As a young marshal, it's reasonable for me to have 300,000 private troops, right?

Chapter Fifty: Deciding to Join the Military Academy!

At the card table, Qi Fan's luck was ridiculously good.

He had just won a hand of all three hands, and then won three more in a row, one of which was a pure hand of self-draw.

In just half an hour, the silver dollars in front of him had piled up into a small mountain, along with several silver notes. A rough count revealed that there were as many as 50,000 dollars!

Yu Fengzhi sat next to Qi Fan, watching with a pounding heart.

Qi Fan won so much, it's inevitable that he offended some people, and most importantly, Lao Zhang's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

She quietly reached out her small hand and gently tugged at Qi Fan's sleeve, her eyes constantly glancing at him, the meaning couldn't be clearer: Know when to stop, don't win anymore!

But Qi Fan was engrossed in making money off his father and mothers, so he paid no attention to her reminder. He pretended not to see it, his fingers twirling the mahjong tiles, his eyes still focused on the table, secretly chuckling to himself: He finally got a chance to win money from his father and mothers, if he didn't win as much as he could now, he wouldn't have another chance like this!

It wasn't until Qi Fan won another hand of pure suit that Old Zhang finally couldn't sit still any longer.

He looked at the ever-growing pile of silver dollars in front of Qi Fan, and his lips twitched. If he kept losing like this, he would soon be heading for 100,000 yuan!

This is no small sum; it's enough to cover a brigade's military expenses for a year. No matter how rich Old Zhang is, he can't afford to lose like Qi Fan.

"Snapped!"

Zhang Zuolin threw down the mahjong tiles in his hand, scattering them across the table and interrupting Qi Fan, who was about to draw a tile.

He stood up, yelling impatiently, "I'm not playing anymore! Today's been fucking unlucky, my luck is absolutely terrible!"

As he spoke, he turned to walk out of the house.

Qi Fan couldn't let go of this hard-won opportunity, so he quickly reached out to stop him, joking with a smile.

"No, Dad! Let's play a little longer! Didn't you just say that if you lost, you'd pay the mothers in cash and not let them buy on credit? We've only just gotten started, why are you leaving already?"

Seeing this, the fourth concubine leaned back in her chair, picked up her teacup, took a sip, and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Liu Zi, stop teasing your dad. All the money you've won, isn't it all your dad's money anyway? No matter how much you win, it's just money passing from one hand to the other."

"Hey! Fourth Aunt, that's not right!" Qi Fan immediately retorted, straightening his posture and speaking in a serious tone.

"Fengzhi and I are already legally married. According to custom, we, as a young couple, should live our own lives. This money I won is my own private savings and has nothing to do with my father!"

As he spoke, he stretched out a hand in front of Old Zhang, tapping the table lightly with his fingertips, looking quite self-righteous.

"Old man, stop dawdling and pay the bill! If you lose, you have to admit it. The Zhang family doesn't tolerate defaulting on debts!"

Old Zhang was instantly rendered speechless by his words, and thought to himself.

That brat, he really did it on purpose! He originally wanted to make Qi Fan lose some money while playing mahjong, and also to teach him a lesson so that he would ask to do something. He never expected that he would be taken advantage of by this kid instead.

Old Zhang glared at Qi Fan, then decided to stop beating around the bush and said with a stern face.

"Alright, alright, I can settle the bill for you! But you just said you're single now, so you can't just sit around doing nothing all day, can you? We're supporting you at home, not so you can play mahjong with your mothers and win money every day!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Fan was instantly delighted: Sure enough, this old man finally couldn't hold back and was going to assign me some work! He had noticed that the old man was acting strangely, and it turned out he was waiting for me here!

He didn't respond to Lao Zhang's words, but simply withdrew his outstretched hand, leaned back in his chair, and looked at him with a half-smile, as if to say, "I'll just quietly watch your performance," waiting for him to finish speaking.

Seeing the situation, the concubines and Yu Fengzhi around the card table wisely shut their mouths, and the once lively room instantly became quiet.

Seeing that Qi Fan didn't respond for a long time and just stared at him with a half-smile, the scene became somewhat awkward.

He cleared his throat, breaking the silence and softening his tone.

"Those two brats, Zhang Zuoxiang and Bao Gui, have both enrolled in our military academy. I've already enrolled you and Xuecheng. After you graduate, you'll be able to become an officer, which will give you a proper job. It's better than just lounging around at home all day."

Qi Fan's eyes darted around, and he immediately started making plans in his mind, but his face showed an unwilling look as he pouted and said.

"Dad, isn't that unfair of you? You were the one who sent me to take the entrance exam for the Baoding Military Academy. I worked so hard to pass it, and you sent me back right after I finished. Now you want me to go to the military academy to suffer as a common soldier. I'm not going to do that."

When Old Zhang heard that Qi Fan wasn't falling for his tricks, his previously relaxed expression darkened again.

However, he had not achieved his goal, so he could only patiently continue to persuade Qi Fan. Seeing that Qi Fan was unmoved by reason, he finally couldn't hold back and threw out the bait.

"As long as you graduate well from the military academy, I'll make you a brigade commander! Isn't that a pretty good offer?"

Qi Fan was overjoyed: the old man had finally taken the bait! He couldn't miss such a good opportunity to extort money.

"I'll go, but besides becoming a brigade commander after graduation, you'll have to give me 100,000 silver dollars as a reward. Otherwise, training from dawn till dusk every day is exhausting; there has to be some compensation, right?"

Upon hearing "ten thousand silver dollars," Old Zhang's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he pointed at Qi Fan's nose and started cursing.

"Hey! You son of a bitch! You're trying to take advantage of my misfortune, aren't you? Wasn't it enough that you won money from me and your mothers earlier? Now you dare to ask me for an exorbitant amount?"

Qi Fan shrugged nonchalantly, leaned back in his chair, and adopted a "dead pig doesn't care about boiling water" attitude.

"It's fine if you don't want to give it to me. Anyway, Fengzhi and I are living a good life. We usually drink tea and eat melon seeds, which is very carefree. I will continue to be a young master at home, which is fine too."

Looking at Qi Fan's appearance, Old Zhang felt a tightness in his chest from anger, but he was helpless. He really wanted Qi Fan to enter the military academy for training, paving the way for him to take over the Fengtian Army in the future.

After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly slapped his thigh and said through gritted teeth.

"Fine, fine! I'm scared of you! It's just 100,000 silver dollars, here you go!"

Upon hearing that his plan had succeeded, Qi Fan's eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately stood up and patted Yu Fengzhi's hand.

"Honey, let's go with Dad to get the money!"

Yu Fengzhi suppressed a laugh and followed Old Zhang to the accounting office to retrieve 100,000 silver dollars in banknotes. Afterward, she returned to her courtyard with Qi Fan.

As soon as he entered the room, Qi Fan couldn't wait to wave the silver notes in his hand, his face full of satisfaction. This time, he not only got to go to the Military Academy to get the title of brigade commander, but also got 100,000 silver dollars for free. It was a huge profit!

The two were resting on the bed when Yu Fengzhi suddenly turned over and looked at Qi Fan.

"Hanqing, did you already know that Father was going to send you to the Military Academy to study military affairs?"

"I wouldn't say I knew all along," Qi Fan said with a smile, shaking his head frankly.

"However, I was chatting with Zhang Tingshu and the others on the phone these past two days, and they told me that they had all gone to the Military Academy. I guessed that my father would definitely urge me to go as well, so I decided to go with the flow and take the opportunity to squeeze more money out of him."

Yu Fengzhi gently pinched him and scolded, "You, all you know is how to swindle your father's money."

"That's my father's money, I might as well rip him off." Qi Fan grinned and pulled her into his arms.

"Besides, you're a rich woman, and I'm a genuinely poor person."

That's true. He had to support the Yan Ying Group and the cavalry company entirely on his own, so he wasn't exactly well-off.

Upon hearing this, Yu Fengzhi raised her hand and gently punched his chest with her small fist, speaking softly.

"Ugh, isn't my money your money too? Why are you being so particular about it?"

Qi Fan pulled Yu Fengzhi into his arms and said.

"I don't know, I don't know, whatever my eldest sister says goes!"

After that, Qi Fan handed the battlefield over to Qi Xiaofan to perform. After all, they were about to go to the Martial Arts Academy, and Qi Xiaofan would definitely have a long rest then. Let him have a good show today!