Lü Liang did this for the simple reason that the strength of the Zhenguo Party in other areas was insufficient, while those people had been engaged in revolutionary activities for many years and had a strong foundation. Moreover, the development of branches overseas is also an important means to compete with Sun Ge for influence. In fact, Lu Liang did not say this explicitly, but everyone knew that everyone had read the announcement of the provisional government, and from now on, the Zhenguo Party and the Xingzhong Association would be incompatible. However, the Xingzhong Association does not have the capital to confront the Zhenguo Party at all, and it is just a clown.

There is another point that Lu Liang did not mention, that is, the problem of the state system after the success of the revolution. This is also a point that Lu Liang deliberately ignores, differences cannot be placed on the table, and can only be temporarily suppressed. Originally, one of the most important differences between the Xingzhong Society and the Alliance was the dispute between the monarchy and the republic. As for Lu Liang, he still can't think about it so much, let's talk about overthrowing the Manchu Qing, but there is one point, the imperial system is impossible, such a system is the biggest remnant of feudalism, and it must be eliminated, otherwise it is impossible for people to be liberated from servility.

After a period of training in Guangzhou, Cai, Zhang, and others began to go to the Quartet, and the training was mainly about intelligence contact, the internal system operation of the Zhenguo Party, the operation of branches, and so on, and a group of internal personnel of the Zhenguo Party went with a large amount of funds. In fact, there are already branches of the Investigation Bureau operating in various places, but the nature of the two is different, and the Investigation Bureau is mainly engaged in intelligence gathering.

In September, Fuzhou's humid climate and abundant rain brought a large number of farmers and landlords to a smile on their faces. For the landlords, the war a few months ago was really terrifying, but they did not expect that the revolutionary party was not at all the same as they had heard, not only distributing high-yield rice seeds, but also recruiting peasants to build water conservancy. In just a few months, the floods that have plagued Fujian for many years have been effectively controlled, which is a move for the benefit of all people, and the Zhenguo Party has gained a firm foothold in Fujian on this basis alone. Of course, there is still a little bit of dissatisfaction for the landlords, the government mandates rent and interest reductions, how can the old tradition of thousands of years be easily changed, but the arms can't twist the thighs, most of the landlords obey the government's orders, who let the family have guns and cannons, and high-yield rice seeds! Those who do not obey can be driven to death by simply stopping the distribution of high-yielding rice seeds!

Large-scale infrastructure construction has brought about the establishment of a large number of cement and building materials factories, after all, it is not as simple as the local production from Guangzhou, not only the building materials factory, but also more new factories have been established, and the Fujian people can be regarded as eye-opening. The only drawback is that most of the factories are opened by Cantonese, and the local squires and wealthy businessmen in Fujian have run away before, and there is not much capital invested in this construction.

Fujian, like Guangdong, has the biggest contradiction in that there is less land and more people, and the problem in Fujian is even more serious. The terrain here is mostly mountainous and hilly, and the cultivated area is small, and the Wuyi Mountains are pleasant, but not suitable for agriculture.

In response to this problem, the Provisional Government came up with the following approach: through the expansion of the army, large-scale infrastructure construction, such as cement, roads, railways, urban reconstruction, farmland transformation, and the construction of a large number of factories, and the consequent rise of the service industry, which accommodated more than two-thirds of Fujian's idle labor force. In agriculture, in addition to high-yield rice seeds, the provisional government encouraged the cultivation of cash crops, and the consumption level in Guangdong and Fujian continued to increase with the large-scale construction, which brought about an increase in demand for cash crops.

New things make Fujian people dizzy, and the most attractive of them is the railway, which is also one of the most important links in Luliang. The extension of the railroad represents the expansion of power, and the passage of a railroad means that the power of the Provisional Government has penetrated into that place, and it is firmly controlled.

It is worth noting that the railway gauge set by Lüliang is 1520 mm wide gauge. He was full of insults at the 1435 mm rule that was popular in the world in his previous life, which was popular in the world because it had been practiced for many years and was difficult to change. But now it is different, China's railway construction has just begun, and Lvliang has the conditions and ability to implement a more high-quality broad gauge. A wider gauge means that the trains are larger and carry more cargo, and the fact that Russia also has this gauge will play a crucial role in the future strategy.

Broad gauge also meant an increase in the amount of work and the consumption of resources, especially steel, and by September 1902, most of the steel produced by the Huizhou Iron and Steel Works had been used in the construction of railways, and even the share of steel in military factories and shipyards was affected. To make up for the shortfall in steel consumption, San Francisco-based Ambrera purchased large quantities of steel rails to be shipped to Guangdong and Fujian as part of a new rail network. It was also one of Ambrera's largest businesses, and the company had amassed a lot of money in San Francisco through factories such as lighters and zippers, and the Guangzhou plant had exported a lot of goods to the United States, which provided a source of funds for the purchase of steel rails.

There is a kind of people who are full of enthusiasm for steel, and they want the country to have millions of kilometers of railways, hundreds of millions of tons of ships, and countless cars and high-rise buildings, and Lu Liang is one of them. Due to the constraints of manpower, the steel plant cannot be expanded indefinitely, but unlike the railway, the difficulty of its construction lies mainly in the complex terrain, and the requirements for manpower are not high. Moreover, the consumption of building materials and cement can be obtained from local factories, and the lack of steel can be purchased from the United States scrap steel, so the railway mileage of Guangdong and Fujian has increased rapidly.

By October 1902, all the main lines in Guangdong had been opened, and the construction of various branch railways was also intensified. In Fujian, the Guangdong-Nanjing Railway running through the north and south is under construction, which enters Fujian from the Chaozhou area, connects with the main line of the Guangdong Railway, and extends north to the Ningde area on the border between Fujian and Zhejiang. In addition, a railway from Fuzhou to the north, through Wuyi Mountain, to Guangguang County is also being planned, which is difficult to build and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic within three years.

The railway that makes Lvliang pay the most attention is the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. In January 1902, the American Hop Hing Company withdrew its investment and was unwilling to continue the construction of the railway, Guangdong was occupied by the rebels, and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway lost its significance to continue construction, and the imperial court simply shelved the railway. Unexpectedly, another American company approached Zhang Zhidong and offered to take over the railway, claiming that it had negotiated with the Guangdong side and that the construction of the railway would not be hindered by them.

Zhang Zhidong didn't dare to be careless, and ordered someone to investigate carefully, and sure enough, he found that the Ambrera company had a close relationship with Lu Liang, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was wearing a pair of pants. The continued construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway is actually Lu Liang's wish. Although the imperial court did not allow it, Zhang Zhidong did not intend to give up, and everyone knew the pulling effect of this railway on Hunan and Hubei after its completion. After some operation, Zhang Zhidong changed the railway to a private fund-raising method, and Ambrera Company also established the Guangxing Railway Company, and under the guidance of Zhang Zhidong, he went up and down the imperial court, and the people also petitioned the imperial court to approve the construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway.

In March 1902, under the money offensive, the imperial court passed the charter to continue the construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, and in the eyes of the upper echelons, the completion of the construction of this railway coincided with the completion of the reorganization and training of the Beiyang New Army, and it was the most suitable for the deployment of troops to attack Guangdong. The Guangdong section of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway has been paved, and a third of the Wuhan-Chenzhou section has been built, and according to the plan of the Guangxing Railway Company, the rest will be completed within a year.

Zhang Zhidong scoffed at the court's plans, and he didn't know which side it was convenient for him at that time. Now the south is trembling, for fear that the chaotic party will fight as soon as its head is hot, and then there will be a good look in the imperial court!

With the continuous release of goodwill and the deepening of cooperation between the two sides, the relationship between Zhang Zhidong and Lu Liang has become closer and closer. A large number of merchants from Hubei and Hunan are doing business in Guangdong, transporting goods from there to the two lakes for sale, and there are also Guangdong businessmen opening factories in many areas of the two lakes, and even Guangdong's new gadgets -- supermarkets -- have appeared in the city of Wuhan. Zhang Zhidong held his own identity and never went there to shop, but his family's children and daughters wandered there all day long, and he didn't know what was so wonderful about that supermarket that it could attract the attention of most of Wuhan!

Even so, Zhang Zhidong still has doubts, he is not a person who is loyal to the imperial court, and it can even be said that most of the Manchu governors are not loyal people, of course, there are not a few Han people who are willing to be martyred for the Manchu Dynasty, such as Liu Kunyi, Ding Zhenze and other feudal officials, but Zhang Zhidong is by no means one of them. Even many of his actions are challenging the bottom line of the imperial court, such as eye-to-eye with Lu Liangmei, the imperial court has long been very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhidong, but he is afraid of the eighth town of his new army, if the reorganization of the Beiyang New Army is completed, it is estimated that the first unlucky one is Zhang Zhidong.

The situation is not complicated, Zhang Zhidong can see it very clearly, his concern lies in Lu Liang's attitude, what kind of attitude does he have towards himself as a Manchu feudal official? In the past, Zhang Zhidong also regarded Lu Liang as a young offspring and wanted to take a boost, but he didn't expect that people would build such a big family business in a short period of time, and even make the entire court helpless. Now he has put the two in equal positions, but he can't let him join Lu Liang's revolutionary party. Besides, the two have never met so far, and neither of them knows what the other party really thinks, which is his biggest concern.