Although there are far fewer evacuees from the direction of Shanghai than in the past few days, thousands of civilians still pour into Hangzhou with their families and their families every day, and nearly half of them are then diverted from Hangzhou to southern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, and even Jiangxi.

After running out of lunch, which had been postponed for three hours, Wu Ming ordered each company to stop training, except for each company to send a squad to guard the fortifications and refuse anyone to approach, most of the remaining officers and soldiers returned to the Ding family ancestral hall to rest, and the battalion headquarters cooking squad went to the surrounding villages to purchase chickens, ducks, fish and meat as much as possible, so as to replenish oil and water for the brothers who had worked hard for more than ten days.

After all the arrangements were completed, Wu Ming sat under the big tree in front of the ancestral hall of the Ding family, summed up a series of situations that happened today and the gains and losses, just closed the notepad, he heard the sound of the car horn, the Buick car with the Shanghai public concession license plate slowly drove to the side of the ancestral hall gate and turned off, Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai got out of the car door, and went straight to Wu Ming to sit down.

"Why did Brother Liu come back again?" Wu Ming beckoned and motioned for Lu Kuiyuan to hurry up and make a new pot of tea.

Liu Rulin sat down with a fluttering eyebrow and raised his chin: "Brother, what do you guess Chairman Lu and General Ge Jingen said when they went back in the same car?" ”

"How do you know what the two of them are talking about?" Wu Ming asked rhetorically.

Liu Rulin shook his head with a smile and turned to Ma Zhizhai: "Your guy's reaction really made Brother Ma right, it is estimated that you kid was born without knowing what fear is, but this is fine, at least you can maintain your own heart." I remember a book that wrote: People who have no fear are terrible people in this world, because they will not bow to any power, let alone be bound by the old moral rules, so such people often either achieve great things that ordinary people cannot achieve, or commit sins unimaginable to the world! Fortunately, Wu Ming, you guy is my friend, I don't have to worry too much. ”

"Huh!? Are you praising me or hurting me? Wu Ming asked curiously.

Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai laughed loudly in unison, and the two adjutants sitting on the bench next to them couldn't help laughing.

Wu Ming felt helpless, took the tea tray handed by Lu Kuiyuan and put it on the table, set up the cup, and made tea for the two chiefs of staff and their adjutants.

Ma Zhizhai put away his smile: "Brother Liu said that Chairman Lu plans to build another security division directly under the leadership of the provincial government, and during the recruitment of soldiers, the division will first build a teaching regiment under the division. ”

The look of surprise in Wu Ming's eyes flashed, and when he saw Liu Rulin nodding, he picked up the teapot, slowly poured four cups of tea, and handed them to everyone one by one, without expressing any opinions, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Liu Rulin secretly admired Wu Ming for having such a calm self-cultivation and bearing at a young age, took the teacup and took a sip of it, and put it down gently: "You guys have left too deep an impression on Chairman Lu and Vice Minister Ge, on the way back to the city, Vice Chief Ge was full of praise for you and your teaching team, and asked which military school you graduated from?" ”

"Chairman Lu actually didn't understand, so he prevaricated, and after returning to the provincial compound, he called me and Director Cheng. Director Cheng is quite familiar with you, and he probably has also read the resume of the officer reported by your Western Zhejiang Security Command, and he told Chairman Lu and Vice Minister Ge that you are an orphan who only studied in private school for two years, and then the family is gone, so you wander around, and you have never attended a regular military school, which is considered self-taught. ”

Wu Ming secretly complained in his heart when he heard this, but there was no change on his face.

Ma Zhizhai had also doubted Wu Ming's resume before, but Wu Ming was not only the benefactor of the boss Fang Youchun's family, but also the quasi-son-in-law of the Fang family, plus everyone became brothers, so he didn't pay attention to this matter anymore.

Liu Rulin was also quite surprised, seeing that Wu Ming had no reaction, he took a sip of tea and continued: "Chairman Lu and Vice Minister Ge were very surprised after listening to the introduction, Vice Minister Ge took out two pamphlets from his pocket, saying that they were handed over to him by Brother Ma, and on the way back, he roughly flipped through them, and found that there were not only advanced scientific military training methods, but also some of the insights were extremely unique and thought-provoking. It is absolutely impossible for a person who has only studied in a private school for two years and then is self-taught to write it, and this person is you Wu Ming. As a result, Director Cheng had nothing to say, so Chairman Lu and Vice Minister Ge asked me again, but where did I know the Tao? So only come back and ask you personally. ”

Wu Ming lit a cigarette slowly, organized some words in his heart, and said without blushing: "I have no other advantages as a person, that is, I am smart, I learn things quickly, I like to ponder, and my memory is very good, so I can't change it if I want to." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter, they didn't expect Wu Ming to be so thick-skinned.

Ma Zhizhai laughed and scolded, and finally had to admit that Wu Ming was indeed smart, he had seen Wu Ming face the strangeness of the military map for the first time, asked this and that, and specially asked him for relevant books to study himself, but it didn't take long to find that Wu Ming's drawing and reading level has improved by leaps and bounds, especially in terms of drawing skills and accuracy, far more than himself and all the professional staff officers of the headquarters, not to mention the multi-functional dagger that Wu Ming made with a group of masters and a few foreign experts. Portable sapper shovels and steel helmets and other weapons and equipment that others dare not think of, and they can't convince him or not.

Liu Rulin felt that Wu Ming was reluctant to mention his past, so he didn't delve any further, pointed to Lu Kuiyuan, who was smirking on the side, and asked curiously: "Where did you buy the daggers, steel helmets, and sharp sapper shovels you are equipped with?" There are no outsiders here, let's talk about it! ”

Ma Zhizhai smiled and looked at Wu Ming without speaking.

Wu Ming hesitated slightly, and according to the truth: "I set up a metal products factory with the owner of the largest local hardware factory in Quzhou, and invited a group of masters from the old ordnance factory in Hangzhou, which went bankrupt and closed down a few years ago, as well as a few foreign technicians who came to China to pan for gold. By the way, why did you suddenly ask about this, did you ask it yourself or someone else asked you to ask? ”

Liu Rulin explained: "There are both situations, presumably you also know, in the past few years, few people paid attention to the equipment of steel helmets and sapper shovels, and many people even thought that they were dispensable, but now the situation is different. ”

"However, due to the constraints of finance, the current situation, equipment purchase channels and other factors, I am afraid that only your teaching team, the 87th and 88th divisions of the Central Army and the Central Teaching Corps are equipped with steel helmets, and others can't buy them even if they want to, let alone make them themselves."

"Today, everyone is deeply impressed by your new equipment, Vice Minister Ge specifically mentioned this matter, let me ask where you bought it, it is estimated that he will report what he saw and heard today to the Military Commission, the security department has decided to contact the purchase, I also have this opinion, so I came to ask you."

Wu Ming said with some embarrassment: "This is a good thing for the country and the people, but at present, the production capacity of Quzhou Metal Products Factory is limited, and the cost cannot be reduced in a short time!" ”

Liu Rulin suddenly cried and laughed: "You guy, why do you still have the face of a profiteer?" ”

Everyone laughed, but Wu Ming explained very seriously: "It is true that the output is limited...... In this way, the monthly output of steel helmets in Quzhou is at most 1,500 pieces, and the output of sapper shovels is slightly richer, but they need to be ordered, otherwise they will not dare to produce, and the countrymen will not buy this thing at all! ”

"As for the multi-functional dagger not to talk about, first of all, the lack of special steel, followed by the processing is extremely difficult, the production cost is too high, our teaching team is currently equipped with a batch, want to mass production can only wait for the truce in Shanghai, processing equipment and imported special steel are extremely lacking at the moment, with the traditional manual manufacturing is too slow, too expensive."

Liu Rulin waved his hand impatiently: "In this case, let's not talk about the dagger first, just say the steel helmet and the sapper shovel, you hurry up and make a price!" ”

"A steel helmet of fourteen oceans, a sapper shovel of seven oceans, below this price will be a loss!" Wu Ming unceremoniously quoted the price in his mind.

Ma Zhizhai immediately lowered his head as if he had swallowed a chicken bone and was stuck in his neck, thinking that Wu Ming was too dark.

Liu Rulin didn't care: "It's good to have a quasi-price, tomorrow I will send someone to Quzhou to sign a contract, the steel helmet will be 5,000 for the time being, and the sappers will shovel 5,000, but I need you to deliver the goods within two months." ”

"Huh!? Time is too urgent, and the factory is not manpowered! ”

Wu Ming said very embarrassed: "I guess you also know that this kind of technical work is not something that ordinary people can do as they say, and smart people need at least three to six months of training to get started, you have to be in such a hurry, I'm afraid you can't be busy working overtime!" Why don't you add some more money? ”

Liu Rulin first nodded and felt that the problem was very objective, and after listening to the last sentence, he suddenly became angry, pointed at Wu Ming's nose and burst into three foul words in a row, which caused the brothers to laugh for a while, and Ma Zhizhai laughed and warned Wu Ming to stop in moderation.

Wu Ming pursed his mouth, so he reluctantly agreed, pulled his own placket, and asked Liu Rulin: "Why don't you buy 5,000 sets of this sturdy, durable, and extremely convenient new military uniform?" ”

Liu Rulin smiled: "I don't need a military uniform, I also know that this military uniform on your body is easy to use, but I have already drawn the style, and there are a lot of garment factories in Hangzhou, just do it, there is no need to go far." ”

"Go, go, you dignified lieutenant colonel chief of staff, the pillar of the country, you have status and status, you shouldn't learn from those unscrupulous profiteers, right? Anyway, I racked my brains to complete the design of this costume, and after a long period of trial by my brothers, I repeatedly solicited the opinions of my brothers and revised it many times, and it took a lot of effort to make it...... You...... You plagiarized me so easily, huh? I know that my official position is smaller than yours, and I can only endure it if I can't afford to provoke it, but why do you have to give me some compensation for invention patents as appropriate? Wu Ming was unrelentingly entangled.

When the brothers heard this, they laughed again, and Ma Zhizhai finished laughing, and even said that why didn't he know that Wu Ming still had such a ability to compare? If I had known the Dao, I am afraid that the borrowed money would have to be added to the business handled by Wu Ming!

Liu Rulin was also amused by Wu Ming's matter-of-fact appearance, and said with a smile:

"Okay, then I'll find a way to compensate you...... Listen, in order to commend the outstanding performance of your western Zhejiang team, Chairman Lu spoke, and the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs will reward you with 50,000 yuan from the donations of the Anti-Japanese War, and the Security Department will make a decision to give you a one-time three-month military salary as a reward. ”

"In addition, the Department of Civil Affairs and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Department have decided to join forces to create a momentum for the War of Resistance, and it is estimated that from tomorrow, you will not have to worry about military rations, meat and daily necessities."

The surrounding brothers were very happy to hear this, but Wu Ming did not have a smile on his face, he knew what was the ultimate goal of the Civil Affairs Department and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Department to join forces to create the momentum of the Anti-Japanese War. I'm afraid that in the end, it would be good to have one-tenth of the people's fat and people's ointment used in the Anti-Japanese War, accepting this money and accepting this gift, Wu Ming felt ashamed, but what if he didn't accept it? Do you have to be intimate to be comfortable?

Seeing Wu Ming standing up expressionlessly, the brothers didn't dare to laugh anymore, Wu Ming asked Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai, "Do you have any special requests tonight?" ”

"No, why are you asking this?" Ma Zhizhai asked rhetorically.

Liu Rulin added: "Just do it in accordance with the requirements of combat readiness, Shanghai has started to stop again in the past two days, and it is estimated that there will be nothing for a while." ”

Wu Ming nodded with relief: "Since that's the case, I want to go to the city after arranging for duty, if you have time, go together." ”

"What's wrong?"

Liu Rulin was very curious: "You were asked to go into the city several times during this time, but you were unwilling to leave, and now that the sun is going down, what are you still going to the city for?" ”

"Ahh

Wu Ming let out a long sigh: "In the past two days, more and more wounded soldiers of the 19th Route Army have been transported back through our checkpoint, and most of them are seriously wounded who cannot be treated on the front line, so I want to go to Tianshui Church and ask Father Lei Mengde if he can carry forward the spirit of international humanitarianism?" ”

"If it really doesn't work, you have to sell us enough medicine as much as possible, and it's better to tell him to send the students of the church medical school to participate in the rescue of the wounded, otherwise I will not be at peace!"

Liu Rulin immediately stood up, and the faces of the surrounding brothers were all changed to reverence.