A few days later, Fang Hongxin sent a telegram saying that now that a large number of arsenals in the United States have stopped work and production, and workers are protesting and making trouble, only a few major arsenals can support themselves, after all, they have made enough money. However, the war in Europe stopped, the arsenal could not be opened, and its workers were all dismissed and without jobs. Although the European war made the U.S. government rich, after the European war, Americans lost their jobs, resulting in a deformed phenomenon of a rich country and weak people. He said that it is better to take the opportunity to buy machinery in the United States, especially heavy machinery to be shipped back to China, and it should be cheaper to buy at this time, and Fang Hongxin expects that the American economy will enter a long period of weakness, and it will take at least three to five years to recover.

The East Arms Company also made a lot of money in the European war, which was enough money to buy a dozen complete small machine factories. Wang Maoru immediately agreed, appointed Fang Hongxin as the sole agent to purchase machinery and equipment, and told him that all my deposits and money in the United States, except for some of the money I made in the bank for gasoline goods, were all turned into means of production and shipped back to China, and you were solely responsible for this, and when you handled the affairs of the United States, you will return to China and be an official for me.

Although he is not an official fan, Wang Maoru's promise undoubtedly makes Fang Hong feel very happy, and his efforts in the United States over the years have not been in vain, he knew that he would be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but he did not expect that the European war would end.

As a result, Fang Hongxin took the opportunity to make large purchases in the United States, but many factories were temporarily rejuvenated and resumed production because of Fang Hongxin's large purchases.

In fact, the United States went from a great economic boom to a great depression immediately after World War I, and it was said that the European War actually handed over Europe's world dominance to the United States. This statement does not add at all. Before the European War, the United States could be said to be in the world system, and after the European War, the United States has surpassed Britain in wealth to become the world's first. The urbanization of the United States also began at the beginning of the European War, a large number of farmers moved to the cities to work in factories, and a large number of rural fields were converted from farming to mechanical farming. It can be said that the mechanized planting that began in China in the nineties in the future. In the United States, it began in 1914.

After the end of the European war, orders from large American factories have decreased, especially European countries have begun to transform from wartime economies to peaceful economies. American factories no longer have an advantage, and a large number of goods produced in the United States cannot be sold, although the country has a lot of money and materials. But it could not be circulated, the factories no longer needed workers, and more and more people lost their jobs, which eventually led to the Great Depression. At this time, the United States was a typical country with a rich country and a weak people, and unemployed workers had no benefits, no social security, no money, no food, and no jobs. The merchants, on the other hand, had a great deal of wealth, goods, and goods. The country has gained a lot of foreign exchange in the European war. The stark contrast between the hunger and cold of the people and the fact that the country has a large amount of foreign exchange reserves and lends money to others everywhere.

Wang Maoru naturally couldn't let go of this good opportunity to borrow, and he took the initiative to find the US ambassador Rui Enshi. Invite Rui Enshi to Harbin to negotiate trade. Rui Enshi also had a military important matter to ask Wang Maoru to cooperate, that is, to send troops to Russia to support the tsar, so he was gladly invited.

After coming to Harbin, Rui Enshi proposed to Wang Maoru to send troops, and Wang Maoru also took the opportunity to put forward several conditions, one of which was to borrow money from the United States to build a large railway in the three eastern provinces and Mongolia. Factories, heavy industry, mechanized farming in the United States, and a parliamentary system modeled after the United States -- except for this to fool Rui Ensch, the democratic parliamentary system in the United States is not suitable for China, and Wang Maoru's remarks are just a pat on the back of the United States from another angle. Rui Ensch expressed the hope that the Northeast Frontier Army would send 300,000 to 500,000 troops to support the Tsar's war, and promised to solve some of the problems of arms and military spending.

Later, Wang Maoru accompanied Rui Enshi to visit the gubernatorial election in Jilin's eight prefectures, and when he saw the candidates pulling ballots on the street, Rui Enshi was very emotional, and even said that Wang Maoru was China's Washington, and Wang Maoru laughed silently. Subsequently, at the invitation of Reinsch, the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, the French minister to China, and so on came to Harbin one after another to visit the Chinese gubernatorial election, and of course, more importantly, to discuss how to send troops to Russia.

On December 12, 1918, the commander of the Japanese army in Russia, Kikuzo Otani, came to Harbin, and for a time Harbin became the center of the anti-Bolshevik movement in Asia. The commander of the Japanese intervention force, Otani Kikuzo, had previously been invited by Wang Maoru to Shenyang for discussions, but due to the rice riots in Japan, Otani Kikuzo postponed the operation. This time they arrived in Harbin nearly a month later than planned, and the Japanese intervention army had already entered Russia in the second year, but it was only in the Outer Northeast (the Russian name is the Russian Far East) to carry out guerrilla work, so the Japanese intervention army's behavior was very despised, and it was also disdained by other countries, and Otani Kikuzo was very faceless.

On the same day that Commander Otani arrived in Harbin, Duan Qirui, the former commander of the Chinese Participating Army, the head of the Anhui faction, and the actual boss of the Chinese Beiyang Government, also arrived in Harbin with Otani, and the acting Japanese minister to China, Kenkichi Yoshizawa, arrived in parallel with him, which shows that Duan Qirui also had a very good relationship with the Japanese government.

Born in 1874, he was 44 years old in the prime of life, a native of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in English, and was sent to China as a Japanese consular assistant in Xiamen during his internship after being admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Later, he served as Consul General of Japan in Shanghai, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom, First Chief of the Political Affairs Bureau, Chief of the Personnel Division, Director of the Political Affairs Bureau, Director of the Bureau of Asian Affairs, Director of the European and American Bureau, and was appointed Consul General in Hankow in 1912. Due to the end of Lin Zhuquan's term of office, the new ambassador to China has not yet been decided, and Kenji Fang Ze took a temporary seat to negotiate with the acting minister.

On December 14, 1918, Tsarist Russia's representative of Tsarist Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Tubanev arrived in Harbin, and the meeting of the troops going to Russia to participate in the war was held again.

The convening of this conference, also known as the Harbin Conference, decided that the countries of the Pacific Rim region would support Tsarist Russia, and that five countries would send troops to the east of Russia to participate in the war, and that five countries would attack in the east of Tsarist Russia.

In fact, before this, Japan had already sent four divisions into Russia to carry out armed intervention, but other countries did not send troops, and Japan was dealing with the Red Russian guerrillas under the pretext of protecting the Japanese expatriate, and it was not really intervening in the army.

The main purpose of this Asian meeting of the intervention forces is how the United States, Japan, Australia, Britain, France, Russia, and China will send troops, how to command, and how to manage them in a unified manner. Although Britain and France did not send troops in Asia and East Asia, as old empires, the power of Britain and France in Asia is undoubtedly significant.

In fact, the main purpose of this meeting is to urge China to send troops to intervene, and the Russian side has already shown a decline, and they urgently need reinforcements to intervene directly. U.S. Ambassador Rui Enshi has seen through the courage of the Duan Qirui government, and of course he can't count on the petty Japan, and now, on the contrary, he hopes that the great warlord Wang Maoru in the northeast will send troops, judging from his brazen behavior of leading troops to Europe to participate in the war, this person is belligerent, and as long as the interests are sufficient, he is very likely to send troops to Russia to participate in the war.

After Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng came to Harbin, they first met with Wang Maoru in private, and held all-round talks on how China would send troops, what benefits China would gain after sending troops, and how China would obtain the greatest benefits. Although Wang Maoru and Xu Shuzheng had many disputes, and Wang Maoru was eager to kill Xu Shuzheng, he had avenged himself for his plot to kill Guo Songling, but at this time, Xu Shuzheng represented the Chinese government, and Wang Maoru was not him, so he couldn't do his act of shooting Lu Jianzhang, so he endured this breath. Now that they have one interest, they all represent China, so it is natural to strive for more interests for China, and Wang Maoru cannot be a historical sinner because of a small loss.

As for sending troops to Russia, Wang Maoru said that it was acceptable, but proposed to Duan Qirui that his Northeast Frontier Army should be the main force to send troops, and his own intervention army would only be under his own command and not under the command of others. Duan Qirui knew that he was afraid that others would swallow his troops, so he said together with Xu Shuzheng that it was naturally possible, but now you have to determine how many people you can send to the battle. Wang Maoru and Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun, who arrived in Harbin, carefully analyzed and said that 220,000 troops could be dispatched.

Duan Qirui said with a smile: "Okay, if you can send 220,000 troops, I will promise you anything." ”

Wang Maoru said: "Our department sent 200,000 troops, but the northeast border defense is empty, so there are several requirements. ”

"Speak." Duan Qirui said.

Wang Maoru nodded at Jiang Fangzhen, Jiang Fangzhen smiled and said the conditions, first, Wang Maoru replaced Meng Enyuan as the actual governor of the five northeastern provinces, including Heijiliao, Rehe and Mongolia. Second, Wang Maoru's post was officially changed to the Republic of China Frontier Guards, and Wang Maoru served as the commander-in-chief of the Border Guards and had the right to command all the border guards in the post headquarters. Third, the Beijing government is not allowed to arbitrarily transfer officials from the five provinces. Fourth, the two sides will cooperate in the construction of a Beijing-Mongolia railway line from Beijing to Kulen, Mongolia. Fifth, during the war, the Central Army was not allowed to deploy troops on the borders of the five northeastern provinces. Sixth. The five northeastern provinces elected Meng Enyuan as the vice president in name only.

Later, Wang Maoru said: "Our northeastern frontier army has fulfilled its duties for the country and the people, but there are no representatives of our army among the central administrative personnel, and this is not in the interests of our army. Duan Gong, Governor Meng Dadu sat in the position of Governor of the Northeast for a long time, and the Northeast was safe and sound. However, the Republic of China has a president but no vice president, so the 320,000 Northeast Frontier Army is willing to recommend Meng Dadu as a candidate for vice president. ”

Duan Qirui knew that this was one of Wang Maoru's conditions for sending troops, and there might be other conditions for sending troops, but there was no doubt that this was the most important one. Duan Qirui thought and analyzed for a day and a night, and after discussing with other subordinates, he asked Xu Shuzheng, Xu Shuzheng was eager to intervene in the military war to obtain political capital, hoping that Wang Maoru would be consumed in the Russian Civil War, and if Wang Maoru was consumed in the Russian Civil War, his First Route Army in Vladivostok could directly kill a horse gun and seize the Northeast, adding a large territory to the Anhui system. Therefore, Xu Shuzheng tried his best to encourage Wang Maoru to participate in the intervention army, and Duan Qirui decided to agree to Wang Maoru's request when he heard Xiao Xu's construction. rs