"Old Lu, I just saw you distracted when I was in the meeting. Are you too tired to fly?" After the meeting, Qin Shiyu touched Lu Shan with his elbow and asked.

"No, I'm thinking about a question, it's a bit tricky!" Lu Shan said.

"Oh, what problem can stump you, the Great Immortal Lu?" Qin Shiyu felt a little surprised.

"Before I came back, I met Zhang Hanqing alone!"

"What are you talking about when you meet Zhang Hanqing alone?" Qin Shiyu was also very curious.

"Trust the orphan!"

"Trust the orphan?" Qin Shiyu was confused.

"After Zhang Hanqing stepped down, Chiang Kai-shek was worried that he would continue to stay in Peiping. He also decided to go south to treat diseases and quit drugs. So when he left, the Northeast Army was likely to be dismembered and dismembered. Zhang Hanqing planned ahead and wanted to keep an elite army in North China, but he also knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not let him achieve his goal easily, so he was like handing over this army to me to command!" Lu Shan said.

"This is a hot potato. Why are you hesitating? Just refuse!" Qin Shiyu immediately made a judgment when he heard this.

"Of course I know. We have reduced our clothes and food. Where can we get the resources to support the troops for him? I politely declined this reason at that time, but Zhang Hanqing proposed a condition that I really couldn't refuse!" Lu Shan said.

"What conditions make you so embarrassed?" Qin Shiyu asked in surprise.

"Tianjin!" Lu Shan said slowly.

"Tianjin, Lao Lu, you are not saying that Zhang Hanqing intends to hand over Tianjin to us, right?" Qin Shiyu exclaimed.

"Worry, I haven't mentioned this to anyone!" Lu Shan said.

"Well, I said we didn't have the money and food to support the troops for him, so he planned to hand over Tianjin to us, so we would have a lot of taxes in our hands. It would be no big problem to support a troops. There was even some surplus!"

"This is really a big deal, Zhang Hanqing is really willing to do it!" Qin Shiyu was so shocked that he took a few cold breaths and said.

"What I value is not Tianjin's territory and taxes!" Lu Shan said, "I value the sea port. If Tianjin Port is in our hands, then we will have a sea port!"

"Yes, although we occupy the North Manchuria land, there is no channel for import and export. It is very troublesome to buy equipment and weapons from abroad!" Qin Shiyu nodded.

It is not possible to rely too much on the Soviet Union. Even if you buy eggs, you cannot put all the eggs in one basket.

The importance of the sea estuary is self-evident. With its own sea estuary, it will not be controlled by others. Qin Shiyu certainly understands the entanglement in Lu Shan’s heart.

"That's why I'm confused. Once we agree to Zhang Hanqing's conditions, Tianjin is not so easy to obtain. Tianjin not only has a concession, but also a Japanese garrison army, which is our mortal enemy!" Lu Shan said.

"Yes, Tianjin is nominally our Chinese land, but in fact we do not have strong control over Tianjin. The great powers have garrisons in the Tianjin Concession. If we enter Tianjin, how to deal with our relationship with these countries is also a difficult problem!" Qin Shiyu said.

"Yes, but if we obtain this estuary, it will undoubtedly be very beneficial to the development of North Manchuria. We can import the equipment and weapons we need through Tianjin Port to accelerate the construction of North Manchuria, which can save at least one-third of the time!" Lu Shan said. "It can also save a lot of manpower and material resources."

"But if we intervene in North China affairs, we may attract many opposition voices. Nanjing will also think that we will reach some kind of agreement with Zhang Hanqing and will distrust us?" Qin Shiyu said worriedly.

"Yes, we are not ready yet. If we enter the customs rashly, it may cause tension in the situation in North China. Nanjing will definitely oppose it. Needless to say, the Japanese will definitely oppose it. When we enter Tianjin, they will definitely oppose it fiercely. Do you still remember the plainclothes team incident?" Lu Shan asked.

"Remember, after the September 18th Incident, some traitors formed a plainclothes team to attack the ZF organ of Tianjin, and were repelled by the Tianjin security team of the Northeast Army. Later, the Japanese protested and forced the Northeast Army to withdraw from Tianjin. Now, there are no troops in Tianjin except for the police to maintain daily public order!" Qin Shiyu said.

"Is this a shame for us to garrison troops in our territory?" Lu Shan said.

"It's a shame!" Qin Shiyu couldn't help but clenched her fists.

"You said, if we take over Tianjin, who can serve as the mayor of Tianjin?" Lu Shan asked Qin Shiyuzuo.

"This..." Qin Shiyu thought intently.

"Lao Lu, do you really want to take over Tianjin?" Qin Shiyu felt that this problem was very problematic. She had not decided whether to take over Tianjin yet. Why did she consider the candidate for the mayor of Tianjin?

"I haven't decided yet, but I promised Zhang Hanqing to consider it. I mean if we really want to take Tianjin, who will be the mayor?" Lu Shan said, "I mean if!"

"This is not easy to choose. You must be familiar with the situation in Tianjin, proficient in military, politics, and reliability. Among us, we really can't find such a suitable candidate!"

"Indeed, it's hard to find such a person, but there is one person that's right, but he..." Lu Shan glanced at Qin Shiyu.

"Who?" Qin Shiyu was stunned for a moment. How could he not know that there was such a suitable candidate?

"Far from the sky, near from the sight!"

"Old Lu, stop kidding, are you talking about me?" Qin Shiyu smiled and did not take Lu Shan's words seriously.

"I'm serious!" Lu Shan said seriously, "Old Qin, although you are not familiar with Tianjin, you have experience in governing big cities. In the past few months, have been well managed by Harbin. Besides, military and economic experience, you have. If you want to be reliable, who can be less reliable than you? It can be said that you are the most suitable candidate, but I can't bear to leave you!"

"Old Lu, are you sure you are not kidding?" Qin Shiyu asked seriously.

"Of course, can you just joke about this kind of thing?" Lu Shan nodded solemnly.

"You ask me to think about it!"

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Shan asked.

"Old Lu, haven't you made a decision in your heart?" Qin Shiyu asked strangely. With his understanding of Lu Shan, he would not say it easily without considering maturity.

"This decision is difficult, and the problems we face may be unimaginable!" Lu Shan said. "Tianjin is too far away for us. Once something happens, we cannot react."

"Maybe, Zhang Hanqinggen can't convince Chiang to give us Tianjin?" Qin Shiyu said.

"Well, this is not impossible, but you know my style of doing things!" Lu Shan said, "Once you decide to take Tianjin, it will be useless even if Chiang Kai-shek opposes!"

"Do you want to completely rebel with Chiang Kai-shek?" Qin Shiyu said, "Are we just accepted the reorganization of the National Government?"

"Rebel against the enemy, Jiang Jiang would not do this now. We are not his biggest concern!" Lu Shan said.

"I think Lao Ying and the others should be called together to discuss this matter!" Qin Shiyu said.

"Okay. Come and inform us, let's have a meeting tonight!" Lu Shan agreed.

"good!"

At nine o'clock, the conference room of the Dongkang headquarters was convened by Lu Shan, and the four major giants of the Dongkang held a meeting.

"Let me talk about the gains from going to Baoding this time, haha. Lao Jiang gave us a number of the 36th Division, and in addition, we established a Pacification Office of the Three East Provinces, with me as director and Lao Qin as deputy director. In fact, it is just a team, two sets of brands, no matter how many!"

"Cheng Chiang is too stingy. Most of the heads of the 36th Division were captured by us. This is a pity for others!" Liu Yushu said dissatisfied.

"Okay, I'll be satisfied with a division. The Northeast Army has been reduced. That's what it means to be raining all night!" Ying Ruoyu said with a smile.

"In this way, our Rehe Anti-Japanese Column has an official number!" Lu Shan said, "Tie Meng, the commander of the 36th Division, is also the commander of the 36th Division, but he will not be the commander of the division for a long time. I am going to let Zhang Jingdu be the commander of the division. What do you think?"

"Yes, Zhang Zhongji is a powerful general, with enough qualifications and achievements. It's not a big problem to be a division commander!" Ying Ruoyu said.

"But who will serve as the commander-in-chief of this joint commander?"

"It seems that Mr. Lu has another important use of Mengzi!" Liu Yushu said with a smile.

"Well, I do have some ideas, but I'm not mature yet. Even if I transfer him from the 36th Division, I have to wait until he completes the reorganization of the troops!" Lu Shan nodded.

"Wang Rong is too young. If he is the commander-in-chief, someone may not be convinced!" Qin Shiyu said with a thought.

"Let Zhang Zhongji serve as the commander-in-chief. Although he has been in a short time since joining our army, he can get familiar with it for a while and he should be competent!" Ying Ruoyu suggested.

"Well, that Han Zhixiang, Mengzi asked me a good opportunity. Since then, let him go to the 36th Division to serve as the director of the political department!" Lu Shan said.

"Well, I have seen Han Zhixiang, and he is indeed talented, but his identity seems to be a little sensitive. If he goes to the 36th Division, would it be?" Ying Ruoyu said in confusion.

"No big problem, he is a smart person!" Qin Shiyu said with a smile.

"Since both of you agree, I agree too!" Ying Ruoyu smiled slightly, stopped insisting, and Liu Yushu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course he knew Han Zhixiang's identity, so he was worried that the appointment would be rejected.

"Baoding and his team are just familiar with each other so that they won't be able to recognize each other when they meet in the future. This is not good, haha!" Lu Shan said, "The thing I want to say below is listed as top secret. Only the four of us are allowed to know for the time being!"

All three of them looked serious!

"Zhang Hanqing stepped down, and the power of North China will inevitably be reshuffled. There is no suspense about the fate of the Northeast Army being dismembered. The reason why we have not taken action is that we are still confronting Japan, and the second is that we are afraid of chaos and maintain this fragile balance!" Lu Shan said, "The reduction of the Northeast Army is the first step. The next step is to transfer them one by one from the defense zone and fill this power vacuum with other troops!"

"Although I did not make a clear statement at the military meeting, I also made a vague statement that our Dong Kang had no plans to enter the pass. But now the problem is here, we have no plans to enter the pass, and someone invited us to enter the pass!" Lu Shan said, "Before I came back, I met Zhang Hanqing alone and talked some things. He strongly invited us to enter the pass, but this entry was not because we sent troops to enter the pass, but because we entered the pass with our shirtless!"

"The so-called shirtless means not carrying anything, guns and cannons, and the troops are still outside the pass, so our people will go in!"
Chapter completed!