Arabian Peninsula!

After more than 10 days of sailing, five 10,000-ton cargo ships stopped at the far end of a beach and then began transporting people and supplies with ships of more than 1,000 tons to a shallow port on the beach.

In later generations, there were ports of call in the UAE, but the question was where the British controlled the territory, and if they wanted to land on the Arabian Peninsula, they had to find another location.

Located on the territory of the Rashid family, this shallow water port is an oasis on the coast and is one of the two remaining agricultural areas of the Rashid family.

More than 1,000 Chinese mercenaries set foot on this land on April 26!

The Rashid family then recruited more than 3,000 young men, which was the only force that the Rashid family could pull up, and basically all the young and strong men in his ruling area were recruited by him, so their production was destroyed, but they received food aid from the East China Autonomous Government.

The Chinese mercenaries then trained the more than 3,000 Arabs, all of whom were using M1 Garand.

Because the M1 Garand bullet is not produced in other countries, the Rashid family can be choked from the bullet.

The two infantry battalions that were dispatched this time were equipped with weapons such as machine guns and submachine guns, and the two infantry battalions plus an artillery company barely formed a mercenary regiment.

On the first day of landing, Liu Xiaoguo received news from the radio that the second batch of supplies and equipment would arrive five days later.

In the second batch of equipment, motorcycles, trucks and other motorized equipment, as well as a large amount of fuel and food.

Ibn and Rashid were very excited after returning to the family territory, and after gathering 3,000 strong men, they also participated in the training, and at the same time couldn't wait to discuss the counterattack with Liu Xiaoguo.

Liu Xiaoguo said to Ibn Rashid, "You should pay more attention to the issue of rule, otherwise even if you defeat the House of Saud, you will still not be able to form a fighting force, and we will not be able to stay here forever." ”

Ibn Rashid then came to his senses, and the instructor of the mercenary group then discussed with Ibn Rashid at length the idea of revival of the Baath Party.

If we talk about the outstanding place, it is in the aspect of national consciousness, emphasizing the restoration of the glory of the nation in the past and further prospering the nation.

Ibn Rashid learned this idea from the instructors of the mercenary group, and led the Rashid family to a different pattern of rule than the House of Saud.

Three days after the mercenary group arrived, the agricultural area of the Rashid family was attacked by the Sauds, whose soldiers rode horses, many of them with inferior weapons.

On April 30, at about 9 a.m., the Saud family launched a surprise attack on the agricultural area of Rashid, and when the Saud soldiers began to charge, they were hit hard.

The mercenary group set up more than 30 machine guns and fired at the onrushing Saudi soldiers, who suffered heavy casualties in the heavy fire.

However, once the troops charged, it was not so easy to call back.

By the time the Saud family's forces retreated in disarray, nearly 3,000 corpses had been left behind, and less than 500 could or ran back.

The arrival of the mercenary group is a blow to the Saudi family.

…… Shanghai, China!

The banks of the Four Nations and the Bank of Belgium began to evaluate the value of Huadong Group's properties, and as the evaluation deepened, the banks were quickly shocked.

The equipment of those factories in East China Group is very advanced, and through various angles, these factories are still profitable in the fierce competition in the current market.

Soon, the merchants of foreign goods learned this information from the bank, which frightened the foreign merchants into panic.

If the information obtained by the banks is not wrong, they can only die in the end of this kind of bargaining competition they have adopted, and the industrial capital in East China has basically not wavered.

Moreover, at present, those banks are giving loans to the East China Group, and after they obtain the funds, they have even solved the problem of backlog of goods, so that they have no hope of defeating the industrial capital of the three autonomous provinces of East China.

It's just that when they found out the seriousness of the problem, Li Shengguo had already signed loans totaling 100 million pounds with banks in various countries in a lightning flash.

Li Shengguo basically lent out everything he could, because the banks of various countries were very greedy for the fields involved in the East China Group, and they were also relatively optimistic about the prospects of various factories, and this was a medium-term loan, so they also signed it relatively happily later.

Some banks are even happy to see the East China Group squander the loan, and as long as they can't repay the loan, they can take over the East China Group's factories.

In addition to the East China Group, there are also Zhongsheng and Huasheng Laida Group, and their factories have been mortgaged.

Most of these loans are received in five months, and most of the interest rates are 3.5~4%, so such medium-term loans plus collateral are not too risky for banks.

Together with the previous $60 million business loan and Germany's 400 million marks in aid, Xia Jun borrowed a total of 125 million pounds, which is 1.375 billion yuan in Fuxing currency.

Naturally, the loan will not arrive so quickly, but it will arrive in the next five months.

On the other hand, Yuan Shikai's side fell into the embarrassing situation of being accused of not being trustworthy by the Bank of the Four Nations, and the Beiyang political axe at this time must have enough money to dismiss the troops in Nanjing and Hubei. Basically, the monthly expenses will be tens of millions of taels of silver, and without the blood transfusion of the Four Nations Bank, Yuan Shikai obviously can't survive.

In order to be able to support himself, Yuan Shikai once again asked for help from the East China Autonomous Political Axe, asking him to borrow another 10 million Fuxing coins, because the branches of the East China Bank in various provinces, the Fuxing coins could be exchanged for gold and silver in the East China Bank, so they gradually began to circulate in the national market.

This is not the main thing, the main thing is that the money that the East China Autonomous Political Axe lent to Yuan Shikai needs to be bought from the East China Autonomous Political Axe in terms of procurement.

Xia Jun immediately sent Zhu Xiaocheng out and asked him to negotiate with Yuan Shikai.

"It's okay to take out a loan, let Yuan Shikai keep quiet." Xia Jun instructed Zhu Xiaocheng, who took the train to Yanjing and began to negotiate with Yuan Shikai secretly.

It's to talk to Yuan Shikai himself, and he doesn't bring anyone else.

Xia Jun secretly lent Yuan Shikai 10 million yuan, and the reason why Xia Jun secretly lent Yuan Shikai was to wait for the loan from the Four Nations Bank to arrive.

When the loan of the Four Nations Bank is partial, Xia Jun can openly compete with the Four Nations Bank for business, and then Xia Jun can seek more privileges for the East China Autonomous Government through the loan.

At that time, the Four Nations Bank will have an extremely disgusting feeling, because the East China Autonomous Government took their money to lend to Yuan Shikai, and they cannot go back on the agreement they signed.

If they renege, the loans that have been received will be voided, and it is clearly written in those agreements that if they renege, then Huadong Group will not repay these loans.

At the same time, the loan to Yuan Shikai also conveyed Xia Jun's willingness to cooperate with the Beiyang political axe, at this time China has just ended the Xinhai Revolution, if the Beiyang political axe can cooperate with the East China autonomous political axe, then it can greatly improve the current situation in China.

Yuan Shikai is still not bad, and he is not a good thing.

At present, it is clear that the axe of East China's autonomy has not yet reached the opportunity to jump out and overthrow Yuan Shikai, the ruler of China, and this will only outweigh the losses.

Since the Beiyang political axe will not be overthrown for the time being, it is obviously the best way to cooperate with the Beiyang political axe at present, so that China can quickly stabilize.

At this time, China was still not stable enough, because there were too many forces.

Xia Jun didn't have the energy to negotiate with those Turkish army leaders, so it was better to let the Beiyang political axe destroy these Turkish army leaders first, and then destroy the Beiyang Army when the time came.

It's called gobbling away!

Yuan Shikai will not suffer too much loss by taking out a loan, after all, most of these loans will be used for the purchase of the axe of the East China Autonomous Government, and when the time comes, it will be the arms and materials produced by his own factory, and he can also obtain some privileges from the loan.

Zhu Xiaocheng conveyed Xia Jun's opinion in the secret conversation between Yanjing and Yuan Shikai.

"We, the three provinces of East China, support President Yuan, and what our chairman means is that the two sides will cooperate sincerely to achieve the goal of rejuvenating China. At present, foreigners are around, and between the north and the south, we should unite and work hard to calm China. Zhu Xiaocheng said to Yuan Shikai.

"What about loans?" Yuan Shikai asked.

"Our chairman knows that the president needs money, so he has agreed to lend 10 million yuan to the central government, and now the provinces of China are being divided by those local army leaders, who are bullying the people and withholding local tax revenues without the permission of the autonomous government.

Zhu Xiaocheng read Yuan Shikai's wish.

"Is that true?" Yuan Shikai was overjoyed, if there was the support of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, there was no shortage of funds and arms, and the head of the local army was nothing.

What made Yuan Shikai even happier was that Chairman Xia was not hostile to him, which made Yuan Shikai feel a little proud, that kid was only in his twenties, and he was indeed a little tender, and his mind was full of some unrealistic ideas about revitalizing China and stabilizing the situation.

Xia Jun's three autonomous provinces in East China do not have the right and responsibility in this regard, but are willing to help the central government. For the second time, Yuan Shikai likes this kind of stunned young man very much, if the world is full of such simple-minded and unambitious young people, why should he work so hard!

"Of course, we in East China have great admiration for Yuan Gong, unlike those revolutionaries, who shout about revolution but secretly fight for power there." Zhu Xiaocheng ran the train with his mouth full, and he didn't blush at all when he spoke of bad conscience, Zhu Xiaocheng paused and said, "It's just ...... We also borrowed this loan from the foreigners, and if the foreigners knew about it, we would not be able to get the subsequent money, and we would not be able to lend to the central government at that time. ”

"Hmmm! The old man must keep it a secret. Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be cautious when he heard this, this matter really can't leak the news.

"In addition, these funds are borrowed, and the finances of our three provinces of East China Autonomous Province are also insufficient, we can re-lend to the central government axe according to the original amount of profits, and this profit money still has to be borne by the central government, and the military factories of our East China Autonomous Government Axe are all privately owned, and the funds required for procurement may be borne by the central government."

Zhu Xiaocheng has said so much, now is the time to put forward the conditions.

With Yuan Shikai's generosity, many people who have requests for him are basically responsive.

(To be continued)