Wu Peifu wanted to hear a negative answer from Yuan Shikai's heart, but when Yuan Shikai's voice sounded, it was: "It should be about the same!" “

After saying this, Yuan Shikai's expression was a little gloomy, he finally understood the idea of the northwest during the peace talks, but it was too late to understand, the temptation given by the northwest was too great, the peace talks that year, the Northwest Army took out the arms of several towns at once, the types are complete, the quality is excellent, and the most important thing is that the price is cheap, only about one-third of foreign goods, and there are no restrictions on the purchase proposed by Beiyang, but it is proposed to build a railway and obtain node cities, it seems that it is simply humble to avoid to the extreme, as if the repetition of Zhangjiakou, it was not Beiyang that was damaged, but the northwest, and was signed by Beiyang to the alliance under the city.

At that time, he and his staff under Beiyang only felt that the northwest might have taken the wrong medicine, how could there be such a good thing, giving people things for nothing, and sending money every year, maybe they could really make a lot of money, but on other people's territory, it was too easy to get it back, which was also the fundamental reason why Beiyang and the revolutionary party easily agreed.

It's not that no one has been blushing in the back, but the strength of the northwest is there, and no one starts from the front, plus the northwest is also very generous, every node city, almost nearly one million handed over, even if you take this city, you may not be able to earn so much money, officially this kind of generosity, so that Beiyang and the revolutionary party look at each other, and finally dragged it to the present, and finally let the northwest achieve the general trend.

Who knows, this seemingly ridiculous, even somewhat idiotic contract, has become a conspiracy placed in front of everyone. Integrity and impeccable. Even if you know, you can only confront it head-on. I can't figure it out. 3 years later, feng shui took turns, and with the help of this, a large number of node cities were built in the northwest, where is this node city, it is simply a fortress group, what is Wu Peifu's idea, Yuan Shikai knows very well, he is also much deeper than Wu Peifu. When I agreed to this matter, where was it stained, it was obviously picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

Now, he finally found out under the appearance of the northwest, but it was too late, the general trend of the northwest had been completed, and countless nodes and 4 million troops jointly built the foundation of the northwest, even if he prepared well. No matter how strong the development is, if you lose the opportunity, you will make a wrong step. If you want to hold the power in your hands again, it depends on the meaning of the northwest.

Not only Wu Peifu's face changed, but Yuan Shikai's heart. Isn't it a huge drop, I thought I would go to the northwest this time. It is to lower the posture and retreat bravely from the rapids. But he didn't expect that it was the last chance, Yuan Shikai believed that even if he didn't go, once the network composed of this fortress group was completely detonated, the pace of the reunification of the entire China could no longer be blocked, and the military parade was the first step to detonate all this.

In all fairness, if he really knew about this conspiracy, he might have rejected the Northwest's suggestion back then and didn't give the Northwest a chance to intervene in the Beiyang, but after thinking about it, would he really be able to pass the test? Although Beiyang was under his control, but how embarrassed he was at that time, as the first person in Beiyang, he knew very well that the materials of several towns were not rejected if he wanted to say no, and now it seems that the northwest already had the strength to annihilate Beiyang at that time, and he really destroyed Beiyang with his backhand, where else could he Yuan Shikai go to reason.

Depressed, completely depressed, Yuan Shikai thought about it before and after, it seems that there is no way to go in front and behind, the problem of dying a few years early and dying a few years later, after encountering the northwest, it seems that most of the roads in Beiyang are exhausted, Yuan Shikai, who is under the control of this thought, of course has nothing to say.

Yuan Shikai stopped talking, Wu Peifu couldn't have anything to say, he came to Yuan Shikai in a hurry, thinking that he could persuade Yuan Shikai, but when he left, he was lost and depressed, that's right, he would rather do something that he didn't know, the more he knew, the more terrible he felt, the strength of the northwest was not only his own millions of troops, but his terrifying jaw-dropping financial resources, more than 200 node cities handed over 200 million yuan every year, how much investment is needed, 20 billion is not enough, and there are a large number of railways, Historically, occupying the leadership of China, the large loan for the aftermath in order to implement the control system is only 25 million pounds, which is converted into Northwest Yuan, which is only 250 million, less than 200 node cities, and the total amount of taxes paid in a year, which is a temptation that cannot be refused for the lack of input Beiyang and the Revolutionary Party.

Wu Peifu would not have considered similar conspiracy at all, and even sometimes, Wu Peifu would naturally think that if he had such backing and money, he would have equipped millions of troops long ago and casually crushed the revolutionary party and Beiyang.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't know that the chess trick he laid out casually back then made the two generations of outstanding officers in Beiyang so entangled, there was the national situation of the year, the status quo of the year, and the northwest of that year had the ability to unify the whole of China, with the armament and population of the northwest at that time, as long as he worked a little hard, it was possible to mobilize a million troops to carry out a great war of reunification, but what about after that? A devastated China, a China that has been blockaded by foreign powers and may even erupt at any time, or a completely lost opportunity to fight a war.

Think about it carefully, the restraint of the year, is not a stroke of genius, when the three parties to maintain peace, have returned to their sphere of influence, the northwest continues to use money and welfare, to attract the population of the country, although the territory has not expanded, but the population of the jurisdiction has increased by 180%, industrial input, scientific and technological level, and even industrial production capacity, have been greatly improved, the heritage of the northwest, under the investment again and again and the efforts of everyone, gradually consolidated, and even the political preparations have been completed, schools at all levels in the northwestAs long as they take over now, they will not be in a hurry to defeat Beiyang and the revolutionary party in the fastest time, and relying on those nodes, the network all over China is actually an offensive in the northwest, but it is more secretive than the military one.

Sometimes, it is not the most correct choice to retreat into advance, in short, Yang Yuanzhao has walked a correct path under many difficulties, and it is enough to have this understanding. At this moment, Yang Yuanzhao didn't know that Yuan Shikai and Wu Peifuhu thought so, and they were still in the office, tomorrow was the national conference, but tonight, around eight o'clock, Yuan Shikai was about to arrive in Baotou, such a big man, even Yang Yuanzhao must admit that he is a figure of the same level as him, and his arrival, at any time, must be the first to pay attention.

Outside Yang Yuanzhao's office, the staff in the attendant room were nervously making phone calls, after the military parade, the affairs in the northwest itself were complicated, the media and diplomatic envoys of various countries, the welcome dinner tonight, and the preparations for tomorrow's plenary meeting, these fell one by one on the heads of everyone in the northwest, and no matter how they could squeeze out some time, they could also squeeze out some time to receive guests and friends from various countries, and these superficial things were also what the northwest needed to do.

Yuan Shikai's arrival disrupted all this, first of all, the dinner had to be advanced compared to the original plan, the dinner that started at 7 o'clock was advanced to 7 o'clock, more than half an hour in advance, Yang Yuanzhao and Liu Shu did not participate in the dinner party all the way, they would toast and speak at the first time, and then they would leave, after all, according to the news from the Railway Bureau, Yuan Shikai's special train would arrive in Baotou on time at about 8 o'clock.

The most frequent phone calls are the Railway Bureau and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the railway station, has already been prepared, in the special channel of the delegates, the platform has also been blocked, the entire diplomatic department, personally took over, to deal with Yuan Shikai's arrival in Baotou, Liu Shu and Yang Yuanzhao, the whole process of attention, Yuan Shikai's itinerary, once arrived in Baotou, they will personally go to see Yuan Shikai, in order to express respect for Yuan Shikai.

The huge allocation hall of the railway bureau, the huge, dynamic display of the operation map, the current more than 99% of the railways on the entire land of China, are included in it, although it is said that the whole of China's railway, can not be said to be a running map, with the Yangtze River as the line, divided into two parts, and even if you count the Yunnan-Guizhou aspect, it should be four parts, where the mountainous areas, temporarily do not have the ability to interconnect with the large railway network.

In the middle of these huge railway networks, the density of the operating maps of the provinces in the northwest is not comparable to that of other northern regions. The railway is a project that involves the whole body, and the same is true of the running chart, the moment the special train comes out, on the train running map in the northwest, it has always been very eye-catching, and the speed, time, and arrival time will be displayed. There are special people, who are watching at the railway bureau, and notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and government departments anytime and anywhere.

More than 300 kilometers away from Baotou, just past Zhangjiakou, it was only more than 4 hours, and it came from Beijing to Zhangjiakou, which was hundreds of kilometers away, which surprised the Beiyang attachés on the train, and those young new officers also fell, they did not participate in the old-style battles, but followed Beiyang, followed Yuan Shikai all the way to fight the world's old guys, but opened their mouths wide, couldn't close their mouths, after Wu Peifu went out, Yuan Shikai did not prohibit him to keep the communication between each other secret, very natural, The news that military fortresses were set up at every railway node in the northwest also spread, and immediately caused an uproar among the Beiyang generals in the entire carriage, triggering a series of big discussions. (To be continued......)