Chapter 332: Marching to Soybeans
Japan threatened to use force against the Feng army, and the banner was to avenge its allies and help Russia to vent its anger.
Whether the words spoken can be trusted, the most important thing is to look at the identity of the speaker, Feng Jun accused Vasily of lying, and the Japanese had 10,000 words to refute, but the Russians suddenly pointed out that this guy was a fake, not a Russian officer, and no one could refute it, and the Japanese were even more depressed and vomited blood.
The current Japanese are like pouring a belly of aphrodisiacs, waiting for the time to gallop on the woman, and suddenly the woman broke the appointment and put him aside, and all the words he said before became self-amusement, and the Japanese suddenly became a laughing stock of public opinion!
The Chinese and foreign press published their own reports on this dramatic event, and they all ridiculed the fact that Japan's lies had been exposed. For a time, the Japanese government was also disgraced and embarrassed in the international community.
The soldiers and civilians in Mukden also breathed a sigh of relief, although everyone was ready to fight against the water, but the enemy was strong and we were weak, and if we could, we would not fight. However, after this exercise, the morale of the people in the entire three eastern provinces has been greatly improved, although this kind of thing is intangible, but for a country, a nation, are extremely important, without the spirit of high-spirited xiangshang, don't want to fight a bloody road on the cruel shijie.
At the same time, the shock to the whole of China is even greater, in the face of the great powers, all the shili in China, can only choose to compromise, just two years ago, the Japanese proposed the destruction of China's 21 articles, the Beiyang government mobilized the strength of the whole country, and did not dare to categorically say no to Japan.
After much negotiation, Zuihou accepted most of the terms. Since then, Yuan Shikai's prestige in the country has also been completely shattered. And now in the face of the threat of force from the Japanese, the three eastern provinces did not choose to give in, but bravely faced the battle, countless people said that this was an egg to hit the stone, but from the current situation, the Feng army seems to have won the bet again.
This is a huge shock for all Chinese, and if you want to have your own status in this shijie, you must straighten your waist. National sovereign interests are something that cannot be negotiated, either you die or I die!
Of course, this is only the opinion of the people, and the Beiyang government only thinks that the Feng army has once again passed the test, and only Zhang Tinglan and a few powers really understand this dramatic situation.
Especially countries such as Britain and the United States. The clearer you see, the clearer you see. They were amazed at the performance of the Feng army. It's a great way to get the balance right.
After the Japanese revealed their ambitions for the Middle East Road, the Russians were actually the most anxious, and if the entire Northeast fell into the hands of the Japanese, the Russian Far East would be in jeopardy, and the Russians would absolutely not accept this result.
Don't look at the defeat of the Russians twice in a row by the Feng army, but the Russian government did not take the Feng army seriously. As long as the civil strife in Russia is over, they will be able to easily clean up the Feng army, and if the opponent is replaced by the Japanese, Russia will not be so sure.
But Russia is also waiting. They waited for the Feng army to give in, because before that, the Feng army had already been in contact with the Russians, and the Russian wishful thinking was that the Feng army was forced by the Japanese to compromise with Russia and return more benefits. How do you know that Feng Jun was not fooled, and in the face of the threat of the Japanese, he actually put on an attitude of swearing to fight to the death, and did not compromise at all.
At this point, on the contrary, the Russians became weak-minded, because once the war began, the situation in the Far East could no longer be cleaned up, and the Russians had to take the initiative to remove the fuse on behalf of the Feng army, and after Vasily's identity was denied, the accusations of the Japanese were also unfounded.
Britain, the United States, France, and other countries also breathed a sigh of relief, and they also hurriedly took action, warning Japan not to use force on the one hand, and suggesting that Russia and Fengjun sign a cooperation agreement as soon as possible.
Russia also sent representatives, and Felix also went back and forth, and the two sides finally finalized two agreements, the first was the final policy on the Middle East Road, Russia promised to return the Middle East Road to the management of the Feng army, and in the next fifteen years, half of all the proceeds of the Middle East Road would be handed over to Russia to offset the initial investment, and at the same time, Russia sent a financial supervision team to jointly manage the profits of the Middle East Road.
To put it bluntly, this is still a redemption agreement, but it is just using the proceeds of the Middle East Road, Zhang Tinglan is also very happy to do this, the reason is very simple, in a few months, Russia will undergo earth-shaking changes, and at that time this agreement will become a piece of waste paper, and Fengtian will not give the Russians a penny.
The second agreement was on the majority party, and the Feng army and Russia were to cooperate together to prevent the majority party's ideas from spreading in the Far East, and the two sides should work together to ensure the security of the border.
Zhang Tinglan's demands were basically reached, and it is worth mentioning that these two agreements were signed with the Russians in the name of Fengjun, and had nothing to do with the Beiyang government.
Now Zhang Tinglan has finally put down his heart, the economic artery of the Middle East Road is finally in his own hands, with the railway as the backing, the two provinces of Jihei can develop rapidly, and will also drive the large-scale development of industries along the way, it can be said unceremoniously that with this railway, the development of Fengjun has entered the fast lane.
For this railway, no matter how big the sacrifice is, no matter how much risk it takes, it is worth it, from this moment on, the Feng army will confront the north and south of Japan, and has the capital to call the board, the next step is to see who develops faster, and the Feng army already has the qualification to compete with Japan on the same stage.
Although the Japanese have been running for a long time, occupying the first opportunity, and the Feng army has suffered serious losses, it is not easy to have this qualification, originally the railway arteries of the three eastern provinces are in the hands of the Japanese, and they do not even have the qualifications for development.
"As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, the Japanese are too anxious, and the appearance is too ugly, but it frightened the Russians, so that they had to sign an agreement with us as soon as possible, and we have to thank the Japanese!"
The war alarm was lifted, Zhang Tinglan also relaxed a lot, he was busy with the affairs of the Middle Road all spring, and he had no time to pay attention to others, and now the farms have basically completed the spring ploughing, Zhang Tinglan just went to the countryside to take a look, and took a break along the way.
"Humble words, do you think the Japanese will give up?" Zhang Xueliang asked: "They have threatened to use force against Fengtian several times, and I don't know if there will be a next time, will the two sides really fight?" ”
"Hanqing, there will be a war between China and Japan, even if they don't fight us, we will fight them, the South Manchurian Railway, Arthur Port, these are all crucial, can we always let the Japanese occupy them! What we have to do now is to lay a good foundation, our foundation is still too thin, and Japan is desperate, the odds of victory are too small, the most important thing is to seize the time, set up factories, and train the army well! ”
"Yes, I also saw through it this time, dignity is made by fists, everything else is nonsense, if we don't defeat the Russians, we won't be able to get anything, and we will let others eat and wipe them clean."
"Han Qing, the Japanese are not decent gentlemen, if they can't rob them openly, they will steal them secretly, after you return to Fengtian, you must remind the Seventh Master that you must pay attention to safety, and you must arrange enough intelligence security personnel to prevent the Japanese from secretly poisoning them!"
In the original history, the Japanese saw that Lao Zhang was out of control, so they secretly took action to solve Zhang Zuolin, and now the Feng army has exceeded control, the Japanese may not be able to do it in advance, and now the Feng army is still in the early stage of prosperity, the foundation is not stable, with Lao Zhang in charge, the development of the Feng army can be smoother, and Zhang Zuolin must not be allowed to die in the hands of the Japanese for the time being.
Zhang Xueliang also took this reminder very seriously, they walked on the farmland, the northeast has a vast plain, thick black soil, can be called the most suitable land for cultivation on the entire blue planet.
Especially after the Feng army introduced a large number of immigrants from the Guannai, the vast black land became more and more vibrant. Last year, Jilin Province alone brought in 530,000 immigrants, and this year, this number has continued to rise, with more than 200,000 immigrants settling down in Jilin at the beginning of the year alone.
The Songnei Plain, occupied by Jilin and Heilongjiang, is the most suitable place to grow corn in the northeast, and Zhang Tinglan tried to plant a large amount of corn in Mukden last year, and found that the yield of corn was one-third more than that of sorghum, and the corn was more adaptable, and could grow on generally barren land, with fewer pests and diseases.
Therefore, this year, the most important planting in Jilin is corn, with an area of 3 million mu, and Zhang Tinglan also planted one of the most important crops, that is, soybeans, with an area of more than 1 million mu.
In the face of the ferocious attack of genetically modified soybeans in later generations, the soybean planting area in Northeast China is shrinking day by day, but throughout the twentieth century, Northeast China is the most important soybean producing area in the world, and the export share accounts for more than 90% of Shijie, in an absolute monopoly position.
Every year, the share of soybean exports alone has reached more than 500 million yuan, and if 10 percent of the tax revenue can be extracted, it will be 50 million, and according to the scale of the Anshan Iron and Steel Plant, 15 will be built. However, it is a pity that the profits of soybeans are controlled by the Japanese, who set up an oil crushing center in Dalian, buy soybeans from Northeast China at low prices, and then export them to Japan, Europe and the United States, monopolizing the huge profits.
Zhang Tinglan has been waiting for this huge source of wealth for a long time, but there has been no chance to start, soybeans are the same as the South Manchurian Railway, once they move, it is equivalent to touching the lifeblood of the Japanese, they will work hard, without a certain strength, Zhang Tinglan will never dare to toss.
And now, Zhang Tinglan has this preparation, in the farms controlled by the Feng army, began to promote soybean cultivation on a large scale, and now they are walking on the land where soybeans are grown.
"Humble words, according to your usual style, you don't look like a person who suffers, do you think about how to fight back against the Japanese?"
"Of course there is a way, our business opportunities are in front of us, a big cake with a profit of tens of millions a year is placed in front of our eyes, it depends on whether we can eat it!" (To be continued......)