Mei Yuntian looked at the street flying by outside the car window, and muttered sullenly: "I'm in too much of a hurry, am I?" ”

"It seems that you still understand," Zhang Jingjiang's face was calm, and he was not angry, but explained patiently: "Our problem is not to let Chairman Jiang suspect that the Cultural Revolution is involved, and the issue of the Cultural Revolution leaving the army, his principal has not completely forgotten, and he also remembers some deviant behaviors in Yucheng; The last time Song Ziwen failed to issue bonds in Shanghai, I am afraid that he had noticed that the influence of the Cultural Revolution had extended to the financial field, but the Shanghai incident was a spontaneous act of Shanghai's financial circles, which had nothing to do with the Cultural Revolution, but it was difficult for him to allow the Cultural Revolution to interfere in finance. And we have a close relationship with the Cultural Revolution, so we will inevitably think that our actions were instigated by the Cultural Revolution. ”

Mei Yuntian now understood, if he was in a hurry to propose checks and balances, Kong Xiangxi took this opportunity to suggest to Chiang Kai-shek, and then took the opportunity to say that he proposed it, Chiang Kai-shek would immediately think that it must be Zhuang Jihua who was behind this, and then he would find that Zhuang Wenge had territory, political power, and army, and then put his hand into finance, which was repaid, who could control him in the future, so it is self-evident what Chiang Kai-shek would do next.

Thinking of this, Mei Yuntian couldn't help but shudder, Yu Qiaqing smiled lightly and said: "Jingjiang, don't blame him, he is still young, how can he be like you and me, he has become an old fox, and his road has just begun." However, Shaoqing, politics is very difficult to figure out, eat a trench and grow a wisdom, this time fortunately Jingjiang interjected in time, you also changed your words later, and the later make up for it is very good, Kong Xiangxi can't judge it now, and the problem is not big. ”

"Mr. Jingjiang was right to blame, the Cultural Revolution also had such worries, and he repeatedly said before he came, or I was too anxious." Mei Yuntian really regretted it, if because of his mistake, Zhuang Jihua, no, it should be their entire group for several years of hard work was buried, then he might even have the heart to jump the Jialing River.

Seeing Mei Yuntian's self-reproachful appearance, Zhang Jingjiang didn't know what to say, so he let go and comforted him and said: "Things are not so bad, the Cultural Revolution has done well in the past few years, and he is not without a way out, and he is afraid that he has thought of these things a long time ago, Shaoqing, think about it, why did he set up the Sichuan Development Company, why did he have to let you invest, and it was in the name of an American company." Is it just to guard against people like Kong Xiangxi? His principal once told me that Zhuang Cultural Revolution did things in one step and ten steps, which is true. ”

Zhang Jingjiang's reminder made Mei Yuntian go back and carefully examine Zhuang Jihua's decision-making over the years, and he finally understood why Zhuang Jihua wanted to win over Liu Xiang and Yang Sen, these Sichuan powerful factions, as Zhang Jingjiang said, Zhuang Jihua's purpose was to prevent Chiang Kai-shek, and he wanted to use Sichuan powerful factions to contain Chiang Kai-shek, at least not let Chiang Kai-shek take away all the factories and mines with an order.

"I really didn't say anything about doing things during the Cultural Revolution," Yu Qiaqing also nodded and praised: "Do things steadily and magnificently, don't entangle petty profits, ten people who do big things." I was suspicious of him back then, and I was ashamed to think about it. ”

Yu Qiaqing's career has been extremely smooth in recent years, several companies are prosperous, and the ship route has been opened to the United States, Singapore, India, and is preparing to sail to Europe.

"By the way, Brother Ade, let me ask you if you are interested in opening a car transport company in Sichuan?" Mei Yuntian suddenly remembered that some time ago he was discussing the establishment of a Southwest Highway Transport Company, but Zhuang Jihua wanted the people to do it, and he wanted to run a few more.

"Car transport?" Yu Qiaqing asked rhetorically: "Lu Zuofu doesn't want to do it?" ”

Of course he thought, but the meaning of the Cultural Revolution was that the government and the private government were carried out at the same time, and only when there was competition could there be improvement. Mei Yuntian couldn't help but laugh when he remembered Zhuang Jihua's face when he was discussing this issue, in fact, the shareholders of the Sichuan Development Company wanted to monopolize Sichuan road transportation, but Zhuang Jihua didn't do it, and he argued with the shareholders at the meeting, what monopoly is harmful, monopoly will eventually damage itself, etc., including Liu Xiang's housekeeper Liu Hangchen, who is dizzy.

"That's no problem, the road pointed out by the Cultural Revolution, even if it's a cliff, jump it." Yu Qiaqing said with a smile that he didn't know anything about the road situation in Sichuan, but he agreed out of trust in Zhuang Jihua.

Zhang Jingjiang snorted dissatisfiedly: "Brother Ade, don't be cheap and sell well, the Cultural Revolution has shown you a way to make a fortune." ”

Yu Qiaqing smiled, and Zhang Jingjiang simply made his words clear: "The Cultural Revolution is focused on the future, and once the war is fought, can your ships still move?" In the future, it will be transported by road in the southwest. ”

Yu Qiaqing understood now, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, he now has dozens of ships, and only five or six go to the ocean, once the war breaks out, what will happen to these ships? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be a little scared, this was the hard work of most of his life.

"When will I go to Yucheng to see if Yucheng is the same as what is introduced in the newspaper?" Zhang Jingjiang seemed to see through what Yu Qiaqing was thinking, and suggested that he go to Yucheng to discuss with Zhuang Jihua.

"What has the Cultural Revolution been up to lately?" Zhang Jingjiang asked.

"Troops, his energy has begun to turn to the troops, many things of the development team have been handed over to Li Zhilong, and he plans to recruit more than 30,000 people in a few years, and the entire escort team will be expanded to 50,000 people, and he is trying to find the chairman of the committee to set it up." Mei Yuntian said.

"It seems that he thinks that there will be a fight within three years." Zhang Jingjiang said in one sentence the purpose of Zhuang Jihua.

Zhang Jingjiang's words pulled the emotions in the car to a low point, and no one wanted to say anything anymore, Yu Qiaqing was thinking about how to find a way out for his boat, but Mei Yuntian and Zhang Jingjiang were in a heavy mood, three years, is this preparation enough?

Kong Xiangxi's telegram was soon sent to Chiang Kai-shek's desk in Chengdu, after the Red Army crossed the snow-capped mountains in June to join the Fourth Front Army, Chiang Kai-shek readjusted the deployment of the bandits, he ordered the recoil to lead the First Army into Songpan, block the road for the Red Army to go north, set up a camp in Yichang, ordered Chen Cheng to serve as the director of the camp, unified command of all departments to encircle and suppress He Longxiaoke's 26th Army Corps, rectify the Sichuan Army, eliminate the weak and retain the strong of more than 300 regiments, reorganize into 200 regiments, and order Xue Yue to drop the Central Army into the Chengdu Plain; In addition, the Northwest Bandit Suppression Command was set up, and Zhang Xueliang, who had returned from overseas at the beginning of the year, was ordered to serve as deputy commander-in-chief, and he personally assumed the post of commander-in-chief. After making these adjustments, Chiang Kai-shek personally sat in Chengdu to urge all units to enter and suppress the Red Army in western Sichuan.

However, the movement of the Red Army made him feel a little surprised, according to his judgment, the Red Army would soon leave Songpan and attack Ningxia and Gansu, but the Red Army was very slow at the moment, and actually stagnated on the western Sichuan Plateau for a whole month, so that he calmly transferred troops to control all the main roads north through Songpan, and sent Zhou Hunyuan's column to pursue and suppress the Red Army retreating from Hubei, Henan, and Anhui to the northwest, and the eastern part of Xuhai, by the beginning of August, the Red Army only had one way to the north, that is, through the Songpan swamp, but Chiang Kai-shek thought that this was a dead end.

But the Red Army once again surprised him, they chose this dead end, and finally came out of the dead end, and then gave Hu Zongnan's 49th Division a blow of annihilation in the Battle of Baoza, and the division commander Wu Chengren was seriously injured and fled back. This battle exposed a huge gap in the encirclement arranged by Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly transferred troops to make up for it, but at this time, the main force of the Red Army suddenly turned south, crossed the grassland again, and returned to Maoergai, only a small part of the troops continued to go north under the banner of the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment, but it is said that Mao Zdong was in this small detachment.

Chiang Kai-shek was puzzled by the movements of the Red Army, on the one hand he mobilized the Sichuan army to arrange the defensive line, on the other hand, he was wondering what the Communist Party meant, at present, the Sichuan army is gathered, the two sides have a huge disparity in strength, if the decisive battle at this moment is what he wants, the Red Army's actions are completely different from their usual ways, Chiang Kai-shek decided to use static braking, first to see what the Red Army wants to do.

Soon the Red Army gave him an answer, and the Red Fourth quickly took control of the Suijing and Danba areas, and then launched an attack along the Suijing River towards the Great and Small Jinchuan, Liu Wenhui and Yang Sen were beaten dizzy, and soon lost Chonghua and Funing.

Now not only Chiang Kai-shek and even Liu Xiang judged the movement of the Red Army, they were going south to attack the West Sichuan Plain, and the forces in Sichuan immediately panicked, Liu Xiang held a combat meeting, at the meeting he and Liu Xiang told the truth, if the Red Army stopped at the Northwest Sichuan Plateau, then everyone was fine, but now they want to attack the West Sichuan Plain, this is to end our nest, then we have to fight, and then Liu Xiang put all his main forces on the front line, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, etc. did not dare to preserve their strength, For a time, 200,000 elite troops of the Sichuan army were concentrated in northwest Sichuan, and a bloody battle was about to begin.

But Chiang Kai-shek was still worried, he flew from Nanjing to Chengdu, transferred Xue Yue to lead the troops to the northwest of Sichuan, and then sat in Chengdu to supervise the battle, and Liu Xiang personally served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

At a time when military affairs were tense, Nanjing's fiat currency reform made waves, which made Chiang Kai-shek a little irritable. After reading the telegram, he threw it on the table, looked up and said to a handsome young man sitting in front of him: "Han Qing, look, the country is so chaotic that the central government's political axe orders cannot be carried out, can this situation be resisted?" ”

Zhang Xueliang picked up the telegram, on which Kong Xiangxi reported that Chen Jitang in Guangdong refused to stop issuing currency, Yunnan was unwilling to stop issuing currency, Shanxi agreed to stop issuing currency but was unwilling to recycle the Jin bills, and Shanghai Yucheng agreed to recycle the currency, but hoped that the central government would provide funds.

"In fact, the Central Committee has been preparing for resistance for a long time, but the country is chaotic and scattered, not to mention the Communist Party, and even the party members in the party do not obey the orders of the Central Committee. Chiang Kai-shek said very angrily.

Zhang Xueliang silently put the telegram on his desk, he looked young, in fact, he was in his early thirties, after the Rehe Anti-Japanese War, he traveled abroad in Europe, in Europe he opened his eyes, he admired the Italian fascist leader Mussolini very much, and Mussolini's son-in-law Ziano became friends.

Perhaps stimulated by Europe, after Zhang Xueliang returned, he began to talk about the War of Resistance on various occasions, believing that all political forces in the country should be united to resist the invasion of Japan.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that Zhang Xueliang did not speak, so he continued: "Han Qing, I didn't lie to you, you flew directly from Wuhan, you didn't go to Yucheng, I can tell you now, Yucheng is our anti-Japanese war base in the future, you can go to Yucheng to see it." ”

(To be continued)