Golden Scale Club [Republic of China + Jiang Chengyan X Mu Bingci]

Mu Bingci finally returned to Zhejiang.No one was disturbed when they left, and when they left the city, because there was no ban from Mu Yanqiu, the military guards could only let them go.Later, the non-commissioned officer guarding the city thought about it and sent someone to report it to Mu Yanqiu.There was a gap in the time of this coming and going, and when Mu Yanqiu heard the news, Mu Bingci had already passed the boundary mountain.

When Mu Yanqiu heard about it, he nodded his head lightly, and when the guards retreated, he leaned wearily in the chair, raised his head and closed his eyes in silence for a long time.When the military guards came to pass the meal, Mu Yanqiu walked out of the office, all the loneliness and embarrassment in his body were subdued, and he showed a cold and sturdy aura, and immediately called a meeting of non-commissioned officers to plan the overall Northern Expedition plan.

When Mu Bing returned to Lin'an, the sound of playing mahjong came from the study in broad daylight. He opened the door and went in to see that Yu Luo was slumped on his seat of the case, pulling three military guards and taking the power of the case. The mahjong table is hot.Mu Bingci gritted his teeth and sneered: "Hmph, very good. It turns out that the discipline in Lin'an City is so loose that if such an army is sent to the battlefield, it is better to send it directly to the salt shop to make jerky. It will save the huge military expenses to support these wastes. "

The three military guards were the guards of the mansion, and because Mu Bingci was absent, discipline was loosened.Bewitched by Yu Luo, he couldn't bear the itching of his hands, so he happened to ask Mu Bingci to catch him.As soon as Mu Bingci said this, the three of them ran away immediately, leaving all their guns in Mu Bingci's office.

Mu Bingci picked up the three guns, called Gu Shaoting, threw the guns to him, and asked him to draw up a plan to clean up military discipline within three days.Pointing at Yu Luo again: "This person's origin is unknown, so you dare to let him in openly. Don't the people in this mansion have any brains? With just such a little vigilance, the gates of the mountain and city of Tomorrow Realm will be broken through, and you are still in the cloud?" In the fog! Tie him up and throw him in prison!"

Yu Luo bounced up from the chair: "Hey, hey! Those who crossed the river and demolished the bridge were struck by lightning! Why didn't you tie me up when I helped you rescue the soldiers? Are you human? Does your conscience hurt you!"

Gu Shaoting took a look at Yu Luo's jumping up and down like a monkey, and at Mu Bingci's obviously in a bad mood, and there were no human beings caught in the middle.Quickly took the three guns, put on an expression filled with righteous indignation, gritted his teeth and said: "These bastards! Blow a little spring breeze and your bones will be crispy. If I don't give them a big whip! They will make them cry!" Shi Shi walked away.

Yu Luo looked at Mu Bingci, and whistled as if nothing had happened: "Look, I originally gave you a seat to play a couple of rounds, but now it's all right, I can't even play the cards."

Mu Bing asked: "What did Jiang Chengyan ask you to do?"

Yu Luo let out a small "hum": "I'm a stinky bodyguard that the third master doesn't care about and doesn't love Brother Lu, what else can I do? Of course it's to take on the mission. Did the third master ask me to pick you up?"

Mu Bingci frowned: "No matter how dishonest you are, I'll order someone to beat you with two hundred army sticks. I know you're here to pick up a mission. What's your mission this time?"

Yu Luo leaned back in the handsome chair and blinked at him: "Guess—shall I tell you?" Seeing Mu Bingci's face darken, he immediately put on an annoying smile, "The third master said Yes, my task is to protect you personally, and I can’t let you lose a hair. I didn’t want to come, but I thought about it, you look tough and powerful, I can come here to eat and drink with public funds, this kind of task is not acceptable Sorry for the huge dart fees, so here I am."

Mu Bingci had a black line on his face: "Who wants your protection? You're the third master of your family who is a playboy. Besides, your Blue Shirts Club is so shabby, you can't send out a scum like you. Come here normally?"

Yu Luo said disgustedly: "Oh, you still think good and bad. I am the most handsome, smart and clever in the Blue Shirts Club. It is your luck to send me here. If it was Brother Lu who couldn't get a single punch with three punches The dumb gourd fart can blow you up. You are content." He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, "Here, the third master gave it to you."

Mu Bingci frowned, pulled the paper and opened it to see that it was a letter written by Jiang Chengyan.

"Bing Ci, see the words like faces. Huizhou hastily said goodbye, and I don't know when we will meet again. The world is unpredictable. The person who was talking and laughing yesterday will disappear after a night. The sly and shrewd you who stayed in my mind yesterday, After one night, you will be completely destroyed. I see you so sad, and I feel very sorry and regretful. I can’t mention the personal affairs that make you sad. I can only secretly swear that I will protect you meticulously and thoughtfully for Yiren in the future. I often worry in my heart. If you don’t I will be able to stay with you without worrying about these trivial matters that are tied to me. If you love the long smoke and sunset, I will take you to the desert; if you love the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, I will accompany you to live in seclusion in the southern country. My favorite The thing is to watch the rain in the thatched pavilion, drink tea under the cinnamon branches, and watch Mu Bingci sleep sweetly in the season of frost and billows. If all these come true, how lucky you and I will be."

"But Bingci, I can only tell you sadly that I can't realize such a dream for the time being. I am in the ranks of martial arts, and I don't talk about hypocrisy and nobility. Saving the world is benevolent and righteous. That's what gods do. I just want to Do something, just start from my selfish thoughts, so that many people like you and me in this world don’t have to experience the pain of bereavement. Thinking of the endless road ahead, I regret leaving you that day, no Give you a good hug again. Bingci, even though I am in the military and political arena, my heart will remember your appearance. If you come to me one day, you can see it at a glance Now, my heart that misses you is riddled with holes."

"But I still don't regret meeting you. It's like I've searched for dozens of years in the sea of ​​people, or several lifetimes. Seeing you is like finding the one I once lost. I don't know that for you, Who am I and what am I? Are you also the same as me, feeling that you have met someone who is indispensable to you? It doesn't matter, Bingci, it doesn't matter. As long as you know my affection for you, you will not worry about future, hatred, and war. Or anything else and the wind blows away. Bingci, you will know that you are a guest when you return. I only have one request to you: wait for the day you and I meet again, let me live in your heart forever."

Not signed.Mu Bingci stared blankly at these sleazy words and phrases, imagining that Jiang Chengyan was at his desk, writing them down.The words in front of him were activated one by one, turning into Jiang Chengyan with thousands of faces, vividly in front of him.

Mu Bingci unconsciously grabbed the paper tightly.

This unexpected letter played the role of inspiring and thinking.Earlier, Mu Qinxue passed away suddenly, and Mu Bingci suffered such a sudden calamity, which caused heartbreaking pain.My mind was occupied by pain, and I couldn't think of anything else for a long time.As time goes by, the pain of losing her sister is still there, but because Mu Bingci is determined to cheer up, he gradually heals himself from the suffocating quagmire, and his sanity is much clearer.Jiang Chengyan's letter made Mu Bingci suddenly feel intimate and gentle, and the heart that was torn apart by the pain for his sister finally felt a little warmer.

Yu Luo stood next to him and coughed ignorantly: "If you like it, you can take this letter back and read it carefully. You can read it a hundred times. I'm very hungry now, can you ask someone to get some first?" something for me to eat?"

Mu Bingci suddenly came back to his senses.Glancing at Yu Luo, he suddenly thought: "Why hasn't this letter been sealed?"

Yu Luo touched his head in embarrassment, and laughed: "Well, I accidentally fell into the water on the way here, and the letter rotted."

Mu Bingci: "...I believe you haven't read it, have you?"

Yu Luo: "Oh, how is that possible? Of course I read it. Anyway, it's like this, right?"

Mu Bingci was furious: "Are you moral?"

Yu Luo said in a daze: "The morals are not as good as the third master misses you - it is said that the third master likes men, who in the Blue Clothes Club doesn't know? Tsk, I was afraid that the third master would look after him. Brother Lu said that the third master has a lover. I I joined the club with confidence. I can only say that the third master is too good at teasing, who can’t do it, tease you—tsk tsk, the family background is fierce and sturdy, Huizhou Mu’s overlord flower. The third master is really a fighter among men!"

Furious, Mu Bingci yanked off the whip on his wrist, and gave Yu Luo two lashes in a snap.Yu Luo didn't know what she was doing, so she jumped up from the chair and jumped to the back of the chair.When Mu Bingci caught up with him, he had already rushed out the door and said, "I think I'd better live in a brothel!"

Since Mu Bingci settled down in Zhejiang, he began to run the warlord that he personally broke down in a serious manner.Maybe it was the words that Mu Yanqiu said to him before, which touched him a little after all, and Mu Bingci devoted himself to studying the homework of making a rich city and a strong army.After coming back, he held Gu Shaoting in meetings every day.

Yu Luo also failed to escape. When he rushed out the door that day, Mu Bing said "take it", and the military guards outside the gate downstairs rushed up. Trust, it really earned back the majesty for the military discipline of the commander-in-chief.Of course, Mu Bingci didn't really throw him into the prison, he asked someone to arrange a place for him, and he usually used him as a personal guard.

Anyway, Jiang Chengyan's people are useless.

The chairs in Mu Bingci's office are arranged in a semi-open circle, and a map of Zhejiang Province is hung on the wall at the end of the room.Gu Shaoting held a writing brush in his hand, and when Mu Bingci said some important information, he used the pen to record it in the blank space of the map.

Mu Bing resigned: "That is to say, the current number of troops in Zhejiang is about 3."

Gu Shaoting nodded: "Actually, it should be less than [-]. This is relatively small in the establishment of the seven southern provinces."

Mu Bingci: "It's really not that much. The national government is recently revising the army organization, changing the old system to a three-three system. If calculated according to their army organization, there must be at least five divisions in a province. A division is based on Based on the standard 1 people, we must have 5 people.”

The non-commissioned officers under Gu Shaoting looked at each other, and Yu Luo sneered beside him: "There are only so many people in a province, where can I recruit more than 2 people for Mu Bawang? Even if I give birth to you now, it will take fifteen or sixteen years. .”

Mu Bingci glared at him: "You give birth to me? If you talk about such incomprehensible things, pull them out and slap your mouth." Turning his head, he said to Gu Shaoting: "The soldiers in the past were all transferred from the old yamen, and there were quite a few of them. There are bandits and rogues. Our province is near the sea, and the two navies near the sea, Kuaiji Road and Ouhai Road, have the least number of people. Think about it, who are the most suitable people if we really want to develop soldiers? Those are the fishermen near the sea. The harvest depends entirely on the sky, and life is hard. If they are organized into a navy and join the two navies of Kuaiji and Ouhai, these 2 people will be settled."

Gu Shaoting said: "What the young marshal said is feasible. If you join the army, you can get paid. If there are many people in a family, and one or two brothers and sisters join the army, they will definitely be willing. If all the fishermen along the coast are included , the head problem is solved.”

Mu Bingci smiled lightly.This is what Mu Yanqiu said. As a commander, if you want to provide a shelter for the people of a city, then the people will be willing to give up part of their freedom to build tall buildings for you.

Mu Bingci went on to say: "Since the army is expanding, then there is a question of military expenditure. The amount of military pay, how to reward and punish is a system established by the Finance Department, and will be implemented in accordance with this system in the future. At present, I need to know that Lin Youxian's previous How is the finances managed? What is the current situation?"

In the past, it was Lin Youxian's cousin Lin Wenxian who was in charge of finance. After Lin Youxian was disposed of, Gu Shaoting appointed Wang Yi, who used to follow him, as the director of finance.Wang Yi dug out the information in his hand, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said, "I did some statistics on this. In the past, there was actually no financial management. It was just that non-commissioned officers of all ranks made offerings to Lin You. Splurge first. As for how the non-commissioned officers get their money, no one cares about it. Anyway, everyone has power in their hands, and there is always a way to make money. Recently I counted Lin Youxian's private wealth, and there is 200 million left on the account Silver dollars. The four major banks each have about 600 silver dollars in deposits, and more than 1000 million silver dollars converted into foreign exchange and real estate. In total, there are roughly more than [-] million silver dollars.”

Mu Bingci listened quietly, knowing that the money sounds like a lot, but it is far from enough to pay for military expenses, not to mention the need to purchase military supplies.The non-commissioned officers still have the previous ways to make money in their hands, but now they want to move their warehouses, and they will easily lead to resistance.To get rid of the long-standing abuses in the system, it will not only take time, but also a comprehensive and calm extradition.

There was a smile on his face: "This money will not be enough to pay for military expenses in the long run. We can't stick to our old roots and spend it. We have to find someone who is familiar with money operations to cooperate with the major banks in the province—if there are foreign banks in the city, it will be even better." Alright, convert those foreign exchange real estate properties into cash, and operate them in Qianzhuang Bank." He said with a finger and said, "I think you are very suitable."

Yu Luo was stunned when he heard this kind of serious meeting, and was instantly brought back to his senses by Mu Bingci's words: "What am I suitable for? I don't know how money works."

Mu Bingci said with a smile: "Just rely on your mahjong skills, if you don't have the ability to make money with this money, I will sell you to a brothel to make money."

Of course Mu Bingci was not joking.In terms of finances, Gu Shaoting is also one of the privileged ones in the old system, and Wang Yi belongs to him. We can't expect them to be enlightened and deal with themselves. This is not in line with human nature.Therefore, Mu Bingci had to be on guard. Firstly, he wanted Yu Luo to get involved, restraining their actions to some extent.The second is that there are really financial difficulties, so Jiang Chengyan first turned around and revitalized, and when he straightened out Gu Shaoting and the others, he returned the principal with interest to Jiang Chengyan.

Yu Luo blah blah blah blah blah, these detours are also clear, he groaned a few times in protest, and then lay down and surrendered.

The third question concerns the supply of rice grain.Zhejiang is not a major producer of grain, and the land it cultivates is not enough for the farmers to support themselves, and even if forced to requisition grain, they will not get much.Mu Bingci proposed to exchange supplies with Jiangsu, and use seafood from Linhai, Zhejiang to replace rice grains with Jiangsu.The governor of Jiangsu is a lady named Wu Zhan.In a few days, Mu Bingci went to Jiangsu in person to discuss the replacement with Wu Zhan.

After several days of discussions, Mu Bingci and Gu Shaoting made detailed plans on the reorganization and restructuring of the army respectively, and started to gradually replace those old and corrupt systems.

Mu Bingci was too busy to get away, and with the attitude of solving practical problems while studying, he created the prototype of a new type of warlord.One day I happened to read in the newspaper that Mu Yanqiu led the Southern Army to the Northern Expedition, took Wuhan in less than two months, and went straight to Henan. The situation is very good.

Mu Bingci sighed slightly: "Mu Yanqiu, I will guard the base camp for you. If you win Beiping, I am willing to submit to you as Mu Shuai."