Li Zhen rolled his eyes and said: "Commander Zeng's suggestion is very good, I will determine the matter of selecting personnel to establish a new organization as soon as possible, and then start to form a team, and then deal with the chess pieces laid by Yi 60 lurking in various provinces." ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

Li Zhen has a team of people who are responsible for finding out confidential information, and they will definitely be everywhere in the future, and they will also become dangerous. Of course, if you are loyal to Li Zhen, it is not something to be afraid of.

Walk right, sit up straight, and you don't have to worry.

The second thing was temporarily closed, and Li Zhen continued: "The third thing is about building a railway and building a telegraph. Nowadays, railways and telegraphs have appeared, and Britain, the United States and other countries have begun to use them, once there are railways and telegraphs, many things will be convenient and faster. These two things must be carried out as soon as possible. This matter is not easier than the picketing of people who belong to Yi 60 just now, but it is very difficult, because it involves negotiating with foreigners. ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "Lord Wang, don't you plan to give the commander of the five countries stationed in Japan about the construction of the railway?" ”

Li Zhen smiled lightly and said, "If they can come here, I can give them the construction matter." But can they come now? They obviously couldn't get there. Our development cannot wait for them to come. By the time they come, we will probably have the whole country in charge, and by that time there will be some localities to build railways, and some localities to let them build them. ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, and stopped persuading.

Zeng Guofan said: "My lord, building railways and building telegraphs are extremely expensive things. Besides, now that there is another war, can our money support it? Will it hurt the people. ”

There are too many channels that need to use money, and Zeng Guofan is worried that the lack of money will affect the people.

Li Zhenxiao said: "In terms of finance, we have our own bank, our own industrial chain, and our own arsenal to sell weapons for profit, plus the money that was scraped from various countries, which is enough for us to use." Now in order to develop, it is necessary to vigorously build railways and build telegraphs. In fact, the construction of railways can also stimulate domestic demand, develop the economy, provide many jobs for the people, so that the people have a job and economic resources, which can be regarded as stimulating the economy. ”

Zeng Guofan asked again: "Who is responsible for such a big matter?" ”

After Li Zhen's gaze swept around everyone, he finally fell on Smith and said: "I'm afraid this matter requires Smith, he is proficient in English and can better deal with businessmen and officials from various countries." Smith, what do you think? ”

Smith stood up and said without hesitation: "Lord Wang, I am very happy. ”

Smith has been in the army for many years, and he must be reluctant to leave the army suddenly, but when it comes to a big project under Li Zhen, Smith has no complaints and directly agrees.

Besides, it's fun to do something like this, and it's not boring.

Li Zhen opened his mouth again and asked, "Smith, as a person in charge of building the railroad and telegraph, what do you want?" Although it is brought up. The sooner you bring it up, the faster you can solve it when you encounter a problem in the future. ”

Smith said, "Lord Wang, there is indeed a matter. ”

"It's okay to be straight!" Li Zhen said.

"I've always been in the military, I don't have any experience in the economy, and I need someone to help me," Smith said. This person, it is better to be proficient in economics, to be able to evaluate the cost of building railways to the greatest extent, etc., I am responsible for the handover to the outside, and the internal calculations, etc., someone must help me, otherwise it is easy to have problems! ”

Li Zhen praised: "Smith, this sentence is to the point. ”

Li Zhen looked up and looked outside, and ordered: "Come on, go and find Fan Kai from the Great China Bank." ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers outside got the order and immediately went to inform Fan Kai. Next, Li Zhen talked to Smith about the construction of the railway. What are the places involved in building railways, such as between Guangxi and Guangdong, between Guangdong and Nanjing, and how to build railways in various places, as well as looking for engineers to build railways, and so on.

It didn't take long for Fan Kai to rush over.

Fan Kai respectfully saluted Li Zhen, and then sat down. Li Zhen and Fan Kai breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand at Smith, and said, "Mr. Fan, this is Smith, a division commander of the army. He is now in charge of building the railroad and building the telegraph, and the two of you will work together, Smith outside the Lord, and you Lord, to implement this matter as soon as possible. ”

Fan Kai said happily: "The prince is wise, and the railway and telegraph have flourished abroad, which has greatly promoted the development of various countries. We should have had it a long time ago, and it was just right for the prince to bring it up. ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Next, you communicate more." ”

"Yes!"

Smith and Fan Kai said at the same time.

"Report!"

At this time, a soldier walked in from outside.

The soldier came to Zhao Liewen's side and reported the news, and after Zhao Liewen heard it, his face had changed greatly.

He waved his hand for the soldiers to withdraw, stood up, and said solemnly: "Lord Wang, news has come from the north, Yi 60 is now declaring war on us after more than a year and nearly two years of preparation, and is ready to attack us. At the same time, Shi Dakai, who had already captured Sichuan, also declared war on us at this time and cooperated with Yi 60 to send troops. The two colluded together, and the situation became very complicated. ”

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.

The current situation has the feeling of three countries.

It's just that Li Zhen's strength is the strongest, he can be regarded as Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms, and Yi 60's strength is stronger than Shi Dakai, and he can be regarded as Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, as for Shi Dakai, who is entrenched in Sichuan, Liu Bei.

Three countries, forming a situation of three opposing forces.

Shi Dakai and Yi 60 united, obviously joining forces to attack Li Zhen.

Li Zhen quickly calmed down and ordered: "Come here, invite Li Shanlan from Kyushu Daily." After Wei Yuan's death, Li Shanlan took over the position of editor-in-chief of Wei Yuan's Kyushu Daily, and Li Zhen and Li Shanlan met briefly, and then Li Zhen appointed Li Shanlan to take over the affairs of Kyushu Daily. After that, Li Zhen led his troops to Taiwan and did not communicate with Li Shanlan.

When the war broke out, Li Zhen immediately asked people to call Li Shanlan. Kyushu Daily is Li Zhen's mouthpiece, and Li Zhen naturally needs Li Shanlan to lead the wind and Li Shanlan to mobilize the people's emotions.

The soldier went to inform, while Li Zhen waited for Li Shanlan.

It didn't take long, and Li Shanlan hurried over. After he entered the room, he saw the important members of the army sitting in the room, as well as the feudal officials in the officialdom, and his breathing became slightly heavier. It was the first time he had seen such a big battle, so many people gathered, it was not ordinary!

ps: The third shift, call it a day;