As soon as Yang Du arrived in Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao knew that now Yang Yang Yuanzhao's control of the entire Baotou has penetrated into every corner of the city, this city is a place that carries his dreams, and it is also a happy land of hope-

The reason why he didn't go to see Yang Du, and even after Yang Du arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, he didn't go to see him for the first time, Yang Yuanzhao had been thinking about it, looking at Liu Shu, who was urgently found by him, he said with a little doubt: "Liu Shu, you say, what did Yuan Shikai ask Yang Du to do!" ”

Liu Shu at this time, and a few years ago, has been completely different, the change of identity, brought about a change in vision and temperament, in Liu Shu's body, particularly obvious, in the past three years, if Yang Yue in agriculture, to give Yang Yuanzhao huge support, Liu Shu is the overall assistant, and even in many aspects that Yang Yuanzhao did not realize, gave Yang Yuanzhao a lot of support, and now, in the entire northwest regime, Liu Shu is the second person without exception, and the right to speak is very high.

After Liu Shu knew that Yang Du was coming, he was also thinking, why did he come like this, if it was before the collision with the Beiyang Army, Liu Shu was still worried that he would be exterminated by a quarrel, but now, Baotou's side has shown a strong momentum of development, and the strength in all aspects has been re-established on the original basis, and there has been a huge improvement, especially in the case of the new army, from the original town, to the current 10 divisions, and even the newly built 5 divisions, which are also in intense preparation.

A steady stream of personnel, sign up to join the army, and the soldiers can choose the best of the best. Even workers, students, etc., daily training. It is also carried out step by step, and Baotou's combat effectiveness is the same every day. Although the Beiyang Army is strong, it is only 70,000 people, and the combat effectiveness of the new army in Baotou will not be worse than that of Beiyang, and now, it has nearly 300,000 people.

"Perhaps, to confirm the purpose of both of us!" Liu Shu said with a narrowed look in his eyes. Yuan Shikai's actions are very obvious, in China now, the Qing court can be said to be in the past tense, not to mention the southern provinces, which have basically declared independence, the revolutionary party is accumulating strength, and the entire Qing court has spent a lot of money to build a new army, basically, has been thrown into the arms of the revolutionary party. It seems that the revolutionary party is the most powerful.

However, after seeing the whole process of Baotou's development, especially the strong strength of the new army, Liu Shu is very clear. The revolutionary party is like a big fat pig, which looks huge and huge, but it is a mixed bag. Even mixed with all kinds of strength, if such forces can't be twisted into a rope. It can only be a plate of loose sand, and there is no need to worry about it at all.

Yang Yuanzhao if he knew Liu Shu's thoughts. I will definitely give a thumbs up, really, the revolutionary party led by Sun Yat-sen did little in the 20 years from the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution, and it was not until the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy that it considered controlling a military force by itself, which realized the Northern Expedition.

In the north, after Yuan Shikai entered Beijing, the Beiyang Army was indisputable and became a huge military group, with the help of the legitimacy of the north, plus the support of Britain and other countries, just he knew, there were more than 3 towns of military supplies about to be allocated to the Qing court, cumulatively, it was a huge strength, which could not be ignored.

The other one, of course, is no accident, it is Baotou, now the strength of Baotou, even the annihilation of the Beiyang Army, into the city of Beijing is no problem, but Yang Yuanzhao chose to retreat and forbearance, although I don't know what Yang Yuanzhao thinks, Liu Shu was more or less depressed in his heart after following the order, and finally asked: "Yang Yuanzhao, what do you think, don't you want to unify China and establish a supreme achievement." ”

Yang Yuanzhao's heart fluctuated for a while, such an idea, he didn't have it, it's not that he didn't want to, he couldn't, Baotou's current development is only 3 years, although it is rapid, under the support of his golden finger, his strength has been greatly promoted, but a certain amount of Cheng dù is on it, this belongs to pulling seedlings to help grow, Baotou has not yet had the ability to support the whole of China.

Because of Yang Yuanzhao's many considerations, Baotou has come to the forefront in all aspects, such as high standards of workers' wages, social security system, welfare housing, plus some free medical care, free schooling, etc., which have the hearts of the people in Baotou and are the cornerstone of Baotou's stability, but these are all relying on huge funds, the income of Germany and the United States and Yang Yuanzhao in international trade and financial investment, the income of precious metals and some special metals directly extracted from the ore, and the income of various enterprises in Baotou belonging to Yang Yuanzhao. As for the government's revenues, it is not enough to use them only for public investment, let alone the huge investment in supporting the welfare system.

That is to say, after the establishment of the government independently from Baotou, most of the welfare benefits are mainly based on Yang Yuanzhao's direct support, and it can be said that once Yang Yuanzhao's support is missing, Baotou's finances will immediately go bankrupt.

It is impossible for Yang Yuanzhao to support endlessly, although it is said that with the abundant capital he has now, it is okay to increase the population of the northwest several times, but he is hungry, and money cannot solve it.

The Oriental Ruhr, now Baotou has begun to take shape, a certain way, China is much larger than Germany, in terms of area, now Baotou control zhì area, is already larger than Germany, even in terms of population, is much more than Germany, population may be the only advantage China has.

But China is too big, more than 10 million square kilometers of land, most of which are not centralized control, 40,000,000 people, if you want to integrate all these into one rope, this needs to do too much work, not just a matter of money.

The history of later generations has proved this point, after the Xinhai Revolution, China was nominally a republic of China and democratic, but in the end it embarked on the road of warlord melee, and this fixed course dù is a conspiracy of foreigners, which can be generalized in a certain way, how can it not be that the character of the Chinese is a dragon alone, a group of people and a group of insects is inseparable.

Baotou does not have the ability to incorporate the whole of China into it, whether it is medical insurance, or minimum living security, or housing security, Baotou's developed economy, once the 40,000 people fall together, the final result, will definitely not be achieved, rather than this, it is better to slowly, steadily, for Baotou, there is still a lot of time, slow development, other Chinese regions, as a market, slowly to cultivate well.

Yang Yuanzhao sorted out the language, and after telling Liu Shu about his general purpose, and understanding Yang Yuanzhao's purpose, Liu Shu hesitated for a long time, and finally, sighed and stopped talking.

I always thought that Yang Yuanzhao was young and looked at the problem a little one-sidedly, but every time, the final proof was that he was wrong, and this time it was the same, it seems that the northwest has more than a dozen divisions, a strong army of almost 300,000 people, and a division can fight against a town in Beiyang, but the military strength is not omnipotent, to occupy more provinces, Baotou needs greater development, first digest Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia first, according to the experience of Baotou, at most 3 years, these places can be perfectly digested, and then lay a solid foundation, Let the entire western side truly become the backbone of the Chinese nation, when tens of millions, or even more people, unite around Baotou, the final power is absolutely unimaginable, this is the real rise.

"Yuan Zhao, do you want to ask for anything?"

Yang Yuanzhao said calmly: "I didn't think much about it before, but Yang Du is here, I understand what Yuan Shikai means, he is afraid of us, for various reasons, we can't expand, since he is here, I will want him to ask for one thing, although it will make him very uncomfortable, but it is very likely to accept it!" ”

"What's the matter!"

"Right of way!"

The right to build the road, Liu Shu's face, a moment of confusion, and then suddenly the eyes lit up, the right to build the way, for others, may be a hard work, and even to recover the cost, it is many years later, for Baotou, but it is a foundation to expand its influence, expand all over China, Baotou has a strong army, but this army, a certain amount of dù, subject to traffic, basically each division has 36 heavy guns of more than 100 mm, but this heavy artillery, basically, Unable to travel on the roads of China, where there are no railways and highways, even if Baotou has a million troops, there is nothing to be done, this point has been expressed when attacking Shaanxi, although the first war went to Xi'an, but in the south of Shaanxi, it is only nominally controlled, and Shanxi is close to Shaanxi, not to mention the farther provinces.

But after the road construction, it is different, Baotou has the largest road construction army in China, and now the team of railway engineers has reached almost 400,000, and this amount is still expanding, relying on such a large number of road construction workers, plus the rails produced by Baotou Steel, now Baotou Steel has completed the transformation and construction of more than a dozen blast furnaces, the current steel output has exceeded 20 million tons, half of the output, is 10.4 million rails, which represents 130,000 kilometers of rails, In China, 130,000 kilometers of railways are built a year, even if it is a double line, there are 65,000 kilometers, hundreds of thousands of kilometers of railways, it will not take 357 years to complete, when China has 200,000, 300,000 kilometers, basically double-track trunk railways, the whole of China, what will be a concept.

The benefits can be seen at a glance, but then Liu Shu said with some discoloration: "This is not easy to achieve, the right to build roads is generally built by the great powers in order to encroach on China's interests, the key is not in the road itself, but in the exploration right within a range of 12 kilometers, we build so many roads, Yuan Shikai will definitely not agree!" (To be continued......) R527