Xu Enzeng is very efficient.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Guo Weili, deputy director of his office, knocked on the door of room 301 of the Jinling Hotel, and after entering, he handed the sealed cowhide envelope to Wu Ming.

Maybe it was because he found Wu Ming's resume, or maybe he saw Xu Enzeng's cordial attitude towards Wu Ming, Guo Weili was very polite when he saw Wu Ming again, and according to Xu Enzeng's order, he took back the old certificate held by Wu Ming, and politely left after explaining two sentences apologetically.

After sending Guo Weili away, Wu Ming closed the door, opened the file, and took out the Bank of China's 800 oceans cash check and two brand-new documents with blue covers and looked at them for a while

Wu Ming put away the check, opened the first document, and found that the cover and bottom of the certificate had changed from blue paper to delicate dark blue leather, and the format inside had also changed, becoming more neat and detailed, the high-quality inner page paper also had the party emblem watermark, and the lower corner of his photo was covered with a clear steel seal, and the issuing organ was still the General Affairs Office of the Central Party Department of the Chinese Kuomintang, with a square seal and signature of Xu Enzeng, and Wu Ming's position as deputy section chief remained unchanged, but the department became the fifth section of the General Affairs Office, and the date of issuance was August 12, 1933, that is, today.

Wu Ming put down his certificate, picked up another book and opened it, and saw that the format, issuing authority, and seal were all the same, the person in the photo was Wang Yuehan, and the holder of the certificate was Wang Mingquan, who was 22 years old, and his position was the deputy chief clerk of the Fifth Section, but the date of issuance was May 1, 1933, that is, the day when the second batch of trainees of the Quzhou Training Base of the Central Party Department opened.

Wang Yuehan became Wang Mingquan in this way, became Wu Ming's subordinate, and his position was promoted to one level.

Wu Ming did not continue to stay in Nanjing, packed up his luggage and rushed to Xiaguan Railway Station, and took the 4:30 train to Shanghai, where he really wanted to sign a contract with a Belgian foreign firm, in addition to purchasing two sets of multi-functional processing machine tools, 5 million rounds of American-made 045ACP gun cartridges, 600 tons of special steel, and two types of mortar steel pipes, he also had to go to a German foreign firm to buy 20 new industrial sewing machines and corresponding accessories.

On the evening of August 17, Wu Ming, who had bought six large suitcases as gifts, returned to Hangzhou, and Fang Youchun, who had received a notice in advance, personally went to the train station to pick up people, and saw that the station porter carefully put six heavy imported suitcases at Wu Ming's feet, and asked curiously what kind of good things it was? When he heard Wu Ming say that it was all gifts purchased for his family, Fang Youchun suddenly lowered his face, and while complaining that Wu Ming should not be extravagant, he bent down and moved the box with his adjutant Li Qian.

Back at Fang Youchun's house, Fang's sister-in-law and the two little ones were still waiting for the meal, and they were surprised to see the two big boxes of gifts given by Wu Ming.

The two little guys surrounded the suitcase opened by Wu Ming, took the exquisite toys and children's clothes that Wu Ming kept taking out, and shouted excitedly.

At the end of the happy family banquet, Fang Youchun called Wu Ming to the study and told Wu Ming about the situation after many meetings and repeated discussions with the provincial government:

"During this period of time, for the sake of the reorganization of the army, five joint meetings of the military and the government were held, and the first four times the provincial government made it difficult in every possible way, and finally we reluctantly handed over the teaching regiment, and the establishment of the security division and the personnel appointment plan were approved by Governor Lu Diping, and the officers and soldiers of the teaching regiment, the barracks and all the equipment were taken away by him...... But fortunately, Director Yu fought hard and finally saved the camp in the west of the city and received a compensation of 800,000 yuan from the provincial government. ”

Wu Ming realized that the secret battle in the province was so fierce, and looked at Fang Youchun with concern: "You are not affected, right?" ”

Fang Youchun smiled bitterly: "There must be an impact, but this time the most annoying is Director Yu, who was squeezed enough by several directors under Lu Diping, it seems that we misunderstood Director Yu before, if it weren't for his strong backstage to withstand the pressure exerted by the provincial government, I am afraid our life would have been even worse." ”

"This morning, several of our directors had a meeting, and it is estimated that Director Yu also noticed through the investigation that Chen Zhaoxian, the head of the fourth regiment, was not very peaceful, and came to my office before the meeting to ask how is your relationship with Chen Zhaoxian? I told him truthfully that it was not bad before, Chen Zhaoxian was the battalion commander under your command, but since he was promoted to the commander of the fourth regiment, the relationship between the two of you has become very delicate. ”

Wu Ming sighed, thinking of the growing ambition of Chen Zhaoxian, who had been cultivated by himself, and his heart was panicked.

Fang Youchun continued: "Director Yu nodded after listening, didn't say anything, and put forward the idea of reorganizing the teaching group during the meeting, everyone has this idea, after all, the role of the teaching group is still very large, but in terms of the selection of the head of the teaching group, Director Yu unexpectedly proposed to let Chen Zhaoxian take the position, and he wanted to transfer Chen Zhaoxian's four regiments to Hangzhou. ”

"Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai and I were very surprised, because the plan formulated before was to appoint you as the commander of the Second Brigade, Chen Zhaoxian as the deputy brigade commander and chief of staff, and his four regiments continued to be stationed in Jiangshan, until we heard the new plan proposed by Director Yu, and a few of us understood......

"What's going on?"

Wu Ming was in a hurry, and he was never ambiguous about things involving his own interests.

Fang Youchun said with a smile: "Director Yu proposed to appoint you as the commander of the Second Brigade to take over the defense of Jiangshan and rebuild the Fourth Regiment, the reason is very good, he thinks that you Wu Ming has the ability to have combat merits, proficient in military affairs and good at training, and also said that the total number of officers and soldiers of your five regiments is as high as 2,600 people, and it can be divided into two regiments, and two more battalions of recruits can be recruited, and other shortages should also be re-recruited for unified training, instead of transferring other local security regiments to directly supplement the second brigade, he said that those local security regiments that have been abolished or transferred to the police system have loose military discipline, The ability is low and unbearable. We agreed directly without discussion, but the candidate he recommended for deputy brigade commander and chief of staff was Liu Guoyong, the former combat staff officer of the Second Security Division, and you should know him. ”

Wu Ming was keenly aware of Yu Jishi's far-reaching intentions, not only did he not have the slightest joy of being promoted, but he felt very uncomfortable: "Liu Guo knew this person before my department went to Jiangxi to participate in the war, he is a native of Meixian County, Guangdong, graduated from the third phase of Huangpu Buke, participated in several famous battles of the Northern Expedition, is very down-to-earth, works diligently, and does not talk much but is very easy to speak...... However, there are so many veteran officers in our Zhejiang army, why did you shoehorn Liu Guo, who was born in Huangpu, into me, don't you have any other ideas? ”

Fang Youchun was quite helpless: "I have the idea to use it, you don't know the strength of Director Yu, in the face of Lu Diping, he dares to argue with reason, what is a deputy director?" Do you want me to say to him: Don't fight Wu Ming's idea, let's stay and seed our Zhejiang army?"

Wu Ming couldn't cry or laugh: "I found that you are becoming more and more scoundrels, you were not like this before." ”

Fang Youchun Ha Lu Ha Da smiled: "It's not that you kid is affected, the one who is close to ink is black, but on the whole, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, at least the rich taxes of the three counties in western Zhejiang are all in your hands, and the thousands of people you hide in the mountains of Maoliangwu can come out justifiably, with your profiteer methods, you will definitely be able to take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money, what could be better than this result?" ”

"Even if Director Yu transfers you and your second brigade in the future, it will be a matter for the future, didn't you say? At least he won't transfer you for two years, and he has two years to prepare for us, enough to build another division, and I hope you become a general soon."

Knowing that Daomu was already in a boat and could not be changed, Wu Ming could only choose to compromise and return to bed to think about countermeasures repeatedly.

In Building No. 1, the compound of the Provincial Security Department, which was less than 300 meters away from Fang Youchun's small courtyard, Yu Jishi, who had put the child to bed, quickly returned to the study and continued to discuss with his chief of staff, Chen Shizheng, and Liu Guoyong, the love general.

Liu Guoyong sat straight on the couch, listened carefully to the conversation between the two senior brothers, and before he was summoned to Yu Jishi's house, he did not expect that he, a lieutenant colonel and staff officer, would be appointed as the deputy brigade commander and chief of staff of the Second Brigade of the Zhejiang Security Division, and he was excited and apprehensive in his heart.

Yu Jishi talked to Chen Shizheng about the personnel adjustments of the security department, and turned to Liu Guoyong, who was quite restrained, with a smile: "Jianhao, how do you feel about Wu Ming?" ”

Liu Guoyong was very embarrassed: "My subordinates only had dinner with him twice during the encirclement and suppression of Jiangxi Nancheng, and there was nothing to talk about with each other, and the most impressive thing about his subordinates was his ability to lead troops and command level. ”

Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng looked at each other and smiled, and Chen Shizheng said kindly: "I came to you today to tell you the details of Wu Ming, so that you can have a bottom in your heart and know how to get along with Wu Ming in the future." ”

Chen Shizheng then briefly described Wu Ming's resume and personality, and reminded him in particular: "Wu Ming has many common problems in local military generals, he has a close relationship with Quzhou Chamber of Commerce and Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce, the two largest chambers of commerce in western Zhejiang, not only monopolizes most of the import and export industries and various factories and mines in western Zhejiang, but also smuggles sea salt and evades taxes, we suspect that he has shares in the two major chambers of commerce, but these are not important, you don't care, let him go, just have a good relationship with Wu Ming and officers at all levels, It is enough to master the unique training methods of Wu Ming's department, and devote his energy to military and personnel affairs, and do not care about anything else. ”

Seeing that Liu Guoyong didn't understand very well, Yu Jishi had no choice but to say clearly: "Remember two points: first, assist Wu Ming in managing the troops, and master the training methods and operational characteristics of Wu Ming's troops as soon as possible; Second, have a good relationship with Wu Ming and treat his officers and soldiers well, because Wu Ming's unit is the only unit in the national army that is good at mountain combat and training, and this unit must be in our hands, understand? ”

Liu Guoyong immediately stood up: "I understand Xie Lu, Senior Brother Xie mentioned something"

Yu Jishi motioned for him to sit down: "Jianhao, don't worry too much, although Wu Ming has a tough personality and is not open-minded enough, but he loves and hates clearly, attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and is reasonable, trustworthy, and the most rare thing is that he is talented and creative, these are all things you must keep in mind." ”

Liu Guoyong nodded heavily, he already knew what Yu Jishi's ultimate purpose of sending himself to Wu Ming's side was.

Yu Jishi was still not at ease, and continued to introduce Liu Guoyong: "The brothers and sisters on Lushan have written a lot of letters to me recently, almost every letter talks about Wu Ming, everyone didn't know Wu Ming before, and they were very annoyed by what he did, but after figuring out the truth of the matter and learning more about Wu Ming, everyone's views have almost changed, and they all admire his courage and righteousness. ”

"Now through the Lushan Officer Training Corps quickly promoted to the whole army of the new fortress fortification construction method, is Wu Ming's masterpiece, Wu Ming left before the Lushan left an engineer second lieutenant, a sergeant performance is very outstanding, by the instructor corps unanimously praised and special commendation, even the German adviser gave a thumbs up, so the two of them were promoted to three levels, become the backbone of the directly subordinate engineer battalion, it can be seen that Wu Ming's department of creativity and technical ability is strong."

"Therefore, after you arrive at the Second Brigade, don't take the shelf of Huangpu's predecessors, lower your posture and study with an open mind, I believe in your ability, and I also believe that you and Wu Ming will become good partners."

Liu Guoyong stood up again: "Keep in mind the subordinates and never disappoint the trust and expectations of the senior brother"