Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu looked at them for a long time, looking at their faces, these two didn't look like treacherous people anymore.Then tell the truth, being honest is not a bad thing.

"Lao Song, Lao Hao, how many years have we known since I reached the 49 mark?"

Song Xianfu thought for a while: "Commander, I have known Commander for six years."

Wang Zhenyu waved his hand: "I don't care if the other brothers call me humble. You, Lao Hao, and Lao Yang were the first to be with me. There is no need to call me humble. You have this qualification."

After saying this, Song Xianfu, Hao Bing felt warm in his heart, and quickly got up and said he didn't dare.

To be honest, these two people were used to being rude in Wang Zhenyu's impression, and it made people really feel uncomfortable when they suddenly became gentle.

"This person lives his whole life. It's rare to have so many acquaintances who can share wealth, live and die together. That's also a good fate." Wang Zhenyu suddenly became old-fashioned, and said such a sentence out of nowhere, which made Song Xianfu and Hao Bing feel even more heartbroken. Confused, what is the commander trying to say?

Seeing the expressions of these two, Wang Zhenyu knew that they were playing the piano against the cow, and immediately adjusted his thinking: "Are you satisfied with your performance in this saddle battle?"

This question is so heartbreaking, how do you ask people to answer, should they say they are very satisfied or should they say they are very dissatisfied?Song Xianfu and Hao Bing were immediately dumbfounded, but soon they realized that Wang Zhenyu was very dissatisfied with their performance in this battle, and their old faces turned red.

Wang Zhenyu took out the Hardman cigarettes that he had cherished for a long time and was reluctant to smoke, and threw it at Song Xianfu.Three people, one for each, light it up, swallowing clouds and mist.

After smoking one, Wang Zhenyu extinguished it, and continued: "Old Song, Lao Hao, they still have abilities, and they lead the soldiers very well. Almost all the training outlines have been implemented by you. This is a fact. , for all to see."

"But on this battlefield, good training and being able to lead troops are just the foundation, and commanding in front of the battle is very important. I heard that you are taking the lead again this time?" Wang Zhenyu naturally couldn't talk about poor command, so he said first .

Hao Bing scratched his head in embarrassment: "Commander, my old Hao has such a problem. When he hears the gunshot, his brain gets hot and rushes forward. It can't be changed."

Wang Zhenyu chuckled: "You guys, this problem has to be corrected. You are not team leaders anymore, you are team leaders. In the former Qing Dynasty, you were standard officials and belonged to senior officers. Your own safety is very important. If the bullet does not Changyan hit you, what should I do if the entire regiment collapses due to lack of command?"

The two lowered their heads in embarrassment, this is what Wang Zhenyu wanted.

"So I invite you here today. First, I want to praise you. After all, in the battle of the saddle, you won more with less, and made great contributions to our army's capture of Hongjiang (several people have made first achievements); second, I want to share with you Discuss, adjust your work, and use your strengths as much as possible."

Song Xianfu immediately became nervous: "Commander, where are you going to transfer us? Old Hao and I both joined the army in our teens, and we have no skills other than being a soldier."

Wang Zhenyu was happy when he heard it: "Of course I will continue to lead the army. There are not many people around me who I can trust. If I don't use you to lead the army, why should I let you become the seventh-rank county magistrate!"

Song Xianfu and Hao Bing also laughed when they heard that they could lead troops, and the conflict in their hearts was not so great.

Wang Zhenyu went straight to the point: "Field troops, don't continue to work. In case something happens, if my sisters-in-law blame me, I can't afford it. My idea is that Lao Song and Lao Hao will first transfer a group of soldiers from the department. Officers, first transform the [-] regiments in Hongjiang into security forces. The original officers of these regiments should be transferred to the local police. Hongjiang and Jingzhou each set up a security detachment. On this basis, a security corps is established. , the level is set at the brigade level, with Lao Hao as the commander-in-chief and Lao Song as the chief of staff. What do you think?"

Lao Song and Lao Hao looked at each other, but didn't make a sound for a long time. It seemed that they still didn't want to leave the Tiger Brigade.

Wang Zhenyu could only comfort him and said: "In the future, the security forces will be the local garrison and the regular army. I will explain that the detachment and above will be paid according to the treatment of the field army. So you don't have to worry about this being a grass chicken team. In the future, you will also be an independent system. mine."

Song Xianfu and Hao Bing nodded in agreement, and Wang Zhenyu breathed a sigh of relief: "The second regiment is the deputy head Liu Xing, and the third regiment is the deputy head Zhou Lan. Whoever you want to transfer, as long as you want to transfer, you can transfer it to Lao Yang. Just prepare a case, and don’t transfer battalion-level officers. In addition, don’t rush to build a corps, go down and set up the Hongjiang detachment and Jingzhou detachment, and be the detachment leader first.”

Sending away Song Xianfu and Hao Bing, Wang Zhenyu summoned Liu Xing and Zhou Lan again. He first criticized the two for their mediocre performance in the battle of saddles, and then asked them to prepare to take over as regimental leaders. Customized, the battalion commander of the first battalion of the regiment's combat order concurrently, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The next day, Song Xianfu and Hao Bing handed over their military power, and at the same time each transferred more than 40 old subordinates, and then split up to prepare for the establishment of Jingzhou and Hongjiang detachments.Ma Xicheng also cooperated in allocating part of the funds, and at the same time asked to pay the salary after the preparation was completed.

So far, the first step of the personnel work has been completed, and the next day is still busy. After Wang Zhenyu breathed a sigh of relief, he still thought of the word busy.

There are many things to be busy, but Wang Zhenyu doesn't have to do it himself.The matter of the recruits was left to Wan Yaohuang and Li Zongren, the matter of the security forces was left to Song Xianfu and Hao Bing, Zhu Zhida made a home visit by himself, the host and guest chatted happily, Zhu Cihan changed from Young Master Sun to Wang Zhenyu's adjutant .

Wang Zhenyu was very satisfied with this person. Not only was he tall and athletic, but he was also able to serve tea and water. He didn't have the airs of a rich third generation, and he didn't know how Zhu Zhida raised this child.

On Hongshang's side, Wang Zhenyu didn't plan to talk about it right away, because the Xiangxi Development Company in his hand was just a concept, and he had nothing to discuss with Hongshangs before the book was finished.Fortunately, in just a few days, Ye Zuwen, the father-in-law, will be in Hongjiang.

On July 7st of the first year of the Republic of China, Ye Zuwen and Ye Guoxuan arrived in Hongjiang, but Ye Guowei did not come because he was not feeling well.And quite coincidentally, a group of people from Jingzhou also arrived.

The family happily ate a Hongjiang family banquet, and they all praised the delicious food of Hongjiang.

Wang Zhenyu smiled without saying a word, he just asked Song Haomin and Zhu Cihan to prepare invitations, and they will invite Hongjiang merchants tomorrow.

As soon as the King Hongjiang's invitation is released, who would dare not to attend the banquet?

After dinner, Wang Zhenyu was really busy. Ding Wenjiang and Weng Wenhao were summoned urgently by him. They had nothing else to do but to build the railway. Naturally, Ye Zuwen was also present, and Song Xianfu was also called.

Wang Zhenyu has many things to do tonight, and tomorrow will be a very critical day, which may determine his luck for the next few decades.So to make a long story short tonight, Wang Zhenyu told Ding Wenjiang and Weng Wenhao clearly that he planned to ask his father-in-law to contact the foreign firm, and then build a one-day railway from Hongjiang to the channel in this mountainous area in western Hunan.The purpose is to further increase transport capacity and commercial development through convenient transportation, which requires accurate geological survey data to support.For this reason, he decided to set up two geological exploration teams, and Song Xianfu was responsible for the safety of the two teams. The plan was that after the negotiation between Wuhan and foreign companies, some technical personnel for railway road construction would be added.The deadline is half a year, because after half a year, Yuanjiang shipping will initially take shape, and their capacity is sufficient to ensure the import of road construction materials into Xiangxi.As for the road construction workers, Wang Zhenyu is not worried. He still has more than ten thousand captives in his hand. He has already written to Wan Yaohuang, asking him to tell these captives that they can be released without charge as long as they have worked for three years. Their board and lodging treatment, to avoid excessive squeezing and cause them to rebel or riot.

After Ding Wenjiang and others took orders to leave, Wang Zhenyu and his father-in-law began to discuss the preparations for the Xiangxi Development Company, and He Jian, who was familiar with Hongshang, was also called to discuss.Halfway through the conversation, Wang Zhenyu asked Zhu Cihan to invite Zhu Zhida to discuss the matter.

The lights of the headquarters were on all night, and Ye Ziwen didn't see Wang Zhenyu coming back to rest for a long time, so she stomped her feet and fell asleep by herself. . .

The next morning, Wang Zhenyu took a nap, got up at noon and had lunch.

After lunch, Hong Shang came to the headquarters one after another.For Wang Zhenyu, the new owner of Hongjiang, although the Hong merchants made great efforts in the process of capturing Hongjiang, they are still a little rough and uneasy.No one has seen him before, and looking back now, it was because Zhou Zefan beat him too hard before, otherwise, how could people who have experienced the situation like him just rely on a letter from Chen Hongji and He Jian, a young man with hairless hair, in a few words? What about the decision to fall to the Tigers?

As a result, they ushered in a new owner who was only 21 years old.

The news of Zhou Zefan's fiasco and surrender was known to the whole of Hongjiang. Such a rapid defeat gave the merchants the impression that Wang Zhenyu's strength was very powerful and unfathomable.

In fact, China is the most powerful country in the world. In the late Qing Dynasty, Hongjiang merchants were so powerful that they no longer paid attention to the local officials appointed by the court. It's a joke if you want to finish this job safely, let alone make money.Secondly, these merchants also have their own political status. The court openly sells officials. It is not uncommon for merchants to donate third and fifth ranks, even first and second ranks. Under this situation, it is not certain who will greet whom. Woolen cloth.

But the world is different now, businessmen are no better than literati, they have a very keen sense of social change, and they soon know that it is the turn of the world to be bullish.

But even so, when Zhou Zefan was appointed by the military government of the provincial capital, when he entered Hongjiang, he still failed to attract the favor of Hongjiang business tycoons.Most of these tycoons sent a butler, and a casual welcome would be considered dismissal.This lack of face was also one of the two reasons for Zhou Zefan's "crazy" distribution of donations. The other reason was the result of repeated requests for money from Changsha's backers.

But this legendary Commander Wang is slightly different. It is said that he is the hero of the [-] Revolution. Under the name of a general, he played night raids in Hankou, suppressed in Nanjing, and played in Changsha when he returned to Hunan. Mutiny, I heard that this son defeated the bandits in Jingzhou a month ago, and took tens of thousands of prisoners alone.

Fame is the shadow of a person. If the above-mentioned incidents can also be classified as word of mouth, it is inevitable to be exaggerated.So easily defeating Zhou Zefan's elite made the Hong merchants unable to sit still.The Hong merchants were very clear about Zhou Zefan's power: Zhou Zefan's troops under Cai Juxian and others had few opponents in western Hunan.But it was such an army that, in the eyes of Xiangxi people, existed like tigers and wolves, and the commander Wang took care of it in just one day, although there was a factor of militia turning around.But the more than 2000 elites who can eliminate Zhou Zefan, the gang of monkeys under Commander Wang must be a terrifying existence.

The Hong merchants still knew the importance. Such a person who was not afraid of high-ranking officials in the provincial capital and possessed elites was no longer something his group of merchants could despise.It's better to play it safe, run to the front of others as soon as possible, and stand by the rules honestly like a little daughter-in-law.

These days, nothing is as hard as a fist.

Chapter 093 Guarding Envoy ([-])

Wang Zhenyu just came to Hongjiang, and he didn't even have a servant girl, so naturally he wouldn't have the courtesy of asking his servants to serve tea to treat these merchants.Everyone didn't care about these imaginary things, and they all stood respectfully on both sides.Even if Wang Zhenyu is a fool, he also understands that these gangsters are standing here not to see how handsome he is, but to know how he will treat them!

Wang Zhenyu knew that he was young, so he must not fall behind at this time. Why did Jiao Dafeng die in Changsha?It is because he is too young, too young to be self-confident, so he asks everything, but the gentry and bureaucrats of the Advisory Bureau suppress him in arrogance. In the end, he lost even the strength to protect himself.

Wang Zhenyu also knows what the group of people in front of him means to him, and if he can control it, it will be the help and source of income for his future development.If I can't control it, I will be backlashed by this group of people. If so, why not take advantage of my army here and wipe them out clean and easy.

Therefore, Wang Zhenyu decided to take the lead. He had to overwhelm them in terms of momentum and clearly let them feel his domineering (what does this thing look like?) "Fathers, folks, bosses, Mr. Wang is very happy to meet you here. This Hong Jiang It is a bright pearl in Hunan, and all the bosses are the mainstay of Hongjiang, and Wang knows it very well.” Then he coughed twice, and continued to speak in an official tone: “Wang also hopes that your business will prosper with Hongjiang’s prosperity, but There is no such thing as a circle without rules, and Wang invited everyone here today to establish a rule."

Here it comes, here it comes, the big businessmen know in their hearts that the big event is coming, whether it is to send money, donate or repay, how much is it?

Wang Zhenyu stood up, first nodded with a smile on the helm of the four major families, and then continued: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, business is the end, this is a tradition for thousands of years. Wang is not talented, and he wants to change this tradition. I don’t have this power yet, but in Hongjiang, Wang wants to change, to change this rule. For the long-term development and prosperity of Hongjiang, this businessman cannot be at the bottom. These words are by no means empty guns. Jingzhou has already started to implement it, so Hongjiang will do the same in the future, so the future prosperity of the place will depend on everyone working together with Wang."

This is also the Republic of China. In the former Qing Dynasty, Wang Zhenyu's words are definitely enough to destroy the ethics, and the crime is so heinous that the emperor will personally award him a plaque of a famous sinner.

Even if he said these words now, it would stir up a thousand layers of languor with one stone, so all the merchants stared at the young man in his early twenties in dumbfounded.They still don't know what kind of regulations this new master of Hongjiang is, but they faintly feel a trace of freshness and change. Some people who know about Jingzhou's political reform even have a glimmer of expectation.

"Wang has some decisions, and I will tell you today." Wang Zhenyu walked in the main hall with his hands behind his back.

"The first one is shipping. Wang plans to send engineers to dredge the entire Yuanjiang waterway within a year. At the same time, he will establish a Yuanjiang shipping company to purchase a large number of coal-fired cargo ships and specialize in Yuanjiang freight. Everyone here can buy shares. Let all the bosses At least double the output of goods."

The merchants' eyes suddenly brightened. The entire Yuanjiang River was densely covered with dangerous shoals, and ships were often destroyed, people were killed, and both people and goods were lost.It is this kind of risk that businessmen fear most.