At the reception, guests gathered.

In Beilu, a dinner party is underway. Inside the luxurious banquet hall, different groups of people naturally divide... It is divided into several areas. The military and political dignitaries of the Kuomintang occupied the "center" of the banquet hall, and they talked and laughed loudly with each other, as if no one was around.

The representatives of the major chaebols are mainly concentrated on the right side, where there are many large sofas, where several wives of Luo Yaoguo are sitting, surrounded by a bunch of pot-bellied wealthy businessmen, all with sycophantic smiles on their faces, and there are various investment projects that are sure to make money and lose money.

On the other side, there was a large group of young generals and colonels of the Kuomintang Army, including Jing Ying from the War Department and the General Staff, as well as middle and senior officers who had rushed to Wuhan from various places to do business.

These two things have the greatest impact on them, and it is no wonder that they are the most concerned.

Some of the guests brought their wives, some with adjutants or secretaries, and the host of today's banquet, Luo Yaoguo, was dressed in a marshal dress with a pen, holding a wine glass and constantly wandering in the banquet hall, sometimes stopping to chat with people and toast a glass of wine, but he was obviously a little distracted, and always subconsciously looked at the m-n mouth.

Today is December 24, 1932, and this reception is naturally held in the name of Christmas. However, the real purpose was to ease the somewhat tense relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, and to try to make him support the formation of the Wehrmacht, but Chiang Kai-shek's husband F-, who lived next door to Beilu, did not have a L-face! A not-so-good feeling couldn't help but appear in Luo Yaoguo's heart.

After all, Luo Yaoguo's spirit h-n comes from the future of constitutional government, which has already been realized, and knows that Jijin's reforms are often counterproductive, so his actions have always been gradual.

For example, land reform began with compulsory education and the confiscation of landlords' armed forces, and it took nearly eight years to slowly advance to the establishment of local grassroots political power, and it took a few more years for the cultivators to finally realize that the cultivators had their land. Similarly, the process of nationalizing the armed forces has been very slow, and he hopes to find common ground through compromise for those who have vested interests in controlling the military.

If Chiang Kai-shek could support the formation of the Wehrmacht, he could even support Chiang Kai-shek as the president of the Republic of China after the war, the kind of democratically elected president who was firmly governed by parliament and the constitution, of course! As for the interests of other aspects, as long as Luo Yaoguo can do it, it is also negotiable.

"Mrs. Kong, not long ago, our Republic Aircraft Company and the China International Commercial Bank jointly bought a large piece of land in Heilongjiang, and originally wanted to invest in the construction of a military horse farm there, but who knows, now the engineers of the German Farben actually found oil there!

And according to the estimation of Degu engineers, the oil reserves there are still quite large, and it is definitely the largest oil field in East Asia at present! I wonder if Mrs. Kong is interested in cooperating with us in development? After participating in the operation of the Republic Aircraft Company, Lu Xiaobei seems to have a little business mind, and at this time she actually took Song Liling's hand and talked to her about business experience. The oil field in her mouth is naturally the legendary Daqing oil field! In this time and space, Luo Yaoguo took advantage of his position to circle a part of it in the name of investing in the construction of a military horse farm! However, such a large piece of oil and water, he will not eat alone, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium, the Nanyang consortium, the Guangdong consortium, and the Kong and Song consortium, which has just had a little prototype, should all be able to share in the huge profits.

Song Liling nodded noncommittally and did not speak. Although the discovery of a huge oil field in Heilongjiang in Northeast China is still a secret, Song Liling and Kong Xiangxi have known about it for a long time, but that piece of land has been circled by a large number of big bosses in Nanyang, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang by Luo Yaoguo early in the morning! Among them are the businesses of the Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi families...... This kind of thing is known at a glance that there is a cat tired! However, in the face of the other party's background, even Song Liling could only drool and slander on the side. Unexpectedly, today, Mrs. Luo Xiaobei actually personally invited her to participate in the development of the oilfield! However, this sensitive period at this time made her dare not nod easily. Everyone knows that this must represent a huge political jiāo easily!

Seeing Song Liling's calmness, 1 Xiaobei was a little breathless, her eyebrows also frowned slightly, and her eyes swept over a few gorgeously dressed noble F-people around her, and finally landed on Natalie who was wearing a red S-floor dress.

Natalie immediately understood, and smiled at Song Liling: "Mrs. Kong, the reserves of the large oil field in Heilongjiang are amazing, and the scale of the same investment is also amazing...... To be honest, we have to develop oil fields, build oil refineries, and lay oil pipelines, and we really can't do it without a capital of one or two hundred million. "Help?" Song Liling hesitated slightly, and said with a smile: "Cheng Chengcheng, since this is the case, then sister, I will do my sisters a favor, how about our Seven Star Company invest five million yuan?" Just as the three NV people each raised their goblets in their hands and toasted to the happy business cooperation, there was a sparse applause near the M-N mouth. The three of them turned their heads and looked in, and it was Chiang Kai-shek who came in, with Soong Meiling and a young man in his twenties.

Chiang Kai-shek also wore his own marshal's dress, and his beard was also very neatly trimmed. Song Meiling is still dressed in a dignified but gorgeous cheongsam, with an elegant gait and a light smile, although her beauty is not ranked in this banquet hall, but this temperament is still one of the best. And that small

The young man was wearing a white S- naval officer uniform, and the rank shown on the brochure was that of a naval lieutenant, and he was also heroic and extraordinary, which immediately attracted the attention of many unmarried NV guests.

"He's Chiang Ching-kuo?" Luo Yaoguo muttered in a low voice, and hurriedly greeted him with his uncle Duo Yiqun with a glorious face.

"Jie Gong, Mrs. Jiang, welcome! Welcome! Luo Yaoguo first respectfully saluted Lao Jiang, and then took the initiative to stretch out his hands, which can be said to be enough face.

"Brother Fuwen, you and I should have been moving around a lot, but my brother was busy with official business and didn't have time to come to my beautiful house, so I had to visit on M-N." Chiang Kai-shek also gave him face, a serious face squeezed out a smile, shook hands with him, and introduced Chiang Ching-kuo beside him to Luo Yaoguo: "Brother Fuwen, this is Xiao'er Jingguo, you have seen it, just graduated from the Naval Academy, assigned to the Zhongshan ship as a communications officer. "The lowly Chiang Ching-kuo has seen the assistant commander." Jiang Jingguo stood up and gave Luo Yaoguo a military salute.

Luo Yaoguo was slightly stunned, and hurriedly returned a standard military salute, as if he and Xiao Jiang were at the same level: "Okay!" Young and promising, the navy can have such young talents, it will be difficult not to dominate the South Seas in the future! Saying that, he thought about it again, half turned around, and smiled at Chiang Kai-shek: "Jiegong, the younger brother has an uninvited invitation." "Oh? Brother Fuwen, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Chiang Kai-shek smiled.

"Can you let Ling Lang come to the military meeting and serve as the junior brother's adjutant in the navy?"

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned when he heard this, Luo Yaoguo is a marshal, no matter how his adjutant should be a school officer, how can he let Chiang Ching-kuo, who has the rank of lieutenant, serve as a lieutenant? And this Luo Yaoguo offered to let Jiang Jingguo work beside him, did he want to show favor to himself by promoting his son unusually?

When Chiang Kai-shek hesitated, Chiang Ching-kuo smiled and said: "Auxiliary marshal, I think that the place where naval soldiers can really show their skills is still on the sea!" Therefore, if you want to continue to stay in the South Sea Fleet, please don't be surprised by the assistant commander. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's brows tightened, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes, this son of his was really a little "rebellious" and this person was also unlucky, how could he refuse on the spot without giving Luo Yaoguo face?

Luo Yaoguo winked at Jiang Jingguo indifferently and said with a smile: "Okay, young people are ambitious, so they shouldn't always be in the office." Well, do it! As he spoke, he nodded at Chiang Ching-kuo, and then pulled Chiang Kai-shek to the small living room on the second floor. And Song Meiling was pulled into their circle by Lu Xiaobei and Song Liling to talk about business. Natalie quietly followed Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo upstairs.

And Chiang Ching-kuo soon met several naval officers who came to Wuhan on business and discussed the anecdotes in the navy.

There was already a table of delicacies in the small living room, all of which were boiled and rotten dishes that could be eaten without teeth, all to take care of Lao Jiang, a "toothless" tiger. Chiang Kai-shek, Luo Yaoguo, Luo Yiqun, and Yang Yongtai sat down separately. Natalie didn't know where to get a red clay stove and began to heat rice wine for a few people. Looking at this big ** foreign girl in an evening dress swinging N-Ng with her hands and feet neatly wearing a small copper pot filled with NV red to warm wine, several people couldn't help but smile.

This NV man was originally sent to Luo Yaoguo by Trotsky as a Soviet and Russian S-love spy, but he didn't expect it to be nine years in a blink of an eye! The great changes that have taken place in the land of China in the past nine years are also touching when I think about it now, and Trotsky, who sent Natalie to China, has now been murdered by Wang Zhongyi, a lawless warlord!

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo also sighed softly, shook his head and said: "Natalie and I are really thanks to Trotsky, but I didn't expect that this Soviet Russian prophet of revolution still hasn't escaped the hot hand of my righteous brother!" Speaking of which, this military system is really bloody, if it were not for the far-sightedness of the first general manager and the deep understanding of the general righteousness, our Kuomintang army has embarked on the road of nationalization. Speaking of which, the basis of what we have achieved now is the nationalization of the army, and the time has come for the final completion of the national army. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's expression suddenly became serious, and he said: "It is good to nationalize the army, but it is also necessary to meet those bold national leaders in order to maximize the power of this army... If those corrupt and incompetent politicians are allowed to control the army, Fu Wendi's grand strategy will not be realized, right? ”

At this time, Natalie had already warmed the old wine, filled the wine glasses of several people with the wine jug, and then floated out like a gust of wind, guarding the M-N mouth of the living room.

Luo Yaoguo looked at the expressionless Chiang Kai-shek, nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Hu Zhangong's ability is indeed not good, he is the kind of leader who can neither achieve great things nor bad things... However, he is, after all, the only acceptable leader in the Kuomintang at the moment, and this is very important for maintaining the stability of our country. As for the future world war, there is no situation of stability and unity in the country, and it is impossible to achieve any major results, right? After all, the premise of the outside is still to be inside! Now we are building a national army and it is an important part of Annei. Moreover, this country's army is not only aimed at the national revolutionary army, but also the Youth Army, Wang Zhongyi's coalition army, Liu Wenhui in Tibet, and even the border guards of China and G. ”

"Medium g!?" Chiang Kai-shek smacked slightly. wine, smiled: "They're just afraid it's not so easy to comply, right?" How are you going to force them? Luo Yaoguo smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "Why BI?" We don't have to pay attention to Baotou at all, we just clean up the Youth Army, the Alliance Army, and Liu Wenhui's team, and the dismissal that should be dismissed and the reuse that should be reused...... Then it would be enough to form the Wehrmacht of the Republic of China, with the exception of the Sino-G border guards! In fact, it is not the worst for them to join the Wehrmacht now, it would be really bad to wait until 1938 to join again! Chiang Kai-shek thought about it for a while, and soon understood what Luo Yaoguo meant, the formation of a national army must be supported by the people of the whole country, but the border guards of China and G refused to participate, what is the image of this in the eyes of the people of the whole country? Moreover, after the formation of the Wehrmacht, the size of the army will definitely be expanded, because the future world war will require China to have at least five million or more troops! At that time, it will be 5 million against 200,000 in China. At that time, China and G will participate in the national army, but it will be a handful of the 5.2 million national defense forces, and if China and G do not participate in the post-war disarmament, they will use their 200,000 troops to defend the Soviet Union, hehe Zhou Elai and M-OZD

You wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

Their 200,000 riflemen are really insignificant in the face of at least 10 million Jing Rui troops armed to the teeth in the three countries of China and Germany!

"What do you want to do about the personnel of the Wehrmacht?" Yang Yongtai, who was on the side, saw that the scene was a little cold, so he smiled slightly and took the initiative to raise the key X-Ng question.

Luo Yaoguo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course, Jiegong is the Minister of Defense, and the Ministry of Defense is the Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces...... As for the other seats below, it can always be arranged, after all, after the establishment of the Wehrmacht, it will still be greatly expanded, and now there are only six years left before the world war, we can't use a mere 700,000 troops to fight a world war, my idea is that at least 5 million, if necessary, it will be expanded to 10 million troops! Anyway, our country has a large number of people, and the impact of 10 million people serving as soldiers on the economy is also minimal. ，…

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes rolled, and he had already calculated that there would be at least five million troops, but I was afraid that there would be hundreds of armies and two or three hundred divisions, right? How many positions do you need for army commanders and division commanders? The officers below are delighted! This Luo Yaoguo took out the expansion and nationalization of the National Defense Force, can he still oppose it? Even if they oppose it, who will listen?

"Expand to five million, I'm afraid this military expenditure is only an astronomical amount...... Yang Yongtai shook his head slightly, and counted with his fingers: "At present, our annual military expenditure is 600 million legal currency, raising an army of 700,000, if we want to expand to 5 million, the military expenditure will be at least 4 billion!" Moreover, I have to deal with a large amount of arms consumption and the pension of the casualties, and I am afraid that this expenditure will be more..............." Luo Yiqun smiled when he heard this, and waved his hand indifferently: "Money is not a problem, I have been the executive director for all these years, and I am very clear, money is just a symbol!" The key is resources, land, labor, and social stability, political power, and then there must be appropriate policies and basic heavy industry, so that the money will be used more and more! For example, we are now investing heavily in heavy industry and infrastructure in order to prepare for the war, and these investments can stimulate national production, and the financial resources of the government will increase at the same time. When these investment projects are completed, a world war can be used to absorb production capacity...... After the victory of the world war, you can use new territories,

There are also markets for resources to drive further economic growth...... According to the estimates of the Executive Yuan, in the 22nd year of the Republic of China, that is, next year, excluding the six northern provinces of China and G, the GDP of China will exceed 30 billion legal currency! And the government tax revenue can also reach more than 3.5 billion, and by the 27th year of the Republic of China, the gross national product will be at least 50 billion legal currency, and the government tax revenue should be about 7 billion! There is no problem in maintaining an army of five million. ”

"Seven Billion !!" Hearing this number, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but exclaim.

There will be so much money, to be honest, there is no second person in the whole of China except Luo Yaoguo who can think of it. In fact, for a country like China, which does not lack markets, resources, or foreign exchange funds (silver dollars and silver are actually hard currencies), it is not much difficult to develop a lifting industry as long as there is a strong government to protect the domestic market, unify the currency, and promote the inflow of foreign capital through tariff and trade policies. Historically, didn't China and G build up a steel production capacity of more than 5 million tons within a few years after seizing power? Although they had Soviet aid at that time, the Kuomintang [China] countries in this time and space also obtained the technology and capital needed for development through attracting foreign capital and Nanyang capital, Sino-German technical cooperation and other measures, and now they can finally save a little money for World War II.