Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Ye Yunfei is looking forward to what reward the system will give him this time.

But there is one thing that is urgent now.

That is, the number reached one million before the Japanese invaders attacked Shanghai.

If there were only one million people after the Japanese came, it would be too late.

But he has already handed this matter over to Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang, so just wait for their news.

In the Lido, we waited for another day.

Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang, still no news.

However, there was news from Liu Zhengfeng.

Liu Zhengfeng called and said that he had contacted the Russians and started negotiations on the issue of the Middle East Railway.

According to Liu Zhengfeng, the Russians have a tough attitude and want to occupy the Middle East Railway.

They also said that they built the Middle East Railway, so they should be the ones to control it.

If the Republic of China does not return the Chinese Eastern Railway to them, it would be a deliberate provocation, and they will use all necessary means to take back the Chinese Eastern Railway.

The Russians' intention is very clear, they want to seize the Middle East Railway by force.

Unless the Middle East Railway is returned to them, war will break out.

The Russians were arrogant, and Liu Zhengfeng asked Ye Yunfei what to do.

Ye Yunfei thought for a moment, and finally said: "For the Middle East Railway, we will negotiate with them for the time being."

"Tell them that Longguo will not hand over the Middle East Railway directly to them. The Middle East Railway is located on Longguo's territory and belongs to Longguo."

"However, the White Bear Nation can use the Middle East Railway together with the Dragon Nation."

"If the White Bear Country wants to use the Middle East Railway, or use it to transport something, the Dragon Country can provide them with the greatest convenience."

"The meaning is very simple. They can have the right to use the railway, but they cannot own it."

"That's it."

After Ye Yunfei finished speaking, Liu Zhengfeng said, "This method is good, but I'm worried that the Russians won't agree easily."

Ye Yunfei said: "I have learned about the situation over there. They want to occupy the Middle East Railway. They just want to use the Middle East Railway to make more profits in Longguo."

"Since they want to use the railway to make money, let them make it first. Money will come back sooner or later."

"Let them use the Middle East Railway as they please, but the management rights must be in our hands."

"Moreover, as far as I know, the Russians are not at peace now. There have been civil unrests, and their relations with several neighboring countries, and even the island nation of Sam, are not good."

"They also have internal and external troubles. As long as we use the right approach, they will agree."

Ye Yunfei told Liu Zhengfeng about the situation.

Negotiation is like war, in which you must know yourself and your enemy in order to seize the initiative.

As long as we know the domestic situation of the White Bear Country and their goals, negotiations will be much easier.

After listening to this, Liu Zhengfeng nodded and said, "I understand. Then I will continue to talk to them and there should be results soon."

Ye Yunfei said: "Okay, report to me immediately when you get the results."

"Yes."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Yunfei thought for a while.

There are only two days left until August 13th, and Liu Zhengfeng doesn't have any major problems.

The Russians seem to be making a lot of noise, but they may not really fight.

Moreover, the problem can basically be solved through negotiation.

Only the Japanese will really send troops.

Therefore, the most important thing for Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang is to recruit soldiers.

It's been a long time, and there's still no news from either of them.

The time is almost up. Is it possible that we really cannot gather one million people before the Japanese arrive?

If we can't gather a million people before the Japanese arrive, the situation will be dire.

Not only did they not have enough manpower to deal with the Japanese attack.

Moreover, the system cannot give rewards.

The most important thing in dealing with the Japanese attack this time is actually the system's reward.

If there were no system rewards, the chance of winning against the Japanese would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang are very important now.

After thinking for a while, Ye Yunfei said to Tan Xiong: "Can we get through to Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li now?"

Tan Xiong said: "It should be possible. One of them is recruiting soldiers in the southeast, and the other one is recruiting soldiers in the northeast."

"You can get through to the phone, but you'll probably have to wait a while, and they may not be right next to the phone."

In this era, there were no mobile phones and most people used landline phones.

Therefore, when making a phone call, the person must be nearby. If the person is not nearby, the call cannot be connected.

Ye Yunfei said: "Then go call them now and tell me when you get through to them both."

Tan Xiong said: "I understand."

Then, Tan Xiong made a phone call while Ye Yunfei waited.

No matter what, I have to call Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang today.

He wanted to know the details of Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang's recruitment.

See how many people they have recruited and how many they are still short of.

If Ding Li and Xu Wenqiang cannot recruit enough people within the remaining two days, he will have to think of other ways.

Anyway, no matter what, we must get one million people before the Japanese come.

Ye Yunfei was waiting in the office. After more than half an hour, Tan Xiong came back and said that Ding Li's call was connected first.

When he heard the call was connected, Ye Yunfei immediately went to talk to Ding Li.

"Brother Fei, why are you looking for me so urgently? Is there something wrong?"

Ding Li said.

Ye Yunfei asked: "How is the recruitment going over there? How many people have you recruited?"

Ding Li said: "I have recruited more than 30,000 people in the past few days."

"We have about 31,200 people now, that's about it."

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "There are still two days left. How many people can you recruit in the remaining two days? Do you have an accurate number?"

Ding Li said: "With two days, I think it shouldn't be a problem to recruit one or two thousand people."

“But if there are more, it might be a little difficult.”

"People from the Northeast have been recruited almost completely, and now many families only have children in their teens left."

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "Okay, then you should be able to recruit about 35,000 people in total, right?"

Ding Li said: "Yes, Brother Fei, the total number of people I recruit should be around 35,000."

Ye Yunfei said: "Okay, then you can continue to recruit people. When you have recruited enough people, bring them directly to Shanghai."

"clear."

After hanging up the call with Ding Li, Tan Xiong said that Xu Wenqiang's call was also connected.

Then, Ye Yunfei directly asked Xu Wenqiang how many people he had recruited.

Xu Wenqiang said: "Brother Fei, I have about 35,000 people here now."

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow combined, there should be 40,000 people..."