New Warlords 1909

Gaining such a great reputation was somewhat beyond Hua Fei's expectations.But fame is useless if you say it, sometimes its effect is huge, and it can make a person flourish.You say he is useful, sometimes he can not only cause trouble, but also ruin a person's reputation.

Thinking about it carefully, it is not surprising that a small telegram caused such a huge effect and sensation.The world praised Hua Fei not only because he won in the end.But because of courage, because of the courage to dare to shine the sword.

Since the Opium War, Chinese people have endured too much humiliation and failure, and endured too much humiliation and contempt.Some people are numb, but some people never forget!Especially when the new Republic of China was established, some overseas Chinese were suppressed and arrested for setting off firecrackers and raising the national flag.What is the difference between this and the past?What is new about the Republic of China?Just when many people's hopes were gradually cooling down, it was Hua Fei who stood up. It was he who raised the banner of denouncing the Dutch government, and it was he who made many passionate young students act spontaneously or consciously.Shout out to the world with their voices, we are no longer silent!

Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated.There are still countless men on the land of China, they just have no goals and no direction.

The side effect of this incident is that the admissions office of the Jagged Military Academy has once again been broken through by young people from all over the place.The teachers at the admissions office have repeatedly stated that this year's enrollment has ended, and those young people are still unwilling to leave.Simply live in the local area, looking for a job while waiting for the new recruitment exam in the fall!

At the same time, the recruiting office of the Governor's Mansion was even more crowded, and people flocked to ask to join the First Army of the Chinese Revolution.When told that neither the Revolutionary Army nor the Defense Army was recruiting, some even voluntarily joined the Construction Corps.They have only one wish, and that is to join the most iron-blooded army on the land of China, and that is to be a real Chinese soldier.Such an incident directly led to the involuntary pride of all the soldiers of the Defense Army, including the Construction Corps, and the enthusiasm of everyone quietly germinated.I'm afraid that one day, if I make a mistake at work, I will be fired.You don't see a lot of young people who just want to join our team and don't accept them!

Due to various reasons, Hua Fei has no plan to expand the army in a short period of time.Except for a small number of military school students who had studied abroad and were exceptionally retained and sent to teach at the Jagged Military Academy, most of the young people returned disappointed.However, at this time, many factories were newly built in Luzhou Prefecture, and most of them were recruiting workers.These young people who have traveled thousands of miles to join the army but failed have become the source of high-quality workers for various factories.Many people simply stayed. On the one hand, they had jobs to make ends meet, and on the other hand, when Hua Fei's army began to recruit new recruits, they could sign up as soon as possible!

The sharp rise in fame cannot solve the situation in southern Anhui for Hua Fei.Looking at the information sent by the secret security reconnaissance team, Hua Fei's frown became deeper and deeper.

"Qin Man, are you saying that members of the secret security team were unable to break into the Anqing Governor's Mansion?" Hua Fei raised his head and looked at Qin Man who was waiting aside.

"Yes, last time we accidentally leaked information from outside lines, which caused Bai Wenwei and other revolutionaries to become extremely vigilant. Now it is very difficult to obtain the internal confidential information of the Dudu Mansion. If you want to break into the interior again, you have to It takes time to set up!"

"You did a good job!" Hua Fei first affirmed Qin Man's work. They crossed the river by feeling the stones almost without any experience.With Qin Man's efforts, he collected a lot of foreign relevant materials, and after researching and studying, he explored a whole set of their special methods.Today, the intelligence coverage of the secret security reconnaissance team has been able to completely control the entire territory of Luzhou Prefecture and most major cities in the Yangtze River Basin.This made Hua Fei no longer seem so passive in many things.

"The matter of the Anqing Dudufu is not in a hurry for the time being. The revolutionaries must not be alerted. They are not a big threat at present. Now that the central government is moving north, if we cannot obtain some confidential information from the central government, it will be a big problem for us. It is extremely unfavorable. Do you have a plan, when will you enter Beijing?"

"Commander, because most of our people are from southern Anhui, so when we suddenly entered Beijing, we are not familiar with the place where we live. Not to mention getting through the relevant joints, even the native place will attract the attention of interested people. I have already ordered people to start recruiting northerners secretly. Entering the security reconnaissance team, but with the training and necessary preparations, I am afraid it will take a long time!" Qin Man is obviously a little ashamed, and it can be heard that he is not very satisfied with his job.

"This is already very good!" Hua Fei picked up another report and continued to ask, "Recently, vicious crimes and sabotage incidents have occurred in Wuhu, Dangtu, and Tongling, and business entrepreneurs have been assassinated and kidnapped. What do you think? this incident?"

"Commander, according to our preliminary intelligence collection, these incidents are inseparably related to the gentry and local tyrants in southern Anhui and other places!" Qin Man gritted his teeth, hating the recent changes in southern Anhui and other cities.

"Oh? It wasn't manipulated by the revolutionaries?"

"No way!" Qin Man said decisively, "Revolutionaries would never do such an unreasonable thing!"

Hua Fei frowned imperceptibly, and said softly, "As an intelligence officer, you can't act emotionally, let alone judge anything subjectively!"

"Yes, Commander!" Qin Man replied casually, obviously not hearing Hua Fei's words in his heart.

Hua Fei tapped his finger on the table, because of the 2.1 Surabaya incident, his reputation in the country rose infinitely.In this way, the revolutionaries had to restrain their rejection of him.But precisely because of the rise in fame, the local tyrants in southern Anhui were even more afraid.With their prestige in the sky, if Hua Fei enforced the land reform law at this time, their resistance would undoubtedly be even more unreasonable and helpless.

Face-to-face confrontation does not work, and the township groups in various places have become more closely allied. At the same time, some families have quietly started sabotage activities in various places in order to distract Hua Fei's energy and weaken his strength.

With the occurrence of these sabotages, many other underground forces began to fish in troubled waters and commit crimes quietly.Kidnapping, assassination, robbery, and murder have made the security situation in the cities along the Yangtze River extremely bad in an instant.Even those newly created patrol stations that are open 24 hours a day can't alleviate the situation in the slightest.

If this situation continues, it will inevitably arouse the extreme disgust of the people everywhere.At that point he will have no choice but to withdraw.

"Guo Tong!" Hua Fei shouted outside the door.

"exist!"

"Notify the patrol stations in Wuhu, Tongling, and Dangtu to implement a 'strike hard' ban. During this ban period, all crimes will be doubled and severely punished. All vicious crimes such as kidnapping, assassination, robbery, sabotage, etc., once verified, will be publicly pronounced, Shoot them openly to deter criminals. If the police force is insufficient, you can apply to mobilize nearby security forces to help arrest criminals!"

"Order, the First Division of the Revolutionary Army in Shanghai will retreat to Wuhu by boat to garrison. As for the navy, please call the central government in Beijing to apply for a temporary port near Shanghai for our navy to temporarily dock."

"Yes!"

After Guo Tong took the order to leave, Hua Fei turned to Qin Man and gave instructions.

"Qin Man, you can postpone the affairs of Beijing for a while! The stability of the Yangtze River is the top priority at the moment. There are more than 3 soldiers of the First Army Army stationed near Anqing. Although they will not pose a direct threat to us for the time being, they will Beware, but you can't ignore it. Although the township groups in southern Anhui will not take the initiative to attack us, surveillance is also indispensable. The most important thing is that you must find out the source of the riots along the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and cooperate with the police station to wipe out these criminals. , Complete eradication!"

"Yes, please rest assured, Commander, Qin Man will definitely live up to expectations!"

59 Deadly Crisis

Even though Hua Fei had predicted the worst, the development of the situation was still unsatisfactory.Even though he retreated back to the Luzhou government to recharge his batteries, even though he basically let go of civil affairs except for financial power and public security power, even though he hardly issued any government orders, even if he was only the governor of Anhui.Demonstrations and protests against the police station have occurred in various places due to the deterioration of the security situation. The demonstrators believe that it was Hua Fei's guards who entered and disbanded the original militia, which led to the change into what it is today.Therefore, Hua Fei should take full responsibility for the deterioration of public security in various places. They demanded that Hua Fei's army immediately withdraw from the cities along the Yangtze River and restore the original civilian army establishment.

If it weren't for the incident of the Chinese in Surabaya not long ago, which made Hua Fei's reputation so popular that no one dared to fight for it, the scale of the demonstrations this time would probably be countless times larger.Many merchants even jointly submitted a letter of protest. If the security situation does not improve, their taxes will be refused to be paid to the Finance and Taxation Office.

Bai Wenwei from the Anqing Governor's Mansion even sent a telegram. The telegram clearly stated that if the security situation in Wuhu, Tongling and other places does not improve, the lives and property of the merchants will not be guaranteed.Then he will send the First Army of the Army to garrison in various places to assist Hua Fei's defenders and appease the place.

This is obviously to take this opportunity to break Hua Fei's actual control over the cities along the Yangtze River.Once the cities are stationed at the headquarters of the First Army of the Army, all the guards will be monitored by the First Army of the Army in a certain form.In other words, at that time, Hua Fei will have to lose the exclusive right to finance and taxation of the cities along the river.

All the questions were collected on Hua Fei's desk, it can be seen that Qin Man has worked very hard.All the intelligence shows that the demonstrations and riots along the river are all controlled by the Anqing government and local tyrants.But what can Hua Fei do?Violent suppression of demonstrators?No, that's something only a butcher can do.

Lack of enough administrative talents, otherwise Hua Fei would never be so passive, otherwise how could Hua Fei give up the rights of civil affairs and only control the most important financial power and public security power.

Just when Hua Fei tried his best to deal with the matter, summoned several teachers and students proficient in law from the Jagged Military Academy, and began to prepare the "Civil Servant Selection Examination Law" to alleviate his need for revolutionaries and constitutionalists, Shanghai sent a An urgent telegram forced Hua Fei to temporarily stop all his actions!

"What? Pacific Bank and Galaxy Investment Company were blocked by unknown forces?" Looking at the telegram in his hand, Hua Fei couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Guo Tong, immediately notify Hua Er, Hua San, Cao Yuan, Mo Haiyu and others to hold an emergency meeting. Order Fang Rong to summon the Poison Special Forces and be on standby at any time, telegraph Qin Man, let him drop everything at hand, and immediately take People rushed to Shanghai, contacted Zhou Jing, and assisted him in his work!"

"Yes!" Guo Tong also noticed that the matter seemed to be troublesome, so he took the order and left quickly.

The Pacific Bank was blocked by unknown forces, which was beyond Hua Fei's expectation.Xu Fu, the general manager of Pacific Bank, said in the telegram that the identity of Hua Fei, the big boss behind Pacific Bank, was publicly exposed.There are rumors that all the deposits in the Pacific Bank are used by Hua Fei to purchase arms, develop armaments and spend privately.

This rumor directly led to a sharp drop in deposits, and a large number of depositors flocked to the branches of Pacific Bank to cash out.The reserves of various places were tense instantly, and the banks and banks that had maintained cooperative relations before cut off all business contacts with Pacific Bank!

These are just the appearance of the crisis. In the headquarters of Shanghai Pacific Bank, many employees have been threatened with their lives by unknown people, and even kidnapped and blackmailed.Many employees have been afraid to go to work and have submitted resignation letters to the headquarters.The bigger problem is that Pacific Bank's vaults have been repeatedly attacked by armed men, and three vaults have been looted. The police have not yet solved the case.

Savings plummeted, treasuries were looted, branches were run, employees were threatened not to go to work, and cash could not be transferred between branches.Although the situation of Galaxy Investment Company is better, many employees have been threatened and intimidated.If this situation cannot be resolved quickly, the outcome of waiting for Pacific Bank will be bankruptcy!

Hua Fei has never encountered such a huge sense of crisis since he traveled.The reason why he is arrogant and arrogant, and the reason why he is tough with an iron fist, is because he has a certain capital and the confidence to make him tough.His two greatest strengths, one is the armed forces tightly controlled in his hands.Although this armed force is not strong enough to influence the situation of a country, it is enough to dominate a place.It is also the basic capital for him to bargain with various forces and deal with them.

Another hidden force is Pacific Bank and Galaxy Investment Company, which he secretly established during the Shanghai stock market boom.His direct investment in the Pacific Bank is even far greater than his investment in the military.More than half of the capital earned in Shanghai at the beginning was kept in the Pacific Bank as the initial start-up capital of the bank.

As we all know, after the Revolution of 4000, many rich bureaucrats, gentry and rich households in the former Qing Dynasty saw the turmoil in the country and did not dare to keep their cash at home, and deposited it in emerging banks one after another.Due to Pacific Bank's series of strict confidentiality measures and special anonymous accounts, it can also handle entrusted investment in foreign exchange business, which has attracted the attention of many customers.In just a few months, dozens of branches of Pacific Bank received more than [-] million yuan in deposits.

Such a speed of absorbing gold was simply far beyond Hua Fei's expectation.The Pacific Bank, which has obtained a large amount of cash, has developed and operated at a high speed.On the one hand, it grants loans to industrial and commercial enterprises in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and on the other hand, it invests in foreign exchange to earn the difference.The Yinhe Investment Company, which received capital injection, became a shareholder of hundreds of outstanding light industry companies in Jiangsu and Zhejiang after the stock market turmoil.

That is to say, through the Pacific Bank, Hua Fei can not only obtain a large amount of cash he needs, in order to develop and expand the military in the later stage.At the same time, through Galaxy Investment Company, it has controlled and invested in many light industry factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.Not only saved a batch of national enterprises, but also laid the foundation stone for his future development.

But now, all these hopes have encountered an unprecedented crisis.If this crisis cannot be resolved, the blow to Hua Fei's strength will be even greater than his loss of all the territory along the Yangtze River!The territory is lost, as long as the strength is still there, it will always be taken back.And the Pacific Bank went bankrupt, and there would never be another opportunity to absorb deposits like the Revolution of [-]!

Who exactly?Playing this dirty trick behind your back?Revolutionaries?Yuan Shikai's central government?A gentry and local tyrant in southern Anhui?Or foreigners?Hua Fei couldn't analyze it, but what was certain was that the opponent's plan had been planned for a long time.Taking advantage of Hua Fei's desperation in the Yangtze River area, he made a sudden attack, vicious and deadly!

Cao Yuan, Mo Haiyu and others were very surprised. Since they defected to Hua Fei, they have spent most of their time teaching and studying at the Jagged Military Academy.But this time Hua Fei sent his guard battalion commander to invite them to Sanhe in a hurry.They knew that something very important must have happened, otherwise how could they be so cautious.When Cao Yuan and Mo Haiyu arrived at Hua's house in Sanhe, Hua Er, Hua San and other old Hua family's cronies were all present.Seeing Cao Yuan, Mo Haiyu and others coming in, Hua Fei didn't say anything, he just passed the telegram to the two of them, and only after they read it did he speak.

"What I want to tell you is that the value and significance of Pacific Bank and Galaxy Investment Company in my strategy are not even lower than the more than 1 new troops under my control. In any case, I cannot tolerate any failure of them ! If you have any opinions, just say it!"

Although Hua San is usually taciturn, his personality is sometimes more irritable than anyone else.Seeing Hua Fei just asked, he immediately said, "Master, let's lead the army and occupy Shanghai!"

"Nonsense, shut up!" Hua Fei rolled his eyes angrily, occupying Shanghai, you think I don't want to!But what kind of place is Shanghai? It is the center of the entanglement of many forces, and it is the bridgehead for many foreigners to settle in China.With Hua Fei's current strength, if he is stationed in Shanghai, if he is not careful, he may be plotted against and never turn over.

Hua Fei asked this question to the elders of the Hua family, which was tantamount to asking Yu Blind.Only Hua Er seemed to know some economic knowledge, and said with a frown, "Master, in my opinion, the biggest crisis of Pacific Bank is neither the robbery of the treasury nor the bank run, but a problem of confidence. The land governor only has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command. This kind of background is not enough to build the confidence of the Chinese people in the Pacific Bank. Besides, although the young master's reputation has increased dramatically recently, many people, especially the rich, still have a bad impression of the young master. This has led to an important reason why as soon as the news that the young master is the big boss of the Pacific Bank, all the branches in various places will be run on!"

Although Hua Er's words were harsh, Hua Fei had to admit that his words made sense.It's just that knowing the truth is useless, what Hua Fei needs is a solution!

After all, Cao Yuan is well-informed, and he said succinctly, "The top priority is to maintain the credit of the bank. Once the credit collapses, the bank will be completely ruined!"