Chapter 258: The Lifeline of China and Vietnam (3)

Xue Ru listened to Hu Wansong's report calmly without saying a word, but his heart was a little churning, this guy does have some special means, no wonder such a person can't be promoted, if he is a big official, he can get out of the sky. He even took advantage of the fact that the road escort team had weapons to kidnap people from more than 30 cottages of various ethnic groups on the line from Longzhou to De'an, and forced them to pay for the construction of the road.

The local government was also targeted by him, and he opened his eyes and closed his eyes to let him fool around. Seeing that Xue Ru didn't react at all, Hu Wansong said: "Miss, I didn't spend a penny, all the money collected was handed over, I am thinking about Snow Fox, I heard Director Zhao say that Miss is generous, and Snow Fox is also very poor, so I want to help." ”

Xue Ru said coldly: "What if I don't ask? Is there any money surnamed Hu? Hu Wansong's face turned purple all of a sudden: "Xue Ru, I just want to surprise you, let the people of Snow Fox see that I'm not stupid, but you actually doubt me, so I won't do it, right?" ”

Xue Ru also has the common disease of human beings, and also has the common psychology of those in power, doubting everything, so that's why it's like this. Seeing that Hu Wansong was anxious, he said: "Hu Wansong, you made such a big move, and you didn't say a word to me, what do you make me think?" There are more than 30,000 Snow Fox, and if every general is like this, what kind of army will it become? How can there be discipline? I doubt you, what do you think if your subordinates don't report anything and make their own decisions down there? ”

Hu Wansong was speechless for a while, he really wanted not to say it yet, and then report it when he got these things done, so as to prove to the people of Snow Fox that he was capable, and he didn't rely on relationships. Besides, the militia is not a regular army after all, although he has more people than a regiment, but in the eyes of other generals of Snow Fox, he is a worker, which makes him very uncomfortable.

Bai Wuyu had offended the snow fox, and now those generals looked at him with murderous intent in their eyes, which made him very uneasy. Hu Wansong was the chief of staff of the road protection team, and he was actually watching him, and Bai Wuyu knew it. Of course, he had a good relationship with Hu Wansong, and obeyed Hu Wansong's words, and the two quickly got into a heated fight. Hu Wansong came up with an idea, and Bai Wuyu went to do it, kidnapped the leaders and patriarchs of these cottages, and forced them to work to repair this road.

The road from Longzhou to De'an is a mountain road, not easy to walk, cars can not pass, Hu Wansong on the one hand mobilized mountain people to build and widen the road, on the other hand in various places to set up cards, on the passing vehicles and goods tax. Although this makes the cost of the trade route high, there are Japanese on the east side, there are many cottages on both sides, and there are many bandits, and this road is very safe with snow fox guards, so there are still many caravans from here.

In particular, Zhang Dong Lin in the Ha Duong area of northern Vietnam is moving more and more, and more materials are needed, and at the same time, Haiphong Port has a lot of imported materials coming in, which are also matches, kerosene, candles and some daily necessities needed in Chinese mainland.

Transporting these materials to the interior blockaded by the Japanese army is a huge profit, which makes many people rush to it, and no matter how big the risk is, it is worth it. It's just a little more tolls, and it's just a filial piety to the cottage bandits.

Hearing Zhao Wufu's report, Xue Ru thought that this was actually not bad, the Anti-Japanese War was eight years, not overnight, the domestic population of 40,000 is a huge market, the coastal passage was almost completely cut off, this road is both military and civilian, I don't want to go to the local tax collection, this is not a way. But these must be carried out under supervision, but Hu Wansong did not report to himself, how could Xue Ru be satisfied, so he treated Hu Wansong like this.

After listening to Xue Ru's words, Hu Wansong had nothing to say, and said with some discouragement: "I, Hu Wansong, still disdain it, you can verify it, and besides, Director Zhao also agrees, and also says that it can solve the problem of insufficient funds for Snow Fox." ”

Xue Ru said: "Hu Wansong, let me tell you, you have three mistakes, so that not only do you not take credit, but you may also be dealt with. First of all, if you don't report such an action, I'm afraid that the person who suspects you is not me, how can you explain it when everyone is unstoppable? I have to give everyone an account. Second, how do you make sure that your subordinates are not greedy, and if they have someone who has their own pockets, you will also be implicated. Thirdly, you are a member of the Snow Fox, and although the road escort team is not a regular army, it is not a private army, and you are also a soldier. And I am the supreme commander of the snow fox, the commander of the snow fox, you shout at me, call me by name, who do you think you are, you have the ability and someone has to use you, do you think you are so honorable? Nothing has been accomplished until now, and you are still a small company commander, I can't grasp the opportunity I gave you, and I still say that others don't pay attention to you? Who will value you like this, who will promote you, and compare your heart to your brothers, will you reuse it? ”

Hu Wansong is not brainless, on the contrary, he is very smart, no one has treated him like this over the years, they are either to be used, or not bored, so he has a feeling of helplessness and helplessness of heroes, cynicism makes him hate everyone, and he doesn't know that he has come to this day because of his temper, the more he is not recognized, the more arrogant he is, and the more he is not welcomed, such a vicious circle has made him a soldier for more than ten years, and has experienced countless vicious battles, but he is only a company commander.

Xue Ru admired his mind, so he woke him up wholeheartedly. Listening to Xue Ru's words, Hu Wansong didn't say a word, the arrogance on his face was disappearing, replaced by contemplation, Xue Ru no longer spoke, but looked at him calmly, the room was quiet, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

For a long time, Hu Wansong suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Xue Ru and said: "Hu Wansong is convinced, I will not compete with you in the future, if you win, I will admit defeat." ”

A smile appeared on Xue Ru's face: "It's good that you can understand, with your mind and talent, if you have a correct thought, you will achieve a lot, but your arrogance ruins you, so you can achieve nothing, and the people you come into contact with are not sincere to you." ”

Hu Wansong asked a little puzzled: "We don't know each other, and I treat you like that, why do you treat me like this?" ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Because I know people like you, I don't want you to be buried, so I give you a chance and hope you can stand up." ”

Hu Wansong looked at Xue Ru for a long time, she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she looked very small, how could she find this. Shaking his head, he said, "How old are you, how can you see this?" ”

Xue Ru said: "Who am I, do the fox spirits know?" ”

Hu Wansong then remembered Xue Ru's nickname, and now it seems that she may really be a fox spirit, and said convincingly: "Hu Wansong is convinced, from now on he will be a young lady's person, he has no two hearts, and he is loyal to Miss to serve you." ”

Although Xue Ru had accepted this kind of personal allegiance from the heart, he still felt a little awkward in his ears when he heard it, so he said: "Loyalty is done, not spoken, I know what everyone does, can you tell me what you think?" ”

Hu Wansong was stunned for a moment and said, "My thoughts, I don't have any ideas?" ”、

Xue Ru shook his head and said, "You did this to give me a surprise, and simply handing over a part of the money is not a surprise, right?" There must be other plans, now that you understand, I will say them together, and if it is correct, I will also support you. ”

Hu Wansong has been completely convinced, in fact, he is really a Chinese person, otherwise he can survive so many wars, provoke countless people but be safe and sound, no one can cure him, it is a problem of the mind itself, and it is not as scheming and brainy as he appears on the outside. sighed: "It is worthy of being a fox spirit, Hu admires, I only have four suggestions, the first lady to expand her power to northern Vietnam, I am afraid there is a long-term plan, although I don't know what the plan is, but I can see that the lady has a bigger goal, let me have an idea." The second lady used me, a person who is not a snow fox, to form a road protection team, which is different from the snow fox army, that is, she wants to cultivate a second force to balance other forces, and at the same time do something that is inconvenient for snow foxes to do, so I also have an idea. Thirdly, the snow fox is not stable internally, and the government is also suspicious of Miss, so I still have an idea. Fourth, I don't know why, but I know from other people's mouths that Miss and the Japanese have a deep hatred like the sea, and they want to kill all the Japanese, and these things need to be done, so I also have an idea. ”

Hu Wansong didn't say what he thought, but stopped talking and looked at Xue Ru. Xue Ru also looked at him calmly, and said for a long time: "Actually, it's an idea, do I think you can come and do this for me?" ”

"Not bad" Hu Wansong nodded quickly and said: "Hu Wansong can indeed do this for Miss, which is why I charged on the road this time." "Xue Ru finally discovered a talent after three years, Liu Yuanshan, Ouyang Sari, Zhang Donglin, Sun Zheng, although they are very loyal, brave, and talented, but they don't understand their own ideas, and they can't solve it, they are not ideal people. Hu Wansong is the person he needs, so he said: "How can I believe these words? ”

Hu Wansong smiled: "Things are done, not said, this is what you just said." There are still doubtful people, there is no doubt in employing people, and besides, hasn't Miss always been very confident? Still worried about Hu, a little monkey? ”

Xue Ru said: "I am not a Buddha, nor an immortal, nor a good man and a woman. Let me ask you one last question, what are you drawing? ”、

Hu Wansong was silent for a while, he knew very well that the people who did this for Xue Ru could not show their faces at the front desk, and I was afraid that they would have to bear a lot of infamy, and they would not be very beautiful. It's true that no one wants to do this, who is not for fame and fortune, few people are willing to be unsung heroes, I'm afraid Xue Ru's suspicion is here. said with a smile: "Everyone is different, I just do what I like to do, I haven't left the army for more than ten years, although those people are unfair to me, but I still fight against the devil army, just to take revenge." My closest people died at the hands of the Japanese, and if it weren't for the fact that Miss and the Japanese had a common enmity, I wouldn't have come to Snow Fox. ”

Xue Ru really didn't expect this, and it seems that the information provided by Wei Ming's intelligence department is not detailed. Hu Wansong has been a soldier for more than ten years, and it can be said that he has an innocent background, what enmity will he have with the Japanese? Asked: "Do you have a grudge against the Japanese?" I remember that you have been in the army for more than ten years, and there is no one in your family, how can anyone closest to you die at the hands of the Japanese? ”

Hu Wansong smiled bitterly, his eyes were sad and hateful, he gritted his teeth and said: "I believe that Miss must have checked my background and life experience, and I believe that you can't find out, because I don't say that no one knows about that period of history." There will be no record in the army, and I will not say it myself, but for me it is a deep pain in my heart, and if it were not for revenge, I might not be alive today. ”

What Hu Wansong said was not a lie, because the hatred and pain in the depths of his eyes were not fake, nor were they disguised, which Xue Ru could feel. She wanted to ask what was going on, but she couldn't help it. Everyone has painful memories that they don't want to mention, and they also have eternal secrets in their hearts, just like Xue Ru's soul comes from another distant time and space, and she will never tell anyone else.

It is not a pleasant thing to dig into other people's past and make people painfully reminisce. Xue Ru said indifferently: "Life is life and death in the world, joy and pain are part of life, how can you grow up if you don't experience it, let him pass in the past, people always have to look ahead." ”

Hu Wansong looked at Xue Ru in a daze, and said for a long time: "I'm not surprised that these words came from the mouth of a fifty or sixty-year-old person, but I really don't understand your age." ”

Xue Ru also smiled, how could Hu Wansong know that he had experienced two lives, although her age was less than sixty years old when the two lives were combined, but her knowledge and experience and mind knowledge could not be connected with age. Besides, spanning a hundred years of time and space, Xue Ru's mentality is not the same: "I can't look at my appearance, I can't say that I have a thousand years of age and 10,000 years of experience." ”

Hu Wansong nodded: "I now begin to believe that you are really a fox spirit, not a fox fairy for tens of millions of years, right?" ”

Xue Ru nodded: "You can think so, you may be following a monster in the future." Okay, now what do you do next? ”

Hu Wansong also became serious: "I think the biggest dilemma of Snow Fox is that it is not self-sufficient, and it still relies on the national government to a large extent, so Miss doesn't dare to offend them too much." The top priority at the moment is to establish our own territory, our own supplementary base, so that the Snow Fox Army can have the ability to fight continuously, otherwise it can only be like now, and it will have to rest for a long time to fight a battle, and we have to spend our energy on replenishment. ”

Xue Ru nodded, this is not a profound question, the senior figures of Snow Fox know it, otherwise Xue Ru sent Qiao Han and them to run Yuebei, so many people would not understand. Seeing Xue Ru nodding Hu Wansong said: "I just don't understand, the north is backward, there is almost no industry, it is also very poor, and it is sparsely populated, why doesn't Miss choose a location in China, with the combat effectiveness of the Snow Fox Army, it is not impossible to develop in Guangxi, why go to that broken place in the north of Vietnam?" I'm afraid I don't even have the ability to supply the Snow Fox Army. ”

Xue Ru also has bitterness that he can't say, as time goes by, his ambition changes due to the change of status, and Xue Ru is no longer as simple as when he first crossed over. With the change of her status, her personal ambitions are also expanding, and she is no longer willing to be subordinate to others, and she also wants to have the final say.

But can Xue Ru split the motherland and engage in warlord secession at home? Can you finally raise troops to fight for the world? Provoke a civil war in order to compete for the world, she can't do that. But if she hadn't done that, she wouldn't have had the final say.

When he wanted to establish a passage from North Vietnam to Guangxi, Xue Ru came up with this idea, although Vietnam finally became independent and became a sole state, but it was with the joint support of China and the Soviet Union, otherwise Ho Chi Minh would not be able to establish the Viet Cong.

Britain has a lot of federal territories overseas, otherwise it would not have the title of United Kingdom, so does it rely on the advantage of foresight to establish its own power in these regions? When this idea appeared, it was also the first time Mu Ping appeared, when he heard that his location was in the Shan State of Myanmar, a place called Mujiazhai in the mountains, which reminded Xue Ru of a famous place, known as the Golden Triangle of drug bases in later generations.

It has also been an independent area in the modern 21st century, and the biggest force there is the Kuomintang army that did not withdraw to Taiwan and did not want to surrender to the CCP.

Xue Ru, who had this idea, told Mu Ping to return to Myanmar in three years, because Xue Ru wanted to use the strength of the expeditionary force, and she also wanted to participate in the expeditionary force. But the situation in Vietnam changed her plans for a while.

Xue Ru couldn't talk to Hu Wansong, so he had to say: "There is a reason why I chose North Vietnam, and I will tell you in the future for what reason, and now I will give you a few tasks, the first one is to ensure the smooth and safe lifeline from Lang Son to Long Zhou in Vietnam and from Long Zhou to De'an." Second ......"

Before Xue Ru finished speaking, a report from the guards came from outside the door.