readx; The loss of Hefei, although it has caused a great reaction within the Beiyang Army and the National Army, but it is not too surprising for the outside, and it is not even as good as the loss of Chaohu Lake to make people worry about it, this is not to say that the strategic value of Hefei is far inferior to Chaohu, but because China's civil war has lasted intermittently for more than two years, since the revolutionaries in Wuchang set off a revolution in Xinhai year, China is in a state of civil war, and there are all kinds of wars going on almost every moment. First of all, the war between the Hubei People's Army and the First Army of the Beiyang Army in Xinhai years, and then the battle between the Southern Coalition Army and Zhang Xun in Nanjing, and at the same time the wars that broke out in the southern provinces of the country, those wars of hundreds and thousands of people are almost innumerable, and even the large-scale wars of more than 10,000 people are constantly breaking out. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Among them, the military operations of the expansion of the national army and the expansion of the Yunnan army to Sichuan are huge, and the number of troops participating in the war is more than 10,000 people, and the people of the country can see in the newspapers almost every day that a war broke out in a certain place, who won and who lost, everyone was panicked in the Xinhai year, and everyone was also concerned about it last year, but after the intermittent civil war lasted for more than two years, people no longer care about what wars broke out and who lost their territory. Unless war breaks out on doorstep, it will be difficult to attract attention.

After Chen Jingyun announced the Northern Expedition, it was also very lively, but as the war progressed, all kinds of news flew all over the sky, and people listened to it and didn't care much about the specific war, so when the national army propaganda captured Hefei to motivate the military and people's support, it was already difficult for people to cheer, and even the unified bond issued by Huaxia Bank did not increase sales.

The outside world has maintained a bystander attitude towards Hefei's change of hands, but for many people with real power, this news is extremely important.

U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, Mr. Doll Ching, personally congratulated Chen Jingyun and conveyed his personal congratulations to U.S. Minister to China.

"Your Excellency, I think your country will soon be unified again!" Dao Erqing said.

Chen Jingyun naturally accepted Dao Erqing's congratulations with a smile on his face, and said while motioning for Dao Erqing to drink tea: "Our people urgently need reunification, and they also need more help from American friends!" ”

Dao Erqing took a sip of tea, even if he didn't have much research on the tea ceremony, he also felt that this cup of tea was a good tea, and after tasting the simple tea fragrance in his mouth, Dao Erqing said: "Your Excellency President, please put it down, China and the United States have always been friendly, and the first two aid treaties have also proved the friendship between China and the United States!" ”

Chen Jingyun carefully considered the meeting at this time and said, "I heard that Mr. Jia Leheng of your country will leave his post at the end of the year and return to China?" Don't know if this news is true? ”

After hearing this, Doyle did not answer immediately, but paused for a moment before saying: "That's true, our political axe has already planned to recall His Excellency Jia Leheng, but please put it down in the presidential cabinet, and our country's Far East policy will not change from this!" Dao Erqing also seemed to know what Chen Jingyun was worried about, and immediately continued: "Although China's Far East policy in recent years has been carried out by His Excellency Jia Leheng, China's current Far East policy is beneficial to both you and me, and this foreign policy that is beneficial to both sides will not change because of the resignation of His Excellency Jia Leheng!" ”

Although Chen Jingyun still kept smiling after hearing this, he was extremely worried in his heart.

The relationship between the Southern Republican and the United States can be said to be the most important diplomatic relationship between the Southern Republican and the United States, which not only has diplomatic support from the United States, but more importantly, the two aid treaties signed by the two sides almost confirm the informal alliance between the two in writing, although this informal alliance is a subordinate status of China, and it is also extremely limited only for the sake of the word, but this does not matter, the important thing is that the United States will provide Chen Jingyun with a large amount of loans according to these two aid treaties.

Why Chen Jingyun and Yuan Shikai were able to use more than 100,000 elite troops to fight in the Jinpu line and Hunan, Hubei direction, and the weapons and equipment of their troops far exceeded those of other small warlords, the reason is very simple, that is, both sides have the support of foreign funds, Yuan Shikai is supported by the British, and Chen Jingyun is supported by Chen Jingyun, these two people have each obtained loans of more than 100 million yuan from foreign countries, and only after this money can they purchase ordnance and ammunition, and the armed forces will conduct wars.

Yuan Shikai is now using almost all the money to rely on the aftermath of the big loan to support, and Chen Jingyun is similar, the income from the traditional finance is simply not enough to fill the big hole in military spending, if there is no $30 million in cash in the second round of US aid treaty, Chen Jingyun only relies on financial revenue, the cost of the existing army is insufficient, let alone continue to build guns and artillery and continue to expand the army on a large scale.

The military expenditure of the Nationalist Army is not smaller than that of Beiyang, and although it is much cheaper in terms of weapons and equipment than Beiyang's all-in-one outsourcing, it also costs money to buy weapons, and the Fuzhou Arsenal can only produce weapons after it can get money, pay wages to workers, and purchase raw materials. In addition, the salaries of the soldiers in the national army are sufficient, there is no such thing as deducting military salaries, and then there are expenses for bereavement pensions, and a big expense is the cost of food for the army, and it is not so easy to feed hundreds of thousands of people, because it is necessary to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, so the food of the soldiers is far more than that of ordinary peasants, which is the standard of well-off families, although it is impossible to fish and meat every day, but the rice and white flour are enough. Otherwise, if you don't have enough to eat, the soldiers will not be able to maintain high-intensity training, and if you do, it is estimated that you will train a group of skinny bones. In this era when ordinary farmers are reluctant to eat a few meals of rice and noodles they grow all year round, small landlords still have to eat sweet potatoes at home, and well-off citizens spend most of their income to buy grain and can only eat coarse grains! Having enough is the most powerful guarantee for recruitment, and many people really come to serve as soldiers just to have enough to eat......

For the party, for the country, for the rejuvenation of China, these words are not suitable for ordinary soldiers, not that they do not have this consciousness, but they really don't know what the country and the nation are. I heard that they also robbed the Summer Palace, but unfortunately I wasn't there at the time, otherwise I would have been able to grab a few treasures! ”

These ideals and beliefs are only suitable for those young students, those students who have been cultivated by Western-style education after the education reform in Gengzi years have created the first batch of nationalists in China, and only these enthusiastic young people who have received a new-style education will join the military without hesitation under Chen Jingyun's slogan of "Chinese rejuvenation", and do not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to Fuzhou to apply for the Fuzhou Military Academy.

It is not an easy thing to support so many soldiers who only accept military salaries and food, and now it is good that with the financial support of the United States, it can not only support the existing troops, but also continue to expand the army, but if this source of funds is lost, then Chen Jingyun will be blind.

In addition to the traditional fiscal revenue, the Ministry of Finance also issued the 'Unified Bond' in Huaxia Bank, which is different from the original 'Guangfu Bond', in order to raise more funds and take a higher interest rate, and only set a five-year repayment period, although it is said that the repayment of principal and interest after five years will cause huge financial pressure, but now it is not so much. In addition, the income of the Anti-Smoking Department is also rising, and Gao Zeyan has not served in the Ministry of Civil Affairs in order to better manage the affairs of opium and cigarettes, but has concentrated on his director of the Anti-Smoking Department. The income of the Anti-Smoking Division is also increasing with the expansion of the territory occupied by the Nationalist Army, especially after the control of Shanghai, which directly doubled the income of the Anti-Smoking Division, and the income of cigarettes is also rising.

Both traditional and non-traditional incomes cannot meet the huge expenses of the national army, and this has been the case in the past and will continue to be the case for some time to come.

An Hualin has already told Chen Jingyun that if the size of the army continues to be expanded, and if more than three divisions are expanded by the beginning of next year, then the military expenditure will account for more than 50 percent of the fiscal revenue, and this is only talking about maintenance costs, not including the expenses needed for the war.

In the face of such huge financial pressures, it is very necessary to have sufficient foreign aid.

Under such circumstances, Chen Jingyun had to attach importance to the contact with the United States, and even psychologically planned whether he should continue to negotiate with the Americans and sign a third aid treaty, but at this juncture, Chen Jingyun heard that the US Minister to China, Jia Leheng, was leaving his post and preparing to return to China, which made Chen Jingyun worried.

The relationship between the United States and the Southern Republican Axe is said to be a state-to-state relationship, but it is very close to private relations, to a certain extent, Jia Leheng believes that Chen Jingyun has the ability to unify China, and maintains an unfriendly attitude towards this, so he can try his best to get the United States to support Chen Jingyun, it can be said that the signing of the two treaties and Jia Leheng's efforts are inseparable.

This kind of situation will become uncertain after Jia Leheng's resignation, because Chen Jingyun doesn't know if the US minister to China who took over will be as optimistic and supportive as Jia Leheng.

Although there is a relationship of interests between countries, but the current situation in China and the relationship between diplomats in China is also very large, for a simple example, if it were not for Jia Leheng's strong support, the United States would definitely not support Chen Jingyun so simply, and if it were not for Zhu Erdian's insistence, Britain would not have picked up Yuan Shikai, maybe it would have supported Chen Jingyun.

You must know that Chen Jingyun does not want to have a good relationship with the British, and even has been working hard to achieve this, and his personal relationship with the British Consul General in Shanghai, Sir Fareis, is very good, and he has not shown an anti-British attitude in all aspects. However, because of Zhu Erdian's foreign policy in the Far East, Chen Jingyun's efforts were useless at all.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the diplomatic officials of various countries in China can greatly influence the relationship between the warlords within each country and China. After all, for Britain, what is needed is a unified, stable and weak China, and it doesn't matter much whether Yuan Shikai or Chen Jingyun completes reunification, because no matter in Britain's view, no matter who completes reunification, they will have to deal with Britain in the end, and neither of them has the ability to harm Britain's interests in China.

When personal concepts affect the overall strategy, the selection of the US minister to China becomes extremely important, for Chen Jingyun, of course, he hopes that Jia Leheng will continue to be in office, at least in the next two or three years, he needs people like Jia Leheng to support Chen Jingyun.

Chen Jingyun was so worried in his heart, and Dao Erqing also knew what Chen Jingyun was worried about, and he repeatedly said that the US political axe would not change just because of the change in the selection of candidates in China.

This topic did not last long, and Dao Erqing was only the consul general of the United States in Shanghai, and he naturally had no say in the selection of the minister to China. And Chen Jingyun's worries were only in his heart, and he didn't want to show too much.

Then the topic of conversation between the two began with the railroad that had just been signed between the two sides some time ago, and then extended to the development of industries such as steel, as well as how many orders the industrial development led by Chen Jingyun would bring to the United States, and from the industrial development, they talked about how much the United States market would be given by China, which implemented the open-door policy.

Almost every time he talks about China's potentially huge market, Dao Erqing can't help but show a look of anticipation! Like many of the capital tycoons in the United States, he thinks: China, which is still an uncivilized country today, has brought tens of millions of dollars in export markets to the United States from last year to now, although most of this market is occupied by arms, and the rest is industrial equipment, and even the money is given by the Americans themselves. But there's no denying that it's a huge market. And when those capitalists imagine that after China is civilized and cultivates a market, then China, with a population of 400 million, will become the largest market in the world, and then the American capitalists will reap countless profits from China, and even billions of dollars a year is not a dream.

The imagination of the future is so beautiful, so beautiful that many capitalists agree with Chen Jingyun without hesitation to support Chen Jingyun's reunification of China.

As for the time and money required to develop the Chinese market, these are affordable in the face of huge future benefits.

When Doyer Qingmian left with expectations, Chen Jingyun was alone in deep thought, thinking about what would happen if Jia Leheng was really transferred back to the United States, and how he should choose.

This kind of feeling of handing over your fate to others is very uncomfortable, and Chen Jingyun, who was a little dull in his heart, put down other affairs, and then went out of the office, ready to go back, but as soon as he left the office, he saw Cai Ning coming over, and looking at her direction, he should have come here. Of course, she shouldn't come to Chen Jingyun directly, and if she wants to see Chen Jingyun, she has to find Yanjing Kuang first.

Obviously, Cai Ning didn't expect Chen Jingyun to come out at this time, so she just glanced at Chen Jingyun more. And Chen Jingyun also looked over at this time, and his eyes were not bad, and he immediately saw that Cai Ning was holding a lilac, palm-sized envelope in his hand. At this time, the traditional letters in China were much larger, and there was a clear difference in size from the envelope in Cai Ning's hand. The difference between the two is very obvious, so people can see it at a glance, and in the presidential palace, only Chen Jingyun often uses this kind of envelope, and most of them are used to communicate with Linna.

Chen Jingyun immediately walked over: "Is there a letter from the United States?" ”

At this time, Cai Ning looked at Chen Jingyun, who was only half a meter away from herself, and she grabbed the envelope in her hand without reacting, she had been coming to the secretariat for a while, and she had seen Chen Jingyun many times before and after, but it was the first time that she got so close, and she was a little nervous for a while.

After taking two deep breaths, she saw Chen Jingyun's hand stretched out, and then she reacted and handed over the purple envelope in her hand.

Chen Jingyun didn't pay much attention to Cai Ning's nervousness, he took the envelope and turned back to the office, leaving Cai Ning still looking at Chen Jingyun's back, and half a day later, she saw Yan Jing Kuang next to her who seemed to be laughing at something, and immediately her face changed slightly and turned to go out, muttering psychologically: "Are foreign women so good!" ”

Chen Jingyun is not the roundworm in Cai Ning's stomach, naturally he doesn't know what the woman is thinking, after he turned back to the office, he took out the envelope, the surface of the envelope is a delicate pen, although the lilac envelope has gone through the ocean drift, but still maintains a single perfume smell.

After opening the envelope, Chen Jingyun unfolded the letter paper and looked at it carefully, the girl's handwriting was clearly reflected on the paper, revealing a pleasant girl's lightness everywhere, as if she could see her laughing and dancing on the paper.

"The water of the Nathan River is as clear as a child's eye, and I can't bear to make a sound, for fear of messing with its clarity. If you see it, you will be as unbearable as me! ”

"At last week's prom, I met an oilman named Jack, who was worse than my mother's exploding wealth, and he spoke so rudely that people didn't want to listen to him for even a second, but that night I had to endure listening to him keep talking about his experience digging for oil in the ground for half an hour, and I think the reason why Americans are called hillbillies and exploding riches is because there are too many such people."

"Autumn in Los Angeles is much better than in London, and people on the street don't like to wear very thick coats! The women are wearing loose skirts and even showing their calves, my mother used to say that American women are women, I don't think so, they still look very polite, not all rude people, just let me go and live their lives, I'm afraid I can't adapt to it! ”

"I've been in North America for more than half a year, and I find that I can't fit into the life here, let alone imagine living here in the future!"

The girl's mind bloomed unabashedly on the paper like a blooming snow lotus, allowing Chen Jingyun to see a living woman, a woman with fantasies and homesickness.

"I think I'll probably be home before Christmas! But before I go home, I might be able to go to China to see you! ”

Seeing this last sentence, Chen Jingyun couldn't help but take a deep breath, then read it carefully, and after confirming that he was not mistaken, he put down the letter, closed his eyes and pondered.

Since the two met last year, although they both had a pleasant conversation, she soon went to the United States with her mother, and she still went to the United States for a purpose, that is, to find a son-in-law. Although parting, he has always had a letter contact, once or twice may be a preference, but every time he receives a letter, and then replies to the letter, this seems to have become a part of Chen Jingyun's life, and with the correspondence, he can also feel a strange feeling spreading, but he has not taken it seriously, after all, the two are too far away, and a faint affection is okay, but it is impossible to be really together.

And now that Lina said that she wanted to come to Shanghai again, for a while he seemed to have returned to the first date when he was young, and he actually had a feeling of unease.

She's coming to Shanghai, I wonder if her mother will come with her?