Respectfully

"Young Marshal, I don't see you in a day, like three autumns. To express my miss, I wrote a poem: Ah! You learn to fly like a bird, and I have a gun; you swim like a fish, and I have a cannon; if the gun is not enough, I still have explosives! Ah! !You and I are like sabers and gunpowder!"

Lou Xiao held the telegram, his face expressionless, and he remained silent for a long time.

The adjutant who sent the telegram tried not to smile, but his face was flushed.There were two telegraph operators in the telegraph room, one was lying on the table laughing so hard that he couldn't stand up, the other was laughing so hard that tears flowed out.He still felt strange at the time, it was just a telegram, as for it?When I took it over and took a look, my first reaction was that it was so long!Second reaction, jaw dropped to the ground.

As expected, she is worthy of being the young marshal's wife. This hot feeling is direct enough!Strong enough!Enough flavor!

The adjutant couldn't help but look at Lou Xiao's expression, was this reaction happy or unhappy?

Li Jinyan sent this telegram with great determination. He didn't dare to hand over the matter to Adjutant Ji, but went to the battle himself. The way the telegrapher looked at him at that time almost made him find a crack in the ground.

After sending the telegram, Li Jinyan almost fled in despair.Is it easy for him to serve the country, the people, and the young marshal? !

On the day the telegram was sent out, Li Jin was puzzled before waiting for a call back from Marshal Lou. Could it be that he was being too reserved?

The next day, after Li Jinyan had breakfast, he opened the newspaper, and the headline on the front page was about the situation of the Manchuria War.There was also an interview with an American reporter, with a photo attached to it. Although it was a little blurry, Li Jinyan could still recognize that the person in the photo was Lou Xiao.

At this time, Adjutant Ji sent the call back from Marshal Lou, Li Jinyan took it and looked at it, a little dumbfounded.

There were only three characters on the telegram: "Okay, very good."

He spent a total of 26 yuan, and the brain cells died. I don't know how much, so I just exchanged for three words? !

"Master Yan." Adjutant Ji saw Li Jinyan staring at the telegram, as if he was about to eat the piece of paper, and quickly said: "The young commander also sent orders to Minister Jiang of the logistics department."

"En?" What does it matter to him?Li Jinyan was still immersed in the depression of 26 yuan in exchange for three words, and he didn't react for a while.

"Young Marshal told Minister Jiang that you have a batch of important supplies sent to the border and asked him to cooperate with you. If the Marshal asks, just say that the matter was ordered by the Marshal, and he will explain it to the Marshal when he comes back."

After hearing this, Li Jinyan sat on the chair and didn't speak for a long time.

"Master Yan?"

"It's nothing." Li Jinyan felt that his throat was a little congested, and his heart seemed to be opened, and something slowly trickled in, and he couldn't tell what it was like.

Rubbing his face hard, putting aside that inexplicable emotion for the time being, Li Jinyan stood up: "Adjutant Ji, take the squad left by the young marshal, put on casual clothes, and go to a place with me, don't Make a statement."

"Yes!"

Lijiatun is located thirty miles outside Guanbei City, and more than half of the people in the village have the surname Li.In the past few years, the bandits outside Guanbei City were violent. In order to protect themselves, large villages like Lijiatun established security teams, built high walls outside the village, built turrets, and organized young and old people to patrol day and night, forming a closed fortress.Once the bandits attacked, all the people in the village hid in the high walls, and the young and strong in the village could use the shooting holes in the high walls and turrets to kill the invading bandits. .

When Marshal Lou returns to the country, the good days of these bandits will be over.The bandit villages outside Guanbei City were all trampled down by Marshal Lou and burned to the ground.As a result, in order to get the railway back from the Russians, Marshal Lou had difficulty finding a ready-made bandit village, so he had to build one himself and find someone to pretend to be.

Li Jinyan and his party set off from the Marshal's Mansion, and when they arrived at Lijiatun, it was almost noon.

Before coming, Li Jinyan thought carefully, driving the car of the Marshal's Mansion is too conspicuous, and the road is a bit far, the best way is to ride a horse.He originally wanted Adjutant Ji to take him with him, but when Adjutant Ji heard this, his head shook like a rattle.

Just kidding, the young commander-in-chief spoke out at the beginning, didn't Master Yan hurt him?If the young marshal comes back and knows that Young Master Yan once sat on his horse, how can he survive?

Adjutant Ji still has lofty aspirations, he doesn't want to be crushed by the young marshal's bullet.

There was no other way, Adjutant Ji had no choice but to find a carriage for Li Jinyan. The owner of the carriage looked at this tall and strong man, and almost thought he had met a villain.Fortunately, Li Jinyan stuffed him with two ocean dollars, so the owner of the car ran away without turning around.

Li Jinyan and his party arrived in front of the village, revealed their identities, and only said that he was the third young master of the Li family and came to see an old friend.

The young and strong in the village looked at Li Jinyan and the others suspiciously, but did not let them enter the village immediately, but sent someone to report to the village.After a while, a tall man with a scar on his face came out, "Who is the young master of the Li family?"

Li Jinyan took a step forward: "It's me."

The strong man stared at Li Jinyan twice, Li Jinyan felt that the hairs all over his body stood on end, and a soldier next to him was about to draw his gun. The strong man laughed and clasped his fists at Li Jinyan and the others: "Everyone, If you are slow, please come with me."

Li Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief, and entered the village with Adjutant Ji and others.

When the door on the wall is closed, the inside of the village and the outside of the village suddenly become two worlds.Li Jinyan and his party were taken by the strong man to a big house on the west side of the village. The house must be old, and the gate and courtyard walls are a little dilapidated.

"Uncle Dumb, an old friend is visiting!"

The strong man stood at the door and shouted at the top of his voice without knocking.After a while, the door creaked and opened from the inside, and an old man with white hair, hunched over, appeared in front of everyone.

"Uncle Dumb, this is the young master of the Li family, the son of Master Li Qinglong." The strong man introduced to the old man.

The old man didn't speak, but raised his head, his cloudy eyes fell on Li Jinyan's face, and Li Jinyan realized that the old man was blind in one eye and a piece of his nose was missing.It looks a little scary.

The old man grinned, and his entire face became even uglier.He waved his hand to let the strong man leave first, and then brought Li Jinyan and others into the big house.

The courtyard door was closed, and just as Li Jinyan was about to speak, the old man suddenly thumped and fell to his knees on the ground. Li Jinyan was startled, and quickly stepped aside.

Uncle Dumb opened his mouth, and he could clearly see that his tongue was missing, and there was no sound. Li Jinyan could only tell from the shape of his mouth that he was saying, "Master...Master...Master..."

"Uncle Dumb, get up!"

Li Jinyan helped him up, he never thought that the person entrusted by Master Li Er was actually such an old man who couldn't speak!

Uncle Dumb brought Li Jinyan into the main room, but he didn't let Adjutant Ji and his soldiers go in.Li Jinyan had no choice but to let them stay outside.Stepping on a stool, Uncle Dumb took down a box from the beam of the roof, opened the lid, and there was a letter inside. Uncle Dumb handed the letter to Li Jinyan and motioned him to read it.

There was no signature on the envelope. When Li Jinyan opened it, he found a letter written by Li Qinglong, a certificate of deposit from Standard Chartered Bank, and a certificate of deposit from Sino-Russian Daosheng Bank, totaling 20 taels of silver and 50 silver dollars.

Holding the two certificates of deposit, Li Jinyan thought to himself, the second master Li not only swallowed the arms, but also moved the treasury of the southern government?

20 taels of silver is almost 70 silver dollars, and the two certificates of deposit add up to 120 million silver dollars, which is not a small amount.

Master Li Er is definitely a ruthless person, not just ordinary ruthless!

In Li Qinglong's letter, he only told the old lady about the ammunition, but didn't mention a single word about the money. In addition, he told the dumb uncle that if his parents and children came, he would hand over the money and the ammunition to him.If it is the other Li family members, only the arms will be given, and the money will be left for the dumb uncle to take care of.

What if it wasn't the Li family who came?There was nothing in Li Qinglong's letter, so Li Jinyan subconsciously went to see Uncle Dumb, Uncle Dumb grinned at him, stretched out his hand, a dagger suddenly appeared in the palm of his hand, the dagger was glowing with blue light, it looked like he had been poisoned.

The back of Li Jinyan's neck felt cold, and only then did he completely believe what Li Qinglong wrote in his letter, that Uncle Dumb was a gangster wanted by the court when he was young.

However, Li Qinglong's letter also mentioned that Uncle Dumb had an apprentice, so it wasn't the strong man who brought them to see Uncle Dumb?

Uncle Dumb shook his head, dipped in the cold tea in the cup, and wrote a few words on the table: "I have a bad thought, kill me."

Li Jinyan: "..."

He once again admired Master Li Er. How could such a character die?

"Uncle Dumb, what are you going to do in the future?" Li Jinyan put away the letter and deposit receipt and said to Uncle Dumb.

The dumb uncle didn't speak, just looked at Li Jinyan.

Li Jinyan rubbed his nose, he was indeed an old man, in front of such a person, his little thoughts were not enough to look at.

"Uncle Dumb, I'm from Lou's family now. I'll tell you about this matter in the future. Those people outside are all soldiers under the command of Master Lou. I don't have anyone by my side." Li Jinyan deliberately aggravated himself Three words for people.

Uncle Dumb smiled, nodded, bent over to Li Jinyan, and stood aside with his hands in his sleeves.Li Jinyan blinked, did he promise him?

Adjutant Ji and several soldiers waited anxiously outside the door, but kept in mind Li Jinyan's instructions, and dared not go in casually, otherwise, they might have broken into the door long ago.He was relieved when he saw Li Jinyan and the dumb uncle come out one after the other.

According to the address on the letter, and the dumb uncle led the way, Li Jinyan and others quickly found the hiding place of the batch of arms.It is less than five miles away from Lijiatun, close to the foot of the mountain. It used to be a Yizhuang, but it was abandoned later. There have been rumors of haunting, and ordinary people are not willing to approach it easily.

Uncle Dumb didn't bring Li Jinyan and others into Yizhuang, but detoured to the mountain behind Yizhuang, walked halfway up the mountain, pushed away the weeds, and several soldiers pushed a huge boulder together, revealing the dark hole behind the boulder .

There was no air circulation in the cave for a long time, and the group of people dared to enter after waiting for a long time.

The cave is very deep, and it is rare to see such a deep cave in the north.The traces of excavation can be seen from the cave wall. Obviously, this cave is not all formed naturally.

Uncle Dumb walked in front with a torch, and Li Jinyan and his party walked behind.On the spacious and flat ground, countless wooden boxes were neatly placed, and the boxes were engraved with letters that Li Jinyan did not recognize.There is a row of artillery against the wall. Adjutant Ji and several soldiers are all knowledgeable, so they recognized it at a glance. This is the German Krupp Qiwushan Cannon!

Uncle Dumb handed the torch into the hands of a soldier, stepped forward, took down a wooden box easily, and pried open the lid with only the dagger in his hand, and there were sticks wrapped in oiled paper inside. rifle.

Li Jinyan's knowledge of firearms comes entirely from film and television dramas and some posts on the Internet, but Adjutant Ji and the soldiers' eyes are shining. Adjutant Ji picked up a rifle first, took apart several layers of oil paper, and pulled the gun. There was a light click on the bolt.

"This is a German-made 1888 committee rifle, 7.92 caliber, with a five-round magazine." As he spoke, he raised the gun, aimed at a point, pulled the trigger, and there was a hollow sound in the barrel, "What a good guy !"

There is no man who does not love guns, especially these soldiers, looking at the guns in Adjutant Ji's hands, they are very greedy.

Later, Uncle Dumb showed Li Jinyan a water-cooled Maxim heavy machine gun and a K88 carbine. This kind of cavalry gun is much better than the Czech goods equipped in the independent regiment of Marshal Lou.

Li Jinyan felt that he was like Ali Baba who walked into the treasure house of the Forty Thieves, but what Ali Baba found was gold and gems, and what he saw in front of him were weapons that could kill people.

According to rough statistics, there are no less than 120 rifles hidden here, 120 cavalry guns, 150 Krupp Seven-Five Mountain Cannons, and in another hole, there are actually eight [-]-caliber howitzers, and [-]-caliber howitzers. Four howitzers!

Li Jinyan was speechless for a long time. Looking at the 150-caliber howitzer in front of him, there was only one question in his mind. How did the second master Li transport this batch of arms to the north under the nose of the southern government and hide them?

With so many big guys, are those local warlords blind?

No one can help him answer this question for the time being. Uncle Dumb is only responsible for taking care of this batch of munitions. As for the person who transported the batch of munitions to Guanbei and handed them over to him, he has not revealed a word.

Li Jinyan thought for a while, but did not continue to ask.He knew that Uncle Dumb was really loyal to his father.However, at least Uncle Dumb is willing to help him now, which is enough.

After roughly counting the batch of weapons, Adjutant Ji and his soldiers also woke up from the excitement. Adjutant Ji seemed to understand the meaning behind the order issued by the young marshal to Minister Jiang.

Young commander, did you think so highly of Young Master Yan?

When Jiang Yulin got the news from Adjutant Ji, he immediately brought people over. Seeing everything in front of him, his feet slipped and he almost sat on the ground.Not long ago, he just signed an order with Lihe Yangxing, including 1888-style committee rifles and cavalry guns. A rifle with a bayonet and two hundred rounds of bullets cost 22 yuan!It costs 19 yuan to ride a gun!This is already considered cheap. If it is replaced by a Mauser 98K, it will cost a minimum of 100 yuan per shot!

How much do these add up to?Not to mention those cannons.

Jiang Yulin only felt dizzy for a while. No wonder the young marshal told him to be careful. Could he be careless? !

Looking at Li Jinyan again, both of Jiang Yulin's eyes glowed green. No wonder there were rumors that the marshal said that the young marshal married a golden doll back home. This is not a golden doll, it's a golden Buddha at all!

Li Jinyan told Jiang Yulin the number of weapons he had counted. Jiang Yulin nodded again and again, and his mouth couldn't close his mouth. However, Li Jinyan didn't give these weapons in vain. .He has already figured it out, if the cloth shop continues to open, it will continue to lose money, and no matter how low the cost of homemade cloth is, it will not be able to support the large-scale production of foreign cloth by machines.

Instead of losing money, he might as well find another way. With the money left by Mr. Li Er in his hand, he can completely change the cloth village.Most of the cloth shop was closed down and turned into a quilt factory, relying on Lou's family as its back, afraid that there would be no money to make?

He told Li Qingyun that the Jiahua factory will be able to produce it in a few years. The raw materials of the cream are mainly stearic acid, alkali, water and essence. In order to moisturize, some glycerin is added. The base of lipstick is mainly oil, grease and wax. With some colored pigments, the raw materials are not difficult to find, especially for lipsticks. If Li Jinyan is black-hearted, it is not impossible to use soap as the base directly.This kind of soap made lipstick with a low base was popular for a period of time in the 20s, and there was no rumor that lipstick was poisoned to death.

Qiao Leshan's research on sulfonamide has already made progress. He doesn't need to be involved in the development of creams and lipsticks, and the few assistants around him are fully capable.

Of course, Li Jinyan will not let them work for nothing. Every time a new product is developed, in addition to the research fee, one thousandth of the profit of the new product will be allocated to the developer.Although the number is small, the sales volume of unsupportable products is huge.

The effect is remarkable. Intellectuals are also human beings, and they have to dress and eat. No one will easily push Brother Kong Fang out of the door if he got it through legitimate channels.

The news that Jiang Yulin dragged a large amount of ammunition back to the logistics department was naturally hidden from Marshal Lou. Even the two telegrams sent by Li Jinyan and Lou Xiao were sent to Marshal Lou immediately.

Marshal Lou stroked his bald head, these two little bastards dare to play this game under his nose, how brave they are!

After getting angry, Marshal Lou couldn't help laughing again, well, it's not a bad thing to be smart, knowing how to defend against others is better than a fool who doesn't know anything.

Mrs. Lou stood at the door of the study, and she was relieved when she heard the laughter coming from inside.It's a good thing for a daughter-in-law to be kind to her son, she doesn't want Li Jinyan to be tabooed by the commander because of this.

When Li Jinyan delivered the batch of arms to the front line, Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang were shocked again.Especially when he heard that this batch of munitions had nothing to do with Li Jinyan, the way he looked at Young Marshal Lou was different.

Qian Boxi said directly: "Young Marshal, you are not marrying a daughter-in-law, this whole move home is a golden mountain."

Marshal Lou hooked the corner of his mouth extremely rarely, and spit out the words that made the two commanders vomit blood again: "Envy is also mine."

Subtext, the wife is his, and the ammunition is also his.Want, beg him?

Qian Boxi & Du Yuzhang: "..."

This son of the handsome is really not the usual one who deserves a beating!

Ignoring the murderous eyes of the two division commanders, Young Marshal Lou pressed down on the jacket pocket of the military uniform with his big hand in white gloves. In the pocket was the telegram sent to him by Li Jinyan.

Young Marshal Lou slowly narrowed his eyes, waiting for him to go back...