The discussion on the virtual treasure of the island of the Mining Mining Island took a whole afternoon, and Zhong Guanguang was still enjoying it, but Yang Rui was determined to deal with it. He knew in his heart that this was probably a lie made by the Japanese. I remember reading a novel about the Russo-Japanese War, saying that during the war, Japanese Prime Minister Kanetaro lied that Japan discovered a large gold mine to stabilize the morale of the Japanese army. At that time, the Japanese war funds were not enough to rely on borrowing. Lushun attacked twice without conquering it. Many officers were worried that the Japanese economy would collapse if this continued, so they had this trick. If this Mining Mining Island was not lying, they would have specially compiled a name to cover up the original truth. In the casual response of "Yeah..." "Oh oh..." Yang Rui was almost asleep. Looking at Yang Rui's sleepy eyes, Zhong Guanguang was very unhappy, "It turned out that we were discussing a big thing. Why are you not in a spirit at all?"

Yang Rui patted his face and said, "What you talked to with me about is treasures and gold. I really can't express any spirit. Brother, I am the leader of a military force in my heart now, not a businessman. I am only interested in guns and cannons now."

Zhong Guanguang had no choice but to stop talking about this treasure and said, "The mortars have been transported in Shanghai, but they are just cannons, but there are no shells."

When Yang Rui heard that the mortar had arrived, he looked like a slumber and was completely sleepy. He said, "How many doors are brought? The shells are cast here. Are gunpowder transported in?"

If he had known that Yang Rui would be energetic when he heard that he would be able to hear, Zhong Guanguang laughed and said slowly: "Why do you think this is so exciting? How come there is no cannon without money?" Seeing that Yang Rui was a little anxious, he had to stop selling it and said: "Thirty-five doors were shipped, and dozens of steel pipes and dozens of barrels of launching medicine and the launching medicine was put in the wooden barrels of ash. The customs and the Japanese did not check it carefully, and they all came in."

Because the secret compartment at the bottom of the ship was used to load bullets, explosives and other explosives were transported in as pretense as ash. At that time, I was afraid that if the inspection was very strict, I transported the shells' launching medicine first. As for the explosives in the shells, if they really didn't work, they could load and compress black gunpowder like grenades. Reloading mortar launching medicine is a difficult problem, but Lorenzo Maguis has been studying it for a long time. Through countless experiments, the research on how to load the launching medicine has achieved certain results. The ballistics are becoming more and more stable, and the scattering point of the shells is not as big as before.

Seeing that the mortar and gunpowder were transported in, Yang Rui asked again: "Where are the people who made shells, how many people came from Shanghai?" I have studied how to make this thing, but in the end, there must be professionals. Who dares to use it if you make it by yourself?

Zhong Guanguang said: "Seven came, three of them were masters from Jiangnan Bureau. They had received favor from Mr. Xuecun in their early years. They came here when they saw Mr. Huafeng begging him. They were already very old, but their health was fine. By the way, Mr. Jianyin's second son Xu Shangwu also came."

Since Xu Huafeng was brought into the Revival Society, most of the Xu family followed, especially Xu Jianyin's two sons, the eldest son Xu Jiabao, and the second son Xu Shangwu, who quit their original errands. One followed Xu Huafeng to the country, and the other came to Tonghua to be responsible for the production of arms. Yang Rui was worried for a moment. The family seemed to be determined to avenge Xu Jianyin, and then said, "Then send someone to arrange them, especially in the cold winter, burn the kang for them earlier. Xianhua. How did you arrange the factory?"

"Where can you be there? Didn't you discuss Sidao and Wudaocha Village in Sidaogou before. This ditch is larger and the land is flat. No one can find a dozen factories." Zhong Guanguang thought about building a factory in this wilderness, and he felt very accomplished. "It's just that when recruiting workers, it's hard to get the workers' family. You said you would put all the workers' families inside, so that there would be more houses. And there would be more people who know this way. If a woman or a child runs out, it would be difficult to get the work."

Yang Rui knew that he was talking about the military factory confidentiality plan he designed. Although overseas Chinese joined the military factory, no matter how many Chinese there were, there were only four or five hundred. It was a good thing when the factory was young, but if it gradually expanded, it would still be necessary to recruit local workers. Locals were different from overseas Chinese. If a party to loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and desperately ran out to the court to complain, the secret would be gone, and the factory was in Tonghua. Once something happened, the business line would be implicated. For this reason, Yang Rui meant to take over the workers and their families and build a state-owned enterprise in later generations that could not leave the factory without birth, old age, sickness and death. Of course, this is just a fantasy, and I don’t know whether it is possible.

Yang Rui thought that no matter how he did it, he might not be safe, and sighed: "It would be great if there were thieves everywhere. If you bring them to work, you will be foolproof."

Zhong Guanguang disagrees with this and said: "Rebels are more unreliable than the people. When they see that the factories are making guns and cannons, that's great. If they are familiar with it, they will definitely pull the guns and cannons away and then set up another mountain to be the mountain king. I think it's still easy to use child laborers on the mainland, especially those who have been studying for a year, if it's..."

Before Zhong Guanyu finished speaking, Yang Rui disagreed. "No, those are used as seeds. If I agree, Xiao Xu will also be anxious with you. Didn't Mabond say that there were a bunch of Zi Liuhequan or Yihequan in Maoer Mountain in Linjiang? They no longer rebel and just want to live a stable life. I can send someone to contact us. If we can get a talk, please bring them over."

Seeing that the students were hopeless, Zhong Guanguang had to agree.

At dawn the next day, gunfires were rumbling outside Liaoyang City, and the battle of Liaoyang, which had not arrived for a long time, began. The Japanese army mobilized 130,000 people to attack Liaoyang, which was more than 240,000 Russian troops. As soon as the war started, Yang Rui received a telegram from Liaoyang City. He was so happy. It seemed that history was still following the original trajectory, and his previous worries were still unnecessary. He woke up Zhong Guanguan, who was sleeping soundly, and said: "Japan and Russia are starting to fight."

Zhong Guangui looked confused and asked, "We can't even control them when they start fighting. This is what you are..."

Yang Rui was happy when he received this telegram in the morning, and then began to feel sad. The Japanese and Russian armies would become weak soldiers and strong soldiers after the battle next year. After the contract was signed after the war, there was constant chaos in Russia. In addition, its sphere of influence was not on the Tonghua generation, so it could not be regarded as the focus. After the war, the Japanese army was in a high morale because of victory, and they might have to take action against themselves. I think for a long time, I still thought that they should prepare for the future and build more shells.

Yang Rui ignored his mind and said, "As soon as the Russian-Japanese war broke out, I'm afraid they will attack us. Before that, we should build more mortars and store more ammunition. If it really starts, I guess Anton won't be able to transport anything."

Seeing that Yang Rui was talking seriously, Zhong Guanguang immediately sat up and said, "Then I will go back to Tonghua immediately. Arrange to build an ammunition factory first." After that, he was about to get up.

Yang Rui pulled him and said, "It's not that you want to go to Tonghua now, but that we have to add sulfuric acid plants and synthetic ammonia plants on the original basis. Otherwise, once the Japanese blockade the port, explosives will not be able to be self-sufficient. And you should go to Germany to study chemistry as soon as possible. Last time Rutt said that you could send you a letter of recommendation to the University of Berlin. If you want to study, you can come back to build these factories. Alas, I was not serious when I was studying before, and I had no hope of half a bucket of water."

When he heard that Yang Rui was asking him to go to Germany, Zhong Guanguang said: "I have wanted to go to Germany for a long time, but after I left, what should I do here in Tonghua? It would be difficult to find someone to take over." With the implementation of the plan, the stalls in Tonghua are getting bigger and bigger, and it is inconvenient to replace people rashly.

"You said that. Hey, we still have too few talents." Yang Rui was still very distressed when he thought of the current situation. There were only a few leaders in the first batch. He originally wanted to go to Tokyo to dig up some people, but who knew that the Huaxing Association was established there to launch an uprising. Fortunately, the talents behind him can still be adopted, including the education association and the factory's child labor training system.

Just as Yang Rui was about to say, Zhong Guanguang said, "It's better to transfer Wang Yunzong here. He used to be a commoner in the school and was also a fellow disciple of Uncle Mei, so he should be reliable."

Not to mention anything else, when Zhong Guanguang talks about Wang Yunzong being Zhang Taiyan's fellow disciple, Yang Rui was amused. Wang Yunzong was originally the general accountant of the Patriotic Society, responsible for the logistics of all teachers and students in the school. He was quite solid in his work, but although he was a fellow disciple of Zhang Taiyan, his relationship was not good. When he couldn't help him, Zhang Taiyan asked him that he only wrote two yuan in borrowing money on the IOU. When Jiang Weiqiao saw it, he said, since it was delicious, why only two yuan would be borrowed? Zhang Taiyan said, I only had two yuan in friendship with him.

Yang Rui said: "He should forget it. He is too close to Wang Kangnian and Wu Baochu, and the four young men who are used to being with Shanghai Huahua World, may not be used to staying here. Besides, in Tonghua, we not only need to manage affairs, but also have a certain understanding of the study and chemistry. Tonghua is no better than the original school club."

Half of the revolutionary party today are dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty after the independent army. These people are basically Jinshi, and at the least they are also from Juren, such as Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Taiyan, etc.; the other half are basically Japanese students. Before they finished their studies, they read some Rousseau. Montesquieu's books and threw them out to cause revolution. It is okay to promulgate newspapers. If these people are required to manage these affairs in Tonghua, it would be better to find two students in management training classes.

Seeing that Yang Rui was right, Zhong Guanguang came up with someone and said, "There is such a person in Shanghai, but Xiao Xu relies very much on him. It will take some time to transfer him to the house."

Seeing that Zhong was a little insidious when he saw that he was traveling, Yang Rui couldn't help but think of someone who was so powerful. He just asked: "Xian Qian, why are you keeping it insidious? Tell me, who is so talented?"

Zhong Guanguang was not trying to keep an eye on him, but thinking about how to express this person. "I didn't mean to keep an eye on him, but how to introduce him. This person's real name is Du Weisun, a native of Shanyin. Later, he changed his name to Yaquan, which was abbreviated with the word "argon". He said that argon is the coldest element in the air, and the bell is a geometric form without faces and body. Using this name means that I am a cold talker and indecent person."

When Yang Rui heard this, he thought this person was very interesting. He was a cold and indecent person, but he was a real person and had a little cynical taste. Such people are usually talented, and he liked this.

Zhong Guanguang said while thinking, "He first abandoned the imperial examination and studied Western learning by himself, and then taught mathematics and physics for the Chinese and Western Schools. Then he went to Shanghai to run the Yaquan Academy and Yaquan Magazine to promote the study of things and arithmetic. He was in good terms with Jimin. In the past, he was hired by Jimin as a teacher at the Chinese and Western Schools. At the end of the Xinchou year, he and Jimin were also taught diplomatic newspapers. Last year, I went to Tonghua, and there was no one in Shanghai, so Jimin introduced him to Xiao Xu. I think he had already entered the class. Although he was self-taught Western learning, he still had a chemistry. He would take over Tonghua. I think he would definitely win."

Yang Rui said: "As long as it is not those revolutionaries who can only shout revolutionaries, but actually write articles and brag. It doesn't matter whether they are good at learning Western knowledge or not. The key is that he can learn to become a master, so it is not difficult to take over Tonghua. If you go back, send a telegram. Transfer him in the name of Tonghua Railway Company. Before the New Year, you go back to Shanghai and after the New Year. Time doesn't wait for anyone, and the Northeast is no better than in the inner city. We are enemies on three sides. If we have not laid a solid foundation in these few years, then when the relationship between Japan and Russia eases, we will be finished."

Yang Rui has been in the Northeast for more than half a year, and the more he understands the Northeast, the more he is worried. In April, he thought that the Red Book of Maogui was foolproof and he had a firm foothold in the Northeast. If it really doesn't work, he would beat the local tyrants to share the land. But in May, he met Zhang Huanrong. Through the accounts sent by his family to assist the agricultural supplies company, he had a clearer understanding of the situation in the Northeast. From southern Liaoning to Heilongjiang, there were local tyrants and tenants, but very few. Those who hired tenants were either bannermen or temples. Most of the others had more than ten acres of land. At this time, the Northeast was still in the early stage of immigration, and land that could be reclaimed was everywhere in the north of southern Liaoning. Although the tax burden of the Qing Dynasty was several times higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, in general, the people's livelihood was still good. It was difficult to make money on the land in the Northeast.

Unlike Yang Rui's concerns, the deeper Zhong Guanguang knows about the Northeast, the more confident he has, he has, in the Northeast. He said: "By 2007, our railway will be built and the military factory will be built. Even if the Manchu and Qing dynasties and Japan and Russia come to suppress the attack, they will not be afraid. Not to mention anything else, as long as we do not take it head-on, what can they do to us in a forest like Tonghua?"

Yang Rui shook his head when he saw what he said, "Xian Qian, you're out of mind. Can you resist the three armies' entry into the suppression without guns but people's hearts? Not to mention other places, just talk about Huairen. There are more than 320,000 acres of arable land, more than 21,300 households, and a population of 140,000. Including those banners and temples, each household has at least ten acres of land. If you plant sorghum in these ten acres, you can earn 3,000 kilograms a year. This is not counting the soybeans planted in the horns of the fields. The annual tax in Huairen County is only more than 9,300 taels. Including various tricks, each household is less than one tael of liang. How much is this liang worth, less than a stone of sorghum rice. In addition to paying taxes and eating by yourself, the soybeans and surplus grain can be sold for money. If you make such a livelihood, the people will not rebel with us."

Zhong Guanguang was listening to what Yang Rui said. His confidence was based on guns, ammunition, and after nearly a year of his arrival in Tonghua, all construction projects had already taken shape. In a few years, an emerging industrial city would stand in the northeast. At that time, no matter who attacked, he would have to consider it.

He still disagrees with Yang Rui's statement and said: "The people's hearts are important, but we have guns and cannons. Whether it is Russians, Japanese or Qing troops coming, they can tell them to come and go. In addition, once Russia and Japan invade, the people will be angry, and the people's hearts will naturally be with me. In the Gengzi year,..."

Yang Rui interrupted him, "Then why don't you talk about the current battle between Russia and Russia? Are you angry when you see the crowd? The Russians forced laborers and rob horses and food, and the military discipline was not in order. Look at where the crowd was angry? Even if the Japanese use money and guns, they did not buy many bandits. This northeastern land is not as good as Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are many gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and their literary spirit is not lost. If foreign enemies attack, even if there is no offense, there will be gentry and wealthy families raising flags to summon civilians to fight to the death. But here, there are no gentry here. People have milk and are mothers.

If I were the Japanese army, I decided to clear the enemy before I cleared it out. The Qing court must issue an edict saying that our army was here to help the imperial court suppress the bandits, and the people of each county were not allowed to entrust bandits, and then eliminate those Qing troops with poor military discipline, leaving only the guide, and restrain the military discipline and do not violate the people. If it is found that someone secretly assisted us, the Qing court will be sentenced to beheaded. If so, who would still oppose the Japanese army?"

After Yang Rui finished speaking, Zhong Guanguang had nothing to say when he arrived. Indeed, if the Qing court really issued an edict like this, asks the Japanese army to help suppress the bandits and purify military discipline at the same time, the local government will definitely not be able to rebel.

Yang Rui sighed after saying that. His plan was to buy people through banks and agricultural supplies companies, then send troops to clear the countryside to crack down on local tyrants and evil gentry, then establish a coalition and village meeting, and finally bind the people through rent and interest reduction. If this is not enough, use a killer weapon to reform the land. But the reality is cruel. Not to mention whether the land reform can be completed, but there is nothing to be changed in the Northeast. There are too few tenants, most of them are self-cultivated people, and their livelihoods are free of worries for a while. If you give it to him, he may not be able to take the land.
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