Late at night, the Governor's residence.

The incense in the study is swaying, which makes people feel much more comfortable than the humid outdoors.

After taking the medicine, Zhao Erxun lay on the delicate rocking chair and waved his hand to let the two maids retreat. Xiao Yiming saw him take off his cotton shoes, quickly pulled over a soft-skinned bench and carefully helped him lift his legs and put them on the soft stool.

"How are you talking to those foreigners?" Zhao Erxun asked in a low voice.

Xiao Yiming picked up the bubbled hot tea: "It's very pleasant... By the way, Master, the Germans gave me twelve pairs of Zeiss six-fold telescopes to my nephew. One of them is made of a special alloy steel shell, and it is inlaid with beautiful patterns with gold wire. My nephew thought you would like it, so he sent it over and placed it on the shelf next to the desk."

Zhao Erxun smiled and said, "The Germans are very generous to you, so I will accept it, so I won't be bored by taking a boat or a long-distance bus in the future."

"In the second half of the year, the German camera ordered by West China Company has arrived. I will give you a lightweight use." Xiao Yiming smiled.

Zhao Erxun shook his head and said with a smile:

"Where can I use that thing? I heard that after taking a photo, what film has to be soaked in two kinds of potions to appear in human form. It's too troublesome and I don't have that time to spare... I heard that the German Consul Fu Diegen likes to take photos everywhere. He is not satisfied with taking photos inside and outside the city. He has also gone to Tibet twice to take pictures in the Tibetan area to take pictures of those lama temples. The German Consul is very leisurely."

Xiao Yiming was happy: "Actually, Mr. Fu Diegen's name is Fritz Weiss. I don't know who gave him a Chinese name. If I hadn't seen the invitation letter he wrote to my nephew, I wouldn't have known his German name."

Zhao Erxun seemed to remember something:

"Name is very important to a person. I don't know who gave you the name that seems elegant, but it is actually not appropriate. "Overflow" is full and self-flowing. It's not good. When your teacher comes back, I'll ask him to help you change it."

The little teapot was immediately annoyed:

"I had wanted to change it for a long time, and I was so angry when I talked about this name. Before I met the teacher, I had been working as a waiter in the teahouse. I had no name. Everyone called me the nickname "Little Teapot"... On the first day of the Lunar New Year that year, my sister and a group of women were slaughtering coolies. I went to Qingyang Palace to burn incense with incense and candles. When I was resting outside the mountain gate, the old master Zhang, who opened a gray factory, arrived. Because my sister wanted to register her nephew, she was anxious and asked the juren in the early years of Guangxu to help her name...

"Mr. Zhang is a regular visitor to the teahouse of my nephew. He made a prank and gave the name "Yi Ming". At that time, my nephew found out that he was smiling strangely. Afterwards, he was so angry that he thought about it. Isn't this name just full of water in the teapot? In the end, it's still a teapot. My sister thanked me very much."

Zhao Erxun couldn't help laughing, laughing so hard that he was old and dissatisfied. He curled up and covered his stomach for a long time. He stopped until his stomach hurts. He wiped away the tears that came out of laughter and asked, "You didn't make things difficult for him, are you?"

"No, I really held a grudge at the beginning. I was thinking about cleaning him up one day. Later, I slowly thought about it. Later, I had a lot of contact with him because I started building a house to build a road. Although this Juren Zhang likes to make fun of others, he is very good. Over the past year, he has donated a large middle school in Longtan Town, Dongjiao, to repair and expand the original primary school. He never forgets his own widows during festivals and has done a lot of work to build bridges and pave roads, and has a very good reputation...

"Now, the scale of his Longtan Ash Factory has tripled, and the monthly output of ash has reached 50,000 barrels, making it the largest ash factory in Sichuan. His sons are down-to-earth and very committed. At the beginning of the year, he just sent two grandsons and two poor boys from Longtan Town to study industry in the UK, and he still has a vision." Xiao Yiming answered in detail.

Zhao Erxun nodded slightly: "The person is good, but it is worth dating!"

Xiao Yiming took advantage of the situation to change the topic:

"Master, after the Germans came to the yamen to visit the yamen the day after tomorrow, they would go to Dayi and Ya'an for a few days to conduct field investigations. There was also a group of people doing geological exploration. I guess they went a little further. My nephew was worried about their personal safety along the way, so I wanted to borrow a team of soldiers from General Zhong to escort him. But now General Zhong is busy expanding the 17th town, so I don't have to beg the old constables and guards of the county governments along the way, and I'm worried!"

Zhao Erxun asked in confusion: "Huh? Remember that there is a small team of guards in your training office?"

"It was originally there. Last year, the barracks were temporarily taken away and they had never returned it. General Manager Zhu asked once before the transfer, but the barracks said that our training department had nothing to do in the Governor's Office all day and did not need guards, so it was gone until now. The military status of the two guards of my nephews is still in General Zhong's guard." Xiao Yiming replied.

Zhao Erxun nodded:

"So that's the case. The chief officer of the barracks office was my guard. He has been with me for almost thirty years. It seems that I remember that he told me about this. No wonder you dare not ask him for someone. It's better to do this. I will give you an official document tomorrow and first allocate 20,000 yuan in start-up fees. You can ask that boy Zhong Ying to transfer a team of elite soldiers and generals to serve. The future military pay will be paid from the Governor's Office, guns, horses, clothes, etc. directly to the arsenal. Is it enough for a hundred and eighty people?"

Xiao Yiming was very happy: "Enough, just eighty people are enough, thank you, uncle!"

Zhao Erxun smiled: "As soon as you stick your butt out, I will know what you are going to do, haha!"

Xiao Yiming smiled:

"My uncle, the new army is about to expand, and the two assistants and four bids are still only putting on airs, and there are no people everywhere. If the master allows, my nephew wants to transfer an officer from Ya'an Bailout Battalion who graduated last year as the captain, and to recruit some good players from the familiar Hongmen brothers in Ya'an, Dayi and Chengdu. In this way, people familiar with the terrain can escort the Germans to various places, which is more secure."

Zhao Erxun thought for a while, nodded and asked, "Okay, you can do it yourself... I said, when did you become a member of the 'Yi' generation in Hongmen, Sichuan?"

Xiao Yiming was quite frightened and told him how he met Wang Yutang, a senior of Hongmen in Ya'an because of the kerosene business, how he became sworn brothers with Wang Yutang's third son Wang Qian, how he supported the miserable group of people in Hongmen South Hall in Chengdu to live a better life, etc. without any concealment.

Zhao Erxun nodded and sighed:

"This is the world. At that time, you were alone, without power, and powerless, and have no support. It is common sense to make friends with the Jianghu Association to protect yourself. Besides, in recent years, the party ban has been relaxed. From the court to the local government, they have turned a blind eye. As long as they do not harm the court and local government, no one wants to cause trouble. So you don't need to be afraid. Didn't you see Sun Dapao who shouted republic all over the world? He won't still join the Hongmen? The same is true for the Hunan barbarian Huang Keqiang. They dare to worship any sect to achieve their goal...

"These people talk about the welfare and interests of the people all day long, bewitching people's hearts everywhere, and cheating everywhere, but they didn't see them doing anything earth-shaking! In contrast, you, Xiao Yiming, are working diligently for the country and the people, and are renovating old cities, managing polluted rivers, and taking out your own money to educate and enlighten the people's wisdom. Which one is not a great thing that benefits the country and the people? I see, the broken things done by Sun Dapao are not even comparable to your toes."

Xiao Yiming was shocked:

"My master, Sun Wen and Huang Keqiang are still very ambitious, but the approach they are currently taking is too extreme and lacks overall consideration. In addition, the country is weak, the administration is corrupt, like a sheep outside and a wolf inside. From top to bottom, they only know how to charge and tax levies but not construction. Therefore, the people in the coastal provinces are now full of grievances. If the rulers do not change their course, they may soon suffer a major disaster."

Zhao Erxun sighed helplessly. Through last year's arrest, he fully understood how sharp the current social conflicts are. Located in the inland area, Sichuan, which has always been stable, has become like this, let alone coastal provinces that have been heavily exploited by the imperial court and yamen at all levels.

A year ago, he would have scolded Xiao Yiming severely when he said this, but now he doesn't know that what Xiao Yiming said is the truth, and the specific situation is even ten times more serious than what Xiao Yiming said.

Thinking of this, Zhao Erxun couldn't help but think of the arrest at the end of last year again. It was really timely and decisive. Otherwise, it would be hard to imagine whether he could lie on the rocking chair and talk leisurely. It was Xiao Yiming who prompted him to make up his mind. If he did not have the young hero beside him with a sharp eyes and a wise and courageous look around him, he would not know whether he could handle it.

In addition, the beloved juniors around me made consecutive moves, which not only restored their reputation and stabilized their people's sentiments, but also cleverly guided public opinion, calmed down public grievances, and built and benefited the people according to local conditions, which greatly diverted the public's attention and made the current Governor's Office enjoy a good reputation.

Zhao Erxun believes that with a series of effective experiences in Chengdu quietly launched in important areas such as Chongqing, Sichuan's stability will be maintained for a long time. Not to mention the scene of benefiting one's own achievements for thousands of years, just maintaining a lifetime reputation is enough to make Zhao Erxun deeply satisfied. What's more, the people's evaluation of him and yamen at all levels is getting better and better, and the whole province is becoming more and more stable, and there are signs of recovery of all industries everywhere. Looking around, what else is more proud of than this?

It was late at night, Xiao Yiming said for a while and said goodbye and left. When he returned home, he immediately took Wu San to find Ma Gang, who was still practicing calligraphy, and carefully explained the establishment of the Supervisory and Training Guard.

The two brothers were overjoyed and immediately considered the personnel for Xiao Yiming. The list of hundreds of people in the Hongmen family in Chengdu, who were innocent, simple and hardworking, young, strong and skilled in martial arts was quickly listed. The three brothers called Xiao Fei, who was familiar with the situation, and finally selected thirty people from them, becoming the first armed force controlled by Xiao Yiming himself.

Afterwards, Xiao Yiming wrote a letter to Mr. Wang in Ya'an overnight and his senior brother Wei Yi who was assigned to the Ya'an baggage camp of the border army. He asked the old man and Mr. Wei Yi to draw fifty brothers with good shooting skills and good kung abilities from his fellow brothers to join the guards, and there were ten candidates left. Xiao Yiming will go to Dayi in person tomorrow and ask the magistrate of Dayi County and the partners of the business field to assist in his selection.

Ma Gang felt itchy and wanted to be the team officer, but he could understand Xiao Yiming's far-reaching intention of putting himself in the police force. He knew very well that his brothers' growing industries could not be protected by the government's law enforcement forces, so he endured it and never mentioned it.

In addition, Ma Gan admired Xiao Yiming's choice of Wei Yiming very much.

He didn't speak much, and the calm and capable Yi Yi was indeed fierce. Not only was his marksmanship accurate, but he was also very skilled in martial arts. What was rare was the seven flying knives hidden around his waist. He made his moves like lightning and had a full force. He shot his big fingers within ten steps. His disadvantage was that he didn't like to study and his overall situation was slightly inferior to other brothers. However, this person was the best choice for the guard captain or commando captain, not to mention that he was a fellow disciple of Xiao Yiming. He has always admired Xiao Yiming, the junior brother, and obeyed his advice.
Chapter completed!