Xiao Baitu wiped the sweat from his forehead, even on a cold winter day, this horseback gallop for more than an hour made him sweat a lot.

After the trading post in Colonia City was closed due to the harassment of British and Dutch pirates, the last large-scale trading post in the East Coast Republic of China was also suspended, and the situation in the country suddenly became serious. There are so many salaries and benefits to be paid for government officials and enterprise employees, so many military salaries and pensions to be paid, and so many urgently needed materials to be purchased.

However, with less than 100,000 yuan of cash left in the treasury of the Ministry of Finance, this will last for more than four months. If the war does not end in these four months to five months at most, or if Colonia's trade is not reopened, the gold and silver reserves in the treasury will be at the bottom. Will potatoes, salted fish, or pork be used to pay the wages of the people?

Of course, the East Coast Company can still lend some of the funds to the Ministry of Finance, but it will only continue to live for a few months at most, and it will not last long. Therefore, the task of opening up the mainland's trade and communication routes is imperative.

After the closure of Colonia, Xiao Baitu, as the representative of the Eastern Republic in the region, naturally did not need to stay. Therefore, he returned to the army cavalry unit and did his old job.

This morning, when he was training in the south area of the Chuy River with a group of mobilized soldiers, he suddenly received an order from the War Department to immediately rush to the administrative building of the Executive Committee to stand by. The inexplicable Xiao Baitu immediately ended the training and rushed back to Dongfang Port with dozens of cavalry.

After handing over the horses to his guards, Xiao Baitu and his adjutant Leonid went directly to the War Department to inquire about the news. Unexpectedly, when passing by the door of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I suddenly saw Minister of War Peng Zhicheng arguing with several people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Xiao Baitu took a closer look. There were about four or five people who quarreled. It's all traversal. Two of them are from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two are from the Ministry of Justice, and one is his Minister Peng.

I saw Peng Zhicheng wearing a dark blue tweed school official uniform, pointing at the two opposite with a crossed finger and saying: "Bai Siwen, I grass your ancestor, if you dare to sign it, I can't kill you!" ”

Bai Sven? Xiao Baitu was a little surprised, wasn't he negotiating with the British in Brazil, why did he run back?

Bai Siwen shouted at Peng Zhicheng indignantly: "Peng Zhicheng, what do you think you look like? What's the difference with a ruffian? I am a member of the Central Executive Committee and President of the Supreme Court. In terms of rank and position, you are not lower than you Peng, what qualifications do you have to point fingers at me? Besides, I just want everyone to see the current reality clearly and stop going on like this. Take a step back, don't you know the way to open the sea and the sky? ”

"!" Peng Zhicheng spat out, and then continued to scold: "You are a traitor!" And to pay reparations to the British? Phew! Do you say you're going to sell the latest textile machinery to the British? ”

What the?! Xiao Baitu was also anxious when he heard it. He was a tantrum tantrum, and when he heard that Bai Swen actually advocated paying reparations to the British in exchange for peace, he was immediately annoyed, and rushed over without saying a word.

"Since I tore my face today, then I'll just say it. Peng Heitan, look at your army. From top to bottom, there is still a little bit of a soldier's appearance. They all think very highly of themselves, thinking that they have too much. You are the savior of the country, today you judge this policy, tomorrow you criticize that department, do you have such a soldier? I'll tell you, I'm tired of you! A soldier has to be like a soldier, he has to be a pure soldier, you guys...... Ouch, who's beating me?! Bai Siwen was about to say more, but he was smashed in the eye socket by a huge fist, and suddenly fell to the ground with a gold star in his eyes.

"Nima! Lao Tzu is the one who beats you! Bai Siwen, I've also seen you unpleasant for a long time, you traitor, I can't see if grandpa can't kill you! Xiao Baitu cursed in his mouth, and before he could raise his fist and fight again, the two crossers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next to him hurriedly grabbed him.

The chaos here attracted the attention of the two security guards around the corner, who had seen the two members of the Central Committee scolding and fighting, and feared that it would harm them, so they shrank aside and ignored the matter. Now that he saw that Commissioner Bai and Dean Bai had been beaten by an army officer, he suddenly felt his scalp tingle, and hurriedly pulled out the baton on his waist and was about to come up.

"Hello!" Leonid pulled out the 32-year-old sergeant knife from his waist and blocked it in front of the two security guards.

Leonid's tall figure blocked the narrow corridor, and the saber in his hand looked unusually dazzling in the sunlight. When did the two security guards see people wielding knives and guns in the administrative building of the Executive Committee, they were a little dumbfounded for a while.

The others were also a little dumbfounded, this was the first time that someone dared to draw a knife in the executive committee administrative building, the heart of the country. What did the Ministry of Internal Affairs police at the door do to eat, and why didn't they take away his knife when they took his gun?

"Shh The security guard reacted quickly, and a sharp brass whistle sounded in the administration building. Soon, a large group of security guards armed with batons and short guns at their waists rushed over from all corners and surrounded Leonid and Xiao Baitu.

The movement here also attracted the attention of the entire building, and the staff of many departments pushed open the door and came out to probe their brains and look.

"What's going on?" Liu Yun, an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who presided over the security work of the Executive Committee, rushed over and couldn't help but gasp when he saw Leonid who was still blocking the corridor with a knife sideways. It was the first time he had seen such a bold man, and he still did not change his face when facing at least seven or eight muskets pointed at him, and stood straight in front of him. Is this man really bold or is he sick in the head?

"Ensign Fedorovich, what are you doing? Don't take the knife back yet! Xiao Baitu also felt that something was wrong, so he let go of Bai Siwen, pulled Leonid's sleeve and said.

Leonid then put his knife into its sheath and stood sideways. Several security guards took the opportunity to rush up and detained Leonid and Xiao Baitu backhand at once.

"Damn, who dares to arrest me?! You dogs, you are not small......" Xiao Baitu scolded as he struggled hard.

"Xiao Baitu, you're still quite energetic." Liu Yun stepped forward, looked at him and sighed and said, "Brother Xiao, you have a big deal this time. First of all, you, an adjutant, are holding a murder weapon in the executive committee building and openly resisting arrest, do you think he still has the existence of the executive committee in his eyes? And you, your business is bigger! Beating the central leadership, what is the nature of this? It's light to say that you despise national law and military law, come on, don't toss about it, come with me to the guardhouse first. How to deal with it is a matter for the superiors, and I can't control it. Take everyone with me! ”

"Alright, Xiaobai! Let's go with them first, it's not a big deal. Xiao Baitu wanted to refute again, but Peng Zhicheng suddenly spoke up. Xiao Baitu was stunned, didn't say anything, and was immediately taken away by the security guards.

After finishing speaking, Peng Zhicheng glanced at Liu Yun and Bai Siwen coldly, and said, "Bai Siwen, you'd better not say anything nonsense like agreeing to share skills with the British, otherwise Lao Tzu won't be able to spare you." ”

"What do you ruffians with guns full of know about you?" Seeing that the rescuers were coming, Bai Siwen's courage grew, he covered his right eye socket and said: "What the country needs now is peace, do you understand peace?" I know how to fight all day long, and I can't wait to bow my head to others, do you see what the country has become now? The government's financial support is running out, do you know? Now take a step back, the British will collect their troops and go back, and we will have a chance to breathe. The British are about to fall into civil war in the next two years, and then we will usher in a golden period of development. When we accumulate strength and the country's comprehensive national strength increases, we will no longer have to bow down to these old European countries. ”

"You gave the British the skills of textile machinery, and we are a fart?"

"Why can't it work, we have developed dyes now, which is more profitable than cotton, what are you afraid of?" "When the British fall into civil war, the European market will still be ours." If you are now stubborn with the British, then I am very responsible to tell you that the government will not last half a year and will be financially bankrupt. Moreover, don't say that you don't know the way, what did Gao Mo say when he wrote back a few days ago? Now all the news has spread on the side of San Vicente, the British have ambushed our fleet at the mouth of the Gambia, and the main force of our navy has been completely annihilated! What exactly are you holding onto? ”

"Fart! You believe what people say, you pig brains? Why don't you say it sooner or later, but when your negotiations are at an impasse, this kind of rumor appeared? If you think about it with your toes, you know that something is wrong. If the government goes bankrupt, it will continue to fight, and then it will be a big deal to implement military control! This battle just can't bow your head, grandma is a bear, just to let the British and the Spaniards, Dutch and even the French who are onlookers see clearly, if you don't have the British, don't come to mess with us on the east coast! Otherwise, beware of cracking your big teeth! Peng Zhicheng looked at Bai Siwen coldly, as if he was looking at something disgusting.

"I'm too lazy to tell you." Bai Siwen waved his hand in a rare way, and said disdainfully: "I want to go to the executive committee for a vote, and the executive committee must give us more power to the negotiation team." The British are not giving up until they reach their goal this time, and I don't think we need to hold on to it. Taking a step back and broadening the sky, only peace can make full use of the period of strategic opportunity for development. Also, Xiao Baitu and that Cossack ensign, Lao Tzu must rectify them fiercely. One is a soldier or a thug who is openly murdering in the building of the Executive Committee with a murder weapon, and the other is lawless and openly beating the central leaders? I think it's time for your army to be properly reorganized, but now it's full of smoke and miasma, and it's like the military headquarters of Little Japan back then, a group of thugs who are on the line! ”

Peng Zhicheng snorted, stiffened his face and didn't speak, turned around and left. (To be continued......)