Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Zhao Tiansheng said that the upper echelons of the Republic of China wanted him to become an official in the government.

Ye Yunfei knew very well that being an official was fake, and the real reason was that he was attracted by his power.

Zhao Tiansheng’s purpose is actually similar to Zhang Hanqing’s, both want to recruit him.

If he was alone, neither Zhang Hanqing nor Zhao Tiansheng would have come to him to talk about this matter.

Because he now has 100,000 gang members under his command.

These 100,000 people would be extremely powerful anywhere in the Republic of China.

Whoever can recruit him will be able to obtain his 100,000 disciples under the command of Longmen.

A full 100,000 people are enough to change the course of a battle.

The current Nationalist government has not unified the country.

On the contrary, local warlords were fighting each other, and many people did not obey the management of the Nationalist government.

The reason is that the Nationalist government itself was not strong enough and did not have a strong army.

If there had been a strong army, the Nationalist government would have unified the country long ago. How could it have ended up with the current situation of warlords fighting each other?

Therefore, the current Nationalist government is also trying to win over people everywhere.

He is now rising in Shanghai and has more than 100,000 troops under his command. The Nationalist government will definitely keep an eye on him.

That's why Zhao Tiansheng came to act as a lobbyist and asked him to become an official in the Nationalist government.

This is actually not difficult to understand, but what makes Ye Yunfei a little curious is whether Zhao Tiansheng knew his identity a long time ago, or only knew his identity after Ding Li and Zhao Hui were together.

If Ding Li knew Zhao Hui's identity before they got together, then would Zhao Tiansheng have let his daughter deliberately get close to Ding Li, and then use Ding Li's relationship to win him over?

If this is true, it means that Zhao Tiansheng is quite cunning.

In order to win him over, he even let his daughter be with Ding Li, and then used Ding Li as a connection to become friends with him.

Most people certainly can't do this.

However, Ye Yunfei felt that the probability of this happening should not be high.

He observed Zhao Hui carefully. Zhao Hui was a relatively simple girl and her mind was not that complicated, so she should not do such a thing.

Therefore, Ye Yunfei guessed that Zhao Hui and Ding Li were together first. After they were together, Zhao Hui told Zhao Tiansheng about Ding Li's situation, and Zhao Tiansheng only then knew about the relationship between Ding Li and him.

So, during this meeting, Zhao Tiansheng used the excuse of talking about marriage to discuss recruiting with him.

"Now I am free and at ease, with 100,000 men under my command. No one dares to provoke me, so for the time being, there is absolutely no need for me to join any force."

“This is a good situation right now.”

Ye Yunfei said while staring at the Huangpu River.

It is not much better to be the king than to be a younger brother under someone else.

Now he has both the people and the guns he needs, so he doesn't need to rely on anyone.

On the contrary, as long as he does not join any force, no matter who he is, no matter how powerful he is, he will be wary of him.

Zhang Hanqing and today's Zhao Tiansheng are the best examples.

As for what happens in the future, we’ll talk about it later.

The most important thing for him at the moment is to unify Shanghai first.

From the beginning to now, his biggest goal has always been Shanghai, but until now, Shanghai has not completely fallen into his hands.

In fact, if Lu Yongxiang, the warlord from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, had not suddenly come to Shanghai, Shanghai would have already been his.

It was because of the appearance of Lu Yongxiang that the situation changed a little.

Now he basically controls more than half of Shanghai, and the rest of the territory is in the hands of Lu Yongxiang.

Therefore, let’s get rid of Lu Yongxiang first and then take over Shanghai.

After thinking for a while beside the Huangpu River, Ye Yunfei suddenly felt a little lonely.

Feng Chenchen left Shanghai and went to Beijing to study.

He hasn't been to a woman for a long time.

"I don't know what Fang Yanyun is doing recently. It seems like I haven't seen him for a long time."

Ye Yunfei murmured.

Thinking of Fang Yanyun, he really missed this charming woman.

When he first came to Shanghai, Fang Yanyun was the one who accompanied him through the lonely time at the beginning.

"Let's go talk to Fang Yanyun."

Ye Yunfei said.

Then he drove to Fang Yanyun's villa.

In Fang Yanyun's villa.

Fang Yanyun was sitting on the sofa, wearing a cheongsam and with her hair tied up. She had a delicate face and was extremely graceful.

But at this time, Fang Yanyun was holding a pipe in her hand and smoking opium.

She took a long puff of the cigarette and exhaled slowly, her extremely delicate face filled with an expression of enjoyment.

A young girl nearby said, "Miss, please stop smoking. You have already smoked three or four times today. You can't keep going like this. Your body has been getting weaker and weaker lately."

Fang Yanyun said: "Xiao Rou, don't worry about me, just do your own thing, I'll just smoke for a while."

The girl said, "Miss, you really can't smoke anymore. Smoking too much of this stuff is very bad for your health."

"I heard from people that if you smoke too much, you will become skin and bones, and eventually you will have trouble walking, and die a very miserable death."

"Miss, you have smoked so much and for such a long time. You must not smoke anymore. Your health is important."

Fang Yanyun said: "If I don't smoke this, what else can I do? I stay at home and don't have to do anything, and I can't do anything."

"If I don't smoke opium, will you let me die?"

The girl said: "But..."

She wanted to say something else, but Fang Yanyun said impatiently: "Stop talking, don't worry about my business, just do your own thing."

The girl had no choice but to leave.

At this moment, another servant rushed in and said, "Miss, Mr. Ye is here."

Fang Yanyun said: "Mr. Ye, which Mr. Ye?"

The servant said, "Mr. Ye Yunfei."

"Yun Fei, why is he here?"

When Fang Yanyun heard that Ye Yunfei was coming, a look of surprise appeared on her face, but then she became a little panicked.

She quickly stopped the girl and said, "Xiao Rou, don't leave yet. Collect all the opium quickly and don't let Yun Fei see it."

"Also, Yun Fei will come in later, so don't talk nonsense. Do you hear me?"

The girl nodded silently and picked up the opium on the table.

Fang Yanyun straightened her clothes, put on makeup in front of the mirror, and then went out to greet Ye Yunfei.

Ye Yunfei waited outside the villa for a while before Fang Yanyun came out.

"Yun Fei, why are you here today? I haven't seen you for a long time. It's rare that you take the initiative to come to my place."

Fang Yanyun saw Ye Yunfei and spoke.

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "It's because I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came to see you, Yanyun, how are you doing recently?"

Fang Yanyun said: "Okay, what can be wrong with me? Look at me, do I look bad?"

Ye Yunfei stared at Fang Yanyun's face for a while before saying, "She looks good, but her eyes look a little distracted."