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The target plane, in the northwest of Suiyuan Province on the Yanhuang Continent, is the residence of Yan Xishan, the commander of the Jin Sui Army.

"Fu Zuoyi, bastard, shameless scum!!" Yan Xishan, who pays attention to etiquette and shame on weekdays, heard the report of his subordinates that after Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army defected to the Yanhuanghong Party, he was anxious and angry, and couldn't help but scold in the house. At this time, Yan Xishan felt very aggrieved and frustrated. sighed that his life was bumpy, after several twists and turns, fate always joked with him, whenever he was a little proud, there was always a disaster from the sky, ruthlessly shattering the dream in his heart.

"Bo Chuan (Yan Xishan's character), why are you so irritable?" Zhao Daiwen, who had just walked into the house on crutches, asked. Zhao Daiwen, 17 years older than Yan Xishan, was the only person in Shanxi Province who could be compared to him during the Republic of China.

"Brother Cilong, you're here, hey~~ It's hard to say!" After speaking, Yan Xishan handed over the telegram that said Fu Zuoyi had defected to the Red Party.

"Yan has no life in life, and it will be rare to have a great opportunity!" Xu felt that the future was bleak, and Yan Xishan sat on the Taishi chair decadently and sighed. These words should be a portrayal of Yan Xishan's true mood, in the history of the main plane, after he later withdrew to Taiwan, he wrote some elegiac couplets for himself, one of which is: When there is a great need, you can only achieve a great cause; If you don't have a big grasp of it, you will never have a great opportunity.

"Bo Chuan, the Japanese invade the flames, this is the disaster of the country, the danger of extermination! Whether it is the bald party or the red party, it is always a Yanhuang person, no matter who wins or loses in the future, it is much better than being a slave to the country! Zhao Daiwen shook his head after seeing it and persuaded him.

"Brother Cilong, do you think this world will be a red party?" In the past, the Yanhuanghong Party only occupied one province in Shaanxi, and in Yan Xishan's eyes, at most, they were at the warlord level, but now their power has swelled to the point of owning four provinces, and one of the original cadres under their command, Fu Zuoyi, also took refuge in the past, which suddenly alerted Yan Xishan, took up the Yanhuanghong Party, and listed them as one of the possibilities that will compete in the world in the future.

"Yes and how, no? Bo Chuan, you have carefully studied the Red Party, what do you think? Zhao Daiwen asked.

"Red Party? Well, I have always insisted that militarism in the world is expansionist aggression, feudal domination, capitalist private exploitation, and "being a saint", all of which are inadequate and undesirable. And I always feel that ** is not necessarily inevitable. It can't be said that it is impossible, but it is really impossible to see when it will. ** Advocate that every person in the country, each do his best, take what he needs, and set a system. I want everyone to work regardless of how much, and not to care about good or bad enjoyment. It is difficult to do what you can; Each takes what he needs, and it is very risky to take what he needs. I think ** is justified and nothing happens, if it is forced, it will be a disaster for mankind. In my opinion, the means of production are capital, and the means of subsistence are production. The resources for production should be publicly owned; Production and livelihood should still be privately owned. The disease of capitalism lies in the private ownership of capital, and the disease is not in the private ownership of property; ** Not sick in the public ownership, but sick in the public ownership. Hearing Zhao Daiwen's question, Yan Xishan told him about his experience and thinking over the years.

"Since you are not optimistic about the Red Party's program, why did you immediately order the digging of layers and rows of caves in Yan'an when you first arrived in Qiulin and Kenanpo, and at the same time built canteens, built stages, built auditoriums, built water and electricity, and recruited female students to train female cadres?" Zhao Daiwen was very puzzled when he heard Yan Xishan's heartfelt words, compared with his past behaviors, and continued to ask.

"Years of war, especially with the Red Party, have taught me that an army with strong officer capabilities is inferior to an army with strong political ability; An army with strong political ability is inferior to an army with strong doctrine. Yan Xishan heard Big Brother's question and replied patiently.

"But Bo Chuan, I remember that after you lost the Central Plains War, you emphasized Jiang's money bag, saying that our Shanxi was defeated on the money bag of Jiangsu and Zhejiang behind him?" Zhao Daiwen felt that Yan Xishan's thinking had changed a lot from a few years ago, and he couldn't keep up all of a sudden.

Heaven here needs to be mentioned a little more, Yan Xishan has always thought that Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Change of Banner was smashed out by Jiang Bald with the ocean, why do you say that, it turns out that when the war situation was stalemate, he and Lao Jiang were fighting for Zhang Xueliang, but he was really not as good as Chiang Kai-shek, it should be said that it was 108,000 miles away.

Jiang's representative, Wu Tiecheng, gave Zhang Xueliang about 20 million yuan in the name of purchasing weapons from the Shenyang Arsenal at a high price, issuing public bonds, and allocating military expenses; And by means of hospitality and gifts, he bribed the staff, secretaries, adjutants and guards around the young marshal. Once, he set up a banquet to entertain the political dignitaries of the Northeast Army, and after the meal, mahjong opened more than a dozen tables, and each person put 20,000 yuan in the drawer, regardless of whether he won or lost, it went to the person who sat down. So whenever he wanted to see the young marshal, he would be received. As for Yan Xishan's two representatives, one brought 1,000 yuan, and the other went to the door with 500 yuan. After the first meeting, the two of them wanted to see the young marshal again, but they were blocked.

Time Time, the journal of the Stars and Stripes Republic at that time, once said in an article covering the Great War in the Central Plains: "The war of Yanhuang was fought in three forms: 1. a large amount of money bribes, often amounting to millions of money transactions; 2. an overwhelming amount of telegrams, announcements, and declarations, which either side of the army had to face; 3. Manpower, thousands of poor and ignorant people, who fight today for one faction, and tomorrow for another, depending on the bribes received by their superiors. All these ways have been running all the time, and they have long formed a system, a convention, and the Yanhuang people, whether they are great or good, must be made to work. ”

"At this time and that time, it is a civil war, this is a national war, those who are good at civil war may not be good at national war, and those who are good at national war are good at civil war!" Yan Xishan said.

"But now you have to make a choice after all, and Fu Zuoyi has already done it. You also have to hurry up, now Suiyuan is surrounded by enemies and not friends, so you must plan early. And Ma Bufang is by no means a good type, although he can be a hero for a while by killing, it is impossible to have long-term luck and dominate Yanhuang. But the bald party is now far away in the southwest, and far away water can't quench the thirst of the near. And the Red Party is now becoming more and more powerful, whether to stay or leave, you still need to set a charter! Regarding the major event of deciding more than 100,000 people (the total strength of the Jin Sui army at this time was about 100,000), Zhao Daiwen did not dare to make random ideas, so he had to persuade vaguely.

"Brother Cilong, you said that if I join the Red Party, is it feasible?" Yan Xishan couldn't make up his mind, and at this time he was a little irritable, and asked out loud. In history, Yan Xishan was not a good woman. The reason why he married his aunt's wife Xu Lansen and gave birth to 5 children was mainly because the original partner Xu Zhuqing could not have children. Yan Xishan is an only son at home, and he was forced to remarry under pressure. At the same time, Yan is not fond of wine and opium. Even compared to the money he had always calculated, he preferred high-quality roads, textiles, defense troops, policemen to maintain order, fine cattle, horses, farming tools, poultry, fertilizer and other industries. But now the biggest lever in front of Yan Xishan is identity, the identity mark of a big capitalist and a big landowner, and at the end of the 1920s alone, he had various industries under his name: silver trumpets, money banks, automobile companies, hardware stores, grain stores, and so on.

"You can contact it first, but I feel that the probability of a good death in the end is about fifty percent!" Zhao Daiwen thought seriously for a few minutes, and said slowly: "If you are really not sure, I have a plan." ”

"Brother Cilong, say it quickly!" Hearing that the other party had a good plan, Yan Xishan couldn't help but discharge his eyes and asked loudly.

"Leave Gongfu (Yan Zhimin's character, Yan Xishan's fourth son) by your side, join the Red Party together, send Huaizhi (Yan Zhihui's character, Yan Xishan's fifth son) to the Stars and Stripes Banner Republic, and send people to take care of it, so that no matter what, the incense of the old Yan family can finally be passed down." Zhao Daiwen said word by word (Yan Xishan has a total of five sons, the eldest and the third died young, and the second died of illness shortly after marriage).

"......, I'm going to think about it again!" After Yan Xishan heard it, he thought about it and said hesitantly.

At this time, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province, Yanhuang Continent.

During the period of the Republic of China, there were eight major businesses in Yinchuan City, the largest of which was called "Tianchengxi". When it comes to the eight major business names in Yinchuan, they actually refer to the eight major business names successively founded by Shanxi Jin merchants, namely "Tianchengxi", "Longtaiyu", "Guangfadian", "Baichuanhui", "Jingyitai", "Heshengheng", "Fuxindian" and "Yongshengdian". It is known as the "Eight Masters of Ningxia".

The most glorious period of the "Ningxia Eight Families" was from 1912 (the first year of the Republic of China) to 1936 before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. In addition to operating department stores, "Tianchengxi" and "Longtaiyu" also specialize in Mongolian business, using brick tea, wine, food, daily necessities, etc. from the interior to exchange for Mongolian fur. "Guangfa Dian" and "Baichuanhui" have their headquarters in the city, mainly engaged in the grocery industry, and also do some mobile business in Mongolia. "Jingyitai" opened a shop in the city, making pickles and pastries, making wine and groceries. "Heshengheng" has a shop and is also engaged in department stores. The source of the goods of these firms is exclusively from Shanxi, Jinhai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu and other regions. Some merchants also hired wooden boats to sell them to Baotou in the summer. When I went, I transported some medicinal herbs, white hemp, honey, etc., and exchanged them for some daily coarse groceries.

In history, when "Tiancheng West" was just founded, there were only two shops, the north of the street seat faces south, the middle is the gate, a wooden plaque of 3 meters long and 1 meter wide is hung horizontally on the door, black lace, black background gold "Tiancheng West" three words, it is to hire the former Qing Dynasty Zhao Jinwen handwritten Lishu body in Shanxi at that time, next to the three words of "Tiancheng West" is a few lines of Lishu small characters.

The "Tiancheng West" store mainly sells daily necessities. There are 4,000 taels of silver, and the manager of Lingdong at that time is Zhao Dengke, a native of Pingyao, Shanxi, who was poor in his family when he was a child, and developed the habit of bearing hardships and standing hard work. Get up early every day, be greedy for darkness, be diligent and thrifty, although the "Tianchengxi" time-honored brand has a large family business, but he never uses a penny indiscriminately, and is good at uniting other shopkeepers, working together from top to bottom, and never making opinions.

Later, the trade gradually prospered, the shop expanded to 5 rooms, more than 70 houses in the back of a hall and two courtyards, the backyard was transported to the warehouse set up in Yinchuan as a camel pack, and the back gate seat was west to east, leading to the north street of Gulou in Yinchuan City, which was changed to wholesale and retail. At this time, the manager of Lingdong was Dong Qinci, who was also a native of Pingyao, Shanxi, who not only managed well, but also expanded the business scope from daily groceries to cotton, silk, hardware, pigments, paper, sugar tea, tobacco and wine, seafood, native products, cotton, two furs and so on.

The so-called two fur is one of the three treasures (salt, fur and licorice) of the salt pool, and it is one of the five treasures of red, yellow, blue, white and black in Ningxia, especially the best in the salt pool. "Tiancheng West" first divides the acquired two furs into four categories according to the season, namely winter skin, spring skin, autumn skin, and summer skin; According to the root color of the hair, it is divided into green root and snow root; According to the angle between the hair root and the plate, it is divided into straight root and oblique root. "Tianchengxi" divides the two furs into five grades according to the category of leather and the quality of the leather, and its standards are: depending on the season of the skin, the color of the hair, the thickness of the board, the number of flower bends, the size of the page, etc. If it is winter bark, the green roots, oblique roots, thick plates, large sheets, and many bends are classified as first-class products. Spring peels are generally classified as second-class products. It is characterized by white color, soft feel, and natural bending, known as two fur nine bends. Lightweight, comfortable, airy and stylish. The price goes with the market, under normal circumstances, the export of a little better can earn about 3 yuan of each ocean, the second rotor can earn about 1 yuan of the ocean, the annual sales volume of more than 10,000 sheets, can earn about 50,000 yuan of the ocean.

In the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1934), "Tianchengxi" entered its heyday, with an annual income of more than 500,000 silver dollars and more than 100 apprentices. At the same time, most of the business goods were transferred to Tianchengyuan to avoid the increasing differential taxes. In order to avoid doing money-losing business, Tianchengyuan hired carpet makers and leather craftsmen at the same time to process and produce for them. In some major commercially developed areas of the country, people are sent to live in the village, investigate commodity information, establish their own information network, conduct information feedback, analyze market conditions, and be responsible for transporting goods. From the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China to the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, "Tianchengxi" set up villages in the outer areas: Jinhai, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Yuzhou, Hankou, Baotou, Lanzhou, Guyuan, Jingyuan, Liangzhou and other places. Generally, there are 1 to 2 people per village, and in addition to understanding commodity information and shipping goods, the staff also remittance on behalf of other brands and individuals, and the remittance fee is generally 2% to 3%.

After the July 7 Incident in 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a war of aggression against China, and in less than a month, Beiping, Jinhai, Hankou, Suiyuan, and Baotou fell one after another, and Shanghai fell in November. The Shanghai and Hankou Zhuang were bombed by Japanese planes, with a loss of more than 360,000 yuan. During this period, Tiancheng West set up Zhuangdian in the above-mentioned city, due to a hasty retreat, the property was abandoned. After 1938, the Pingsui Railway was controlled by the Japanese and the Longhai Railway was cut off, and Ningxia was threatened. In addition, Ma Hongkui's bureaucratic capital controlled Ningxia's native products, and in the name of the Anti-Japanese War, he demanded money from the soldiers, increased taxes, and the burden on the business was heavy, and from then on, it gradually went from prosperity to decline. In 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered a difficult phase of stalemate, with inflation, currency depreciation, and the depletion of business liquidity.

At this time, the manager of the leader of "Tiancheng West" was sitting in the room, flipping through a letter and rubbing a few brand-new silver dollars in his hand.