Respectfully

Marshal Lou and Li Jinyan plan to stay in the capital for a week.

During his stay in Beijing, Li Jinyan successively signed large orders for medicines with Britain, France and other countries. As for military supplies such as canned food and biscuits, relying on Britain's maritime strength, they could be continuously shipped from the colonies and the American continent to Europe and the mainland of Great Britain.It never occurred to them that their country and military needed to worry about food.

This is the confidence and strength of the British Empire on which the sun never sets.

Li Jinyan sent off the counselor of the British embassy with a smile. Looking at the drug order just signed, the corners of his mouth were hooked. When Germany started unlimited submarine warfare and the Allies began to lack food and clothing, these British guys would know, a box What a cheap price twelvepence canned lunchmeat is.If he was in a bad mood, he might raise the price of a can to twelve shillings.I don't know what kind of expression these John Bulls will have when they arrive.Can you still put on such a look with your nostrils turned upside down?

Li Jinyan is looking forward to it.

"Shut up, the Russian envoy is here."

"Russia?" Li Jinyan was stunned for a moment. If he remembered correctly, China and Russia were at war, right?Although "peace talks" are already underway, the Russian envoy should be looking for Marshal Lou instead of him, right?

But everyone came, and they couldn't be seen.

"Come in, please."

The Russian Minister Kuppensky's visit was not by accident.

Huaxia's medicines, especially anti-inflammatory drugs, have played a huge role in the European battlefield.In the history of another time and space, during the First World War, the number of deaths in each battle was calculated in tens of thousands, and many of them were wounded soldiers who did not receive fatal injuries on the battlefield but died of wound infection and inflammation .

With Li Jinyan's butterfly wings, sulfonamide came out ahead of schedule, and there are still many people who died on the Western Front, but it is also true that many wounded soldiers escaped the scythe of death because of this drug called "sulfa".

This does not mean that less blood will be shed in Europe, on the contrary, when these soldiers return to the battlefield, more blood will be shed in Europe, unless the war stops.

The purpose of Kuppensch's trip was also sulfonamide.

Tsarist Russia has begun to exchange fire with the German and Austro-Hungarian armies on the European Eastern Front.The Russian army could still win a few victories in the battle against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but in East Prussia, even though it was superior in numbers, the Russian army did not get much advantage from the German army.Compared with the well-equipped and well-trained German army, the Russian army is undoubtedly bloated, procrastinated, and backward.The only few radio stations are also clear codes. The Germans can easily intercept their next action plan and the direction of troop mobilization, and the frontline commanders have nothing to do about it.

The German army can know where the Russian army is and where it is going next, but the Russian army knows nothing about the German army. This is like fighting the opponent blindfolded!

More importantly, the wounded soldiers of the German army can be treated quickly, while the Russian army, once seriously injured, only death awaits them.A Russian lieutenant accidentally found a first-aid kit from a dead German soldier, which contained two pieces of sulfonamide, which made the Russian lieutenant who was shot in the arm during the battle lucky to survive.

The Russians began to pay attention to the Chinese medicine. Even if Russia could summon millions of troops at any time, the soldiers were as numerous as livestock, and the officers would not care too much about how many people died in a war, but they themselves were very sorry for their lives.No one can guarantee that he will not go to the battlefield in the next moment and will not be injured by a flying bullet.

As the commander-in-chief of the front line, Grand Duke Nicholas directly sent a telegram to Kuppens, saying that the Russian army needed sulfonamide.

This also prompted Russian diplomats to speed up negotiations with China, and even made concessions on their own initiative in some respects.He even said that the long-legged boundary marker in East Siberia can be completely ignored.Kuppensky visited Li Jinyan this time in order to finalize an order before the negotiation ended.In this way, no matter what the outcome of the negotiations is, he will be able to explain to Grand Duke Nicholas.

"no problem."

Knowing the intention of Kupensiqi's visit, Li Jinyan agreed very happily, and there was no reason to push it out when the business came.However, given that the two countries are currently in a "warring" situation, in terms of drug prices, don't even think about the same discounts as Germany, and the prices are [-]% higher than those in Britain, France and other countries!

Said that Li Sanshao has black hands?

Indeed, he admitted.

Didn't he know that Britain, France and other countries have started research on sulfa?Germany also has the information. He doesn't know if there are people like [-] in the UK at this time, but if there are really spies who stole the information on sulfa from the Germans, he still wants to continue to make a lot of money?Totally impossible!

Said it was a Chinese thing?

I'm sorry, but the so-called robber mentality was developed from these Westerners.

What Li Jinyan can do now is to make more money in the shortest possible time.When slaughtering is about to be slaughtered, when you are slaughtering, you must be more ruthless!

In the transaction with the Russians, Li Sanshao stated that he did not want the ruble. Compared with the devaluation of the German currency after the war, Tsarist Russia began to issue paper money indiscriminately during the war, domestic prices soared, and the inflation rate was astonishing. Paper is not much different.

"Gold, I demand all payment in gold."

The Russians' love for gold and precious stones is world-famous, otherwise, where did Kolchak's hundreds of tons of gold come from?It is said that this is only the tip of the iceberg in the Tsar's property.Known as the richest person in the world, how rich Nicholas II is, the figures recorded in history books may not be all true.

Having been in this era for so long, Li Jinyan has learned not to blindly believe in history, after all, history is changing at any time.

"no problem."

Kuppensky was also very straightforward, anyway, it wasn't him who paid the money, as long as he could buy sulfa, he would be considered as completing the task.

Li Jinyan smiled and picked up the teacup. The old man in front of him is very easy to deal with. In this case, he doesn't mind giving him some benefits. Compared with the large sum of gold he will get from the Russians, the little money he gave to Kuppensky Nothing at all.

The Russian envoy left satisfied with the order. Li Jinyan leaned on the sofa and let out a sigh of relief. He raised his head and glanced at the chiming clock on the wall. It was three o'clock in the afternoon.

Dealing with these foreigners all day is really not an easy task.

"By the way, we still need to buy mining machines." Li Jinyan tapped his knee lightly. Should he buy it from the British or give the order to the Germans?It is said that American goods are also available.Thinking of the way John from the American firm came to look for him before, Li Jinyan couldn't help laughing. Compared to before, not only himself, but even John is completely different.

After much consideration, Li Jinyan decided to divide the order into four parts, including Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and even France.

It is the early stage of the war, and the industries of various European countries have not yet transformed into military enterprises, but soon, these European factories will gradually begin to produce military products, and Li Jinyan is really sad to hand over such a huge order to any country alone. No bottom.

Besides, Li Jinyan's eyes slowly narrowed. The British lent the Japanese 3000 million pounds. No one knows when the Japanese will have a convulsion with this money. In order to ensure that these machines can reach China safely, they must give The British have a little sweetness, enough for them to suppress the Japanese and not act rashly.

Very helpless, very aggrieved, but this is reality.

"Master Yan, the Italian legation counselor is here."

Italy?What are you going to buy this time, a helmet or a can?Perhaps hard candies and biscuits can be highly recommended to these Italians.

Li Jinyan rubbed his face fiercely, "Please come in."

Li Sanshao was busy, and Lou Shaoshuai was not idle either.

President Lou Da specially called Young Marshal Lou to the capital for the Nanman Railway Co., Ltd. in Dalian.

"This club has the background of the Japanese royal family." President Lou Da picked up the teacup, put it to his mouth, but put it back on the table, the bottom of the cup touched the table, and made a soft sound, "Even if you eat it, I'm afraid it will be unsafe." .”

"So what?" Lou Xiao stood in front of President Lou Da, dressed in military uniform, with an upright military posture, "Keep fighting."

President Lou Da: "..."

What Lao Taishan said was indeed correct. His son was definitely a lifelong murderer. Hearing this tone, he was so arrogant, but he was so arrogant that he couldn't help but envy him.

When he was young, if he also had the army, weapons, and food that this kid has today... Forget it, the world is like this, it's useless to think about it now.He should be thankful that his son has achieved what he wanted to do but has never been able to do.

"According to your intention, swallow this club?"

"Swallow." A simple and neat word. In fact, when the Japanese minister Hijimasu approached the Chinese coalition government, the soldiers from the six northern provinces had already emptied the headquarters of the Nanman Railway Co., Ltd. in Dalian, not to mention digging the ground. Three feet, not much difference.The military officers who led the team had participated in the "temporary takeover" of the Bank of Japan in the six northern provinces, and they were familiar with such tasks.

"Move them all away, don't leave the tables and chairs behind! The door panels can be removed and removed, and it's not bad to carry them back to chop firewood."

Dalian people surrounded the building where the headquarters of the Nanman Railway Co., Ltd. was located and watched the excitement for several days. The officers and soldiers of the newly established No.17 Division in the six northern provinces moved things from the house. At first, most of the people onlookers Guessing that this box is probably full of money, our young marshal just sent it this time!When they saw the soldiers walking out carrying tables, chairs and benches, not even letting the door panels pass by, the common people were dumbfounded, and couldn't help thinking to themselves: Didn't you say that Li Sanshao can make money?Looking at the posture of moving things, why does it seem that there is no firewood in the barracks?

Regardless of what the people think, the officers and soldiers of the newly formed No.17 Division spent three days really cleaning up the inside and outside of this corporation.There were no windows or door panels left. When the building was handed over to the Dalian Municipal Government, the officials who took over were stunned for 5 minutes looking at the house with air leaks from all sides and no windows.

Didn't you mean move things?Is this any different than demolishing a house?

What did these soldiers do before enlisting in the army?

After counting, a total of 300 million oceans worth of property was obtained from Nanman Railway Co., Ltd., compared with the initial capital of 300 million yen, this amount of money is really pitifully small, but this is nothing to do. Feng Railway, and now even the railway bridge on the Yalu River has been taken away by the army of the six northern provinces. How can this company, which relies on the railway for profit, be as rich as it has been in history?In addition, since last year, Japanese companies have continuously withdrawn capital from this club, and the headquarters has also transferred funds back to China one after another. It is not bad to have [-] million oceans to start with.At least it can make up for part of the military expenditures of the six northern provinces and Japan and Russia.

Speaking of military expenditures, Ren Wuchu, the director of the finance bureau of the six northern provinces and the general manager of the official bank account of the six northern provinces, is really a capable person. With tens of millions of military expenditures, he is not at all embarrassing.President Lou Da wanted to transfer him to the Ministry of Finance of the coalition government, but he couldn't say anything to his son's cold face.

In the end, the Japanese envoy's protest was rebuffed. The Third Division of North Six Provinces, which occupied Sinuiju, North Korea, did not continue to march towards Pyongyang, nor did it appear to withdraw from North Korea.This made Zhengyi, the governor of North Korea, tense all the time, and the intelligence personnel in North Korea also focused all their attention on the Chinese people, so that they did not notice that the North Korean king Li Xi, who was under house arrest, began to move frequently.

In early September, Lou Xiao and Li Jinyan set off to return to Guanbei.

When the two came to Beijing, no one in the capital got any news. When they left, many people came to the station to see them off.

On the platform, President Lou Da patted Young Marshal Lou on the shoulder with a smile on his face. Young Marshal Lou stood at attention and saluted. The spotlights blared all of a sudden. Li Jinyan was still not used to this kind of scene. The big president suddenly turned to him and said, "Good boy, you have worked hard during this time."

Immediately, everyone's eyes were on Li Jinyan. Some knew his identity and some didn't. Who made Li Jinyan more reclusive than Young Marshal Lou? The only photos that were published in the newspaper were also taken in the station. If you take a frontal photo, coupled with the current photographic and printing technology, the real person and the photo in the newspaper may not be recognizable when placed together.

Everyone knows that Lou Xiao married Li Sanshao, and that Li Sanshao is an out-and-out golden baby, a money rake, but few people know what Li Sanshao looks like.

Now that President Lou Da revealed Li Jinyan's identity in front of everyone, many people who had never met Li Jinyan before suddenly realized, they also said who this young man without a military rank was. Madam.

The spotlight rang out again, and the smile on Li Jinyan's face froze, but at this moment Lou Xiao put one hand on his shoulder, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Relax."

How can he relax in this situation?

Li Jinyan's expression became even stiffer, and then a flash of light flashed in his mind, it was intentional, it must be intentional!Even through the white smoke, he did not miss the expressions on the reporters' faces and the light in their eyes.

After getting on the train, Li Jinyan finally couldn't hold back anymore. He believed that it would be difficult for him not to be famous after today.

"Young commander, what are you thinking?"

Lou Xiao sat across from Li Jinyan, put one hand on the edge of the table, and raised one eyebrow, "Let the world know that you are my wife and I am your man, that's all."

Li Jinyan: "..."

Could it be said that the thinking circuit and the way of thinking about problems of ordinary people and geniuses are always two parallel lines?

The special train arrived at Guanbei Railway Station and took the car back to the Marshal's Mansion. Mrs. Lou was talking to the second wife in the living room, and the second young master Lou was sitting on the sofa playing a nine-link ring by himself.

"I know you are all tired when you come back today?"

Mrs. Lou greeted Young Marshal Lou and Li Jinyan with a smile. When she saw the second lady, Li Jinyan remembered the letter from Mr. Li Er. About the purchase of arms for the southern government with contacts and funds, as for how the arms arrived in Guanbei, I only wrote a few vague sentences, but I can guess that it is probably related to the Russian military port.

Vladivostok, Vladivostok.

This originally belonged to China, but now it is occupied by Tsarist Russia in the north which is a year-round ice-free port.

Mr. Li Er's letter was written clearly, but it was also a little vague. Maybe he was also worried that if the letter was seen by outsiders or someone in the court broke the letter, it would cause trouble for those who helped him. The incident was just passing by, but it made Li Jinyan's heart start to beat, what kind of person is Li Er Master?Should he ask Uncle Dumb again?

"Yan'er?" Seeing the second lady saying a few words, Li Jinyan lost his mind and patted him, "What are you thinking?"

Mrs. Lou smiled: "I must be tired. The tonic soup prescription prescribed by Dr. Liu last time is still there. I will let the kitchen stew it later."

Hearing Butang, Li Jinyan once again had a bitter face, and immediately cheered up, not daring to be distracted anymore.

Young Marshal Lou sat on the sofa talking to Mrs. Lou, Second Young Master Lou dropped the toy in his hand, and stretched out his hand to Li Jinyan: "Brother Yan, hug me."

"Hey, Rui'er, do you want to talk about brother?"

"Think." Second Young Master Lou stood on Li Jinyan's lap, put his arms around Li Jinyan's neck, and rubbed against each other.

The next moment, Li Jinyan's arms suddenly emptied, Second Young Master Lou was caught in front of him by Young Marshal Lou, holding him with both hands, Young Marshal Lou's face was cold, and Second Young Master Lou's expression also changed, the two brothers faced each other coldly.

Li Jinyan: "..."

He really is a brother...

On the same day, the second wife left dinner at the Marshal's Mansion, and Li Jinyan wanted to discuss with her about the planned theater. Regarding the letter from the second master Li, he planned to keep the second wife from the news for the time being. After all, the content of the letter involved Some secrets, the fewer people know, the better.

"Let me manage the theater?" The second lady was drinking tea, and when she heard Li Jinyan's words, she hurriedly put down the teacup, "Yan'er, are you serious?"

"Really, mother." Li Jinyan said: "You don't need to come forward in person, just help my son to steer the helm behind. For serious business, my son will arrange other people to do it."

"You make me think about it."

The second lady didn't immediately refuse, so the matter is still open, Li Jinyan continued: "There is still Zhi'er."

"Twigs?"

"Yes, I also plan to set up a film company. I saw that she was very concerned about these things a while ago. Why don't you ask her what she means? Now the company's personnel and machines are almost in place, and the only shortage is actors. If she is willing You can come and try."

"Well, Yan'er, you know what happened to Zhi'er before." The second lady frowned, "If a movie is really made and people recognize it, wouldn't it make her feel uncomfortable? Besides, you..."

"Mother, I've considered all of these." Li Jinyan said, "Zhi'er is a good girl, I thought, what's going on, I still have to see what she thinks."

"Okay, I see."

The second lady nodded, she also saw the changes in Zhi'er, if she could get over this hurdle, maybe it would be a good thing.

In the sixth year of the Republic of China, on September 1914, 9 in the Gregorian calendar, Japan suddenly declared war on Germany.The Okuma Cabinet has made this "feat", which is really impressive.Even some people in Japan think the cabinet has gone crazy.Now Japan is living entirely on loans, the Japanese navy is huddled in the military port, the army is beaten up by the Chinese army, and the cabinet will declare war on Germany? !

If they had the courage to declare war on Germany, why didn't they have the courage to drive out the Chinese troops who entered North Korea, and why did they turn a blind eye to the prisoner-of-war camps built by the Chinese in Dalian?

The Okuma cabinet is also struggling. British money is not easy to get. If they don't declare war, what will they use to express Japan's "gratitude" and "sincerity" to Great Britain?

Moreover, Prime Minister Okuma and the cabinet members thought very well. Europe is far away from Japan. Even if war is declared, it is impossible to directly confront the German army.The German Far East Fleet had left and a naval battle was out of the question.From all perspectives, China, especially the six northern provinces, are very close to Germany, even if there is no alliance, it is not much different.Japan has made it clear that it can use the power of the British to solve the problems of Dalian and North Korea?

The Okuma cabinet thought very well. They even began to fantasize about the scenario of the British fleet entering Bohai Bay together with the Japanese fleet, but unfortunately, they missed one point, that is, for these European powers, interests are always above everything else!

When Li Jinyan waved banknotes and orders and used a lot of real money to buy mining equipment from Great Britain, the balance in John Bull's hands began to tilt towards Huaxia.

It is good to support Japan against China, but in the face of real money, Japan should stay where it is cool.

Li Jinyan spent a lot of money to buy machinery, and a large number of professionals entered the Northwest. The news that China had found oil mines spread like wildfire. If it had been in the past, the European powers who were extremely hungry for raw materials and energy had already swarmed. Now, the Battle of the Marne is about to start. Stronger countries are fighting to the death on the battlefield, and the weaker countries feel that they have nowhere to say anything in the face of China today.

Therefore, Li Jinyan can safely and boldly sign a contract with the three brothers Ma Qingxiang to exploit oil mines. The three horses really admire Li Jinyan's ability to make money. The canning factory they founded before has now earned them a lot of money. Although the big head is not me, the money will definitely pile up into mountains!

"TNND, this can get money much faster than robbery."

He said so, but Ma Qingxiang still ordered the army to continue to search for the whereabouts of the prince of Outer Mongolia who followed Zhezun Danbabu all the way to the black in Outer Mongolia.

The ongoing Sino-Russian negotiations are not only about Siberia, but also Outer Mongolia.

Due to various reasons, the current Outer Mongolia is not independent, but only declares "self-government".Seeing the weakness of the Russians, the Chinese government no longer intends to appease these princes of Outer Mongolia, and label Zhezundan Babu as a "separatist country". It is not a matter of arresting you!

Russia is silent on this.The Russians in Outer Mongolia began to withdraw to Siberia one after another, which made Zhezun Danbabu and others completely lose their backing.It has become impossible to "surrender" to the Chinese government.

Destruction is only a matter of time.