Chapter 2 A Few Ordinary People
Wu Anping was busy until four o'clock in the afternoon. However, it was gratifying that after agreeing to issue a 30% bill, the precision microscope was finally settled. The merchant was generous and then gave a service fee of 100 US dollars, plus a 1% bonus from the foreign company, which combined with a total of 350 million US dollars, which was more than 1,400 US dollars, which was a huge sum of money for Wu Anping.
This is hard to come by. In Lihe Foreign Company, clerks like Luo Jiaming and Wu Anping usually get a basic salary and a bonus is not bad, but they only cost four or five yuan a month. Today's "opening for three years" fat jobs are not easy to meet. Of course, there are millions of dollars in foreign companies, but that level of transactions cannot be participated by small clerks like them.
Manager William paid the bonus with great pleasure, and his income was several times that of Wu Anping, so he would not deduct his subordinates in this regard. He said hello to Luo Jiaming, and then tied the bullet and decided on the time and location of several treats with his colleagues. Wu Anping left the foreign company and rushed to Cheung Chau Island where the Whampoa Military Academy was located.
He was still thinking about what Luo Jiaming said about Yang Xikuo and Liu Zhenhuan buying arms, and was eager to inform Huangpu. However, although Luo Jiaming originally planned to inform Huangpu through Wu Anping's mouth, when Wu Anping left, he was a little depressed, thinking that Huangpu was full of talents and it was impossible not to not pay attention to Yang Liu's abnormal movements. They probably wouldn't make any contribution.
Wu Anping ignored Luo Jiaming's mood. He was determined to be careful and not wrong. If Huangpu did not notice this batch of arms and then led to a defeat on the battlefield, it would be really regretful.
When he was rich at the moment, Wu Anping also ordered a rickshaw. It was not that villains were successful, but that Wu Anping's attitude towards how to use money was different from his father. Instead, he was greatly influenced by Li Bo. He was very open-minded when using it. However, Li Bo was not a rich man, and he was still busy in the fields. It was also a strange thing to develop this attitude.
When he arrived outside Changzhou Island, Wu Anping paid a silver corner car money and turned around and entered the Yuexiangqing Restaurant on Erheng Road.
The restaurant has two floors, one floor, one floor, one floor, and one floor, with an elegant and hygienic environment. The main cuisine here is Cantonese cuisine, with authentic taste and affordable prices, and is widely praised by diners from all walks of life. It is not far from Huangpu, so you can often see military instructors and students entering and leaving here. The access control of the Whampoa Military Academy is so strict that ordinary people cannot enter, so this Guangdong fragrance has become a window for internal and external transportation.
When he entered the restaurant lobby, two friends came forward immediately. Wu Anping waved his hand and asked one of them to go by himself, but smiled and said to the other guy with his eyebrows hanging down, "Shaocheng, your bitter face is not a welcome attitude." Although this man dressed in a short-clad and waist skirt, he could not cover his majestic aura. His waist was straight and his eyes were thick eyebrows. Compared with the guy who nodded and bowed, he was obviously not the same type of person.
This person is named Su Shaocheng, from Suzhou, Anhui Province. He is also a candidate who is preparing to take the third phase of Huangpu exam. Not long after Wu Anping arrived in Guangzhou, the two of them became familiar with each other. Affected by the Eastern Expedition, the third phase of Huangpu exam was postponed to July. The finances they brought were obviously not enough to support that long. Wu Anping was lucky enough to meet Luo Jiaming, and he made up a clerk at Lihe Foreign Company for a while. Zhu Shaocheng had no other way, so he had to stay in Guangdong Xiangqing as a waiter for a few months.
Su Shao prejudices when he saw Wu Anping joking, but he was not angry: "Hurry up and put away your disgusting comprador. Tell me, what's the matter with me? I won't really make a fortune, so I'll come here to show off."
Wu Anping pulled Su Shaocheng up to the second floor, and whispered as he walked, "It's really a fortune, but today I have something else to do. Find a private room to serve the meals, and then quickly notify Zuo Chun'an and Shi Zhuangfei, the two seniors in the second phase, to come over, and also call An Bingchao, Li Zhang, Yu Dalun and others to come together. I have something important to discuss with everyone."
Su Shaocheng didn't move and looked at Wu Anping strangely: "Although the two seniors Zuo Chun'an and Shi Zhuangfei are familiar with us, you don't know how tight their training is now. You can't get out of Huangpu easily. What can you find to them?"
Wu Anping raised his face and said, "I don't have the heart to joke. This matter is related to the safety of the entire Huangpu. Don't blame me for not reminding me. If something goes wrong, you and I will regret it if you die."
"Really?" Su Shaocheng's face gradually became darker.
Wu Anping said angrily: "Then there is still a falsehood? Oh, why are you going to yours quickly."
Su Shaocheng led Wu Anping into a private room near the street and hurried downstairs. As soon as he stepped down a few steps, he heard Wu Anping behind him chasing and shouting: "By the way, I'll pick up the food, don't be afraid of the expensive ones. I'll get rich. Today, the guests will also treat you to the chef. Just tell me what you want to eat, just tell the chef directly. Don't save money for me." Although the voice is not loud, it's not the time to officially serve guests. There are not many diners in the restaurant and it's very quiet. Therefore, many people heard it clearly. Although most of them just smiled, they were looked at by so many strange eyes. Su Shaocheng was so embarrassed that he really wanted to go back to his feet and beat Wu Anping up again.
Not to mention that Wu Anping was waiting in the private room on the second floor of Guangdong Xiangqing, Su Yuncheng asked the boss for a short leave, changed into a white-washed stand-up collared student outfit, and hurried to the Whampoa Military Academy. However, he did not have a pass, and the gate guards refused to let in. In the end, he had no choice but to send someone a message to him.
After waiting for more than half an hour, I saw Zuo Chun'an and Shi Zhuangfei appearing. Su Yuncheng greeted him from afar. When the two of them passed by the access control, they stepped forward and complained, "Why are my feet numb? I have all my feet here."
The tall and thin Zuo Chun'an said slowly: "What can't be said tomorrow? You have to call out people now." He is only twenty-four or five years old. He used to be anxious, but after entering Huangpu, he has been intern in the Political Department, and has developed a spirit of thinking about things that are both slow and slow.
Shi Zhuangfei was thick and burly. He was transferred from the Yunnan Army Military Academy. He was a standard soldier. He accidentally broke his arm when he resumed training after the New Year. Although he has recovered, he has missed the Revolutionary Army's Eastern Expedition. He has always been unhappy. He has a relatively straightforward temper and shouted to Su Yuncheng: "The Blood Flower Society has a new Eastern Expedition drama. It will premiere in the auditorium tonight. If you have something to say, we have to go back quickly after it is over, it is almost beginning."
Su Yuncheng was used to playing with the two of them, and he didn't feel annoyed when he heard this. He pulled up his arms and turned around and walked out: "Don't go anywhere. Anping just came to me and said that there was something very important to discuss with you. He also said that it was related to the survival of Huangpu. Although I don't believe it, I must be careful. Go quickly, I have to notify Bingchao, Li Zhang and the others."
Zuo Chun'an was thinking, but Shi Zhuangfei's reaction was similar at the beginning: "This kid always listens to the wind and rain. What's the important thing he can do?" Zuo Chun'an shook his head and said: "Although Wu Anping is passionate and impulsive, he is smart and concise. Even if he exaggerates, he never does nonsense. Since he says something is wrong, then something must be wrong."
The three of them walked and said, finding the other people who were scattered around Huangpu who were working and exams. When they returned to Guangdong, they were already dark. Seven or eight people surrounded them to the second floor. When they opened the door of the private room, they saw Wu Anping savoring the fragrant tea inside.
Seeing a few people coming in, Wu Anping hurriedly stood up and greeted: "Bingchao, Li Zhang, Dalun, Tie Peng, you four sit here, Chun'an, Zhuang Fei, two seniors, Oh, Yuncheng, you please call the kitchen to serve the dishes quickly. I guess everyone is hungry, I have drunk two pots of tea and feel a little full."
Su Yuncheng was about to take his seat, but when he heard these words, he glared at Wu Anping, but he still accepted his fate and went downstairs to shout for food.
In fact, except for Zuo Chun'an and Shi Zhuangfei, the other five, like Wu Anping, are young students who come to Guangzhou from all directions to take the third grade of Huangpu.
An Bingchao wore a pair of myopia mirrors. Although he was also a young man with a standing collar, he still looked thin and it was probably difficult to pass the physical test when he entered school. Li Zhang was smooth, his hair was slightly divided, and he nodded, which made the scalp crack look a little oily. No matter how he looked, he looked like a traitor and a ghost. It happened that he was really eating and drinking in the nearby Catholic church, waiting for the start of school to eat from the public. Yu Dalun and Yu Tiepeng were cousins, from Shandong, one from Shandong, one tall and one short, both big and three thick, like bodyguards, and more like students, but in fact, Yu Tiepeng was really straightforward, and Yu Dalun's thoughts were more delicate than An Bingchao.
Compared with these people, Su Yuncheng has outstanding characteristics. His facial features are the most beautiful, and he cannot be said to be more beautiful than Pan An. However, from the few jassic and ladies who come to talk to him every day, it can be seen that this person is really evil. Speaking of which, Wu An is the most uncharacteristic. His appearance is not ugly, but he is definitely not handsome. His height of 1.75 meters is not considered to be burly, and his personality is moderate. Of course, after all, the passion and radicalism unique to the young people in this era are also very obvious in him. This is not a contradiction, but the commonality of the times.
A few people were drinking tea first. Perhaps the special Tieguanyin tasted special. In the blink of an eye, the guy had to add three refrigerated water. When Su Yuncheng took his seat again, there were already seven or eight exquisite dishes on the table, including chicken stewed snake, dragon and tiger fight, roasted suckling pig, Taiye chicken, salt-baked chicken, white shrimp, roast goose, snake oil beef, all of them were full of meat dishes, and even a little lighter one could not be found.
"It seems that you are really rich. You are afraid that you will have dozens of oceans to come to this table. We have a good taste." Li Zhang said with a frown. In fact, his saliva is almost flowing down, but in this world, being able to eat enough is lucky. If you want to eat meat, it is the day for the best. If you want to say that you can travel thousands of miles to Guangzhou, your family is not wrong, but you can see a meat star every few days. Where can you go to see a row of famous Guangdong dishes on the table, and seven or eight stomachs without oil can still not quarrel.
Wu Anping should have said that he would start again afterwards, but seeing that even Zuo Chun'an and An Bingchao stared at the suckling pig and roast goose with their eyes glowing, they were not tactful, so they hurriedly greeted: "Don't say anything, the world is the biggest food. Let's talk about it after eating."
After all, it was his accountant, so everyone stopped being pretentious when he said this. The bamboo chopsticks were flying and the bowls and plates were ringing. In less than ten minutes, the table was in a mess, and piles of clean bones were left.
I found a guy to clean up, and everyone wiped the oil clean with their hands, and asked for some fruit snacks at will, just putting tea, and then they turned to the topic seriously.
Shi Zhuangfei touched his stomach and spoke to Wu Anping, "You said you have something important to discuss, what is it?"
Wu Anping opened the door and saw that there was no one on the left and right. He closed the doors and windows again and returned to his seat. He whispered the news that Luo Jiaming heard from William, and at the same time he also expressed Luo Jiaming's speculations together.
Except for Zuo Chun'an, An Bingchao and Yu Dalun, the others were shocked when they heard this.
Su Yuncheng rubbed his temples and sighed: "People are harmless, tigers are hurtful, and this threshold cannot be blocked by Huangpu."
Yu Tiepeng was mostly angry: "I have said a long time ago that these warlords are not trustworthy. Chen Jiongming was reactionary, Yang Xikuo, Liu Zhenhuan, and Xu Chongzhi were not good birds, and they were birds of a feather. Such warlords should be defeated and overthrew, otherwise such things would happen again and again."
Zuo Chun'an and Shi Zhuangfei looked at each other, and when no one noticed, they had no choice but to cough twice. Xu Chongzhi was not just a warlord, but also a brother of Huangpu Principal Chiang Kai-shek. Zuo and Shi two primary school students dared to criticize such a complicated person.
Yu Dalun was quicker after all, and his eyes turned: "Xu Chongzhi is still good. This Eastern Expedition, the Guangdong Army fought hard and had a great record. Otherwise, Yang Xikuo and Liu Zhenhuan would not hold on to the troops. With the Huangpu Student Army of the two teaching regiments alone, Chen Jiongming would not be beaten so badly no matter what."
Everyone nodded in agreement. The performance of the Guangdong Army this time is indeed obvious to all. Considering the relationship between Xu Chongzhi and Principal Jiang, the possibility of participating in the rebellion of Yang Xikuo and Liu Zhenhuan is really small. As for the warlords, in fact, there are warlords everywhere in China. The Guangzhou Revolutionary Government has a long way to go and there is almost no chance of success.
An Bingchao rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully: "From the current signs, Yang Xikuo and Liu Zhenhuan's rebellion are indeed very likely. Their combined strength is even stronger than Xu Chongzhi and Huangpu. It would be better if this were the case. Making targeted preparations early can also level up the strength, but there are two key points that need to be confirmed..."
"Not bad." Zuo Chun'an was not willing to be lonely and took the speech: "One is the type, quantity and delivery time of the two units to buy arms. We need to obtain detailed information to infer how much the strength of these arms has strengthened Yang and Liu's strength; the other is that if there is a rebellion, besides Yang and Liu, whether the Beiyang warlords will take the opportunity to act, and what attitude will foreign forces be, which may determine the order of our power deployment and the intensity of the strike."
"The reaction of the great powers is actually foreseeable." Yu Dalun also talked: "Only if China continues to be in chaos, the interests of the great powers can be guaranteed to be undestroyed. In Guangzhou, Britain has the greatest power and the greatest interests. The emergence of a powerful revolutionary government is the last thing it wants to see. It is just that since the decline of Britain's power after World War I, it is impossible to start a direct war with China. It can only do a few tricks, pick a few agents, pay and guns to arm its military, black and white reverse the support of its politics, and the things will be accomplished and the benefits it has gained from China, and failure will be nothing more than losing some money and equipment..."
More than these people, Yu Tiepeng, Liu Zhang, and Su Yuncheng are actually not bad. Although everyone talked enthusiastically, after talking about it, they were somewhat separated from the purpose of coming to Guangdong today, and at least they were at least separated from Wu Anping's purpose.
Wu Anping stood up and made a gesture to calm everyone down: "Everyone said it makes sense, but now is not the time to analyze current affairs and military information. We must try to pass the news to the senior officials of Huangpu to make them more vigilant. What we said doesn't count."
In fact, there is a saying that Wu Anping didn't say that although these people here are also known as handsome men for a while, everyone understands that compared with the real experts in Huangpu, they are still far from their abilities and knowledge. For example, Zuo Chun'an and Shi Zhuangfei, who are already relatively outstanding, are not very famous among the second-year students of Huangpu. After all, they are just ordinary Huangpu students and youth of the times.
Chapter completed!