Virtue Gathering Tower was the largest restaurant in Flower City. It had a history of more than a hundred years and was famous throughout Guangdong and Guangxi.
Although the price was expensive, many people liked to treat people to a meal at this place because it represented their face. Those who could eat here would not care about the money.
Just like Li Donghan, he had already booked a banquet here to welcome Jiang Fangzhen. If he only relied on his salary, although he could afford it, he still had to think about it.
However, Li Donghan's family was rich. There were shops in the city and many farms outside the city. When Li Donghan returned to the country, he gathered his family's assets and invested in the industry.
The textile factories, fire factories, and other factories were all extremely profitable, bringing in millions of taels of profit for Li Donghan every year.
Therefore, he did not care about money at all. What he valued was his power. Money was only an accessory to power!
The Li family had such wealth, but no one dared to do anything because Li Donghan had a new army in his hands. If they wanted to do anything bad, they had to think about whether they still had their heads.
Therefore, a mere banquet was not worth mentioning to Li Donghan at all. In fact, the boss of Virtue Gathering Tower might not even accept his money in order to curry favor with Li Donghan!
In short, Jiang Fangzhen would definitely not be wronged here!
The banquet was held in a private room on the third floor, which was now protected by Li Donghan's guards. Those who did not have enough status had to think twice before coming here.
After all, no matter what, Li Donghan would never relax about his own safety. It was not that he lacked a sense of security, but that he wanted to take everything into his own hands.
Li Donghan pushed the door open with Jiang Baili and Yang Hongyu. There were already three people sitting inside.
The three of them were all wearing military uniforms and were in their twenties. When they saw Li Donghan appear, they quickly stood up.
Li Donghan nodded gently and said to Jiang Fangzhen,"Brother Baili, this is a welcoming banquet I specially prepared for you. Don't stand on ceremony. We brothers haven't seen each other for many years.”
Jiang Fangzhen laughed heartily and said," Let's get drunk." Although he hadn't seen Li Donghan for a few years, they had been very close back in Delizhi.
He was a few years older than Li Donghan, and he often took care of Li Donghan. Now that Li Donghan had such achievements, becoming a standard leader at such a young age, Jiang Fangzhen was also happy for him!
Li Donghan sat at the head of the table and invited Jiang Fangzhen to sit below him. Only then did everyone take their seats.
After sitting down, Li Donghan looked at the others and introduced them to Jiang Fangzhen one by one.
"This is my bid 98, the commander of the first battalion, Shen Chengyun!”This was the officer sitting next to Li Donghan. He was 27 or 28 years old and had the unique maturity of a soldier.
He had graduated from the Tianjin Military Academy, but because he had offended someone in Beiyang, he had been ostracized. By chance, he had been pulled to eastern Guangdong by Li Donghan. He had first started as a captain, then later became the commander of a battalion, inheriting Li Donghan's previous position.
Beiyang was the largest military group in the country. It would be difficult for Shen Chengyun, who had been specially taken care of, to stand out.
Li Donghan had changed his fate by bringing him to eastern Guangdong. He was considered to have met him!
Jiang Fangzhen smiled and greeted Chen Chengyun. It was obvious that Li Donghan thought highly of this person. He was giving Li Donghan face!
"This is Zhang Zhenpeng, the commander of the second battalion!" Li Donghan continued to introduce him. Zhang Zhenpeng's identity was also quite special. Although he was not Li Donghan's relative, he was about the same.
He was Li Donghan's classmate. Back then, they studied together at the East Guangdong Army Academy. However, Li Donghan later studied abroad at Delizhi, while Zhang Zhenpeng did not have this fate.
His family was just an ordinary businessman with one or two shops. They did not have the ability to support him to study abroad, nor did they have official connections like Li Donghan.
Therefore, he could only follow the prescribed steps and enter the Eastern Guangdong Army Military Academy. After graduation, he entered the new army of the twenty-fifth town. With Li Donghan's connections, he was promoted very quickly!
When Li Donghan became the commander of the 98th Battalion, he found an opportunity to transfer the original Second Battalion to another place!
Although that person did not make a big mistake, it was more appropriate to leave such an important position to his confidant. After all, Li Donghan was in a life-threatening business!
He had to minimize the risk!
"This is the 3rd Battalion's Commander, Chen Li Gang!" Li Donghan introduced the person next to Jiang Fangzhen.
As his name suggested, Chen Li Gang looked rather fierce and his body was tall and burly. Unlike the other two, he had received higher education and was from the old army.
When the 98th mark was established, it had absorbed a portion of the old army with good quality to serve as the skeleton, and Chen Li Gang was one of them.
With his bravery, he quickly caught Li Donghan's attention. Moreover, Li Donghan also discovered that he had a good sensitivity to some military knowledge and could understand many things with a little bit.
With this advantage, his academic qualifications would not be an obstacle at all. Li Donghan was more concerned about the substance of things.
Therefore, he had been promoted from a small studio to the current manager. It could be said that Chen Ligang was the one who was most grateful to Li Donghan.
In short, Li Donghan's three subordinates were all his confidants. They had been promoted by Li Donghan himself, although he could not say that he trusted them 100%.
However, Li Donghan believed that they would not betray him without absolute benefits!
In fact, it was not just the three of them. Even the officers of the three battalions were Li Donghan's confidants. He had almost single-handedly established bid 98, and his influence was unparalleled.
Moreover, he had been a supervisor and had always been nurturing his trusted aides. Many of the people he had taken a liking to back then had been promoted to low-level officers.
Therefore, even if someone in this group betrayed Li Donghan, it was still uncertain whether their subordinates would follow him!
In short, Li Donghan had managed lot 98 like an iron bucket and would listen to his orders to the greatest extent.
This was Li Donghan's greatest guarantee in this era!
(To be continued)
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