Mixed River Dragon and his men used the night attack to kill all the first batch of soldiers who landed, and a total of 300 miscellaneous corpses were collectively thrown on the sea surface of Longkou, allowing the hungry fish and shrimp underwater, and the seabirds in the air to eat, and the entire beach was filled with a foul smell.

Lieutenant General Kamio Mitsutomi, who was in charge of attacking Qingdao, suddenly jumped like thunder after receiving the report, and the green tendons on his head were exposed, and he had already boasted to his colleagues that he would be able to take Qingdao in six hours, of course, this was a bit of a boast, but he also thought that this was an extremely easy war, and the naval and land armies besieged the Germans in Qingdao, and the army had more than ten times the strength of the army, and if he could not easily win under this advantage, it would be better to commit suicide by disembowelment.

However, just when Kamio Mitsutomi was full of confidence, the news came that all the jade of the three hundred vanguard troops were broken, and he immediately thought that he was hit by thunder and three souls, and the Germans were able to ambush the army that Yuben landed at Longkou first, which can only prove that Germany has a lot more troops than imagined, and the Germans have already known in advance about Yuben's offensive plan, and these two situations are not good things for Yuben.

However, Kamio Mitsutomi is not a simple person, and hurriedly uses spies to investigate the situation, and at the same time mobilizes a large army to be ready to land again at any time.

Just a few months ago, the Chengdu-Chongqing railway was successfully opened to traffic, connecting the two most important cities in Sichuan, the flow of materials within Sichuan has been greatly improved, and now a section from Yucheng to Wanxian has also been paved with roadbed, and the most difficult is Wanxian to Yichang, Hubei, this section has to pass through the mountains, to open up a large number of tunnels, lay bridges, the difficulty of construction is one of the best in the world, and most of Zhan Tianyou's efforts have been spent on this.

Fortunately, after the development of Sichuan industry, it can provide a large number of raw materials, and Qiao Yu also imported a large number of construction machines from the United States, with these as the basis, Yiwan Railway is advancing hard and steadily, and it is expected that within three years, the Sichuan-Han Railway will be able to open up the whole line, and then Sichuan's industry will usher in unprecedented development.

At this time, Qiao Yu's special train is going from Chengdu to Yucheng, a slender beauty is lying lazily in his arms, this person is Yuqin, since the last time they met, Yuqin often sang to the Shuaifu, and then it simply became the play of the Shuaifu, it is the most common for the big people in this era to raise some plays, some well-informed people know that Yuqin hooked up with the patrol envoy, and they dare not provoke, Qiao Yu also asked for the surname to receive this moving stunner into the room, However, for Qiao Yu, there is a rule to abide by, that is, these messy women will never be brought home.

Lu Wanqing is the wife he is marrying, and she is also a person who can share hardships and prosperity with him, it is enough to have one in her life, and the rest is just embellishment, now Lu Wanqing is pregnant and has been raising a baby in Chengdu, Qiao Yu came out this time to take Yuqin with him.

Qiao Yu's special train is extremely luxurious and comfortable, and there is no chance to feel any train vibration, Yuqin's beautiful figure is lying in Qiao Yu's arms, her huge chest is revealing a large area of snow white, and there is a trace of joy on it, Qiao Yu's big hand is caressing the beautiful woman's fragrant buttocks.

"Dashuai, you've killed people!" Yuqin was both pleased with Qiao Yu's caress, but also a little embarrassed, and her shy expression became more and more moving.

"I can't blame me, first, you sent it to the door yourself, and second, who called you so beautiful!"

Qiao Yu grabbed Yuqin's body, and there was a burst of wanton play, the two of them quieted down, quietly observing the scenery of the Chengdu Plain, at this time it was already the harvest season of the Chengdu Plain, the golden rice was endless, a bumper harvest scene, Yuqin lay on Qiao Yu's body, and kept looking out.

"Dashuai, what is that?" Qiao Yu followed the direction of Yuqin's finger to see that it was just a few harvesters, in last year, Sichuan introduced a tractor production line from the United States, established a Sichuan Agricultural Machinery Factory, and produced a batch of tractors, harvesters and other machinery this year.

Now Sichuan's industrial development is very fast, especially after the outbreak of World War I, a large number of rural laborers have entered the cities to seek work, coupled with the policy of limiting rent and interest, Sichuan landlords from tenant farmers to get less and less profits, some bold simply began to set up small factories, and some insisted on farming in order to make up for the shortage of labor force had to introduce a number of machines to replace labor.

After the harvester, the fields were harvested, and the work that used to take a dozen or even dozens of people to complete now only needs one machine is enough, and Yuqin was a little dumbfounded when he saw this.

"Hehe, that's called a harvester, and it's used to cut the land, which is produced in Sichuan!

The train roared by, but Yuqin obviously sighed with emotion: "Dashuai, looking at the speed of the harvester, I'm afraid that only a dozen strong laborers can't compare!" ”

"Machine! It's always a lot faster than people, why don't you invent it! ”

"When I was young, when it was time to harvest, the family from old to young all had to work in the field, I was only five or six years old at the time, and I couldn't do anything, so I cooked at home, and then sent it to the field, how could the family be busy for more than ten days before I could get that little bit of food home, and at this time of the year, the family was willing to eat a little dry, otherwise I would not have the strength to work!"

Qiao Yu didn't ask Yuqin's family background in the past, the one who sings in this era is the ninth rate, it can be said that as long as there is a little way, he will not let the child do this, and everyone has a handful of bitter tears behind their backs.

"Dashuai, in fact, I was also very happy at that time, the family had no loss, it was the greatest luck, and then the family suffered a military disaster, and I couldn't sustain it, so I was sold to a singing artist, and I have been surviving until now, if I hadn't foreseen Dashuai, I'm afraid I would have no way to live!"

Yuqin cried as she spoke, and Qiao Yu hugged her tightly in his arms: "As long as I have the opportunity, I will give you a name!" ”

The train felt Yucheng in less than ten hours, and officials from all walks of life in Yucheng naturally came to the railway station to greet Qiao Yu, including Qiao Yu's eldest brother Qiao Cheng, now Yucheng is the most important production base and export base in Sichuan, almost all the materials from all over the country have to be transported here, and then transported out of Sichuan by water, someone must be in charge, Qiao Chengcheng was sent here to preside.

Qiao Cheng also found Yuqin beside the third brother, he also knew that this third brother was not the same as the rest of the Qiao family, starting from the old man Qiao Guangyuan, Qiao Cheng and Qiao Zhenye only married one wife, none of them had a concubine, and they didn't mess around with other women, and Qiao Yu was always not beautiful, no matter how good he was to Lu Wanqing, he couldn't change this habit, but Qiao Cheng didn't care about this kind of thing, and accompanied Qiao Yu to the place where he stayed with others, Qiao Cheng took a bunch of statistical materials and sent them to Qiao Yu.

"The third, I really didn't expect that after the outbreak of the war in Europe, the price of our commodities could skyrocket by more than three percent, Britain and France have begun to purchase things like military tents on a large scale, and many businessmen have also begun to purchase pig bristles, tung oil, ores and other things on a large scale, as long as this war can last for a year or two, I dare to say that Sichuan will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes!"

Qiao Yu secretly laughed in his heart that this war would not only be fought for a year or two, but would be fought for more than four years, and the wealth accumulated by the colonial empires of Britain and France would be almost exhausted!

"Big brother, now Britain and France can still maintain, come to purchase is just some businessmen think that the war will last for a long time, so they are just hoarding first, I think as long as the European battlefield really enters the stage of stalemate in a few months, the price will soar, and it will not be a problem to rise two or three times at that time, and the demand is also a bottomless pit, our current production capacity can only drink a little soup, compared to the United States is too far behind, even the book can't be compared, but we are prepared earlier than them!"

"Third child, I heard that thousands of people die every day in Europe, and people should have a little mercy, but I really hope that they can fight hard for a few years, and then we will have the money to build Sichuan!"

"Big brother, I don't think we have to feel guilty at all, how did these beasts harm us, now Gengzi's compensation has not been repaid, the evil cause they planted by themselves has now borne a bad fruit, everything is self-inflicted, no wonder others!"

Qiao Cheng picked up another document and handed it to Qiao Yu: "Third child, I have estimated that the tax revenue of Sichuan's industrial and commercial trade this year can be doubled, at least more than 40 million, plus the income invested in the stock market, the income of Sichuan political axe alone can increase by as much as 50 million, and the personal profits of other businessmen will be twice this number, this money is really not a small amount, I am afraid that it is much more than the wealth that President Yuan Da of Yanjing can control!" ”

In fact, Sichuan's profits are not only what Qiao Cheng said, Qiao Yu also has two more profitable industries, one is arms, the other is drugs, as the war continues, when the British and French stocks are exhausted, there will be orders all over the world, and trench warfare is also the most energy-consuming, the soldiers on both sides are bound to be demoralized because of the torture of the war, how can we ensure morale, drugs may become the best choice, these two things I am afraid that Britain and France will be in large demand before the end of the year, Even if they don't use it for the time being, the mud-legged giant Tsarist Russia will need it, and it is conservatively estimated that the fiscal revenue of the Sichuan political axe in 1914 will increase by more than 100 million, three times that of the previous year.

With the growth of financial revenue, Qiao Yu's ambition to integrate the southwest has also reached the stage of implementation, "Big brother, call me Zhang Bailin, let him come to Yucheng immediately, and say that the project of the Guizhou-Chongqing Railway will be started immediately, starting from Yucheng, and the railway will be repaired to Guiyang, and at the same time, Sichuan and Guizhou will jointly fund the establishment of Liupanshui Coal Company for the development of Guizhou's coal resources, and Sichuan is taking out five million taels of silver to help Guizhou improve people's livelihood and develop industry!" ”