By July, the situation in Sichuan had entered the track of rapid development, Liu Xiang's representatives Zhang Sike and Qiao Yifu went to Chengdu, Fu Chang went to Guang'an, and Yu Weiyi went to Daxian County to contact Liu Cunhou, whom Zhuang Jihua had neglected; Liu Wenhui also stepped up preparations for the war, his way was to pay money, Liu Xiang's two division commanders Fan Shaozeng and Lan Wenbin each received 400,000 oceans, but the matter was not done secretly, and was soon discovered by Liu Xiang, Fan Shaozeng was very smart, and immediately reported to Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang asked him to take the money to Shanghai for a trip, and he came back after half a month when he was ready to start the war. Lan Wenbin was stupid, as if there was nothing, Liu Xiang would not be polite to him, people were arrested and imprisoned, and the basic troops were surrounded and disarmed, and dispersed into other units. Liu Wenhui's other way is to assassinate, his fifth brother Liu Wencai bribed a few robe brothers, sneaked into Li Ziba Liu Xiang's house to prepare to assassinate Liu Xiang, but naturally it didn't work out, people, all of them were arrested, but Liu Xiang was very generous at this time, he asked his second father to send people back to Xufu and hand them over to Liu Wencai, the fifth father, so that Liu Wenhui lost people ruthlessly.

Zhuang Jihua does not seem to care about this, at the end of July all the exploration teams and survey teams all returned to the base, only the exploration site is still continuing, in fact, in the two months to Yucheng, the site has been determined several places, the iron and steel plant is set in Shuangbei, the pharmaceutical factory is set in Daxigou, the chemical plant is set in Shapingba, the smokeless powder factory is set in Daping Majiazui, and the machinery factory is set in Yuanjiaxiang.

Zhuang Jihua ran around these construction sites all day long, construction tools have been shipped from Shanghai, now it seems that the capacity of the three ships is obviously not enough, and some machinery is stranded in Shanghai, and some of the equipment of the pharmaceutical factory has also arrived in Shanghai, and the capacity has now become a bottleneck, Zhuang Jihua had to find Lu Zuofu again, asking him to help, and at the same time urgently purchased eight transport ships in the United States, four of which are ready-made, and are already on the way.

Although Lu Zuofu is known as the king of Sichuan River transportation, Minsheng Company actually has seven steamers, and most of the rest are wooden boats.

When Zhuang Jihua was looking for Lu Zuofu, it was when Lu Zuofu was in a dilemma, and said that the transportation company Taikoo and Qing, and the American company Jiejiang were jointly fighting with Minsheng Company to drive Minsheng Company out of the Sichuan River shipping market. Zhuang Jihua naturally will not give up this opportunity, Mei Youlan injected 10 million capital into Minsheng Company, becoming the largest shareholder of Minsheng Company, and a shareholder who has thrown off his hands.

The experts who returned to the base began to sort out the ore specimens they brought back, and the students carried out military training in a unified manner, conducting basic military training in the base every day, and basic battlefield ambulance training for girls.

The biggest gain of this trip is to inspect the Qijiang iron mine, the Qijiang iron mine has long been discovered, Liu Xiang once wanted to set up a steel mill with an annual output of 1,000 tons, and the equipment was bought, but due to the inconvenience of war and transportation, this matter was delayed, and the equipment was quietly rusted in the warehouse in Shanghai.

This discovery made Zhuang Jihua very excited, and immediately found Liu Xiang and asked that the entire Qijiang iron ore mine be assigned to the Resource Development Committee and the Southwest Development Task Force would be responsible for the development. Zhuang Jihua did not accept Liu Xiang's kindness easily, but insisted on signing a formal agreement with Liu Xiang, in which Liu Xiang, on behalf of Sichuan, agreed to hand over the Qijiang iron ore mine to the Southwest Development Task Force, and the Resources Committee was responsible for the development of the iron mine, and 10% of the proceeds belonged to Liu Xiang.

Originally, he wanted to give it away for nothing, but he unexpectedly received a piece of money, Liu Xiang was very strange why Zhuang Jihua did this, and after thinking about it, he thought that Zhuang Jihua was worried that he would find trouble in the future, so he had to set up a note to give him part of the benefits.

Zhuang Jihua, who seems to be busy with construction, has built a sand table in his office (secretly changed to a war room), where he listens to reports from all sides every day.

By mid-August, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui had gathered troops on the Jiangjin Yongchuan front line at the junction, and Liu Xiang's Tang Shizun Division and Pan Wenhua's Division had assembled in Ba County, and Liu Wenhui was not to be outdone and transferred Deng Guozhang and other three brigades to Jiangjin, so that four brigades were concentrated on the Jiangjin front.

"Tell Brother Enlargement, let Tian Songyao keep a low profile, you must not stimulate Liu Wenhui, and let the 24th Army withdraw from Chengdu This kind of thing must not be said again, otherwise Liu Wenhui may deal with him first."

"Tell Deng Xihou and ask him to help dissuade Tian Songyao and let him not get too excited."

The anti-Liu trend was gradually established, Tian Songyao's courage immediately strengthened a lot, and he openly proposed in Chengdu to let Liu Wenhui give up Chengdu, Huayang, and Shuangliu, which frightened Zhuang Jihua, Liu Wenhui could not give up these places, once the contradiction between the two intensified, Liu Tian fought first, and then destroyed his overall intensification.

"Telegraphed Li Jiayu and Luo Zezhou to stabilize and don't take action for the time being. Let Liu Xiang fight first. ”

It was not only Tian Songyao who wanted to act, Li Jiayu and Luo Zezhou, who were in the worst situation, could hardly hold back, and the two had secretly gathered troops and were ready to attack Nanchong, but it was unacceptable to Zhuang Jihua, his idea was to let Er Liu fight first.

"Fu Gong, is it okay to start?" The news of the war was already an open secret in the military headquarters of the 21st Army, and the instructors who were regarded as treasures by Liu Xiang were all transferred, and their subordinates thought that the war would start soon, but Liu Xiang did not give the order to attack for a long time.

"It's not time yet," Liu Xiang shook his head in the face of Qiao Yifu's urging and said: "Our Sichuan is the contemporary Three Kingdoms, we must not only keep an eye on Cao Ying, but also guard against Sun Quan; The turtle sons wished that we would fight first, and when we were finished, they would come and pick up the rakes (Sichuan dialect, that is, to take advantage). Lao Tzu doesn't do this kind of nonsense. ”

"Let them fight first, but they won't." Qiao Yifu was very depressed, Liu Xiang had this kind of thought, and others could have this kind of thought.

"Fu Gong's idea is right, we don't need to worry," Zhang Sike slowly smoked a hookah: "Let Zhenwu do Li Qixiang's work again." ”

The arrow has been wound, Liu Xiang is actually quite anxious in his heart, but he shows his superiority and still remains calm: "Li Qixiang will not move, let Zhenwu specialize in Luo Yanash (Luo Zezhou's nickname), Luo Yanhui's surname is violent, just one point; As long as they move, Li Qixiang and Yang Zihui have to move. ”

"Gao," Zhang Sike nodded in praise: "The three of them have cold lips and teeth, and they are all moving." ”

After Fu Chang received the order, he went to Wusheng Luo Zezhou, which was actually Liu Xiang's territory, but was only lent to Luo Zezhou to be stationed. The biggest difference between this kind of borrowing is that it does not have the right to collect taxes, so the Luo Zezhou department is so poor that it is tinkling, there are more than 5,000 troops, and they have not been paid for more than half a year, and they can't even do it with a gun per person, and each gun only has seven or eight bullets.

"Brother Zhenwu, it's not that I don't want to move, it's that I don't have the strength," Luo Zezhou said: "I don't want to fight Nanchong with this strength, I'm afraid I can't even see the city gate of Nanchong." ”

"Brother, as long as you start first, Fu Gong agreed, and your unit will be expanded to four brigades of 15,000 people, and you will be given another 500,000 extraction fees, 2 million bullets, and 1,000 guns." Under normal circumstances, this kind of refusal is a prelude to asking for an offer, so Fu Chang immediately made a bid.

Luo Zezhou sneered in his heart, this is too stingy, as soon as the Zhuang Cultural Revolution made a move, it was two million oceans, and he promised to give 3,000 rifles after the war, but his face showed greed: "Really? ”

"Naturally, I won't lie to you." Fu Chang took out the check and put it on the table, and then pushed it in front of Luo Zezhou.

Luo Zezhou picked up the check, played for a moment, wanted to accept it but put it down: "Zhenwu, my troops..." ”

"You can rest assured, as long as you launch it, Fu Gong will support you." Fu Chang looked at Luo Zezhou's appearance and concluded that he was worried about his lack of strength, so he cheered him up: "Moreover, Li Qixiang and Yang Zihui will also support you." ”

Luo Zezhou looked at Fu Chang and knew that this was Fu Chang reminding him that their three-part alliance was not a secret, as long as he moved, Li Jiayu and Yang Sen would inevitably support him, and he understood Fu Chang's intention.

"Brother Zhenwu, I have to discuss this matter with Li Qixiang and Yang Zihui, you also know that the alliance is sometimes useful and sometimes useless." Luo Zezhou replied with a smile.

"What do you think of the telegram from Rozeo?" After Luo Zezhou sent Fu Chang away, he immediately sent a telegram to Zhuang Jihua in Yucheng to ask how to deal with it, and after Zhuang Jihua got the telegram, he brought Li Zhilong, Tang Zong, and Du Yuming to discuss, and Hong Junqi was sent by him to supervise the project in Shuangbei.

"Liu Xiang looks very expensive," Li Zhilong frowned: "I can't agree, I still have to let him start first, and I can't let him take advantage of it in vain." ”

"Yes, we don't have much strength of our own, they should be regarded as our armament, and we can't consume our armament in vain." Du Yuming also expressed his support.

"Now it's obvious, if they don't move, Liu Xiang won't move," Tang Zong is now more and more bold, and he can also express his opinions at will in front of several first-phase seniors: "Liu Xiang's purpose is obvious, he is to prevent other departments from sitting and watching the success or failure, it is his own strength consumption is too large, and he will not be able to control the whole Sichuan after the war, which can be seen from his refusal to promise the territory of Luo Zezhou." ”

Zhuang Jihua walked to the sand table in contemplation, looking at the undulating Sichuan terrain of the mountains on the sand table, Li Zhilong sighed and said: "I don't think it's for Luo Zezhou to move first and provoke the war." ”

Obviously, this was not a good idea, Du Yuming and Tang Zong didn't speak, and Li Zhilong looked at them again and closed their mouths.

Zhuang Jihua's eyes lit up, and a thought jumped into his mind, and he thought carefully for a moment before nodding and saying: "Okay, just according to what Zaitian said, let Luo Zezhou move, didn't Liu Xiang give him a gift, let him ask for another million bullets, and then start." ”

(To be continued)