Chapter 87 Death for Wealth

The Qing court spent more than 60 taels of silver to let Zhao Dongyun, the third mixed association, enter Jinzhou. This is not a war. If you want the third mixed association to fight, you have to at least take hundreds of thousands of silver!

Zhang Zuolin wants to use money to drive the Third Mixed Association to help him fight Du Lisan. This matter is not negotiable, as long as one of the two are satisfied: Zhang Zuolin woke up overnight and became the governor of Zhili directly ordered Zhao Dongyun, or he simply gave hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the Third Mixed Association, as long as he satisfies these two random one, Everything is easy to say.

But is it possible?

Needless to say, Zhang Zuolin had had so much money in the latter article, he would have armed his Mabu guerrillas into a hedgehog. It would not cost so much money to equip a battalion of new rifles and machine guns, and he could even build a company of artillery. If he had this money and such an army, he would have killed Du Lisan by himself, and he would have come to Zhao Dongyun.

Zhang Zuolin listened to Zhao Dongping's naked contempt and scolding. At first, his face changed sharply, and he wanted to fully break out like a monster was about to transform, but after all, he was an old bandit who had crossed the three eastern provinces for many years. If he could get to this level without a little self-restraint, he would immediately grit his teeth and endure it, and his face was stiff. Sheng squeezed out a smile: "Mr. Zhao, don't worry. Even if I am bold, Zhang Zuolin dare not drive your department!"

After set the tune, Zhao Dongping was too arrogant, and then he continued to say, "Listen to me! If we hit Du Lisan, it will be very good!"

Zhao Dongping's footsteps also slowed down slightly: "Oh?"

Hearing Zhao Dongping's tone slow down slightly, Zhang Zuolin was slightly relieved and said, "You know, Du Lisan has plagued Liaodong and Liaoxi for many years. There are countless rich business landlords who have been robbed by him. Over the years, he has collected money in Tai'an and Liaozhong counties, and has accumulated countless money. How much money and fodder can we get if we take his nest? It costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at least!"

After hearing the words of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, Zhao Dongping couldn't help stopping. He didn't know whether Zhang Zuolin's words were true or false, but he also knew that there was a lot of money in those bandits' den, but he didn't expect that there would be hundreds of thousands of taels.

Don't think that the bandit's nest is full of gold, silver and jewelry. After all, being a bandit is a profession like a soldier. Although it is a little risky, it is still a profession to earn money to support the family, so it is not small to raise a bandit team. Every month, you have to give it to your little people. Send money, or who will be the bird of you!

Then they have to try their best to buy ordnance, arm their big and small bandits, and have to carry out live-fire training when they have nothing to do. Those little bandits unfortunately died or were injured in the process of robbery, and they have to pay them pensions, family money, heal wounds and so on.

In short, this is not much different from raising an army!

So even if a group of bandits have a good income, the majority will still be subdivided by many bandits, and only some of them will be stored by the upper leaders, but most of them are also used to buy ordnance and so on.

However, over time, when it slowly accumulates, the number will be large, especially for bandits like Du Lisan, who have a stable base, it is impossible not to keep money for spare, but Zhao Dongping did not expect that there would be hundreds of thousands of taels.

Zhang Zuolin left after leaving these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Zhao Dongping did not give him any reply, but just listened and left. However, when he saw Zhao Dongyun the next day, he talked about Zhang Zuolin.

"Third brother, I've put out the words. That Zhang Zuolin wants to join hands with us to kill Du Lisan. He said that after killing Du Lisan, we will take the money, and he wants people to get the territory!"

Zhao Dongping said, "That man was not honest. At first, he said that several cars of smoke and soil had been robbed to revenge. Later, I forced him to say this!"

Hearing this, Zhao Dongyun began to meditate. Zhang Zuolin actually hit Du Lisan's attention under such a tense situation in Northeast China? Doesn't he know that there is a gunpowder barrel in the northeast now, and it won't be ignited and exploded soon?

When Zhao Dongyun began to arrive in Jinzhou, he also had the idea of suppressing the bandits in Northeast China, but after thinking about it, he still gave up. Why? Because there are too many bandits in Northeast China, this three huge bandits, such as Lin, Feng Delin and Du Li, are only famous and more powerful. However, there are hundreds of small and medium-sized bandits in the northeast. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Northeast was basically a bandit nest, and dozens of bandits of large and small came out of any county.

To solve the problem of bandits in Northeast China, we must first give Northeast a stable, unified and powerful ruler. However, now Japan, Russia, China and even Britain, America, France and other countries have joined in the Northeast. It is strange that the situation is not chaotic. Without a stable situation, it is impossible to eliminate the bandits in the Northeast.

So Zhao Dongyun didn't have that thought. He just cleaned up the little bandits near Jinzhou, and then ignored them. Those bandits also knew that Jinzhou came to a third mixed association. After careful investigation, they knew that Zhao Dongyun, the leader, had suppressed last year's Guangzong mutiny and killed at least thousands of people. Naturally, few people dare to live with Zhao Dongyun.

And the small bandits in the western corridor near Jinzhou, especially west of Jinzhou, quickly moved, so Zhao Dongyun ignored it.

As for the three giant bandits in the Liaohe area, it is not easy for Zhao Dongyun to do even if he wants to destroy them, because the Russian army is on the side. If they know that the Third Mixed Association sent troops to the Liaohe area, they can't be furious. If one doesn't make a good estimate, China and Russia, no, Russia and Beiyang will go to war.

It's just that Zhang Zuolin's proposal is still very powerful. Last night, he guaranteed his life. After taking Du Lisan, he could get at least 200,000 taels of money and goods. He also said that the captured new gun can also be given to Zhao Dongyun. They only need those bandits who were captured or surrendered, as well as Tai'an and Liao. The territory of the two places.

200,000 taels of silver, and I can barely build an artillery battalion if I save some money.

As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, and their opponents are unbeaten bandits, Zhao Dongyun naturally inevitably gave birth to greed.

The only thing to worry about now is the reaction of the Russians. Although the Russians don't like Du Lisan, they don't like Zhao Dongyun's army to appear in the Liaohe River.

The fact is that whether it is Du Lisan or Feng Delin, even if they blow to the sky, they are just a bandit. They belong to people who are eye-catching but have nothing to do with the overall situation, but Zhao Dongyun's every move has been paid attention to by the Russians. In the past two months, there have been many more spies in Jinzhou City. Russians, Japanese There are also people who are paying close attention to the every move of the Third Mixed Association.

If Zhao Dongyun leads the Third Mixed Association to enter the Liaohe River and even cross the Liaohe River, it may trigger a war between the two countries.

You have to think of another way!

"Let's talk about it again with Zhang Zuolin. He wants Du Lisan's people and territory. He can't ask him to send tens of thousands of taels of silver first with one mouth. He has to make up the allocation fee and ammunition fee!" Zhao Dongyun's words already show that he has the intention to grab money, but he has to plan in detail how to do it.

At this time, Zhao Dongping said again, "Brother, there are thousands of people on Du Lisan's side, and they are all bandits and there are many cavalry. We have never dealt with these people before. Do you think we should practice first?"

"First, pick up the west of Jinzhou and a few bandits in the north to practice, so that the brothers can add some experience and see if they can collect some money!"

Since Zhang Zuolin said that there were at least hundreds of thousands of gold and silver treasures in Du Lisan's nest, Zhao Dongping was moved, and he was not only moved by Du Lisan's family wealth, but also thought that there were so many bandits in the Northeast. Even if there were hundreds of thousands of other small and medium-sized bandits' nests, tens of thousands should always be there. If this was to eliminate one side, If he gains hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, his ordnance section chief is also more confident when buying guns and artillery outside.

Zhao Dongyun nodded: "Well, I'm free to arrange this matter. You can go out first. Today, another batch of ordnance from Fuyuan Machine Factory is coming. Go and keep an eye on it!"

He seemed to remember something: "Yes, I remember that there should be a batch of mortars this time. You went to see them and let them prepare for a test shot. I'm going to see it in a few days!"

The development of mortars in Fuyuan Machine Factory began last year, and there were samples at the beginning of the year. Although the performance is not as good as those classic mortars of later generations, it is cheap and easy to produce. The mortar uses a seamless steel pipe directly imported from the United States, and then made its own processing integrated gun. Strike and gun seat, so a mortar was built.

There is also a mortar scope, which has to be specially ordered in Germany, and the price is not cheap.

In order to reduce the cost, the shell is not the same as the new artillery, but the cast iron shell. The explosive charge is not imported * or bitter acid explosives, but *. The only thing worth mentioning is that * uses domestic self-produced smokeless gunpowder, and finally does not use old black Color gunpowder.

Not to mention the performance and quality of the mortars produced by Fuyuan Machine Factory, the only thing worthy of praise is the low price.

However, Zhao Dongyun is still full of confidence in the mortars. As soon as the Fuyuan Machine Factory was finalized in June, he asked the armory to place an order, not many, only a few, mainly for testing and training.

It is estimated that it will have to wait until next year for the formation of a large-scale mortar force. By that time, the Russo-Japanese War has also broken out, and the mortars will play a key role in the hands of Zhao Dongyun, who lacks artillery strength. After all, armed neutrality is not easy to play.

However, what Zhao Dongyun did not expect was that the machine guns, * and mortars he expected were used for the Russians and the Japanese themselves, but it was not them who first learned the power of these new weapons, but the bandits from the Northeast!