At noon on the first day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, after three days of marching, Qian Yuanshan and others led the main force of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" back to the "Flying Dragon Village".

At the gate of the village, Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, and Li Junwu led all the brothers living in the "Qingyuan", "Jingyuan", "Liangyuan", and "Yanyuan", as well as all the officers and soldiers of the third squadron who stayed in the village, to welcome their brothers to return triumphantly.

Such a grand welcome ceremony not only moved Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin, Tang Chao and Mutel, but also made them ashamed. Because just as Qian Yuanshan said in the battle report sent to the committee, although the main force of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" wiped out all the bandits and won a lot of victories in this outing, the reason why the two battles before and after were easily won was due to the tremendous power of firearms. Therefore, in the face of such a high-standard courtesy from the brothers, Qian Yuanshan and the others felt ashamed.

Therefore, after being taken into the "Gathering Hall of Justice" by Wang Kunjun and other committee members -- because the situation of the outing needed to be reported to the committee first, so the other brothers did not follow him -- Qian Yuanshan, on the one hand, expressed his gratitude to several committee members and brothers for the courtesy they had given to them. On the other hand, the Committee was also briefed on the failure of the operation to achieve the main objectives. He also said that the forward command will submit a detailed summary of the operation as soon as possible for the committee to review and discuss.

Regarding Qian Yuanshan's review, Wang Kunjun and other committee members did not accept it. This is not to say that people are extremely dissatisfied with their actions and are unwilling to accept their scrutiny. Rather, it was because in the view of Wang Kunjun and others, Qian Yuanshan and others did not make any major mistakes in the command of this operation, and the excessive use of firearms in combat instead of hand-to-hand combat was determined by the actual combat situation at that time, and had little to do with their command and decision-making. If Qian Yuanshan and others stiffly execute jihua, when they are not suitable for hand-to-hand combat and white-knuckle combat, they still order the soldiers not to use firearms, that is the real miscommand. In other words, the committee believes that although the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" was not completely successful in this operation, it did not need to be reviewed by Qian Yuanshan and others.

Qian Yuanshan and others fully accepted the committee's evaluation of this operation, and also said that they would learn the lessons of this operation in the next two battles and do their best to successfully complete the predetermined goals of the "Temper No. 1 Operation."

Several members of the committee expressed their belief in the ability of Qian Yuanshan and others, and believed that they would get better and better in the battles they would fight in the future, and that they would become more experienced in fighting. While encouraging Qian Yuanshan and others, Wang Kunjun also proposed to Qian Yuanshan and others that they would report the list of those who had made meritorious contributions in this battle, so that the committee could discuss and reward meritorious deeds -- in this era, commending and rewarding those soldiers who performed well is an indispensable means of boosting morale.

Qian Yuanshan and others naturally did not have any opinion on this, and immediately said that they would report the list as soon as possible. At this time, Yang Xin, an alternate member who attended the meeting on behalf of Xu Shaoan, interjected: "Speaking of rewarding meritorious personnel, my brother has an idea, I don't know if your brothers can agree?" ”

"Twenty-fifth brother, if you have any ideas, just say it," Wang Kunjun encouraged.

"Brother thinks so," Yang Xin explained, "We are rewarding meritorious personnel this time, can we add an honorary reward in addition to money and in-kind rewards." ”

"Honorable mentions?" Wang Kunjun asked, "What kind of honor law?" Is it given to the title or to the flag? ”

"It's better to have both," Yang Xin replied, "Brother thinks we can learn from the honor system in the army in the previous life." For example, meritorious personnel can be awarded military merit medals and meritorious service awards, and meritorious collectives can be awarded honorary titles, flags of special significance, and so on. ”

"This is a good way to boost the morale of the officers and men of the 'Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion,'" Qian Yuanshan supported, "and an army that is inspired by a sense of honor will have a very strong cohesion and combat effectiveness." ”

"Yes, this method is worth trying," Wang Kunjun agreed.

Li Junwu and Zhang Weixin also felt that this suggestion was very constructive and supported it. Therefore, Yang Xin's provisional proposal passed the committee's deliberation very smoothly.

In addition, because it was Yang Xin's suggestion, the committee finally gave him the formulation of the relevant reward system and the drafting of various titles and medals. And it is required that the relevant system should be in line with the actual situation of this era, and the names and styles of various titles and medals should not only be close to this era, but also have a unique thinking concept through the team. In other words, it is necessary to combine the ancient and the modern, and appreciate the elegant and the vulgar. ,

Faced with such a high demand, Yang Xin couldn't help but start scratching his head, and at this moment he regretted that he had made this suggestion. However, it was too late to regret it now, the task of the committee had been issued, and it was obviously impossible for him to push it out. So, this guy can only bite the bullet and take the task next and slowly use his brain to complete it.

After discussing the issue of rewards, Wang Kunjun saw that it was not early, and Qian Yuanshan and the others had walked for a long time, and as soon as they came back, they were pulled in for a meeting, and they had not even eaten lunch, so they announced that the report on the outing had come to an end, and asked Qian Yuanshan and the others to go to eat first, and rest for a while, and other matters would be discussed at the enlarged meeting of the committee in the afternoon.

Seeing Wang Kunjun say this, Qian Yuanshan and the others knew that the brothers came here today not only to welcome themselves back, but also to have something important to decide. Therefore, the four of them had a very simple lunch and did not dare to drink wine. Moreover, not only did they eat simply, but at their orders, the celebration feast that had been planned to be held at this time was also moved to the evening, so as not to interfere with the afternoon meeting.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the enlarged meeting of the committee was held on time in the "Gathering Hall".

At the meeting, Qian Yuanshan, on behalf of the four brothers who participated in the suppression of the "Baihua Village," made a brief report on the course of the combat operation, the results achieved, and the losses suffered, and this led to the proposal put forward by Yang Xin at noon on the establishment of an honor and reward system, as well as the committee's decision on this proposal.

Both Qian Yuanshan's report and Yang Xin's suggestion were supported by the participants. Especially when I heard that Qian Yuanshan and others not only wiped out the "Baihua Village" on this expedition, but also obtained a lot of property, which made this time what should have been a "transaction" that cost money, but became a "transaction" that made a lot of money, the participants responded enthusiastically, and some brothers even proposed that such a "transaction" was very worthwhile, and the team should do more and do it often.

This suggestion of "standing and talking without backache" was not only "despised" by Qian Yuanshan and others, but also opposed by the majority of the participants. After all, fighting is not child's play, it is a death - although only one soldier was killed in this battle, who can guarantee that it will be the case every time, and every time it will only be an ordinary soldier killed, and no crosser will be in danger.

After criticizing some of the brothers who had unrealistic ideas, the meeting moved on to the second agenda item -- to discuss Wang Feng's proposal to set up money banks in Kaifeng, Liangxiang, Youzhou, and other important trading cities.

Wang Feng returned to Liangxiang from Kaifeng at the end of last month. The suggestion of opening a money bank was what he thought of when he saw some merchants or caravans engaged in north-south trade on the way back to Liangxiang from Kaifeng, and had to carry a large amount of cash with them on a long journey in order to do business, and had to hire many bodyguards to escort them along the way.

Wang Feng believes that at this time, although there are so-called money banks in some big cities or cities with relatively developed commerce, their main function is to exchange money between money, not exchange. In other words, in this era, money banks that can exchange money and deposit and withdraw money from other places are definitely unique and leading the trend of the times. Once a brand is established among businessmen, the prospects are quite broad - according to Wang Feng's meaning, the money bank that crosses the team to set up, whether it is to save money or take out loans, there is a handling fee. Moreover, Wang Feng believes that with the current economic strength, trade relations and security of the crossing team, it is also capable of setting up such a money bank - with abundant funds and sufficient principal; There are many trading partners and sufficient credit; The security liliang is strong enough to ensure the safety of the flow of funds.

The participants discussed Wang Feng's suggestion. There are pros and cons. The proponents consider the possible benefits of the bank and its contribution to the team's business development. Opponents consider whether the transportation of funds between two places far apart, or even between two countries, can be guaranteed to be absolutely safe, and the money bank may take up a lot of money in the team, which will affect the development of other businesses. Those in favor were mainly from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, while those against it came from a number of other ministries, including Wang's Ministry of Security.

Due to the conflicting opinions of various parties, especially Wang Feng's colleagues in the Ministry of Security, including alternate member Yang Xin, who also held opposing attitudes, several members of the committee decided to put the issue of establishing a money bank on hold for the time being, and to deliberate it after the committee had fully communicated with various departments and reached an agreement.

However, although the proposal to open a bank was temporarily shelved, as the proposer of this suggestion, Wang Feng did not stop there. On the one hand, he began to refine his proposal to make it truly feasible. On the other hand, from this day on, he also began to take various opportunities to lobby his brothers and work hard for his proposal to be approved.

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