From later generations, many small hydropower station design and construction drawings were found, so that these craftsmen worked day and night, first on paper; After the principle is thoroughly understood, a small river ditch is found, relevant experimental construction is carried out, and finally simulated power generation is carried out, and the formal construction will not begin until the simulated power generation is successful. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this process, Mengyin Vocational and Technical College, which has already had several professional teaching, has played a great role.

After several months of development, including Lu Xiang's contributions, Mengyin Vocational and Technical College still attracted several "professors" equivalent to middle school students who had studied Western science and technology in Shanghai, Jinan and other places, and these people became the backbone of understanding and eating hydropower materials, and after they digested them, they taught craftsmen with a certain level of education, and they guided the construction of hydropower stations.

A few days after the end of the military expansion meeting, specifically on 30 August, the Quhe Hydropower Station held a groundbreaking ceremony at the foot of Baoqian Mountain. Xu Lie, Yuan Yong, Xu De, Wang Changjiang, Yang Shu and others participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the hydropower station.

"Commander, today is supposed to be a big day, why don't you see a smile on your face?" At the end of the groundbreaking ceremony, Yang Shu, the magistrate of Mengyin County, asked out loud.

"What's there to be happy about?" Xu Lie has seen too many groundbreaking ceremonies in later generations, this kind of small, when the ribbon cutting starts in later generations, he may not even be at the scene of the county magistrate, but in this era, it has inevitably achieved the reputation of "No. 1 in the Dragon Country".

"Commander, I feel that the construction of the Quhe Hydropower Station is really a great joy. Didn't you see the smiles on their faces? Haven't you often said that the Western powers not only completed the industrial revolution, but also began the process of electrification? To electrify, you have to have electricity first, right? Therefore, I think this matter is worth writing about. If it weren't for the fact that the court had a bad relationship with us, this matter could even be reported to the court. Yang Shu said.

"Report to the court?" Xu Lie's heart moved, "Hey, County Magistrate Yang, don't say it, although we don't deal with the imperial court very well, this matter can really be reported to the imperial court!" ”

"Commander, you?" Yang Shu suddenly didn't understand what kind of medicine Xu Lie was selling, it was Yuan Yong and cheap daddy Xu De, and they also looked back at Xu Lie.

"Hehe, are you surprised? In my opinion, Mengyin has not publicly shouted the slogan of overthrowing the imperial court until today, so logically we still belong to a county under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but we have many propositions that are incompatible with the imperial court, and in order for these propositions to be implemented smoothly, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with the imperial court. ”

"What do you mean, Commander?" Yuan Yong asked.

"I mean, what should be reported to the imperial court still has to be reported, and at the end of the year, Mengyin still has to pay the taxes that should be paid."

"Hehe, what does the commander mean that if the imperial court doesn't declare us rebellious, we won't raise the banner?" Yuan Yong asked excitedly.

Obviously, Yuan Yong, after following Xu Lie, also had a much darker belly.

"Hey, yes. I remember there is a saying, get rich quietly, don't shoot a gun. It means that it's good to make a fortune in a muffled voice, so why bother going around making a statement? How to establish contact with the imperial court and Yizhou Mansion, County Magistrate Yang has to think of more ways. ”

"Yes, Commander." Yang Shu immediately agreed.

Xu Lie's idea or practice is not a whim, but he has always had this kind of thinking in his heart, quietly get rich, and don't shoot a gun. Everyone knows this is the last word. But because Xu Lie confronted the imperial army twice in a row and annihilated them all, Xu Lie subconsciously felt that he had broken with the imperial court, so it was okay not to contact him.

However, even if Xu Lie played the signboard of the Mengshan Army, he did not publicly raise the flag to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, but even if he did not publicly raise the flag to rebel, because Xu Lie no longer accepted the jurisdiction of the imperial court, did not ask for instructions, did not report and did not pay taxes, and was separated from the imperial court, after a long time, it was equivalent to rebellion.

Yang Shu's words brought Xu Lie a new way of thinking, that is, to continue to contact the imperial court, take the initiative to report any major events in the county, and take the initiative to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Of course, Mengyin and the areas to be occupied thereafter were managed by Xu Lie's Mengshan army, which was an inevitable necessity, and if the imperial army dared to enter these areas, it would be wiped out by the Mengshan army.

"Commander, I think this matter needs to be considered thoroughly." As the "chief of staff", Yuan Yong did not directly agree with Xu Lie's opinion, but put forward his own opinion.

"Chief of Staff, do you have concerns?" Xu Lie asked.

"Yes. I have a few considerations that I need the commander to solve. ”

"Oh, you say."

"If you contact the imperial court, will the commander compromise with the imperial court?"

"No, it won't."

"If the imperial court wants to transfer you and the Mengshan army to other provinces to suppress bandits or fight rebellion, will you go?"

"No, no."

"If the imperial court wants to transfer someone of ours, will you let it go?"

"Don't let it go!"

"If the imperial court says that it wants to recruit the Mengshan army, will you accept it?"

"I won't be Song Jiang."

"In that case, I don't have any doubts." Yuan Yong breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Yong had no opinion, but Xu Lie knew what Yuan Yong was worried about, so Xu Lie further explained his claim: "Contacting the imperial court is essentially disrupting the decision-making of the imperial court. If we ignore it and take a rebellious posture, the imperial court may send a large army to suppress it; But if we occasionally send letters to the court and pay taxes, do you say, will the court send envoys to be lobbyists before it sends a large army? ”

"Nanfang, your consideration is somewhat reasonable, but it is based on our lack of strength, so as to delay or confuse the imperial court. But now that we are strong and have the ability to expand our territory again, is it useful to contact the imperial court in this case? ”

"Why didn't it work? The effect is to confuse the imperial court. When we should expand, we will continue to expand, but we just don't take the initiative to cut off the connection with the imperial court. When we occupy the entire territory of Shandong, we will continue to pay the taxes that should be paid. ”

"I understand, the commander is only doing what he doesn't say, and he resolutely does not take the initiative to rebel, unless the court openly says that we are rebellious and does not give us a way to live, we will raise the flag to rebel?" Li Jun, director of the Political Department of the Political Department, said.

"Correct, when to openly rebel is up to us to flexibly grasp according to the situation and timing." Xu Lie's words were tantamount to praising Li Jun.

Li Jun, the word Gongda, raised people in the eighteenth year of Guangxu, Master Yuxian, after Yuxian was killed, he had to submit to Xu Lie. Later, when Xu Lie selected talents, he was specially arranged as the director of the Political Department. In a sense, if there is no particularly powerful figure, the matter of the Political Department will be handed over to Li Jun to take care of.

"But will this affect our strategy?" Yuan Yong asked again. Obviously, Yuan Yong was very worried that Xu Lie would give up something or slow down the pace of expansion.

"No, our strategy remains the same. The reason why I decided to maintain a certain connection with the imperial court was mainly to see the attitude of the imperial court. As the saying goes, if you are a man, you will see each other in the future. ”