At this time, it was Yang Du who spoke, and it poured down like a basin of cold water. Yuan Shikai looked at him curiously and asked, "Xizi, why do you say that!"

"The Japanese have bad intentions!"

"I know that the Japanese have bad intentions, but isn't it good to eat the things first?" Yuan Shikai said with a slight concern.

Yang Du didn't explain anymore. After he spoke, he regretted it. Logically, he shouldn't speak casually, but he couldn't help it. He was still quite clear about what the Japanese had to do. He wanted to start the Beiyang horse. As long as Yuan Shikai dared to eat these weapons, the Japanese would always find a way.

Yuan Shikai was puzzled by Yang Du's speech. Other military leaders also had the same idea and almost turned their attention to Yang Du. He had rarely said anything to Yuan Shikai in recent years. After seeing the power of the Northwest, Yang Du knew that unless the great powers were all in support of the Beiyang, if they wanted to gain the upper hand from the Northwest, now that the European war broke out, the great powers would not be able to support the Beiyang before a victory or defeat was achieved on the European battlefield.

Since he was in Baotou, Yang Du learned about Baotou through many aspects. With his family background and relationships, many former friends even directly joined Baotou. It is impossible to understand clearly, but they also know one thing. Yuan Shikai is strong and still suppresses the revolutionary party. Even if the revolutionary party occupies the entire wealthy Jiangdong, Beiyang can only rely on North China and part of the Northeast to raise a powerful Beiyang army. It does not appear in the northwest, and defeating the revolutionary party and unifying the whole country is just around the corner. From this point of view, it is not wrong to say that Yang Du followed Yuan Shikai. But God doesn't help. Since Yu has been born, He Shengliang.

The general trend in the northwest has been established. With the help of strong economic, industry, and weapons production capacity, it has more than 80% of the population of China. This rolling trend cannot be changed. Yang Du then understood why the Three Kingdoms divided the world in three parts, and finally the three families returned to Jin. To be precise, Cao Cao had laid a deep foundation and occupied the entire Central Plains. Whether it was population, land, food and wealth, they were far above the Eastern Wu and Western Shu. Even if the Wei Kingdom lost 10 times, there was room for rescue. If it was defeated 10 times, it would not destroy the country. Will it be fought back next time? However, Eastern Wu and Western Shu. As long as it was defeated once, it would be doomed. With such a probability, Eastern Wu and Western Shu still had strong people to make a town, and they could barely deal with it. Once the old generation passed away and the new generation grew up, unless there was a destiny god. Otherwise, the ending was destined.

What a shrewd person Yuan Shikai is. What kind of person Yang Xizi is? He is full of wisdom. He suddenly said, he must have made some decisions. After weighing the pros and cons, he asked straight to the point: "Xizi, do you know something? You can't hide it!"

Yang Du didn't want to participate. He has basically been in a semi-retreat over the years, but forcing his face, he had to come. Now he has missed a little secret and sighed and said, "The Northwest is not afraid of Japan. I was also puzzled by this before. After careful thinking, this should be because the Northwest did not take Japan into consideration. The reason why the Japanese are so anxious to win over us is probably a huge loss."

"What, the Japanese have suffered huge losses?" Several people were surprised. In the eyes of several people, Japan was also considered a strong country and one of the great powers. Yuan Shikai had always had the idea of ​​uniting Japan to fight against the northwest. The chassis he controlled was better than being at work under others. However, if things were not done, Yuan Shikai still had such a strong sense of gaze. The ups and downs of several ups and downs are obvious to Yuan Shikai.

"I also heard that the Japanese have sunk a lot of ships in Shandong!" Yang Du said, glanced at everyone in the house and said calmly.

The whole room was in an uproar. Japan is an Asian power and one of the emerging powers. The army is not the strongest place for him. The navy is, especially after defeating China and winning the victory in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the navy has always been the most important thing for Japan, especially the import of the King Kong class from the UK and obtained the production qualifications of the three King Kong class, which suddenly reached its peak.

Now, Yang Du told him that all the huge Japanese joint fleet had sunk. Is this a joke?

Everyone was in an uproar, especially Duan Qirui, who was in a powerful war, said directly: "This Northwest is so evil, why is it so strong?"

"Yes, if you fight a warship, you will always have warships. It's so difficult for us to pull some troops, don't even think about warships!"

"I heard that Cheng Biguang was there, maybe this is what attracted him. There are so many army and so many navy, what do Northwest want to do?"

Yuan Shikai narrowed his eyes and said nothing. After he finished speaking, Yang Du, who had not spoken again, hesitated for a long time before calming down and asked, "Xizi, where did you think so much money come from in the northwest!"

Yang Du obviously hesitated and paused for a moment, and simply revealed so much. In the end, the rest of the matter was not hidden. This is all known to foreigners. It was only when they entered foreign newspapers. Beiyang and others did not pay attention. They really asked the Translation Bureau to collect foreign newspapers and get similar information, saying: "I heard a piece of news from foreigners before that Northwest products are sold well outside! The annual sales are more than 10 billion yuan, which is US dollars, not silver dollars!"

Ten billion US dollars, this number suddenly shocked all the big guys in the study room. 10 billion US dollars, that is, 20 billion silver dollars, this is a large amount of money. They don’t know what this money is. The Japanese had previously offered the condition that 10 towns had arms. One town was completely armed. If you use the northwest arms, it would require at least 3 million. This is not counting military pay. The arms of 10 towns were 30 million. Such a number has moved them Beiyang. The other party was more than 10 billion at once. Even if it only had a profit of 200 million silver dollars, and this money would kill people, let alone what if the profit margin was not low?

The Northwest originally produced a large number of weapons and equipment. Over the years, whether it was the Revolutionary Party or their Beiyang, all the weapons were basically replaced by the Northwest. If the other party sells weapons, it will definitely be profitable. If it is produced by itself, it will be cheaper and there are a large amount of cash. How many people can be produced? The scene three years ago is still vivid in my mind. At that time, the Beiyang in six towns was almost broken. The Beiyang was developing and the Northwest was also developing. Maybe now it has an overwhelming advantage. Haven’t you seen that, there has been more than 200,000 troops in Shandong.

"No, so much money can be sold in the Northwest!" Duan Qirui said in disbelief. The most common thing they did in the process of joining the army was to ask for money. The military leader would never be able to do without money. It was because of their clear understanding of money that they realized that such a transaction volume was terrible. When they were still tens of millions and were petty, the calculated figures in the Northwest were already tens of billions.

In fact, what Yang Du knew was just heard that the export volume in the northwest was more than 10 billion. Take the 109 standard container ships built by the Jiangnan Shipyard in the second half of 1913. The price of a ship of $4 million is close to $500 million, let alone sulfonamide and stockings. Especially the latter, even in the war era, in the wardrobes of European and American women, there will always be a pair of light and transparent stockings.

"Can you sell it? Let's judge it yourself. Isn't Northwest invited you to go? You'll know it when you go!" Yang Du didn't say anything, but just calmly expressed his opinion, leaving everyone with disbelief on his face, turned around, pushed open the door and went out.

Yang Du did not explain it carefully, but what he said shocked everyone. To be honest, after Beiyang was completely defeated in the Battle of Datong, he has always been vigilant about the Northwest, but he has not observed the Northwest too much. Think about it calmly, what Yang Du said may really be a famous saying.

Yang Du left without saying anything or saying hello to Yuan Shikai. This was more or less unreasonable, but Yuan Shikai was a little careless at this time. As Dongweng, he knew that over the years, many key things were intervened by Yang Du, so that they could finally be defeated.

Yuan Shikai looked at the people in the room, looking at each other. After Yang Du left, no one suggested anything feasible. He sighed. Some things could not be forced. Duan Qirui and the others were loyal enough, and they could fight, but in terms of vision, they were slightly worse than Yang Du.

"Bu Wu, what do you think?"

Xu Shichang looked at Yuan Shikai and was a little hesitant. In terms of tendency, he was still more inclined to cooperate with Japan. This was also the fundamental reason why he proposed the Japanese conditions when discussing this evening. Who knew that under the sudden change of circumstances, the power of the northwest was like a scoundrel. He followed Yuan Shikai for many years. He knew very well that Yuan Shikai's heart had been shaken by Yang Du, and he hesitantly said: "Why don't you go and have a look!"

"I want to see it! You have to see it clearly!" Yuan Shikai pondered for a moment. Including Xu Shichang, he could not see the rolling trend in the northwest. If this is true, some things must be decided early. Yuan Shikai finally said: "Bu Wu, you can go there in person this time!"

Xu Shichang nodded and said that the matter came to an end, but then more and more people were stuffed into the team, including some young Beiyang officials who were inclined to the northwest, as well as some international students. They had a wide range of categories and almost included various systems in terms of majors, and even Yang Du, who spoke before. In the delegation, Xu Shichang was the leader of the delegation and Yang Du was the deputy leader. Before leaving, Yuan Shikai also specifically emphasized that everything should be dominated by Yang Du, which basically set the main tone of the entire delegation. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!