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"Brother Xuebin, borrowing wine to drown your sorrows is even more sorrowful." In the box of Parkson Restaurant in Fengtian City, Chen Tao walked to Zheng Xuebin and sat down opposite Zheng Xuebin with a white wine jug. "Brother Shibin, why didn't you say hello to me when you arrived in Fengtian City, did you forget about my brother because I was reused by Master Meng?"

"Get the reuse of Master Meng? Don't mention it, I get a fire in my stomach when I mention it. Zheng Xuebin burped and put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"What, what's unpleasant about Brother Xuebin?" Chen Tao asked.

"Master Meng, his nephew Gao Shifu is not a thing, not to mention eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, he was beaten by the Tsarist Russians last time, and after he went back, he planted the responsibility on me and Wang Jianbing. Wang Jianbing was more unlucky than me, his military position was degraded again and again, and now he has received a false title, and he can't even receive a full monthly salary. Wang Jianbing is completely finished now, and then it's my turn, this Gao Shifu wants to clean up one by one. Zheng Xuebin looked at Chen Tao with drunken eyes and vomited bitterness. After being beaten by the Tsarist Russians, it was not that he was obsessed, but that he complained that we didn't bring a good place and didn't protect him, can this matter blame us? ”

"Naturally, it's no wonder that Brother Xuebin, Gao Shifu is so nonsense, Master Meng doesn't care?" Chen Tao asked.

"Tube? Master Meng treats Gao Shiwei as his own son, where will he care about our life or death. When it comes to Meng Enyuan, Zheng Xuebin is not without resentment in his heart, he has followed Meng Enyuan to the present, there is no credit and hard work, Gao Shiwei's kid is just relying on his relationship with him, and now he is not only riding on the head of their old subordinates, but also wants to sweep Zheng Xuebin and others out of the house, which is really chilling.

"Brother Xuebin is an old subordinate of Master Meng, and he has been doing so many years. There is no merit and hard work, Master Meng ignores Brother Xuebin and others, and allows his nephew to do wrong, which is indeed too much. Brother Xuebin also came down from the battlefield, and he has qualifications and skills. Since Jilin can't tolerate Brother Xuebin, why doesn't Brother Xuebin choose another master? Chen Tao smiled lightly.

"Another Lord? Who can you choose? Zheng Xuebin was a little dazed at first, and his brain was not very bright after drinking too much.

"Who else do you think? Of course, it's our Fengtian Yushuai! Chen Tao said.

"Defect to Yu Shuai? After all, I am a subordinate of Division Commander Meng, and I will pull the troops to Fengtian City, if Division Commander Meng investigates it and Yushuai does not accept it, my fate will be miserable. Zheng Xuebin suddenly sobered up a lot when he heard Chen Tao's words.

"I'll tell you the truth, in the past few years, Fengtian has banned smoking, and opium cultivation in the province has almost disappeared. But there was always opium coming from Jilin. Yu Shuai has long been dissatisfied with this phenomenon. In addition, for Jilin, Yu Shuai is bound to win, and with the strength of Commander Meng, it is impossible to stop the commander of the Feng army from driving straight in! Chen Tao said, "If Brother Xuebin can take refuge in Fengtian and act as an internal response, after Yushuai controls Fengtian, he will be reused." ”

"What?" Zheng Xuebin shivered, and the wine woke up a lot. "Rain, Yu Shuai wants to occupy. Occupy Jilin? ”

"Brother Xuebin, what do you think?" Chen Tao stared at Zheng Xuebin's eyes and said.

Zheng Xuebin's breathing became disordered, and after some struggle in his heart, "When does Yu Shuai plan to do it?" ”

"It will not exceed this year, Yu Shuai will use troops against Jilin, Yu Shuai is a person with great ambitions. Nature will not be satisfied, only Fengtian and earth. Chen Tao said, "At present, Brother Xuebin has lost power in Jilin, if he does nothing, he will be squeezed by Gao Shifu sooner or later, and there will be no place for him, and there are many people who are willing to serve Fengtian, Brother Xuebin." After this village, there is no such shop. ”

"Gao Shi is unkind, and I am unjust. Although Master Meng is my old commander, he has ignored the old department in the past few years, and it has really chilled my heart, as long as Yushuai sends troops to Jilin, I will definitely lead my troops to respond! Zheng Xuebin gritted his teeth and said.

"Ha Luha, okay, in the future, Yu Shuai will master Jilin, and he will definitely not forget the merits of Brother Xuebin. Yu Shuai is a kind person, meritorious service will be rewarded, and there will be punishment, there will definitely be no such situation as Brother Xuebin's current situation, there are many people in the army who have been demoted and demoted, but none of them have been troubled because they offended Yu Shuai's relatives. Chen Tao said with a smile, "I was bent on coming over with Yu Shuai, but now I will encounter Brother Xuebin's dilemma." ”

After deciding to serve Fengtian, Zheng Xuebin poured out all the anger he had received during this time.

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"Transfer the Feng 4th Division to Liaoxi, prepare to complete the work of absorbing Feng Delin, and appoint Feng Delin as the chief of staff of the 4th Division." Qin Yu issued this order, Feng Delin was like a soil emperor in Liaoxi, controlling the military and political power in Liaoxi, in the past as a pawn to contain Qin Yu, when Yuan Shikai was strong, Qin Yu naturally would not move him, but now Yuan Shikai is facing the persecution of Duan Qirui in the central government, and he began to hand over power, and his prestige is getting worse, Qin Yu naturally does not allow Fengtian Province to have such a different voice.

"Feng Delin has changed from a brigade commander with real power to chief of staff, I'm afraid he won't be very happy." The military confrontation with the Japanese ended, and Lan Tianwei's burden was also lightened a lot. The entire Republic of China does not attach much importance to the staff system, and no one is happy to change from a brigade commander with real power to a chief of staff. However, with Qin Yu's attention to the staff officers, the chief of staff has a lot of power in the Feng army. The General Staff Headquarters has a great say in the future war and the development of the armed forces in Mukden. At least at the moment, Lan Tianwei's authority is second only to Qin Yu.

"It is impossible for him to continue to lead a force on his own. If he is not willing to be the chief of staff, he will send him 200,000 yuan. He couldn't give him the table, so I had to tear it down. Mukden's army can only be in the hands of the Mukden government. Qin Yu said, "Now there is no president to support him, I hope he knows how to advance and retreat, otherwise he won't be able to complain about me." ”

Lan Tianwei nodded, for such an army that consumes Fengtian's resources and does not obey orders, no overseer wants to see it.

"What to do with Feng Delin's mixed brigade?"

"Directly merged into the 4th Division." Seeing Tian Helin's worried eyes next to him, Qin Yu couldn't help but smile, Fengtian originally only had more than 30,000 troops, but now there are 8 divisions. In addition to a cavalry brigade with more than 90,000 people, it directly tripled, in addition to the purchase of large quantities of ordnance, military uniforms, military shoes, and military expenses. Combined with the investment in the ammunition and artillery shell factories, the military expenditure has now increased to about 17 million a year. With one more division, it's no wonder that Tian Helin can be happy.

"Marshal, now that the situation in Mukden has returned to calm, one province has eight integrated divisions, one cavalry brigade, and a new tank regiment has been formed, and an aviation school is to be established. Aircraft plant. In the past two years, the highway construction and design of Lu, as well as the Fengtian University of Technology, and the compulsory education system that has just begun to be implemented cannot be interrupted, and there was a deficit of nearly 4 million yuan a year, but now this deficit will be expanded to 7 or 8 million. Tian Helin said worriedly, "Marshal, do you think you will slightly reduce one or two divisions?" ”

With the successive replenishment of the equipment of the Feng army and the improvement of other treatments, the expenses for raising a division in the Feng army are much higher than before.

"Withhold all the taxes that should have been paid to the central government. When the president became the emperor, I also sent him money every year. Isn't it aiding the abuse? Qin Yu said with a smile, Fengtian's economic situation is very good now, and there can be such a big deficit in a year, and a large expansion of the army is only secondary, and compulsory education is a big one. on highways, as well as electricity. The financial resources consumed by the investment in urban supporting construction are the largest. If the plane tree is planted, the phoenix will naturally come, the traffic conditions in Fengtian will be improved, and the number of people who come to set up factories will naturally increase.

"This. I'm afraid there's something wrong, right? Tian Helin was worried, "The tiger will not fall, and the central government still has some authority." ”

"Don't get in the way of his business, the emperor is not going to do it, Guizhou Province has declared independence again, and the Central Army sent to Sichuan to fight against the Protector Army is grinding foreign workers, and only taking the army is not doing anything. The great president's dream of being an emperor could not be sustained, and in a few months I would raise troops to oppose him as emperor. Qin Yu said with determination.

"What? The marshal is ready to fight with the central government? This is unacceptable, although the president is unpopular, but he can't hurt Fengtian's vitality for this matter, if he goes to war, it will be too big a blow to the industry that has just developed in Fengtian. Tian Helin listened and hurriedly dissuaded.

"Who said that I want to fight with the central government, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although many of the generals in Beiyang are now dissatisfied with the president, they will never allow people outside my faction, and I am a late entry into the main Beijing. I mean Jilin, Meng Enyuan played a disgraceful role in the president's proclamation of the emperor this time, and what Fengtian wants to do is to cut off the accomplices of the imperial system, not to be an enemy of the central government. Qin Yu said, "Otherwise, it would indeed be a little more for one Fengtian Province to put eight divisions." ”

"I'm afraid that the marshal doesn't just want to punish the imperial accomplices, but wants to gain the right to govern Jilin, right?" Lan Tianwei's eyes flashed.

"It's all the same, there are many people who sell dog meat on sheep's heads, but there are not many more than me, and Jilin Province is not small. The area of cultivated land, coal and other resources are also abundant, and God does not take it, but gives it the blame, you see what Meng Enyuan has done in Jilin in the past few years, opium is grown everywhere, there are not a few roads built, and a few schools are not built. His own private wealth exceeded 10 million, and Gao Shifu's rolling calf had lost no less than 1 million in Fengtian Casino in the past two years. The population of Jilin as a whole is only five or six million, and if they are so exploited so badly, if they stay in Jilin for one more year, they will starve to death by tens of thousands more. Mukden is within the scope of Japan's potential, and it bears the brunt of it, and it also lacks enough depth space to take Jilin, and there will be multiple buffers in the future. ”

Qin Yu did not hide his thoughts. Although Meng Enyuan is not the overseer of Jilin, but Meng Enyuan has been in Jilin for more than ten years, and his power has been deep-rooted, like Qin Yu before, he is not an overseer, but his influence is even greater than that of the overseer. Most of the actual authority in Fengtian is also held in his hands, otherwise after the death of Yuan Shikai in history, Meng Enyuan would not have become the overseer of Jilin so quickly.

"Meng Enyuan has a twenty-three division in his hand, and the 1st and 2nd mixed brigades in Jilin are under his direct control, and the troops in other places add up to no more than 10,000, and the combat power is not strong, don't worry too much, if you want to take Jilin, 3 divisions, plus the cavalry brigade on the Taonan side, should be able to end the war within two months." Lan Tianwei directly reported the strength comparison of the two sides. Lantian Wei has recognized the road of Fengtian industry to rejuvenate the country, and has spared no effort in making suggestions.

"Several divisions have just been trained, and it will take a few months for officers and soldiers to get acquainted with each other and improve their combat effectiveness. The General Staff drew up an operational plan. "Jilin is just a part of the plan, and what Qin Yu wants is the entire Northeast. According to Qin Yu's plan, the Northeast will be unified within two years. It happened to be the end of the European War, and with the abundant resources of the Northeast, even in the face of Japan, it had enough confidence.

Lan Tianwei nodded, it is indeed very important to pull up the combat effectiveness of the newly established divisions as soon as possible, and it is not necessary to spend military spending, so keep a bunch of useless guys. Fortunately, Qin Yu had increased the scale of the Fengtian Military Academy several times before, otherwise so many grassroots officers would have to make him, the chief of staff, worried.

"It doesn't matter if the president doesn't want to be an emperor, there is no medicine to regret in the world. Since the prestige of the president is no longer there, and the entire Beiyang Group lacks a figure like the president to integrate it, Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and other people with similar qualifications are there, and I don't believe who will serve whom. The president can't do it, I'm afraid that something strange is going to happen to this central government. This conflict with the Japanese is also a reason, and since the army has been expanded, it will not be cut any further. There are a lot of things going on in the central side, and I don't know when I want to sort it out. This is a matter of resisting Japan himself, and in the future, it will have to rely on Fengtian himself. If I don't have any strength, where would I dare to build a railway in the Northeast. Qin Yu lit a cigarette and smoked it to himself.

"Xi Ziliang, Xiao Yinyuan brought out a group of students, and they have not been idle all these years. Although the railway has not been built, the survey of several routes has been completed. The steel mill on the Benxi side can directly produce steel rails, and as long as the funds are in place, the richest place in Fengtian can be built with railways. "Fengtian's wool spinning and leather have grassland as the raw material supply place. Taonan undoubtedly occupies the leading position, but Tongliao, Fuxin and other cities have also been stained with a lot of light. After all, the grassland is so big, there are many places where the production raw materials are transported to Tongliao, Fuxin and other places are more convenient, and businessmen will naturally set up factories in nearby cities for profit.

"Building a railway is a huge investment, millions of yuan, Dashuai, do you want to reduce the expenditure in other aspects first, if you want to build a railway, you can't afford to invest so much on the road." Tian Helin thought for a moment, and then said.

"No, the road is built a lot, which has an irreplaceable role in promoting the automobile industry of the Republic of China in the future. In terms of railways, I tried to find a way to borrow money from foreigners, and the United States has borrowed money everywhere in the past two years, although Fengtian is famous, but its advantage in the political power of the Republic of China is not obvious. Qin Yu shook his head, there are mud roads everywhere, and the development of the automobile industry must of course be restricted.

"Brother Xuguang should not underestimate this automobile industry, the industry it is associated with is far from ordinary light industry, engine manufacturing, rubber processing, spare parts. In addition, the petroleum field, which is the power of automobiles, is also an industry that the Republic of China has not yet set foot in. A large automobile factory is enough to add tens or even hundreds of thousands of jobs. Brother Ji Hao, the tanks we have now are inextricably related to the automobile manufacturing industry, and in the United States, the production line of the automobile factory can be transformed to directly produce tanks. ”

The automobile industry will flourish in the next 100 years, and Qin Yu can't pay too much attention to it.

"Dashuai's understanding of the industrial field is really unmatched in the Republic of China." Lan Tianwei praised from the bottom of his heart, he hadn't seen it when Qin Yu personally led the troops, but it was not much worse to be able to bring out Yang Xing, Li Chengwen, Chen Shengwu and other generals, in Lan Tianwei's opinion, Qin Yu's most admirable thing is the strategic overall layout, not on a single thing. The revolutionaries shouted the slogan of rejuvenating the country through industry very early, but very few of them were able to implement it. On the other hand, Fengtian, although ten years ago it was rich in the northeast, it was nothing compared to the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and ten years later, not only the light industry developed rapidly, but the heavy industry was even more unique in China. If it weren't for the restrictions imposed by the central government on military factories before, I'm afraid that Mukden would have been able to mass-produce even guns at this time.

The war between the Central Army of Sichuan and the Protector Army is still closely linked, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. The United Arms Company is producing a steady stream of gunpowder, tanks, bombers, rifles, artillery and other war-related munitions. In addition, after obtaining the prototype of the British Camel, SE5, and the French Newport fighter, the United Arms Corporation began to speed up the development of the fighter. The arms exports on the Mukden side are still dominated by artillery shells, and the surplus black and yellow gunpowder from the gunpowder factory will also be sold to Tsarist Russia. The profit is also as high as millions of yuan a year, which is only insignificant compared to the United Arms Corporation.

The vast majority of factory orders produced goods would not be sold, and compared with the rest of the Republic of China, which was extremely concerned about domestic politics, Mukden focused more on the economy, until two months later, when the telegram of Mukden against the imperial system spread, which immediately caused an uproar in the country. Even the central government is extremely uneasy, the Feng army is one of the few powerful factions in the country, and even dares to confront the Japanese army, and it is close to Beijing, and the threat is several times greater than that of the national defense army. However, Fengtian next announced the punishment of the imperial accomplices, and the telegram of sending troops to Jilin surprised everyone, and at the same time, it aroused a lot of criticism, and some people even directly pointed out that Qin Yu used the name of punishing the imperial accomplices, marching warlords to fight and expand the territory.

If you want to seize Jilin, you always have to pay some price, which person in the position has not borne a little infamy, and this can only be regarded as a little criticism. Qin Yu's purpose was to directly control Jilin, and did not give the central government too much time to react, and directly announced the transfer of the three integrated divisions of Feng 2, Feng 5, and Feng 6 into Jilin, and sent a telegram to persuade Meng Enyuan to take the blame and resign. Although Mukden Province was in conflict with Japan, there were rumors that it was expanding its military on a large scale. It's just that rumors are just rumors after all, and most of the people who heard it didn't believe that Fengtian was expanded to 8 divisions at one time, where could a province afford to raise so many troops, and at this time, once the telegram from Fengtian Province was made public, everyone was shocked. (To be continued......)