"What's your name?" Sitting behind a makeshift shed, an officer dressed in plain black Type 11 daily clothes sat on a chair and asked without raising his head.

And standing in front of him, a man with a height of nearly one meter eight is the way of Na Na. "I ...... My name is Zhang Daniu..."

"Where?"

"Ju County, Shandong..."

"Which unit was it from? How many years have you been in the army? ”

"It turned out to be from the Fifth Division, and I have been a soldier for more than two years..."

Hearing Zhang Daniu say this, the officer nodded and wrote down his name, then pointed to another shed next to him with a pen and spoke. "Alright, you go over there and get the money and clothes..."

"Yes..."Nodding, Zhang Daniu instinctively turned in the direction of the shed, but the next moment he turned back again. This one......... Sir, am I a member of the National Socialist Army now? ”

"Almost—" Perhaps because he had been asked too many times, the officer's tone was somewhat impatient. Wait until you get your clothes over there, and then you can register, okay, hurry up and get the place, there are still a lot of people..."

"Yes! Be! ”

Perhaps frightened by the officer's tone, Zhang Daniu hurriedly walked to the side.

On the other side of the shed, a long queue had already lined up, and by the time Zhang Da Niu Steak went up, it was already more than 300. Fortunately, the speed on the shed side was not slow, and after waiting for about half an hour, it was finally Zhang Daniu's turn.

"The size, and the name..."

Glancing at Zhang Daniu, the officer in the shed asked softly. At the same time, he is also preparing in his hands.

"Zhang Daniu, 178 cm tall, ...... waist circumference"

Physical tests have been performed before. So Zhang Daniu replied without hesitation.

"One meter seven or eight..."

After rummaging for a long time and finding a roughly suitable clothes, the officer came out with a bag at the same time. When handing it to Zhang Daniu, there was a crisp sound of metal colliding in the bag.

Listening to the sound coming from the bag, Zhang Daniu's expression was obviously much more lively. It didn't even take the officer's body to take the clothes, and most importantly, the pockets —————— an important reason why the efficiency here was relatively high.

And after noticing Zhang Daniu's appearance. Despite the fact that many similar things had been seen today, the officer's face showed a very clear wry smile.

On the other hand, after opening the bag and confirming the number. Zhang Daniu had already happily run to the assembly place on the side.

30 silver dollars, all the former Beiyang officers and soldiers who are willing to join the National Social Army can get such a large amount of salary, which is also a measure that Yan Shao used to buy people's hearts.

Words of more than 40,000 people. That's more than 1.2 million. It's not expensive—————— of course, this is just for Yan Shao, not to mention that it is impossible for more than 40,000 people to join the National Social Army.

After two months of fighting, although the Beiyang side has suffered heavy casualties, in fact, Yan Shao's side is similar. The number of casualties alone was as high as more than 20,000, which Yan Shao had trained with great difficulty in the past year, and originally planned to stay in Qingdao and fight hard with the Japanese.

In addition, there were more than 50,000 people with minor and serious injuries, of which more than 10,000 were disabled or no longer fit for service. Count the number of people killed in battle. This time, the Kuomintang Army lost more than 40,000 troops, which is more than the combined number of infantry divisions of the two latest military systems.

The original National Socialist Army had a total of 9 infantry divisions. According to the calculation of the original military system, it is more than 140,000 people, and the reduction of these 40,000 people is already equivalent to more than 20% of the original number, which is not a big blow to the National Socialist Army.

Although this part of the losses has begun to be replenished due to the relatively comprehensive mobilization capability, the combat effectiveness cannot be restored in a short period of time. Fortunately, Xiao Yongyan's division did not suffer much loss when it was in Jiangxi, otherwise Yan Shao would have had a headache.

But even now, Yan Shao is starting to have a headache because of the overstretched troops.

After all, in the past, Yan Shao only needed to govern Anhui, and later there was at most Jiangxi. Now, after defeating Beiyang, the territory that Yan Shao wants to control has expanded to the entire north, and the existing 10 divisions are far from enough—————— the extra division is the one that was incorporated in Jiangxi...

And if they are formed temporarily for this purpose, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of these new units is not even as good as that of the militia, not to mention that Yan Shao does not have so many officers to train these troops.

Therefore, the integration of the existing troops in Beiyang and the Beiyang prisoners of war captured some time ago has become the best solution, and the infantry division that Yan Shao promised Jiang Baili will also come out of here.

Fu Xiuming's side was also very aware of this, so after receiving the telegram, he began to reorganize the prisoners in his hands. Originally, in Yan Shao and Fu Xiuming's opinion, after more than two months of war, there should be very few people on the Beiyang side who are willing to continue to serve the Guoshe government, after all, the casualties on the Beiyang side are far higher than those on the Guoshe Army side in these two months.

The most that can fall into their hands is probably about 20,000 people, which is already the result of Yan Shao's most ideal words.

After learning about the monthly treatment of the National Socialist Army (10 yuan per month, there is basically meat for three meals at ordinary times, and there is no need for the soldiers to bear the food expenses themselves, and what will be distributed during the New Year's holidays), and as long as they are willing to join the National Social Army, they can get a salary of 30 yuan, more than 40,000 prisoners, in addition to being frightened by this war and really unwilling to continue fighting, there are almost more than 38,000 people willing to join the National Social Army.

This number is roughly equivalent to the appearance of two infantry divisions of the new military system.

In fact, it is very simple, in modern China, due to the brain-dead of the Qing government, very few Chinese people have the concept of the state. At this time, most of the people who are willing to serve as soldiers are actually in order to be able to eat enough.

Think about the fact that when Yan Shao first started in Anhui, factory workers only had a few cents a month. With only two or three yuan a month, you can imagine how low the income of ordinary people is these days.

On the Beiyang side, there is an income of 7 yuan a month. It is about two to three times that of ordinary people, but at this time, the army does not care about the soldiers' food, so the money for the meals has to be paid by the soldiers themselves, and there are not many that can fall into the hands of the soldiers.

But even so, the money you can earn as a soldier is still more than that of ordinary people. Especially after considering that the few cents a day are workers, and the average peasant can earn less than this...

As for Yan Shao's side, 10 yuan a month. And also bear the cost of food, and there is meat for three meals. The thoughts of these soldiers in Beiyang are actually very simple, to be a soldier is to use other people's salary to work for others. As long as there is money to be made, it is the same for whoever they give their lives, and besides, now that the north and the south have made peace talks, who do they work for is different?

By the way. Although the Communist government has already begun to issue banknotes. And it's already in circulation. Since the banknotes issued by the China Construction Bank can be exchanged for gold, they circulate very well in Anhui Province and in several surrounding provinces, and even some foreign banks recognize these currencies.

However, most of the soldiers in Beiyang were northerners, and the degree of circulation of CCB banknotes in the north was not very high. Taking into account the psychology of the Beiyang officers and soldiers, the salary issued by Fu Xiuming will be silver dollars, instead of using more convenient paper money...

After all, the purpose of giving out favors is to buy people's hearts, and if these soldiers don't think that Yan Shao is fooling them by giving paper money, it will be self-defeating. Therefore, it is better to give the silver dollar directly, which is certainly a bit inconvenient. But at least there won't be any consequences.

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In Beijing, in a courtyard in the Iron Lion Hutong, Yuan Shikai is lying on a chair basking in the sun.

Compared with when he first got the news, Yuan Shikai's complexion was obviously better at this time, but the sick look could not fade from his face, which also made Yang Shiqi and the others deeply worried.

Naturally, along with the rumor that the men of the Yuan family would not live to be 60.

Now Beiyang is already in an unfavorable situation, coupled with Yuan Shikai's current appearance, although Beiyang is still one of the biggest forces in China, but at this time, most people have begun to find a way in the south, which has also made Yuan Shikai's side become a lot more deserted, and now only a few people are willing to continue to accompany Yuan Shikai.

But for Yuan Shikai, this is probably a good thing...

"Xingcheng, what did that kid surnamed Yan say on the telegram..."

Rubbing his forehead with his hand, trying to make himself more energetic, Yuan Shikai turned his head sideways to look at Yang Shiqi on the side.

“……… Yan Shao said on the telegram that he would like to thank Gong Bao for your deep understanding of righteousness, and that the whole world will remember Gong Bao for your exploits and deeds for peace..."

As Yuan Shikai's most relied on staff, when this kind of person goes to tea and cool, Yang Shiqi may be one of the few people who still come to Yuan Shikai from time to time. After listening to the words of the old proprietor, Yang Shiqi hurriedly said the content of the telegram he had just gotten not long ago.

It's just that before he could finish speaking, Yuan Shikai on the side had already waved his hand. "Okay, don't fool the old man with these scenes, just say the actual thing..."

“……… It's..."With a helpless smile, Yang Shiqi put aside all the words in the previous scenes and went straight to the point. "According to the behind-the-scenes agreement we reached with Yan Shao, that Yan Shao is willing to transfer several of his properties in Hebei to you free of charge, as a sign of his gratitude to Gongbao, which mainly includes several properties in Tianjin and Shijiazhuang and other cities, in addition to some factory shares, Yan Shao and Tianjin and Shijiazhuang many gentry cooperated to open some factories, some of which were either because of financial problems, or because of some concerns, so Yan Shao was required to invest some shares in the factory. Since these factories have all made money in the past year or two, and there is basically no loss-making relationship, the value of this part of the shares has also increased significantly..."

Speaking of this, Yang Shiqi stopped, took a breath and continued to speak. "The value of this part of the shares and the real estate in Tianjin and Shijiazhuang and other places are added together, about more than two million, even if you don't do anything, with those shares can probably have an income of three or four hundred thousand yuan a year, and there may be more in the future..."

These are the benefits that Yan Shao gave to Yuan Shikai behind the scenes.

If Yan Shao directly defeated Yuan Shikai, then naturally there was no need to give these things. But in fact, Yuan Shikai still has tens of thousands of troops in the Beijing-Tianjin area. There were also quite a few troops in the northeast and several other regions, and all of them added up to at least eighty or ninety thousand men.

Since he failed to clean up all these 80,000 or 90,000 people, Yan Shao naturally had to give some benefits as a condition for Yuan Shikai to step down. In a way, the peace talks between Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai are more like some kind of political deal...

Of course, all of this was because of the previous military victory, otherwise Yuan Shikai would not have talked to Yan Shao about this kind of thing, after all, in the end, he gave up the rights of the entire country.

But it's always worth it.

After all, if you really choose to use force to liberate the Beijing-Tianjin area, let's not mention the casualties for the time being. The amount of money spent alone is hundreds of millions, and the time wasted is calculated in months, which is not much compared to two million...

In fact. If it weren't for the fact that the Beiyang side was in a hurry to surrender, this benefit would not satisfy Yuan Shikai at all, but now...

"Is it forty thousand in a Chinese New Year's Eve? It should be enough for those unfilial sons..."

Smiled helplessly, Yuan Shikai's face was full of heroic twilight expression.

Including Yuan Keding, Yuan Shikai has a total of 17 sons and 15 daughters. He knows his own body very well. Although Yuan Shikai has also saved a lot of belongings over the years. But with so many children combined, it is probably difficult to say how much each person can share in the last place, after all, he Yuan Shikai is not a banker, and he does not have a net worth as much as Yan Shao.

In history, Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding, was once impoverished because of money.

(Anyway, this old man is really good enough...) ）

If it weren't for the fact that the people under him were now in a hurry to take up a post in the new government, I am afraid that he would have to use the bargaining chips of the 80,000 or 90,000 troops in his hand to ask for more benefits for his sons and daughters.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world...

Standing aside, looking at Yuan Shikai's current appearance. Yang Shiqi also sighed, I don't know how to comfort him...

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"Cheers..."

"Cheers..."

After lightly touching the wine glass filled with juice and Duan Qirui's cup. Yan Shao raised his cup and took a small sip.

Since the peace talks have been considered successful, then the next thing should naturally be a celebratory cocktail party, which can be regarded as making up for the original reception banquet—————— when Duan Qirui and they came, Yan Shao did not hold a cocktail party, and now that the peace talks have been successful, if there is no one, it will be a little unsatisfactory.

On the other side, looking at the wine glass full of juice in Yan Shao's hand, Duan Qirui couldn't say anything while smiling slightly bitterly.

Yan Shao doesn't like to drink, and he doesn't dare to say that the whole country knows about it, but at least in the official world, everyone knows about it. If it was half a year ago, there might still be many people who could make Yan Shao barely drink a few glasses, but now...

Even if he was a little depressed in his heart, Duan Qirui could only drink his own wine.

After clinking glasses with Duan Qirui, many people also came up one after another, toasting Yan Shao one by one, Yan Shao was naturally not afraid of this—————— anyway, he had never heard of drinking juice and getting drunk, so he was naturally not afraid of anything...

Meanwhile, in the corner of the banquet, Elanon, Caterina and a few others sat there with the ladies of the guests, not knowing what they were talking about.

"These are your wives, aren't they? It's really a blessing..."

Holding the wine glass, Yang Du leaned over to Yan Shao's side and laughed softly.

In this distribution of rights, Yang Du got a position of deputy minister (vice minister) of the Ministry of Education, although it is not high, but considering that the status of many people in Beiyang is now plummeting, Yang Du is also satisfied. In addition, he has not become a street rat because he instigated Yuan Shikai to play constitutional monarchy, so his complexion has naturally become very good.

"Yes..."Glancing at Eleno and the others who were sitting with many female dependents, Yan Shao's smile was also full of pride.

Since it was a celebratory banquet, Yan Shao's family naturally had to attend. So Elanon, Caterina and Lu Ying also ran out together, dressed in black dresses, they didn't dare to say that the audience was watchful but it was almost the same, and they also came out with Kaoru Otsuki and Fumiko, but they were not family members, but friends.

They'll come along. It's also because Fumiko really wants to see what the banquet is like, whether it is Yan Shao or Elaino, they all regard Fumiko as their daughter, and naturally they will not refuse this request. Kaoru Otsuki didn't want to come though. But after the most reluctance, under the attack of Fumiko's tears, the most reluctant still bowed his head...

Naturally, Yan Shao and the others all know very well that Kaoru Otsuki's mother and daughter are just guests staying in their house (although Yan Shao has some bad intentions in his heart), but in the eyes of others, I am afraid that this is not the case...

At least the lady in Yang Du's mouth definitely includes Otsuki Kaoru in it.

It's not surprising, after all, no one would believe that a strong young man of 2 or 30 years old would have no idea about the beautiful woman living in his own home, especially after considering that this woman has been living in Yan Shao's house for more than 3 years. I'm afraid that the rice has been steamed and cooked many times...

Fortunately, at this time, the identity of Kaoru Otsuki's mother and daughter was still secret, so not many people knew about it. At least there won't be more than ten, and these ten people are basically the kind that keep their mouths shut, otherwise......... I'm afraid it's going to cause quite a stir...

Merely...

If it is an ordinary banquet, it will not matter, this banquet can be said to determine the fate of the whole of China. Naturally, there will be quite a few reporters walking around with their cameras on their shoulders. And one of the reporters pointed the lens of the camera in the direction of the family seat, but I don't know if he has also heard some rumors from the outside world, and while aiming the lens at Elano and others, he also covered the mother and daughter of Otsuki Kaoru.

With a 'bang', the reporter packed up his camera contentedly and shifted the target in other directions.

As for this photo, even if it can't make a headline, I'm afraid it won't be too bad...

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In the corner where the ladies were sitting, Elaline and the others were talking about topics that only women could do with the family members brought by the others. And because of Yan Shao's current status, Elano and the others have undoubtedly become the center of the crowd.

It's just a little weird. Among these women, the most popular is neither the elegant, gentle and gentle Elainor, nor the cheerful Caterina, nor Lu Ying, who is from the same country, but Kaoru Otsuki and Fumiko from Japan...

Ahem, if you think about it, it's not unreasonable.

Elaline is beautiful and gentle, but she is a foreigner.

Katerina's words are refreshing and beautiful, but the ten-centimeter-long scar on the left side of her face may have added a bit of charm to her in Yan Shao's opinion, but it is a little terrifying in the eyes of ordinary women, not to mention that she is still holding a position similar to Jinyiwei as the director of the Special Affairs Bureau—————— what does Jinyiwei do? As long as you know a little bit about history, you know very well, not to mention that the Special Affairs Bureau played an important role in the previous '57 incident', and in the rumors of the outside world, Katarina's personality is also extremely ruthless, and these women can be said to avoid her.

As for Lu Ying, it is true that she is a Chinese, and she is both beautiful and gentle, which can be said to be a model of Chinese women, but in the eyes of those women, her background is a little problematic.

The first is her gambler father, and the second is the experience of being sold to a brothel by her father, although it can be said that the front foot was redeemed by Yan Shao as soon as the front foot was sold, but in the eyes of those long-tongued women, it is a stain after all...

And she is the first subordinate, and the second housekeeper, if Eleno and Caterina are the main wives, she is somewhat of a concubine. With this kind of background, those long-tongued women naturally disdain to talk to her, plus she is beautiful and beautiful, and in the eyes of those long-tongued women who have almost been regarded as yellow-faced women by their own men, they are even more models of vixens. If it weren't for Yan Shao's status being different from the past, I'm afraid they wouldn't bother to talk to Lu Ying at all.

Kaoru Otsuki's words,Although she is also a foreigner,But because of the same appearance.,So these long-tongued women don't reject her.。 And Kaoru Otsuki's personality is very gentle, and Fumiko plays a bonus role next to her, and in the eyes of outsiders, she and Yan Shao have such an inexplicable relationship, so she has become the most popular one among women.

The second is Elaine, whose elegant temperament and gentle personality are very popular after all, and then Lu Ying, and the last is Katarina...

Ahem, luckily Caterina doesn't care much about this, and she doesn't even like this kind of gathering between women at all, otherwise... (To be continued......)