Yu Ke sighed and said, "In vain, I brought more than a thousand people over, and I thought there would be a tough battle." ”

"Who knew that most of the 500 or so pieces of waste under your command were drunk. Seeing that I brought people over, few people even dared to resist with guns. ”

Yu Ke coughed: "The smell of you here is too choking, you can actually stay." ”

"My name is Yu Ke, has Kuang Dutong heard of me?"

"Lord Yu!"

While Yu Ke was speaking, several guards rushed in immediately after hearing the gunshot, and were relieved to see that Yu Ke was safe and sound.

"Yu Ke? Are you the staff officer of the New Army under Zhang Zhidong? ”

Kuang Yingtao's eyes rolled, and he looked at the iron beads on the ground: "It's amazing, I'm not even afraid of firecrackers." Except for those few Great Masters of Refining the Marrow in the entire world, I'm afraid there are few people who are your opponents. I didn't expect Zhang Zhidong to have such a martial arts master. ”

Sighing, Kuang Yingtao had a miserable smile on his face:

"When the French called, I expected such a day."

"It's just that I didn't expect Zhang Zhidong to move so fast, and just a few days after the truce, he sent troops to deal with me."

Yu Ke said: "Since you expected this day, why didn't you prepare early?" ”

Kuang Yingtao shook his head and took a puff of his cigarette: "Do you want to take two sips, it's very cool." ”

"Take a few more puffs yourself, after all, you won't have a chance to smoke again."

Kuang Yingtao continued: "Of course, I don't want to be captured, but you can also see the five hundred waste men outside. ”

"If you can't hold a gun, what's the use? At most, it can only bluff the common people. ”

"Hahahahaha~"

Kuang Yingtao looked at Yu Ke and suddenly burst out laughing, laughing until he couldn't breathe, and began to cough violently.

After finally relieving himself, he pointed at Yu Ke and said:

"I used to be like you, and I practiced martial arts at a young age."

"My mind is full of illusions of serving the country loyally, but in the end, I found the vicissitudes of this world, and the great achievement of exterminating the thieves is not worth a few words of flattery."

"From the second-rank local military commandery, you have to look at the faces of the fifth-grade civil officials......"

Kuang Yingtao said a lot, his face was full of unwillingness and resentment, and there was a trace of madness in his eyes.

Yu Ke listened quietly, and finally said quietly: "Since this world is unfair, haven't you thought about rebellion?" ”

“…… Rebel? Kuang Yingtao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yu Ke as if he gradually understood something.

"Hahahaha!! I said, why didn't I receive any news, it turns out that Zhang Zhidong also wants to be a thief? ”

Yu Ke was noncommittal to Kuang Yingtao's temptation, but asked:

"Do you know the biggest difference between you and me?"

"Your martial arts skills are higher than mine." Kuang Yingtao thought about it.

"I'm only in the Bone Forging Realm at your age, so you're probably about to refine your dirt now, right?"

Yu Ke shook his head:

"The biggest difference between you and me is that you always only care about yourself, thinking about meritorious service and promotion, and glorifying your ancestors."

"Whether it's for the soldiers under you, for the ordinary people, or for the whole country, you don't have any sense of responsibility."

"For you, the soldiers, the people, and the country are just food for promotion."

"If you have enough chips, you won't hesitate to throw them away."

Kuang Yingtao stared at Yu Ke when he heard this, and finally deflated and said with a smile:

"You're right, that's the kind of person I am. You're better than me! ”

He slowly took an iron ball from the drawer of the bedside table, put it in the firearm, and filled it with gunpowder.

Yu Ke looked at it quietly, did not ask out loud, and did not stop.

After filling the ammunition, Kwong Yingtao pointed the muzzle of the gun at Yu Ke.

Seeing that Yu Ke didn't react, Kuang Yingtao smiled, stuffed the muzzle of the gun into his mouth, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Rumble!

Red-and-white brains splattered all over the white walls, and the corpse fell limply on the bed.

The two concubines of Kuang Yingtao, who were trembling in the corner of the room, began to scream again when they saw this, frightening incontinence.

"Gather the body and find a place to bury it."

Yu Ke commanded, turned around and walked out of the room, and returned to the garrison of the Yuewu garrison.

Waving his hand to beckon Gan Qiliang, the head of the first regiment, Yu Ke asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"There were three hundred and twenty-seven men in the barracks." Gan Qiliang replied.

"Why are you so many? What about the others? Yu Ke frowned.

Gan Qiliang explained: "The subordinates have interrogated. There should be more than 40 people in the green building in the town, and there should be more than 50 people in the smoke house. ”

"There are still seventy or eighty people left as deacons, managing one of his green buildings and several smoke houses for Kuang Yingtao."

"I'm not talking about more than 100 people, but the Guangdong armed forces other than Kuang Yingtao's personal troops."

Gan Qiliang sweated on his forehead: "My subordinates will ask people to inquire immediately." ”

Yu Ke waved his hand: "I don't care about these." Before noon today, I will see that all the rest of the Cantonese armed forces are in the barracks. ”

"About four hours left, can you do it?"

Gan Qiliang gave a military salute: "The subordinates promise to complete the task!" ”

"Go ahead."

"Yes."

Yu Ke walked to the platform, brought a chair and sat down, closed his eyes and rested.

In the school grounds, 327 soldiers of Kuang Yingtao's personal unit were gathered together, their guns were confiscated, and they either squatted or sat on the ground.

More than 300 soldiers of the Guangdong armed forces were pointed at guns by dozens of new soldiers, and they did not dare to make a mistake at all.

An hour later, one after another, the soldiers of the Guangdong military garrison were escorted to the barracks.

Three hours later, the sky was already dawning, and there were already more than 4,000 Cantonese soldiers in the entire barracks.

Most of them were skinny and tattered. But his face was not stained with the scorched yellow color of the smoke.

Most of these Cantonese armed forces who were not under Kuang Yingtao's own were between the ages of 35 and 45.

After another half an hour, Gan Qiliang came to Yu Ke's side and reported to him that everyone had arrived, a total of 4,872 people.

Although Yu Ke was surprised that less than a quarter of the 20,000-strong Cantonese military garrison was left, he didn't ask any more.

Standing up, Yu Ke fired a shot into the sky and yelled:

"Stand up for Lao Tzu!"

The thousands of people under the stage moved slowly, and it took half a minute before all of them stood up.

Yu Ke put his hands behind his back, cleared his throat and said:

"You should also know who Lao Tzu is. I might as well repeat it again. ”

"I am Yu Ke, the staff officer of the New Army under the Governor of Liangguang, Zhang Zhidong, and Lord Zhang."

"I'm here to say just three things."

Yu Ke stretched out a finger: "First, Kuang Yingtao, the commander of your Guangdong armed forces, has been killed by Lao Tzu." ”

The Yuewu garrison army in the audience was in an uproar, and they couldn't believe it.

After the voice in the audience was a little quieter, Yu Ke continued:

"Second, the Guangdong Armed Forces will be disbanded from today."

Nearly 5,000 Cantonese armed forces were in a mess, and someone asked loudly: "The Cantonese armed forces have been disbanded, where are we going?" ”

Yu Ke ignored it, and continued:

"Third, I will select some of your five thousand men to join the new army. Some joined the Fourth Regiment of the New Army, and some were organized and trained into the Fifth Regiment of the New Army. ”

There was a commotion in the audience, Yu Ke was a little impatient, and took a sharp breath: "To Lao Tzu, Su!" Quiet! ”

A pale white airstream erupted from his mouth, spreading with a roar.

The roar, which almost shook both ears, made some people dizzy and fell to the ground, and the sound was heard almost thousands of miles away, and the sound continued to echo in the school field.

Everyone was frightened by the roar of the cannonball's explosion, including the surrounding new troops who also looked at Yu Ke with shocked faces.

Yu Ke said: "All the Guangdong military garrisons, sit down!" ”

Seeing that all the Cantonese armed forces in the audience were sitting obediently, Yu Ke continued:

"I'll give a few orders now."

"Those who have smoked big cigarettes should stand up and walk to the side of the school yard."

More than 300 people stood up and obediently walked to the side of the school field, all of whom were Kuang Yingtao's personal soldiers.

"Those over the age of forty, including forty, stand up and walk to the side of the school field."

All of a sudden, more than 2,000 people stood up and walked to the edge of the school grounds. Less than half of the people are still sitting on the ground.

Yu Ke was a little stunned, is there so much age?

After thinking about it, Yu Ke continued: "If you are physically disabled, blind, deaf, missing arms and legs, stand up and walk to the side of the school field." ”

Of the remaining 2,000 people, about a tenth stood up.

Yu Ke said to Gan Qiliang: "Go and order a little, how many people are left." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Gan Qiliang replied: "The remaining total is two thousand and seventeen. ”

Yu Ke nodded: "That's enough." ”

Five hundred men were charged into the Fourth Regiment, which had just been established and had only 900 men.

The remaining 1,500 people will form the Fifth Regiment, and some cadres from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments will be transferred over for two or three months of training, and they should be able to form a fighting force.

The so-called soldier bears a nest of bears.

How much combat effectiveness an army has depends largely on the generals who lead it.

Twenty years ago, the Guangdong Armed Forces were also a strong army.

But with the fall of the capital commander Kuang Yingtao, the entire army was also abolished.

Thinking of this, Yu Ke ordered again: "Go and gather all the people who have practiced martial arts in the Guangdong Armed Forces." ”

After a while, Gan Qiliang came to Yu Ke with more than 20 people.

"Out of 2,000 people, just a few people have practiced martial arts?"

Gan Qiliang scratched his head: "Staff Officer Yu, there are only these people." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the 3,000 people on the edge of the school field: "There may be people who have practiced martial arts there." ”

Yu Ke shook his head: "Forget it." ”

Coming to a middle-aged man of medium stature and dark skin, Yu Ke asked, "What kind of martial arts have you practiced?" ”

"Back to my lord, I practice iron sand palms."

The swarthy man stretched out a pair of thick palms, picked up a stone brick on the ground, and slapped it into pieces.

Yu Ke nodded, walked up to another thin man, and asked, "What about you?" ”

The thin man sneered: "The villain is practicing bone shrinking skills and acupoint probing. ”

One of the people next to him sneered: "Isn't it just a pickpocket?" ”

"What about you?"

"I'm practicing hard qigong."

"What about you?"

"The villain practiced a willow leaf dart."

"You?"

"The villain is practicing ......"

Yu Ke applauded and laughed: "I can see it, you all have unique skills!" ”

"Adults have won prizes!" More than 20 martial artists hugging fists.

"Not bad, not bad."

Yu Ke summoned Gan Qiliang: "These more than 20 people are formed into a team alone, and they are hung under the name of your group, and I am of great use." ”

"Yes."

Gan Qiliang nodded, and said with some hesitation: "Staff Officer Yu, what about the three thousand people who were screened out over there?" Severance? ”

Yu Ke said: "Of course not. Leave a thousand men to keep them in captivity. The 2,000 selected people will be brought back to Canton tomorrow. ”

"As for the ...... of these three thousand"

Yu Ke thought for a while: "I am preparing to build a rubber factory in Guangxi, which just needs a lot of manpower. ”

"The Governor is also preparing for the establishment of the Sailor Academy and the Shipyard, and some manpower is also needed."

"That's it. You take the 2,000 people you have selected back to Guangzhou, hand them over to Huang Jiaotou, and come back here. and eight hundred more to the Governor. ”

"Then take the rest of the people with me to Guangxi."

"Still." Yu Ke frowned and said, "The more than 300 addicts from Kuang Yingtao's relatives should be brought together and thrown directly into prison." ”

"Alright, let's go." Yu Ke said.

"Yes."

Gan Qiliang walked for a while, and came to Yu Ke with a twist.

Yu Ke frowned: "What?" What else? ”

Gan Qiliang pointed to the two charming women behind him, who were Kuang Yingtao's concubines.

"Staff Officer Yu, what should the two of them do?" Gan Qiliang asked.

"You can do it yourself."

"That? Sending you to your house? Gan Qiliang asked tentatively.

Yu Ke said: "If you have an idea, you can keep it yourself, if you don't have an idea, give them a few taels of silver and send them away." ”

"If nothing else, get out!"

"Okay."

Gan Qiliang stepped back with a sneer on his face and led the two women into a room.

The next day, Gan Qiliang took more than 400 new soldiers and soldiers, 2,000 new army reservists and more than 300 addicts, and rushed to Guangzhou City, where he did not return until the night two days later.

After resting for a night, he led 800 people non-stop, rushed to Guangzhou City again, and handed over these 800 people to Zhang Zhidong.

Early the next morning, Gan Qiliang returned to the garrison of the Guangdong Military Reserve Army in Pingnan County again.

"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Ke patted the dust on Gan Qiliang's shoulder.

"That's what subordinates should do."

Yu Ke said: "Take a good rest for two days, during which you ask people to register the names, ages and other information of the remaining 1,700 people and hand them over to me." ”

Three days later, 1,400 new soldiers of the First Regiment and 1,700 former Cantonese military reserve soldiers, totaling more than 3,000 people, rushed to Guangxi.

There is a large rubber forest in Guangxi, and there is no need to buy tree seeds.

Yu Ke plans to try to make solid rubber tires first.

As early as a few decades ago, someone in the West invented rubber tires, and although there are not many rubber tires flowing into the country, they are not difficult to find.

It shouldn't be difficult to make one.

The entire Liangguang region is in the hands of Yu Ke and others, and there is no shortage of sales.

When the production line of solid tires is established and a batch of tires is manufactured, a large amount of money can be recovered soon.

Even the benefits in the future may be able to supply the military expenses of thousands of new troops!

The government of those in power is nothing more than civil and military affairs, and civil and military politics are, in the final analysis, finance.

As the ruler in charge of the two Guangzhous, Yu Ke has no shortage of power and manpower.

As long as there is enough money, what else in the world cannot be done?