A piece of news began to spread quietly in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas.
Guangxi Bank is already empty, with no reserves at all, and the banknotes they issue are simply waste paper!
This has a huge psychological impact on people. The banknotes issued by Guangxi Bank are waste paper? As the news spread more and more widely, the credibility of Guangxi Bank suffered a heavy blow.
Once a bankruptcies occurs, the banknotes issued by this bank will be worse than waste paper.
Not only that, there was even more terrifying news: Lu Rongting owed a lot of debt, borrowed heavily, and even invested all the military pay that was supposed to be issued in the Hong Kong stock market, and the result was a complete failure!
Military pay is the foundation of the army. The Guangxi Clan has been in arrears with pay for several months. The soldiers have made several disputes about pay, but the superiors have either severely suppressed them or offered them temporary solutions with good words. The only thing that supports the Guangxi Clan soldiers is the agreement from the superiors.
Double pay will be issued soon!
If you can really get double pay, then there's no harm in being patient for the time being.
But at this time, the news came out that Lu Rongting lost all his military salary in the stock market! Not only the soldiers, but also the middle and lower-level officers could not bear it any longer.
Guangxi elite model camp.
Originally, this unit was supposed to go to Hunan to fight the Beiyang Army under the leadership of battalion commander Ma Xiaojun, but it was also delayed due to military pay issues.
The soldiers were making trouble there every day, and the situation was already very serious.
Now not only military pay, but also the most basic supplies can no longer be guaranteed.
Every time I asked the superiors, they always found various excuses, once or twice. At first, Ma Xiaojun could try his best to appease the soldiers, but as the number of times increased, the soldiers' dissatisfaction became more and more serious!
Now, even normal meals are no longer guaranteed!
Suddenly there was a noise outside, followed by countless curses. Ma Xiaojun frowned and walked out to see that almost all the soldiers in his battalion were there, talking noisily.
"What's going on?" Ma Xiaojun asked loudly.
The battalion commander was still very prestigious in the hearts of the soldiers. Seeing the battalion commander coming out, the soldiers temporarily stopped making noise, and a soldier said loudly: "Battal Commander, how can we fight when we are starving to death and eat every day?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, there was another crowd: "Yes, battalion commander, I'm so hungry. If this continues, my brothers won't even have the strength to walk!"
"Battal Commander, when will the wages be paid? The whole family is waiting. We can't let my wife and children starve to death!"
"Quiet, please be quiet!" Ma Xiaojun scolded the officers and soldiers sternly and glanced at him: "Bai Chongxi, get out of the queue!"
"Here we come!" Lieutenant Company Commander Bai Chongxi responded loudly and stood up.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Bai Chongxi glanced at the brothers and didn't care about anything: "Battal Commander, you can't blame the brothers. How long have you not been paid? Today is always postponed to tomorrow, and tomorrow is postponed to the day after tomorrow.
Yes, the brothers' families are all counting on these money for their lives! If the brothers go to fight and fight hard, this is what we eat. We don't blame anyone. But on the battlefield, bullets have no eyes and no one will die.
It is your duty as a soldier to die on the battlefield, but you have to give them military pay, right? If your brothers die, what will happen to the whole family?"
Ma Xiaojun was speechless.
Bai Chongxi is telling the truth. Everyone is eating this bowl of rice with blood money. Now that even this blood money cannot be given, who can be convinced and who has no resentment?
"Brothers, I really have no choice." Ma Xiaojun sighed: "I have called the regiment commander several times, the regiment commander has also contacted the brigade commander, and the division commander several times, but the superiors always say that the owed wages must be paid.
Yes, and it must be double pay. It’s the same every time. What do you want me to do?”
"The battalion commander spoke for the brothers, and the brothers all took it to heart!"
Bai Chongxi raised his voice: "Brothers are not unreasonable, but your superiors have to give us some time, right? You can't just wait and see us like monkeys, right?"
As he said that, he looked back and then turned his head: "Shi Xiaosan, my squad leader, the child at home is sick. I have been informed several times by people asking him to get the money to go back and see a doctor quickly, otherwise the child will be afraid that he will not be born again."
His life is at risk. But where does Shi Xiaosan have money? The brothers want to help him raise it, but their pockets are also empty. Battalion Commander, what do you think we should do?"
When Shi Xiaosan talked about his sadness, he squatted on the ground, covered his face and started crying.
Ma Xiaojun pursed his lips, took off the pocket watch from his pocket, and stuffed it into Bai Chongxi's hand: "Jiansheng, take it and sell it, and give his child medical treatment first.
Bai Chongxi's hand holding the watch trembled slightly: "Batalion Commander, you are a good person, but you can help Shi Xiaosan. What about the other brothers? Who doesn't have a difficult scripture to recite? Who is not waiting for these few blood
Money to live on?”
Ma Xiaojun's face was full of helplessness.
I also want to help every brother in need, but what can I do?
"Also, the battalion commander." Bai Chongxi was also killed and went out! "We only have one meal a day, look what we eat? 1 There is nothing to do! Brothers, let alone fighting, even guns
We can't resist anymore! We are a model camp, and even if it is like this, other places may be even worse than us! Battalion Commander, you have to think of a way!" Ma Xiaojun was silent for a long time: "Brothers, wait three more
God, three days! If the higher ups don’t find a way to solve it, I won’t be the battalion commander anymore and I will go home to farm and take care of my children!”
Although the soldiers were temporarily stabilized, what should they do in the future? Ma Xiaojun didn't know. But Ma Xiaojun knew very well that when such a situation happens again, there would be nothing he could do.
He called Bai Chongxi in.
Although this man is young, he has won the trust of Ma Xiaojun. He is not only smart and strategic, but also has an amazing memory. He can accurately report the name, age and hometown of each of the hundreds of people in the camp.
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But faced with such a dilemma, Bai Chongxi seemed to have no better solution.
"Batalion Commander, someone is looking for you outside."
Just when he was helpless, a report came in.
"No, no time." Ma Xiaojun, who was upset, said impatiently.
"Battal Commander, that man said he was a fellow countryman of yours, named Zhu Zhengtao.
"Zhu Zhengtao? Zhu Wenshan?" Ma Xiaojun was startled: "Please come quickly!"
"Batalion Commander, who is this person?" Bai Chongxi was a little curious.
Ma Xiaojun sighed with emotion: "This man is from my hometown. When my family was poor, he helped me from time to time. If he hadn't sent me to school, I would still be farming in my hometown." Just as he was talking, Zhu Zhengtao walked in:
"Captain Ma, it's been a long time." "Brother Wenshan!" Ma Xiaojun stood up: "I miss you so much. 1 After I joined the army, I went to see you several times, but I heard that you went to study abroad. I always think of you,
It's all infinitely sad!" Inviting him to sit down, Zhu Zhengtao said with a smile: "When I was about to graduate, I was bored at home, so I went to Japan, then to the UK and the United States to look around.
Not long after I came back, I heard that you had become the battalion commander, so I came here to see you. Who is this?"
"This is my company commander Bai Chongxi and Bai Jiansheng." Ma Xiaojun introduced: "Brother Wenshan traveled overseas and saw too many things, but I must tell him about it." Zhu Zhengtao smiled: "We will talk about this later.
Let's have a good chat. Brother, I really have something to ask for when I come here this time." "Brother Wenshan may ask, but if I can do it, I will do it for Brother Wenshan no matter what." "Actually, it's not a big deal.
Zhu Zhengtao said calmly: "I came back from overseas this time and I have almost used up my money. You know that I have property in Shanghai, so I am planning to go to Shanghai again, but my pocket is empty, so I came here to ask my dear brother to borrow some money."
"Ma Xiaojun was stunned for a moment.
Brother Wenshan actually wants to borrow money from himself!
Zhu Zhengtao thought to himself and said: "It's not much, just a hundred ocean dollars. Even more than that, your brother can't afford it. With your military salary, you can support your family. At most, you have some savings. Don't worry, I'll give it to you as soon as I arrive in Shanghai."
I'll send you the money."
Ma Xiaojun was very embarrassed.
Where do I have money? I haven't received military pay for several months, and now my family is living on the meager savings. I'm afraid that if I wait another month or two, my family will have no money.
Zhu Zhengtao has done a lot to help his family. In the past, when he was in school, what food, clothes, and things he used were not provided by him? Now he asked himself, no matter what, he had to agree.
But there is really no money!
Seeing Ma Xiaojun's silent expression, Zhu Zhengtao became a little unhappy: "Could it be that Brother Xian can't trust me and is afraid that I will default on my debt?" "No, no." Ma Xiaojun said quickly: "You have money, you have money, please Wenshan
Brother, please stay with me for two days, and I will send it to you in the next day at most." Zhu Zhengtao said, "Brother, I really can't wait. I will get the money today and rush to Shanghai immediately."
Ma Xiaojun was speechless for a long time. Where could he go to get the ocean?
Looking at his appearance, Zhu Zhengtao snorted coldly: "It turns out that Camp Commander Ma has become an official and no longer recognizes my friend. Commander Ma, I won't embarrass you. Just pretend that I have never been here before and take my leave!"
Saying that, he stood up angrily and was about to leave.
Ma Xiaojun grabbed him: "Brother Wenshan, calm down, calm down. It's not that I won't help you. In fact, I am really in trouble. It's really hard to explain..." Bai Chongxi on the side had been silent, and then suddenly stood up.
Lai said: "I'm afraid Mr. Zhu didn't come here for Dayang, right? I see that Mr. Zhu's attire is only a hundred dollars, how can it stump Mr. Zhu?"
Zhu Zhengtao glanced at the young officer, and suddenly said with a "haha" smile: "Don't worry, dear brother, I was just joking with you. As soon as I came here, I knew that you were short of money, let alone a hundred oceans, just
I’m afraid you won’t even be able to get ten yuan out of it now”!