Under the protection of Wang Erscar and others, Xu Bin took Bai Mulan like a real gentleman and embarked on this steam ironclad ship that is only suitable for inland river transportation. Looking at most of the passengers in the cabin with escorts around him, Xu Bin can also feel that the people who can choose to travel on this boat must have a little background.

As the saying goes, 'the richer you are, the more afraid of death', from these people who travel with escorts, Xu Bin can not only sense that these people have some backgrounds. I can also realize that the rich people living in this era must not have any sense of security.

Because they were all strangers, Xu Bin, who walked on the ironclad boat, was not interested in taking the ticket to the passenger area to sit. After all, the tonnage of this ship is not large, and the arranged seats seem to be a little crowded. What's more, these elderly passengers are sitting in the cabin and spitting clouds. As for the no-smoking notice written on the ship's cabin, it was completely ignored by these people.

What made Xu Bin even more reluctant to sit in the cabin was that among the passengers sitting inside, there was even a cigarette gun holding a cigarette in front of the surrounding passengers, smoking a bud cigarette openly. It is also conceivable that there are still many deficiencies in Longhuaguo in terms of smoking ban.

I thought that this kind of inland river boat dominated by foreigners would be sailed by a foreign captain, but after a glance at the bridge at the bow of the boat, Xu Bin did not see a foreigner with blue eye monster skin. Even the slogans painted on the boat are all Longhua characters of Yishui. This means that in order to understand the current international situation outside Longhua Kingdom, Xu Bin still needs to wait for the Hero City to find out a thing or two.

This time he went out to purchase arms and equipment, Xu Bin came out more to understand the situation in Longhua Kingdom, although in the mountains he also passed on through the oral transmission of others, as well as the newspapers printed by the major warlords and governors. can understand the current situation in Longhua Kingdom, which is probably in a state of chaos among princes.

What made Xu Bin even more worried was that most of these melee princes had foreign political backgrounds, and the countries they had stayed abroad provided funds and arms aid. And what these warlords gave to these foreign governments was to sell the tariffs and materials of Longhua State. As a result, at present, the large-scale factories that really belong to the people of Longhua have the background of foreign investment.

The only thing the governors could get was the meagre annual dividends of the factories. With the assistance provided by these foreign governments, they continue to expand their territory and army, completely ignoring the people's desire for peace. How imaginary is this situation from the Republic of China period in the previous life?

From what we know so far, on the seaside territory of Longhua Province in Nanbin and Guixi Road, a reform party led and founded by Guo Tianyou, the father of the revolution in Longhua Kingdom, has become the largest warlord armed in the south of Longhua Kingdom.

To a large extent, the father of the revolution who contributed to the end of the feudal empire of Longhua State, was overturned by those Liuyang factions who had military power and territory when a feudal ruling dynasty collapsed, so that the father of the revolution could not realize the idea of forming a democratic coalition government after overthrowing the feudal dynasty.

is also from a party that stayed in the United States, after realizing that it is unlikely that he wants to do anything big without military power in his hands. Eventually, the Reform Party headed by him was established, and a revolutionary army was trained in the two provinces of Nanbin Road and Guixi Road in Longhua, which was different from other foreign warlords.

From other newspapers and periodicals controlled by the foreign government, Xu Bin also learned a situation, that is, the father of the revolution in Longhua State, can now have two lands, to a large extent, thanks to the financial support of two foreign governments. In addition, Nanbin Road and Guixi Road are both provinces with relatively prosperous overseas trade in Longhua, and the private sector also has a lot of capital.

With these favorable conditions, coupled with his status as the father of the revolution who fired the first shot of the revolution in Longhuaguo, he was able to win the support of many military and political democrats.

Except for this reform party, which has a certain mass support base among the common people, the people in the other warlord-ruled provincial governments can be said to hate these governors who scrape the ground and continue to arrest strong men in order to expand the army. It's just that because of the army under these governors, the people can only live in pain.

Looking at this map of Longhua that he bought for dozens of copper dollars when he got on the ship, Xu Bin found that Su Jili, the founding emperor who overthrew the Ming Dynasty and established the Longhua Empire, can also be described as a miracle. He developed the territory of Longhua Kingdom into three cities, three ports, four provinces and seventeen provinces, with nearly 20 million square kilometers of land.

However, with his death, the military strength and strength of the Longhua Empire are declining day by day, and now the three cities and two lands that nominally belong to the Longhua Kingdom have completely become colonies of foreign governments. These territories belonging to the Longhua Empire, which are now in charge, have become puppet democratic governments supported by foreign countries. Even the basic domestic taxes have nothing to do with Longhua at all.

From this map of the Longhua Empire, Xu Bin can still see some shadows of the Chinese territory in his previous life. It's just that the land that nominally belongs to Longhua is far larger than the territory of Huaxia in the previous life. But if the situation in Longhua Kingdom continues to be chaotic like this, Xu Bin will know with his heels that Longhua Kingdom, which has a territory of nearly 20 million square kilometers, is just a piece of meat on the lips of those foreign shili. With this anesthetic-like form, the territory of Longhua Kingdom was swallowed up little by little.

Although the newspapers and periodicals under the rule of these warlords shouted the slogan of unity and unity every day, when it came to the struggle for territorial interests, no one would back down even a single step. There is only one way to resolve this kind of contradiction, which cannot be resolved by negotiations, and that is war. It was precisely because he saw this situation clearly that the father of the revolution resolutely launched a provisional government run by the Liuyang.

Relying on his own influence and the support of the people, he set up a separate party and army in the coastal two provinces of Longhua State. When they officially formed an army, they were ready to wave their troops north to quell the chaos in Longhua Kingdom in one fell swoop. This situation is similar to the Northern Expedition of China that year.

As a neighbor of the reformist-ruled area, the governor of the Liuyang faction who ruled Gannan Province was in charge of the army, and while fighting to stop the infiltration of the revolutionary army, he secretly befriended the reformist party. The purpose is not to want the opponent's ruling area to infiltrate their own defense area, but they don't want to conflict too much with them.

It was precisely because of this somewhat contradictory defense policy that the governor of Gannan did not dare to provoke wars in the surrounding provinces. And the other warlords in Gannan, without a suitable excuse and a steady victory, also did not dare to easily offend the governor who had ruled Gannan for nearly ten years.

This kind of ambivalence that you are afraid that I will beat you, and I am afraid that you will beat me, has made the people of Gannan Province slightly free from some of the threat of war. But everyone knows that with the gradual expansion and maturity of the revolutionary army, this status quo will eventually be broken.

Because Guo Tianyou said that if Longhua Country does not succeed in revolution for one day and fails to form a democratic government in the true sense of the word, then this war that swept all the warlords in Longhua Kingdom will start sooner or later, and everyone will fight to the death.

Realizing that the chaotic situation and grim situation in Longhua Kingdom were far more complicated than he expected, Xu Bin knew. In order to realize his ideals and ambitions when he was reborn, there were far more difficulties and troubles to solve in front of him than he imagined.

Looking at the landlords and gentry in the shipyard, calmly sucking the hated buds of later generations, Xu Bin knew it. Those foreign shili who ostensibly flaunted the banner of supporting the Longhua Revolution privately wished that the current chaos in Longhua would last as long as possible.

Only if Longhua Kingdom cannot complete the reunification, and continue to tear up like this, they can take advantage of it. Sell this kind of sprouts that are enough to destroy the backbone of a nation and a country to these local tyrants and gentry who are sucking the blood and food of ordinary people. Therefore, in order to get out of this predicament, these local tyrants and inferior gentry must be resolutely defeated.

The last time he was cleaning up Tu Fugui, Xu Bin also felt that his methods were a little too bloody and harsh. Seeing these smokers wearing silk and big bellies, Xu Bin felt that the next time he let him meet these people, he would definitely rather kill the wrong person than let it go. For while they were sucking their own lives, they were burning the blood of the people who were oppressed by him.

Only by killing all these local tyrants and inferior gentry, those hard-working and simple people, can we truly enjoy the breath of freedom and happy life. Through this ferry trip, Xu Bin also understood why a certain party, which finally won the victory in China in his previous life, launched such a cruel liquidation policy against the local tyrants and inferior gentry in those ruling areas in the early stage of development. Because, these people really deserve to be killed!

Remembering the faces of these rich men who were lying in the smoking area under the protection of the guards, Xu Bin silently sentenced them to death in his heart. Although he doesn't have the ability to do anything with these people for the time being, Xu Bin feels that as long as he is given a while. Most of these local tyrants in the territory of Linzhou Mansion will not be able to escape the trial of Xu Jiajun. It's only a matter of time!

Looking at the killing intent revealed by Xu Bin's eyes looking at those smokers, Bai Mulan, who was standing beside him, suddenly felt that there was a compassionate aura on the body of the fiancé in front of him, and there was a strong killing intent like a god of death.

This kind of contradictory emotions appeared in the same person, which really made it difficult for Bai Mulan to guess how many unknown ambitions and secrets were hidden in the body of this young man who was only one year older than him?