"Oh, that's it. Wu Nian, this kid can get up fast! All of a sudden, he was a brigade commander. When Ning Shijun announced the officer allocation of the Shandong column, Feng Lun, who was sitting behind Zhou Yi, said in a low voice.

"Shut up." Zhou Yi turned his head and shouted.

Zhou Yi, who was sitting in the first row, had mixed feelings. Ning Shijun announced which troops to transfer from the Fifth Town, but the patrol army's organization plan was not listened to. Because of this result, he already knew the truth.

He had already thought that Long Qian would keep people to strengthen the Shandong troops, and he had also been asked for advice by Long Qian before. But he was embarrassed to say that he wanted to stay in Shandong, firstly, it was estimated that Long Qian would not let him replace Ning Shijun, and secondly, it was estimated that Long Qian would not let him stay. Therefore, he expressed his complete agreement with Long Qian's arrangement.

Since Zhangde was dragged out of the city by Duan Zhigui that night to drink wine, and after the ghost accidentally accepted the silver ticket of 10,000 taels of silver given by Duan Zhigui, Zhou Yi regretted it a little. Although Duan Zhigui didn't ask for anything, he just wanted to make a friend. But the meaning behind the 10,000 taels of silver, Zhou Yi knew it well. The 10,000 taels of silver moved him, and he took the silver ticket easily. Now that I think about it, it's a bit small.

How much can you do with 10,000 taels of silver? Every time I think about it, I feel a little shaken.

Fuck it, do it! When I followed my uncle to the Central Plains, I was not afraid of heaven and earth, and now I am considered to be famous, but I am afraid of the tail, and I am simply alive and well. What if Jiang Yun's dog nose smelled the smell? Duan Zhigui doesn't have any evidence of his own, so when the time comes, he will die and not admit it, what can I do? Come to think of it. Zhou Yi put his mind at ease and stopped tossing himself.

But he still couldn't help but look at Jiang Yun sitting in the corner. That kid always likes to hide in dark corners and watch, and is born to be dog fodder. Zhou Yi knew that there were two people in the Mengshan Army who could not be easily provoked, one was Cao Minzhong, who was in charge of the Military Justice Department, that kid always looked like he didn't recognize his six relatives, and he always wanted to smell something to ask for merit and reward. Although the Judge Advocate General's Office has dealt with some officers over the years, and some have been shot, it is not too terrible, because it has reached its own level. Cao Minzhong was a little powerless. The terrible Jiang Yun is silent. Not to mention the trust of Long Qian, I don't know how many secret posts and secret sentinels have been arranged over the years, and many unbelievable news were heard by the young man with a baby face. Just like this time the imperial court sent the fifth town. The message from the military headquarters has not yet arrived. Long Qian knew the way. It's horrible. At that time, he was also in Zhangde, and he and Duan Zhigui went out to drink, would he see it?

The initial pride was fleeting. In exchange for chagrin and remorse. Zhou Yi sometimes admires Feng Lun, that kid has a momentum that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and rarely looks forward and backward, that kind of character, he can't learn it. During the Mengshanzhai period, he was not close to Feng Lun, he was in the third team, Feng Lun and Ye Yanbing were under the sixth team Cai Chengxi, they just knew each other. Later, he became a direct subordinate with Feng Lun, and the relationship became close. Feng Lun has violated military discipline many times in private, but he doesn't take it seriously - it's a big deal to off, I don't believe it, the commander really doesn't talk about the old feelings at all.

Think about it too. At the beginning of Mengshanzhai, he was just an officer of a foot team, and his subordinates were in charge of the 100 people, Feng Lun and Ye Yanbing, as well as Wang Mingyuan and Feng Guozhu, were just the team leaders in charge of the 30 people, and now they have all become senior officers at the level of co-commander and standard. And the two or three hundred people who broke through from Mengshanzhai, except for the dead, the one who survived was not five or six? Even Ma Mian, who was beaten by Long Qian for raping a woman, has been up and down several times, and now he is the battalion commander under Feng Guozhu, and his subordinates have caught up with the prestige of his uncle with seven or eight hundred brothers. Yesterday, when I saw the whole team of Ma Mian giving a lecture, I saw myself and ran over to salute very well, and I still joked, do you remember being beaten by the commander at the beginning? Ma Mian was a little embarrassed, and said, maybe it was the stinky beating that brought me on the right path.

The right path...... Zhou Yi chewed two words, in the hearts of most officers, following Long Qian was the right way. To be fair, the little spark in Mengshanzhai was officially preserved in Long Qian's hands, and it has developed step by step to the present. Also yesterday, he said to Long Qian that he had left Mengshan for six or seven years and had never returned. When did you call our old brothers to go back to Mengshan again to see if the original village was still there? Has the Temple of Light collapsed? Long Qian said, not now, in the future, we will definitely go back in the future. It is also necessary to set up a monument on the mountain to commemorate the birthplace of the Mengshan Army, and the names of all the old brothers who raised our troops together should be engraved on the monument, so that future generations will always remember us......

Ning Shijun, who was thinking nonsense about Zhou Yi, didn't know when he had finished speaking, and Long Qian returned to the podium again, "Brothers, the imperial court's envoy will come soon. Everyone must maintain discipline and cherish the image of our Mengshan Army. I will handle the matters related to the negotiations with the imperial court, and all you have to do is to effectively control the troops. In the past two days, I went to the guard battalion and a battalion of the 19th standard, learned about the mentality of the officers and soldiers at the lower level, and found that everyone still has concerns about going south. Where do I know this? Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen education, especially in the area of discipline. Those who dragged their guns and fled were all shot and executed, and no mercy was tolerated. Leaving the team empty-handed made fun of all the benefits of his family, and first said the ugly words first. The key to ensuring that orders and prohibitions are carried out by the troops is that officers at all levels take the lead in strictly enforcing orders. The standard manages your standard, and the co-ordinate manages your cooperation, and there must be no chaos! Again, discipline is the key to ensuring our growth! In the following southward marching army, we must maintain discipline, especially after leaving the border of Shandong Province, how the people in other regions perceive our Mengshan army depends on the degree to which we enforce discipline. In addition, it is necessary to make full preparations for a long-distance march, and this is not only a matter for the logistics department, but also for military commanders at all levels to personally inquire about and inspect it. Okay, let's adjourn. ”

"Too wordy, always emphasizing discipline, discipline, annoying? Haven't you ever practiced long-distance? Feng Lun took out the cigarette and whispered to Zhou Yi.

"Shut up. How can this be compared to the exercise? It's going to be war. Zhou Yi glared at Feng Lun dissatisfied.

"Ball! A few thieves, send a battalion under me to go over and get rid of it all off. Alas. It's a pity that my third battalion is ......" Feng Lun saw that Long Qian had already left the conference room, and his voice became louder.

The 3rd Battalion of the 20th Standard was drawn out as a whole and left to Ning Shijun's so-called Shandong Column. This is not a single pair of Feng Lun's 20 standards, and each of the remaining three main infantry standards has left a battalion.

"Alright, hurry up and arrange your troops." Zhou Yi stared at Feng Lun and walked out of the conference room. He didn't worry about Feng Lun, this kid was a good hand at managing the army and training soldiers, so he didn't need to worry too much. He needs to take care of the next nineteen standards, Ye Yanbing has left office, and Du Sanli has taken over as the standard commander, after all, the chief officer has been changed. Again, before the march of the great army. Zhou Yi needs to go to the 19th standard to supervise the completion of the handover and check the situation of the troops.

Walking out of the headquarters compound, Zhou Yi met Huang Yu and Zhang Hongcao head-on, and the two female soldiers who were also veterans of the Mengshan Army stood together. Salute to Zhou Yi.

"Hmm. What about the two of you. Stay or go with the main force? ”

"Report to Zhou Xietong, we will go with the hospital, and Sister Sun will stay." Zhang Hongcao reported.

"Red grass is fine. Topaz, you, Lao Sheng went to Guanwai, and you went south again, but the more you separated, the farther and farther away. ”

"It doesn't matter, I'll go with the troops." Topaz raised his hand and stroked the hair in front of his forehead.

"Okay, Hongcao, you're the vice president, you have to worry about it more. The commander emphasized the problem of not adapting to the soil and water several times, and it is really a matter when you think about it. Don't have a lot of diarrhea, that's trouble. ”

"Director Qi has already made arrangements, and the pills will be sent to all companies today, don't worry, Commander Zhou." Zhang Hongcao raised his hand again and saluted, "Old Song is looking for us, let's go in first." Is your meeting over? ”

"It's over, you guys go." Zhou Yi raised his hand in return.

Thinking about their previous identities, Zhou Yi felt that Long Qian was still very nostalgic and humane. took good care of the "old people" in Mengshanzhai, and the shadow in his heart was dispelled a little, and he recruited the signal soldiers who followed behind, pulled the saddle and got on the horse, and headed towards the 19th standard station.

Xu Shichang and his entourage arrived in Jinan on November 6. Counting the days, he hasn't been to Jinan for four years. From outside the city, I saw the earth-shaking changes in Jinan, a large number of factories appeared in the west of the city, lined with chimneys spitting black smoke, and flat roads, and a section close to the outskirts of the city was paved with ashes! There is no such road even in Kyoshi. There are also countless new-style townhouse bungalows and western-style buildings in the interspersed period, and French plane trees planted...... These places used to be endless fields of crops.

The attachés who followed him were also amazed, but they heard that Jinan Mansion had changed a lot, and they didn't expect the changes to be so amazing.

"Lord Xu, look. Shandong Wubei School is here. Cai Yi, who was following Xu Shichang, pointed to the large buildings on the right side of the road and said.

"Huh?" The arc-shaped school gate under the shade of green trees is embedded with several black characters on a white background, Shandong Wubei School. The gate is very wide, and one of the boulders divides the road into two strands, and the boulder is engraved with blood-red characters: I am born and the country is dead, and I am dead and the country is alive!

That's probably the school motto. The eight blood-red characters reveal the resoluteness of the generous Xu Guo!

Cai Ye stared at those eight big characters for a long time, and a kind of nobility that had never been seen rose from his chest and abdomen, and generosity to go to the country is the highest ideal of every real soldier, and the best destination. Cai Yi imagined what kind of state of mind the graduates who came out of this school gate?

"My lord, would you like to take some time to visit the military academy?" Cai Yi proposed.

"Let's get down to business. Let's get down to business. Xu Shichang was also staring at the school motto. His personality tended to be more literati, although he spent more than ten long years in the military and rarely put on a majestic appearance in front of his subordinates.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I think Long Qian will definitely not resist Lafayette's will......" The speaker was Hu Lan, the head of the military department, a six-grade petty official, born with a roe head rat, his wife and Liangbi's concubine got married, so he was reused by Tie Liang, and this time he was sent to Shandong with Xu Shichang to preach the decree.

Xu Shichang snorted, thinking to himself that if Long Qian was a doll at the mercy of others, how could such a shrewd Yang Shixiang be set aside?

A few people continued to move forward, and after walking two more miles, Jinan City was already in sight.

Xu Shichang was under the supervision of the Mengshan Army since he entered Shandong, so when Xu Shichang arrived at the city gate, from the governor of Shandong, Yang Shixiang, the military and political dignitaries all went out of the city to meet the Qincha.

After the routine scene, Xu Shichang was unable to pass on the decree, because the holy decree was given to Long Qian. So he asked Yang Shixiang, "Why didn't you see Admiral Long?" "But the main man is not there, so this thing can't be done. The Shandong military was present with Ning Shijun, deputy commander of the patrol force, and Wang Mingyuan, commander of the Ninth Coordination Army. But none of them represented Long Qian.

"Unfortunately, the Long Junmen is sick and failed to meet the Qin Cha, and I hope Lord Xu will forgive me." Ning Shijun replied without humility or arrogance.

Before Xu Shichang could speak, Hu Lan snorted, "This is a coincidence!" If he doesn't get sick early or late, the court asked him to send troops, but he got sick. ”

"What does this lord mean? Can't my family pretend to be sick? Wang Mingyuan loudly grabbed Bai Dao, "Yang Futai can testify, since receiving the telegram from the Ministry of War, my family commander immediately began to arrange for the fifth town to go south. ”

"Wang Xietong, don't misunderstand," Yang Shixiang glanced at Bai Ruifeng beside him, thinking to himself that your son-in-law has always been humble and steady, but today he sang a black face in front of the officials of the military department, "Admiral Long is indeed sick, and I visited his mansion yesterday." Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to go to the governor's yamen to rest first? I can prepare a wine for you. ”

Bai Ruifeng, the political envoy, glared at Wang Mingyuan, and also felt that it was inappropriate for him to have such an attack.

"Well, it seems that the dragon control is already making preparations for the launch, which couldn't be better. The military situation is like fire, and the front is looking forward to the fifth town. Lianfu, the meal is small, I should go to visit Long Huisi first, when we were in Lunan, we were also fated. ”

"It's okay, I'll accompany Master Xu." Yang Shixiang originally wanted to call himself a subordinate official, but he changed his mind after the most reluctance. Xu Shichang is a squire in the military department, and he is at the same level as the governor of himself.

The group then entered the city and headed towards the Admiral's Yamen. Xu Shichang looked around the street scene, his intuition changed greatly, it turned out that the dirty, messy, gray Jinan Mansion was gone, the street paved with gray was wide and smooth, clean and surprisingly clean, a light pole was erected every other way, the light pole was made of iron, painted with white and blue paint, and there were garbage cans painted orange on the street, which was incredible.

"Lianfu, the change is so big. Look, you've completely renovated the streets? The whole city is electrified? Did you also repair the sewers? ”

"Yes. The project was completed last spring and took a whole year. With electric lights and sewers, the city is clean. ”

"Ahh This is even more beautiful than the concession in Shanghai. Xu Shichang has seen the world, "I think it's more beautiful than foreigners, and the Jingshi will let you compare." ”

"Your Excellency has won the prize." Yang Shixiang told the truth, "These are all the achievements of Admiral Long, let's just say that this cleaning up the garbage in the city is used by his soldiers, and it doesn't cost the government a penny." It was this street lamp, and Huayuan Company helped 15,000 taels of silver. ”

"Good, good. Foreigners always say that we are dirty and difficult to treat, and this Jinan City is enough to show that as long as we do it well, there is nothing incurable. ”

While speaking, a group of people came to the Shandong Admiral's Mansion, and there were two plaques hanging on the left and right pillars of the gate, on the left was the Shandong Admiral's Yamen, and on the right was the Fifth Town Headquarters of the Qing Army. Two sentries on the left and right stood solemnly with guns, adding a bit of slaughter to this military yamen.

"It's magnificent." Xu Shichang dismounted in the square in front of the gate, squinting his eyes and looking at the gray building in the middle of the courtyard, "It seems that the Admiral's Yamen is the fifth town, and the fifth town is the Admiral Shandong military." Lianfu, are you still working in the former governor's yamen? That's going to put you down. ”

"Hehe, the fifth town is supported by two gods of wealth in Huayuan Zhongxing, what is a mere town and Taiwan headquarters? Fifth Brother Bu didn't see the Martial Arts Academy, that's what is called beautiful. Yang Shixiang said with a smile. The provocative meaning of Xu Shichang's words is very clear, how can he not hear it? Speaking of which, both of them are Yuan Shikai's generals on the line, but in the past two years, Yang Shixiang has been repeatedly praised by the imperial court, but Yuan Shikai has been disappointed.

"I came here before I came. Cai Ye also proposed to go in and have a look. Xu Shichang smiled and said, "Lianfu, you must be a frequent visitor here, take me in, right?" (To be continued......)