February 10th, 1915, morning, Bohai Strait.
A bright red sun was rising from the sea in the east. The sunlight shone on the sea, creating a beautiful scene.
A 10,000-ton ship with the Star-Spangled Flag was moving forward. It was a bulk cargo ship under the United States of America's Pacific Group. Its name was the 'Eastern Giant.'
February was the coldest month in the Bohai Sea. The temperature was close to zero degrees. The cold wind whistled, and pieces of floating ice could be seen everywhere on the sea.
However, for the huge Eastern Giant, the floating ice was nothing and would not pose any threat to the ship.
A young man in a gray coat stood at the bow of the ship. Even though the cold wind was blowing, his body was still tall and straight.
"It has been four years. I, Feng Ping, am finally going to set foot in this country again!”The young man murmured.
His name was Feng Ping, a very ordinary name. However, his father was not an ordinary person. He was one of the two big shots of the famous Feng clan warlords in the country, Feng Linge.
Although the current Feng lineage warlords were far from the peak of the late-stage Dao Realm, they were still far from the peak of the late-stage Dao Realm. However, Feng Linge and Zhang Yuting, the two big shots of the Feng lineage, were already somewhat famous in the country. One was the lieutenant general of the 28th Infantry Division, and the other was the lieutenant general of the 27th Infantry Division. The Feng and Zhang families were the most prominent families in the northeast.
However, in the struggle between Feng Linge and Zhang Yuting for the leadership of the Feng lineage, although Feng Linge was more experienced, he lost to Zhang Yuting, who was stronger, more tactful, and more cunning. As a result, Feng Linge fell into decline in the later stages, while Zhang Yuting became the true King of the Northeast.
No one knew that there was an extraordinary soul hidden in Feng Ping's young body. This was also his biggest secret. This soul came from a hundred years in the future.
The Feng Ping of the later generations was a military enthusiast. If their family conditions were good, they would be addicted to weapon models, defense exhibition, and various major military forums. His biggest hobby was to study modern history, then transform into a keyboard warrior, make some radical remarks, and start a war with other netizens on the Internet. Unexpectedly, after getting drunk, he somehow traveled back to the late Qing Dynasty and became Feng Linge's son.
Feng Ping was no stranger to Feng Linge. He had studied him and lamented his bad luck. He had a good hand, but he lost everything. He had no choice but to retire from the military and die in depression.
But this time, Feng Linge had become Feng Ping's deadbeat father. He naturally had to think of a way to change this outcome. For no other reason, even if it was just to prevent the three northeastern provinces from being easily occupied by the Japanese in the future, he had to help Feng Linge win the battle against Zhang Yuting. He would not let the Zhang father and son harm the northeast, and he would not let the Japanese bully the northeast.
Although Feng Ping was not like other people who had transmigrated to ancient times or other worlds, he did not have a protagonist halo or a heaven-defying system. However, he believed that with his knowledge and understanding of the development of history that was hundreds of years ahead of the present, or rather, his foresight, he would definitely be able to change the modern history of the country and even further dominate the world.
Four years ago, when Feng Ping was less than sixteen years old, he begged Feng Linge to study in America.
Feng Linge only had Feng Ping as his only son, so he was naturally extremely unwilling. However, he couldn't resist Feng Ping's request. In the end, he went through the path of Zhang Yintang, the Qing Dynasty's envoy to the United States, and sent Feng Linge to the United States 'West Point Military Academy.
After spending more than four years in the United States, Feng Linge did not just study at West Point Military Academy. Instead, he used his foresight to make a fortune.
Feng Ping knew very well that without money, everything would be in vain.
In the early 20th century, money and guns were undoubtedly the most important things, and they were also the most important things for warlords. Wasn't everyone desperately fighting for territory just to make money and expand their army?
Similarly, if Feng Ping wanted to help his father defeat Zhang Yuting and become the boss of the Feng lineage, money was undoubtedly the most important thing. Money could not only buy enough weapons and equipment, but it could also buy higher official positions and even bribe other officials or military officers.
In his first year in the United States, Feng Ping bought a piece of land in the United States of America's third largest city in Texas, Texas.
After that, they found a large oil field with a reserve of more than one billion tons. This oil field, which should have been discovered 20 years later, became a big news in the United States once it was discovered.
This made Feng Ping the target of all the consortiums.
Such a large oil field meant unimaginable wealth.
Feng Ping also knew that as a foreigner, it was almost impossible for him to monopolize this oil field.
Therefore, Feng Ping cooperated with the Rockefeller family and sold 51% of the oil field's shares to the Rockefeller family for 100 million US dollars. The Rockefeller family was also in charge of the company's operations, and he only paid dividends.
With the outbreak of the world war last year, the world's consumption of oil began to skyrocket, which also greatly increased Feng Ping's profits. Just last year, he received a bonus of 20 million dollars. Moreover, it was foreseeable that as the war progressed, he would be able to receive more dividends in the next few years.
In the second year, Feng Ping applied for a patent for sulfuric acid. In an era without penicillin, sulfuric acid was definitely the best anti-inflammatory drug. This time, Feng Ping had cooperated with the Dupont family to open a pharmaceutical factory. He had invested in the patent of the sulfuric acid, which accounted for 40% of the shares. There was no doubt that this was also a gold mine. Just last year's profits alone were as high as tens of millions of dollars. Moreover, during wartime, medicine was an important strategic resource, especially anti-inflammatory drugs. They were something that the army needed. It was obvious that the greenish US dollars would flood into Feng Ping's bank account in the City Bank.
In the third year, Feng Ping founded the Pacific Group. The company's main product was stockings made of satin. For Western women with thick pores and leg hair, this was undoubtedly something worth going crazy over. These thin, translucent stockings caused a sensation in the entire western world. It also allowed Feng Ping to obtain a huge amount of wealth.
It also allowed Feng Ping to have enough wealth to invest in other industries. For example, he opened a medium-sized arsenal in San Francisco and could produce the M1903 rifle by purchasing patents. At the same time, he also secretly copied the German MG08 heavy machine gun, improved the legal M1897 field cannon, the German 1909 105mm light howitzer, the 1902 155mm heavy field cannon, and so on.
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