Seeing that Zhuang Jihua looked different, Zhang Xueliang was a little unhappy. He just said how many months and how many machines guns were per month. It was gone when it was the turn to ask for things. Zhang Xueliang said sincerely, I see how you refuse.

"The principal can really ask questions. Have you brought the money?" Zhuang Jihua frowned as soon as he spoke.

"Does General Zhuang have to collect money before he can give it?" Zhang Xueliang asked coldly.

"Of course, we clearly price each gun and bullet, even if the chairman comes." Zhuang Jihua was very serious, but Zhang Xueliang was very surprised, but Zhuang Jihua continued: "Actually, this warrant is useless."

"What did you say?" Zhang Xueliang was extremely surprised.

"Young Marshal, you misunderstood. I must explain the reason." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said. It seemed that Chiang Kai-shek had deceived him in his heart, otherwise he would want him to be the sucker.

"All factories here are not from the state, they are from Sichuan Development Company. I am just a shareholder of Sichuan Development Company." Zhuang Jihua explained the composition, operation method, and previous transactions to Zhang Xueliang one by one, and finally said: "So even if the chairman comes, he will not be able to take away the weapons without his hands, unless all shareholders agree."

Zhang Xueliang became more and more stupid as he listened. Finally, he said bitterly: "This is an arsenal."

"Actually, this is normal. Europe and the United States do this. The government places an order to pay for money, produces it in factories, and then the government buys it with the money. The young coach has traveled in Europe, so it is clear." Zhuang Jihua said calmly.

Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but feel anger in his heart. This fire did not come to Zhuang Jihua, but to Chiang Kai-shek. You knew that I couldn't take it away like this, but I asked me to show my ugliness. What does that mean? Zhang Xueliang suddenly realized that he was not rich, but rich. Didn't he just give him three months of military salary? This brother is really good at it.

"In addition, even if you have money, I'm in a difficult position now," Zhuang Jihua added: "I tell you the truth, too many weapons are needed, and the weapons in stock have been bought by our guards, which is not enough. We have recruited 35,000 new recruits, and there are only less than 20,000 in stock, and there are still more than 15,000 left. Du Guangting and others are asking me for this."

"But my Northeast Army is going to Shaanxi to suppress bandits. Why don't you talk about suppressing bandits without weapons and ammunition?" Zhang Xueliang's playboy habits came up. He shouted impatiently, but good education has not yet made him harshly.

Zhuang Jihua silently looked at the notes on his hand. After Zhang Xueliang had a short time, he said helplessly: "Okay. I paid for it. The Chairman just paid three months' salary, and it was several million. I... How much can I buy two million?"

When buying weapons for salary, Zhuang Jihua sighed in his heart, you should know that after the Northeast Army left his hometown, middle and lower-level officers and soldiers relied on that little salary to support their families. Zhang Xueliang's move was undoubtedly a way to quench his thirst.

After the silence meeting, Zhuang Jihua shook his head gently and said, "The Northeast Army soldiers are wandering around in the pass, and they have to support their families for this salary, the young marshal. I cannot accept such money."

Zhang Xueliang felt sad. The loss of the three northeastern provinces quickly reduced the Northeast Army from a rich man to a beggar. Before September 18th, the Northeast Army was the best treatment in the entire ** team. It surpassed the Central Army, but now...

"I understand the Chairman's meaning," Zhuang Jihua sighed and said hesitantly. Zhang Xueliang looked at him strangely when he heard this. He didn't know what he meant. Zhuang Jihua explained: "What he meant was to let me allocate the money to purchase weapons and ammunition from the Southwest Development Fund."

"Funds for Southwest Development?" Zhang Xueliang was quite surprised. He had never thought about this problem.

"The funding for Southwest development does not come from the country, but from donations from overseas Chinese," Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "This is the funds raised by overseas Chinese to assist the motherland's anti-Japanese raising sites, which are used to explore minerals and build highways and railways. They handed me the money to give me full control. I can withdraw part of the money from the Northeast Army and sponsor the Northeast Army for two million."

Zhang Xueliang was deeply moved when he heard this, but before he could speak, Zhuang Jihua added: "But we really don't have that many goods. I can give you up to five thousand rifles, more machine guns, more mortars, and more bullets and howitzers can be given according to your requirements. Young marshal, please understand my difficulties."

Zhuang Jihua's sincerity moved Zhang Xueliang. He didn't know how to express his gratitude to the CSRC. After a long time, he said: "Cultural Revolution, I have made a promise to you as a friend. Please speak up if you have anything to do in the future."

"The young marshal is so serious. I hope the young marshal will think twice before acting in the future." Zhuang Jihua said meaningfully. In his opinion, the young marshal is a person with a temperament. In the movie of the Xi'an Incident that he had watched, it was obviously an impulse to capture Chiang Kai-shek, and then sending Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing was even more impulsive.

Zhang Xueliang obviously thought that Zhuang Jihua was talking about what he used military pay to buy weapons just now, so he said self-deprecatingly: "I, Zhang Hanqing, are now penniless and like a rat crossing the street. Only by going to the battlefield can I wash away the past shame. Cultural Revolution, thank you for looking down on me."

Just from those words just now, Zhang Xueliang could see that although Zhuang Jihua was a student of Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, he was not exactly the same as Chen Cheng's confidant. Chen Cheng obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders, but Zhuang Jihua was not. Chiang Kai-shek could not completely control him, at least in Chongqing he could do things according to his own ideas.

With this exchange, the two of them became even more relaxed in their subsequent relationships. Zhang Xueliang confirmed his initial judgment that Zhuang Jihua was a casual person who was actually very strict inside. The military discipline in the military camp was strict, and officers and soldiers who violated discipline would be severely punished, but there was no corporal punishment in these punishments. The military camp was very sermon every day, and no exception was the wind or rain.

Zhuang Jihua also took time to accompany Zhang Xueliang to the factory. Zhang Xueliang looked at the cannons that came down from the assembly line and couldn't help but sigh: "If we had more of these factories, why worry about the Japanese invaders not eliminating and the Communist bandits not being destroyed."

"Yes, but unfortunately our time is too short. The country has been wars for years, with external troubles and internal troubles coming one after another, and there is no time for us to build with peace of mind." Zhuang Jihua also sighed.

"Cultural Revolution, what would happen if you think the bandit suppression will be in the northwest Sichuan this time?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

"Following the strength comparison, we will definitely win. They went in the wrong direction. They should go north and go to the deputy commander. Avoid the main force of our army in the south. They do not have the strength to compete with our army head-on." Zhuang Jihua asserted that he did not know why Zhang Xueliang finally decided to launch the Xi'an military admonition. Judging from the interactions over the past two days, although he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, he still believed that Chiang Kai-shek was currently the well-deserved leader of China and should support him and obey him.

According to Zhuang Jihua's intention, the Red Army would eventually all enter the northwest, but Zhang Xueliang was still full of confidence. In his opinion, the Red Army, which had been marching for a long distance, was low in combat. Although He Lizhong, the commander of the 110th Division, died in the battle of the Laoshan Battle not long ago, in his opinion, this was caused by the negligence of the commander of the Northeast Army.

Zhuang Jihua glanced at him and knew that he had not accepted his reminder. So he stopped mentioning this topic. After all, Zhang Xueliang was a soldier's topic or was inseparable from the army.

"Cultural Revolution, you trained this army so hard. Did you think of showing off your skills in the northwest Sichuan battlefield?" Zhang Xueliang asked. Zhang Xueliang was quite clear about Zhuang Jihua's talent. He was very surprised that the Battle of Rehe had such a result after he left. This also made him understand to some extent that the Japanese could be defeated, and at the same time prompted him to make up his mind to quit drugs and cheer up his spirits.

"Every classmates in Huangpu know that I support the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. I will not fight the civil war between the two parties. This army is targeted by the Japanese army. He will not go to the front line of suppressing bandits." Zhuang Jihua did not hide his views and goals at all. Why should he hide what Chiang Kai-shek knew?

"Do you think we can win once the Sino-Japanese War breaks out in full swing?" Zhang Xueliang asked again. Although he was willing to sacrifice, he also knew that the Japanese army was strong and China was weak, and he lacked confidence in recapturing the three northeastern provinces and winning the victory of the War of Resistance.

In fact, this is not Zhang Xueliang's problem, it is a problem for many people. At this time, China, young people were passionate and looking for various ways to save the nation. After comparing the strength of China and Japan, the steady middle-aged and old people generally felt pessimistic; so much so that the elite class was full of confusion. On the one hand, they were unwilling to give in to Japan step by step, and the country's territory was lost one after another, but on the other hand, they felt that they could not win, so they didn't know where the road was.

"Victory is certain, the key lies in how much price we have to pay," Zhuang Jihua said: "Comparing with the strength of China and Japan, the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, as long as the war becomes long, victory will definitely be ours." Then Zhuang Jihua explained the advantages and disadvantages of both China and Japan in detail to Zhang Xueliang, and finally said in a concluding tone: "What we need to do now is to delay the outbreak of the war and step up preparations for the war. If we don't fight within five years, we can block the Japanese army in the North China Plain. If we don't fight for ten years, we will take the initiative to recapture the three northeastern provinces. If we don't fight for twenty years, we can march into Tokyo."

Zhang Xueliang looked at the busy factory and nodded thoughtfully. At this speed, ten years later, China will have enough strength to challenge the Japanese army. The reason why he can't fight Tokyo for ten years is probably because he is stuck in the navy.

Shortly after Zhang Xueliang left, Li Zhilong and Mei Yuntian returned from Chengdu and Nanjing respectively. Li Zhilong told Zhuang Jihua that Chiang Kai-shek planned to elect him as a member of the Central Committee. Zhuang Jihua immediately expressed his objection. He sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek: "When the student was young, he violated military discipline. Although the principal did not pursue the case, he made the anti-rightist mistake after all. After all, he was suddenly promoted to the central government only after four years of returning to China. It is likely that it will cause controversy, difficult to convince the public, and damage the reputation of the principal. Therefore, it is better for students not to join the central government for the time being in this plenary session. This is the students' opinion. I hope the principal will decide."

According to the Central Conference, the Fifth Plenary Session will be held in November. The activity of selecting representatives from various places has begun. The representatives from Chongqing are very troublesome. Zhuang Jihua is undoubtedly the most qualified person, but Zhuang Jihua insists on recommending serious recommendations. Lu Zuofu and Yu Peidi, and women's representatives simply recommend Chen Qikun. He and the major cadres of Southwest Development are not allowed to run for the election.

After receiving the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to give up and agreed to Zhuang Jihua's proposal. At the same time, Zhuang Jihua was very relieved not to reach out to the central government. Soon Kong Xiangxi received an order from Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing to establish a State Financial Administration. The Administration was not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance and was directly under the leadership of the Executive Yuan. His main responsibility was to coordinate the issuance of national currency and supervise wartime finance.

"It seems that Weng Wenhao has a great influence on the Chairman." Mei Yuntian couldn't help but feel excited after receiving the letter, and ran to the base to tell Zhuang Jihua that he, Zhang Jingjiang and Yu Qiaqing joined forces to propose to Weng Wenhao to establish such a committee to avoid excessive power interfering in the economy and causing economic destruction.

Zhuang Jihua could only smile bitterly. He knew in his heart that if he had not pointed out Zhang Xueliang's military expenditure and refused the position of the Central Committee member, it would be hard to say whether this order could be released.

In early November, the Red Army crossed Jiajin Mountain and immediately conquered Baoxing, Tianquan, and Lushan; launched an attack on Mingshan and Qionglai; Liu Xiang mobilized the main force of the Sichuan Army and Xue Yue's troops of the Central Army, and set up a battlefield in the Baizhangguan area of ​​the throat fortress that entered the western Sichuan plain.
Chapter completed!