Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

In fact, during this period of time, Ye Yunfei has been thinking about a question.

That is, whether or not to expand outward and develop Longmen's influence beyond Shanghai.

To be precise, it means expanding Longmen's influence to the entire Republic of China.

Because Longmen is now undoubtedly the number one in Shanghai.

Shanghai is Longmen’s base camp. Should we use Shanghai as a stepping stone to expand our influence to the entire Republic of China?

This is a problem.

Ye Yunfei has been thinking about this matter these days.

Now that Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang are here, it's a good opportunity to discuss this with them.

Ding Li didn't understand what Ye Yunfei meant, and said, "Brother Fei, you said to expand outward, how to expand, where to go."

Xu Wenqiang had understood what Ye Yunfei said. He said, "Brother Fei, you want to expand Longmen's influence to the entire Republic of China."

"Based on Shanghai Beach, he became a major warlord with influence throughout the Republic of China."

Ye Yunfei smiled and said, "Wen Qiang is still smart. Ali, you should learn more from Wen Qiang in the future."

"You can't imagine what Wen Qiang can think of."

Ding Li rubbed his head and said, "Brother Fei, I have always been a bit slow in thinking, you know that."

"But now I understand. You want to expand your power and occupy the entire Republic of China, right?"

"Brother Fei, I support you. If you want to do it, then do it big. Shanghai is ours now. We in Longmen now have more than 200,000 troops. We have enough strength to expand outward and kill all the warlords of the Republic of China. It is not a problem to control the entire Republic of China."

"If things develop well in the future, I will make Brother Fei an emperor. That would be more interesting."

Ding Li said this and chuckled.

Ye Yunfei looked at him helplessly and said, "You kid, the emperor has come out, Ali, it's the Republic of China now, there is no emperor anymore."

"After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor had long since disappeared."

Ding Li said: "If it disappears, it can still come out. It existed before, so why can't it exist now?"

"In my mind, the emperor is the most powerful official. Everyone in the world must listen to the emperor. Whatever the emperor says is what counts."

"There were emperors before, and there can be emperors now as well. Brother Fei, if you want to be emperor, I will conquer the entire Republic of China and let you be emperor."

"what do you think."

After hearing what Ding Li said, Ye Yunfei felt a little helpless.

Ding Li is a loyal guy, but his brain is not very flexible sometimes.

There are so many warlords in the Republic of China today. Any warlord has tens of thousands of troops. The more powerful warlords even have hundreds of thousands of troops.

At this time, anyone who dared to become emperor would immediately become the target of all warlords.

It was definitely a group attack.

The former Beiyang leader Yuan Shikai was the number one figure in the Republic of China at the time, and could almost be said to be the boss of the Republic of China.

However, because he proclaimed himself emperor, he was not only besieged by many warlords, but even some of his own direct subordinates chose to betray him.

Therefore, in this era, it is almost impossible to become an emperor.

Unless you are really powerful enough to be omnipotent and have dealt with all the warlords, and no one dares to listen to you, there may still be a tiny chance.

Otherwise, being an emperor would mean seeking death.

Ye Yunfei knew this very well, so he never thought about it.

Ding Li was very bold and actually wanted to make him emperor.

But it is understandable. After all, Ding Li has always been like this, and he is indeed doing it for Ye Yunfei's good.

Ye Yunfei looked at Xu Wenqiang and said, "Wenqiang, what do you think?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "Brother Fei, I think Longmen can expand outward because we now have the capital."

"Although Shanghai is prosperous, it is only a small place after all. Moreover, as Brother Fei said, this is a place where many battles have taken place. Many warlords are eyeing Shanghai. It is not very safe for us to stay in Shanghai all the time."

"If we can occupy a larger territory, or even have a place in the Republic of China, the situation will be much better."

"So, I agree with external expansion, but I suggest that even if it is expanded, it will take some time, at least one or two months."

"Now let's take care of all the things on the beach first, and then move on to the next step."

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, let's do this for now."

"Let's finish the Shanghai issue first."

Xu Wenqiang said: "Also, if Brother Fei really wants to expand overseas, I feel that there are two things that must be done."

Ye Yunfei said: "Which two things?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "The first is to make money. Money is the most important thing for a warlord. Whether it is self-protection or external expansion, a lot of money is needed."

"Especially now that we have more than 200,000 people, we need a lot of money every day, so we have to think of various channels to make money."

"Only with enough money can we keep Longmen strong."

Ye Yunfei said: "What about the second one?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "The second is to train soldiers. To train an army with strong combat effectiveness and strength, so that they can gain a great advantage in battles and even win every battle."

"With money and a strong enough army, we can attack when we advance and defend when we retreat. We will be invincible."

"Those are my two thoughts."

After Xu Wenqiang finished speaking, he looked at Ye Yunfei.

Ye Yunfei nodded: "What you said makes sense. In this case, let's hurry up and handle these two things in the near future."

"Making money and training soldiers."

Xu Wenqiang said: "These two things are easy to say, but difficult to do."

"In today's world, it is very difficult to make money, especially to make big money. We control Shanghai and now we can only rely on Shanghai to make money."

"But I feel that the money earned from Shanghai alone is not enough to support such a large army as ours."

"Training soldiers is even more difficult. If it is ordinary training, it may be easy to do, but to train an absolutely strong army, it requires systematic training and professional trainers."

“So, these two things are not easy.”

After Xu Wenqiang finished speaking, Ye Yunfei said, "I have some ideas about the two things you mentioned."

Hearing this, Xu Wenqiang's eyes lit up and he said, "Really? Then Brother Fei, what do you think we should do?"

Ye Yunfei said: "For training soldiers, we can set up a military academy, which is dedicated to training generals."

"Then we will send the trained generals to various military units and have them train ordinary soldiers."

"In this way, we can conduct systematic training of soldiers, and the combat capability of the trained soldiers will be very strong."