Slowly closed the confidential file marked with five black stars. Yang Du, who had not been asleep all night, leaned against the soft and comfortable back of the chair, and habitually rubbed the sore Jingming acupoint. It seemed that his whole body and mind were relaxing, but in fact his brain was still rotating rapidly.

It has been a month and a half since Yang Du made up his mind to come to Nanjing to assist Xiao Yimin. In this short and busy forty days, Yang Du's life can be said to be both pleasant and fulfilling. The high attention, respect and trust given to him by Xiao Yimin is completely different from Yang Du's previous boss Yuan Shikai and all the superiors he met.

Xiao Yimin's courtesy, care and valuation seemed to be all contained in his every move. What's even more rare is that he is not ashamed to ask questions, correct his mistakes and broad mind. He gives him enough respect and trust to every adviser and general under his command. He does not have the style of rewarding him with a lot of money at any time, does not have the demeanor of being a wise man, nor does he have the habit of being a superior, nor does he have the hypocrisy and artificiality that is common to the superiors, nor does he have the hypocrisy and artificiality that is common to the form.

Everything Xiao Yimin showed was so natural and calm, but in harmony and tranquility, it made people feel warm and convinced.

Because of this, Xiao Yimin gradually won the recognition of more than ten famous scholars including Yang Du and others who were invested in the account at the same time. From Sun Baoqi and Lin Baishui who have been famous for a long time, to Gu Weijun and Zhang Qun, all of whom have become famous are using diligent and effective actions and achievements to express their loyal follow-up to the young commander Xiao Yimin.

Although everyone is busy every day, everyone is filled with a rare sense of fulfillment and satisfaction.

After coming to Nanjing, Yang had a very happy life. Although the position of Secretary-General was extremely important, especially in the early stage of the Nanjing camp, a large number of affairs required Yang Du to plan, execute, supervise and make decisions, for Yang Du, who was full of knowledge and experience, most of the affairs were just a small task and did not consume much energy. Instead, it promoted the staff and helped him to support him for a lot of time. But Yang Du was happy and did not feel ashamed of the trust Xiao Yimin gave him.

However, Xiao Yimin's military system has already formed a system. All aspects have been very perfect. In addition, the war against rebellion has ended successfully, and there are not many military aircraft that require the heads of various departments of the camp to participate in, and almost the same affairs are repeated every day. Yang Du is a little depressed. Although he knows that he is just a new arrival and cannot be rushed, Yang Du, who is full of shocking talents and extremely conceited, feels a little disappointed and unwilling to accept it from time to time.

After dinner yesterday, Yang Du habitually returned to his office to work overtime. As soon as he finished reading the report documents of the day and drank a cup of Junshan tea, he saw Xiao Yimin wearing military uniform come in alone.

Xiao Yimin came to Yang Du and put down a file. He said apologetically: "I'm sorry Mr. Xizi... Since the Jinling Arsenal completed the equipment installation of several production lines in advance, two factory directors and several German experts came to report the good news early in the morning and invited me to attend the production ceremony of the assembly workshop and bullet production line of the m1916 heavy machine gun and the latest m1918 short rifle...

"I was happy. I stayed at the Jinling Arsenal all day. At noon, a group of masters in the factory drank a lot of wine, so I didn't come back. In the evening, I invited a banquet for the US Consul General Davis and several heads of the Blue Flag Foreign Company. So I came late. I should have handed over several confidential documents to the teacher this morning. I could only delay it until now to deliver it."

Seeing Yang Du getting up and making tea for him, Xiao Yimin hurriedly said that his wife and children had just returned from Shanghai today. They had to go back and talk well. When they turned around and walked to the door, Xiao Yimin turned around and said with a smile:

"Since the teacher is unwilling to choose a yard in the city, then wait a while before talking. When the Qingliangshan camp courtyard is repaired, the teacher will simply live next to me. At that time, I will take my wife and two senior brothers together, so that the teacher will not have a fixed place for three meals."

Yang Du was quite moved when he heard this. When he saw the black cover of the thick file left by Xiao Yimin and the five-star top secret logo on the cover, he was stunned on the chair. After a long time, he immediately opened the file. Then he stretched out his slightly trembling hand like a demon, endured the excitement in his heart, and carefully looked through each file covered with a bright red "top secret" stamp.

Yang Du could no longer let go of it, and he was in a state of extreme shock and excitement. Until he was dry and wanted to stand up and add tea, he realized that his legs and waist were stiff, and his hands were trembling slightly.

After pouring a cup of cold tea into his stomach, Yang Du slowly recovered.

Perhaps it was the late night when everything was silent. Yang Du, who never moved his emotions easily, looked wet with his eyes, and his eyes were turned to the top-secret documents in front of him for a long time, sighing. He knew clearly that it was not until this moment that he had gained Xiao Yimin's absolute trust and respect, and that he had truly stepped into the core circle of Xiao Yimin's group, and he realized Xiao Yimin's praise and earnest expectations for him.

What shocked and incredible to Yang Du was that Xiao Yimin's true strength was far beyond his estimate. Although Yang Du had already overestimated Xiao Yimin's strength in his heart before, after reading these top-secret documents sent by Xiao Yimin himself, Yang Du learned that Xiao Yimin's stable income in opium, salt tax, arms, technology transfer, etc. every year was as high as more than 30 million yuan, and this hidden huge income was still growing steadily every year.

Yang Du also witnessed Xiao Yimin's war potential for the first time. The entire Sichuan Army has implemented a unique military service system since three years ago. More than 8,000 officers and soldiers retired or transferred to their jobs every year, and 8,000 new recruits recruited from Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia were added every year.

In addition, the Sichuan Army units stationed in various southern provinces were secretly expanding their troops. After three months of rigorous training, the recruits recruits were immediately dispersed into the main forces, and through the so-called "passing and helping" form of the Belt and Road Initiative, they promoted the improvement and integration of new recruits in all aspects. In addition, the combat units below the company level implemented the "one chief and two deputy" grassroots officer system.

These unheard unique methods completely overturned Yang Du's military common sense, making Yang Du exclaim after deep thought. Not to mention anything else, as long as the war requires, Xiao Yimin can pull out five retired veterans in one month. He only needs to move out equipment from the three secret arsenals built in Chengdu, Wanxian and Yichang, and can immediately enter the battlefield. Looking around the country, which warlord has such huge strength and vision of Xiao Yimin?

Through these documents, Yang Du learned that the boss behind the famous "American Lanqi International Investment Company" in recent years was Xiao Yimin's eldest brother, Xiao Zhen, who had already obtained American nationality. This emerging multinational company involved in finance and import and export trade, shipbuilding, textile industry, ocean transportation industry, steel industry, and oil industry, has a total assets of more than 12 million US dollars. It is also growing significantly every year. Douglas, the general manager of the company famous in China and Limaning, the general manager of Shanghai Lanqi Foreign Company, are actually just small shareholders hired by Xiao Yimin. These two new American rich people who have been famous in China and abroad in recent years also have the background of the Rockefeller Consortium in the United States.

What made Yang Du even more sighed was that through these top-secret documents, Yang Du finally understood how terrible the "Gendarmerie Command" under Xiao Yimin was. Just from the scale and function of the intelligence department and the Secret Service secretly established within the Gendarmerie Command, Yang Du immediately inferred that the explosion occurred in the Guangzhou Concession the day before yesterday. Then he came to the preliminary conclusion: the Guangzhou explosion was just a small link in the huge unified plan of Xiao Yimin Group, and it was just a secret action in the branch plan of the "Tongguan Strategy"!

The "Linggao Base" secretly established on the other side of the Qiongzhou Strait is the most important part of the Guangdong-Guangdong Strait. Although according to the current documents, Yang Du has not fully understood the significance and subsequent development plan of the "Linggao Base". However, the keen Yang Du already felt that Xiao Yimin had tried his best to send dozens of people to lurk in Qiongzhou and the coastal areas of Guangdong in advance, and obtained the development rights of Linggao Port through the US agency in China and Lanqi Company. It will never be used only to weaken the power of Guangdong.

Before this, people like Yang Du, who have a great wisdom and overall view, did not expect that Qiongzhou, which is across the sea from Guangdong and Guangxi, would have such a huge strategic position. They didn't know that in addition to the agricultural advantages of three-mature a year, the island of Qiongzhou also contained hundreds of millions of tons of high-quality iron ore that are easily mined. Moreover, this iron ore that has been quietly bought by the "Lanqi Company" is within a straight line distance of Lingaogang to the north and Changhua Fishing Port to the west.

In addition, there is also a top-secret plan that made Yang Du very proud. In addition to the three giants Xiao Yimin, Bao Jiqing and Wang Lingji, the other two were the fully responsible military police commander Ma Gan, and Yang Du, who had just seen the written plan.

After Yang Du looked at the complete plan, he realized the existence of Liu Bingxian's troops who "giftedly assisted" a few years ago. If Xiao Yimin was a little more ruthless in the subsequent closing operation, Liu Bingxian, as Xiao Yimin's second brother, probably wouldn't understand until his death. The eight thousand mighty troops he led had never escaped from Xiao Yimin's real control. The "elite revolutionary armed forces" stationed in Chaozhou are still responsible for stabilizing the Guangdong-Fujian border, deterring the landlord armed forces in the surrounding areas, ensuring the safety of the transportation of aid materials in Japan and Nanyang, and ensuring the retreat of the revolutionary party headquarters.

Before he knew it, the sky was already shining, and Yang Du, who was waving, slowly put the documents into the file, dipped his slender fingers in a few drops of tea, dripped them into the inkstone, then gently grind the inkstone, then lifted up the brush, touched the inkstone, and neatly signed his name and date in the blank space on the last column behind the cover of the file.

After sorting out everything, Yang Du picked up the file as if he was holding a heavy object. He looked at the top-secret level mark composed of five golden stars on the cover, exhaled his breath and left the office.

On the open space in the east courtyard of Xihuayuan, Xiao Yimin, wearing a silver-gray Tang suit, was still concentrating on displaying his skills. A set of seemingly ordinary Wudang Tai Chi seemed very slow and solemn in Xiao Yimin's hands.

Although Yang Du, who entered the circular courtyard gate, was not a master, he was a boxing enthusiast who was knowledgeable and deeply involved in health preservation. With his eyes, it was enough to see that Xiao Yimin had been immersed in this boxing technique for a long time and could not have such charm without the ability of ten or eight years. Therefore, Yang Du stood quietly in the courtyard gate, watching with a smile, and waited until Xiao Yimin completed his closing momentum and walked towards him. Only then did Yang Du happily meet and praise him loudly: "The handsome man is good at boxing!"

Xiao Yimin was stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "Sir, let's continue to call me Yiming. We are our own people, so there is no need to be so disgusting."

Yang Du suddenly put away his smile and handed the file to Xiao Yimin. Then he took a big step back, bent down respectfully, and gave a big gift:

"Master, please accept Yang Du's beloved. If you can get such a respect from the Master, Yang Du will have no regrets in his life and death!"

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