Guo Wenyuan nodded deeply and said: "Exactly, Beizhi visited Gao Jianyang twice before going to Changli County, and also went there on the sixth day of the lunar new year. [New] (]"
Yuan Su pondered briefly and said meaningfully: "It seems that the training of military personnel and external recruitment work need to be stepped up."
That night, Yuan Su specially called Chen Wennian and He Qigong to discuss with them the personnel issues of the First Mixed Brigade.
After the military and political conference, Chen Wennian's main job was to complete the brigade designation and logistics command. However, he occasionally worked with He Qigong on the work of the battalion school. As the chief of general staff of the brigade,
, he naturally wants to know the situation of the entire brigade very well. Even if Yuan Su did not mention this matter, he still knows the problem.
Although He Qigong has been running the Suiying School, generally speaking, the Suiying School focuses on improving the culture of officers. As for managing the army, even He Qigong lacks experience, let alone teaching others.
The three of them discussed for a while, and Chen Wennian suddenly remembered that Yuan Su was from the Army Preparatory College, and had just obtained the special qualification to graduate not long ago, so he immediately suggested that Yuan Su could invite some classmates from the Army Preparatory College to serve in the First Mixed Brigade.
.It happens that this period coincides with the graduation of the second class of the Army Preparatory College. I believe that many top students are looking for opportunities for their future.
As the nephew of President Yuan Suda, he had exceptional conditions for graduation from the Army Preparatory College, and his experience of being promoted to the rank of Army Guard Officer in just six months, these are enough to show his bright future.
It is not that Yuan Su has not considered this. What Chen Wennian said was only the good side, but he considered the bad side.
One is that the political stance of the second batch of students at the Army Preparatory College is mixed. Some are aspirants to revolutionaries, some are sticklers, and some are children of factions within the Beiyang Army. You need to be extra careful when recruiting from outside. [ ] The second is precisely because he is prepared.
With a background in a university, and now being a high-ranking military envoy, former classmates may not be willing to surrender.
However, considering the urgency of the problem, he had to reconsider this point. He had been struggling with the Mainland University diploma at the beginning, simply because he hoped to obtain such a systematic background. Among so many students, he would definitely be able to find one or two like-minded people.
At the end of the discussion, Yuan Su asked Chen Wennian and He Qigong to keep an eye on qualified talents in the army who were worthy of promotion, and he would try to contact them through letters at the Army Preparatory College.
Thinking of his classmates in the Army Preparatory College, Yuan Su couldn't help but think of Lin Boxen. If this unwavering and passionate young man could understand the truth, he would be a good helper. In any case, this friendship and relationship will always be there in times of adversity.
It needed to be maintained. So he wrote a few letters the next morning and sent them to Baoding, Beijing and Shanghai respectively. The one sent to Shanghai was naturally addressed to Lin Boxen. The content was just to reminisce about the past and keep in touch with each other.
In mid-May, the foreign-funded mine, which had been under construction for a month and a half, finally started construction, and the final mine site was located at the foot of Xituozi Mountain in the southwest suburbs of Luan County. The equipment and materials that had been shipped earlier were gradually transferred to the mine in the past few days.
Luan County.
Yuan Su heard that Poincaré had returned to Tianjin at the beginning of the month, and that the person who stayed in Luanzhou to supervise the mining work was another French engineer named Bell. This engineer was a serious mining worker, not like
Intermediaries like Poincare also take care of other activities. Of course, since Bell is a serious mining worker, his responsibility is limited to establishing mines.
As the geological consultant for this mining operation, Dr. Smith, and his so-called student Reynoldson, have been tirelessly leading the archaeological team around. It is rumored that in the past few months, Dr. Smith has actually excavated some thousands of years old
There are ancient ruins in the past, but no one has really seen a shadow.
Yuan Su originally planned to find a time to discuss with Poincaré the batch of arms donated by Credit Agricole Bank. Now that he has a stable footing and is an army protector with great power, it is reasonable and reasonable to replenish arms for his army. Naturally, he hopes to make the three agreements agreed upon.
The deadline in a few months has been brought forward. For him, not only are the reserves in various places in need of arms, but the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment are also waiting for new guns to be equipped. The five hundred guns agreed before are probably not enough, and he has to add more
Purchase another batch.
Unfortunately, since Poincare had returned to Tianjin, he had no choice but to shelve the matter for the time being and wait for another telegram to be sent to urge him in the future.
However, just a few days later, Wang Liotong suddenly came to the brigade headquarters compound to meet with Yuan Su and informed Dr. Smith's student Reynoldson that he hoped to meet with Yuan Hujun in the near future to discuss the details of further cooperation.
Yuan Su was very suspicious of Reynoldson's identity from the beginning, and he still doesn't know his background to this day. Not long after Poincaré left Luanzhou, Reynoldson wanted to meet with him at this time, and the reason was to "discuss further cooperation"
", which makes people a little bit unbelievable.
He didn't know whether the so-called "further cooperation" referred to Dr. Smith's archeology, or whether Reynoldson himself had other intentions. In any case, this was an opportunity to get to know Reynoldson, and it was never a bad thing to talk to him.
, after all, the leadership is in your own hands.
Therefore, he agreed to meet with Reynoldson tomorrow afternoon, at the Brigade Headquarters compound.
After receiving Yuan Su's consent, Wang Litong was not as happy as before. On the contrary, there was some doubt on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he said to Yuan Su in a serious voice: "Although the lower official should not interfere too much in Master Yuan's decision,
But I have to say a few words about this matter."
Yuan Su looked slightly confused and asked calmly: "Master Wang, if you have something to say, you may as well say it directly. You and I are not outsiders, so there is no need to be so formal. As an elder, I will take all opinions you put forward seriously."
Wang Litong smiled gratefully and said: "Thank you Mr. Yuan for your kindness. Speaking of which, Mr. Yuan has been busy with military affairs during this period and has hardly been able to take into account the actions of foreigners in Luanzhou. On the contrary, the lower officials often talk to them
Over time, I found that there was something wrong with the relationship between Dr. Smith and Mr. Reynoldson. Many times, Mr. Reynoldson didn't act like a student at all, but rather pointed fingers at Dr. Smith."
Yuan Su's expression gradually became serious. He had already guessed that Reynoldson was definitely not a student of Dr. Smith, and for a scholar like Smith to travel across the ocean to carry out an archaeological project in a foreign country, he would definitely need funding from a powerful force.
He can completely rule out the possibility of Credit Agricole sponsoring Dr. Smith, because Poincaré has repeatedly emphasized that Credit Agricole is just an intermediary, which means that the real sponsor of Dr. Smith should be the force behind Reynoldson.
And this can also explain why Reynoldson can point fingers at Dr. Smith.