"It's even more timid to love my hometown, I haven't returned to my hometown for a few years." Xu Ming, who took Jinghan Road all the way south, left the noisy train station, and rushed to his hometown, couldn't help but sigh.

"Who said no, speaking of which, I was stained with your light this time, if Director Chen hadn't arranged your mission, I wouldn't have been able to come back to visit my relatives by the way." Zhang Daqing, as his name suggests, is tall and rugged. However, he speaks more kindly than ordinary people.

"The legal principle is nothing more than human affection, it will be troublesome for you to come back alone, let's take care of the two of us together, otherwise Director Chen has been holding your fake note and not approving it before, why did both of them let it go this time." Xu Ming said, "Don't look at Director Chen's bitter gourd face all day long, everyone looks like he has money, in fact, his mind is quite good." ”

"That's right, we came out of a village, Ma Qinglian in the village used to look like a flower, and I don't know if Lu Dao is married now." Zhang Daqing muttered. "Maybe get married, count the age, Ma Qinglian is also more than seventeen years old, there are too few people who have not married at this age, we used to be poor, we couldn't even eat at home, and fled to Fengtian, if it weren't for Fengtian's two years of organizing grain release and reclamation, it is estimated that it would be the same as most of the people who broke into Kanto before, freezing to death and starving to death. Now I can eat, I have a teacher, and my salary is okay. But the girl I like is also married, and sometimes it's really not interesting to say this person. ”

"Don't talk about bastards, how many people can't envy you and I can stay under the master's seat now, a woman, I can only say that I don't have that good fortune. Ma Qinglian is good, but with your current dignity, I'm afraid that your father won't help you find a good daughter-in-law when you go home? Xu Ming scolded with a smile.

Xu Ming and Ma Daqing are in the same village, but there is still some distance between the houses. When they returned, the two were separated. Xu Ming was carrying something weighing nearly sixty pounds, his movements were somewhat affected, and he walked slowly on the ridges of the field, the crops in the field were green, and the sun above his head was hot. However, Xu Ming, who has not returned to his hometown for three or four years, feels very cordial.

"Dog, you're so big!" In three or four years, some children can completely change their appearance, just by looking at their faces, Xu Ming only thinks that Wang Erdan in Wang Tuhu's house is a little familiar, but the fat body shape is an outlier for the poor people in the four miles and eight towns. Most of the villagers are dish-covered and malnourished. However, Wang Butcher has something to do with the mayor of the town, and slaughtering livestock can always get some oil and water, so that Wang Erdan looks fatter than the average baby in the family.

"You are?" Wang Erdan looked at Xu Ming, who was of medium height but with a sturdy body, and hesitated, the person in front of him was also wearing a brand-new military uniform and a pair of shiny leather shoes. It's not something that ordinary people can afford to wear.

"Little fat man, it's me. Xu Ganzi. ”

"You lie, Xu Ganzi is much thinner than you." The little fat man hurriedly shook his head.

"It's really Xu Gangzi. I've come back from the Northeast, and I've gained weight in the past few years, little fat man, you were bitten by a big black dog in the neighboring village before, or I carried you back, why did you forget? Xu Mingha smiled, when he had just left the village. He was as hungry as skin, and others called him Xu Gangzi. When he arrived in the Northeast, he was catching up with Qin Yu to reclaim the famine in Taonan, settle immigrants, and later sign up for the army. In the next year, not to mention big fish and meat, at least food and clothing are worry-free, especially in the army, you can still eat a meal from time to time, the conditions are still a little bitter at the beginning, and then there are more opportunities to see oil and water, compared to in your hometown, life is undoubtedly very rich. After a few years of being a soldier, I got my current shape.

"Are you really Xu Ganzi?" Wang Erdan thought of this incident, and some were skeptical.

"Of course, come, here are a few toffee, I brought them from Fengtian Taonan, they are delicious." Xu Ming stuffed two pieces of paper toffee into Wang Erdan's hand.

Wang Erdan peeled off the paper and kept it in his mouth, and a refreshing milky fragrance and sweetness melted in his mouth. Wang Erdan felt that he had never eaten such delicious sugar, much better than those hemp candy and the like.

"Xu Ganzi is back, Xu Ganzi is back!" More than a dozen pieces of candy were spilled along the way, and a few children followed Xu Mingsheng and shouted.

"Father, mother, my son is back!" Returning to the dilapidated adobe thatched hut, Xu Ming saw a woman with a basin and slightly gray hair, and a tanned old farmer with a sour nose and kneeling on the ground.

"You, you're San'er?" After the initial jaw wrong, the old woman found the familiarity on Xu Ming's face, and couldn't help but scream, her basin fell to the ground, and she stepped forward to hug Xu Ming's eyes and couldn't stop the outflow.

"Okay, it's a good thing that San'er is back, don't let the next door see the joke." The old man said this, but the corners of his eyes were also a little moist.

"San'er, why did you come back from the Northeast, did you resign from the matter over there? You kid, you just don't make people worry. The woman was actually in her early forties, but she looked much older than her actual age after working on the farm every year and working for the family. The family has four sons, three daughters, two of them died young, and two of them have not yet started a family, and the family is nearby, and most of the families are not very good, at this time, Xu Ming can usually help the family, including an elder brother getting married, and the marriage of the elder sister and younger sister has also relied on Xu Ming for the past two years.

"Mother, I didn't quit military affairs, I was promoted, and now I have the rank of second lieutenant and an officer. Changmian sent me back to have something to do, so I stopped by and went home to have a look. Xu Ming hurriedly explained.

"Okay, San'er has suffered outside in the past two years, but you are a blessed person, others don't necessarily have much success as soldiers, you have saved some money, the harvest has not been good in the past two years, if it weren't for you, the family is afraid that it will not be able to survive for a long time, and you have grown up." The old man saw that his son was promising, and nodded again and again.

Thinking of the past, Xu Ming was also embarrassed, with his parents and brothers and sisters who rushed to hear the news for a long time, and had dinner at home, before it was dark, Xu Ming came to Cao Guoguo's house in the village.

"Uncle Cao. It's not resting yet. Xu Ming looked at Cao Guoguo, who was enjoying the cool in the open space in front of the house, and greeted him from a distance.

"Pole, I'm back, yes, I look much more polite than before, and I'm promising." Cao Guoguo held a fan and shook it. He laughed.

"Where can I compare with Uncle Cao, Uncle Cao used to be the steward in the Hanyang Arsenal, and the salary was so high, I was so envious, how has Uncle Cao been doing in the past few years?" Xu Ming asked.

"Don't mention it, the horse peeling in the factory is too dark, and the whole one can only enter and not leave, and once the money is in his purse, it does not leak out. Our old men. Cut and go, people's hearts are scattered. Cao Guoguo shook his head.

"What? And this kind of thing? You're all gone, who's in charge of making shells at the arsenal? Xu Ming was surprised, a few people who knew Cao Guoguo had been in the Hanyang Arsenal for many years, and they had a technical foundation there, especially Cao Guoguo in front of him, who was once in charge of the production of artillery shells. It is a rare military talent. This is also Xu Ming's mission to go home this time.

"It's hard to say how hard to make shells, and it's easy to say that. I have seen a lot, and there are those old workers over there, and the bumps and bumps can be done, and they will not be affected much. Cao Guoguo said with a wry smile, there is a whole assembly line for the production of shells, and those workers have been producing for a long time. Even if you don't understand the reason, you can produce, but the quality of the middle, it is inevitable that the production efficiency will be lower than usual in the past.

"Where is Uncle Cao doing things now?" Xu Ming asked.

"I've found some connections, and I'm going to sue the horse for skinning. Not to mention reinstating to the original job, it should be no problem to re-enter the Hanchang factory at that time, why, you kid asked me so much, do you have any thoughts? Cao Guoguo looked at Xu Mingdao suspiciously.

"Uncle Cao's brain is good, I didn't say it, you guessed." Xu Ming slapped a sycophant first, "Actually, I can come back this time, and it has something to do with you, Uncle Cao." ”

"Something to do with me? You went to the Northeast, and the two of us couldn't fight each other, what does it matter. Cao Guoguo said.

"Uncle Cao, listen to me finish speaking, I have stayed quite well in Fengtian in the past few years, mainly with a good chief, among the people who broke into the Northeast at the beginning, there are still a group of people with me, and they are still living well. Uncle Cao is an expert in making cannonballs, even artillery can be made, and he is the person needed by the commander, to tell the truth, this time I went back to my hometown, the most important thing was to invite Uncle Cao to Mukden. Xu Ming said.

"To Mukden? That's too far, and besides, I'm dragging my family here, and I can't rest assured that I can go alone. Cao Guoguo thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "Where to do things is not to do, since I can stay in Hanchang, why should I go so far." ”

"Uncle Cao, how much was your salary for the previous month?" Xu Ming asked.

"There should be twenty oceans on the books, but the efficiency of the factory has not been very good in recent years, sometimes it can receive six or seven, sometimes three or four." As for the time of war, it is usually not paid and forced to work. Now in order to restore his original position, Cao Guoguo has scattered a lot of money to find a relationship. How much of a role it can have, Cao Guoguo is not very sure in his heart. Even if you re-enter the factory, I am afraid that you will still be pressed on the head by the horse's skinning.

"Uncle Cao, as long as you nod, you will arrive in Mukden, and your salary will be 15 oceans. If you can get the shells out and produce them in batches, the horse will rise to 25 oceans. The salary is paid every month, starting from the first day of Uncle Cao's journey. Xu Ming said, "Uncle Cao, where to do things is not to do, the chief over there in Fengtian is much more generous than Hanchang." ”

"My life circle is here in Hanyang, and I suddenly moved over, and I am not familiar with the place, and it is not easy to go back and forth thousands of miles from Hanyang to Mukden. When the time comes, I will be homesick, and I don't believe such a high salary. Cao Guoguo is a person who has seen a lot of the world, and he will not be frightened by Xu Ming's two sentences, "It turns out that when the Hanchang was profitable, it also had a high salary for a month or two, and then there was no follow-up, and there was not even a decent arsenal in the Northeast, and it should not be possible to go there." ”

"Uncle Cao, you can rest assured, the chief said that as long as Uncle Cao you go over, you can advance three months' salary. At that time, if the situation is not right, come back, there is no arsenal in the Northeast now, and the governor over there has no such plan for the time being. The main thing is to make artillery shells. Besides, the villagers, Uncle Cao still had a life-saving grace for my father, if I talk about you, it is rumored that my parents will have no way to be a man. Don't say it's Uncle Cao, it's Cao Jin, he has the foundation to work in the arsenal. When I arrived in Mukden, I also had a good errand, and the housing problem could be solved there, which was the latest red brick house, not the adobe house at home. ”

"That's too good, isn't it?" Cao Guoguo's mouth opened and said, it is fake to say that such a good treatment is not impressed, but as Xu Ming said, he really has no reason to lie to himself.

"Fengtian's side has developed rapidly in the past two years, and most of the people below who are willing to do things have a good income. In addition to Uncle Cao this time, the technicians who used to work with Uncle Cao are also my target when I come back this time. ”

"Is the big boss over there really so generous?" Speaking of which, Cao Guoli was still a little unconvinced.

"Uncle Cao, I said it all, is it necessary to lie to you? Otherwise, you don't have anything to do right now anyway, so it's better to come with me to Mukden to have a look, even if the road is delayed. Leisure for a few days, come and go will not exceed half a month. The cost of the road is paid by Mukden. Xu Ming said. It is not far from here to the railway station, and the transportation in other parts of the Republic of China is not very good, but the Jinghan line has been built, and you can take a train from Wuhan to Fengtian City. It's very convenient in this day and age.

"Then I'll go and see, you can ask the others, and pull a few more if you can." They are all old fellows who can work, and when they go to Mukden, I have a good company. Cao Guoli hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.

"Okay, that's settled. Uncle Cao, I promise you won't regret going to Mukden. Hanchang can't accommodate talents, but Fengtian is thirsty for talents. Hearing Cao Guoguo's promise, Xu Ming's face was overjoyed.

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"The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change, this braid, now that the skin of the soldiers of the Republic of China has been changed, it can't change the root of the captive nature." Qin Yu put aside the telegram that the Southern Beiyang Army had attacked Nanjing City, and sneered.

"The president also ordered all military divisions to rectify military discipline and avoid disturbing the people, and I believe that the situation will be better." Ding Chengzhi said that Qin Yu didn't like to see news like this, so he chose something good to say.

"The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, Zhang Braid is not so obedient, what kind of soldiers will be bringed, the military discipline of the army in his hand has a criminal record in the previous dynasty, where can it be changed all of a sudden."

Qin Yu shook his head, the army under Zhang Xun that won the battle, when he returned to the team for inspection, the number of people decreased sharply, of course these people were not killed in battle, but rape * adultery and plunder, and they got enough benefits and went back to their hometown directly to enjoy the happiness, where would they stay in the army and live that kind of bitter life. "Most of the president's other things are good, but this military discipline is not tight, I don't know that the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, the generals below are too autonomous, and if they are not held accountable after committing the crime, sooner or later it will cause a greater disaster, I see this kind of thing, and a hundred policemen should be killed."

"Shizuo said that the military discipline of the Braided Army and the Feng Army are naturally incomparable. However, Sun Yat-sen is also to blame, what kind of force to beg Yuan, not to mention the hardships and hardships of himself, but also to work the people and lose money, not a decent battle has been fought, from the previous dynasty to the present, the political foundation laid by the Kuomintang in China is afraid to be destroyed in one fell swoop. ”

Not only Ding Cheng's view, the Kuomintang was forcibly disbanded by Yuan Shikai and was no longer the legal political party of the Republic of China, and at the same time, because of the second revolution, it was used to being called a dictatorship mob by the majority of the people.

"Everything has arrived?" Passing through the guarded soldiers, Qin Yu came to the military warehouse in Beidaying, where the wooden boxes were piled up.

"It's all here, except for the heavy machine guns assigned to the troops, the rest of the 79 Makqin, machine gun cartridges, and Mauser 98 rifles are all here." Ding Cheng opened a box for Qin Yu, and looking at the pile of ordnance, Ding Cheng also unabashedly smiled.

"Really? Have you tried the gun? Qin Yu casually took out a rifle from it and looked it up and down.

"The lowly has already let people try some of these guns, and personally fired nearly 100 rounds of ammunition, this German rifle has excellent performance, and it is much better than the current Tsarist Russia's water and pearl." Ding Cheng nodded.

Judging from the appearance alone, the workmanship is much more exquisite than that of Tsarist Russia. The idea of the Russian designers to make guns was also very advanced. The gap between the water bead and the Mauser rifle is not large, but in terms of appearance alone, it is much inferior, and there is some hint in the heart. In addition, the industrial base of Tsarist Russia is far less strong than that of Germany, and on the whole, the First World War was fought between Tsarist Russia and the German army. The rifle suffered a certain loss.

"Okay, 20,000 rifles, plus that heavy machine gun, can equip two more integrated divisions at the same time, you inform Chen Ruqin that the production of ammunition should be increased, these German-style rifles, I didn't buy much ammunition, there are guns without bullets, it is better to have shovels." Qin Yu said.

"Director Chen of the Ordnance Department has been informed that Director Chen has not complained about the purchase of these rifles, the German rifles are too expensive, and the factory in Taonan has to produce one more caliber of bullets, not to mention the decline in output, and it will take a lot of energy to re-debug a new production line." Ding Cheng said with a smile.

"It's good to have a rifle to use, and pick and choose." Qin Yu shook his head helplessly, if the situation allowed, of course Qin Yu wanted the entire Feng army to use only one caliber of standard rifles, instead of the current situation of Hanyang making and water beads competing for each other, if it was a Mauser rifle, it would be a three-legged stand. Not only is production troublesome, but also logistics and supplies. It's just that now the relationship between Tsarist Russia and the Republic of China is not very good, and the control of armaments is relatively tense. Later, Tsarist Russia was going to carry out a crazy arms race, and Ni Jiting had no way to embezzle more rifles. Not to mention the Hanyang Arsenal, the only idea that can be fought at the moment is the German Mauser rifle, even if the price is a little more expensive, and the bullet is difficult to deal with, there is no way. (To be continued......)