Chapter 5: Oath of Brotherhood in the Peach Garden

  The soldiers acted quickly, and that afternoon the Military Affairs Department sent over two small steel cannons. Although these small steel cannons were not as majestic as British rapid-fire cannons, their firepower was also quite large.

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  Although I was a military enthusiast in my previous life, that was mainly about war history. As for these weapons, the interest wasn't as strong.

  Since I accepted the task of Commander Yin Da, everything has to start from scratch. It's as if I've gone back in time to when I was studying, where every day is either classes or military training, and researching these two steel cannons.

  It was delightful that after visiting Lieutenant John with Wang Mingzhang, Li Jiayu and others, due to learning a few English sentences in the previous life and having some understanding of Western civilization, they had a pleasant conversation.

  Cadet Karu John, who would have thought that in the distant East, this Far Eastern student could communicate with him in broken English, and surprisingly, there was a military academy student who knew something about Anglo history. In this case, he also wanted to learn more about China, thus beginning his interactions with Yang Xing and others.

  After two or three times, Yang Xing learned that Lieutenant John was originally a British royal lieutenant, now retired and belonged to the type of seeking fortune in the Far East.

  For firearms, although much stronger than humans, it is also difficult to disassemble at will, let alone cannons.

  It's a bit disappointing to hear this, but Lieutenant John is after all the window to understanding Western military modernization and the first foreigner he has come into contact with. As long as he can get Lieutenant John on his side, he will be able to gradually integrate himself into the English community in Sichuan.

  Thinking of this, he secretly hid his dissatisfaction and sincerely interacted with the British man.

  Apart from this, there is another advantage of being a warm bed, due to Lieutenant John's relationship, Yang Xing gradually integrated into the group of foreign instructors.

  Although many are like John, a retired soldier, battlefield experience and reasoning methods are still astonishing.

  Moreover, after having in-depth contact with these foreigners, you can read those Western European newspapers.

  With the help of this group of British guys, it took a day to finally figure out the structure and working principle of the Little Steel Cannon. After another week, they finally found the reason, which was that due to excessive wear and tear, some parts were overheating, causing damage to the Little Steel Cannon, making it unusable.

  After two days of re-installation, three rounds were fired in a row, and each round hit the target within one kilometer, which greatly surprised Yin Changheng, the Grand Commander-in-Chief, and Hu Jingyi, the Minister of War, who were watching from the side.

  Unexpectedly, in our own military academy, there is such a figure who can repair the small steel cannon that was sentenced to death by some artillerymen and cannot be used. After repairing it, it can actually fire and hit its target, it's like finding treasure.

  Moreover, Yang Xing was a student of the Sichuan Army Primary School, and Yin Changheng had served as the principal of the school. In that case, Yang Xing is undoubtedly a true disciple of Yin Changheng's faction. Seeing his own students make progress, wouldn't the teacher feel delighted?

  What's more important is that the Republic has just been established, and the world is in chaos. There are especially few officers who understand military technology. Yang Xing was immediately rewarded with 100 yuan, promoted to lieutenant, and acted as company commander to reorganize an artillery company.

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  It is worth noting that in the early days of the Republic, students from military schools were scarce. Those like Yang Xing who graduated from military school originally had a low salary as a junior officer. Promoting Yang Xing to lieutenant is also reasonable.

  In the early years of the Republic of China, China implemented a silver standard, with one yuan (yuan) containing 26.86 grams of silver, equivalent to five mace of silver.

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  The brothers looked at Yang Xing and found that he had such good luck. He was transferred to the Army Officer School for only a few months, but was promoted to lieutenant and acted as the artillery company commander. They immediately asked him to treat them to a meal, and he had no choice but to take out the original plan's investment capital to entertain everyone.

  Immediately use the silver coins rewarded by General Yin Da to have a hearty meal outside. ?? First release Ai Ke 5

  That day, Yang Xing came to a hotel next to the garrison, found a relatively good local hotel called Taibai Building, and prepared to go to Da Ya Festival with his classmates.

  The waiter looked up to see a dozen or so soldiers in uniform rushing inside, and was shocked. It's worth noting that General Yin had just taken control of Sichuan, and since the general himself came from a gangster background, law and order in Chengdu were somewhat chaotic, with some soldiers often taking advantage of their position to eat and drink for free.

  He immediately pouted and secretly thought to himself: Damn it, today I'll be taken advantage of by these soldiers again. Although he didn't say anything out loud, in his heart he was extremely afraid that the dozen or so soldiers would cause trouble, so he immediately led them all upstairs to seats by the window on the second floor.

  Everyone sat down, and Yang Xing said to Wang Mingzhang, Li Jiayu and others: Brothers, let's be open-minded, everyone knows that I made a fortune today, but don't be frugal for my sake.

  Wang Mingzhang laughed and said: Zheng Dong, I certainly won't save money for you. The food at the military school has been too bad these past two days, not a single meal with meat in sight, my stomach's been growling nonstop. Now that you've come into some money, why would I save it for you?

  Everyone burst out laughing at once. Although General Yin attaches great importance to military schools, since the Republic of China was newly established, many things were not going smoothly. Some local finances had not been collected, resulting in tight expenses in various places.

  This situation also affected the Sichuan Army Officer School, affecting the students' meals.

  The waiter's face looked quite ugly at the sight of so many dishes. Although he had heard that a soldier had made a fortune, and although he was mentally prepared for this group of soldiers to eat and drink for free, when he roughly calculated the bill, he found that these kids had ordered dishes worth over ten thousand dollars.

  To think that my monthly salary is not even over ten thousand, and yet I've been taken advantage of by these soldiers who have been eating and drinking for free. It's likely that my entire month's salary will be deducted by the boss.

  His face turned increasingly ugly, and he muttered: Gentlemen soldiers, our small shop has an unwritten rule, that is to pay first, and then serve the dishes after payment.

  Wang Mingzhang suddenly became angry, grabbed the front of Xiao Er's shirt and said: "Damn it, pay first before serving dishes, what do you take me for? In Chengdu, that store requires payment first before serving dishes."

  The shopkeeper, upon hearing this, was even more certain that these people didn't have any money and loudly replied: "Sir, you've probably misunderstood. Our store's rules are clear: no tabs. For anything over 5 yuan, we require payment upfront. If the total comes out to be over 10 yuan, you gentlemen will still need to pay in full before I can serve you."

  Wang Mingzhang was about to say something, but Li Jiayu interrupted him: "Zizhong, this little waiter is blind and thinks we're freeloaders, that's why..."

  Xiao Er immediately pleaded: Gentlemen, you can tell at a glance that the young hero is an officer in the army. How could he not have money? However, gentlemen, you are wronging me. Our shop has this rule: for any amount over 5 yuan, we must be paid in cash first.

  Yang Xing burst out laughing, took out the money bag and spread it on the table, saying: "Blind your dog's eyes, how much money is enough for you to eat?"

  The child looked and found that there were over a hundred dollars. He immediately apologized repeatedly, carefully counted the money with his hands shaking, and then walked away.

  Seeing a fellow brother being bullied by the shopkeeper, Wang Mingzhang kept scolding and Li Jiayu persuaded him: "Zizhong, forget it, a gentleman doesn't bother with petty people, it's not worth arguing with these kinds of people. The saying 'good men don't become soldiers' is a remnant of feudalism that has been passed down for thousands of years, and it can't be eliminated just by talking about revolution."

  Wang Mingchang pouted, still indignant: What kind of world is this? During the revolution, if it weren't for us revolutionary soldiers fighting bravely at the forefront, when Zhao Erfeng rebelled, if we hadn't led the way in following the Grand Governor to quell the rebellion, could Chengdu have been recovered? Could Sichuan have been recovered? Now look, we revolutionary soldiers are actually being looked down upon by these young whippersnappers.

  Yang Xing nodded and said: "Zi Zhong, this kind of thing needs to be changed slowly. Today, don't let Xiao Er affect the mood of several brothers. Have fun and let these few foolish wolves take a good look at us."

  Everyone listened and slowly shifted the topic of conversation, gradually talking about something else.

  After having enough wine and food, the brothers still felt unsatisfied, especially Wang Mingzhang and Li Jiayu, who came from poor families just like Yang Xing. Since their days at Lujun Elementary School, they had been inseparable, but now they were about to part ways in such a manner.

  Seeing the two fellow villagers with moist eyes, Yang Xing also had the intention of pulling them in. In the history books of the previous life, whether it was the Communist Party or ***, they all praised these two brothers as brave and unyielding warriors who refused to surrender to the Japanese and died tragically on the battlefield against Japan.

  Since we have met by chance and become sworn brothers, how can we give up on each other?

  King Mingzhang, who was slightly drunk, continued to drink and said: "Zheng Dong, you little rascal, you've really made it big. Others may not admit it, but I do. Who would have thought that you, who usually keep a low profile, could speak fluent foreign languages and impress Lieutenant John so much? And who would have thought that you, brother, could disassemble firearms and repair artillery shells, making me admire you endlessly?"

  Seeing Wang Mingzhang with a slight drunken intention, Li Jiayu advised beside him: "Zizhong, don't say anything, Zhengdong is also in Chengdu, and it's not far away. When you think of him, go see him."

  Wang Mingzhang pushed away Li Jiayu's outstretched hand and said, "Qi Xiang, don't mention going east anymore. He's not reliable at all. The three of us have always been inseparable like Jiao and Meng, but he's good, secretly learning English on his own, it's really not right. Hiding and sneaking around in my Wang Mingzhang's place, it's really not right."

  Thinking that he had actually crossed over, his previous life's knowledge of a few English phrases made Wang Mingzhang feel unhappy, and he hurriedly apologized: "Brother Zi Zhong, this is my fault, I apologize to you again."

  Pushing away the outstretched hand again, he said discontentedly: "What you're saying now is good, but who knows what will happen once we leave this door? I've seen many people forget about their friends from the past after they become successful."

  Yang Xing was overjoyed and said, "My brothers, Zong brother, in the past there were the Peach Garden Three Oath of Brotherhood. You and I are like brothers, it's been four years since we met, and now that we've finally met, I regret not meeting earlier. Since I don't have any biological brothers, the bond between us three should be no less than that of biological brothers. Why don't we also make a Peach Garden Three Oath of Brotherhood?"

  Li Jiayu exclaimed with great joy: "Although revolutionary soldiers do not pay attention to this, we three brothers have been together for four years, and our feelings are no less than those of biological brothers. The Oath of the Peach Garden, I am not opposed."

  As soon as they heard about the Peach Garden Oath, several classmates nearby cheered and clamored, especially Luo Zhezhou, who immediately brought out incense and asked to be a witness.

  Wang Mingzhang burst out laughing and said: "Good good good, it seems old Wang didn't misjudge you two."

  Right then and there, in front of their classmates, the three brothers made a pact with each other in this shabby wine shop.

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  The three men's ages, with Li Jiayu being the oldest, Yang Xing second, and Wang Mingzhang younger than Yang Xing by several months. After discussing their ages for a while, the three brothers sat back down at the table and drank until late into the night.