People in the Republic of China: Rising from the Fall

Chapter 249: Su Zheng is more powerful than a warlord! Jin Rong and Du Yuesheng served [Fourth Change, Ask for Subscription].

There were only a few hundred people in the Su family army, which was Du Yuesheng’s judgment.

After all, it is not easy to raise a troop. It costs too much money.

Now Su Zheng’s industrial and commercial assets are constantly expanding and developing… This in itself requires a lot of money. Therefore, Du Yuesheng judged that the money that Su Zheng could take out to develop Su Jiajun was limited.

The entire Su family army is at most a few hundred people.

Jin Rong also nodded slightly, agreeing with Du Yuesheng’s analysis, and said, “Hmm… I think so too.”

“Su Zheng’s industry has become so large, and it is still expanding and developing, and the funds required must be very large.”

“This also means that the funds that Su Zheng can leave for the development of Su Jiajun must not be too much, so the scale of Su Jiajun should not be large, probably a few hundred people!”

A few hundred people?

If only Huang Jin Rong and Du Yuesheng knew that the scale of the Su Family Army was more than 10,000 people. I don’t know how shocked it will be.

Du Yuesheng said with a solemn face, “But… Big brother, if there are hundreds of people in the Su family army, then the strength should not be underestimated, after all, this is a regular army! ”

Jin Rong nodded and said, “Yes… I really didn’t expect Su Zheng to spend so much money to form his own private army. ”

“With private armament… This means that Su Zheng’s strength should not be underestimated. ”

When it was just a gang organization of the Zhengtian Society, the three major tycoons and the Qing Gang did not dare to make a move against the Zhengtian Society. I’m afraid I’ll lose both.

Now Su Zheng also has a private armed Su family army, which makes Jin Rong and Du Yuesheng even more jealous, and they dare not easily make a move on Su Zheng.

Can’t beat ah.

If the regular armed forces of several hundred people really do it, it will be very fierce.

Du Yuesheng slowly spoke, “Su Zheng has a private armament… That’s because he owns the private territory of Hengxing Island, and no one cares about the development of private armed forces on Hengxing Island, and he has an innate advantage. ”

“I now understand why Su Zheng spent so much money to buy Hengxing Island in the first place.”

Truly.

The development of private armed forces on Hengxing Island is beyond anyone’s control. Because Hengxing Island is Su Zheng’s territory.

But if it is to develop private armed forces in the concession areas, the foreigners will definitely not… Not willingly. So it is impossible for the three tycoons to develop their own private armed forces, but Su Zheng can.

Jin Rong’s face sank, and said, “This Su Zheng is really a wise man!” ”

Du Yuesheng turned his head to look at Yan Yuhua and said, “Old Yan, you continue to arrange for your brothers to investigate the situation of the Su family army, it is best to clearly understand the number of troops, weapons and equipment, development and even combat effectiveness of their troops!” ”

“Be sure to find out… The clearer you look, the better. ”

Yan Yuhua nodded and said, “Okay, I understand….. I will go down and investigate now! ”

After saying that, he went down.

After learning that Su Zheng had the Su Family Army, Huang Jin Rong and Du Yuesheng were even more afraid of Su Zheng, and they were more sure to turn enemies into friends with Su Zheng, rather than being rigid to the end.

Jin Rong was still a little shocked and said, “Yuesheng, is it easy to raise a troop now?” It’s not easy! ”

“Even the current warlord army has to spend a lot of money to support an army, and many warlords are short of money… They all have to rely on looting, taxes, and even opium trafficking to stabilize the troops, and he Su Zheng dares to raise a troop alone? ”

“Does he not know that it is not easy to raise a troop or that he is financially strong?”

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that “the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers”, and for the warlord army, which is essentially a violent machine, it is necessary to have a good salary to make them work for the warlord leader.

Because the essence of a warlord soldier is an errand job, there is no faith, no goal, everything is for money, so if the warlord soldier is allowed to have no salary, or even not enough to eat, insist on fighting in extremely bad conditions, and can still win the war, it is tantamount to a fantasy… It is impossible.

For the warlord troops, “being a soldier and eating food” is a matter of course. Therefore, in order to maintain their territory and power, many warlords in the Republic of China naturally need enough money and food to maintain their troops. As for participating in the warlord scuffle in order to go further or protect oneself, the military expenditure of “when the cannon goes off, ten thousand taels of gold” is even more important.

It is difficult for warlords to raise a troop, but now Su Zheng dares to raise an army alone, which really shocked Jin Rong and Du Yuesheng. Du Yuesheng nodded and said, “Yes… The military has to find ways to get some military expenses, where does Su Zheng’s military spending to raise Su Jiajun come from? ”

“Although Su Zheng’s industry can make a lot of money, raising an army is not a commercial profit that can be done, right?”

“He is not like the great powers who borrow money, cannot collect taxes, and does not sell opium… Is it supported by its own commercial industry? ”

The entire Republic of China has countless warlord troops, which requires a lot of military expenses. The source of military spending is to ensure the combat effectiveness and size of a force.

Some warlords borrowed money from the great powers.

For example, the Beiyang warlords are like European and American countries that borrowed huge debts totaling up to 25 million pounds. In addition to maintaining the operation of the government, most of this money is used for the military and administrative expenses of the Beiyang government.

Yuan Datou used this huge loan to expand the Beiyang Army and bribe other warlord forces, thus constantly expanding his sphere of influence.

Not only Yuan Datou, but also warlords in various periods have more or less experience in borrowing money from great powers.

Apparently, Su Zheng did not borrow from the countries of the European and American powers… So this one source of military spending can be excluded.

Of course, the loan must be repaid, and the powers that have been relying on their huge strength to suck blood on Huaxia will not show kindness. The price of this huge loan, in addition to high interest, is collateralized by customs and salt taxes, etc…. This made the already weak Huaxia even more miserable, and its sovereign rights and interests were constantly lost in a series of loans.

In order to obtain high military expenditures, warlords often squeeze the people in the territory of the ruling areas.

During the Republic of China, the people lived in dire straits, and in addition to the disasters caused by the oppression of warlord chaos, bandits, imperial powers, bureaucratic compradors and other forces, the exploitation of warlords as direct rulers was also an extremely important factor.

In order to maintain a luxurious life and expand their lifeblood, the warlord army, the warlords will do everything they can.

They set up a clever name, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people, imposed all kinds of exorbitant taxes and taxes, and tried their best to squeeze the people in the areas under their rule. This is how the saying of “ten thousand taxes in the Republic of China” came about. There are countless civilians whose families have been destroyed due to excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

Some warlords were even so greedy that they began to collect a “future tax”, and some warlords collected a tax on acres of land from the people, which extended to 1972 and were almost frenzied.

Su Zheng is just a businessman and has no right to collect taxes. Therefore, the source of military spending is also impossible.

Some warlords who have no ability or who are extremely short of money will grow and sell opium in order to raise warlords.

Since the Opium War at the end of the Qing Dynasty, opium has become the biggest drug that endangers people’s health and spirit. However, its strong addiction and government inaction have made opium increasingly popular in the country.

As the warlords of the ruling side, instead of curbing the opium epidemic, they secretly or openly cultivated and sold opium, thus making huge profits.

At that time, most of the warlords of the Republic of China had profited from the cultivation and sale of opium.

Su Zheng not only publicly stated many times that he would not be involved in the opium trade, but would not engage in the opium trade. And so it is, in fact… Su Zheng never engaged in the opium trade.

Therefore, Su Zheng’s Su family military expenses could not come from the opium trade.

Then Du Yuesheng felt that Su Zheng and Su Jiajun’s military expenditure relied on Su Zheng’s own consortium strength. In fact.

Many warlords are also supported by consortiums.

The representative in this regard, and the most successful, is the famous chairman.

After the victory of the Northern Expedition, the only thing lacking in the chairman, who held the military and political power, was financial resources… However, after receiving the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums, the chairman greatly increased his strength and became the most powerful party in the Republic of China at that time.

It was with the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums that there was an invincible offensive of the Jin Yuan and a brilliant victory in the melee of warlords.

Of course, in addition to the most important ways for warlords to borrow, tax, cultivate and sell opium, and support from consortiums, warlords can be said to do everything in order to raise military expenses, some openly rob like bandits, some indiscriminately issue banknotes and silver dollars in the ruling areas, and some even attack the ancient tombs of feudal dynasties.

Warlords can be so frustrated for the sake of warlords.

But Su Zheng alone fed an army, which was really terrifying. More powerful than a warlord!

Jin Rong slowly spoke, “This Su Zheng is really unfathomable!” At least financially, it is unfathomable. ”

Perhaps Jin Rong didn’t know that the catastrophe he experienced next needed the unfathomable Su Zheng to rescue.

……

PS: The fourth change, an automatic subscription and a tip plus change, is there a 100 VIP broken egg tip?.

For more free faloo novels: https://discord.com/invite/xe89Fj6QnY