Fan Dongyang has always believed that if you want to get rich, you must have a strong enough thigh. The Zhou family, which is extremely prominent in Tianjin, has embraced Beiyang's thigh and has achieved its current glory. However, in Fan Dongyang's eyes, Beiyang's thigh
It's not thick enough or stable enough, so only the thick legs of the great powers are the best choice.
Among all the great powers, Fan Dongyang is also constantly screening. The great powers of Britain, France, the United States, and Europe are all far away. As the saying goes, they are beyond reach. The most worthy of service are Japan and Russia. The Japanese won the Russo-Japanese War again, so
Going to Japan became the best choice.
Another point made Fan Dongyang determined. His name is Dongyang, and the Japanese are also called Dongyang. This may be God's will, and the Fan family will prosper again!
Since Fengjun regained the Middle East Road, the Japanese have felt the pressure. The increasingly powerful Fengjun has been beyond the control of the Japanese. Fengjun has begun to systematically build factories, develop road transportation, and simultaneously develop in many fields.
The Japanese fought for it.
Not long ago, the Japanese learned that Feng Jun was preparing to build an oil pressing plant, which immediately touched the sensitive nerves of the Japanese. Soybeans are the most important agricultural product in Northeast China and one of the most profitable industries. The Japanese will definitely not
I would like to see Fengjun take away the soybean industry.
After thinking about it, the Japanese are ready to support another large-scale oil pressing plant, completely divide the soybean resources in the three northeastern provinces, and at the same time control the domestic market in China. In this way, it will be difficult for Fengtian to get involved in the oil pressing industry, and it may even be dangerous.
Retreat when faced with difficulties.
Fan Dongyang hit it off with the Japanese and quickly established a cooperative relationship. Now it has basically been discussed. At this time, Feng Jun suddenly came to the Fan family, making Fan Dongyang a little panicked. But Takanosuke opposite him was
A look of indifference.
"Fansang. Don't be afraid. You are a friend of the empire. The imperial government will firmly protect you. Don't care about the troops."
"Thank you, Mr. Ligao!" Fan Dongyang bowed deeply, and then asked the housekeeper to lead the way. He also summoned a large group of guards. Surrounded by everyone, he arrived outside the door of the mansion.
At first glance, Fan Dongyang was also shocked. He saw an astonishing number of troops outside, and they were all armed with live ammunition. With the light of torches, you could also see some machine guns and artillery. It can be said that they were armed to the teeth and ready to fight.
Prepare, and this army is well-organized. At first glance, it is not an ordinary rabble. Fan Dongyang sees it and is anxious in his heart.
His brain kept spinning. It seemed that he had never offended such a strange army. He could only pretend to be calm and said loudly: "The military master opposite came to my house late at night. What on earth do you want?"
What?"
"There is indeed something going on. We are here to arrest the restorationist Fan Dongyang. Open the door of the house immediately and capture them all without any help, otherwise the army will rush in immediately!"
When Fan Dongyang heard that he was going to be arrested, he also said that he was some kind of restorationist. He felt a little guilty. When Zhang Xun was restored, Fan Dongyang did contact Zhang Xun and sent him 200,000 yuan to express his support for the Manchurian government.
Qing's loyalty, could it be that this matter was found out?
He hurriedly said: "Master Jun, you are mistaken. Fan is a legitimate businessman and will never participate in any restoration activities. You must not listen to slanderous words and false accusations."
"Stop talking nonsense, now that you have been found, please cooperate honestly. Do you still want us to use force?"
When Fan Dongyang saw the other party's tough attitude, he also darkened his face and said loudly: "Fan is not an ordinary citizen. He will let others bully me. If anything happens, we can sit down and take it easy."
Talk slowly!”
Fan Dongyang wanted to say something more, but Zhang Tinglan was waiting impatiently behind him. He had to cut through the mess quickly without giving him a chance to escape. If he ran to the concession area, he might not be able to catch him again.
Therefore, as soon as Zhang Tinglan waved his hand, a platoon of Fengjun soldiers rushed out and pounced directly on Fan Dongyang and others. Fan Dongyang did not expect that Fengjun would take action directly, and he was not willing to be captured without restraint. His bodyguards
The guard still wanted to resist.
A few people wanted to raise their guns. The Fengjun soldiers had been on the battlefield for a long time. How could they be given a chance? Just after hearing a few crisp gunshots, all the guards who wanted to resist were killed. Fan Dongyang was also frightened.
, several Fengjun soldiers arrested him on the spot.
After controlling this guy, Feng Jun rushed into the mansion and controlled all the personnel. Just when Feng Jun soldiers rushed to the middle hall, Tate Takanosuke also walked out, his brows were furrowed and he looked very...
Unhappily, he said loudly: "What are you doing? Let Mr. Fan Dongyang go immediately. He is a friend of our Empire of Japan. You dare to arrest him. It is simply unreasonable!"
When Fan Dongyang saw Rigao Nosuke, he felt as if he was seeing his own mother. He hurriedly shouted loudly: "Mr. Rigao, please help me, these people are simply robbers!"
Takanosuke quickly walked up to Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Xueliang and said loudly: "You must stop offending Mr. Fan, or we will sue you to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
Zhang Tinglan sneered: "Please do it! If you don't sue us, we will still find the Japanese. Fan Dongyang colluded with Zhang Xun to restore the monarchy and restore the Qing Dynasty. The evidence is very conclusive. You Japanese and Fan Dongyang cooperated.
Doesn’t it mean that the Japanese are also involved in the restoration conspiracy?”
"You are talking nonsense. This is a slander against the Japanese Empire. I will not let you go!" Takanosuke continued to shout, but several Fengjun soldiers had already pointed their bayonets at him.
Takanosuke saw that the other party had a tough attitude and there were soldiers with live ammunition everywhere. He himself could not make any difference and could only leave in high spirits. Zhang Tinglan's main target this time was Fan Dongyang, and he did not want to fight with the Japanese.
There was a conflict between people, so Takanosuke was let go.
At this time, Feng Jun had taken control of the entire mansion, and a full two hundred people were gathered in the open space of the courtyard. Fan Dongyang also stood obediently opposite Zhang Tinglan.
Zhang Tinglan looked at him and sneered: "Let me introduce myself first. I am Zhang Tinglan who searched the princes of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. During the process of searching them, I found that the Fan family and the Eight Banners had constant contacts, and you also gave Zhang Xun
Qian, do you also want to be a hero of the restoration?"
"Sir, you misunderstood. The Fan family did have contacts with the princes of the Eight Banners. However, you also know that we were once royal merchants. We must have contacted each other and sent money to Zhang Xun. But at the time, I did not know that he wanted to
If we are trying to restore the monarchy, please be very careful."
At this time, several Fengjun soldiers had searched the secret room of Fan Dongyang's house and found some secret letters from inside. They were quickly delivered to Zhang Tinglan.
Zhang Tinglan took it and looked at it one after another, with a fierce look in his eyes from time to time. There were letters between Fan Dongyang and the Eight Banners disciples, and several letters between them and the Japanese. In
In several of these letters, Fan Dongyang expressed his loyalty to the Japanese very flatteringly.
Moreover, he also said that he was willing to use his own industry to collect various intelligence for the Japanese. In particular, he wanted to understand the various trends of Fengjun and his ideas about controlling soybeans. Without anything else, just seeing these, Zhang Tinglan was already
He was tempted to kill.
"Han Qing, take a look. The Japanese really think highly of us. It's not enough to just send Japanese spies, but they also bribe some scum. Fan Dongyang, you really have the legacy of your ancestors. You eight imperial merchants have prospered by betraying the Ming Dynasty.
, are you now planning to sell the Republic of China to the Japanese?"
Faced with Zhang Tinglan's questioning, Fan Dongyang's face changed color, and he hurriedly said: "Master Jun, the Japanese and I are cooperating normally, but there are some conditions that the Japanese imposed on me, and I have to deal with them. I really mean it."
I have no other thoughts. The Fan family is just an ordinary businessman. In troubled times, survival is not easy. I am willing to offer two million to you, just to ask you to give me a way to survive. Our Fan family is very grateful!"
Fan Dongyang also had many interactions with the Beiyang Army and knew that these people were extremely greedy for money. In his opinion, the same was true for Fengjun. As long as he spent enough money, he could get through the difficulties.
However, when he met Zhang Tinglan, he made the wrong calculation. Zhang Tinglan waved his hand: "Fan Dongyang, you don't have to say it anymore. Let's settle the old and new grudges together. Your Fan family has finally gotten through it!"
When Fan Dongyang saw Zhang Tinglan's tough attitude, a chill came from the back of his head. He immediately fell to his knees on the ground: "I made a mistake in my calculations. Please let me go. The Fan family's
All the assets are yours, and we have been operating in the customs for many years and have a huge network of contacts. These are also yours. You can treat it like raising a dog, and I am willing to be your eagle dog!"
"No one would keep a capricious and vicious dog, so you'd better put away your tricks!"
Zhang Tinglan waved his hand and asked the soldiers to drag Fan Dongyang down. At this time, more things were found in the Fan Mansion. The Fan family has been a big family for many years, and the things they have accumulated are really amazing.
, including business dealings, collusion between powerful people, and how they cooperated with foreigners in recent decades.
With these things, just finding a few of them is enough to put the Fan family to death. In addition, during the search, the Fan family's long-cherished nest book was also found, which is the certificate for their operation of the salt farm. With this
Stuff, the salt farm controlled by the Fan family officially fell into Zhang Tinglan's hands.
"Han Qing, I guess this thing is an important cultural relic. Let's keep it and put it in the museum later!" Zhang Tinglan weighed the yellowed nest book and showed a happy smile.
Feng Jun raided the Fan family. The news spread quickly throughout the Beijing and Tianjin areas, as if it had wings. It quickly caused an earthquake. The Fan family were representatives of the old-school salt merchants. They were caught, and the consequences affected the whole body.
All the other salt merchants were so sad that they all jumped out and looked for connections. At the same time, they scolded Fengjun for his barbaric nature and demanded his immediate release.
Just when this group of people were criticizing, Zhang Tinglan suddenly announced that Fengjun would officially take over half of the Changlu Salt Field, and at the same time adopt a new salt policy, abolish the old salt import system, and change it to free trade. Anyone in the world can pay 500,000 yuan.
With a deposit of RMB 1, you can go to the salt farm run by Fengjun to buy salt, and then transport and sell it at will.
The people all over the world have been tortured to death by the salt policy for a long time. Now when they heard the news, they immediately became excited. Everyone knows that the old salt policy was full of shortcomings, but the Beiyang government has never had the courage to reform, so the people can only bear the huge burden.
Stress, eating dirty and overpriced salt.
After finally hearing the news of the reform, these ordinary people couldn't help but be happy, and some powerful businessmen were also excited. Salt has always been a hugely profitable industry. Although it is freely bought and sold, the profits will definitely not be as high as before, but it is not a guaranteed profit.
The business was losing money, so a large number of merchants fled to Tianjin, and they no longer cared about the Fan family.
Five hundred thousand is neither too much nor too little. Everyone has a lot of money in their pockets and is waiting anxiously. At this time, Zhang Tinglan has taken over all the salt fields and announced the official start of free sales.
The impatient businessmen were all excited.
Some businessmen who had prepared long ago handed over 500,000 yuan to Feng Jun, and then immediately began to order salt. The powerful businessmen ordered more than 10 million kilograms. The scene was unprecedentedly popular, and Zhang Tinglan's pockets were also rapidly growing.
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