With the deterrence of the Max family and the grace of Alice, the old man Robles quickly relented. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He promised to immediately find the United States, and the consul leaders of France, the Netherlands, and other countries discussed the matter of defection.

Watching Robles hurriedly depart with an entourage.

Zhang Xinghan asked with some concern: "Alice, will the consuls of other countries compromise?" ”

Before Alice could speak, Erin next to her had already preemptively said: "General Zhang, please rest assured, in today's society, no one dares to underestimate the British Empire, and no one dares not to buy the accounts of the Max family." ”

 [pig] [pig] [island] novel; Although after the First World War, the British Empire's national strength was consumed a lot, but as the victor of the First World War, it was still the number one power in the world at this time, with one-fifth of the world's population and a quarter of the land territory.

As Irene said, no one dared not to buy the battle of the British Empire.

Although Robles, the consuls of Western countries, wanted to secretly assist in cultivating the remnants of the former Qing Dynasty like Wu Qingzhong, in order to achieve their ulterior purposes.

But these are nothing compared to offending Max, the largest family in Britain.

Through Robles's mediation, consuls from several other countries gathered that night to meet with Zhang Xinghan, Alice and others.

After some discussion, Robles and others decided to agree with Zhang Xinghan to send agents to the island to arrest Wu Qingzhong, and to cooperate with the Northeast New Army to hand over all the grain hidden by Wu Qingzhong.

However, there is one clause that Zhang Xinghan is not allowed to mobilize regular troops to land on the island.

Zhang Xinghan was angry and funny, he knew that this was the gringos like Robles who insisted on their ridiculous big country face.

Now he is not strong enough, although with Alice's help, he can't be too aggressive, which will make it difficult for Alice to do.

So Zhang Xinghan nodded and agreed to Robles' only request.

In the early hours of the night, Zhao Long led hundreds of agents to cross the river and the island in batches carrying submachine guns, pistols and other weapons.

Wu Qingzhong and their vice president had just finished attending a cocktail party held by the French consul at this time, and they were stumbling out of a western restaurant chartered by the French consul.

The French consul sent them to the door with a smile and turned back.

A group of Wu Qingzhong's subordinates guarding the door hurriedly drove two cars. The four of them hurriedly ran over to support Wu Qingzhong, who was already drunk, and the vice president.

At this moment, several cars suddenly rushed from both directions of the street in front of the western restaurant, and they arrived in the blink of an eye, blocking the way for Wu Qingzhong and his two cars to move forward and retreat.

Before Wu Qingzhong's subordinates could react, the doors of several cars opened, and men in black suits came out with weapons in their hands.

At the same time, a group of black-clad men armed with submachine guns suddenly appeared on the roof of the western restaurant and the window on the second floor of a building opposite it.

Surrounded on all sides, dozens of MP18 submachine guns and mirrored boxes, known as small charges, opened fire.

The dense bullets formed a crossfire, and Wu Qingzhong's men were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another. The screams were incessant.

Some bullets hit the car and the ground, sending a barrage of sparks.

Wu Qingzhong and the four subordinates beside the vice president reacted very quickly, and just wanted to pull them back into the western restaurant, but found that the door of the western restaurant was closed, and no matter how they collided, they couldn't open it.

"Boss, the French sold us!" One of the guards shouted as he fired at the opposite window.

Suddenly attacked, Wu Qingzhong and the vice president instantly sobered up a lot.

"Let's go, get in the car!" The vice president made a decision.

Four of his men took cover and ran towards a car parked in the doorway.

Several agents opened fire on them. A gust of bullets whistled like a gust of bullets, and two of his men were shot one after the other and fell.

However, Wu Qingzhong and the vice president also hid next to the car and pulled the car door to resist.

In the rain of bullets, Wu Qingzhong's men were quickly slaughtered. The gunfire gradually stopped.

Hiding in the car, Wu Qingzhong was drenched in cold sweat, looked at the vice presidents huddled together, and was a little disheartened: "Vice president." I'm afraid we've planted it this time. ”

"These Westerners will never be reliable, I don't know what benefits Zhang Xinghan has given them, and they have made them treacherous?!" The vice president's eyes were filled with endless anger and unwillingness. Hissing roared.

At this time, the agents had ceased fire, and the two remaining subordinates around Wu Qingzhong hid behind the car door in cold sweat on their foreheads, and also stopped shooting.

"Wu Qingzhong, you have no way to escape, surrender quickly, otherwise you will be shot on the spot!" A loud voice came, but it was Zhao Long who was shouting behind a car with a megaphone.

Hearing this, the vice president said to Wu Qingzhong with a hideous face: "Brother Wu, today's matter has come to this, the will of heaven cannot be violated, we are all dead, we must not surrender to those bastards, just fight with them!" ”

"Fight?" Wu Qingzhong's face changed for a while, and at this time, the vice president was about to get out of the car and fight with Zhang Xinghan's agents.

Wu Qingzhong was horrified in his heart, he rushed out and opened fire, which would inevitably attract intensive fire from the enemy, and he would be doomed at that time.

Thinking of this, Wu Qingzhong's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he raised his pistol and aimed it at the back of the vice president's head.

A gunshot rang out, and the vice president, who had been able to get out of the carriage, fell down, leaned forward with his weight on his head, and fell out of the car.

There was a bloody hole in the back of his head, and the blood mixed with red and white mixed water flowed out, quickly staining a large area of the ground.

The two subordinates looked back at Wu Qingzhong in horror, and Wu Qingzhong said with a blank expression: "Ah San, Ah Si, we all still have families, don't make any more senseless sacrifices, surrender with me." ”

The two men bowed their heads silently, and the hands holding the guns fell silently to the ground.

"We surrender, don't shoot." Wu Qingzhong stood up with his last two subordinates, raised his hands and shouted loudly.

Agents from all directions suddenly poured in.

Wu Qingzhong looked at the vice president lying on the ground, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I don't want to affect my family." ”

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"Commander, the total amount of grain seized this time is more than 15,000 stones, and according to Wu Qingzhong's confession, in Heilongjiang except for Harbin City, their people have also hoarded an astonishing amount of grain in other large and small counties with the same method, but this old boy is reluctant to say it now, saying that he will only say it when he sees you." In the living room of the British Consulate, Guo Zhong walked into a report with gusto.

"More than fifteen thousand stones?" Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when he heard this, according to the calculation of about 112 catties per stone, more than 15,000 catties of grain is more than 180,000 catties, close to 200,000 catties of grain.

You must know that in the twenties and thirties, Northeast China did not have fertilizers such as urea to help grow crops, nor did there be various super grains such as super hybrid rice.

Not to mention the Guannei, take the four provinces outside the Guanxi as an example, the three major plains in the Northeast region, the Sanjiang Plain, the Songnen Plain, and the Liaohe Plain, which are the three main plains in the entire Northeast region, and are also the main grain producing areas.

However, the average yield per mu is only forty or fifty kilograms, and those who can produce 150 catties per mu are considered fertile land.

Of course, the lack of chemical fertilizers is one thing, and the backward planting technology of the people in this era also accounts for part of the reason.

In this way, even if all the land that produces grain is fertile land, it will take 1,200 mu to produce 180,000 catties of grain.

But you must know that these grains are all rented by the people to grow the land of large and small landlords and tyrants, except for the rent paid and all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, how much is really left?

If you want to gather and hoard these 180,000 catties of grain, how many people will need to rent and cultivate how many acres of land will you need to get it?

Zhang Xinghan didn't calculate this account in detail, but this turned out to be only part of Wu Qingzhong's plan.

There are hundreds of large and small counties in the entire North Manchurian region, so how much grain do they have to raise?

It is no longer as simple as making money for the sake of raising so much food, and the only explanation is that they are going to rebel, and these are the military rations they have prepared for themselves.

At the same time, Zhang Xinghan also realized from this food crisis how staggering the huge consumption brought about by the war was.

Not to mention anything else, when he waved his army south to march into South Manchuria, he mobilized no less than 150,000 troops.

Even if each soldier only consumes one pound of food a day, the consumption of food alone on that day is staggering enough.

What's more, there are other transportation personnel and other consumption, Rao has his own multi-functional watch that can be exchanged for various military equipment, fuel and ammunition, and he can't help but secretly smack his tongue.

The war is really fought with national strength, and what is fought is consumption, and no matter how much money is needed for military equipment, you can't conjure food out of thin air.

Although it can be exchanged for some military food, there is a limit to energy, and the limited energy is to give priority to the supply of weapons and ammunition, fuel, and various military equipment for the troops.

Therefore, this grain naturally has to fall on the people under his rule.

It seems that if he wants to continue to expand his troops, he must not only develop his military strength, but also promote the development of the economy and agriculture of the three northeastern provinces.

Otherwise, without a solid economic and food backing, no matter how much you toss around, you will be reckless, and something big will happen sooner or later.

This food crisis is a good example, and it can be regarded as a slap in the face and a good warning to Zhang Xinghan.

The three provinces in Northeast China have a lot of land and resources, more than 10 million arable land, and there is no shortage of labor, if they produce fertilizers, then the output value per mu of land in Northeast China will definitely increase by leaps and bounds.

If the grain yield per mu in the northeast region can reach 800 catties per 1,000 pounds in later generations, it will not be a few years before the northeast will not only be able to be self-sufficient, but will also be able to save a considerable amount of strategic grain reserves.

With sufficient food and money reserves, he can smoothly expand his army without worries, and then improve his military strength. (To be continued......)