Drinking poison to quench thirst, the four words came to Zhang Sike and the other two at the same time, asking Chiang Kai-shek for help. The ones thrown away were probably similar to what Liu Wenhui wanted. Liu Xiang looked miserable, Fu Chang's face was pale, Qiao Yifu squirmed his lips and said nothing in the end.

"Mr. Fu, go and set it with him and see what he means." Zhang Ske said calmly: "Chongqing is still in our hands, so we have the final say for whom."

Liu Xiang thought about it carefully and found out that he was a little clear. Yes, isn’t Chongqing the biggest weight? With this weight, Chiang Kai-shek cannot be too high.

"Prepare the boat, I want to cross the river." Liu Xiang ordered outside the door.

Liu Xiang was in a complicated mood when he stepped on a special boat. When the boat was sent to Zhuang Jihua a few months ago, he was so excited that he received support from Chiang Kai-shek, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Yang Sen and others were also inclined to him. His youngest father Liu Wenhui was trapped in the arrest of his woven net, but just a few months later, he found that it was not his youngest father Liu Wenhui who was trapped in the net, but he himself. The adjutant came over to invite Liu Xiang into the cabin, but Liu Xiang ignored him. He stood silently at the bow of the boat, letting the river wind blow his face, and blowing the cloak flying.

Two sentries from the base gate saluted Liu Xiang, and the officers sitting at the door ran to Liu Xiang in a standard military posture.

"Report to the Chief, Lieutenant Jiang Wenbin of the Guard Team reported to you. Please wait for the Chief, and I will notify Captain Zhuang to come out to greet you."

Liu Xiang looked at the young officer standing straight in front of him. His young face was shrewd and capable. He wanted to agree, but when he spoke, he changed his words and said, "No need, I went in by myself. I have heard that there is a different scene in the base, and I have also seen it."

After saying that, he was about to go in, but Jiang Wenbin shouted: "Please forgive me, I must report it to the higher authorities."

After saying that, he shouted to a soldier behind him: "Report to Captain Zhuang. General Liu, the commander of the 21st Army, came to inspect."

The soldier agreed and turned to run towards the office building. Liu Xiang couldn't help but feel astonished as he looked at the soldiers' backs. Is this a guard or an army? Even his military guard company does not have such strict military discipline.

The base is completely different from a few months ago. A training ground was set up on the east side, and a group of men and women were training on the playground. The west side was also flattened into flat ground. The people above were divided into more than a dozen squares, and there was a blackboard in front of each square. A person was explaining in front of the blackboard.

"What is this to do?" Although Liu Xiang guessed what he was doing, he couldn't help asking.

"Learn." Jiang Wenbin replied: "Captain Zhuang can only produce high-quality products by cultural workers. We are providing cultural training to workers."

"What about those? They are also workers?" Fu Chang asked at a row of people in military uniforms staring at the blackboard.

"No, they belong to the guard team," Jiang Wenbin explained again: "Captain Zhuang said that soldiers must also be cultured, and the combat effectiveness of educated troops will be stronger."

Liu Xiang glanced down with careless lips. The office building is no longer a lonely building. There are rows of houses on the left and right and behind it.

"There are classrooms on both sides," Jiang Wenbin pointed to the houses on the left and right sides of the office building and said: "The main thing is the place where the professors teach students. Behind are laboratories, warehouses, family residents and dormitories."

"Your captain is still in the shack?" Zhang Sike suddenly stepped forward and asked.

"Yes, now there are only four families living in the shack. Captain Zhuang and his wife, Deputy Captain Li and his family, Chief Teng and his wife, and Chief Du and Chief Hong, are all the biggest officials of our development team." Jiang Wenbin said that to be honest, no one took this seriously after Zhuang Jihua said that the post-official masters had been moved out, but he didn't expect that Zhuang Jihua actually did it. Every time the new dormitory was completed, the first thing that moved in was workers and students, and then soldiers. The squadron leader lived with the soldiers. The squadron leader was only qualified to move after the entire squadron moved in. And the captain had not moved until now, and this trick made everyone in the team stop talking, and established Zhuang Jihua's authority among the lower-level officers and soldiers in the team, and also made those who wanted to see jokes shut up.

Strict discipline, honest commanders, and teams that are united. They are really the development team? A bunch of doubts arose in Liu Xiang's heart, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Sike, who was looking at the vibrant base solemnly.

A few figures hurriedly ran out of the office building. Their steps were very fast, and they arrived in front of Liu Xiang in a few steps and saluted him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." After putting down his hand, Zhuang Jihua said to Liu Xiang with a smile on his face: "I am late to welcome you. Please forgive me, the sir."

"There, there." Liu Xiang forced a smile: "The Cultural Revolution, you will be renewed in just a few months."

"These are just done," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "We plan to use this period to plant some trees, plant some grass, and do the greening well, otherwise there will be no time left in the future."

Liu Xiang was stunned, and Zhang Sike said, "Cultural Revolution, your defense here is too loose, there are two sentries at the door."

Zhuang Jihua looked at Zhang Sike with a smile: "The two sentries are just to scare the common people. Whether it is Fu Gong or Liu Ziqian, if you want to deal with us, even if you put a few more sentries, will it work?"

Zhang Sike was also stunned. Liu Xiang couldn't help laughing, and the others burst into laughter. Amid the laughter, they walked into the office building and Song Yunfei opened the door of the reception room.

"Mr. Fu, please sit down." Zhuang Jihua smiled and made a gesture, and then said to Wu Ziniu: "Give tea."

Intentionally or unintentionally, Zhuang Jihua sat opposite Liu Xiang, Li Zhilong, Hong Junqi, Teng Jie, Du Yuming, and Tang Zong sat next to him; Zhang Sike and Fu Chang sat next to Liu Xiang, and now he suddenly broke into someone, and he would think he had entered a negotiation venue.

Liu Xiang calmed for a moment, and he decided to change his strategy and stop taking turns: "The front-line war is not good, and I am here to ask for help from you."

Zhuang Jihua's face was expressionless, but his heart skipped a beat: "Call me for help?"

Li Zhilong and the others looked at each other with suspicion on their faces. Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I can't bear to be destroyed by the war in Chongqing, so I want to invite you to guard Chongqing, and my troops withdraw from Chongqing."

Zhuang Jihua was silent expressionlessly. Li Zhilong and the others were expressionless as if they had not heard what Liu Xiang said.

"Mr. Fu means, I will help you guard Chongqing?" Zhuang Jihua felt a little amused: "If Mr. Fu comes back, I'll leave it to you."

Liu Xiang did not answer, and Zhang Sike and Fu Chang did not answer either.

Zhuang Jihua smiled and looked a little sarcastic: "Mr. Fu, I will bear all the risks, and you will have all the benefits. I'm afraid no one will do this business."

"Didn't the Chairman promise that you would cooperate with us to deal with the 24th Army?" Fu Chang asked a little angrily.

"Strictly speaking, it's not me, it's Zeng Kuoqing. I'm just the Southwest Development Team. Zeng Kuoqing is responsible for the political situation in Sichuan." Zhuang Jihua immediately retorted: "I just forwarded a telegram for you."

Zhuang Jihua pushed for two and six five, but refused to admit it at all. Liu Xiang could not hold on to his handle, because Chiang Kai-shek never said that he would ask Zhuang Jihua to help them.

"My brother and I have a division of labor. I only care about development. He is responsible for the party affairs of Sichuan and coordinates the relationship between the central and local governments." Zhuang Jihua continued to explain: "The reason for this division of labor is to worry that if any changes will affect the work of the development team."

Silence or silence. Before coming, Liu Xiang still had a glimmer of hope, but now this glimmer of hope is getting slim; they all understood Zhuang Jihua's meaning. It doesn't matter who Chongqing is in his hands. He only cares about the development team, that is, only cares about exploration, road construction, and factory construction. Whether it is Liu Xiang or Liu Wenhui, as long as he does not publicly oppose the central government, he cannot hinder his work.

"Will I hand over Chongqing to you?" Liu Xiang gradually increased his investment.

Zhuang Jihua did not respond immediately, but looked at him silently, as if he wanted to see a little sincerity from his face: "How do you plan to hand over the law?"

"Leave Chongqing to the Central Committee as the base camp of the Southwest Development Team, and Chongqing's administration belongs to the Central Committee." Liu Xiang said.

Zhang Sike's face was as deep as water, and Fu Chang was a little anxious. He touched Liu Xiang with his elbow. Liu Xiang was unmoved and just stared at Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua leaned against the chair for a while, then stood up, walked to the window, and looked out the window silently.

"Mr. Fu is very generous, but I also have a big appetite."

Li Zhilong, Teng Jie, Du Yuming, and Hong Junqi exchanged glances with each other. They knew that Zhuang Jihua was about to showdown.

Liu Xiang was stunned, Zhang Sike stood up, pointed at Zhuang Jihua and shouted loudly, "It's you!"

Zhang Sike finally got all the answers to the questions in his mind. Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao's defeated the alliance, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou stationed troops without fighting, and all kinds of things were arranged by him.

Zhuang Jihua ignored Zhang Sike, but turned around and said to Liu Xiang, "I want Chongqing. In addition, Jiangbei, Changshou, Dianjiang, Linshui, Baxian, Qijiang, Beibei, Hechuan, Nanchuan, Wulong, Wansheng, Qianjiang, Liangping, Jiangjin, Tongliang, Wusheng. All administrative powers in total are sixteen counties and regions. If you agree to this condition, I will help you win this battle."

After hearing this, Liu Xiang was stunned for a long time and suddenly laughed loudly, with sadness and anger in his laughter. Zhuang Jihua didn't say anything, but just looked at him with a smile.

"This is almost all our defense zones now. What is the difference between giving you and giving you Liu Ziqian?" Fu Chang blushed and said angrily.

Liu Xiang stopped laughing and said, "Zhuang Wenge, Chongqing is still in my hands now, so you are not afraid that I will turn against you and start the attack first."

"Haha, of course I'm afraid. If you kill me to vent your anger now, then there would be no such person as Fu Gong in Sichuan politics." Zhuang Jihua smiled confidently.

"What's wrong?" Fu Chang said coldly, but Liu Xiang knew that Zhuang Jihua had said it again. He really couldn't do anything about him now. Now he turned against Zhuang Jihua, and I don't know if this base can be defeated. Although there are only more than 1,000 people, Zhuang Jihua is good at guarding, but he is famous all over the country. If he takes a step back, even if the experts and scholars in this base are damaged, he may be condemned by Liu Xiang. You must know that these are the best scholars in the country at present. They enjoy a high reputation in the intellectual community. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek would have to send troops to Sichuan to wipe out Liu Xiang.

"But Mr. Fu, don't worry, listen to me. Mr. Fu wants territory just to collect taxes and use taxes to support soldiers. I don't know if what I said is right. So how much tax will be collected in the twenty-one counties around Chongqing you occupied last year and this year?"

Liu Xiang was stunned and then replied: "More than 14 million."

"It's 14 million, Mr. Fu suffered some losses. Don't bother me." Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "From the future, I will give you 14 million oceans every year. No more."

Liu Xiang was a little stupid. He didn't understand why. He didn't want the taxes here, so what should I do with this place? Zhang Sike asked in confusion: "Why? Why do you do this?"

"I want to do something with this place," Zhuang Jihua walked calmly behind Li Zhilong, patted his shoulder, and signaled him to calm down: "I can't explain to you now. You will know what I will do in three years. At that time, I hope you can do it with me."

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he added: "I know what you are worried about, so I will make the following guarantee to you that your department can station in these places, but cannot set up a card to collect taxes. If there is a tax card, I will deduct you one million for the second year's tax. If you have fourteen tax cards, you will have to sign an agreement. The second guarantee is that without your consent, the central government will not add one army or one soldier to Sichuan. Finally, after defeating Liu Wenhui, you will be the commander-in-chief of Sichuan Army. Most of his defense zones belong to you. Tian Songyao and Deng Xihou each took three counties, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou's defense zones remain in their current state. Fu Gong, you will not suffer any loss."

Liu Xiang and Zhang Sike and Fu Chang exchanged. Fu Chang stood up and said, "We need to discuss it."

Zhuang Jihua nodded and said to Li Zhilong and the others: "Let's go out first." Then he said to Liu Xiang: "If Mr. Fu has agreed, please send someone to notify us."

After entering the war room, Li Zhilong couldn't help asking: "Cultural Revolution, are you too generous? The War of Resistance is the business of the entire nation, not your personal matter. I don't believe that Liu Xiang can stay indifferent."

"You are wrong. If he believed it, I believe he would be moved, but now just by our words, will he believe it?" Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "He will think. We are making excuses to open the southwest for the central government. If so, he will join forces with the Sichuan warlords to confront the central government. Don't forget that he and Liu Wenhui are uncles and nephews. Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao are equally wary of the central government. We can only do it first and then talk to them with facts."

"Then why do we agree to the Central Committee not to transfer troops into Sichuan?" Du Yuming was also dissatisfied: "We only have more than 1,000 people. What can we do? Keep a one-kilometer defense line?"

"I said that the central government did not transfer troops into Sichuan, but we didn't say we could not recruit soldiers in Sichuan." Zhuang Jihua smiled cunningly: "Guangting. How many soldiers can you bring out more than a thousand officers and soldiers?"

"Cultural Revolution, when did you become so cunning?" Hong Junqi suddenly realized, and then looked up and down as if he didn't know him.

"You only realized that he has been so treacherous." Du Yuming said angrily, and he remembered the fact that he was cheated of his salary back then: "Junqi, you must be careful of him, don't be sold by him, and count the money for him."

Zhuang Jihua chuckled: "I don't have enough energy. I still remember this little thing."

"I forgot, but someone remembered it and specifically reminded me." Du Yuming smiled faintly.

"Who? Song Xilian, this kid doesn't even write to me if he writes to you, find a chance to repair him." Zhuang Jihua said angrily.

"Cultural Revolution, do you think they will agree?" Li Zhilong was not in a mood to make such a joke. Zhuang Jihua was very disappointed with Liu Xiang's judgment, but he did not want to debate with Zhuang Jihua. He thought time would tell Zhuang Jihua that he had made a wrong judgment this time.

"In Tian, ​​why are you still so naive?" Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but blame him. After so many storms, Li Zhilong was naive: "Liu Xiang first thought about how to protect his group, and then others. We occupied his territory. What should his group do? What he did? What many soldiers do? This is what he needs to consider, and it must be considered. With long-term concerns, he would not believe those beautiful slogans. His judgment was first to fight against Japan, and that should go to the north instead of going west to Sichuan. So he would conclude that we were lying to him. Instead of letting him think like this, it would be better to negotiate terms with him, so that he would be more at ease."

Maybe pie will fall from the sky, but will that hit yourself? So when someone on the street pulls you and says he wants to give you a million, you will definitely think he is a lunatic or a liar.

"Naijian, tell him if they will agree." Zhuang Jihua was very angry at Li Zhilong's immaturity. The key was that Li Zhilong was the only one among the senior officials who would not report to Chiang Kai-shek secretly. He was going to use him as the mayor of Chongqing.

"If I were to be the ones, I would agree." Tang Zong replied calmly: "He did not suffer any loss in this transaction. Although he lost the administrative power of sixteen counties, he did not lose the right to station troops. Taxation, oh, no, taxation may have to be lost, because after all, you can no longer be taxed at will. Apart from this, I can't see what he will lose unless the captain does not intend to abide by the agreement."

"Yes, Naijian is right," Teng Jie said: "Liu Xiang will not refuse, otherwise I will doubt how he has reached his current status."

Teng Jie was a little excited. Chongqing area was about to be obtained. He only knew one outline of what Zhuang Jihua wanted to do, but he knew very well what he wanted to do.

But things didn't go smoothly. The debate in the conference room was so fierce that they could vaguely hear the sound in the war room. Zhuang Jihua sat steadily on the chair and drank tea. Li Zhilong held his hands in circles around the house. Teng Jie stood up and sat down. Hong Junqi and Du Yuming stood in front of the map, exchanging opinions from time to time. Only Tang Zong sat quietly on the chair without saying a word.

More than an hour later, Liu Xiang's adjutant came over to invite them over. Zhuang Jihua left the others in the combat room and only brought Tang Zong into the conference room. Climbing ^ Piao Astronomy, this chapter was first published by ""
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