"Su Lao and Professor Li both have errands, originally I planned to come over to repair the bridge, but the bridge over there in northern Shaanxi can't be repaired for the time being, Commander Jiang won't let me be idle, right?" Mao Yisheng said jokingly.

"How can there be nothing to do, I'm afraid that Professor Mao will be too tired by then." Jiang Li chuckled and said, "After pacifying the Ma Jiajun in Ningxia and Qinghai, then we will have to trouble Mao Zhu to personally handle the construction of the cross-river railway bridge over Lanbian." But I'm afraid this will have to wait until a few months later, Professor Mao is engaged in civil engineering, and he is probably no stranger to building roads, right? Jiang Li asked.

"It's not a specialty, but it's not too difficult to build a road, as long as Commander Jiang provides enough cement, steel bars, and manpower, I can do it." Mao Yisheng thought for a moment and said.

"That's good, I have sent people to Shizuishan to transport the equipment for the production of cement, and then it will go to Yinchuan, and the construction of the railway will start at the same time, the construction period of the railway is too long, but the traffic cannot be stopped, so start with the highway first." Jiang Li said.

"Commander Jiang, this is a railway, and mining, and it is necessary to organize large-scale reclamation, purchase farm tools, and the seeds are a large head, and there is no 30 million to lay a foundation, not to mention the construction of water conservancy, and there is a power station in the back, the investment of Northeastern University, and nearly 100,000 troops to raise, will the stall be too big? With such a large amount of money, if you think about it in the long run, I believe that more things can be done, and these projects will be done more steadily. Although Su Fang is happy to see some investment in construction, there is a saying that it is too much, that is, eating too much food can also support people to death. Jiang Li rolled out so many constructions at once. It is calculated on the books alone. The amount of money consumed is at least forty or fifty million, which is unimaginable for Su Fang, who is used to living a hard life, even Li Siguang and Mao Yisheng seem to be somewhat incredible.

"Su Lao is right, the construction is not in a hurry, it is better to be relatively stable, otherwise once these constructions are launched, the follow-up capital investment will be insufficient. It was stopped halfway through the construction, not to mention the waste, and a lot of manpower, material and financial resources were wasted. Mao Yisheng also nodded solemnly.

"I will solve the matter of money, and emptied the savings of Fengtian City, which is more than enough to last for a year, once next year's harvest comes up, those industrial factories will be put into operation one after another, and they will be able to live their lives after all. So much money is invested, and it is basically used to buy materials. As for the labor, I don't have to worry too much about it for the time being, I brought hundreds of thousands of tons of grain from Mukden. It can last for more than a year, and those laborers are also used for work relief, and now is a time of national crisis, while meeting everyone's living needs, they must contribute part of their strength to support the needs of the war. Jiang Li sighed and said, "The difficulty is quite big, but it needs to be overcome, the Japanese army has now captured Mukden, and will fully occupy the three eastern provinces within three or five years, and the pace of going south will not stop, if the speed of our side is slow, the project will not be built, but the people who fell in the war zone, the soldiers who fought against the Japanese army on the front line will die at any time, as long as the northwest is a little stable, I will send those soldiers to the battlefield in a steady stream, I have seen the death of too many soldiers in Fengtian City, tens of thousands of people are gone, I don't want them to have their stomachs full and their clothes not warm when they are desperate with the Japanese army, and use their bodies to fight against the aircraft artillery of the Japanese army. ”

Looking at Jiang Li's sadness without the slightest disguise, Mao Yisheng, Li Siguang and others were in awe, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would have imagined that he was hated by the Japanese, and the iron-blooded general who appeared in the newspaper would have such a sad side?

"Commander Jiang is right, no matter how difficult it is for us in the rear, there are no front-line soldiers, and it is difficult for the people in the occupied areas. As long as the materials are sufficient, we must not drag the generals back in construction. Li Siguang said movingly.

"One person is short, everyone is long, Professor Li will bring those students with him when he conducts geological expeditions, field teaching, you should learn faster, as for safety and food, I will send a certain number of soldiers to maintain it. In addition, Professor Mao, Su Lao too, the education of our Republic of China has lagged behind the great powers for many years, and now it is too slow to teach students in the classroom, we don't have so much time now, so please bring more apprentices out, you don't need to be as versatile as you, just be proficient in one aspect. Jiang Li nodded and said, it was less than six years from now to the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and the industry in the northwest was almost blank at this time. It took Japan sixty or seventy years since the Meiji Restoration to build a complete industrial system, and Jiang Li's time was less than one-tenth of that of the other party.

Li Siguang nodded in agreement, at this time, the Republic of China was still a very unpopular industry in geology, and those who engaged in geological research were not popular, but mining their own minerals was a national strategy, and Jiang Li was very far-sighted to invest a lot of money in this regard.

After explaining the relevant affairs with Li Siguang, Mao Yisheng, Su Fang and others, Jiang Li went out and rushed to the Yinchuan battlefield with the guard regiment. On the way, he met Liu Lanbo, who was commanding the transportation team.

"Secretary Liu!" Jiang Li said hello to Liu Lanbo, Liu Lanbo could still see some ruddy on his face before, and he was very full of energy, but since he moved westward during this time, the whole person has lost weight, his eye sockets have also sunken, and his beard is sloppy.

"Throne!" Liu Lanbo saw Jiang Li salute a military salute.

"No need to be polite, the current situation is like this, and several of your bases are fighting against Nanjing. If I openly introduce your party now, I will only provoke war in the Ningqing area of Gansu Province and waste my limited strength in civil war. As for the current dispute between Nanjing and your party, I still say that what can be accepted is that it must be able to lead the people to resist the war to the end and establish a new system. Although Liu Lanbo didn't say anything about his surrender to Nanjing this time, but he made a great contribution to this westward migration, Jiang Li felt that it was necessary to explain, and Liu Lanbo did have a hand in ideological work, and he would be needed in the future. There are some things that Jiang Li can't explain, at least now that he has eliminated the Ma Jiajun, he is also fighting for a way out for the red forces in the future, the Ma Junjun in history can be called the red butcher, killing tens of thousands of communist * soldiers, and the means are extremely cruel. Jiang Li is now only nominally attached to Nanjing, but in fact he has made a considerable contribution to the red forces.

"Don't worry, I understand the truth." Liu Lanbo nodded, Jiang Li, and Huang Xiansheng were extremely open-minded towards the red forces, at least they knew that he still had some party members and didn't take any action, and now they can still give him verbal promises, which is many times stronger than the wanton suppression of the * Communist Party in other places. What's more, they still have 60,000 or 70,000 troops under their command, and once they win over, the party will have a large base area, and it is located in the northwest, which is a fairly stable base area. (To be continued......)