"Design to the army?" Wang Hengyue was thinking about Yu Lei. Hearing this, he said smoothly: "Since he is here to join the army, as long as the conditions are met, just recruit him. Why bother to report."
"Sir..." the reporter hesitated for a moment: "Judging from his accent, this man is definitely not a local, nor is he from Sichuan. And... and he looks like a revolutionary party."
Can the revolutionary party also see it? Wang Hengyue was curious. After thinking deeply, he asked his men to bring the person.
This man looked about twenty years old, with ragged clothes, pale complexion, and obvious malnutrition. The most amazing thing was that not only had his braids been cut off, but his head was shaved, but the top of his head was greasy and had not been washed for an unknown amount of time.
Take a bath.
Where did I find such a person? Does a shaved head mean that he is a revolutionary party? Wang Hengyue was unhappy, but he still asked patiently: "What's your surname? Why did you join the army?"
"Sir, my name is Ma Xiao. I am the third in the family. I am also called Ma San. I am from Yinchuan."
A person from Yinchuan? From Gansu? What are you doing here in Sichuan? Wang Hengyue was startled.
Ma Xiao took a breath and said in a low voice: "It was Qin Guangcheng, the shopkeeper of Qin, who asked me to come to see you. He said that you are a revolutionary party who has returned from the West, and he told me to join the army under your command."
Qin Guangcheng asked him to come? Could it be that the man in front of him was really a revolutionary party, and Qin Guangcheng arranged for him to live with him? But it was strange that since Qin Guangcheng introduced him, he didn't even give him a change of clothes, and just let him wear such shabby clothes.
Come looking for yourself in tatters?
Then he realized that Qin Guangcheng did this deliberately so that he could know the hardships of this man named Ma Xiao along the way.
It was meal time, and all the soldiers in the army were eating. Wang Hengyue asked Ma Xiao to go into the house with him and have the food brought in.
Ma Xiao was very polite and was not in a hurry to eat: "Sir, the government is hunting me down. If you are unwilling to take me in, Ma Xiao will leave immediately and will not cause you any trouble."
"Don't worry, please tell me what's going on first." Wang Hengyue also became interested.
Ma Xiao sighed softly: "My family also opened several shops in Yinchuan, and our life was quite prosperous. Later, I had a grudge with Shengyun, the admiral of Shaanxi and Gansu. At that time, I was graduating from the Army Primary School and was admitted to the Beiyang Army Express.
At the Military Academy, I was often punished by my superiors because I said a few words of sympathy for the rebellious party. Later, these words reached Shengyun's ears. Shengyun seized the reason and arrested my whole family. We ransacked our homes and exterminated our clan. Shengyun and I have no common ground.
Dai Tian!”
From the Beiyang Army Arms Academy? Wang Hengyue's ears suddenly stood up. The man in front of him actually came out of the Arms Academy?
"Sir, I have pity on my family of seventeen. I have never even seen what a revolutionary party is like. They all died in vain!" Ma Xiao was furious: "Sheng Yun also sent an official document to Baoding, wanting to arrest me and eradicate the roots. Fortunately, my boss got me there.
I sympathized and let me live. But in this big world, where is my safe place? I originally wanted to vote for the Revolutionary Party, but I didn’t know where the Revolutionary Party was. I remembered that my father had always been on good terms with Qin Guangcheng, a native of Chengdu, and
He had many business contacts, so he fled all the way to Chengdu..."
Wang Hengyue nodded slightly. This man had a pitiful background and probably had a sworn feud with the Manchu and Qing court. In addition, he himself came from the Military Academy and had Qin Guangcheng's recommendation. He couldn't go wrong: "Ma Xiao
, when you come to my place, you don’t have to worry about anything. Others don’t dare to take you in, but I dare to take you in!”
Ma Xiao was overjoyed and stood up with a long bow: "Thank you so much for saving my life!"
"It's a pity that I'm just a small team officer. I'm afraid I'll wrong you." Wang Hengyue thought for a while: "In this way, you can stay with me as a staff officer first."
"Staff?" Ma Xiao was startled. There was actually a staff in the same team? But now that he had a place to stay, he felt happy and thanked Wang Hengyue again for his help.
"King, king, I'm back!"
Suddenly Peter's voice came from outside the house.
Is it a double happiness today? Peter brought that relative? Wang Hengyue was overjoyed: "Pete, get out of here!"
Pete rushed in excitedly, followed by a well-dressed foreigner. As soon as he came in, Pete shouted: "Sir Wang, you miss me so much. It's really been three days since we've been apart. You should open your eyes and see each other!"
"What a mess." Wang Hengyue scolded with a smile.
Ma Xiao didn't expect that Captain Wang would actually have a foreigner, so he heard Pete say excitedly: "This is Captain Wang, Captain Wang, whom I told you."
The foreigner behind him bowed politely: "Hello, Mr. Wang, I am Clayman, the person in charge of the Chengdu office of Fan Lixi Company."
This man spoke much better Chinese than Peter. Peter said ostentatiously: "He is my uncle's partner. I specially invited him here from Chengdu."
"Please sit down." Wang Hengyue asked them to sit down and served tea.
"I heard that Mr. Wang wants to buy arms. I am very interested." Kleiman said straight to the point without any polite words: "Our company has nothing you can't think of and we can't sell it. Mr. Wang chose to work with us
When the company does business, that is the wisest choice."
Damn it, I want an atomic bomb, can you sell it to me? Wang Hengyue cursed in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Clayman wink at Peter, who quickly brought two boxes: "Mr. Wang
, this is a meeting gift from Kleinman to you."
As soon as he opened it, two revolvers appeared in front of Wang Hengyue.
"Colt!" Wang Hengyue blurted out as soon as he saw the Colt pony logo on the side of the gun handle.
"I heard from Peter that Mr. Wang also came back from our country of America. It is indeed the case." Kleiman was not surprised at all that Wang Hengyue recognized the gun at a glance: "U.S. Army equipment, Colt Army single-action revolver
An improved pistol artillery type, with a shorter barrel, excellent shooting, simple structure, strong and durable. In order to show our sincerity in doing this business, we specially gave it to you for your use, and it also comes with matching bullets."
"Thank you very much." Wang Hengyue was not polite and accepted it.
Going to war with two Colt revolvers? Have you really become a Western cowboy? American cowboys like to use Colt revolvers the most.
But when it comes to liking them, my two Black Stars are the best. Unfortunately, I only have two bullets. Sooner or later, I have to solve the problem of Black Star bullets.
Thinking of pistols, the shadow of the classic Mauser pistol popped into Wang Hengyue's mind.
Now that the gift was given, Clayman said bluntly: "Sir Wang, we can start talking about business!"