Many people say that Yinchang is the waste of the Qing Dynasty, especially the Manchu widow is the most enthusiastic to scold him for being incompetent, he studied German in the Tongwenguan for eight years, and when he arrived in Germany, he was unable to cope with the usual dialogue, leading the most elite Beiyang Army of the Qing Dynasty at that time, but he couldn't walk halfway, and was dismissed before he arrived in Wuchang - the former is not easy to say, but everyone has done things like a mess, as for the latter, even if Song Biao commanded the Beiyang Army in the past, he was not sure to take the troops on the road.

Yin Chang knew very well in his heart, so from the very beginning, he felt that sending him to fight Wuchang was a bastard, in fact, his military level was not as good as even half-baked, don't look at the general office of Tianjin Wubei Academy that he has been the head of the Tianjin Wubei Academy for many years, he is considered an old principal for many years, what is the level, everyone understands it in their hearts. It is true that there is friendship, let him command everyone to fight, and everyone's hearts will be cold first.

But in Song Biao's opinion, Yin Chang is still very level, and there are at least two things that ordinary people can't compare, that is, he is good at understanding people and being a good person.

Yin Chang knows talents, cherishes talents, likes to lift talents, is sleek, can speak and sing, Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera are very exciting, both civil and military are so good, both sides can talk loudly, the network is naturally very deep, very wide, what people are powerful, what people are good people, he knows better than anyone else.

It should be said that Yin Chang is still the only person among the Manchus who really knows the essence of the New Deal, and he may not be able to do it specifically, but he has a spectrum in his heart and knows who can do it well.

He lived in the guest house of the Northeast New Army for three whole days, and also discussed with Song Biao about the new policy in the three eastern provinces for three days, and then went to the governor's yamen to work. The second is to discuss personnel vacancies in the three provinces.

There are extremely serious vacancies in the three eastern provinces, not only the lack of new policy officials, but even the lack of prefects in various prefectures, there are only three prefects among the eight prefectures in Heilongjiang, there are no political envoys and envoys, there is only one governor Cheng Dequan, there are four prefects in the six prefectures of Jilin, and half of the prefects are missing, and Fengtian Province has always been in short supply before, and it is said that the Russian War has been fought for a year and a half, and now it is also in serious shortage.

Yin Chang's connections are deep enough to fill up the officials of the new and old policies, and they are all Han people and Han Eight Banners, and they will never be Manchurian, and he recommends Cai Shaoji, Huang Yaochang, Liu Yulin, Sheng Wenyang, Zhu Baokui, Sun Guangming...... These officials who were born as children in the United States and people of insight such as Zuo Xiaotong, Lao Naixuan, and Chen Baochen are sure to fill in these officials by virtue of their connections and the special trust of the imperial court in him.

Song Biao also proposed some official vacancies, mainly from the police bureaus of various provinces.

The two had a very pleasant discussion, and they both had a spectrum in their hearts, Song Biao did not interfere too much in government affairs, and Yin Chang did not interfere with Song Biao's expansion of military power, both sides got their own place, compared to those talented people recommended by Yin Chang, Xue Changqing, Chang Wanchun, Yuan Jinkai, Su Huichen and others recommended by Song Biao are really far behind, if the new deal in the Northeast is really done, Yin Chang is actually the first credit.

After inviting Yin Chang to live in the barracks for three days, Song Biao personally sent Yin Chang to the governor's yamen to take office.

The governor of Fengtian Province is the former Shengjing General Yamen, and he can do it without even changing the brand, and in the past few days when he lived in the military department in Yinchang, Song Biao specially arranged for someone to take care of the general's yamen and repurchased some new household items.

When Yinchang's family was sent to the Yamen, Song Biao also came in to see the effect of the arrangement first, and walked with Yinchang in the garden courtyard outside the gate of the West Flower Hall.

Song Biao noticed that Yin Chang's daughter was a very beautiful German-Manchurian mixed-race girl, with exotic style, and the pure and beautiful petite figure of a Chinese girl, with petite crimson cheeks, curly black hair and a tall nose bridge, she was wearing a thick silk cheongsam embroidered with blue and white patterns on a green background, and flattened her curly hair with two green snow hairpins inlaid with multiple pearls and jadeite, which was quite interesting.

After a general glance, Song Biao casually praised Yin Chang: "Your daughter is rare and beautiful, and she has lived in China for many years, right?" ”

Yin Chang regarded his daughter as a pearl in the palm of his hand, and replied happily: "Yes, I am such a daughter, because I gave the name of magnolia when I was born when the orchid first bloomed, and she returned to China with me and her mother when she was six years old, and now it is the old thing of twelve years ago." A few days ago, I visited the campus of the Far Eastern Non-commissioned Officer School, but it reminded me of the old days. ”

Song Biao continued to ask: "Then is she in the habit of living in Beijing, what kind of school did she study?" ”

Yin Chang said: "It should be a habit, children, as long as you follow us parents, you can get used to it everywhere." In fact, I originally hoped to live in Germany for a few more years, and my children would stay in Germany for education, but in that case, German education is really good. Unfortunately, the imperial court urgently transferred me back to China, so I had to return with her mother and brother, at first studying in a church school run by the Germans in Tianjin, studying Latin in the Tongwen Museum a few years ago, and now proficient in English and German Chinese. In fact, if you learn this German well, it is not difficult to learn English and French, the grammar and roots are almost the same, but the tone is different, which is the same as our northern dialect and southern dialect, which is generally not much different. If it weren't for me being sent to Fengtian Province again, I would still plan to send their brothers and sisters back to Germany to study and study, and maybe they could contribute more to the imperial court in the future. ”

Song Biao nodded slightly, only saying that it was the emotion and thinking of being a parent, and he felt that Yin Chang was relatively open and modern.

He smiled and Yin Chang proposed: "I see that Ling Lang can be sent to Germany for further study, as for my daughter, if she is really proficient in English and German Chinese, it is better to stay in Mukden Province, I am preparing to set up a Far East Printing Office during this time, publishing all kinds of student teaching materials needed for new learning, basically translated from the textbooks and German textbooks, the general office of the printing bureau invited Shu Gaoli of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and the office and factory site of the bureau are located inside the Far Eastern Noncommissioned Officer School." At present, there is a shortage of people, so it is better to let her do some translation work, let her know more people, and maybe she can find a good son-in-law for you. ”

Yin Chang laughed and said: "I think that among the young teachers of the Far Eastern Non-commissioned Officer School, there must be a few young people with unlimited prospects, saying that Jiang Fangzhen next to you, I think it is very good, compared to another adjutant Shu Fangde, I think it is more promising, but your two adjutants belong to the type of crepe, it is still feasible to be a staff officer, if you really want to lead the army to fight, it will not work, this is the same as me." ”

Song Biao thought to himself, you can't really be a staff officer, but said: "That's why I kept them by my side as a staff officer." If I don't go into battle, the people below are all people who can block one side and can't command the overall situation, after all, I am all young compatriots, young and ambitious, but I have less experience, that is, even I just seized an opportunity in the Russian War, so I have the opportunity to exercise. ”

Yin Chang praised: "The Governor is a genius of the sky, just like the general Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty, it is rare to have one in hundreds of years, when I was the general office of the school in Tianjin, I often talked about you with Lord Yuan. Unlike those people in the imperial court who don't know the art of war, let alone the new army, Yuan and I are very aware of the power of the Governor, which is far beyond the reach of my generation. I heard Lord Yuan say that one day, the Queen Mother ordered him to enter the palace to meet him, and asked him, if you rebel and go south, the Beiyang Army can be sure that all your troops will be annihilated, Lord Yuan said frankly, the army is hundreds of thousands, and the six towns of Beiyang are only 70,000, how can they be your opponents. ”

Song Biao thought that Yin Chang just avoided letting his daughter go out to work around a topic, and he didn't mind, because he was just looking for a topic casually.

Yin Chang suddenly changed the topic and said to Song Biao: "Actually, I hope to set up a women's normal school, follow the example of Germany, and let women be more preschool teachers." I hope that my daughter will do what I can to do something simple and beneficial to the people, and I hope that she will become a foreign language teacher. As for the matter of translation mentioned by the Governor, it is inevitable that there will be all kinds of controversies in this place of the Printing House, which is not suitable for her as a girl, and if it is implicated, it will be difficult for you and me to get rid of it. ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, knowing that Yin Chang had thought more about it, so he said: "When it comes to the Women's Normal School, I thought it was also good, so it was better to start it as soon as possible." ”

Yin Chang nodded, the topic changed again, and said to Song Biao: "There happens to be a thing, which has not been mentioned yet, I don't know if the Governor can have a marriage match?" ”

Song Biao said: "I haven't thought about these things for the time being, my parents and my uncle who raised me have gone early, and I have been in Russia for the past ten years, so there is no such arrangement." ”

Yin Chang smiled: "That's good, Lord Yuan's family has a few daughters to marry, I don't know if Lord Governor intends to marry one?" I speak bluntly, the first time to introduce in-laws to people, some do not understand the rules, if it is abrupt, please forgive me, but Lord Yuan has the grace of recommending you, the meaning of love, several daughters in the family are young beauties, if it can be done, I will complete a good thing, and it is not a bad thing for Lord Yuan and the Governor! ”

Song Biao smiled and said, "I can't climb high." ”

Yin Chang choked for a while, and only said after a while: "This is not a good excuse, where did Gao Pan come from?" Both of them are the governors, ranking in the first rank of the court, if you want me to say, Governor Yuan wants to be the father-in-law of the Governor of Song, this is called Gao Pan, a good governor is not appropriate, he has to be the governor's father-in-law! ”

He said this half-seriously, half-jokingly, and he laughed when he said it.

Song Biao laughed with him, and replied quite seriously: "I think it's better to fall in love freely, after only sixty years of life, it's better to find someone you like?" ”

Yin Chang also laughed and said: "Actually, even if I am in free love, of course I want to support you, I don't know what conditions you want, I will find a few more suitable ones for you, and the scope of free love should be narrowed down, blindly looking for it, the sea of people is vast, when will you find it?" I'm ready to get married at your age, and that's a few years later than anyone else! ”

Song Biao thought for a while and said: "Famous ladies, knowledgeable and courteous, proficient in foreign languages, empathetic, beautiful and generous, can cook good dishes, stew good soup, like children, can teach children to memorize Tang poems and English words." ”

"Tsk, this ......!"

Yin Chang really didn't know what to say for a while, and was stunned for a moment before he smiled: "Your request is strange enough, but if you think about it carefully, it really makes sense, but I don't know if you want to be my son-in-law, my Lan'er is almost done, but I don't know how to cook vegetables and stew soup." ”

Song Biao laughed out loud, praised it and said it was funny, and then said no more.

If it is a Chinese-German mixed-race, Song Biao is very happy, Manchurian-German mixed-race is not good, there will be no shortage of suitable women in this world, and he can't get along with himself on this issue.

As a man, ambition always comes first.

If he can get his wish to become the emperor of the Chinese Empire in the future, his father-in-law is a Manchurian, this is certainly not a good thing, and the empress has German blood is even more eccentric, of course, if he meets the mustache of the Third Reich, maybe there will be a topic to talk about.

In the cold winter, the snow in the courtyard is like jade, the green cypress is secluded, the cold pool is thin ice, and a gust of cold wind sweeps through the courtyard and looks even more cold and depressed.

Song Biao and Yin Chang happened to walk into the corridor and sat down in a sheltered place, Yin Chang's German wife and daughter stepped forward lightly, turned around and looked at Song Biao with the etiquette of a flag man, and said, "I have seen the governor!" ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, subconsciously glanced at Yin Chang's daughter Yin Yulan, and found that her eyelashes were so dense and slender, naturally slightly curled, her eyes were clear like a spring, her skin was fair and smooth like jade, and her pink cheeks were like pink, she was indeed a very attractive girl.

It's a pity that these men of the Manchu Qing Dynasty don't know how to appreciate the beauty of mixed-race children, and it is a pity to be in the boudoir at such an age.

Yin Yulan brought a box of pastries, and poured tea for Song Biao and Yin Chang with her mother before retreating.

Song Biao took a sip of the teacup and decided not to talk about those trivial things, so he said to Yin Chang: "I am going to go to Kanto Prefecture tomorrow to discuss with the Russians the affairs of the printing power of the Northeast Bank, and I want to talk about another thing by the way!" ”

Yin Chang asked, "I don't know if the Governor has gone to negotiate affairs with the Russians this time, and there are other important matters besides the printing of money?" ”

Song Biao said: "I may go to the Liaodong Peninsula for a long time this time, and there are two official things, one is the right to print money, and the other is the railway of the three eastern provinces, both of which are very important, but the former is more important, if necessary, I would rather sacrifice the right of way." In addition to business, I also have a lot of personal matters to talk about. The Far Eastern Company, which I run privately, has the right to franchise coal and iron in many places, and it just so happens that I have some money in my hand, so during this time, I plan to set up the Far Eastern Coal and Iron Company, develop the coal and iron mines in Fengtian, and open an iron factory. The Germans and the French always had such expensive equipment, so I considered opening a branch of the Far Eastern Ocean Company in the United States, bypassing foreign companies in other countries and purchasing a large amount of machinery and equipment directly from the United States, and I also looked for some very good people to handle these things. ”

Yin Chang knew that Song Biao held the coal and iron franchise in Fushun, Benxi, and Anshan, and as long as Song Biao could be satisfied with his current interests, the Qing court had no objection to this.

He replied with a smile: "Of course it's a good thing." ”

Song Biao had more thoughts, and said: "New Deal, New Deal, the reason why we want to do a new deal is to make the country rich and strong, and the people rich." It seems that it is a difficult and ambitious goal to achieve by enriching the people and strengthening the country, but I do not think that the problem is complicated, in principle, as long as we can do our best to reduce imports and increase exports, so that silver and gold continue to flow into the country, this will make the country rich and strong, and the people rich. As for all the rest, it's just a fuss around that. If possible, we should open new areas in Yingkou, Shenyang, and Anshan, and encourage Chinese and foreign businessmen to set up factories, even if they are all foreigners, as long as we don't have to spend money to import materials from abroad, and we can export materials abroad, this is always a good thing, at least the taxes are still ours, and we don't have to take just a pitiful tariff. ”

Yin Chang nodded solemnly in agreement: "In the words of the Governor, the lower officials suddenly opened. ”

Song Biao said: "Lord Governor, I still say the same thing, I only have some proposals and ideas about the new policy, and I won't ask too much about how to do it, you can make your own decisions, you and I have one article and one martial arts, as long as we have the ability to ensure that the Northeast will not fall into the hands of foreigners, you and I are the first merit, and we can be regarded as worthy of the country and the imperial court." ”

Yin Chang clapped his hands happily and said, "What the adults said is very true." ”

With Yinchang sitting in Fengtian City to preside over the new policy, Song Biao was undoubtedly much more relaxed, which was enough for him to free up more energy to run his own company and army, and expand the army while making money.

Based on the conversations in the past few days, Song Biao can know that Yin Chang is indeed a very good Manchu official, and it is very suitable to serve as the governor of Fengtian, because he is a Manchu, even if there is a slight exception in the new policy in the northeast, the Qing government axe will not question it.

As for the "Five-Year Development Plan for the New Deal of the Three Eastern Provinces" secretly planned by Song Biao, he knew in his heart that there was no need to discuss with Yinchang before he could take it out, even if he wanted to take it out, he had to solve the most critical problem first-money.

If you want to make a lot of money in the three eastern provinces, it is too late to dig coal and iron ore, and you can't make a lot of money, and the most powerful industry is the Northeast soybean, because coal and iron ore is not a scarce material in Asia, although the coal and iron ore consumption in Europe and the United States is large, it has sufficient reserves and mining scale.

Northeast soybeans are different.

Different from the 21st century, soybean in the early and middle 20th century is the most important basic raw material in modern industry, the German dominates the world's oil industry is based on the Northeast soybean, soybean in this period can not only be used to refine edible oil, but also used to refine a variety of lubricating oils, greases, paints, soaps, preservatives, these are very important components of modern industry.

In this era of great industry when the vast majority of raw materials come from natural crops rather than the petrochemical industry, soybeans are the real soft gold, and its scope of use is dozens of times broader than that of oil at this time.

This is probably beyond the conventional wisdom of many people.

(To be continued)