Chen Xuanyu also came back from Germany at this time, and this time he went to Germany to gain a lot of money, and the machinery and equipment he ordered in Germany gave the East China Autonomous Political Axe the ability to manufacture artillery, as well as machine guns, and also had the manufacturing technology of shells and torpedoes.

Under such circumstances, the military industry of East China's autonomous political axe is basically at night, and most of the army's equipment can be manufactured independently.

However, it will take a little time for these factories to be built, but it will only be a little time.

After Chen Xuanyu returned, Xia Jun held an army meeting to discuss the matter of expanding the army again, the strength of the three divisions was still too small, and it must be expanded.

"At present, there are 16 divisions and regiments, and we only have three field divisions, and the strength is almost six to one, although it is impossible to transfer all these divisions to China to fight, but if a full-scale war breaks out, this possibility will still appear, and we can still issue a mobilization order, our three divisions are still too few, so we need to continue to expand the army." Xia Jun said to everyone present.

"Seconded."

"Seconded"

All the army officers present were in favor of the expansion of the army, and three divisions were indeed too few, and although there were still five mixed brigades, such a force was at a loss.

"In your opinion, how much is the right amount of military expansion?" Xia Jun asked.

"Report to the chairman, my subordinates think that if it is a compulsory soldier, a few more divisions can be added." Zhang Jiyu immediately replied, "Anyway, the conscripts don't pay any military salaries, if you feel that the cost is too great, the equipment can be made up first." ”

At present, the army is divided into professional soldiers and compulsory soldiers, and the military salary of compulsory soldiers is extremely low, only one yuan a month, while the minimum military salary of professional soldiers has been raised to three yuan and a half.

Chen Xuanyu said: "My subordinates think that it is enough to add three more divisions, so that we have six divisions, and it will be easy to deal with Xiao Dongyang." ”

"Chenggui, do you have any suggestions?" Xia Jun asked Lin Chenggui.

"The subordinates have no opinion." Lin Chenggui touched his head with a smile and continued: "But the four dogs said that we should have more conscripts, otherwise it is impossible for us to mobilize the militia to fight." ”

The militia was used only as a last resort, and the militia had not undergone too professional training, and the casualties after going to the battlefield would definitely be very large.

Both Zhang Jiyu and Lin Chenggui are more concerned about the number of conscripts, and if there are many conscripts among the people, they can be conscripted into the army during the war.

"It is true that there can be more conscripts, but if the professional soldiers expand the three divisions, it will be more financially difficult." Xia Jun said, "So be it! The professional army will not be expanded for the time being, let's expand the eight compulsory divisions first! ”

…… A new round of recruitment soon began in various parts of the three provinces, and this time the recruitment requirements for physical fitness were relatively high, and the recruitment quota was eight infantry divisions.

That's about 130,000 people.

At present, the recruitment system is a compulsory military system, so the military salary has been greatly reduced. Since Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces are not suitable for recruiting conscripts to a large extent, because the lives of the people in these two provinces are still unsettled, and many of them are still struggling with the problem of food and clothing, while in Fujian, the problem of food and clothing has been well solved, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing at home when you go to the army to become a soldier.

These conscripts are mainly recruited from Fujian, and those in Zhejiang and Jiangxi will be recruited from next year, and will be discharged after two years of recruitment.

Compulsory military is considered a higher level of training than militia training, and after discharge, it is used as a reserve, and once the mobilization order is issued, it must be re-enlisted.

War will not go away, this nation needs war, and a bad peace is more terrible than war.

Next, it seems that there is nothing to do with Xia Jun, and the officers below are already competent and do a good job in training, and administratively, they basically operate according to his framework.

So Xia Jun began to increase the time he spent teaching students at East China University.

With Xia Jun's explosive development model, it has been restricted by talents.

The shortage of various talents, especially the shortage of skilled workers, has constrained the expansion of many factories, especially in the shipbuilding and machinery manufacturing industries, which require the largest number of skilled workers.

Therefore, Xia Jun should increase the cultivation of talents, and at the same time increase the recruitment of talents.

Recently, many overseas Chinese have returned, because Xia Jun has stepped up her propaganda efforts overseas, and these Chinese have come to the three provinces of East China Autonomous Region to find their satisfactory positions.

In addition to overseas Chinese returning to foreign countries, literati from various provinces in China have also flocked to the three provinces of East China's autonomous region, and educated people can find jobs anyway.

There is a need for literate people everywhere, especially in factories that are increasing.

With the arrival of loans, Xia Jun's East China Group began to expand rapidly, requiring not only a large number of managers, but also many technicians, many of whom must be educated to be competent.

In just one month, more than 20,000 literati poured into the East China Autonomous Government, and most of them did not mix well in the past, and all of them had to go to training courses before they could do their jobs.

When these literati were sent to the training class for reconstruction, their affordable housing was not very secure, and many of them lived in houses rented by the political axe.

However, their lives are guaranteed, how many people are in the family, and the daily necessities such as food and clothing will definitely not let them go hungry and freeze.

At this time, the three autonomous provinces of East China have embarked on a vigorous industrial road.

…… Recently, the Ministry of Construction has launched a very large number of projects, and the number of its large and medium-sized engineering teams has increased to hundreds, such as roads, railways, bridges, water conservancy, housing, and so on, all of which are projects for which the Ministry of Construction needs to be responsible.

Not all of these projects are invested by the Ministry of Construction, the railway is generally invested by the East China Bank, and the water conservancy is generally invested by the East China Electric Power Company, plus the Ministry of Finance allocates funds.

Recently, a railway from Hangzhou to Shanxi is being planned, and since Xia Jun got the right to build the railway freely from Yuan Shikai, there is basically no need to ask anyone to build the railway, including Yan Xishan, the governor of Shanxi.

The construction plan of this railway reached Yan Xishan's ears, and this guy was scared to death, but he did not dare to obstruct it, but electrified the East China Autonomous Political Axe and supported the construction of the Hangzhou-Taizhou Railway.

After three meetings, the Ministry of Construction decided to build the Hangzhou-Taizhou Railway into a double-track railway, and only by building a double-track railway can the transportation capacity be greatly increased, and at the same time reduce the possibility of collisions, so as to ensure that Shanxi's coal can be transported to the south without delay.

...... "This railway needs about 300 million yuan of investment, but with advanced construction equipment, the number of workers can be reduced by half, and about 200 million yuan of investment is needed." Xu Wenbo took the plan and reported to Xia Jun, "But Huadong Bank can't come up with so much money for the time being." ”

"It's okay, the funds will be in place later, and the repair will be carried out first." Xia Jun said to Xu Wenbo that he had repaired this railway, and as for the funds, Xia Jun was not worried at all.

Let's not talk about the fact that there will be a large profit in industry this year, let's just say that in agriculture, when it comes to the summer harvest, it will skyrocket, and when it comes to the autumn harvest, when sugarcane and cotton can be harvested, and the finances will skyrocket at that time. Moreover, Xia Jun still has a large amount of loans in place that will arrive in the next few months.

"Yes." Xu Wenbo responded, and then he continued to report: "Chairman, construction has been going on everywhere recently, and the number of laborers is no longer enough. ”

"Is this happening?" Xia Jun was stunned, a little puzzled, "How can we be short of labor?" ”

"Rural laborers are not willing to come to the cities, especially those yeoman farmers, who have their own land, and are even more reluctant to leave, but those tenant farmers, some of them have moved to the cities, but they are generally not willing to leave the countryside." Xu Wenbo said.

"Oh! This is a good thing, because they are reluctant to leave the countryside, which shows that the countryside can retain people. Xia Jun said with a smile, "Don't be afraid of the shortage of laborers, there are many people in other provinces, and when the railway connected to other provinces is repaired, there will be more people at that time, and after the summer harvest, we will raise the minimum wage for laborers to two yuan and a half a month." ”

…… A few days later, Xia Jun appeared at the construction site of the railway in a very low-key manner.

I saw that on the construction site, the construction vehicles are busy shuttling, excavators, bulldozers and trucks come with a roar, these construction teams belonging to the East China Group are using advanced construction machinery, the use of a large number of construction machinery, so that the labor intensity of workers is not so high.

The railway was built on the Quzhou line from Hangzhou to Jian'an, where the hilly terrain added a large amount of construction, and Xia Jun could faintly hear the sound of blasting in the distance on the construction site.

These explosives were all sent by the explosives factory under the East China Chemical Company, ending the history of even asking Xia Jun to buy explosives from the exchange platform.

The workers on the construction site were busy, just looking at the sudden arrival of Xia Jun and his group, and they were still in full swing into construction.

"One-two-one, come on."

"Let's work hard, and after finishing this paragraph, it's time to eat."

"Okay! Let's work hard and start the meal early. ”

There is a lot of harmony on the construction site, and the workers are very hard-working.

"yes, it won't be that messy." Xia Jun looked at the scene in front of him and smiled, he remembered that when the construction team was pulled up in the past, the construction scene was still a little chaotic.

Xia Jun began to walk around the construction site, he was wearing a hard hat and sunglasses, and he was just wearing ordinary clothes, so that no one at the scene recognized him.

"Lao Guo, when will this railway be repaired?" Xia Jun asked Guo Kun, an engineer on the side, who was one of the first engineers to go to Jian'an, and because he was proficient in railway construction, he was currently serving as the chief engineer of several railways.

"Soon, about another month, the railway between Fujian and Zhejiang will be opened to traffic, before September, the main line connecting Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi provinces can also be opened to traffic, within next year, the second trunk line will also be opened to traffic, and the railway branch line of the three provinces will be almost repaired at that time."

Guo Kun replied, and then said: "However, the demand for funds is relatively huge, and the current bonds are almost issued, and even many ordinary people have used their belongings to buy bonds, and they can't raise much money by bonds for the time being." ”

"Don't worry, there will be more money." Xia Jun said to him calmly.

(To be continued)