At the beginning, Russia in order to build the Middle East Road, it can be said that the whole country has done its best, and this railway is indeed important, the original Trans-Siberian Railway has become a straight one, directly connecting Vladivostok in the east, and connecting Port Arthur through the southbound branch line, constituting a huge T-shaped railway artery, running through the three eastern provinces.

Although Russia has turned the Middle East Road into a tool for plundering China's resources and wealth, it should also be said that with such a railway artery, the starting point of the development of Northeast China is suddenly much higher than that of other places. At present, China's railways are mainly concentrated in the low-level areas of Guannei, and many provinces in the border areas are not connected to railways.

The Feng army took the Middle East Road at this time, not only snatched back a huge amount of wealth, but also snatched back the precious development opportunity by the way, otherwise if you want to build such a railway artery, it will cost a lot of financial resources, and it will also be interfered by the great powers.

Of course, in order to show his "gratitude" to the Russians, Zhang Tinglan ordered the complete elimination of assets along the railway line after taking control of Harbin, and at the same time to clean up the Russian expatriate, as long as it is China's wealth, let them spit out all the leftovers.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the results of the battle of Harbin have been counted!" Sun Anhu sent a report to Zhang Tinglan.

"Before the war, there were more than 6,300 Russian defenders, and nearly 2,000 armed expatriates, and after the hard work of the soldiers of the Feng army, we killed more than 4,700 Russian troops and captured more than 3,000 people.

At the time of formulating Jihua, Zhang Tinglan demanded that the Russian army should be eliminated to the greatest extent. In particular, it is necessary to avoid the mass exodus of the Russians, as long as the Russians are finished, the Feng army can firmly grasp the right to interpret the incident and reduce the trouble.

"Commander-in-Chief, our results were brilliant, but the price we paid was equally staggering: in two days and one night, we lost more than 1,600 soldiers, more than 2,000 lightly and seriously wounded, and more than 3,000 houses and buildings damaged. Nearly 10,000 people lost their homes, and more than 1,000 others died in the fighting! ”

Any war is bloody, although the Feng army is very well prepared, but when he really faced this casualty figure, Zhang Tinglan still felt a burst of distress. This is the essence of the Feng army, and how many soldiers are carefully cultivated. Now so much has been lost at once. Zhang Tinglan was also very uncomfortable.

"Immediately convey my order to step up the treatment of the wounded and clean up the bodies of the fallen soldiers, who all died for the purpose of recovering the Middle East Road, and to bury them near the Middle East Road and build a monument. Let all the generations that come after know their sacrifice and remember their deeds. ”

Sun Anhu also had this intention, so he hurriedly nodded in agreement, and Zhang Tinglan continued: "The damaged buildings in the city must be repaired quickly. All the expenses are borne by us, and in addition, we have to give pensions to the dead and wounded, so that the soldiers can help the people build houses and enhance the relationship between the army and the people, the army is like a fish, and the people are water, without the understanding and support of the people, the foundation of the army will not be stable, and it will not be able to withstand the test. ”

For this suggestion, Sun Anhu also very much agreed: "Commander-in-chief, to be honest, in the early years, the Fengjun did not care about the common people, but only regarded the common people as the object of plunder, but in this battle, I really understood the role of the common people, an army without the support of the common people, don't want to win the battle, in the battle there are a large number of people to help us transport ammunition and wounded, take the Harbin head office as an example, without the support of the original workers, we can't take it at all, In addition, there are a large number of wounded people who are settled in the homes of ordinary people, if it were not for their full support, we would not have thought that it would be so easy to take the Middle East Road! ”

"Well, the military and the people are a family, this is worthy of praise, I am ready to award medals to all the meritorious personnel who have recovered the Middle East Road, not only the soldiers who fought bravely, but also those ordinary people should be rewarded, this glory belongs to all the soldiers and civilians!"

"Commander-in-chief, I have another suggestion, I have counted it, in this battle, there are five or six soldiers of the Feng Army who were injured because of saving the people, and one of them saved more than a dozen students from middle school, who was seriously burned, and is still being treated in the hospital, life and death are uncertain, I think such soldiers should also be encouraged!"

Zhang Tinglan's eyes lit up when he heard this, this kind of thing is the best case of promoting the feelings of the military and the people, in fact, for this operation, not only the military significance of recovering sovereignty, but also the greater spiritual connotation, Zhang Tinglan wants to use this matter to completely establish the image of serving the army for the country and the people, improve the relationship between the army and the people, and let the Feng army really take root in the black soil, only in this way can we really gain a firm foothold, and will not take the old road of history and become a rootless duckweed.

"I'm going to arrange some reporters and ask them to report on the operation to recover the Middle East Road in a panoramic way, focusing on interviewing the soldiers and people at the bottom, so as to give our Fengjun a propaganda. Another $2 million will be allocated on the books to help people restore their homes. ”

"Commander-in-chief, this is a bit much!" Sun Anhu hurriedly said: "I think seven or eight hundred thousand is enough, we are not rich in financial resources, and we are completely borrowed to maintain this battle, so don't be extravagant and wasteful." ”

"Haha, financial distress was before, and now after the war, we will suddenly become rich!" Zhang Xueliang said with a smile on the side: "Brigadier Sun, you don't know yet, now the commander-in-chief has no less than 50 million cash bills in his hand, as well as a lot of gold, as for real estate, it is even more amazing, 2 million is just a drop in the bucket!" ”

When Sun Anhu heard the figure of 50 million, he suddenly opened his mouth wide, and even drooled down, this money alone is equivalent to Fengtian's financial income for two years, it can be said that it is a windfall from heaven, this pie is inevitably too big, it made Sun Anhu dizzy, and everyone else present was the same, showing an expression of disbelief one by one.

As soon as Zhang Tinglan finished the battle, he arranged for manpower to check and seize, but he didn't know if he didn't check, and he was shocked when he checked it, and even Zhang Tinglan, who had the most optimistic estimate, was frightened.

According to their statistics, the cash assets available on the books of the Middle East Road exceeded 35 million, and Horvat's personal assets were also astronomical, and he had been supporting Russian gold diggers for gold in the two provinces of Heiji for many years, knowing that the Northeast is one of the most important gold producing areas in China.

After more than ten years of hoarding, Horvat got a total of about seven tons of gold, of which five tons were hidden under the Governor's Palace, and two tons were placed in the Daosheng Bank, which was equivalent to five million dollars before the First World War, or about 10 million oceans.

In addition, the total number of deposits and stocks in his hand is equivalent to about 12 million oceans, and the total property adds up to more than 22 million, and these do not include real estate, this old guy still has a large amount of land and minerals, and he still has an account in Fengtian Bank that has not been checked.

If you count everything, this old guy is worth at least about thirty or fifty million, which is a veritable rich country. Seeing these Zhang Tinglan figured out Horvat's ability to make money, in history, this old guy has been dominating the Middle East Road until 1920, for more than three years, he relied on huge funds to maintain, and he also set up a provisional government on his own.

This is all a very money-burning thing, and if there is no huge accumulation, the old thing will not be able to support it at all. It's just that now he hasn't had time to toss, and this huge amount of money has all fallen into Zhang Tinglan's hands, making wedding clothes for others in vain.

"Commander-in-chief, with so much money, how many soldiers can be fed, I'm afraid that our Feng army can be expanded by two or three times at once!" Jiang Dengxuan also asked in shock.

"The army is going to be expanded, but we have to spend more money on guard, and we can't pump out all the funds, and we have to keep the Middle East Road running. In addition, it is necessary to expand factories, build education, buy machinery, and settle immigrants, all of which add up to a huge amount of money, not to mention 50 or 60 million, even 500 or 600 million may not be enough. ”

Everyone present also nodded secretly, they admired Zhang Tinglan's ability to make money, but they admired this ability to spend money, no matter how much money came into his hands, he was not enough to spend, and he had to take loans everywhere, and the debts owed were difficult to calculate, but the people who lent to Zhang Tinglan didn't know to worry at all, on the contrary, they were scrambling to send money to his hands, which may be the charm of character.

"This money is ours only if it is spent, it is not necessarily anyone's to stay in the hands, ordinary families, and enterprises are the same reason, take Horvat, he has enough money, but now it has all become ours, so ah, if you get the money, you will spend it." Of course, spending money is not a waste, this time to repair the house, it is true that it will not take two million, but we have to see the overall situation, Harbin is in our hands, and in the future, it will be the logistics center in the north, and the economic status of Fengtian is comparable. The roads should be widened, the water and electricity facilities should be kept up, and the railway station should be renovated and the scale of transportation should be expanded. ”

Zhang Tinglan now let everyone see the ability to spend money, this seemingly astronomical amount of money may soon be tossed away.

Zhang Tinglan also assigned a specific task, so that everyone can implement it as soon as possible, restore order in Harbin, and at the same time start to rectify the Middle East Road, so that the Middle East Road can be reopened to traffic as soon as possible, this is an economic artery, and a one-day pause will bring huge losses.

After arranging all the manpower, Zhang Tinglan went to inspect the Russian factories in Harbin in a hurry, compared to those funds, Zhang Tinglan valued these factories more, these are valuable seeds, and the industrial development of Jilin and Heilongjiang is pointing to these factories! (To be continued......)