Chapter 90: Wealth brought by war (Part 1)

The Sichuan-Yunnan peace talks have made great progress in more than 20 days.

Sichuan Governor Hu Jingyi and Civil Affairs Chief Zhang Peijue were surprisingly easy to speak, noble and concessions, which made Yunnan gradually take the initiative in an extremely passive situation, and then put forward three prerequisites for concluding peace treaties very strongly. Unexpectedly, all of them were accepted by Sichuan Governor Hu Jingyi and negotiation head Zhang Peijue, and began to implement them vigorously.

Under the strict order of the Grand Governor Hu Jingyi, the Sichuan Army, which played a huge deterrent role, retreated first. Most of the main force of the Wang Jian's Fourth Division retreated back to the Syrian Mansion. The second division of Peng Guanglie, who was stationed in the Syrian Mansion, was ordered to retreat to Leshan. The First Brigade of Zhou Jun's troops evacuated Luzhou and returned to Neijiang.

The two brigades of the Yunnan Army continued to travel eastward in a happy mood, heading to Qujing, an important town on the border of Yunnan and Guizhou, and oppressed the Guizhou rebels.

Secondly, Hu Jingyi and Zhang Peijue jointly issued an order, ordering the Sichuan Border Defense Army Command to immediately release more than 5,700 prisoners of the Yunnan Army who were still regarded as coolies;

Third, Governor Hu Jingyi and Zhang Peijue took the lead in proposing the principle of "harmonious coexistence and joint development". When Yunnan did not make any written commitments, they hurriedly ordered government officials at all levels in southern Sichuan to revoke all tax collection stations and checkpoints on the borders of the two provinces first.

The orders of the governor Hu Jingyi and the civil affairs chief Zhang Peijue stunned the Sichuan military and civilians and quickly aroused opposition from all walks of life in Sichuan.

In anger, the West China Business Daily, which belongs to the Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce, published a fiercely worded editorial, criticizing the serious mistakes of the Governor Hu Jingyi and the Civil Affairs Chief, and asking whether they were officials from Yunnan or Sichuan?

The editorial ended up accusing the editor of the cryptic accusation that Hu Jingyi, who had friendship with all walks of life in Yunnan, and Zhang Peijue, a member of the Tongmenghui, both secretly received huge bribes from Yunnan.

As soon as the article was released, the whole province was indignant.

The West China Times, which has covered the surrounding five provinces, published an article by President Zou Wenhan the next day, briefly summarized the situation and current situation in the three southwestern provinces, detailed the process of Sichuan-Yunnan negotiations, analyzed the orders of Hu Jingyi and Zhang Peijue one by one, and clearly pointed out that only the losers would make such actions.

Finally, Zou Wenhan clearly questioned the leadership ability of Sichuan Provincial Government and the Provincial Council, and expressed deep concerns about the current provincial government and the Provincial Council.

Zou Wenhan's article immediately aroused strong recognition from all walks of life in Sichuan. Deputy Speaker and Deputy Finance Minister Zeng Shouwu took the lead in attacking, obtained the signatures of more than half of the members of the parliament within one day, and formally proposed a "removal case" to the provincial parliament, requiring the parliament to convene a special meeting immediately, remove the position of Civil Affairs Minister Zhang Peijue, and impeach the Grand Governor Hu Jingyi.

Sichuan public opinion stumbled on one hand to support the "removal case" and "impeachment case" jointly proposed by more than 70 provincial legislators including Zeng Shouwu. No political affairs in southern Sichuan did not follow the "error orders" of Hu Jingyi and Zhang Peijue; people from all walks of life angrily accused the negotiating leader Zhang Peijue of not the civil affairs chief of the Sichuan people, but the civil affairs chief of the Kuomintang of Tongmenghui, saying that Sichuan people are fully capable of governing their hometowns and oppose any political party in China and any force interfering in Sichuan's internal affairs. They called for the negotiations to be stopped immediately before Yunnan was sincere, and asked the provincial parliament to hold a special meeting immediately.

At the same time, it was quickly spread among the people that the Grand Governor Hu Jingyi received huge bribes from Yunnan merchant groups, such as "traitor", "forgetting his ancestors for several sacred things", and other shameful hats fell on Hu Jingyi's head from then on.

Under the overwhelming opposition and accusation, Hu Jingyi and Zhang Peijue were completely stunned and had to hurry to suspend the Sichuan-Yunnan negotiations held in Zhaotong and return to Chengdu overnight to resolve the crisis.

No matter how smart or strong the two are, they cannot compete with the entire Sichuan public opinion. Their reputation plummeted. Apart from the review, any decision or order made or issued may be boycotted by all sectors of Sichuan.

What surprised the two of them was that the "removal case" and "impeachment case" jointly proposed by more than 70 provincial legislators. The open publication of these two proposals marked the beginning of the political struggle among the top leaders of Sichuan. The "Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce" representing the interests of the bourgeoisie and landlord class in Sichuan finally officially took the political stage. The provincial parliament could not shake Hu Jingyi's general, but the Civil Affairs Minister Zhang Peijue, who pursued the Civil Affairs Minister Zhang Peijue, who was swaying between Yuan Shikai and Sun Yat-sen, is probably the only way to take the initiative to resign and maintain decency.

Compared with the anger of all walks of life in Sichuan, the Sichuan army was very quiet during this wave of public opinion. No general commented on it. Even Xiao Yimin, who always expressed his position at critical moments, seemed to have lost his trace. Every order from the Grand Commander Hu Jingyi was quickly implemented by the Sichuan Army divisions.

Hu Jingyi was not only not happy at all, but was secretly frightened and felt that there were many crises.

After repeated thinking, Hu Jingyi had to painfully recognize a reality: the Sichuan Army divisions, which are closely related to the largest local force, "Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce", are so quiet and so consistent in this wave of public opinion, are by no means due to the increased prestige of the great governor.

On the contrary, all the Sichuan Army units were secretly cooperating with local forces or being persuasive by local forces, which was so abnormal. Now it seems that all the goals are only one:

As long as the army is not in chaos and the generals do not jump out and talk nonsense, Beijing government and the Grand Governor Hu Jingyi will lose the excuse of self-distinguishing and appealing Yuan Shikai. Local political forces can concentrate their firepower without distractions and overthrow the Civil Affairs Minister Zhang Peijue, who represents the interests of the Kuomintang, in one fell swoop, and then undermine the Grand Governor Hu Jingyi!

Hu Jingyi was in a cold sweat, and Xiao Yimin's figure suddenly appeared in his mind. He wanted to figure out what Xiao Yimin, who seemed to have disappeared in more than half a month, was doing at this moment?

Are you hiding behind the scenes, staring at those wolf-like eyes ready to move?

Xiao Yimin is not as bored as Hu Jingyi thought. He can't use the man who carries a gun when talking. He is busy making a fortune.

When Sichuan was in a turmoil, Xiao Yimin frequently traveled between the steel mills, foundries, weapons manufacturing workshops and light weapons research institutes under the Sichuan West China Industrial Corporation. He also traveled to Ya'an twice in the name of inspecting the border army. Then he decisively issued an order to quickly transport the large amount of German weapons and ammunition stored in batches over the past ten months to the 4th Division of Wangjian, the Ya'an Training Base ** regiment and teaching regiment, Qi Luo's Kangding ** First Mixed Brigade, and Pengcuo's Salt Well ** Second Mixed Brigade, and began to carry out large-scale comprehensive replacements, and then transported more than 13,000 old guns replaced by each department back to Chengdu and sent them to the rifle construction workshop of the Metal Products Company under West China Industrial for renovation.

As of the end of July, Xiao Yimin sold a total of 9,500 pistols of the "Leopard" series, which exceeded the annual output last year, and its net profit exceeded 150,000 yuan. The "Leopard" m1909 imitation Colt 03 pistol, m1910 revolver pistol, and m1911 pistol have become famous throughout the country and have been sought after by military forces in various provinces and black and white. The leopard pattern that jumped has now been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become the first golden signboard of China's weapons industry.

What makes the company even more proud is that these three "Leopard" pistols with a uniform caliber are successfully squeezed out four imitation pistols of different caliber from Shanghai Arsenal and Jinling Arsenal with excellent and improved designs that are more suitable for Chinese hand shapes, strict quality requirements, exquisite processing technology and a large number of Balabellum bullet supply, and have successfully squeezed out of four imitation pistols of different calibers from Shanghai Arsenal and Jinling Arsenal, reaching a shortage of supply. Orders are increasing across the country, and the production plan has been scheduled to be eight months after next year.

The "Leopard" m1912 military pistol, which was improved on the basis of the Colt 1911 military pistol, has been specially produced by a team of 15 people composed of senior technicians. It is gradually equipped with various border troops at a quantity of 350 per month, and it is planned to not be sold to the public within three years.

The production and sales of pistols are only one of the many operations of Xiao Yimin Group, and the arms reselling business that brings the biggest profit is still the arms reselling business.

From May last year to July this year, Xiao Yimin sold 64,000 Mauser long rifles produced by Germany, Belgium and other countries, more than 35 million rifles and bullets, 480 German mg08 water-cooled heavy machine guns, and 72 Krupp 75mm cannons, with a total profit of more than 1.4 million yuan.

The above figures do not include the equipment import of the border army. The rifles used by Xiao Yimin's 27,000 soldiers are now all from Germany-made Mauser 1898-type improved Mauser m1905 long rifles. In addition, his arsenal still stores 15,000 M1905 Mauser rifles and fifty mg08 heavy machine guns.

In terms of import industrial products distribution, only the two items of Asia kerosene and machine lubricant in the United Kingdom bring 40,000 yuan in profits to Xiao Yimin every month. Xiao Yimin will not let go of this. Together with the gasoline that has begun to increase demand, it forms a stable source of profit for the new "Sichuan Huafeng Trading Company".

All other goods have been handed over to the associated enterprises under the Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce, including lucrative hardware accessories and standard parts, machinery import and export, engineering contracting and real estate. Xiao Yimin generously gave in and never got involved.

Since Xiao Yimin's right-hand man Rod started his move early, he entered the Sichuan local specialty product export market with strong financial support two years ago. Last year, Rodfa made a profit of 150,000 yuan in transactions of bulk export commodities such as tung oil, bristles, tea oil, etc. Now this business has been merged into a company under the Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce. Rodfa still accounts for 30% of its shares and continues to enjoy huge profits in the field of exporting local specialty products.

Due to the successful start of production of Ya'an ** Factory and Ammunition Factory, the chemical plant and power plant located in Dayi turned losses into profits since March, with a thrilling outlook for profits increasing month by month.

The "Leopard" detonator and tnt** produced by the Ya'an factory became famous as soon as it was released. The "Leopard" has been safe and reliable, with great power. Its price is only two-thirds of the imported products, causing a large number of mine owners, stone owners and garrisons in the five provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei and Shaanxi to flock. The two types of 7.92mm rifle bullets, Baraberom pistol bullets and M12 wooden handle grenades were in short supply, and the monthly output increased rapidly. The number of factories has increased to more than 3,500. More than 20 technical engineers invited from Germany, the Czech Republic and Belgium were stationed in the three major factories in Dayi and Ya'an, and they set up their own technical training schools.

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