1928: The rise of giant merchants

After simply talking to Huixin about how to train her and what to do next, Ye Luo changed the topic to another matter.

"By the way, Huixin, how old are you?" Ye Luo pointed to her protruding pregnant belly.

Judging from the shape of her belly, it seems a bit bigger than little A Qiao.

"It's been seven months, but it's okay, Second Young Master." Huixin looked at him, as if water was overflowing from her eyes.

Ye Luo was stunned for a moment, then realized that she might have misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "I want to ask you some questions about pregnant women. My wife should give birth in June or July. Looking at the current situation, maybe I It may be too late to go back to Shanghai, so..."

Ye Luo explained, Hui Xin suddenly understood, her cheeks were red as if they were about to bleed, and she quickly followed his topic.

The soft moonlight poured down, illuminating the blending shadows of the two people.

Early May.

Half a month ago, in order to concentrate troops and eliminate the Guangxi clique, the principal sent Shao Lizi and others to Huashan to win over Feng Yuxiang. On the condition that the President of the Executive Yuan and the territory of Hubei and Hunan provinces, Feng should continue to cooperate with the Jinling National Government, and asked Feng Send troops to attack the Gui clan.

Feng Yuxiang ostensibly agreed to the principal's request, and immediately mobilized troops frequently on the border between Henan and Hubei, hoping to seize the opportunity to send troops to occupy Jiangcheng when both Chiang and Gui were defeated.

Unexpectedly, less than half a month after the fierce battle between Jiang and Gui, the principal defeated the Gui clique with an astonishing advantage. At the same time, he also completed the first purge of personnel related to the Gui clique within the National Government.

Important military and political figures with close ties to the Guangxi clique were suspended one after another for investigation. Those who were relatively close to Chiang and had certain achievements, such as Zhang Dingyao and Wang Hu, were transferred to the north to eat dirt, and would most likely never return. use.

The principal was extremely dissatisfied with Feng Yuxiang's behavior as a fence-sitter, especially as he not only acted as a fence-sitter, but also always mobilized troops on the edge of the battlefield, acting like "as long as you finish fighting, I will pick up the slack", which created a gap between the principal and him. The contradictions can no longer be reconciled.

In early May, not long after the Jiang-Gui war had ceased, the principal targeted Feng Yuxiang again and mobilized troops to Lu and Henan provinces in a large scale, creating a massive pressure on the Feng clique.

In March, the Japanese invaders signed an agreement with the Jinling National Government to withdraw from the capital of Shandong Province.

Now it's May, the day when the agreement is about to be fulfilled.

According to the content of the agreement, the capital of Shandong Province should be taken over by the Northwest Army of Feng's Department, which is responsible for the defense of Shandong Province. However, the principal urgently ordered the Northwest Army not to take over the capital of Shandong Province and informed Japan that it would be taken over by the Central Army directly under his personal control. The capital of Shandong Province.

This incident immediately became the trigger for the conflict between Jiang and Feng.

Zhang Hanqing, who was far away in the Marshal's Mansion in Fengtian, was reading newspapers and listening to the radio. He felt that the war was about to start again. Ye Luo had really predicted it.

He had asked Ye Luo many times before, hoping that he could come to the north to help him, but Ye Luo always rejected him on the grounds that war was about to start, natural and man-made disasters continued, and the north was not suitable for him to develop industry.

Zhang Hanqing was very unconvinced.

He felt that Ye Luo was more reluctant to part with the privileges given to him by the National Government of Jinling in the south and the revelry in Shanghai.

After all, the entire Ye family's investment in moving to the north is bound to have a great impact on his business.

But Zhang Hanqing stubbornly believed that it was just a small loss. After coming to the north, with him as the current commander-in-chief taking care of him, what kind of business could Ye Luo not do?

Can the relationship between the principal and him be compared to that between myself and him?

Regarding Zhao Yidi's incident, Zhang Hanqing always believed that he and Ye Luo had a life-long friendship that carried guns and visited prostitutes together. He didn't believe that the principal and Ye Luo could be like this.

Now, this uncomfortable knot in my heart has finally been lifted.

During the Jiang-Gui War, he was just watching the show, but now the war is about to spread to Lu Province, which is moving closer to the Central Plains.

What are the places in and around the Central Plains?

That was the base camp of the warlords who shared the cake with the principal during the Second Northern Expedition.

How could Zhang Hanqing, who was in charge in the north, still sit idly by and ignore the fight?

Feng Yuxiang, the previous fence-sitter, is now being targeted by the principal.

Combined with this, it was the end of the 18th year of the Republic of China that everyone kept silent about.

"What a natural and man-made disaster, what a troubled time." Zhang Hanqing closed the newspaper and suddenly remembered that Ye Luo seemed to have gone to the United States to make money. "This guy is really a businessman through and through."

There was a raging war in the country, and famine made it difficult for the people to make a living. It was good for him to go overseas to hunt for gold as soon as his butt was slapped, and his "ugly businessman's face" was undoubtedly revealed.

However, Zhang Hanqing did not have a 360-degree change in Ye Luo's reputation like others.

It is a good thing that he does not participate in the war between domestic warlords.

As for the natural disasters in the northwest region, despite the nice words of the warlords, there are no real actions.

At this time, there are only two groups that can travel around the disaster-stricken areas and sincerely work for the victims.

The first one is the Medical Rescue Association founded by Mr. Ding Guomao, the Taishan of Beidou in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. It is said that it has gathered dozens of traditional Chinese and Western medicine doctors and traveled around to treat disaster victims.

The second one is the Yip's Charitable Foundation under Yip's Investment. Needless to say, there are not many people in the north who don't recognize the huge leaf signboard.

Seeing the word "leaf" means hope of life.

"It coincides with the domestic melee, and the two major imperialists, Russia and Japan, are frantically infiltrating our north, causing endless troubles in the north. I am determined to speed up the recovery of the Middle East Railway rights and safeguard national sovereignty. Maybe this is a good opportunity."

The corners of Zhang Hanqing's mouth turned up slightly.

Whenever there is a war, military expenditures are needed, and most of the military expenditures in the south come from businessmen.

In order to punish those uncooperative businessmen, the principal took down the Shanghai Bund General Chamber of Commerce, which made the Shanghai Bund business community panic and must have made a lot of money.

Now that I have nominally surrendered to the Jinling National Government in the south, I can ask the principal for funding if we take back the China Eastern Railway!

"Quick, send a telegram to the principal, just say..." The more Zhang Hanqing thought about it, the more he was right, and he quickly asked the guard next to him to send a telegram to Jinling.

Thinking of Shanghai Beach, he thought of Ye Luo again.

Good boy, looking at it now, Ye Luo was really smart to run to the United States.

In this way, there is no need to confront the Jinling National Government head-on, which will avoid making both sides look bad.

Ye Luo, who was praised and cared about by Zhang Hanqing, had just gotten up from Huixin's bed. Looking at the pregnant widow who was still sleeping soundly, Ye Luo put on her clothes, opened the door and walked out.

He met Liu Xuenong and others in the corridor, and when they saw him walking out of Huixin's room, the Chinese workers naturally understood and no longer had any thoughts about the beautiful pregnant widow, and they wisely pretended not to notice.

These people can hang out in the stock market. They are all the best among people. They understand that if they have money, what will they not have?

It is only right to follow this second young master closely.

Yelo also has a full schedule today, and one of the most important things is to visit Franklin, the current governor of New York State.