Gao Shanji's death and Yuan Datou's safe escape made Li Hui realize a truth, if you want to become a hero who changes history, your own ability is important, but you must live first, "Gao Shanji may have the talent needed to become a son of the plane, but as soon as a person dies, everything is over." If Gao Shanji can learn from Yuan Datou, and don't die when he knows he can't do it, he may not be able to survive. But then again, if Gao Shanji becomes such a person, how can he make those subordinates who have not been attached for a long time also be willing to die for him? It seems that when a regime is terminally ill, there is no hope for reform within the system, even if you have the ability, you will be killed by your bosses and colleagues sooner or later, and if you become smooth enough to be with the light, then you have actually been assimilated by this filthy officialdom, and if you die, you can just mix into a powerful warlord, just like Yuan Shikai. If Gao Shanji hadn't really entered the officialdom not long ago, I'm afraid he wouldn't have become a hero."

"Anyway, Yuan Datou's performance in this time and space is much better than in history, I don't know if it will be reused sooner, but it doesn't matter, even if the Qing court lets Yuan Datou train now, it's too late to stop my big plan", Li Hui didn't think like this, but now he does have such a strong strength under his command.

Today's Dengzhou, except for the northern coastal area where the Qing army has heavy troops, has all been placed under the control of the so-called "Denglai Special District People's Government", and Laizhou Mansion is only the capital city and a few county towns remain untouched, and the total population of the Jiaodong base area has exceeded the 7 million mark unconsciously.

By this time, Li Hui's antipathy could no longer be concealed in any case, and this had become an open secret in the officialdom of Denglai Second Mansion.

But what made Li Hui speechless was that, just like the emperor's new clothes, no one dared to risk his life to poke this matter away and let the court know about it (officials above the seventh grade were all controlled by Li Hui, and it was impossible to report it, but if the officials above the seventh grade died, the paper would not be able to keep the fire after all.) ）。

The officials of Denglai Erfu are like blind men, all of them turn a blind eye to the backlash under their noses, anyway, as long as the county town has not fallen, or even just the anti-flag is not planted openly, they can continue to pretend that nothing has happened.

There was not even a high-ranking official who was willing to die, which made Li Hui fully aware of the extent to which the Manchu regime had decayed, but fortunately this was not a bad thing for him, so he did not take the lead in destroying the illusion of quiet harmony, well, in fact, he was also very curious, when the Qing court would be able to notice that something was wrong below

With the expansion of the base area, by the beginning of April 1895, there were more than 400,000 workers in the base area, most of whom were construction workers and miners recruited by Li Hui.

These people are generally strong, hard-working, and have received some military training to a greater or lesser extent, and they are all quite good soldiers, plus the 100,000 militia in the countryside, and now Li Hui's available reserve troops are very strong.

Although there are still only four brigades of regular troops in the base area on the surface, Li Hui has already established a "shadow force" system following the example of the Soviet Union in history, and it only takes a month at most to pull out four more brigades of troops, and the combat effectiveness will not be much weaker than the four brigades on standing.

At that time, the total strength of the base area will reach 50,000 or 60,000 people, and it will have an overwhelming advantage in weapons and equipment, let alone the Qing army, even if the Japanese army comes with two or three divisions, he will have the confidence of victory.

More cadres are needed for expansion and recruitment, and at present, few intellectuals have joined Li Hui's command, and cadres can only be trained from those workers and peasants who are still eradicating illiteracy, and the cycle is quite long, so Li Hui can only use biochemical soldiers as the backbone to support the shelf for the time being, but biochemical soldiers are so expensive, can he afford to raise them?

Not to mention, Li Hui is really not short of money now, due to the special convenience of system supply, the expansion of several old gold mines in the base has been completed ahead of schedule, and the gold output has skyrocketed, including only one Linglong gold mine, the monthly output of gold is more than 30,000 taels, and the total output in 1895 is expected to never be less than 300,000 taels of gold!

In fact, if it weren't for the fear of water penetration accidents and the fact that there was a bigger source of money from the North American gold mine, there would be no need to scrape the bones and marrow of the Linglong gold mine, and it would not be difficult to double the production capacity, and the potential to increase production is too great!

After the liberalization of hire, the gold rush in Alaska and the Yukon River valley quickly rose, and the "gold army" there also reaped far more profits through black-eating and larger-scale mining.

In the first quarter alone, they handed over no less than 100,000 taels of gold to Li Hui, and once the spring flowers bloomed, the output there would definitely increase several times, which made Li Hui excited

In addition to the gold mines, the tonnage of the fleet of venture capital companies has increased several times, and the increase in transportation volume has led to a rise in profits, and the monthly trade income has now exceeded the 800,000 taels of silver mark.

In addition, the partially completed railways have also begun to contribute profits, and although they are still very limited, they are expected to become an important source of revenue for the local government in the future, and the factories and new mines that are still under construction are even more exciting for Li Hui, especially the newly discovered gold mines in the Laizhou-Zhaoyuan gold belt.

In addition, the local government also obtained a large amount of one-time income through "confiscation", of which the value of real money alone is no less than 2 million taels of silver, if it can realize all the art and luxury goods such as antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and high-end furniture, the total income may even exceed 5 million taels, if it is not for the land and other real estate that cannot be sold, 10 million taels of silver may not be impossible. Considering that the affluence of the countryside is far less than that of the cities, Li Hui finally has a clear understanding of the current wealth of China's family background, and the Jiaodong base area with a population of more than 7 million, which is still mostly poor and remote, can find so much money, but what if it is the whole of China with a population of 40,000?

If you can get so much money, hundreds of thousands, or even more biochemical soldiers can afford to recruit, and with so many qualified cadres, what else in the world can't be done?