In the Beijing railway station, workers are loading boxes of ammunition, ordnance and grain printed with Japanese on the train, Yang Du stood next to him and roughly counted, there are thousands of ammunition boxes in Japan alone, and there are nearly 10,000 shells in a box of four seven and five shells. The soldiers were pushing several fifteen-life heavy guns of the former Praetorian Guards onto the flatbed truck, and there were already two on the Xinyang side, and this time four more were to be transported over, and there were also a large number of seven-life and five-gun guns, Japanese-made three-born and seven-small cannons, rifles, bullets, Dagu grenades, etc., which filled the flatbed car and the sealed carriage.

All of these supplies were procured with three batches of British advance loans, which were originally used to defend Gyeonggi, but now they are all used to Xinyang () on the Jinghan Line. Obviously, Yuan Shikai and Beiyang are out of their old ways this time!

As a group with a traditional ideology, no matter when and where Beiyang will leave some family funds for emergencies, which is the same as the idea that the Chinese people have more than one year after year, but this time they actually took out all the family funds can only show one problem, and a new backer has appeared.

Zhu Erdian can influence the banking group of the four countries but can't manipulate it, and the bankers won't listen to him, so he knows very well who this new backer is. But now that he has faded out of power, he knows nothing about the negotiations. Speaking of which, being ignored this time was actually very wronged, because of Tang Shaoyi's matter, Yuan Shikai was suspicious and thought that he had a secret agreement with Yang Qiu, so he didn't even go to Tianjin.

In fact, even if you don't know the inside story, who doesn't know the little bit of your own thoughts? Going around is nothing more than being full.

"Yo, isn't this a sunset? How can you have the leisure to come here. As soon as Yang Du was about to go back, he saw Wang Yitang with two "Ri" himself coming over and greeting him, and "Ri" himself got into the train that was about to send Yuan Shikai to Tianjin without speaking, only his nostrils were high, and his face was full of sarcasm: "But I haven't seen you go to the presidential palace for several days." ”

"Brother Shenwu is really in high spirits, it seems that he is going to have good luck recently." Yang Du didn't pay attention to this kind of villain.

Although he thinks differently from those people in China, he thinks that Yuan Shikai must rely on foreign aid if he wants to truly unify the country, so whether it is the bank group of the four countries or the "Japan" book, it is actually the same in the final analysis, it is just that the "Japan" book is more greedy.

The real problem is that Yuan Shikai should not let Wang Yitang be responsible for this matter, this person smokes a lot, prostitutes women, and makes money up and down, not to mention that he doesn't know what it means to control raze diplomatically, and he will definitely directly put the conditions set out by the "Day" in front of Zhu Erdian, so that the big loan for the aftermath will hopefully pass. But this person doesn't know how to learn, and he only has his "day" master in his heart, so he would never have thought that once this matter was exposed, the first thing Beiyang would have to face was not Yang Qiu and the Kuomintang who were eyeing him, but the four-country bank group that was extremely angry after the interests were snatched away!

When the Four Nations Group found out that all the benefits were snatched away by the "Japan" and changed to support Yang Qiu or the Kuomintang, Beiyang waited to cry ()! So he didn't look at Wang Yitang, he left the train station after reluctantly bowing his hand, and didn't even stop when he saw Yuan Shikai's motorcade coming, this time to Tianjin will be the most northern-sea peak moment, whether it is Yang Qiu or the Kuomintang will definitely make a compromise to ensure that he continues to be the president, and maybe his unity party will be absorbed into a coalition government.

Hundreds of millions of yen in loans, huge amounts of ordnance and supplies, and perhaps direct support from the military. Beiyang will undoubtedly grow by leaps and bounds in the coming months! But after the illustrious and extremely prosperous, I am afraid that it will be a rapid rout and decay, and what is the point of holding stinky feet at this time.

Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the car, didn't notice that the familiar figure was getting farther and farther away from him, Yang Du guessed that he was really right, at this moment he was full of red light, his eyebrows were full of spring breeze, and he walked vigorously in just a dozen meters of the train, and he seemed to be dozens of years younger all of a sudden, so that the Beiyang officials who came to see him off and accompany him were secretly excited, and the old man was back again.

The guards in the carriage had already raised two large braziers, and he felt a little hot as soon as he stepped into the carriage, so he waved his hand and sat down and asked, "Xingcheng, are Yang Qiu and Song Jiaoren still honest in Tianjin these days?" ”

Yang Shiqi took the fresh ginseng slices sent by the maid, put them in front of Yuan Shikai and let him take them before replying: "I heard from foreigners that Yang Qiu didn't go out of the door after arriving in Tianjin, and chatted with foreign businessmen in the American Chamber of Commerce all day long. Song Jiaoren is very diligent, one will go to the foreign legation, and the other will go to the university to give a speech, and the entire Tianjin Wei is his voice. ”

He continued: "Liang Shiyi sent a telegram just now, and last night Zhang Taiyan and Cai Yuanpei had already agreed to our conditions, and after the congress was convened, they would immediately dismiss the remaining guards in Nanjing, and promised that they would not make adjustments to the government for the time being, and that everything would be discussed after the draft constitution was voted on at the end of the year. In addition, Yang Qiuben did not agree to unite our United Party, but Song Jiaoren also relented last night after going to it several times in person, saying that he could consider the three parties joining forces to form a national united front. ”

Yuan Shikai's biggest headache now is the Congress, and the most disgusted thing is this party and that party, so when he heard what kind of alliance he was engaged in, his appetite was gone, so he pushed the remaining pieces of fresh ginseng to the side and asked: "You can just look at these things, but why is Yang Qiu so low-key and doesn't go out this time?" With Xingcheng, do you smell something? Is there any news about his troop movement over there? ”

Yang Shiqi already knew about Zhao Bingjun, he was in favor of this matter, although the assassination was a little famous, it could be a hundred, and in the end, it was a big deal to push a few scapegoats, so he was not surprised (). said: "Does the president think that Yang Qiu will not guess that we are going to deal with him?" It's a pity that this person has a good skin in vain, and the newspapers still advertise that he ate and slept with the soldiers on the front line day and night during the Hubei War. ”

Seeing that he was annoyed, Yuan Shikai smiled: "Can you still believe the words of those reporters?" They didn't say that it was already good for the sow to go up the tree. ”

Today he is in a really good mood, if he knew a few days ago that the assassination of Yang Qiu would be miscarried, I am afraid that he would have been in a hurry for a long time, but today he is like a nobody, this kind of big change is obviously because the matter of the day has been basically decided. Yang Shiqi is one of the people involved in this matter, and he also knows that after this period, he will officially find a reason to fight, so he also put part of his mind on the military, and introduced: "There is no big movement on the second an's side, that is, the Wusheng Pass direction has been patrolling a lot more recently, and even the train has to stop and check. Guangxi is considered to be peaceful, Yunnan is still fighting, and Sichuan and Hunan have not seen any major movements except for a few new troops. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and patted his forehead: "Look at my memory." Er'an sent a telegram saying that there have been a lot of foreigners' planes in the sky in Xinyang recently, and three or four planes are coming almost every day, and he thinks that Yang Qiu's people should be checking our deployment. ”

Although Yuan Shikai didn't know anything about partisan politics, he was very sensitive to new military equipment, so he also introduced a few planes for this purpose, so he was alert to Yang Qiu's sudden equipment of so many planes, and asked, "Can you find out how many planes Yang Qiu bought?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "I bought 15 planes from the United States last year, and it was his new wife's relationship that went to court. Last time, it was reported that he bought a batch of engines from Germany, and took Feng Ru and a few others to Chongqing to build a factory, saying that he would build his own aircraft. There is no news on whether it will be built, but judging from the words of Er'an, it should be a few planes, otherwise how could there be so many still flying around every day. ”

"This Yang Qiu, it would be great if he was willing to follow the old man" Hearing that Yang Qiu was looking for someone to build his own plane, even Yuan Shikai sighed and said: "Look at what he did in the southwest, he is really a great talent, hey! It's a pity"

Yang Shiqi also deeply sympathized with this sentence, although he had never been to the southwest, most of the information in Beiyang had to go through his hands, so he could clearly understand the changes over there, and said: "Yes (). The scale of the Hanyang factory is more than several times larger than before, and the spies have reported that they can get 150 new guns and cannons every day, and more than a dozen cannons per month, and countless ammunition.

The construction speed of the new factory in Chongqing is also very fast, if there is no accident, it will be put into operation by the end of next year, and the shipyard jointly operated by him and the Americans in Shanghai is also very large, and I heard that it can already build a 10,000-ton steamer! In the first three provinces, there were many small private factories, and it is not an exaggeration to say that mushrooms have sprung up after the rain, and he and the United States have attracted many foreign businessmen in the special zone, and four or five factories have been built last month alone. Daye is even more prosperous, and when the eldest prince comes back, he says that he is more than ten times bigger than Kailuan! Railways and coal mines are also progressing very quickly, and one or two ships carrying foreign machinery and equipment pass by every day. ”

"This person is talented and thoughtful, but he is also a big trouble, and he should be unlucky if he can't be used by the president, but it's also a good thing that he exhausts his financial resources to engage in business and commerce, first, to lose his vitality, and second, to wait for the army to arrive, and save us any more effort."

"Hehe, only Xingcheng has seen this." After Yuan Shikai praised it, his eyebrows squeezed together and said: "This person still has merit in this set of things, you want to find some people to study and study, we are now a Dagu manufacturing bureau, although a lot of machines have been added, but after all, it is a foreigner's territory, so this time after the arrival of the Japanese and ordnance, I am going to build a big factory in Gongxian County, let Sa Zhenbing take care of this matter, and by the way, move Dagu over to learn from him to make it bigger, the day is still not credible, we must always guard against it." ”

Yang Shiqi nodded and was just about to speak, when he turned his head and saw Wang Yitang bending over, with a face full of servants, and two envoys of the "Day" Ben walked all the way along the passage, and snorted coldly in his heart: "I haven't seen him be so polite to the president, but he regards the day himself as the master!" It is really hateful that these "days" themselves covet Manmeng, and when they are pacified and recuperate in the south for a few years, they must be cleaned up. ”

This scene also made Yuan Shikai's expression change unnaturally, and he gritted his teeth and returned to normalcy before saying: "These [days] I know that taking advantage of people's danger, forget it in the first year, don't say it, after this pass, the old man will always have to clean up the old accounts." ”

In the words of the two, the envoy bowed and sat down, and after a whistle, the train slowly headed towards Tianjin.