Hong Kong movie Big Adventure

Chapter 102 Attitude
In the end, Gu Yushan left the Lu mansion quite satisfied.

Although he failed to persuade Ma Deshang to join the Northern Expedition, the military expenses and weapons and equipment provided by Ma Deshang allowed him to see Ma Deshang's sincerity and at the same time understand Ma Deshang's difficulties.

On the second floor of Lu Mansion, Ma Deshang watched Gu Yushan's car leaving the gate of Lu Mansion, but he was filled with thoughts.

From Gu Yushan's words, he learned that the revolutionary government is already preparing for the Northern Expedition. It is estimated that the Northern Expedition will officially start at the end of this year, and no later than the middle of next year.

"Japan will not give up the offensive just because I occupy Shanghai. As long as Japan does not give up its plan to destroy China in three months, the Battle of Songhu will definitely happen."

Ma Deshang's eyes changed from hesitation to firmness.

Time soon came to December 1924, and now three months had passed since the end of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War. During these three months, Ma Deshang had completed the handover of Jiangsu Province with the revolutionary government.

The Guangdong Nationalist Government reorganized the army in Jiangsu. The old army and the newly recruited soldiers formed a total of [-] troops.

Ma Deshang also very creditably supported the National Revolutionary Army with millions of military expenditures, tens of thousands of rifles and a small number of heavy weapons.

Zhejiang and Shanghai have also spent three months in peace. Ma Deshang is not in a hurry to expand the army. Now there are [-] Jiangsu troops, [-] Shanghai Self-Defense Forces (formerly Shanghai Self-Defense Forces), and [-] Zhejiang troops in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. (The [-] Zhejiang Army was reorganized) A total of [-] troops.

With these [-] troops, there is no problem at all in ensuring the safety of Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Ma Deshang has done more livelihood projects in Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Due to the war this year, many farmers have lost their land, been displaced, and become homeless beggars.

These fields will be abandoned, and the food production will not increase. If the management is not good, the famine disaster will come, let alone continue to build an army, but it will be a problem to eat.

Although Ma Deshang is very rich now, if the money is subsidized, it is far from enough. If the problem is fundamentally solved, then Zhejiang and Shanghai must be rejuvenated.

In order to ensure that Zhejiang and Shanghai will no longer suffer from wars, the orientation of the frontier is naturally the highlight.

The national government is close to Jiangsu, and it is regarded as one of its own. It only needs a small amount of troops to garrison. The main thing is to prevent the direct forces of the Beiyang government. The representatives are Cao Kun and Wu Peifu. Now Cao Kun has been elected as the No. The five-term president of the Republic of China, Wu Peifu was the patrol envoy of Zhilu and Henan, that is, the ruler of Beijing, Shandong, and Henan provinces.

As long as Wu Peifu's attack is blocked, Zhejiang and Shanghai will have no problems.

But now Cao Kun and Wu Peifu probably don't have the heart to deal with Ma Deshang, because he still has a bigger enemy, that is, the Nationalist Government who is about to prepare for the Northern Expedition, the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, and the leader of the Feng Faction warlord Zhang Zuolin.

It is precisely because of this overall situation that Ma Deshang won a chance to recuperate.

Now Ma Deshang is convinced that it doesn't matter how you fight, as long as you don't provoke me.

The government officials in Zhejiang and Shanghai, Ma Deshang also made preparations, replaced all those who stood in the latrine without shitting, and selected many young and energetic officials, and many of them came out of orphanages. During the time, the orphanage still trained a lot of talents.

After such rectification, the original hierarchy in the officialdom will be broken, and everyone will work hard for their work, and there will be much less corruption and violation of the law, but there is no way to prevent corruption, so Ma Deshang also asked Ding Cao to set up a supervisory agency , specifically for officials, since its establishment, it has dealt with many people, and the mention of this inspection agency in official circles has turned pale.

Back to the topic of people's livelihood, in order to better manage the people in Zhejiang and Shanghai, Ma Deshang immediately started a census and established a household registration system after the political situation stabilized. In order to prescribe the right medicine.

However, it will take a long time to complete the census, and it is only half completed so far, and it is estimated that it will take another three months to complete.

While conducting the census, Ma Dechan also arranged for land surveying and recultivation of abandoned land.

At the same time as this is being done, refugee arrangements are also a problem. Especially with the rise of war in Shanghai, many refugees have flooded into Shanghai. It is difficult for these refugees to find suitable jobs in Shanghai. Many become unemployed refugees and beggars, which seriously threaten Shanghai. of security.

Of course, not only Shanghai, but also other cities, but the situation in Shanghai is more representative.

After learning about this situation, Ma Deshang started resettlement of refugees while the census and land re-measurement were being carried out.

Regarding the resettlement of refugees, Ma Deshang's core idea is to arrange them nearby.

In a city with relatively developed industries like Shanghai, these refugees are sent to factories to work after receiving unified training, so that these refugees can have income and will not become beggars.

In order to provide more jobs, Ma Deshang also introduced policies to strongly encourage businessmen to expand their business and recruit more refugees.

In addition, in the name of Zhejiang Province, the site was selected to build arsenals and other related military facilities in Zhejiang.

Of course, the employees of the arsenal were all screened by Ding Cao's intelligence department, and only those who passed the screening could enter the arsenal.

The production equipment of the arsenal is all purchased from Germany. Basically, except for aircraft, ships, and tanks, everything else can be manufactured.

The previous arsenal was too small to produce only rifles and bullets.

However, this arsenal needs several months to build, and it is estimated that it will take half a year to achieve mass production.

During the three months, Ma Deshang completed some things from the four aspects of military affairs, politics, economy, and people's livelihood, and many of them achieved some achievements.

Both Zhejiang and Shanghai are recovering quickly.

Ma Deshang's actions also shocked foreigners in the British Concession and the French Concession.

However, Ma Deshang quickly used his money ability to solve some problems, and nothing will happen for the time being.

"Has Zhang Lu's First Army reached the border defense line?"

Ma Deshang turned his head to look at Adin behind him and asked.

"The troops have arrived at their destination and are now building fortifications. The Beiyang government sent people to want me to sign a non-aggression peace treaty with us."

"Brother Sheng, what do you think of this?"

"We are now a member of the national government, and the top needs to be consistent with them, and I don't want to bother with this."

"You ask them to ask the Guangzhou revolutionary government directly. If they agree, then I have no objection."

Ma Deshang said helplessly.

He handed over the problem to the revolutionary government of Guangzhou, and now he is focused on developing Greater Shanghai. He does not want to waste too much time and experience on other things.

"Understood, Brother Sheng."

Adin nodded to indicate that he knew what to do.

"You should also pay attention to the aspect of speaking, don't be too straightforward, be more tactful, and show that we don't want to fight now, but we are not afraid of war."

Ma Deshang thought for a while, and exhorted.

When Ma Deshan and A Ding were discussing things, two children, one big and one small, barged in noisily.

The older ones are boys and the younger ones are girls.

"Changqing, Changyun, why did you two come to my study, this is a place for adults to discuss things, go out quickly."

When Ma Deshang saw the two children, his eyes were full of kindness, but his mouth was serious.

Perhaps frightened by Ma Deshang's words, the two children immediately calmed down and came to Ma Deshang.

"Brother Sheng, Changqing Changyun didn't do it on purpose, why are you competing with the two children?"

Adin said from the side.

After finishing speaking, he took out two candies from his pocket and handed them to the two children, "Come on, Uncle A Ding will give you candies."

Although A-Ding was very amiable, the two children did not go over to get it, but looked at Ma Deshang.

Obviously waiting for his approval.

"Go, Uncle Ading's candy is available."

Ma Deshang nodded and said.

After getting the consent, Changqing Changyun immediately came to A Ding to get the candy, "Thank you, Uncle A Ding!"

The two children said to A Ding very politely.

"No thank you, no thank you. We have a few cubs at home who want to come over and play with us during this time. I will ask them to come over and play with you when the time comes, okay?"

Adin said with a smile.

"it is good!"

Changqing Changyun said in unison.

"Ah Ding, next month will be Xiao Ming's tenth birthday, so when the time comes, all of you and my family will come over, and I will add a few of our old brothers, and we will celebrate Xiao Ming's birthday together."

Ma Deshang seemed to have remembered something, and said immediately.

"Well, if they know that they can come and play with Changqing Changyun, they will probably be very happy. Besides, our group of old brothers really haven't been together for a long time."

Adin immediately nodded in agreement.

At this time, there was the sound of high heels walking outside the room, and it seemed that there was more than one person.

Soon, two more women came into the study, it was Meng Xiaodong and Lao Liu.

Meng Xiaodong came back five years ago and lived with Ma Deshang. She gave birth to a son and a daughter to Ma Deshang, named Changqing Changyun.

It was only at this time that Ma Deshang and Lao Liu knew that Lao Liu had no way to have a baby, and even when they went to the hospital for examination, nothing was found.

(End of this chapter)