As for the economy, in the past year, only three industrial flour mills in the military have been expanded, and there are also four cotton textile mills, and the entire Wuyang and Lixin areas have slowly recovered and developed at a high speed under the burden reduction policy of Han Zheng.

Especially after the tension in Europe began to emerge in the past two years, because Han Zheng was relatively stable here, Han Zheng himself encouraged the development of private industry, and flour mills and cotton textile mills were established here.

At the same time, Han Zheng began to try to establish the first local chamber of commerce in Wuyang, "Xingye Chamber of Commerce", which was also the first chamber of commerce controlled by warlord forces in the entire northern Anhui region!

Due to the current development of agriculture and cotton textile industry, Han Zheng's small chamber of commerce is engaged in the export of agricultural products and light industrial products in Wuyang, and at the same time, some machinery is purchased from outside for agricultural production, and the economy of the entire Wuyang area is developing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even several surrounding places began to be affected by the Korean dispute policy, first some businessmen in the Fuyang area secretly joined the Chamber of Commerce, and then Bozhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou and other places.

In troubled times, without a strong backing, businessmen are the objects of slaughter by the powerful, but Han Zheng's policies have given them some of the most basic guarantees.

However, the "Industrial Chamber of Commerce" did not spread to a wider range, and the entire scope of the transaction was controlled by Han Zheng in Wuyang and several surrounding counties and districts in northern Anhui.

It's not that Han Zheng doesn't want to expand the influence of the Chamber of Commerce, but in this environment, the wind blows down often the big trees that take the lead!

The president of the Chamber of Commerce is Sun Zhongwu, and at the same time, a few people are selected from the members who join, as the daily manager, Han Zheng wants to firmly control his power in his own hands.

Sun Zhongwu gave full play to his talent for engaging in business, and during this period, he not only developed the strength of the Chamber of Commerce in accordance with Han Zheng's requirements, but also covered up the true face of the Chamber of Commerce on the surface.

At the same time, after observing for a period of time, Sun Zhongwu carried out a vigorous rectification and reform of several factories owned by the army, readjusted the entire production procedures of the factories, and kicked out the factories of those who had cheated and cheated in the factories, thus strengthening the management of the factories.

After strictly formulating the rules, several measures to encourage production were implemented, the factory was divided into different units, and those who performed well would be given certain material incentives, and even came up with a two-day vacation system that rotated every week.

After Han Zheng saw Sun Zhongwu's performance, Han Zheng completely relieved the Chamber of Commerce into the hands of the other party, and handed over some things such as foreign economic negotiations in the region, opening up business channels, and finding markets.

Sun Zhongwu did not disappoint Han Zheng, in order to enhance the momentum of economic development, for Han Zheng's army construction and development of energy, and even personally took a boat to Shanghai many times, to find Li Ying's father Li Yiru, with his help, Sun Zhongwu produced in Wuyang and Lixin The products produced in the area of Wuyang and Lixin were continuously transported, and at the same time, some equipment was constantly transported back from Shanghai and other places, and the People's Affairs Department also took this opportunity to slowly infiltrate Shanghai, a metropolis in the Far East.

In this way, a small ant that looked weak and couldn't help the wind slowly stretched out its tentacles and drilled out an anthill with one of them, and I don't know when it will completely burst out with its due power!

The development of the military industry made Han Zheng even more happy, and this was also an important factor for Han Zheng to vigorously expand the army without worrying.

Soon after Han Zheng's victory over Baihe, someone approached him, saying that he was willing to help him build a rifle production line and package the church, and did not want any compensation, but hoped that the two sides would have a better basis for cooperation in the future.

This person was brought by Li Yiru, Han Zheng didn't know who this person was, or what his intentions were, but seeing that the other party's face was mysterious and decently dressed, it seemed to be very promising.

So, after soliciting the opinions of Li Yiru, Sun Zhongwu and others, Han Zheng arranged for the People's Affairs Department to contact Shanghai to investigate the origin of the other party.

It turned out that this man in his thirties and a capable face was a comprador of a banking industry in Shanghai of the United States, that is, an agent of the United States in China.

The identity of the other party seems to be very clear, but Han Zheng, who came from later generations, knew that the so-called compradors at this time always had imperialist figures looming behind them. If Han Zheng is not bad, it is very likely that behind this person is one of the representatives of the United States' infiltration into China.

Especially in recent years, the United States has repeatedly put forward proposals that it hopes to reach an open door policy with other countries, but it has not made any progress, and seeing that the countries are making a lot of money in China, they themselves cannot even drink soup, and in order to expand their interests on the Yangtze River, they have begun to look around for new forces that can be used as investments.

As for Han Zheng's rapid expansion in a short period of time, naturally it has not escaped the sensitive sense of smell of the Americans, and now the other party's investment also has the meaning of wanting to explore the way, and the United States seems to be implementing a policy of casting a wide net at this time, with the minimum price, constantly seeking a potential investor, as long as one succeeds and occupies a foothold in China's political arena, the previous investment will become the greatest return.

This is what the other party calls good karma.

Therefore, the investment of the United States hiding behind it may seem a bit abrupt, but it can also be justified.

These things are not difficult to understand, Han Zheng, who has figured out these, he keenly saw the opportunities inside, but he did not have the burden in his heart, since you want to make a good fate, then let's get married, as for the later things, who can say clearly.

Therefore, in the next few days, Han Zheng personally had a conversation with the other party that was not in-depth, but could only be regarded as a superficial conversation, and then handed over the matter to Sun Zhongwu and began to negotiate in the name of the Chamber of Commerce.

The result of the negotiation seems to be very ideal, but when the other party parted, he told Han Zheng that the other party was ready to increase investment here again, and as for the weight to get Han Zheng's support, it was to sell a bullet production line to Han Zheng at half price without adding this gun production line to Han Zheng.

And this half-price is really "half-price", the price is pitiful, it's just a free gift, Han Zheng agreed, it seems, this has become the first batch of foreign capital in Wuyang...

Of course, Han Zheng is still fully committed to supporting the development of local business and the interests of investors, as for the other party's investment, in the next few years, it is not expected to affect the growth of the local economy.

Moreover, Han Zheng seems to have figured out the other party's mind, it is estimated that during this period of time, he saw some of his own ambitions, those imperialists, they are not afraid that their investment objects have no ambitions, they are afraid that they have no ambitions, and if they have ambitions, their investment may be rewarded countless times!

Therefore, Han Zheng held the principle of not wanting nothing in vain, and gladly accepted it, as for what the other party repeatedly said, Han Zheng was also happy about it, after all, if he fell out with the north in the future, and he was not in harmony with the south, if he wanted to survive in this environment, he always had to find a backer before the arrival of World War I.

But when the other side wants to take advantage of something, it is estimated that it will be powerless, not because of anything else, but because Han Zheng clearly remembers that during the upcoming World War I, the United States pursued a policy of contraction in East Asia, adhered to its own principle of neutrality, and made a lot of war money.

After that, Han Zheng's military factory began to take shape, a rifle production line, two bullet production lines continued to supply blood for Han Zheng's army expansion, and what made Han Zheng even happier was that some of his own people who were put in at the beginning have been slowly able to operate and produce, and even some simple fault repairs can be repaired by themselves.

This change made Han Zheng breathe a sigh of relief, just this one, the money that can be saved from smuggling is thousands of yuan every month.

As for the development of Han Zheng, not only the United States has seen it, even Britain, Germany, and Japan have all noticed Han Zheng, but seeing that Han Zheng is only a land of two counties, this makes several countries disdainful, that is, Japan, which is seeking agents everywhere in China, has not cast its net everywhere like the United States, and after its own intelligence officers sent some information about Han Zheng, the people in the Japanese embassy only took a look at it and said that they knew.

In this year, Yuan Shikai was busy consolidating power, sweeping away the forces loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, removing obstacles, the south was busy guarding power, and European countries were concerned about the situation in various countries, and Han Zheng was growing rapidly in a corner, and when everyone found out, I don't know how many people could stop Han Zheng's advance.

Of course, Han Zheng was not all smooth sailing in this process, and soon after the reform of the military system, the north issued a directive reprimanding Han Zheng for his unauthorized reorganization of the troops.

However, because Han Zheng's power is so small that it can't be smaller, and Han Zheng is located in the north of Anhui, as a small thorn nailed here in the north, after this instruction was issued, there was no follow-up, which made Han Zheng panic, but it also made Han Zheng more and more careful in the next army construction.

In addition, an incident that had a relatively large impact in the Wuyang area occurred during the autumn harvest of 1913, when Han Zheng's policy of reducing local agricultural taxes touched the interests of those conservative landlords, who disdained to engage in commerce and set up factories, and after a long period of tandem, they finally launched it at the autumn harvest.

Unauthorized increase in the payment of grain by tenants, resisted Han Zheng's agricultural policies, and even some tenants who were dissatisfied were beaten to death!

After Han Zheng knew, he was furious and personally led the army to arrest those old landlords, and the old landlords also began to resist, which eventually caused the death of hundreds of people, which had a great impact on Wuyang, but there was no strong landlord power in the Wuyang area at this time, and in front of Han Zheng's army, their resistance was finally extinguished.

Also taking this opportunity, Han Zheng re-purged the opponents and resistors of his policy, and Vortex Yang completely formed a voice, but Han Zheng also saw that his reform seemed to be a little quick and quick-term, and began to adjust slowly.

Time passed slowly, and a year passed in the ups and downs of the vortex, and the Spring Festival of 1913 finally came...

This year is a happy year for the people in the Wuyang and Lixin areas, and it is also the time since the war between the north and the south, they have tasted the happiness of the New Year again, and they are even more grateful to Han Zhengjun who gave them happiness.

And for Han Zheng, this is also a year worth celebrating, before the arrival of the New Year's Festival in one or three years, the recruits have been officially incorporated into the regular army after a year of training, and when they have experienced the war, they will soon grow into real soldiers!

This year, the grain harvest was abundant, the weapons were mass-produced, the light industry was vigorously developed, everything was towards Han Zheng's predetermined goal, all he was happy, when he heard the report of the People's Affairs Department, the people in the area under his control were stable this year, and there was almost no starvation, Han Zheng was not only happy, but a little proud.

He is indeed proud of the fact that in the less than a year since he came to this place, he has been closely united around this region, whether it is economic development or social stability, he is proud of it.

Before the Chinese New Year's Eve, the county seat, under the leadership of Elder Zhang, sent condolences to the local garrison, including food and quilts.

Now ** Yu elder seems to have a second spring, in October Han Zheng formally established the county government, the county magistrate was handed over to ** Yu, under the leadership of Zhang Lao, the government team was quickly formed, for Han Zheng to bear a great burden, as for other places, but has not yet established a government, Han Zheng is ready to stabilize a year, if the county has achieved good results, and then promote it is not too late.

Of course, this appointment of Han Zheng had already been sent to the north in the form of a telegram, and was approved by the government of Yuan Shikai in the north.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Han Zheng got up early, washed up, and went to his uncle's and aunt's room to pay respects to the early years, and ate two bowls of hot dumplings wrapped by his aunt and uncle with them.

After dinner, Han Zheng chatted with his uncle and aunt for a while before leaving, but he couldn't come back to accompany his uncle and aunt in the afternoon, and there was another arrangement in the army that required Han Zheng to be present, and he would stay with his family in the evening to keep the New Year.

The uncle and aunt agreed to let Han Zheng just do his own thing and not worry about his family.

Han Zheng's uncle and aunt were a month before the Chinese New Year, and Han Zheng arranged for someone to go back to Hebei to pick up the two.

After the two of them left Han Zheng, they learned about the war between the north and the south, and the worried two asked someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Han Zheng's troops in the city, but they learned that Han Zheng had been sent to the southern battlefield, which frightened the two.

I was scared at home all day long, that is, I was afraid that if something happened to Han Zheng as a soldier outside, even my uncle Xu Jin, who only paid attention to his one-third of an acre of land every day, would come to some places in the teahouse in the city from time to time to listen to the news, hoping to hear a little bit about Han Zheng from these news, but Han Zheng had already come to the Wuyang area at this time, where would there be any news for him to hear?

On the contrary, he heard the tragic scene in the north-south battlefield, which made Xu Jin's heart even more frightened, and for a while, it was either this or that place that was fighting, and even Xu Jin couldn't sleep all night.

Later, it wasn't until Han Zheng settled down in Wuyang that he had time to write a letter to inform his uncle and aunt, and sent someone to deliver the letter to Xu Jin and his wife, and the two knew where Han Zheng was now.

The two of them wanted to come over to find Han Zheng, but when they thought that Han Zheng was very busy for a while, they were afraid that the two of them would make trouble for Han Zheng, plus the two of them had never been far away, and they remembered that the road was so far away, and it was not very peaceful along the way, and they were unconsciously a little timid, so this matter was put on hold.

Although the trip did not take place, Han Zheng's uncle and aunt began to take care of some of the family's fields and property that they could not take away after receiving the news from Han Zheng, and were ready to sell the bride price money for Han Zheng's daughter-in-law.

Moreover, Han Zheng talked about Li Ying's matter in the letter, and the two of them keenly felt that there seemed to be something in this, so they had been preparing for this matter for a long time, and for the two of them, the biggest thing was not how big Han Zheng was in an official position, but whether the incense of the Han family could be passed on.

Although the two are rural people, but rural people are more realistic, the two are afraid that when Han Zheng gets married, they will not be able to come up with a decent bride price on their side, which will make the woman laugh, when Han Zheng arranged for someone to pick up the two of them, the two have sold all the land in their hands, leaving only an ancestral house that is not willing to sell, and handed it over to an honest farmer family with some kinship in the countryside to live, which can be regarded as looking at the family house.

When the two came here, they saw their nephew Han Zheng who greeted them, and the two barely recognized each other, and it was not until Han Zheng came to the two of them and called his uncle and aunt with excitement on his face, and the two reacted.

The young man in front of him with a majestic face and a tall figure is his eldest nephew, and the maturity and majesty of Han Zheng make the two happy and sad, especially when Xu Jin thinks of his sister and Han Zheng's current appearance, a tough guy from the countryside can't help but wet the corners of his eyes with tears.

When I saw that many people were watching, I smiled a little embarrassedly.

Han Zheng accompanied the two of them, and under the escort of the guards, they went to the house that Han Zheng had bought in advance.

The two of them knew Han Qiang next to Han Zheng, and they didn't know much strangeness, but most of the other guards didn't know each other, but when they saw their heartfelt respect for themselves and didn't despise themselves because they were from the countryside, the two relaxed.

Han Zheng walked all the way and told the two of them about the situation after parting, and then the two noticed that whenever Han Zheng went, the people he met would always shout to Han Zheng: "Hello, sir!" Or "Hello Commander!" The support and maintenance shown by those people made the two of them a little surprised, and then they knew Han Zheng's status and prestige in this place.

Gradually, as Han Zheng introduced, the more frightened the two became, they didn't expect that their young nephew would become the supreme governor of this place, and he was no longer the child in their eyes, nor was he the nephew who needed them to worry about marriage.

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