Speaking of the current situation of the Northwest Army, General Yang Hucheng also shed tears.

The Northwest Army has always been arduous and shabby, and its officers and men are accustomed to "wearing single clothes, carrying big knives, drinking plain water, and eating pancakes." Military salaries are generally low, and the monthly salaries of ordinary soldiers are only two oceans, not to mention that they are not as good as the central regular army, but also compared with the Sichuan army.

Liu Yun's concerns are also right, for the time being, the entire Northwest Army is crazy about this money, many officers and soldiers want to divide the money according to the head, anyone who doesn't want to carry a gun and eat the sound, just say goodbye, go home and hug his wife, and all the brothers who still want to be soldiers will continue to fight the world with Chairman Yang, but they will bear their own blessings and misfortunes.

Although Yang Hucheng said that he was poor and afraid, he also knew the market in this year, and the gun in his hand was the king, not to mention that no matter how few brothers in the Northwest Army were, there were still more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, this huge amount of money seemed to be a lot, if it really fell on people's heads, less than 50 oceans per capita, it was better to buy arms, so that the waist pole should be harder.

Liu Yun could only smile bitterly, even if it was fifty oceans per capita, what kind of arms could he buy?

All of them are replaced by cheap Hanyang-made, and they can't do one per person, and this money can be equipped with more than 50,000 people, and this arms have to be half bought and half sent, if it is according to the equipment standards of western Sichuan, it is good to be able to equip 10,000 people.

"Only 50,000 horses are equipped, so how can it be done?"

Chairman Yang immediately quit, his meaning was very simple, buy 100,000 rifles, not one is missing, and get some bullets and machine guns, as well as small steel cannons and the like, it will be very good, as for the planes and tanks are too advanced, they don't want it.

In this way, Liu Yun's eyes are straight, buying 100,000 rifles at a time, even if they are all made in Hanyang, the Hanyang Arsenal has to be produced for a year, whether he will receive this order or not, he himself is not sure, forget it, it is better to wait for this guy to think about it before talking, "Chairman Yang, this needs to be approved by Nanjing."

"Nanjing approval", Yang Hucheng was also dumbfounded, Commander Liu's tone, how to be the same as the Hanyang Arsenal.

Commander Liu had no choice but to tell him the truth, "The West Sichuan Arsenal is subordinate to the Nanjing Ordnance Industry Bureau, and the internal number is Factory 101.

Now the bigwigs present are all aware that the West Sichuan Arsenal is a branch of the Hanyang Arsenal.

Director Liu corrected their prejudices in time, "The West Sichuan Arsenal originated from Hanyang, but it is higher than Hanyang, and all the technical standards and machinery and equipment come from Germany and France."

Then Commander Liu simply blew himself up and briefly mentioned the origin of the West Sichuan Arsenal, such as steelmaking electric furnaces, power units and processing equipment, etc., all from the latest products from France, and technical standards and technical experts are all from the German Arsenal, so they dare to claim "gold quality".

After a period of literacy, Chairman Yang was also a little surprised.

Buying 100,000 rifles at a time is a bit too much, if you add some machine guns and small steel cannons, it is enough to equip more than 10 divisions, even if those bureaucrats in Nanjing are all pigs, they will definitely not agree to this arms deal, because expanding more than 10 divisions at a time is too detrimental to the stability and unity of the Republic of China, so let's lower the standard, well, for example, how about 50,000 guns.

"Not how", Commander Liu rolled his eyes, if it is less than 30,000, it is a big deal to take some risks by himself, and then go to the door of the Jiang Commission, most of the big things can be turned into small things, once it is more than this number, it is better to ask Chairman Yang to go to Lao Jiang to sign it.

It shrank by more than two-thirds, and Yang Hucheng also hesitated, saying that he needed to think again.

Liu Sanye also said that he understands very much, this is a big deal, it really needs to be thought through, and there is no rush now, Chairman Yang can think about it slowly, please ask the next one, well, it is Zhang Shaoshuai, or Chairman Yang's golden partner.

Zhang Shaoshuai and Chairman Yang tacitly agreed, laughed and changed each other's seats.

Zhang Shaoshuai was much more relaxed, and threw a list of military purchases directly to Commander Liu, which read, "200 fighters, 300 new tanks and trucks, 200 122mm cannons, 30,000 German 98K rifles, 3,000 G34 machine guns, and a number of other armaments."

The total amount of arms purchases as a whole is "20 million oceans".

Wait, there seems to be something wrong with this price code, Liu Yun is also overjoyed and then surprised, well, why is there not a tael of gold, if a large amount of gold is not included, this price code can reach up to one-third of the goods, there is no way, so I have to be a black face myself, "Tanks and artillery can't be shipped out at all, and there is a lack of gold."

"Gold, we don't produce gold in Shaanxi. Well, Brother Yicheng, I didn't owe you anything, I am according to the current price of gold in Shanghai, I will give you an estimate of the ocean, and a copper plate will not be missing you", Zhang Shaoshuai also replied seriously, with a personable demeanor, and could not see the slightest embarrassment.

"By the way, Brother Yicheng, if your German engineers are short of gold, ask them to take the ocean and go to the Shanghai gold market to change it", I don't know if Zhang Shaoshuai is really stupid, and he looks kind to think about Commander Liu, so that Commander Liu can't have a seizure at all.

Seeing Liu Sanye's darker and darker face, Zhang Shaoshuai stopped teasing him, and laughed for a while, "I'm an honest person, brother Yicheng, you won't treat me as an outsider", said and took out a golden ticket, which clearly read, "Standard Chartered Bank, pay when you see the ticket, 3.5 tons of gold."

As soon as he saw the gold, Liu Yun immediately changed his face, and hurriedly laughed, "Brother Han Qing, you are really joking, we have long been our own people." How is the treatment of the Zhaochuan army when buying armaments? The requirements for gold are extremely discounted, and no matter how little Sichuan West has, he will have to post it himself."

Sichuan army treatment, what treatment? It is to equip a German mechanic, you need to pay one ton of gold first, and the rest of the sales difference can be paid in the ocean or dollars, which is the so-called internal treatment, or factory treatment.

Of course, there is also the treatment of the Red Army, which should be paid in full by the ocean for military purchases, but it is limited to Hanyang-made and the like, and there is also Xikang treatment, which is a loss-making sale.

These 3.5 tons of gold are still the old oil left by the old Zhang family when the Northeast Army was entrenched in the Northeast, plus 20 million oceans, but it can barely pay for this batch of arms, but according to the rules of western Sichuan, if you want to buy heavy weapons such as planes and tanks, you have to pay additional gold.

However, some of the words are to the point, because the old Zhang family doesn't have much gold, not to mention that the young marshal is always better than Chairman Yang, and that guy didn't come up with a gold or two.

Since the two sides have no objection to the price code of the military purchase, then they should consider the question of how to transport them, and it is simply unimaginable to transport these materials by the Sichuan-Shaanxi official road, especially if they want to transport tanks and artillery, it is even more whimsical, and it is not possible to transport them by air, and transport planes such as "Hercules" will have to wait for several more decades.

It is said that railway transportation is also a good choice, but unfortunately even the Baoji railway has not been repaired yet, so what should I do?

Zhang Shaoshuai is a real person, his meaning is very simple, now this gold and silver is the deposit of arms, as for heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery, it is better to wait for the Sichuan-Shaanxi Railway to be repaired, not to mention the problem of transportation to Xi'an, I only hope that the Sichuan-Shaanxi Railway will be completed as soon as possible. is so reasonable and thinks so much, so that Commander Liu is secretly grateful.

Zhang Shaoshuai left in style, leaving behind the gold and silver tickets, and Liu Yun continued to do his business.

Next is Chairman Wang Longyun of Yunnan, Long Yun is not tall, his face is dark and thin, he wears a Mao suit, wears a pair of large-framed glasses, and speaks in a low voice, like a scholar or a university professor.

Fortunately, when Chairman Long came to Sichuan, he spoke a southwestern official dialect, which was not too different from Sichuan, and Commander Liu could barely understand it.

Long Yun was a proud person, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense, so he directly threw over two pieces of paper, blinding someone's eyes, one for the list of military purchases, and the other for a cashier's note from HSBC, two tons of gold, and one million two hundred and twenty thousand pounds.

So, what is the value of the pound? Liu Yun was a little crazy with the check.

Although someone opened the West Sichuan Railway Investment Bank, he was still too unfamiliar with the pound, and Zhang Shaoshuai reminded him in time, hum, that one pound is equivalent to ten oceans, that is, more than 10 million oceans.

Liu Yun hurriedly looked at the list of military purchases, 120 aircraft, 30,000 German 98K rifles, 3,000 G34 machine guns, 500 Type 72 infantry guns, and a number of shells and bullets, while the order quantity of tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery was actually zero.

It's about the same amount, but there is less gold, so why is that? Liu Yun glanced at all the bigwigs with some confusion, but unexpectedly, these people were all indifferent, drinking tea, chatting, chatting, and silently questioning someone, even the young marshal who was good at talking pretended not to see it.

Yang Gengguang, the education director of Lu University, really couldn't stand it anymore, so he kindly reminded, "Yicheng, don't look at it, everyone is not stupid, you look at your western Sichuan, you have hoarded a lot of gold over the years, and now it's okay, you have actually set up a bank, and you have made a lot of money."

Admiral Yang is a big mouth, and he doesn't know that he is hated, in one sentence, everyone's hearts are undoubtedly exposed, and all the eyes that look at him roll their eyes a little. And Liu Yun couldn't smile bitterly, many people only saw him open a bank and make a lot of money, and it was also very jealous, but who knows how much ocean and gold he spent in order to build railways and set up factories.

Forget it, if you are jealous, you will be jealous, no one is jealous of mediocrity, hum, these people think that with gold, they can open their own bank, then they are very wrong, Liu Yun had no choice but to admit it, fortunately, he has completed the primitive accumulation, but he is not afraid of these people to make trouble, and if he wants to pit him as a little overlord in western Sichuan, there is no door.

Fortunately, the price offered by these people has not fallen below someone's psychological defense, not to mention that it is the first time to do business with each other, it is reasonable to believe it, and the orders are relatively large, and they will not be able to deliver the goods for a while and a half, and it is understandable to delay it, as long as it is completed before July next year.

As for Bai Chongxi, forget it, the journey to Guangxi is too far, even if the arms are ordered, they can't be transported, in order to deliver 30 fighters, but the power of the waste is useless, Commander Liu is afraid, and Yang Gengguang is not to mention, a poor teacher, even if he wants to buy arms, he can't afford it.

After a busy period, the Western Sichuan Military Procurement Fair was successfully concluded, harvesting 5.5 tons of gold, 20 million oceans, and more than 1 million pounds, and then privately sharing it with Liu Xiang, the intermediary fee of 5 million oceans still has to be given, as for the gold, it will all belong to western Sichuan, but it can be recorded first to hedge against the expenses of the Sichuan Army's military purchase.

Soon Liu Yun knew that he was wrong, Yang Gengguang had long since ceased to be the head of education of Lu University, and Jiang Baili was replaced by Jiang Baili as the president of Lu University, and he was ordered by the Nanjing government to serve as the chairman of Guizhou Province and the commander of the provincial garrison. This guy is ambitious, wants to train 100,000 Qianjun troops, and has only recruited more than 10,000 people and horses, so he came to Commander Liu to buy guns and cannons.

"The teacher formed the Guizhou Army, but it is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and he should repay one or two, what money is not money, it hurts too much, well, I don't know how big the teacher's shortage is", Liu Yun didn't dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb, everyone here was a big man, and if his character was poor, he would be in trouble, and immediately showed his attitude.

Yang Gengguang also sent a list of military purchases, including 10,000 Chinese rifles, 1,000 Czech light machine guns, 300 Makqin heavy machine guns, 100 Type 72 infantry guns, and a number of related ammunition and materials, with a total price of 2 million oceans, no more, no less, and three or four brigades equipped with suitable equipment.