As for Ye Zhiwen, she didn't know what to make of it in her heart. She clearly disliked Wang Zhenyu, that smooth-talking guy. However, as time went on, she gradually learned more about this guy - the revolutionary officer who severely damaged the Qing army in the Jade Belt Gate incident, the great talent her father often talked about, and his relatively handsome appearance. But why was it that someone who seemed almost perfect to everyone else was actually a sly-tongued guy who had gotten himself into a rage at a Western restaurant? Every time Ye Zhiwen looked at those few issues of newspapers she had saved, and thought about the real-life scoundrel, a sentiment she couldn't quite put her finger on was slowly brewing in her heart and occasionally rising to the surface.

  Because of many puzzles, no matter how bad her impression of Wang Zhenyu was, every time Wang Zhenyu came to visit, without needing her father to make any arrangements, Ye Ziyuan would always consciously run to the living room to accompany him. She always told herself that her purpose was very clear, which was to take a good look at how so many honors could be gathered on such a terrible person.

  The result was that nothing could be seen, and Wang Zhenyu was often left looking puzzled. It also made Ye Zuwen, as a father, mistakenly think that his daughter had already secretly agreed to marry Wang Zhenyu. Hmm, such an impressive young man, his future prospects are boundless, and it wouldn't be bad to have him as a son-in-law. The Qing dynasty is about to collapse, and in the future, this world will still belong to these revolutionaries. By marrying into the Ye family, they would gain a new powerful ally, and their family's status would surely rise even higher.

  This time, Ye Xiaojie is staring at our classmate Wang Zhenyu again. The first time Ye Xiaojie stared at him like this, Wang Zhenyu had an illusion that his invincible charm and heroic aura deeply attracted the eccentric Miss Ye. However, soon Wang Zhenyu didn't feel like he was admired by everyone anymore, because he discovered that the way this little fox looked at him wasn't the way a woman appreciates a man, but more like a wolf looking at a sheep's eyes. Wang Zhenyu is very unhappy about this, damn it, when did I become prey?

  As he visited Ye's house more often, Wang Zhenyu suddenly had an idea to tease this little girl when he was idle.

  "Ziwen beautiful girl, every time I come, I see you staying at home, don't you go to school?"

  Ye Zhiwen raised an eyebrow: "Mind your own business, it's all because of you people fighting back and forth. Father won't let me go to school anymore, saying staying at home is the safest, not even allowing me to leave, humph."

  Wang Zhenyu was unhappy, you little hoof, just speak up, why hum a tune, isn't this intentionally annoying me? However, thinking about the next prank plan, Wang Zhenyu endured it and smiled sweetly: "This won't do, our Miss Ye is such an adorable young lady, how can she stay at home and not go out? Do you want to go out? Brother can help you!"

  Ye Zhiwen raised an eyebrow and gave Wang Zhenyu a habitual white eye: "If you have something to say, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush, it's really not like a man."

  "Hehe" Wang Zhenyu found that after being in contact with Ye Ziyun for a long time, his own demeanor and temperament had improved a lot. "Our camp is currently carrying out cultural studies, but we lack instructors, this work is not going well at all!"

  Ye Zhiwen originally wanted to tease Wang Zhenyu a bit more, but suddenly thought of something and her eyes lit up: "Brother Wang, where do you need cultural instructors? How many?"

  "Of course, the more the better! What's wrong, does Xī Wén have an interest? That won't do, you're a girl from a good family, it's not convenient." Wang Zhèn Yǔ pretended to refuse.

  If it were usual, Wang Zhenyu would dare to call Ye Ziyun "little sister", and he would definitely get a cold shoulder. But Ye Ziyun was interested and didn't care about these details: "I wouldn't have thought you're a military officer of the People's Liberation Army, yet your feudal thinking is still so serious. Besides, isn't there a big brother like you around? What's inconvenient about that? Hmm, I also have classmates who are just like me, stuck at home every day. If you have a way to make our parents agree, we can all go to your place and become instructors. It's settled then, if you dare to back out, you're not a man. Hmph!"

  Hehe, this is what you said yourself, I didn't invite you. Hooked, little girl, when you get to the troops and see those idiots who only know how to eat and drink but can't read, it'll be enough for you to suffer. Wang Zhenyu was very pleased with himself, no matter how arrogant this little hoof is, Laozi set a trap and you still fell into it, women are indeed brainless. Wang Zhenyu also took the opportunity to glance at Ye Ziyun's chest, although she was only 15 years old, but apparently developed quite well. Cough cough, she's not even an adult yet, I'm not Lin Secretary, I have no interest in underage girls. Wang Zhenyu secretly despised himself for a moment.

  At dinner time, Wang Zhenyu casually mentioned this matter to Ye Zuwen. Ye Zuwen was naturally delighted that his daughter could be with Wang Zhenyu, and with Wang Zhenyu around, his daughter would definitely not get into trouble. So he not only agreed to let his daughter go to the army as an instructor but also patted his chest and said he would talk to the parents of his daughter's classmates and organize a comfort team in the name of the Hankou Chamber of Commerce. Ye Ziyun was stunned by this enthusiasm, feeling that since Wang Zhenyu appeared, the father in her heart had changed greatly.

  Wang Zhenyu didn't think much of it, he was secretly laughing to himself in his heart, and at that time you girls will know what it means to cry and laugh at the same time.

  But contrary to his wishes, Wang Zhenyu's little calculation was clearly wrong.

  The soldiers, who used to be afraid of cultural classes like a fierce tiger, suddenly became enthusiastic after the arrival of the teachers from the comfort team. Every day after dinner, without being called, they would voluntarily take out their small stools, pencils and notebooks, and rush to the small playground for class. They listened attentively, despite the cold weather, with noses red from the cold, rubbing their hands and blowing air, but still persisted in taking notes seriously (Ma Xi Cheng had to buy another batch of pencils for this). After class, these men even took the initiative to surround the female teachers, asking questions from time to time. Wow, usually when they were in class themselves, as soon as it was said that the class was over, these guys would immediately disappear without a trace, and the entire playground would be empty, with only a few leaves falling quietly from the sky. Is it really true that men and women work together and don't get tired?

  Especially Song Xianfu, Hao Bing and several other teams, they no longer looked bitter, each with a smile on their face, listening to the lesson in an orderly manner, occasionally raising their hands to ask questions, really treating themselves as students. When checking the camp at night, it was discovered that these guys were still reviewing under the lamp in the middle of the night, more proactive than those who took the imperial examination.

  Wang Zhenyu looked down on his subordinates with disdain, pointing a finger at them, a group of useless people.

  Although the plan to play a trick on him fell through, the difficulty of cultural class was unexpectedly resolved. As a result, Wang Zhenyu himself was liberated, at least he didn't have to spend time attending cultural classes personally.

  On the night of December 25, the north wind howled, and the snowflakes that had been falling for almost a day finally stopped. The ground was covered with thick white snow, and when I stepped on it, my foot sank in just enough to cover the entire sole.

  Wang Zhenyu is going on his nightly patrol as usual tonight, with Ma Xicheng and Zhao Dongsheng, the two trusted generals, naturally following closely behind. Tonight's officer on duty is Xu Yuanquan, the leader of the fifth team, so he is also joining the patrol.

  Wang Zhenyu attaches great importance to Xu Yuanquan, after all, this person is not an ordinary military officer, but a regular military academy instructor, and it is essential for himself to formalize the military in the future. Therefore, the task of supervising and revising the military subjects during this training was completely handed over to him.

  As contact deepened, Wang Zhenyu only knew that Xu Yuanquan participated in the revolution by chance. On the day he was sent back to his hometown, Xu Yuanquan and another group of soldiers who were also dispersed happened to live in the same inn in Wuchang. Coincidentally, the militia had suffered a big defeat in Hankou, and Li Yuanhong, as the governor, did not have the shamelessness that later writers described, holding a small flag with "Revolutionary Party" written on it every day, poking at it 800 times with a needle, and waiting for the revolution to fail every day. Li Yuanhong, who had become the leader of the counter-revolutionaries, was not brainwashed like the Red Guards, and once he got on the wrong boat, he was determined to oppose the Qing dynasty. On that night, Li Yuanhong personally brought several staff members to the inn, enthusiastically knocking on doors one by one, sincerely inviting these soldiers who were dispersed by the Qing government to join the revolutionary army to fight against the Manchu people.

  Xu Yuanquan, who had never been in contact with the revolutionary party before, was suddenly filled with passion and became a member of the people's army, even becoming the captain of the student team directly under the command of the headquarters. In this situation, Xu Yuanquan belonged to the non-revolutionary faction politically, which made him more reliable for Wang Zhenyu, who knew the character of the revolutionary party members later on.

  It's worth mentioning that at the time, another person was staying in this inn, and that was Cheng Qian, the leader of the Xiang Army during the Republic of China era. Cheng Qian wasn't feeling well either, and he had originally planned to attend the annual Changde Autumn Maneuvers. However, with the outbreak of revolution, half of the troops who were supposed to participate in the maneuvers either became rebels or were fighting against them. As a result, the Autumn Maneuvers naturally couldn't be held. Cheng Qian was an old ally, having secretly joined Huang Xing's Iron and Blood Husband Team while studying at the Military Academy in Japan. It was impossible for him to suppress the revolution, so he chose to slip back to Hunan to participate in the revolution, not wanting to be caught by Li Yuanhong. Therefore, during the Xinhai Revolution, Cheng Qian also arrived at the Hanyang front line's Guishan artillery camp as a regimental staff officer, but only for a short time. After the fighting stopped, he immediately returned to Hunan to take up his post. However, having participated in the Wuchang Uprising, this revolutionary experience was truly valuable and would be written about in great detail later on.

  Anyway, the second reason why Wang Zhenyu reused and trusted Xu Yuanquan is that this guy has also become a historical celebrity. In later generations, Wang Zhenyu already knew about this brother's glorious deeds, but not from history textbooks, but from the TV show "National Treasure Files".

  According to the program, when Sun Dianying, a notorious thief from Dongling, stole national treasures by blowing up the Eastern Mausoleum, he was a military commander under Xu Yuanquan. Years later, someone discovered ceramic pieces allegedly buried with Empress Dowager Cixi in Xu Yuanquan's former residence "Tuiyuan" in Hubei. This led to an archaeological craze, and people began to suspect that some of the stolen national treasures were given by Sun Dianying to his superior, Xu Yuanquan.

  Of course, all of the above are folk legends and not official history.

  What really impressed Wang Zhenyu was not that Xu Yuanquan had obtained historical artifacts, but that although he was unknown in textbooks, he was absolutely a figure in the history of the Republic of China.

  He successively followed Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zongchang and Chiang Kai-shek as his bosses. It's worth noting that none of these three were good masters to serve under - one was a big-bearded general, another was a greedy military commander, and the third was a mild paranoid. Yet Xu Yuanquan managed to gain the trust and recognition of each new boss, especially under Chiang Kai-shek, where he not only continued to hold significant military power but also became considered part of the inner circle, treated equally with those from Whampoa Military Academy, which is quite an anomaly in Republican history.

  From this, it can be inferred that whether it is training soldiers or making money, Xu Yuanquan must be a top-notch expert, otherwise how could he survive in this chaotic world?