1928: The rise of giant merchants

After the third son of the third generation of the Ye family was born, the principal and his wife were the first military and political leaders to send their blessings.

The principal's wife even proposed to adopt this little boy as her godson, but later she gave up considering that he was born to a concubine and the movie star Ruan Lingyu.

She had already adopted Ye Zhuohua as her godson, because first, Ye Zhuohua was the eldest son, and second, Xiao Aqiao was the second concubine, and was even declared to be a co-wife.

Otherwise, as the principal's wife, if she wanted to adopt a godson or a daughter, the other party could only be the offspring of Bai Xiuzhu.

Just when a bunch of people came to congratulate Ye Luo, on March 7, Rehe was still completely occupied by the crazy Japanese.

The people of the whole country were indignant and kept condemning the principal and Zhang Hanqing for losing power and humiliating the country and being unworthy of being warlord leaders.

Zhang Hanqing was determined to fight the Japanese invaders to the end this time, but he ended up with such a result. He was also a little discouraged. Faced with the bad public opinion and situation, Zhang Hanqing called the Jinling National Government on the day when Rehe fell, saying that he would resign and then resigned.

In the last Battle of Songhu, the principal had proved with his strength that Wang and Sun Ke were both useless, and only he could lead the Kuomintang.

He couldn't resign, so Zhang Hanqing had to be the scapegoat.

In this environment, various anti-Japanese small groups continued to emerge, and no one could stand the double oppression of the Japanese puppets and the Kwantung Army. Although the momentum was broken as soon as it started, they still appeared in an endless stream.

Ye Luo has a lot of people who go to your consulate and shops to make trouble every day. You have to be careful of the Japanese who are alone. If they suddenly disappear, even if you go to the consular court, you can't find them back.

In this way, Ye's investment has died down a little and no longer continues to make use of this matter.

The power of Ye Luo and Ye's Investment is much greater than they imagined.

However, this matter still aroused high praise from the majority of anti-Japanese people. Ye Luo was pushed to the position of the first national savior industrialist in the Republic of China, which was completely opposite to the reputation of Kong Xiangxi and others.

Ye Luo equipped them with the best weapons and equipment, the best food, and the most elite soldiers. He bought and distributed everything he could buy, including airplanes, cannons, tanks and rocket launchers.

Ye Luo also did some business with the consortium in Japan, so that Ye's Investment would occasionally go on strike. In this way, he did everything, which directly made the Kwantung Army a headache.

The commander of the Kwantung Army, Muto Nobuyoshi, personally deployed a large encirclement and suppression, and at the same time ordered the puppet army to carry out some propaganda work in the area of ​​​​punishment.

After repeated discussions, the Kwantung Army actually sent the Japanese and puppet troops to return the looted vehicles and materials intact to Ye's Investment. Of course, the soldiers who killed people would not be handed over, but in order to give Ye Luo an explanation, they lied that it was the puppet army who did it.

Of course, this resignation is just like the principal's resignation last time, it is fake.

The core of Ye Luo's business is that if you don't do it, I won't do it. We compete in business ability, capital, connections, and technology, but if you use knives and guns, I will not be a vegetarian.

Although Ye's Sports and Ye's Security have evacuated most of them from the north, many employees are still in the local area, and some industries invested by Ye are still rooted in the north.

If he resigns again, no one can take over that position.

At the same time, Ye's convoy gathered a new group of people, and even Liu Fangwu, who was training troops every day in Qing City, sent a battalion of elite soldiers there.

The most serious one was a small convoy with a total of five vehicles. More than ten people were all taken away and killed, and all supplies were looted.

During the Battle of Songhu, the General Tax Police Corps gave the Japanese invaders a warning, letting them know that when the equipment is not backward, the Chinese army may not be able to beat them.

This time, the Kwantung Army completely irritated Ye Luo.

The transition period between 1932 and 1933 was particularly long for the people in the three northern provinces that had fallen.

The transport convoy of the Yeh Charity Foundation encountered puppet troops and the Kwantung Army several times in the north. At first, due to the reputation of Yeh's investment, the small number of puppet troops did not dare to take action, while the Kwantung Army tried to rob several times with its firepower and advantages.

Although the Army Department was fanatical, it was not stupid. It was too stupid to cause economic obstruction and a sharp decline in business in China for the sake of more than a dozen lives.

Due to Zhang Hanqing's sudden resignation, the political situation in Beiping was in chaos for several days. Wang Zhuoran took the opportunity to act in the chaos and released all the members of the underground organization in several prisons, which did not attract anyone's attention.

The puppet army took the blame directly and sent out more than a dozen Japanese puppet elements, who were all beaten to death on the same day.

The so-called propaganda and appeasement is to clear out civilian weapons and distribute some leaflets that are friendly to the people, so that they will not resist or harbor those small anti-Japanese groups.

After the economy of the southern business community was blocked, even if the Japanese Consulate General came forward to plead for mercy, the Shilipu Wharf and other places would not allow Japanese merchants to enter.

Even if they had already made an invasion plan, it didn't mean that they would "three-light" everything.

After all, it was him during the Fengtian Incident, and now it was him who fell in Rehe. Zhang Hanqing could not escape the stigma of ruining the three northern provinces.

The power of the army is still in the hands of Zhang Hanqing's confidants. When he returns from a trip to Europe to study, everything will be the same.

No matter how awesome you are, you have to eat, drink water, and sleep.

His resignation this time is mainly to calm the public anger and give the principal a way out.

The most terrifying thing is the Jiacheng Tax Inspection Team.

It is impossible for the principal to leave the Nanjing National Government now.

The puppet troops were not good at fighting, but they were very good at dealing with the people. When they arrived at the village, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil, like locusts passing through the border, causing unrest everywhere.

The Japanese puppets and the Kwantung Army began to promote education in the north, being close to the people, and even set up primary schools to teach Japanese and carry out cultural invasion. However, once Ye's Investment opposed it, all their "close to the people" methods were useless.

This time, Ye's Investment announced a full withdrawal from the north, factories were closed, shops were closed, workers went on strike, and funds were transferred.

Although Ye Luo's original intention was to completely destroy their economy and business, after all, the north was already under their control, and many things could not be operated. This was also the limit of what he could do.

The warlords and the rich could quietly leave through various channels, and the poor people could only stay where they were, stretching their necks and waiting to die.

Even in the areas ruled by the Kwantung Army, people's livelihood and economy could not be completely absent. After the continuous exploitation of Chinese businessmen, only Ye's Investment could continue to survive.

Ye Luo was certainly not stupid enough to start a war. On the one hand, he publicly criticized the unscrupulous behavior of the Kwantung Army, and on the other hand, he cracked down on Japanese spies and Japanese businessmen in the south.

Who said that businessmen in the Republic of China could not save the country?

Ye Luo quietly eroded everything with a silent method, and also tried his best to assist anti-Japanese groups to resist the Kwantung Army.

It can be regarded as a shot of confidence for the people after the fall of Rehe. (End of this chapter)