In the afternoon, Xiao Zhenlei arranged a fierce military exercise on the 46th standard, the real course was very high, the battle was fierce, and the location was at the Nanqiao barracks. Zhejiang Governor Zeng Yun was invited to Nanqiao to watch the exercise.

As soon as the exercise began, Zeng Yun was suppressed, this army was well-trained and well-equipped, which he had never seen in the country again, he compared this army with the six towns of Beiyang in his heart, and he found that this army was stronger than any of the six towns of Beiyang, which was not only reflected in the fighting qualities of the soldiers, but also in terms of weapons and equipment, and what he valued most was the command level of the commanders on both sides of the exercise, which commanded in a firm, orderly, and confident manner.

Towards the end of the exercise, Xiao Zhenlei asked Zeng Yun, "My lord, how is it?" Which officer do you have your eye on? Red or Blue? ”

Zeng Yun pointed to Cai Guodong, the commander-in-chief of the exercise, and said, "Benfu wants him!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei just took a sip of tea, looked at Zeng Yun's fingers, and saw that it was Cai Guodong, and suddenly choked on a mouthful of tea in his throat and couldn't swallow or spit it out, and coughed for a while before he eased up.

Xiao Zhenlei smiled bitterly: "My lord, can you change someone?" His name is Cai Guodong, he is the most talented military officer I have ever said, and now he is in the unified position of the 46th standard, I can't give him to you! ”

"No, Benfu wants him, what conditions do you want to agree?" Zeng Yun has a bit of a posture that she doesn't marry.

Xiao Zhenlei thought about it, if Cai Guodong was transferred to the 21st town of the New Army, it would be cost-effective to at least find an association, otherwise it would be a bit of a waste of talents, you must know that there are only two associations in a town, if Cai Guodong can lead an association, then it is equivalent to mastering about half of the troops, and the recovery of Zhejiang will play an immeasurable role in the future.

Xiao Zhenlei had an idea in his heart, and after pretending to think about it, he said: "If the adults want him, they can let him serve as the unification of the 41st Association, and I will agree to transfer him to you!" ”

Zeng Yun shook his head and said: "Xiao Xietong, it's not that Ben Fu is reluctant to take the position of an assistant leader, but because the co-leader candidate of the forty-first association has already been decided Yang Shande, this person was the seventh co-leader of the fourth town of Beiyang before, and it took a lot of effort for Ben Fu to ask this person from Beiyang!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei immediately said: "Since the forty-one association is not good, then serve as the forty-second association commander, Lord Zengyun, if you let Cai Guodong go to your side or be the standard, then I'm sorry, I can't give this person to you, and putting you as the standard commander is delaying his youth and wasting his talent!" ”

Zeng Yun originally wanted to appoint Xiao Xingyuan, the first standard commander of the original mixed association, as the forty-second assistant commander, but now Xiao Zhenlei proposed to let Cai Guodong serve as the unification of the forty-second association, which made him quite difficult, after all, Xiao Xingyuan was born in the first infantry section of the Chinese team of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and later joined the fourth wing of the Japanese guards infantry as a trainee non-commissioned officer, and after returning to China, he served as the first battalion of the second standard of the infantry of the Zhejiang New Army in 1906, and was promoted to the second standard commander of the Zhejiang New Army in 1908. This person is an old man from the Zhejiang New Army, so Zeng Yun is quite embarrassed.

However, Zeng Yun thought about it, Xiao Xingyuan had been to Japan to study, and many of the ** party members in this year have gone to Japan to study, maybe this Xiao Xingyuan is a ** party, and it is indeed a little uneasy to hand over an association to this person to lead, but this Cai Guodong is not a student in Japan, and he has been following Xiao Zhenlei, so it should not be the ** party.

After thinking for a while, Zeng Yun gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, Ben Fu agreed, as long as this Cai Guodong is willing to go with Ben Fu, Ben Fu promises to order him to serve as the unification of the forty-two associations!" But since Ben Fu is here, isn't it too much of a loss to just take him back? Can Xiao Xietong give a few more officers this caressing? ”

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "What other position of officer do you need?" ”

Zeng Yun said: "Benfu also needs a standard commander, two battalion management belts, four team officers, ten platoon officers, and twenty coaching officers!" ”

"My lord, this is drinking my blood, so many officers are going to leave at once, do you know how much money and how much energy it takes for me to train so many officers?"

Zeng Yun was stunned and asked, "Then what do you want Benfu to do?" Money, you don't lack it, official position, you are already the leader of the association at a young age, and the official position has reached the top! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "That's it, even if the adults owe me a favor, this is to be repaid!" ”

"Okay, I owe you a favor!"

Xiao Zhenlei knew very well that after Cai Guodong and these people were transferred to the twenty-first town, Zeng Yun would definitely not arrange all these people in one association in order to control the army, and would definitely disrupt them and stuff them into the two associations and other directly subordinate troops, but it didn't matter, Xiao Zhenlei planned to stuff half of these officers with political work ability into these people, and use the next year to infiltrate the twenty-first town of the new army. It can be said that Zhejiang, where the 21st Town is located, is the nest of the Restoration Society, and it is not easy to compete with the Restoration Society for the control of the 21st Town of the New Army.

Then Zeng Yun told Xiao Zhenlei that he was going to the capital for three days, and he came back to pick up Cai Guodong and others about four days later, Xiao Zhenlei said that he would do a good job in the ideological work of Cai Guodong and others, so that they would willingly follow them to Zhejiang to take up their posts.

Xiao Zhenlei sent Zeng Yun away and recruited Cai Guodong to the co-headquarters to tell him about his plans, "Eagle, we still have too few troops to control now, once Xinhai ** breaks out, there will be things happening everywhere, and the territory we can occupy will be extremely limited, and Jiangsu is the land of four wars, and the strategic depth is too small, it just so happens that Zeng Yun wants to take some officers from us to form the twenty-first town of the new army, so I am thinking about letting you bring some officers over, I have already negotiated with Zeng Yun, In addition to the two of you, four deputy company commanders, ten deputy platoon commanders and twenty deputy squad leaders were transferred from the 46th standard to go with you, fortunately, we have trained a lot of deputy officers in the 46th standard, otherwise there are really not enough officers, it seems that we have to open a special officer training class or school, by the way, what do you mean by what I just said? ”

Cai Guodong took a puff of cigarette and said: "I will go wherever you ask me to go, since going to Twenty-one Town will be of great help to our cause, then I will go, I know what you mean, don't worry, I will try my best to control more troops, and when I really want to do something, I can seize power with the fastest speed and efficiency!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "That's good, it's up to you over Zhejiang, as long as we can fully control the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, after the Qing court falls, with the finances and taxes of these two richest provinces in the southeast, we can completely raise enough troops and gain a foothold here, as for the rest of the matter, we will make plans according to the form!" After you go back, immediately discuss with Zhou Chuandong, so that he can be mentally prepared, and in addition, the matter of selecting officers to go to Zhejiang with you should also be paid attention to, and Zeng Yun will return from the capital to pick you up and go to Zhejiang in four days."

Cao Guodong asked: "Then who will take over the forty-six bids here?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for two minutes and then said: "Wu Shiyou took over the position of standard, he was one of the first people to follow me, and he is trustworthy, what do you see?" ”

"I have opened a small stove for him for a period of time, and it should be no problem to take over the position of standard unification!"

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said: "His loyalty is reliable, and other aspects can be made up for by learning through guò, no one is born to fight, so it's decided!" ”

Four days later, Xiao Zhenlei sent Cai Guodong and Zhou Chuandong away, and they said that they would open up another base in Zhejiang, and Wu Shiyou, the former commander of the 46th Standard 1st Battalion, was recommended by Xiao Zhenlei to take over the post of 40th Standard Unified Battalion.

On August 18, the day after seeing off Cai Guodong and others, Xiao Zhenlei received a telegram from Wang Yaqiao from Shanghai, in which Wang Yaqiao said that the last time Xiao Zhenlei asked him to send someone to monitor the affairs of the bosses of those rubber companies, he made arrangements at that time, and the agents he sent to monitor Mai Bian, the owner of the Langezhi Rubber Company, reported that Mai Bian had signs of desertion, not only Mai Bian, but also some other rubber company bosses.

Why is it an escape? Maibian's Langezhi Rubber Company was founded in 1903, when it was established at the beginning of the issuance of a lot of stocks, last year Maibian saw that the rubber market rose sharply, in order to accumulate wealth, he issued several shares in a row by illegal means, why is it illegal? Because of the issuance of a stock, he as the largest shareholder of the percentage of shares will be reduced, if the issuance of shares a few more times, then he may even lose the controlling interest, the issuance of shares is not unlimited, if the shareholding rate drops to a certain Cheng dù will lose the control of the company, maybe there are already people with a higher shareholding rate than him, but this person does not know, because the stock market is not supervised at all, Mai Bian such people can act recklessly.

Now that the rubber stock bubble has burst, some people have realized that Mai Bian and other rubber company bosses have uncontrolled behavior of issuing rubber stocks is a trick to cheat money, so many rich people who lost money in this rubber stock market crash have pointed the finger at the bosses of these rubber companies such as Mai Bian, these tycoons, and even those angry Shanghai citizens besiege these rubber companies, and even angry citizens have found the residences of these rubber company owners and blocked them in their homes. If they hadn't called the patrol in time, they might have been torn to pieces by the angry citizens.

After reading the telegram, Xiao Zhenlei immediately asked people to send a telegram to Wang Yaqiao, informing Wang Yaqiao to immediately send someone to secretly arrest and detain the bosses of these rubber companies who were about to escape, and they must not be allowed to abscond with the money, you must know that these people have defrauded the hard-earned money of the Chinese people, and the money defrauded by the bosses of these rubber companies in this rubber stock trend is definitely not a small amount, you must know that Shanghai Beach is almost to the point of having no money available, in addition to being made by Xiao Zhenlei more than 20 million taels, Most of the other money went into the pockets of the bosses of these rubber companies, and Xiao Zhenlei instructed Wang Yaqiao to take all the money out of the mouths of the bosses of these rubber companies!

At this time in Shanghai, Mai Bian, the owner of the Glench Rubber Company, and Robert, the owner of the Weighbridge Rubber Company, met in a coffee shop in the concession, and they were discussing a plan to escape from Shanghai together.

The two took advantage of the fact that they came out today, went to a law firm together, and entrusted a lawyer to help them find a dental store to dispose of the property in Shanghai, and then the two went together to buy a ticket to Europe tomorrow.

On the morning of August 19, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, a white top hat and sunglasses, Mai Bian and Robert secretly came to the 16 Mile Pu Wharf with suitcases, ready to leave Shanghai Tang and return to the UK on a cruise ship.

After walking into the docks, both McBian and Robert breathed a sigh of relief, and Robert asked, "Mr. McBian, you have made a lot of money this time, and your money should be enough for you to squander in England for a few lifetimes, right?" ”

Mai Bian smiled: "I plan to buy a piece of land after I go back, and then build a luxury manor, the manor must have a racetrack, a golf course, a green promenade, a swimming pool, a garden, etc., don't ask me, I guess the money you make is estimated to be enough for a few lifetimes, isn't it?" ”

The two looked at each other, and then they both laughed: "Hahaha".

Just when the two of them were extremely proud, four people walked quickly from behind, and two by two grabbed their arms from behind, and at the same time pressed their pistols against their backs.

"Don't move, don't scream, I'll kill you if you scream! If you don't want to die, you'd better be honest with us! ”

Mai Bian knew that the two of them had been kidnapped, and he trembled in fright: "Don't."

"Shut up!" One of the people who kidnapped Mai Bian and Robert whispered, "If you say one more word, I'll let you die!" ”

In the face of the threat of death, Mai Bian closed his mouth sensibly and tightly, and the person who spoke just now immediately said: "Turn around and walk out of the dock honestly with us, otherwise I will turn you into two corpses and go!" ”

McBian and Robert did not have the courage to resist, and were obediently carried out of the dock by the four men and boarded the two cars, which did not arouse anyone's suspicion.

A day later, in a dimly lit basement, the scarred and bloody Maibian begged for mercy in a very weak voice: "Stop beating, don't torture me, I said, I will give you all the money, just ask you not to torture me!" ”

Soon after Mai Bian gave in, Robert also gave in, they really couldn't stand such torture, they all confessed the withdrawal password of their bank account one after another, Wang Yaqiao sent someone to go to the bank with the deposit slip and seal found from them and transferred all the money in their account to another account,

In the days that followed, the owners of other rubber companies fled, but all of them disappeared from the docks.

Wang Yaqiao took out all the money in the bank accounts of the bosses of these rubber companies, and there was nothing left, and finally after statistics, a total of 18 million taels were pulled out from the bosses of these rubber companies. R1152