"Humble words, since your kid tossed out the smuggling line to Russia, our Fengjun's equipment is getting better and better day by day, it makes people happy, looking at the whole country, even those Beiyang elite equipment can't compare to us, and now what good things are we going to get?"

"It's not a good thing to say, Russia is at war with the Allies in Eastern Europe, and they have captured a lot of equipment from each other, a lot of which has been damaged and cannot be used on the battlefield. If you exchange these things with us for food, you can collect money according to the amount, they bring a cart of wagons, let's give them a few carts of food, as soon as the weapons are in hand, we will reassemble and pick them up, haode keeps them for himself, and almost dumps them directly to other warlords, which is definitely a huge profit. ”

When Zhang Tinglan said this, Lao Zhang's eyes began to glow, no matter what time it is, the arms business is the most profitable, and the regular trade has several times the profit, and this kind of smuggling is even more difficult to calculate. As a warlord, Lao Zhang knows too much about other people's minds, as long as these guys see the arms, they will definitely be taken out by Niu Huang and Ma Bao.

Speaking of which, it was Austria-Hungary and Germany that were at war with Russia on the Eastern Front, and the captured weapons must have come from these two countries, whether it was Germany or Austria-Hungary, it was absolutely excellent in terms of weapons, and it was the best in Shijie.

Of course, these weapons may not be suitable for the Feng army, but they have a fatal attraction for those small warlords who are hungry for food.

"Tell me, how much can you get?"

"It's a bit hard to see how much." Zhang Tinglan scratched his head and said with a smile: "The number of people killed and captured by Austria-Hungary and Russia in the summer and autumn of this year is more than one million, and the number of damaged weapons is even greater, it can be said that it is piled up and counted, as long as ten percent is obtained." That's tens of thousands of guns and thousands of cannons! ”

After hearing this number, Zhang Zuolin only felt dizzy in front of him, and now the Feng army is added up, but only one or two hundred artillery pieces, less than a fraction of the damage of others, speaking of the collision between the powers, it is definitely a contest of steel, a contest of industrial strength, China and others. The gap is just too big.

"It's important to get it, the more the better, as long as you can save half of it, and the rest is to stock up on parts, no matter how many. I have enough sales. ”

"Dashuai, who are you going to sell to? Can you tell me about that? ”

"Zhang Xun of the Braided Army has already contacted me. He heard that we have weapons and wants to get some, as well as Yan Xishan in Shaanxi, Chen Shufan in Shaanxi, Zhang Guangjian in Gansu, and Sichuan. It's all wars, weapons are consumed, and as many as you can sell! ”

These people Lao Zhang said are indeed potential big customers. Needless to say, Zhang Xun has just been promoted to the patrol envoy of Mongolia, and he controls the territory of the three provinces, but these three provinces are facing Outer Mongolia, there is constant turmoil, and the consumption of arms is huge, and he will definitely buy it at all costs.

And Zhang Tinglan is also very willing to sell arms to him, because Zhang Tinglan knows very well that Zhang Xun, an old bastard, will direct a farce, if he buys Fengjun's arms, Fengjun will hold Zhang Xun's life in his hands, which can not only make him hold on for a while longer, but also allow Zhang Xun to be destroyed quickly.

It's a great feeling to turn over your hands to clouds and rain your hands, and you can deduct the purchase cost when necessary, so you don't have to deliver it, and you feel happy to think about it.

Of course, Zhang Xun is destined to be a short-term customer, and if he falls, don't think about selling. But Yan Xishan is definitely a long-term big customer, Shanxi is surrounded by rivers and mountains, but it is sandwiched between the Beiyang, Yan Laoxi is trembling every day, and the day is not safe.

Moreover, at this time, Yan Xishan did not have a military factory, and his financial resources were very weak, so when he was struggling, he would never refuse the weapons of the Feng army. In addition, the northwest and southwest have always been wars, warlords are divided, and they are also long-term big customers, if they can get it right, they can also use the arms deal to manipulate the development of the situation behind the scenes, and prepare for the expansion of the Feng army.

In the development process of the Feng army, there is a paradox, that is, if you want to fight Japan, you must first expand Shili, but if you also want to expand Shili, you must be able to resist the pressure of Japan.

In history, Zhang Zuolin knew that the three eastern provinces were too seriously eroded by Japan, and all the old Zhang wanted to win the Central Plains and use the strength of the whole country to fight against the Japanese.

This idea looks very good, but the Japanese will not sit idly by and watch the Feng army unify the whole country, they will definitely drag their feet and make stumbling blocks, and the fact is that Lao Zhang entered the Central Plains several times, but did not sit firmly on the throne, and was soon driven out by others, and fell into the result of a loss of money and labor, and the situation in the northeast deteriorated more and more.

In fact, this is also very understandable, what the Japanese want is to colonize the whole of China, of course, they will not want to have a strong unified Liliang, once the Feng army is out of control, the Japanese will definitely use all kinds of conspiracies and tricks to hinder the development of the Feng army.

Thinking about this, Zhang Tinglan knew that it was definitely not a good choice to snatch power in Beijing, it was too sensitive, as long as it touched there, the Japanese would do it, and other warlords would not sit idly by, and Fengjun would suddenly become the target of public criticism.

In Zhang Tinglan's view, the only way out for the Feng army is in the northwest, although it is very barren, but there are definitely a lot of underground resources, and it is far away from the Central Plains, away from the Japanese, even if the Feng army takes a few provinces, the Japanese will not necessarily go crazy, and those warlord factions that are eyed in Beijing will not pay attention to the development of the Feng army.

As long as this is the case, take a roundabout route, take down the northwest, secretly accumulate liliang, and have the capital to fight against the Japanese, in order to win the Central Plains, this is also the development of the great war road designed by Zhang Tinglan for Fengjun.

Since we have this big goal, we must have concrete measures, and the sale of arms to the northwest is an important part of it, and we will use arms to open the way and control them all.

"Dashuai, I think there are still two things to do now, the first is to contact the market in the northwest, discuss with those turtles, see what price is appropriate, pull a few more shili in as much as possible, let them compete for bids together, the one with the highest price wins, let's win over a few more small warlords, let them act as-stirring sticks, and push the price up!"

"Hmm!" Lao Zhang smiled and nodded: "Good idea, you should bother more about these business things, in short, you have to sell them at a good price!" ”

"Marshal, the second thing is more troublesome, that is, we have to increase troops in the direction of Jilin, strengthen border control, and deter the Russians. Do you say that they will trade with us willingly, if there is not enough liliang, this kind of business will not be able to be done at all, on the contrary, it will make the Russians covet the materials, maybe the crazy Russians will attack us! ”

This kind of smuggling is actually a gangster business, the most important thing to guard against in this kind of business is that black eats black, the Russians are not good men and women, if there is not enough liliang, will they honestly trade with the Feng army, they have already copied the guys.

Even if the Russian government estimates the relationship between the two countries and will not act lightly, those Russian troops and ordinary people can disguise themselves as bandits, enter the three eastern provinces, and carry out robbery, if the Feng army does not have enough liliang to deter the Russians, and the huge amount of supplies hoarded on the border line will become fat in the eyes of the Russians.

"Damn, Russians are indeed not good birds, if you want to do business with wolves, you have to guard against being bitten by wolves, and there is nothing wrong with what you said."

Lao Zhang turned around twice on the ground, thought about it carefully, and then said: "Humble words, I will appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the border defense now, the first brigade of the garrison division, Qin Wei's independent artillery regiment, the garrison brigade of Baiwenshan, and the Heilongjiang side, the garrison brigade of Baying's is all under your command, and I will organize a group of reserve troops to ensure the safety of the place, and in addition, the Middle East Road must also be stared at to death, and the Russians cannot be allowed to make trouble!" ”

"Thanks to the promotion of the marshal, the Middle East Road will not be too troublesome for the time being, and for the time being, we can cooperate with the Russian governor Horvath and distribute a part of the smuggling profits to him, so that Horvat can most likely be on our side, after all, he also has contradictions with other Russian officials!"

Zhang Tinglan thought for a while, and then said: "Dashuai, as the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books." The first batch of new students in the lecture hall have been studying for more than half a year, and they will graduate in two or three months, and what they have learned in school is limited after all, and if they want to be refined into steel, they must be sent to the battlefield. Do you always release them and send them to the Sino-Russian border to experience them? ”

Zhang Tinglan heard the way from Lao Zhang's appointment, and only gave him the commander-in-chief, not the commander-in-chief, obviously Lao Zhang didn't want Zhang Tinglan shili to grow too fast, Zhang Tinglan simply sold one to Zhang Zuolin, although it was to train new officers, it was more to give Zhang Xueliang room to display.

Lao Zhang is also a seven-trick exquisite heart, where he didn't understand what Zhang Tinglan meant, he thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, let these students practice, they form a new corps, and go north together!"

Since he wanted to form an army, Lao Zhang asked his subordinates to find Zhang Xueliang, this young marshal had just finished getting married, and it was the time when he was in high spirits, when he saw Lao Zhang, he stood straight, and Zhang Zuolin was also very satisfied.

"Little Liuzi, Humble Yan and I suggested that you should go to the Sino-Russian border for exercise, I agreed, all of you students should be incorporated into the new regiment and go north on a certain day. I'd like to send you a few assistants, who do you think is more suitable? ”

"Can anyone?"

"Hmm!" Lao Zhang nodded slightly.

"Report to the marshal, I want Guo Songling to go north with me, this person has excellent military literacy, is a decent person, and is a rare talent!" (To be continued......)