I have to say that Long Jiguang can sit in the position of the overseer of Guangdong Province, it is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the fisherman's calculation of profit is also crackling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Long Jiguang did not expect that Guangdong was not like an inland province like Sichuan, which was deeply infiltrated and influenced by the Western powers. Even as the governor of Guangdong, who holds the military and political power of Guangdong Province, he cannot achieve absolute control over all forces in the province.

Unlike the Overseer's Office, which only shouted slogans and echoed the Beiyang but did not take actual action, after learning the news that the Beiyang Army was massing on a large scale and would soon move south, the forces of the various merchant groups in Guangdong were ready to move, and the representatives of the various merchant groups frequently joined forces.

As night falls, the hustle and bustle of the city is slightly reduced, but the star-studded lights of the shops, pubs, dance halls and docklands are another way of interpreting the city's bustle.

Guangdong General Chamber of Commerce Hall, conference room on the second floor.

The lights illuminated the entire conference room as bright as day, and the owners of more than 20 large business groups in Guangdong Province sat comfortably on the luxurious leather sofas, chatting with each other in twos and threes, and some people greeted each other with wine glasses, greeted each other, and pulled relations.

"Lao Chen, how is the business lately, a few days ago, the autonomous government of the Southern United Province restricted the export of raw silk, and your silk factory made a lot of money, right?"

"What do you earn, it's good to be able to hold on without going bankrupt."

"No, the Westerners can't receive raw silk in Nanjing and Shanghai, and they all rush to our Guangzhou side, your silk factory must have too many orders to play, how can it not make a lot of money?"

"There are a lot of orders, but the problem is that the silk factory can't receive so many cocoons, how to produce silk? The silk reeling factory run by the Wang family has almost wrapped all the silkworm cocoons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, damn, the bastard who eats alone will not die sooner or later! ”

"I do know something about this, and it is said that it is because the director of the Department of Industry and Commerce of the Southern United Provincial Autonomous Government believes that the export of raw silk has lost too much profit, so he ordered to restrict the export of raw silk and encourage the export of finished silk."

"Lao Tzu doesn't care what it's for, anyway, Lao Tzu knows that because of those bastards of the Southern Provincial Autonomous Government, Lao Tzu's silk factory is about to end!"

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These large and small business groups are almost the strongest and most powerful in Guangdong Province, and to some extent, it can even be said that they represent the entire industrial and commercial community in Guangdong Province.

After a while, a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a tie and a suit and leather shoes, strode to the top of the conference room, coughed a few times, and said loudly: "Everyone...... Ladies and gentlemen......"

Hearing this person's shout, the noise in the conference room gradually subsided, and all the business group bosses present turned their eyes to the person in the first position.

The person who stood up and shouted was Chen Lianbo, who was not only an advisor to the Longjiguang Military Supervision Bureau, but also the president of the Guangdong China Silk Association, the chairman of the Guangdong Mining Association, the chairman of the Guangzhou Export Yangzhuang Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the Guangdong General Chamber of Commerce.

Just by looking at this series of titles, you can know how powerful Chen Lianbo is and what kind of powerful position he has in Guangdong's industrial and commercial circles.

After everyone quieted down, Chen Lianbo continued: "You must all know the news that the Beiyang Army has been assembled on a large scale and will send troops south soon. ”

Although they didn't know how many times they had heard the news from others, everyone couldn't help but have a relaxed smile on the corner of their mouths.

"Since the autonomous government of the Southern United Provinces raised tariffs in disregard of public opinion and vigorously cracked down on smuggling, the industry and commerce of the Republic of China have been declining day by day, and I think everyone here has lost no less because of this."

Chen Lianbo's words can be regarded as poking at the pain in everyone's hearts, and for a while, everyone complained.

"Damn, the Wang family raised tariffs and cracked down on smuggling, not to make money to expand the army and grab territory!"

"Hehe, people's big fists are reasonable, and it is clear that they want to eat alone, what can you do?"

"Damn, this month alone, Lao Tzu was detained by that bullshit anti-smuggling police for more than 100,000 oceans of goods!"

"If we continue to be tossed by them like this, we will all have to go bankrupt!"

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At this time, Chen Lianbo raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Everyone, the Wang family was powerful before, and we couldn't help them, so we could only knock out our teeth and swallow them in our stomachs. Chen Lianbo waved his right hand vigorously and increased the volume of his speech, "But now that the Beiyang Army is about to move south, and the end of the Wang family is coming, do we still want to let the Wang family bully and remain silent?" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel agitated, as if they saw that the Wang family was eradicated, foreign goods were once again popular in the country, and they had a bright future to make a fortune.

"Brother Pu An (Chen Lianbo), do you mean that we will unite to support the central government in public opinion and create public opinion to suppress the autonomous government of the Southern United Provinces?" Someone asked.

Chen Lianbo smiled disapprovingly and said: "Parading the streets and shouting slogans like those students will not do anything at all except waste the newspaper's paper." ”

"Brother Pu An, you don't want to use a gun, do you?" Someone else asked.

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but have another commotion and discussions.

The Guangdong General Chamber of Commerce secretly controls an armed team, that is, the Guangdong Business Group led by Chen Lianbo. Although the quality and training of the soldiers of this merchant regiment were not comparable to those of the regular army, they were well-equipped, had sufficient ammunition and food, and their combat effectiveness was absolutely not to be underestimated.

Chen Lianbo nodded affirmatively without thinking much about it, and said, "Yes, I have this intention." Ladies and gentlemen, these days, you must have been detaining a large number of goods by the autonomous governments of the southern provinces in the border areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian. As far as I know, because of the large amount of smuggled goods seized, the people of the Autonomous Government of the Southern United Provinces have not taken them away for a while, but have only hoarded them in temporary warehouses there. ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Send a caravan to get back our seized goods and people? Hey, that's a good idea! ”

"Yes, **** mother, Lao Tzu has a small half of his goods detained over there!"

"It's okay, my three nephews are still detained over there, and the old lady at home has been talking about finding a relationship to get him back for the New Year."

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It is related to the vital interests of everyone, and everyone's interest suddenly soared, and they all agreed to send a business group to rob people and goods.

Just when everyone was excited, a voice said coldly: "If we use guns with the people of the autonomous government of the Southern United Provinces, anger the Wang family, and lead the elite of the Sichuan army to the south, aren't we looking for death?" ”

These words were like a basin of cold water poured down, thinking of the Sichuan Army's strong combat effectiveness that could rival the Beiyang Army and even the Oriental Army, the people who were still hot in their hearts just now suddenly shuddered, and they didn't understand what was wrong with them, and they dared to take the initiative to provoke the autonomous government of the Southern United Provinces.

Chen Lianbo looked at the person who spoke just now with some dissatisfaction, and said loudly: "Everyone is too worried, the Wang family and the Beiyang war is imminent, and the main force of the Sichuan army must go north to meet the Beiyang army, and it is impossible to go south!" ”

"That's right, what are we, how could the main force of the Sichuan Army abandon the threat of the Beiyang Army and turn south to deal with us. Wang Mo is also a battle-hardened commander, so he won't be so unwise. Someone chimed in.

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if the main force of the Sichuan army really goes south because of this, there will naturally be our Dragon Overseer Army to block it for us." Chen Lianbo said with a smile, "If you can contain some of the main elites of the Sichuan Army in this way, and greatly increase the chances of victory of the Beiyang Army, I think you and the foreign companies behind you are also happy to see it." ”

In fact, it was not Chen Lianbo's idea to take the opportunity to send out a merchant group to retrieve the seized personnel and materials, as early as before this meeting, the foreigner forces behind those big merchant groups had hinted, supported and encouraged.

Echoing their own interests and needs, and behind the instigation of foreigners, the Guangdong business group, under the organization of Chen Lianbo, soon prepared to attack in full swing.

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Yunnan, Kunming, Overseer's Mansion.

It was another early morning, and the guards on duty in front of the mansion moved their limbs that were stiff from standing guard for a long time, and raised their heads and squinted slightly to look at the rising sun.

Hearing the faint sound of disputes and quarrels coming from the mansion, one of the guards couldn't help but speak: "Here we are again, it is even more punctual than the time of our brothers' shift change." You say, what the hell are they arguing about, they have to run to the Overseers every day? ”

Another guard said disapprehantly, "Who knows? Besides, this is not something that small soldiers like us who carry guns and eat pay can care about. ”

In a trance, it seemed that the quarrel coming from the house was getting louder and louder.

In the living room of the Overseer's Palace, Overseer Cai Yi'an sat in the main seat, holding a teacup in his hand, sipping tea, as if he, a soldier in a military uniform and a gun, was an elegant gentleman with a leisurely life at this time.

Duan Jianfu, the Beiyang representative who was the guest on the left, did not care about Cai Yi's presence at all, and reprimanded Jiang Baili who was a guest on the right hand with full anger: "Mr. Jiang, don't forget that President Yuan is the president of the Republic of China, and the so-called Southern United Autonomous Government of the Wang family has not been recognized by the central government. In other words, the central government has the right to ban the Southern United Autonomous Government at any time and order the Wang family to disband the bloated and redundant Southern Coalition Army! ”

Jiang Baili also smiled coldly unceremoniously and sneered: "Great president? Is it a president who can't straighten up when he sees foreigners, and wantonly sells his national interests and sovereignty in exchange for foreigners' loans? Central government? The farcical congressional election, did you really take the central government in Beiyang seriously? ”

These days, there have been many times such a confrontation has been going on, and both of them understand that this is a quarrel that will never lead to victory or defeat. It's just that Cai Ye has not yet expressed his support for which side, and they have to repeat this quarrel again and again.

Duan Jianfu couldn't help but turn his head to look at Cai Yi, and asked again: "Cai Dudu, what do you say?" As long as you support the central government, ask for money, guns, power or whatever, everything is easy to say, and the president can give you an official letter at any time to guarantee! ”

Cai Ye glanced up at Duan Jianfu, smiled faintly, didn't say anything, and still tasted the fragrant tea that seemed to make him extremely intoxicated.

Jiang Baili was about to open his mouth to ridicule Beiyang's undisguised lure, when a special service officer of the Secret Service Department hurriedly arrived, and after being inspected by the guards at the door of the living room, he came to Jiang Baili's side and whispered something in his ear.

After listening to the words of the secret service, Jiang Baili suddenly looked happy. (To be continued.) )