Huang Xinglai's main purpose was to buy arms, and of course, he was also very curious about Yang Yuanzhao, the magical character who single-handedly created Baotou, and it would be best if he could meet and even listen to his views and tendencies about the revolution.

Huang Xing was slightly disappointed when he didn't see Yang Yuanzhao, but after hearing Liu Shu's self-introduction, they had a brief understanding of the northwest through Zhang Jingjiang before, and knew that Liu Shu was the third person under Yang Yuanzhao, second only to Yang Yuanzhao and Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the army.

Tong guò Zhang Jingjiang's words and understanding, whether it is Sun Yat-sen or Huang Xing, they all know that the northwest is not what they originally thought, but in a remote place on the border, he has the economic strength that moves the great powers, and also has the ability to produce weapons, and it is no wonder that the Beiyang Army is almost a mess in the confrontation with them, and almost acquiesces to the independence of the northwest.

Therefore, after arriving in the northwest, I found the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, and the attitude was not ordinarily good. Their attitude is good, Liu Shu has no reason to be embarrassed for them, he is very polite to them, and the price of arms has long been approved by Yang Yuanzhao.

Directly listed, in contrast, Huang Xing felt extremely cheap, the arms were bought, the price they bought the arms, compared with the Beiyang Army, the overall drop of one to five, itself, the price of the Beiyang Army, is already half cheaper than foreign goods, and now, on this basis, it has been reduced again, of course, it is extremely eye-catching.

The price of the rifle is about 21 yuan, macqin, bullets, shells. Even the price of the cannon has dropped by about 20%, even if you buy it and sell it directly, it is a huge profit.

The opportunity must not be missed, Huang Xing, who was afraid of missing the opportunity, took 200,000 rifles. 200 million rounds of ammunition, and some Makqin, an order for 75 guns, occupied the entire rich south, did not occupy Shanghai, but this time and space. The development of the revolutionary party was a little better than the last time, and the developed industry and commerce in the south allowed the government to accumulate considerable wealth, these. All of them were taken out, and there were also some enlightened landlords and wealthy businessmen who supported the revolution, headed by Zhang Jingjiang, who were already taken care of by the northwest, and with excellent vision, attracted by the huge profits of industry and commerce, they invested in industry and commerce. At a certain level, the revolutionary party was even more wealthy than Yuan Shikai. With a total of more than 10 million yuan, this money is used to buy Japanese arms, and I am afraid that it can only equip two or three divisions, but in the northwest, 10 divisions of arms have been purchased.

10 million in funds. Most of it was used to buy arms, and the rest. It was also replenished with military and civilian supplies, after all, the south is in the ascendant. The revolutionary party had no plan for many places and could only buy them urgently.

It was equivalent to two or three days, and the 10 million funds were thrown in Baotou, and the huge investment made Liu Shu a little moved, if he didn't know Yang Yuanzhao's approach to balancing the two sides, he would even think that Yang Yuanzhao had already known that the south was so rich and saved the idea of selling equipment.

Both the north and the south are buying arms in Baotou, which makes the Japanese who want to make a fortune in this war very annoyed, they took out their latest golden hook rifle for this time, although compared with the rifles of the great powers, the strength is insufficient, but the price of the rifles of the great powers is 55 yuan, the price of the golden hook is 35 yuan, which is already extremely cheap, according to the estimation of the Japanese arms dealers, the contradictions between the north and the south are basically irreconcilable, therefore, there will be a war, and it is a war.

According to the plan of the Beiyang and Southern armies, the rifles needed are at least between 200,000 and 300,000, but I didn't expect that in the end, 200,000 in the south and 250,000 in the north, and the 500,000 went directly, if these are all golden hook rifles, this is the total amount of more than 15 million yen, plus the ammunition is very much, it is simply a huge profit.

Japan, which was already a little happy, had actively participated in it before, wanting to eat this order, and the practices of Yuan Shikai and the revolutionary party were all for the sake of this batch of arms.

Now there is a 25 yuan committee 1888 produced in Baotou, the price is cheap, although the gold hook can be sold at 25, but the quality, and the committee 1888 can not be compared, not to mention that the quality of the committee 1888 made in Baotou is also extremely good, and it is also very suitable for the physical conditions of the Orientals, and suddenly even the original committee 1888 is not as popular as this.

Even the committee 1888 is not as good, not to mention the worse golden hook, Baotou made all of a sudden, squeezed the market for the golden hook rifle, following the textile industry and light industry defeated Japan, in the arms industry, once again to Japan heavy blows, Japan has long prepared the arms, not only did not sell, but spent a lot of public relations and transportation costs, etc., the business in hand flew.

The people above did it, and the people below also did it one by one, the quality of the committee 1888 was indeed better, and a small part of it flowed out, and after being used by the people below, almost all the local tyrants in the northeast, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places were officially supported by their support to establish militia groups in various places, and of course, there are also southern provinces, although the revolution is the general trend and the trend, but at the bottom, at the county and township level, there are still many militia groups supported by the gentry, since Baotou is so cheap and so good, Orders have been placed one after another, and enough firearms have been ordered.

The three machine factories have obtained a sufficient number of orders, the total orders in the north and south, reaching 600,000 rifles, 400 Makqin, the total bid of more than 15 million, which is a huge promotion for a newly established factory, the workers in a large number of orders under the promotion, quickly familiar with their own work, the operation of the three arsenals, is getting better and better.

Firearms are also reversed, bullets, shells, Makqin and 75 heavy artillery, these are the arms that the great powers can produce, Baotou can actually be packaged, that is to say, Baotou can produce all the arms needed by the troops, which has a special significance for China, China is no longer the clay-footed giant before, perfect weapons and equipment, coupled with a huge population, this is clearly a potential land power.

The word Baotou has also begun to really appear on the stage of the whole China, the powers, began to pay attention to the situation of the whole Baotou, especially the production of the machine, as well as the estimation of steel output, Baotou can produce a variety of machines, has proved that the strong production capacity of light industry, the whole world, now, in the military products to catch up, originally, before the production of Baotou steel, the powers did not believe it, even if there is Williams real room testified, at most thought that it was only a few million tons, Together with the production of steel rails, the great powers, although not precise estimates, were also taken aback, at least more than 15 million tons of steel production.

More than 10 million tons of steel production, even in the world, is also an eye-catching number, this is 15 million tons, before Zhang Zhidong in Hubei, spent a huge amount of money, tens of millions of taels of silver investment, but also a four different Hanyang Iron Works, 80,000 tons of iron and 40,000 tons of steel, when, Baotou actually silently, released such a big satellite.

On the side of the revolutionary party, there is nothing to keep secret, Yuan Shikai found out that the northwest was also sold to the revolutionary party arms as soon as Huang Xing brought back the arms, of course, these arms themselves were sent by Huang Xing as soon as possible, so that Zhengtai and Pinghan could go away, and after passing Wuhan, they were transported to the south by land and water, but this opinion was directly rejected by Yang Yuanzhao.

Just kidding, now Beiyang has sharpened its knives, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Wuhan and Hefei, Zhengtai Line and Pinghan Road, which are their core control areas, maybe ordinary products, because they promised the conditions of Baotou before, maybe they won't ask, and they will let those things be sent directly over, whether it is a transaction with the south or an export.

But don't even think about the arms, Yuan Shikai will definitely take them, and then find a reason to prevaricate in the northwest, either to start a war, or something else, it is impossible to use it to support the revolutionary party.

vetoed Huang Xing's resolution, let Liu Shu choose another way, the arms were directly sent from Shanxi to Hubei directly into the hands of the revolutionary party, although this road is a little farther, and it took a longer time, but it is better to be safe, although Hubei already has a fourth town, but the fourth town is basically gathered in the direction of Wuhan, and then, it will continue to go south, go to Hunan, and directly attack the hinterland.

And this batch of weapons, if we want to avoid being directly snatched by Beiyang, can only cross Wuhan, load ships on the Yangtze River in the relatively weak places controlled by Beiyang, and then release the river east and west, arrive in Changsha or go directly to Nanjing.

At this time, most of the provincial governors were in Nanjing, and the city of Nanjing, which was also the largest number of new troops, and it was a more appropriate choice to transport them to where they were transported and then equipped, according to the proportion of distribution.

Huang Xing felt that what Yang Yuanzhao said was reasonable, so he agreed to his approach, at the beginning, the secret walk, did not leak much rich, when Huang Xing about the purchase of weapons, with special means, when the news of the purchase of weapons, with special means, Sun Yat-sen did not realize the secrecy at all, convened his subordinates and the leaders of the army, held a meeting to discuss this batch of guns and ammunition.

This can set off an uproar, the following division commanders, brigade commanders, regiment commanders and the like, fierce competition, brand new firearms, of course, much better than the guns they have on hand, although the revolutionary party is not the head of the army, there is no Beiyang like the practice of strength, but who does not want their own strength to be stronger, so the competition began, more and more people know, and therefore, the news about firearms began to leak, Beiyang knew that the revolutionary party purchased a batch of arms in the northwest, the number is extremely large, enough to move the Beiyang Army. (To be continued)