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When Shizhen returned to the Northeast by boat, it was already mid-July. Zhao Shizhen immediately received a notice from the Presidential Palace, asking him to go to the Presidential Palace to meet Zhao Gang immediately.

When Zhao Shizhen opened the slightly simple conference room of the Presidential Palace, he jumped and sat on both sides of the long table. After this Russian-East War, a large number of talented (lucky but not dead on the battlefield) officers stood out. Now most of the people present carry one bar (major) or two bars (lieutenant general). The closer they are to Zhao Gang, the more bars there are. Zhao Shizhen saw three seats in the innermost position, Zhao Gang's, Wu Junsheng's, and what about the other seat?

Zhao Shizhen's young heart started to move, and quietly swept it with her eyes and found that around the vacant seat, there were actually two lieutenant colonels. Zhao Shizhen's heart sank again. If the major had been his own, but the lieutenant colonel would have never thought about it when he was dreaming next year.

At this moment, a man shouted: "Zhao Lu, I'm not here yet."

Zhao Shizhen looked up and saw that he knew him. Not only did he know him, he was also a fellow villager. Hei Niu was responsible for picking people when recruiting soldiers, and he attached great importance to Zhao Shizhen.

The black bull waved one after another, called Zhao Shizhen over, and punched Zhao Shizhen with a laugh:

"Boy, I heard that you are playing well outside and have a lot of manly ambitions. I will welcome you later."

Hei Niu was very strong, and his punch did not stop, so he smashed Zhao Shizhen to the point of his mouth and hit him back. Hei Niu smiled and said:

"Boy, did you go to that enclave to get rid of your body? I heard that the girls there are like black charcoal, and you can't see them without opening your eyes at night."

Zhao Shizhen was so amused that he knew that Hei Niu had a good temper and even pulled off his face and talked about it:

"Damn it, it's so dark. I thought I had arrived at Brother Hei Niu's relative's house. Later I asked----."

Zhao Shizhen dragged her voice long and made fun of her interruptions.

"How is it?"

Zhao Shizhen smiled and looked at the black bull

"Those girls made a fuss and said they were relatives with the gorilla and had no relationship with Brother Hei Niu."

The officers present were stunned. After a while, someone understood and said with a laugh:

"Didn't that say that the black cow is not even as good as the orangutan?"

Hei Niu was not bothered, and he still asked Zhao Shizhen about the situation in Africa without saying a word. Zhao Shizhen also took the opportunity to ask about the situation in Northeast China.

At this time, the door opened. Zhao Gang came in and everyone immediately sat down. The hall was silent. Zhao Shizhen didn't know his location and couldn't help but feel at a loss. When Zhao Gang saw him, his eyes signaled Zhao Shizhen's location. That was exactly what Zhao Shizhen couldn't believe. Could he be competent for Lieutenant General? Zhao Shizhen was dizzy inside and walked mechanically to the chair to sit down.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Zhao Gang took out a document and read it

"Northeast Republic"

With a blink of an eye, all the officers present stood up. Listen to Zhao Gangxuan's reading.

"Wu Junsheng, when the Russian army was in a hurry, he turned the tide when the military was floating. At the last moment, he sacrificed his life and fought bravely. He was the greatest hero of our army's victory over the Russian army, and was specially awarded the position of Marshal of the Republic."

After Zhao Gang finished speaking, he looked at the vacant position around him. The guy was still on the sickbed. This position was just to comfort him or comfort him.

"Song Bingce performed well in the surprise attack on Vladivostok. He conquered Vladivostok and captured two main battleships of the Russian Pacific Fleet and was specially promoted to major general."

"When Song Bingce returned to attack the Russian army, he was able to detect Russian troops' attempts to retreat in time, and quickly defeat the enemy before attacking the enemy. He was specially promoted to Lieutenant General."

"….. Fight bravely, leading the broken army to fight several times the enemy's bloody battle, and was specially promoted to major general."

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Zhao Shizhen's heart sank. It turned out that he still had some thoughts and thought he was possible...

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Zhao Shizhen's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. Some people here have made similar contributions to him, but

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Until the end, Zhao Shizhen's name was not available.

After a pause, Zhao Gang took out another piece of paper and started to recite it

"Zhao Shizhen performed well when she was guarding the arsenal, and with outstanding performance in XX Country, she was promoted to major general at the request of the President of the country."

Zhao Shizhen could not recall the scene at that time later. Of course, Song Bingce, one of the parties involved, said the scene at that time without any vagueness:

"At that time, Zhao Shizhen's face was blushing as if she had pig blood, her eyes were straightened. She kept swallowing, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. Until the end of the break, I saw that the boy's face was still like a monkey's butt."

In fact, it was not until the next day that Zhao Shizhen woke up and cheered up to the Army Department.

A female officer received him. After a few greetings, the female officer told Zhao Shizhen that given that Zhao Shizhen had fought abroad for more than half a year and had outstanding military achievements, she could enjoy a half-month holiday. In addition, Zhao Shizhen could also receive a salary of half a year.

Zhao Shizhen had no idea about money, but he knew it would be a considerable number, at least dozens of Northeast silver dollars.

"Your salary is 1,540 yuan in total." Hearing the number that was inconsistent with expectations, Zhao Shizhen jumped and asked subconsciously: "Why are there so many?"

You have been abroad for six months, of which five are majors, and two months are major generals and commanders. According to our algorithm, if you serve as commanders, you will be promoted to one level. So it means that in five months, you will be given a salary of 60 yuan at the level of majors, and in two months, you will be given a salary of lieutenant general +00 yuan, all of which will be 460 yuan. With the special allowance for every 40 yuan in combat abroad, you will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan in land that will be eliminated by nearly 2,500 people. The total is 1,740 yuan. Because you withdraw 20 yuan, there are only 1,540 yuan left.

After listening for a long time, Zhao Shizhen finally realized that he had money, and he had much more money than the rich man in the village before. Zhao Shizhen, who understood this truth, hurriedly signed the payment form and got a passbook. It is said that he could withdraw the money at any time with this thing. Then Zhao Shizhen rode home quickly on a horse.

When he moved here, his family was still poor. If Zhao Shizhen had not served as the army, there would not even be a place to live. As Zhao Shizhen improved

Afterwards, he got a blue brick house with two lights and one darkness, and my mother was happy. Zhao Shizhen knocked on the door and thought, "I guess they will be happy with so much money this time."

The door opened, and the one who appeared in front of Zhao Shizhen was his father...

After entering the door, Zhao Shizhen crossed her legs and went to the kang, drank with him, and bragged about his achievements. She was so happy that he praised him repeatedly.

Finally, Zhao Shizhen took out the passbook and handed it to me

"Mom, this is what I have earned in the past few months, 1540, get it."

"I have never seen so much money in my life. Little donkey, you have a promising future. Mom wants to tell you a marriage right away."

Zhao Shizhen didn't want to get married like this. He saw more worlds, and ordinary women looked down on him, and his career was booming again, so he made a few vague sentences and changed the topic.

"Mom, this time I went to a foreign country and found that we are very poor. The old Japanese look like monsters and live a prosperous life. They have money where they do industry and business. Anyone has more than 100,000 yuan. This time I am going to use this money to do some small business."

"Son, you have a good idea, but what are you doing? Our family has been farming for generations, but we don't understand those things that took office."

"Dad, don't worry about this. I'm going to sell some of the small things I bought outside to see how much I can earn. If I make more money, I'll buy more in the future and sell them."

Zhao Shizhen has been estimating this matter for a long time. When the Boer Army was fighting, his subordinates often gave him some very good-looking stone titles. Over time, Zhao Shizhen also got a little understanding of this thing called "diamond". He knew that although this thing is not valuable in southern Africa, it is very valuable in other places. Later, when he besieged Jin Boli, Zhao Shizhen borrowed 200 from the military headquarters and bought a lot of such "diamonds". Now that he is at home, Zhao Shizhen wants to sell the smallest diamond first to see what price it can be sold.

The next day, Zhao Shizhen took a diamond and sent it to Deyuanxing Jewelry Building for an estimated price.

Deyuanxing Jewelry Building is a four-story brick and wood building, the largest jewelry store in Liaoyang City. As soon as he walked into the main hall, a friend hurriedly ran up and said to him:

"This guest official, welcome to our store! Our store has a variety of gold, silver and jewelry. What do you need?"

Zhao Shizhen said: ""This guy, can I meet your manager? I have a red product here and I want to ask him to pass by!"

When the guy heard this, he immediately made a silence and led Zhao Shizhen to a remote room for tea, while he went to ask the manager for help.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in his thirties walked into the house and said, "I'm the third shopkeeper with the surname Li and Deyuanxing. I guess this guest official has any treasures to block the store for identification?"

Zhao Shizhen replied: "Hello, Shopkeeper Li. I don't know what the price of such a thing is. Please see it for me to estimate the price."

After saying that, he took out the cardboard box from his arms, opened it, and a diamond lay there quietly.

When Manager Li saw the diamond, the smile on his face suddenly became stiff. After a while, he recovered. He wanted to reach out to get the box several times but didn't reach out. After a while, he said dejectedly:

"Your guest should be from overseas, and I can't identify this thing. I'm afraid we have to identify it for our boss. You can wait a moment, and I'll go back."

But in a moment, the shopkeeper arrived. This man was in his sixties and was thin. However, his hands were indeed white and soft. His surname was Yang and he was also the boss of Deyuanxing.

After saying a few words, Manager Yang stretched out his hand, gently touched the diamond, then picked up the box, turned the direction carefully, and finally someone closed the doors and windows, opened a gap, and shook the diamond in the sunshine. The room was filled with colorful light, and everyone was immersed in this dreamy realm.

Manager Yang gently put the diamond back to its original place and said the estimation

"Northeast silver dollar 1,200 yuan."

Zhao Shizhen did not directly answer Manager Li’s words, but instead asked ignorantly: “Manager Yang, I have a question below to ask you, how much profit can you make if you resell this item in Deyuanxing Jewelry Building?”

Manager Li gently put the glass in his hand back into the Nanmu box and said opposite him: "Generally speaking, most of the various jewelry treasures sold in our Deyuanxing Jewelry Building are made by our own craftsmen, and they are rarely purchased from outside and resold, but some are sold at a price of twice. After all, this kind of business is not what we are good at, and there are great risks, so the price is lower."

After hearing his answer, Zhao Shizhen said, "Manager Yang is such a frank gentleman!"

Manager Yang raised his hand and shook it and said, "You don't dare to be a gentleman, but my store has been relying on since childhood and is just the word "trust and righteousness". You must not do fraudulent transactions by antique dealers!"

Zhao Shizhen bowed to him and said, "With the words of Manager Yang, these diamonds are sold to expensive stores. I have some diamonds, which are better than these. I wonder if Manager Yang is interested?"

Manager Yang's eyes widened after hearing Zhao Shizhen's words: "The guest said this seriously. If there is anything better than this, the shop will buy it even if it is full."

Zhao Shizhen smiled and thought that there were still thirty or forty diamonds, wouldn’t that be equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars?

In the afternoon, Zhao Shizhen took the remaining diamonds to Deyuanxing. After being appraised by Manager Yang, the estimated price was as high as 126,000 yuan. This was really a huge sum. You should know that the monthly salary of the major general was only 100 yuan, which was equivalent to the salary of a major general of 105 yuan. Deyuanxing could not get the huge sum for a while, so he had to pay a deposit first and pay the other half a month later.

Zhao Shizhen made a fortune, and even his parents were particularly proud of their face. For a time, he became a typical example of getting rich in the Northeast. A huge movement to get rich was launched. Here, if you have the strength to get rich, you can get rich, if you have the courage to get rich, you can get rich, and if you work hard, you can get rich. The government basically only imposes a 30% income tax. As long as it is not explicitly prohibited, you can do it. The good economic environment in Northeast China attracted those big merchants who were unsuccessful in the Qing Dynasty. The influx of a large amount of silver made up for the damage caused by the Russian-East War and became stronger.
Chapter completed!