Chapter 464: Republic of China: Starting from the First Class of Whampoa Chapter 474 What Do You Mean My Country Is Gone?

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

The old man put on a warm face only to get a cold shoulder, and he was thoroughly displeased.

After brewing his emotions for so long, all he got was being mocked to his face—who could stand that?

The old man immediately flew into a rage: "Traitor! Villain! Traitor!"

"Ai ya ya! I really misjudged you back then!"

"So your former humility was all fake! Just like 'Wang Mang's humility before usurpation'!"

The old man slapped his thigh, cursing Lv Muzhi across from him.

Outside the gate, Tang Enbo and Hu Gongnan were pressed against the door, listening to the voices inside.

"Did you hear that?"

"Mm! The old man is cursing Wang Mang as a traitor..."

"Why curse Wang Mang? He's cursing Lv Wei Yue, isn't he?"

The two had their ears against the door, whispering their discussion.

The Whampoa officers below stretched their necks and pricked their ears, catching the information coming from inside.

At this moment Li Zongren and Bai Zhongxi walked over smiling; judging by their smiles, they had apparently just shared something amusing.

Seeing Tang Enbo and Hu Gongnan's two senior generals peering through the door crack, Li Zongren asked, "What are you doing? As generals, isn't that rather undignified?"

Hu Gongnan said, "The old man is cursing people... I'm worried he'll make himself sick with anger."

"Oh?" Li Zongren looked at Bai Zhongxi beside him and said, "Wei Yue has gone too far. I'll go in and take a look; you wait here."

Inside the reception hall, the old man kept cursing without stopping.

But he could only curse with his mouth, venting his spleen; he would never actually lay hands on anyone.

Lv Muzhi looked at his shameless appearance and said, "Call me a thief? Is fighting the Japanese Army being a thief?"

"What about those who profit from the nation's misfortune in the chaos? I say they and their supporters are the great~ national traitors!"

Li Zongren, who had just walked in, was startled upon hearing Lv Muzhi's words.

He saw Lv Muzhi continue to open fire on the old man:

"You say I'm like Wang Mang, humble before usurpation—do you know the two lines that follow?"

"Had he died early, who could tell true from false in a lifetime?"

"If Chen Geng hadn't stopped you from committing suicide back then, you'd already be a martyr. Now you leave the Japanese alone and turn your blade inward—doing this will leave you with infamy for generations!"

The old man had been standing to curse Lv Muzhi, but ended up so angry he fell backward onto the sofa again, his chest heaving violently.

Li Zongren's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to ask the old man with concern, "Aiya, are you alright?"

Lv Muzhi instead strode toward the door, ignoring the old man, leaving behind one sentence: "You think I want to be Wang Mang and usurp your position? I can only say you're overthinking it. After I finish off the Japanese devils, I'll retire!"

The old man lay on the sofa, watching Lv Muzhi's receding back, so angry he could barely breathe, as if he might faint from rage at any moment.

But hearing Li Zongren's greeting and that "concerned" gaze, the old man immediately adjusted his breathing with all his might: "No... nothing!"

The Whampoa officers outside saw Lv Muzhi come out and all went forward to greet him.

Amid everyone's astonished gazes, Lv Muzhi, as usual, walked through the generals.

Hu Gongnan and Tang Enbo had by now rushed into the reception hall first, and those outside only heard the two men shouting in loud voices:

"Commissioner! What happened to you!"

"Quick, press his philtrum!"

Then came a tide of Whampoa officers surging into the reception hall, surrounding the old man who could barely breathe.

Li Zongren said kindly, "Don't crowd around him, he'll suffocate!"

Lv Muzhi left the official residence under the escort of his nephew Lv Ziqing and attendants, only to be blocked by those few foreigners who had come to collect debts.

"General Lu! You're finally out!" The Luxembourg official in charge of debt collection recognized Lv Muzhi first.

Seeing this situation, Lv Muzhi exclaimed that it was ill-omened.

He had previously received news that envoys from various countries were coming to block the door and collect debts; he should have slipped out the back door and left these people for the old man to handle.

But Lv Muzhi had just finished venting his spleen at the old man's place, and for a moment actually forgot about this, walking straight out of the official residence through the front gate.

"Ah~ it's you... La..."

"It's Lars! General Lu." The Luxembourg official reminded Lv Muzhi of his name.

"Right! It's you! Lars, my friend!" Lv Muzhi, reminded, suddenly understood.

"So, what brings you here? Perhaps I can help."

The French official stepped forward and said, "Nothing major, we just hope your country can repay the debt as required; if you cannot repay, please return the 155mm howitzers purchased by the Youth Army loans at a discounted price to our country."

"Yes, we've also come to demand the debt."

"Please have your country return the debt..."

These foreign officials spoke one after another, all demanding repayment of the debt.

Lv Muzhi pointed inside the official residence: "The old man is inside; I can introduce you all to go discuss repayment matters."

Saying this, Lv Muzhi was about to take these people to the old man to resolve.

The French official could not bear it: "General Lu, when will you stop defaulting on the debt? That old man said he has no money to repay us."

"Our 155mm howitzers were ultimately sold to the Youth Army for use; if you also cannot pay the money, I suppose I can only take the Youth Army's cannons away at a discounted price. This matter was also agreed to by the old man; he told me to come and dismantle the Youth Army's cannons."

Upon hearing these words, Lv Muzhi was very dissatisfied.

These days, it's the debtor who's the big shot!

Since he himself is the big shot, how can he be threatened by creditors like this?

These people came to urge repayment at his door, and when they couldn't get the money, they spread the word everywhere that Lv Muzhi is a deadbeat, making his international reputation terrible now.

The international prestige won in previous wars is almost ruined by this lot!

Thinking of this, Lv Muzhi was furious, and remembering today's date, it just happened to be May 10!

What day is May 10? It's exactly the day Hans launched the Western Front offensive!

After waiting so long, today finally came! After dreaming for so long, he finally doesn't have to repay the money!

Lv Muzhi looked toward the Luxembourg official from the small country urging repayment and asked: "How much does our country owe Luxembourg?"

"The loan was 3 million Luxembourg francs back then, and if calculated at the high interest rate you gave..."

Lv Muzhi directly interrupted him: "Oh yes yes, I remember now, I owe you the least, the debt was remitted long ago, but someone called me an hour ago saying they couldn't contact Luxembourg's side, the money couldn't be remitted, you go ask what's going on!"

The Luxembourg official was overjoyed, unexpectedly Lv Muzhi was so easy to talk to this time, and hurriedly said: "I'll immediately send a telegram to inquire domestically, see what's really going on, this is too inefficient!"

Seeing Luxembourg's loan had a resolution, officials from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and other countries also demanded repayment one after another.

Lv Muzhi said: "Don't rush, don't rush, since Luxembourg's money can be repaid, I'll smash pots and sell iron to repay each of your debts one by one!"

"Welcome everyone to return with me to the Youth Army Headquarters to discuss the final deadline for repayment and supervise the repayment progress."

The French official was overjoyed, gave a thumbs up: "Commander Lu is truly an honest and trustworthy soldier!"

At this moment, the old man in the official residence's reception hall was so angry he couldn't catch his breath, and the Whampoa soldiers and Li Zongren and others beside him were scared silly.

Dai Li walked in holding an urgent telegram and said to the old man: "Urgent telegram! Early this morning, Hans launched a lightning offensive on the Western Front, simultaneously attacking the borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France!"

By the time the telegram was sent, Luxembourg had already announced its surrender to Hans!

The old man's body immediately recovered, he sat up straight from the sofa: "Surrendered on the same day? Then the money owed to Luxembourg doesn't have to be repaid!"

Seeing the old man's waist no longer hurt and his breathing was smooth, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, shouting that Dai Li was simply a divine doctor~!

Dai Li said: "This money dragged on and on, and Commander Lu really dragged it right, the creditors are gone!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, all saying they would learn from Commander Lu and drag it a few more days, not rush to repay the money.

That night, the old man flew back to Hankou, opened his diary and wrote:

"This person Lv Wei Yue, I truly love and hate him! Love his far-sightedness and brilliant strategies reaching this extent, even Kong and Song's two families combined cannot compare, hate that he can never be fully used by me!"

Lady Song heard today's meeting was very awkward, walked toward the old man, and draped a piece of clothing over him: "It's late, you should rest."

The old man looked at Lady Song, then at the diary, deep in thought, as if weighing something?

However, the old man finally closed the diary and left with Lady Song.

That night, in Lv Muzhi's headquarters, someone was wailing loudly.

"General Lu, what do you mean my country is gone?! I just went out for a trip, how is my country gone!"

Luxembourg surrendered so fast that even the official sent far to Xia Guo to collect debts didn't know, had no way back, and could only temporarily stay at Lv Muzhi's military camp.

Lv Muzhi patted the official's shoulder: "Alas, what a pity, what a pity, you know how much I want to repay the money? But I can't! Otherwise I'd be funding Hans's bunch of spicy National Defense Army!"