Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

"no problem."

Xu Wenqiang nodded immediately.

He is indeed a person who cannot sit still. Especially during the few months he spent studying abroad, he has actually always been concerned about Longmen's affairs.

Although it's not that Longmen would be in trouble without him, but as an old man who has been in Longmen since its establishment, he knows very well that if he is not there, many things in Longmen will be very complicated and troublesome to handle.

It may even affect the daily operation of the gantry.

Therefore, he also wanted to return to China as soon as possible to participate in the daily management of Longmen.

Now that he was back, Ye Yunfei asked him to rest, but how could he rest? He immediately wanted to work again.

Several people were chatting while eating.

The welcoming banquet ended very happily.

In the following time, Xu Wenqiang immediately participated in the management of Longmen just as he said.

He began to deal with the things that had accumulated in the past few months.

In addition, he also placed the dozens of people who followed him back from studying abroad in some counties and cities currently occupied by Longmen, and asked them to manage them.

With the addition of these people, Longmen’s management of these places should be much better than before.

In short, after Xu Wenqiang came back, he basically took over all aspects of Longmen's affairs.

Ye Yunfei, on the other hand, spent his holiday peacefully.

To be honest, he was really busy during the time Xu Wenqiang was away.

Almost every moment, there are a lot of troublesome things to deal with.

Longmen now manages more than a dozen provinces, and all kinds of matters require his decision.

He has never been so busy.

Now that Xu Wenqiang is back, he immediately handed over all matters to Xu Wenqiang.

He began to eat, drink and have fun, living a carefree life.

The entire Longmen is now almost entirely managed by Xu Wenqiang.

Ye Yunfei did this not only because he didn't want to be too busy, but also because he had absolute trust in Xu Wenqiang.

Xu Wenqiang is an old man who has followed him from Zhabei District, Shanghai to the present.

He has absolute trust in Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li.

Therefore, he let Ding Li be in charge of all the troops in Longmen. Longmen now has almost 600,000 to 700,000 people, all of whom are under Ding Li's control.

Xu Wenqiang is responsible for managing all affairs of Longmen.

These two people, one manages the army, and the other manages the daily operations of Longmen.

The two of them almost controlled the entire Longmen.

Now, the two of them have the final say in Longmen.

Because they are brothers, he absolutely trusts these two people.

Don't worry, just leave Longmen to them.

Of course, if there are some extremely important matters, he also needs to make the decision.

After Xu Wenqiang took over the management of Longmen, Longmen's development became more and more smooth.

Moreover, the dozens of people who followed Xu Wenqiang back from abroad also managed the various cities in Longmen very well after being transferred to the grassroots.

All in all, everything is moving in a good direction.

What we need to do now is to accumulate strength, prepare troops, and then prepare to take action against the remaining warlords of the Republic of China.

If we kill them, we'll basically be done.

However, the only problem now is that the 800,000-strong army has not been gathered.

After occupying the three northeastern provinces, he began to ask Tan Xiong to recruit troops in the three northeastern provinces, hoping to gather 800,000 people as soon as possible.

However, this number is still a bit far.

Tan Xiong also reported to him several times, but each time, he said it was almost there, almost there.

It has been more than half a month, and there are still not enough people.

That day, Ye Yunfei called Tan Xiong again.

"How is it going? How many people have been recruited?"

Ye Yunfei stared at Tan Xiong and asked.

Tan Xiong stood in the hall, looking embarrassed, and said, "Master, I'm sorry, there are still not enough people."

"I have failed to live up to your trust."

Ye Yunfei frowned and said, "Why is it still not enough? Is it so difficult to recruit people in the Northeast? The three provinces in the Northeast are so large, with a population of tens of millions. It shouldn't be difficult to recruit tens of thousands of people."

"After more than half a month, there are still not enough people. This shouldn't be the case."

There are actually quite a lot of people from Northeast China, because Northeast China was relatively developed during the Republic of China period.

Many people from all over the country have come to the Northeast, so there are a lot of people here.

With so many people, it shouldn't be a problem to recruit tens of thousands of them.

But Tan Xiong always said that it was almost there, and he didn’t know what was going on.

Tan Xiong said: "Brother Fei, the Northeast is really different from other places. It is really difficult to recruit people here."

"Firstly, many people in the Northeast had joined the Northeast Army before. Although there are still many people now, they are basically elderly people, and there are very few young people."

"Secondly, the Northeast Army has always ruled the Northeast, and the people here have a natural liking for the Northeast Army. Even if they want to join the army, they want to join the Northeast Army and don't want to join us at Longmen."

"And you issued an order before that no one can be forced to join Longmen, and that it must be done voluntarily, so it has become like this now."

"Although I have tried my best to recruit people, the results are very average."

"Not many people are willing to join Longmen. I can't do anything about it."

If he were to recruit soldiers by force, he could recruit tens of thousands of people in a day.

Although there are not many young people in Northeast China, there are some. He can easily capture all of them and make them serve in the army.

However, Ye Yunfei did not allow the conscription of young men, so the only option was voluntary.

So, it is very difficult to recruit people in this way.

We have been dragging our feet for half a month and still haven't been able to recruit tens of thousands of people.

He was really helpless.

Ye Yunfei said: "So it's because of the Northeast Army. It looks like there is indeed some trouble."

Zhang Hanqing's Northeast Army has been operating in the Northeast for many years, and most people in the Northeast choose to believe in the Northeast Army.

Longmen had just occupied the Northeast, and the people here had almost no feelings towards Longmen.

Therefore, it is understandable that you don’t want to join Longmen.

"This is a bit troublesome. If we continue like this, I don't know how long it will take to gather 800,000 people."

Ye Yunfei said helplessly.

His target is 800,000 people.

With 800,000 people, we can basically start unifying the Republic of China.

In addition, the system will also reward him for 800,000 people.

So, 800,000 is a threshold.

He thought that with Longmen's current strength and the fact that they occupied so much territory.

It shouldn't be difficult to gather 800,000 people.

However, unexpectedly, the number of people was not enough.

It annoys him a bit.

"Could it be that they really want to capture able-bodied men?"

Ye Yunfei said with a frown.

If we were to conscript able-bodied men, we would probably be able to capture 800,000 in a few days.

However, things like conscripting men can easily affect public opinion and lose the support of the people.

As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. The hearts of the people are very important.

If we lose the support of the people and Longmen's reputation is ruined, then even if we gather enough people, it will not be worth the loss...