1928: The rise of giant merchants

Liu Wenhui rushed to Qing City in a hurry. Even though he was still in a cold war with Liu Xiang, the arms of more than 20 million yuan still made him unable to hold back.

Despite Liu Xiang's sarcastic expression, he forced himself to negotiate.

The more Liu Xiang listened, the happier he became.

You secretly bought goods from abroad and wanted to steal my hometown. Now that someone has discovered it, you have come over to beg for mercy in a low voice.

It’s so shameless!

Liu Xiang didn't like playing tricks, so he flatly rejected Liu Wenhui's request and asked him to return home quickly and prepare for war.

He has a relatively decent warlord style.

If it were someone named Wang from Jiangcheng in the south, he would probably not let this bitter enemy step out of the gate of Qingshi today.

Liu Wenhui left angrily and dejectedly.

When he came this time, he certainly didn't expect Liu Xiang to be really willing to return the batch of arms with both hands.

He had the mentality of giving it a try. If he could succeed, it would be great. If he couldn't succeed, he would still have second-hand preparations.

Liu Wenhui's second-hand preparation was more insidious.

In the name of mourning his old mother, he continued to stay in Nanchuan near Qingshi, and then bought Liu Xiang's division commanders Fan Shaozeng and Chen Lanting for 300,000 yuan and 150,000 yuan respectively.

Yes, you heard it right.

Liu Wenhui almost succeeded in buying off Liu Xiang's division-level officers with only 450,000 oceans.

This is the current social ecology and the situation of various classes in the Republic of China.

The top group of people: top warlords, big warlords, wealthy families, etc. These people have countless wealth. For example, Zhang Hanqing goes to Beidaihe every year and spends millions of dollars to build a large villa like a palace there.

There are countless other assets, including bank deposits, real estate, company stock dividends, etc.

Among the famous warlords at the next level, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui are considered the more famous ones. They divided the entire Sichuan and Chongqing Province into two, just like Han Fuju who was entrenched in Lu Province. He controlled the resources of a province and was not rich. All difficult.

You must know that some provinces in the Republic of China were vast and rich in resources, and their land area and total population exceeded that of many small European and American countries.

Even if the economy is not developed enough, if you let one family suck blood, you can still get a big belly.

But the people under their command were miserable.

During the war preparation period, these big warlords will only ensure your basic life, but don't think too much about anything more. It's all up to you to fight for it.

During the war, they only care about their own ace troops and direct troops. The miscellaneous troops are often treated very poorly. Please refer to the miserable Long Wenwen Department in "My Commander, My Regiment".

The division commander sounds very majestic and awesome. He has a lot of people under his command, but it is difficult to feed them.

The eldest brother above doesn't care about the common prosperity, but the people below can only use their own brains.

The passing of bandits is like a comb, the passing of soldiers is like a grate, and the passing of officials is like a haircut.

This is not just talk.

This is the current situation of the Republic of China.

300,000 yuan may be just a year's maintenance fee casually given by the top people to their mistresses, but it can make these teachers extremely greedy.

Liu Wenhui focused on observing several of Liu Xiang's core subordinates before selecting Fan Shaozeng.

But he still miscalculated the stupidity of Fan Shaozeng, the "Fan Ha'er".

In Sichuan-Chongqing dialect, "Ha'er" means "silly".

Fan Shaozeng has joined the local Pao Ge organization since he was a child and is a well-known young and Dangerous boy.

In the past 20 years, he has also relied on his hard work to become a division commander under Liu Xiang from the little brother Pao Ge. Last year, he was appointed by the principal as the commander of the Sichuan-Hubei Border Defense Force.

But this thing sounds majestic and does not bring any money.

Fan Shaozeng's pockets were so poor that he accepted the 300,000 yuan sent by Liu Wenhui without even refusing.

But he turned around and sold Liu Wenhui to Liu Xiang.

Fan Shaozeng has no money and is called Haer, but he is not really stupid.

The soldiers and power in his hands were all given by Liu Xiang.

Although there is a fight between the two Lius now, the situation is not clear. If there is a fight, you can forget it.

Before the fight started, you were colluding with the enemy. If you were discovered, you would be captured and shot.

No one dares to intercede for you.

After the Dongchuang Incident, Fan Shaozeng did not think that Liu Wenhui would help him, and would most likely wait for his death to rob his troops.

He did not have the ability to lead troops independently in Sichuan and Chongqing even at his own expense, so he decisively reported the matter to Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang was very satisfied after hearing this, and directly awarded the 300,000 yuan to Fan Shaozeng, asking him to take the money to Shanghai for fun.

They say it's just for fun, but actually I still don't trust him very much in my heart, but I don't want to betray him, which is equivalent to asking him to flee to the south to "avoid the limelight".

Fan Shaozeng was a clever man, and he found out that Ye Luo was doing a prosperous business in Qingshi. This time he went to Shanghai to visit the pier.

Instead of going south directly, he turned around and went to Qingshi, where he spent money to build a large mansion near Caiyuanba.

He didn't hesitate and asked his adjutant to send a telegram to Ye Luo, saying that he wanted to go south to do business and hoped that the second young master would take care of him. This big mansion in Qing City would be used as a villa for the Ye family in Qing City from now on.

Historically, after Fan Shaozeng arrived in Shanghai, he gained the respect of the principal and Liu Xiang because of his military power. He was quickly regarded as an honored guest by the three Yongxing tycoons.

Later, Zhang Jinghu, an old man in the Youth Gang, accepted him as a closed disciple, and then asked the three Yongxing tycoons to take him into the cigarette business.

This guy is really clueless and full of warlord mentality of bullying men and dominating women.

Later, he fell in love with the sports star "Southern Mermaid" Yang Xiuqiong, and forced her to divorce her and become his concubine.

This guy is outrageous, but he really fought against the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War. At the last moment, he resolutely opposed Chiang Kai-shek and had a good end after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Now the three tycoons of Yongxing have been finished by Ye Luo.

As for the so-called old generation of the Green Gang, these old gangster leaders have not committed many crimes, or are now safe and sound, so Ye Luo will not pursue them.

For those who are still doing evil in their old age, like Zhang Jinghu, their homes have been razed by the Ye family security guards.

Even if Fan Shaozeng comes to Shanghai, there is no such person, and he will not follow them to do evil again.

Ye Luo immediately replied to the telegram, which was concise and to the point.

Come to do business, I welcome you.

Come to die, I am not afraid.

Fan Shaozeng was a little unsure of the character of the second young master, but he knew that he emphasized integrity in business, not touching opium, and not doing evil.

Therefore, before coming to Shanghai, he went to find Liu Xiang again, hoping that the boss would help him to speak for him.

After the relationship between the two sides was settled, he quickly got on the train and headed straight to Shanghai.

Chen Lanting, another division commander who was bribed, was not so lucky.

He was dazzled by the 150,000 yuan and kept it secret, but was discovered because of Fan Shaozeng's incident.

Chen Lanting was dismissed and investigated by Liu Xiang on the spot and became a prisoner.

Liu Wenhui, who threw away 450,000 yuan in vain, remained calm and ordered his brother Liu Wencai to send an assassin named Hu Wenpeng to Qingshi to assassinate Liu Xiang.

It must be said that Liu Wenhui was really unlucky.

Liu Fangwu's corps was stationed at the border of Qingshi, fulfilling their duties and responsibilities. They were most worried that someone would be detrimental to Ye's investment, so they strictly checked the pedestrians coming and going.

Hu Wenpeng was shot into a sieve before he could run to Liu's mansion.

After the incident was exposed, Liu Wenhui ordered the troops stationed in Jiangjin to cut off the food supply of Qingshi, and the contradiction between the two was about to break out.

Liu Xiang, who was repeatedly tricked, was also angry and began to reorganize his troops, vowing to compete with Liu Wenhui.

The drama of the two Lius fighting for Sichuan will start in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Liu Xiang no longer has the energy to care about what Ye Luo does in Qing City.

Sichuan and Chongqing are in chaos, and the north has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Kenji Doihara resigned from the post of the pseudo-mayor of Fengtian and was about to be transferred to Harbin as the director of the secret agency. His goal is to deal with the underground organization in Heilongjiang Province!