Yuan Shikai ended gloomily, and a month later, Yuan Shikai died as the first righteous ruler in the history of the Republic of China died, and the unity of the symbolic surname of the Republic of China was also shattered.

Li Yuanhong became the president with the support of all parties, and Duan Qirui was appointed as the prime minister of the cabinet, the history of the Republic of China opened a new page, a war to protect the country ended, China's officialdom faced an unprecedented reshuffle, in the second revolution only won the three governors of the People's Party, now Liangguang, Lianghu, Shaanxi, Guizhou six provinces have to change the new master, the change is beyond imagination.

And Qiao Yu made the most huge profit this time, from the Sichuanbian patrol envoy to the southwest patrol envoy, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan and the Sichuanbian Special Zone were all under his control, and the three strategic places of Tianshui in Gansu, Hanzhong in Shaanxi, and Yichang in Hubei also fell under the control of the Sichuan army and became the outpost of the Sichuan army.

After the expansion of the territory, the strategic detour space of the Sichuan army was even greater, and the Sichuan warlords finally officially stepped onto the stage of history.

"Marshal, now that the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou are under control, the unprecedented development of the Sichuan army is just around the corner, which is really gratifying!" Shi Dingzhong took the lead in congratulating Qiao Yu.

"Mr. Shi, and all of you here, although I became the southwest patrol envoy, but there are still governors in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and Cai Yi has obtained the title of a southwest border commander, which is clearly a means used by Duan Qirui in order to balance Sichuan, it is too early to say that the southwest is in our hands, and we must not have any slackness, and the economy of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is very backward, we are not wealth for the time being, but a burden, and Sichuan needs to take out a lot of money to help the development of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, To open up the railway traffic of the three provinces, it is necessary to link it with the Qinzhou estuary, only in this way can we truly control the southwest, and the princes have a long way to go! ”

Qiao Yu has long thought that now that China is lagging behind the world in an all-round way, and if he wants to get the country out of suffering, what he has to solve is nothing more than the two problems of being beaten and starving.

This is a very good way of thinking, but Qiao Yu knows that his ability is limited, and it is really difficult to call on so many people with lofty ideals to follow him, and Qiao Yu does not have the courage to break the boat, the most important thing is that China has not completely reached the situation of no return, and there is still plenty of time left for Qiao Yu.

Therefore, Qiao Yu determined his own strategy, that is, to solve the problem of being beaten and starving together, first through the development of industry, to enhance the economic strength of a place, and then with his strength to take back some of the power from the hands of the powers, step by step steadily, and finally change the fate of the entire country.

The most important thing to realize this plan is industrialization, relying on industrialization to provide advanced weapons, and then arm a powerful army, through industrialization to achieve the prosperity of the common people, so that everyone can have a full stomach.

Sichuan is of course the most important area in Qiao Yu's industrial layout, and the other important position is Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the three provinces together have a population of nearly 100 million, as well as an astonishing number of natural resources, just the best base for industrial layout, and Sichuan's financial resources can only afford two provinces, other such as Liangguang, two lakes are Qiao Yu as a peripheral province, responsible for providing raw materials to the southwest, consumer products, so this time Qiao Yu in these areas is mainly economic interests, And not political interests.

"What the marshal said is very true, now Cai Ye still rules Yunnan, especially after this Protectorate War, Yunnan's political status has improved rapidly, and Cai Ng's teacher Liang Qichao is also actively campaigning for him, this time Cai Que became the border commander is Liang Qichao's credit, Liang Qichao's unification party and Cai Ng's Yunnan army are united, it is definitely a force to be reckoned with, and it is also the biggest obstacle to our further control of the southwest!" Wang Dongcheng also interjected.

"Well, the Dian army has also gained a lot of benefits in this Protectorate War, and its power has swelled, but the foundation of the Dian army is not stable, and the lives of the people are even more difficult. In the past, Qiao Yu still had a trace of admiration for Cai Yi, but now that he has seen more, Qiao Yu has long been able to look at historical figures with a normal heart.

Nowadays, opium is rampant in Yunnan, which has a great deal to do with the rulers' reckless use of military force, and it is precisely these people who wantonly encourage the cultivation of opium for their own selfish purposes that cause this kind of disaster.

"Dashuai, I think we might as well promote anti-smoking activities in the southwest, and use this as a breakthrough to break Cai Yi's control over Yunnan!" Zhou Jun, the mayor of Yucheng, made this suggestion, and Qiao Yu nodded slightly.

"Mayor Zhou, I'm afraid it's more difficult to ban smoking in Yunnan than in Sichuan, what can you do about it?"

"Dashuai, I think the reason why it is difficult to ban smoking in Yunnan is that in addition to the problems of the people in power, there is a bigger reason is poverty, and even basic food and clothing cannot be guaranteed, so the people have to grow more profitable opium in order to survive, and with the increase in opium planting, opium occupies more and more land, and the corresponding grain is less and less, and the price is getting higher and higher, and the increase in food prices has prompted the people to plant opium more frantically, so that a cycle of evil surnames has been formed, and finally it has become an unsolvable problem. But I don't think it's too late to do it! Zhou Jun said this, and Qiao Yu nodded slightly.

"Mayor Zhou thinks that the solution to the opium problem should start by solving poverty?"

"Dashuai Mingjian, only let the people not have to live on opium, this problem will be solved, Sichuan smoking ban is also this idea, but the conditions in Sichuan are much better than Yunnan, Sichuan is richer, and there are more ways to walk, and Yunnan is too troublesome!"

Qiao Yu gradually has his own ideas about how to break the situation, or should he use silver to open the way, only a lot of money can quickly change the backward appearance of Yungui, and can also quickly gain the support of the people.

"In the final analysis, it is still a matter of enriching the people, in this case, I am ready to set up a southwest transportation department to plan the construction of railways and highways in the southwest in a unified manner, these infrastructure construction can not only absorb a large number of labor, but also strengthen the connection with the southwest, and the mobilization of the army is also easier.

If you want to get rich, it is absolutely a truth to build roads first, the backward infrastructure in Yunnan greatly restricts the development of industry and agriculture, and also makes the people unable to contact the outside world, so they can only be poor and backward, so it has become an inevitable choice to integrate Yunnan into the system of Sichuan through road construction.

And the road repair is not three or five years can be completed, just to attract a large number of labor, can produce the effect of work for relief, there are huge military considerations, as long as the road is built, Yunnan's geographical advantage no longer exists, Sichuan's army is more easy to enter Yunnan, at that time Cai Ye even if he wants to study in Sichuan, can not do, but large-scale road repair is not an easy thing.

"Dashuai, this investment will not be a small amount, if you want to meet the standard of Dashuai to absorb Yunnan labor, at least a few provincial capitals should be connected to the railway, and then every county should be connected to the road, this is definitely not a small amount, without hundreds of millions of funds can not be started at all!"

Tang Yisheng raised the issue of funds, which is indeed a very important issue, a war to protect the country has consumed most of the wealth accumulated in Sichuan, and now in order to control the newly expanded areas, the cost is even more alarming, and the financial funds are indeed not enough to bear the huge infrastructure costs.

"Money is not a big problem, there is already news on the side of the Entente!" As he spoke, Qiao Yu took out a draft and handed it to everyone present, "The Entente finally couldn't bear it anymore, and had agreed to export assets in Sichuan, and also promised to use part of the Gengzi indemnity to compensate for Sichuan's strategic materials, in exchange for Sichuan sending more laborers to Europe, it can be said that the tight spell on Sichuan's head has been loosened a lot!" ”

Hearing this kind of good news, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, with the development of industry, the upper echelons of Sichuan more and more feel the privileges of the great powers to suppress the development of industry, can not drive out the power of the powers, the industry can never read the development of power, now Britain and France have handed over their assets, for Sichuan is definitely a great thing, this marks the colonial control of the great powers in Sichuan began to collapse, and at this time the sale of assets is clearly low price, Sichuan can get a lot of benefits, And the Sichuan political axe can also share a lot of wealth from it.

"In addition, France has begun to order our aircraft, armored vehicles and self-propelled guns, there is no doubt that Sichuan's arms exports have reached a new level, and with the victory of the Protectorate War, the credit of Sichuan's political axe has also been greatly improved, so I think it is time for Sichuan to issue paper money on a large scale, replacing metal currencies such as silver and ocean flowing in the market with paper money!"

There is no industry in the world that is more profitable than printing money, such as the current ocean circulating on the market, which is only more than seven coins of silver, but used as one or two, this difference is the seigniorage, and it has become the income of the political axe's issuance of currency, and the seigniorage of the paper money era is even more crazy, because the paper money itself has no value, so it can be said that the seigniorage of the paper money is close to one hundred percent, of course, this has a premise that the political axe credit is strong, the currency system is stable, otherwise the crazy depreciation of the paper money will really become a blank paper.

After a war to protect the country, Sichuan lost a lot of wealth, but there is also a huge benefit, that is, Sichuan showed the strength of the Sichuan army to the whole country, followed by the increase in the prestige of the Sichuan political axe, and now Sichuan is relying on its own prestige to make up for the wealth by issuing paper money, so that there will be sufficient funds for infrastructure construction in the entire southwest.