After the unremitting efforts of the wireless telegraph operator, the news of the re-gunfire in Hubei was finally delivered to Yang Qiu at the moment before the end of the Guilin War. Based on his analysis of this man in the north for many years, this is very unusual (). Looking at the entire Chinese political figure, this person's best skill is forbearance, which can be seen from his seclusion in Zhangde, Henan Province until the outbreak of the revolution.

Could it be that the people below Beiyang did it on purpose? A bold assumption suddenly popped out of his mind and immediately went to look at Yang Qiu, who also frowned, and just as he was about to speak, there was already a welcome sound next to him ().

"Lu Rongting has seen the Inspector."

Yang Qiu flipped his wrist, stuffed the telegram into his pocket, forgot about it for a while, and walked towards Lu Rongting who came to greet him with a smile: "Governor Lu, you are too polite, Yang Qiu is a junior, how dare you come to greet him in person." ”

Lu Rongting is short in stature but very strong, dressed in white, which reminds Yang Qiu of the gangster boss who came to negotiate in the movie, the experience of youth and poverty left an indelible vicissitudes on his face, although he holds great power, he does not have the arrogant arrogance of Beiyang, and his smile is full of approachability.

If you can't do it, you should be a very human being.

In the parallel world, the warlord who made Yang Qiu the most unable to rise and step on the flat mind may be this, in addition to being greedy for money and liking to build temples, he can see the most simple side of the Zhuang family, they have no social foundation of reckless military force, and prefer to live a peaceful life, but they are in the middle of the four sides. Therefore, they are not afraid of power, they are brave and abnormal, just like the Guangxi Wolf Army in the epicenter of the Central Plains, but they are simple and unpretentious, and they are content with the status quo. The one in front of you is their representative. Coupled with the experience of his youth, he also has enough wrists.

So the Katsura family has always been the most disciplined of the warlords. It is precisely because of this style of military management that the Gui army has continued to grow and fight against Beiyang in one place for several years. In the end, the two military masters "Li Bai" were born.

Lu Rongting was also carefully observing this tall figure. It is said that he is not even 23 years old, but he can resist Beiyang, kick the party, and use Tang Jiyao to rob the young man of his old nest, and the young man who is more and more nourishing. There is no shortage of means, ambitions, and strength, and he is still younger than himself, so it is difficult to turn over. However, a "Governor Lu" still made him breathe a sigh of relief. This shows that Yang Qiu has not changed his mind yet.

Chen Bingkun and Lu Yuxun, who were behind him, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, the military power will definitely not be kept, just look at the three provinces of Hubei, but at least they can continue to eat and drink spicy food. When the thoughts of the Zhuang family's little wealth and peace swelled up, the two exchanged a few words of greetings, Lu Rongting saw Miao Luo behind Yang Qiu, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth drooped, and he saluted: "Lu Rongting has seen Mrs. ()." ”

Madam?! Miao Luoqiao's face had never been so red, but before she could wave her hand, Lu Baiyi had already glared behind her: "Are they all dumb?" Didn't you see the Patrolman's wife? What a courtesy! When I spread it, I thought that Lao Tzu would not teach people. ”

Lu Yuxun and the others didn't understand what was wrong with the old man. Hurriedly bent down and saluted and shouted, "I'll see Madame later." ”

At this time, Miao Luo didn't know how to put his hands and feet, and kept looking at Yang Qiu with his eyes and wanted him to explain, but Yang Qiu not only didn't explain, but pulled her with a smile: "Luo'er, you may not know when you grew up in the United States." Governor Lu was a well-known anti-French hero, and together with General Tang Jingsong, he defeated the French invasion. Later, the Manchu Tartars were mediocre, and they were obviously beaten by Governor Lu to lose their armor, but they wanted to betray the country and make peace and conclude a humiliating treaty. After the boycott of the army, he repeatedly violated our borders and slaughtered the border people, and the governor of Lu Province couldn't see it, so he contacted the heroes of the green forest to resist alone for more than ten years, so that the French colonists never dared to step on the Zhennan Pass, and played the dignity of the country! The work is in the future. ”

Lu Rongting's face smiled crookedly, no wonder people can rise overnight, and they are indeed at a level when they speak! At that time, how could he have any national righteousness, it was nothing more than that he couldn't get mixed up after being disbanded, so he had to rob the French to make ends meet, but after people said hehe, it seems that he should build two more temples to let his children and grandchildren remember his "great achievements".

Although Miao Luo was shy and hated and couldn't hide immediately, after listening to these words, he also praised two sentences of admiration, Lu Rongting even said that he was a lady on the left and a lady on the right, and the relationship between him and Yang Qiu was also significantly closer under his offensive, which made Jiang Fangzhen next to him secretly exclaim, these old fritters really know how to see the stitches. Knowing that the two of them have not yet reached this point, they deliberately pierced this layer, don't look at the shyness on Miss Miao Luo's face, I don't know how to thank him in my heart, I am afraid that there will be a few "good words" in the future.

This old official ruffian! Jiang Fangzhen's belly was dark, everyone walked towards Guilin City, as there were more and more blood stains along the way, everyone's faces became solemn, especially Miao Luo had forgotten his shyness, and his little face was pale and he was dragging Yang Qiu's arm.

After listening to Cai Jimin's introduction, Yang Qiu was still glad that he was able to take Guilin so quickly. You must know that compared with the tragedy of Shen Hongying's night attack on Guilin City in the parallel world and the siege of the city for 79 days, although Guilin City suffered a lot this time, it was not completely lost, but this was also because Tang Jiyao lacked a foundation, and he acted quickly to complete the siege within four days of his occupation, on the contrary, if he was allowed to operate in Guilin for even two or three months, the result would probably be very different ().

Thinking of Tang Jiyao, Yang Qiu asked, "Can Tang Jiyao be caught?" ”

Lu Yuxun, who saw him hiding in the Japanese Legation, gritted his teeth: "Damn, let this kid run into the Japanese Legation!" If you don't send a message, I will personally lead the troops to kill him and avenge everyone! ”

Lu Yuxun has the fierceness of an old man, but he doesn't have that skill, not to mention that he was hated to death by Japan just now because of the Han Yeping incident, and the diplomatic consequences of attacking the legation alone will make Yang Qiu very passive, so Lu Rongting hurriedly glared at him: "What are you yelling about?" There are no rules at all! Japan is not afraid, but how can the legation be attacked casually? ”

Yang Qiu didn't know the consequences, to be honest, if he was ruthless, it would not be impossible for Japan to release him, but he had already learned Chen Haohui's thoughts, and this was a good opportunity anyway. said: "Brother Lu, don't worry, even if such a mad person escapes for a while, how can he escape for a lifetime, one day we will seek justice." After speaking, he asked Cai Jimin: "Gold is a necessity for building up the country's financial reserves." We can use this, you let Shen Shukai buy it at the price. The money and other seized money are the property of the people of Guangxi, and you will send a telegram to Zhang Wenjing and ask him to send someone to take over the management. It is used for the restoration of Guilin City and the construction of Guangxi. It must not be abused. ”

Lu Rongting didn't think about getting the money back, but he didn't expect Yang Qiu to eat the fat in his mouth, and he somewhat understood why this person could dominate one side and not fall between the Standing Society and Beiyang.

"Old Lu, Guilin and Liuzhou have been hit a lot this time, what difficulties do you have here?"

Probably the lady went the right way, and Lu Rongting didn't understand what it meant to change the name of Yang Qiu, but fortunately, Jiang Fangzhen explained what else he needed, but now he dared to ask for it. Hurriedly waved his hand: "It is a blessing for Guangxi to use the special funds of the patrol envoy, and the old man does not dare to ask for it anymore." ”

Yang Qiu also simply showdowned: "Don't hide it from Lu Lao, I am going to integrate the Gui Army into the National Defense Force, establish two infantry brigades and three National Guard regiments, temporarily transfer them to Hunan for training, and the security of Guangxi will be temporarily taken care of by the Third Division." ”

Lu Rongting already knew that the military power would definitely not be retained, but he was not satisfied with Yang Qiu's preservation of only two Guijun brigades, because in his opinion, Hunan and Sichuan were organized into one division and one brigade, and Guangxi only organized two brigades, which always made him feel like a stepmother, and said: "Two brigades are less, right?" The Inspector may not know (). Guangxi has nothing else, but there are many good seedlings to be soldiers. Hunan and Sichuan are both one division and one brigade, and I am Guangxi. If you believe the old man, I promise to select 20,000 good fighters for you. ”

Jiang Fangzhen somewhat understood what he meant, although he gave up his military power, but this old man who had held a gun all his life still did not understand the meaning of the new-style army, in his heart, how much the Gui family could occupy in the national defense force in the future, and how much weight Guangxi could occupy in Yang Qiu's heart. Yang Qiu also knew that Guangxi was indeed a place to produce good soldiers, and the development of Guangxi also needed Lu Rongting's cooperation, so he thought about it and said: "Brother Baili, I will trouble you to send a telegram to Song Ziqing in a while, and the new two guard divisions will be changed to a two-brigade system and the teaching regiment will be cancelled, and the 25-28 brigades will be temporarily organized, and the two establishments saved in this way will be handed over to Guangxi, and four infantry brigades will be recruited here to be transferred to Changsha, Hunan for training." Lu Lao, do you think this is good? ”

Although there were no divisions, the four brigades were able to sit on an equal footing with Sichuan and Hunan, and Lu Rongting immediately promised to personally select the best sources of troops to send to Hunan in accordance with the requirements of the National Defense Force. After solving the problem of the troops, Yang Qiu said: "Elder Lu, I am ready to start changing the three provincial councils into the Southwest United Council, and I hope you can nominate the councilors to come together to make suggestions for the future of the southwest." In addition, the construction of the railway from Wuchang to Zhuzhou, Hunan Province has begun, and I will send people to survey and start the construction of the Zhen'an Line (Zhennanguan to Yong'an Pass via Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin) as soon as possible, and connect this railway to the Hanchen Line. The Peking University Line (Beihai via Nanning, Guizhou Anlong, Kunming to Dali) may also start construction together, and the money for the railway will be supported by the unified southwest finance and taxation, do you see any difficulties? ”

Cai Jimin, Jiang Fangzhen and others were not surprised by these two railways, in fact, the current Hanchen line was ready to cross Guangxi when it was budgeted, but Lu Rongting and others were very surprised, they didn't expect that as soon as Yang Qiu won Guangxi, he would build a railway through the whole province, and they were all excited. Only Chen Bingkun scratched his head and asked: "Patrol, the Zhenyong line is not a problem, as long as it can be funded, this is a good thing for the people, but there is no problem in Yunnan on the North Line, if Cai Songpo does not agree to his humble post and is willing to lead troops in person, but Beihai is the boundary of Guangdong, and Long Jiguang is still stationed in Wuzhou." ”

Jiang Fangzhen glanced at Yang Qiu and said with a smile: "Governor Lu, don't worry, my 14th Brigade has gone south to Beihai to pursue the remnants of Tang Jiyao ()!" As for the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division of Wuzhou, it has turned around and continued to move south, and the 8th Brigade and 17th Brigade of the 3rd Division will also go south to Wuzhou two days later. The envoy is ready to negotiate with the central government to take Zhanjiang as the boundary and merge the Leizhou Peninsula and Beihai, Hepu and Qinzhou to the west into Guangxi Province, so as to strive for an outlet to the sea for Guangxi, so as to promote Guangxi's economic development, and in the future, our goods can also be exported directly through the Beihai port, and there is no need to go to Guangdong to be exploited. ”

Pursuing the remnants of Yang Jiyao, Lu Rongting, everyone finally understood how powerful they were! A half-dead Tang Jiyao has been used to the extreme! However, this incident did move him, who had been on the line of life and death for half his life. For many years, Guangxi has been eager to go to the sea, but I didn't expect this young man to simply send troops to rob it without making a sound, and he was ready to drive his own thorn in the eye Long Jiguang back to Guangdong in one go! It was such a surprise and a surprise! It can be seen that the reason why this young man entered Guangxi is probably for this smooth access to the sea.

Yang Qiu didn't speak, because he had already changed the map that later generations were used to, and this taste was really refreshing! Jiang Baili continued to replace Yang Qiu and said: "In terms of resources and population, the southwestern provinces are not worse than Guangdong, and even much more, but why are they not as rich as Guangdong? The most important thing is that they are all confined to the interior, so the patrol is determined to get this outlet to the sea this time. Although the two railways cost a lot of money, once they are completed, the southwestern provinces will be completely connected, and the people will no longer be trapped by the mountains. Moreover, the patrol is also preparing to develop rubber planting in Guangxi, and Miss Miao is also ready to spend 5 million to invest in Guangxi to build rubber plantations! Now the foreigners have a great demand for rubber, but our southwest planting is scarce, and most of the money is earned by Luzon, and there are 10,000 oceans in rubber trade Luzon and Borneo every year! Even if we can't earn so much, if we can have hundreds of thousands of acres of rubber plantations, we can at least earn half. If these two major events can be accomplished, Governor Lu, your good name will not be forgotten by the children and grandchildren of Guangxi. ”

Lu Rongting's index finger moved, he had heard of rubber, and he also knew that foreigners were now expanding their cultivation in Nanyang, and there were already many people in Guangxi, but he was definitely unwilling to let him do it himself. But Miao Luo wants to invest five million, which shows that it is really a profitable business! Otherwise, Yang Qiu, who paid the money, would take the money inappropriately? So I also secretly thought about it. And the access to the sea and the main railway artery are even more beneficial to Guangxi! So no matter what Yang Qiu's final thoughts were, he really listened to these two sentences. After all, he is a person who has come from the bottom of the society step by step to today, and he doesn't know much about the truth, but he understands the truth of returning to his hometown and benefiting his hometown.

Only Miao Luo was secretly angry, although he knew that the money must have come from Yang Qiu, and she also knew that Yang Qiu had millions of pounds of private money in his hands (the first transaction with Germany was a private business), but he was a little annoyed that he didn't tell him in advance ().

After Yang Qiu smiled apologetically at her, he saw that Lu Rongting didn't speak, and thought that he had no confidence in the railway appropriation and the construction of the rubber plantation, and he didn't continue to bother to explain, anyway, as long as he cooperated, it was okay for now.

But this time he was blindsided.

Later, I learned how attentive Lu Rongting was to building railways and planting rubber, and almost regarded these two things as the cause of the second half of his life, and also underestimated the enthusiasm of the people of Guangxi for the railway. Because the nearly 800-kilometer Zhenyong Line, which only started in May 1913, was originally planned to be completed in five years, but it was completed by September 1917 when Lu Rongting mobilized 300,000 people and 5,000 full-time railway soldiers, and was connected to the Wuchang-Chenzhou railway, which started and was built ahead of schedule, becoming the first major artery to run through the southwest. At the same time, the Guangxi section of the Peking University Line was completed in only two years, if it were not for the difficulty of the construction of the Yunnan-Guizhou section, it would have been completed before the Beigui Line, and in the end it was only half a year behind, but it was the first railway Hanchuan Line built by Yang Qiu, which was not opened to traffic until the beginning of 1918.

As for the rubber plantations, they have grown rapidly and rapidly, from less than 5,000 mu when the national defense army entered Guangxi, and ten years later it has grown to a scale of 2 million mu, and the largest "landlord" is the Miao Rubber Company run by Miao Luo and the Lu family.

The two chatted while walking, slowly planning the future of Guangxi, and when they saw that they were about to enter the dilapidated Governor's Mansion, Yang Qiu suddenly blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "If Elder Lu is free, how about sending me a telegram to Brother Songpo?" ”

"Haha, the patrol envoy has an order, how dare the old man disobey." The two looked at each other and smiled, and entered the Governor's Mansion