The Northeast Autonomous Region's existence has made many people have a different mind, and the reason why Xu Shichang made Yuan Shikai support the army is actually inspired by Li Hongzhang. Xu Shichang is now in Beiyang public service, and he also knows Li Hongzhang's big staff Zhou Fu on weekdays, although Zhou Fu has not been careful about Li Hongzhang in front of him, but Xu Shichang is not an ordinary person, and he quietly saw some eyebrows.

With Xu Shichang's secret penetration, Yuan Shikai's heart is also much more stable. However, compared with Li Hongzhang, he is now similar to a bedbug, and even Li Hongzhang does not dare to do anything that violates the will of the old woman in the imperial palace of Beijing City, so he even more dares. However, the seeds of ambition have been planted, and everyone in the Northeast can do it.

Xu Shichang was still working in Beiyang, so he left after staying at the small station for a while. Just before leaving, I recommended a few people to him. In addition to employing the old generals of the Huai Army who came to the north with Li Hongzhang to garrison the country, Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, and others who graduated from the Tianjin Military Academy were also sent to serve as the general offices or commanders of various departments; Cao Kun, Lu Yongxiang, Wang Zhanyuan, Duan Zhigui, Li Chun and others were sent to serve as sentry officers of each battalion; Ren Xiushen handles copywriting. And Xu Shichang himself applied to Beiyang, and then returned to Yuan Shikai to help, which gave him the opportunity to show his ambitions.

The establishment of the army is a long-term process, although Yuan Shikai invited a group of German instructors, but he has seen the strength of the Northeast Insurance Team in North Korea, and he is very dissatisfied with the current training results. This made him a little disheartened at a young age, even if under the same training conditions, the Northeast Insurance Team only had an advantage in weapons, which was not comparable to the new army. Moreover, there is a clear gap in the level of military training between the two sides, so the result can be imagined.

In the blink of an eye, in November, the weather was getting colder, and Wang Yi was on the airship at this time, accompanied by Lin Taixi and Han Xiujing. They were going to North Vietnam to make peace with Shen Yazhi, who had left the Northeast and was engaged in charity work. The two haven't seen each other for more than five months, and Wang Yi has complained a lot about it. Unexpectedly, this girl became serious about her work and threw him aside. Flying vinegar is indispensable, but fortunately, he is still rational enough, seeing that the northeast is cold day by day, Wang Yi simply went to the south to spend a vacation, and solved the lovesickness together. Now that we have just taken off from Jeju Island, our next stop is Okinawa Flight Station.

really leaving the Northeast is the first time for Wang Yi to return to this era. At present, the political system in the Northeast is on the right track, and there is no need for Wang Yi to bother with government affairs, and it is easy for Yang Qiuxing to find him if there is really something. Although there is no telephone communication between the Northeast and the five provinces in Southeast Asia, it is still very convenient to send a few telegrams, and there will be no delay. As for the affairs of the big business group, if there is no urgency, he will handle it personally. If she was in a hurry, Tong Qianjia took Kim Yuna and Jiang Jiaren to stay at the headquarters. Qianjia worked as a secretary for Wang Yi, and with the help of the vice presidents, there would be no mistakes.

On weekdays, Wang Yi rarely travels far, and he does not travel south and north like in the early years, taking the insurance team to attack everywhere. The main reason for this was that he didn't want to cause too much trouble for his guards for safety reasons. If something happens to me, it will have a huge impact on the Northeast. But now he has retreated into the background, focusing more attention on the senior officials and deputies of the Northeast Autonomous Region government, so this has freed him from his busy official duties and the attention of everyone, and he has the possibility of traveling.

The airship flew slowly in the sky, escorted by two pit viper airships, followed by a mammoth, which was basically an entourage. At this time, Wang Yi's identity is different, of course, it is impossible to carry a bag and a card like in later generations, and he can run around. He was willing to do this, and Yang Qiuxing couldn't agree either.

Looking down from the sky, it was blue, Wang Yi smiled at Lin Taixi at this time: "Taixi, it's the first time to take an airship, are you afraid?" ”

Lin Taixi glanced at him, and said unconvinced: "It's not the first time that people have taken an airship." ”

Han Xiujing said with a smile on the side: "Sir, when we went home to visit relatives before, we took the airship that flew from Dashang to Seoul, and it was the same when we came back. ”

Speaking of this family visit, the movement is not small, North Korea's governor Zhao Ningxia learned the news, and personally greeted Lin Tae-hee and Han Xiujing at the flight station, that is, the two girls are used to seeing important people from all walks of life in the Northeast in Ningdao, otherwise they would have been scared and overwhelmed by the girls of ordinary people. In that formation, I am afraid that even Prime Minister Yang Xiuxing's trip may not make Zhao Ningxia pay so much attention.

"That's it!" Wang Yi laughed a few times after hearing this, and then changed the topic and said, "By the way, how is your hometown now, tell me about it." ”

Xiujing was very well-behaved, sat down next to Wang Yi, and said with a smile while helping him beat his legs: "Hometown, it's good, the old earthen houses have been demolished and replaced with newly built brick houses." Many young people have left the village, and most of them have come to our northeast to work, and their lives are much better than before. However, there are also many elderly people who complain that the village is no longer popular. Except for them, it's a bunch of kids. ”

Wang Yi didn't expect that there are left-behind elderly people and left-behind children in this era.

Lin Taixi next to him also said: "Although there are still people who stay to farm now, there are really few people who grow food." Most of them choose to grow cotton, or other crops that are easier to make money. Sir, what will we do with our food? ”

"That's a problem...... "To be honest, Wang Yi hasn't seriously considered the issue of food, and now the population of Northeast China is growing at a scale of 8 million per year, but compared to the huge territorial area, the population is still very sparse. Coupled with the fact that the Northeast, as well as occupied Korea and several countries in Southeast Asia, are traditional farming countries, and now have the application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the trend of increasing grain production should not change unless there is a huge natural disaster caused by force majeure. It's just that what Wang Yi didn't expect is that with the rapid development of industry in the Northeast Territory, the current scale has begun to grab the resources of the rural population, maybe the current situation and contradictions are not strict, but when there is a real problem, it will be too late to change it.

"What do you think we should do?" Wang Yi smiled and asked. He is no stranger to the food problem, and he lives in an era when food security was the top priority of the national economy. Although there are some signs now, compared with the huge population base of later generations, the per capita arable land area in Northeast China is probably more than three or five times more than three or five times. Even if the Northeast develops for another ten or twenty years, it will not be urgent for future generations. When he said the problem today, he was actually teasing his two little girls.

"What should I do?" Han Xiujing held her mouth, frowned, and tried to think. However, Lin Taixi, who gave Wang Yi a big eye before, said at this time: "Is it feasible for the government to introduce a forced food policy?" For example, the entire autonomous region must maintain a minimum and lower area, and must not occupy agricultural land without authorization, and so on. ”

The king nodded his head and said, "It's a road, but no matter how much arable land there is, it's useless if no one cultivates it." ”

"If no one cultivates the land, then let the people cultivate the land and it will be over?" Xiujing is obviously not very interested in government affairs, and she doesn't have much knowledge in this area on weekdays, so she is a little clueless to answer.

Wang Yi held her in his arms, and then smiled: "Let people plow the land? So who is allowed to plow the land? Who is allowed to plough the land? When farming is not profitable, who wants to do things that lose money? ”

"This ......" Xiujing pouted and complained: "Sir, this is not good, that is not good, so what should I do?" ”

Lin Taixi seemed to hear the meaning from Wang Yi's words, and suddenly smiled: "I understand." ”

"Tell me about it!"

"The main reason why people are reluctant to cultivate land is that the price of grain is too cheap, and farmers not only do not make money by growing grain, but also lose money, so the main way to let farmers continue to grow grain is to let them earn money."

Xiujing was confused and said, "Grain is cheap, so how can farmers make money?" ”

Lin Taixi smiled at this time: "It's very simple! Government subsidy! Set the national minimum purchase price for grain! ”

Wang Yi looked at the little girl's smug appearance, stretched out his hand and took her in his arms, and said, "Taixi, you can think of maintaining the minimum red line of cultivated land area and the lowest price of grain storage by state-owned enterprises, which is very good." ”

"Really?" Hearing Wang Yi's praise, Han Xiujing was happy for Lin Taixi, this girl didn't think there was anything bad about being compared to Lin Taixi, on the contrary, she felt that Taixi was very powerful. "Sister Tae-hee is more powerful than the big officials in the government?"

Lin Taixi was not so easy to fool, and said with a look of disbelief: "Sir, you are a liar." People can't compare to those big officials. ”

"Actually, there's nothing like the top, the butt decides the head, they sit in that position, it's different from what you think about, in fact, it's no wonder that they are." Wang Yi smiled and said: "However, although the method you said sounds good, it is not so simple to operate." There are many aspects involved in the food problem, such as logistics, industrial raw materials, pesticides, fertilizers, electricity prices, and the weather, etc., there are too many aspects, and it is not realistic to solve the food problem by relying only on the two aspects you said. ”

Lin Taixi nodded and said, "What Mr. said is true." ”

"However, it's already remarkable that you can think of this, and we don't have to worry about it, go back and send a telegram to Yang Qiuxing, let him pay attention to it in advance, and there shouldn't be too much of a problem." If Taixi doesn't believe it, ask more about the situation with the people in his hometown, and he is writing a report, I don't think Yang Qiuxing will dare not look at your opinion. ”

Lim Tae-hee laughed, as if he had realized the value of life for the first time. But at this moment, the alarm of the airship suddenly sounded......