Let's set our sights on China, Zhou Hexuan returned to Tianjin at the end of October, and it was November in the blink of an eye. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Winter has arrived, and the weather is cold.

The number of victims outside Tianjin did not continue to increase, not because the disaster was under control, but because they chose to go to the northeast to "break through the eastern part of the country".

The battle between Feng Jun and Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan continued, and Zhang Zuolin, who was mighty, was very powerful, and he ordered all the descendants of Feng Army to launch a general attack, killing Yan Xishan and retreating. Yan Xishan lost all the territory in Hebei occupied by sneak attack, so he had to retreat to Niangzi Pass, Yanmen Pass and other passes, and defended them with danger to prevent the Feng army from penetrating, and the two armies entered the stage of confrontation with each other.

However, the Zhilu coalition led by Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu was deflated in front of Feng Yuxiang.

At the beginning of the war, due to Feng Yuxiang's elite being pinned down and relying on miscellaneous troops to fight many times, Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu's Zhilu coalition army won one after another, and the advance fought all the way to the boundary of Kaifeng. But by late October, Feng Yuxiang redeployed his troops to begin a counteroffensive, and after two days and nights of fierce fighting, the 200-mile-long Zhilu coalition front collapsed.

In this battle alone, Feng Yuxiang captured more than 30,000 people of the Zhilu coalition army, captured more than 20,000 guns, five armored vehicles, more than 40 cannons, and countless bullets, shells, and logistical materials. Then, in mid-November, Feng Yuxiang won another great victory, capturing more than 20,000 enemy soldiers and capturing more than 10,000 guns.

Chu Yupu is about to go crazy, he belongs to the new warlords who have only risen in the past two years, and his foundation is very weak. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, Chu Yupu's defeats on the battlefields of Jiangsu, Anwei, and Henan almost wiped out his family.

In order to regroup, he immediately telegraphed his younger brother Chu Yufeng to issue 10 million public bonds in the Zhili area and forcibly apportioned them to merchants and civilians.

In fact, Chu Yupu issued 6 million public bonds in Zhili last year, and also withheld the salt tax of the Changlu Salt Farm many times.

Because the Beiyang government owes a lot of foreign debts, part of the Changlu salt tax (more than 13 million per year) is used to repay the debt, and the remaining part is an important source of revenue for the Beiyang government.

Chu Yupu's move to withhold the salt tax aroused strong dissatisfaction among the foreign powers, and Britain, France, Japan and other creditor countries protested many times, almost triggering formal international negotiations. At the same time, it also made the finances of the Beiyang government worse, the Minister of Finance resigned directly, and the culprit of Peking University's inability to pay wages was Chu Yupu.

But Chu Yupu doesn't care about these at all, he is already crazy, in order to keep his military strength, even if he offends the king of heaven, he is not afraid.

Although "Ta Kung Pao" was opened in the concession area, and the major shareholder behind the scenes was Zhang Xueliang, it was also forcibly apportioned 3,000 silver dollars public debt by Chu Yupu. You can't buy his public bonds, otherwise your newspaper won't be able to sell in Zhili, and there is no reason to talk about it.

"This Chu Yupu is worthy of being Zhang Zongchang's old subordinate." Hu Zhengzhi said sarcastically angrily.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "It's still better than the Demon King of the Mixed World, Chu Yupu's issuance of public bonds and salt interception taxes are aimed at rich households and public funds." Zhang Zongchang didn't care about the life or death of Li Min, sixty or seventy kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes could simply force the people to death. ”

"Alas, not to mention these bastard warlords," Hu Zhengzhi said, "Ta Kung Pao's daily sales in the north are already more than 50,000, and it will be difficult to grow if it continues." So I discussed with Chizhang (Zhang Jiluan) and planned to let him go to Shanghai to open a branch, what do you think? ”

"This is very good," Zhou Hexuan agreed, "our Ta Kung Pao can't just nest in a corner of the north, it is certain that we will go to Shanghai to open a branch, and we will expand to the whole country in the future." ”

Hu Zhengzhi asked: "The establishment of a branch requires a large amount of funds, should the young marshal be consulted for permission on this matter?" ”

"No," Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said, "The young marshal has long said that he will not interfere in the affairs of the newspaper, and we can handle it ourselves." ”

"That's good." Hu Zhengzhi said happily.

After chatting about the opening of the Shanghai branch, Zhou Hexuan returned to the editorial office of "Volkswagen".

"Heaven and Dragon Slayer" has been serialized for tens of thousands of words, but the readers' response is not as enthusiastic as the first two books. The main reason is that the new book has not entered the main topic for a long time, and a lot of space is used to describe Guo Xiang and Zhang Sanfeng, and it is not until the third chapter that the "male protagonist" appears.

Well, readers regard Zhang Cuishan as the male protagonist. It is estimated that after a while, when Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu commit suicide, some readers will slap the table and scold their mothers again.

While Zhou Hexuan was reviewing newspaper manuscripts and writing "Guns, Bacteria and Steel" in his spare time, Liao Yaquan, a female spy from Japan, ran into trouble.

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Chu Mansion, Courtyard House.

Chu Yufeng was smoking a big cigarette, and there were two handsome maids beside him to help him beat his legs and press his shoulders, and his subordinates suddenly came in to report: "Second master, the public debt has been apportioned for 300,000 yuan, do you want to send it to Dashuai first?" ”

"Only 300,000? It's too slow, the marshal ordered arms from the foreigners, and he was in a hurry to use the silver. You let the following things speed up, whoever dares not to give it will come hard, or if you don't give face, you will be arrested by the Red Party," Chu Yufeng thought for a while and said, "The 300,000 oceans, send it to the marshal first, the soldiers are making a fuss about paying silver, this matter cannot be delayed." ”

"Yes, let's do it." The subordinates bowed and retreated.

Chu Yufeng finished pumping the ocean, stretched out his arm and moved his body, and said to his follower: "Go to the Haihe construction site for a walk, let's say that it is also a project that the second master and I did." ”

The attendant hurriedly patted his ass: "The second master really loves the people like a son, and has done great things for the people of Tianjin." ”

"Hahaha," Chu Yufeng laughed proudly, "Actually, I don't have any other shortcomings except that I like to play with women." The heart is also good, the people have a good life, and I am happy in my heart. ”

The attendant immediately said, "Second master, you are wrong." What are the disadvantages of liking to play with women? Men who don't like it, you like to play with women, it means that the body is great, and you are a real man. ”

"Hahahaha," Chu Yufeng laughed again and praised him, "You kid has a level of speech." ”

Chu Yufeng took a car to the construction site, but due to the bad road conditions, he could only get off halfway and walk. He walked a few steps and felt that his feet hurt, and asked someone to get a sedan chair, and sat leisurely in the sedan chair to inspect the construction site.

When he came to Qu's shop, Chu Yufeng saw a few foreigners pointing by the river, and he immediately ran to join in the fun.

"Oh, hey, you foreign masters, the cold wind is still blowing by the river, it's really a blessing for the people of Tianjin." Chu Yufeng was both respectful and fearful of foreigners, and slapped him with a sycophant when he met.

Those foreigners were engineers and supervisors who could not understand Chinese, and Liao Yaquan immediately helped them translate.

After learning that Chu Yufeng was the person in charge of the project, the foreign engineer immediately said: "Mr. Chu, the river is about to freeze and freeze, and the soil has become very hard. This has greatly increased the difficulty of construction, and we are afraid that the construction period will be extended. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, take your time, it'll be fixed someday." Chu Yufeng said absentmindedly, his gaze stayed on Liao Yaquan, his eyes shining like a hungry wolf who hadn't eaten meat for a few days.