Just a few days after the New Year's Day of 1910 in the new calendar, another round of Sichuan-Han Railway stock subscription boom initiated by the Sichuan Provincial Railway Company came again, and with the foundation building project of the multi-section railway between Chengdu and Chongqing, people from all walks of life in Sichuan seemed to have seen the rumbling train coming towards them, as if they heard the whistle of the train piercing the sky.

The "Sichuan-Han Railway Company," which did not have an inch of railroad tracks, and a group of hidden vested interests contributed to the trouble, and stock subscription became the biggest thing in the lives of the people in Sichuan, pinning on the dreams of countless people to make a fortune, and making the entire streets and alleys and fields of Sichuan talk about railway stocks.

From the establishment of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company to the present, Xiao Yiming has been watching coldly and staying out of the matter, and the "Sichuan-Han Railway Company" created by a group of businessmen and down-and-out literati and a group of local bureaucrats is indeed huge, not only inviting railway engineers from Britain and the United States to survey and design, but also inviting Zhan Tianyou, who is famous throughout the country and is regarded as the "father of China's railways", to design.

All this makes Xiao Yiming have a familiar feeling, and in a trance he thinks of the "leather bag company" and "financing company" of the empty glove white wolf, and feels that the tricks inside are surprisingly similar, and Xiao Yiming always can't remember that there is a Sichuan-Han railway in Sichuan, so when the brothers around him and Sister Yi at home were excited and wanted to take out all their savings to buy the railway stocks that were rising rapidly, Xiao Yiming stopped them with a rare stern attitude, and the sentence "bear the consequences" shattered the dreams of all relatives and friends to make a fortune, and he couldn't say why, But his instincts told him he never to.

In the past two years, the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, which was established by a group of rabble, has repeatedly approached him to lobby and warmly invite him to serve as a shareholder of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company without buying a penny of shares.

However, it is not a problem at all whether there is Xiao Yiming or not, the earth will rotate as usual if anyone leaves, and the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, which has received strong support from the imperial court and social organizations in various provinces, has easily raised more than 8 million yuan through stock issuance, and the follow-up fund-raising is still growing.

In the face of such a gratifying scene, the elites of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company unanimously decided to use the "reasonable idle time of funds" between preparation and construction to break the time difference!

As a result, one after another vigorous industrial investment was launched, and the "Railway University Hall" and the "Surveying and Mapping School" with the surname of technical schools were established one after another, a large number of land in the city was purchased to establish real estate companies, and machinery and equipment from Europe and the United States were hurriedly purchased to set up foundries, parts factories and other entities, and relatives and friends were placed in important positions in various entities in a grand manner, enjoying the high salaries that countless people dream of, and winning the envy and worship of the people wherever they went.

During this period, the Sichuan-Han Railway Company organized a group of "inspection groups" to go to the country and Europe to "inspect the railway", and many people's children quietly realized their dream of studying in Europe and the United States.

Xiao Yiming, who watched coldly, sighed, he understood very well the infinite hope of the Sichuan people for the railway to change the poor life, and also knew very well that many people of insight in the railway company were working hard for the first railway in the history of Sichuan, but no matter how good the wish was, it was still a wish, and the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, which lacked an effective supervision mechanism and gradually deteriorated, was giving birth to crises one after another.

Under the pressure of the complex real environment, Xiao Yiming chose to remain silent and wait and see, and went to the governor's yamen every day to show his face, and then quietly busy for his business.

When he was free, Xiao Yiming went to visit the elders, business collaborators and consulate friends in Britain, the United States, Germany and France.

Xiao Yiming did this, but let everyone in the officialdom and colleagues in the army praise each other: Look, our Brother Xiao is steady and real, not arrogant, rich but not arrogant, and has a deep understanding of the golden mean!

Only Zhao Erxun understands Xiao Yiming's mood, almost every week Xiao Yiming has to come to the backyard to ask him for peace, everything Zhao Erxun asks, whether it involves current politics or the development of all industries in Sichuan, Xiao Yiming knows everything and says everything, without the slightest ambiguity, it seems to be no different from before.

But Zhao Erxun could still see the sadness and loneliness between Xiao Yiming's eyebrows, so he issued an order just after the Spring Festival, Xiao Yiming immediately left the Qingshui Yamen Supervision and Training Office, and took up the position of the Military Garrison Office that controlled the conscription quota and the right to approve weapons and equipment, and Wu Zhongyong, the general office of the Military Garrison Office, had been transferred to the General Office of the Sichuan Army Lecture Hall and mastered a target guard unit.

The appointment of the new General Office of the Armament Department has not been delayed, and all the work naturally falls to Xiao Yiming.

Xiao Yiming has to be busy no matter how confused he is, the heavy business and huge responsibilities of the Armament Department are not comparable to the Supervision and Training Department.

The Sichuan Army Lecture Hall was set up on the basis of the Army's Accelerated School, which was completely the product of the power struggle within the army, and the Sichuan Army Accelerated School, which was only opened for three periods, died out with the establishment of the Lecture Hall, and this extinction brought about the temporary reconciliation of various factions in the army, and after the completion of the distribution of power, the Sichuan Army Lecture Hall, both the instructors and the students have expanded exponentially, and since then it has become the highest military education institution in Sichuan, and it is also the only higher military academy in Sichuan.

Xiao Yiming has been in office for less than a week, and has just become familiar with the new working environment, and has touched a little bit of the door to the military business, and a big trouble that his predecessor has worked hard and cannot solve for a long time comes.

Early in the morning, Zhu Qinglan, commander of the 17th town of the New Army, Cheng Qian, chief of staff, Zhou Daogang, acting assistant commander of the 33rd Association, and Chen Delin, commander of the 34th Association, came to pay a visit. Xiao Yiming hurriedly invited everyone to sit down, and Xiao Fei, the clever personal guard, immediately sent the best fragrant tea.

Zhu Qinglan smiled at Xiao Yiming, who had been low-key for half a year and had always been polite to him, and said a few polite words that were not nutritious, and then picked up the teacup and tasted tea.

Zhou Daogangle, who has a hot surname, praised Xiao Yiming's good tea, and only Cheng Qian thanked Xiao Yiming very politely for his hospitality, which made Xiao Yiming feel embarrassed for a while.

After drinking half a cup of tea, Zhu Qinglan mouthed to Cheng Qian, Cheng Qian immediately stood up, took out an official document from his military uniform pocket, and handed it over with both hands:

"Lord Xiao, this is an application report jointly made by all departments of the New Army, please take a look at it."

"Chief of Staff Cheng, please take a seat!"

Xiao Yiming politely invited Cheng Qian to sit down, returned to his seat, read the report carefully, and finally stopped on the application date, raised his head, and showed a sincere smile:

"General Zhu, colleagues, this report is very important, I personally support it, but I am a little confused, why is the report that was prepared half a year ago only sent to the military garrison today?"

Everyone didn't expect the young Xiao Yiming to be so old and spicy, and when he opened his mouth, he pointed to the core of the problem, and couldn't help but look at each other.

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