Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

After a few days of free time, Fang Jian came to the military camp on New Year's Day and attended the New Year's Eve party with the soldiers.

There are many soldiers who can sing, play the flute, play the erhu and have other talents. Fang Guoxuan arranged more than 30 programs, which made the atmosphere very lively.

The only drawback is that all the performers are men, and there are no women involved, which makes many people feel regretful.

Fang Guoxuan sat next to Fang Jian and said embarrassedly: "Commander, next time we hold such an event, we can invite some women from outside..."

"I will ask Shao Wenli to form a literary troupe and recruit some talented male and female soldiers." Fang Jian smiled slightly. He knew that these clones also had a demand.

"If you have a female soldier you like, you can pursue her on your own, but one thing is, if she doesn't want to, you can't force her."

Fang Guoxuan blushed and said, "Don't worry, Commander. I will definitely control all officers and soldiers."

After New Year's Day, on January 1, Francis Xavier finally received news from the northern government delegation.

Fang Jian, Fang Guoxuan, Wei Hanzhou, Tao Yunong, Zhuang Jiwu, Shao Wenli, Zhou Zhuowu, Yao Feng and others were sitting in the conference room.

Tao Yunong introduced: "The delegation has set out from Linjin, the capital of Sanjiang Province, to Changhuan. Because they are carrying a lot of supplies, it is estimated that it will take another five days to enter Changhuan."

"From the capital to Imjin, the speed is very fast because of the train transportation, but from Imjin to Changhuan can only be transported by manpower and mule carts."

The existing railways in Daxin were all built with the help of foreign powers during the previous dynasty. Some places like Nanshan were too remote and the previous dynasty was overthrown before the railways reached Nanshan.

After the establishment of the Great New Kingdom, the President replaced the cooperating powers in order to win over public opinion, resulting in the planned railway to Nanshan not being built to this day.

"A lot of supplies?" Fang Jian wondered why the delegation brought so many supplies.

Tao Yunong coughed dryly and reminded, "Commander, you reported to the northern government before that the people's livelihood in Nanshan was in decline and requested support..."

Fang Jian also coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment. He had actually forgotten about it. Then he was puzzled again. Is the Northern government so easy to fool? Just crying poor, they would send supplies here.

"This..." Tao Yunong hesitated and hinted to Fang Jian with his eyes.

Fang Jian knew that Tao Yunong had something to say that was inconvenient to say in front of everyone, so he didn't let the other party speak now. Instead, he prepared to listen privately to what Tao Yunong had to say.

Then Fang Jian looked at Zhuang Jiwu, who said hurriedly, "Commander, I have a lot of things to do here."

"If we are going to welcome the delegation, who will take over these tasks?"

Zhuang Jiwu really wanted to find someone to take over. Many things were a mess right now, and various affairs were just starting out. Not only did they need to demarcate land and build their own sites, but there were also issues such as material transportation.

Welcoming the delegation is easy, but of course it is not just about welcoming them to Nanshan.

Later, I have to take the delegation to visit Nanshan and take them out for food and drinks. Isn't this kind of life better than dealing with a lot of affairs and being on edge?

Fang Jian smiled awkwardly and swallowed what he was about to say. He glanced back at Tao Yunong, Shao Wenli, Zhou Zhuowu and Yao Feng.

"Yu Nong, you will be responsible for receiving the delegation, Zhou Zhuowu will assist you, and Zhang Sheng will lead a battalion of guards to protect your safety." Fang Jian finally decided.

Tao Yunong and Zhou Zhuowu stood up and replied solemnly, "Yes, Commander."

After everyone left the meeting room, Tao Yunong followed Fang Jian into the office.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Fang Jian asked impatiently as soon as he sat down.

Tao Yunong secretly looked at Fang Jian with his eyes before saying, "Commander, Li Bingqing attaches so much importance to you because he wants to win you over."

"The news from the capital is that Li Bingqing is at odds with former President Yuan Shiting. Although your Fang family is close to Yuan Shiting, they have been excluded by the Fang family and most of their assets have been embezzled."

"Li Bingqing wants to use this reason to win you over and gain your support in order to achieve his goal of competing with Yuan Shiting."

"Fang family?" Fang Jian felt neither sad nor happy.

He was not from the Fang family, nor did he belong to this world. He just used the identity of the deceased Fang Jianan. Moreover, Fang Jianan looked exactly like him, which made him feel somewhat familiar with Fang Jianan.

Of course, this feeling of intimacy was only directed at Fang Jian personally. The Fang family was just strangers to him.

Although the Fang family treated Fang Ji'an unfairly, for Fang Ji'an, as long as the Fang family did not provoke him, everyone would live in peace and they would just be strangers.

So, when it comes to the Fang family, Fang Jian is just indifferent, the same attitude as he treats strangers.

Fang Jian shook his head: "Don't worry about the Fang family. As for Li Bingqing, you can cooperate with him."

With just one more year, relying on the nine divisions he currently has and the air force that will soon be established, with a total of more than 170,000 people, Fang Jian is confident that he can repel an attack from hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Next year, Congress will elect a new president, and Li Bingqing has little hope of winning," Tao Yunong said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter. Even if the new president doesn't like us, he can't do anything to us. The biggest enemy of the Northern government is the new army in the South."

Even if the Northern government replaces someone else as president, he will not go to war no matter how unhappy the other side is. If the Northern government goes to war with him, the happiest ones will be the New Army forces.

Although the Northern Government has a million troops on paper, their weapons and equipment are not bad. They are all equipped with Daxin Type 57 rifles, as well as heavy machine guns, light machine guns, 75-caliber cannons, 75-caliber Type mountain cannons, -caliber Type howitzers, etc.

The Type 11 mountain cannon and howitzer were produced by the northern government. In terms of performance, power, and attack range, they are completely inferior to weapons produced abroad, let alone those exchanged by Fang Ji'an.

With the same caliber, there will naturally be differences due to different production processes and materials.

Seeing that Fang Jianan had his own attitude, Tao Yunong stopped persuading him. He only needed to tell Fang Jianan the information he had learned, and he didn't need to worry about how to make a decision.

Seeing Tao Yunong was about to leave, Fang Jian thought of something and added, "By the way, bring 80 trucks when you go to greet him."

"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong responded and went to arrange the welcoming arrangements.

Because roads were being repaired in various places, the roads became more difficult to travel on than before. It took seven or eight hours to drive from Nanling to Fenglin. It was not until we drove onto the cement road in Fenglin that the truck's speed increased.

Through previous construction, the cement road of the main trunk road in Fenglin has been completed, and it only takes less than two hours to drive to Xinyuan by car.

The troops rested in Xinyuan for one night and set out again the next day. Not far from Xinyuan, the convoy returned to the dirt road, which greatly reduced the speed of the journey.

Although Changhuan has also done some construction, it is far inferior to Fenglin.

Tao Yunong stopped the convoy in Changhuan City and waited for news from the delegation. He would certainly not leave Changhuan to greet them. If it caused misunderstanding in Sanjiang Province, it would be a loss.