Chapter 47: The New Year

The development and construction over the past two years or so have been gratifying. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the New Year in 1909, Huasheng Group made some personnel adjustments, and promoted, appointed and dismissed a group of outstanding management talents who emerged in the process of building water conservancy and highways.

All ethnic minorities in the Guangnan region have tasted fruitful fruits one after another under the exemplary role of Mo Chunlin, the former head of the Zhuang nationality. The high-yield rice and the high income of studying and working in the factory are really what happened to make more ethnic minorities let down their vigilance against the Han people outside the mountains, and slowly walked out of the mountains to understand these new things, and at the same time, they gradually recognized that more and more outsiders entered the deep mountains that were previously forbidden for prospecting and opening roads.

At the same time, the annihilation of horse smuggling bandits and mountain bandits, as well as Xiliang's policy of vigorously rectifying and prohibiting the cultivation of opium on land after his arrival in Yunnan, caused the price of opium to soar throughout Yunnan, especially in the Guangnan region. Xiao Mubai asked Mo Chunlin to take advantage of the situation to clean up this cancer in the Guangnan area, and the opium trafficking industry, which can make huge profits in other places, will be severely punished once it is touched in the Guangnan area. In other places, Xiao Mubai can't control it at present, and he is powerless, but in Guangnan, the base camp of the Communist Party, it is absolutely not allowed.

After nearly three years of scientific research and development, with the efforts of several scientific research teams led by biochemical scientist Qu Mingjun, a large number of scientific research achievements have been successfully put into production, and the 5,000-ton hydraulic press has been successfully put into operation to solve the problem that the key parts such as bearings of large-scale machinery and equipment have been troubled, and with the help of large-tonnage hydraulic presses, the motor units of some medium-sized hydropower stations have also been successfully put into operation, solving the problems of power load, so that more factories can be put into operation smoothly.

After more than two years of development, the output of the steel plant has reached a bottleneck due to the limitation of raw materials. Although there are many related technologies, they are useless and make people feel aggrieved, which makes Xiao Mubai can't help but think of the famous large-scale steel base in later generations - Panzhihua. Thinking of this, Xiao Mubai decided to open a steel plant in Panzhihua in the name of Huasheng Group, besides, most of the Panzhihua area in later generations is now under the jurisdiction of Yunnan, and it should not be difficult to operate.

What excites Xiao Mubai the most is that the scientific research team has developed a high-power diesel engine with 300 horsepower, although this horsepower is not a high power in later generations, but at the beginning of the twentieth century, it is self-evident what it represents. With a higher-power engine, the tank in Xiao Mubai's dream can be developed on a try. The high-quality special steel makes the weight and fuel consumption of the aero engine reduced, but the output power has increased exponentially, and the newly developed 480 hp aero engine can produce the latest design of the fighter jet that flies faster and farther. It's all going on in secret.

In terms of people's livelihood, because of the various support and guidance of Huasheng Group, some landlords and gentry in Guangnan have made a lot of money, and the confidence of many landlords who had previously held a wait-and-see attitude has also begun to waver. Those far-sighted gentry invested in the construction of factories under the guidance of the Huasheng Group after reselling the land, and after tasting the sweetness, they taught by word and deed, coupled with the drive of practical interests, more landlords began to sell their land, and the distribution of land and the production of agriculture and grain were well established.

In terms of education, due to Xiao Mubai's early attention, it has now entered a benign stage of development, and there are not too many twists and turns. Although it brings a certain amount of economic pressure, it is simply disproportionate compared to the return on investment. This is evidenced by the increasing number of skilled technicians in various factories in the past two years.

Not to mention the military and political aspects, the irregular and small-scale anti-bandit campaign has long caused the mountain bandits in the Quang Nam area to flee to other places. The gradually improving social order and living environment, as well as the bumper grain harvest achieved in Quang Nam in the past two years, have also given the people full confidence.

At the same time that the Communist Party secretly expanded its army, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's newly built army in Yunnan also began to expand on a large scale. At the end of the 34th year of Guangxu, the Ministry of War appointed Cui Xiangkui, a first-class procurator, to lead the Beiyang Army officers to Yunnan and ordered them to be organized into a town that year.

After arriving in Yunnan, Xiliang ordered the supervision and training office to be changed into the supervision and training office, and immediately began to expand the Yunnan Army First Mixed Association into a town, and used Beiyang officers as the town's officers. Two months later, it was formally organized, according to the national army establishment sequence, with the number of "the 19th town of the army", under the control of Cui Xiangkui, under the jurisdiction of the two associations, the number of the 37th Association, the 38th Association, and the 38th Association is Xiao Mubai. There are 2 standards for each association, 3 battalions for each standard, 536 officers and soldiers in each battalion, plus the 19th artillery standard, horse standard, engineering battalion, baggage battalion, machine gun battalion, army police battalion, military band, etc., 10,900 officers and soldiers in the town.

Originally, the unification post of the New Military Association had nothing to do with Xiao Mubai, after all, he was now holding two positions, and both of them were important positions. However, as a feudal official, Xiliang's face is still to be given by the War Department after all, and there is no need to offend such a person. Besides, there was news from the DPRK and China that Xiliang would be appointed as the minister of the Imperial Mission after the year, and he would rush to the three eastern provinces to be the governor of the affairs of the three provinces of Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. Therefore, after Xiao Mubai stepped down from the post of superintendent of the Wutang, he agreed to Xiliang's proposal to appoint Xiao Mubai as the unified post of the 38th Association. The post of supervisor of the lecture hall is concurrently held by Chen Eun, after all, everything in the lecture hall is on the right track, and Chen Eun will be transferred to the northeast with Xiliang, so this arrangement can be regarded as a transitional form.

was able to sit on the post of the 38th Association Unification, which surprised Xiao Mubai, the 38th Association in history was Tan Zhende, a diehard member of the Qing court, but he was squeezed out by himself in this time and space. After getting the news that Xiliang summoned him, Xiao Mubai was not much surprised, in history, in February of the first year of Xuantong, that is, in February 1909, Xiliang would be transferred to the three eastern provinces. Now, I have heard more or less about this.

When he came to the governor's yamen, Xiliang was sitting on a chair and bowing down to write something, looking at the focused expression, Xiao Mubai didn't dare to come forward to disturb. Only when Xiliang is done with his work, then he will see the salute.

"Your Majesty has seen the Governor."

"Oh, Zicheng is here? What happened to the Forces nouvelles? ”

"Lord Hui, the lower officials have already seen Cui Xiangkui's control."

"Well, that's fine. You are a high-achieving student who returned to Germany after studying in Germany, I know your ability, and in the future, you will cooperate more in military affairs to help Cui Tongzhi, Cui Tongzhi was born in the old Beiyang, and you can also learn a lot from him. ”

Hearing Xiliang's words, Xiao Mubai went in and out of his left ear. muttered in his heart, a piece of oil, learn from him. But he agreed: "Thank you for the teachings of the Governor, and the lower officials of the province." ”

Seeing Xiao Mubai's respectful attitude, Xiliang nodded.

"Zicheng, this governor came to you today because he has something to tell you."

"Please give me orders."

"Well, perhaps you already know that in a while, the Japanese governor will go to the northeast to take office, and the post of governor of Yunnan and Guizhou will be taken care of by Lord Shen Bingkun. In recent years, Yunnan has been a place of turmoil for a long time, since the arrival of the governor, he has been sleeping hard and conscientious, so that he can achieve today's results. ”

Regarding Xiliang's words, Xiao Mubai didn't say anything on the surface, but he was amazed in his heart. Not to mention anything else, it's just that in terms of people's livelihood, the former thirteen gold medals of doumi can be reduced to the current two golds of doumi, and if you can do this, it can really be said that you are worthy of the elders of Yunnan.

"Adults should not be presumptuous, since the arrival of adults, Yunnan has been politically harmonious, although there are occasional small disturbances, but they are not a climate, and they can be extinguished. The lower officials admired the smoking ban imposed by adults. ”

"Zicheng doesn't have to be like this, that's the duty of an official." Xiliang said with a smile. Xiao Mubai's sycophants still have a certain effect.

"The Governor knows that you are a man of many people, quite talented, quiet and not in power. Therefore, this governor recommends you as the commander of the new army, and hopes that you will serve the court in the future, and you will not fail to live up to the grace of God. ”

Hearing Xiliang's words, Xiao Mubai couldn't help but admire in his heart, it seems that it is good to be low-key, and he actually got the evaluation of Xiliang's personality and quietness and not taking power. At that moment, he opened his mouth and said: "Thank you for the cultivation of the Governor, and the officials swear to serve the imperial court." ”

After Xiliang nodded with satisfaction, he let Xiao Mubai go out, he still had a lot of things to deal with before he left office.