Chapter 135: Into 1914
Chongqing, in front of the Sichuan Military Government Office Building.
Hundreds of Sichuan soldiers gathered in a line, as if they were being reviewed. What is more special is that most of these Sichuan soldiers are disabled retired soldiers.
Wang Mo came to the front of these hundreds of Sichuan troops in military uniform, and said with a solemn expression: "Brothers, first of all, on behalf of the Sichuan Military Government, I want to express the highest respect to you, you are all the best soldiers of our Sichuan Army!" โ
Speaking of this, Wang Mo stood up with a "snap" and gave a military salute to a group of disabled retired soldiers.
All the disabled retired soldiers were very excited, and they raised their hands to return the salute to Wang Mo.
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The spotlight was lit, and a photojournalist from the China Revival Daily next to him captured this touching scene with his camera.
"I know that if the brothers were not disabled and retired, they would not be willing to leave the Sichuan Army at all." Wang Mo continued, "However, what I want to tell you is that even if you can't go to the battlefield in the future, you are still soldiers of the Sichuan Legion, and you will always be!" โ
"Yes, we will always be soldiers of the Sichuan Legion!"
"The marshal and the young marshal have not forgotten our crippled brothers."
"No matter where he goes, no matter when, Lao Tzu is a soldier of the big and young marshal!"
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A group of disabled retired soldiers couldn't help but burst into tears, even if they were forced to retire and leave the Sichuan Army, they all regarded themselves as soldiers of the Sichuan Army as always.
After the emotions of all the disabled retired soldiers calmed down a little, Wang Mo continued: "I think the relevant staff of the military government have told you that this time I will send you to all over the villages of Sichuan to serve as village heads. I hope that you can be a good village head, convey and explain the various livelihood policies of the military government to the villagers, personally take the lead in demonstration, help the villagers live a good life, and let us Sichuan truly become rich and strong! โ
At this time, Li Shui, a representative of the disabled retired soldiers, stood up and expressed his attitude to Wang Mo: "Please rest assured, although we brothers can no longer go to the battlefield, it does not mean that we cannot continue to contribute to the marshal and the young marshal and the military government. We will definitely live up to the high expectations of the young marshal. Even if you give up this life, you will definitely treat this village chief as a good one! โ
"That's right, even if you fight for this life, Lao Tzu will definitely do what the marshal and the young marshal have handed over!"
"There have been so many things on the battlefield. The village chief, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that it's not good! โ
"Whoever dares to blow up the thorn and make trouble for the junta, the marshal and the young marshal, Lao Tzu can't kill him!"
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A group of disabled retired soldiers followed Li Shui, and they all said that they would do a good job as the village chief. Although they still don't know how to change the village head, it doesn't affect their determination.
"I believe that you will be able to be the head of this village, but do not forget that you will always be the soldiers of our Sichuan Legion. The people of our Sichuan Legion have always been the only ones who bully others, and there is no reason to be bullied by others! Wang Mo did not hide the power of the Sichuan Legion in the slightest, and said loudly, "If after you go down to the villages, someone dares to embarrass you, or use your strength to bully you. Tell me, the marshal, or the junta, and Lao Tzu promises to make him regret provoking our Sichuan legion! โ
This is very domineering and arrogant, and it does not hide the style of a powerful warlord in the slightest.
However, this made these disabled retired soldiers very excited and excited, and they were no longer afraid or hesitant to go to the villages of Sichuan to take up posts.
After completing the temporary operation, Wang Mo arranged for special government workers and horse-drawn carriages to send these disabled retired soldiers to villages across Sichuan to serve as village heads.
"Young Marshal, it is indeed an epoch-making initiative to send disabled retired soldiers to serve as village chiefs, which can not only solve the living problems of disabled retired soldiers, but also help strengthen the implementation of various livelihood policies of the military government." Xu Wenjie, president of China Fuxing Daily, came over and said to Wang Mo with admiration. "It's just that there are only nearly 300 people, isn't it a little less?"
Wang Mo nodded slightly and said, "It's a little less." However, this is only the first trial dispatch of village chiefs. The villagers in the following villages may not accept them, President Xu, you Fuxing Bao can help these dispatched village chiefs in public opinion. โ
"No problem, the dispatch of the village chief is originally to help the villagers solve various problems and live a good life, so they should be praised and supported!" Xu Wenjie happily agreed.
"Can the China Revival Newspaper cover all the towns and villages in Sichuan now?" Wang Mo asked again. In this era, transportation was inconvenient, and the dissemination and coverage of newspapers were naturally greatly limited.
"Don't worry, except for some towns and villages that are particularly remote or in the mountains and have very inconvenient transportation, most towns and villages in Sichuan can now buy our China Revival News." Xu Wenjie replied with some pride that with the full support of the Sichuan Military Government, the development of the China Renaissance Daily has been very fast, and it has gradually gone out of Sichuan and faced the whole country.
Wang Mo is also quite satisfied with the development of the China Renaissance Daily, and it is precisely because of the help of the China Revival News that the Sichuan Military Government can now guide and control the public opinion in Sichuan so well, so that the prestige of the current Sichuan Military Government is increasing day by day.
Thinking of this, Wang Mo smiled slightly: "President Xu has worked hard, in this way, on behalf of the military government, I invite you to dinner, which can be regarded as a thank you." Let's go, go up to the Moon Tower, you can order whatever you want to eat today! After that, he couldn't help but pull Xu Wenjie to the Moon Tower.
When he came to Mochiyue Tower, Wang Mo booked a private room facing the street on the second floor, and ordered a large table of waiting for the table in one go.
Just as he was pushing the cup and changing the lamp, there was a sudden noise on the street outside the window, Wang Mo frowned, and shouted outside the box: "Erhu, go and see what happened, why is it so noisy." โ
Soon, Wang Erhu walked into the box and reported to Wang Mo: "Young marshal, it was the opening of a shop called Longsheng Department Store on the street, and there were too many customers in and out, so it would be so noisy." โ
This answer surprised Wang Mo, he originally thought that it was caused by the hustle and bustle caused by some conflict on the street, but he didn't expect it to be caused by the opening of a department store, could it be that Chongqing's economy has developed so prosperous?
At this time, Xu Wenjie said: "I know something about the opening of Longsheng Department Store. They had a very special way of soliciting customers, and I had a reporter from the newspaper report on it. โ
"Oh, there's a special way to attract customers? Let's talk about it, let me hear what a special law is. "Wang Mo is very interested, can it be said that there are clever marketing methods in this era?
Xu Wenjie replied: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it's nothing, they just gave a Tengfei magazine to every customer who entered Longsheng Department Store in the first three days of opening. In this way, of course, Chongqing citizens are constantly entering Longsheng Department Store. โ
"Take-off Magazine?" Wang Mo thought for a moment. asked, "Is it the Tengfei magazine that has the largest sales volume in Sichuan and has basically occupied the Sichuan magazine market?" โ
Xu Wenjie nodded and replied: "That's right, it's this Tengfei magazine." Many citizens in Sichuan, especially Chongqing, read this Tengfei magazine. Just because there is a free take-off magazine, there will definitely be many Chongqing citizens who will patronize this Longsheng department store. However, this method of attracting customers is good, and it is to suffer the authors who contribute to Ascendas magazine. โ
"What does that have to do with the authors who submitted their papers. Free magazines are also the money from Tengfei Magazine or Longsheng Department Store? Wang Mo couldn't understand for a while, why Xu Wenjie said that it was the unlucky person who gave the magazine for free but the author who submitted it.
Xu Wenjie explained: "Young marshal, do you know that the manuscript fee paid by this Tengfei magazine to the contributing author is linked to sales, and this free magazine is not included in sales. There are so many readers, and if you receive a free magazine, of course, you won't spend any more money on it, and the income of contributing authors will naturally drop sharply. โ
Wang Mo frowned and said, "This Tengfei magazine is doing this, isn't it afraid that those contributors will be disgusted by the strike?" โ
Xu Wenjie sneered: "Now the whole Sichuan is taking off, and the magazine is dominant, and your group of contributors are on strike." Naturally, there will be new authors who will submit their manuscripts, and they will not lose anything. โ
Is this a monopoly? Wang Mo didn't expect that a monopoly would appear in Sichuan so soon, and if he ignored it, something big would happen, so he said: "In this way, China Revival News will also prepare a magazine, and you will also serve as the president of the magazine to break the monopoly of Tengfei magazine, how about it?" โ
Xu Wenjie was still very supportive of this, so he agreed without much hesitation.
In the month that followed. Wang Mo was basically busy building the framework of Sichuan's industry and commerce, not only using the iron factory workers and miners from Wuhan to build the Panzhihua Iron Works, but also forming several engineering corps to build roads in Sichuan. Of course. This road construction refers to highways, and with Sichuan's current strength and conditions, it cannot afford to build a railway.
However, the impact of large-scale road construction is also very large. Especially after the cancellation of all the golden tax cards in various places, the circulation of goods in the whole Sichuan has accelerated, and the economic development has naturally embarked on the fast track.
Economic development will naturally increase the fiscal revenue of the Sichuan military government. The most obvious is the salt tax, which is approaching 10 million oceans a year.
As the military government's fiscal revenue increases by a large margin, it will have sufficient funds to support industry and commerce, invest in various projects, and further promote economic development, thus entering a virtuous circle.
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Time into 1914, Chongqing Dongcheng Industrial Zone.
Cracking sound!
The sound of firecrackers continued to sound, and in a festive atmosphere, Wang Mo and Qin Xianglin pulled down the red cloth hanging on the recruitment together, revealing the signboard of "Taihe Textile Factory Chongqing Branch".
"Congratulations, congratulations, the business of the Chongqing branch of Taihe Textile Factory will be prosperous!"
"Congratulations, Boss Qin!"
"Boss Qin, I wish the Chongqing branch of Taihe Textile Factory a prosperous business and a wide range of financial resources!"
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The congratulatory voices of the guests were endless, and Qin Xianglin returned the salute with a smile and said: "Joy, joy!" Thank you for your support, Qin is grateful, grateful! โ
The opening of the Chongqing branch of Taihe Textile Factory, Qin Xianglin not only made the opening scene very grand and grand, but also the specifications of the opening wine were really not low. It can be seen that Qin Xianglin has made a lot of money in running a textile factory, and he has indeed made a fortune.
At the subsequent opening wine table, Qin Xianglin stood up, picked up his wine glass, and said loudly to all the guests: "Everyone, Taihe Textile Factory can not have today, it is inseparable from your support and care, I salute you!" With that, he drank the wine from his glass.
"Boss Qin is polite!"
"Boss Qin didn't say anything about how to deal with people, he deserves to be the president of the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce!"
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The atmosphere was very warm, and all the guests raised their glasses to Qin Xianglin in return.
After everyone calmed down a little, Qin Xianglin filled the wine glass again, picked up the wine glass, turned to face Wang Mo, and said, "This cup, Qin wants to pay special tribute to our young marshal!" When I think in Shanghai, Taihe Textile Factory was about to go bankrupt. If it weren't for the help of the young marshal, he would have provided interest-free loans to let Taihe Textile Factory be reborn in Sichuan. After that, the young marshal provided many convenient conditions for our industry and commerce, and did his best to escort them. It can be said that without the young marshal, there would be no me Qin and Taihe Textile Factory today! โ
After saying that, Qin Xianglin raised his glass to Wang Mo and saluted, and then drank it all. (To be continued.) )
PS: Well, this chapter is deliberately coded to more than 3,400 words.