Respectfully

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, on July 1912, 7 in the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese North and South governments finally officially announced the armistice agreement, and at the same time announced that they would hold peace negotiations in the capital on the 16th of this month.

As soon as the news came out, people and young students in major cities took to the streets one after another, cheering loudly for long live peace and the formation of a coalition government.Even the police officers who maintained order were all smiles, and some of them joined the parade to get addicted to "progressives".

The portraits of Northern President Sima Jun and Southern Provisional President Song Zhou were held high in the front of the crowd. Surprisingly, the portraits of the commander-in-chief of the six northern provinces were also juxtaposed with the two. It can be seen that they defeated the Russians before This time, Marshal Lou was the first to issue a telegram to support the North-South peace talks. His reputation is by no means inferior to Sima Jun and Song Zhou.

Among the jubilant crowd, there was a middle-aged man who lowered his hat and looked at the portraits of the three people with a complex expression. He had also been supported and loved by the crowd, and enjoyed such glory.But today, in the minds of Chinese people, he is nothing more than a traitor who colluded with the Japanese and betrayed the country's interests.

"Duke Zheng." A young man also wearing a hat stood beside Zheng Huai'en, "Your Excellency, Minister, I hope to talk to you."

"Talk?" Zheng Huai'en didn't even look at the man around him, and sneered, "Mr. Zheng has no official status now, and he just wants to be an idle apartment. Please don't worry about me, Minister, I can't afford it."

"Duke Zheng, please consider carefully."

"Think about it, what's there to think about?" After Zheng Huai'en left the field, he saw a lot of things and people clearly.Only then did he discover how many stupid things he had done in his life, and he was so stupid that he got mixed up with these Japanese.Can't see their wolf ambition clearly, still complacent.

"Go back and tell Your Excellency the Minister that Mr. Zheng has decided not to meddle in political affairs anymore. You don't need to spend more time on me, a man who has gone out of the field."

After the words fell, Zheng Huai'en turned around and withdrew from the crowd, and disappeared into the alley behind the crowd in a few steps.The young man still wanted to follow, but was blocked by the crowd, and he didn't realize that there were a few unremarkable men staring at him, and gradually surrounded him...

The order for the truce was officially issued, and the sound of guns and artillery in Anhui and Shandong never sounded again, but the troops of the various provinces did not withdraw from the currently occupied territories.The six southern provinces and the two armies of Guangxi and Guangdong used to occupy Shandong, and the Hubei army that entered Anhui, the Lu army and the Henan army showed no signs of retreating.Anhui is Song Zhou's territory, he didn't speak, and no one paid him any attention when he jumped around and scolded Han Anshan in Qingdao.Under the seemingly peaceful appearance, there are still dark tides.

At the Independence Brigade station outside Yanzhou City, Marshal Lou was meeting with the visiting division commanders of the Guangxi and Guangdong armies.

Since the armistice between the North and the South, the armies of the six northern provinces, the Guangxi army, and the Cantonese army are no longer enemies, and the soldiers on both sides will occasionally "drop in on each other."

Soldiers from the six northern provinces often went out with canned food and a new dish called fried noodles. They went out three times and brought back a bunch of rice dumplings after two times.

Most of the Guangxi and Guangdong armies went out empty-handed. Some people would bring back all kinds of "good materials" to distribute to the brothers, and some people were often the Yellow Crane and never returned.

In this way, while running along, while running by himself, under the temptation of canned food, fried noodles, and high military pay, in less than a few days, the two divisions of the Guangdong Army and the Gui Army in Yanzhou together ran out as a regiment.

Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi couldn't sit still anymore. Their own family members knew about their own affairs. A division with a full staff of 4000 people basically had to pay for [-] to [-] people. They lost hundreds of people in the confrontation with the Independent Brigade before. This went on for a few hundred more, and if this continues, how many people will they have left when the order to withdraw their troops is issued?

Although it is possible to report it in the name of battle damage, it is hard to say that it is hard to say. The Sixth Division of the Cantonese Army and the No. 60th Division of the Guangxi Army are both capable of fighting and have a good reputation.When they fought against Sima Junlou Shengfeng's army, they had never seen such a big loss.Now after being bombarded by Lou Shengfeng's son a few times and chasing him away, his soldiers ran away a lot, and he would have to be laughed to death when he went back.

At the same time, Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi ordered to strengthen the inspection of the barracks, count the number of people in the morning and evening, and not allow the officers and soldiers of the division to go to the army of the six northern provinces to visit the army.

At the beginning, the effect was quite remarkable, and within two days, almost no one ran anymore.But there is a good saying, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and they are watched during the day, and at night!There are more and more soldiers running around in the dark, and it is useless to strengthen night inspections. Often at dawn, the soldiers patrolling the camp are gone.

The officers below had no choice but to report the situation to Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi in detail. The two division commanders had nothing to do, so they met and discussed it. They sent me medicine and canned food before, so it was not good to bring the guy to the door. I guess There is no advantage in fighting, the only way is to politely talk to the brigade commander Lou, at least give them some face, don't really let them go back to their hometowns as polished commanders.

Marshal Lou was not surprised that Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi came to his door. He originally wanted instructor Jiang to act as an interpreter, but he did not expect that both Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi had stayed abroad. Tang Yuhuang could speak English, but Pang Tianyi could not. Fluent in German, three people sitting together, intertwined Mandarin and dialect, mixed with English and German, the whole United Nations meeting.

"Brigade Commander Lou, Tang is very grateful for the medicine and canned food you sent earlier." Tang Yuhuang said, "I came here this time to thank you in person, and secondly, I wanted to talk to Brigadier Lou about those things. The deserter thing..."

"Deserters?" Young Marshal Lou sat upright in front of the two division commanders, with his hands on his knees naturally, "Where do we start?"

Mr. Tang & Mr. Pang: "..." Pretend!You pretend again!This kid is indeed Lou Shengfeng's son, both father and son have the same virtues!

Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi were almost slapped on the table in anger, but Young Marshal Lou suddenly changed the subject, "Actually, if the two of you don't come today, Mr. Lou will also visit."

"Oh?"

Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi looked at each other, visiting them?

"You two must have heard that a good bird chooses a tree to live in..."

When Song Wu heard the news that Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi were going to the Independent Brigade together, he sat at the table, tapped his fingers on the table, and remained silent for a long time.

The 60th Division of the Cantonese Army and the No.[-] [-]st Division of the Guangxi Army are both capable of fighting. Unfortunately, the commanders of the two divisions are a little arrogant, and they don't have the favor of the peak, otherwise they would not have been sent to Shandong all the way.The Guangxi army has always been poor, but the Guangdong army is not short of money. The equipment of the Sixth Division is a bit worse than that of the regular divisions in the six southern provinces, which is enough to explain the problem.Song Wu had always wanted to win over these two people, but he never expected that he would go to Lou Xiao for someone he couldn't get any time after time...

"report!"

The adjutant's voice sounded outside the door, and Wu Song pulled his thoughts back, "Come in!"

"Report to the young marshal, the marshal will send a telegram."

Although Song Zhou was already the out-and-out provisional president of the South, officers and soldiers in the six southern provinces still used to call him Marshal.

Song Wu took the telegram and unfolded it. After a while, he raised his head, "Only this telegram?"

"Yes!"

"I see, you go and call some battalion commanders over."

"Yes!"

After the adjutant saluted and retreated, Song Wu fell into deep thought as he read the contents of the telegram. Was it just a truce without withdrawing troops?It seems that the peace talks and the establishment of a North-South coalition government may not go well.

Li Jinyan doesn't know what's happening on the front line. Like ordinary people, he doesn't have much interest in politics, especially in the current situation in China. The situation is changing, and people big and small will come on stage after you sing, not to mention it's just one The beach is not much worse than muddy water.It's better to make money honestly than to spend your mind thinking about it.As long as the Lou family doesn't fall, and Marshal Lou and Young Marshal Lou still hold the army and territory in the six northern provinces, he has nothing to worry about.

It's not easy to make money these days, and there is a prodigal man in the family, can he make money if he doesn't want to do it?

However, thinking of the letter he wrote to Young Marshal Lou before, Li Jinyan felt a little regretful. Will Young Marshal Lou come back because he said he was a prodigal? Then he... Li Sanshao subconsciously touched his waist , Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Master Yan?" Li Bingzheng and Li Jinyan were discussing several large orders received by the clothing factory, but they didn't want Li Jinyan to say anything.

"Ah, I'm listening, you go on."

"This order was introduced by Minister Jiang Yulin. It is for the school uniforms of the military schools in the six northern provinces. It includes [-] sets of summer and winter uniforms, long and short-sleeved shirts, underwear, belts, socks, military shoes, military uniforms, etc. cap."

"Is there a military academy in the six northern provinces?"

Li Bing looked at Li Jinyan strangely, "Master Yan, don't you know?"

"What do I know?" Li Jinyan was a little confused.

"It's the original Northeast Martial Arts Hall, which was founded in the late Qing Dynasty and just changed its name at the beginning of this year. Since the Young Marshal won the battle in Manchuria, the number of people who signed up has increased. The school building needs to be expanded, student uniforms and various daily necessities They were not well prepared, so the factory received the order."

"That's it." Li Jinyan stroked his chin.

"My eldest son also signed up this year." Li Bing said with a smile: "That boy is unwilling to learn business with me. He only wants to be a soldier. He went to the recruiting office a few times. They didn't accept him when they saw that he was short. He wanted to try his luck when he heard that the military academy recruited students this year."

Li Bing's eldest son, Li Jinyan, met him once. He was half a head shorter than him. He was indeed not good enough among the northern soldiers who were all burly men. No wonder they didn't accept him.

Li Bing specifically mentioned it to him, did he want him to do him a favor?Li Jinyan pondered for a while, if that kid is really qualified to be a soldier, maybe he can help, but it's just a matter of little effort.Didn't Commander Hu almost fail to get into the Whampoa Military Academy because of his short stature?As the saying goes, there is no need to worry too much about your height when you are a soldier and serve your country, right?

Li Bing paid attention to Li Jinyan's expression, knowing that Young Master Yan listened to his own words, he finally let go of his hanging heart, he gave up his old face for that brat, and passed the words to Young Master Yan in a roundabout way, if that kid doesn't live up to it If you don't get into the military academy, don't blame him for making a fuss!

After talking about Li Bing's son's admission to the military academy, the topic of the two returned to the order of the military academy.

"Master Yan, this is the pattern of the military school uniform."

Li Jinyan took a few pieces of paper from Li Bing's hand, looked at it for a while and began to frown, this style really didn't suit his eyes, and it probably looked like a sack when worn.Even Li Sanshao has some opinions on the style of military uniforms in the six northern provinces.He doesn't have that much ability to change the army of the entire six northern provinces.It's just that this military school uniform can still be made to look better.

Face project is also very important!

"Manager Li, please invite a few masters from the factory to come. I think there are some things that can be changed about this school uniform."

"Master Yan, the style of this military school uniform was specified by the other party. Isn't it good to change it?"

"According to what I said." Li Jinyan made a final decision, "Let them come to me if they have something to do."

"It's… okay."

After Li Jinyan discussed with a few master craftsmen in the factory, he only made changes in the neckline, cuffs, and hem of the clothes.The matching armed belt is made of high-quality cowhide. The output of canned beef in the cannery is very large, and there is no shortage of cowhide.

When the first school uniform was finished and sent to the logistics officer of the military school together with the shirt, military belt, military cap and rubber-soled military shoes, he saw that this suit was even better than the ones he was wearing!

No wonder Director Zhao of the police station showed off his clothes in front of his eyes. The clothes made by this quilt factory are different from those made by other people. They really look energetic when worn!There is also this armed belt, made of authentic cowhide, it is estimated that in the six northern provinces, only the master craftsmen in Master Yan's quilt factory have such craftsmanship.

The military academy was very satisfied with this batch of school uniforms, and immediately signed another order with the quilt factory, including the quilts and pillows of the students, all of which were handed over to the quilt factory for production.

Li Jinyan discussed with several masters again, thinking about whether he could get out the training uniforms. It is not difficult to find durable and durable fabrics, but the masters have nothing to do with the three-color camouflage.Li Jinyan knew that there was no need to rush this matter. There is no concept of training uniforms in the current military academy. The military uniform worn on the training ground is the same set of clothes. It is probably not practical for each student to buy an extra set of clothes.

But this training uniform must be made. As for how to solve the three-color camouflage, Li Jinyan still has to think of another way.