The matter of the newspaper was solved, but Yang Yuanzhao found that the problem in Baotou must be solved, otherwise, if it continues, there will always be a big mess.

Now Baotou is a very strange look, in the sequence of the Qing Dynasty government, Baotou is a town, there are also government agencies, and even in the north of Baotou, there are tax cards sent by the government, the reason why it has not been passed to the top, is because the Jin Shang group and local landlords, under the huge influence, let many things, in Baotou, at most in Suiyuan and Shanxi to solve, the officials of the tax card have also been fed, the center from 1900, the control of various places has gradually decreased, This is also the key to Baotou's current development.

An industrial city, not only need to have a huge industry and advanced technology level, but also need to have strict management, it stands to reason that this should be the Qing government, now in this case, the Qing government has been in deficit for many years, oppressed can not breathe, once found that Baotou has such a large amount of financial resources, do not pounce, now Baotou, may not be afraid, can develop steadily, who wants to fight, Yang Yuanzhao is very clear, the current Qing Dynasty has been in the stage of extinction, later generations triggered the Xinhai Revolution road protection movement, It was caused by the Qing court's desire to take back the railway for state-owning, and once Baotou reached Tianting, it was definitely a piece of fat.

At present, when Baotou is laying the foundation, any slight change will have a huge impact on the future. Originally, Yang Yuanzhao was ready to wait, but now the development of Baotou is beyond the scope of his estimates, and the population has gradually climbed, even reaching the level of one million people, and the total value of industrial and agricultural production exceeds that of any city in China at present. Even compared with foreign industrial cities, it is not much worse, and the figure in billions of dollars is absolutely amazing in this era. Even in the world, it belongs to the category of strong industrial cities.

In this case, problems began to arise in urban management, and urban management and health care were only in a certain way. Some of the problems have been solved, and the other problems are sustainable development, and there must be a strong force to escort Baotou. This cannot be managed by a loose organization like the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, and a government with strict management must be established, otherwise it will affect or even drag down the development of Baotou.

Before Yang Yuanzhao, he only used interests to maintain the eight major Jin merchants, including the Hou family, a large landlord with huge influence in Shanxi and Mongolia, whether they were willing to let Yang Yuanzhao really control Baotou. It is also difficult to say that when the benefits are not evenly distributed, it can definitely be said to be a double-edged sword. Of course, relying on the current development of Baotou, Yang Yuanzhao can wait for two years, this year is already 1910, at most until the end of 1911, that has attracted worldwide attention. The revolution that brought the idea of democracy and republicanism to China would break out, with the foundation and strength of Baotou. He can fully take the initiative, 2 years of stagnation or even regression. Definitely not what Yang Yuanzhao wants to see, there are many major events in 1910, such as the rubber crisis that has always been laid out, and the fluctuation of cotton in Britain and France, etc., must be fully mastered before other things can be considered.

The pen was on the blank paper, and he drew it slightly, Yang Yuanzhao made a decision in his heart, snapped, put the pen on the table, left the room with his clothes, and drove directly to the suburbs.

Turning around the urban area of Baotou, which has been 10 times larger, gradually entered the farmland, the early spring field, the wheat is growing non-stop, everywhere is green, Baotou's agricultural development has always been very good, especially last year's display, so that many landlords close to Baotou, signed an agreement with the reclamation company, the land area directly under the jurisdiction is close to 300 million mu, of which more than 90 percent, have begun to plant winter wheat, rational use and planting directly under the central government, the growth of winter wheat is excellent, according to this calculation, At least at the time of this year's harvest, the entire northwest will not have to worry about the problem of grain.

The road is getting more and more biased, pedestrians and vehicles on the road are gradually scarce, this is a road leading to the suburbs of the city, it is not the main traffic road, along with the concentration of the surrounding villagers in Baotou, the suburbs of Baotou are sparsely populated, and occasionally you can see that they are busy in the farmland, wearing the clothes of the reclamation company.

turned a corner, bypassed a hill with a height of about two hundred meters, and a large green barracks appeared in front of Yang Yuanzhao, the barracks, that's right, Yang Yuanzhao came out this time, the purpose was the barracks, the camp of the 54th Mixed Association.

54 Mixed Formation Association, no longer before, the Yellow River patrol battalion station, long ago moved to a place more than 30 kilometers away from Baotou, relying on a hill, to establish a camp covering an area of 3 square kilometers, a huge area, with a variety of training facilities, and even the camp itself, enough to accommodate 40,000 people stationed.

From its establishment to the present, it has been almost more than a year, counting the years, pinching the head and going to the tail, there have been three years, because he is busy with work, Yang Yuanzhao has not been here for a long time, and this time he came in person for the previous purpose. Yang Yuanzhao needs to determine Feng Yuxiang's attitude first, a city, an independent force, without the support of a gun, is simply a boundless wanderer, without much effect, this is what the later Taizu said, the power comes out of the gun, although the conclusion is vulgar, but it is a wise saying.

If you want to make Baotou a truly organized and government-based city, the support of the army is indispensable, as long as you convince the army, an army that can resist the strong strength of Beiyang, he convinces other shareholders and families, it should be much easier, he is in Baotou, built a lot of different things from other places, from factories to the current railways and highways, I want to come to Jin merchants are all understanding people, otherwise, they will not help him, block the peep above.

Shanxi people are cautious, Jin merchants are also in the small business gradually accumulated wealth, this character, so that they will not be able to devote themselves to the vigorous things, in the history of later generations, Shanxi did not participate in many movements and revolutions from 1911, but self-contained, it is knowing this, Yang Yuanzhao will come to determine Feng Yuxiang's ideas.

The military camp is heavy, the security is heavy, even Yang Yuanzhao is no exception, Yang Yuanzhao did not break through, just reported at the door, and soon, I saw Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang at this time, and before, when the bandits attacked the head, the appearance changed greatly, if Yang Yuanzhao saw his photo, he would find that he was young and even had the momentum of later generations.

This is also normal, officers, especially those who control tens of thousands of people, under the decision to kill, naturally, there will be a certain momentum, especially the 54 mixed formation association, is a first-class strong army, from the very beginning of the 4 standard establishment, 12,000 people, gradual expansion, almost every six months will be expanded, now, each standard even reached 9,000 people Cheng dù, 7,000 soldiers and 2,000 people, all are militarized management, everyone can be called qualified soldiers, the most important thing is that They crisscrossed all directions, especially in November last year, began to enter Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia, although in just three months, but under the rotation of Tongguò, the vast majority of the soldiers have participated in the battle, have seen blood, although it is only a low-intensity bandit battle, but they have gone through the most critical hurdle of the soldiers, and their combat effectiveness has been significantly improved.

Feng Yuxiang was also very happy to see Yang Yuanzhao, it had been more than two months, and he hadn't seen Yang Yuanzhao, as for the days when he came to the barracks, it was traced back to almost a year ago, and he laughed and said: "Brother Yuanzhao, what kind of wind blew you here!" ”

"Brother Feng, I have something to do with you!"

"It seems that it is urgent, otherwise you would not have come to me, so let's go to the war room and talk about it!" Feng Yuxiang introduced Yang Yuanzhao into the war room, the war room at this time is no longer the humble war room before, the huge war room is divided into two floors, below is more than 100 huge flash disks, through the guò scouts surveying and mapping, field surveys, and finally drawn, including all the counties around Baotou, almost 900 kilometers to the west to the north, 500 kilometers to the east to the south of the important area, can be found on the sand table, and the huge, more than tens of thousands of square meters of rooms, there are more than 500 officers here at any time.

Because Yang Yuanzhao attaches great importance to staff officers, Feng Yuxiang also appreciates it very much after using it personally, whether it is the battalion in the northeast before, the new army in the northwest or even the 54 mixed association, the number of staff officers is very large, especially now, each standard is more than one association, when approaching a small town, the number of staff officers of the mixed association department has reached 900 people, and the total number of staff officers in other standards, even in the battalion, has reached an astonishing 4,000 people, reaching one-ninth of all soldiers, such a staff ratio, Even the German Army was not comparable.

The reason why Feng Yuxiang is like this is, on the one hand, that staff officers are really useful, and on the other hand, staff officers are also a shortcut to promoting officers, and the low-level officers have enough personal skills and basic management ability, and they want to go to higher posts, such as platoon, company or even battalion level, and their vision and ability to master advanced tactics are somewhat insufficient.

Feng Yuxiang is extremely strict in governing the army, along the way, people keep stopping to salute, Feng Yuxiang also returned the salute one by one, until he walked into his office, this is a small room of less than 20 square meters, the layout is very simple, only one wall, full of various military works, Feng Yuxiang is real, the officer who jumped from the bottom, even if he does not come to the 54 mixed compilation association, he can gradually stand out, on the one hand, his own talent is excellent, on the other hand, why not keep learning, especially with the condition of Baotou, He can get the latest military works from various countries, which greatly expands his horizons, and his current strength is definitely much higher than that of the same period in history.

"Tell me, what the hell are you looking for me!" Let Yang Yuanzhao sit down, Feng Yuxiang asked with a golden knife. (To be continued) R861