At this time, although there was no shortage of arms in the arms market in the Far East, in fact the prices were generally relatively high, and the troops of Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen used 7.92 mm rifles and bullets, which could not be supplied by Japan, Russia, and even Britain and the United States, and they could only have two sources, either domestic or imported from Germany.

German imports, you must have as many as you want, people's inventory of rifles and bullets is very large, the key is expensive!

However, in terms of domestic production, there are only three factories in China that can mass-produce 7.92mm rifles and bullets, among which the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Hanyang Arsenal are now in the hands of the Southern Federation, so they can't be counted on, and the rest can only be purchased from the Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

Although it is impossible for Zhao Dongyun to openly confiscate or directly interfere in the production and operation of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, he can use all the ordnance products of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, and purchase them all first.

In this way, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, and even other warlords who wanted to obtain ordnance from the Fuyuan Machine Qì Factory had to buy it from Zhao Dongyun, a second-class dealer.

Zhao Dongyun's move was not to seek much economic benefit from it, but just to control the flow of ordnance from the factory, and he spent so much effort to keep Tangshan, isn't it just for this Fuyuan factory, so the ordnance products produced by this Fuyuan machine factory naturally have to be given priority to equip his Fengtian Army, and when necessary, a part of it can also be sold to other warlords as a political exchange.

This time, Zhao Dongyun supplied Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen with a total of 8,000 Fuyuan-made rifles at a price lower than the market price of the Far Eastern Ordnance, only 32 taels of silver each, which was not those used second-hand goods, but brand new, and the price was at least 35 taels of silver when put on the arms market.

Moreover, Zhao Dongyun promised to provide them with 1,000 rifles and 300,000 rounds of ammunition within a month, which was quite important for them who were about to go south to fight, and it was much faster than importing them from Germany.

Therefore, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen agreed to Zhao Dongyun to support Wu Fengling!

After settling the matter between Wu Fengling and Shanxi, the candidates for the Rehe Metropolitan Commander had to be discussed again, but this time Wang Yingkai had a tough attitude, completely cutting off Zhao Dongyun's intention to let Meng Enyuan or Chen Guangyuan serve as the Rehe Metropolitan Commander, and even revealed in his tone that he would not hesitate to break down the negotiations for this reason, and finally everyone would fight again.

However, Zhao Dongyun got Wu Fengling to Shanxi, in order to take Rehe, so he also insisted on not retreating, seeing that the negotiations were at an impasse again, and finally the two sides began to compromise, Zhao Dongyun said that he could give up the position of Rehe Dutong, but he must station troops in Chengde County.

At this time, Wang Yingkai was also unwilling to continue to entangle with Zhao Dongyun on this issue, and directly stated that the Rehe Metropolitan Jurisdiction could be abolished, and the jurisdiction of Zhili could be changed to the jurisdiction of Zhili, and the two sides would jointly send troops to garrison, and the garrisons of the two sides would be bounded by Tangshan, Zunhua, and Chengde counties to the north, and the Zhili garrison to the west, and the Fengtian garrison to the east.

However, the administrative power still belongs to the Zhili side, and at the same time, with Chengde as the center, the garrison of both sides within a radius of 100 miles shall not exceed 5,000 people.

This mention is basically to divide Rehe into two, Wang Yingkai and Zhao Dongyun take half of it, and at the same time limit the number of garrisons on both sides, so it will definitely eliminate the military strategic position of the place.

For Zhao Dongyun, he doesn't have to worry about Wang Yingkai or Wu Fengling going south directly from Chengde in the future, and then cutting off his rear supply line, and for Wang Yingkai, he doesn't have to worry about Zhao Dongyun surrounding him from the north.

After talking about the Rehe issue, this time the Tianjin talks can basically come to an end, but at the last moment, Zhao Dongyun said: "Big brothers, have you forgotten something?" ”

Wang Yingkai frowned, to be honest, he really didn't know what else he hadn't talked about in this meeting, so he said, "Oh, Ziyang, you mean?" ”

Zhao Dongyun said with a smile: "This Jingshi battle, I also went to the beginning, but in the end it was only the three of you who entered the Jingshi, and I heard that there were hundreds of people in the Jingshi who were raided, Yixuan, Zaifeng and others were all confiscated, I'm afraid there are no less than 50 million here!" ”

Hearing this, not to mention that Wang Yingkai was dissatisfied, even Duan Qirui was unkind: "Jingshi didn't close the door to Ziyang that day, you don't complain about others!" ”

Zhao Dongyun smiled: "I was unwell at the beginning, so I went back to Tangshan first, but I always thought that all my brothers were sensible people, so I had to give my younger brother a copy afterwards, otherwise I would have been killed and injured by the army, and I spent millions, and now I haven't even paid the pensions for the dead and injured brothers, how can you let me face the families of the dead and wounded soldiers?" ”

Looking at Zhao Dongyun's face, Wang Yingkai's face was gloomy and terrible, but looking at a large number of drafted documents on the table, these documents were only waiting for the four people to sign their names, and then today's 'Republic of China' will be completed, and he will become the first republican president in China's history.

So he said, "Say the number!" ”

Zhao Dongyun raised a finger: "I don't want much, we have four families here, then I only need a quarter, and the property you get in Jingshi is 50 million, I only need 10 million taels, I don't want any more!" ”

Wang Yingkai finally couldn't help it, only to hear him snort coldly: "Ziyang, you must know how to be self-respecting!" ”

Immediately, he turned his head to look at Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, and then said: "I will give 500,000, and each of you will take out 250,000 yuan, and make up enough million to give you Ziyang, and then the matter will be over!" ”

Then he didn't wait for Zhao Dongyun to speak, he just signed his name on those Wen Jiàn with a cold face, and then pushed Wen Jiàn in front of Zhao Dongyun, and then stared at Zhao Dongyun.

Zhao Dongyun saw Wang Yingkai's terrifyingly cold look, and did not speak, this asking for money is only a temporary move, after all, seeing Wang Yingkai robbed so much money in Beijing, it is impossible not to be red-eyed, but he also knows that if he wants to escape the money from their pockets, it is not much less difficult than beating the Jingshi, and now he can get back one million taels of silver, not to mention the rest, the military expenditure hole in this battle is closed.

So he didn't have the heart to continue to provoke Wang Yingkai, but smiled, and then picked up the pen and signed his name on Wen Jiàn, that Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen saw that at the last moment, Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai were cold-eyed at each other, and they didn't know what to think, but they also quickly signed their names one after another.

Looking at the text signed by the four people, Wang Yingkai took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "I will return to Beijing immediately, and the founding ceremony will be held tomorrow!" ”

Wang Yingkai couldn't help but come slowly, the Chinese Federation in the south had been established for ten days, and the Northern Expeditionary Army shouted by Zhang Zhidong was about to go north, and the establishment of a republican government in the north could no longer be delayed, and a delay would be an extra day's trouble.

Wang Yingkai hurriedly left with a black face, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen on the side did not have the slightest joy of establishing a republic, and they also went out with a sad face.

As for Zhao Dongyun, the last one to walk out of the conference room saw Li San trotting up, only to see Li San asking with a worried face: "Commander, did the talks collapse?" ”

Li San just saw Wang Yingkai walk out with a black face, and then Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen also had a bad face, no matter how they looked at it, it didn't look like they had reached a negotiation agreement, otherwise they didn't say that everyone laughed and talked about the news, but their faces looked at least kinder, but the three people who went out in front of them all looked thoughtful, and there was a trace of festivity.

Zhao Dongyun looked at Li San, also sighed, and then said, "What are you worried about, the negotiation has already been completed!" ”

When Li San heard this, he wondered even more, this negotiation was a good thing, why did everyone look worried!

Zhao Dongyun did not stop in Tianjin, and as soon as the negotiations ended, his special train left Tianjin Railway Station and then went straight to Tangshan.

As for going to Beijing to participate in the founding ceremony, to be honest, he wanted to go, but he didn't dare to go, this Beijing division has now become Wang Yingkai's territory, if he wants to go to Beijing, unless he takes a whole division to go, otherwise it will be very tragic next time.

If he went to Beijing alone, Wang Yingkai would not hesitate to kill him Zhao Dongyun, and then win over the Soviet generals. Today's Soviet system is the Beiyang of the year, as soon as Zhao Dongyun dies, this Soviet system is about to split, and it will not be difficult to win over most of the Soviet generals with his Wang Yingkai's prestige, even if Lin Yongquan and Zhao Dongping are a few diehard loyalists, but it will not affect the overall situation.

So although the negotiations have been reached, and he Zhao Dongyun is still the vice president of the future Republic of China, he still doesn't have the courage to go to Beijing to participate in the founding ceremony, let alone go to Beijing to serve.

After returning to Tangshan, Zhao Dongyun immediately began to deploy a new defensive line, first of all, he had to withdraw the troops from Baodi and Jixian in accordance with the Tianjin peace talks, and then rebuild the defensive line with the Tangshan, Zunhua, and Chengde lines, so as to prepare for a long-term military confrontation with Wang Yingkai.

At the same time, because the Tianjin peace agreement limited the number of troops that Zhao Dongyun could garrison in the Guannei, that is, one mixed association in Tangshan and one mixed association in Chengde, and all the others had to be withdrawn outside the Guan.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Dongyun transferred the former First Association of Fengtian First Town, together with artillery, baggage and other troops, to form the 'Seventh Mixed Association of the Central Army', and at the same time transferred He Zonglian's Fourth Mixed Association, which was originally stationed in Shanhaiguan, to Chengde for garrison.

The above two mixed associations will become Zhao Dongyun's main armed forces in the Guannai!

And the rest of the main forces, including the 3rd Division, the 10th Division, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade, were to withdraw to Guanwai!

In addition, since there are still three patrol police battalions in the area from Tangshan to Shanhaiguan, and according to the agreement between Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai, Zhao Dongyun's troops stationed in the customs are two mixed associations, with a total strength of no more than 10,000 people, and this total strength includes but is not limited to the regular army, patrol battalion, patrol police battalion, etc. Anyway, it doesn't matter what name you use, as long as you carry a gun, it's all counted. Therefore, Zhao Dongyun had to transfer the three patrol battalions back to Guanwai.

In the next few days, Zhao Dongyun was busy withdrawing his troops!

At the same time, Wang Yingkai also ushered in the most glorious moment of his life, December 11th, on this day the sky of Beijing was extremely overcast, in the gray sky Wang Yingkai hurriedly held the founding ceremony, and stood on the Temple of Heaven to announce the establishment of the Republic of China, and also swore in as the first president of the Republic of China.

Looking at the photo of Wang Yingkai wearing a presidential dress and taking the oath of office in the newspaper, Zhao Dongyun also showed a look of envy, what could be more fulfilling as a man than building a brand new country?

No matter what Wang Yingkai will do before or in the future, but just by virtue of this hand of creating a republic, it is enough to make him famous through the ages and wear the dazzling halo of the father of the republic!

After Wang Yingkai just announced the establishment of the Republic of China, even before the first cabinet officially took office, the Beiyang Army, which had just changed the name of the 'Central Army', held a large-scale military parade in Beijing.