Fengxian Jiangshan

Wang Yongjiang took the bills and calculated them one by one for Zhang Tinglan: "Railways, highways, docks, airports, and strategic reserve warehouses in various places all need money. If you don't spend [-] million for infrastructure construction every year, it is definitely not enough for anything. In addition, we have a large number of procurement projects, such as the pickup truck production line in the United States. Germany's trucks, shipyards, and the introduction of talents from Europe and the United States, all of which require a lot of real money."

Zhang Tinglan also took over the words: "There is also a major renovation plan in front of me. Everything is a huge cost, and the financial pressure is indeed too great. However, marching to the northwest is an established strategy and must not be changed. The construction of the railway Funds will come from military expenditures!"

Zhang Tinglan said categorically that when Wang Yongjiang heard Zhang Tinglan's words, he felt a little sorry, and hurriedly said: "Zhuoyan, I am not complaining that the money should not be spent. On the contrary, every project is related to the future of Fengjun. I am not shirking responsibility." , looking for you is to find some way to make money, let's work together to plug the gap!"

"Mr. Minyuan, I know all these things. In fact, I have also calculated. To build a railway to the northwest, the entire line will be three to four thousand kilometers long. Most of the areas passed along the way are economically backward and sparsely populated desert areas. In the early stage of railway construction, we lost money, and relying on our investment alone will also affect the economic development of the three northeastern provinces, so I plan to build this railway without spending a penny."

When Wang Yongjiang heard it, he immediately laughed: "Zhuoyan, I knew you had a solution, and I'm not a cheapskate. I don't need you to solve it all. As long as I can take out half of it, I will feel a lot easier."

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Actually, I don't have any new ideas. The first is to form a railway company, issue bonds, and raise funds. Use the mineral resources along the way as collateral. The second method is to attack Ma Jiajun's idea. The group of horses solved it, captured their people as laborers, and used the flesh and blood of these sinners to build the railway."

In the era when there was no heavy machinery, building railways was built with life. Americans used a large number of Chinese laborers to build railways leading to the west. Some people said that under every sleeper lay the corpses of Chinese laborers.When the Russians built the Trans-Siberian Railway, they also exhausted a large number of Chinese laborers to death.

During World War II, the Japanese used a large number of prisoners of war to build railways, and human life was completely turned into consumables. Every kilometer was included in the list of material consumption, just like steel and cement.

When the Feng army built roads, it also used a lot of labor, such as Russian prisoners of war, such as separatists in Outer Mongolia, and countless people died of exhaustion.It sounds cruel and inhumane, but the initial accumulation is like this. If they are not allowed to die, ordinary people must sacrifice.

Relatively speaking, it is still a very good option to extract the final value from these sinners.When Zhang Tinglan sent Feng Yuxiang to the northwest, he deliberately used him to wipe out the Ma family army, and at the same time implemented the policy of reducing troops to eliminate potential dangers in the northwest.

Since these people are all to be eliminated, then before eliminating them, make good use of them and build the railway.

Wang Yongjiang also nodded with a smile: "That's the only way to do it, but Zhuoyan, you have to remind Feng Yuxiang, don't let him kill everyone, it will be useless."

"The third way is to think about arms. I just handed over the arms agency to Feng Yuxiang, and all the profits from selling arms will be invested in this railway and the two oil fields of Yanchang and Yumen."

Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang calculated again, using Ma Jiajun's people as coolies, the wage cost of the railway will be greatly reduced, issuing bonds and borrowing from the bank, at least 1000 million can be obtained, plus the profit of arms, the railway is basically There is hope!

After sending Wang Yongjiang away, Zhang Tinglan was also a little worried. In the early stage of industrialization construction, he was basically investing, and spending money was like running water.Especially the current situation of Fengjun, it is the critical moment of the sprint, and sufficient funds must be guaranteed.

Zhang Tinglan counted with her fingers. Now Fengjun's best product is arms. Only by selling them at a high price can they get enough funds and try to use the capital of other warlords to help Fengjun complete the army transformation.

There happened to be a sale right now, and Zhang Tinglan hurriedly sent a telegram to Sun Xianrui from Guangdong and Guangxi, asking her to organize the arms auction as soon as possible.

At the beginning, Zhang Tinglan promised these warlords in the south that as long as he abandoned Sun Wen, he would be able to get a contract to bid for arms. Although in the name of reward, he was actually selling Fengjun's weapons and equipment to the south.

Since the Republic of China, Guangdong, Guangxi, and even the Southwest have been areas where wars have been frequent. The demand for weapons is huge, and it is also an important market.Zhang Tinglan originally wanted to send an experienced and prudent person there, but Sun Xianrui got the news and clamored to be responsible for this matter.

Zhang Tinglan doesn't believe that this little aunt is really interested in this, I'm afraid she just wants to take the opportunity to go shopping in the south.However, Sun Xianrui won over Zhou Xinyao, and also played a wife's strategy with Zhang Tinglan, Zhang Tinglan dared not listen to this bedside style.In short, there are certain rules in the auction. As long as you don't mess around, you probably won't go wrong.Zhang Tinglan could only tell the entourage to be more attentive.

After Sun Xianrui received Zhang Tinglan's order, he waited excitedly for the staff and went south together, first to Shanghai by train, and then to Guangzhou by sea.

After she arrived in Guangzhou, Chen Jiongming and Lu Rongting all came to welcome her at the pier. Besides them, Tang Jiyao from Yunnan, Liu Xianshi from Guizhou, Xiong Kewu from Sichuan, and Liu Cunhou all sent special representatives to wait respectfully for the Fengjun faction. staff come.

When Sun Xianruixin got off the boat happily, the group of civil and military officials were all dumbfounded. They thought that Zhang Tinglan would send a big man to come, but they didn't know that it was just a little girl. Zhang Tinglan was playing tricks on them on purpose.

Sun Xianrui walked in front of everyone nonchalantly, and said with a generous smile: "Military and political dignitaries, it's all because of Lan Shuai's face that you can come here. The little girl knows it all. Let me reveal something to you first. News, as many arms and weapons as you want, as long as you can spend the money, you can even have armored troops like Fengjun. From rifles and grenades, to aircraft and warships, you can have whatever you want, it depends on whether you can eat it!"

Hearing this, all the people present showed joy, and they didn't care that Sun Xianrui was a little girl. What they wanted were weapons, and nothing else mattered. These people were all gearing up and eager to try.

Sun Xianrui was also secretly delighted that he was going to make a big deal this time, which made Brother Lang dumbfounded for once...

Chapter 6 Best Sellers

Lu Rongting, like Zhang Zuolin, both came from bandits. The difference between the two is that one is from the south and the other is from the north. Lu Rongting made his fortune by robbing the French army on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and was respected as a righteous thief by the common people.Later, he was recruited and became a regular army, and he has been sitting in the position of patrol envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, Lu Rongting is obviously not satisfied with his current position. He also wants to completely eradicate other warlords in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions and truly control the two provinces.Now Sun Wen's party is finished, but Lu Rongting has many enemies. There is the direct army in the north, the Guangdong army in the east, and the Yunnan army in the west. Guangxi is also a place where the Fourth World War was fought.

If you want to deal with these opponents, you will naturally have stronger arms. Now Fengjun sells arms, which is the best opportunity. There is a beautifully printed brochure in front of Lu Rongting, each page is printed with a weapon, Various performances and purchase prices are marked next to it, making it clear at a glance.

This is also something that Sun Xianrui came up with suddenly on the road. All those who want to buy arms will have a handbook and let them choose at will.Lu Rongting flipped through the album and looked at the parameters on it, his eyes were full of greed.

Flipping through the pages, Lu Rongting slapped his thigh suddenly, and said to Chen Bingkun who was beside him, "Shunqin, take a look at this cannon. It is tailor-made for Guangxi. It makes people greedy!"

Chen Bingkun took it over and saw that what Lu Rongting instructed was a 105mm howitzer. The whole gun weighed less than one and a half tons, 32 times the caliber, the projectile weighed [-] kilograms, and the maximum range exceeded [-] meters.

It can be pulled by mules or horses, or by vehicles. Chen Bingkun looked at it and couldn't help but admire: "The commander really has a good eye. This artillery is more than twice as powerful as the Seventy-Five Cannon and has a longer range. Far away. But the weight is relatively light. It is very suitable for the terrain of Guangxi. If we can pull up an artillery regiment, our firepower can at least double the combat effectiveness!"

As Chen Bingkun said, a fiery light appeared in his eyes. He has been with Lu Rongting for many years, and the Gui army has also equipped a lot of legal equipment, but in terms of performance, it is completely incomparable with what Fengjun brought out.The big powers only threw out the junk they didn't want. Although Fengjun's stuff was second-hand, it had just been replaced from the front-line troops.It's still pretty good, and anyone who sees it will be tempted.

Lu Rongting was very satisfied, and finally looked at the price below, and suddenly felt a pain in the flesh. A gun needs 5000 yuan.In addition, each shell is 25 yuan, and a thousand shells must be equipped with a gun.It takes 5000 yuan.Add up to 8 yuan.

If you add the vehicles involved and hire training personnel, the cost of a gun will be at least 10 yuan, which is definitely an astronomical sum for the poor and weak Guangxi.

Lu Rongting gritted his teeth.Still unable to make a final decision, Chen Bingkun on the side said anxiously: "Marshal, although the price is expensive, I think it's worth it. At worst, let's increase the tax, or stop grabbing some from the businessmen in Guangdong. enough."

Lu Rongting shook his head for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Let's look at other things first, let's look for things that are suitable for us at the right price."

The atlas is getting more and more backward, and there are more and more good things. There are more and more calibers of cannons, including 122mm, 152mm, 203mm, and even 240mm. It's a full-fledged killer, Lu Rongting's eyes are red and his heart is hot, but the more he looks at it, the colder his heart is. These things are indeed good, but he can't bear any of them.

In the end, he simply ignored the price. There are various types of aircraft, armored vehicles, tanks, and even warships. Indeed, as Sun Xianrui said, there are everything in these, but his financial resources are limited. Impossible.

Chen Bingkun also saw Lu Rongting's embarrassment, so he said: "Commander, if you find it difficult to make a choice, we might as well not make a statement. Let's see what other people are buying. We are buying in a targeted manner."

When Lu Rongting heard this, he immediately showed joy. He obviously didn't buy weapons for fun, but to use them to deal with the surrounding forces, as long as he had an advantage over the surrounding people.

"Shunqin gave me a good idea. Let's go to Fengjun to have a look first. It is said that they have shipped a batch of samples. How are Fengjun's weapons? Can they be compared with those of the great powers? We have to see them with our own eyes. Only then did I realize that don’t belong to a ball of donkey dung, it’s bare on the outside.”

Lu Rongting took Chen Bingkun to the front of the courtyard rented by Sun Xianrui. Chen Bingkun went to the door in person, and smiled at the guard: "Go and inform Miss Sun, Marshal Lu is here."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Chen went out to Baiyun Mountain to appreciate the historical sites."

Hearing this, Chen Bingkun frowned immediately. Lu Rongting was a tour envoy to Guangdong and Guangxi, a big prince on one side, with a heavy army in his hand, and he was also a dignified figure.Sun Xianrui, a little girl, is a bit too rampant in her movies, to be so defiant to the point where she doesn't even see her, it's simply too hateful!

Lu Rongting was upset, suppressed his anger, and said to the guard: "Do you know when Miss Sun will come back?"

The guard shook his head: "I don't know, but if you want to see the weapons, you don't have to wait for Miss Sun to come back, just go to the backyard. Two people have already gone in just now."

"Who went in?" Lu Rongting asked with a sullen face.

"It seems to be Chen Jiongming, and he is showing people the ammunition."

Lu Rongting and Chen Bingkun glanced at each other, both showing expressions of horror. Chen Jiongming is now the commander of the Guangdong Army and their potential opponent. He ran to see the arms, and he couldn't lag behind.

Lu Rongting and Chen Bingkun also went directly to the backyard. There are already a lot of things here, including guns and cannons.After Lu Rongting walked in, Fengjun's technicians walked over quickly.

"Whatever you want to see, just look at it!"

At this time, Lu Rongting did not look at the dazzling array of weapons, but set his eyes on a corner, where a person was holding a pistol, and he couldn't put it down. It was Chen Jiongming.

Seeing Lu Rongting coming, Chen Jiongming also greeted with a smile: "Marshal Lu, have you also come to see the weapons?"

"You are allowed to come, but you are not allowed to come?"

"What are you talking about? We are all just buying things. Feng Jun said it a long time ago. Everyone competes fairly, and it's just buying and selling."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bingkun asked with a sneer, "From Governor Chen, are you ready to compete with us?"

"Don't get me wrong, everything must be done according to one's ability. The people of Guangzhou have just been devastated by the war, how can they go to search for the people's fat and anointment for a little ammunition!"