Fengxian Jiangshan

"Brother Seven, whether it can be achieved is still in doubt, but listen first, maybe there is a way!" Zhang Zuoxiang dragged Zhang Zuolin into the room while he was speaking, and Zhang Tinglan followed closely behind. The house smelled a pungent smoke.What Lao Zhang smoked was not cigarettes, but authentic Kanto cigarettes, which were pungent and pungent, and Zhang Tinglan almost fainted from the smoke.

But he didn't care about anything, both father and Zhang Zuolin sat at the table, Zhang Tinglan hurried over, told Zhang Zuolin exactly what he had discussed with Fred, and at the same time took out the blueprint of the North Market, pointing Looking at the drawings, he introduced his ideas to him.

Zhang Zuolin's comprehension ability is obviously higher than that of Zhang Zuoxiang. The more Zhang Tinglan talked, the happier he was, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. He was keenly aware of the business opportunities involved. It took Zhang Tinglan more than half an hour to introduce his ideas.Then Zhang Zuolin asked him for nearly two hours.

The questions involve various aspects, including the specific size of the North Market, infrastructure construction, business direction, how to collect taxes, how to manage and so on.Zhang Tinglan tried his best to answer one by one. Old Zhang asked far more deeply than he imagined. He even saw the value of this market for the revitalization of national industry. Finally, Zhang Zuolin stopped asking questions, his eyes were full of brilliance, and he couldn't stop patting Zhang Tinglan shoulders.

"Okay, great! That's a great idea!"

"Old Ba, it's called not singing, it's a blockbuster, Ting Lan is extraordinary!"

Zhang Zuoxiang is also full of joy, seeing his son's future, which father can be unhappy.However, Zhang Zuoxiang said modestly: "Yuting, Tinglan is just an idea. It is still very difficult to realize it. To establish such a large market, we must first obtain the support of the government. In addition, we must guard against the big powers taking the opportunity. Intervene, especially the Japanese, once something good happens, they will not be left behind!"

Zhang Zuolin narrowed his eyes, he had already come out of the joy of seeing this plan, and he was thinking more about the resistance and troubles that would be encountered in implementing this plan.

"Old Ba, you're right. I don't think it's easy to pass the first test. Zhang Xiluan, the fast horse, is getting more and more defensive towards us. Besides, he's just messing around now, and doesn't want to care about any big things. I think it's hard for him to nod and agree to such a big thing!"

"Besides, it is not easy to prevent the Japanese from participating. Their eyes and ears are too sensitive. For such a large project, how many bricks, tiles and wood are needed, and how much labor is required. Once the construction is started, everyone can clearly see it!"

Zhang Zuolin frowned as he spoke, although Zhang Tinglan proposed a good way to make money, but there were still many difficulties in getting money if he wanted to see immediate results!Lao Zhang became distressed again.

"Ting Lan, your method is good, but I calculated that it will take at least half a year to see the reward. Now I have been in arrears for three months. If it is delayed for another half year, I will never even think about being a teacher. !"

"Seventh Master, the 27th Division has such a big family business, can't it last for a few months?"

Zhang Zuolin smiled wryly and shook his head: "The president has been very aggressive with local power in the past two years, and the military pay is getting less and less. Except for the old Beiyang, they are all raised by stepmother. If I don't push myself into a corner, I won't either. I will borrow money from the Japanese, and according to the current situation, it will only last for half a month, at most a month, not to mention the military salary, even the military rations are gone!"

Zhang Tinglan did not expect that the mighty 27th Division, Fengtian's most powerful armed force, would be forced to such a point by the issue of military pay. It seems that it is not easy to be a warlord. up!

"Seventh Lord, I think we can rent a business space in advance and collect an entry fee. Anyone who wants to enter the North Market must pay a sum of money in advance, so that we may be able to get a sum of money quickly!"

After saying it, Zhang Tinglan immediately felt that something was wrong. This would definitely cause a big commotion and attract the attention of all parties. The Chinese running the market by themselves is undoubtedly poaching the corners of the big powers. They must not will agree.As soon as these great powers start to make trouble, the Chinese government will probably succumb.

In the end, Zhang Tinglan thought it simply. He thought that the 27th Division was Fengtian's most powerful force, so he naturally said the same thing.But Zhang Tinglan didn't notice that Zhang Zuolin was not a genuine warlord after all, and he couldn't represent the Fengtian government. On the one hand, the governor Zhang Xiluan and the Japanese could hold back, and on the other hand, he didn't have enough appeal to Fengtian businessmen.

Zhang Zuolin walked around the ground a few times, frowning tightly: "The little devil is going to eat me. During this period of time, many private businesses of the 27th Division have been suppressed. I guess it was the Japanese who did it. They are forcing me. Do something for them!"

Zhang Tinglan is also a little annoyed now. He thought that he could easily solve the trouble by virtue of his aura as a traveler, and then won a lot of applause. Now it seems that he is thinking about things simply.

"Master Seven, do you have the guts?"

Zhang Tinglan thought for a while, and suddenly asked such a question, Zhang Zuolin was also stunned. From the conversation of these few hours, he had already seen the extraordinaryness of Zhang Tinglan, and he definitely had a purpose for asking himself this question.

"Boy, your seventh uncle started from nothing. From being a bandit to today, what you need most is courage. If you have any ideas, just speak up!"

Zhang Tinglan gritted her teeth, "Master Seventh, let's resell arms!"

"Tinglan, what nonsense are you talking about? Guns are our pillars, how can we sell them!" Zhang Zuoxiang thought that Zhang Tinglan wanted to sell some of the arms and guns in exchange for some funds.This is not without exception, some local troops have stolen and sold their weapons to local tyrants.It's just that everyone in the 27th Division knows the importance of force. These gun barrels are accumulated little by little. Even if it kills them, they will not sell weapons.

"Father, I'm not talking about selling our own weapons, but the Russians!"

As soon as this sentence came out, Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Zuolin were a little puzzled, how could it involve the Russians.

"Ting Lan, please speak clearly, as long as it is feasible and can make money quickly, I will fight for it!"

"Seventh Lord, Europe is at war right now. The Allied Powers and the Allied Powers are fighting each other. Russia is the weakest of the Allied Powers. They cannot supply their own weapons and need to import them from foreign countries. Many of the military supplies are from the east. The three provinces are then transported to Russia through the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the two foreign firms under the name of Daosheng Bank are responsible for purchasing in the three eastern provinces!"

"Tinglan, what do you mean by that? Could it be that we are not allowed to rob military supplies?" Zhang Zuolin asked in surprise. Of course he knew what Zhang Tinglan said. Trains full of munitions and supplies often passed by on the South Manchuria Railway. Zhang Zuolin was very jealous.

But those were all sent to Russia by the big powers. Zhang Zuolin did not dare to take the idea of ​​these trains. He borrowed money from Japan, probably because he took chronic poison, but if he dared to snatch this, he would drink poison to quench his thirst, and immediately vomited blood and fell to the ground.

"Master Seven, I'm not going to rob, but to steal!"

Chapter 5 In Collusion

"Russia is responsible for procurement by Daosheng Bank. All materials and accounts must be approved by Daosheng Bank before they are sent to the Far East and finally to the front. I mean, we work hard from this procurement chain. The imported guns were intercepted and replaced with tattered guns, and the white food was kept and replaced with moldy and spoiled garbage. In short, all valuable things were kept, and then we exchanged these things for money. Of course, they can also be directly used as payment. !"

Both Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Zuoxiang's eyes lit up. Zhang Tinglan's idea was simply too crazy. It was so crazy that it was beyond their imagination. Snatching meat from Russia's mouth, wouldn't it be too old to break ground and pull teeth from the tiger's mouth!

Besides, this is not a matter of Russia, but involves all the Allied countries, including Japan. No wonder Zhang Tinglan has the guts to ask.

As long as this kind of thing gets out, it will arouse the collective anger of the Allied Powers. Yuan Shikai, a big president, can't even bear the pressure of the Japanese. Does Zhang Zuolin, a small teacher, have such strong shoulders?

"Ting Lan, tell me the specific operation plan!" Zhang Zuolin said in a deep voice: "Damn it, wealth and wealth are in danger. I, Lao Zhang, are not afraid of death. As long as I have a chance, I can't sell myself to join the Japanese!"

When Zhang Zuolin said this, Zhang Tinglan's heart was also agitated. As an old-fashioned character, the most valuable thing about Zhang Zuolin is that he has a moral bottom line in his heart and knows that some things cannot be done. In the end, he was killed in Huanggutun because of this reason.

"Seventh Lord, this matter looks crazy, but I don't think it is impossible as long as it is done properly. Our domestic army resells military supplies, and shoddy things are everywhere, and Russian officials compare us He was greedy and crazy. After the two years of war, Russia’s economy was almost on the verge of collapse, and domestic uprisings continued one after another, turning it into a mess. At this time, as long as we distribute the benefits well, we will not worry about it. For less money, Russia has no less moths than China!"

Zhang Tinglan didn't have this idea at first, he was still willing to make money by establishing the North Market and using legitimate means.But Lao Zhang is extremely short of money now, after all, formal business is not as fast as making money from crooked ways, so he came up with such an idea.

After saying it, Zhang Tinglan suddenly felt that this method was actually a good one, and the money came easily and quickly, but the Russian soldiers were cheated by him, but Zhang Tinglan couldn't control it anymore.The best thing about this method is that a revolution will break out in Russia in more than a year, and the cards will be reshuffled.At that time, all the evidence will disappear, and no one will be able to track down the matter, it will be invisible.

"The key to all this actually lies in the manager of Daosheng Bank, Fred. As long as he is dragged into the water and operated by him, we will contribute our efforts and get the first sum of money soon!"

"Ting Lan, are you sure you can convince Fred?"

"Yes, this person is a Jew. He has no patriotism at all. As long as the interests are enough, he can sell God to the world!"

After Zhang Zuolin finished listening, he walked back and forth on the ground a few times with his hands behind his back. Finally, he gritted his teeth, slapped his thigh, and said fiercely: "Damn it, I will kill the bold and starve the timid. My old Zhang did it." !"

Although Lao Zhang had made up his mind, there were still some things that needed to be discussed carefully. Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Zuo sat facing each other, and Zhang Tinglan accompanied him. Zhang Zuolin kept patting Zhang Tinglan's shoulder with his big hand.

"Nephew, you have helped the seventh uncle a lot. I knew you had the ability to make money, so why bother to make the uncle so difficult!"

In Zhang Zuolin's eyes, Zhang Tinglan is just like the long legs of pearls, she is a living baby.Zhang Tinglan is still a little uncomfortable with this kind of enthusiasm.

"Seventh Lord, I'm just talking on paper, and I need you to actually take down Fred. There is another point that I think we should pay attention to, and that is the Japanese!"

Zhang Tinglan knew very well that the three provinces in the Northeast had been targeted by Japan for a long time. If he wanted to survive in the Northeast, he had to learn how to deal with the Japanese.

The same is true of Zhang Zuolin: "Ting Lan, I will not tell lies between us men. Of course, I was forced to borrow money from Japan. But there is also a name for trading, and the meaning of taking refuge in Japan. Yuan Datou signed the Fourth Civil Treaty, and since then From now on, the biggest force in the three eastern provinces will be Japan, if we don’t cooperate with them, it will be difficult to go further!”

Zhang Zuolin also confided in his heart that the loan was only a superficial issue, and more importantly, it represented that the entire 27th Division had completely fallen to the Japanese.

Zhang Tinglan instinctively hates Japan, but he also knows that Lao Zhang's turning to Japan is the most cost-effective choice at present. It can quickly increase his strength, and then control the entire Fengtian, realizing Lao Zhang's ambitious ambitions.

"Seventh Lord, cooperation is cooperation, and it cannot be equated with prostitution. We must deal with Japan, and even use each other. But we must control the degree of cooperation and strive for the initiative of cooperation. Otherwise, we will rely too much on the Japanese. What they can give us , can also be taken back!"

Throughout the whole night, Zhang Zuoxiang basically didn't interrupt much, but quietly watched his son talking with Zhang Zuolin, and occasionally Zhang Tinglan said something too much, so he didn't say anything.On the contrary, he thinks this is the nature of a teenager, how can a young man of sixteen or seventeen be able to cover everything.Now in Zhang Tinglan's words, he accused Zhang Zuolin of selling himself for refuge. Although it didn't sound good, Zhang Zuoxiang thought it was very appropriate.

"Yuting, what Ting Lan said may be a bit blunt, but I think it's true. We all know what kind of people the Japanese are. If we really become Japanese accomplices, we will be Han Jiān and shame our ancestors. Can't do it!"

Zhang Zuolin also nodded heavily, "Old Ba, don't worry, as long as there is a way, I will never seek refuge with the Japanese, let alone betray my country."

While speaking, the sound of rooster crowing came from outside. The whole night had passed, and the three of them didn't sleep. After the matter was discussed properly, the feeling of sleepiness hit, and I couldn't keep my eyes open, especially Zhang Tinglan was still young. It was when he was snoozing, Zhang Zuolin patted him on the shoulder.

"Ting Lan, both of you are here to take a nap first, and then we'll go find that foreigner!"