The operation of thermal power plants is normal and successful. Hu Xiaoyan is also very bold, and he approved the funds for the first thermal power plant to Tesla. Tesla is still in debt!

After getting the money, Tesla immediately went to Ma'anshan to build a second thermal power plant. There, Hu Xiaoyan's Institute of Physical Chemistry has been established, and a batch of laboratory equipment from Germany has been shipped and installed. There, Hu Xiaoyan plans to build a research base and an Anhui university.

After Tesla left, the thermal power plant began to operate, and the transformers and wires that had been produced began to be installed by American workers.

Hu Xiaoyan returned to Lieshan Town after three days of training with special forces. The night in Lieshan Town was already bright at this time. Wandering in the bright night, Angel's eyes turned to stars. The excitement of the other townspeople can also be seen. Even Li Jingmai was surprised and unusually followed Hu Xiaoyan to wander under the street lamp!

"Hu, there is no such beauty in London!" Angel looked up at the night sky and muttered to herself.

"Brother Shanshi, the younger brother has nothing to say, but it will be useful in the future, let it be driven!" Li Jingmai was deceived by Hu Xiaoyan with the Wealth of Nations theory at first, and after that, Hu Xiaoyan asked Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang agreed. Li Jingmai stayed after being deceived, although he worked very hard, but he never returned to his heart, for him to work here because of his father's dispatch. Although he admires Hu Xiaoyan very much, he has not reached the point of "willing to serve dogs and horses".

But looking at today's bright streets and street lamps, Li Jingmai truly agreed with Hu Xiaoyan's theory of "Science and Technology First" for the first time. For the first time, he also repudiated his father's Westernization movement. Almost every decree of Hu Xiaoyan in Su County and Lieshan Town was operated by Li Jingmai. He knows every bit of change in Lieshan Town, and because of this, he admires everything that happens here.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces! This sentence entered Li Jingmai's heart for the first time.

Bright! China's future will be as bright as it is today. For the first time, Li Jingmai saw an unquenchable frenzy.

"Brother Ji Gao! It's serious. Aren't you and I working together to get to where we are now? Hu Xiaoyan was also very excited in his heart.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Silence is better than sound at this point.

"Hu, my school!" Angel didn't understand the code words of the two.

"Rest assured, the school is the first to be electrified." Hu Xiaoyan replied with a smile. The school is the center of Hu Xiaoyan's career, as long as the school does not fall, he Hu Xiaoyan will have a day to make a comeback.

Street lights are not just street lights, they also play the role of erecting wires. The first one to be energized was the school. The street lights are just along the way, and only the electric lights on this road are lit. The second to be electrified is the government office building, but it won't be connected until tomorrow. The bulbs were bought from the United States, and the price of the bulbs, which were not expensive, almost doubled in price after they crossed the ocean.

Hu Xiaoyan secretly wondered if Tesla should be asked to industrialize the production of light bulbs from time to time? He didn't have the consciousness to pay royalties to Edison. If Edison wanted it, then come to China. When he comes, don't think about going back.

Angel is now at home at school. Anhui now has a total of eight middle schools and 20 primary schools. Most of them were opened at the request of Enming at the end of last year. The school is run by squires from all over the country, and these people come to ask for a group of mathematics, physics and chemistry teachers with a straight face. Hu Xiaoyan thought about it for a long time and agreed. Three from each school, so that he had half the number of college students under his command. Even his own team of school teachers has been affected a little. Hu Xiaoyan had no choice but to ask Zhang Binglin and Rong Hong for help. Rong Hong still has a way, he invited some overseas Chinese from the United States to return to China, and about 20 overseas Chinese who have received high school education in the United States will return to China to teach. As for the overseas Chinese who are college students, there are relatively few of them, and they each have their own careers in the United States, and although Hu Xiaoyan's current reputation is high, his potential has not yet been revealed.

Ten days later, a contingent of overseas Chinese from the United States came to Anhui, and Hu Xiaoyan arranged for them to be sent to school after hosting a banquet. He now has three secondary schools and three primary schools. Not only are these schools free of charge, but they also include three meals a day. Almost all children in Anhui are very eager to enter Hu Xiaoyan's school, which makes other school operators in other places very criticized. To run a school, it is generally about 20,000 taels of silver. But if you add the three meals a day for the students, then they have to pay an extra few thousand taels a year.

Many people say that the local tyrants are inferior to the gentry, thinking that they are very rich, but the rich local tyrants are a minority after all, and they are generally worth less than 100,000 taels, most of which are concentrated in land and antiques, and there is actually not much cash that can really be used.

The real wealth is in fact concentrated in the wealthy businessmen who collude with the government and business. These people, such as Hui businessmen, are the richest people in Anhui.

Enming's support has given Huizhou businessmen some confidence to a certain extent, and at present, Huizhou businessmen have also begun to set up schools in Huizhou, and many have come to Anqing and Suxian to set up factories, most of which are light industries. Hu Xiaoyan did not make it difficult at this point, and even asked Enming for support in the tax report. At present, the best selling light industry products in Anhui are from Britain and Germany.

Especially cotton cloth and foreign fire. These products are known for their affordability. In the past, British cotton cloth still needed to go through middlemen before it could be sold to Anhui. But now they have opened stores directly in Anhui and are making at least 30% more profit than before.

Master Hu's industry is now big, and the manpower is gradually insufficient. Especially wires. The wire is copper. And China's copper is money, which is not enough in the first place. And to develop copper mines, you need manpower. After a deep conversation with Li Jingmai, Hu Xiaoyan decided to recall Zhang Binglin and Tang Shaoyi.

Back in the office, Hu Xiaoyan wrote a telegram and asked Chen Xin and the old man Chen to send a telegram. The rich Hu specially pulled a telegraph line in Lieshan. It's near the office building in Lieshan.

As soon as Chen Xin was sent away, Zhang Yun walked in. Zhang Yun is an overseas Chinese in the United States, and he has only been a teacher in the middle school hall in Lieshan Town for three days.

"It turned out to be Teacher Zhang, sit down." Hu Xiaoyan hurriedly stood up and greeted him, and at the same time poured water for Zhang Yun. His office is small, and he doesn't have a secretary. Previously, only Chen Xin occasionally came to write a book, or Angel would come to help after work.

"Thank you, Premier Hu." Zhang Yun was very surprised, he was the first time to meet Hu Xiaoyan. Before that, he met Rong Hong, and Rong Hong praised Hu Xiaoyan a lot. Zhang Yun thought that Hu Xiaoyan was also the personality of a Manchu official. When you meet, you find out that it's better to be famous than to meet!

This person is not simple, Hu Xiaoyan noticed that Zhang Yun's walking, sitting and lying seemed to have some impressions.

After the two talked nonsense about the scenery of the United States and Britain, Zhang Yun made his intentions clear.

It turns out that Sun Dacang has been giving lectures and raising funds in the United States for the time being. Some of Hu Xiaoyan's work in Anhui was widely publicized in American newspapers. This was facilitated by the construction of two thermal power plants. This brought Hu Xiaoyan's local power into Morgan's field of vision. At the same time, the cooperation between Rockefeller and Hu Xiaoyan was also exposed.

The Rockefeller Oil Company's initial contact with Hu Xiaoyan was due to the purchase and sale of oil fields, although the oil fields were not bought, Hu Xiaoyan still arranged for the Hans couple to go to the United States to buy gasoline, diesel and lubricants, which was to prepare for the power of the airship, for which he agreed to Rockefeller's request to lease an oil tanker, at least three times a year.

Although Morgan and Rockefeller didn't care about Hu Xiaoyan's business, they were still very surprised by it. Because as we all know, China is a scientific wilderness, and this is the kind of place where people actually buy a lot of oil and build thermal power plants?

The curiosity of Morgan and Rockefeller naturally aroused the curiosity of American newspapers. A few months ago, the American newspaper sent several reporters to Anhui to cover the news. Because they have press cards, they go everywhere to cover them, and some of them even go deep into the mines, and even the police can't do anything to them. They're international journalists!

Then some of what Hu Xiaoyan did in Anhui was reported by American newspapers.

Of course, the reports of American newspapers exaggerate as much as they can. Americans, of course, know that there is a little exaggeration in what the newspapers say. But Sun Cannon doesn't know!

When Sun Dacang gave a speech in the United States, someone asked him: "Mr. Sun, since you are preaching revolution, why don't you do it?" I heard that Mr. Hu Shanshi from Anhui also wrote a lot of theoretical books, and not only that, but he also personally participated in the construction of Anhui. In contrast, you seem? ”

The questioner didn't finish speaking, and that's how Sun Dacang was speechless for a while. Sun Da cannon mouth cannon is unparalleled, but there is no practice. Hu Xiaoyan didn't say a word, just wrote a few books, and began to practice according to the theory of the book. Today, according to the newspapers, Anhui's construction is in good shape. Such a comparison is a judgment!

Sun Cannon was very embarrassed at the time, and immediately after he went back, he found a newspaper to learn about Anhui and Hu Xiaoyan. After reading the newspaper, Sun Dacang was greatly excited. He sees it as a new beginning in his career. Therefore, he wanted to hook up with Hu Xiaoyan. Isn't such a British overseas Chinese, who combines theory and practice and seems to have deep financial resources, the best assistant that God has given to Sun Dacang?

Sun Dacang's telegram was sent to Rong Hong, but Rong Hong was hesitant about it, although he did not meet Hu Xiaoyan for a long time, he often met and chatted with Zhang Binglin, Cai Yuanpei and Liang Qichao. He has a certain understanding of who Hu Xiaoyan is.

Let Hu Xiaoyan, a big celebrity with a big family and countless fans in China, go to mix with your Sun Cannon? Are you kidding? You are crazy! This was Rong Hong's first thought when he received Sun Cannon's telegram.

Sun Cannon is crazy, but Rong Hong is not crazy.

If Rong Hong doesn't do anything, Sun Cannon will have nothing to do, he is a wanted criminal in the Manchu Dynasty.

But in fact, whether Rong Hong or Liang Qichao are also wanted criminals, don't they stay well in Shanghai?

At this time, Rong Hong sent a telegram to the United States to recruit workers. If Sun Dacang got a treasure, he immediately sent a few fans to follow the team to Anhui. Zhang Yun is indeed an overseas Chinese in the United States, but he is not a high school student, but a real law college student! Not only that, but he also served in the military. This is also the reason why Hu Xiaoyan feels familiar. The soldier's every move is different from others, and it can be seen through at a glance.

Zhang Yun brought Sun Cannon's handwritten letter.

Hu Xiaoyan took the letter and put it on the table without looking at it. Then he chatted with Zhang Yun, and Zhang Yun also admitted the fact that he was a law student. Hu Xiaoyan was very interested in this.

Because Hu Xiaoyan's Yamen of the Anhui Mining Department is an old-fashioned yamen, everything in it is still the same as that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although the efficiency is much better, and Tao Chengzhang has brought a group of people to engage in anti-corrosion, so the yamen is relatively clean for the time being.

But not at this time. The law is fundamental!

Hu Xiaoyan thought of this as soon as he learned about Zhang Yun.

"Teacher Zhang, I know everything you said. Well, you write back and find some legal people to come back and help me establish a set of laws. Although I am only a yamen here. But soon the yamen will be upgraded. At that time, the number of staff will increase at least tenfold, and without a law that works to guarantee it, I dare not imagine the chaos that will follow. Hu Xiaoyan said sincerely. His future is more than just a yamen boss!