The initial negotiations between Gui Mengjun and Zhao Weihu went very smoothly, and the two were able to reach a consensus on most of the details of the cooperation.
Therefore, the next morning, Zhao Weihu reported to the commander-in-chief of the Renmin coalition and the chief administrative officer.
In this regard, Zhao Weihu has a unique advantage, because he is the only Chinese armed force here, and he has also brought in the "arms business" from the old triangle, opening up the supply channel, so the aging commander-in-chief values him very much. Otherwise, how could a unit like the Chi Army, which only has brigade-level combat strength, get a military-level organization and military-level funding
After Zhao Weihu reported to the higher-ups, the commander-in-chief immediately sent someone down to negotiate, and the relationship between the two sides was further improved.
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The big shots are busy discussing international business, but this has nothing to do with the Tongji Association directly. They are not large enough to be involved in this kind of cooperation at the moment. At most, if the arms business increases its volume in the future, they can make a little more money, and that's all.
Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu and others were not very concerned about how Zhao Weihu and Gui Mengjun talked and how they started to cooperate. They didn't even want to get involved too much. They just wanted to act as a matchmaker and do a favor for them.
This morning.
Su Tianyu got up early and asked Yu Mingyuan while eating breakfast: "They are negotiating, and we have nothing to do. Why don't we go around and see the situation in the field hospital today?"
"That's what I thought, too." Yu Mingyuan grinned and replied, "Let's stay away and let them talk among themselves."
"Okay."
After the two of them finished discussing, Su Tianyu called Zhao Weihu and told him about this matter, and not long after, Zhu Bajie arrived.
In the reception barracks, Su Tianyu teased Zhu Bajie, "You are being asked to be the tour guide again?"
"What can I do? You are honored guests, so we must treat you with the highest standards." Zhu Bajie asked with a smile, "Where do you want to go?"
"I want to take a look at the field hospital here, and it would be best if I could get in touch with the person in charge." Yu Mingyuan said bluntly.
"Okay, no problem. I'll take you to the garrison areas of other troops." Zhu Bajie agreed immediately: "How about we set off now?"
"Great, we've just finished eating." Su Tianyu stood up.
…
At around 9:30 in the morning, Su Tianyu and Yu Mingyuan got on the car of the Chi Army Guard Regiment and rushed to the logistics support area of the surrounding brother troops to visit the field hospital there.
On the way, Yu Mingyuan sat in the car, looking at Zhu Bajie who was wearing sunglasses and driving himself, and asked softly: "Brother, I know your last name is Liu, but I don't know what your full name is?"
"My name is Liu Mang." Zhu Bajie replied with a smile: "It was Brother Xiaoyu who gave me this nickname Zhu Bajie."
"Haha." Su Tianyu grinned: "It's mainly because you left such a deep impression on me in the Supervisory Committee Building."
"At that time, we were not on the same path, so it was normal to have some bumps and bruises." Zhu Bajie replied.
Su Tianyu looked at him and asked softly, "Brother, how long have you been working with Commander Zhao?"
"That was a long time ago." Zhu Bajie roughly recalled: "I have been with him since I was sixteen. At that time, the Chi Army had not yet been formed. There were about thirty of us, with no salary, no food, and no guns. We just followed Big Brother without knowing what was going on."
Yu Mingyuan was a little curious when he heard this: "Why did you suddenly think of recruiting a team?"
"How could we think of recruiting a team at the beginning?! At that time, it was hard to even get food, so we didn't dare to think that big." Zhu Bajie curled his lips and said, "More than 30 people, that means more than 30 mouths to feed, and some of them have to support their families, so we have to find a way to gain a foothold in Mexico first, which is a down-to-earth thing. I still remember that the first job was to deliver building materials to a boss who was doing business here. At that time, we didn't have enough tools in our hands, and we walked on the mountain road for six days. When we arrived at the place, Brother Tiger, oh no, the commander, had only 500 yuan left in his pocket. If the other party defaults on the debt, we will probably have to fight them to the death, otherwise we will not be able to survive."
"Oh, that's it." Yu Mingyuan nodded.
"The commander has a methodical way of doing things. In a place like Mexico, we don't take advantage of smuggled goods, we don't get tempted by money, and we always keep our word, so we gradually gained a good reputation." Zhu Bajie talked a lot about the past, "After working for three or four years, we had five or six hundred people here, and we had no problem being self-sufficient. Later, the War of Independence in District 1 gave us a great boost. Many veterans and officers were not satisfied with the decisions made by the upper echelons, and they had nothing to do after retiring. When they heard that there was a Chinese armed force in the Mexico area, they all came over, and gradually the Chi Army was formed."
“It’s not easy to achieve such a big success with only 30 people at the beginning.” Su Tianyu also sighed.
"Brother said, it's not that he did a great job, it's that this era is too fucked up and too dark." Zhu Bajie chuckled and said, "As the old saying goes, heroes are made by the times."
"Then are the senior officers in the Chi Army Headquarters now all the more than 30 veterans?" Yu Mingyuan asked softly, "But I see that some of them are not very old?"
After hearing this, Zhu Bajie was silent for a while and replied, "… Of the more than 30 people at the beginning, now… including me, there are only 12 left. Some are gone, some left halfway through the work, and the old people… there are not many left."
"Oh." Yu Mingyuan sighed.
“Outsiders think that the Chi Army is doing well now, with thousands of people, but in fact… it’s not easy for us to get to where we are today.” Zhu Bajie said with emotion: “It’s especially not easy for my eldest brother. Two of his relatives died in the war. He has no home or relatives, and all his energy is focused on us… oh, it’s difficult!”
Su Tianyu looked at Zhu Bajie and said, "My elder brother is a charismatic person. Not everyone can raise his arm and have five hundred warriors follow him into Dragon City to fight against the Supervisory Committee."
"I won't argue with you if you say that." Zhu Bajie nodded in agreement, "Chi Jun is Zhao Weihu, and Zhao Weihu is Chi Jun! With just one word from him, more than 300 people of my guard regiment dared to block the machine gun position!"
"Haha, we don't need to show our loyalty when we are communicating privately." Su Tianyu joked.
Zhu Bajie didn't argue, he just stopped the car and said, "We're here!"
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Longkou District.
Gu Baishun sat in the car, frowned and said to a middle-aged man: "Jing Yan asked me to go to District 1 to meet him, guess what he wants to do?"
“It’s hard to say the details, but the general direction is definitely towards Zhang Ming.” The middle-aged man replied.
Gu Baishun blinked his eyes: "Is there any result for the matter I asked you to keep an eye on?"
"It's like this...!" The middle-aged man spoke to Gu Baishun in a young voice.