At this time, it was Yang Du who spoke, like a basin of cold water, poured it directly, Yuan Shikai looked at him curiously, and asked, "Huizi, why do you say that!" ”

"The Japanese have bad intentions!"

"I know the Japanese have bad intentions, but isn't it good to eat it first?" Yuan Shikai said a little indifferently.

Yang Du didn't explain anymore, after he spoke, he regretted it, it stands to reason that he shouldn't talk casually, but he can't help it, what calculations the Japanese have, he still knows better, pull Beiyang on the horse, as long as Yuan Shikai dares to eat this batch of weapons, the Japanese will always be able to find a way.

Yang Du's speech, Yuan Shikai was puzzled, other military high-level people, also the same idea, almost unanimously set their eyes on Yang Du, he has rarely said anything to Yuan Shikai over the years, after seeing the strength of the northwest, Yang Du knows that unless it is the great powers who go all out to support Beiyang, otherwise, if you want to get the upper hand from the northwest, now that the European war has broken out, before the European battlefield fights a victory, it is impossible for the powers to support Beiyang.

Since he has been to Baotou, Yang Du has learned about Baotou through many aspects, with his family background and contacts, many former friends even directly voted for Baotou, it is impossible to understand it thoroughly, but he also knows a little. Yuan Shikai is strong, and he is still pressing the revolutionary party to the death, even if the revolutionary party occupies the entire rich Jiangdong, but Beiyang can raise a strong Beiyang army just by relying on North China and part of the northeast, not the northwest appears, defeating the revolutionary party, and unifying the whole country is just around the corner. From this point of view, it is not wrong for Yang Du to follow Yuan Shikai. But God doesn't help. Both Yu and He Shengliang.

The general trend of the Northwest has been achieved, with the help of a strong economy. Industry, and the production capacity of weapons, sits on more than 80% of the population of the whole of China, and this rolling trend cannot be changed. Yang Du then understood why the Three Kingdoms divided the world into three parts, and finally the three families returned to Jin, to be precise, Cao Cao had laid a deep foundation and owned the entire Central Plains. Whether it is population, land, food and wealth, they are far above Dongwu and Western Shu, even if Wei is defeated 10 times, there is room for salvation, defeat once will not lose the country, and the next time it will fight back, but Eastern Wu and Western Shu. As long as you lose once, you will never recover, and under such a probability, when there are still strongmen in Dongwu and Xishu as towns, they can barely cope with it. Once the older generation dies, when the new generation grows up, unless there is a rebel. Otherwise, the end is doomed.

What a shrewd person Yuan Shikai is. What kind of person is Yang Huizi, he is full of wisdom. He said suddenly, he must have meant something, and after weighing it for a long time, he asked directly to the point: "Huizi, do you know something, you can't hide it!" ”

Yang Du didn't want to get involved, he has basically been in a state of semi-retirement over the years, but he was forced to come over for the sake of face, and now he has missed a little bit of heaven, and said with a sigh: "The Northwest is not afraid of Japan, I was also puzzled about this before, after thinking about it carefully, this should be the Japan that the Northwest did not look at, and the reason why the Japanese are so anxious to win us over is probably also a huge loss." ”

"What, the Japanese suffered huge losses?" A few people were surprised, Japan is also a strong country in the eyes of several people, it is one of the great powers, Yuan Shikai has always had the idea of uniting Japan and fighting against the northwest, and the chassis controlled by himself is better than being an errand under others, but if something can't be done, Yuan Shikai still has such a strong eye, a few ups and downs, and the fact that he can go up and down is obvious in Yuan Shikai's body.

"I also heard that the Japanese sank a lot of ships in Shandong!" After Yang Du finished speaking, he glanced at everyone in the room and said calmly.

Now the whole room is in an uproar, Japan is an Asian power, one of the emerging powers, the army is not his strongest place, the navy is, especially in the Sino-Japanese War, won the victory against China, after winning the victory, the navy has always been the most important thing for Japan, especially the import of the King Kong class from the United Kingdom, and obtained the production qualification of 3 King Kong class, which reached the peak at once.

Now, Yang Du told him that the huge Japanese combined fleet had all sunk, was this a joke?

Everyone was in an uproar, especially Duan Qirui, who was fighting fiercely, and said directly: "This northwest, the evil sect, why is it so strong?" ”

"Yes, to sink a battleship, there must always be a battleship, it's so difficult for us to pull some troops, don't even think about the battleship!"

"I heard that Cheng Biguang is over there, maybe that's how he was attracted to the past, there are so many armies, so many navies, what does the northwest want to do?"

Yuan Shikai squinted his eyes and didn't speak, looking at Yang Du, who didn't speak anymore after finishing speaking, he hesitated for a long time, and then asked calmly: "Huizi, where did you say that so much money came from in this northwest!" ”

Yang Du obviously hesitated and paused, he simply revealed so much, and the last remaining point is not hidden, this is all known to foreigners, and they are on foreign newspapers, and they don't pay attention to Beiyang to do this, really let the translation bureau collect foreign newspapers, and they can also get similar information, and said: "I heard a news from foreigners before, Northwest products sell very well outside!" The annual sales are more than 10 billion, which is a dollar, not a silver dollar! ”

Ten billion dollars, this number, all of a sudden in the small study, all the big bosses were stunned, 10 billion US dollars, that is, 20 billion silver dollars, this is a lot of money, they don't know what this money is a concept, before the Japanese offered the condition is 10 towns of arms, one town, fully armed, with the northwest of the arms, at least 3 million, this is not counting the salary, 10 towns of arms, that is, 30 million, such a number, has already moved them Beiyang, The other party is more than 10 billion all of a sudden, even if there is only one point of profit, there are 200 million silver dollars, and this money will also kill people, not to mention what if the profit margin is not low?

The Northwest has produced a large number of weapons and equipment, over the years, whether it is the revolutionary party, or their Beiyang, all the weapons, basically replaced by the Northwest, the other side sells weapons, there must be profits, their own production, cheaper, and a large amount of cash, how many people can be made, the scene three years ago is still vivid, when the six towns of Beiyang, almost disabled, they Beiyang is developing, the Northwest is also developing, maybe now it has an overwhelming advantage, you don't see, In Shandong, more than 200,000 troops were placed.

"Can't, with so much money, the Northwest can sell it!" Duan Qirui said in disbelief, these officers, in the course of joining the army, have done the most, that is, to ask for money, the head of the army, without money, it is precisely because of the clear understanding of money that they understand that such a terrible turnover, when they are still thinking about tens of millions, the calculation number in the northwest is already tens of billions.

In fact, what Yang Du knows is only hearsay, the export volume of the Northwest is not only tens of billions, take the 109 standard container ships of 14,000 tons built by Jiangnan Shipyard in the second half of 1913, the price of a 4 million US dollars is close to 500 million US dollars, not to mention sulfonamides and stockings, especially the latter, even in the war era, in the wardrobes of European women and American women, there will always be a pair of light and transparent stockings.

"Whether it can be sold, judge for yourself, didn't the Northwest invite you to go, you will know when you go!" Yang Du didn't say anything, just calmly said his opinion, leaving everyone in disbelief, turned around, pushed open the door and went out.

Yang Du didn't explain it carefully, but what he said shocked everyone, to be honest, from the Great Harmony War, after Beiyang was completely defeated, he has always been vigilant about the Northwest, but all along, he has not observed the Northwest too much, really think about it, what Yang Du said, it is really possible to be a wise saying.

Yang Du didn't finish speaking, and left without saying hello to Yuan Shikai, which was more or less unreasonable, but Yuan Shikai at this time was a little careless, how smart Yang Du was, as Dong Weng, knew that over the years, many key things were handled by Yang Du, and it was finally turned into a disaster.

Yuan Shikai looked at the people in the room, looking at each other, after Yang Du left, no one proposed anything feasible, sighed, some things can not be forced, Duan Qirui and them, loyalty is enough, and it is okay to fight, but in terms of vision, it is slightly far worse than Yang Du.

"Bu Wu, what do you think?"

Xu Shichang looked at Yuan Shikai, slightly hesitant, in terms of tendency, he is still more inclined to cooperate with Japan, which is also the fundamental reason why he proposed the conditions of the Japanese when he discussed this evening, who knows, under the sudden change of wind and clouds, the strength of the northwest is like a stuffy stick down, following Yuan Shikai for many years, he knows very well that Yuan Shikai's heart has been shaken by Yang Du, and said hesitantly: "Why don't you go and see!" ”

"I'm going to see it! See clearly! Yuan Shikai pondered, including Xu Shichang, he couldn't see the general trend in the northwest, if this was really the case, there were some things that had to be decided early. Yuan Shikai finally said: "Bu Wu, this time you will run in person!" ”

Xu Shichang nodded in response, the matter is here, it can be regarded as an end, but next, more and more people are stuffed into this team, including even some young officials in Beiyang who have a tendency towards the northwest, and some international students, they have a wide range of categories, in terms of professionalism, almost all systems, and even Yang Du, who spoke before, in the delegation, Xu Shichang is the head of the regiment, Yang Du is the deputy head of the delegation, when he was leaving, Yuan Shikai also specially emphasized that everything is Yang Du should be the main one, which basically set the main tone of the entire delegation. (To be continued......)