Respectfully

Chapter 116

Machine guns are good things, and six hundred Madsen machine guns are absolutely good things!

Li Jinyan didn't have to wait long before the young Marshal Lou rushed to the warehouse, but behind him was a group of division commanders and brigade commanders. When they saw Li Jinyan and the machine gun behind him, they all smiled like morning glory.

what happened?Could it be that the news about buying a gun by yourself leaked ahead of time?

Li Sanshao looked at Young Marshal Lou with doubts on his face, and then looked at the soldier who reported the letter. After asking, he realized that it wasn't that the "enemy" was too cunning, but that the soldier was too straightforward!Seeing Young Marshal Lou, he opened his mouth and said the whole thing without caring about the whole room of officers.

A meal of beans in a bamboo tube attracted all the hungry wolves with green eyes.

Machine guns, or [-] Madsen machine guns, the original Danish goods?Obediently, the listener must have a share!In addition, there are two veteran ruffians, Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang, who put on a hob-like stance and charged forward without thinking about their own safety.

It's okay to blow the air-conditioning, as long as you have a gun!That's why the scene that Li Jinyan saw before appeared.

"..." Li Jinyan didn't know what to say.

"Young Commander," Qian Boxi rubbed his big hands, looking at the machine guns in front of him, his eyes sparkled, "Whoever sees this has a share, right?"

Although the military equipment of the six northern provinces is the best in the whole country, the machine guns can only be armed to the company at most, like the independent brigade, the machine guns are armed to the platoon, not to mention the six northern provinces, the whole of China is unique.In some places, even a regiment has only one heavy machine gun, and a battalion has only one light machine gun, heavy artillery?Don't even think about it.It can be seen that the gap is huge.Even the situation of the Japanese scorpion is similar now, no money!All the money was taken away by the Navy, and the Army could only greet the Secretary of the Navy and all the female members of the Prime Minister's family with a bite of dried radish.

"Young commander, I don't want too many," Qian Boxi said while spreading his palms: "Fifty armed divisions belong to the secret service battalion. What do you think?"

Arming the Secret Service Battalion with fifty Madsen LMGs?Li Jinyan picked out his ears, a battalion has more than 300 people at the end, and more than 300 people are equipped with fifty light machine guns?Almost equivalent to two in each class, what an international joke.It's not the rich and powerful American emperor, even the American emperor didn't do this.

"The military government didn't spend any money on these guns." Marshal Lou finally said.

The implication is that Li Jinyan gave all the money to buy the gun. Are you ashamed to see that someone has a share?

The veterans looked at each other. Before fighting in Manchuria, Li Jinyan sent a batch of ammunition to Lou Xiao. The rifles and heavy artillery were all German products. This time, they were sent again, and they were original Danish products.This Li Sanshao has made extraordinary moves every time. Will he be able to get them a warship next time?

In any case, once you see it, you must never let it go. Qian Boxi once again displayed the spirit of hobgoblin, "Well, talk less, look..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Jinyan shook his head like a rattle, "I'll give all these guns to the young commander, it's up to the young commander how to divide them."

Don't look for him, he can't handle it.

Everyone turned their attention to Young Marshal Lou again, and Young Marshal Lou stretched out a finger.Everyone's eyes lit up, one hundred each?Counting the heads, no, excluding the Young Marshal and Young Master Yan, there are still seven people, and there are only [-] guns, not enough points at all!

"Each division is ten strong." Young Marshal Lou said word by word.

"Young Marshal, this..." It's a little too stingy, there's not even a fraction.

"Any opinion?" Young Marshal Lou's eyes turned cold, "Five."

"Don't, young commander, just treat yourself like old money and never say anything!" Du Yuzhang slapped Qian Boxi aside.He thought that the young marshal would offer to exchange people for guns again, and he could get things for nothing without bleeding himself, which is a good thing!

A division of ten strong, except for senior qualifications such as Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang, not even the later Tang Yuhuang and Pang Tianyi. Compared with Qian Boxi and others, these two are a real surprise.They didn't expect to get ten Madsen machine guns after following the young marshal. They didn't dare to think of such a good thing before.

"Old Tang, you guys in Guangdong are richer. Have you ever encountered such a thing before?"

Tang Yuhuang shook his head, "Don't say there are none at all, even if there are, it's not my fault. Six hundred Madsen machine guns, how did Yan Shao get them?"

"Yes." Seeing Brother Bing busy moving wooden boxes out of the warehouse and putting them on the carriage, Pang Tianyi lowered his voice: "Although the country is unified, I think sooner or later there will be a Chou Yinmao. But according to Bei Liu Save this posture, and then no one will be an opponent."

"How do you say that?"

"Look, now the military pay is paid by the central government, but the army is in the hands of the governors of the provinces. Those who are soldiers must receive the favor of the president, but not necessarily those who are officials. The oil and water they get is less than before. Sooner or later, there will be troubles. Hit yourself at the muzzle."

"That's true." Tang Yuhuang shook his arms. The military salaries in the six northern provinces are high, and the salaries of officers are also high. Although the salaries are uniform on the surface, there are various subsidies in private. There is also a lot of money.The other places are different. Once this regulation came out, it cut off many people's money.He also heard that someone in the coalition government proposed that the military salaries of the provinces should be linked to local tax revenues. Regardless of what the person who mentioned this was thinking, sooner or later someone would make a fuss over the military salaries.

As for the consequences, it must be an egg bumping against a rock. Maybe President Lou just waited for them to make trouble?Thinking of this, Tang Yuhuang shuddered, and hurriedly suppressed the doubts that arose in his heart.These are all political matters, he is the leader of the army, so it is not his turn to think about them.

"Old Tang, what are you thinking?"

"It's nothing."

The conversation between the two division commanders came to an end, and the machine guns and bullets distributed to each division were also moved away one after another, even the third division stationed at Lianshan Pass and the No.11 division in Shandong were not left behind.Because of his thick skin, Qian Boxi went to Wu Ting again, and Du Yuzhang did not fall behind. The others would not be treated like this. Whoever made these two have the longest time with Marshal Lou, the oldest qualifications and the thickest skin, Seriously, even the young marshals have to call them uncles?

After several division commanders and brigade commanders left, one hundred machine guns were also distributed, and the remaining five hundred were brought back to the independent brigade by Young Marshal Lou himself. As a result, Jiang Yulin, the logistics minister who heard the news, jumped at him. null.

"Master Yan, why didn't you say something in advance?"

"What?" Li Jinyan and Jiang Yulin were used to dealing with each other, and their words were somewhat casual, "Minister Jiang, I paid for these machine guns and bullets myself, so what if I tell you? "

Jiang Yulin was speechless and rubbed his nose, "Shut up, you can always talk to who bought it?"

"I bought it from a Dane." Li Jinyan plucked his ears, "But I have to tell you in advance that the Danish people are very dark."

"What does Young Master Yan mean?"

"This." Li Jinyan rubbed his fingers, "Understood?"

"rebate?"

"Yes." Nodding, Li Jinyan continued: "A machine gun must swallow at least this amount. It's okay for me to do such a thing, but it's not suitable for you."

Jiang Yulin understood, "Shao Yan, I understand what you mean, I'll think about it again."

In fact, Jiang Yulin did a lot of kickbacks to foreigners, but Li Jinyan deliberately reminded him that he always had good intentions. After all, Marshal Lou became the president, the six provinces in the north are rising, and the logistics minister is a fat job. Will be more or less.If he made a slight mistake and was caught, no one would be able to protect him.

"En." Seeing that Jiang Yulin understood, Li Jinyan didn't say anything more.To put it bluntly, Jiang Yulin is by no means a person with two sleeves and a breeze. In his position, it is really impossible to think of a breeze and a bright moon.At least he can keep the bottom line, know what to do and what not to do, and he is dedicated to the sake of the army. Another person may not be able to do better than him.This is also the reason why Marshal Lou uses him, and Marshal Lou intends to continue to use him.

As for what will happen in the future, who can say what will happen in the future?

Checking the time, it was still early, Li Jinyan planned to go to the shelter outside the city.

There are many people who come from Shandong and other places living there now, basically they can't survive in the local area and have to find a way out in the six northern provinces.Li Jinyan heard from the person in charge of the shelter that most of them walked to Guanbei City on two legs.

"I don't even have a pair of straw sandals on my feet, and I don't know how I survived." When the person in charge of the shelter spoke, his brows were tightly frowned.

Li Jinyan can only sigh. Some relatives from Shandong have served as soldiers in the army of the six northern provinces, and at least they have a place to go to.

These people left their hometowns and traveled to the six northern provinces on two legs. They had only one purpose, to continue to live.

Since the completion of the industrial zone and the machines moved into the built factories, the people in the shelters have found jobs one after another, and moved out of the shelters one after another after getting their wages.Li Jinyan asked the Meng brothers to build a residential area a few hundred meters away from the industrial zone. Most of them were small buildings with two or three floors. will power on.Most of these people rent a room through the person in charge of the shelter as a guarantee, so that they don't have to share the same room with others, and secondly, they can provide a temporary shelter for those who come from other places.

People will be grateful and sympathetic.

They have received help from others to be what they are today, and they naturally hope to help others.Not for the thanks of others, but for everything that Li Jinyan and the shelter have done for them before.

Some factory owners also followed Li Jinyan's previous practice, bought a piece of land, and built staff dormitories on it, which relieved a lot of pressure for the shelter.The factory also provides brunch for free, and if there are night workers, a dinner is also provided.This is also the first initiative of Li Jinyan's factory, because the orders of Jiahua factory, bedding factory and canning factory have increased a lot recently, especially Jiahua factory. Even if the international situation is tense, the sales of lipstick, cream and soap are also steady. Climb, Li Jinyan, after discussing with Manager Lu and others, simply let the workers in the factory start three shifts.

In order to avoid fatigue work, the factory strictly stipulates that the working time of each person should not exceed four hours a day, that is, eight hours. After six days, he must rest for half a day or one day. Overtime work cannot exceed two consecutive days.The food in the factory is also getting better and better, and workers who work overtime can get an extra egg.

Those with children and the elderly at home are often reluctant to eat, and they all take eggs back to their families, especially the newly recruited workers, who even want to save the steamed buns distributed in the factory and take them home.This situation is not one or two cases, Li Jinyan and Manager Lu have no good solution.At most, I can only turn one eye and close one eye, but I won't give them a few more steamed buns just because of this.After all, they run factories, not charitable causes. If these workers develop the habit of taking home food when they are full, it will be difficult for them to break this habit, and they may even harbor resentment. I don't feel that I did something wrong, but that Li Jinyan is too harsh.

It's not that Li Jinyan is reluctant to part with these steamed buns, but that he couldn't set this precedent from the very beginning.

In addition, the school for children in the factory area has also been completed. The two-storey school building can accommodate at least 300 people in class. There are also supporting tables, chairs and benches, which are mostly donated by businesses in the industrial area. Even the supporting facilities in the school playground are provided by people. donate.Li Jinyan didn't even think about soliciting sponsorships in the past, but these people brought the money to their door.Among them were factory owners, businessmen doing business in Guanbei City, and some landlords and gentry.

"Third Young Master, I am not talented, but I also know that education is the foundation of rejuvenating the country, and I want to do my best."

On the day the school started, Li Jinyan invited all the businessmen and gentlemen who donated money. Whether they simply wanted to help or gain a good name for themselves, he had to let the teachers and students in the school know that these people donated money for them. What have you done.

What Li Jinyan never expected was that this move made his reputation spread throughout the business circles of the six northern provinces. Through the mouths of these businessmen and gentry, people knew that Li Sanshao not only did a good job in business, but also Gao Yi is even more worthy of being the head of the General Chamber of Commerce of the Six Northern Provinces and the leader of the business community in the Six Northern Provinces!

Hearing these words, Li Jinyan scratched his head, praising him like this, full of good words, so he just gave him a flower, how could he have the nerve to attack these people?

After much deliberation, he still decided to do it when it was time to do it. Anyway, it would make them a lot of money in the end. He was so ashamed!

After going to the shelter, Li Jinyan went straight back to the Marshal's Mansion.

Not long ago, the Second Division of the Six Northern Provinces replaced the Hebei Army stationed in the Beijing Division for defense.Before the capital city was Sima Jun's territory, President Lou Da had to be on guard when he first arrived.

President Lou stayed in the capital, and Mrs. Lou and several concubines would go there sooner or later. When they left, the six northern provinces would be completely handed over to Young Marshal Lou.As for the Second Young Master Lou, Mrs. Lou once told Li Jinyan that he should be left in Guanbei to be raised by Li Jinyan. Li Jinyan was so scared that he almost slipped off the chair, but Mrs. Lou pinched him on the face: "Seeing that you are scared, it's just a joke."

Li Jinyan looked at the Second Young Master Lou who was sleeping soundly in Mrs. Lou's arms, was it really a joke?At this moment, Lou Er Shao grinned at him and babbled.

"Look, Rui Erxiu is smiling at you." Mrs. Lou said with a smile, "Why don't you keep him?"

Li Jinyan: "...Mom, are you kidding me again?"

Mrs. Lou: "Yes, I am teasing you."

Li Jinyan: "..."

Lou Er Shao continued to laugh and babble.

In the end, Mrs. Lou still left with Lou Er Shao, and Li Jinyan was greatly relieved.

"Think mother will keep him?"

"Ah." Li Jinyan nodded and put down the telegram in his hand, "I'm really worried."

"No." Young Marshal Lou finished the last mouthful of noodles, drank the noodle soup in one gulp, and put down the bowl: "He is less than six months old."

It means that for such a small Lou Er Shao, even if there is a nanny and a girl to take care of him, Mrs. Lou will not entrust him to two big men to take care of him.Young Marshal Lou left aside, even if Li Jinyan said it, he might not be reliable.

"Young commander, you knew it from the beginning?"

"kindness."

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"Would you believe me if I told you?"

"meeting!"

"Oh."

This is the end? !Li Jinyan is almost certain that he did it on purpose, absolutely on purpose!

No wonder President Lou always said that Young Master Lou is dead!