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    "Where did you get so much capital?" As a father, although Lu Yongxiang did not dare to say that he could be a 'good' person, when he found that his son was in a crisis that he could not handle, the first thing that came to his mind was  The idea is to dig his son out of danger, and Lu Yongxiang is not exempt from this.  Lu Xiaojia was still angry at being deceived and lost her face: "These bastard lake businessmen, each and every one of them made ridiculous claims. They dared to set traps for these men behind their backs and betrayed them!" This guy still can't figure it out!  Situation, the first thought is 'revenge'.  This really wronged the people of the Huzhou Chamber of Commerce. Although the merchants in Nanxun represented most of the merchants in Huzhou, they did not have the courage to plan a careful plan to 'trap' a young man who was the governor of the army.  This is not a question of courage, but a question of whether it is worth it.  For businessmen, relying on a powerful force is an inevitable choice.  If the Nanxun businessmen had not been seduced by the Zhang family before, they would never have collectively joined the Kuomintang. They dreamed of relying on the power of the Kuomintang, the largest party in the Congress, to get an official position in the new government and gain fame.  .  It is a pity that in the more than ten years after the founding of the Republic of China, the "Kuomintang" was like a rat crossing the street, hiding in Tibet.  Many Nanxun businessmen even regretted it, but there was nothing they could do.  This time, Wang Xueqian deliberately suppressed the power of the Nanxun Chamber of Commerce, and a large part of the reason was Zhang Jingjiang.  It's hard to say how many people in the current Huzhou Chamber of Commerce will be in the same camp as the Zhang family.  The reason why we approached Lu Xiaojia was because the outside world knew that Lu Yongxiang and Wang Xueqian were allies, and Lu Xiaojia should be able to deal with it calmly.  Therefore, the price of the batch of raw silk given to Lu Xiaojia was sufficiently discounted that even several large companies in Nanxun that specialized in raw silk did not make any money.  The purpose is to make friends with Mr. Lu.  But who would have thought that Lu Yongxiang would suddenly change his political attitude and make a 180-degree turn in such a short period of time.  If Jinling and Hangzhou hadn't taken a clear stand and let the world know, the original allies might have been on hostile sides, but secretly the two sides were already at war with each other.  Such a change is not what Lu Yongxiang wants. The 'Wan Clique' is no longer the 'Wan Clique' during Duan Qirui's administration. At that time, the 'Wan Clique' had the most powerful well-trained army of more than 300,000 in the Republic of China.  There are many generals under his command, and they don't care about the attitude of one province or one place.  Nowadays, if the ¡®Wan Clique¡¯ wants to return to the core level of the political arena of the Republic of China, it has to rely on Fengjun.  As the only remaining local warlord of the 'Wan Clan', Lu Yongxiang has a local army of 50,000. Although he does not dare to expect to be well-trained, the number is real.  It is also the biggest bargaining chip between Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin.  At this period, Lu Yongxiang was actually very unwilling to become an enemy of Wang Xueqian. No one could predict how many of his men would be left after the battle with the Zhejiang Army?  This is not because Lu Yongxiang is too timid, but because he simply does not expect the newly expanded army to be able to muster much combat effectiveness despite insufficient military expenditures.  Being able to fight other warlords may not necessarily be able to withstand the attack of the Zhejiang Army. Among the combat forces recognized by the Republic of China, the Zhejiang Army is already absolutely elite.  And the only thing he can use is probably the 10th Division of the Beiyang Army.  This is his guard force, and he will never use it unless absolutely necessary.  "Who would lend you so much money at once?" Lu Yongxiang frowned, already making a decision in his heart.  Lu Xiaojia grinned angrily, saying to herself that none of her friends had spare money, and those with a thousand or eight hundred dollars didn't care, but what could this little money be used for?  This is more than one million!  Even though the young masters are all wealthy masters, none of them has such a large amount of money in their hands.  He could only mutter: "Who else can it be? A bank!" "Which bank?" Lu Yongxiang expected that Lu Xiaojia would name a bank from the Republic of China, which might be able to delay it for a while. Of course, he was not prepared to swallow the money.  I will not repay the loan, but I hope to have more time and wait until everything is a foregone conclusion.  "HSBC." Lu Xiaojia didn't think this bank was difficult. It was quite enjoyable when borrowing money. Of course, the goods were used as security.  Today, raw silk worth millions is stored in HSBC¡¯s warehouse on the Suzhou River.  "Can't you speak more cheerfully, how much did you borrow in total?" Lu Yongxiang's tone became a little more serious again.  "A loan of 1.5 million for three months. The interest is calculated according to the bank's minimum interest rate, and the goods are used as collateral." Lu Xiaojia has never borrowed so much money in her life, and it was from a foreign bank. This achievement  The feeling once filled his face with joy.  But now, it has become a heavy burden for him.  But for Lu Yongxiang, misappropriating 1.5 million yuan from Jiangsu's finance is notThat's too much.  He was just surprised. It seemed that the Nanxun businessmen did not deceive his stupid son, but instead gave him a low price that was difficult to even break even.  This is not to harm Lu Xiaojia, but to make friends with Lu Xiaojia through this relationship.  Of course, the favor will not be returned to Lu Xiaojia, and it will eventually fall on him.  As for repaying this favor, of course Lu Yongxiang would have had a way before. He just had to act as a middleman and make peace with both parties.  The Zhang family in Nanxun is hopeless, but big families such as the Qian family and the Wang family are not involved much, so they should be able to extract it.  But now, it is considered good that Wang Xueqian does not send troops to fight.  How dare Lu Yongxiang hope that the other party will treat him as an ally?  With a sigh, Lu Yongxiang seemed to have become much older all of a sudden. He had a sum of money in his hand, which was used to fund the "Wan Clan" after Duan Qirui took over Yanjing.  But for now, let¡¯s help our son get through the difficulties first!  "I will ask someone to pay back the money first. The raw silk storage time is very short and needs to be processed. I'm afraid there is no factory in Shanghai that can process it for you. Take it to Suzhou and ask your uncle to do it for you." Lu Yongxiang was angry.  He looked at his son with a sullen expression and said to himself: What the hell is this?  Lu Xiaojia did not feel the old man's impatience at all, but said with a shy face: "Dad, can't you just go and talk to Wang Xueqian?" "You think Wang Xueqian is my subordinate, and he will do whatever I want him to do.  ?" Lu Yongxiang snorted: "His territory is bigger than your father's, he has more soldiers and horses, and he is richer than your father. Why should he listen to you? Could it be that he owes you something?" "We are not allies?  "How can there be eternal allies in politics?" Lu Yongxiang had no intention of explaining to his son, so he left with a groan.  Lu Xiaojia was left lying on the Luohan bed, her buttocks burning.  Lu Xiaojia understood something from what her father just said.  His old man Lu Yongxiang broke up with Wang Xueqian from Zhejiang Province. As for why they broke up?  Lu Xiaojia is unknown.  This kind of thing may be a secret among the people and will only be known after the truth comes out. However, in officialdom, especially in Jiangsu officialdom, some senior officials have already known about Lu Yongxiang's decision. He decided to follow Duan Qirui and cooperate with Zhang Zuolin.  .  Under the general environment, the Jiangsu local armies of the Fengjun, Kuomintang, Zhejiang clique, and Anhui clique have already had a tacit understanding of unity.  But this is only a unity of position, and neither party has invested any truly valuable capital.  Among them, Wang Xueqian's Zhejiang Department and Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun Department are the strongest. The two have not even had any contact or negotiation on the intention of cooperation, but the situation of equal power cannot be broken.  On the one hand, Zhang Zuolin was far outside the Pass and had a large army, but he could not threaten Zhejiang.  On the other hand, although Wang Xueqian had the most powerful navy in the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin relied on the Japanese government. If the Southern Navy wanted to fight in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, it would inevitably be threatened by the Japanese navy.  Therefore, on the surface, both parties pursue a style of doing things in a peaceful manner.  But after the 'Wan Clan' completely surrendered to the 'Fengjun', the balance of power in the entire alliance was broken.  Lu Yongxiang established three new divisions in Jiangsu, and together with the original 10th Division, he gathered 50,000 local troops.  These 50,000 people can be deployed in the border area between the two provinces and launch attacks in any bordering area.  Of course, it is impossible to expect Lu Yongxiang's new troops to defeat Wang Xueqian, but the purpose of curbing the Zhejiang army's northward movement is obvious.  Of course a veteran like Lu Yongxiang knew that by putting up such a formation, Feng Jun was obviously full of confidence in the upcoming war, and decided to exclude Wang Xueqian's Zhejiang Army from this feast.  And this result is equivalent to putting Lu Yongxiang in the front, and will directly suffer Wang Xueqian's wrath.  Lu Yongxiang's plan is to delay without fighting, but the final outcome still depends on Wang Xueqian's reaction.  Wang Xueqian¡¯s reaction was still ambiguous, but there was already a fierce reaction within the Jiangsu Army.  The first person to bear the brunt is Wang Yaqiao, who returned from Xuzhou. In essence, he is actually a scholar. The purpose of establishing the "Axe Gang" is more to arrange for his subordinates to follow him.  He could eat leftovers and sleep on the street in Shanghai, but he thought a lot about his men.  But after the 'Axe Gang', he discovered that gangs were not the means by which he could realize his ideals.  It was a coincidence that he followed Lu Yongxiang. The reason was that Lu Xiaojia wanted to recruit an assassin to assassinate Xu Guoliang, the then director of the Shanghai Police Department. However, a few years later, he was highly regarded by Lu Yongxiang in the Jiangsu Army, but he became increasingly confused.  If you have 10,000 bear soldiers, you can't really say that they are great soldiers, they can only be great soldiers.  As the saying goes, a general will be in a roiling nest, and a soldier will be in turmoil.  Wang Yaqiao is not afraid of death, but he really has no talent for leading troops.  His officers are even moreIt¡¯s unreliable. It turned out that many of them were the backbone of the ¡®Axe Gang¡¯, as well as their subordinates who came from Anhui during the revolutionary period. They believed in drinking from a big bowl and eating meat in big mouths. The one who was the eldest brother wanted to be the one who rushed in front, and what he wanted was the momentum.  None of them are afraid of life or death, but they are useless in battle.  One of his regimental commanders was too excited to watch the machine gunners tumble and took away the machine gunner's job, so the regiment headquarters was located on the machine gun position. In the end, not to mention the machine gun position, the entire regiment's position was lost.   Things are a little better now, but there are still too few officers who understand military affairs.  "But Wang Yaqiao will not be troubled or distressed by these.  He still feels his unit is getting better.  After the war, those officers who did not understand military affairs also began to change their minds and picked up military exercises that they originally thought were flashy. The purpose was of course not pure and they could not embarrass their elder brother.  But it can be regarded as knowing shame and then being brave.  "But Wang Yaqiao doesn't care about this. He is a literati at heart, and a literati should have the faith of a literati.  As the saying goes, righteousness comes first, and the country is the greatest "righteousness" for a scholar.  When he found out that he had become a part of the harm to the country, warlord separatism, and endless civil war, his heart was filled with despair.  He doesn't care how big an official he is or how much money he has.  In fact, after Wang Yaqiao became an official, he did not have any private property.  He may not be an upright person, but he is definitely a person who is not afraid of hardships.  The ancients said: A gentleman has nothing to eat and nothing to seek for comfort.  Wang Yaqiao firmly believes that it is not difficult for him to achieve this step, and he has even reached such a standard.  But what about ideals?  What¡¯s your position?  He was a loyal follower of Mr. Sun Da before, and he is still now.  He supports the alliance between the 'Wan Clique' and the Guangzhou Provisional Government, because as their strength increases, the possibility of achieving their goals will also increase.  But when he felt that the purpose of the Anhui clique was not to restore national democracy, he could no longer sit idly by.  Coming out of the Marshal's Mansion in Jinling, Wang Yaqiao's slightly thin back looked particularly bleak in the dusk.  Walking to the Confucius Temple, I unexpectedly met Lu Yongxiang¡¯s trusted general Xia Zhaolin. I am afraid this person was not an accidental encounter, but was waiting for him deliberately.  When Wang Yaqiao realized this, his face that was depressed because of the loss started to smile like a summer flower: "Brother Shenchen, you are fine!"  Feel the fun of ancient boating on the cruise! "The Qinhuai River next to the Confucius Temple has spread many stories about talented people and beautiful women.  However, the price of the flower boat was huge, which Wang Yaqiao could not bear. Of course, it was not that he could not afford the money, but that he felt it was not worth it.  Wang Tieqiao looked at Xia Zhaolin narrowly and said with a smile: "My little brother is short of money. I'm afraid I can't afford this drink." It's rare to see someone as upright as Wang Tieqiao.  Are you considerate of your colleagues?¡± ¡°Brother Xia, please.¡± ¡°Brother, please come first.¡± The two of them sat down on the boat, with a bottle of sake and two idle government officials. There was no one singing in the deserted boat.  Under the moonlight, there was chatting every sentence.  They said some irrelevant words, but they didn¡¯t care about each other.  Wang Yaqiao was very calm, but Xia Zhaolin was a little unable to hold on. Logically speaking, people who come out of the army are bold and bold, but Wang Yaqiao is a gangster's drinker, and he can drink it like water. Xia Zhaolin is not capable of it.  Resistant.  Thinking that he would get drunk if he drank any more, he was about to speak.  But Wang Yaqiao spoke before him: "The sky is going to change!" Perhaps he was unprepared, and was shocked by Wang Yaqiao's cold words. The back of Xia Zhaolin's hand holding the chopsticks shook slightly and knocked over the wine glass on the side.  Rolling from the table onto the board of the boat, it spun like a top.  The spilled wine dripped down along the edge of the table But Xia Zhaolin seemed to ignore this, frowned, and said in a heavy tone: "You know everything?" Wang Yaqiao sneered: "  "I am a little person."  The division was rebuilt and lost the artillery regiment, the infantry regiment, and two supplementary regiments, but its combat effectiveness was second only to Lu Yongxiang's 10th Division in Jiangsu.  If the fully formed 4th Division were to be formed, its strength would be even larger than that of the 10th Division, almost twice that of an ordinary division, with a total of eight regiments.  Xia Zhaolin's status is not comparable to that of Wang Yaqiao. Lu Yongxiang respects Wang Yaqiao, but trusts Xia Zhaolin.  Wang Yaqiao's newly formed 3rd Division is affiliated with Xia Zhaolin's Second Army, and he is nominally Wang Yaqiao's commander.    In order to take care of Wang Yaqiao's emotions, Lu Yongxiang made the newly formed 3rd Division a direct unit under the command of the Marshal's Office.  When Xia Zhaolin heard Wang Yaqiao say that he was a nobody, it was ridiculous at first, and then felt very awkward.  They are not little people, but in the eyes of people like Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin, they are indeed little people.  A small person should have the awareness of a small person, and Wang Yaqiao's performance just expressed his position tactfully.  Xia Zhaolin originally discovered Wang Yaqiao's recent strange behavior and was entrusted by Lu Yongxiang to persuade him. But when he found that Wang Yaqiao said tactfully that they were not the same kind of people, he knew that it would be useless to waste more words.  Thinking of this, Xia Zhaolin suddenly felt a pity. Beiyang officers rarely have too much persistence. Fight this today, fight that tomorrow, and fight while sick. They have lost their independent thinking. Instead, they are the guns in the hands of the big shots who control the political power.  They are objects, not people at all.  It is simply unheard of for someone like Wang Yaqiao, who is the commander of a division, to leave when he doesn't like what he wants.  Even Xia Zhaolin was a little envious of Wang Yaqiao. He put away the wine glass, poured the wine, raised it and said excitedly: "Brother Wang, in these troubled times, it is Xia's good fortune to meet such a strange person like you. With a glass of wine under the moonlight, I will prepare for it."  I wish my brother Wang a prosperous future and great achievements." Wang Yaqiao opened his mouth, but in the end he was bitter. He wanted to explain something, but he didn't know where to start. After he drank the wine in the glass, he said loudly: "Shipman,  Come to the shore!" Wang Yaqiao's thin back quickly merged into the vast night, and only a low and sad song came: "The clouds can always cover the sun, and the absence of Chang'an makes people sad" The famous sayings of Shi Xian,  Wang Yaqiao's hoarse voice gives people a sense of infinite desolation.  Just like the dilapidated Jinling City, it has long lost the prosperity of the imperial capital. What it has is the historical memories of the past and the mottled old city walls.  "I would like to make friends and visit on my mobile phone."
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