Yu Liangzhen arrived in Jinhua without notifying anyone, but only informed one person, who was Yu Liangzhen's best friend, Xuan Tiewu.

When the car arrived at the hotel that Yu Liangzhen decided, Xuan Tiewu, dressed in military uniform, had been waiting with his adjutant.

Before Yu Bojun could stop the jeep, Yu Liangzhen jumped out of the car and hugged Xuan Tiewu.

Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu were true friends of life and death. They were classmates when they were studying at the Whampoa Military Academy. Later, when they were in the 88th Division, Yu Liangzhen was the division commander and Xuan Tiewu was his chief of staff. Later, Yu Liangzhen was the chief of Zhejiang Security Department, and Xuan Tiewu was his deputy director.

After Yu Liangzhen left, Xuan Tiewu took over as the security director until today.

"Come on, Tiewu, I'll introduce you to you." After the hug, Yu Liangzhen pulled Xuan Tiewu to Zhong Yi again, pointed at Zhong Yi and said, "This is our colleague, Chief of Staff, Zhong Yi."

Zhong Yi stood at attention and saluted: "Meet the Deputy Commander-in-Chief."

In addition to being the head of the Zhejiang Provincial Security Department, Xuan Tiewu also serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment. Zhong Yi is the deputy chief of staff of the Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment, so of course he has to be called his deputy commander-in-chief.

"Chief Staff Zhong, you are kind." Xuan Tiewu returned the gift.

Yu Liangzhen continued: "Tiewu, I have been away from Zhejiang for many years, and Ziren is even new to Zhejiang's officialdom, so you need to help."

"This is natural." Xuan Tiewu said, "But this is not a place to talk. I have asked the adjutant to order a banquet in the restaurant. Let's talk while eating?"

"It's good." Yu Liangzhen said, "I've been hungry for a long time."

Zhong Yi was also slightly stern and said, "Commander-in-Chief, please!"

After Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu entered the door, Zhong Yi was half a step behind and followed in.

The three of them came to the restaurant to sit down, and the waiter started serving dishes. A large table filled with wild game, as well as two jars of Shaoxing Zhuangyuan Red Yellow Wine in five kilograms.

Looking at the table of wine and food, Zhong Yi shook his head secretly.

Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu are used to this.

However, at such a moment, Zhong Yi would not have discouraged Yu Liangzhen and Xuan Tiewu's interest, otherwise his emotional intelligence would have been too low! If he wanted to be honest, he could have waited until Yinjiang before setting an example.

At that moment, Zhong Yi got up and poured a full cup for Yu Liangzhen. Yu Liangzhen drank it in one sip and sighed: "It's this taste. I can't remember how long I haven't drunk the authentic No. 1 Choi Red!"

Xuan Tiewu smiled and said, "It's great to come back this time. I have to drink it every day if I want to drink it."

"Then I'm not going to be a wine bag?" Yu Liangzhen laughed and continued, "By the way, now you can introduce us to the current situation in Zhejiang Province, right?"

Xuan Tiewu sighed and said, "If you summarize it in one word, it is poverty!"

He paused and continued, "If you put it in one sentence, it means that you are too poor to lose the blame! Many government employees can only do part-time jobs to support their families."

Yu Liangzhen frowned and said, "Is the financial situation of the Zhejiang Provincial Government so bad? Even government employees can't have enough food? I clearly remember that I just increased my salary a few months ago."

"Salary has increased." Xuan Tiewu said, "Brother Liangzhen, do you know how many times the prices have increased?"

"How many times can it increase?" Yu Liangzhen said, "When I was in Chongqing, I didn't think the price rose too much."

"That's Chongqing, but there is only one gang in China." Xuan Tiewu sighed, "The prices in our Zhejiang have risen to the sky. At the end of last year, we could buy a pound of rice with a dime of fiat currency, but now, we can't buy half a pound of rice even if we have ten yuan of fiat currency! Our salary has increased, but what's the use?"

Ten yuan of legal tender is only half a kilogram of rice, no wonder officials can’t afford to eat.

Yu Liangzhen was immediately silent, and the wine and meat suddenly became tasteless.

Zhong Yi also kept silent because this problem was basically unsolvable.

The National Government was already poor, and years of warlord melee had already consumed all the country's financial resources, and even borrowed advances for customs taxes in the next few decades. However, Japan came to the door at this time. There was no way, so the government could only print fiat currency to plunder private materials.

Otherwise, the government will not be able to maintain this for even half a month.

After a while, Yu Liangzhen said: "If this is the case, it will be impossible for the provincial finance department to pay for the training of the Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Corps, right?"

"That's natural." Xuan Tiewu nodded, "Huang Shaohong won't give it to you half a person."

He paused and said, "Brother Liangzhen, Huang Shaohong is not targeting you specifically. In fact, let alone our anti-enemy self-defense regiment, even Liu Jianxu's 10th Army cannot get half the funding of his eldest son."

Yu Liangzhen said dumbfoundedly: "Don't the regular army provide funds? Then how can they survive?"

"Can living people still suffocate their urine to death?" Xuan Tiewu shook his head and said, "They have many ways."

"Set up checkpoints on the commercial road to collect liquor?" Yu Liangzhen didn't know anything, he could understand it at all, "Smuggling?"

"There are even more excessive." Xuan Tiewu curled his lips and said, "Some of them are ugly, and they even smuggled opium!"

"What? Smuggling opium?" Yu Liangzhen said in a disloyal voice, "Can such an army fight against Japan? Can it still have combat effectiveness?"

"Yes, thanks to the fact that Japan's combat focus is in Hunan, Jiangxi, not our Zhejiang!" Xuan Tiewu said, "If the Japanese attacked us in Zhejiang, they would not be able to hold on for half a month!"

Zhong Yi just listened quietly, without any intention of interrupting.

But this does not mean that he does not know what Xuan Tiewu said.

In fact, Zhong Yi knows more and more comprehensively than Xuan Tiewu.

During the warlords in Beiyang, the army smuggled and even planted opium in public. For example, Zhang Zongchang made a comeback by accumulating money by planting opium in Heilongjiang.

After the establishment of the Nanjing government, the country's finances were unified and military smuggling was banned.

But it was just a ban, but it was not able to be eliminated. Local warlords were still secretly planting and selling opium.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the country's finances collapsed and could only adopt a condolence attitude towards military smuggling. The original intention was to hope that the garrisons of each province would raise funds and support the majority of officers and soldiers.

However, the reality is that condoning military smuggling only fattened up a small group of senior generals, but the price paid was that military discipline collapsed and combat effectiveness was sharply reduced! This is also the main reason why the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party, the New Fourth Army became more and more braver as the battle power of the Kuomintang army became weaker and weaker after the Anti-Japanese War entered a stalemate stage!
Chapter completed!