Liu Jingxiao's official position is still a colonel leader of the Fourth Mixed Regiment of the Central Committee. These "commander-in-chief", "guardian envoy" and "designer" were all privately appointed by Chen Yunjie, and the central government does not recognize it.

Now Liu Jingxiao has a formal title, "Investigation and Prosecution Envoy", as the name suggests, is to investigate and deal with Sichuan's military and civilian politics. To put it bluntly, he led his troops into Sichuan and arrested all the leaders of Sichuan's sects for investigation and prosecution.

This was exactly what Xiong Wu was most reluctant to see. Commander Liu personally led a group of troops from the first division to Yuwan, and then the army of direct Hubei entered Sichuan one after another, and his territory could not be saved.

Liu Jingxiao was also surprised that the current president is Feng Li, who is a direct agency. When he saw such a commission message, he not only did not get mad, but instead stamped the order.

For the past 30 years of the Republic, the central government has implemented a responsible cabinet system, and powers of all sizes are controlled by the cabinet. Although the president has a high reputation, he does not have much actual power. However, after the cabinet passes the resolution, the president must stamp it before it can take effect.

Feng Li was a direct leader, so he naturally would not agree to such an order. At this time, Duan Tiemin sent someone to persuade Feng Li.

The one who came to persuade Ding Quanwu, a key player between the two direct and Hubei systems, was the current secretary-general of the Duke's government. He persuaded: "President, don't talk about anything else... It is important to save Cao Mingshuai's 30,000 troops first..."

The president and the Prime Minister each have a secretary-general, and Ding Quanwei is Feng's secretary-general. He was recommended by Duan Tiemin to Feng, but he got along well with Feng Li when he worked together.

Upon hearing this, President Feng's aides opposed: "President, this seal must not be stamped... Once it is stamped, it will cause endless disasters!"

But Feng Lizai thought carefully and said that what Ding Quanwu said was indeed the best strategy. If he did not stamp the seal, he would not be unable to change the facts. Instead, it would make Chen Yunjie's situation even more sinister.

Hubei was considered the place where the Hubei clan started his career. Chen Yunjie led tens of thousands of troops to help Hubei without approval and appointed the Hubei governor (the central government never formally appointed Nan Yaoxiao as Hubei governor, but only allowed him to "acting" and be dismissed at any time). In the end, he stamped the appointment order.

This telegram was a stroke of coming for Liu Jingxiao! It was so scared that the Sichuan Army was frightened, and he heard that Liu Sheng changed!

Now Liu Jingxiao gathers only a few thousand troops to Wanxian, and the Sichuan Army has gathered nearly 100 regiments outside Wanxian, and can launch an attack at any time.

But things in this world are so strange. The Sichuan Army, which has hundreds of regiments, retreated as soon as they saw the Dingbian Army, trying to avoid any possibility of conflict. Of course, the reason for publication is that "our Sichuan Army is the most liking for peace. There is still a glimmer of hope for peace, so we will never give up the hope of peace!"

The Dingbian Army, which had only a few thousand people, was arrogant and sent troops to patrol around Wanxian.

As long as Liu Jingxiao officially powered on, he would not accept the position of "Sichuan Investigation and Prosecution Envoy", the Sichuan Army would accept any conditions!

Of course, the only thing that Xiong Wu and the others couldn't accept was that the price proposed by Liu Jingxiao was too high!

Ten million yuan! What does this mean? In the past, Jinshichuan Province earned only about ten million taels per year. Since the Republic, Sichuan warlords have been in chaos, and their annual income can reach 20 to 30 million yuan per year, but that is all empty. If you really want to pay out 10 million yuan, the Sichuan army has no strength at all.

The 400,000 to 500,000 soldiers in Sichuan are raised, and most of them are spent every year to raise soldiers. Is the rest of the money?

All the division commanders and commanders have a good sense of risk. They realize that the future path will not be smooth, so they try hard to save pensions, and each person has savings ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Xiong Wu usually likes to "love the enemy and love the soldiers". In order to cultivate the arduous and simple spirit of the officers and soldiers, he only paid 70% of the military pay. This time, the Sichuan Army was able to supervise the supervisor and finally paid 80% of the military pay to the soldiers.

When paying wages, Xiong Wu considered that the vast majority of Sichuan soldiers' lives were simple, and often tried to pay less military wages. When a certain time was paid, someone shouted as soon as the Sichuan soldiers got them, "Sir, why is this military wage only half..."

Superintendent Xiong has his own great reason. He said, "I'm afraid that you will spend money randomly. Once you get the money, you will gamble randomly and spend all the money... So I will save the money for you and pay the interest to you at that time..."

Look at how good the Superintendent Xiong is. These current Superintendents make full use of their value. Xiong Wu often goes to Huajie Liuxiang to enjoy the majority of superior officers and spends it on the bed. The other part is either buying real estate or depositing it in the account of Shanghai Industrial Bank to serve as the superintendent Xiong Wuxiong's pension for the rest of his life.

As for "sending it to you together...", that is absolutely impossible. I only heard that Superintendent Xiong deducted money, but I never heard that when the soldiers captured by Superintendent Xiong were all "on the thirteenth and till the eightyth...", and there was never the concept of retirement.

If a soldier is lucky enough to be "returned at the age of eighty", there is a little hope of taking away a large sum of money, but it is still a question whether the Sichuan Army exists.

After such hard work, Superintendent Xiong Wuxiong is now well-invested, with a total of 500,000 yuan and 600,000 yuan in existing foreign countries stored in the bank. As for the fields, brothels, pawn shops, and real estate in Chongqing, there are countless.

But Xiong Wu estimated that his property was only more than 4 million yuan in total, and most of it was still unchanged from cash. The only ones that could really save the emergency were 700,000 to 800,000 yuan, and others.

Liu Jingxiao's 10 million foreign appearances was really a big talk. Only when the military leaders in Sichuan were united and sold, could they get so much cash.

However, Xiong Wu also understood that Liu Jingxiao was offering a price all over the world. He asked tentatively: "I have experienced war in Sichuan for a long time, and I really can't afford such money... Commander-in-Chief Liu, is it good to do this... We gritted our teeth and bleed once... We will raise a 500,000 yuan for you and give it to our brothers as a reward..."

Liu Jingxiao shook her head, and Guo Junqing said, "Governor Xiong, don't you understand the situation here... Our teacher has a total of 15,000 people, and it has been half a year since we owe salary..."

Liu Jingxiao cried and said, "Governor Xiong, I have my difficulties too... I recently failed in business and moved all my brothers' military pay to run, but the result... it was really hard to describe. Not only did I not make much money, I lost all my money and lost more than 800,000 yuan..."

Shen Xianqiao burst into tears as soon as she heard this: "You have no conscience... You borrowed me more than 40,000 yuan the previous time. Did you use it to fill in the deficit..."

As he said that, he leaned against Liu Jingxiao's arms and beat Liu Jingxiao hard, then stopped crying and cursed: "I won't take back my 80,000 yuan, I'll show you something!"

Liu Jingxiao spread her hands and shook her head and said, "Governor Xiong, you have seen it too... Let me tell the truth. Our Dingbian Army has always paid double military pay, and there is no way... I can't afford to pay, so I can only draw a big cake for everyone to fill my stomach. The military pay and the rewards I owe in the past six months have already owed millions of yuan, and I have lost more than 800,000 yuan in business... This time I led the army into Sichuan, and the expenses are very large. The rewards I have to pay plus the military pays are probably another 300,000 to 400,000 yuan..."

Xiong Wu knew that Liu Jingxiao could only believe half of what he said. He was still a little clear about the situation of the border army. This unit did pay the military pay in full and also paid double pay during the war. However, such a large deficit was impossible. It was 300,000 to 400,000 yuan, but he could only nodded repeatedly: "That's right... Commander-in-Chief Liu is indeed in trouble, but please understand the difficulties in Sichuan... The war in Sichuan has been going on for many years, and the people really can't afford such money..."

Sichuan people? That has nothing to do with Liu Jingxiao. He finally said sincerely: "Governor Xiong... I really want to do something when I go back empty-handed. If I don't make a lot of money, I will take over the position of Sichuan investigation and fight to Chongqing. Then your property in Chongqing is not... "

Finally, Xiong Wu saw that the bid difference between the two sides was too big, so he had to get up and say goodbye: "The price is too high. I have to go back to supervise, supervise, and inspector discuss and discuss, and we must discuss the price that both sides are satisfied with..."

Since Sichuan has many factions, Xiong Wu of the Military Preparation Department claims to be the supervisor, and other military officers and the leaders of the Quick-Term Crack Division also have various strange titles, such as "Sichuan supervising military affairs and taking charge of the civil affairs of the southwest provinces", "Sichuan Yunnan-Guizhou Inspection Envoy"... Some are appointed by other factions, and some are self-proclaimed.

Since Liu Jingxiao has offered such a high price, Xiong Wu can only go back and discuss with the leaders.

However, as soon as Xiong Wu left, Liu Jingxiao added another new force. The fleet of Xiao Diji, the second fleet of Taiwan, was from Taiwan. The warships of the first fleet were sailing warships, and they were also old and dared not go up along the Three Gorges. Therefore, Liu Jingxiao could only rely on a few small steamer from the Shen family to install a naval howitzer on the water.

Xiao Diji came to lead his strong man, and he led a huge fleet to escort the merchant fleet directly to Yichang.

Now he is a magnificent and strong man. Ye Ye thinks that when he hears that Fu Sbo has brought a large number of Sichuan prisoners in Yichang, he immediately brings eight warships and twenty-four large passenger ships to receive them.

When he arrived in Yichang, Fu Sbo led the way to check out the Sichuan Army's captive camp. Xiao Diji felt that he would laugh even if he dreamed tonight! These thousands of soldiers could be organized into two or three brigades. If such an army was involved in the war, the entire province of Fujian would be his territory of Commander Xiao.

But now Liu Jingxiao is not in Yichang. Although Fu Sbo is under the supervision of the prisoner camp, Duan Zhijie's troops are responsible for the defense of the periphery.

Xiao Diji wanted to take away the strong men, but Duan Zhijie immediately refused: "Without Commander Liu's order, no prisoner is allowed to be taken away!"

Xiao Diji was afraid that the telegram was too wasteful, so he immediately left the passenger ship in Yichang and took the warship to Wanxian to find Liu Jingxiao.

His warships are all new steam-powered warships, and with the old sailors of the Shen family, they easily crossed the Three Gorges to Wanxian.

As soon as he heard that Xiao Diji had arrived in Wanxian, Liu Jingxiao came to welcome him immediately. When Xiao Diji explained the causes and consequences, Liu Jingxiao was very happy: "Brother Xiao, brothers have admired each other for a long time... They have been in contact with each other for so many telegrams, but this is the first time we met... You have helped me so much, and I have nothing to say... The Sichuan Army captured a five-yuan prisoner. You can pick as many as you want..."

Xiao Diji is a strong man, quite handsome. When he heard Liu Jingxiao's answer so simply, he immediately replied: "Don't worry... Don't worry, this sentence is enough with you... Since the eldest brother is here, of course, I have to help you and kill the Sichuan Army's majesty!"

The next day, Xiao Diji's fleet set sail and headed straight to Chongqing. The Sichuan Army had fired artillery to intercept the turret along the river. As a result, Xiao Diji's fleet immediately fought back. Hundreds of artillery fired at the same time, and the artillery fire was overwhelming. The entire turret was trapped in a sea of ​​fire. After two rounds of volleys, the turret was considered useless.

Then Xiao Diji's fleet rushed all the way, and the Sichuan army flew thousands of miles away and did not dare to show up. After arriving at the Chongqing River, they were shocked that the leaders of the Sichuan army who were negotiating the price code came out to watch.

Of course, the importance of the supervisors and supervisors is to watch the telescope from afar, and they all exclaimed in surprise when they looked at the hill-like warships. Then Xiao Diji sent someone to send a final spy to the Sichuan army: If the Sichuan and Hubei sides cannot reach an agreement on September 10, the Second Fleet will join the Hubei side to participate in the war.

Then Xiao Diji asked the fleet to conduct three rounds of test firing. The artillery fire overwhelmed a small hill by the river. Looking at the countless arcs in the air, the huge lethality immediately scared the Sichuan Army. The price issue that had been discussed for a long time immediately reached a bottom line.

On September 9, Xiong Wu brought a bunch of supervisors and inspectors to negotiate. The negotiation location between the two sides was still a small steamer on the river in Wanxian. However, unlike the previous time, this time it was not a ship from China Merchants Group, but a ship from the Shen family in Sichuan.

As soon as he saw Liu Jingxiao coming onto the boat, Xiong Wu immediately brought someone good tea.

That is the best Mengding tea. As the saying goes, "Tea on the top of Mengshan Mountain is water in the Yangtze River." Xiong Wu saw Liu Jingxiao complaining that the tea was not good that day, so he quickly got this Mengding tea that "dew buds and cloud liquid are better than awakening".

As for tea, it is also a good river water that is raised from the Yangtze River. Although the real "Yangzi River Water" refers to the river water below the Yang River, since modern times, the Yangtze River often refers to the entire Yangtze River, so Liu Jingxiao has also enjoyed the highest level of life of "Tea on the top of Mengshan Mountain, the water in the Yangtze River".

Unfortunately, Liu Jingxiao got into the money and insisted as soon as she started: "Old price! Ten million!"

Xiong Wu gritted his teeth and bargained: "800,000...no price!"

Liu Jingxiao immediately refused: "No... your price is too low, so let's do it! I'll give you a 10% discount!"

"no……"

"No..."

"Seven million and eight million..."

“Eighty-five thousand…”

"This is a heartbreaking price cut..."

"We'll take out all our money..."

"Your price is too high, absolutely not..."

"I can only pay this price, our own troops are in owing salary..."

"Seven million and four hundred thousand!"

"Is one million million?"

It was this kind of non-nutritional dialogue between the two sides, and the price reduction and price increase were getting smaller and smaller. Liu Jingxiao finally offered a price of 6.6 million yuan, while Sichuan Jun offered a price of 1.1 million yuan, which was still a huge difference, but both sides insisted on this price and no longer let go.

Seeing that the two sides were in a stalemate, Liu Jingxiao used the intimidation method: "If we cannot reach an agreement, we will fight to Chongqing with the Second Fleet, and then ask the two armies of the Direct and Hubei to serve as our support. When we conquer Chongqing and Chengdu, it will be too late to regret it at that time!"

For Liu Jingxiao, his base price is one million yuan, and now he has already knocked out 100,000 yuan, so he simply put the capital all over to see how much he can knock out.

These words really scared the Sichuan Army. Xiong Wu finally said: "The last time Chief of Staff Guo said that Commander-in-Chief Liu admired the four beauties in Sichuan very much and always wanted to meet him..."

Liu Jingxiao gave Xiong Wu a blank look and said, "Just meet me?"

Xiong Wu quickly changed his words and said, "Of course not. The remaining three beauties with beautiful fairies and ice-skinned and jade-boned beauties are naturally sent to Commander Liu's mansion... As for the ones behind this..."

As he said that, Xiong Wu handed a look that even a man could understand. Liu Jingxiao laughed, unbuttoned Feng Jiku, and said with a smile: "Okay! With these three peerless beauties, how much does your Sichuan Army pay?"

"Two million yuan!"

For Xiong Wu, their bottom line is that the three beauties plus 2.5 million yuan, and there is room for an increase.

"Trade is completed!" Liu Jingxiao's answer saved Sichuan Army 500,000 yuan!
Chapter completed!