In fact, there are many people in later generations who are chirping crookedly about traditional Chinese medicine, but the actual effect is there, traditional Chinese medicine has protected the peace of China for thousands of years, so that Chinese civilization is endless, not a sentence and a half sentence that does not conform to the so-called scientific truth can be erased, if it is really in peacetime, there may still be people entangled in the problem of Chinese and Western medicine, but now it is wartime, this special effect of hemostatic medicine suddenly made Fayolle's eyes shine.

"Chief Lu, can you provide us with some of this medicine?"

Lu Jianzhang nodded: "The problem of natural beauty, but we have a limited number of what we bring, and we still have to use it, if the commander needs a large quantity, it is best to go to China to procure!" ”

In fact, the long-term trench warfare has a great destruction of the soldier's body, the humid environment makes most of the soldiers have eczema, as well as various skin diseases, and the destruction of the human spirit is more serious, and the emotional irritability is extreme, and many soldiers will even choose to commit suicide to relieve this torture.

The Chinese army has long been prepared for this, and a lot of traditional Chinese medicine such as dampness ointment, heart tonifying pill and so on have been prepared, in fact, this is also Qiao Yu's intention, on the one hand, it is for the health of the soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also for the advertising of traditional Chinese medicine, after all, it is still very difficult for Westerners to accept traditional Chinese medicine, which involves the collision of two philosophical systems, and the only thing that can convince them is the real curative effect.

Therefore, the Chinese soldiers who fought in Europe, as well as a large number of laborers, carried a lot of medicines, such as gold balm and other drugs gradually became popular in France.

Yunnan Baiyao has become a precious strategic material with a higher price than gold, and Qiao Yu took the opportunity to set up a Chinese pharmaceutical company, mainly dealing in these traditional Chinese medicines with remarkable efficacy, and has also become an important source of revenue in the southwest, selling one million pounds of Yunnan Baiyao in just three months.

The Chinese army led by Lu Jianzhang, Zhang Xiaohuai and others has also received the attention of France, and the Chinese [***] team can fight, and more Chinese [***] teams must be transferred to Europe! This kind of voice is getting stronger and stronger, and with this kind of thought, there is no doubt that in front of Qiao Yu, Bai Lian can only give up delaying and hand over power as soon as possible.

"Your Excellency, the Entente side agreed to hand over the customs to the southwest side, and also agreed to completely abolish the Gengzi indemnity, I believe this is a good start, and China and the Entente will definitely have more in-depth cooperation!"

When Qiao Yu heard that Brian chose to compromise, he was also surprised in his heart, the long-term efforts were not in vain, and the Entente finally compromised, "Mr. Special Envoy, I believe that this decision of the Entente is absolutely wise, we will definitely support the Entente to achieve the final victory, I plan to send 100,000 troops to Europe to participate in the Entente side!" ”

Brian's face also showed a hint of joy, the warlord leader finally agreed to send more troops, which is really a great thing, but 100,000 is too little, and Brian will definitely not meet this number.

"Your Excellency, I think you need to send at least 300,000 troops, otherwise it will be difficult to support the Entente, and the sooner the better, the war in Europe is very tense!"

"Mr. Special Envoy, I still say that organizing the army to participate in the war is not a trivial matter, it must be within our tolerance, it is not a random matter, the Chinese side can dispatch no more than 250,000 soldiers, of which 100,000 need the cooperation of the Beiyang side, and the southwest can only be responsible for 150,000!"

Qiao Yu gave the final plan, Brian was obviously very dissatisfied, for the incompetence of the Beiyang political axe, Brian was very clear, and the Entente was not willing to rely too much on Qiao Yu, so he supported Duan Qirui to train the army early, but it is a pity that Duan Qirui's army has been recruited so far, but there is a serious lack of officers, and the training is also very chaotic, it is simply a rabble, if you want to form combat effectiveness, I am afraid it will take a long time, and this kind of army will not play a role after it is transported to Europe, In the final analysis, Beiyang's organizational ability is too poor.

A good conscription work has become a Latin catcher, and officials at all levels want to drink the blood of soldiers to reap the benefits, so the Beiyang side of the war army has not been able to train successfully, so the Entente has to rely on Qiao Yu, and now Qiao Yu proposed to use Beiyang's troops to fill the number, and Bai Lian is also full of displeasure.

"Your Excellency, Beiyang's organizational ability and training level are far behind the southwest, that kind of army does not meet the requirements at all, I still think that the army should be completely undertaken by the southwest!"

"Mr. Special Envoy, I don't think it's as good as this, the Entente, the Southwest, and Beiyang signed an agreement, and the Entente will provide the funds, weapons and equipment to organize the army, and the Southwest will send some officers to help Beiyang train the army, and then the Entente can test it, and only after the military quality is recognized by the Entente can it be sent to Europe to fight!"

Brian thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was only one way, "Mr. Patrol Envoy, I agree, but we must send troops to Europe within half a year!" ”

"It's natural, but I still have a few small requests that I hope Mr. Envoy will agree to!" Saying that, Qiao Yu handed over a document to Bai Lian, Bai Lian's brows were furrowed, this little warlord leader was really insatiable, and he was not satisfied after getting the customs.

However, Bai Lian had no choice but to look at Qiao Yu's requirements one by one, these conditions were the part that Qiao Yu had shown Gu Weijun earlier, but it had been increased to eighty tons of gold, and Bai Lian's brows were tightly locked.

"Your Excellency, I think your conditions are too harsh, and you are simply taking advantage of the fire, and we will never accept it!"

"Mr. Special Envoy, these conditions are very ordinary requirements, now the Entente has defaulted on the payment for the goods decided by Sichuan, if we can't settle it clearly, how dare we continue to send personnel and materials, so the sale of assets, the provision of gold and technology are all inevitable measures to offset the arrears, as for the border issue is a reasonable requirement, since the Entente needs China to join it, we are allies, shouldn't the Entente still respect China's territorial sovereignty?" Gu Weijun also interjected.

Brian shook his head: "Your Excellency, the issue of territorial demarcation of the Indochina Peninsula is very important, it is not within the scope of my authority, it involves all aspects of the relationship, I propose to set up a special demarcation committee to properly verify the border, as for the amount of gold, it is too huge, I think it cannot exceed fifty tons at most, and we must wait until the Chinese army arrives in Europe, we can deliver it, I don't know what the patrol envoy thinks!" ”

"What Mr. Special Envoy said is also reasonable, I agreed, but the border issue is indeed not a trivial matter, and I hope that the Entente will solve it as soon as possible, recently several Tusi have found me, saying that your army has invaded their land for no reason and killed border people, I suppressed these voices for the sake of friendship and overall situation, but it is not a way to subdue after all, and it is necessary to face it correctly!"

Although Qiao Yu verbally agreed, but there was a threat in and out of his words, do Britain and France still have the energy to deal with the crisis in the colonies, Bai Li is also clear in his peace of mind, but in the face of this powerful warlord leader, he really has no good way, he can only hope that the war in Europe will end quickly, and then France will have the energy to deal with this restless warlord.

After reaching an agreement with Bai Lian, Qiao Yu hurriedly contacted Duan Qirui to coordinate the training of the participating troops, and Duan Qirui sent his henchman Xu Shuzheng to Yucheng to carefully discuss the issue of participating in the war with Qiao Yu, and Beiyang was responsible for the training of a total of 100,000 participating troops.

All the ordnance required was provided by the southwest, and the funds were provided by the Entente powers, and the southwest provided 1,000 military instructors to help the participating troops improve their military skills, and the two sides completed the final training within half a year according to the agreement, and after the army training was completed, China officially declared war on Germany.

After these things were finalized, it was time for the army in the southwest to speed up the reorganization, and Jiang Baili had been doing this work during this time, and Wu Tong and the two of them were busy in the dark, but fortunately, they finally came up with the final reorganization plan.

"Junzuo, originally there were a total of 147,350 soldiers in the southwest, of which the Sichuan army accounted for 78,000 people, and the rest were the Yunnan army and the Guizhou army, most of which were rabble, without any combat effectiveness, after the unification of the southwest, there were three urgent need to use troops, the first is to maintain the basic stability of the three provinces, to fight the bandits and thieves in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and the second is to establish border troops. Now we must form a strong border guard, change this situation, the third aspect is to participate in Europe, we promised to send 150,000 soldiers, which has exceeded the total number of troops in the southwest now, so the expansion of the southwest has become inevitable! ”

Wu Tong reported the situation to Qiao Yu, who knew very well that his troops seemed to be a lot, but it was still far from enough to take on the corresponding tasks, so he also very much agreed with the issue of expanding the army.

"Brother Baili, what the chief of staff said is very reasonable, do you think it is better to expand this army?" Jiang Baili pondered for a moment and said: "Junzuo, I think it will be enough to expand to at least 300,000, and after deducting the old and weak who will be eliminated, at least 200,000 troops will be added to the southwest." ”

"The number of army expansions is not small, and the pressure on the southwest finance is not small!"

"Junzuo, I'm afraid these are still few, our original plan was to expand the army to 400,000, to stabilize the situation in the southwest, at least seven divisions are needed, of which Yunnan and Sichuan are each stationed three divisions, Guizhou is stationed in one division, the Sichuan Special Region needs a division, and Tibet Province also needs two divisions of troops to barely maintain, and the Yunnan border line has to face British pressure from the Burmese side at the same time, as well as French pressure from the three Indochinese countries, without 50,000 border guards is definitely not enough, plus send 150,000 troops to Europe to participate in the war!"

Wu Tong also added on the side: "Marshal, this is already a relatively conservative estimate, and the garrisons of the Yongzhou Military Region and Qinzhou are not counted, and if the marshal wants to reform the Tusi system, more soldiers are needed to suppress the locality, so it is imperative to expand the army!" ”

(To be continued)