In the early autumn, Governor Zhao Erxun began his usual inspection tours, and the first stop he chose to inspect the arsenal under construction.

After wandering around, Zhao Erxun and dozens of civil and military officials stood at the northernmost end of the north-south Zhenxing Road, behind them was the tall and thick north city wall, the east and west directions were along the city wall to build two ten-meter-wide flat avenues, along the south side of the avenue also planted a neat row of oleanders, this kind of vitality tenacious, fast-growing green trees have arms thick, I believe that next year will be able to bloom bright flowers.

"If only I could open a gate here."

Yuan Jinkai stood beside Zhao Erxun and whispered, he didn't expect Zhao Erxun to respond, because opening the city gate has always been a great event, not only with the consent of the imperial court, but also with the local public opinion and feng shui layout and other issues.

The dozens of civil and military officials accompanying him were very satisfied with the progress and quality of the project, and said one after another that as soon as the new road was opened, it would be connected to the North City Gate in the east and the North School Field in the west, and it would be very convenient to enter and exit the arsenal in the future.

The important thing is that the establishment of this arsenal has a considerable effect on the strengthening of the city's defense, and it is conducive to the fire prevention and theft prevention of the arsenal, and this money is really well spent.

Zhao Erxun was very proud. Over the past few years, all the projects he approved have been completed extremely beautifully, with high quality and clear accounts, and there has not been a single case of fraud and corruption, and people from all walks of life have given high praise and praise.

Taking the construction of the arsenal in front of him, which he personally selected and Xiao Yiming was solely responsible for, Xiao Yiming and the craftsmen skillfully used the 30-meter-high mountain bag in the northeast corner of the North School Yard to excavate and chisel and fill in the construction method after construction, and built most of the arsenal inside the mountain bag.

After several military attachés who had some opinions came to the scene, they also changed their attitudes, believing that the construction of the arsenal was very clever and safe, and the Chengdu government even wanted to build a new prison on the south side of the arsenal, which caused a burst of laughter from the crowd.

What Zhao Erxun and a group of civil and military officials did not know was that the more than 300-meter wall along the avenue under the corner of the city wall to the west of the arsenal site was the back wall of the metal products company of the gun assembly department of the Huaxi Group, once the arsenal on the west side was completed, the tall wall would become a row of two-story arcades with brick and concrete structures, and a gate would be opened to the north for hundreds of workers of the metal products company to enter and exit. It is connected to three factories across the moat.

Zhao Erxun completed the inspection of the local area, and soon went to Yucheng, and then went south to Luzhou, Syria, and then west to Ya'an, and spent more than a month to turn around, before returning to observe the new army and the border army routinely held autumn festival, it is estimated that the Mid-Autumn Festival will have to be spent outside.

Due to the intensification of the "rice-grabbing riots" that occurred in Hunan a few months ago, half of Hunan was plunged into turmoil, and incidents of armed and bloody battles between the army and the people and between ethnic groups emerged one after another, Zhao Erxun naturally did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Xiao Yiming, who was in charge of the military garrison alone, had to stay in Chengdu and could not drive with him because he had to prepare for the autumn season and the affairs of other aspects of the army were more cumbersome.

Today's Xiao Yiming is no longer the Xiao Yiming of the past, he has become a well-known representative of new ideas in Sichuan, and newspapers in Britain, the United States, Germany, France, and other countries have called him "the pioneer of China's new thinking," "the most courageous and potential rising star in military circles in southwest China," and "the most successful and representative industrialist and business legend in Sichuan." Even the newspapers of the League have said that Xiao Yiming is a representative of China's new youth.

In the past few months, Xiao Yiming, who knew that he could not write any works and romantic poems, specialized in commenting on current affairs, and he painstakingly concocted five carefully written argumentative articles, such as "On the Spirit of the Times", "The Future of National Industry", and "A Preliminary Study on the Development of the New Army", which were successively published by major newspapers across the country and mainstream newspapers in Europe and the United States, which aroused widespread attention and discussion from all walks of life across the country It not only objectively summed up the gains and losses of the new army's military training and pointed out the chronic diseases that are common in the new army in various localities, but also made in-depth explorations in terms of army building thinking, military equipment, military training, and the establishment of a command system, and gave valuable ideas for the development of the new army.

Xiao Yiming's strategy of "taking the sword to the edge and blazing a trail" was successful, his name was familiar to the cultural, industrial and commercial circles, and military and political circles throughout the country, and his deeds became an example in the minds of countless progressive young people, his political stance was a little radical in the mean, and he was extraordinary and passionate in his calmness, and he did not offend the imperial court, nor offended the various factions such as the Xingzhonghui and the Guangfuhui in the League.

This is not counting, what the vast majority of Chinese people do not know is that Xiao Yiming has become a special writer for Britain's "Zilinxi Bao", "The Times" and Germany's "Voss Yuebao", and articles such as "On Sino-European Relations", "The Influence of European and American Countries on Chinese Mainland", and "A Preliminary Study on the Impact of China's Grim Political Situation on European and American Countries" have attracted the attention of political leaders of major powers. Who is the contributing writer for "Porter"? Is it the British or the Germans?

All speculation is irrelevant to Xiao Yiming, what he cares about is that his article has been valued by various countries, and his name is remembered by the heads of the institutions in these countries in China.

Xiao Yiming, who has taken an important step, has become more confident and more cautious, the disadvantages of age and seniority are being effectively compensated, and the fame and honor brought to him by public opinion have exceeded his expectations, so he is very satisfied, and he is not in a hurry to speed up his pace, he must seize all the time and opportunities to collect as many materials as possible, read a large number of philosophical books, literature on industry and commerce, and military science and technology in Europe and the United States, and on the basis of continuing to translate and summarize the information on various affairs in Europe and the United States. Carefully brew several thematic current affairs analyses and commentaries that can cause even greater shock.

Regardless of whether he was shameless or not, Xiao Yiming was determined to make use of the pitiful precious memories of "foresight" in his mind as much as possible, and strive to establish his position in the military, political, and ideological circles as soon as possible, so as to expand his influence and prepare for the great changes in the future.

In mid-September, gratifying news came one after another:

Dayi Thermal Power Plant has completed construction and started trial operation, and the equipment of the chemical plant can be installed properly and commissioned before the end of the year; The construction of the Ya'an Ammunition Factory has been completed, and the hydroelectric power plant has built a dam to intercept the flow; The ammunition factory began to purchase a large number of raw materials such as pig iron and copper ingots; The Ya'an security team successfully completed the rotation training as planned, and 700 elite forces with basic military skills and strict organization took on the important task of security and security of the two major production bases in Dayi and Ya'an.

In terms of Chengdu headquarters, the total output value of the 10 months of this year reached 12.4 million yuan, and the total profit exceeded 2.5 million yuan for the first time. The sales of all kinds of advanced products such as pistols, holsters, leather goods, hardware tools, military cotton clothes, flashlights and kettles produced by the subsidiaries of Huaxi Group, as well as the sales of guns and ammunition, machinery and equipment, kerosene and western medicine that are resold after imports have soared, and the whole group has entered a healthy track of steady development.

There are also a few things that make Xiao Yiming happy:

The German Consulate in Chengdu was officially upgraded to the Consulate General, and his good friend Sharpler was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the German Army; With his rapid growth of wealth and transcendent foresight, he became the fourth largest shareholder of Jardine Matheson in the United Kingdom, and as the new deputy general manager of Jardine Matheson, Luo Baiting moved his family to Shanghai, and Xiao Yiming's close collaborator Johnson took over from Luo Baiting's class and became the manager of the southwest branch of Jardine Matheson, and continued to cooperate with Xiao Yiming.

The great success of Luo Baiting and Johnson swept the Shanghai Concession, attracting many European and American gold diggers, and groups of European and American merchants, priests and adventurers came to Chengdu against the current.

In addition to routinely going to the lecture hall, the army primary school and the barracks every month, meeting with officers at all levels, and solving some common problems, Xiao Yiming almost did not ask about anything that was not within his authority, but he established a deep relationship with Liu Wenhui, Lin Yungen, Tang Ying, He Guanglie and other students of the third phase of the army primary school.

Xiao Yiming and Liu Wenhui met through his eldest brother Liu Wenyuan, Liu Wenyuan is the representative of the Liu family in Dayi, and the power plant jointly established by Huaxi Group is the director of Liu Wenyuan, at first Xiao Yiming did not realize the huge influence of the Liu family, until he met Liu Wenyuan's third brother Liu Wencai, he was very shocked to remember something, and thus thought of a famous warlord in his memory is also called Liu Wenhui.

As a result, Liu Wenhui was taken care of by Xiao Yiming, Xiao Yiming not only cared about and helped him in life, but also had very strict requirements in learning, and checked Liu Wenhui's learning situation and homework progress every week, and formulated a reasonable study plan for him, so that Liu Wenhui could broaden his horizons and think diligently.

The Liu family is grateful for this, and Liu Wenhui is even more called "little brother", with great respect and admiration for Xiao Yiming.

Influenced by Liu Wenhui, a group of bright and studious students followed one after another during the same period, and as long as they were free every week, these students would collectively go to Xiao Yiming's house to get together to make up for some oil and water, and put their learning and ideological questions to Xiao Yiming to seek answers.

Xiao Yiming always patiently dials it, this kind of dialing is not blindly asking questions, but using heuristic education methods to encourage everyone to think and confirm, which has benefited Liu Wenhui and others a lot, and has made rapid progress, far surpassing other students in the same period in all aspects.

In private, Xiao Yiming was very happy, and laughed out loud a few times when she dreamed, what is the most important thing in this world? Talent!

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