Chen Zikun took the Shanghai-Nanjing Line directly from Shanghai to Nanjing.
He stayed in Nanjing for a day and visited Xiaoling Mausoleum, Confucius Temple and other places.
After getting the train ticket, he crossed the river and arrived at Bei'an Pukou Station.
He then went north along Jinpu Road. .
Chen Zikun was traveling alone this time with only a small suitcase as his luggage.
Compared with the last time he went south, it was much easier.
The Jinpu Line is a railway artery that runs from north to south.
In a sense, it is the same as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Their status is almost the same.
To transport coal, grain, and personnel, they must rely on the Jinpu Line.
Chen Zikun bought a first-class sleeper ticket on the Blue Steel Express.
It was rare to see Chinese faces in the carriage.
The train equipment was very advanced and was no better than European passenger cars.
After a day's trek, he arrived at Jinpu Road and Long Xuzhou is the intersection of sea routes.
Xuzhou is a small city.
It was dark when I got off the bus.
It was pitch black outside, the wind was howling, and the few lonely electric lights were very dim.
When I got out of the station, I saw a shadowy city in the distance.
The station staff saw that he was wearing clothes.
He was a decent man, so he stepped forward and said, "Sir, the city gate is closed at this time.
There is a hotel at the train station.
You can stay here for one night."
So, Chen Zikun stayed in Xuzhou for one night.
When he got up the next morning, he first bought a train ticket from Haizhou to Kaifeng, and then called a rickshaw to drive around the city of Xuzhou.
The city of Xuzhou in winter was too much to look at.
There is a hint of green, gray city walls covered with withered grass, gray streets, gray skies, and most of the houses have adobe walls.
Only the wealthy families in the Hubu Mountain area in the south of the city have brick and tile houses.
This is the image of a typical Central Plains city.
Chen Zikun, who returned from overseas, was a little frustrated.
He thought that coming to Luoyang was not much better than Xuzhou.
It was the right choice not to bring Jian Bing.
Depart in the afternoon and travel from east to west along the Longhai Line.
The Longhai Line was originally the east-west artery from Haizhou to Gansu.
It was built since the Guangxu period.
Now it only connects a section of northern Jiangsu and Henan.
This line can There is no advanced blue steel express.
The train is an old one that has been used for ten years.
It makes a loud noise when driving and is slow.
It did not arrive in Kaifeng until the morning of the next day.
The train entered the station with a large cloud of mist.
Chen Zikun carried his suitcase and walked out of the station among the crowd of passengers.
He was tall and stood out from the crowd.
He was spotted by several soldiers waiting on the platform from a distance. , shouted from a few dozen steps away: "Big man Chen" When I walked over and took a look, a fair-skinned lieutenant officer came up to me and said enthusiastically: "Do you still remember me?"
Chen Zikun said with a smile: "Isn't this Zhao's military supply?
We have been through life and death, how could I forget you."
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Zhao Yufeng laughed loudly, helped Chen Zikun lift his luggage, and led him out of the station.
A black car stopped on the road.
Two soldiers were squatting on the ground smoking.
A group of children with snotty noses looked at the car curiously.
"Old Wangtou, Old Li" Chen Zikun shouted, and the two veterans who were squatting on the ground quickly stood up and snapped to attention: "Hello, sir" Chen Zikun smiled and patted the two of them on the shoulders: "No matter whether you are a superior or not, they are all your brothers.
What's wrong with Lao Li?
He stopped being a groom and drove a car instead."
Lao Wang and Lao Li relaxed when they saw that although Chen Zikun was wearing Western clothes, he was not showing off.
However, there was still some indescribable restraint in his speech and behavior.
Chen Zikun knew that there was an invisible gap between them at this moment.
The name of the divide is class.
It was noon, the four of them had a meal of mutton braised noodles on the streets of Kaifeng, and then drove back.
There was still some distance between Kaifeng and Luoyang.
This car was sent by General Wu Peifu, the patrol envoy of Zhilu and Henan.
The commander who picked up Chen Zikun was very thoughtful, and the people he sent were all Chen Zikun's old buddies.
Everyone was smiling along the way, and they felt even more cordial when talking about the past.
"Our commander-in-chief is no longer what he used to be.
Last spring, when 120,000 Feng troops entered the Pass in large numbers, we were beaten back head-on.
The battle was so long and majestic that people now say that Luoyang was beaten.
If you sneeze, it will rain in Beijing."
Zhao.
Yufeng proudly talked about the Zhili-Fengtian War last year.
At that time, Chen Zikun was overseas, and the international community did not care about the situation in China's civil war, so he didn't know much.
After hearing Zhao Yufeng's introduction, he couldn't help but admire Wu Peifu even more.
"The commander-in-chief is really like a god with his troops."
Chen Zikun murmured to himself.
"More than just being like a god, the commander is a god.
Even Mr.
Cao said that our commander is the reincarnation of Qi Jiguang.
I think this is reliable."
Wang Degui said with a lively voice.
The gray cloth military uniform on his body was clean and tidy.
There is also a pair of new leather shoes on the feet.
It seems that the Third Division has also risen with Wu Peifu, and the level of military pay and supplies has also gone up.
When the car arrived in Luoyang, Chen Zikun realized that his guess was wrong.
It was probably because the headquarters of the Zhili Luyu patrol envoy was located here, and Luoyang had become another political center of China.
In addition, a large number of Zhili troops were stationed nearby.
The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses eating, drinking and having sex can greatly boost the local economy.
The scale and prosperity of Luoyang City far exceed that of Xuzhou and are not far behind Kaifeng.
Wu Peifu met with Chen Zikun in the study room of the Marshal's Mansion.
It was snowing in Luoyang for the first time.
The rockery in the courtyard was covered with a thin layer of snowflakes.
Decorated with a few wintersweet branches, it gave the sense of scholarly family status.
The Marshal was wearing a sky-blue satin jacket.
Standing at the door, wearing fox fur earmuffs on his ears, if it weren't for his straight waist and bright eyes, he would really look like a rich country man.
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"Kunwu, you're back.
It's good to be back."
Seeing Chen Zikun come in, Wu Peifu smiled on his face, like a loving father waiting for his son to return.
"Commander Yu, I'm back."
Chen Zikun stepped forward quickly and was about to salute, but Wu Peifu helped him: "Soldiers don't like this, come on, come on, come in quickly, it's cold outside."
After entering the study, Chen Zikun opened his suitcase, took out his West Point diploma, and the Zeiss telescope he bought in Germany and presented it to the marshal.
Wu Peifu took it and looked at it carefully, saying three good words in a row.
Naturally, he couldn't tell the difference.
Is the thing full of foreign writing a diploma or a certificate of graduation?
After looking at it for a while, I gave it back to Chen Zikun and said, "Keep it in good storage."
Chen Zikun finally got through the test and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Wu Peifu asked about Western military ideas and the latest weapons and equipment.
Chen Zikun naturally answered fluently.
Wu Peifu could not help but nod his head and said: "Last year In the Battle of Zhifeng, although Fengjun was defeated, his vitality was not damaged.
I heard that Zhang Zuolin was recruiting troops and horses outside the pass, and he was reorganizing the army in order to avenge an arrow.
Within a year or two, Fengjun will definitely go south again.
That's when the time comes.
It’s time for you to show off your skills.”
Chen Zikun was overjoyed, knowing that the time had come for him to become a successful person.
Sure enough, Wu Peifu said thoughtfully: "Since you graduated from the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, you cannot be confused with those graduates from the Japanese Army Academy.
However, it is not good for young people to suddenly rise to high positions, so your military rank and position cannot be too high."
Chen Zikun felt a chill in his heart again.
Before he studied abroad, he only had the rank of second lieutenant.
Even if he was promoted to three ranks, he would still be a major.
A major is the battalion commander.
He can only support four to five hundred men under his command.
If he continues to get along at this rate, what year and month will it be?
Only then can one become a warlord.
Although he felt disappointed, he did not show it on his face.
Wu Peifu continued: "It is not appropriate to be too low.
Let's follow Wang Geng's precedent and be awarded the rank of colonel first and be appointed as a first-class staff officer in the staff department."
The benefits of being promoted to five levels in a row as a colonel are worth it.
The two-year trip to Europe and the United States is worth it.
Chen Zikun cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for the promotion, Yushuai."
"Work hard.
Get familiar with military affairs first.
When the time comes, I will send you out to be a regiment leader and give you some experience.
I am old.
Our immediate family has a great cause, so some young people must take over."
Wu Peifu said earnestly. , eyes full of expectation.
"Your humble position must live up to Commander Yu's high expectations."
Chen Zikun stood at attention and gave a foreign-style American military salute.
Looking at Wu Peifu's red eyes, he couldn't help but said: "Commander Yu, you have to take care of yourself. ” Wu Peifu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, those clowns on Jinghan Road won't be able to keep up for long."
Dinner was eaten at the commander's residence, and Mrs.
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Wu Wu also accompanied her personally.
This was an extraordinary treatment, which showed that Wu Peifu did not regard Chen Zikun as an outsider at all.
The next day, Chen Zikun reported to the Staff Office and officially became a senior staff officer in the Staff Office, the head of the eight major departments under the Marshal.
His status was second only to the Chief of Staff and the Director.
As a senior officer, he received the same treatment as a junior second lieutenant.
Times were completely different.
Military riding boots were not made by collars, but were made by specialized tailors.
He also had his own adjutants and orderlies by his side.
His adjutant was Zhao Yufeng, the junior lieutenant of the Munitions Department who had always been frustrated.
Wang Degui and Li Changsheng were also transferred to serve as Ma Bian.
Now Chen Zikun was a popular person under Wu Peifu, and it was just a matter of a word to transfer these people.
Staff Officer Chen's residence is located near the Marshal's residence.
It is a small courtyard with two entrances.
It is clean and tidy.
There is also a pomegranate tree in the courtyard.
Zhao Yufeng helped him hire an old woman and a cook, and even told him with a wink that as long as he spent money For one hundred yuan, you can buy a yellow-flowered girl as your mistress.
One hundred oceans is not much, and Chen Zikun's military salary, including carriage and horse fees, ice and charcoal fees and other subsidies, is only five hundred yuan a month.
Buying a wife is naturally not a problem, but he has just returned from abroad, and he can't get over this in his mind for a while.
Damn, my wife still bought it.
"What will we do next?"
he asked Zhao Yufeng.
"What else can I do?
If you like it, take it with you.
If you don't like it, leave it behind.
One hundred yuan is expensive.
If there is a disaster, a pocket of noodles can turn you into a big girl."
Zhao Yufeng said about this matter Clear and logical.
Chen Zikun said: "Let's discuss this later.
If I meet someone suitable, I can find a wife for Lao Wang and Lao Li.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon.
The commander has given me a month's holiday.
I have to go back to Beijing.
Please prepare your luggage."
Zhao Yufeng said: "We can't go to Beijing now.
The workers on Jinghan Road have all given up and the railway has been suspended."
Chen Zikun's heart moved and he thought of an old friend
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