Next to a sparkling lake, Yan Shao, Elaino, Katerina, Lu Ying and Otsuki Kaoru, who had just come from Wuhu, were strolling leisurely.

Dozens of people from the Guards Regiment not far away looked around with a wary expression.

"Well, you guys think that's good, right?" Stopping and pointing to the lake in the distance, Yan Shao smiled and said to Elano and Caterina. "If you think this is good, I'll have someone buy this land later, it just so happens that the Ministry of Finance has been complaining that the military government's treasury is empty and can't even feed rats, let me think of a way to see if I can support some, I'm also a kind of support..."

Lifting the hem of her skirt, she walked to the lake and crouched down, looking at the few swimming fish swimming at the bottom of the lake through the clear water, Elaline looked back and smiled. "You just have to decide..."

Caterina nodded, her mind was full of business now, and she didn't care much about these things.

And after seeing the fish at the bottom of the lake, Fumiko ran to Yan Shao's side and said. "Uncle, can I fish here in the future?" he said, crouching beside Elano and tapping his fingers on the water, rippling in pieces.

Holding Fumiko's shoulder, Yan Shao's face showed a smile. "Don't say it's fishing, even if it's swimming here, it's fine..."After saying that, he hugged her waist and put it on her shoulder, as if she was carrying a little piglet.

After being carried on Yan Shao's shoulder, Fumiko also 'giggled'.

Seeing Yan Shao carrying Fumiko on his shoulder, he walked forward, and Kaoru Otsuki, who was wearing a plain white kimono, hurriedly took broken steps and chased after him. Elaline and Lu Ying on the side looked at each other and followed.

After playing around for a while, Yan Shao put Fumiko back in place and returned to the ground. Fumiko hurriedly ran back to Kaoru Otsuki's side, beads of sweat on her porcelain doll-like face.

"You kid, it's true, you know that you're crazy..."Seeing that Fumiko was sweating, Kaoru Otsuki hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her arms and wiped it carefully for her, her beautiful face was full of doting.

And on the side. Eleno and Caterina surrounded Yan Shao, accusing him of not even looking like an adult. And carrying the child so much, he deliberately made staggering movements. What if I accidentally throw my child into the lake? You must know that he was standing on the edge of the lake just now, and even if he accidentally walked an extra 10 centimeters, he would definitely fall into the lake.

Not only Elaline and Caterina, but even Lu Ying looked at her with blaming eyes. It's just that they're worried about Ilano and they're seeing something. That's why I didn't dare to come up. It's just that she didn't know that she did this, but in the eyes of Elaline and the others, she seemed to be a thief...

Scratching his head and smiling bitterly, Yan Shao also knew that it was best to reason with a woman at this time, so he could only wave to Lu Ying. "Give me the map first..."

Hearing Yan Shao's words, Lu Ying, who was looking at him with blaming eyes, was stunned, and then hurriedly took out the map.

After getting the map, Yan Shao spread the map on a rock not far away, and then motioned for everyone to look at it with him.

Yan Shao: The lake in front of them is called the Great Lake. Maybe it's because this lake is so big, that's why it was named like this—————— although in Yan Shao's opinion, it's just a big one...

"This lake is called the Great Lake. The widest distance from east to west is close to 3 kilometers, and the widest distance from south to north is nearly 2 kilometers, and as you can see from the map, the whole lake is in the shape of a 'concave', just like the tiger's mouth in the palm of the hand, I mean to build the house on this location of the tiger's mouth..."Yan Shao carefully explained his thoughts to several people.

As far as the manor in Wuhu is concerned, it can only be a few days to go back and live for a few days when there is a chance in the future. In other words, Yan Shao had to find a way to arrange a new place for himself to live.

The governor's yamen in the city is naturally a place, the problem is that the buildings there are all ancient, not to mention running water and electric lights, and even the toilet has to go to the thatched house, of course, you can also solve it in your own room, these are obviously difficult for Yan Shao to adapt.

And the sound insulation of the room is too poor, and people in the yard can hear it, so Elano and the others even have to suppress it desperately, it was quite interesting for Yan Shao at the beginning, but it will get tired after a long time.

In addition, the weather in the south is humid, and it almost kills people in winter, and this is especially true of buildings like Yamen, it is already November, Yan Shao can't always hold a brazier in the room, right?

There is also entertainment, when he was originally in the manor, even if he was tired, Yan Shao could play other games. But in the governor's yamen, apart from visiting the garden, you can only play badminton, and you don't have to think about anything else.

Although Yan Shao came back to be a revolutionary, he definitely did not come back to be a Puritan, and there are few countries in modern history that rely on being a Puritans to strengthen the country—————— there were a lot in ancient times, but at that time the productive forces were poor, but now it is already an era of industrialization, as long as it is not excessive consumption, the more you consume (waste), the more it can drive economic development.

In addition, Yan Shao is not without money, so he is naturally even more reluctant to wronged himself.

Seeing Yan Shao talking about the matter of the residence, Eleno and Caterina really diverted their attention, and you talked about how to decorate the house word by word.

Because of the Wuhu manor as a reference, a few people didn't feel the need to get a new one, but slightly modified some of the shortcomings of the Wuhu manor when arranging, so that the future residence became more perfect.

In the end, even Fumiko got involved and put forward her own opinions.

In this way, the six of them stood by the lake like a family, and several swimming fish were swimming in the depths of the lake.

After discussing for a while, Elano suddenly looked at Yan Shao.

"Speaking of which, if you put your accommodation here, it will be a little inconvenient for work, after all, this place is a bit far from the city..."

Not surprisingly, after all, no city in this era would have surrounded a lake several kilometers in size. So the lake called 'The Great Lake' is actually outside the city. And if the residence is built outside the city, then in the future, if Yan Shao works, he will have to travel from outside the city to the city every day, which is very troublesome.

"If it really doesn't work. Let's just get a smaller one in the city, so it's more convenient..."After a little hesitation, Lu Ying on the side spoke.

With Lu Ying opening her mouth, Kaoru Otsuki and the others also agreed.

"Don't worry..."Yan Shao smiled. There will be no problem, because I intend to build the military government's Governor's Mansion and several other departments outside the city..."

This is not Yan Shao doing this for his own convenience, but fully considering the future development. Today's Chinese cities are basically built inside walls. In this way, there is security, but it is also a kind of bondage, and people are bound within the walls.

If it were still the age of farming. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that.

But now that we're in the industrial age, it's somewhat anachronistic.

Not to mention, how many modern cities in later generations were built on city walls?

The era of industrialization is also the era of urbanization, with the development of cities. Inevitably, the peasants gradually moved to the cities to live. This can be said to be something that cannot be violated at all. What's more, Yan Shao also plans to expand the production of automobile factories in Anqing, in addition to cotton textile factories, etc., a large number of workers will inevitably pour into Anqing, and by then the provincial capital that has been bound by the city wall will obviously not be able to meet this demand—————— of course, at that time, I am afraid that Yan Shao has moved to other places, but this kind of thing always has to look far away.

Therefore, after discussing with Li Liang and them, Yan Shao decided to build the Governor's Mansion and several other departments not very far from the provincial capital.

As for the existing governor's yamen, there is no need to rush to tear it down. Although Yan Shao didn't like that place since he moved in. But in any case, it is also valuable as a historical document, and it will be a hundred years from now. It's a place where you can get tickets.

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Just when the six people were chatting happily, a few people suddenly ran in the distance.

Seeing someone running over, the soldiers of the Guards Regiment who surrounded Yan Shao quickly pointed their guns at those people, but they soon lowered their guns a little, because they recognized these people as their own.

"Stop!" Although they had recognized their own people, in the spirit of their duties, one of the officers at the head of the group stretched out his right hand and motioned for them to stop.

In fact, there was no need for him to say it at all, because the muzzles of those dozens of black holes were enough for them to stop.

With a wave of his hand, several soldiers walked up and searched the comers in more detail, until they confirmed that there was nothing wrong with them, and then nodded and signaled that they could pass.

The men didn't seem angry that they had been stopped, and they still looked excited as they walked past the soldiers.

After walking to a position not far from Yan Shao, one of them raised his voice. "Governor, good news!!"

Hearing that it was good news, Yan Shao's face was overjoyed, but he still asked calmly. "South or north?"

First of all, there are only a few counties in Hefei in the north and Huizhou in the south. Now since people say that it is good news, it is naturally either south or north.

"It's from the north..."Handing the telegram in his hand that had been checked many times to Yan Shao, the young man led by him said excitedly. The news just came back that Vice Chief Zhang had recovered Hefei, and Wu Borong and others from Zhixian County had also been detained after the city was recovered..."

Hearing the young man's words, Yan Shao nodded, and then opened the telegram in his hand.

The Elainor who were standing on the side had no interest in these things, and led Fumiko to the edge of the lake, where they teased the fish swimming under the water while enjoying the beautiful scenery on the lake. It's already November, and if you don't appreciate it now, you can only wait for the next year if you want to appreciate it...

Unpacking the telegram, Yan Shao carefully read the telegram on it.

The contents of the telegram were simple: After two days of forced marching, the 61st Standard of the New Army, which had set out from Anqing, finally arrived at the foot of Hefei County before dark on the second day.

After arriving at the county seat, Zhang Ying sent people to persuade the county defenders to surrender, but unfortunately the other party swore to death. After the worst, Zhang Ying had no choice but to order his subordinates to attack.

Although Zhang Ying had already brought all the artillery of the New Army, that is, the 6 guns of the artillery team, when he set out on the expedition, the power of the 75mm mountain gun was too small. Unless he was lucky, there was no way to collapse the city wall, and there was no other way, Zhang Ying could only let some soldiers rush under the city gate under the cover of fire and blow the city gate open with a detonator.

Although there were many defenders on the city wall, their firepower was very weak, and the Hanyang-made and other rifles and muskets with less than 1,000 guns could not be compared with the 30 light machine guns that Yan Shao transferred to Zhang Ying. Therefore, the team sent by Zhang Ying rushed to the city gate only once, and then blew the city gate into the sky.

The moment the city gate went to heaven. Zhang Ying directly ordered a battalion of troops to break through.

Without the protection of the city walls, the patrol battalions and militia in the city were no match for the new army, whether in terms of training, weapons, or morale. The outcome of the whole battle was decided from the moment the new army stormed into the city. Or even earlier, from the time when Zhang Ying led the army to the expedition...

Although Wu Borong asked his men to build a lot of fortifications, in fact, at this time, neither the patrol battalion nor the people had the determination to fight. Therefore, as soon as the new army that rushed into the city came into contact with them, the patrol battalion was already crushed at the first touch.

These did not surprise Zhang Ying. Because he knew very well what kind of unit the patrol battalion was. This kind of battle, which is clearly losing, the people of the patrol battalion will not fight desperately at all.

So after breaking through the city gate, Zhang Ying asked the battalion commander who led the team to take the county government directly.

It's just that when the battalion commander rushed to the county government with people, he found that the magistrate had been tied up by his master and other officials, so he almost got some colored silk and packed it for Zhang Ying.

The recovery of Hefei can be said to be extremely simple and easy, and the casualties of Zhang Ying's subordinates are even less than fifty.

However, the continuous forced march caused great physical wear and tear on the officers and men of the 61st standard. So at the end of the message, Zhang Ying hoped that Yan Shao would let them rest in Hefei for the night, and then continue north the next day. Take Huainan...

"Agreed..."Nodding, Yan Shao said to the young man. sent a telegram to Zhang Ying, saying that they should rest enough in Hefei before leaving, and the remaining counties of Huainan and Bengbu must be taken by thunder..."

"Yes!"

Hearing Yan Shao's words, the young man and several other companions nodded, and then turned to leave.

After they left, Yan Shao turned his head to look at Elaline and the others standing by the lake.

"It's not too late, let's go back first, I'll let the people below deal with it tomorrow, and after I buy all the land around this lake, I'll build a house in this location, and we'll get out of that hellish place as soon as possible..."

Now that Yan Shao has already made up his mind, Elaline and the others naturally will not object. So after nodding, he left the lake with Yan Shao. On the side of a road not far from the lake, more than a dozen cars are parked neatly.

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When Yan Shao and the others returned to the city by car, Zhang Ying, who was far away in Hefei, had also received a reply by radio.

The benefits of the radio are great, and the size is not very large, so it can be used by both a pack horse and a car. So after transferring a few trucks from Wuhu, Yan Shao transferred two of them to Zhang Ying to use the radio station.

With the radio, Zhang Ying and An Qing can be said to have never broken contact.

Fold the telegram she had already read, and Zhang Ying said to the subordinates in the room. "Tell the brothers, that the governor is very satisfied with our achievements, and that he has prepared the celebration ceremony, and is waiting for us to go back, and let the brothers rest in the city for the night, and then tomorrow we will set out and go north to Huainan, and take down all the obsessive cities of Huainan, Bengbu, and Suzhou in one fell swoop..."

"Yes!"

The people in Hefei still welcomed the arrival of the new army, but out of fear of the army, there were no pedestrians on the streets. And after receiving the order that they could rest, the officers and men of the new army also rested in the quarters that had been prepared, and only those unlucky soldiers who had to stand guard stood outside the room and were responsible for the guard duty.

Naturally, houses could not have been made out of thin air, so most of the soldiers lived in the homes of ordinary people, and only a small part lived in some confidential departments in Hefei County, such as the county government office and the telegraph office.

However, because Yan Shao had given Zhang Ying a special military fee before the trip, almost all the people received a large amount of remuneration after giving up the room.

A dollar...

You only need to give up your home for one night, and you can get a dollar, which is still happy for most families. After all, one dollar is equivalent to 10 days' income for ordinary people.

Of course, there are also those who are unwilling to sell, but after all, they are a minority, so they are not bad for those ones.

On the other hand, after receiving the good news from Hefei, Yan Shao ordered people to send a telegram to Jardine Matheson, Lihe and several American foreign firms in Shanghai, while asking people to prepare the contract for the purchase of land.

The content on the telegram is also relatively simple, that is, they have big business to talk to them, so let them rush to Anqing as soon as possible...

There is no way, after all, if you expand the organization, you will not only need people, but also a lot of weapons and equipment.

With Xiangshan's arsenal alone, these are obviously unlikely, after all, the rifle gap alone is more than 24,000 shots. What's more, there are more than 5,000 rifles made in Hanyang, and the gap is even about 30,000 if you really have to calculate it carefully.

Originally, because of the need for secrecy, Yan Shao never ordered from the outside, but now that a military government has been established, there is naturally no need to keep it secret. (To be continued......)