New Warlords 1909

So an unavoidable choice is.You are putting all your funds and energy into industrial construction.Or focus on the development of military power.This is a problem that cannot have both fish and bear's paw.If you go all in on industrial construction.Although it will bring strong stamina.But the development of military power is limited.Who can be sure that the second revolution is about to break out.What kind of situation will Hua Fei encounter?But if you only focus on the development of military power.Militarism.Nor is it a long-term solution.

Just when Hua Fei was in great distress.Guo Tong came to report.Landlords and squires in southern Anhui sent representatives.Please see Governor Hua!

Huh?Since Hua Fei entered the Yangtze River Basin.They have always kept a distance from these local township groups in joint self-defense areas.Everyone you neither offend me.I will ignore you for the time being.But this time.They sent representatives on their own initiative.What do you want to do?

"Let them wait for me in the living room!" Hua Fei dropped the pen in his hand.Rubbed the red eyes.I got up and went out to wash my face with cold water.Brace yourselves to the living room.

Zhou Zhong and the other three representatives of the southern Anhui gentry drank a cup of tea in the living room, but they didn't see Hua Fei coming out to meet the guests, but they didn't even dare to breathe, so they could only look around calmly. Chou Chou, there was no trace of dissatisfaction at all.

They came to visit Hua Fei this time, but they had a heavy responsibility!When the gentry and landowners in southern Anhui heard that Hua Fei had returned to Wuhu from Shanghai, almost everyone's heart skipped a beat.This Hua Shashen set off a bloodbath in Shanghai, causing the huge Qing gang to be torn apart.Especially his poisonous special forces team was even more chilling, assassinating more than ten youth gang bosses in one night.Now that he returned to Wuhu, the first thing he did was to dispatch troops.What is he going to do?Isn't the motive obvious?

So those country gentry and landlords couldn't sit still any longer.After the incident in Shanghai, they finally understood a truth, that is, there is really nothing that Hua Shashen is afraid of.In the face of Hua Fei's nearly [-] well-equipped and well-trained new army soldiers, no one would think that their uneven village regiments would be able to resist Hua Fei's advance.

So they couldn't sit still any longer, and after joint discussions, they decided to send representatives.Negotiate with Hua Fei.

Just when Zhou Zhong and the others had just finished their third cup of tea, Hua Fei came in striding in, shouting loudly as soon as he entered the room, "Military affairs are busy, I kept you waiting for a long time, forgive me, Forgive me!"

When the three of them heard the hurried footsteps, they shrank their hands and lowered their bodies, daring not to act.Don't dare to do it, I don't even have the courage to look directly at Hua Fei.

"I heard from the guard that you are representatives sent by the gentry in southern Anhui? Do you need help from the governor? Since I was ordered to come to Wuhu, I haven't had time to visit the elderly and gentry in southern Anhui and other places. It's really a pity. !"

It may be because of Hua Fei's fierce reputation in the legend, but the other two just stood there obediently, not knowing how to respond for a long time.Zhou Zhong spit secretly, two hairless little ghosts.Back then I was so courageous, when I really came here, I was so scared by the guns of the guards that I almost peed my pants.

Zhou Zhong secretly glanced at Hua Fei and took a step forward.Respectfully, "Commander Hua is serious. I should have come to visit Commander Hua long ago. There is no reason for Commander Hua to visit Caomin and others. Commander Hua's army has been in southern Anhui for a long time, and I have never had time to come to pay my respects to the army. This time, I waited for the landlords and squires in southern Anhui to gather two hundred carts of rice, one hundred fat pigs, twenty cattle, and one hundred carts of wine. The silver dollar was 50 yuan. Specially sent to add some food to the subordinates of Commander Hua. Express your heart!"

Zhou Zhong's voice fell.An attendant brought up a plate covered in red silk.Guo Tong alertly stepped forward to stop him and took the plate.He lifted the red silk and saw that it was just a detailed gift list.

Hua Fei yawned again, a little confused.As the saying goes, if you don't have anything to show your courtesy, you can either rape or steal.These southern Anhui squires even took the initiative to show their favor by giving gifts this time, where did the map come from?

Seeing that Hua Fei sat there for a long time without any response, Zhou Zhong gave an ugly smile, and continued, "Of course, those just now were just for the enjoyment of the sergeants. Commander Hua is the governor of a province. The warlord has prepared a separate gift, and I ask Commander Hua not to be disgusted with it!"

Reluctantly, Zhou Zhong took out another gift list from his pocket and handed it to Guo Tong respectfully.Guo Tong opened it as usual, and was secretly speechless.These southern Anhui gentry are really generous, 100 million silver dollars!No wonder the flesh on this old guy's face hurts so much when he took out the gift slip from his pocket.Could it be that if the army commander had shown a happy face from the beginning, he wouldn't have taken out this spare gift list?

Guo Tong put the gift list on the table and saw Hua Fei resting his chin with one hand, his eyes closed and motionless.Guo Tong didn't dare to disturb Hua Fei's meditation, so he stepped aside and waited.But after waiting for a long time, when Zhou Zhong's old face was almost pale, Hua Fei still didn't make a sound.

"Commander, young...young master?" Guo Tong couldn't stand it any longer, he stepped forward and shouted in a low voice.

"Ah? What's the matter? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm really sleepy. I just squinted for a while. Where are we talking? Go on, go on!"

If it wasn't for the support of the table beside them, Zhou Zhong and the other three would almost fall over when they heard the words, their limbs twitched and they were speechless.Dare to worry for a long time, you are not asking the price in silence, but fell asleep!Hey, if I knew this earlier, why did we take out that spare gift list? It was a waste, a waste!

"Governor Hua, this time I was entrusted by all the gentry and landlords in southern Anhui to convey a few words to Governor Hua!" Although Zhou Zhong had a calm temper, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at this time.Regardless of others, speak out the purpose.

"Oh that's right, it's okay to be straightforward!"

"The gentry from all walks of life in southern Anhui mean that everyone does not object to the Huadu army's stationing in the Yangtze River area. They also deeply appreciate the revolutionary feats of the Huadu army. If the Huadu army can guarantee that the army will not be stationed in southern Anhui, it will not carry out the land reform of the Nanjing Provisional Government in southern Anhui. We, the gentry in southern Anhui, absolutely support the Huadu army."

"As long as the Anqing government does not object, we can even hand over all the land rent and other taxes to the Huadu Army!"

"Okay, I promise you!" No matter how sleepy Hua Fei was, he couldn't help being shocked when he heard the news. "Go back and tell everyone that as long as there is no riot in the southern Anhui area, my Huafei army will never set foot in the southern Anhui city. As for the land reform bill, that is not the scope of the governor's responsibility."

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Hua Fei didn't understand why the southern Anhui gentlemen who had put on a posture and vowed to fight Hua Fei to the end had suddenly changed their attitude so much.Not only proposed to hand over land rent and other taxes to Hua Fei, but also sent a cash gift of more than 100 million silver dollars.Are they really compromising?Or do you have another plan?

This question was asked inadvertently, and when Cao Yuan and Mo Haiyu heard it, Mo Haiyu immediately opened his mouth wide, eyes widened in surprise, and said, "Hua Fei, you really don't know what it means for the Green Gang to be in Shanghai? You really don’t know? Did you assassinate more than ten youth gangsters in one night, and how much shock did it cause in Shanghai? To tell you the truth, at that time the police chiefs of several patrol police stations in Shanghai ordered the police to go out to maintain order, but None of the police officers dared to go deep into the area where the incident occurred, because no one knew how much revenge the Youth Gang would set off in the next moment."

"One of the big reasons why many big families closely related to the Qing Gang remain silent is that no one of them is sure that once they openly break with you, whether they can save their lives with their own strength! It can be said that the poisonous people The psychological deterrence caused by the action is too great. You must know that the relationship between Chen Qimei, the governor of Shanghai, and the Qing Gang is not ordinary, even he tolerated your behavior!"

"My dad told me that you are still very lucky! As the most powerful underground force in Shanghai, the Qing Gang, they didn't take revenge on you immediately after the incident. It was because the Qing Gang forces were beaten by you for a while without a leader, leaving the gang members They are all caught up in the fiery internal struggle for power. As a new green gang rookie, Du Yuesheng, I seem to be grateful to you for giving him this opportunity! In addition, there is also a mysterious strange gang who also took the opportunity to rise in Shanghai, eyeing the Qing gang's territory. , causing a certain restraint!"

Hua Fei understood what Mo Haiyu said. From Mo Haiyu's point of view, or his father's point of view, the reason why Hua Fei was able to quit Shanghai safely was because he was lucky enough!It's just that Mo Haiyu won't understand.Whether it is Du Yuesheng or the mysterious secret gang, they are all pawns arranged by Hua Fei.

Mo Haiyu was able to know this information because his father was the police chief of Shanghai South City.And the gentry in southern Anhui, how could they see such an inside story.So it seems to them.Hua Fei made a big fuss on the beach, turning the rain into clouds, but he was able to escape safely under the complicated situation of that kind of forces.Such a powerful energy instantly shocked many people, and shattered their last trace of luck.As soon as they saw Hua Fei coming to Wuhu, they immediately dispatched troops and generals. They were so frightened that they quickly sent representatives to the door and directly offered compromise terms.

"Commander, they handed over land rent and other taxes to us with sinister intentions!" Cao Yuan, who was silent, suddenly said this.

Hua Fei looked up at Cao Yuan and immediately understood what he meant.These taxes were supposed to be paid to the Anqing government, but now the gentry in southern Anhui took the initiative to pay Hua Fei. This is using their interests to sow discord between the Anqing government and Hua Fei!You must know that Bai Wenwei, the governor of Anqing, is the commander of the first army of the Ministry of the Army, and there are tens of thousands of new soldiers and horses from the first army stationed in Anqing.Once the conflict between the two is provoked, it is of course the gentry class in southern Anhui that can profit from it and reap the benefits.

"Cao Yuan, although we know their intentions, we can't refuse the cake that comes to our door like this!" Hua Fei smiled indifferently, "I leave this matter to you to arrange. As long as we are in Xuancheng, Guangzhou De, She County, Qingyang and other counties in southern Anhui sent several tax supervisors to supervise the payment of taxes in southern Anhui and other places. As for other things, leave him alone for the time being, I have my own arrangements!"

Almost at the same time when Hua Fei returned to Wuhu.Criminal vandalism all over the river seems to have disappeared overnight.After several joint strikes by the local police station.A group of criminals were captured.According to the spying of Qin Man's detective team left in Anhui, a large part of the sabotage activities.Behind them are the shadows of the country gentry in southern Anhui.But since the southern Anhui squire took the initiative to compromise with him, Hua Fei decided to put aside his cares for the time being.Started to invest in his development plan with all his strength.

Hua Er came to Wuhu with a group of old Hua family workers. After careful discussion with everyone, Hua Fei decided not to relax in both aspects.The most important thing is to continue to quickly establish the originally planned military factories to initially meet the self-sufficiency of arms consumption.Second, for industries such as steel and cement related to heavy industry, priority should be given to starting construction.In addition, the railway construction plan was quickly put on the agenda.Edsey from Germany and Smith from the United States came to visit Huafei successively. Edsey brought the first batch of 36 young German army officers to receive Huafei's special warfare training.The training of the Poison Man Special Forces has been fully on the right track. Due to the strict assessment, once they fail more than three assessments, they will automatically withdraw from the Poison Man Force.Therefore, there is almost no need for supervision on weekdays, and everyone's training is very proactive.

Hua Fei handed over the task of training German police officers to Hua San.But it was different from Edsy's anxious state of mind.Hua Fei told Hua San.They are only trained for half a day every day.Another half day.Hua Fei asked them to teach the students of Jagged Academy.Have no idea.Too many students.There are too few excellent instructors.And these young officers in active service in the German army.In Hua Fei's eyes.That is the best instructor!As a matter of course.It was originally a one-year emergency training course.It was also extended to two years.

It may be because he knew that he had received free training from Hua Feidi.These German officers did not reject Hua Fei's move.After training every half day.He will always give lessons to the students of the Jagged Academy with all his heart.

Smith's purpose in coming to Wuhu is very simple.Just to see when the next business can be closed.Last time, Hua Fei raised the equipment of the local military factory.Smith and Kyle go through preliminary activities.Already confident that this single business can be done.

Hua Fei was not in a hurry at this time.Although it is more secure to hold the American thigh.But Hua Fei does not intend to give all the cakes to the Americans.After formulating the preliminary construction plan.Hua Fei took out the draft and gave it to Smith and Edsey.

Smith simply swept the draft.Immediately jumped up from the chair excitedly.He didn't even care about the tea scalding his tongue.Staring at Hua Fei, he said very seriously. "Hua... Mr. Hua. We...we are old friends. The cooperation has been...very pleasant! Can you tell me. Are the plans in this draft... all true?"

"Smith. My old friend. When did you see I lied to you?"

Smith's eyes shot out a frightening light like a microcosm exploding.I saw him waving the draft in his hand, trembling all over. "Oh, my dearest friend, don't worry. We Americans are definitely the best partners you can trust. We want all orders for arms factories, railways, steel factories, and cement factories. Don't worry, we will definitely be able to provide The best price, and... and I can call the shots. If you don't have enough funds, we at Citibank can provide a low-interest loan of $1000 million!"

Smith is eager to say, if possible, he seems willing to sign the contract now.This list is simply too huge.If you can take it smoothly.Not only will he become one of the largest foreign businessmen of the United States in East Asia, but the power of the Americans will also be further consolidated in this country.

"My friend, what I can tell you is that this is only the first part of my construction plan. I believe that the Americans are a reliable partner. I hope you can bid successfully in the upcoming tender!"

Smith's eyes lit up and then dimmed because Hua Fei said that such a huge construction investment was only the first part of his plan.Secretly because Hua Fei's meaning is very clear.This construction will be carried out entirely by bidding.If you Americans want to continue to cooperate, show more sincerity!

"Mr. Hua. Please rest assured that we Americans will never disappoint you. I will be back soon. Goodbye!" Smith couldn't wait any longer, holding Hua Fei's hand, regardless of Eddie's presence at the scene , bid farewell and left in a hurry.

Edsey hadn't thought of that at all.Hua Fei even gave him a construction draft for bidding.Hear the conversation between Hua Fei and Smith.He understood that they were Germans.There is also a chance.

As soon as Smith left, Edsey stood up.Strictly said, "Commander Hua, those Germans will be handed over to you. I will go to Beijing quickly to discuss with Minister Malink. Commander Hua, you are a friend of our Germans, and we will definitely participate in the bidding Will!"

"Thank you, looking forward to your arrival!"

Hua Fei's performance was tepid. He believed that such a huge investment would definitely attract the interest of foreigners.In order to strengthen the relationship with other countries, Hua Fei intends to benefit more countries with this big purchase as much as possible without compromising the quality of the project.It is not only a return to foreigners who remained neutral after the Green Gang incident, but also a plan to establish initial good relations with more countries before World War I.

Not long after Smith and Edsey left, Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries heard of the bidding for this huge construction plan.The United Kingdom immediately sent a delegation to start initial contact with Hua Fei.The Japanese were even more enthusiastic. The Japanese ambassador to China sent a telegram, claiming that as long as Hua Fei handed over all the construction projects to them, they were willing to provide half of the total project investment as a loan!

This telegram really moved Hua Fei's heart for a while. You must know that his current big dilemma is that the construction funds are insufficient.But Hua Fei quickly suppressed his mood, because he understood that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and one day, he will break with the Japanese.

The Industrial Corps of Nanyang Youth has been formed, and the work of site inspection and site selection has begun.While sending some experienced people to help, Hua Er began to recruit relevant skilled workers from all over the country.

Some Nanyang youths finally passed the entrance examination for the Iron-Blooded Military Academy, and only a handful of them passed the extremely harsh assessment for recruiting into the army.Hua Fei was amazed and asked, it turned out that these guys had served in the mercenaries of the local colonial government.

Most of the remaining people are engaged in business at home, and they are not good at military, industry and physical fitness.And they rushed back to the motherland all the way, so they can't be allowed to go back.Hua Fei thought that he was in urgent need of administrative talents, so he had an idea, why not set up an administrative college to train these people, so that they can take over the local administrative power in the future.At least, they are proficient in business, whether they are running Huafei's heavy industry or entering the tax department, they are the best choice.

When Hua Fei was actively preparing for the School of Administration, Hefei sent a telegram that Yuan Shikai's special envoy for disarmament would go south to Wuhu.

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