Maybe it's because they both know very well that everyone will be colleagues in the future, so the atmosphere of the whole banquet is quite good.

After dealing with Fu Xiuming and the others, Yan Shao also walked to the area where the ladies were with a wine glass, and invited Elano and them one by one.

At first, Elainor, Caterina and Lu Ying, one by one, and then took this opportunity, with ulterior motives, Yan Shao walked up to Kaoru Otsuki in a long skirt and invited her.

Kaoru Otsuki was a little overwhelmed by this, although it had been a long time, but the accident that day still made her very concerned, and she even felt a little embarrassed when she saw Yan Shao...

And she doesn't know much about dancing, and she doesn't have much interest in this kind of activity like Elainor, and if it weren't for Fumiko's tearful attack, I'm afraid she wouldn't have come...

Just looking at Yan Shao's outstretched hand and the eyes around him that had already paid attention, Kaoru Otsuki still stood up from his seat with a red face and walked to the dance floor with Yan Shao.

Eleno didn't think there was anything wrong with this, because they all knew very well that Kaoru Otsuki's personality was indeed easy to be shy, not to mention that there were too many things that involved their energy recently.

On the other hand, on the dance floor, Yan Shao is also teaching Kaoru Otsuki how to dance.

Although Yan Shao himself didn't know how to dance in the past, but Elano and Caterina did, plus at the beginning of the business, there was always some socializing, and over time, Yan Shao's dancing level was not good, but it was also decent. It's still no problem to teach Kaoru Otsuki...

And feeling the temperature from the hand on his waist, Kaoru Otsuki suddenly found that he seemed to be enjoying all this at the moment, while feeling that his face was a little hot. Kaoru Otsuki was a little surprised by this discovery, but before she could figure out what she was thinking, the song was already over...

Recently, he has been busy with peace talks, although he is just sitting on the sidelines and watching, the negotiation is mainly responsible for Li Liang and them, and he will only interject when it comes to some important links, but after all, he is still very tired...

So after four dances in a row. Yan Shao also looked a little tired.

However, he finally pulled himself together and walked to the women's seats again, only this time he was no longer asking for Elain. Instead, Fumiko, who has been there holding a juice cup and drinking non-stop.

For Yan Shao, she is also her own family...

To be exact, for Yan Shao and Elaino, Fumiko is more like their daughter...

Dancing with Fumiko is undoubtedly the most tiring. After all, Fumiko is not yet 10 years old. The grid is still very short, and Yan Shao has to bend down to dance with her.

But for Fumiko, everything around her seemed very interesting, and looking at the smiling face on her face, Yan Shao was also much happier in his heart.

"Come!"

With both hands under Fumiko's armpits, Yan Shao held her high in the air, and just turned in circles...

Suddenly being like this, Fumiko was first frightened and screamed. But then he giggled.

For Yan Shao, it's just a game between him and his family.

And for Fumiko. Everything in front of her was deeply imprinted in her memory, and some of her thoughts in her heart changed...

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"What do you say..."

Holding the wine glass, Liu Guangyuan walked to Fu Xiuming, Li Liang and the others and asked with a smile.

Just now, he saw that Fu Xiuming seemed to be talking about something, and he happened to have nothing to do, so he walked over.

"It's nothing..."Li Liang smiled. We're just talking about expansion..."

With more territory, the army will naturally become more needed. Therefore, it is natural that the expansion of armaments has become a very important thing for the army.

As the Minister of Military Affairs and the future Minister of National Defense, this matter can obviously only be handled by Fu Xiuming. Similarly, as the current Minister of Finance and the future Prime Minister, the exchange between Li Liang and Fu Xiuming is very important.

As far as the current situation is concerned, although there are already some contradictions between the localists and the returnees, after all, Beiyang has just been defeated, and there is a Kuomintang that is inevitably standing, so the friendship between them is still good, plus Fu Xiuming and Li Liang's ideas are similar, so they can talk about each other.

"Is it really important to expand the army?" Hearing Li Liang say that he was talking about this matter, Liu Guangyuan also became a little interested. After all, there is more territory, and more troops are needed..."

"The question is......" Li Liang frowned slightly. The key lies in the financial problem, most of the local finance and taxation are now withheld, the previous Beiyang government basically did not receive local finance and taxation, and the financial revenue in a year is even less than half of the former Qing Dynasty, and our military system is not the same as that of Beiyang, the number of soldiers in an infantry division is even one and a half brigades more than that of Beiyang, and the treatment is much higher than that of Beiyang and other local warlords..."

Speaking of this, Li Liang paused, took a sip of wine to moisten his throat, and then continued. "According to the calculation of 10 yuan per month for a soldier, it is 120 yuan in a year, so if it is calculated, a division needs more than 2.2 million yuan a year just to pay soldiers military salaries, and this is not counting the needs to be paid to officers, if it is counted, I am afraid it will need 25.6 million yuan to purchase..."

"One division needs 25.6 million, and 10 divisions are 25.6 million, so if you calculate it......... It's a lot of financial pressure, and you can't just pay for the military, but also groceries and other expenses, as well as equipment purchases, daily maintenance, ammunition consumption, and a series of other expenses..."

"Now that we have just signed a peace agreement, the new government is equivalent to the initial period, and it is impossible to invest all the income in armaments..."

Although Fu Xiuming really wanted to directly expand the National Social Army to 100 divisions, it was better to be realistic...

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In fact, it was this matter that Li Liang and Fu Xiuming talked about just now, and after hearing Li Liang's words. Liu Guangyuan's face also changed slightly.

At this time, many of the officers and colonels of the National Socialist Army had studied in Japan, Germany, and France, and the rest had also studied in the local military academy or some other military schools. Naturally, he is not an ordinary martial artist, it is impossible to think about how much more military strength he will expand, and he will also consider the pressure on the country's finances if he spends too much, and so on, Liu Guangyuan is the same...

And it is precisely because he knows this that Liu Guangyuan can't say such capricious words as 'don't care so much, just put all the money into the army'...

"Ahh Liu Guangyuan looked at Yan Shao, who was holding Fumiko high on the dance floor. "The state affairs are difficult, and the current situation in the country, the more I think about it, the more headaches I have. Fortunately, there is a governor, otherwise we will be killed by the existing military spending problem alone..."

Hearing Liu Guangyuan say this, Fu Xiuming and Li Liang both nodded.

In the past, the Kuomintang Army had a total of 9 infantry divisions, although each division had only more than 15,000 men. It also needs 2 million a year. Nine divisions is 18 million...

Coupled with all kinds of other expenses and the cost of purchasing equipment, if it weren't for Yan Shao, the military government alone would not be able to solve these problems at all, so they still agreed with Liu Guangyuan's words, but Liu Guangyuan's next words made the faces of the two change...

“……… At present, most of the country has been defeated, and the remaining problems will not take much effort......... If he can have a child, our group will be as stable as Mount Tai..."

After listening to Liu Guangyuan's words, Fu Xiuming and Li Liang's faces changed. They never imagined that there would be such thoughts in the party.

And Liu Guangyuan on the side, after taking two sips of wine. But I didn't think there was anything wrong with what I just said. In fact, this is also a view within the Kuomintang Socialist Party, and now everyone knows who the Kuomintang is supported by, and it can be said that if Yan Shao had not contributed his own money to support it, the Kuomintang would not have been able to exist today...

It can even be said that if Yan Shao suddenly interrupts his financial support for the National Socialist Party, I am afraid that in the blink of an eye, the National Socialist Party will be declared bankrupt. The blueprints that Yan Shao planned in the past are indeed very grand, but no one knows whether they can succeed, if not...

I'm afraid that the National Socialist Party will still need Yan Shao's financial support in the future, and many people feel that Yan Shao has done a good job now, and there is no need to change people or anything...

Therefore, many people in the party hope that Yan Shao can have an heir, so that the Kuomintang Socialist Party

You can stabilize it...

It's just this kind of thought, but it makes Fu Xiuming and them shudder a little...

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The banquet on the night of the end of the peace talks made many people unforgettable, and after the banquet, Fu Xiuming, Liu Guangyuan and others also took the train north overnight to command the troops to march in the direction of Beijing and Tianjin—————— the reason why they attended the banquet that day was entirely because there was no war on the front line, and the banquet itself was also of great significance, so they took the time to go back.

But...

In fact, the advance of the troops to the Beijing-Tianjin area is just an official statement, and the official army is going north to prepare to receive the Beijing-Tianjin area and the local Beiyang armed forces, and to reorganize tens of thousands of Beiyang armed forces, but in fact...

They sent weapons and ammunition to Beiyang ...

Because next, their task is to deal with the white wolves that are still raging in the Henan region...

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White wolf, his origin has already been said, so there is no need to continue.

Although in later generations the White Wolf Rebellion was often referred to as the White Wolf Uprising, we all know very well that the so-called White Wolf Rebellion was actually a banditry.

Perhaps the white wolf himself really wanted to overthrow Yuan Shikai through an uprising, but in fact, when the number of this team exceeded 1,000, he could no longer effectively control this team...

You must know that this force is composed of demobilized soldiers, bandits, bandits, ordinary peasants, etc., and its nature is extremely chaotic, and naturally it is impossible to expect them to have any military discipline at all...

It can be said that every time this team passes through a place, it will cause great harm to the local people.

At the beginning, because Yan Shao needed their help to deal with Yuan Shikai, he endured it, and to some extent, Yan Shao was able to win so quickly, which had a lot to do with their cutting off of the Jinghan Railway, but now...

Yuan Shikai has surrendered, and Yan Shao doesn't have to tolerate these rogues who plague the people...

In fact, after Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai started peace talks, the white wolf had already expressed his dissatisfaction with Yan Shao through various channels. In his opinion, to deal with Yuan Shikai, he should go directly to Beijing and take off Yuan Shikai's head—————— to be honest, I really don't know where he got such a big hatred for Yuan Shikai.

Of course, Yan Shao certainly would not consider this kind of proposal, plus the white wolf's troops often plagued the people, and at that time, the troops of the National Social Army had penetrated into Henan, Hebei and Shandong, and the white wolf's troops also encountered them from time to time, seeing that they were so harmful to the people, they naturally could not tolerate it, and there was a lot of friction and even firefights between them, which also made the relationship between the two sides worse.

So...

Now for Yan Shao, solving the white wolf has become a top priority...

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The white wave bandits, being able to make such a big fuss also has something to do with Yan Shao, since Yan Shao started it, he naturally has the obligation to get rid of this banditry.

Is it just a rogue, the strongest thing is the ability to move, if it is about running away, Yan Shao is really not sure that his National Social Army can outrun these people. Moreover, the encirclement and suppression of the rogues also requires quite a lot of troops, and the Nationalist Army has just experienced a major war, and the casualties of many troops have not been resolved, so I am afraid that too many troops will not be able to be deployed, so we need someone to help.

At this time, Beiyang naturally became a very useful force.

And Beiyang can be said to have lost so badly because of the white wolf, many generals, including Feng Guozhang, hate the white wolf extremely much, and it is best to let them help...

Naturally, Yan Shao will not forget the idiom of raising tigers, although Yan Shao has reinforced a lot of equipment and ammunition to Beiyang, but the quantity is limited, only enough for Beiyang to fight one or two battles.

And the ammunition specifications of Beiyang and the National Social Army are different, so you don't have to worry about what will go wrong...

So even if Beiyang is given a lot of ammunition, there is no need to worry that they will use these ammunition against the Nationalist Army—————— from a certain point of view, if you really do that, Beiyang is purely self-defeating...

In fact, this hand Yan Shao has also been used on the white wolf, so it can be said that he is very confident in this crackdown on the bandits....(To be continued......