In fact, not only Yuan Shikai is investigating Liaodong, but the imperial court is also investigating Liaodong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Xingguo's words in the court frightened Cixi. But as the ruler of the Great Qing Dynasty, Cixi was not intimidated.

As soon as the court meeting ended, Cixi asked people to secretly check whether the situation in Liaodong was really as bad as Yang Xingguo said, don't let the entire court be deceived by Yang Xingguo and make a big joke.

When Cixi received the news from outside the Guan, through the illusion deliberately performed by the Liaodong Army, she believed what Yang Xingguo said in the court, and her impression of Yang Xingguo changed greatly.

Yang Xingguo was trading with the princes from the provinces outside the capital, exchanging all the weapons he could not use for the white flowers and silver that the Liaodong army urgently needed.

Of course, the news from outside the border was also continuously sent to him by Wang Hong.

"It turns out that the imperial court also sent spies to Liaodong, no wonder after the court meeting, the imperial court did not officially issue a holy decree to my reward. It seems that the imperial court does not fully believe my words! Seeing that the special operations detachment had also caught the spies of the imperial court in Liaodong, Yang Xingguo immediately thought of the reason in the middle, frowned, and said to himself.

"Commander, isn't it still dangerous for us in the capital!" Wang Hong hurriedly asked.

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied, "No, it's safe now." The spies sent by the imperial court in the past saw what we made him see. As soon as these spies return to the capital, I am sure that the reward given to me by the imperial court will come down. When the time comes, we will be able to leave the capital openly, without worrying about being watched every day! ”

After throwing the information aside, Yang Xingguo immediately picked up the heavy machine gun data that had been counted in the middle of the week and looked at it.

What made Yang Xingguo happy was that after reducing the light and heavy firepower allocation of the troops, the remaining heavy machine guns of the troops, plus the heavy machine guns that captured the Japanese army intact, were not only sufficient, but also had surpluses.

In addition to this, the arsenal also successfully refurbished nearly eighty heavy machine guns with heavy machine gun parts that were blown up on the battlefield.

Although these heavy machine guns will have some various failures after a long time, for Kannai, which can't even sell rifles, these heavy machine guns are still big killers.

When the time comes, a heavy machine gun with 1,000 rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition will definitely become a sought-after item as long as it is taken out and sold.

Of course, for these heavy machine guns, Yang Xingguo did not intend to exchange them for silver.

The reason why he took out so many heavy machine guns at one time was that Yang Xingguo had two purposes.

The first purpose is very simple, to exchange food for more and more immigrants from Liaodong. Millions of migrants, even if they start cultivating land now, will have to wait nearly eight months for the harvest. And this requires the Liaodong Army to provide them with food for nearly eight months.

If three million immigrants save food, one person will need at least two loads of grain for eight months, and all three million people will add up to six million loads. And the Liaodong Army's own inventory, plus the captured from the Japanese, is only two million quintals at full duty.

Faced with a huge shortage of food, Yang Xingguo could only find a way by himself.

In the case of a very scarce grain in various places, using a heavy machine gun as a stepping stone to buy grain from the princes of all walks of life will certainly have a very good effect.

As for the second purpose, it will be a few years from now.

Even if these heavy machine guns were a stepping stone to buy grain by himself, Yang Xingguo would not sell them to any prince casually.

In Yang Xingguo's mind, there will only be a few buyers for these stepping stones, and they are all concentrated in the south.

The reason why he sold all the heavy machine guns to those princes in the south and equipped the new army in the south was that Yang Xingguo was thinking about the future of the Liaodong Army.

While Yuan Shikai regarded the Liaodong Army as his potential threat and enemy, Yang Xingguo, who was familiar with history, also regarded Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang New Army as his potential threat and enemy.

If someone can teach the Beiyang New Army a big lesson before he turns his face with the Beiyang New Army and severely weaken the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang New Army, Yang Xingguo doesn't mind helping these people.

Yang Xingguo knows very well that the Qing Dynasty will only have a lifespan of a few years.

And at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there will be a big battle between the new army of the north and the new army of the southern uprising. If you can equip these new armies that may revolt in the future with more heavy weapons before the start of the big war. After the outbreak of the war, these rebel troops will definitely be able to inflict considerable losses on the Beiyang New Army.

It was with this idea in mind that Yang Xingguo took out so many heavy machine guns as a stepping stone at one time, preparing to purchase a large amount of grain from the south.

A day later, the representative of the Governor of Lianghu in Beijing was invited by Yang Xingguo to his home.

Because of the money, the governor of Lianghu bought 20,000 rifles directly from Yang Xingguo, and it was the staff of the governor's palace in front of him who traded with Yang Xingguo.

Now that he saw Yang Xingguo again, the first thought of this staff member was that Yang Xingguo had some good weapons to sell to the Lianghu Governor's Mansion.

Because after the transaction was completed a few days ago, he specifically told Yang Xingguo in front of him that if the Liaodong Army still had weapons, especially heavy weapons, he must be notified as soon as possible.

Yang Xingguo didn't let him wait too long, and directly said the fact that he had a large number of heavy machine guns in his hands that could be sold.

"Lord Yang, how many heavy machine guns do you have in your hand, as long as the price is right, we will buy all of them in the Lianghu Governor's Mansion!"

"There are thirty heavy machine guns in total, only two thousand taels of silver. However, I have one request! Yang Xingguo was very quick to say his purpose.

The staff's brows furrowed subconsciously, and then he asked, "What request!" ”

"Grain, I need a lot of food!" Yang Xingguo replied very quickly.

"You sell me 50,000 taels of grain for two taels of silver and a load of grain, and I will sell you a heavy machine gun plus 1,000 rounds of ammunition for 1,000 loads of grain!"

"As far as I know, the price of two taels of silver and a load of grain is neither high nor low, but the amount I need is too large, and without your Governor's Mansion organization, it is difficult to buy it in a short time!"

Yang Xingguo is right, the price of two taels of silver sells more than 1 million quintals of grain, and with the price of grain in the two lakes, the Governor's Mansion of the two lakes will not suffer a loss, and it can even make a fortune if it is operated well.

However, as Yang Xingguo said, more than one million loads of grain is too much, and even if the Governor's Office comes forward, it will be very difficult to gather all of them in a short time.

If the Governor's Mansion had not come forward and only purchased from grain merchants, in a few months, the Liaodong Army would definitely not have been able to buy more than one million quintals of grain. Moreover, the Liaodong Army's purchase of so much grain from the two lakes at one time will definitely cause the grain prices of the two lakes to rise, and when the time comes, it will be impossible to buy so much grain at the price of two taels of silver.

Therefore, Yang Xingguo bought grain from the Governor's Palace, and he also took a great advantage.

To put it bluntly, if this deal goes through, both parties will benefit. (To be continued.) )