1928: The rise of giant merchants

Lu Xiaoman's face was flushed and his body was weak, watching Ye Luo leave his home.

Thinking of how his strong hands were kneading her sore parts just now, she couldn't help but curl her legs slightly, and the blush on her face became even thicker.

"Well, I don't know when this enemy will come back. Xu Zhimo happened to go to Peking. No one was around for several weeks, but he insisted on going to Tokyo to do business, huh~"

Lu Xiaoman muttered, and as he thought about it, he felt sleepy again.

Just when she was about to call the maid to bring the blanket, the closed door opened again.

A familiar figure walked in.

"Madam, it's Mr. Weng here!" the maid's voice came from outside.

"Got it." Lu Xiaoman replied, raising his neck.

The door to the living room was pushed open, and Weng Ruiwu, who looked quite elegant, walked in with brisk steps: "Hey, why is the beautiful lady still sleeping in?"

"Why else?" Lu Xiaoman rolled her eyes at him angrily, "I haven't been feeling well these days."

"Are you sick again? How about I squeeze it for you?" Weng Ruiwu sat down next to her familiarly, but she kicked him aside with her feet, "What are you doing? Are you complaining that I haven't come to see you these days? "

"Why should I blame you?" Lu Xiaoman stretched out his straight legs, casually grabbed a pillow and placed it on his lower abdomen. He supported his chin with his hand and said lazily, "I just don't want you to sit here."

"Why?" Weng Ruiwu felt that over the past few days, his relationship with Lu Xiaoman had gradually warmed up. It would be an understatement to say that they were close to each other, but why did she feel so abnormal today? "Zhimo doesn't mind, but you are avoiding suspicion again?"

"You don't understand, I'm too lazy to explain to you." Lu Xiaoman didn't want to tell him that Ye Luo had just been here.

I had a good chat with Weng Ruiwu because Ye Luo left Shanghai during that time, and no one massaged her body or talked to her, which made her bored.

Just at this time, Weng Ruiwu came to the door, looking very much like Ye Luo's replacement, and she became familiar with him.

Recently, Ye Luo came to see her again, and Lu Xiaoman suddenly felt that the interaction with Weng Ruiwu was a bit boring.

Of course, these inner thoughts cannot be told to him.

"Okay, okay, I know you are in a bad mood, so I brought you a novelty." Weng Ruiwu took out a music box from his arms, "Look, this is the music box I brought from overseas. Once you open it, There will be beautiful and touching songs played. I heard that this is a new product developed by the female boss of the former Hongxing United Group, and it is selling like crazy overseas."

"Really?" Lu Xiaoman reached out and opened the music box, and what came was a sweet and charming English song. She couldn't help but be fascinated when she looked at the two spinning little people.

"How's it going? Pretty, isn't it? I'll give it to you. Don't be angry with me." Weng Ruiwu took the opportunity to get closer, but before his butt even touched the sofa, he was kicked again, "What are you doing? If you don't like it, I'll ask you again. People go overseas to buy you new gadgets. Our family also has some connections with Mrs. DeWitt Booker, and it's not a problem to even take you around Hollywood."

He knows that Lu Xiaoman likes to listen to plays and watch movies, and Hollywood is the world's top movie dream factory. If she is lucky enough to go sightseeing there or even meet world stars, she will definitely be very happy.

Lu Xiaoman originally liked this music box, but when she heard about Mrs. DeWitt Booker and Hollywood, she thought of Ye Luo.

Others didn't know it, but she had heard from Tang Ying and Feng Chengcheng that Mrs. Dewitbucket and Ye Luo had a close relationship. Although they seemed to have broken up once during the US stock market bubble, they later reconciled.

Yip's Film Company also has a branch in Hollywood. I heard that in the second half of the year, it will send popular actress Ruan Lingyu to Hollywood for development.

Compared to Ye Luo, Lu Xiaoman was not interested in the relationship that Weng Ruiwu was talking about now, and instead it aroused his longing for Ye Luo.

"Go, go, I'm bored, I'm going to take a nap." Lu Xiaoman issued an eviction order.

Weng Ruiwu realized that she really didn't want to see him suddenly. He felt uncomfortable and confused, so he had to say goodbye to her first. When he left the bungalow, he waved to her and asked the maid Lu Xiaoman how she was doing.

The maid hesitated and couldn't say anything.

Weng Ruiwu had no choice but to give up.

End of April.

Feng Yuxiang returned to Tongguan from Shanxi.

Then he formed the deputy general headquarters of the Army, Navy and Air Force in Tongguan, and the total strength of the Northwest Army gathered was more than 260,000 people.

Feng Yuxiang is determined to mobilize all the troops and go to the front line in order to unite the forces of all parties and carry out a decisive battle against the principal's army.

On April 30, Feng Yuxiang assumed the post of deputy commander-in-chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force in Tongguan (Yan Xishan assumed the post of commander-in-chief in Taiyuan on the same day), appointed Lu Zhonglin as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, stationed in Zhengzhou to deploy forward military forces, and then ordered all armies to move eastward one after another. .

Han Fuju, the leader of the warlords in Yu Province, saw that Feng Yuxiang was sending troops to attack Chiang, so he asked the principal to lead his troops to Lu Province to resist the Jin army. The principal accepted his request, and Han also led his troops to withdraw eastward that day (during the retreat eastward, the cavalry division Zhang Deshun took the opportunity Returning to the Northwest Army), the Northwest Army successfully occupied Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other important cities.

Wan Xuancai's army took advantage of the situation and marched eastward, immediately occupying Kaifeng and Guide, and Wan immediately took over as the top leader of Yu Province.

In early May, Feng Jun's No. 1, 2, and 3 troops advanced respectively to the Xichuan, Neixiang, and Yexian areas west of Pinghan Road and to the Luoyang and Zhengzhou areas in the western section of Longhai Road.

The troops of Sun Chu, Yang Xiaoou and Guan Fuan of the Jin Army and most of the artillery were transferred to the Lanfeng area in eastern Henan via Zhengzhou under the command of Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan.

Shi Yousan, Liu Chunrong, Wan Xuancai, Liu Maoen and Sun Dianying, who were stationed in southern Ji, eastern Henan and northern Anhui, were all under the command of Feng Yuxiang.

The Jin army on the Jinpu line was commanded by Fu Zuoyi and Zhang Yinwu respectively, and entered and exited Dezhou, the capital of Shandong Province and other places.

On May 1st, the principal officially delivered an oath to Yan and Feng. Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang met in Xinxiang and arrived in Zhengzhou in the same car.

On May 4, Yan and Feng held a meeting in Zhengzhou to deploy a combat plan.

Then the principal ordered all armies to complete combat readiness before the 10th. German military adviser Colonel Max accompanied the army as a staff officer and led his troops to the front line.

During the pre-war mobilization, the principal ordered Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi to raise military funds in Jinling, Shanghai and other places, and the businessmen would raise funds to provide them. Those who were unwilling to pay were recorded on the record, and Dai Li led the spies to visit their homes and give them authority.

The only one that survived was Yip Investments.

The principal also felt guilty for Ye Luo. Not only did he secretly support the construction of his tax police headquarters, but he also exempted and exempted taxes on Ye's investment through various policies. He even stopped asking Ye Luo for money for such military expenditures.

The Ye family were worried for a while, but they were relieved when they found that the principal really had no intention of operating on the Ye family.

In fact, as early as three days ago, Ye Luo took Shi Jianqiao, Huo Ting'en and several other confidants to Tokyo! (End of chapter)