Most of the members in this bandit den are swordsmen and highly value personal force.
Zhu Guozhen knocked out the "bandit commander" in three minutes, which made the big and small leaders look sideways. They all knew that two heroes came today. Sun Yongzhen was also regarded as a hero, and he was even more unpredictable. After all, everyone with great abilities
Don't take action easily.
Ma Yongkui secretly winked at Pang You, and Pang You immediately asked, "Did Mr. Ming come to Gansu for business?"
Zhou Hexuan kept telling lies: "I went to Xinjiang to discuss with the Soviet Union about supplies to aid China."
Pang You immediately stood in awe, clasped his fists and said, "Ming Gong, you have worked really hard for your country."
Zhou Hexuan said casually: "I heard that opium cultivation is rampant in Gansu. Along the way, I found that the ban on tobacco seedlings has been done very well. How do the local officials here implement policies?"
"It's no longer allowed to grow opium anyway. If anyone is found to be growing opium, the government will directly drive horses to trample the tobacco seedlings, and the farmers will have to lose their property and pay fines," Ma Yongkui said.
Zhou Hexuan said: "This is a good thing. Opium has harmed the country and the people, and it should have been banned long ago."
Pang You smiled and waved his hand: "You think the Northwest Four Horses are really so kind? They don't let others grow tobacco seedlings, but they secretly grow them themselves, and they also seize opium everywhere under the banner of the central government and stockpile it. In the past few years, the price of opium in Gansu has
It's like rolling uphill, those warlords have made a lot of money from their own opium business."
"That's it." Zhou Hexuan laughed dumbly.
I heard Zhang Henshui say before that there are tobacco fields everywhere in Gansu, and all the middle and upper-class arable land is used to grow opium. But this time Zhou Hexuan passed through the Hexi area and saw grain growing along the way. He thought Gansu Province was coming.
A master of anti-smoking.
Now when he heard what Pang You said, Zhou Hexuan realized that he had gone astray.
The person in charge of banning smoking in Gansu was Ma Buqing. Last year, the central commissioner came to inspect the anti-smoking work. He was very surprised to find that the tobacco seedlings in the Hexi Corridor had disappeared for two years. After careful investigation, the central commissioner was dumbfounded. It turned out that a certain adviser gave Ma Buqing the advice.
Got a good idea.
The counselor said: "The counties in Hexi Province have complied with the order to ban the cultivation of opium. Firstly, they can gain the favor of the central government, and secondly, they can use this to hoard cigarettes in the territory. If you stockpile cigarettes for a year and a half, the price of cigarettes will inevitably rise sharply, and you will definitely make several times the profit."
Ma Buqing thought it made sense, so he immediately followed the instructions and quietly grew his own opium while banning smoking. Now he has become the largest opium supplier in Gansu.
Not only that, because Lanzhou ushered in great development during the Anti-Japanese War, warlords such as Ma Buqing, Ma Bufang, and Ma Hongkui also invested a lot of money earned from selling opium into Lanzhou's industry and commerce. The number of factories in Lanzhou has increased by 1% from before the war to now.
If it is more than twice as much, the money will come in much faster than selling opium.
The Nationalist Government's wartime western development policy was obviously very effective...
Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Since Gansu's tobacco fields have been converted to grain cultivation on a large scale, there should be more grain than before, right?"
Pang You shook his head and said: "I don't know whether there is enough food, but the people's lives are even more miserable. Especially this year, the land tax does not collect legal currency, only grain. The farmers' rations are not much left after paying taxes. I estimate that this winter will be
There will be a food shortage. If this continues, there will be famine everywhere in the next year."
Zhou Hexuan was speechless.
The banditry problem in the northwest was well controlled after 1935. However, in 1943, banditry suddenly broke out on a large scale. It seemed that it was forced out by the lack of food.
Ma Yongkui gritted his teeth and said: "The common people cannot afford to eat because they are harmed by corrupt officials!"
Zhou Hexuan said: "There must be problems with corrupt officials, but the culprits are the Japanese."
"What does this have to do with the Japanese?" Pang You asked.
Ma Yongkui also said: "Yes, the Japanese did not invade Gansu."
Zhou Hexuan said: "Why doesn't the government accept legal tender, only grain?"
Pang You sneered: "Just like the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, the central government printed too many banknotes and the banknotes became waste paper."
"This is just one of them," Zhou Hexuan explained. "The Japanese invaded China, causing China's financial collapse, shortage of supplies, and government functions supported by printing money. Not only that, the Japanese have also been printing counterfeit money, specifically to disrupt
China's economy. Those little devils' counterfeit banknotes are all stamped with hundreds of millions of dollars. Do you think the French currency is still valuable?"
"Damn it!" Ma Yongkui slapped the armrest of the chair and cursed.
Zhou Hexuan added: "If you want to live a good life, you must first drive the little devils out of China. The men in the northwest are all heroes. I have always admired them, especially General Ma Biao."
Ma Yongkui asked: "Is this Ma Bufang's uncle Ma Biao?"
Pang You said: "I have seen Ma Biao's achievements in the newspaper. He slaughtered more than a thousand puppet troops in Longju Village three years ago. Two years ago, he annihilated more than 800 Japanese invaders and killed more than 1,000 puppet troops in Huaiyang.
, it really brought out the style of our Northwest man."
Zhang Debiao, who had been beaten up by Fatty, suddenly interjected: "General Ma Biao is a good man, just like me, he has the word 'Biao' in his name."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Mr. Pang is talking about the old almanac."
"Did General Ma Biao win another battle?" Ma Yongkui asked.
Zhou Hexuan said: "After General Ma Biao left Huaiyang, he and the New Fourth Army attacked the Japanese invaders in Xiangcheng, killing the little Japanese devils to pieces, and soon wiped out more than 500 Japanese cavalry troops. The Japanese invaders became angry and dispatched heavy troops to pursue and intercept them. Ma Biao
General Biao made a circuitous attack and was outnumbered, so he could only lead the main force of the 1st Cavalry Division to retreat quickly, leaving more than a hundred heroes behind to stop the attack."
"Then what?" Zhang Debiao asked.
Zhou Hexuan sighed: "Although the more than a hundred heroes of the First Division successfully covered the retreat of the main force, they themselves ran out of ammunition and food. After fighting for more than six hours, they were forced to the river by the Japanese invaders and found it difficult to break out. They did not want to
Captured and humiliated by the Japanese, the remaining ten people drowned themselves collectively, martyring their country heroically!"
"Good man!"
"They are all great heroes!"
"I didn't lose the face of my Northwest man."
"..."
The big and small bosses in the Juyi Hall all praised him.
Zhou Hexuan added: "General Ma Biao campaigned in northern Anhui for several months last year. He killed the Japanese so much that they were frightened. His reputation spread throughout northern Anhui, and he was called the 'Ma Huizi Army' and the 'Ma Beard Army' by the Japanese."
"Good kill, haha, happy!" Ma Yongkui laughed loudly.
Zhou Hexuan did not brag too much. Most of these deeds are true. Okamura Neji's combat record also contains the words "a fierce battle with Ma Biao".
Unfortunately, the performance of Ma Biao and the 1st Cavalry Division was so amazing that it attracted the attention of Chang Kaishen. Chang Kaishen is now trying to win over Ma Biao and is preparing to promote Ma Biao to the position of deputy commander. This move arouses Ma Bufang's suspicion.
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By the next summer, Ma Bufang was afraid that his troops would be annexed by Chiang Kai-shek, so he asked his cousin Ma Bukang to take over as the division commander. The brave and capable Ma Biao could no longer go to the battlefield, and his cavalry unit also lost its general soul.
The performance this year can only be considered mediocre.
Of course, Zhou Hexuan couldn't talk about this kind of thing. When he saw that the bandit leaders were all excited, he immediately laughed and said: "We are all heroes from the northwest. General Ma Biao is majestic on the battlefield. Are you willing to rob homes in the bandits' den?"
The Juyi Hall suddenly became silent, and the bandits all laughed awkwardly.
Ma Yongkui said: "I am dissatisfied with General Zhou. I have been a soldier before, but none of those officers are good. Now even if I join the army to serve the country, I will definitely be incorporated into the cavalry of Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang. Both of them are in the northwest.
, I didn’t fight a few battles with the Japanese, but spent more time harming the people.”
Zhou Hexuan suddenly stood up and said: "Brother Ma, as long as you can lead your men to join the army, I promise to send you to join General Ma Biao's First Cavalry Division! What's the point of being a bandit? If you are a man, you will get your fame from horseback, saying
Maybe I can become a brigade commander in a year and a half."
"Can you really make me defect to the First Cavalry Division?" Ma Yongkui was a little moved.
Zhou Hexuan pointed at Pang You and asked: "Mr. Pang, have you ever heard of a time when I, Zhou Hexuan, don't keep my words?"
Pang You nodded towards Ma Yongkui, indicating that it was feasible.
Zhou Hexuan struck while the iron was hot: "As long as you are willing to join the army, I will personally go to the Eighth Theater Command to write you a note, and I will also fund you with 50,000 French currency as your departure fee. You can recruit strong men in Gansu. You have 500 people under your command. I recommend you."
As a battalion commander, if you have 1,000 men under your command, I will recommend you to be the regimental commander!"
"I am determined to be the leader of the regiment!" Ma Yongkui's heart was surging. On the one hand, he was inspired by the wish to be granted an official position, and on the other hand, he was also infected by Ma Biao's deeds.
Let you rob me, and I will send you to the battlefield!
No one expected that in just three years, Ma Yongkui would be promoted to the position of brigade commander due to his military exploits.
In the second year of the Liberation War, Ma Yongkui directly became the major general and division commander. After announcing the uprising, he left his troops to Zhang Debiao and ran to follow Zhou Hexuan, hanging out with bodyguards such as Sun Yongzhen all day long.
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