"Commander Jiang, congratulations, congratulations! Commander Jiang is really dedicated to the public, and he began to deal with military and political affairs only three days after the wedding, and his diligence is admirable. Deng Xihou congratulated Jiang Li with a happy face, although he came with a purpose, he also said it from his heart, like a powerful faction in Sichuan, not to mention a wife, even if he took a concubine, he basically ignored the business within three or five days. Even if it is to do errands, most of them summon one or two people to give orders at home, and they will never sit in the office like Jiang Li.

"Brother Jin Kang is polite, but I want to thank Brother Jin Kang for taking the trouble to come from Sichuan to drink my happy wine, come, sit down." Jiang Li put aside a document he had reviewed in his hand and looked up and smiled, pressed the bell on the table, and soon someone brought the best tea leaves.

Deng Xihou and Jiang Lipei for a while, found that Jiang Li had no intention of talking about business, and couldn't help but say his true intentions, "Don't hide it from Commander Jiang, this time I came to Lanzhou in addition to congratulating Commander Jiang, I also want to discuss with you about the problem of northern Sichuan, now that the national crisis is at the head, our Chairman Liu has always respected Commander Jiang, if there is a problem, you can sit down and discuss it face-to-face, you don't have to hurt the harmony for some details, besides, now the red bandits on the Sichuan-Shaanxi border are in chaos, this is our henchman, What does Commander Jiang think? ”

"Since Brother Jin Kang mentioned punctuality, I won't go around the bend with Brother Jin Kang here. Although the 15th Route Army is still beautiful in the northwest at present, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the northwest itself has many problems. The Northwest needs to develop. However, its own population and resources are insufficient. And Sichuan has a large population. The products are abundant, and I need these resources from Sichuan. Jiang Li saw that Deng Xihou was finally willing to talk about business, so he stopped going around in circles and said bluntly.

"So Commander Jiang wants to march into northern Sichuan, use northern Sichuan as a springboard, and then occupy Sichuan?" Deng Xihou's face sank instantly, if this is the case, then there is nothing to talk about, and after going back, they are ready to go to war.

"The need for Sichuan's resources and population does not necessarily need to be solved through war. It can also be a way of cooperation, if Brother Jin Kang and Chairman Liu can cooperate with me for mutual benefit, it will naturally be a great joy. Jiang Li shook his head and said.

"Dare to ask Commander Jiang how to cooperate with the law?" Listening to Jiang Li's tone, there seemed to be room for maneuver, Deng Xihou asked.

"First, I plan to build two roads, one is the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway and the other is the Sichuan-Gansu Highway. These two highways are funded by the northwest, and the Sichuan side does not secretly obstruct them. The right to operate the highway belongs to Gansu. ”

"Second, I will send a certain prospecting team into Sichuan, hoping that Chairman Liu can provide some protection. The minerals surveyed are jointly funded by both parties. Distribution of equity and income. ”

"Third, I hope that Chairman Liu can provide support for the migration of Sichuan people to the northwest, these people may be refugees, disaster victims, which is also to solve part of Sichuan's own burden."

“……”

"These demands of Commander Jiang have almost turned Sichuan into his own vassal." Deng Xihou said with hesitation on his face.

"Military and political affairs are all handled by Sichuan, where is it subordinate? Brother Jin Kang can go back and discuss with Chairman Liu, the 15th Route Army has no intention of occupying Sichuan, after all, the Sichuan army system has been established, and the big war will not benefit both sides except for the cheap red bandits and Nanjing. If you can cooperate, it is naturally the best, if you can't cooperate, the 15th Route Army may not be able to enter Sichuan, but there are always powerful people in Sichuan who want to cooperate with me. ”

Jiang Li spread his hands and said that the most attractive thing about Jiang Li in the whole Sichuan is Sichuan's geographical location, population and iron ore resources. Sichuan is the most populous province in the Republic of China, with as many as 50 or 60 million. At this time, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai were only more than 10 million after Jiang Li vigorously organized immigration, even if Xinjiang was added, it was only more than 12 million. With a population of 50 or 60 million, it naturally symbolizes a large number of soldiers of appropriate age. Sichuan is also located inland, whether it is fighting with the Japanese army or possibly confronting the Soviet Union in the future, Sichuan is an extremely safe rear base. It can provide a steady stream of support for the front line. The iron ore in Sichuan is one of the most important cornerstones of the national defense industry. If the iron ore part of Sichuan can be developed before the Anti-Japanese War, it will solve the dilemma of lack of iron ore in the northwest in one fell swoop. Liu Xiang has now completed the reunification of Sichuan in terms of the situation, and the warlord melee in Sichuan for many years has also stopped, but for the sake of future strategic layout, even if he risks war with Liu Xiang, Jiang Li must gradually bring Sichuan resources into his control. Compared with Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai have congenital deficiencies after all.

"Then what does Jiang Li say about the problem in northern Sichuan?" Back in Chongqing, Liu Xiang asked Deng Xihou.

"Keep it as it is, that's it." Deng Xihou said.

"I'm an ancestor of my day, a yellow-mouthed child, it's really too deceitful!" Liu Xiang slapped on the table, he had defeated many opponents for decades in his military career, and it took hundreds of thousands of people to fight for us to establish his dominance over Sichuan, and now the butt of the chairman of Sichuan Province is not yet hot, Jiang Li actually wants to hand his claws to Sichuan, Liu Xiang is also a figure who has experienced strong winds and waves, how can he bear Jiang Li's arrogance?

"According to the chairman's meaning, is there going to be a war with the 15th Route Army?" Deng Xihou asked.

"From Yuan Datou's Beiyang Army to Tang Jihuan's Yunnan Army, which one is easy to mess with, don't they all want to rule Sichuan, and in the end they will all be beaten back, I don't believe that Jiang Li has three heads and six arms, he wants to turn Sichuan into a colony of the 15th Route Army, and he has to ask the Sichuan Army if he agrees." Liu Xiang said hatefully, he only defeated Liu Wenhui not long ago, even if the powerful faction in Sichuan Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Liu Wenhui, and some other generals may not obey him, if in the face of foreign invasion, he, the provincial chairman, is still helpless, and his prestige is undoubtedly a major blow, and he will give away a large amount of Sichuan interests, how will he sit in this position in the future?

"On this trip to Lanzhou, the elite of the 15th Route Army I saw was indeed something I had only seen in my life, and it was not easy to defeat the other party." Expecting Liu Xiang to have such a reaction, Deng Xihou said with a solemn face.

"I'm afraid of him, Jiang Li is stubborn, although he is powerful, but there are not one or two people who offend, one hero and three gangs, Jiang Li is so high-flying, I don't believe that Nanjing can tolerate him." Liu Xiang smiled gloomily, "So far, I can only ask Nanjing for recruitment, if Nanjing does not support Sichuan, Lao Tzu will cooperate with Jiang Li to see if Jiang Guangtou can sit still." (To be continued.) )