The land of Rehe is barren and the production is limited, and the accumulated arrears of military salaries since the beginning of the Republic of China have exceeded 2.8 million oceans. Jiang Gui, who was the commander of Rehe, searched his stomach and did not find a way to get money, and he also ran through Beijing in person, and the finance minister and deputy minister all avoided it.

The living can't let urine suffocate to death, Jiang Gui thought about it, there was only one way, that is, to relax the control of opium and acquiesce to the people under his rule to grow opium for profit. Because of this, Rehe soon became an opium-infested area, and the cultivation area became larger and larger, and more and more red soil was trafficked to Beijing, Tianjin and the three eastern provinces.

The continuous seizure of Opium in Rehe made Zhang Zuolin furious, Lao Zhang was not naïve enough to think that opium could be completely banned, what made him angry was that Jiang Guidi monopolized the benefits and did not give it to Fengtian at all, on the contrary, his behavior also greatly weakened Fengtian's strength, so Lao Zhang made up his mind to rectify the opium.

Lao Zhang played the banner of banning opium, but Zhang Tinglan knew very well the bottom line, that is, to control the scale of the opium trade, and at the same time get the huge profits in it. To achieve this kind of goal, it is not something that a simple army can do, but it must have shrewd business acumen, which is why Lao Zhang put Zhang Tinglan in charge.

After Zhang Tinglan received the task, he stepped up his preparations. However, before leaving, there is one more thing to do, that is, to take back the official silver number, since Katsuta wants to return one million, it proves that the agreement has expired, so the official silver number is still Fengtian.

Zhang Tinglan Dama Jindao came to Guanyin with his subordinates, and since Shengtian suffered this big loss, he no longer had the hypocritical smile of the past, as if he was like an angry beast, and his eyes were full of anger.

"Mr. Zhang, the official silver number can be returned to you, but you must remember. If you dare to play tricks again and let the official bank reissue currency, the imperial government will definitely not sit idly by, and you will have to pay the price! ”

"Don't worry about Mr. Shengtian, the Chinese have enough wisdom to deal with their own affairs."

Shengtian left angrily, Zhang Tinglan immediately found Wang Yongjiang, and the official silver number disappeared like this, which was a pity, so Zhang Tinglan suggested that the official silver number be changed to the Fengtian Banking Regulatory Commission, which was responsible for managing Fengtian's banking industry.

This idea can kill two birds with one stone. It is not only a constraint on Fengtian Bank, after all, a private currency issuing bank will make others blush, and having such an institution can make Zhang Zuolin and Wang Yongjiang feel more at ease. In addition, it is also to disgust the Japanese. According to the design of their authority, the Japanese banks are also under the management of the CBRC. Of course, the Japanese can also be disobedient. But in that case, don't point to the Mukden government that the Japanese banks will protect the banks and take responsibility for whatever happens.

Wang Yongjiang raised his hands in favor of this proposal, and Zhang Zuolin agreed, and it was quickly implemented. After Zhang Tinglan dealt with this matter, he left Mukden with more than 2,400 soldiers of the Second Regiment and headed for the border between Mukden and Rehe. Investigate the problem of opium, and Zhang Xueliang also followed.

"Han Qing, it's almost the New Year, why bother to run out of the crime. I'm not free as an official, so I have to come, you're different. ”

"I'm so bored at home, Brother Tinglan's most envious thing now is the streamer, I can do whatever I want."

Zhang Tinglan took care of him quietly, the streamer and his relationship improved rapidly, basically only Zhang Tinglan could get close to him, in order not to make the house uneasy, Zhang Tinglan could only bring the streamer out. However, the streamer is only a little more than a year old, and he can't ride yet, so he is running around with the big team of people and horses.

A golden fur, in the snow, like a bolt of lightning, all the soldiers who saw it were amazed, Commander Zhang is usually different, and the horses he raises now are so extraordinary, just like the legendary Pegasus.

"Han Qing, Zi Fei Yu An knows that the fish is not happy." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Don't look at the streamer who seems to be free now, I will find him a daughter-in-law in two years, and I will pinch my nose to admit anything, but it must not be bad!" ”

The reason why Zhang Xueliang is depressed is because of the marriage, Zhang Zuolin has already decided, and he will marry Yu Fengzhi in the new year. Start a family first, and then start a business, this is the rule set by Lao Zhang, even if Zhang Xueliang is unwilling, he can only accept his fate, this time he came out with Zhang Tinglan, just to distract himself.

"It seems that I don't have to envy this guy Streamer, this guy is also a fallen man from the end of the world, but this kid still can't figure out the situation." Thinking of this, Zhang Xueliang finally showed a smile of relief, people really have a worse nature than rotten, only someone is more unlucky, they will feel comforted, no matter if it is a horse.

"Brother Tinglan, you have wrapped me in again, how can a dignified husband compare with a horse!" Zhang Xueliang screamed loudly, and at this time, there was a sound of horse neighing, and the streamer had already run over, and he reached the back of Zhang Xueliang's war horse in a few steps.

opened his big mouth and bit on the horse's buttocks, and suddenly Zhang Xueliang's war horse was in pain, and he ran violently, almost throwing Zhang Xueliang down.

With this person and a horse, the road is not lonely, and soon felt the Tongliao area, which is one of the most important business routes in Rehe and Fengtian, and it is also the gateway for the inflow of drugs in Rehe, when Zhang Zuolin took his subordinates to fight against the Mongolian bandits here, and finally exterminated the bandits, and severely damaged the division Shili, it was also this victory in suppressing the bandits, Lao Zhang and the seven brothers bowed, laying the foundation of the Feng army.

After Zhang Tinglan took the people and horses to settle down here, he found the local county magistrate, the county magistrate's surname is Guo, called Guo Xiaoshan, forty or fifty years old, short and fat, covered in oil.

"County Magistrate Guo, let's get straight to the point, I was ordered by Zhang Dashuai to come to investigate the problem of drug smuggling, do you know the smuggling situation?"

If you want to mix in Tongliao, there are two things that you can't help but touch, one is Mongolian bandits, and the other is drugs, if you don't deal with them well, it will lead to death. Guo Xiaoshan has long been in the same stream, and every year a large amount of opium passes through him and is transported to Fengtian, and he receives enough benefits.

Most of his fat is earned from opium, it stands to reason that Lao Zhang Qing checked drugs, Guo Xiaoshan was the most afraid, but as soon as he saw that the official in charge turned out to be such a young man as Zhang Tinglan, Guo Xiaoshan was immediately relieved, what can a little doll find out.

He said with a smile on his face: "Commander Zhang, the merchants who walk back and forth in Tongliao are all law-abiding, and occasionally some opium flows in, which is also a very small minority, so don't worry about it at all." ”

Guo Xiaoshan opened his eyes and said nonsense, Zhang Tinglan knew it, but he continued to pretend to be confused, and said with a smile: "County Magistrate Guo, if the problem is not serious, then it is the best, and I don't want to suffer here for the New Year, but it is difficult to disobey the order, starting tomorrow, I am going to let the military police inspect the merchants who come and go, and I hope that the local government can cooperate." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, and you must cooperate." Guo Xiaoshan agreed, and after he returned, he notified the merchants and asked them to hide from the limelight for the time being, and the opium stored in the city was carefully hidden.

The next day, Guo Xiaoshan summoned the local police, cooperated with the soldiers, and inspected the passing business travelers. It's just that this kind of inspection is purely perfunctory, and there is not much results at all, and I hurriedly survived for two days, and only a few ordinary people with a small amount of opium were caught.

And they don't know that opium is a drug at all, but it is just used as a painkiller, the news in this era is closed, and many people don't know the harm of opium.

The inspection was still ongoing, Guo Xiaoshan initially came to report the situation to Zhang Tinglan every day, but he soon found out that Zhang Tinglan didn't seem to care much about these things, hiding in a hot room every day, not even going out of the door, it didn't look like doing things at all, and the soldiers under him trained on time, but they didn't seem to have any interest in checking drugs, and gradually Guo Xiaoshan relaxed a lot.

After five days in a row, even the soldiers who were inspecting were too lazy to go out, Zhang Tinglan also informed Guo Xiaoshan that he was about to return to Fengtian with his men and horses, and now Guo Xiaoshan was completely relieved, and the opium trade returned to normal.

"Brother Tinglan, why have you changed your temperament, there is no movement at all, this is not your style at all." Zhang Xueliang said with a smile: "There are two guesses, one is that you have changed your temperament, and the second is that you are suspicious, you are playing a trick to catch and indulge." ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled and nodded: "The place is intertwined, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, if they don't let their guard down, what will we do." ”

"Brother Tinglan, you are so insidious!" Zhang Xueliang asked again: "It is said that you know yourself and your opponent, how can you know his situation so quietly, it's not good to arrest people indiscriminately." ”

"Whoever told you that you would arrest people indiscriminately, I'll let you see someone."

A young man of twenty-five or sixteen walked in and bowed to Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Xueliang.

"The villain has seen Zhang Shao, and he has seen the young marshal."

"Brother Cheng, you are Ruixuan's cousin, you are your own person, don't be so polite, you can tell me everything you know."

How could Zhang Tinglan not know the truth that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, he had already started early. This young man's name is Cheng Tianci, he is Qiao Ruixuan's cousin, and he is also from Shanxi, and he is very familiar with the situation because he has been running business outside the customs all the year round.

"Zhang Shao, I am ashamed to say that most of the people who run business outside the customs are Jin merchants, and this business route has been around since the end of the Ming Dynasty and has lasted for hundreds of years. Tongliao is the most important distribution center, and the opium from Chifeng is transported here. ”

The fortress was breached from the inside, and with such an expert as Cheng Tianci, he quickly explained the situation in Tongliao thoroughly. Zhang Tinglan knew it in his heart, and changed his laziness in the past, and directly summoned his soldiers, and the soldiers had already itchy hands, gearing up, ready to do a big job! (To be continued......)