1928: The rise of giant merchants

This may be the most frightening dinner Ye Luo has ever had since coming to the Republic of China.

Facing this big shot whom he had only seen in history books and on the Internet, it was difficult for Ye Luo to remain calm.

The principal is very approachable, just like having a meal with his family. He chews slowly and occasionally speaks a few words, which are all indifferent greetings and inquiries.

After talking for a few words, Ye Luo probably understood that this was a simple first meeting, without any scheming or thoughts.

After relaxing, Ye Luo gradually began to use his talkative and erudite skills. In addition, he deliberately spoke in a direction that the principal liked, and soon won his favor.

"Tomorrow, Aluo will go to Tangshan with us to witness the opening ceremony of the artillery school." After the principal finished his last bite of food, he looked at Kong Lingjun, who seemed particularly quiet as soon as he arrived, and said calmly, "By the way, Lingjun You’re ten years old, haven’t you hired a tutor yet?”

"Ah, I have it, Uncle Jiang." Kong Lingjun shrank his little head and shook his head repeatedly.

Kong Xiangxi hired many well-known tutors when she was four or five years old. Unfortunately, those people could not control this little devil. They were either angry or scared away.

The principal's wife's eyes lit up, and then she looked at Ye Luo: "A Luo is a top student who graduated from Cambridge and Harvard. He became the top scholar in Tsinghua University at the age of sixteen. How about asking him to be Ling Jun's tutor? He is also close to him, so we can Discipline Ling Jun well."

Kong Lingjun's face turned bitter when he heard this.

She had provoked Ye Luo several times just now. Although this big brother was handsome and interesting, she didn't want to be disciplined by someone pinching her nose.

"Well, I have the same intention." The principal put down the chopsticks in his hand and said with a smile, "Otherwise, it would be ridiculous for Lingjun to always follow us around the presidential palace. Let Aluo take him to Shanghai to have a good experience. , there is no harm in sending him to a girls’ school when he is twelve or thirteen years old.”

Ye Luo didn't want to take over this hot potato at all. He was familiar with Kong Lingjun's name. He was already lawless at the age of ten. In two or three years, would it be okay?

Moreover, she comes from a prominent family and has a strong background. She cannot beat or scold her like the Ye family's own children. She is just a C4 explosive pack that can explode at any time!

"I heard Ziwen say that Aluo doesn't want to go into politics, but his uncle has been appointed to an important position in Shanghai. I think their family will eventually come to our Jinling." The principal's wife patted him. Kong Lingjun's little head smiled and said, "Zhongzheng, didn't you say that Zhang Dingyao is ill and is planning to leave Shanghai in the middle of the year? How about you support Boyan and make him a deputy chief?"

"Okay." The principal said concisely, and the matter was settled.

Ye Luo never expected that the most critical step in Bai Xiongqi's political career would come like this. He could only smile lightly and think about how to deal with Kong Lingjun, the little devil in the world.

Early the next morning, Ye Luo got into an armored vehicle and followed the principal and others to Tangshan to attend the opening ceremony of the Tangshan Artillery School.

This was the first vocational military school that Max had high hopes for, and it was also his favorite artillery school, which provided countless artillery elites for the subsequent Anti-Japanese War.

Because half of them were military experts from Germany, Wen Yingxing, the director of the teaching department who was responsible for balancing teachers from both sides of Hua and Germany, was very busy, but he also unexpectedly gained a lot of network resources.

Colonel Max served as the honorary principal, and Ye Luo served as the honorary vice principal. The principal himself did not take up the post, but assigned the position of principal to Zhou Bin from Peking.

In the armored vehicle, Kong Lingjun wanted to give the new teacher a showdown, and frequently asked various difficult and unreasonable questions. Unexpectedly, Ye Luo's erudition far exceeded the capacity of her little head. She was speechless and was repeatedly asked by him. Attracted by some of the overseas experiences and interesting stories mentioned.

After all, she was just a ten-year-old girl. She developed such a willful and unruly character because her family was too well off and her family doted on her.

At this moment, Ye Luo looked at her, feeling like a miniature version of Bai Xiuzhu.

In less than an hour's drive, Ye Luo managed the new student to be obedient. After getting off the bus, the principal's wife was surprised and amused when she saw Kong Lingjun clinging to Ye Luo, acting well-behaved and sensible.

"This school gate is very impressive." The principal walked at the front and was full of praise for the new school. After hearing Deng Wenyi say that the project was contracted by Ye's Construction Company, he was even more convinced of Ye Luo's business ability, "Good. , the more such private industrialists there are, the more hopeful our revival will be."

The large characters of the National Army Artillery School were handwritten by the principal, and it was resplendent. However, the surrounding people and most people were accustomed to calling it Tangshan Artillery School.

The school's overall building complex is scattered and mainly includes five three-story buildings including the south gate and north gate of the Artillery Academy, the south and north office buildings mainly composed of small auditoriums, and the cultural and sports center and "Dai Li Building" located in the 73669 Army Corps courtyard. .

The building next to the Cultural and Sports Center and the "Dai Li Building" is the ballistics laboratory of the college, and behind the ballistics laboratory is the "Yeluo Building" funded by Yeluo.

To the south of Yeluo Building and to the north of the teaching building, there are three shooting observation towers and one radio signal tower.

It was originally just an ordinary opening ceremony of a junior college artillery school, but it attracted much attention because it was linked to the China-Germany military cooperation project. After the principal's visit, it was pushed to a higher stage.

There are countless well-known national media invited to the audience. I believe that after today, Tangshan Artillery School will become a new topic that many people are talking about.

Sitting in front of the rostrum, Ye Luo took a nap quietly. Anyway, as the honorary vice-principal, he didn't have to do anything but pay.

There are 765 trainees in the first batch of Tangshan Artillery School. They are scheduled to graduate and enlist in the army in three months. The total expenses during the period are about 1.72 million yuan, with the majority of the money coming from the Ministry of Finance and the rest from Ye's investment.

Ye Luo paid more attention to leaving the mark of Ye's family in the hearts of these talents, so he focused on building buildings such as Ye Luo Building, as well as libraries, canteens, etc. The trademark of Ye's investment can be seen everywhere. The students' daily clothes are also Ye's. Produced by textile factories, the quality is obviously higher than other clothing and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Seeing the teacher taking a nap, Kong Lingjun also learned well. This kind of grand ceremony was still too boring for a child of her age.

Two people, one large and one small, were sleepy. Not far away, the principal Zhou Bin and the director of the teaching office Wen Yingxing looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Ye Luo was the only one who dared to sleep so blatantly. The principal and his wife were sitting not far away, who were not trying their best to express themselves, hoping to be noticed!

Several loud salutes heralded the successful conclusion of the ceremony. Ye Luo woke up and pushed Kong Lingjun, who was drooling. The little girl glared at him dissatisfied. After being beaten several chestnuts by Ye Luo, she could only hold her head. Feeling aggrieved, Baba followed me to the canteen for dinner.

The intimacy between the two made the principal's wife nod her head repeatedly, and she couldn't help but whisper to the principal: "I see, someone has finally conquered the little devil Ling Jun."

"My eldest brother loves this daughter the most. I think half of the Kong family's property will fall into this girl's hands in the future. If she learns from A Luo, she might be able to make her family achieve greater glory."

The principal nodded and smiled.

The Kong family and the Song family were his money bags, especially the former. Kong Xiangxi supported him all the way, and they were affectionate and loyal. They were much better than Song Ziwen, a little white-eyed wolf.

He was happy to see the relationship between Ye Luo and Kong Lingjun getting better.

"Teacher Ye, when are we going back to Shanghai?" Kong Lingjun was already bored here.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you to see something fun tomorrow." Ye Luo smiled mysteriously.