At the military decision-making meeting on the suppression of bandits held that evening, Lu Zhongxiu could no longer see any anger on his face, but very calmly ordered Chief of Staff Chen Qian to read out the battle plan and list of expenses written by Wu Ming.

The heads of the regiments attending the meeting, the county magistrates of Quxian and Suichang counties, and the police chiefs were all frightened.

Wu Ming's plan to suppress bandits, they only remembered the four words "suppress and appease at the same time", and they didn't care about anything else, all in their minds were Wu Ming's expenditure items like taking advantage of the fire to rob, and every pair of eyes were cast on the face of Lu Zhongxiu, who was invisible

Chen Qian sat down immediately after reading Wu Ming's report, hung his head and said nothing, his mood was extremely complicated, and his face became pale, fortunately, Lu Zhongxiu and the others didn't notice his expression, and everyone's attention was focused on the conditions that Wu Ming prescribed, if all the expenses listed by Wu Ming were added up, it would be more than 150,000 oceans!

It's not okay if you don't give it!

The long-delayed anti-bandit battle finally had to seek the famous Wu Ming regiment of the whole province, this cruel reality obviously knocked down the anger and arrogance of all the officers, all of them were blue-faced, their mouths were closed, their heads hung and they didn't say a word, it seemed that the boss Lu Zhongxiu still had to make the decision.

Deputy Commander Jiang Boqing saw that no one spoke, so he had to express his opinion:

"Wu Ming is obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob, and he is harming the public and private interests in the name of suppressing bandits, I think this wind cannot be raised, and I must not easily agree to his non-trivial request."

The participants nodded frequently, as if they thought so, but they all despised Jiang Boqing in their hearts, and even Chen Qian couldn't help but think: "Who can't say beautiful words?" If you have the ability, you don't need to go to Wu Ming's name, you will be responsible for suppressing the bandits! ”

How could Jiang Boqing, who couldn't fight and was an official but had a very high level, not see everyone's thoughts, only to see him straighten his waist and continue to talk eloquently:

"I have made a rough calculation, even if Wu Ming's whole regiment gives up the two counties of Changshan and Kaihua that need to be guarded, and leads all the officers and soldiers into the mountains to suppress bandits, within a month, all the expenses will not add up to 85,000 yuan, even if he succeeds in suppressing bandits and rewards according to the routine, the maximum bonus will not exceed 30,000 yuan, and the total will be 115,000!"

"However, now that this battle has not been fought, the request has been put forward first, how can it be possible to give him so many benefits at once? Isn't that right? ”

The participants echoed in unison, saying that Wu Ming was too greedy and must not condone his extortion! However, even those officials who are not accustomed to Wu Ming can see his weakness and compromise from Jiang Boqing's very tough words, so most people agree with it in their mouths, but they have another idea in their stomachs, especially the county magistrates and police chiefs of the two counties who are about to die, are anxiously waiting for Jiang Boqing to come up with a specific solution.

Jiang Boqing heard a sound of approval, and was quite proud in his heart, turned to Lu Zhongxiu, and whispered for advice:

"Commander, my subordinates think that it is completely possible to give him the military uniforms, military shoes and ammunition listed by Wu Ming in kind, which we have in the military warehouse, and our military uniforms have just been changed into the yellow and green new military uniforms of the Central Army, and there are still 3,000 sets of old-fashioned gray military uniforms left in the warehouse, what can we do if they are given to him? It's a pity that it's a bit of a pity that the military shoes are all special infantry shoes produced by the Shanghai Greater China Factory......"

"Give it to him, give it to him...... These are nothing, and those pots and pans, along with the two hundred thousand rounds of ammunition and two thousand mortar shells he needs, are also given to him. ”

Lu Zhongxiu didn't wait for Jiang Boqing to finish speaking, and then made a decision on these items, don't look at these trivial and inconspicuous items, but they add up to a lot of expenses, and they don't need to pay in the ocean, so they feel more comfortable.

Jiang Boqing agreed, holding the notebook and continued:

"In my opinion, the opening fee should also be cut in half, only 15,000, the weapon cannot be given to him, at most he will be paid 5,000 yuan for combat losses, and the military fee can only be paid for one month, according to a reinforced battalion and a special service company, a total of 800 officers and soldiers, 13,000 yuan, plus a food subsidy of 7,000 yuan, is completely enough!

"In any case, Wu Ming still needs the assistance of our local counties, regiments, and police stations to suppress bandits, and as for bonuses or something, we must wait for the end of the crackdown on bandits before we can consider it according to their effects."

Jiang Boqing sat down humbly after speaking, and everyone was silently settling accounts.

Lu Zhongxiu pondered for a long time, knowing that the assistance that Jiang Boqing said was the most critical issue of attribution, so even if Wu Ming did not use the army under his own jurisdiction, he must send Lu to act together to share the benefits.

After thinking about it twice, Lu Zhongxiu felt that there was nothing missing, so he resolutely made the most reckless decision: "Okay! Everyone, return to the ministries and get ready! Chief of Staff Chen—"

"Here!"

Chen Qian stood up suddenly, seemingly reacting quickly and acting cleanly, but it was actually purely a conditioned reflex, because he had been thinking about what to do after seeing Wu Ming.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qian didn't think of a method, Lu Zhongxiu's order had been clearly issued: "Deputy Commander Jiang is unwell, as the chief of staff, you have to take on a little more burden, and allocate the ammunition and combat materials needed by Wu Ming's regiment as soon as possible, tomorrow morning I will have someone prepare the cash needed for Wu Ming's regiment to be promoted, and write a handwritten letter, which will be sent to the Changshan camp by you, handed over to Wu Ming, and urged him to send troops within two days." ”

"Yes......"

Chen Qian couldn't help but agree, and his heart suddenly became cold.

At the same time, Chen Cheng, who had just finished enjoying a table of "therapeutic and health-care dishes" that Wu Ming had specially ordered to make in the kitchen, was in the large room that Wu Ming had given him to live in, and had a deep conversation with his master, covering everything from the construction of the barracks to the establishment of the field hospital, and from the training of soldiers to the role and practical application of engineers on the modern battlefield.

Chen Cheng admired Wu Ming more and more, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and the surrounding Luo Zhuoying, Zhou Zhirou, Xiao Qian, Huo Yuzhang, Huang Wei, Fu Zhongfang, Li Shusen and others also asked and expressed their opinions from time to time, and they all benefited each other a lot.

At this point, the generals of the 18th Army finally learned about a more real and comprehensive Wu Ming, and they were in awe of Wu Ming's broad vision, solid skills and talent.

Seeing that the night was dark, Wu Ming politely said goodbye, and left his phone at home in Changshan City, pointed to the two telephones on the big desk and said:

"The black is the internal line of the headquarters, and the red is the military special line telephone, which can get through the switchboard in Hangzhou and transfer it to Nanchang, Nanjing and Shanghai...... Later, the younger brother instructed the officers on duty to use our radio base station if there was any need...... In case there is anything, you can also call the little brother directly, a few hundred meters away from the little brother's feet. ”