Wolf Domain, General Staff.

"Uncle Xiang, I didn't expect you to have such a good relationship with Shanghai Daotai?"

After Yue Weihua rushed back to the Wolf Domain, he went straight to the General Staff, because Qin Haiji's telegram mentioned a lot of information about Yu Lianyuan in Shanghai Daotai.

"What's the matter, Qin Haiji arrived in Shanghai and went to visit Yu Lianyuan?" Yue Xiang smiled and asked rhetorically.

"Yes." Yue Weihua nodded, and continued: "Qin Haiji went to visit Yu Lianyuan, and was cordially received by Yu Lianyuan, and Yu Lianyuan also gave the greatest support to build a factory in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. ”

"Haha, that's good." Yue Xiang also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and then continued: "To be honest, although I often have correspondence with Yu Lianyuan, after all, I haven't seen him for more than 20 years, and I don't know if he has changed, so I have reservations about what I say to you. ”

"Well, because of Yu Daotai's support, Qin Haiji still wants to change his plan." Yue Weihua said with a smile.

"Oh, what do you want to change?" Yue Xiang asked rhetorically, when Qinghai went to Shanghai to develop, Yue Weihua basically made a rough plan for Qin Haiji, after all, Yue Weihua came from the later generations and knew these things better.

"That's right, according to the map I gave at the beginning, Qin Haiji proposed to enclose 3,000 acres of land along the coast of Pudong (that is, the current Baosteel area), Yu Lianyuan Daotai didn't say a word, he directly agreed, and afterwards, he also specially sent several cadres from the Foreign Affairs Bureau to coordinate land purchase and land enclosure for Qin Haiji."

"With the personal coordination of the government, the land purchase went very smoothly, in order to prevent the landless tenant farmers from leaving their hometowns, Qin Haiji took all these tenant farmers, and let them all be converted into future steel factory workers, and now it is just time to stay to build walls, build factories, level the land, etc., which is also what we told at the beginning."

"Originally, everything was going well, but just last night a group of ruffians came and came up to extort money, of course, these ruffians are definitely not Qin Haiji's opponents, they were simply shot, but it made Qin Haiji think of an idea, that is, to establish a factory protection team, in fact, it is similar to the militia on our side, however, in this way, Qin Haiji will not be able to establish a gang in Shanghai in the short term, so I want to ask us to see if it is okay?"

"Oh, by the way, about the establishment of a factory protection team, Yu Lianyuan Yu Daotai agreed, but the scale is slightly limited, and it cannot exceed three hundred people, so as not to make people gossip." Yue Weihua said in one breath.

"Well, in this way, it's a good thing, it should be easier to open up the situation if you can hide in Pudong to train a team that has always been qualified, and then go to Huangpu District to mix gangs." Yue Xiang said bluntly after hearing this.

"Well, that's what I thought too." Yue Weihua nodded, and then said: "But the gangsters can't be ordinary tenant farmers, so I plan to tell them that within the Pudong enclosure, recruiting troops and horses should be divided into two parts, one is the ordinary factory protection team, it is no problem to recruit ordinary tenant farmers, and the other is to recruit some ruffians, refugees, etc., to train them, and make reserves for the future march into Shanghai." ”

"Or you're thoughtful." Yue Xiang smiled.

"Well, then this matter is settled." Yue Weihua paused, and then said: "I still have an idea, I don't know if it's suitable or not, put it forward at this stage?" ”

"What thoughts?" Yue Xiang asked rhetorically.

"Uncle Xiang, what do you think our Black Dragon Army lacks the most now?" Yue Weihua asked without answering.

"What's missing?"

This question stumped Yue Xiang, weapons and equipment, the Black Dragon Army has far surpassed the armies of various countries, money, it seems that there is no shortage of money, a little nowhere to spend, food and materials, if the Black Dragon Army is not expanded on a large scale, as far as the current situation is concerned, at least it will be enough for the Black Dragon to eat and wear for several years.

So what's missing?

"Hehe, it seems that there is a lack of time, if you give us a few more months to prepare, we don't have to cower in the wolf domain at all." Yue Xiang smiled and said, I really can't think of anything missing.

"Time, that's right." Yue Weihua nodded and said, "However, we can't control time, and what I want to say is that in fact, what we are most lacking at present is talent." ”

"Talent?" Yue Xiang was stunned, a little puzzled.

"Yes, it's talent." Yue Weihua continued: "As far as the naval fleet is concerned, even if it is originally from the Nenjiang naval division battalion, many of them can't drive river ships and gunboats, and the artillery on the ships, we even have to ask the prisoners of Tsarist Russia to teach our soldiers, do you say we lack talents?" ”

"Not only that, but in fact, there are all walks of life, such as the design and improvement of weapons and equipment, and even the invention of new weapons, as well as doctors, teachers, local officials, etc., these are the talents that our Black Dragon Army urgently needs, and talents can even be called the soft power of one force."

"If we want to grow stronger, we must be strong in all aspects, not just by force, otherwise, it will be difficult to get balanced development, and if we want talents, then we must beat our reputation, only when we have a reputation, will there be all kinds of talents to vote, so that we can recruit more like-minded talents."

After hearing this, Yue Xiang agreed greatly, and he was also quite relieved in his heart, because Yue Xiang was able to think of such a long term.

"And what are you going to do?" Yue Xiang asked rhetorically.

"I think so, all along, our Black Dragon Army has been low-key, and its reputation has spread among the common people, which is indeed in line with the strategy of our Black Dragon Army's low-key development, but judging from the current situation that Tsarist Russia has made in the three eastern provinces, even if we want to be low-key, it is estimated that we will not be able to keep a low profile."

"In that case, why don't we just raise the profile?" Yue Weihua smiled.

"Oh, what's a high-profile approach?"

"Hehe, if you want to talk about talents, especially Western-style talents, where there are the most, it is nothing more than Yanjing and Shanghai, and with Qin Haiji gaining a firm foothold in Shanghai, especially with the support of Daotai Yu Lianyuan, then next, we can do a lot of things."

"For example, secretly buy a newspaper, distribute our own newspaper in the concession, spread the situation of our Black Dragon Army through the newspaper, so that the whole of China and the whole world can come to know about us, and when the time comes, the reputation is there, are you afraid that you won't be able to find talents?"

"Well, this method is good, but I'm afraid it's not easy to operate."

Yue Xiang is not as optimistic as Yue Weihua, after all, this world is still the Qing court, even if it is a newspaper in the concession, the Qing court may force interference, and this kind of thing, Yu Lianyuan may not dare to turn a blind eye.

"Hehe, whether it works or not, this thing has to be done to know." Yue Weihua said with a smile.

"That's right." Yue Xiang responded: "Forget it, you can worry about this matter, Feng Xiang will come over in a while, just right, let's discuss the next war with Tsarist Russia." ”

"That's exactly what I mean."

…… (To be continued.) )