Chapter 217: The Merchant's Decision
To Zhao Yuan's surprise, his idea of joining the army actually received strong support from the three of them.
After communicating, Zhao Yuan understood the thoughts of the three of them.
At present, Liaoyuan Commercial Bank is in Heishui City, which is also the jurisdiction of the military, many things, are inextricably linked with the military, and need to deal with the military, although the relationship between the Qiu family and the military is good, but it is the relationship between the Qiu family, not the relationship of Liaoyuan Commercial Bank, the three of them hope that Zhao Yuan can establish his influence in the military, and enlisting in the army is the most direct and effective way to establish a relationship with the military.
It is worth mentioning here that the relationship between the Qiu family and the military is extremely far-reaching, and the main reason for this is that the Qiu family provides logistical support for the military, and part of the supply of military materials is monopolized by the Qiu family.
During the conversation, Zhao Yuan found that the three shareholders seemed to be a little resentful of the Qiu family's borrowing of Xiaocui to invest in Liaoyuan Commercial Bank, and faintly, they were more vigilant, but what made Zhao Yuan happy was that the three of them were unanimously praised by Xiaocui.
Zhao Yuan could understand the concerns of the three of them, after all, this was Blackwater City, the Qiu family had been operating here for nearly twenty years, and it was deeply rooted, if the Qiu family wanted to be unfavorable to the Liaoyuan Trading Bank, the Liaoyuan Trading House would not have any countermeasures.
There is no doubt that this is a good phenomenon for Zhao Principle, because with the checks and balances of the Qiu family, even if the three shareholders have different intentions, they will not dare to act rashly.
Of course, whether it is good or bad, Zhao Yuan is not much interested.
For Zhao Yuan, he is not here, Liaoyuan Commercial Bank does not mean much to him, even if he goes bankrupt tomorrow, he will never feel distressed.
In the end, the three shareholders reached a unanimous decision, and the three shareholders contributed capital to pave the way for Zhao Yuan to establish his own strength in the military.
Zhao Yuanzhi said that it was in vain to refuse, so he could only agree with a wry smile.
He naturally understood why the three shareholders were willing to contribute, and the reason was very simple, that is, to hide from the Qiu family and beware of the Qiu family. If the three of them contribute privately, they don't have to go through the accounts, and the Qiu family will not be able to detect it.
Zhao Yuan was also helpless about the thoughts of the three of them, so he could only appease them.
After the meeting, Zhao Yuan went around the Liaoyuan Commercial Bank alone and went home.
At this time, it was already late at night on the street, and the autumn wind was whirling and there was a depression.
Zhao Yuan walked lonely on the street.
Inexplicably, he remembered the two nuns of Tomorrow and Mingyue.
When he was with Mingyue tomorrow, Zhao Yuan was thinking about how to escape from the "clutches" of the two nuns, and now, Zhao Yuan found that he was a little reluctant.
Although the two nuns are arrogant, their thoughts are simple, what they are thinking, at a glance, with them, you don't need to use your brain to see what they are thinking in their hearts.
Zhao Yuan misses that kind of life a little.
Perhaps, thinking about the beautiful scenery every night......
A wry smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yuan's mouth, shook his head, shook off the two graceful and smooth bodies in his mind, and glanced up at the majestic city wall, which was dark, and the soldiers patrolling could be faintly seen.
After enlisting in the army, will you be like them in this boring patrol on this sloomy night?
What if one is arranged to be idle?
Thinking of what Qiu Xiaoworm said, Zhao Yuan suddenly felt a little worried.
What Zhao Yuan wanted was the opportunity to fight and kill the enemy and cultivate "war", instead of treating the army as a nursing home like Qiu Xiaoworm.
Immediately, Zhao Yuan thought that his worries were unnecessary, because the three shareholders of Liaoyuan Commercial Bank secretly bought off the relationship, and when the time came, he would not go wherever he wanted.
After figuring it out, Zhao Yuan was full of confidence.
The next day, the enlistment went extremely smoothly.
Master Qiu personally took Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaoworm to Blackwater City to meet the conscription officials.
Blackwater City is a general term, and like other places, it is named after the city. And in the same way, Blackwater City is a city, and moreover, it is a city within a city.
Blackwater City is a city built at the end of the canyon near the end of the Great Qin Empire by the cliff, the city is not an ordinary city, there are two city gates, one on each inside, the outer city gate is closed, which can resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and the inner city gate is closed to prevent the infiltration of spies.
Between the two gates, the length is more than 50 zhang, forming a city within a city, which serves as a barracks for stationed soldiers.
There are 200,000 soldiers guarding Blackwater City, because Blackwater City is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Blackwater City is limited by the canyon, the internal space is extremely narrow, and there is a lack of water sources, there are only 20,000 defenders in peacetime, and the rest of the 180,000 people, stationed in three barracks less than fifty miles from Blackwater City, forming a defensive trend against Blackwater City, and at most it can rush to the aid of Blackwater City in less than an hour.
Zhao Yuan observed the landform in Blackwater City all the way, and soon, he arrived at the recruitment office.
Master Qiu is really a figure in Blackwater City, and the soldiers who have a little status along the way will greet him, and the so-called interview is just a formality, and the interview officer just glanced at it and signed a series of enlistment documents, and even did not verify Zhao Yuan's identity.
After going through the formalities of enlisting in the army, Master Qiu gave thousands of advices, chattered and left.
Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaoworm sat for a long time and no one cared, until the afternoon, when a fat soldier rushed into the room, found the interview officer who started, and did some handover procedures, and then, Zhao Yuan was taken by the soldier to a warehouse in the barracks to wait, the fat man seemed to be very busy, and he didn't have time to talk to Zhao Yuan at all, so he left in a hurry after leaving the two of them.
After nearly two hours of waiting, the sweaty fat soldier appeared, followed by a dozen disheveled soldiers leading dozens of bantam horses, as if they were deserters who had escaped.
Zhao Yuan and Qiu Xiaoworm looked at each other.
Is this a military man?
Looking at the dozen or so soldiers leading a bantam horse, a trace of doubt rose in the hearts of the two.
"Are you Qiu Xiaoworm?" the fat man's fat hand wiped a handful on his forehead, and then, throwing it into the air, sweat spilled out of his hand, like a fairy scattering flowers, and then, with the other hand, he grabbed two handfuls in an extremely dirty and obscene motion, and breathed a long sigh of relief, revealing a comfortable look.
"Yes......" Qiu Xiaoworm straightened his chest like the other soldiers in Blackwater City, but he didn't know how to call the fat man, just stared at the fat man's military uniform without military rank in a daze.
"I'm Captain Han of the Logistics Department, and I'm part of the 3rd Infantry Battalion in Blackwater City. Anyway, it's not a regular army, you can be casual, look at me uncomfortable, just call me captain, if it's pleasing to the eye, it's okay to call the fat brother. ”
"Captain...... No...... No, fat brother, fat brother. ”
"Hehe, yes, look at your five big and three rough appearance, mix with me, yes! Are you Zhao Yuan?" Captain Han's gaze fell on Zhao Yuan.
"Yes, Fat Brother. Zhao Yuan followed Qiu Xiaoworm's appearance and stood upright.
"Mmmm, you're a little weaker, you need to strengthen your nutrition. Rest assured, our logistics department, nothing else, there is a great nutrition. Captain Han said with a smile.
"Xie Lu, Xie Fat Brother. ”
Zhao Yuan secretly smiled bitterly, in this world, there are not many people who stand beside the behemoth of Qiu Xiaoworm and do not seem fragile.
In fact, as long as he is not wearing a scholarly robe, Zhao Yuan's figure is very strong, but Qiu Xiaoworm's body is too strong, more than a head taller than Zhao Yuan, and in front of Qiu Xiaoworm, Zhao Yuan's sturdy body also looks weak.
"It was dark and we hit the road. ”
Captain Han sighed, waved his big hand, and the dozen or so dirty soldiers led the horses out of Blackwater City, chaotic, undisciplined, not like soldiers at all.