Outside Qijiang City, more than 3,000 strong men are walking into the city one by one, and on the side is a battalion of Sichuan troops responsible for maintaining order.

"I didn't expect the general to find so many workers so quickly, and it seems that the current shortage of labor in the mines and iron works will soon be replenished." Standing on the city wall of the county town and looking at the snake-like flow of people below, Joris said with some excitement.

"Yes..."Yan Guang nodded with a wry smile, of course he understood why Joris was so excited, because as long as their work could be completed one day earlier, the bonus he promised would be sent to them one day earlier. However, it only took 3 days to recruit more than 3,000 people, and the Baolu Movement and ...... Did the matter of pacifying the Shu army really have a great impact on the people..."

On the second day after returning to Yucheng, Chen Kan only set up a sign in the downtown of the city, and explained the three oceans per month and the specific work, and recruited more than 1,500 people on the same day. This speed not only frightened Yan Guang, but even Chen Kan was taken aback, and finally found a few people who applied for the job to inquire about it, because of the two things of the Baolu Movement and the pacification of the Shu army, many people in Yucheng have suffered. Especially the latter, after the defeat of the Shu army, many remnants of the Shu army fled to the surrounding areas to fight guerrillas, in order to exterminate these remnants of the Sichuan army also dispatched a lot of troops, and those who fought guerrilla remnants of the Shu army because there was no source of supplies, had to go to the people's homes to grab food, as a result, in the process of extermination, almost the entire people of Yucheng were harmed by the war. Although many policies were issued by the military and political axes later, which somewhat reduced the burden on some people, compared with what was lost in the war, the reduced burden was too little...

It is precisely for this reason that Yan Guang was able to recruit more than 3,000 people in 3 days, spring ploughing and autumn harvest, you must know that it is only the beginning of March, if you just sit at home and wait for the harvest, I am afraid that the whole family will be starved to death. At this time, the monthly salary of 3 oceans is particularly tempting for these people, you must know that the monthly salary of 3 oceans is even more than the harvest of their farming, not to mention that not every people's home has land to plant...

"The population of the entire Yucheng is almost a few million, even if more than 10,000 people are recruited, it will only ensure the livelihood of tens of thousands of people, and Zhan Tianyou's railway may take a while to start construction, do you need to build more factories? Factories with a large demand for labor, such as textile mills? But now not only Sichuan, but most of China is in chaos, even if the factories are built and the goods are out, where can I find so many people to buy..."

Just when Yan Guang was still thinking about a solution, Zhu Qinglan, who rushed over after receiving the news, spoke. "Governor, didn't Mayor Chen come back with you?"

"Chen Kan? No, he stayed in Yucheng to continue recruiting workers..."

"That's it..."Zhu Qinglan nodded. By the way, Governor, how is the imitation of the new Mauser gun in Chengdu? ”

"New Mauser? When I was in Yucheng, I asked by telegram, the arsenal is imitating, Yang Kai said that everything is going well, it is estimated that the first Mauser gun has been imitated now, but I don't know how the test is going, if the quality is okay, then let the arsenal go all out to produce the new Mauser..."The new Mauser in Yan Guang and Zhu Qinglan's mouth is the Mauser G98 rifle, when the ordnance production equipment was sent to Yucheng, Chen Kan sent the drawings and molds of the Mauser G98 to Chengdu as soon as possible, This is also specially requested by Yan Guang.

After receiving the drawings and molds, Yan Guang handed them over to the Sichuan Arsenal and asked the technicians in the arsenal to use the existing equipment to copy them. Fortunately, the equipment of the new Sichuan Ordnance Factory was ordered in 1904 from the Shuhe Factory in Germany (the information says so) to produce new small-caliber Mauser rifles when Jingzhang Shien of Henan Province and Qi Zuyi of Guizhou Alternate Province went abroad for investigation. The equipment order itself is for copying Mauser rifles, plus the drawings and molds are also in hand, so there is no fear of any trouble when it comes to copying.

"I hope the imitation can go smoothly..."Although the sense of presence in the military and political axe is obviously not as good as when he first entered it, Zhu Qinglan is also the deputy governor of the military and political axe, and he also serves as the commander of the 3rd Division. To be honest, today's Zhu Qinglan is very satisfied with his position, after all, not everyone can get a high position in a different place as a person from another province like Cai Yi, just like him in history, although he is also the position of deputy governor, but in the end, he was still driven out of Sichuan?

Just when the two of them were talking, the last person in the flow of people had already walked into the county seat, looking at the city gate slowly closing under the city wall, Yan Guang smiled at Zhu Qinglan beside him. "That kid Qin Yuan has already prepared a banquet in the county government, let's go, let's not let him wait..."

"Yes..."

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I don't know whether to say that Chen Kan is efficient, or that the people of Yucheng are really choked by the war some time ago. After the first batch of more than 3,000 people was sent to Qijiang, the second batch of more than 8,000 people was delivered in only half a month.

But when the more than 8,000 people arrived in Qijiang, Yan Guang received a telegram that he had to return to Chengdu.

According to the original plan, Yan Guang would stay in Qijiang for a month, until the equipment at the mine was installed and running smoothly before returning to Chengdu, but...

"How could something like this happen?" Looking at the news on the telegram, Yan Guang was a little incredulous.

Looking at Yan Guang's stunned expression, Zhu Qinglan, who was somewhat curious, took the telegram and read it, and then...

"Won't it?" Obviously, Zhu Qinglan was also shocked by the content of the telegram.

"Ziqiao, it looks like we have to go back to Chengdu..."

"Yes..."Looking at the content on the telegram, Zhu Qinglan also smiled bitterly. I really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in Chengdu..."

"Actually, it's nothing, isn't there a copy of more than 10 new Mausers in the arsenal? Just go back and see how the quality is..."

Looking at Yan Guang, who had a relaxed face but a serious face, Zhu Qinglan shook his head after smiling bitterly. "It's just that this kind of thing happened, and I don't know..."

"Don't worry, that kid is much stronger than us, and at the moment I'm more concerned about what this spy is doing here..." Let's go, Ziqiao, go back to Chengdu..."

"Yes..."

After Yan Guang and Zhu Qinglan left surrounded by the guards, a wisp of wind blew away the telegram on the table...

"Hideko Kobayashi..."

4 words in the first line of the telegram...

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Anyway, how deep is your resentment against emotional dramas→_→

Declare in advance that at least until 1 million words, there will never be a creature with a female surname around the pig's feet→_→

Don't worry, I'm not very interested in this kind of thing. →_→

ps：

There is also the matter of ballpoint pens, a handsome guy took out a news article saying that the refill of the ballpoint pen is high-tech, and the Celestial Empire has not been able to make it until now

At least as far as I know, we had domestic ballpoint pens in the 70s, but it is true that most of the ballpoint refills have to be imported, but that is not to say that we can't make them, but because we don't make them as good as others

It's like we have domestic cars, but there are a lot of people who like imported cars