In Fengtian in early autumn, although there is still a trace of heat, the cinnamon fruit is ripe, which is the scene before the harvest.

An uninvited guest gently stepped out of Mukden Station. This is a thin middle-aged man, only thirty-one or two, wearing an unobtrusive robe, which at first glance looks like an ordinary businessman. Judging by the way he looked around here, he must not have been here before.

After looking at the station gate for a while, I found that although Fengtian Station is very large and the road outside the station is also very wide, I always feel that there is something missing compared to Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. As for what it was, he waited for a while before realizing that at a station with such a large passenger flow, there were not many more rickshaw drivers than Tangshan! This was his first impression of the depression outside the gates.

Finally, a young coachman rushed over, and he immediately greeted him, "How to get to the Marshal's Mansion?" ”

Zhang Zuolin's Marshal Mansion is a landmark building in Fengtian, and anyone in Fengtian does not know that it is a military pivot in Fengtian, and it has always been a gathering of civil and military officials. The coachman looked like a businessman, but he was far calmer than the average businessman; Like an official, but lacking the wealth of an ordinary official. There are more people who come to the Shuaifu to do business, which is not surprising, but there are not many people who come directly from the station.

The coachman greeted him with courtesy, and the man got into the car, but told him not to hurry to walk, but to talk to him first. Of course, the coachman responds to the requests of the guests, after all, they are also generous with money. "It seems that another one has come to admire him", the coachman speculated wildly.

Recently, there have been more and more guests from Beijing and Tianjin to the north of Mukden. Investors, begging for a living, and so on, who makes Fengtian full of vitality and business opportunities?

Although Zhang Hanqing was a native of Xinmin, his economic policies of attracting investment and revitalizing industry and commerce were implemented in an increasingly high-profile manner with the support of a group of people headed by Wang Yongmin. Thanks to the separation of the military and the government and the military and police, the top brass of the Fengtian army, which had been able to influence these policies, could not counteract, but unexpectedly made Fengtian the brightest star of China's economy.

There are mines, some people have policies and land, and the key is that the planning is also very advanced, the government has something to do, and the administrative atmosphere is not bad, which is really a good place to build factories and enterprises. Since the Fushun Coal Mine and the Benxi Iron Mine were booming and quickly profitable, the capital tycoons who followed the trend quickly caught up and threw a lot of money at the expense of the Manchu dragon veins. In this way, there is a vibrant scene everywhere outside the gate.

Everyone has a job to do, there are opportunities everywhere, life is very different, and even the spiritual outlook is new. All this is inseparable from the credit of one person, Fengtian people have long affectionately called him Zhang Hanqing, the "young marshal".

"Is this master going to the Marshal's Mansion to do business?" The coachman asked casually.

"No, I've always heard that there is a big weather in Mukden, and I came here to do some business here. If the environment is good, it may be done for a long time. I have nothing to do today, so I'll just hang out. The middle-aged man said casually, in a very easy-going tone.

"It's right for you to come to Fengtian, it's better to do business in Fengtian." The coachman seems to have had a period of edification, and he casually felt that it was an advertisement: "Now there are many opportunities, and all walks of life have risen." As long as you have hands and feet willing to contribute, life will not be bad! ”

The middle-aged man nodded in agreement and said, "Of course, if you are willing to spend your strength, of course you will not starve to death." ”

The coachman shook his head and said, "It's sure to be said now, but it wasn't necessarily in the past." My father used to work long hours for the landlord, and he could only feed the family for a hard day, and my six-year-old brother was hungry and sick and did not grow up. I pulled the cart for several years, and my family's life did not improve, and it has been much better since the past few months. There are more people coming and going, and my business is better. He said sincerely: "This is all thanks to the young marshal, the old people all say that he is the literary star in the sky, has done a lot of great things, and has come up with so many ideas, so that all walks of life can be better." ”

When the coachman did not hesitate to praise Zhang Hanqing, it was obvious that this person was more interested in Zhang Hanqing, and almost immediately entered the topic when talking about him: "It seems that you recognize this young marshal very much!" ”

"It's more than recognition! This young marshal is simply a figure who has not been out of the gate for a hundred years! He was able to turn fossils into gold and let the old men in the capital come from thousands of miles away to scatter money, which no one had done before. Since my ancestors, Fengtian has been the first choice for people fleeing from the desert in Guannei, but I have never heard of rich people coming to this Gada to make any investment! But everyone is still convinced!

The key is that the young marshal is godly, and there is no one who does not make money in the things he fancies. Supposedly, with such a good thing, who wouldn't want to intervene? If it had been before, the factory and mine would have been ruined by apportionment alone! But the young marshal has the insight to invite Wang Minyuan from Jinzhou to escort Fengtian, who dares to come? And the young marshal also said, 'Whoever is embarrassed by the enterprise, he will not be able to get along with his young marshal, and he will be a sinner in Fengtian!' I understand what he meant, that is, the eggs are delicious, but you can't eat them with the hens when you eat them, because you want Mukden to always have eggs to eat. Master, you said, he is only sixteen years old and has such a high level of knowledge, what is this not a real dragon? ”

The middle-aged man smiled and asked again: "I heard that he raises the Guards Brigade by himself, and he doesn't want to pay a penny from the Tianzheng Mansion, but is it true or false?" ”

The coachman was excited: "Of course it's true! Speaking of which, the young marshal is also bold, he said that if he doesn't want the government's money, he really doesn't want it, and the guards brigade farms the land and supports themselves, which is something that has not happened in a hundred years! I have experienced the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China Revolution, which army can only survive by drinking the blood of the common people? But the young marshal did it---- when the Guards Brigade was stationed in the provincial capital, there was never a soldier who harassed the people, no matter how big the officer was, he paid in full for the purchase, and he was all kind! ”

The middle-aged man shook his head in disbelief and said: "I believe you that the discipline of the guards brigade is good, but I don't believe it if you don't use the government's money. ”

The coachman was upset: "Is this still fake? Feng Dashuai of Guangning sent people to stare at the money on the books day and night, if he and Zhang Dashuai don't deal with each other, will he still release water? However, the people sent changed again and again, but they didn't find out that the young marshal used the government's money, and in the end, even Feng Dashuai was discouraged and took the initiative to withdraw the overseer. ”

The middle-aged man became interested: "Could it be that Zhang Dashuai advanced it with personal money?" It is said that Zhang Dashuai has thousands of acres of fertile land and countless shops..."

The coachman spat a mouthful: "It's all people chewing maggots!" When it comes to Dashuai, it's not that I'm bragging, everyone in Fengtian will give a thumbs up! His old man is the biggest official in our Fengtian, and his three meals a day are only steamed buns, rice porridge and pickles; His army discipline is also very good, and some time ago his brother-in-law shot the bulb of a street lamp with a gun and was personally ordered by him to shoot him!

Dashuai is really good to foreign investors, he knows that they are the god of wealth of the people of Fengtian, so he provides them with all kinds of convenience, Wang Yongjiang, director of the National Police Department, and Mo Dehuimo, director of the China Merchants Bureau, all report directly to him. He said that he would let investors eat, take, card, and ask for everything, and he would let them not eat and walk around! There are big marshals and young marshals who speak, and people who have some ideas are more disciplined.

Thanks to the blessing of the handsome, there are many ways for the people of Fengtian to live now. You see outside the station like me to work, but in the past I couldn't get customers in line, but now it's good, the income of working in the factory is more than pulling a car, and it's decent! To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the fact that my home is not far from North Street, I would have wanted to enter the factory to make a lot of money! ”

At the intersection not far away, a policeman was maintaining traffic order on the control tower, holding a baton in his hand and gesturing to a man leading a donkey cart. The donkey cart was stacked with sacks of unknown things, and it looked heavy like food, and it had to stop because it had to avoid the crowds and vendors on both sides. But when he started again, he ran head-on with another carriage coming diagonally. The owner of the car hurriedly led the donkey and tried to flash past it, but he couldn't pass through the dense crowd calmly, so he encountered some small blockages.

Seeing that the traffic was blocked, the police hurriedly blew their whistles to warn them, and at the same time used their batons to signal the vehicles on both sides to stop so that the donkey carts blocking the road could leave. However, the owner of the donkey must have seen the new thing of the baton for the first time, and when he saw the police blowing a whistle and waving a stick at him, he may have been frightened and stupid, and did not react for a while.

The police saw the scene. To the surprise of the middle-aged man, he calmly got down from the tower and personally helped the owner of the car to make a path. Maybe it was because of the traffic that affected the traffic, he actually helped push the car all the way to the other side of the street, and did not dislike the shiny leather shoes stepping on the donkey dung, thus losing his identity as an official master!

This is unthinkable in other places, this scene broke the cognition of the middle-aged man, looking at the crowd and prosperity on both sides, confirming the coachman's words, he nodded secretly.

The coachman was not surprised, and he said to the middle-aged man: "Since beating Wang Caishen as the head of the police, the current police are much more polite to the people than before." In the past, when the common people saw the police and the soldiers, they were like hiding from the plague gods; Not to mention, since the young marshal invited Wang Yongjiang, the police have been very different; Since there was a guard brigade, the people who served as soldiers in Mukden were different. In the words of the young marshal, soldiers are to defend the homeland and the country, and the police are to serve the people. It all comes from the people and spends the people's money, if it is not good for the people, what do the people do to support them?

Under the influence of the young marshal, the marshal once packed a ticket to Wang Yongjiang and said that no matter how tight Fengtian's finances were, there would be no delay for the police; Wang Yongjiang also issued a military order, saying that within one year, the police and the people will live in harmony. For this matter, the young marshal also personally proposed a picture to the police department called 'There is difficulty in finding the people's police,' and this picture is still hanging at the gate of the provincial police department. Since then, the atmosphere in Mukden has been getting better and better. ”

The middle-aged man could see that he was very happy, this was the first time he had heard their heartfelt praise of officials from ordinary people, and it seemed that it was worth the trip. However, we should not just listen to one side of the story, and if we really want to understand the real situation, we still have to go deep among the masses.