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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 64 Fight to the End

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    Update time: 2012-07-01

    "Prime Minister, how much funding do you plan to allocate to me, the War Preparatory Office, to organize and train these three divisions and six brigades of 100,000 troops? No matter how capable I am, it will be difficult for a clever woman to have no funds!" Wang Geng did not forget to raise this final question.  The key question.

    "The funds, food and salary for the War Preparatory Office will be allocated by the Ministry of War in turn. You can rest assured. At the beginning of the year, Youzheng had already borrowed a sum of money from the Bank of Japan, and part of it can be allocated to you first!" Duan Qirui frowned.  Wrinkled, I began to practice Tai Chi on funding.

    From the founding of the Republic of China to the present, except for the two years when Yuan Shikai was in power, the balance of payments was balanced. In the rest of the time, all government ministries were extremely poor. Except for the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications, which were not short of money, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was able to withstand the handling fees of the Gengzi Indemnity.  The allocation of funds, including other departments of the War Department, is almost in a situation that cannot be revealed.

    "I'm telling you, Prime Minister, the monthly cost of food, pay, and uniforms for a hundred thousand troops is at least one million oceans. Not to mention the configuration of weapons and equipment and the consumption of bullets and shells. These people are just eating horses. I can't become an elite without money."  Master, come!" Wang Geng spread his hands and cried out in pain.

    "Why, please tell me the truth. How much will the first allocation be? When will it arrive? In the future, even if the allocation is quarterly, how much will it be? Since ancient times, the emperor has not been hungry for troops. If our direct troops are not as well treated as those of other brands,  , Who is willing to serve the country? Even if he is barely organized into an army, he may be betrayed by others one day. "

    "At most, I will allocate you one million oceans first. I can ask Youzheng to allocate it to you from the account of the War Department tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I really don't have any more now. Japan has learned its lesson now. We are doing this in the name of organizing and training the army to participate in the war."  The little devil said that if we don't declare war on Germany, they won't give us a cent anymore!" Duan Qirui also told the truth.

    "Prime Minister, I heard that the 16th Mixed Brigade has always been the king of unpaid wages for the Ministry of War. The three months of unpaid wages are light. When he was a long time, he could not get a penny from the Ministry of War for half a year. Your one million  There are probably more than 16 people in the ocean who are stuck with unpaid wages, right?"

    Wang Geng¡¯s mind was spinning very quickly. Damn it, Feng Yuxiang¡¯s troops have always been unpopular with others. Do you dare to say that the Army Ministry controlled by Xu Shuzheng didn¡¯t block their food and pay?

    Even if there are less than 10,000 people in the mixed brigade, the monthly food and salary is still 100,000 yuan. If you owe someone half a year, that is 600,000 yuan!  They said they would give me one million oceans, but after excluding the owed wages, I only got 400,000 oceans. How can I help you organize an army of 100,000 for a mere 400,000 oceans?

    Duan Qirui blushed when he heard this, thinking that Wang Geng was really a man. Feng Yuxiang's Army's 16th Mixed Brigade was deprived of food and salary by Xu Shuzheng for almost half a year, and yet it was actually captured by Wang Geng.  , Lao Duan pondered for a moment and said nothing!

    "Prime Minister, let me put my words aside. I told you a long time ago. If you don't treat me and my team as direct relatives, I won't have to train any team at all. I will pat my butt and leave. My hometown is Wuxi, Jiangsu  , I won¡¯t be hungry if I go to Nanjing or Shanghai to do some small business!¡±

    Wang Geng is really a bit of a bastard now. Damn it, 16 mixed brigade gave it to me, that is my direct line. In the future, I will still be the direct line of your old Duan and the Anhui Clan. If you don¡¯t give me the treatment of the direct line, you will definitely  No!

    "Prime Minister! Lao Feng's prestige in his army is endless. If I hadn't been completely sincere to you, and if I hadn't been for the country and the nation, would I have taken the risk of going to the 16th Mixed Brigade? Maybe there were many black guns aimed at the back of my head.  ! As a new official, I have to carry a lot of fire when I take office, right?

    Duan Qirui felt a little embarrassed. His trust and promotion of Wang Geng would definitely arouse criticism and jealousy from other confidants internally. With Wang Geng's arrogant temperament, he was afraid that he would not bow to anyone easily and take care of himself.  Xu Youzheng of the Army Ministry is even more arrogant.

    I'm afraid it will be difficult for these two rebellious guys, the old and the new, to get along with each other in the beginning. If Xu Youzheng is really angry and refuses to pay his salary in the future, but lets himself break his trust in Wang Geng, these guys may really fall in love by then.  Feng Guozhang is gone!

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????For Wang Geng, since he plans to train a direct lineage, this food, salary, ordnance must not be stuck by others!

    Seeing Duan Qirui's troubled face, Wang Geng knew that Lao Duan must be afraid that Xu Shuzheng would not be able to pass the test in the future. Lao Duan would appreciate and trust him again. If he had to choose between two multiple-choice questions in the short term, he would definitely do it.  I chose Xu Shuzheng instead of myself who had just arrived!

    "Prime Minister, I don't want to embarrass you. I know a lot of consortiums and bankers in the United States. Do you think this is okay? Just open your mouth again and allow me, the preparatory supervisor for participating in the war, to act on my own convenience and to communicate independently with the great powers and businessmen from various countries.  Contact, borrow money, buy and sell arms, etc.¡±

    Wang Geng calmly made another move!

    "This is unreasonable!" Duan Qirui couldn't help but get angry and rushed up!

    Although the Prime Minister knew that what Wang Geng said was the truth, he really couldn't accept it for a while. He felt that as the Prime Minister of the Republic of China, he seemed to be underestimated by Wang Geng, and felt that he was a bit unable to be Xu Youzheng's family.

    "Prime Minister, am I still your foreign and military secretary? I borrow money and buy arms and equipment from the great powers on your behalf. Not only can I not miss your important matters, but I can also take care of the training of troops. The Yankees are stronger than  The little devil is too strong.

    At the moment, the U.S. government and financial groups tend to support Feng Guozhang and Li Yuanhong. If we don¡¯t work harder to extend our hands to them, we will suffer a loss by then!  "

    Wang Geng enlightened Duan Qirui with some serious words.

    Duan Qirui glanced at Wang Geng and couldn't tell that Wang Geng wanted to build an army that was not restricted by the Ministry of War's weapons, food and pay. In other words, when Wang Geng first arrived, he was already thinking about claiming to be a family that does not look up to others.  !

    Promise him?  Still don¡¯t agree?  Duan Qirui struggled in his heart for a long time. All along, he had only one effective single seedling like Xu Shuzheng under his command. Although Zheng was a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, he was extremely smart and loyal to himself, but over time he developed a willfulness and pride.  Because of his arrogance, he sometimes has to take care of his emotions and accept some of his ideas and requests against his will!

    Wang Geng stopped talking and returned his attention to the snacks on the coffee table. He picked a piece of butterfly cake and started eating it again. At the same time, he imitated Duan Qirui and rang the bell to call the maid, "Please bring me a cup of coffee."  , no sugar, thank you!¡±

    The slender and pretty little maid blushed slightly and looked at Duan Qirui. The old Duan waved his hand and the little girl went to herself. After a while, the coffee was brought on a tray. Wang Geng picked it up and took a sip.  , said in surprise,

    "Prime Minister, your coffee tastes very good. It's much better than the tea that's not as good as that big bowl of tea!" He turned around and stopped the maid who was about to exit,

    "Hey, don't leave yet. What is this girl's name?"

    The maid lowered her head and said with a blush, "In reply to the guest, my name is Achun. May I ask if the guest has any other instructions?" The pretty maid named Achun glanced at her master with a slightly uneasy look, then lowered her head.

    "Miss Achun, your coffee tastes pretty good. Don't serve me tea from now on. Just bring me coffee! Remember this!" Wang Geng looked at Achun.

    Ah Chun felt goosebumps all over Wang Geng's unscrupulous eyes. He blushed and agreed in a mosquito-like voice. Seeing that Wang Geng had nothing else to do, he retreated in a panic.

    Wang Geng turned to look at Duan Qirui. The Prime Minister was stroking his beard as if he had just made up his mind. Duan Qirui looked calm and said in a deep voice,

    "Wang Geng, I'm using you as a risky move. It may not be a good thing for you to rise to a high position when you first arrive. But we really don't have much time. I will allocate every penny of the food and salary that the Ministry of War should allocate to you.  , after all, I am also the chief of the army. The 600,000 yuan in back pay for your 16th mixed brigade and the 1 million yuan in the first payment for the war preparation office will all be allocated to you in the next two days! "

    "With the outside world, you can negotiate loans and arms and equipment sales with consortiums of great powers in the name of participating in war preparations and supervision, but remember to say hello to me before and after! It's up to you to control the balance, as long as you are not afraid that I will kill Ma Su with tears in the future!"

    Duan Qirui¡¯s voice was a little low, and it was obvious that he was under a lot of pressure from making this concession and decision to Wang Geng!

    ??Nima, if I don¡¯t know, there are very few members of your old Duan¡¯s cabinet who are not greedy. How many benefits did Xu Shuzheng get from arms and loans? You don¡¯t know?  If that idiot Feng Yuxiang wasn't stupid enough to accuse Xu Shuzheng of corruption, would you be so anxious to get rid of his brigade commander?

    Although he was so slanderous in his heart, Wang Geng was still quite satisfied with the outcome of his in-depth talk with Duan Qirui this afternoon!

    Seeing that the important matter was almost settled, this guy got up from the sofa, stood at attention in front of Duan Qirui, gave a standard military salute, and said loudly,

    "Report to the Prime Minister! Wang Geng, a graduate of West Point, reports to you, for the sake of the country and the nation, in order to realize the ideal! Follow the Prime Minister to the death, never give up, never give up, and fight to the end!"
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