More than an hour later, Zhan Tianyou, who had an upper and lower chin, left the Governor's Mansion with Zhou Chengsheng, followed by a company of soldiers and 2 million silver dollars...

Looking at Zhan Tianyou's somewhat hasty back, Yan Guang spit the toothpick in his mouth to the ground. "Now I see who dares to underestimate my Yan Dahu." It was also a coincidence that the Mint had just minted more than 2 million silver dollars, otherwise it would have been impossible for Yan Guang to come up with so much cash in a hurry.

But no matter what, at least now in the military and political axe, no one will dare to doubt Yan Guang's net worth and ability to pay.

At least when Zhan Tianyou left, Yan Guang's eyes were already looking at "Zhao Gongming"...

And after sending Zhan Tianyou away, looking at the sun overhead, Yan Guang stretched his waist and walked back to the Governor's Mansion.

"I don't know when I'll have another Ice Age..."

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In a hurry, the arms ordered by the two foreign firms, Lihe & Co. and Jardine Matheson, were quickly delivered to Sichuan.

The expansion of the five divisions was a plan that had been in place for a long time, and the required 50,000 soldiers had already been recruited more than a month ago, so as soon as the ordered arms arrived, they began to reequip these divisions.

The only pity is that although all the students of the military academy who have achieved success in the army school, the military academy and the accelerated academy have poured out of the nest, it only meets the needs of these five divisions for 50 percent. Fortunately, the pillars of the Sichuan army are now the other five divisions, and although the newly built five divisions lack a lot of officers, there is no need to worry, and they only need to wait for the new batch of military academy students to graduate next year.

In addition to these five newly built infantry divisions, the 80-kilometer-long railway between Qijiang and Yucheng has also started, Zhan Tianyou personally sat in charge, and Yan Guang also personally went to check it out.

Because almost all the sections of the railway are along the highway, even if some sections are slightly far away (at least there is no need to dig holes in the mountains, Zhan Tianyou did this when the Sichuan-Han Railway, although it is far away, but at least it is much easier than digging tunnels, but unfortunately the Sichuan-Han Railway has just started construction and it has not been long before Xinhai... Of course, it is impossible to lay a kilometer of track in an hour like the Pacific Railway in the United States, after all, the terrain of Sichuan is not as simple as that of the United States, but in a few months, the railway between Qijiang and Yucheng has been paved more than half. At the same time, exploration work between Chongqing and Chengdu has also been completed...

Of course, railway exploration could not have been so simple, after all, there is a distance of more than 300 kilometers between Chengdu and Chongqing, but...

After a lot of money, more than 30 exploration teams acted together, and there was no need to worry about any superimposed penalties for such a long section, and the exploration task was naturally completed in a few months.

The railway between Qijiang and Yucheng was originally purchased foreign rails, after all, the quality of the rails of the Hanyang Iron Works is difficult to reassure, and now people are also busy making munitions, and small businesses such as the Chongqi Railway, which is only a few tens of kilometers away, have no time to pay attention to it. However, after the Qijiang Iron Works began to be partially put into operation, and Zhan Tianyou personally tested the quality of the rails produced by the Iron Works, all the rails used in the Chongqi Railway became self-produced.

And because the paving of the railway started from Yucheng and Qijiang at the same time (the end of the Yangtze River happened to be between Yucheng and Qijiang), so after the iron plant was put into operation, the paving speed on the Qijiang side was also accelerated a lot, after all, the railroad tracks could be directly pulled from the iron factory to the construction site by train.

In addition to Zhan Tianyou and his Chongqi Railway, another beneficiary of the commissioning of the iron plant is the Yucheng Arsenal, which is also partially put into operation. The installation and commissioning of the production equipment of the arsenal was not as cumbersome as that of the iron plant, so part of the commissioning time was more than a month earlier than that of the iron plant. Although the required steel had to be imported from the German foreign company because it was put into operation more than a month earlier than the iron plant, Yan Guang and other officers were still overjoyed to see the Mauser G98, Browning M1900, Madsen, Maxim, mortars, 75 mountain guns, field guns and other equipment that were constantly being produced.

Especially for Mauser sniper rifles, the production base of the arsenal is larger than that of the Sichuan arsenal, and there are naturally a lot more high-quality barrels that can be selected, so the snipers needed by the four divisions that soon stayed in Sichuan and the one division stationed in Guizhou are all fully equipped. Not only that, but in addition to producing 200 Mauser rifles per day, there are also as many as 2 or 30 sniper rifles.

"I will use this equipment to arm the Sichuan army and the Guizhou army to the teeth."

Looking at the pieces of equipment that came down from the production line, Yan Guang looked at Wang Yaowu and the others who were accompanying him.

Looking at equipment such as Madsen, Makqin, and 75 mountain artillery and field artillery, which even the Hanyang Arsenal could not produce, Wang Yaowu and the others nodded approvingly.

Although the Yucheng Arsenal is not as long as the Hanyang Arsenal, the Yucheng Arsenal has surpassed the Hanyang Arsenal in terms of output, not to mention that the Yucheng Arsenal can also produce weapons and equipment that the Hanyang Arsenal cannot produce. Although Hanyang is still recognized as the largest arsenal in China, in fact, this title should have been given to the Yucheng Arsenal a long time ago. And wait until the Yucheng Arsenal is fully completed? With its terrifying output of 1,000 Mauser rifles, the title of China's largest arsenal is even more deserved.

Similarly, the commissioning of the Qijiang Iron Works and the Yucheng Arsenal has also caused a huge reaction in China and in the city.

You must know that although the current output of Qijiang Iron Works is not as good as that of Hanyang Iron Works, the annual output of crude steel has also reached 20,000 tons, and the output of crude steel can reach 100,000 tons when the iron plant is fully completed a year later, while the crude steel output of the same period is only 300,000 tons (330,000 tons of crude steel).

Therefore, when the Qijiang Iron Works was put into operation, in addition to the attention of everyone in China, there were many newspapers in the local area that carried out a large chapter.

Of course...

"The testimony of the rise of China? Or the new Hanyang Iron Works? ”

As the largest iron mill in Asia, almost everyone was surprised when the Hanyang Iron Works was completed, but when we looked back a few years later, it was actually like that, and today Hanyeping has simply become the raw material production center of the Hachiman Iron Works. Therefore, although the appearance of Qijiang Iron Works has really made many people look sideways, but not everyone is optimistic about his fate, after all, there is still the example of Hanyang Iron Works in front.

However, even so, the political axe still increased the level of attention to the Sichuan military and political axe, after all, after the completion of the Qijiang Iron Works, the annual output of 100,000 tons of crude steel has reached one-third of the output of the capital. So after a little disguise, groups of spies rushed to Sichuan, which naturally included the Black Dragon Society.

At this time in Sichuan, both the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau have begun to take shape, so after arriving in Sichuan, the spies not only ran into walls everywhere, but even many people were planted in the hands of military intelligence and military defense, but the luck of these spies who were planted in was not as good as Xiao Linli.

The reason why Xiao Linli was able to survive (and is still locked up in prison) is because Yan Guang needs the information in his mouth, especially some knowledge of the intelligence agency, after all, Yan Guang and his subordinates are laymen in terms of intelligence, but now that the military intelligence and military defense bureaus have begun to take shape, then these captured spies naturally have no reason to survive...

At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was established together with the Military Intelligence and Military Defense Bureaus, will naturally not be idle.

Of course, some criticism in the development process is inevitable, but in the end, the Ministry of Internal Affairs still overwhelmed the two bureaus of military intelligence and military defense with more than 3,000 people, and became the largest special department within the Sichuan military and political axe.

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Yang Kai was lying in his home, and the two concubines were pressing his waist and shoulders respectively.

Although the Yucheng Arsenal has been established for a while, the Sichuan Arsenal has not completely stopped, after all, even if the output is a little smaller, it is still output, isn't it? And now Yang Kai has given up on the expansion of the Sichuan Arsenal, so now he is too happy.

Of course, the most important thing is that during the period when the military and political axe was established, although Yang Kai had always been a petty thief, he still swallowed tens of thousands of silver dollars of property with several other managers.

Tens of thousands of silver dollars, such a number may be a small amount for a country or a warlord, but if it is for an individual, even if it is only a part of it, it can make a person live without food and clothing for many years. What's more, Yang Kai's salary is 2 or 300 yuan per month, so after adding a few more concubines, Yang Kai's son is much more comfortable than Yan Guang, the governor.

"Yes, this is the position, in a big force..."

Listening to Yang Kai's request, the two concubines glanced at each other and did as he asked.

But as they were doing, the hands of the two concubines suddenly reached under Yang Kai's body...

Although Yang Kai was somewhat sleepy, he was still teased by the two concubines, but just as he turned over and pressed the two concubines under him, there was a sudden commotion and a few screams in the courtyard outside the house.

At this moment, Yang Kai is full of surnames both in the upper and lower bodies, and the noise and noise outside naturally defeat his surname, so Yang Kai kept his surname on the concubine while keeping his surname on the concubine, and said loudly outside. "Something's wrong!"

No one answered his voice, but a sound of footsteps drew closer and closer to the room.

Yang Kai's residence is in Chengdu City, and there is no need to be afraid of any thieves, but in this case, he still took out a pistol from under his pillow, and then...

With a "bang", more than a dozen people in uniform walked into Yang Kai's room.

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Regarding the political party, thanks to the stellar classmates wandering in the universe, it has been changed so far.

There is also the problem of braids that Shennong's 5000 classmates said, ordinary people cut braids voluntarily, but soldiers must cut braids, of course, not because of beauty, nor because of anything else, just to be more convenient on the battlefield.

(To be continued)