Chapter 60: Sun Wen (First Update, Please Collect)

  Sun Wen, a Chinese man with high domestic prestige, is now in high spirits talking intimately with several men. In Shanghai, Sun Wen's safety has always been guaranteed, although he cannot get the attention of Britain and France, but this does not hinder his life in the concession.

  His relationship with the Soong family and his ties to the Green Gang made him a big fish in Shanghai. He was in high spirits, having received news of victories on the front lines and the excellent situation in Guangdong.

  He exclaimed with joy: "I believe I will return to Guangdong again! The revolution is not just mine, but everyone's, and the people of the whole nation!"

  Those sitting next to him all responded with joy, and Su Wen's enthusiasm was even higher. He continued: "Last time, due to Chen Jiongming's betrayal, the Northern Expedition ended in failure, and countless revolutionary comrades sacrificed in vain. These are lessons. This time, if we can return to Guangdong, we must learn from these lessons and cannot let history repeat itself!"

  A man beside Sun Wen said in a low voice, "That's right. Not only that, we must also be tough on countries like Britain and France. We can't go on like this. The rights of the customs must be taken back! This is also related to how the people look at us. Now many people are saying that Mr. Sun is not daring to be tough on the powers, he's a softie, a traitor!"

  Sun Yat-sen's face turned stern upon hearing this, but he didn't get angry. He nodded and said: "Yes, last time it was also to pull in the recognition of the Guangdong government's international status by England and France, but the fact proved that this was wrong. Since it was wrong, I won't make the same mistake again. This time, returning to Guangdong, the first thing I'll do is to take back the customs house by force, and forcibly collect tariffs from English and French merchants. This will also be a very good supplement to make up for our financial income!"

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "The last betrayal was not all bad news, at least several big financiers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have expressed their support! The Song family in Shanghai and the community organizations have also clearly supported us. Of course, this is because our army can fight to this point! So for now, what we need to do must have its own military, must have sufficient funds, without these our ideals will never be realized, even if they are achieved, they will all be castles in the air! The Guangzhou incident was a lesson, if we had our own army, we would not be so passive, and we would have some confidence!"

  "Sir, actually we also have our own army, isn't General Xu Chongzhi's troops?"

  "Xu Chongzhi's department is naturally good, but relying solely on these is far from enough! Consecutive losses, this explains the problem! We are in dire need of military personnel here, we lack them too much! Without sufficient military protection, nothing can be guaranteed! Relying on local forces, they will always be subject to others' control and will inevitably end in failure!"

  Listening to Sun Wen's words, one of the elegant middle-aged men said: "Sir, although Xu Chongzhi was previously defeated in battle, he has just received news that he defeated Lin Hu's main force in Longyan, Fujian. Lin Hu suffered heavy losses and the gates of Chaomei are now wide open! If he can take advantage of the situation and pursue them, then Chaomei will surely be recovered. At that time, if we join forces with the Yunnan-Guizhou army in the west, we can attack Chen Jiongming from two sides. Even if this man has great abilities, he will be powerless!"

  Sun Wen listened calmly and then said to the middle-aged man, "Zhao Ming, you can't think like that. From what I know, Lin Hu has a young general who is extremely talented in battle and training soldiers. He must have already taken over Lin Hu's troops without any resistance. The Chao Mei Shan area is now under his control! Xu Chongzhi is too cunning and not good at fighting head-on. If he encounters this person, he will lose more often than win!"

  "Really? Sir, is this true?"

  "Ninety percent of the news from that side is true, and it will only be understated rather than exaggerated! If we want to revive China again, we need more and more people with aspirations to join us. We must end our internal strife as soon as possible and preserve our strength! I worry that Japan's growing national power will one day be unfavorable to my China!"

  "Japan? Aren't they always secretly supporting us? Do they essentially want to be unfavorable to China? If so, are we enemies?"

  "That requires fighting to know, now everything is speculation, but enhancing oneself is the key, so I don't like unifying by force. However, at this point, force is inevitable, and I also hope that capable people can come to our side. We are currently lacking talented personnel in the military! Zhongzheng, although capable, is not smooth enough and is not good at uniting in the military. This time letting him go to the Soviet Union for training, I also hope he can improve his own abilities and know his shortcomings. But how can one person do it? Mao Fengzhi, that young man I mentioned earlier, Zhao Ming, do you know? He's not even 20 years old yet, but now he's already a division commander under Lin Hu's command! You and I are both very familiar with Lin Hu, to quickly rise under him, can we consider him as a lucky opportunist? So, I think he is a talent, a true military talent!"

  "Hmm, if this person can join us, then we won't have to fire a single shot or bullet, and we can quickly integrate our troops to launch an attack from the east. Then Huizhou will be in danger! And on the west side, Zhu Peide and Yang Ximin are also skilled warriors, if they continue their offensive on the west side, then Chen Jiongming's doom is near!"

  "That's right! It's precisely this kind of thinking, if there can be such a day, it will depend on one person, and that person is Mao Feng! Before, Jingjiang sent a telegram from home, in which he also highly praised this person, believing that if Guangdong can be quickly integrated, then this person must be won over! If we win him over, he can save us three to five years of time to integrate Guangdong!"

  "I hope it's true, just like Mr. Sun said, if not, then it would be really interesting!" Wang Zhaoming said with a wry smile, he still didn't quite believe that Mao Feng was as good as Sun had claimed.

  Sun Wen let out a soft sigh, and said in a low tone: "You should know that the fourteen families of Guangdong think very highly of him. That's why I value him too. Sometimes, businessmen have better vision than us, and are more ruthless!"

  "Is it them? Aren't they supposed to be abroad? Didn't they all go overseas? What are they trying to pull now?" Wang Zhenming said in surprise.

  "Don't look at them like that, they are also Chinese people. They have been living overseas for so long, they know even better what it's like to be a Chinese person living abroad!" Sun Wen said seriously.

  Wang Zhaoming nodded and sat down silently, but he seemed to be thinking about something.

  "Zhao Ming, your ability is very good, but your vision and capacity still need to be improved! You should know that some things are not decided by oneself, once you decide, what may be a good thing can become a bad thing. Listen more, look more, think more!"

  Sun Yat-sen's esteem and affection for him was no secret, and Wang Jingwei had always shown respect to Sun Yat-sen. The two men sometimes seemed like father and son.

  "Sir, thank you for your teachings! I will definitely remember them in my heart and not dare to forget!"

  "Mm." Sun Wen nodded reassuringly as he watched him nod.

  Then Wang Zhaoming asked: "So how can we get this person to surrender?"

  Sun Yat-sen said without hesitation: "I have already sent someone, and also asked Xu Chongzhi to cooperate. I believe that as long as he is a man of ambition, he will fight shoulder to shoulder with us! If not, then resolutely eliminate him! I don't want to raise a tiger in the backyard, it's not that I can't tolerate him, but China can't tolerate him!"

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  Bawi was in Chaozhou all along, and a few of his men had gone to Swatow, which would be the place for the transaction, because only there was an exit to the sea, and the German ship would dock there! Bawi received the report from his subordinates at this time, and he immediately went to see Mao Fengzhi.

  After listening to Bawi's intention, Maofeng said: "This wharf needs to be rebuilt. I know that the current tonnage cannot meet the requirements of large ships. However, Mr. Bawi, you also know that I am short of funds now! To be honest with you, it is those 5 million taels, and I have only managed to scrape together 3 million so far, still leaving a gap of 2 million!"

  Bawi's brow furrowed immediately, and he said: "If the steamship can't dock, how are these supplies, weapons, and equipment going to be unloaded? Are we supposed to trade in the middle of the sea and then transfer the goods to small-tonnage boats? That's too much trouble!"

  "This is also why I asked for a discount earlier!"

  Ba Wei was also helpless and said: "This is beyond my control, I can only hope that after I put the boat ashore, you can transport the materials and equipment to the shore!"

  Bawei has resigned, but Mao Feng hasn't thought deeply about it. He had a plan long ago and is now focusing on the battle situation. Zhu Peide's offensive is very fierce at present, and Yang Ximin is now fully cooperating with Zhu Peide, without any intention of suppressing him. It seems that Sun Wen has already worked things out with Yang Ximin!

  Mao Feng's worry is that Chen Jiongming will use force to intervene, and if so, Sun Yat-sen will have to lower his sights and make a choice.

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