In front of the gate of a farmhouse in Wangjiang County, several soldiers placed a bag full of silver dollars in the hands of a middle-aged couple in their 40s. Looking at the bag in their hands, the couple seemed to remember something, with tears in their eyes, while the people turned to the next house after comforting the two of them for a few words.

With the cooperation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs has obviously gone much more smoothly in counting the lists, but in just over two days, the personnel sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs to Wangjiang County have already completed the distribution of all the pensions and subsidies to be distributed.

This time, the Ministry of Military Affairs will issue a total of more than 400,000 pensions, which is not a small amount, but it is not a large amount—————— of course, the Ministry of Finance will definitely not be able to come up with this money, so the last money can only be paid by Yan Shao...

But Yan Shao was willing to pay for this money.

At the same time, both the military personnel who are responsible for the distribution and the people who receive the money know who really paid for the money in their hands ...

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April is definitely one of the most comfortable months of the year.

During this month, the weather is not bad in either the south or the north, and many pedestrians are walking out of their stuffy houses to enjoy the good weather—————— provided it doesn't rain.

Fortunately, on this day, there may be some problems in other areas, but in Anqing, it is a cloudless good weather, and the warm sun shines on people's bodies, making people feel warm...

"Uncle, how do you pronounce this word?"

On the lawn of the estate. Yan Shao sat with his back against a tree, while Fumiko sat in Yan Shao's arms, holding a book in her hand and asking.

Hear Fumiko's words. Yan Shao looked down, and Fumiko's outstretched finger was pointing at a word on the book.

Because this word is a bit strange, Yan Shao also looked at it for a while before reacting.

"It's a word..."

Saying that, he hugged Fumiko in his arms, and Yan Shao pinched her white and tender face with his hand.

"旄, pronounce mao, in ancient times, yak tails were used to make flags, and this is the word..."

Naturally, there is no pinyin in this era. However, Yan Shao still explained to Fumiko as much as possible. And after hearing Yan Shao's words, Fumiko also nodded in a sudden understanding.

"Uncle, you are so amazing, I asked my mother about this word. I don't know my mother..."After speaking, he turned around and looked at Yan Shao with big shining eyes, his eyes were full of admiration.

This kind of worship just satisfied the vanity in Yan Shao's heart, so after rubbing Fumiko's head with his hand, Yan Shao said with a smile. "Of course. There may be many things in this world that I don't know. But there are only more things that I know and others don't know..."

Having said that, in fact, Yan Shao also felt a little lucky, because he only knew the word Daoxuan, or because he had seen an article in the past, which happened to have such a word...

But anyway, as long as it doesn't show the stuffing...

Although Yan Shao's face is very thick-skinned, if he is embarrassed in front of a child

That's really a cup...

Taking out a box from the side, Yan Shao took out two candies wrapped in paper from inside. "Come on. Let's eat two sugars..."

Seeing the candy in Yan Shao's hand, Fumiko, who was sitting in his arms, suddenly showed a look of surprise. "Xie Lu, Uncle Xie...", as he spoke, he snatched the candy from Yan Shao's hand with lightning speed. She likes to be with Yan Shao, just because she can always get a lot of candies from Yan Shao that Kaoru Otsuki doesn't allow her to eat at all...

But just when Fumiko was eating happily there, Wu Qianqiu came over not far away.

"Governor, news has just come back from the Ministry of Military Affairs that the pension and compensation have been distributed..."

Hearing Wu Qianqiu's words, Yan Shao nodded, and after patting Fumiko's head and signaling her to be quieter first, Yan Shao turned his head to look at Wu Qianqiu. "Did it go well?"

"It's going well..."After speaking, Wu Qianqiu took out a document from his briefcase. This time, the military government paid a pension of 432,500 yuan to the officers and men who died in battle, and 263,500 yuan in compensation for the seriously wounded officers and men, all of which add up to 696,000 yuan..."

"More than 690,000, that's 700,000..."

"That's right..."Wu Qianqiu nodded. Now the Ministry of Military Affairs is pooling the remaining money, and I believe it will not be long before it will be sent back..."

"It's just more than 300,000 points, so there's no need to worry..."

As I once said, with the current situation of the Ministry of Finance, although it is not impossible to get this money, it will definitely be very difficult to get it, after all, there are too many expenditures in all aspects. Although the military government's tax revenue is now much more than when there were miscellaneous taxes such as agricultural taxes and centigold, the military government now needs to spend more money than in the past.

In particular, some time ago, the newly established naval army asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to apply for funding from the Ministry of Finance for the construction of naval bases in Dangtu, Wuhu, Tongling, Anqing and other cities, because it would not be long before the ten gunboats purchased from Britain would be delivered...

Originally, some of the original wharves in Anhui were not unusable, but those wharves could only be used for docking, daily repair and maintenance...

At the moment, the shipyard is under construction, and it is estimated that it will not be able to count on it in a short time, so naturally it can only rely on these bases...

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the initial cost of these bases alone will cost at least more than 2 million yuan.

The Ministry of Finance will definitely not be able to take out this money, so Yan Shao will pay for it.

From a certain point of view, in fact, Yan Shao, the governor, is hard enough.

The governors of other provinces are all taking a lot of money into their own pockets, but Yan Shao himself is constantly taking money out of his own small treasury.

Pensions and compensation, as well as grants applied for by the Ministry of Military Affairs. It was all taken out of his safe by Yan Shao...

But then again, with the large amount of money that I made in London, plus the income from the Tampico field and the group itself. Now Yan Shao's net worth is more than 100 million, close to 200 million pounds, and it is estimated that he will be able to break through the 200 million pound mark within the year.

Naturally, there are very few people who know about this matter, and the whole of Anhui. Even there are only 4 people in the whole world who know about this matter, Yan Shao, Elaino, Caterina and Lu Ying, and they are all people who have personally participated in the beginning...

Almost 200 million pounds. That's almost two billion silver dollars...

This is already about three times the revenue of Japan in 1912, and it is definitely a huge amount enough to drive anyone crazy...

If such a large sum of money is exposed, what will happen Yan Shao can think of it even if he thinks about it with his knees...

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With a net worth of almost 200 million pounds, it is natural that he will not care too much about spending tens of thousands of pounds. However, Yan Shao has 200 million pounds for such a thing. Li Liang and Wu Qianqiu don't know what to do. And for people in this era, hundreds of thousands is not a small number, so after learning about the situation, Wu Qianqiu still rushed over with the information.

After listening to Wu Qianqiu's report, Yan Shao nodded. "Is there anything else going on besides this?"

"Yes..."With that, Wu Qianqiu hurriedly took out another copy from his briefcase, but this one was no longer a document. Rather, it was a telegram. "Just returned from Beijing, the crisis of Saiyin Shanda has been resolved. Two days ago, the Beiyang side sent a counterinsurgency infantry brigade to Saiyinshanda and routed the rebels there, and now the counterinsurgency infantry brigade has officially entered Saiyinshanda, and intends to use Saiyinshanda as a transit point to directly use troops against Kulen..."

In fact, the most critical situation in Outer Mongolia is the cities of Uriya Sutai and Kobdo, because the rebels of Kulen have just declared their independence and have already sent troops to besiege these two cities. The problem is that these two cities are too far from Beijing, especially the city of Kobdo, which is directly north of Xinjiang and not very far from Kazakhstan, and the situation of Uriya Sutai, although it is stronger than that of Kobdo, is also west of Kulen.

So for now, the Beiyang side can only choose to take Kulen first, and then find a way to solve the crisis in the other two cities.

It would be best if those two cities could hold on before the Beiyang counterinsurgency, but if they couldn't...

That can't be helped...

As for Saiyin Shanda, it was the first city to arrive in Outer Mongolia after Beiyang sent troops...

If only a few hundred people could count as a city...

There is no way, the population of Outer Mongolia is very small, and Saiyin Shanda is already a top five city in Outer Mongolia—————— although there are only more than 500 people in this city...

Incidentally, in later generations, Sainshanda was the capital of the East Gobi Province. The Mongolian word for Saiyin Shanda means "good pool", but it is also one of the driest and dustiest provincial capitals in Mongolia.

At the same time, Sainshanda is also the fourth largest city in Mongolia. It is bordered by the small town of Ula Ula to the south, and the city of Nalaha, to the north! The urban area is 4 square kilometers, the population is 4,000 people, and the city has large and small shops...... 16...

Such a 'city' is probably just like a town in China, right?

Whether it was from Kulun south to Inner Mongolia, or from Inner Mongolia north to Kulun, Saiyin Shanda was a place that had to be experienced, so not long after the rebellion was launched, the rebels of Outer Mongolia occupied this gathering place of only a few hundred people.

And the first goal of Beiyang's northward journey this time is obviously also here...

"In addition..."Seeing that Yan Shao had finished reading the telegram, Wu Qianqiu hesitated.

"Also?"

"In addition, Beiyang sent a telegram to ask, to see if we can solve the problem of transportation, from Beijing to Saiyin Shanda, as long as there is a distance of more than 750 kilometers, from Zhangjiakou is also more than 600 kilometers, this distance is too difficult for Beiyang..."

"Transportation?" Yan Shao smiled bitterly. "How to solve it, is it possible to send them some trucks over?" Now the trucks of the Yushi Group are still relatively famous, and the trucks used by the Anhui Revolutionary Army are basically the models just produced by the Yushi Group, and the iron works and iron mines in Xiangshan have also replaced all the trucks originally purchased from abroad with domestic ones, according to the evaluation of users. It is not worse than foreign ones, and even surpasses them—————— which is also an early production, and the cars of the same period are at the same level. As long as you can produce it, basically the gap will not be very large, as long as you are willing to invest, it will definitely be better than others, although it will not be much better...

If it is put in the next life, the outside techniques have been fixed, even if you chase after it with all your might. It's not that easy to catch up...

"Trucks..."Wu Qianqiu shook his head. Even if we dare to give this thing, they may not dare to use it, although the trucks we produce are of good quality. It's a little stronger than the foreign ones, but it's still too easy to get out of trouble, and if it's used in the province, maybe it's nothing, and it's used on the grassland. If something goes wrong. That's a terrible thing..."

After speaking, Wu Qianqiu looked at the telegram in Yan Shao's hand. "The meaning of the Beiyang side is that they hope that we can give some money to help them buy some pack horses and other things, which are still very useful in the grassland..."

"That's no problem..."Yan Shao said without thinking. You'll go get ready later..."

If it was something else, Yan Shao might have to think about it, but since it was about Outer Mongolia, it was impossible for Yan Shao to refuse from the perspective of the country or the nation...... Even if he knew that Dao Dao would definitely use what he supported against him in the future...

"That's right. For the supplies we supported in the past, the Beiyang side is quite honest, right? ”

"It's honest. Although there are still some officers who will deduct some of those supplies for themselves, they are much more honest than they used to..."

"That's fine..."

Yan Shao didn't think that the people in Beiyang could control their own hands, so while sending things over, he also sent a supervision group to be responsible for the supervision of materials. lest all the materials that he supported in the past be embezzled by the people of Beiyang...

The people in Beiyang were naturally a little dissatisfied with this, but Yuan Shikai agreed, because he knew very well what the people under his hands were...

Therefore, the supervising group justifiably followed the people of Beiyang to the front line...

By the way, in this team, Yan Shao also arranged a few people from the Special Affairs Bureau...

The purpose is almost the same as in the past...

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As the telegram said, the progress in Beiyang was very smooth.

Saiyin Shanda was originally just a gathering place of only a few hundred people, and the city was really reluctant.

When the rebels came over, these hundreds of people couldn't resist, and now that Beiyang is coming, these hundreds of people are also unable to resist. So it's very simple, the people of Beiyang have already stationed in Saiyin Shanda.

And in the face of this army of more than 4,000 people, the Mongols of Saiyin Shanda obviously had no intention of resisting

However, after occupying Saiyin Shanda, the Beiyang Infantry Brigade did not make any movement, but only stayed in Saiyin Shanda. For other reasons, Saiyin Sanda is about 400 kilometers away from Kulun, and between these more than 400 kilometers, not to mention a city, there is not even a gathering place for a few people.

In other words, the next time Beiyang launches an attack, the target of the attack will be Cullen.

And as long as Kulen can be occupied, then the matter of Outer Mongolia will be half solved.

It's just that these more than 400 kilometers are not easy to walk, and a single supply line is a big problem, from Beijing to Kulun is almost more than 1,000 kilometers away, and from Zhangjiakou to Kulen is also 1,000 kilometers away. This is also the hope that the Beiyang side can send more reinforcements to Yan Shao, so that the Beiyang can send as many supplies as possible to Saiyin Shanda, and then go down to Kulun...

After the news of the smooth progress in Beiyang came out, it can be said that the whole country was jubilant—————— it may be an exaggeration to say this, because at this time, most people may not pay much attention to the affairs of Outer Mongolia, but they are very happy to be true...

Not only Yuan Shikai and Yan Shao, but even the British and Japanese were equally happy.

For the Japanese, if they can expel the Russians from Outer Mongolia, it will undoubtedly be very beneficial to the Japanese in the next Manchurian and Mongolian strategy. Therefore, although the Russians have been threatening the Beiyang government in terms of diplomacy, the Japanese are very firmly behind Beiyang.

On the other hand, if the British were not defending against the Russians, why did he make an alliance with the Japanese?

It's just that now the British and the Russians are also allies after all, and they are allies in the common resistance to the Allies, so the British are not easy to show too obviously. It's just that even so, others can still see something from Zhu Erdian's expression...

It's just that...

While Jurdian was rejoicing in his legation, a telegram from London just now made Jurdian's joy disappear...

This telegram is about Yan Shao's agreement with France...

Looking at what was on the telegram, Jurdian could hardly believe his eyes...

It's just that although he is very reluctant to believe that the content on the telegram is true, Zhu Erdian knows very well that the above things should not be false.

Yes, Yan Shao's agreement with the French is indeed classified, but don't forget that the core of this agreement is the 10 million pound deal. With such a big deal, it would be hellish if this matter could be hidden.

So this agreement has only been reached for a long time, and the French are looking for the relevant factories in the country, and the British have already obtained everything from some spies in France...

You must know that the Yangtze River has always been the territory of the British, and the business worth 10 million pounds has run into the hands of the French so inexplicably, how can the British not be angry, and even the tone of the telegram sent to Zhu Erdian by Whitehall is unprecedentedly harsh... (To be continued......)