readx;

On the morning of the same day, An Yi, who saw off Zhu Peide and his entourage, did not return to Si Fengding as soon as possible, but was accompanied by the guards. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info rode his beloved war horse and rushed to Caiba Airport, seven kilometers west of the city.

This flat and pragmatic airstrip on the loess originally belonged to Liu Wencai, the "King of Hunan", and now it is together with two mansions, two docks, a sugar, tobacco and liquor company, a salt bureau, five money villages, more than 360 street shops, three large pawn shops, five inns, three military camps and two government offices. All became the property of An Yi's Fifth Legion.

Liu Wencai fled Syria in a hurry, transporting more than 3,000 boxes of gold, silver, treasures and valuables by steamer, car, and horse-drawn carriage, but there was still a large amount of wealth that could not be transferred in time and was occupied by the Fifth Army, which arrived quickly. Only two money houses, a mint and three pawn shops seized more than 4.3 million yuan of gold and silver, antique calligraphy and paintings and real estate equivalent to tens of millions of dollars, An Yi and his brothers were dumbfounded by the wealth of Liu Wenhui and Liu Wencai's family, who had been in operation for more than ten years, and were deeply surprised that they had not been able to calculate the transfer of Liu family's property so quickly

Regret.

Looking at the wide runway of the airport and the seven-kilometer riverside avenue leading to the city, An Yi even had some admiration for Liu Wencai.

The seven-kilometer-long and eight-meter-wide riverside avenue is sturdy and smooth, lined with lush bamboo and trees, and the drainage system is quite perfect, so that this important road can be paved into a high-standard special road with only a few ships of oil from Shanghai or cement from the Xiangxi Cement Factory.

There are two rows of tall warehouses on the south side of the airport, the tallest one is 30 meters long and 20 meters wide, standing empty in the wind, the planes inside are no longer there, only a dozen large oil drums are neatly placed on the side of the high wall.

Liu Wencai's plane was purchased from Germany only in March last year, and it arrived in the same batch as the four planes purchased by Feng Yuxiang. The model is Juncker, which can only carry four people, and now it has flown to Chengdu, and the empty airfield is scattered with officers and soldiers of a battalion of the Fifth Army.

"Commander, the terrain here is flat, there are thousands of acres, the surrounding mountains are gentle, and the mountains are accompanied by water, it seems that Liu Jiancai has invited a lot of capable people to survey and build this airport, we only need to expand a little on the existing basis, and close the west of the riverside triangle. Ancillary facilities such as a command tower and a lighthouse were built on the low hill to the south, and a regiment of guards was transferred to defend it, and it was a large military airport no less than Nanchang Airport. Zhao Rui said in a low voice.

An Yi nodded. Turning over and dismounting, he walked side by side with Zhao Rui to the small pavilion where the riverside guard post was located: "A few days ago, I asked the old Mr. Qi from the former government construction bureau, and he told me that this airport has a very unique place, the real martial arts in the south during the foggy season every year. And the Douzi Mountain to Chiyan Mountain in the north of the river is surrounded by white mist, sandwiched between this airport surrounded by water on three sides but no fog, said to be a real martial arts treasure land, blessed with nature, now look at it really like that!

I estimate that the area here is open, the wind is gentle and not blocked by heavy mountains, which makes this place rarely fog gather, but in any case, the construction of the airport here is really good, it can be seen that the Liu family has indeed spent a lot of effort, but we are not busy with reconstruction and expansion, 15,000 engineers are expanding the roads and bridges leading to the surrounding counties, Mr. Zheng Jinglun and two expert groups from Sweden will arrive at the beginning of next month to survey the four bridge construction points in Huzhou and Syria, it will take at least two months to determine. I am afraid that the construction of the four large iron bridges will not be carried out until the end of next year or even the middle of the next year, and when the situation is stabilized, the engineers of the divisions will have to dredge the passages, blow up the reefs in the narrow places of the river, and erect channel markers one after another, so that the 1,000-ton cargo ships can sail to Syria, and in addition, they will have to expand the Huzhou South Wharf, the West Wharf and the South Wharf of Syria. ”

"With so many projects launched at once, and aid in the construction of reservoirs and irrigation canals in southern counties and towns, is the money enough?" Zhao Rui asked worriedly.

An Yi sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "Alas, it's difficult! After a few months, only more than 6 million yuan of opium has been quietly accumulated, and the existing opium and the opium that is expected to be seized within three months is estimated to be 7 million. It is not enough for one-third of the existing project budget, and in addition, we have made a high-profile commitment not to collect a penny of agricultural tax and poll tax from the people of southern Sichuan within two years, abolished the original 31 taxes of the Liu family, and only collected commercial taxes and transaction taxes, even if the entire 30,000 mu of land in southern Sichuan and more than 500 prosperous shops in Huzhou and Syria are auctioned off, we can only barely scrape together this huge construction fund. But it will take at least a year! During this time, our 80,000 brothers asked for money for eating, drinking, and Lazar. It costs money for military training, money for the construction of a non-commissioned officer training base and a medical college in southern Sichuan, and money for the expansion of Liu Wencai's thermal power plant and the expansion of coal mine output

！ ”

Zhao Rui was silent. After a long while, he said leisurely: "I am convinced, in such an environment, you still have the courage to prepare to completely eradicate opium cultivation and trade in southern Sichuan." Wipe out all the opium poppies, which account for half of Sichuan's annual opium production, where will you get the money?

"Now you can use your brain only the iron ore mine in Huzhou and the silver mine in the south, which is the fastest place to make money, and there is the use of the current high degree of autonomy to set up industrial and commercial banks all over the south as soon as possible, and slowly radiate to Qianxi, Xiangxi and Yunnan, absorbing private capital for construction; Get a few commodity batch markets, renovate them a little on the basis of the existing markets, spend not much money, and transport all kinds of commodities from Nanchang and Jiangxi, so that the people in Huzhou and Syria can sell them to the areas where ethnic minorities gather in the four directions, in exchange for gold, silver, copper, and tin, which are traditionally mined and smelted by ethnic minorities, and when the three sets of the latest banknote printing and coinage equipment purchased by Zhang Xi and Mr. Ou help them arrive, they will start printing and minting silver dollars. Only in this way can we barely cope with the multi-pronged fund-raising. ”

An Yi explained to Zhao Rui in detail, he had a faint premonition that as the Fifth Army became more and more prosperous, Lao Jiang, who was deeply afraid that he would cultivate a powerful warlord, would definitely not let him stay in southern Sichuan for a long time, so he hummed and unintentionally instilled his whole set of ideas into the talented, loyal and diligent Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui didn't realize An Yi's good intentions, and looked at An Yi in surprise: "How many talents do you need to find to implement such a complex system matter?" ”

An Yi smiled bitterly. Looking at the rolling river, he said a little abruptly: "It takes a lot of people" But don't worry, I have asked Zhou Sangan to come over to help, and the entire economic layout and development process of Nanchang. It was he who worked together with Zhang Xi, Yiyou, and the think tanks of the Heart Group to get it together. They are more professional than any of us. Also, don't forget that hundreds of graduates of our Polytechnic University majoring in finance and economics are about to go out into the society, and they will come together to form the South Sichuan Economic Exhibition Committee, and I will serve as the nominal director, so that the team will be set up.

You can't hide from it either. He also had to come in as a deputy director of the gatekeeping and supervision, and then transfer ten or eight old brothers from the special class that was about to graduate from the non-commissioned officer school, and select 100 loyal, steadfast, and educated brothers from the army to set up the Southern Sichuan Military and Political Supervision Bureau, which was responsible for supervising and inspecting the entire "southern military, government, and civil affairs organs. ”

"That's fine. It seems that you have fully considered everything, and it is really difficult for you,"

Zhao Rui took a few steps. Suddenly realizing something, he grabbed An Yi's sleeve and stopped, stared at An Yi's eyes and asked seriously, "Wait!" What do you mean by all this you just told me? I am only the chief of staff of your 24th Army, in charge of the military part, even if the Fifth Army is not canceled, I am only the chief of staff of your headquarters, and I have never been involved in any civil affairs, why did you suddenly tell me so much today? ”

An Yi smiled and looked at Zhao Rui seriously: "In addition to the military, don't you want to know more about other fields?" The battle will be over one day, and we, the soldiers, will leave the army one day, do you want to follow the example of the dismissed generals of the various armies who live in the Shanghai Concession and the Tianjin Concession, play mahjong, drink and chat every day, and do nothing beneficial to the country and the nation? ”

"You're clearly quibbling! Senior brother, tell me honestly, what do you think?

Zhao Rui stubbornly stared at An Yi's eyes, he and An Yi have been getting along and fighting side by side for more than a year, and he and An Yi have a deep understanding and sympathy. The friendship between them is deep and close to each other, and they are extremely familiar with An Yi's personality and habits, so An Yi's slightly abnormal words and deeds can't escape Zhao Rui's keen eyes and excellent perception.

An Yi put away his smile, shook his head and sighed slightly, pulled Zhao Rui into the small pavilion, waved his hand to let the saluting sentry retreat, sat on the stone bench with his ass, and looked at the hated river:

"Sit down, senior brother, let's sit down and talk slowly, although you didn't say anything, but I can see that you have thought a lot, not only the fate of my Fifth Army, but also the 24th Army and the Southern Sichuan Garrison Command, which has been straightened out, and you have also thought about the situation in the entire southern Sichuan, otherwise you wouldn't be in the mood to talk to me so much, right, senior brother?"

"It's a lot of thinking. But I'm still stunned that I still don't think as much. Zhao Rui leaned on the pillar and took out a cigarette and gave it to An Yi.

Lighting a cigarette and taking a deep breath, An Yi turned to Da Jiang and said in a low voice, "Senior brother, if the Fifth Legion is abolished, how do you think the principal will place me?" ”

Zhao Rui replied helplessly: "Seriously, I don't know!" It is estimated that the principal has been persuaded by the slanderous rumors of He Jingzhi and the conspirator Yang Yongtai, otherwise he would not be eager to unload the mill and kill the donkey, cut down and seize power when Yunnan has not been completely conquered and Sichuan has not been completely pacified, not to mention that our Fifth Army is still his descendant troops, and more than half of the lieutenant generals and colonels are all from Huangpu. It's chilling to do that! To be honest, I was so angry that I was even tempted to become a warlord

！ ”

An Yi was shocked: "Senior brother, let's just talk about it, you must not say what you just said to others, let alone let the brothers see that you have any impulses and dissatisfaction, otherwise it will definitely cause huge chaos and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Senior brother, please calm down. Think about what you would do if you were the principal? Now my An Yi's troops on the bright side are as high as 80,000, and all of them are first-class elite soldiers in China, in the series of battles against Gui and Tang, the Central Plains War, and the Southwest Expedition, the Xiangxi troops with nearly 100,000 troops and the Qianxi troops with 60,000 troops closely cooperate with my An Yi, and obey my words.

Especially frightening. These more than 200,000 troops who have practiced new-style education and undergone new-style training are self-sufficient, have their own arsenals and many other auxiliary enterprises, as well as their own aviation units and a small number of surface warships, and the eastern territory within a radius of several hundred kilometers is the proud and inferior Li Zongren of the Gui lineage. To the north are the four forces that are separated from the gods, and if they rebel, the harm will definitely not be under Feng and Yan.

This possible danger has been repeatedly provoked by some people, and it is like a heavy dark cloud in the principal's heart, which is getting thicker and bigger. The headmaster, who has been exhausted by repeated divisions and mergers, prefers to believe in it rather than believe in it, or in the heart of his superiors, he is so suspicious and afraid that he can no longer give any trust, and will carry out a series of splits and power cuts that are chilling to the officers and men of our Fifth Legion at any cost.

From this point of view. It is indeed inevitable that we will encounter this sad situation today, and who makes us not be mediocre? ”

"Maybe your words have a point, but that's just an excuse, a false assumption, that my Fifth Legion has been fighting for years. He has made great achievements, is loyal to the Three People's Principles of the former prime minister, is loyal to the Central Committee, and is loyal to the principal, but now he has fallen into such an ending, not to mention that the brothers can't figure it out, even I can't bear it.

To tell you the truth, I couldn't sleep all night last night, and I thought several times that if we were really suppressed, we would just fuck it off! Is there more than one rebel in the world? Look at the whole country today. Where is the rebellion? I don't believe that with our foundation and strength now, we won't be able to break out of a new world! Do you grandson have to endure this kind of gas again and again? ”

The more Zhao Rui spoke, the more excited he became, and when he said that, he stood up and roared at An Yi.

An Yi closed his eyes sadly, leaned on the pillar and sighed gloomily: "Senior brother, now that the great powers are looking around, the civil war is over, tens of millions of victims are still struggling on the death line, the Japanese are sharpening their knives and Huo Huo is about to invade, but you are so excited for the interests of our group, does Senior Brother want to be a sinner of the nation through the ages?" ”

Zhao Rui's whole body was shocked. Standing stiffly in front of An Yi, his face was red and white, changing uncertainly, and it took a long time to take a step back. He sat down, spread his limbs, and turned his head to look at the river, his eyes full of tears of grievance and pain."