Zhuang Jihua's words did not make everyone excited, but made them all silent, what is Yucheng, Liu Xiang's lair, the base of the 21st Army, is the largest commercial port in Sichuan, its fiscal and tax revenue accounts for more than one-third of the entire Sichuan, and Liu Xiang uses it as an important basis for raising the army.

"During the Cultural Revolution, the principal meant to replace Liu Wenhui with Liu Xiang." Zeng Kuoqing first asked: "Our capture of Yucheng is bound to have a conflict with Liu Xiang, isn't that cheap Liu Wenhui in vain?" Will the principal agree? ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't answer, but just hummed softly, and Du Yuming also thought about it at this time and said, "Does the principal plan to send more soldiers?" Is it based on us? ”

"Looks like you're most concerned about these two points, isn't it?" Zhuang Jihua looked at Li Zhilong, Hong Junqi, Tang Zong and others for a week and said, Li Zhilong nodded and said: "Yes, it will definitely not work by relying on our strength alone, unless the principal sends troops, but when the principal's troops arrive, we will also be finished." ”

Liu Xiang's troops have more than 100,000, and Chiang Kai-shek wants to send troops into Sichuan to capture Yucheng, and I am afraid that it will not work if there are less than 100,000, but these 100,000 people will enter Sichuan, and the time required to prepare is too long.

"Well, first of all, I want to make it clear that the principal will never send troops to Sichuan, except for us, the principal will not add another soldier to us." Du Yuming raised his eyebrows and was about to object, relying on these thousands of people to seize Yucheng, isn't it a dream. Zhuang Jihua made a gesture and signaled him not to be busy.

"As for supporting Liu Xiang to replace Liu Wenhui," Zhuang Jihua pondered: "Now Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui are the two largest forces in Sichuan, and their showdown will be the last large-scale civil war in Sichuan. ”

Zhuang Jihua said while thinking about it: "But supporting Liu Xiang is the principal's decision, and we still have to implement it, but how to implement it, there is an article to do here, that is to say, how to seize Yucheng is inside." ”

"Oh, Cultural Revolution, what the hell do you think, tell us clearly, don't hide it anymore." Hong Junqi was a little anxious, not only to seize Yucheng, but also to support Liu Xiang, how could this be done.

"It's very simple, let Liu Xiang lose first and then win." Zhuang Jihua said coldly and sternly: "Only when Liu Xiang is defeated, will he ask the central government for help, and will he hand over Yucheng to us, and then we will assist Liu Xiang to defeat Liu Wenhui." ”

Defeat first and then win, let Liu Xiang fail? Liu Xiang is so easy to fail? He has more than 100,000 troops under his command, and the warlords of Sichuan are not shallow, but Liu Wenhui is an enemy on all sides, from the overall point of view, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu and others outside the two heroes are still neutral and slightly biased towards Liu Xiang, if Liu Xiang is defeated, then these people are likely to see the wind and rudder, standing on Liu Wenhui's side to beat the water dogs.

"Will this work? Cultural Revolution, are you sure? If we can't do it, it will affect our current work, so I think it's better to be cautious. Li Zhilong couldn't help but say.

"Yes, the Cultural Revolution, in five years, it would be good to be able to build these factories, but if there is some accident, then our preliminary preparations will be all in vain." Zeng Kuoqing was very hesitant, to be able to take Yucheng and gain a foothold in Sichuan, of course, it was a great achievement, but the risk was too great, once it failed, not to mention the factory, I am afraid that even the power planted by the central government in Sichuan may be uprooted.

Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly, put his hand on the table, and his fingers lightly tapped on the table, making a soft sound: "So this matter must be kept secret, only a few of us know, I will say the ugly words in front first, any leaker, don't blame me for not being merciful, shoot me first, and then ask the principal for guilt." ”

"Yes!"

"I understand, I don't tell my parents, I don't tell my wife and children."

"Now I'll talk about my plan, the base is in charge of Zaitian, Toshio assists, Guangting, Junqi, the task of the two of you is to train recruits and enhance our strength, however, recruits can't be recruited here, after each escort team goes out, recruit troops in the field, remember not to make a big move, to recruit quietly, to volunteer, don't send back the recruited people first, come back with the escort team, in this way, a escort team recruits twice as many people, and we will have two thousand people in half a year, so you also have to build a training ground in the base. In addition, Naijian," Zhuang Jihua turned his head to look at Tang Zong and said: "You are in charge of intelligence, remember, whether it can be done or not depends on you, this time we don't know how to use the sword, success depends on intelligence." ”

"Brother Enlargement, you and I will go, Brother Enlargement and I will go to Chengdu to visit Liu Wenhui and Deng Xihou."

When they walked out of the conference room, they didn't have the enthusiasm of the ordinary people in front of them, but they were preoccupied.

The next day, Zhuang Jihua, Professor Wu and Mei Youlan went to visit Pan Wenhua, and Pan Wenhua was very excited to learn that they had come for the power company.

The development of power in Chongqing is relatively early, Xinhai has established the Candle River Electric Power Company before, the installed capacity is not large, can only supply part of the urban area, in 1928 suffered a fire, the loss of part of the equipment, this is not enough, with the development of Chongqing City, power has seriously restricted the development of Yucheng industry, Pan Wenhua took office as mayor, in addition to vigorously rectifying the city, expanding the urban area, is also beginning to consider the expansion of the power plant, and set up a preparatory group, but the problem is that the funding gap is relatively large, in addition to the expansion in the original factory, Or choose another site to build a new one.

Pan Wenhua immediately invited Hu Guangel, the technical leader of the preparatory group, who had returned from the United States as an engineer who had worked for an electric power company in the United States, and Hu Guanglu introduced the plan they had conceived to Zhuang Jihua.

According to their plan, a new plant with an installed capacity of 3x1000 watt steam turbine generator sets will be able to ensure electricity supply in the urban area of Chongqing, Jiangbei and the south bank once it is put into use.

Zhuang Jihua was noncommittal about these technical details, and after thinking about it carefully, Professor Wu asked about some industrial electricity consumption in the city, as well as the situation of Candlechuan Company, and then proposed to go to Candle River Company to have a look.

Zhuang Jihua took the opportunity to say goodbye, and discussed it on the way here, the specific matter was decided by Professor Wu, Zhuang Jihua only managed the funds, as for Mei Youlan, it was just a name, Zhuang Jihua clearly told Professor Wu that all factories and mines in the future will have to go through this trust, the reason is that it is a prevention, to prevent warlords, and to prevent corrupt officials.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhuang Jihua and Zeng Kuoqing set off for Chengdu, and Mei Youlan did not pass with Zhuang Jihua this time, but stayed in Yucheng. Three days later, the colorful flags fluttered in the base, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the 12 exploration teams (8 teams from Nanjing, 4 teams from Beiping, each team had 10 staff, 20 guards, 12 mules and horses, and 8 migrant workers) set off with hundreds of mules and horses and hundreds of migrant workers.

In the following days, the road team was divided into 18 teams and began to survey the roads around Chongqing, four of which were responsible for the Chengdu-Chongqing railway line survey, and the other groups also began to move, looking for factory sites around Yucheng, planning factories, and the list of equipment required by the factories also began to be drawn up.

The enthusiasm of the experts and team members is very high, but the core people, Li Zhilong, Teng Jie, Tang Zong and others are not happy at all, although Zhuang Jihua did not say it, but they also know what he is doing in Chengdu.

The actions in the base made Liu Xiang feel at ease, and it seemed that Zhuang Jihua had really come to develop Sichuan's resources. Pan Wenhua told him that Mei Youlan had invested 4 million oceans in Yucheng Electric Power Company and was already the company's largest shareholder, and with these 4 million oceans, the installed capacity of the new plant could be increased to 5x1,000 watts, and the old Candlechuan Power Company could also be repaired, and the production capacity could be doubled.

Liu Xiang was very happy, and invited Li Zhilong Mei Youlan to have a meal, of course, this time it was no longer so spicy, but fully considered the taste of the guests, at the dinner table Li Zhilong revealed to him that this time he entered Sichuan not only to explore the resources of Sichuan, but also to develop the resources of Sichuan, Mei Youlan is actually a representative of the Chinese consortium in the United States, and plans to set up steel mills and copper smelters in Sichuan, as well as chemical plants, to make full use of Sichuan's resources.

"Let's be honest, Miss Mei is just the vanguard, if it succeeds, the business community in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will flock to it, and Yucheng will be the largest construction site in China in the next few years." Li Zhilong said slightly drunk.

Liu Xiang was even happier, the increase in factories means an increase in taxes, and it means that the strength of the 21st Army will be stronger. At this moment, the only concern left in Liu Xiang's heart was Zhuang Jihua's meeting with Liu Wenhui in Chengdu. Although he was seventy percent sure in his heart, for Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Wenhui had a bad track record before, and between the two of them, he was sure that Chiang Kai-shek would choose him, but after all, there were still thirty percent of the factors that were not under control.

Zhuang Jihua walked for three days to Chengdu, and passed countless checkpoints along the way, but also thanks to the military uniform, otherwise they didn't know how much to pay for the tolls, and after arriving in Chengdu, they lived in the Sichuan Provincial Party Headquarters.

Sichuan Provincial Party Department was originally just a façade, during the Northern Expedition, Sichuan warlords have changed banners, and when they change banners, they will set up a party department in imitation of Guangdong, Liu Xiang is the original chairman of Sichuan Province, and a provincial party department was established in Chengdu, this party department did not do anything, until the success of the second Northern Expedition, Chen Lifu sent people into Sichuan, rectified the party department, and carried out party affairs.

(To be continued)