In fact, many people in later generations are complaining about traditional Chinese medicine, but the actual results are there. Traditional Chinese medicine has protected China's peace for thousands of years and allowed Chinese civilization to continue to flourish. It is not just a sentence that does not conform to the so-called scientific principles.
To obliterate, if it were true in normal times, some people might still struggle with the issue of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, but now it is wartime, and this kind of special hemostatic drug suddenly made Fayol's eyes light up.
"Sir Lu, can you provide us with some of this medicine?"
Lu Jianzhang nodded: "It's a matter of natural beauty, but what we bring is limited and we have to use it. If the commander needs a large quantity, it's best to go to China to purchase it!"
In this way, another way of making money was invisibly added to the southwest. Britain and France were increasingly interested in traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, long-term trench warfare had a great impact on the bodies of soldiers. The humid environment made most of the soldiers sick.
Eczema, as well as various skin diseases, are more severe to the human spirit, and the mood is extremely irritable. Many soldiers will even choose to commit suicide to relieve this torture.
The Chinese participating armies have been prepared for this for a long time. They have prepared a lot of traditional Chinese medicines such as dehumidification ointment and heart-tonifying pills. In fact, this is also intentional by Qiao Yu. On the one hand, it is for the health of the soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also for the sake of traditional Chinese medicine.
After all, it is very difficult to get Westerners to accept Chinese medicine when advertising traditional Chinese medicine. This involves the collision of two philosophical systems. The only thing that can convince them is the real efficacy.
Therefore, Chinese soldiers and a large number of laborers who went to Europe to fight carried a lot of medicines. Medicines such as tiger balm gradually became popular in France. This time the French army began to purchase Yunnan Baiyao, which was also a huge advertisement for traditional Chinese medicine.
, and soon the UK also joined the purchasing ranks.
Yunnan Baiyao has become a precious strategic material with a price comparable to gold. Qiao Yu took the opportunity to establish a Chinese pharmaceutical company, which mainly deals in these traditional Chinese medicines with remarkable curative effects. It has also become an important source of wealth in Southwest China. In just three months, one million yuan was sold.
Sterling Yunnan Baiyao.
The Chinese participating armies led by Lu Jianzhang, Zhang Xiaohuai and others have also received the attention of France. If the Chinese army can fight, more Chinese troops must be transferred to Europe! This voice is getting stronger and stronger. With this idea, there is no need to
There is no doubt that in front of Qiao Yu, Brian can only give up delaying and hand over power as soon as possible.
"Your Excellency, Inspector, the Allied Powers agreed to hand over customs to the Southwest and also agreed to completely abolish the Boxer Indemnity. I believe this is a good start. China and the Allied Powers will definitely have more in-depth cooperation!"
When Qiao Yu heard that Brian had chosen to compromise, he was also excited and surprised. The long-term efforts were finally not in vain. The Allies finally compromised, "Mr. Special Envoy, I believe that this decision of the Allies is absolutely wise, and we will definitely support it."
The Allies have won the final victory, and I plan to send 100,000 troops to Europe to join the Allies!"
Brian also showed a hint of joy on his face. The warlord leader finally agreed to send more troops, which was a great thing. However, one hundred thousand was too little, and Brian would never be satisfied with this number.
"Your Majesty the Patrol Envoy, I think you need to send at least 300,000 troops, otherwise it will be difficult to support the Allied Powers, and the sooner the better, the war in Europe is very tense!"
"Mr. Special Envoy, I still say that organizing troops to participate in the war is not a trivial matter. It must be within our affordability and is not a casual matter. The maximum number of soldiers that China can dispatch cannot exceed 250,000.
Among them, 100,000 need the cooperation of Beiyang, and Southwest can only be responsible for 150,000!"
Qiao Yu gave the final plan, and Brian was obviously very dissatisfied. Brian was very clear about the incompetence of the Beiyang government, and the Allies were unwilling to rely too much on Qiao Yu, so they supported Duan Qirui's training to participate in the war early.
However, it is a pity that Duan Qirui's army has been fully recruited so far, but there is a serious lack of officers and the training is very chaotic. It is simply a bunch of rabble. It will take a long time to form a combat effectiveness, and this kind of army
After being shipped to Europe, it had no effect. In the final analysis, Beiyang's organizational skills were too poor...
The good recruitment work turned into Latin husband hunting, and officials at all levels wanted to reap benefits from the blood of the soldiers. Therefore, the participating troops in the Beiyang side were not able to be successfully trained. As a result, the Allied Powers had to rely on Qiao Yu.
Now that Qiao Yu proposed to use Beiyang's troops to replenish the army, Brian's face was also full of displeasure.
"Your Excellency, Patrol Envoy, Beiyang's organizational capabilities and training level are far behind those of Southwest China. That kind of army does not meet the requirements at all. I still believe that the army should be fully borne by Southwest China!"
"Mr. Special Envoy, I don't think it's better than this. The Allies, Southwest, and Beiyang will sign an agreement. The Allies will provide the funds, weapons and equipment to organize the army. Southwest will send some officers to help Beiyang train the army. Then the Allies can test the military quality.
Only after it is approved by the Allied Powers can it be sent to fight in Europe!"
Brian thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was the only way, "Mr. Patrol Envoy, I agree, but the army must be sent to Europe within half a year!"
"That's natural, but I still have a few small requests that I hope Mr. Special Envoy can agree to!" Qiao Yu handed a document to Brian, who frowned. This little warlord leader
He is really greedy. After getting the customs, he is still not satisfied.
However, Brian had no choice but to look at Qiao Yu's requirements one by one. These conditions were all those that Qiao Yu had shown Gu Weijun earlier, but the amount of gold had been increased to 80 tons. Brian's brows
Lock tightly.
"Your Excellency, Inspector, I think your conditions are too harsh. You are simply taking advantage of the situation. We will never accept it!"
"Mr. Special Envoy, these conditions are very common requirements. Now the Allied Powers have defaulted on the payment for Sichuan Jue. If the settlement cannot be cleared, how can we dare to continue to transport personnel and materials? Therefore, selling assets and providing gold and technology are all to compensate for the payment arrears.
It is a necessary measure, and as for the border issue, it is a reasonable request. Since the Allies need China to join them, and we are allies, shouldn't the Allies still respect China's territorial sovereignty?" Gu Weijun also interjected.
Brian shook his head: "Your Excellency, the patrol envoy, the issue of territorial delimitation on the Indochina Peninsula is of great importance and is not within my scope of authority. It involves all aspects of relations. I suggest that a special delimitation committee be established to carefully discuss the issue.
When approving the border, the amount of gold is too huge. I think it can’t exceed fifty tons at most, and we can’t deliver it until the Chinese war troops arrive in Europe. I don’t know what the patrol will make of it!”
"What Mr. Special Envoy said makes sense. I agree. However, the border issue is indeed not a trivial matter. I hope that the Allies will resolve it as soon as possible. Recently, several chieftains have come to me and said that your army has invaded their land for no reason and killed border residents. For the sake of friendship, I
The overall situation suppresses these voices, but after all, convincing is not the answer, we have to face it correctly!"
Although Qiao Yu agreed verbally, his words were full of threats. Do Britain and France still have the energy to deal with the crisis in the colonies? Brianne also knew it, but in the face of this powerful warlord leader
, he really had no good solution except to hope that the war in Europe would end quickly, and then France would have the energy to deal with this restless warlord.
After reaching an agreement with Brian, Qiao Yu hurriedly contacted Duan Qirui to coordinate the training of the participating armies. Duan Qirui sent his confidant Xu Shuzheng to Chongqing to discuss the issue of participating in the war in detail with Qiao Yu. Beiyang
Responsible for the training of a total of 100,000 troops participating in the war.
All the required ordnance is provided by the Southwest, and the funds are provided by the Allied Powers. The Southwest will provide another thousand military instructors to help the participating armies improve their military skills. Both parties will complete the final training within half a year as agreed. After the military training is completed,
China officially declares war on Germany….
After these things were finalized, it was time for the army in the southwest to speed up its reorganization. During this period, Jiang Baili had been doing this work, and Wu Tong was very busy. Fortunately, the final reorganization plan was finally come up.
"Junzuo, there were originally a total of 147,350 soldiers in the southwest, of which the Sichuan Army accounted for 78,000, and the rest were the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army. Most of them were ragtag and did not have any combat effectiveness.
, after the unification of the southwest, there are three urgent needs for troops. The first is to maintain the basic stability of the three provinces and combat the bandits in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. The second is to establish border defense forces. In the past, we had no borders and the border residents were often colonized by the British and French.
The army killed people, and the villages that originally belonged to us were often eroded. Now we must form a strong border guard force to change this situation. The third aspect is to join Europe. We promised to send 150,000 soldiers, which has already exceeded
The total number of troops in the southwest has now been increased, so the expansion of the army in the southwest has become inevitable!"
Wu Tong reported the situation to Qiao Yu. Qiao Yu knew very well that his troops seemed to be quite large, but they were still far from enough to shoulder the corresponding tasks, so he strongly agreed with the issue of army expansion.
"Brother Baili, what the Chief of Staff said makes sense. To what extent do you think the army needs to be expanded?"
Jiang Baili thought for a moment and said: "Jun Zuo, I think it needs to be expanded to at least 300,000. After deducting the old and weak who need to be eliminated, the southwest will increase the number of troops by at least 200,000."
"The number of military expansions is not small, and it will put a lot of pressure on Southwest's finances!"
"Jun Zuo, I'm afraid these are still missing. Our original plan was to expand the army to 400,000. To stabilize the situation in the southwest, we need at least seven divisions. Among them, three divisions are stationed in Yunnan and Sichuan each, one division is stationed in Guizhou, and the Sichuan Special Zone
One division is needed, and Tibet also needs two divisions to barely maintain its strength. And the Yunnan border has to face British pressure from Burma and French pressure from the three Indo-China countries. The border guards without 50,000 troops are definitely not enough.
In addition, 150,000 troops will be sent to Europe to fight in the war!"
Wu Tong also added on the side: "Commander, this is already a relatively conservative estimate, and the Yongzhou Military Region and the garrison in Qinzhou are not included. Moreover, if the commander wants to reform the chieftain system, he needs more soldiers to suppress it.
place, so it is imperative to expand the army!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to () to subscribe, reward, and your support is my biggest motivation.)