Kiyoto Koshichiro was taken aback by Yang Rui's 100 million, and after being stunned, his face turned red again, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Yang Sang, why do you need so much money?" Even if you want to occupy the whole of China, you don't need 100 million yen. ”

Seeing him like this, Yang Rui smiled and said: "Your country only conquered South Manchuria, and it cost 1.7 billion yen, and we conquered the whole of China, and 100 million yen is very little." Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is growing stronger, it is difficult to go on a northern expedition without 200,000 troops, and to support the 200,000 army, it is necessary to use 500,000 young and strong, and here it is 700,000 people. Taking artillery as an example, the 75mm tube retreat fast gun is 10,000 yuan, the shell is 2 yen, and 1,000 artillery pieces are 10 million yen. The same is true for quick robbery, with a gold hook rifle of 30 yuan, 200,000 is 6 million yen, plus ammunition, every 1,300 yuan, at least 3,000 yen per gun, which is also 18 million yen, adding up to 24 million yen; There are also machine guns, although 1,000 guns cost only 2 million, but the bullets of this gun are extremely expensive, 8 cents a piece, each 4,000 costs 3,200 yuan, 1,000 guns is 3.2 million yuan, adding up to more than 5 million, here it is more than 45 million. Coupled with military uniforms, telephones, barbed wire, and all kinds of equipment, without 50 million yen, it is impossible to arm an army of 200,000 [Note: The price comes from Yuan Shikai's album (5) (7), p1239\1812. Prices in Japanese yen are estimates and include shipping. ]。

The above is just equipment, and the monthly salary of 10,000 people is 100,000 yuan. 200,000 people are 2 million yuan a month, 24 million yuan for half a year of training and half a year of combat, and 500,000 of them are paid 6 yuan a month, which is also 3 million yuan. That's 15 million yen for half a year, and the sum of the two is 39 million yen, and the remaining 11 million is used as a reserve fund. Deal with the bits and pieces that are not counted. And most importantly, the war is still only counted as half a year, and if it is fought for a year, the consumption of ammunition and food will surge. Without 150 million, you can't get off the stage. Kiyoto-kun. When I say 100 million yen is already compressed and compressed, I am afraid that you will think that I am a lion and open my mouth. ”

Yang Rui calculated an account for the Japanese with an apologetic face, and all kinds of numbers only stunned Kiyoto Koshichiro. He was stunned for a while before he said, "Yang Sang, if that's the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to support." After all, a revolution is different from a national war, and it is not too reasonable to use the war to calculate military spending. ”

"Qing Teng-kun, now the Manchu Qing Dynasty's new and old forces add up to more than one million. The new army, according to their plan, had at least 300,000 troops. With 200,000 rebel troops against 300,000 new troops and 700,000 old troops, it is already very harsh. It was only the Manchus, and if the Russians, the British, and the Americans intervened, it would be even more difficult to win. I believe that without 100 million yen, a revolutionary uprising cannot be discussed. And if there is no plan to recover the whole of China, just occupy one province and one state, then it will be like Hangzhou, Yanzhou, and Linxi, and will eventually be strangled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. "Yang Rui is most worried about Yanzhou in China. In the case of a central government, the revolutionary base areas are not so easy to develop, and no matter how they can fight, the war potential of a state cannot compete with the war potential of the whole country. The only way now is to order the 1,000 graduates of the peasant training center to go deep into the countryside to set up peasant training centers at the next level, to train real cadres of the peasant movement, and thus to open up a few more base areas so as to disperse and alleviate the Manchu attack on Yanzhou.

Yang Rui's train of thought Kiyoto Koshichiro understood it, but he still said: "Yang Sang, it is precisely because of the critical terrain such as Linxi that it is necessary to establish Mongolia as soon as possible, and under the protection of Great Japan, we can continue to adhere to the revolution." As for the recovery of the whole of China, we can take it slowly. ”

"Qing Tengjun, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has already deployed heavy troops in Rehe, and the third and fourth towns are only fighting in turns against Linxi, when one town attacks, the other town will stick to the rear to prevent the revolutionary army from moving south. It is impossible to recover Beijing from Lin Nannan. What I'm thinking about now is the Northern Expedition from Zhejiang. Mongolia can be built, but it must be consistent with the Northern Expedition, otherwise if Mongolia is built, the Revival Society will lose the support of the people, then the cost of the Northern Expedition will definitely be higher, even if you take three million for nothing, it will not be worth the loss. Yang Rui once again rejected this step-by-step revolution, and looking at Qing Teng's disappointment, he said excitedly: "Hey! Those politicians in your country, except for His Excellency Ito, are very obscene, very small, and very short-sighted, and they defeated Russia with 1.7 billion, but only took a small part of South Manchuria, which is really more than worth the loss. If the 1.7 billion yen is allocated to the revolutionary party, then the whole of China will be friendly to Japan. In the battle of Rilu, everyone lost, and only those chaebols and British and American white animals were the victors. Only when the Chinese revolution succeeds can our two countries unite to defeat those European and American white animals and turn Asia into the Asia of Asians. ”

Asians in Asia is the dream of the Japanese right-wing forces, in this dream some people believe that it should be realized together with China, and some people think that China should be occupied and realized, but in any case, China is an important part of building an Asian state for Asians. While the Japanese were tempted by supporting the Chinese revolution to urge revolutionaries to buy profits, Yang Rui turned the topic to the Asian revolution with the topic of Asians in Asia.

The Black Dragon Society is just a non-governmental organization, while the Japanese political arena is dominated by the Constitutional Political Friendship Association, and their nature is only profiteers and not gamblers, even though there are many right-wing officials who continue to support the Black Dragon Society, but the influence of the Black Dragon Society as a whole is still limited. In the face of Yang Rui's 100 million yen aid plan, not to mention Kiyoto Koshichiro, even the last of the Black Dragon Society, Inuyang Yi and Touyama Mitsu, could not decide, 100 million yen, 200,000 revolutionary army, this is the scope of discussion by the Japanese cabinet, and after the discussion, it must be handed over to the Diet or the emperor, otherwise it cannot be implemented. Investing 100 million yen for an empty promise, the Japanese would never dare to do such a deal. This is Yang Rui's judgment and his hope. If it is not pro-Japanese, Japan will certainly vigorously oppose the revolution, and if it is pro-Japanese, it will sell its rights and interests. The best way is to throw out a plan that the Japanese cannot implement, freeze them there, and then wait for the Xinhai Uprising to talk about it, and then delay the Japanese intervention in the name of negotiations, and when they react, the dust has already settled. Yang Rui didn't dare to expect too long, three months. Or two months is always there.

After the meeting on January 9, 19o8, Kiyoto Koshichiro was dazed and solemn. And Yang Rui got on a cruise ship to the United States at night and left Honolulu easily. Ten days later, he looked at the West Coast of the United States, his first entry from California. Cheng Ying has a birth certificate from Honolulu. You are free to enter the country under U.S. law. And he is holding a bought American passport, and after several checks, it can be regarded as a safe passage through the customs customs, but the guards are very troublesome even those people, and in the end they can only be smuggled into the country after getting off the ship in Mexico.

Yang Rui met with Homer Lee the day after he arrived in Los Angeles, and Homer Lee was not surprised by Yang Rui's arrival, and had already been informed by the Revival that Yang Rui would arrive in the near future. The first meeting between the two was at the hotel where Yang Rui was staying. Both parties were surprised when they met for the first time, and Yang Rui was surprised by the other's disability. At about 1.6 meters tall, hunched over with chicken breasts, difficult to walk, and more disabled than he imagined, Homer Lee was surprised by Yang Rui's residence, a high-end hotel that paid no less than $20 a day. According to his concept, only the royalist Kang Youwei would live in such a luxurious hotel.

Ignoring the subtle surprise between the two, Yang Rui lowered his body and shook hands with Homer Lee, and then introduced himself: "I am Yang Jingcheng, a Han independence separatist, a key criminal of the Qing government, and a head worth 90,000 US dollars, I am honored to meet you, Mr. Homer Li." ”

Homer Li listened to Yang Rui's self-introduction so interestingly, and immediately laughed, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Yang." After he finished speaking, he saluted Cheng Ying again, probably because he understood that Qing women were very conservative, so he just stroked his chest and saluted.

The two sides sat down with smiles, and the rhetoric was quick to mention supporting the Chinese revolution, and after Yang Rui suggested that all the people were reliable, Homer Lee began: "I have persuaded some big men to support the revolution in China, and the current situation can provide a loan of about ten million dollars to the revolutionary army, which is mainly used to buy guns and ammunition, and to use it for the revolution itself." Although the term of the loan was only six months, my partner Mr. Booth and I were able to achieve the final victory of the revolutionary army. As with other similar loans, bankers want to get enough returns, including priority rights to railways, coal mines, wood pulp, oil, and telecommunications. Yang, bankers are greedy, but in order for the revolution to succeed, I should agree to their conditions, and these rights will not bring much damage to China, after all, many of them are only fifteen years. ”

The meeting began to negotiate as Yang Rui imagined, Homer Li and his partner Mr. Booth were just brokers, Yang Rui did not want to become this model of business, after Homer Li finished speaking, he said: "Mr. Homer Lee, I think that 10 million US dollars will not make the Chinese revolution completely victorious, it is enough for the revolutionary party, but it is far from enough for the recovery of the whole of China." This is like the refueling tactics on the battlefield, if you can't get an absolute superiority in strength with one reinforcement, then reinforcements again and again will not be of much help to the battle in essence. Moreover, a loan of 10 million for six months will be riskier than a loan of 50 million for a year. Because 10 million will only make the war inseparable, while 50 million will make the revolution win quickly. Only with victory can the bankers reap the rewards immediately. ”

Yang Rui's words only made Homer Li stupid, Sun Wen only asked him to raise a loan of one million or five hundred thousand this time, but Yang Jingcheng in front of him asked him to persuade the banker to provide 50 million. "Yang, are you telling the truth?"

"It's totally true!" Yang Rui nodded, stretched out his hand and took out a palm-thick thing from his side, and said: "This is the catalog of combat expenses compiled by us, which has an extremely detailed calculation of war expenses, and I believe that these can make bankers make up their minds." Believe me, only an overwhelming investment can reduce risk. ”

Homer Lee took the thick catalogue of funds, and his dealings with Yang Rui were both strange and familiar, strange because from Kang Youwei to Sun Wen, he had been with Chinese revolutionaries for nearly ten years, and he thought he knew the temper of the Chinese, but now Yang Rui is completely different, but familiar. It is Yang Rui's attitude that is somewhat like that of a banker, without more justice and ideals, and the revolution seems to him to be just a bigger business.

"Yang. It's a huge amount, and I'm not sure the big guys will agree with it. Feeling the thickness of the catalogue and the neat machine typing on it, Homer Lee no longer questioned whether the $50 million was an overstatement, and he began to worry whether the bankers behind him would agree to the huge amount.

"Homer, 50 million is a very small amount of money compared to a country like China, if those big people really have vision. I think they will agree with the rationale for expanding the loan amount. Yang Rui smiled, he began to want to end this meeting, after all, this meeting was just an intention. Homer, in order to show your help to the Chinese revolution, I have brought you a special gift. ”

After Yang Rui clapped his hands, Chen Guangshou outside came in with an officer's sword in both hands. Yang Rui said with a smile after taking it. "This is the saber I captured from a lieutenant colonel of the Russian army in three years, and this time I want to give it to you."

"Really?" Although Homer Li is not a soldier, he has always wanted to be a soldier, and he is very concerned about weapons and swords, at this time, he saw Yang Rui giving him a sword, and hurriedly took it, and then only pulled out the saber with a choked sound, looked at the shiny sword body and said: "Yang, is this what you captured?" You're so brave! ”

This saber was actually captured by Zhong Mei. But now Yang Rui can only be cheeky and say, "Yes." In an encounter, neither side was prepared, but our luck was better...... "In fact, the power of grenades is much greater than that of rifles in intensive combat, which is the reason for victory, but Yang Rui thought of Zhong Mei but was not in the mood to say any more.

Although Yang Rui didn't say it all, Homer Li could still feel the kind of panic and chaos in the encounter between the two armies, he only put his sword in the sheath, and said very expectantly after standing upright: "Yang, if the revolution starts one day, I hope to join your army, from the south of China to the north of China, until the revolution is completely successful." ”

Looking at his enthusiasm, Yang Rui also said solemnly: "I agree with you to join the army of the Revival Society, Mr. Homer Lee. ”

At noon that day, after leaving his contact information, Yang Rui sent the extremely happy Homer Li away, and he immediately moved out of the room and moved to another inconspicuous hotel, which was not as pompous as the previous one, but it was also extremely clean.

Cheng Ying also participated in the afternoon meeting, she felt that Yang Rui said about the encounter, and after the others were gone, she asked about the encounter, women want their men to be heroes, but Yang Rui's truthful answer disappointed her, "That saber was not captured by me, during the Russo-Japanese War, I was mainly commanding soldiers to fight, not leading them to fight." The only time I approached the battlefield was when I led a few hundred recruits to face a group of bandits, but they were so bad that they died after a few shots, and I vomited all over the ground when I saw so many dead people, and I was still scared, but then I saw more corpses. ”

Yang Rui said it was true, but Cheng Ying asked in disappointment: "Isn't there a very dangerous time?" ”

"Yes," Yang Rui suddenly thought of Xiao Yinfeng in his mind, but this matter could not be confessed to his wife, so he had to say: "Once the enemy surrounded us, and when we were about to be wiped out after a night's fighting, a strong wind suddenly came, and then the enemy was blown away, and we were saved." ”

"You lied to me, how can it be so coincidental, besides6 how can the wind on the ground blow the enemy away, and it is not a storm in the sea." Cheng Ying said with a smile, thinking that Yang Rui was lying to himself, and his hand was pounding lightly on his chest, indescribably delicate.

The two-sided matter of the Revival Society in the Russo-Japanese War is still a top-secret information at present, not until 1917, once it is leaked, the consequences are unimaginable, and even if Russia falls, it is not good to spread out, Yang Rui is not good at explaining the matter in detail, so he had to say: "I don't have so many heroic stories, in fact, the Revival Society has no heroes, but the Revival Society is all heroes." ”

Yang Rui said heavily, Cheng Ying was also heavy, she thought about the meeting just now, and asked: "If you want to fight for a loan from the United States, why don't you start from Harriman's side, he has a stake in the Northeast Railway?" ”

"It is precisely because he has a stake and is a railway king that he cannot take the lead, otherwise he will infiltrate China's railways on a large scale. As for Morgan, all he cares about is money, and as long as he can get enough money in return, then he doesn't like any other strings attached. "Women's thinking is different from Yang Rui, Yang Rui hopes that Cheng Ying will become his own virtuous helper, and is worried that she will mess up the government, this time the important but not urgent loan can just let her experience, Yang Rui wants to see what her potential is, if not, then prepare to let her manage the China Women's Daily.

"But I don't think this Homer Lee and his partner will work out." Cheng Ying said her judgment, although Yang Rui didn't know what she relied on to judge. "We're too many floors away from Morgan."

"Actually, it's not, I just want to figure out guò and they probe Morgan's bottom line, we're not in a hurry now, and we don't have to ask for this money, if there is such a sum of money when we raise righteousness, of course it will be better, if not, then we have to fight hard." Yang Rui finally said the original intention of this matter. "If it takes too much money to reach Beijing, it only shows that the time is not yet ripe for revolution, and we still have to wait."

"So that's what you think?" Cheng Wei asked.

"Hmm. The negotiations can't be rushed, the revolution can't be in a hurry, it's good that Homer Lee can pick up the line. If his side doesn't succeed, then we can find someone to borrow money in other ways in Tongguò. When Yang Rui said this, there was a knock on the door, Chen Guangshou opened the door and came in, and when Cheng Ying just wanted to avoid it, Yang Rui went straight out of the door and walked to another room.

"Sir, the intelligence says that Sun Wen is at the San Francisco Zhongxi Daily, he only arrived today, and it is said that he just came from Los Angeles." Since that time Huang Sande said that those people in the talent plan may not return to China, Yang Rui asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to show people in San Francisco, and he still knew about some news from the stronghold of the alliance here.

"Oh......" Yang Rui pondered, "I didn't expect Sun Wen to find Homer Lee." ”

"Sir, Hongmen Huang Sande has always been very important to Sun Wen, should we wait for the people from Mexico and then go to San Francisco?" Chen Guangshou said that he was worried that Sun Wen would make a mistake together with the United Hongmen.

"There's no need. Besides, I don't know when I have to wait, so everyone will have to turn on the road. Although Huang Sande is like-minded, at most he is just persuading us. If he is really bad for us, then how can he explain to those brothers of Hongmen? You know, we are a revolutionary party, a real revolutionary party. Although Huang Sande only met once, he had a lot of dealings later, saying that he had selfish intentions Yang Rui believed, but said that he had bad intentions, Yang Rui didn't believe it at all, but Sun Wen ...... here, can he do anything alone?

When Yang Rui was in Los Angeles, Sun Wen was talking to Huang Sande in the Hongmen General Hall, mainly talking about the hardships and achievements of these uprisings, especially when he personally bombarded the Qing army at Zhennan Pass, Sun Wen was even more eyebrows dancing, and then said that in the end, the ammunition was exhausted, the money and salary were exhausted, and his voice became sad again, and he only thought that if there was more money, then the revolution had been successful.

Although Huang Sande has experienced fighting, it is just a street fight, where have you heard of any machine guns, what breech guns, only listen to it with relish, but his secretary Tang Qiongchang is listening carefully on the surface, but in his heart he is constantly shaking his head, only feeling that the big guy is too heavy, Sun Wen's mouth is too slippery, and he only says everything seamlessly. What is called insufficient food and salary, this is simply insufficient planning and indiscriminate action. If all the money saved for these few moves is only used for one move, then even if Zhennanguan still fails, the results will be greater than this.

Sun Wenkou is like a hanging river, from the establishment of the alliance to the Chaozhou incident because of the traitor whistleblowing and failed, only from the day to say that it was dark, and in the end, he began to build yì Huang Sande to step up the registration of the Hongmen congregation. In this way, it will not only change the loose situation of Hongmen, but also raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in membership fees to prepare for bigger things in China in the future. (To be continued......)

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