**After the war, foreigners' gadgets were introduced to China, and the railways were regarded by the Qing people as "strange tricks" that destroyed feng shui, and they were full of fear of this new thing. Later, under the oppression of foreigners, people of insight began to awaken, and under the influence of the idea of "mastering the art of the emperor to control the country", the Westernists began to promote the construction of railways in the imperial court, and built the first government-run railway in 1881: the Tangxu Railway. As time went on, more and more people began to accept this novelty. In 1898, the Qing government borrowed money from the American Hexing Company to build the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway from Wuchang to Guangzhou, which is now being built by the Hexing Company. Tao Mo is not an old-fashioned official, on the contrary, he is full of interest in these foreigners' gadgets, and he is an authentic Westerner. During his tenure as governor of Liangguang, he repeatedly ordered the encouragement of industry and commerce and the opening of new factories, or he would not have given the green light to such a large-scale project in Lüliang, and Lüliang's career was so smooth that the court officials were full of Western-style contributions.

Tao Mo's concern was not the construction of the railway, but the acquisition of the rights and interests of the railway. It coincided with the outbreak of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, and there is no end in sight. He was very well-informed, and heard that the imperial court was very dissatisfied with the foreigners' acquisition of the right of way, and the voice of demanding to defend the right of way and build the railway by himself had been heard. The American Hexing Company, which presided over the construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, repeatedly violated the contract signed with the imperial court, which had aroused the dissatisfaction of the imperial court. Now that Lu Liang, who has an American background, he proposed to build a railroad, how could he not cause his own worries?

"Hehe, adults don't know, the Ziqiang company and the American Ambrera company are just a cooperative relationship. When I was in the United States, I saved the life of the boss of Ambrera's company, so I got his support. The property rights of the factories in Huizhou and Guangzhou all belong to me and the local squire and merchants, and they have nothing to do with the United States, at best, they are a cooperative relationship with the purchase of machinery and raw materials from there. Part of the funds needed for the construction of the railway were taken out by himself, and part of it was raised by the wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen in Guangdong. ”

"There is nothing unusual about saying this, if it is built by our countrymen, the imperial court will still strongly support it. But are the gentry and wealthy businessmen willing to pay for the construction of the railway? You know, it takes a lot of money to build a railway. ”

"I already have a deep cooperative relationship with them, and I will attract them to cooperate in the form of railway share transfer, and the railway is also to make it easier to transport goods out, I believe they are willing. In addition, I will also set up the Guangdong Railway Company, which will be responsible for the construction of the railway, and if Lord Tao wishes, the imperial court can take a 10% share of the railway company. "It is impossible to build a railway without the intervention of the imperial court, at least in the name of the imperial court, many things will be more convenient.

"This matter will not be able to give you an answer until it is played, and Mr. Lu needs to wait patiently. I don't know which railway you want to build? ”

"The preliminary plan is to go east from Huizhou to Shantou, west to Zhanjiang through Guangzhou, and north to Shaoguan."

"Tut-tut, Mr. Lu is so courageous, these two lines include the whole of Guangdong, and even a section of the road overlaps with Hexing Company, I wonder if you can handle the relationship with Hexing Company? And is there enough financial support? ”

"Please rest assured that the American company is very easy to deal with, and as for the financial resources, I still have some savings." In fact, Lu Liang's biggest concern is not financial resources, the steel rails and cement needed to build the railway come from his own factory, and the raw materials are obtained from the seabed by seabed mining vehicles, which can be said to be very low. He was worried about the great powers, especially the British, and to the south of Guangzhou was Hong Kong, a British leased territory, and it could be said that they would know anything about Guangdong as soon as possible, and it was difficult to say whether they would interfere with the construction of the railway.

After getting the pottery mold, Lu Liang returned to Huizhou non-stop, where he was going to sit and command the Heyuan anti-encirclement campaign. The 30,000 Manchu soldiers and 20,000 bandits led by Bao Nian had already left Guangzhou and marched towards Heyuan. After four months of preparation, the Manchus finally sent the main force of Guangdong to encircle and suppress the Heyuan Revolutionary Party.

"Master, don't you change gears at this time?"

"You look at the car in front, it's just slowing down a little bit, we don't have to change gears." The dialogue is a pair of master and apprentice, the master is a genetic person, and the apprentice is an ordinary person. The fleet consists of 50 trucks, and since the completion of the first phase of the construction of the Ziqiang Automobile Plant, 200 trucks have rolled off the assembly line, divided into four fleets, all of which are used to deliver supplies to Heyuan.

"Huh", the truck stopped, and the master poked his head out and asked loudly: "109, did you encounter a landslide?" "It's not yet May, but the rain in Guangdong has already started to rain, and this section of the road happens to be in the mountains, so it's easy for the road to be washed away by the rain.

"110, it's not a landslide, the No. 101 engine at the beginning is smoking, and it's being repaired!" The master of car No. 110 patted his forehead, since using the truck, he has made three trips to the source of the river, each of which takes more than a day. Sometimes it's the truck getting stuck in the dirt, sometimes it's the mountain road landslide, and the most annoying thing is the frequent truck breakdown. There are a large number of ordinary workers in the automobile factory, and their skills are not up to standard, resulting in many substandard parts. This is a thing that there is no way to do, and it is also the price that must be paid to train workers, so we can only endure it.

"Apprentice, I'll change you when this difficult section of the road is over." The master consciously cultivates apprentices, which is why a truck is equipped with two drivers, and a large number of ordinary drivers are waiting to be trained.

"Master, I've only been learning for less than ten days, and I've only driven on the road three times, okay?"

"I won't know if I can try it, don't worry, just be bold and open, I'll watch from the side!" The apprentice's name is Shi Tong, from a peasant boy who doesn't know anything to an incredible truck driver, his skills and mentality are not ready.

Fortunately, there was a genetic master watching, Shi Tong completed the assessment without danger, and his hands were still trembling after arriving at Heyuan, thinking back to how he didn't know how to drive over.

"Commander Lu Hu, this batch of supplies is mainly ammunition and medicine, and there should be two more batches of supplies arriving today, and then there will be no more." Lu Hu took the form and signed it, and then patted the truck, or this thing is transported quickly and in large volumes, and it has been almost a year since the chief followed the chief in this era, and finally began to transfer to modern tools.

Thirteen kilometers southwest of Heyuan, a fortification stretching several hills is entering the final stage of sweeping, and a large number of migrant workers are retreating in the direction of the county seat. The inefficiency of the Manchu court provided ample time for the preparation of the defense of Heyuan, and Huizhou not only provided a large amount of ammunition, medicine and other materials, but also transported enough cement and steel bars to build strong fortifications on the necessary route from Guangzhou to Heyuan. Including trenches, machine-gun bunkers, barbed wire, artillery positions, underground anti-artillery holes, underground material storage points, etc., continuous pieces of fortifications were built, and Lu Hu was confident that even if tens of thousands of coalition soldiers came to attack, they would return with their heads broken and bloody.

Self-confidence comes from many aspects, advanced weapons and equipment, soldiers who have received modern military training, high-quality genetic officers, solid fortifications, sufficient supplies, and so on. Lü Hu did not intend to take the initiative to attack, according to intelligence, more than 50,000 Qing soldiers came to attack, while Heyuan only had two regiments of less than 5,000 men, relying on solid fortifications to consume the enemy's number and demoralize the enemy under the condition of fighting less and more, and then he could make a counterattack according to the situation.