A few months ago, Felix was the Tsar's nephew, the ruler of the Far East, with amazing authority, but now that the Tsar has fallen, his worth has been eclipsed, and his expression is no longer as arrogant as before, but rather a little humble.

"Zhang, although I have thought about this situation more than once, but after it really happened, the situation was even worse than I imagined, I almost lost everything, all those guys who used to lie at my feet have left me, they are all a bunch of bastards who tend to be inflammatory, I should have thrown them into the wasteland if I knew they were so despicable, and let the hungry wolves tear them apart!"

When Felix said this, he grabbed his hair painfully, and Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Mr. Duke, everything has a turnaround, as your friend, I would like to see the day when you return to the helm of the Far East." ”

"Are you really willing to help me?"

"Of course, the Chinese have an old saying that clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as the old. That is to say, as an old friend, I should reach out and pull you. ”

"Zhang, I really didn't misunderstand you, as long as I take charge of the Far East again, I will definitely provide you with the greatest convenience!"

"Don't be in a hurry to promise, we need to come up with a plan now, otherwise everything else is empty and useless."

Felix also calmed down, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Zhang, now the problem of the Middle East Road has become a big trouble for the provisional government, as long as they can end decently, my position in the Far East can be consolidated, and you can also save a lot of trouble, after all, it is not a good thing to compete with a strong country, this is a win-win cooperation." ”

Historically, the Soviet government fought with Zhang Xueliang because of the Middle East Road, but it was because this road was too important for Russia, and now Zhang Tinglan has seized the Middle East Road. It is tantamount to touching the hearts and minds of the Russians, and not only whoever is in power will not easily expose it.

However, in the midst of the defeat of the Russian army, the Russian top brass also sobered up, and their opponents were not vulnerable, according to estimates, in order to recapture the Middle Road, Russia would have to send at least 50,000 troops and be prepared to make heavy sacrifices, and this estimate made it difficult for the Provisional Government.

Wants to send troops to the Far East on a large scale. It was already a very consuming thing of national strength, but in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia had already suffered a loss, and now Russia's national strength is in serious decline, and the Provisional Government is facing the old Tsar. There is also the squeeze of the majority party, which can be described as internal and external troubles. At times like these. If you want to send a large number of troops to the Far East, it will be difficult to reach the sky.

And the Russian government is not stupid, Britain and Japan and other countries propose to be jointly managed by the Entente countries, to put it bluntly, it is also ill-intentioned, and it is better to let the praying mantis catch cicadas and yellow finches behind.

Don't dare to fight, can't fight. But they didn't dare not fight, they couldn't help fighting, this is where the biggest distress of the Russians lies, and Felix introduced the contradictory mentality of the Russians to Zhang Tinglan. Then he said: "The Provisional Government is still worried that the Feng army will take the opportunity to attack the Far East and take back the land occupied by Russia, so the question of how to deal with the Far East has become a problem for the Provisional Government." ”

"Don't worry about this, I'm not arrogant enough to that extent, the Feng army will not occupy Russian land, but we can't miss the interests of China."

"Zhang, I have the best of both worlds, so that both of us can accept, the management of the Middle East Road can be handed over to Fengtian, but Russia has also invested a lot of money in this railway, is it possible to share part of the future income of the railway to Russia, nominally the two countries are jointly managed, the actual control is still in the hands of Fengjun, and the Russian government has also stepped down."

"Successfully helping Russia solve its problems, you also have benefits, right?" Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "This method can be considered, if I can, I also want to sign an agreement with Russia to jointly deal with the majority party, after all, they are a cancer, I don't want the three eastern provinces to be infected." ”

In the past two years, Zhang Tinglan has also dealt with a lot of things, and he is also very clear about his grasp of proportion, he cannot be blindly tough, he must be soft when he should be soft, and accepting the plan of co-management with Russia is equivalent to cutting off the claws of the British and Japanese dogs, blocking the possibility of their interference, and relieving the pressure on the Feng army.

But in the final analysis, this is a temporary plan, for Zhang Tinglan, he wants to fight for the next period of peace, digest the benefits from the Middle East Road this time, wait until the strength of the Feng army grows, and then wait for more opportunities.

Zhang Tinglan weighed it and nodded in agreement with this plan, Felix was ecstatic, in fact, he still has a certain shili in his hands, especially after the failure of Constantine, Felix's Liliang in the Far East has been quite prominent, what is missing is the opportunity to be re-accepted, if he successfully solves the problem of the Middle Road, he will also have the capital for the return of the king, so his mood can be imagined.

"Old friend, I helped you, what are you going to give in exchange?"

"Is my sister okay?"

As soon as Zhang Tinglan heard him mention women again, her face became gloomy, the two little loli sent last time didn't even look at it a few times, and they were taken away by Zhou Xinyao, which made Zhang Tinglan scratch her heart and liver, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, and dared to mention it again, isn't this a sad thing.

"Just kidding." Felix hurriedly said: "As long as I return to power, the cooperation will definitely be deeper, I can help you get factories and mechanics in the Far East, and I can even help you purchase machinery from the Entente, I only have one condition, that is, I need Fengtian to provide me with more supplies and arms!" ”

After this change, Felix's pursuit of strength has become even stronger, originally thinking about the country, but now that the tsar has fallen, Russia is in his heart, and the value has been discounted, the only thing he wants to do now is to form an alliance with Zhang Tinglan, with the three eastern provinces as the backing, to consolidate his power.

Russia is too chaotic, industrial production has stagnated, and the workers are unreliable, it is better to give the machines and jishu to Zhang Tinglan, and use the three eastern provinces as a source of weapons and materials.

Felix put on an attitude of thorough cooperation, Zhang Tinglan was also very pleased, as long as this guy can help Fengtian wholeheartedly, Fengjun's industrial strength can improve faster, and doing things under the banner of Russia can be recognized by the great powers, which is definitely a win-win thing.

Zhang Tinglan and Felix formed an awkward alliance. Zhang Tinglan has always had plans to evacuate Russia, and now he has finally seen the light. Phyllis also found an ideal ally, and he hurriedly left Suifenhe and returned to Russia, where he went on to operate. It is also necessary to persuade the Russian Provisional Government to accept this condition as soon as possible, and if the troubles on the Middle East Road are not resolved, everything else will be on paper.

After sending off Felix, Zhang Xueliang and their train full of people and goods came to Suifenhe. Zhang Tinglan also went to greet him in person, counted the harvest, and Zhang Tinglan was also overjoyed.

A million rubles in cash were deposited on the books of the Feng army, and almost three hundred kilograms of gold were sent to the bank. A set of equipment for the production of rails was temporarily transported to Harbin first, and waited until Anshan Iron and Steel was put into operation. This set of equipment will be sent to Anshan Iron and Steel, and the steel produced will soon be turned into railroad tracks. It was then supplied for the construction of the railway.

In addition, all the equipment for railway maintenance was handed over to the Middle East Road. The war-torn Middle East Road is also in urgent need of maintenance, but fortunately, both railways were built by the Russians, and the tools can be used. Those ordnance maintenance equipment were also sent to Harbin, and there used to be a batch of maintenance equipment in Harbin, but now the two can be combined to build an arsenal.

In this way, the Fengjun has Mukden. As long as the three arsenals in Jilin and Harbin are well coordinated, these three arsenals can equip at least 100,000 troops and sell a large number of weapons. Even in the Hereafter. Shijie's major arms giants also rely on windfall profits from arms sales to keep their businesses running.

Now that the pattern of arms production has been formed, the opportunity for the Fengjun to export a large number of them to the outside world has also arrived, and with huge profits, the military industrial system can grow more vigorously, and the more the Fengjun sells, the less market share will be left for Japan, and this is a zero-sum game.

The Feng army wants to snatch meat from the mouths of the Japanese to eat, and also rely on the arms trade to control other warlords, Zhang Tinglan has already sketched out a specific plan in his heart, and he is waiting for the next step to be implemented.

After inspecting all these things, Zhang Xueliang and the others also brought back more than 500 Chinese workers and kidnapped more than 60 Russian technicians.

Zhang Tinglan also had kind words to comfort those Chinese workers: "When everyone arrives in Mukden, they return home, and if you want to find your relatives, we will provide travel expenses." In addition, if you want to work, we also have factories, if you want to be farmers, there are farms under construction all over the country, and we have fertile black soil under our feet, as long as we are willing to work hard, we can definitely live a good life! ”

Hard work is definitely the least important thing these workers care about, hearing Zhang Tinglan's promise, they are all happy, it seems that going home is different, and now the officials of Fengtian are different from the past, more kind, but also for the sake of the people, they have rekindled the hope of life.

After arranging the Chinese laborers, those Russian mechanics were sent to the Harbin Railway Rolling Stock Company and handed over to Kuang Jingyang, so that they could contribute their intelligence to the Middle East Road.

Of course, Zhang Tinglan will not be satisfied, the entire China and Russia have a long border, and now that Russia is in decline, they should take advantage of his illness to kill him, and the Feng troops everywhere must look for opportunities to take the initiative to attack and move things back as much as possible.

With the great victory of the Feng army, not only the security of the Middle East Road has been solved, but even the situation on the Sino-Russian border has been completely changed, in the past, the Chinese military and people trembled, and there were constantly Russian soldiers and bandits crossing the border to harass the Chinese military and civilians, but now the initiative has undoubtedly fallen to the side of the Feng army, and it has become the Russians who need to tremble and fear.

Moreover, Zhang Tinglan took advantage of this opportunity to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Russian expatriates in the three eastern provinces, and all those illegal expatriates were arrested, let them serve as coolies, and those with official status were also controlled, Zhang Tinglan did not want to leave any hidden dangers.

On the other hand, after Felix's activities, the Russians also sent personnel to contact the Feng army to discuss the issue of the Middle Road, and they did not want to drag it out like this.

Just when everything was going in the expected direction, suddenly there was a big trouble in Mukden, and the Japanese consul general in Mukden, Akajiri Massuke, suddenly held a public press conference to gather all the journalists from all over the world.

"Journalist friends, in the past period of time, everyone must have paid great attention to the affairs of the Middle East Road, what happened around this railway, and what role both China and Russia played in the conflict. In the past, we only got the story of the Feng army, that is, the Russian majority party rebelled, the Feng army assisted the rebellion, the Russian governor of Zuihou, Mr. Horvat, died, and the Feng army took over the railway, but I want to tell you that this is a big lie, and the Japanese Empire has found ironclad evidence that the Feng army is lying! ”

Akajiri Massuke's words were like a bombshell, dropped in the middle of everyone, everyone was indeed very concerned about the news of the Middle East Road, originally the victory of the Feng army over the Russian army, it was a miracle, and now the Japanese jumped out again, making things changeable, making this news even more confusing.

Akajiri Massuke said triumphantly: "Everyone, please see, this is Mr. Vasily, the colonel of the Russian army, he will tell you the truth of the facts!" (To be continued......)