The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 337 Management
"It's really the two of you."

Hai Pingchuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You two don't know, do you? My father-in-law is furious... He said that General Zanhua was shot down by two Japanese ronin as soon as he arrived in Tianjin."

"His son Meng Botao was also shot. Both father and son were sent to a Western hospital by the guards. The old man died, but his son survived."

died?

Jiang Cheng's pupils shrank slightly.

According to the historical line, after Meng Enyuan was driven out of Jilin, the Marshal did not kill him...

There was not even any checkpoints set up to detain weapons, equipment, and expenses as they did when they drove Duan Zhigui away before - after all, as the King of the Northeast, he really didn't need those things.

He also ordered Jiang Cheng to let them pass along the route, allowing them to pass through the Siping checkpoint, and even opened the South Manchuria Railway, allowing Old Man Meng and his subordinates to take the train south through the customs.

Then, according to the historical plot, Meng Enyuan, who arrived in the capital, became Feng Huafu's "sword-bearing guard";
After his death, the troops were not disbanded. They seemed to have become a branch of the Northwest Army and even defeated the Japanese in the subsequent Battle of the Great Wall.

But now...

Yang Yuting did the dirty work, and the benefits belonged to their Fengtian Army.

"If he doesn't die, it will be a disaster for our Fengtian Army sooner or later."

Jiang Cheng knew very well that this matter... must be Yang Yuting's "gift" to the Marshal.

But he did not make any extra comments on this matter. Before Yang Yuting returned to the Fengtian Army, he had to take all of Jilin under his control step by step, and at least build a power plant and an arsenal before the two Zhi-Feng Wars.

After making arrangements for his two wives, Jiang Cheng met the civil servants who had come from Jilin Prefecture.

Jiang Cheng originally suspected whether they were Meng Enyuan's close friends, but Sun Zhengnan had already conducted a thorough investigation on his behalf in advance.

The people who really belonged to Old Man Meng either fled with him or deserted on their own on the day Wu Junsheng captured the capital of Jilin.

Those who stayed behind were either working at the lower levels or officials who were usually marginalized and out of power by the Meng Party.

Now being summoned to the new capital by the new acting governor, most people are worried, and only a few think that this is an opportunity for them.

The meeting with these civil servants was held in the government hall of the temporary governor's office.

Because of the previous war, the government hall had not yet been completely repaired, and the tables, chairs and benches were all makeshift - but even so, these young people still showed a bit of nervousness when they walked in.

All the names were registered one by one. Jiang Cheng spread out the list in front of him and asked questions one by one, just as if he was doing an interview with Sun Zhengnan.

What disappointed Jiang Cheng was that there were few truly talented people here.

Most of them can read a few words and use an abacus to do some calculations.

There are two good ones among them, one is called Han Zongyang and the other one is called Guan Zhiyuan; both are from Jilin, went to college in the interior, and then returned to their hometown to take the official examination.

Han Zongyang is in the finance department, while Guan Zhiyuan is in logistics.

Han Zongyang, who is in his early 40s, had offended Gao Shibin and was struggling to work in finance; Guan Zhiyuan was the same age as Yang Yucheng and had just returned to Jilin for a little over a year, and was also a marginalized figure. "Jilin is in ruins now, and the Fengtian Army has entered Jilin to implement full military control - but local public affairs cannot be handled by the army alone."

Jiang Cheng changed his seat to a more comfortable position, and then continued, "All of you have done your best in various positions, and you must be capable of doing things for my Fengtian Army and Jilin."

"Since you are standing here today, you will have to eat the food of the Jiang family in the future and serve the Marshal with all your loyalty and duty... I have both cash and banknotes. Of course, the 29th Division is not short of bullets either."

After mentioning the benefits and warnings one by one, Jiang Cheng kept Han Zongyang and Guan Zhiyuan alone, and then let them sit down with Sun Zhengnan.

The two were somewhat apprehensive. After all, they had heard a lot on the way here about the iron-blooded tactics of this acting governor, who had beaten Gao Shibin to a pulp.

"Not much more to say. You two will stay in Changchun and work with the Chief of the General Staff."

Jiang Cheng raised his hand and said quickly, "Old Sun will be in charge of financial matters; and as for logistics, Guan Zhiyuan, you will have to follow the logistics officer I appoint in the future."

Jiang Cheng had already suggested to the Marshal that Jiang Dengxuan should come over to help him take care of logistics, but the old fox disagreed and insisted on sending Zhang Zuoxiang's son Zhang Tingshu.

Zhang Tingshu had just returned from Japan by boat, and it would take at least ten days to reach Changchun.
Yang Yucheng will have to take care of it during this period, but he asked Guan Zhiyuan to help as well so that he can adapt as soon as possible after Zhang Tingshu returns.

When the two heard that their boss had entrusted them with such an important task, they were flattered and stood up and nodded promptly.

Jiang Cheng imitated the Marshal and laughed a few times, promising a high salary and a house, and almost repeated his classic words "I can give you everything except my wife".

After finishing this matter, he met with the local Chamber of Commerce: the wealthy businessman who "bribed" Cai Yuanming should be among this group of people.

Jiang Cheng did not explain it clearly, but focused on keeping a few people in charge to communicate with them.

In fact, it is not difficult to deal with businessmen. They are not loyal at all. They don’t care whether they change their business or even the dynasty.

After all, gold and silver will not fade, and it is the same no matter who you do business with.

Jiang Cheng had no good feelings towards businessmen, but he couldn't replace them all at once;
The best way is to let them stabilize the ground first, wait for the situation to gradually stabilize, and then kill those who are disobedient.

It was almost ten o'clock when he got home in the evening. He ate two pieces of bread in the office to fill his stomach. When he came home, he was so hungry that he asked Ye Hai to ask the chef to prepare something hot.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a person suddenly stood up from the sofa on one side of the hall of the western-style building.

Hai Huixin rubbed her tired eyes and came over: "You're back? You must be exhausted - I'm making chicken soup and big meat buns for you on the fire, eat something and go to sleep!"

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but hug her and kiss her again and again: "My dear wife, how do you know that I am exhausted?"

The military cap also fell off. Hai Huixin pushed him away with a bitter smile: "What are you doing? Really... I think you are not tired or hungry enough, so there is no need to mess around!"

As he spoke, someone from the second floor of the western-style building poked his head out and said to him in a low voice, "I finally persuaded you to stop! Second brother was really angry today, saying that you didn't give him face."

They were so busy that they forgot about it. Jiang Cheng dragged her to the restaurant and said, "Who is not giving it to whom? I have already said that I have done my best for the Cai family. It is Cai Yuanzong who is incompetent and cannot handle the social etiquette!"

In fact, Hai Huixin also understood that with Cai Yuanzong's talent and ability, he was able to stay in Dapingzhuang all because of Jiang Cheng's previous management and Feng Yong's help.

(End of this chapter)