Back to the Republic of China as a commander

However, things backfired. He, Zhou Zefan, had seen this thing before, and knew that its lethality was limited, and its power was not comparable to that of a large-caliber field gun.But the soldiers from the countryside below didn't understand. When they saw that there was a cannon on the opposite side but they didn't have one, they immediately gave up thinking about running for their lives out of biological instinct.

The defeat was inevitable, and Zhou Zefan was too confident in advance, thinking that he would win this battle.As a result, even the supervising team was not let go, and the defeat was even more unstoppable.

Another regiment leader, Liu Xuyi, grabbed Zhou Zefan and said, "Commander, we are no match for the Tiger Brigade, let's withdraw!"

Only then did Zhou Zefan come to his senses, grabbed Liu Xuyi's arm like grabbing a life-saving straw, and said, "Commander Liu, you should immediately organize a militia group and attack the opponent, trying to save the situation."

Liu Xuyi said anxiously: "Let's not talk about those bastards. After the battle started, these bastards disappeared one after another. If I had known earlier, they should be the first to fight."

Zhou Zefan smiled sadly, lost his mind, and suddenly asked inexplicably, "Old Cai, where is Lao Cai?"

Liu Xuyi glanced back at the defeated army, he couldn't care less about the details, he quickly hugged Zhou Zefan, who seemed to be insane, and drove Zhou Zefan away with several other soldiers.

If Yang Wangui or Xu Yuanquan were here at this time, out of the dogma that the poor should not be chased, Zhou Zefan would be let go no matter what.Maybe Zhou Zefan can gather most of his troops after running down.

It's a pity that it is Song Xianfu and Hao Bing who are red-hot now, so I'm sorry, they chased and beat them all the way.The troops of the garrison were defeated repeatedly, unable to organize even the slightest resistance.The officer couldn't find the soldier, and the soldier couldn't find the officer. He couldn't run, so he raised his gun above his head with both hands, and knelt down and surrendered.

When the sun went down, Song Xianfu and Hao Bing, who were addicted to killing, laughed and ordered to withdraw their troops, but they saw Wan Yaohuang leading people up to join them. Wan Yaohuang was now determined to pay attention, regardless of his own fatigue, no matter what They also beat Zhou Zefan to death overnight.Song Xianfu and Hao Bing admired this Wan Xiucai quite a lot now, so they naturally listened to his words. They immediately restrained the troops in the headquarters for a short rest, and at the same time separated a company to guard more than 900 prisoners and wounded, and the others continued to go to Jiang City advance.

When Zhou Zefan and Liu Xuyi fled back to Jiangshi Town, they found that there were less than 200 people left in the headquarters, and they felt so sad. . .

However, Zhou Zefan seemed to be born with a spirit of revolutionary optimism, and when he entered the town, he burst out laughing again.

Now Liu Xuyi didn't understand, he asked: "Commander, we are all at this point, what's so ridiculous?"

Zhou Zefan waved his hand and said, "You don't understand. We still have thousands of troops in Hongjiang. As long as I go back, half of the troops will be there to defend Hongjiang and wait for Changsha to rescue them. At this time, as long as you pretend to be our army and swindle Hong Jiang, is there still a chance to fight this battle?"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Zefan, who was tired all day, didn't take a shower, just lay down and fell asleep.

The house leak happened to be raining all night, so they slept for a while, and the chief of staff, Yang Yusheng, fled into Jiangshi with a few people.Zhou Zefan was shocked when he saw that his whole body was soaked, and he was in a daze: "Old Yang, what's the matter?"

Yang Yusheng said in shock, "I lost it, I lost it, Tiger Brigade tmd fell from the sky."

It turned out that when Zhou Zefan suffered a disastrous defeat, Wang Zhenyu had already brought his troops to the bank of Wushui (now Lishui). The merchant gangs were very trustworthy and sent boats. Wang Zhenyu crossed the river quietly, and then entered the city in the dark to guard the Hongjiang River. The Chinese army was disarmed by Wang Zhenyu's troops before they could react in time.When Yang Yusheng found out that the situation was wrong, he tactfully escaped with a few guards over the wall, escaped the Tiger Brigade's capture, and then swam across Wushui to report to Jiang City overnight.

Zhou Zefan was shocked and angry, he grabbed Yang Yusheng: "Don't you still have three thousand regiments to practice? Why can't you stand it?"

Yang Yusheng was also angry: "Commander, don't mention that those bastards practiced, they all betrayed, and it was premeditated. Commander, those businessmen must be accomplices."

Zhou Zefan stopped laughing this time, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven will kill me too."

Needless to say, not only was the site lost, but even the huge sum of 450 million that I had raised for Governor Tan probably fell into the hands of the Tiger Brigade at this moment, and I was completely clean now.

When he was depressed, Liu Xuyi ran in again: "Commander, there are many people outside the town, we are surrounded, what should we do?"

Zhou Zefan sat down on the grand teacher's chair, took a deep breath, and said two words with great difficulty: "Surrender!"

Chapter 090

In just two days, Hong Jiang's owner changed from Zhou Zefan to Wang Zhenyu.And Zhou Zefan stayed in Hongjiang, only the story of Zhou Zefan throwing Hongjiang away with a smile.And Zhou Zefan also left behind the nickname of laughing on Wednesday, which became a joke of Hongjiang citizens after dinner.

Wang Zhenyu is not stupid, he is unwilling to leave a message to the people in the provincial government, and still retains the fifth garrison area. Zhou Zefan is still the commander in name, but the commander has been sent out of the country.

So Hong Jiang seemed to have nothing changed, and everything seemed to have changed. . .

On June 28, the first year of the Republic of China, Wang Zhenyu made great strides into the Hongjiang Garrison Command.This was Zhou Zefan's residence before, and Hongjiang's county government was further ahead.But from now on, this is Wang Zhenyu's temporary residence.And He Jian and other officers from the Military Intelligence Division lurking in Hongjiang had already changed into blue-gray military uniforms at this time, and they were here to wait for Wang Zhenyu's interview with peace of mind.

Following Song Haomin's command to arrive, all the military personnel who had been waiting for a long time stood up and neatly gave a very standard military salute to Wang Zhenyu who was striding into the main hall.

Wang Zhenyu was not very particular about his attire, and what he was wearing was just an ordinary blue-gray military uniform, no different from other officers and soldiers of the Tiger Brigade.The only thing that might be different is the shining general star on the collar, which seems to remind everyone all the time that this is a major general.

Next, Wang Zhenyu will issue promotion orders and new military ranks to the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department who have made the greatest contribution in the Hongjiang battle.

When He Jian excitedly took over the appointment of Chief of Military Intelligence from Wang Zhenyu, tears welled up in his eyes.I have finally changed from a small policeman to a middle-level officer of the Tiger Brigade. All the years of frustration, my father's disappointment, and the ridicule of my relatives and friends have all been washed away at this moment.Wang Zhenyu looked at this subordinate who had lost his composure with a smile on his face, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and hung the major's collar badge on He Jian's neckline.

To be honest, Wang Zhenyu doesn't like this method of using collar badges to indicate military ranks. He thinks that military ranks should be reflected on the epaulettes, which is truly majestic and beautiful.

It didn't take too much time to be promoted and awarded the title. After all, there were less than 15 military personnel lurking in Hongjiangdian.

After exhorting everyone, Wang Zhenyu sat down and motioned everyone to sit down and stop standing.

At this time, He Jian, who had just been promoted to major and division chief, bowed and handed over a document, on the cover was written "Hongshang Shilu" in four large characters.

When Wang Zhenyu saw these four words, he was very interested in the materials and started to read them on the spot.

They are all the information of some big Hong merchants:

1. Zhu Zhida, a native of Jing County, Anhui Province.Hongjiang Giant Merchant.During the Xianfeng period (1854), he followed his mother to Hongjiang to settle down and start a business. After going through hardships, he successively opened a silk thread shop, a cloth and satin shop, and a bank.Due to proper operation, good management and brilliant performance. From 1880 to 1900, he founded the famous brand "Zhu Zhida" oil shop, which has set up shops in Hankou, Zhenjiang and Nanjing, with hundreds of employees and more than [-] shops at the same time. Apart from the industry, it has almost monopolized all industries in Hongjiang, with huge financial resources and a wide scale, which is beyond the reach of other families.

2. Liang Xiangfan, courtesy name Wenhe, was originally from Kaifeng, Henan.Hongjiang Giant Merchant.Born in Huitong County, Hunan Province, he came to Hongjiang to do business at the age of 16 and made a living by selling jelly. Later, he was accepted as an apprentice by Zhu Zhida's boss.Because of his diligence, ability and shrewd mind, he was highly valued by his boss, and he was promoted to the director of the housekeeper three years later.In the fifth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1879), it became an independent portal and founded "Liang Dexintang".It operates wood, oil, salt, rice, tea, bank, silk embroidery, Suguang, local products, Nanza, foreign firms, etc., and its business scope has expanded to Yunnan, Guizhou, Hankou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Shanghai, with huge assets.He is generous and proud, often helping the poor and donating a lot of money to the local area.

3. Liu Qishan, from Xingan County, Jiangxi Province.Hongjiang Giant Merchant. (1860-1865) Served as a soldier in the Taiping Army for five years. After leaving the army, he returned to his hometown to work in agriculture. Because of his poor family, he came to Hongjiang alone to make a living and start a business.At first, he worked as an apprentice in the "Gao Canshun" oil company.He was promoted to business manager because of his shrewdness, courage, and outstanding performance. In 1911, he left Gaofu and became an independent business. Starting from a stall, he worked hard to establish the "Qingyuanfeng" oil account.He is good at capturing business opportunities, changing the business model, investing working capital in reproduction, saving costs, and running his own workshop.Set up branch villages in Shanghai, Zhenjiang, Hankou and other places and concurrently engaged in exchange business, with millions of taels of silver.He Jian used official script to label this person: the largest opium dealer in western Hunan.

4. Xu Dongfu, from Xingan County, Jiangxi Province.Hongjiang wealthy businessman. At the age of 16, he joined the rich merchant "Xu Fulong" of the same clan as an apprentice. He worked hard and made many achievements.Established its own business, opened "Rongchangxiang" cloth store and "Xu Rongchang" oil shop.He recruited talents, strategized, and had a long chance of winning, with a capital of more than one million silver dollars.However, he lives in abundance and thinks frugally, does not forget his roots when he is rich, and gives money to help others, and responds to social charity fundraising requests.For this person, He Jian also marked it in lower case. This year, he is [-] to [-], and he is also very enthusiastic about rejuvenating the country through industry.This mark made Wang Zhenyu immediately have a great interest in this businessman.

5. Liu Songxiu, from Xinyu County, Jiangxi Province.Hongjiang wealthy businessman.In the early years of Guangxu, he came to Hongjiang with his father Liu Weizhai to start a business. He successively opened the "Xiehe" bank in partnership with his fellow villagers, and later changed to "Qingfengxiang" cloth shop, "Liu Tongqing" oil shop, and "Liu Anqing" oil shop.He Jian's special standard: Liu Songxiu is twenty-two in his thirties, good at management, and attaches great importance to economic accounting. He has established an inventory system for listing, goods, production, and tools.He is also good at employing people, network information, analyze market conditions, pay attention to product quality, pay attention to honesty and morality, benefit customers, care about employee welfare, and grow the industry bigger and bigger.

6. Chen Kunshan, from Xingan County, Jiangxi Province.Hongjiang wealthy businessman.Born in Bagong, he used to be a clerk at the "Gao Canshun" oil company. Because of his outstanding talents, he was promoted to the manager of the Hankou branch.Later, he operated alone, and opened "Yifengshi" cloth shop and "Chen Dunren" drugstore with his son Chen Qiubi, and also processed, self-made wholesale and retail businesses, and set up cloth and silk shops in Changde, Hankou, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places.He Jian also made a special mark on this father and son: the Chen father and son are loyal, benevolent, modest, and appoint people on their merits, and they will not spare their talents.He has cultivated many management talents for the Hongjiang business community.

7. Yang Zhuqiu, Hongjiang Confucian businessman.A scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, knowledgeable and reasonable, with ambitions in mind, to follow the filial piety, to work for a loving mother, and he would not give up his official position. In 1894, he entered into a joint venture with others, established his own family, and took charge of the family business.Create the famous brand "Yang Hengyuan" oil number.He Jian's label for this person is: In addition to business, he is keen on collecting antiques.

8. Zhou Zhiyun, Hongjiang Yishang. At the age of 13, he came to Hongjiang as an apprentice, and later managed gauze, raw lacquer and tung oil by himself.Work hard, be frugal and forget the pain, be diligent and forget the hard work, make friends, honor promises, and be honest, rich but not forget the original, help the poor and help the needy, support the village, and be enthusiastic about public welfare, known as righteous businessmen.

9. Yang Jinsheng, a wealthy businessman in Hongjiang.Born in a poor family, experienced ups and downs, and worked hard.He started as a ceramics business, and later managed soybeans, cowhide, mercury, and wood, and created famous brands "Yichanghou" and "Shenchangsen".Although he is a wealthy businessman, his life is extremely frugal, but he treats others kindly and generously.

As for other Hong merchants such as the Zhang family, they are naturally also among them, but He Jian believes that the above nine companies can only affect Hongjiang through observation during this period of time, and the rest can be ignored.Especially the Zhang family, although they still have a big family and business, their right to speak in the industry has long been inferior to what it used to be.

Wang Zhenyu nodded lightly with an imperceptible frequency, and he asked He Jian very curiously: "Director He, you have been here for several months, and you know Zhu Zhida, the number one master in Hongshang, very well." , Does this person have any weaknesses, how can I make this person work for me?"

Although He Jian was prepared for the boss's questioning, he didn't dare to answer casually, lest he would give the boss the impression that he was talking nonsense.

He replied very cautiously: "Commander, do you still remember the words of Zhu Zhida mentioned in the last letter of the humble officer, the children and grandchildren are worse than me, what do you want money for, and the children and grandchildren are not as good as me, what do you need money for?"

Wang Zhenyu was delighted when he heard it, nodded repeatedly and said: "Remember, remember, this person understands the world situation very well!"

He Jian nodded, and then said: "I can see clearly, it doesn't mean that this person can really let go, on the contrary, according to the observation of the humble official, Zhu Zhida asked a fortune teller to calculate the wealth of his descendants, but the result is rich Only three generations. This old man is afraid that after a hundred years, his family business will wither and his descendants will be poor. Last year, he built more than 300 large shops in Hongjiang, and gave them to needy merchants without taking any money. There is only one request... "

Speaking of which, He Jian deliberately paused for a while, but found that Wang Zhenyu did not answer the conversation with interest as expected, but looked at himself rather playfully.At that time, I felt a chill in my heart, took back my little cleverness and said: "In the future, when the Zhu family falls, the descendants will come to beg for food, and they will be able to give a bowl of rice to eat."

Only then did Wang Zhenyu burst out laughing: "Interesting, interesting, what do you think about this?"

He Jian bowed his head and said: "I have checked the humble position. Zhu Zhida's eldest grandson, Zhu Cihan, was loved by his grandfather, but his father died young. This son is only twenty years old, but he doesn't like business by nature. He dances with guns all day long. Therefore, Zhu Zhida also gave up the idea of ​​letting him inherit his ancestral business. I think that if the commander can recruit this son into our army, it is tantamount to giving him an official status, which can ensure his future without worry. I will be grateful for how much I love this grandson."

When Wang Zhenyu was in Jingzhou, he had three secret talks with Ye Zuwen. The core idea of ​​the theme was how to integrate the resources of Xiangxi, establish industries, and build Xiangxi.

According to Ye Zuwen, the wealth of Hongshang is astonishing. If it can be used by Wang Zhenyu, let alone Xiangxi, it may not be impossible to build Hunan again.But the premise is that you can let these businessmen who have a lot of doubts about the society take out the money, you must have a charter.

In this regard, Li Hongzhang was at the forefront. His method of integrating various businesses was very practical, that is, to start a company, get everyone to buy shares, and then make money and share dividends.Since it is profitable, the merchants will naturally help each other, and now they can learn from this method.