Chapter 248: Zhang Yang's Special Envoy
With the passage of time, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Commander Liu's stay in Guangyuan is only a handful, and no matter whether the forces participating in the meeting reach an agreement on the wiring of the Gansu Railway, this guy will return to western Sichuan. And this guy has mentioned several times that he is going to Nanjing to ask for money, and if he wants to get together again in the future, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult.
Deng Xihou had to come forward again to convene various forces to discuss the issue of the Great Northwest Railway and investment.
When someone walked into the conference room of the official residence of the 45th Army again, he was pleasantly surprised, he actually saw his old friend, it was Zhang Boyu of Hanzhong. The two haven't seen each other for two years, and it is said that Liu Yun was able to meet Kong Yuling, but it was all because of this person's thread, and they didn't care about the eyes of others for a while, and the two talked directly.
Over the years, Zhang Boyu has also matured, and his demeanor has become a lot calmer, and when he talks to Commander Liu, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and his sentences are also orderly, and the whole person seems to exude the atmosphere of law. By the way, isn't this guy in Xixiang County, what kind of deputy county magistrate, Liu Yun is about to ask a few more words.
At this time, there was a coughing sound next to them, and the two of them looked at each other, and saw a gentleman in his thirties who was gentle and elegant, wearing a brand-name suit and a pair of gold-wire glasses, looking at them expressionlessly.
Brother Bo Yu's face couldn't help but darken, and he introduced Liu Yun with a strong smile, "Brother Yicheng, this is the cousin of Deputy Commander Zhang (Zhang Xueliang), Minister Zhang Xueqin and Zhang, who are very relied on by Zhang and Yang, and are currently in charge of Shaanxi's railways and industry. When Minister Zhang passed through Hanzhong this time, he was very fond of Brother Yu, so Shangguan ordered me to accompany him."
Commander Liu is now also a small prince, and he knows a little about all kinds of ventriloquism, and he is naturally clear about Zhang Boyu's words, so he nodded to Minister Zhang as friendly as possible, and greeted him with a smile, "Liu Yun in western Sichuan, and Deputy Commander Zhang has been friends for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet him."
Liu Sanye's words seemed polite, but he was demonstrating to Minister Zhang, saying that he and Zhang Xueliang were a level of characters, and a small person like Zhang Xueqin was not qualified to interrupt the conversation between him and his friends.
Minister Zhang's face suddenly turned pale, how could he have been so humiliated, and he immediately had a seizure, "The surname Liu, what are you arrogant?" Our old Zhang family, when we crisscrossed the northeast and outside the mouth, you didn't know where to reincarnate. With your current strength, entrenched in a small western Sichuan County, my old Zhang family can send an army to destroy you, do you believe it? What the hell do you dare to be arrogant".
Liu Yun was still personable, as if he hadn't heard it, so he pulled Zhang Boyu and sat on the side of the conference table. And Deng Xihou and Ma Hongbin looked at each other, and they didn't know what kind of epilepsy this Young Master Zhang had, or if Mr. He was more righteous and a little embarrassed to help Zhang Xueqin apologize and turn around.
"Brother Yicheng, don't mind. Brother Xueqin is also in a hurry, do you remember? A few days ago, when you were flying around in a plane, you should have been to the sky over Xi'an, right? This has caused a lot of people to suffer", Mr. He seemed to be alluding to someone, and shook Zhang Xueqin slightly, and everyone suddenly realized.
However, Young Master Zhang was about to cry, because there were a lot of big people in the room, he was the only one who was isolated, and even Mr. He, an ally, was a little biased, he really wanted to rush out of the door of the conference room directly, and never come back, but he already hated Commander Liu in his heart, and once again made him ugly.
However, in the eyes of Deng Xihou and Ma Hongbin, this guy is really a small person who is not worth talking about, but Deputy Commander Zhang's face still has to be given, no matter what, he is also the deputy commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Republic of China, holding hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army, even if the three northeastern provinces are occupied by Japanese devils, he is still a big man who cannot be underestimated.
Deng Lao is always a famous crystal monkey, in terms of receiving people and things, has reached the realm of perfection, smiling naturally and skillfully, people seem to be no strange, very sincerely invite Zhang Xueqin, sit down to talk about big things, and then explain to Commander Liu and others, "This is the envoy of Zhang Yang and others."
Oh, that's different, after all, this guy represents the face of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, if you don't give face, everyone will be in trouble in the future.
Liu Yun gave him a step down, "Minister Zhang, we are discussing the anti-Japanese plan this time, and we also ask your envoy to endure for the country."
The hometown of the Northeast Army was occupied by the Japanese devils, even if Zhang Xueqin was a loser, he also knew the importance of the overall situation of resisting Japan, so he naturally felt a chill in his heart, arched his hands, and immediately apologized to Commander Liu, "Before, Xueqin was a little rude, and I also asked the king of western Sichuan, the adults don't care about the villain, I'm sorry."
Liu Sanye also immediately greeted him with a smile, raised his hands to receive the gift, and then introduced Minister Zhang into his seat, and said happily, "I heard the name of General Zhang (Zhang Zuolin) in the morning, but unfortunately it was killed by the Japanese devils, which is really a great misfortune for the nation.
Since the misunderstanding between the two sides has disappeared, Zhang Xueqin also hurriedly returned the salute politely, and even said that he was ashamed, and quickly took out two letters from his arms and handed them to Commander Liu respectfully. Liu Yun didn't shy away from everyone, and directly opened it in public, it was Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng's handwritten letter, and his affection was very sincere.
Zhang Yang and both of them wrote in the letter that the two of them were busy with military affairs, and it was really a big regret in life that they could not meet with a rising star like Liu Yun for the time being, so they invited Commander Liu to come to Xi'an in person to discuss the plan of joint resistance against Japanese aggression to save the country.
Zhang Xueqin is also an honest person, although he carries the letter with him, he has never opened it and read it, and he never imagined that Zhang and Yang, who were thunderous, would affectionately call Liu Yun "Brother Yicheng", which is completely an equal dialogue gesture. This guy's face turned white suddenly, but fortunately it didn't get out of control.
The reason why Liu Yun can read it word by word is also to let everyone see the true attitude of Zhang and Yang. If you are friendly and polite, you can make friends, do business, and repair railways, but if you are rude, you can let all the forces gain insight and see whether they can make friends or not.
Well, so friendly, so kind, even Liu Yun himself didn't expect it. In his opinion, Zhang Xueliang can be described as a young man, how can he lower his profile and talk to him, as for Yang Hucheng himself, he is an old prince, how can he fall in love with Commander Liu, a grass-headed king. Liu Sanye was in a trance, is he actually famous now, even Zhang Yang and the others know that he is a person.
The participants all secretly glanced at Liu Yun, and began to position him again in their hearts, I heard that Lao Jiang valued him very much, and once equated his status with Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui, and I used to think that Lao Jiang favored his protégé, so let this guy take over Gansu, and there was a bit of a joke.
Now it seems that the vision of these big men is so sharp, and now even Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng call him "brother", which is really impressive. The so-called "people lift people and scare people to death", the gold content of the king of western Sichuan suddenly rose several steps, and even Liu Yun felt that he had grown a lot taller.
After Zhang Xueqin secretly touched a cold sweat, he immediately took out a list from his arms, which was the military procurement list of the Zhang-Yang coalition army, which read: 200 tanks, 200 fighters, 200 105-mm cannons, 400 Type 72 infantry guns, and a number of other guns and ammunition.
Such a bullish list of arms purchases, even Liu Yun was taken aback, in a hurry, he couldn't even speak roundly, and he hesitated for a while, before he asked Minister Zhang with difficulty, "Brother Xueqin, dare to ask about these arms, is it really your arms purchase number?" Do you know how much munitions this is, and how many tons of gold it is worth? ”
Zhang Xueqin was also stunned, and after thinking about it for a while, he replied a little blankly, "Please forgive me for being ignorant, I really don't know the value of these arms, but I can contact Xi'an."
"Contact?" Liu Yun also instantly understood that the relationship was just an ornament, and he couldn't be the master at all, and all the key issues were remotely commanded by Xi'an.
Commander Liu pondered for a moment before slowly explaining, "Brother Xueqin, these arms, according to the current market in western Sichuan, are worth 20 tons of gold, and they are still at a human price. Well, please reconnect with the two chiefs Zhang Yang, and if there is no problem, we will talk about it before it is too late."
"20 tons of gold". The forces of all parties are stupid, they really want to ask Liu Yun, the arms in western Sichuan are also expensive, compared with the high arms in Europe and the United States, they are not worse, and even slightly higher, if this is the case, why do they buy weapons in western Sichuan, they simply go to buy the original German goods.
Commander Liu didn't answer much, and directly asked Hans Li, a German expert, to explain. Expert Li is a pure German, who has only been working in China all these years, but he is a proper white Westerner, with his eyes wide open and his out-of-tune Chinese language, which calms all the participants well.
Due to Liu Sanye's bad taste, Expert Li wore a straight black suit and combed his hair brightly, completely like the Chicago hooligan godfather.
The large-scale color map may be old-fashioned and backward in later generations, but in the special time and space of the Republic of China, it is completely refreshing, so that all participants have a more intuitive view. For example, Nanjing's cutting-edge fighter Hawker III., everyone has only heard of it before, but they have not really seen it, and now they can see it to their heart's content, and it is also equipped with a refreshing technical parameter table, with a power of 700 horsepower and a maximum speed of 360 kilometers per hour.
The fighter launched by the West Sichuan Arsenal, the Jianjiao I fighter, has a wingspan of 10.8 meters, a total length of 8 meters, an empty weight of 1.5 tons, a crew of 1 to 2 people, a power of 750 horsepower, a maximum speed of 450 kilometers per hour, a range of 1300 kilometers, and two 12.7 mm machine guns, which can be equipped with two 60 kg bombs.
It's simple enough, it's clear enough, now even laymen know the excellence of the western Sichuan fighter. Expert Li also told everyone that this fighter is jointly developed by Germany and Huaxia, contains a lot of advanced German technology, and the design concept is, "as long as you can drive a car, you can fly an airplane."
What really makes the forces of all parties excited is the issue of price. This fighter was originally positioned, is aimed at the United States Hawker III. fighter, so all kinds of technical parameters, are slightly higher than the Hawker fighter, according to the meaning of German experts, the price of the fighter must not be lower than Hawker III., but in the research and development of China Xia also participated, so it had to reduce the price, but each sold 15 kilograms of gold, not a single point less.
What is the specific price of the Hawker III fighter, the Nanjing Nationalist Government has never announced, but everyone has secretly speculated that it is estimated that there are no 30,000 or 40,000 US dollars, and it will never be able to get it back, if it is converted into gold, it is more than 30 kilograms, compared with the price of western Sichuan, it is really expensive to the sky.
Proper quality and low price. Well, everyone looks at each other, and no longer says that the arms in western Sichuan are expensive, and other people's arms have good performance, so they are worth the price, right? Why don't you buy the American Hawker III. Only Zhang Xueqin has some opinions, and he is most afraid that these arms are said to be of high quality and low price, but in fact they are the level of Hanyang.
Li Hans shrugged his shoulders and didn't get angry, but praised Zhang Xueqin for his insight. Later, the gang had a projector brought in a documentary called "Golden Quality" about a small-scale exercise by Guo Qixun's department in Maozhou City when Bai Chongxi and Lu Han visited western Sichuan. There is no fraud in the content of the film, and there is a witness Ma Jifang who can testify, this guy was watching at the scene at the time, and if you have any doubts, you can verify it on the spot.