"The Northeast Army has indeed defeated everything. Brother Zan Yao was still on the way and had defeated Zheng Shiqi's rebels. The battle was added up, and the speed of the war was less than ten days. It was rare in the world."

When passing by Beijing, Zhang Nian, the governor of Shandong, appointed by Xu Shichang, traveled to Shandong with most of Sun Liechen's subordinates.

After defeating Zheng Shiqi and Sun Meiyao's troops, they captured seven or eight thousand people one after another. Then Huang Jianwen's troops led the main troops of the 4th Division to settle in Jinan City without bloodshed. The general situation was decided. Shi Congbin Shandong 1st Division, as well as Yanzhou garrison Zhang Peirong, and Caozhou garrison Xu Hongbin were shocked by the combat power of the Northeast Army and defected to the Northeast Army. At present, only one division of the Northeast Army entering the country has leveraged the situation in the entire Shandong, and no one dared to snatch its edge. If the other two divisions led by Sun Liechen also arrived one after another, it would be tantamount to hitting the stone with an egg.

"After all, it still has the name of the central government. Otherwise, even if the Northeast Army can fight, the army of a division would not dare to advance so rapidly on the ground in Shandong." Sun Liechen humbled himself, and it was also said that the truth was that no matter how weak the Shandong Army was, it would add up to four guards. If one Beiyang 5th Division did not take time and had more than 50,000 local troops. If it was on the front battlefield, the 4th Division was not afraid, but if it was divided into troops and fought quickly like this, the risk would be very high. However, in recent years, the prestige of the central government has also increased a little. Not everyone is as brave as Zheng Shiqi, with the courage to resist the central government's orders, and more than half of the people are watching the situation. Therefore, Huang Jianwen fought very boldly. He used the thunder to cut off the discordant voices and shocked the local forces in Shandong.

"I will work with Brother Yi Ding in Shandong in the future. Shandong has a population of more than 30 million. Xingshuai has high hopes for Shandong. He once said that Shandong's finances can support at least 100,000 troops. I am just a rough man. I hope Brother Yi Ding will take more responsibility in civil affairs." Although Sun Liechen was kind enough, if Zhang Jin did something extraordinary and hindered the development of Shandong's economy, even if it was the face of the president, Sun Liechen would have put it in vain and become a decoration without hesitation. This is what Ye Chong meant.

"I dare not refuse the responsibility." Zhang Jin said quickly, "But I see that the Northeast military uniforms are well-equipped, mules, horses, war horses, and soldiers are all short of them. The soldiers are very morale, so I'm afraid they will spend a lot of money every year."

"A division is about 350,600,000 yuan a year." Sun Liechen said this according to the latest adaptation of the division. This includes the cost of training. If it were other provinces of the Republic of China, it would be necessary to achieve the equipment and training volume of the Northeast Army. If the army was still in full swing, it would be far from enough. The Northeast, which has its own arsenal, could support it. Moreover, with the unprecedented food in the Northeast, prices also fell slightly. There was sufficient gold and silver reserves, and the purchasing power of Northeast tickets was still very strong.

"So many." Zhang Nian was shocked, "With Shandong's current finances, even if Shandong Customs is recovered, it will only cost more than 24.6 million yuan a year, the income from Jiaoji Road will still be directly connected to the central government. According to the standards of the Northeast Army, it is probably impossible to support so many troops in a year." Even if a division in the Northeast is larger, six or seven divisions a year, Shandong will not have to do anything, and these troops in the Northeast alone cannot afford it.

"Brother Yi Ding doesn't have to worry. Xing Shuai won't arrange tasks that cannot be completed. For the moment, most of the military expenditure is directly responsible for the Northeast." Sun Liechen said. "As for the local local army in Shandong that has not done anything, the abolition of the army should be abolished. Their army will naturally fall on the Northeast army. Brother Yi Ding has no objection."

"No objection, no objection." Zhang Nian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It turned out that the two divisions and three mixed brigades in Shandong had been taken over by Northeast China for four to five million troops this year.

While Zhang was worried, Wenshan also sent the information collected from Shandong and the account books that Huang Jianwen had surrendered to Wang Yongjiang's office after he occupied Jinan. After Wang Yongjiang asked someone to summarize these accounts, he naturally reported to Ye Chong.

"At present, Shandong mainly focuses on brewing wine, sugar, oil pressing, wax making, matchmaking, smoke making, flour, glass making textiles, and fur making. In addition, the printing, food canned food, salt making, alkali making, iron making, etc. have also developed to varying degrees. There are a total of 1,342 national enterprises such as factories and mines in Shandong."

"Like other provinces in the Republic of China, Shandong has a currency disorder. Although there are many national industrial and commercial enterprises, its strength is not strong. Shandong has Qilu Bank, Industrial Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Japan's Kim Jong Foreign Bank, and the official-run commercial bank has a total of 1,021 commercial banking companies. However, except for foreign foreign banks, ordinary commercial banking companies are not strong, and the total principal is less than 9 million. Once there are more money banks, the issuance of currency systems is very disordered. At present, Shandong's top priority is to vigorously rectify Shandong's financial order, reform the currency system, and issue Northeast banknotes."

"In addition, although the Japanese army withdrew, the economic power did not withdraw. After Japan replaced Germany's sphere of influence in Shandong, it immediately carried out economic plunder and capital infiltration in Shandong, causing huge losses to the national economy. In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), Japan's trade volume through Qingdao Port reached 10,000 customs, accounting for 87% of the port's foreign trade. In the 7th year of the Republic of China (1918), the total number of ships entering and leaving Qingdao Port was 1, 86%, and 78% of the total tonnage of ships. Japan has set up 11 ships in Qingdao, while there are only 2 in the United Kingdom and 1 in Russia. So far, the total investment in Shandong has reached more than 60 million yen."

"Jiaoji Railway, Qingdao Port, and coal mines plundered from Shandong can provide Japan with more than 12 million yen annually. This does not count the income of Qingdao's current import and export trade of more than 11 customs. It can be said that Japan has earned several times more than investment profits since replacing Germany's interests in Shandong." Wang Yongjiang said. "There are also exports of agricultural products such as peanuts, including fruits, kernels, oils, and cakes, and the others are industrial raw materials and mineral resources plundered by the Japanese."

"In other words, if Shandong is well managed, it will be fine to maintain more than 100,000 troops." Ye Chong said. There is more than one Qingdao port in Shandong, such as Weihai Wei Yantai, Longkou and other places, all of which are sea outlets. If it is well managed, it can indeed become the second only to Fengtian Province under Ye Chong's rule.

"There is no problem in theory, but the key is to take back all profitable areas from the hands of the Japanese." Wang Yongjiang said. "Overall, Shandong has a relatively good economic foundation. Unlike other provinces in the Republic of China, most of the old bureaucrats in the past went bankrupt, land transactions were active and scattered, and the land was not concentrated in the hands of a few landlords."

Listening to these shocking numbers, Ye Chong shook his head and said, "No wonder the foreign devils in the United Kingdom and the United States asked me to take Shandong. It turns out that Shandong has such a huge profit, but it has fed the Japanese. I think that the literati governor Zhang Nian may not be strong enough, and his attitude towards the Japanese will inevitably be weaker. Brother Minyuan, please let the Northeast Civil Affairs Office recommend a few more people to take down the position of mayor in Qingdao, Yantai, Longkou and other cities. In the next few years, the spillover income will be gradually recovered."

"Except for a few concessions, the Japanese army has withdrawn from Shandong, so it is no problem to take back these rights." Wang Yongjiang nodded.

"Even if the Japanese don't withdraw their troops, they can only stare at them." Ye De smiled. "Japan has sacked some troops in the past two years. Now the army is less than half of the Northeast. Even if Japan has strong mobilization capabilities, the Northeast reserve has been in progress for several years. Japan did not defeat the Northeast two years ago, and now the chance is even smaller."

"With the current development speed of Northeast China, it is best not to fight." Wang Yongjiang said, "The longer the war starts, the greater the chance of winning in Northeast China."

"Yes." Ye Chong still agrees with Wang Yongjiang's view.

In fact, in addition to economic benefits, the military significance is more profound. In just a few years, Ye Chong will take back Lushun Dalian. The straight-line distance from Lushun to Penglai, Shandong is no more than 130 kilometers. With enough fighter jets in the two places, the Bohai Bay can turn it into its own inland sea. Whether it is Huludao, Yingkou, Tianjin, Beijing and other places will be greatly improved. Its strategic significance is not comparable to the profits of hundreds or thousands of dollars a year.

"Supervisor Xing, Brother Minyuan." The situation in the northwest has been settled. In addition, Sun Liechen went to Shandong, and the staff of the senior staff of the General Staff seemed a bit insufficient. It was a bit unreasonable to open Guo Qi to the northwest as a nominal supervisor. So Ye Chong thought about it for a little while and transferred Guo Qi back to the General Staff of Fengtian.

"There is a newspaper here in Beizhi that happened to show Xingshuai. The news that he had just come from the Shanghai Wharf." Guo Qikai handed the newspaper to Ye Chong and said.

A large page on the left of the newspaper is a scene where Japanese Chinese workers cried at the Shiliupu Wharf in Shanghai when they returned to China.

After a slight glance, Ye Chong's face began to become gloomy.

The Chinese worker in the picture is dressed in rags and his face is frightened, as if he had been greatly frightened before.

Japan officially annexed North Korea in 1910, and implemented cruel colonial rule in North Korea, using "land investigation" and other means to plunder Korean land. Many displaced Koreans were forced to work in Japan and were discriminated against by the Japanese. Koreans in Japan also established some organizations to participate in the Japanese workers' movement. From 1921 to 1922, the Tokyo Korean Labor Union and Osaka Korean Labor Union were successively established. The May Day International Labor Day march in 1922 also participated in the Japanese Koreans. The Japanese authorities also believed that they had a certain socialist tendency. The propaganda of Japanese media also tried their best to vilify the Koreans, believing that they were potentially dangerous elements. Therefore, many Japanese believe in rumors.

On the afternoon of September 2, the Japanese government issued a martial law order through an emergency edict, dispatching troops to maintain social order. The local Chinese workers also suffered unrestrained disasters. Although the Japanese mainly pointed the finger at the Koreans, they did not recognize the identity of the Chinese workers during the massacre.

"After this earthquake, at least five or six thousand North Koreans were massacred. The number of Chinese workers is unknown, but there should be hundreds of people." Guo Qi said.

"It's really a favor to repay the grudge, it's outrageous." Wang Yongjiang shook his beard, "I heard that there was an earthquake in Japan. The money donated by the Republic of China and the grain donated by the Republic of China was good. Japan did not think it was kind, but instead thought it was a grudge. Not only did it refuse to hand it back to Dalian in Lushun, but it also wanted to massacre Chinese workers in the Republic of China. It really made Xing Shuai say that if you hit the Japanese nation, you will be kind to him, and you will be humiliated. The Japanese must hand over the murderer and give the Republic of China a satisfactory explanation." Wang Yongjiang had no idea whether he had thought of Ye Chong's previous views on Ye Chong's actions now that he realized that Ye Chong's understanding of the Japanese was far beyond what ordinary people could compare to.

"Why is the news just coming out now?" Ye Chong frowned.

"After the earthquake, the Japanese blocked the news, and those international students could not send it even if they wanted to send a telegram. The embassy in Japan only had time to sympathize and rescue 98 himself, and probably didn't care about these things." Guo Qi sneered.

"Brother Minyuan, I will use the famous discussion of the Northeast government and suggest that the central government remove the minister from the Republic of China from the Republic of China from the local government and hold the ministers accountable for their dereliction of duty. In addition, the Japanese will be ordered to hand over the murderer and give an explanation to the Republic of China." Ye Chong said, "The Japanese may not be honest in handing over the murderer, but the posture still needs to be done."

Ye Chong threw the newspaper on the bed and pointed a finger at a person in the picture and said, "This Zhang Yuanjie was not ashamed. Instead, he sent a telegram in Japan to help the Japanese excuse him. It was a shame of the Republic of China. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a traitor. If he didn't do it, he couldn't explain it to the dead Chinese workers."

"I'm afraid it's more than this crime. In the Kanto earthquake, Xing Shuai and Cao Kun donated 50,000 yuan each, of which Xing Shuai had 30,000 yuan, and Cao Kun had 20,000 yuan to provide relief to Chinese workers and students in Japan. So far this money has been given to the Japanese, but the Chinese workers and students have not been given a penny." Guo Qi said, "At this point, it would not be an exaggeration to arrest and shoot it. Not only Chinese workers, but also some of the international students have been killed."

"Brother Minyuan, inform the Publicity Department to vigorously report on the Japanese's kindness and revenge, and stop all civilian actions to provide relief to the Japanese." Ye Chong said.

Wang Yongjiang nodded, "But this will not affect the cooperation between Northeast and Japan in the Far East."

"One thing is the same thing. If you are beaten and dare not fight back, protest is useless. The Japanese will only look down on you even more. Only by hitting him strongly can he truly face you." Ye Chong shook his head, "In addition, although the customs rights in Dalian have been taken back, the Japanese are not honest. Tax evasion and tax evasion are often caused. It is time to make efforts to rectify them. Don't be afraid of arresting people. If you catch dozens or hundreds of people, lock them up first."

What should be discussed was almost the same, and Wang Yongjiang nodded and arranged it.

"Lao Guo, how was the northwest before you came back?" Ye Chong asked.

"With nearly 300,000 Russian prisoners, the progress of the railway construction was very fast. Not only did the more than 660 kilometers from Yulin to Yan'an, Xi'an, and Ankang have been completed. In addition, the more than 660 kilometers of Xi'an passed through Baoji, Tianshui to Lanzhou will be almost the same until the end of the year. The emergency repairs from Lanzhou to Yumen are expected to be opened to traffic in another year and a half. However, with such high-intensity work, it is estimated that when the Yumen is built, these Russian prisoners will be exhausted at least half of them." Guo Qi said. "Now the construction section is supervised by Ma Qi, Ma Hongbin, Wu Tongren, and another division of Northeast China. More than 5,000 people were beaten to death by the riots. There are also 12,674 Russians who have performed well and have been transferred to their hometowns in the Haiyuan area. It is estimated that those who survived by chance have their temperaments been flattened. How is Xingshuai going to deal with these people?"

"It's almost done with a strong temperament. After the railway is built to Yumen, it will be broken up and placed in various places for the people." Ye Chong didn't take it seriously, "It can't be killed all of them. There are more than 100,000 people who survive. It would be nice to say it out. Otherwise, only 300,000 prisoners would survive. If they fight with the Soviet Union in the future, the Soviet army may even resist if they can't win. They have to leave some hope for the Soviets. Are Ma Hongbin and those who are still obedient?"

"Since winning the Soviet-Feng War, those guys became obedient, and there were only three mixed brigades in their hands. They could not be disobedient." Guo Qi said. "And Hao Wenxu and Zhu Jixian have also trained two mixed brigades. There are also two reorganized divisions in Shaanxi and Gansu. They can't make waves. However, the road in Xinjiang is long and has a bad relationship with the Soviet Union at present. There is only one division, one cavalry brigade, and more than 4,000 local troops in Xinjiang. The troops are too thin."

"Xinjiang is too far away, and the roads are blocked. At least next year, the railway will be built to Yumen." Ye Chong thought for a while. "This time Sun Liechen entered Shandong. The two mixed brigades in Shandong and Shi Congbin's troops were all local troops. They must be brought back to Fengtian to transform them. You are responsible for this matter."

"Don't worry, Xingshuai will put the imprint of the Northeast on them." Guo Qi said, this is also the practice of Northeast after the acquisition of miscellaneous brands. It is not good to directly cut all the troops. Their appearance is too ugly. These troops often have to be severely emptied, and a group of unqualified ones were laid off, and then some graduates of Northeast Army Quick School were added. Basically, this troops were almost controlled. "After obtaining Shandong, the population under Xingshuai's rule has exceeded 10,000."

"Yes, the population exceeds 100 million, but the conflict with Cao Kun has been made public. This time, Zheng Shiqi actually had a plane. I underestimated Cao Kun, a good gentleman." Ye Chong smiled.

"It's no big deal. Judging from his humble position, the Soviet leader Lenin is now seriously ill and he probably won't have the heart to look around in the short term. Xingshuai might as well take this opportunity to directly solve the direct relationship." Guo Qi said.

"Do you think so?" Ye Chong had not mentioned it to Jiang Fangzhen and others, and he was also worried that when he went to war with Cao Kun, the Soviet Union would suddenly lead troops eastward, and that would be extremely passive in the Northeast.


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