Yu Liangzhen's light car Jane arrived in Jinhua, and no one was notified, but only one person was notified, and this person was Yu Liangzhen's sworn friend, Xuan Tiewu.

In front of the car to the hotel that Yu Liangzhen had set, Xuan Tiewu, who was dressed in military uniform, was already waiting with his adjutant.

Without waiting for Yu Bojun to stop the jeep, Yu Liangzhen jumped out of the car and hugged Xuan Tiewu.

Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu are real friends of life and death, when they were studying at the Whampoa Military Academy, the two were classmates, and later when they served in the 88th Division, Yu Liangzhen was the division commander, Xuan Tiewu was his chief of staff, and then Yu Liangzhen was later appointed as the director of Zhejiang Security, and Xuan Tiewu was his deputy director.

After Yu Liangzhen left, Xuan Tiewu took over as the director of security until today.

"Come, Tetsugo, I'll introduce you." After hugging, Yu Liangzhen pulled Xuan Tiewu to Zhong Yi again, pointed at Zhong Yi and said, "This is our colleague, Chief of Staff Zhong Yi." ”

Zhong Yi snapped and saluted, "See Deputy Commander-in-Chief." ”

In addition to being the director of the security department of Zhejiang Province, Xuan Tiewu is also the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment, and Zhong Yi is the deputy chief of staff of the Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment, so of course he has to be called the deputy commander-in-chief.

"Chief of Staff Zhong is polite." Xuan Tiewu returned the salute.

Yu Liangzhen continued: "Tiewu, I have been away from Zhejiang for many years, and Ziren is a newcomer to Zhejiang, and he is completely unfamiliar with Zhejiang officialdom, so you need a lot of help." ”

"It's nature." Xuan Tiewu said, "But this is not a place to talk, I have already asked the adjutant to book a table in the restaurant, how about we talk while eating?" ”

"It's a good idea." Yu Liangzhen said, "I've been hungry for a long time. ”

Zhong Yi also solemnized his hands slightly, and said, "Commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, please!" ”

When Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu entered the door, Zhong Yi followed up half a step behind.

The three of them came to the restaurant and sat down, and the waiter began to serve the food, and a large table full of mountain delicacies and game, as well as two jars of five-pound Shaoxing champion red and yellow wine.

Looking at this table of wine and food, Zhong Yi shook his head secretly.

Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu are accustomed to this.

However, at such a moment, Zhong Yi would not have swept away Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu's interest, otherwise, his EQ would be too low! If he wants to be honest, he can wait until he reaches Yinjiang and then lead by example.

At that moment, Zhong Yi got up and poured a full cup for Yu Liangzhen, Yu Liangzhen drank it dry in one sip, and sighed: "That's the taste, I can't remember how long I haven't drunk authentic champion red!" ”

Xuan Tiewu said with a smile: "It's good to come back this time, you have to drink every day if you want to." ”

"Then I'm not a wine bag and a rice bag?" Yu Liangzhen laughed, and then said, "By the way, now you can tell us about the current situation in Zhejiang Province, right?" ”

Xuan Tiewu sighed lightly and said, "If you sum it up in one word, it is, poor!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "If you put it in one sentence, it is that you are so poor that you can't even open the pot!" Many government workers have to work part-time to support their families. ”

Yu Liangzhen frowned and said, "Is the financial situation of the Zhejiang Provincial Government really so bad? Even government employees can't eat? I remember getting my salary up just a few months ago. ”

"Salaries have gone up." Xuan Tiewu said, "Brother Keliangzhen, do you know how many times the price of goods has risen? ”

"How many times can it go up?" Yu Liangzhen said, "When I was in Chongqing, I didn't think that prices had risen so much. ”

"That's Chongqing, but there's only one capital in the whole of China." Xuan Tiewu sighed, "The prices in our Zhejiang have risen to the sky, at the end of last year, a dime of fiat currency could buy a catty of rice, but now, ten yuan of fiat currency can't buy half a catty of rice!" Our salaries have gone up, but what's the use? ”

Ten yuan of legal currency is only half a catty of rice, no wonder the officials can't eat.

Yu Liangzhen immediately fell silent, and the wine and meat suddenly lost their taste.

Zhong Yi was also silent, because this problem is basically unsolvable.

The national government was already poor, and the warlord melee for many years had already exhausted the country's financial resources, and even borrowed and advanced customs taxes for the next few decades.

Otherwise, the government will not be able to sustain itself for half a month.

After a long time, Yu Liangzhen said: "If this is the case, it will definitely be impossible for the provincial treasury to come up with money to support the formation and training of the anti-enemy self-defense group, right?" ”

"That's nature." Xuan Tiewu nodded and said, "Huang Shaohong won't give you half of it." ”

After a pause, he said: "Brother Liangzhen, Huang Shaohong really didn't deliberately target you, in fact, don't say that it is our anti-enemy self-defense group, even Liu Jianxu's Tenth Group Army can't get half of the funding." ”

Yu Liangzhen was dumbfounded and said: "Don't the regular army give funds?" So how do they live? ”

"Can a living person suffocate urine?" Xuan Tiewu shook his head and said, "They have a lot of methods." ”

"Set up a card on the trade road to collect money?" Yu Liangzhen doesn't understand anything, he understands it at all, "Smuggling? ”

"There's something more excessive." Xuan Tiewu pursed his lips and said, "Some of them look ugly, and even smuggle tobacco and soil!" ”

"What? Smuggling tobacco soil? Yu Liangzhen said in a lost voice, "Can such an army still resist Japan?" Can it still have combat effectiveness? ”

"Yes, thanks to little Japan's combat focus in Hunan, Jiangxi, not our Zhejiang!" Xuan Tiewu said, "If the devil takes us to Zhejiang, we won't be able to survive for half a month!" ”

Zhong Yi just listened quietly, without any intention of interjecting.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't know what Xuan Tiewu said.

In fact, Zhong Yi knows more than Xuan Tiewu, and he is more comprehensive.

During the melee of the Beiyang warlords, the army smuggled and even planted opium openly, such as Zhang Zongchang, who relied on the cultivation of opium in Heilongjiang to accumulate money in order to make a comeback.

After the establishment of the Nanjing government, the country's finances were unified, and military smuggling was banned.

However, the ban has not been meted out, and local warlords continue to secretly grow and sell opium.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the state's finances collapsed, and it could only adopt an attitude of connivance at military smuggling, and its original intention was to hope that the garrisons in the provinces would raise their own funds to feed the vast number of officers and soldiers.

However, the reality is that conniving at military smuggling has only fattened up a handful of high-ranking generals, but the price paid is the collapse of military discipline and a sharp reduction in combat effectiveness! This is also the main reason why the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army under the leadership of the Communist Party became more and more courageous after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the stage of stalemate, while the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang Army became weaker and weaker!

Therefore, when the battle of Yuxianggui will be fought, more than one million national troops will collapse at the touch of a button!