Chapter 909: The Lin Family in Taiwan
The comprehensive development of the Yangtze River, that is a vision, not to mention 700 million tons of traffic capacity, even if it is 100 million tons, is also an unattainable number, now China, including the cities along the Yangtze River, because has not been included in the overall control of the northwest, most of the areas are relatively poor and backward, can not carry such a huge capacity, but it is possible to arrange in advance, a large number of construction is actually slowly underway, the northwest has penetrated into the Yangtze River basin grassroots, from the bottom to control the right.
The Northwest has always done this, along the banks of the Yangtze River, with Wuhan, Jingmen, Nanjing, three Yangtze River bridges, it can be said that it represents the three major arteries connecting the north and south of China, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, and the Baocheng Railway, the first two are huge railway lines from Beijing to Shanghai, from Beijing to Guangzhou, and the latter one is an important railway connecting Baotou, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, and Sichuan.
Three Yangtze River railway bridges and follow-up Jiujiang, Zhicheng, Shanghai, a series of railway bridges, become a large channel to connect the Yangtze River on both sides of the river, the next is the Yangtze River railway and various branch lines, will be along the Yangtze River, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, completely into a whole system, along the river, along the line, along the coast, the various ports and railway and highway hubs combined, forming a whole.
It is precisely because of the importance of the Yangtze River, Yang Yuanzhao more considered to ensure the traffic capacity of the Yangtze River, the three railway bridges and the follow-up, the construction is relatively slow, the height from the water surface is almost more than three times higher than the simplest design, the amount of engineering and construction difficulty has also increased geometrically, from 1912 project design. Construction began in mid-1912 and was not expected to open to traffic until mid-1915 or the end of the year. That was a few years later.
The northwest speed is fast, and the grasp is relatively tight. All kinds of construction machinery are complete, completely through is also a year later, now Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Shanghai, Baocheng is still a broken road for the time being, repaired only along both sides of the Yangtze River, as long as the railway bridge is through, can connect the north and south.
In addition to the problems of the Yangtze River, the construction of railways in the south is higher than in the north. It's more than a little troublesome, the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the rivers and lakes are dense, and there is no way to ignore these in the northwest now, so it can only be built in a limited area, and as many of these railways as possible can be connected into a network.
The Shanghai-Kunming Railway is a major artery in the south because it does not pass through the Yangtze River. The construction difficulty is relatively small, and it is the core railway in the south, which starts from Shanghai and passes through Zhejiang. This section has been completed more than 2 years ago, and the Jiangxi, Hunan and Hunan sections of the Hunan and Jiangxi railways have also been completed more than a year ago. The Hunan-Guizhou line was completed at the end of last year and has now been put into use. The farthest Guikun line is under intense construction. At present, about 70% is completed, once the Guikun line is completed, the Shanghai-Kunming railway will be completely through, from Shanghai to Kunming, Yunnan, which is equivalent to the important provinces in southern China to wear a string.
The most important thing is that this railway, connecting the underdeveloped Guizhou and Yunnan, so that these two rich and rugged provinces have since had a railway, opening a new chapter, these two places are too poor, and are now nominally controlled by the revolutionary party, the revolutionary party does not care much at all, but only sends some personnel to manage, they are also competing for provincial-level positions, where to compete for power and profit.
The Northwest has also not spared the two places, and has developed these two places in a down-to-earth manner, not only sending a large number of personnel, but also supporting a large number of machinery to develop the mineral resources there and increase the income level of the local people. Yang Yuanzhao is very clear that Yunnan and Guizhou are treasures, besides, the future northwest peeps into the Indochina Peninsula, the 2.06 million square kilometers of land, can be different from Siberia or Mongolia, that is a barren land, the Indochina Peninsula is located in the tropics, animal and plant resources are extremely rich, the land is also very fertile, has always been the granary of the whole world, these if you get it, plus the huge Indonesia, with the northwest far more than the world's agricultural science and technology, even if the population of the whole China doubles, triple, Don't worry about food anymore.
After the Shanghai-Kunming railway from the through, it is not particularly busy, the Shanghai-Zhejiang line is the busiest, it is connected with Zhejiang and Shanghai, the former is the richest area in China, of course, before the rise of the northwest, the latter is China's largest concession area, adventurer's paradise, all kinds of foreign trade materials transported from Zhejiang to Shanghai, all kinds of goods transported from Shanghai to Zhejiang, so that this line is very busy. But in addition to here, it is not so busy, Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway, because of the imbalance in the development between Jiangxi and Zhejiang, more just Jiangxi to Zhejiang, to Shanghai to send migrant workers, but compared with the expensive railway, water transport is the first choice for migrant workers, because the ticket is cheap.
After starting from Shanghai, passing through Hangzhou, and turning to Nanchang, it did not continue to Hunan along the Hunan and Jiangxi Railway, but entered another branch line, which led from Nanchang to a railway in Fujian. Compared with the Shanghai-Kunming Railway, the Jiangxi-Fujian Railway is just a branch line, and its role is only to connect Jiangxi and Fujian, so that the province will not have a railway to connect with the outside world.
Since the advent of railways, they have represented wealth, where there are railways, goods can be transported out faster, and the connection with other places has also become closer, and there are more people who come to build factories and reclaim land, and there are railways and there are no railways, which are completely different things.
Fujian is on the map of China, close to the coast, but it is not a rich place, as China's earliest initiation of shipping, as early as the Tang and Song dynasties, it has become an important maritime trade port of Fujian, in the development of this era, not as good as Guangdong in the south, Zhejiang in the north, those two places are rare rich places, the land of fish and rice, but it is not the case in Fujian, eight mountains, one water and one field, this is Fujian, there are many mountains and few places, Fujian people began to break into the world very early, whether it is except for work, or under the South Seas, Fujian people are even above the Cantonese people, many places in Fujian are also well-known hometowns of overseas Chinese.
There are many mountains and few places, so that every time a natural disaster comes, Fujian people will flee out, lead the boat to the sea, to compete for which illusory opportunity, in order to earn their lives, in order to survive, after settling down, or to take their relatives out, or with a meager salary, send it to the family, so that the family can live a little more comfortable.
Because of this, Fujian has always been in China's territory, occupy a considerable position, the Jiangxi-Fujian railway is under the leadership of the northwest, but most of them are built by donations from overseas Chinese, so that the people of Fujian, in addition to sailing on the sea, have another channel to contact with the outside world.
The destination of this train is Fuzhou, Fujian, that is, the provincial capital of Fujian, a famous port city, there are many people from Shanghai to Fujian, most of them are Fujian people who come out to work or do business, there are not many people, among the hundreds of passengers, but some are special, and the purpose of ordinary people is different.
Three people in suits, who looked like employees of foreign banks, dozed off in the not dense carriage, and accidentally opened their eyes, not the slightest confusion could be seen, it was a flickering light, their ordinary faces, without a little special mark, could not be found when they were thrown into the crowd, if they were familiar with the Northwest Intelligence Bureau, they would definitely recognize that they were all intelligence officers affiliated with the Intelligence Bureau, or belonged to the Einsatzgruppen.
Now, under the leadership of Shi Lei, the intelligence bureau is going to Yang Yuanzhao's special fund, so the development is very rapid, and it has completed the entire domestic control, in major cities in China, and even in larger counties, a lot of eyeliner has been arranged, and the migrant workers in the northwest are all over China, giving them the opportunity to choose, but those are the lowest level of eyes and ears, these people are locals, after a short period of training, and then return to the local area, shouldering a special mission.
These three men in black are in the minority, they are members of the Operations Department of the Intelligence Bureau, and they are all in charge of relatively large operations. They went to Fuzhou to carry out a top-secret operation, and the purpose was to contact the Lin family of Wufeng, to be precise, Lin Zumi of the Lin family, the ancestral home of the Lin family originated from Puping Village, Wuzhai Township, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, in 1746 crossed the sea to settle in Taiwan, the earliest generation was the 14th Lin Shi, he had rebelled with Lin Shuangwen against the Qing Dynasty, after being arrested and passed away, his descendants moved from the original Dali to Wufeng. Began the management of the ethnic group, in 1884, the Lin family's business in Wufeng with the land reclamation, the construction of the business, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, at that time the family of Lin Chaodong, once led more than 2,000 people in the district to make meritorious contributions in the Taiwan-French War, was awarded the Qing Dynasty. In the 1890s, the Wufeng Lin family mastered the export of camphor in Taiwan Province, and the profits were considerable, and they were one of the five major families in Taiwan, and they were a veritable local family in Taiwan.
The Qing government signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which humiliated the country, and ceded Taiwan to Japan. Lin Chaodong led his troops to defend Taichung, because the treaty had been signed, there was no hope of resisting Japan, and he was angry and moved his family to cross, Lin Zumi was 18 years old at the time. He was ordered by his father to return to Taiwan to manage the family property. In the thirtieth year of Guangxu, Chao Dong died, and Zu Mi took the opportunity of the funeral to move his family back to Gulangyu. Ignoring his family property in Taiwan, he proposed to the Japanese Consulate in Xiamen to renounce his Japanese nationality and restore his Chinese nationality. The Japanese government confiscated or bought more than 9/10 of its properties in Taiwan at a low price, and there is no remorse.
Such a Lin family, such a patriotic, uncompromising Lin Zumi, has close ties with Taiwan, and there is even intelligence that at least three or four percent of the current uprising in Taiwan is directly related to the Lin family and Lin Zumi, and some of them are directly commanded and planned by the Lin family, and the purpose of the intelligence bureau is to contact the Lin family, and then obtain the support of a local snake like the Lin family, enter Taiwan, and intervene in Taiwan's forces. (To be continued......)