"The rules set by the commander back then were that when the drums sounded, you must gather in the big tent when one stick of incense was burned. Look at you today? It took two and a half sticks of incense before you gathered together?"
"This is no longer a war. Have you all forgotten your duties?"
Hearing the anger of the Ninth Commander, these generals did not dare to say a word. They were all scolded with dark faces and lowered heads. They waited until Zeng Guoquan scolded him for a quarter of an hour and picked up a tea cup to drink tea to soothe his throat. Bao Chao said with a smile: " That’s what the commander is scolding! My subordinates are really slacking off!”
"Well... we really should train more... not only us, but also the brats under my command are in bad shape!"
"Yesterday I was patrolling the camp and I actually caught two people smoking cigarettes secretly... I almost beat them to death with a whip. I punished them with ten days of confinement and then went back to clean the toilets for half a year!"
"In peaceful days, people's hearts are broken, and it's hard to lead the troops... The commander-in-chief often beats the drum and asks us to practice our troops, so that these brats can be spared from having nothing to do and learn from others!"
The Ninth Commander put down his tea cup with a gloomy face, "Do you think I recruited you today just to rectify military discipline and train the troops? Haha... It's not those brats that I think are incompetent, you are the least incompetent!"
"You have all forgotten your duties. Why are you saying that the soldiers below are not good enough?"
Only then did Bao Chao and others realize that something was wrong, and quickly stood up and saluted with clasped fists, "Commander, calm down, please make it clear!"
Jiu Shuai clapped his hands and said, "Come in... we are all old friends..."
Immediately afterwards, Liu Jintang and his group walked in. Bao Chao and others were all familiar with each other. We had just been hosting the party and had a drink together the day before yesterday, but it was very rare to meet them in the big tent today.
"Old Liu...you...are you transferred back? Back to the commander's command?" a group of generals asked.
Liu Jintang grimaced and shook his head, "We are so lucky... Brothers, you should just obey orders and obey the commander's orders!"
Zeng Guoquan also stopped talking nonsense, "Now you have seen the situation clearly. The Chinese have massively increased their troops to the south of the Yangtze River. There are warships on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, and the army has increased its troops in major industrial areas..."
"Not only that, they also increased their troops to the Jiangyin Fortress in an attempt to control the Yangtze River waterway... Lin Zhen has led the second fleet to approach Jiangning. What is he doing?"
"Are the Chinese people going to annex Jiangnan? They keep saying that they don't want an inch of the Qing Dynasty's land sovereignty. This kind of lie is just a lie!"
"Pass my order... Jiangning Navy blocks the Yangtze River and uses Jiangning City as the boundary to block the Chinese warships from moving forward!"
"The army is deployed along the south bank of the Yangtze River... pull up all our cannons, and we will not be able to let the Chinese warships continue to move forward!"
"Damn it! We can't defend Jiangning anymore. How will our Hunan Army be able to gain a foothold in the future!"
There was a loud bang, and there was a commotion in the big tent. All the generals had solemn expressions and whispered to each other. They couldn't believe that this was the order of the Ninth Commander.
Liu Changyou clasped his fists and said, "This... Commander... what if the Chinese warships forcefully break through? Should we shoot or not?"
"Damn it! Let's fire... It's already this time. What are you waiting for if you don't fire?" Ninth Commander scolded angrily.
"How many rounds of your guns can you stop an armored ship?"
Liu Changyou's face turned pale, "Commander, you can't do that! Isn't firing a cannon a declaration of war? What should we do if the Chinese warships counterattack!"
Other generals also said in a hurry, "Yes! The Chinese warships are covered with heavy iron armor. It is said that the thickness of the armor is half a foot!"
"How to fight this? It can't be fought! If someone bombards the city with artillery, the people of Jiangning City will be in trouble..."
"Commander, think twice... Even if the Chinese have increased their troops, they are still within the scope of the treaty. After all, we, the Qing Dynasty, are leading the civil war!"
"My subordinates have made inquiries and found out that in various Chinese industrial zones in the south of the Yangtze River, there are gangs setting fires, shooting and killing people, and kidnapping and extorting people... there are many Guiziliu among them!"
"It is reasonable for Xiang Ying and the others to increase their troops in accordance with the treaty. Even if the Jiangyin Fortress increases too much... Well... let's negotiate. We can discuss it. Isn't it better to just start shooting?"
People are all talking against the orders of the Ninth Commander. They don’t dare to stand up but beg one after another. They are all soft nails!
At this moment, there are no people from the Western Region Investment Bank in the big account. They are all subordinates of the old Hunan Army. The Ninth Commander was not polite and slammed the table. "That's enough! Shut up!"
"I still don't know your little thoughts? What are you thinking in your mind? Do you think I don't know?"
"Haha... Among you people, who doesn't have an account in a Chinese bank? How many safe deposit boxes are there in the vault?"
"Bao Chao, let me ask you...how much physical gold have you deposited in Huazhong Bank? You always have 20,000 taels, right?"
"Liu Changyou, if you keep your antique calligraphy and paintings at home for fear of being stolen, wouldn't they be safe if they were locked in a Chinese preservation warehouse?"
"And you...you...you...don't ask me to read all the deposit certificates you have in the Chinese bank, and don't make me read all the factories you have in the Chinese industrial zone!"
"Just the day before yesterday...you guys helped Liu Jintang wash away the dust. What a beauty you drank! Do you think I don't know what you are celebrating?"
"The Shanghai stock market has reached a new high! The Jiangnan stock market has skyrocketed... You have made money. You can earn hundreds of thousands of silver dollars in one day. How happy are you!"
"Now that you've heard that I'm going to be violent, are you afraid of ruining your golden job? Are you? Are you?"
Everyone who was scolded blushed and did not dare to say a word. Liu Jintang was already an outsider at this moment, and those who were listening did not dare to talk, but they secretly thought in their hearts, "Are these guys making so much money? The Chinese economy has penetrated so powerfully!" "
But when he thought about the accounts of people like himself in the Western Region Development Bank, he stopped thinking about it and could only sigh and say nothing.
From ancient times to the present, economic penetration is the most terrifying thing. No matter how strong your muscles are, you cannot withstand the erosion of money's sugar-coated bullets. People will always have to live a good life.
Jiu Shuai scolded him, and finally he stopped to take a sip of water when he was so tired that foam formed at the corners of his mouth.
Only then did he lament, "Hey... you don't understand! You don't understand!"
"What is the basis for you to make money? Do you really think that the Chinese money is so easy to get? Fools, you are all fools!"
"We have the Hunan Army in our hands, so they only look up to us and leave some oil and water for us... Once this is gone, how can you make so much money?"
"Who will benefit you? Who will open the back door for you..."
"How many brothers did our Hunan Army have to die in exchange for such an invisible control over half of the country? Have we forgotten the assassination case? There are many people who want to kill us!"
"Let's show our swords at this time! Just to tell them that no one can underestimate our power!"
"Whether it's the Sixth Japanese or the Tongzhi Emperor, whether it's the Chinese or the foreign Japanese! You all have to see how powerful we are. When a tiger shows its claws and claws, you are a lamb!"
