Xiao Shenglin, who had been missed by his sister, was receiving the system reward. Two heavy cruisers were worth a lot of money. The sailors and warships were worth at least 10 million in French coins and 15 million in foreign coins, not including the subsequent maintenance costs.
He had also obtained the gold bars and the Munitions Factory, but they were all stored in the system.
At this time, the legal currency was still very valuable, but most people still refused to admit it, and everyone still used silver dollars.
1100 System Points, 100 gold bars, two cruisers and a set of marines, and an arsenal that could be put into production at any time.
Xiao Shenglin didn't care much about money. What he cared about the most were the cruisers and the arsenal.
The train was moving closer and closer to Jinan. After more than a month, Xiao Shenglin finally returned.
Liang Zhen was anxiously waiting for the train to arrive at the station.
Within a month, Xiao Shengnan had taken control of most of the political power in Shandong. However, the situation was not very good. Since ancient times, Shandong had always been the main battlefield. In addition, there were many people and little land, so people had been trying to break into the east of the country for decades.
In the modern history of the Celestial Empire, there were three major waves of immigrants, namely, rushing to the east, going to the west, and going to the south.
Most of the people who went to the east of the country were from Shandong, and their destination was the three eastern provinces.
Last year and this year, Shandong was also the main battlefield. In addition, Zhang Zongchang had been plundering land, so the economy was very poor. Most of the places were very poor.
Xiao Shengnan was good at fighting wars, but it seemed a little difficult for her to do business. If she didn't know how to do it, she could only start learning.
The train started to stop. Xiao Shenglin got off the train first and saw Liang Zhen. Before he could say anything, someone jumped onto his back. Who else could it be? It must be Liang Tongrong.
"Father!" This little girl was very happy.
"My little ancestor, come down quickly.”Liang Zhen saw Xiao Shenglin's darkened face and knew that the two of them must have had a bad time on the road.
Zhang Mei'e, Yun Kaiyi, and Liu Yemei also got off the carriage one after another. The Hua sisters were the last to get off. As for Buttface, he was in the back carriage.
"Old Yun, who is this?" Liang Zhen noticed Liu Ye Mei.
"His wife, this guy is really amazing. He secretly married someone without saying a word.”Xiao Shenglin looked around and didn't see his sister. He was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, he didn't care.
Fortunately, Liang Zhen was prepared. Otherwise, there would not be enough cars.
The former Zhang Mansion had become the Xiao Mansion. Zhang Zongchang's wives were also given to the single soldiers as wives by Xiao Shengnan.
This was a western-style building. Although it didn't occupy a large area, it was built magnificently. This western-style building was five stories high.
There were many guards at the door. Xiao Shenglin even saw military dogs. It seemed that the security was very tight.
As soon as he entered, Xiao Shenglin found that there were many male and female servants lined up. When they saw him, they shouted,"Welcome home, Second Young Master."”
"Young Master," Buttface said,"this house is much more magnificent than the one in our hometown."”
As soon as he finished speaking, the back of his head was slapped. The one who hit him was Liang Tongrong.
"You idiot, is there a need to compete? This is Jinan City, not our Sanyuan County.”Liang Tongrong looked at the hall on the first floor.
On the wall of the living room hung a huge oil painting of two people in half-body military attire. They were Xiao Shenglin and Xiao Shengnan.
The Xiao siblings in the painting were wearing the uniform of the Republic of China army, holding a commander's sword, and hanging many medals. They were not wearing military hats.
Liang Tongrong was very jealous. She wished that she was the one beside Xiao Shengnan instead of Xiao Shenglin.
"This painting is not bad." Xiao Shenglin said with satisfaction.
"Of course, for this, Handsome Nan spent a lot of money.”Liang Zhen waved his hand, and a few maids began to serve tea and snacks.
In this family, Xiao Shengnan was the head of the family, and Xiao Shenglin was also the master. Although the other people were very close, they had different statuses.
Only a little girl like Liang Tongrong wouldn't care about such things. She was spoiled.
Look at her parents, Yun Kaiyi and his wife, and Buttface. Before Xiao Shenglin sat down and spoke, they didn't sit around. Only this girl ran around as soon as she came in. She thought it was her own home, but it was almost the same.
"Alright, everyone, don't just stand there. Have a seat, Brother Liang. When will my sister be back?”Xiao Shenglin lay on the sofa. It was more comfortable than the train. After all, the train could move.
"Handsome Nan has to work. He can come back for dinner at about 6 pm. He might come early today. Second Young Master, I'll take everyone to see their rooms first.”After Liang Zhen finished speaking, he brought the others upstairs. There was still a lot of luggage.
Chang Kaishen, who had just returned to Jinling, did not stop there. He had already begun to cut off the vassals.
He had Wang Zhaoming, his biggest rival, and the Gui Faction, which owned Guangdong and Guangxi. Although he had the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang tycoons, his financial pressure had always been great.
In the southwest, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan were all at war from time to time.
The Northwest was still relatively stable at the moment. The Ma family was already the largest force. However, they kept plundering the land, and the lives of the common people were not good.
The two lakes and Anwei in central China had always been battlefields for both sides, with countless warlords of various sizes.
North China was the stage for the Northwest National Army. The three leaders were all from the Northwest Army and held heavy troops.
Zhang Liuzi from the northeast continued his family business, but he should be the most dangerous person. Both Japan and Russia were eyeing his territory covetously.
Fortunately, the number of soldiers in the Feng army was the largest among all the warlords.
Yang Yongtai messaged Chang Kaishen privately.
"In the end, the current trend of the world splitting up is still the foundation left behind by the Xiang army during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The power of the local governors grew day by day, and after the Gengzi Country Rebellion, it was even more out of control. Big Head Yuan's death meant that no one could suppress the arrogant soldiers of Beiyang.
The Shanxi Jin army has always been weak. We can start from the political side.
As for the Guang Xi faction that was entrenched in Guangdong and Guangxi, they would use military means to rope in the short-sighted Yue faction warlords and attack them separately.
On the other hand, they would mainly use cooperative means to stabilize them first before slowly plotting.
The Northwest National Army in North China is the easiest to deal with. They are already divided. As long as we sow discord, they will inevitably fall into internal strife.
"I think we should focus on diplomacy with the Northeast Army. Although the Northeast is fertile land, it's too far away from us. Moreover, they have wolves, tigers, and leopards by their side. They can't even take care of themselves.
The few warlords in the northwest were not important. That was a barren land with a very small population. They could not support many troops.
The Southwestern warlords were a bunch of chickens and dogs. The only person he needed to pay attention to was Long Yun. This person was capable and ambitious, but it was still fine for now. On the surface, he still obeyed the orders of the central government, so he did not need to pay much attention to him for the time being.”
Yang Yongtai's words were like a sudden rain to Chang Kaishen.
It made him sigh in admiration. It was simply a modern version of Longzhong.
These words enlightened him.
What puzzled him the most was the problem of warlords. According to Yang Yongtai, it didn't seem difficult to solve it.
"Teacher is indeed Teacher. You are truly the current generation's Crouching Dragon.”Chang Kaishen was very happy. He didn't need to think to know that the war to cut off the vassals was coming.
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