1928: The rise of giant merchants

The reason that forced Zhang Hanqing and the principal to make this decision was the current situation in China that was too complicated.

The two of them have been busy fighting internally over the years and are not ready for foreign wars at all.

The principal wrote in his diary at the beginning of this year: "The Gui Ni in Guangxi, the Red Bandits in Jiangxi, the rebels in Shanxi, the Feng tribe in Shandong, and the bad troops in Sichuan must all be dealt with properly, so that the whole body cannot be affected by one incident. If the Lu army (Sun Lianzhong's tribe) can obey the order and march to Jiangxi, the Red Bandits and Feng's tribe will have their own ideas. As for Gui Ni, they only need to disband Zhang Kui's troops and Li and Bai Xun will leave Guangxi immediately. Shanxi is eager for Sichuan. , it should be done quickly.”

It can be seen from the diary that the principal wanted to transfer Feng Yuxiang's old subordinates to Jiangxi to create a lose-lose situation with the underground organization.

The Guangxi clique mainly focuses on appeasement, so Sichuan and Chongqing can leave it alone for the time being. His top priority is to annex and digest Yan Xishan's old tribe and territory.

The principal had made a good plan, but unfortunately something unexpected happened. Over in Jiangcheng, someone named Wang established a national government, which instantly put him in a dilemma.

Shortly after Ye Luo returned to Qing City, Shi Yousan, who was stationed in Yu Province, suddenly rebelled and raised troops to support the Jiangcheng National Government.

The main reason why Shi Yousan rebelled was that he was not satisfied with the status quo. He felt that he had joined Zhang Hanqing very early, but he had not gained much benefit.

How come Han Fuju, who has done nothing, can rule Lu Province, but his military strength is not inferior to that of Han Fuju, and his organization is more complete, but he can only be stationed in Shunde, a place where no one can shit?

So Shi Yousan rebelled in Henan Province. He had infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers and tank troops under his command, with a total of more than 60,000 troops. The combat effectiveness was quite strong. He also defeated the principal's Central Army many times during the Central Plains War.

Shi Yousan's goal is very simple, that is, to drive away Zhang Hanqing and lead the entire north by himself.

At the same time, Jiangcheng was also actively cooperating, dispatching troops to have a showdown with the principal.

Under such circumstances, how could the principal and Zhang Hanqing dare to provoke the Japanese invaders? The hundreds of thousands of elite members of the Northern Army dare not move if they stay in North China. They must first wipe out Shi Yousan.

Not only that, Zhang Hanqing's cousin Zhang Xuecheng is now under the command of Shi Yousan.

Zhang Xuecheng jumped up and down, urging local warlords to unite against his cousin. Not only did he lobby Sun Dianying and others, he also took the initiative to contact the Japanese and received their support.

The Japanese invaders, Shi Yousan and the Jiangcheng National Government colluded together, giving Zhang Hanqing a real headache.

At this time, Yan Xishan, who had fled to Dalian, was ready to return to Shanxi to regain power.

Yan Xishan got the exact news not long ago. He even knew exactly when the Japanese invaders would attack the north, so he wanted to take advantage of this wave of invasion to stage a comeback!

Forces from all sides are ready to move. The principal and Zhang Hanqing, the two most prosperous warlords today, are forced into a terrible situation of internal and external troubles.

So Zhang Hanqing couldn't hold on anymore and fell ill first.

He left the military in charge of the chief of staff, stayed in the hospital, and began to recuperate as if to escape.

In fact, Shi Yousan is easy to solve, but the real trouble lies with Yan Xishan.

Historically, Yan Laoxi chose to return to the base area in August, disrupting Zhang Hanqing and the principal's plans to annex North China and Northwest China, and pinned the elite of the Northern Army to North China.

Yan Xishan's education and industry did contribute to the country, but during the Central Plains War and the September 18th Incident, he completely misunderstood the country.

What Ye Luo didn't expect was that Yan Laoxi was still thinking about him. As August approached, he risked being exposed and even called and sent him a telegram.

Although the words are very cryptic, it quite means "I will make you the Minister of Finance when I make a comeback."

How could Ye Luo dare to continue doing business with Yan Laoxi? Instead of replying, he turned around and sent the telegram and the matter to Zhang Hanqing.

This was the only thing he could do.

Zhang Hanqing passively hid in the hospital. If he was prompted because of this, he could completely put aside the civil war and turn his attention back to the north, which might reduce the subsequent losses.

Unfortunately, after receiving the telegram, Zhang Hanqing simply made a phone call to thank Ye Luo for the reminder, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

He felt that Yan Xishan would not dare to come back to cause trouble at this juncture even if he had eaten the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage.

As for why he sent the telegram to Ye Luo, it was most likely to win over the God of Wealth and prepare for his future comeback.

In short, Zhang Hanqing felt very comfortable.

As soon as this matter came out, Ye Luo immediately informed himself that the principal had no idea at all.

This shows that his sworn brother still puts himself first and has not completely defected to the principal's camp as the outside world said.

After all, in Zhang Hanqing's plan, many years later, he and the principal would have a battle.

And this battle will also determine the true ownership of the central government.

By then, even if he is a businessman who is away from home, Ye Luo will have to face the problem of who to support.

It seems that he still believes in himself more!

After receiving Zhang Hanqing's call, Ye Luo knew that the matter was irreversible, so he had to stay in Qing City to supervise Kong Lingjun's work.

Kong Lingjun didn't know why the teacher's mood had become so bad recently.

Anyway, she was the closest and was the first person to suffer Wuwu's disaster.

In this way, Ye's investment continued to work in Qing City, and soon built Ye's education and some entertainment facilities.

The food city is also under intensive preparation.

A series of projects have given Qing City a sense of a new era.

The people of Qing City have been decorating with lanterns and decorations recently, and they are rushing to tell each other, hoping that the second young master can take root in Qing City and lead them to a life of wealth.

Life in Qingshi got better, but the people in the Jianghuai area suffered a lot.

From the beginning of July, heavy rains began to fall in the south. Floods in the Jianghuai area were terrible. From Sichuan and Chongqing to Suzhou City, everything became a swamp.

All major rivers overflowed, displacing tens of millions of people.

The flooding in the south has not ended yet, it has started again in the north.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River were completely flooded, and the north was not spared. Rivers in various places were flooded, and the number of disaster-stricken provinces suddenly exceeded 20.

"Shenbao" published an article that said, "The water in the Yangtze River has not receded, the water in the Yellow River has increased again, the disaster in Hankou has not subsided, and the disaster in Luoyang has occurred again." It is really a human tragedy.

The destructive power of such a huge nationwide disaster far exceeds that of last year's Central Plains War.

Because the flood came during the summer harvest season, tens of millions of farmers lost their harvest, and taxes from local governments could not be counted.

Ye Luo saw a photo in the latest issue of "Declaration". It was an aerial photo taken by American pilot Lin Bai flying an airplane. Somewhere in Suzhou City was already a vast ocean.

In the vast land, only scattered tree crowns and roofs can be seen, everything else is underwater!

Not long after, it rained heavily in Daiqing City for two days, like a divine punishment.

Just when Ye Luo was melancholy, bad news came from Lu Province.

All the water conservancy projects he had led people to repair had burst their banks! (End of chapter)