Jiangxi, Shangrao Ancient City, South Gate Wharf.

Wu Ming had just taken Sun Chengyuan off the boat, and when he saw Tian Zhenggang waiting anxiously on the dock, his heart was hot, and he greeted loudly: "Zhenggang." ”

Tian Zhenggang stepped forward with a happy face: "Big brother, you just came back from Shanghai, and the work in your hand is complicated, how did you think of coming to Shangrao?" ”

Wu Ming hugged Tian Zheng tightly for just a while, then let go of his hand, looked at it carefully, and nodded: "Okay, full of energy, ruddy complexion, it can be seen that I can eat and sleep, and I am not affected by external affairs...... As soon as I am, I appreciate your enthusiasm for your career."

Tian Zhenggang didn't know the unfinished meaning of Wu Ming's words, and said with a wry smile: "Look at what the eldest brother said to me, what can I eat and sleep, and I am not a big fat pig, I know that the eldest brother is for my good, and Liu Rulin has taken care of us for many years, he asked me by name, and it is not easy to refuse if it is me...... Don't worry, I didn't take this to heart."

Wu Ming punched Tian Zhenggang in the chest: "Good boy, I'm worried that your brain won't be able to turn around, now you can finally rest assured, let's get in the car and talk while walking." ”

Relying on the Quzhou military station, the new second division also set up its own military station in Shangrao, and Tian Zhenggang brought two cars and two trucks with him on this visit, and Wu Ming, Tian Zhenggang, and Sun Chengyuan got into the second car together, and Wu Ming's officers and men of the guard team quickly got into the car in front and the truck that followed behind.

The convoy slowly left the wharf and headed for the Xiangshan Military Station near the Lushangrao Railway Station.

On the car, Wu Ming asked, "Have you talked to Liu Rulin?" How does it feel? ”

Tian Zhenggang nodded: "Director Liu is a very good person and has given me considerable autonomy. With the main force of the Red Army moving north, and the two Guangxi annexed to the central government, the Jiangxi army had no big war to fight, and after two cuts at the end of last year and after the Spring Festival this year, only eight security regiments were retained, all of which were deployed in Jinggangshan, Yongxin, Xingguo, Ningdu, Xinfeng, and other counties with Ji'an as the center. ”

"After years of war, Jiangxi's total population has dropped from 23 million in the early days of the Republic of China to 15 million now, and the population has lost nearly 10 million in more than 20 years, and the economy of southern Jiangxi has been devastated

"Fortunately, the development of our eastern Jiangxi in recent years is very good, in addition to the advantages of agriculture, since the Tang and Song dynasties have formed lead smelting, pottery, shipbuilding, textile, papermaking and other industries, as well as grain, oil, tea, fishing have made great progress, plus including gold, silver, copper, iron, tungsten ore and phosphate ore, fluorite ore, limestone ore, sulfur ore, crystal stone and barite mine, porcelain stone mine, granite, marble, coal and other mineral deposits to obtain abundant capital mining, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway after the convenient transportation connecting Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanchang, Last year, the income of the Shangrao Administration increased explosively, so the Shangrao Administration and the Chamber of Commerce were able to use the extra money to expand the militia group. ”

"However, it is expected that the provincial chairman Xiong Shihui is likely to hinder the newcomer Director Liu in many ways, and the expansion of the Jiangxi Provincial Security Force is not realistic from the current situation, so Director Liu asked me to be fully responsible for the formation of the militia during this time, and the militia on the eastern side of Jiangxi will go to western Jiangxi and northern Jiangxi after the expansion, and it is necessary to fully mobilize and organize the civil forces, and if necessary, they can quickly form an army to deal with the dangerous situation that the eldest brother said."

"It's good that you can see this"

Wu Ming said sincerely: "To be honest, I'm afraid that you will misunderstand me...... Once the war breaks out in the future, we in western Zhejiang must closely rely on eastern Jiangxi and even the whole of Jiangxi to provide sufficient food and soldier support, and you will be the chief of staff of the Jiangxi army, which will be of great help to me, far more than you being the head of my independent regiment."

"After all, war is to kill people, if our new second division can't get timely replenishment from the rear on the battlefield, let alone win the battle, and maybe even fight the troops and be wiped out by those who covet me, as long as we keep strong, who dares to underestimate us?"

"Your role is like Xiao He of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, stabilizing the rear for me, recruiting and training new soldiers, so that I will not be distracted when I fight in the front, saying that it is not necessary to fight a few big battles, our team is getting stronger and stronger, and the old men of the Military Committee and the Ministry of Military Affairs will be extra gracious, so that our team will be upgraded to another level, and it may not be the time to let you come back and continue to lead me with troops."

"Xiao He?"

Tian Zhenggang said modestly: "Where do I dare to compare with the ancient sages, but this time I really returned home...... When I heard that I had become the chief of staff of the Jiangxi Army, Tianjia Village and the surrounding villages and towns were in an uproar, and there was an endless stream of gentry who came to visit my home, and they received more than 10,000 oceans in gifts alone, which frightened my parents and asked me if I wanted to return all the gifts? I told them that they didn't have to pay it back, if it weren't for the ghosts in their hearts, how could those people come to the door to give gifts? If you don't take this money for nothing, what should you do in the future anyway, don't want to get any benefit from me, haluha"

"Well done, that's what it is"

Wu Ming was heartbroken when he heard this, and praised again and again, Sun Chengyuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said to Tian Zhenggang: "Brother Zhenggang, you were taken by the eldest brother, and you were replaced by the previous one, and after receiving so much money, I am afraid you will be restless."

Wu Ming glanced at Sun Chengyuan: "Go, go, what do you know?" This is originally the unspoken rule of officialdom, and it has always been like this for thousands of years, as long as you are promoted, money will naturally come, not to mention that Zhenggang is in the position of the most important chief of staff of the Jiangxi army......"

"If the children of those gentry families want to get ahead in the army, they must take care of one or two, and take a step back, even if they don't take care of them, don't get in the way when they are promoted. As long as we act in good conscience, why don't we accept the money? This will make the person who sent the money happy, hello, hello, everyone, why not?

Wu Ming's words made Tian Zhenggang feel a lot more at ease, this experience actually touched him a lot, as the lieutenant colonel of the new second division, although he still has face in his hometown, but the feeling is not as profound as this time, no one can imagine, just changed his position, and even the military rank will not have time to be promoted, the rich gentry and celebrities who were originally respectful suddenly changed their faces, like moths to the fire, so that he was overwhelmed, and after the last he had to use the busy military affairs as an excuse, hiding in the barracks and not daring to go home, this calmed down.

Therefore, although he left the position of the main commander of the new Second Division, Tian Zhenggang did not resent Wu Ming in his heart, but was faintly grateful for Wu Ming's arrangement. Of course, if he is asked to immediately resign from the position of chief of staff of the Jiangxi Army and re-serve as the head of the independent regiment of the new Second Division, he will also obey the order and will never hesitate

On the evening of the same day, Wu Ming secretly held a secret talk with Wang Daohan, commissioner of the administrative department, at the Xiangshan Military Station northeast of Shangrao City, and finalized a number of cooperation plans; the next morning, Wu Ming inspected the newly recruited officers and men of the militia regiment at the north of Shangrao City and delivered an enthusiastic speech.

At noon, Wu Ming entertained Shangrao dignitaries and business celebrities in the time-honored hotel in Shangrao City, and then rushed to Huanggu Town, stayed overnight, and returned to Changshan in the early morning of the next day.

On 8 April, the Military Committee of the Military Committee, signed by Chiang Kai-shek himself, finally issued an order requiring the New Second Division to dispatch troops to the northeastern region of Zhejiang as soon as possible to take charge of the construction of the defense fortifications on the Zhajia Line.

Wu Ming didn't say a word, gladly accepted the order, and soon assembled the officers and men of the four regiments of the supplementary brigade in the Changshan battalion, pretending to be the first and second brigades of the new second division, and under the leadership of deputy division commander Long Shaogang, deputy chief of staff Fang Zhibin, and supplementary brigade commander Yin Dizhong, they divided the water and land routes to the northeast of Zhejiang.

Although Fang Zhibin was full of reluctance, Wu Mingzhen said that the construction of national defense fortifications is the top priority of the new Second Division at present, and that Fang Zhibin, as the political chief official sent by the central authorities to supervise, cannot justify not effectively performing his duties. Fang Zhibin had seen Wu Ming's ruthless methods in Shanghai, and had no choice but to put down his work and embark on the journey again.

Sending away Fang Zhibin, the plague god, Wu Ming felt that the air seemed to be much fresher, and he was also very handy in doing things.

In the territory of Dexing County, northeast Jiangxi.

The dense woods cover the sky and the sun, and from time to time there are one or two bird calls and the sound of "ding dong" flowing water, the whole mountain seems particularly quiet.

Calfred, a white Jew in his thirties, had been wandering around the forest for two days with a so-called geological expedition.

Like the other eleven Jews and White Russians, Calfred carried all sorts of exploration tools behind his back that he didn't know how to use the Dao, and Lao Bai Yu took a hard drink in his hand that could almost set his stomach on fire, poured it into his mouth in large gulps, and then burped it very comfortably.

Stevie, the leader of the geological expedition, raised his hand to signal to rest, then sat on a rock, and couldn't wait to take out his cigarette, and Calfred on the side flatteringly took out a lighter and lit it for Stevie

Steve raised his eyebrows, did not speak, took a puff of the fine cigarette he brought back from Shanghai, held his head in his hands, and leaned beautifully against the big tree behind him.

"Sir, how long are we going to go around in the mountains?" Beside Steve, the young adjutant looked at the barren mountains and said with a sad face.

It's okay not to mention this, as soon as he heard this, Steve's face suddenly showed annoyance, and he jumped up suddenly, and pointed at God viciously and scolded:

"his grandmother's Dai Ziran and Lu Kuiyuan, when Lao Tzu goes back, I have to settle this account with them, Lao Tzu is the dignified director of the Division Field Hospital, let go of the business of saving lives and helping the wounded, and follow this group of foreign devils to this kind of ghost place where birds don't and wander around the mountains...... There must be a ghost in that deck of playing cards, how can it always be a straight to touch the golden flower, the golden flower to the straight flush, and the straight flush to touch the three cylinders? ”

It turned out that Wu Ming was originally going to transfer one person from Dai Ziran and Lu Kuiyuan, and lead a team to accompany foreigners to Shangrao Dexing County, Jiangxi Province to pretend to look for minerals, who wanted to be reluctant to leave the newlywed wife Dai Ziran was very cunning, invited Lu Kuiyuan and Steve to his home as guests, and after eating, he proposed to play "fried golden flowers", Steve was unlucky, and soon lost all the money on his body. After losing the worst, he had to go on the road obediently.