Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"Look at this." Jia Xu handed over a document sent by the imperial court to Shang Wu.

"Hedong's problem?" Shang Wu asked. Shang Wu had no intention of dismantling it at all, because he knew that only the imperial court would be so boring. They have such urgings almost every day.

"Yes, the Hedong issue, their wording is extremely harsh, let us withdraw from the Hedong area and hand it over to their local officials to manage. And not us, after all, there is the place of the imperial court. Jia Xu said.

"Yes, we beat the Huns away, did they do it?" Shang Wu waved his hand and said, he knew what the meaning of those imperial courts was, but what kind of meaning did such a meaning have, there was no way at all, in this case, this was an extremely unreasonable request.

"I think so too, but a lot of things we're actually not doing very well at the moment." Jia Xu said.

"I don't think it's a good idea to delay like this, and we can't think of other ways to put things off like this, or rather, to complicate such issues." Jia Xu said.

"Complicated?" Shang Wu asked.

"Yes, for example, there are thieves, or the court simply can't get in. In this case, their situation will become much more favorable to us, for example, the local support for us, or the White Polish army will still exist, etc., if the imperial court wants to attack, it will inevitably affect us, but they must cross the White Polish army. You see. There is no change in the situation. Jia Xu said.

"Well, I see. But what you said is right, Bai Bojun, indeed we should pay attention to it, or let them play some role, although Bai Bojun has done many, many wrong things, such things, so that we ourselves can't forgive them, but in such a situation, what else can we? Shang Wu said.

"The problem of the Bai Bo Army, my idea is that we can win them over if we can, after all, in the previous turmoil, they also had some actions to protect the people, so to speak, they still have a certain positive effect, they only hit the official government of the imperial court. And the lethal effect on civilians is also extremely limited, in general, they are positive, and we don't need to make the relationship between them and us extremely complicated, so that neither side can step down, in this case, it is an extremely beneficial thing for both sides. Jia Xu said.

Yes, on the issue of Hedong, the republican army did not put the White Polish Army and the Huns together at first, and now, the Huns have gone north. There was also most of the main force of the White Polish Army, which they decided to attack and merge with the state. That's an extremely complex area.

"Hmm. Indeed, we should divide and disintegrate them, so that we can fight for them, and if necessary, we can also let the White Polish Army do some of the things we want to do the most. Shang Wu said. Shang Wu had to admire Jia Xu's wisdom. Anyone can fight, but for the Republican Army, they must take a break, first, their military power is expanding very quickly and needs to be rectified. The second is that the Hedong region cannot be in turmoil, they need to establish an external stable environment, they need development, and only by developing better can their situation become more favorable. This is the most favorable situation for them at the moment, and in such a situation, they can have better development.

"Also, is our Republican Army also going north, you know, in such a situation, we can enter the state area and fight." Jia Xu said.

"Well, I don't think it's mature enough, first of all, our forces are still in the period of consolidation. It is not appropriate to do such a thing, and the second is that the imperial court is extremely sensitive now, and we have stepped on the bottom line of the imperial court. What would be the result if we went deeper? Shang Wu asked.

"The imperial court must have an overreaction in the first place, and in this case, if we don't get it right, it will suddenly become unfavorable." Jia Xu said.

"Therefore, we do not have the strength to go north, and at the same time, we lack the right time to wait until the summer rations and recruit training are completed. Let's see, at the same time, in this period of time, we should be relaxed, you are right, we really can't fight like this with such clarity. So be it. In the Hedong region, we will first come to an autonomy, that is, we will all withdraw from it. The court wants some compensation for our republican army, and that's a price, and we pay some circumstances, and we want, we can, we can talk, and we say these conditions, and then the situation will become much more favorable to us. Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Haha." Jia Xu laughed out loud after hearing this, he knew that Shangwu had a lot of ghost ideas, and this kind of attention was enough to have a great impact on them.

Sangwu's idea was simple.

"It seems that if we do this, we will drive the court crazy, and they will think that we have put forward too many conditions, too many. In such a situation, they would have to kill us. Jia Xu said.

"Haha, it's not going to work, I don't know, but what I do know is that in many cases. We need to continue to develop many things, since the imperial court wants us to withdraw from Hedong, we might as well say that anyway, we have a lot of conditions. Shang Wu said.

"If the imperial court keeps saying that Hedong is his, and ignores us?" Jia Xu asked Shangwu like this.

"The land has always been in our hands, what place do we have, the initiative, this is the initiative, and when we make the stability of Hedong more difficult to shake, they will have no chance at all. And we can also have a referendum. In this case, the imperial court has nothing to say, this is the choice of the citizens' rights, and we have no choice. Shang Wu said.

Although it may seem like a bit of a scoundrel, this is the best thing they can come up with. This is the only way to make their situation better, and doing such things elsewhere obviously won't work. In this case, it will make their situation very unfavorable.

Yecheng to the south of Handan. It looks very desolate here. The streets were dirty and messy, and Cao Cao looked very unhappy this time.

"Why is this Yecheng so dilapidated?" Cao Cao looked at the streets of Yecheng and let out such an exclamation.

The situation is very bad. Compared with Handan, Yecheng is not as good as a village under the republican army, a village under the governance of the republican army, and it is known to be clean and tidy, and it looks very vibrant, and look at the streets of Yecheng, there are sewage and feces everywhere. The smell is even worse. Many parts of the road are dirt roads, and it smells terrible when you walk.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, Cao Cao took these things and compared them with the Republican Army, he knew where the benefits of the Republican Army were, and what kind of state they were in. In fact, this is also to blame Yecheng for not being active, but no matter what they do, they can't catch up, Handan City.

In desperation, Cao Cao could only find a relatively clean wine shop to eat something and then go on the road, Cao Cao did not use the post station of the official mansion, he decided to walk back slowly like this, and make a comparison between the development of the development here and the development of the Republican Army, so that he could have a very intuitive feeling.

"Shopkeeper, why is this wine and beef so expensive?" Cao Cao looked at the price of food in the wine shop, such as a plate of beef, which in the Republican Army was only five yuan at most. And here, it was as high as thirty dollars, which greatly surprised him.

"Guest officer, but from Handan?" A junior greeted with a smile.

"yes." Cao Cao said.

"That's normal. We can't compare to Handan, Handan is a place where everything is available, and the key is that the government's taxes are low. But let's put it this way. Your plate of meat, more than fifty percent, is the government's tax money, there is no way, we have to do it here. Xiao Er said.

"In addition, Handan, everything is easy to say, consumption is fast, such as this beef, they can sell three cows a day, but we here, the cost is high, small business, we can't make so much money, and the government's taxes, helpless, can only be like this." Xiao Er reluctantly explained that the business in the store looked very bleak. There are only one or two tables to eat, and there are fewer dishes.

"Oh. That's right. Cao Cao said. After Cao Cao explained like this, he immediately understood what was going on. Very simple. Demand, this is a problem that can best explain all problems, because of the sluggish demand, which leads to the very withering here, and there are many reasons for the sluggish demand, but in Cao Cao's view, the biggest reason is that the tax is too heavy. Coupled with layers of exploitation, many things will lead to a big situation, and in such a situation, many things will actually have a big disadvantage. In such a situation, how they solve such a thing is simply a huge disadvantage for them.

"But, why don't you go and make some of these situations better, I mean, go over there, the business in Handan is quite prosperous." Cao Cao said.

"Hey, our shopkeeper also wants to, but the government still relies on us to collect money, so we just shut it down. Not at all, what else can we do in such a situation? I can only watch this situation continue. Sometimes, we are also very helpless, the more we have to eat, but the taxes here are so heavy, think about it, it's better to go there, but we can't leave. Xiao Er said indescribably.

Actually, Xiao Er is also willing to leave here, why, he heard that if you run the hall over there, if you meet some big money owners, it is those businessmen who make money very quickly, and they will also give some tips, which is a kind of main income for them to run the hall.

Consumption, from the martial moves, in this way, can effectively improve the quality of service, Xiao Er, those who run the hall also have their own dignity, they also pay their own labor. By tipping, they can be rewarded for their service.

And such a move as martial arts suddenly caused many people to follow suit. For a time, in the Handan area, tipping for the second child and running the hall was regarded as a very face-saving thing, and they could also show their generosity when they enjoyed a better way of service, which was a direct manifestation of the value of the service staff.

In this way, a large number of people in Yecheng ran to that side almost overnight. Xiao Er also wants to go. But the helpless thing is that the shopkeeper is kind to him and can't do without him, otherwise, he would have left here a long time ago.

Cao Cao was eating his own food, he felt that it was very unpleasant, Yecheng and Handan were not far away. But these are two cities, one of which is developing like the sky, changing every day. By the time Cao Cao left, a five-story building in Handan had already taken a preliminary condition, and it was probably the tallest building in Handan, which was specially made by a bank in order to show its ability. And many shops continue to open, some shops, for the first time, also use floor-to-ceiling glass, although it is made of a lot of fast glass splicing, but in general, it is much brighter, which attracts a lot of customers.

However, if you look at the situation in Yecheng and look at such a situation, Cao Cao feels that there is a feeling of shabby and unable to raise his head, and he feels very aggrieved to sit here and eat. That kind of taste, Cao Cao is very uncomfortable.

Why can the Republican Army develop so well, and why the imperial court can't develop better, is it because of insufficient finance and taxation? When he came, Cao Cao had a warm blood, but now, his hot blood has become cold-blooded, because it is cold here. The streets are cold. People are also cold, they seem to have no spirits. In such a situation, Cao Cao really didn't know what to do.

When he came, Cao Cao may have had a passion to persuade the general He Jin to establish a constitutional monarchy, or to take a completely different path from any time before. In this way, they could do many, many things, but now, he suddenly felt that he was very lost. He didn't know what to do, because a lot of people here were confused. This makes Cao Cao unable to see the future, which is the most terrifying part. Cao Cao himself didn't know why he felt this way. He felt his head feel a little dizzy and swollen.

Zhou Da successfully signed up to join the army. He was selected from the militia to join the Republican Army, and he wore the uniform of a Republican private. There aren't any military ranks on it yet. After they have completed their military training, after a while, they can be formed into privates. This is their first rank. And then there is the first class. Then there are the corporals, sergeants, and sergeants. If they perform well, they can also enter a military school. Zhou Da has such a dream of his own.

After the successful selection, Zhou Da was gathered, and then they walked for an unknown amount of time to a military camp. At the entrance are two cannons, which look very powerful. On the sign, he later learned that it was the 12th Infantry Training Camp. In this camp, more than 8,000 people are trained here. Quite scary.

"One, two. Three. Zhou Da watched as the army ran past in a neat line, and at the front of them was a small red pennant, which was an infantry company. An officer-looking man shouted loudly. Running in unison. This made Zhou Da very envious.

However, Zhou Da soon received their first order. After putting down the salute given to them, they quickly gathered in the playground. It is said that an officer was going to lecture them.

Zhou Da didn't know what the chief would say, but Zhou Da felt. The chief will certainly say that there is something useful for them.

Playground. More than 3,000 people have gathered here, and they are the latest recruits to assemble. The training program of the Republican Army is in the order of arrival, there is no way, there are no trains in this era, it takes time for soldiers to complete the transportation to get here, and in order to save time, the only way is to train separately and according to the training syllabus.

"My name is Pei Yuanshao, and many people may not know what my name is." Pei Yuanshao stood on the high platform and walked back and forth.

"But I tell you, Lao Tzu has fought, won more battles with less, and fought more." Pei Yuanshao said.

"I don't care where you came from, the militia, the rebels, the local forces, it's all in the past. All the armaments you participated in are gone. Now you're joining the Republican Army, the Republican Army. Pei Yuanshao said.

"I'm a rough man. I know that Lao Tzu is not good. Then let's talk, let's talk. Pei Yuanshao said.

"What is the IRA? The Republican Army is never afraid of death in war, and when you join the Republican Army, you should first have such a momentum, no, not afraid, after training, you will know that there is such a situation. The history of the Republican Army is many. We were also born with mud legs, and there are bandits, the Yellow Turban Army, and we may not be as good as you. However, joining the republic comes with a spirit that is not afraid of death. There is such a spirit, which is the spiritual head of the Republican Army. Pei Yuanshao said.

"That's what you say." Pei Yuanshao asked a training staff officer in the back.

"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Sir. The training staff officer replied.

"Yes, the brave wins." Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly.

"It is with such a momentum that we, the rabble, have come together. Only then did they become the Republican Army, what is the Republican Army, the enemy wants to pass by us, and they can only pass over our corpses. Even if the enemy has a million, we are one person, and we must charge bravely, and one person, damn it, is afraid of a bird. Fuck it. Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly.

"Lao Tzu once led 2,000 men to pursue the Montenegrin army of more than 30,000 people. It is also two thousand people, and we dare to surround the Hun troops of nine thousand people, and finally eat them five thousand, this is the spiritual head. Fighting is such a spiritual head. To train you is to grow such bones, which cannot be broken or broken. This is the Republican Army. Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly.

"A narrow encounter." A training sergeant shouted.

"The brave wins." The recruits shouted loudly.

"A narrow encounter." The sergeant again took the lead.

"The brave wins. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. The recruits shouted loudly, they might finally understand why this army dared to fight so frantically. It's a spirit of selflessness, and in such a spirit, they can do many, many things, and they will suppress the spirit of the enemy. Fighting a war is originally a kind of morale competition. This was the first lesson they learned. It's also a very important lesson.

When Chow entered the training camp.

He also came to the factory on Tuesday with his companions.

It is said that this is an arsenal to be built by the Republican Army, and there will be many new masters to teach them. Because they are young and studious, as long as they study hard, they can make some famous achievements.

On Tuesday, I also sent out a suit of clothes, as well as new shoes, socks, and the first day I came, and let them take a shower. They were given towels and soap when they took a shower. For the first time, they knew something like this, which they had never seen before.

It was only later that someone found out that they knew that with something like this soap, they could wash more cleanly.

Then they cleaned up, got organized, and went to study.

On average, every 10 of them have to follow a master. The master is from Luzhou, and there are also from Laogendi. I heard that they are all very old.

The first thing they learn is assembly, for example, to assemble the barrel, some parts of the musket, and that's what they learn.

A large number of parts and components are produced in Luzhou, Lijiazhuang, and some small processing plants, they have unified standards, and if they are unqualified, they will be sent back according to the code above. Therefore, their processing dimensions are very accurate.

On Tuesday they will learn how to assemble the musket in numbers, and they will also learn all kinds of tools, such as screwdrivers, hand pliers, etc. These are tools that they have never used.

The masters are very attentive and they learn very quickly. Then they work independently.

Their task was to assemble more than fifty flintlock pistols a day. The masters will police them, fifty muskets, if all of them are passed, if they are not qualified, they will return, and if they fail three times in a row, they should be careful. I heard that I would be expelled. The treatment here is good. They don't want to go back like this, and if they do, they'll just farm.

They decided they wanted to do something about it. Otherwise, they won't be able to do anything.

And so Tuesday became a worker. In fact, there are many young people like him who have come out of the countryside, either into factories, engineers, or some into business houses, in short, they have changed their fate. They don't have to work on the land all the time, and their fate has changed dramatically. But they were the ones who made history.