New Warlords 1909

This time it was easy to withdraw the speculative capital of the American consortium and reap rich fruits. Harman contributed a lot. At least in Hua Fei's view, he almost didn't ask anything. Then the adjutant came and handed over a report saying that the The [-] million US dollars in cash has been returned to [-] million US dollars one after another, and I asked whether the remaining [-] million US dollars should be kept in the United States to continue to expand investment, or all of them should be withdrawn.

Hua Fei was so shocked that he was speechless, even though Hua Fei always showed extreme trust in front of Harman.But it is undeniable that Hua Fei still did not let Harman use all his money to gamble in the United States.Yes, in the eyes of a layman like Hua Fei, investing in stock market futures is gambling.But Harman's performance was indeed far beyond Hua Fei's expectation.

Continue to transfer [-] million, and the rest stay in the United States and let the people there continue to operate!Hua Fei was stunned for more than ten minutes before he recovered and replied.As World War I draws to a close, the closing hours of investments in the United States are close.Except for some very potential companies and industries that can continue to retain funds, most of the other money earned must be taken back.When Hua Fei invested in the U.S. market at the beginning, making money was not the primary purpose, but to expand his limited capital scale at the beginning, and then take it back to accelerate domestic construction.

After Tao left.Hua Fei just remembered something.Find out the detailed report on the Harriman family investigated by the National Defense Security Agency.The more Hua Fei looked at it, the more he admired him.The Harriman family started with the railway industry.in the commercial field.Nothing has a very rare talent.Read that report.Hua Fei wished he could go home immediately and hug his new wife tightly.Then ask her to come out to help run the inland railway company in the autonomous region.

Hua Fei finally suppressed this urge.Although behind a successful man.There must be an admirable woman.But Hua Fei didn't want Harman to go against his pursuit for himself.The reason why she left the family was not because her ideals and the requirements of the family were different from each other.So how could Hua Fei ask Haman to come out to help her with related affairs because of his own needs.

Put aside the debris at hand for the time being.Hua Fei once again considered the issue of unification.Suggested by many.Especially the officers of the National Defense Forces suggested.Taking advantage of the fact that foreigners are busy with the European war.Intensify the armed unification of China.So as to achieve the ultimate goal of the rise of a rich country and a strong army.But it was also suggested.The so-called unified armed forces should

urgent.Peaceful political means should prevail.Supplemented by military deterrence.No matter what Li Yue said.At present, China is still under the name of unity, and what needs to be paid more attention to is political struggle.Not a military struggle!

Political struggle.The most obvious one is the battle for public opinion.When the public opinion is on your side.You can spend the least cost.Not even the use of armed force.The de facto unification will be completed.Whoever goes against the will of the people and becomes Hua Fei will be punished by the people.Firmly control the political initiative.

What Hua Fei considered was not the pros and cons of reunification by force and reunification by peace.He also understood that the First World War was coming to an end.It would of course be great if the domestic division and rule could be ended before the First World War.But a reality is.Once a comprehensive armed unity is launched.Not only will it give excuses to many factions, it will lose the support of many elites who were originally neutral.most importantly.War requires the consumption of a large amount of materials and arms, and the current limited production capacity of the autonomous region is almost all used to sell to the big powers.Busy with making money and developing, they don't have the resources to start new wars.

According to the development of history, the first intervention after the end of World War I was the civil war in Soviet Russia. Coupled with the damage to the vitality of World War I, they will not interfere in China's internal affairs at all in a short period of time.Even if they want to interfere, they still need to bear the consequences of offending Hua Fei in an all-round way.You know, at least the Americans will not send troops to intervene. Even if Britain and France want to intervene, they must consider the diplomatic retaliation they will face if Hua Fei unifies China.Of course, they don't need to care about it, but how much energy will they have to interfere in China's internal affairs due to the war-weary domestic people and the urgent need to restore their livelihoods?Facing an absolute disadvantage, Soviet Russia successfully established the Soviet Union under the attack of the superior White Army and the Intervention Army of the Fourteen Nations.At that time, will the countries consider abandoning Hua Fei and push Hua Fei to the position of the Russian alliance?

Of course, these are just speculations and possibilities. The important thing is that Hua Fei is confident that as long as he can occupy the moral high ground in politics and firmly grasp the will of the people, the interference of all warlords and foreign powers will not be feared!Another very important point is that the emerging petty bourgeoisie and working class who have risen rapidly with the support of Hua Fei have become important supporters of Hua Fei. They will become a force with great potential in Hua Fei's camp and will also greatly contribute Affecting the trend of the country and history.

Despite these nagging clues that there will always be a clear answer, there is no shortage of good news.After entering 918, a large number of students who were the first to study abroad began to return to China one after another, and joined the construction of industries such as industry, military science and technology, which greatly accelerated the development and progress of the autonomous region's industry, agriculture, military and science and technology.

In addition, the group of orphans that Hua Fei adopted at the beginning also grew up one after another. Some began to study abroad, some were admitted to military academies, some joined the National Defense Forces, some entered factories, and some were still studying. In short, this group of orphans Under Hua Fei's meticulous care and training, the fate of motherless children has undergone tremendous changes.In the minds of these children, Hua Fei is not only their greatest benefactor, but also their closest relative.They grew up and joined Hua Fei's career, and they will definitely become a group of the most loyal and reliable assistants to Hua Fei, and will definitely play an irreplaceable role.

Later, many great scientists, military strategists, educators, writers, engineers, etc. in the Republic all came from this group of orphans, and later generations even honored these people as members of the Holy Son Group, and Hua Fei was naturally recognized by many People are called the Holy Father.

Among the many returning students, Hua Fei was most delighted by a young man named Li Siguang.Li Siguang was not an overseas student sent by Hua Fei. As early as the Revolution of [-], Li Siguang returned from Japan and was appointed by the then Hubei military government as a counselor of the Ministry of Finance, and was later elected as the Minister of Industry.It was only after Yuan Shikai came to power that Li Siguang was disappointed with domestic politics, so he left the motherland again and went to study at the University of Birmingham in the UK until he returned home this year after graduating with a master's degree.Influenced by various reports, Li Siguang, who still had a certain rejection of the autonomous region, came to Shanghai directly this time, and was quickly attracted by the vigor and vitality of Shanghai.The fundamental reason why Li Siguang directly decided to stay in the autonomous region to work was that when he was in the UK, he was stunned by the news that the autonomous region drilled an oil well in Jiangsu, which was determined to be impossible to produce oil.

With the development of industry, the use of petroleum is becoming more and more important. Li Siguang, a geologist, sees this very clearly.What made him extremely admire Hua Fei was that after the Japanese and the Americans all quit their plans to find oil in China, Hua Fei actually drilled oil wells in Jiangsu. Why did he think that there were oil wells in Jiangsu? It was luck. Is it gambling, or is Hua Fei himself a hidden geologist?Li Siguang has always been very curious about this.

But Siguang obviously had no chance to prove his conceit. On the third day after he arrived in Shanghai, Hua Fei had not met him face-to-face. He was directly appointed by Hua Fei as the interim director of the energy department that was temporarily prepared to go to the Saudi region in the Middle East to find oil. .Immediately afterwards, our new director simply packed up his luggage and boarded the supply ship to the Middle East until the coastline could not be seen, and Li Siguang still didn't understand what was going on.

Li Siguang, a very well-known geologist, and Huang Yan from Russia continued to use his expertise in poaching corners, and sent an engineer to Huafei, named Vladimir Vorykin.This scientist who was in exile in Russia when he was discovered by Huang Yan, and who was almost shot dead by the soldiers in the chaos, is the inventor of the electron beam emission tube recognized by later generations.And if there is no electron ray emitting tube, we will not have the beautiful entertainment machine of TV.In addition, he is also one of the inventors of the electron microscope, and he is also a famous scientist.

There is also an aircraft designer, Igor Vanovich Korsky. Speaking of Igor Sikorski, everyone may be unfamiliar with the Ilya Muromets type aircraft. Do you still remember?What?you forgot?Then you should always remember that it is known as the world's first heavy bomber, and Sikorsky is the inventor.In addition to the Ilya Rometz bomber Korsky, the S-11 fighter was also involved, but it was a famous fighter during World War I.Well, even if Ilya Muromets and S-1 fighters are very primitive and outdated, one thing must be reminded is that he is still the inventor of the VS-300, the world's first helicopter !

Because of the influence of Tsar Nicholas II, the autonomous region not only attracted Igor Korsky and Vladimir

Such famous talents, many other scientists and workers of various types in Shanghai, in addition to countless deserters, workers, businessmen with all their wealth and even bankrupt farmers wandering here.During the Soviet-Russian Civil War in history, it is said that Shanghai alone gathered more than 5 Russians, but now because of Hua Fei’s aggressive efforts to attract Russians, this number has tripled to as many as 15 Russians .The Russians surpassed the Germans in one fell swoop and became the largest number of foreigners in Shanghai. Among the 15 people, 10 of them are workers from various industries that Hua Fei deliberately selected.When they came to the autonomous region, they were not only quickly hired by various factories, they did not have to worry about food and living problems, and their salary was much higher than that in China. Many people lamented that this was simply the greatest gift of life given to them by God.

The development of the autonomous region has entered a new stage in an all-round way, and good news has also come from Europe.The European Fourth Army and the Foreign Legion fought the German army for the first time. Not only did they successfully resist the German attack, but also in the subsequent full-scale counter-offensive of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, the German army actually sent representatives to negotiate and took the initiative. Demand surrender to the Chinese, as long as the Chinese promise not to hand them over to the British or the French.

Commander Qin Mu and staff officer Zhang Zhizhong are in charge of the Fourth Army. Qin Mu is known as the God of Killing in the National Defense Army. The Fourth Armored Regiment he personally led was known as the Death Division of the National Defense Army. Take a Japanese prisoner, because all the Japanese soldiers were killed by them.

Members of the gendarmerie investigation team asked why their regiment had no prisoners, and he replied directly, we are all armored tank soldiers, could it be that we stopped the tank, opened the hatch, and stuffed the prisoners into the tank in order to capture prisoners?I would like to, but the tank is too small to squeeze in!

This sentence not only made the members of the gendarmerie investigation team go away in despair, but also made Qin Mu win the nickname of Killing God.Because everyone knows that Qin Mu's division at that time was a reinforced regiment. In addition to a regiment of armored tanks, there was also an infantry regiment under him.Even the infantry regiment had not taken a prisoner, so the problem was obvious, but everyone knew it well and no one wanted to say it.

Although Qin Mu is known as a god, he has no grievances with the Germans.The Germans surrendered, so we just had a rest.In this damn wet region of Europe, how could it be comfortable to fight in Shandong.Hiding in the cold trenches all day long, enduring the overwhelming artillery bombardment, watching the pale faces of the recruits under his command, Qin Mu felt a sense of loss, and missed his hometown and Shandong very much.

On the European battlefield, although the Fourth did not fight much with the German army, many combat heroes emerged.One of them, Billy Shen, a Chinese from Australia, showed amazing sniper talent on the battlefield.Born as a hunter, he used an excellent imitation Springfield M1903 sniper rifle from the Jiangnan Factory, and made great achievements. He killed more than 30 German soldiers in just one month, including a German lieutenant colonel. The soldier who killed the most enemies was awarded by the newly appointed supreme commander of the Allied Powers, General Ferdinand.

In addition to Billy Shen, Zhu Binhou, who joined the French Foreign Legion at the beginning, also quickly applied to be transferred to the National Defense Force to become the only air force member of the National Defense Force in Europe after the National Defense Force dispatched troops arrived in Europe.And it was Zhu Binhou who was in France when he drove the J-2 fighter jet exported from the autonomous region and shot down 7 German fighter jets in total, becoming the only ace pilot on the European battlefield.

Of course, Hua Fei was very happy when he heard the news. He not only sent a few first-class Iron Blood Medals and Blue Eagle Medals for the military newspaper to make a special report on it.In addition, the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, and the Tenth Army of the New Army of the National Defense Forces have also begun to prepare for assembly and are about to leave for Europe. They will successively replace the soldiers of the Fourth Army.Although the Fourth Army did not fight any battles, Hua Fei's original purpose of sending the National Defense Forces to Europe was not to fight the Germans.In addition to being able to have more bargaining after the war, or to share the spoils, the other point is to use the situation of the great war in Europe to train these soldiers who do not have much actual combat experience.Of course, it was also to train those mid-level and lower-level and even some upper-level officers who seemed to be a little arrogant, and let them see what a world war is, and what is a cruel war between the great powers and overlords.This is more than a training of war techniques, but a kind of psychological tempering.With this experience, I believe that the soldiers of the National Defense Forces, especially the officers at all levels, will become more mature and more stable.

Those who seem to be the newly organized [-]st Army, and the [-]th Army, [-]th Army, and [-]th Army that are about to go to Europe, all the officers in them are all seconded or veterans from the [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd Armies. !In order to ensure the safety of the autonomous region, Hua Fei did not dare to transfer the elite first, second, and third armies away, but he was unwilling to give up the opportunity to train the army, especially the officers, on such an unprecedented scale as World War I.This may be the biggest fundamental reason why Hua Fei insisted on dispatching troops to Europe.

Above, in an inconspicuous compound in the middle of the Baima Mountain military base and the bustling Nanshi City, Hua Fei was talking sweetly with his new wife, spending a rare honeymoon period.Even if Hua Fei is a human being, he is not only immersed in this sweet atmosphere, but Ingrid Harman, who seems calm, elegant and indifferent, is also completely intoxicated by the sweetness of the newlyweds. The smiling face is nothing but happiness , the rest is still happy.

"Honey, you seem to have forgotten to run today, and I can read tiredness from your eyes!" Haman hugged Hua Fei's arm, leaning on Hua Fei's body, as if reproachfully.

Hua Fei laughed happily, and said contentedly, "Hey, can today's running be avoided? Your husband and I are physically strong. Let me spend an hour of exercising today to accompany our little life that is about to be born. !"

That's right, Haman is pregnant. This is the best news that Hua Fei has heard today, or this year, no, it should be this life plus the past few decades.The taste of being a father for the first time caused great waves in Hua Fei's heart. The kind of throbbing that may have originated deep in the genes made Hua Fei unable to restrain himself, and his heart was surging.

Haman blushed, but his voice became more gentle, "I just found out... how about now... how do I need you to accompany me, hurry up, running can't be delayed. I don't want my husband to fall ill again because of work, That would not only be irresponsible to me, but also irresponsible to our children!"

230 1918 Influenza

Fei's previous life's body was very good. After all, he was born as a mercenary. On the one hand, he was poor. It was impossible for him to spend so many years in the cruel mercenary world.However, his physical fitness after crossing can only be regarded as average. Although during the period in Luzhou Mansion, Hua Fei personally trained the army, and his physical indicators in various aspects such as physical fitness were greatly improved, but as his work focus gradually shifted to management And politics, but this exercise is slowly put down.

Multiple battlefield injuries plus an assassination, long-term exhaustion of mental energy and excessive exhaustion of physical energy caused Hua Fei to fall into a serious illness not long ago, and he almost got up from the hospital bed.After recovering that time, Hua Fei changed his past, and finally realized that this body was not as strong as a cow back then, so he resumed his daily routine exercise.

After marrying Haman, various affairs in the autonomous region gradually became more regular, and with Haman's supervision, Hua Fei's working hours became extremely normal.Especially after Harman got the history of Hua Fei's serious illness, he strictly supervised Hua Fei's exercise schedule.

At the end of summer, the weather is still hot.After an hour of exercising, Hua Fei was sweating profusely, and his clothes could be wrung out.After taking a shower, he changed into a fresh and clean coat, and before he could sit still, Haman sat down again in his arms.

"Fei, there is something I want to tell you."

"What? Wait, let me guess, is it about the baby's name, or something about giving me a break.

If it's a child's name, you might as well come out and listen.If it is a matter of giving me leave, I might as well tell you that I will ask the government office or parliament for leave, and hope they can approve me for a week's leave.Then within the autonomous region, wherever you want to go, I will accompany you there! "After getting married, only Zhou Huafei accompanied Haman back to his hometown along the Yangtze River along the Yangtze River to worship his parents and wait for the ancestor's spirit. Hua Fei whispered in his ear, telling him that it was time for a vacation.

"Not at all! Besides, I heard from others that it seems that within the scope of the autonomous region, no one can stop your commander-in-chief from taking a vacation." Haman raised his head after half-jokingly, looked into Hua Fei's eyes very seriously and said, "Honey, I know you have a heavy burden on your shoulders. Although I still can't understand too much Chinese history and culture, I understand your pursuit and struggle, and I will support you. I let you take a vacation not because of me. I want to go out and play, but I don't want to see you give up your right to vacation because of work. I hope you understand that in addition to the goals of your life, you should also focus on other things in life. I hope you can work happily and happily, not Every time you come back to find the tiredness and sadness you hide in your eyes."

Hua Fei looked at his newlywed wife with incomparable tenderness in silent eyes, with one hand around her soft waist, his heart was full of happiness and warmth.Harman is a wise woman, and the advice she tells herself is as gentle and tactful as she is.Then Haman will not know that Hua Fei can understand every word of her very clearly.But as Harman said, she still can't really understand, maybe it's not a pursuit anymore, it's the responsibility of a Chinese man.

"I'm not complaining to you dear, it's just that I can't watch my officials work hard outside and I sit at home like a fool. I want to help you, believe that I can help you do a lot of things, can you? "

Hua Fei was not shocked by Harman's serious request, but smiled with great interest. "Officer? Where did you learn the address? Oh, God. Who taught you?"

"Book. Although the Chinese characters are difficult to distinguish. But you have to understand your wife. She is a smart person with high IQ. I really like this ancient Chinese title for your husband. Do you like it?" Haman said with a smile.It seems very happy that Hua Fei is interested in this.

"Okay. My wife. As you wish. Lady!"

"Haha...!" The two hugged each other and laughed.But Harman is not so easily distracted.And forget her original point.

See Harman questioning.Hua Fei thought about it seriously for a full minute.Shicai gently hugged his new wife and said. "You don't like freedom. You don't like journalists. You don't hate finance. You hate business. . . Why do you push yourself?"

"No. I didn't force it. I'm just changing. This kind of change. Giving for what I love. I don't reject it. If you don't like it, how can a concubine live? If you don't like it, how can a slave live!" Haman Muttered in Hua Feidi's arms.Although her Chinese is still a little rusty.Although she has only been learning ancient Chinese for a few months.But that is full of affection.It still felt like Hua Fei was about to melt.Harman turned to him for refusing to do business.and eventually marry him.Hua Fei understood.At that time, Harman didn't have much affection for himself.At best, it's a good feeling.And it is possible to shelter and help other people.But all of this changed during the short time before marriage and the sweet time after marriage.Change yourself for your lover.This kind of giving.It is the most sincere love!

"Okay, as long as you like, as long as you want, I will not prevent you from making any choice. But my honorable lady, can I make a request for the child in your womb?"

"Please tell me, my hero's official!" Seeing that Hua Fei agreed, Haman excitedly put his arms around someone's neck and said with great joy.

"That is, for the sake of fetal safety, you should not be too exhausted, and you should not contact too many strangers. I will send someone to give you any information you need. Then our noble and beautiful angels only need to ask me Some opinions and suggestions that you are good at are fine! At least until our child is born and before he is one year old, your freedom must be monitored by me!"

Haman turned a blind eye to Hua Fei's pretentious threats, but buried his head in Hua Fei's ear, and said affectionately, "Take me back to the room, okay?"

Although it is the end of summer, but in a remote and quiet house in Shanghai, the spring is fading, and the water and milk are harmonious.

The weather is getting cooler and autumn is coming, and the big flu that broke out in spring swept again.However, although the flu at that time was fierce, the deaths caused by it were not enough to cause worldwide panic.And Hua Fei knew that the second flu peak that followed took tens of millions of lives.This time, one of the largest infectious diseases in history, known as the Spanish flu or the French flu by Spain, took away several

to nearly a billion lives.To some extent, this flu also directly led to the end of the year, although the continuous influence of this wave of flu did not disappear suddenly and mysteriously until 920.

As early as a few years ago, Hua Fei established a new life medicine company in the cooperation plan with the Germans, and began to specialize in the production of western medicine.In the existing education system of the autonomous region, Hua Fei did not give up on the research and exploration of traditional Chinese medicine, but also vigorously introduced western medical technology, and set up a private medical research institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializing in research on medical related topics.