1928: The Rise of Giant Merchants

Chapter 636: Two Lius Fight for the River

Liu Wenhui rushed to Qing City. Even though he was still in a cold war with Liu Xiang, he couldn't hold back the 20 million yuan worth of arms.

Facing Liu Xiang's mocking face, he negotiated with a stiff upper lip.

The more Liu Xiang listened, the happier he became.

You secretly bought goods from abroad to steal my hometown, and now you've been discovered, and you come here to beg for mercy.

You really don't want to lose face!

Liu Xiang didn't like to play tricks, and directly rejected Liu Wenhui's request, asking him to go home and prepare for war.

This is still a relatively upright warlord style.

If it was Mr. Wang from Jiangcheng in the south, I'm afraid he wouldn't let this mortal enemy step out of the gate of Qing City today.

Liu Wenhui left angrily and dejectedly.

This time, he came here, of course, he didn't expect Liu Xiang to really be willing to return the batch of arms with both hands.

He had the mentality of giving it a try. If it works, of course it's good, but if it doesn't, there is also a second-hand preparation.

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

In the name of mourning his old mother, he continued to stay in Nanchuan near Qing City, and then bribed Liu Xiang's subordinates Fan Shaozeng and Chen Lanting with 300,000 and 150,000 respectively.

Yes, you heard it right.

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

This is the social ecology and situation of various classes in the Republic of China at this stage.

The top group of people: top warlords and big warlords, aristocratic families, etc. These people have countless wealth, such as Zhang Hanqing, who went to Beidaihe every year and spent millions of dollars to build a large villa like a palace there.

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

Among the well-known warlords at the next level, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui are relatively famous. They divided the entire Sichuan and Chongqing provinces into two, just like Han Fuju who was entrenched in Shandong Province. It was difficult not to be rich if they controlled the resources of a province.

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

Even if the economy is not developed enough, you can suck blood from your family and become fat.

But the people under them are miserable.

During the war preparation period, these warlords only guarantee your basic life, but don't dream of more things, it all depends on you to fight for it yourself.

During the war period, they only care about their own ace troops and direct troops, and the miscellaneous troops are often treated very poorly. Refer to the miserable Long Wenwen Division in "My Regimental Captain, My Regiment".

The division commander sounds very impressive and awesome, with a lot of people under him, but it is also difficult to feed them.

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

Bandits passing by are like combing, soldiers passing by are like combing, and officials coming here are like shaving.

This is not just talk.

This is the current situation in the Republic of China.

300,000 yuan may be just the annual maintenance fee that the top people give to their mistresses, but it can make these division commanders extremely envious.

Liu Wenhui focused on observing several core subordinates of Liu Xiang, and then chose Fan Shaozeng and two people.

But he still underestimated the stupidity of Fan Shaozeng, "Fan Haer".

In Sichuan and Chongqing dialect, "Haer" means "silly".

Fan Shaozeng joined the local Pao Brothers organization when he was a child and was a famous little gangster.

In the past 20 years, he also relied on a Haer spirit to go from a Pao Brother to a division commander under Liu Xiang. Last year, he was appointed as the commander of the Sichuan-Hubei Border Defense Army by the principal.

But this thing sounds impressive, but it doesn't make money.

Fan Shaozeng's pockets were jingling, and he didn't even refuse the 300,000 yuan sent by Liu Wenhui, and he accepted it directly.

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

Fan Shaozeng had no money and was called Haer, but he was not really stupid.

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

Although the two Lius are going to fight now, the situation is not clear. If they really fight, it’s fine if you betray them.

Before the fight, you are secretly communicating with the enemy. If you are found out, you will definitely be caught and shot.

No one dares to plead for you.

After the incident was exposed, Fan Shaozeng did not think that Liu Wenhui would help him. He would probably wait for his death to rob his troops.

He thought he did not have the ability to lead troops in Sichuan and Chongqing independently, so he decisively reported the matter to Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang was very satisfied and directly rewarded Fan Shaozeng with the 300,000 oceans and asked him to take the money to Shanghai to play.

He said he was playing, but in fact he still did not trust him in his heart, but he did not want to tear his face, which was equivalent to letting him flee to the south to "hide from the limelight".

Fan Shaozeng was a smart guy. He found out that Ye Luo was doing a booming business in Qing City, and he also wanted to pay a visit to him when he went to Shanghai this time.

He did not go south directly, but turned to Qing City, paid for a large-scale construction near Caiyuanba, and built a big mansion.

He did not pretend to be so. He 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 it. This big mansion in Qing City would be given to the Ye family as a separate courtyard in Qing City in the future.

Historically, after Fan Shaozeng arrived in Shanghai, he was soon treated as a guest of honor by the three tycoons of Yongxing because he had control of military power and was valued by the principal and Liu Xiang.

Later, Zhang Jinghu, an old man in the Qing Gang, accepted him as his last disciple, and then asked the three tycoons of Yongxing to take him to do the opium business.

This guy is really ignorant and full of warlord thinking of bullying men and women.

Later, he set his eyes on the sports star "Southern Mermaid" Yang Xiuqiong and forced her to divorce so that he could 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!

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