As a member of the Chinese Navy, Yu Wentao was also cultivated from this system, and has a great sense of identity with the Navy, and from the bottom of his heart he also hopes that the Chinese Navy can develop and become stronger, and also hopes that the warships ordered by the former Qing Dynasty can return to China smoothly.

But people are always changing, and they also think about their own problems.

Yu Wentao was just the captain of an old gunboat in a local naval division in the former Qing Dynasty, and was later appreciated and promoted by Chen Jingyun in the process of reorganization, and suddenly he Yu Wentao was promoted to the position of the chief of the naval department, in charge of all the sea surface and coastal defense forces in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. And the national army has been in this system for a long time, Yu Wentao also feels more and more that the national army is getting stronger and stronger, and he has more and more sense of belonging, it can be said that Yu Wentao now regards himself as a member of the national army, not a member of the Chinese navy.

There is a fundamental difference between the two! For Yu Wentao, the interests of the Chinese Navy are important, but the interests of the Nationalist Army are even more important.

So when he heard Sa Zhenbing persuade him to give up building gunboats and give the money to the Admiralty for the final payment of the Feihong, Yu Wentao was unwilling.

It's one thing to say sympathy, but sympathy is sympathy, but you can't do something harmful to yourself and others!

So Yu Wentao hesitated for a while before he said: "Two seniors, you also know that my Fuzhou fleet is full of only those three ships, in order to add this new ship to the Fuzhou fleet, I have pulled down my face and fought with those people in the army!" ”

Before Yuwentao finished speaking, Sa Zhenbing had already heard the prevarication in his words, and immediately took a deep breath and said: "Director Yuwen, although you are young and have not experienced the battle of the First Sino-Japanese War, but you should also know how much that fiasco means to my Chinese Navy. We don't expect the follow-up plan to go on normally, but how can the ship that has already placed an order be brought back! Otherwise, how can you and I, as people in the navy, face the sailors who sleep in the waves of the Yellow Sea! If we delay today, when and where will our Chinese Navy be able to rise again, will it really be a hundred years from now? ”

Yu Wentao listened to these words, his face turned red, it is impossible not to feel these words, although he Yu Wentao has regarded the interests of the national army as more important than the interests of the Chinese navy, but in his bones he is still a soldier of the Chinese navy, and he has always been concerned about the development of the Chinese navy.

Immediately stood up and said: "The juniors said by the two seniors all understand, but this is just the matter...... It's just that this money is really not easy to manage! At the beginning, my commander said that these 800,000 yuan is a special shipbuilding fund and cannot be diverted for other purposes! ”

Seeing that Yu Wentao had clearly expressed his opposition, Sa Zhenbing's face also turned bad, and he immediately stood up and said: "It seems that I am here to make a mistake, you Yu Wentao has no navy in his eyes, it's just that, there is no need to say more at this time!" Brother Lin, let's go! ”

Lin Yingqi didn't expect the scene to become like this, and immediately sighed: "Alas, they are all colleagues in the navy, this is ......"

Yu Wentao's face turned red, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Two stay!" ”

After taking a deep breath, he said: "I Yu Wentao really can't call the shots with this money, in this way, I will help you introduce you to the commander of my family, and you will tell him in person when the time comes!" ”

Sa Zhenbing, who originally thought that this matter was completely hopeless, stopped when he heard it, and then glanced at Lin Yingqi and nodded: "Then I will bother Director Yuwen!" ”

Although he didn't convince Yu Wentao, but since he agreed to introduce Chen Jingyun, there is still a little hope that things will turn around Sa Zhenbing is not a stingy person, although he was still angry before, but he didn't do anything irrational when he was angry.

"In that case, without further ado, it's still early, so what's now!" The reason why Sa Zhen is so anxious is that he is afraid that Yu Wentao will regret it, if Yu Wentao waits for him to leave, and then immediately signs a shipbuilding contract with Mawei Shipyard, then the money will be completely lost.

Sa Zhenbing said so, and Yu Wentao could only take these two people to the Governor's Mansion again.

At this time, Chen Jingyun couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard Yu Wentao come to see him again: "What's the matter, haven't you just seen it?" ”

Yu Shifeng replied: "Director Yuwen also brought two people?" ”

Chen Jingyun showed a puzzled look, and Yu Shifeng continued: "It's Sa Zhenbing and Lin Yingqi!" ”

"What are they coming for? I don't think it's going to come to me! Chen Jingyun knew these two people, Sa Zhenbing, who was a household name during the Wuchang Uprising, and Lin Yingqi and Chen Jingyun also sent someone to invite him to serve when they were preparing to build the Navy Department, but that person did not agree.

With doubts, Chen Jingyun met Sa Zhenbing and Lin Yingqi, and as soon as they met, Yu Wentao on the side was introduced: "This is Chen Jingyun, the governor of Fujian and the commander-in-chief of the National Army!" ”

Then he turned around and said, "This is Mr. Sa Zhenbing, this is Mr. Lin Yingqi!" ”

During the brief introduction, Chen Jingyun looked at the two people in front of him, although he had heard these two names, but it was the first time he had seen them, and although he saw these two people, he looked good in spirit.

Chen Jingyun looked at the two people at the same time, Sa Zhenbing and Lin Yingqi were also looking at Chen Jingyun, Lin Yingqi is more familiar with Chen Jingyun, although he has not seen it in person, but there are also a few blurry photos of Chen Jingyun in the local newspapers in Fuzhou, because the photos are very blurry and basically can't see anything, because in Fuzhou, Chen Jingyun also has a certain understanding through newspapers and other rumors, and seeing it with his own eyes today can be regarded as a combination of Chen Jingyun's appearance in his memory. And Sa Zhenbing had never even seen the photos in Chen Jingyun's newspaper before, and his limited impression of Chen Jingyun was basically through the newspaper, and the newspaper either said that Chen Jingyun was a great warlord who read talents, or that Chen Jingyun was a young and handsome man, and even touted Chen Jingyun and Cai Ye as the second heroes of the south. In terms of reputation, although it is not as good as Sun Wen, Huang Xing, and Song Jiaoren, these old revolutionary predecessors, but it is a leader among the younger generation, and many Chinese young people aspire to worship idols.

But when I saw it carefully today, I found that Chen Jingyun was just a very ordinary person, with a decent appearance, because he looked very good in a military uniform, and with a smile on his face, he seemed to be very kind. However, Sa Zhenbing can be regarded as an old man in the military and political circles, and he has seen too many politicians with this kind of professional surname. Overall, Sa Zhenbing felt that this Chen Jingyun was no different from Sun Wen and Huang Xing, and looked like professional politicians.

The reason for this impression is that Sa Zhenbing is dissatisfied with the self-proclaimed system of the National Army, and like many people in China now, Sa Zhenbing believes that what is most needed in the country now is reunification, and then seek the development of the country, rather than the status quo of warlords.

The two sides looked at each other for a moment, and then began to speak.

"Mr. Lisa Zhenbing in the Xinhai year let the navy revolt for the sake of the overall situation of the republic, and he is really a hero of the Republic of China!" Chen Jingyun complimented: "And Mr. Lin, I wanted to visit you at the beginning of the year, but I never found a suitable opportunity!" ”

Sa Zhenbing also smiled and said: "I just had no choice but to do it, but Zihua, you recovered Fujian Province and made great contributions to the republic!" This comes to Fuzhou for two years, passing by everywhere is a prosperous scene, the people live and work in peace and contentment, compared to the domestic provinces to you this can be described as a happy land. ”

As the ruler of one party, he prefers others to boast about his political achievements than to boast about himself, there is no doubt that Chen Jingyun is also one of them, and others boasting about his wisdom and martial arts will be numb after listening to too much, but hearing from people like Sa Zhenbing that the people of Fujian live and work in peace and contentment makes Chen Jingyun a little complacent.

Chen Jingyun asked himself that Fujian under his governance is much better than other provinces in the country, and now both the southern and northern warlords are vigorously expanding their armies, in order to loot military spending, they don't care about the lives of the people, Shandong, Henan and other places that belong to the Beiyang region are okay, Beiyang still cares about the central name and does not do too much, but the southern provinces are different, among which Sichuan has broken out several melee this year, and it is said that taxes have been collected until more than ten years after the Republic of China.

Among them, Jiangxi is more serious, Li Liejun in the early stage in order to support the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe, rampant expropriation and looting money, hoarding military rations, Sun Wen resigned and then expanded the army, for a time the people of Jiangxi were already shouting that the Republic of China is not as good as the former Qing Dynasty, even Zhejiang, one of the rich coastal provinces, is not better there, the southern Zhejiang controlled by the National Army is easy to say, but the taxes in northern Zhejiang are also extremely serious, especially in the short two months after Zhu Rui returned to Zhejiang, almost from the beginning to the end of the thorough search.

It was not until the Nationalist Army completely took control of Zhejiang that it improved slightly after the tax reform.

Although it is said that the taxes in Fujian and the current Zhejiang region are heavier than in the pre-Qing Dynasty, compared with other provinces, Chen Jingyun is able to hold his conscience, at least the living standards of the people in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces have not dropped significantly because of the Xinhai Revolution, on the contrary, they have developed rapidly in industry and commerce, especially after reforming the tax system and unifying the two provinces, it has further stimulated the industrial and commercial development of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

Immediately, he said with a smile: "Sa Lao has a good reputation, this is Jingyun's own job, and it should be done well!" ”

As he spoke, a few people did it, and then after drinking tea, Sa Zhenbing said the business of the trip: "Brother Lin and I also went to the Navy Department to meet Director Yuwen and talked about some things, but Director Yuwen said that he couldn't be the master of those things, let's come to Zihua you!" ”

So far, Chen Jingyun doesn't know what Yu Wentao is doing with these two people, anyway, judging from their previous attitudes, it doesn't seem like they are here to take refuge in themselves.

immediately glanced at Yu Wentao, and Yu Wentao over there explained softly: "The two seniors just went to my side and said that I would transfer the funds for building the ship to pay the balance of the Feihong!" ”

When Chen Jingyun heard this, he frowned and immediately asked, "What Feihong?" ”