Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

"I see that your Great British Chamber of Commerce is determined to swallow up this batch of property. In this case, there is nothing to talk about. I tell you, Charles, if even one cent of this batch of property is missing today, I will trample the British Concession and flatten your Great British Chamber of Commerce!"

Charles slammed the table in anger.

"Su Zhengyang! Don't go too far! Be careful or I won't let you leave the Great British Chamber of Commerce!"

As Charles roared, dozens of fully armed British Concession gendarmerie soldiers wearing green uniforms filed in and appeared in the reception room, pointing their black guns at Su Zhengyang and others.

There was no change in the expression on Su Zhengyang's face.

"Very good, you have made the most wrong decision. From today on, the British Concession in Qingyun City will become history!"

Li Yunlong and a dozen guards stood in front of Su Zhengyang without any blind spots, drawing their guns, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.

Yan Shuangying took off his coat casually and threw it into the air. In a flash, Yan Shuangying leaped and rolled and instantly appeared behind Charles. The muzzle of the LIN01 military pistol was pressed against the back of Charles' head, making Charles gasp for air and his whole body stiffen, not daring to move at all.

Yan Shuangying held Charles hostage, Li Yunlong and others carefully protected Su Zhengyang, and the group walked out of the British Chamber of Commerce safely.

The first thing he did when he walked out was to pull out his pistol with an expressionless face. Under Charles' terrified gaze, he fired three shots in a row, and right in front of the British Concession gendarmerie soldiers, he smashed Charles' head into a rotten watermelon.

Su Zhengyang turned and walked towards his car, waving his hand without looking back, saying: "Three hours! Within three hours, I want the British Concession to completely disappear from Qingyun City, and all the property taken away from the Governor's Mansion must be returned to me without missing a single piece!"

After Su Zhengyang got on the car, Li Yunlong waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers from the Dragon God Special Forces jumped off the truck with neat movements.

"Attack and kill all these British!"

Dense gunshots like popping beans rang out one after another, filled with the screams of the British Concession gendarmerie soldiers. Twenty minutes later, the assault regiment of the 105th Division of the Second Army arrived at the scene. A large number of mortars were aimed at the main buildings of the British Concession. At the command of the regiment commander, the curtain of the attack on the British Concession was completely opened.

The entire British Concession and the British Chamber of Commerce were in chaos, with countless British expatriates and businessmen running around the streets screaming in panic.

Two hours later, the formerly prosperous British Concession neighborhood was completely transformed into a living hell. The bodies of the two thousand consulate gendarmerie soldiers were piled up like a mountain. In the British Chamber of Commerce, there was not a single living person to be seen. From top to bottom, they were all killed by Li Yunlong.

"Captain! A large amount of property lost from the Governor's Mansion was found in the Chamber of Commerce's safe!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Ship all these valuables and the Great British Chamber of Commerce back to the Governor's Mansion, and burn this damn place down!"

"Yes!"

In the Governor's Mansion, Su Zhengyang stood at the window holding a cup of hot tea, quietly looking at the scenery outside.

He kept his promise to make the British Concession in Qingyun City a thing of the past, and he really razed the entire British Concession to the ground.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of trucks loaded with all kinds of goods, cash, antiques, and jewelry returned to the Governor's Mansion. In addition to the property swallowed up by the British Chamber of Commerce, another batch of property hidden by Zhuang Shuren was also turned out by the Northwest Intelligence Bureau. Zhuang Shuren did not escape his tragic fate. He was tied to two heavy boulders and sank into the pit where his father was buried. Su Zhengyang, the kind-hearted man, helped him fulfill his filial piety.

In the lobby of Fenglinyuan Villa, Yang Jiakai smiled bitterly and pointed at Su Zhengyang, saying, "You little brat, you really don't make me worry at all. I asked you to find the stolen property, but you caused such a big mess for me. You almost blew up the British Concession to the ground, causing countless casualties. You also allowed your soldiers to rob the property of British merchants and emptied the warehouse of the British Chamber of Commerce. The British Empire Ambassador to China in Jinggang City has personally called me several times to strongly condemn your behavior."

Su Zhengyang said calmly: "This originally belongs to our Chinese land, we won't allow these white monkeys to run wild! I just want them to know that whoever dares to go against me, Su Zhengyang, will be made to pay a heavy price!"

Duan Jinshu interrupted, "But the British Concession in Qingyun City has always existed since the end of the Shuiqing Empire. The treaty signed between the Shuiqing Empire and them has already stated that the Yinggeli Empire has the right to lease the British Concession for 69 years. If this matter gets out of hand, it is very likely to affect the international image of our Northern Frontier government."

Su Zhengyang shook his head and said, "What does the treaty they signed with the Shuiqing Empire have to do with our Northern Frontier government? Can he invite the old men and young men of the Shuiqing Empire to come out and give them justice?"

"These great powers are full of the characteristics of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Our tolerance will only make them become more aggressive. What's more, Europe is now in chaos. If they have the guts, let the British Empire send another ocean-going fleet to China to cause trouble for us. I, Su Zhengyang, will wait for them here. If they come, we will stop them and if they come, we will block them!"

"The only means they can resort to right now is to yell and accuse us. If they piss me off, I will seize their concessions in Haicheng and Jinggangcheng and get these bandits out of China completely!"

Duan Jinshu and Yang Jiakai looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. It was well known that Su Zhengyang hated evil and had an extremely tough character. After this incident, I am afraid that all the powers would be afraid of Su Zhengyang like a tiger.

The next morning, British Consul Giggs denounced and condemned Su Zhengyang in extremely harsh words in the Far Eastern Daily.

Faced with this situation, Su Zhengyang called the British Consulate directly without any delay and gave Giggs an ideological education straight to the point, which made Giggs so angry that he almost died.

In short, what Su Zhengyang meant was, no matter how you condemn and denounce me, I have only one thing to say: if you have the guts, don’t engage in a war of words, just start a war, and my Northwest Revolutionary Army will fight you to the end!

Yang Qiyue, who was far away in Linzhou, also had a tacit understanding with Su Zhengyang. She followed suit and listed a series of evil deeds committed by the British in the Zhenxing newspaper, including selling opium on Chinese territory and humiliating Chinese civilians. She also expressed support for Su Zhengyang's seemingly extreme behavior, saying that Su Zhengyang was the only hero in the country who dared to face the strong attack of the great powers. As soon as the newspaper came out, it immediately caused a huge response among the people.

Over the years, those Western powers have transformed themselves on Chinese territory, and each of them has become upper-class people who have made a lot of money. The key is that they are eager to smash the pot right after they eat, and they are arrogant and look down on the Chinese from the bones, which makes the people of China extremely aggrieved. Su Zhengyang's simple and rough act of razing the British Concession gave them a perfect outlet for their emotions. For a time, Su Zhengyang's prestige among the Chinese people skyrocketed. Countless passionate and patriotic young people regarded him as their idol, and some even traveled thousands of miles to Linzhou to join the army.

In the evening, Duan Jinshu finished reading the Zhenxing Daily in his hand, looked at Yang Jiakai with a half-smile and said: "Qiyue in your family has a strong personality and can't tolerate any sand in her eyes. She and Zhengyang are a pair, which can be regarded as a match made in heaven."