduction, Lei Ao and others saluted Li Pingshu and others, which was very formal and grand, which made Li Shuping and others look up to Xiao Zhenlei again. After all, in their opinion, foreigners have always been very arrogant, let them salute the Chinese? It's just unlikely. But today Xiao Zhenlei did it.

After the introduction, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the stage and said loudly to all the business team members: "Everyone pay attention." My name is Xiao Zhenlei, and Li Pingpingshu, president of the Chamber of Commerce, appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the merchants, and from now on, the commander will take over the command of the armed forces of the merchants, and no one shall disobey my orders. found that two months' salary was confiscated twice, and it was found three times, but there was no third time, and he was directly expelled and left, and the merchant group couldn't tolerate you, a great bodhisattva! ”

After Xiao Zhenlei finished talking nonsense, none of the members of the merchant group dared to desert in private, let alone talk about each other, although these people were not regular army soldiers, they could have been trained in the past. Most of them join the armed merchant group to eat for a living, and the confiscation of wages is more uncomfortable than taking their lives, how dare they not be quiet?

Xiao Zhenlei looked down and quieted down. Indeed, no one dared to speak anymore, and these people's bodies also stood up straighter, and he was satisfied. And he said, "Very well, it is not yet time for the opening of the ceremony. The commander will first explain some things to you, and in a while, Lord Daotai Cai and Lord Li of Zhixian will come over to attend the opening ceremony. When the adults came to the stage, you had to salute the adults with the commander and me, and chanted 'Greetings to Lord Cai and Master Li', did you hear them clearly? ”

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

Xiao Zhenlei heard a burst of anger, and shouted angrily: "Stop, stop, what kind of system will it become?" Shout neatly to Commander Ben, I'll ask again, did you hear it clearly? ”

"Hear me clearly!"

Xiao Zhenlei yelled: "The voice is too quiet, are you all fucking shit in the morning?" ”

"Hear me clearly!" This time the sound is neat, but the volume is not loud enough.

Xiao Zhenlei continued to roar: "Lao Tzu didn't hear it! ”

"Hear me clearly!"

Xiao Zhenlei was finally satisfied, nodded and said: "Okay, very good, I shouted very well this time, this shows that you have not yet reached the point of hopelessness, you can still do well if you want to be serious, although we are not a regular army, but we must also follow the appearance of a regular army!" For this reason, the commander specially invited the captain of the German team, Lieutenant Leo, and his five officers from the International Chamber of Commerce to teach and train you, you must know that Lieutenant Leo and his officers have served in the German Army before, and they are very capable, and it is more than enough to train you, and I hope that you will listen to the teachings of Lieutenant Leo and other instructors, and obey their orders, and the instructor's orders are the orders of the commander, and to disobey the orders of the instructors is to disobey the orders of the commander, and the commander will confiscate your salary. You must know that although the armed merchant group is not a regular army, it is also a local armed force recognized by the government, and it is also an army, and the army has the rules of the army, and if there are unforeseen consequences caused by some people's disobedience to the order, it is natural for the commander to kill his head, do you understand? ”

"Got it!"

This time it was very neat, and the voice was also very loud, Li Pingshu and the others saw Xiao Zhenlei training the lazy merchant soldiers below on the stage in a few words, and they were quite powerful and neat, they were a little unbelievable, even Lieutenant Leo and others couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhenlei with admiration.

Xiao Zhenlei continued: "Okay, now invite Lieutenant Leo and others to come to the stage to meet with you, everyone is familiar with each other, and I invite Lieutenant Leo and other instructors to come to the stage to say a few words to everyone, everyone applauds and welcomes."

Applause rang out, and Lieutenant Leo and the other five German ** officers walked onto the stage amid the applause of Xiao Zhenlei and all the soldiers of the merchant group.

The instructors walked to the front of the stage one by one to introduce their basic information to all the business groups, name, age, former service in the German army and the length of service, etc., after the introduction, they stepped back and let another instructor continue to introduce themselves, these people have more or less been in Shanghai for a few years, basically can speak some simple Chinese, although they are not very fluent, but when the instructor can still communicate with the team members normally, the team members can also understand the Chinese they speak.

At about 8:50 a.m., Daotai Cai Naihuang, Zhixian Li Xiumei and others came over in a sedan chair together, in addition to their two officials, there was also an unexpected person from Xiao Zhenlei who also came, he was Enahai, Enahai rode a tall horse, followed by twenty Qing soldiers with rifles on their backs, these Qing soldiers' original guns were all seized by Wang Yaqiao's people when they robbed the law field, and now these rifles are still borrowed from the third patrol battalion.

"Xiao Zhenlei, commander-in-chief of the Nanshi Armed Business Group, led all the team members to greet Lord Cai, Lord Li and all of you"

As Xiao Zhenlei shouted, more than 500 members of the merchant team below knelt down with him and shouted: "Welcome Lord Cai, Lord Li and all of you!" ”

Cai Naihuang, Li Xiumei and others walked to the stage and sat down one by one according to the level of their official positions, when Enahai saw Xiao Zhenlei standing at the front of the business group, and heard him claim to be the commander-in-chief of the business group, his face changed several times, and he scolded in his heart: "Which bastard made the surnamed Xiao the commander of the business group?" The surnamed Xiao has 500 factory guards in Baoshan, and he actually became the commander of the merchant group here in Nanshi, if these 500 people are also controlled by him and trained into elite soldiers, will they still have it? No, we can't let Xiao Zhenlei's conspiracy succeed, we must catch him and let his conspiracy go bankrupt! ”

But no one saw the ugly face of Enahai, Cai Naihuang and Li Xiumei were startled by the neat and loud voice below at first, but they immediately became happy, these people made such a big noise to welcome them? Of course they were happy, but Cai Naihuang stood on the seat but didn't sit down, raised his hand with a smile and shouted: "Commander Xiao, your business group is good, you have a momentum, this official is very optimistic about you, get up!" ”

"Lord Xie Cai!"

"Lord Xie Cai!" Another shout, Cai Naihuang smiled and sat down satisfied.

Xiao Zhenlei ran to the stage and shouted below: "Next, please ask Li Pingpingshu, president of the Chamber of Commerce, to announce the official start of the reorganization ceremony and flag presentation ceremony of the armed merchant group!" ”

Li Pingshu walked to the front in a burst of applause to announce the start of the ceremony, and the Taoist Cai Naihuang spoke for the soldiers of the merchant group, although Cai Naihuang was a high-ranking official of the fourth grade, but it was the first time to speak publicly in front of so many people, and there was some stage fright, but he was also an official, and he quickly calmed down and said a lot of official words that asked the members of the business team to train hard, protect the safety of the city, protect the safety of the citizens, and be loyal to the court. (To be continued......)