Yang Xingguo's calmness and composure made Sun Liechen admire him even more. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After slowly calming himself down, Sun Liechen immediately asked: "Marshal, the Beiyang Army wants to negotiate with us, and also named Cong to buy weapons and ammunition in our hands, it must be that the Imperial Court has bought a large amount of weapons and ammunition from us." Now Yuan Shikai's people are guarding the barracks of the first army and one division, how can we reply. ”

"Chief of Staff, what do you think, should we also trade with the Beiyang Army and sell them weapons?" Yang Xingguo asked very unexpectedly.

"Of course we don't sell it, since our national defense army entered the field of vision of the imperial court, Yuan Shikai has constantly targeted us and suppressed us. Now that there is a benefit, you want to please us in turn and cooperate with us, where is there such a good thing! Dashuai, I can be sure that as long as we agree to cooperate with Yuan Shikai and sell him weapons, when he gets all the weapons, he may immediately continue to turn against us. ”

Yang Xingguo replied with a sneer: "It's not possible, it's for sure." With Yuan Shikai's ambition, it will never be possible to sincerely cooperate with us? ”

Sun Liechen seemed to understand the meaning of Yang Xingguo's words, and then said: "Dashuai, you mean to refuse directly and teach Yuan Shikai a lesson!" ”

Surprisingly, Yang Xingguo shook his head and denied: "No, sell it to him." Teach Yuan Shikai one aspect, we can't watch the imperial court sit big in the pass and overwhelm the Beiyang Army. ”

"For us, the imperial court and the Beiyang army are evenly matched in the Guannei, and the more fierce the fight, the more beneficial it is for us. Therefore, while supporting the imperial court, we must also properly support the Beiyang Army. ”

"Of course, Yuan Shikai is targeting us like this, and our attitude towards Yuan Shikai and the imperial court must not be the same. In this way, the weapon could be sold to Yuan Shikai, but the price had to be increased by two percent on the basis of the imperial court. ”

"Twenty percent?" Sun Liechen asked with a look of disbelief.

"This price is not much different from a new weapon, will Yuan Shikai accept such a price?"

"Definitely!" Yang Xingguo replied in the affirmative.

"Even if our price is not much different from the new gun, Yuan Shikai will buy us. You only have to pay half the silver to buy our guns, and you need to buy them in full if you buy them from abroad. What would you think if you were Yuan Shikai! ”

"Definitely bought a gun from us! If Yuan Shikai had silver in his hand, the gap in weapons would not be so big. Without any silver, and wanting to make up for his own weapons, Yuan Shikai had no other way than to buy guns from us. Sun Liechen's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of the predicament that Yuan Shikai was currently facing, and then answered.

The only person in the Beiyang Army who had negotiation experience with the Liaodong Army was Xu Shichang. Although he was too old to run, he stayed in the Marshal's Mansion to assist him in handling government affairs. But Yuan Shikai, who couldn't think of other suitable candidates, finally decided to let Xu Shichang go to Fengtian again.

Fengtian City Marshal's Mansion, as soon as the negotiations between Xu Shichang and Sun Liechen began, Xu Shichang was frightened by the offer made by Sun Liechen.

At this time, Xu Shichang also had an offer in his hand, which Yuan Shikai got from the imperial court at a great price. In Yuan Shikai's view, the imperial court can buy weapons from the Wehrmacht, and he can also buy weapons from the Wehrmacht at a price he can figure out.

Similarly, Xu Shichang, who got the price list, also thought so.

Therefore, Xu Shichang, who was frightened by the price, thought as soon as he reacted from the shock that this offer was likely to be a lion of the National Defense Army. And all you need to do is bargain.

But what disappointed Xu Shichang was that as soon as he opened his mouth, Sun Liechen in front of him interrupted in a non-negotiable tone: "There is nothing to talk about in the price, and it is not good to lose a tael of silver." This is the lowest price that our marshal has given to your army, if your army doesn't want to buy it, there are so many governors in the south, and some people want to buy these weapons. ”

"This!" Faced with this result that he had never thought of, Xu Shichang was directly on the spot, and he couldn't react for a long time.

Xu Shichang looked shocked and didn't speak, and Sun Liechen continued: "As for the reason, it's very simple. It is not an exaggeration to say that your commanders have repeatedly targeted our national defense forces and caused us immeasurable losses. You have brought us such a big loss, we will have no problem collecting some interest and coming back! ”

Hearing this, Xu Shichang immediately understood, and at the same time realized that there was no room for negotiation for this price.

At this time, Xu Shichang wanted to refuse directly, but thinking of another benefit of buying a gun from the Wehrmacht, Xu Shichang was just about to export, and then he swallowed it back.

"The Wehrmacht must have calculated that the marshal has no money in his hand, so he can only offset it with materials and minerals, and then give such a high offer, and there is no room for negotiation." Xu Shichang thought secretly in his heart.

Because this matter is too involved, even if Xu Shichang can represent Yuan Shikai here, he can't directly call the shots for Yuan Shikai.

In this case, Xu Shichang could only suspend the negotiations, report to Yuan Shikai through the radio, and wait for Yuan Shikai to make a final decision.

There is no doubt that after receiving the telegram, Yuan Shikai's first reaction was to be furious.

At that moment, Yuan Shikai also had the idea of giving up the purchase of weapons from the Wehrmacht. But when he thought of the predicament and embarrassment that the Beiyang Army was now facing, Yuan Shikai could only sigh and compromise.

As a result, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army directly purchased 50,000 rifles and many heavy weapons from the Wehrmacht at a price 20% higher than that of the imperial court.

Although half of the silver could be deducted from the minerals and materials needed by the Wehrmacht, Yuan Shikai also paid a full one million taels of silver for it.

Coupled with the more than one million taels sent by the imperial court, Yang Xingguo directly took out three million taels of silver to buy nine submarines from Germany that were preparing to be put into service at one time. In addition, it was required that half of the German submariners and half of the Wehrmacht naval officers and men who had studied submarine tactics in Germany should be arranged for each submarine to return directly by sea and land.

With the lifting of the sea and land blockades around the three northeastern provinces, and the fact that the Wehrmacht has weapons in hand, this is a weight that makes everyone's eyes red. In just two months, the imperial court, the Beiyang Army, and even the governors in the south who were in a state of secession sent all kinds of minerals and materials to the Wehrmacht.

It can be said that whether it is by sea or land into the three northeastern provinces, these two months have been unprecedentedly busy.

Of course, in addition to bringing abundant supplies and minerals to the Wehrmacht, this incident also brought unprecedented prestige and popular support to the Wehrmacht.

Although the compromise between the imperial court and the Beiyang Army with the Wehrmacht was carried out secretly, as the blockade of the border pass was lifted and more and more merchants passed through the border pass, the news spread in the Central Plains not long after.

In order to expand the forbidden army and the Beiyang army, both the imperial court and Yuan Shikai raised taxes to a certain extent on the people under their rule. In the Central Plains, where the people were already poor, with the increase in taxes, the life of the people became even more miserable. (To be continued.) )