Qiao Yu's mouth is 2 million yuan, and Cai Ye was surprised by the size of his handwriting, and now the military salary in Yunnan is only 300,000 yuan, and there are still a lot of clouds and soil, if he can get 2 million yuan at once, Cai Ye will be sure enough to clean up the original old department, and he will be able to take back power from Tang Jiyao's hands.

In the face of such tempting conditions, Cai Ye was almost difficult to refuse, and seemed a little excited, while Qiao Yu on the side was quiet, this money was not even a drizzle for him, as long as the door of Yunnan could be opened, and the two provinces could communicate with each other, it could make up for the shortcomings of Sichuan's industrial system to the greatest extent, and it could also integrate the forces of the two provinces, and even the forces of the three southwestern provinces to jointly grab profits in the First World War.

Yunnan has a railway to Vietnam, as long as it can be properly organized, Sichuan will be able to use this international channel to achieve land contact with the Entente, without relying only on the Yangtze River waterway, it can be said that Yunnan is a barren land in the eyes of others, but it is a big supplement for Sichuan, which has a primary industrial system, and if Yunnan is taken, Guizhou will be ripe, and there is no need to have any doubts.

Qiao Yu has already begun to attack the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, although this kind of offensive is not a real sword, but the ruthlessness is still on top of the battle in front of the battle, Jiang Baili on the side has been able to guess Qiao Yu's plan, but Jiang Baili also knows that although this plan contains evil intentions, Cai Ye also has to swallow the bitter fruit, he has no other choice at all.

This is the strength of the body, but also the problem of vision, you Cai Ye has too few cards in his hand, can only be led by others by the nose, as a result of Jiang Baili's conjecture, Cai Yi bowed his head and thought for a long time, Zheng nodded in agreement.

"Qiao Shuai, I'm going to southern Sichuan to investigate the opium problem, I hope you can hand over the money to me as soon as possible!"

"No problem!" Saying that, Qiao Yu took out the prepared bank ticket and handed it to Cai Yi, which reads two million yuan neatly, and redeems it when he sees the ticket, "Mr. Songpo, the matter I just said about investing in Sichuan is still valid, and soon Sichuan will mobilize the first batch of funds, the number will not be less than 10 million, which will be used to help Yunnan develop the economy, Mr. Songpo has many ways to make money, opium is the most important, there are countless resources buried in the ground of Yunnan, and it is too easy to exchange money!" ”

After seeing Qiao Yu's arrogance, Cai Yi also felt a trace of frustration in his heart, he used to say that he could compete with Qiao Yu for the southwest, but now he has to accept the other party's charity, which is really embarrassing.

After Cai Yi accepted Qiao Yu's bank note, he carefully picked it up, and Cai Yi continued: "Qiao Shuai, recently, many people in Yanjing City are shouting for the imperial system, and Yang Du and others are jumping up and down, and there is a great posture to make Yuan Shikai the emperor, I don't know what you think of Qiao Shuai?" ”

"Mr. Songpa, originally I am a soldier, and I should not interfere in government affairs, the monarch has the advantages of the monarchy, and the republic has the advantages of the republic, which is just a choice of political system, the key is to make the country strong!"

"Qiao Shuai, the world continues to evolve, the republic defeats the imperial system, the Ming Cook defeats [***], this is the irreversible trend of the times, since we have established a republican physique, even if there are deficiencies, it should be improved, not reversed, advocates of the imperial system say that President Yuan Da is subject to many restrictions, as long as he becomes the emperor to be able to make a statement, I don't think so, President Yuan Da has revised the law, has stipulated that the president is re-elected indefinitely, and the heir is also designated by the president, what is the difference between this and the emperor, Under such circumstances, President Yuan is not able to have enough authority, it is all a matter of President Yuan's ability to govern, and it has nothing to do with his reputation, if President Yuan can develop the economy internally, improve people's livelihood, and strive for national sovereignty externally, he will naturally be supported by all the people. ”

Jiang Baili nodded frequently on the side, "Brother Cai said very reasonably, if President Yuan wants to ascend the throne as an emperor, it is a self-defeating road, not to mention that everyone in the world will oppose it, I think even Beiyang will not agree, finally there is no emperor who can determine life and death with a word above everyone's head, who will invite him back!" ”

"Hehe, Mr. Songpo, you must have only read Mr. Yan Fu's theory of natural evolution, but have not delved into the Western evolutionary thought, this doctrine is just a hypothesis, this hypothesis lacks a lot of direct evidence, on the contrary, there are a lot of counterexamples, whether it can stand on its feet in biology is still between the two, it is too pedantic to regard this kind of thing as a golden rule, and people are far more complex than animals, and the monarchy system is not a choice!"

"Then Qiao Shuai supports President Yuan Da as emperor?" Cai Ye knew that Qiao Yu had a deep understanding of Western studies, but he didn't expect it to reach such an extent that he could even see the problem of the theory of heavenly evolution clearly, this book has been separated from the essence of biology in the academic circles of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and has become a political theory, which is recognized by more and more scholars and regarded as a guideline, but Qiao Yu is very disagreeable.

Human society is progressive, but there are also many things that are almost unchanged, such as modern people pick up the articles of the sages thousands of years ago, they can still absorb nourishment from them, and the idea of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness is not easy to put aside.

"Mr. Songpa, some things are not measured by good or bad, but to use what can and can't, especially in politics, as Mr. Songpa said, now President Yuan Da does not want to seek the well-being of the people, does not want to fight for the interests of the country, but he is obsessed with using the emperor's false name to gain greater authority, which is already crazy!"

"Qiao Shuai Mingjian, in this case, I dare to ask, if President Yuan Da really becomes the emperor, what choice will Qiao Shuai make?" Cai Ye asked again.

"I obey the will of the people in everything, if the world is in chaos and the people are separated, I will definitely oppose it, if the world can really get better, I also support Yuan Gong!"

Qiao Yu pushed out the public opinion, Cai Yi was obviously dissatisfied, but he also knew that he was still a rival with Qiao Yu before, this time he came together in order to win Tang Jiyao, Qiao Yu will definitely not easily establish a deeper cooperation with himself, speaking of which Cai Yi got up and left.

Leaving Chongqing, Cai Ye went straight to Luzhou, along the way Cai Ye is more and more frightened in his heart, all over Sichuan have established large and small factories, everywhere are big chimneys emitting black smoke, people are busy in an endless stream, there is no idler, not even a person can be lazy and mixed, everyone is in a crazy busy, workers strive to produce better products, factory owners try to sell goods at a good price.

A big net will be involved in Sichuan, so that everyone unconsciously contribute to the industrialization of Sichuan, this is the strength of the industrial society, all people are not reading individuals, but closely linked to a group, this model Cai Yi has seen in this book, China has never been like this.

This can only show that Sichuan already has a huge heritage, the development has led the country, Cai Yi originally came to investigate the case, but he used greater energy to investigate Sichuan society, said that if he can govern Yunnan, it is not impossible to vigorously develop industry and commerce, and there is no need to live by relying on Yuntu, and the people of Yunnan can also enjoy the fruits of industrial development, which is definitely a good thing.

Temporarily forming an alliance with Cai Yi, Qiao Yu did not leave Yucheng, but came to the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant accompanied by Jiang Baili, just a few days and a half ago, the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant refined qualified cannon steel through the technology provided by France, and then produced the first 105 mm mountain cannon in the newly established artillery workshop of the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant.

This mountain cannon is a complete imitation of the French Schneider 1005 mm 1909 mountain gun, the high and low firing angles are between 0 degrees and 60 degrees, the horizontal firing angle is 5 degrees, the projectile weight is 12 kilograms, the maximum firing range is 6,000 meters, the total weight of this mountain cannon is only 730 kilograms, it can be easily pulled away with two horses, it is a weapon with a strong mobile surname, France as an old power, the background in the military industry is still very deep, and the successful imitation of this weapon makes Qiao Yu very happy.

This means that Sichuan's heavy artillery is not something that stays on paper, but can become real combat power, Qiao Yu and Jiang Baili continue to produce a large number of newly produced artillery, looking at the muzzle of the black hole, Qiao Yu's heart is full of joy, this is not just a cannon, but also a pile of living gold, the European war is in full swing, according to the original history of the European war will be fought for more than three years, during this period the weapons needed by the Entente are absolutely amazing, and even a bottomless pit, Sichuan can finally make a fortune in the arms feast.

Now in charge of artillery production is Qian Moyin, he is introducing the production situation to Qiao Yu and Jiang Baili, "Marshal, after overcoming the problem of steel, artillery production will become much easier, in addition to one hundred and five mm caliber artillery, one hundred and twenty mm and one hundred and fifty-five mm cannons are currently being manufactured, and soon the product will be produced, the monthly output of this one hundred and five mm mountain artillery can be more than twenty pieces, according to the agreement, all of them will be temporarily supplied to Russia for use, and each artillery will be priced at six thousand three hundred pounds, The net profit is more than 3,500 pounds! ”

Now the exchange ratio between the pound and the silver dollar is about ten to one, which means that if you can sell twenty guns a month, you can get a profit of 700,000 yuan, and this is only the artillery itself, plus consumables such as shells, the profit is even more amazing! Of course, Sichuan can't sell them all, and it has to equip itself, but this is also quite considerable, and the profits of other artillery with larger calibers are also more amazing, and it will not be long before Sichuan will be able to make greater profits on this.

"Marshal, in fact, our artillery has only earned more than double the profit, which is still too small compared to more than three times the profit of the United States, I think we can raise the price again!"

"We are small profits but quick turnover, the key is to expand production capacity, our artillery is cheaper, so that Britain and France can give greater support, our military industry can be stronger, it doesn't matter if you make less, but since these products are exported to Russia, the quality can be appropriately poor, their logistics support work is very poor, and it is useless to give them better weapons!" Qiao Yu said with a smile.

Jiang Baili on the side couldn't stop staggering, more than double the profit was crazy enough, Qiao Yu even had to reduce the quality frantically, it was really solid!