Under Morgan's persuasion, many countries finally decided to give the three tiers of tariffs to the new government in Guangzhou as agreed. When he got the new tax payment, Huang Ke was never happy.

In Xiguan's residence, Zhao Xiaowan looked at Huang Ke, who was preoccupied, and frowned, since she got married, Zhao Xiaowan has been a little less arrogant and domineering than before, and more gentle.

Seeing Huang Ke's appearance, she walked over and asked with concern: "The tariffs have been collected according to the agreement, but you don't look happy at all?" ”

Huang Ke sighed lightly: "It's not that I don't want to be happy, it's just that I really can't be happy." ”

Zhao Xiaowan was still puzzled, Huang Ke stood up and said: "Our own things were taken away by others, and others promised to reward us with a small part of them, can we still be happy...... It's ridiculous! ”

In China at that time, there were not a few things that were slaughtered by others, but the traverser Huang Ke seemed to feel strange and angry.

Seeing Huang Ke's sad appearance, Zhao Xiaowan didn't know what to comfort, she just comforted: "The country is broken, what can we do?" ”

"We can do a lot!" Huang Ke stepped forward and said through gritted teeth: "I finally understand today, why should I defeat the warlords, because these warlords are sinners of the country and the nation, and they are the ones who have corrupted the country!" ”

As he spoke, Huang Ke smashed his fist on the wall in front of him, a weak country has no diplomacy, and a weak country has no sovereignty.

Through this incident, Huang Ke no longer has any illusions about Chen Jiongming, although he has seen a lot of things such as how good the warlords at this time are from the chicken soup articles of later generations, and he has also seen warlords such as Chen Jiongming and Lu Rongting with his own eyes, although he has no antipathy to them personally from the heart, but they have hindered China's development.

Those who hinder the progress of a country and a nation are the sinners of history, and they must be eliminated if they have nothing to say. From here, Huang Ke has made up his mind to break with people like Chen Jiongming.

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With a steady stream of funds, Huang Ke's hands and feet have also grown, these days he has not seen how the training of the new army is, but now he remembers to go and see.

At noon, he wanted to go to the New Army garrison to have a look, because there was no horseback riding, and Huang Ke did not have a car, so he had to go on foot.

Fourteen Tsai began to suggest that he ride a horse, but Huang Ke really didn't like that thing, and after stepping on the stirrups, his two legs were in a state of half-clamping, which was very upset. A short time is acceptable, but after a long time, Huang Ke can't stand it. So sometimes he would rather go walking than ride a horse.

The new army is now stationed on the outskirts of the city, but fortunately, the city of Guangzhou is not big at this time, and it will not take long to walk.

Halfway through, Huang Ke was walking, and suddenly saw a man in the distance who seemed to be deliberately avoiding him, and he didn't let Fourteen Tsai come over today. Thinking of this, Huang Ke couldn't help but touch the Browning pistol on his waist.

It seems that some of them today have just a little anxiety in their hearts, and that person has come out again.

"Come out! What are you sneaking after me? Huang Ke touched the pistol in his hand and shouted with his back to the man.

"Brother Huang" the man shouted loudly, the voice was so familiar. After turning his head, Huang Ke couldn't help laughing, it turned out that it was Fu Guoqiang who had been following him.

"What are you doing with me? Don't have to go to class today? Huang Ke asked.

Fu Guoqiang shook his head: "I don't have the heart to go to class, and I don't want to go to class!" ”

"What can you do without class? How old are you? Huang Ke couldn't help laughing, for this kind of enthusiastic young man, he likes but is worried, what he likes is that these people are vigorous and malleable, and the kind of people who are worried are easy to be impulsive, and their ideas are relatively simple when dealing with things, and they are easy to get into trouble.

"Brother Huang, I want to put pen to paper and want to save China!" Fu Guoqiang walked over and said generously: "Although we won the final victory in the last movement, we still lost in the end!" You led your troops to protect the people, but you made them wanted? After that campaign, we don't know what agreement the government and the Japanese reached, but the Japanese are still so arrogant, and they are still like that on our land. Nothing has changed......"

After listening to Fu Guoqiang's words, Huang Ke felt a little relieved in his heart, it seems that China has never lacked these patriots, and such people can follow him to fight the world in the future.

"You're right, Guoqiang, but the most important thing for you now is to go back to study." After Huang Ke finished speaking, he smiled and said, "You are a highly educated baby pimple, I will definitely reuse you in the future!" Don't worry, when the time comes, I will make it useful for you patriotic youths! ”

"Brother Huang, what do you say?" Fu Guoqiang asked with a little doubt, but his face was already showing joy.

"I will definitely go to you in half a year. When the time comes, I don't need you to join us, I will need your classmates in the future, more enthusiastic young people to join us. ”

After finishing speaking, Fu Guoqiang almost jumped up with joy. Huang Ke smiled: "Go back quickly, remember, study hard, and don't have other distracting thoughts." ”

After Fu Guoqiang left, Huang Ke continued to advance and soon arrived at the headquarters of the New Army.

The guards at the entrance were still divided into two kinds of sentry positions, light and dark, standing with guns, and at the main entrance, the snake-bellied barbed wire was lined up in turn, and behind the barbed wire, the guards with white gloves and British-made rifles stood tall, as if cast steel.

Under the dark green wicker hat, the dark faces showed a murderous aura, and an officer wearing a stand-up collar national uniform and a large-brimmed hat saluted when he saw Huang Ke, and then shouted loudly: "Commander!" ”

Huang Ke returned the salute expressionlessly, and then walked in quickly. On the way to the headquarters of the new army, Huang Ke looked around, the newly recruited recruits and soldiers had already begun to exercise, and on the school field, the sound of shouting and killing echoed back and forth; The cavalry in the distance rolled up a puff of smoke and dust; The sound of gunfire and passwords on the shooting range was constantly ringing out.

A busy but orderly scene appeared in Huang Ke's eyes, a vigorous army. Huang Ke couldn't believe that this was his army, this was the army he had created.

When he was silent in his fantasy, Wang Mao walked over quickly, he only knew it after hearing the report of the guards, so he came to greet him quickly.

After seeing Huang Ke, he first saluted a military salute, and then said with a smile: "The commander came from afar, why don't you inform us, let's prepare in advance." ”

"Prepare what? I'm just going to see how your soldiers are going? After Huang Ke finished speaking, he walked forward quickly, "Let's go, I want to go to the headquarters to have a look, I am satisfied on the school field, I don't know how you are in charge of officials?" ”

When I arrived at the headquarters, the sound of the ticking radio was constantly sounding, and a large proportion of the southwest was hung on the wall, and in the center was a long table made of green tablecloths.

Cui Wu and Yang Yibing were studying something there, and when they heard Huang Ke coming, they quickly stood up.

"What are you two studying? What about Batu, that kid? Are you going to the racetrack again? Huang Ke took off the big-brimmed hat on his head and put it on the table, and sat across from several people.

Wang Maocai, who was behind him, smiled and said, "The commander is really like a god, Batu went out with the cavalry early in the morning." ”

"Tell me, what are you two wondering about? Talking so energetically? Huang Ke took a watch on the table, and after looking at it, he couldn't help frowning: "What's the matter?" Why are there so many vacancies on it? Now that the full strength is more than 5,700 people, you only have more than 30 company commanders? What's going on? ”

After the three of them looked at each other, Yang Yibing did not shy away from saying, "Commander, before you came, we were all studying the appointment of this grassroots officer. At present, all our troops, including the gendarmerie, lack of officers at the grassroots level, and most of them are recruits with low cultural quality and no actual combat experience, and it may be very difficult to be promoted to officers. But a few days ago, someone from the presidential palace said that they asked us to continue recruiting troops, so that there would be no more officers. ”

"Is it the lack of junior officers in all the troops? How many people are missing? Huang Ke realized the seriousness of this problem, how could he keep thinking about expanding the army, but forget such an important matter as grassroots officers?

"Sort of, except for Batu's cavalry, all the other troops lack junior officers, and if they are easily promoted, we are worried that they will follow the old path of the old warlord army." Yang Yibing spoke openly, and he always said something.

Huang Ke scratched his head, and after thinking for a while, he said: "It's a problem, but you don't have to worry about it, let's recruit and train first, and I'll help you solve it in half a year!" ”