Jiang Baili did not make a decision when he heard that he would be the president of the Frontier University, but lowered his head and pondered for a long time, "Qiao Shuai, I just left the Baoding Military Academy, you let me be the president again, you must ensure that the new university can avoid the pollution of officialdom and bad habits, and only cultivate a group of officers who really fight for the country, not a group of bureaucrats and ruffians!" ”

Qiao Yu shook his head slightly: "Brother Jiang, some things are not what you want to do, or how I want to be able to do it, but require us to work hard, I can only guarantee to provide you with sufficient funds, try to provide some excellent teachers, and to what extent these students can develop is the responsibility of you, the principal, your words and deeds, after the education of the military academy, they can not only learn military skills, but also learn how to be a real soldier!" ”

"Qiao Shuai, I took this task!" When Jiang Baili said this, he was really angry, and saluted Qiao Yu, "Qiao Shuai, it is a blessing for China to have a far-sighted politician like you in the land of China, Jiang will definitely do his best and die in vain!" ”

Jiang Baili took over the task of the principal, and soon the reception dinner was put up, Shen Zhuyun accompanied Jiang Zuomei to the table, Jiang Zuomei is the female nurse, this time when taking care of Jiang Baili, the two fell in love at first sight, and became a couple, which can be regarded as a happy event, Jiang Baili has just recovered his body, and he can't drink more, and the wine banquet ended hastily.

After sending Jiang Baili away, Qiao Yu grabbed Shen Zhuyun, "Zhuyun, there's nothing wrong with that Jiang Zuomei, right?" Is it just an ordinary nurse? ”

"Inspector Qiao, you have to hit people's attention again. It's a shame that you still value Mr. Jiang so much! ”

"What nonsense, I'm scared of myself now, their claws are stretched too long, they already have plans to target all kinds of outstanding people in China, last time they were going to assassinate Mr. Feng Ru, Mr. Jiang is also a military wizard, it's not strange to plant a spy next to him!"

Shen Zhuyun's face also became solemn, and she tried to recall what she had talked to Jiang Zuomei: "Shunqing, I think Jiang Zuomei is just an ordinary woman, and if you like Mr. Jiang, you don't have to worry too much!" ”

"That's good!"

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day Qiao Yu went directly back to Chengdu, Jiang Baili and his wife did not follow Qiao Yu to act together, but first toured the scenery of Sichuan, Qiao Yu just took four guards to Jiang Baili.

After returning to Chengdu, Qiao Yu found Wang Dongcheng and Shi Dingzhong: "Both, let me tell you a good news, Mr. Jiang Baili has agreed to serve as the president of Sichuan Frontier University, I believe that soon we will be able to have a group of high-quality officers, and the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army will definitely be greatly improved by that time!" ”

Shi Dingzhong's son Shi Yi has become a senior officer in the Sichuan army, so he is very concerned about military figures, and when he heard that Jiang Baili could go to Sichuan, his face also showed joy, "Then I will congratulate the handsome first, this is like a tiger with wings, and the Sichuan army will definitely be able to be proud of the southwest!" ”

"I don't know if it's going to be in the future, I know that this frontier university hasn't been seen yet, is it necessary to invest a lot of money according to your habits!" Wang Dongcheng interjected at this time, Qiao Yu was slightly stunned, and then nodded.

"Mr. Wang, why can't the Ministry of Finance come up with the money?"

Wang Dongcheng smiled bitterly, "Dashuai, we are going to report to you this time, there is indeed a huge gap in Sichuan's finances, you see how we should fill it!" ”

Wang Dongcheng and Shi Dingzhong immediately reported in detail on Sichuan's financial situation, Sichuan is China's top in this era in terms of financial resources and people's power, especially after Qiao Yu took office, he vigorously promoted tax reform, and the burden of the people was reduced, and the political axe starved tax was increased, mainly because of the salt theory and industrial and commercial tax, due to the advantage of Sichuan salt prices, Hunan, Hubei, and even Jiangxi and other provinces along the river have a large number of trafficking merchants, of course, these areas are the distribution area of Huai salt, Most businessmen still take the road of smuggling salt, but in any case, Sichuan's salt tax has risen sharply, and it is already 10 million taels after all.

But now it seems that this level has reached a limit, and it is difficult to continue to develop, after all, everyone is limited in eating salt, and the increase in commercial taxes has reached more than 13 million taels, which is still due to the result of Qiao Yu's tax reduction policy, otherwise it is not difficult to break through 15 million taels.

In addition, agricultural tax, stamp duty, business tax, land tax, etc., add up to Sichuan's fiscal revenue has exceeded 10,000,000,000 taels, which has been among the best among the provinces, and this is still based on not frantically depriving the people, which is definitely a huge achievement.

However, don't look at the tax has increased so much, but there are more places to spend money, Sichuan University has begun to recruit preparatory students, and it will be officially enrolled soon, and a school will invest more than 2 million taels, so there is still a big shortage of teachers.

Railway, highway, water conservancy and other construction investment has exceeded 10 million taels, especially the section of Sichuan Han Road Chengdu to Yucheng will be completed, and the other sections are the most difficult, spending money is more like flowing water, it is simply a bottomless pit.

The support of industrial agriculture is also a large part of the expenditure, this part is mainly the Ministry of Finance and the Chamber of Commerce to cooperate, mainly for the imminent world war, according to Qiao Yu's estimates, in the early days of the war, Sichuan was mainly able to sell native products, grain, textiles and other light industrial products, but with the intensification of the war, ammunition, guns, artillery, steel, etc. are within the scope of Sichuan sales.

Of course, Sichuan's industrial level and production are not enough, but Britain and France will definitely fully support Sichuan when they are forced to helpless, so that Sichuan will become an overseas production base of the Entente, not only to ensure the needs of Britain and France, Russia also needs the support of Sichuan, to achieve these grand goals There is a huge premise that Sichuan must have a foundation, otherwise when the war is over, it will not be able to get the finished product, and the brains of Britain and France are not broken, and they will not blindly support Sichuan.

In addition, Sichuan has first gone out of the province to exterminate bandits in the past year, and then put down Xiong Kewu's rebellion, and the military expenditure is enough to cost 5 million taels, plus the huge amount of money needed for the reorganization of the army, so that Sichuan's finances are in a predicament all of a sudden.

"Dashuai, it was enough for Sichuan to borrow some of its income from Britain, the United States, Germany and other powers, but now the problem is that President Yuan has repeatedly increased the proportion of the central government, which is more than four million taels more than last year, and there is even an increase in the trend, this is completely chaotic, there is no basis at all, if we can deduct the part of the central government, our finances will be able to maintain!"

"President Yuan, just defeated Sun Wen, now is the time to command the world, don't dare to disobey, you can delay as much as possible, but we still don't provoke him, and then think of a way, I think there is still hope for a solution!"

Shi Dingzhong spoke at this time: "Dashuai, I have sent someone to find the treasure that my father once left, and the news came in the first few days, a total of more than 30,000 taels of gold were found, more than 500,000 taels of silver, and other jewelry, jade, celebrities, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which can be more than 1.5 million taels, and I am ready to donate them all to Dashuai!" ”