"Ah, that's so high." Qin Ming and Qin Feng were playing with bamboo dragonflies wantonly on the lawn. This gadget made of bamboo is sold in many places on the street, unlike people in this era, Qin Yu played with plastic when he was a child, and he only saw it made of bamboo like this in this era.

"Although Fengtian City has a booming industry, it has also done a very good job in terms of ecological environment." Zhang Jian looked at this pristine landscape, the various pavilions and pavilions that were carefully built, some of the pruned plants, the calm and clear water, and the wide lawn in the distance, there were several hills and fountains.

Qin Yu looked at Chen Xinyi, Zhou Yingxue, and Ye Lilina with children, playing and playing, and couldn't help but smile. "After all, this city is built for people to live in, if you blindly look at the money, there will be a lot less fun, the heart of beauty, everyone has it, the better the city of Fengtian is built, the easier it is for people to rise to the heart of love. Whoever lives in Mukden City doesn't want the environment here to become too bad. I heard that Ji Weng has also made great achievements in the construction of Tangjiazha and Nantong, and Ji Weng and I are also the same kind of people. ”

Zhang Jian said with a smile, "The scale of development in Nantong is far worse than that of Fengtian City, and now Nantong is mainly cotton spinning, and the profits generated by Fengtian City's finance, gambling, and electrical appliance manufacturing are not worse than cotton spinning." In terms of urban construction, Nantong cannot invest as much money as Fengtian City. With the scale of Fengtian City, the amount of money invested every year is probably hundreds of thousands. "Like Fengtian Beiling, Dongling, the Ice and Snow World that started construction this year, Qixing Mountain, Botanical Garden and other places have begun to be built, and the greening on the streets of Fengtian City is also very good. Zhang Jian is not as rich as Qin Yu. Most of the funds in hand are used to build schools, although they are also quite concerned about urban construction, but the limited amount of resources cannot achieve both development.

"In greening and urban attractions alone, there are 6.7 million yuan invested in a year, but the government only pays 100,000 yuan for these funds. Others were built by some wealthy local merchants in Mukden. If you make a lot of money, you should always give back to the society. Qin Yu said, "In the future, Fengtian City, as the largest city in Northeast China, will become a city centered on finance, commerce, tourism and education, and the manufacturing industry is relatively second, Benxi, Taonan, Anshan, and Jinzhou." These places in Huludao are enough to support the manufacturing industry. The utilitarian color of gambling is too strong, and if it weren't for the unstable situation in the Northeast now, sooner or later it would have to move to another city. ”

"Raising six or seven hundred thousand funds from wealthy businessmen, this kind of appeal is probably only available to Yu Shuai." Zhang Jian smiled when he heard this, although he is the most famous champion industrialist in the southeast, he can't let others come up with such a large sum of money purely for urban construction.

"Plant a good plane tree, the phoenix will come naturally, don't look at the urban construction side invested so much money. The city is built and safe and secure. It is comfortable to live, come to settle down, and there are many people who play, just the literati and ink writers who come to travel every year, and the rich businessmen are driven by the accommodation. The consumption driven by shopping is far more than these hundreds of thousands of yuan. Qin Yu explained. Six or seven hundred thousand yuan in this regard is undoubtedly a shame for the vast majority of places in the country, but in order to attract those Tsarist Russian nobles to the northeast, some capital should also be paid, these people were in the era of the Tsarist emperors. The wealth accumulated is extremely staggering, as long as a very small part is released in Mukden, it is also a huge number of tens of millions.

"Now it is rumored that Dashuai will privately build another university in Fengtian City that is not inferior in scale to Fengtian University of Technology, I don't know if the rumors are true or not?" Zhang Jian asked with interest.

"Well, it's also a group of merchants who joined forces to do it, but I'm the leader." Walking to a stone table and stone chair, Qin Yu motioned for Zhang Jian to sit down, picked up the teacup sent by the adjutant and said, "There used to be a saying that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. The great powers see our Republic of China as poor, ignorant, and backward. But I don't see it that way, the Republic of China wants to say that there is still money, but the money has gone into the pockets of some bureaucrats, so there is a saying that it is unkind to be rich, when Lu Jianzhang was driven out of Shaanxi, he accumulated more than 20 million yuan, and Meng Enyuan's family wealth was not less than 10 million when he left Jilin. I heard that Wang Zhanyuan from Hubei is also in Tianjin, and the area around Beijing has widely purchased land and real estate. With the wealth of Hubei, presumably Wang Zhanyuan's financial resources are no less than those of Lu Meng. These bureaucrats use their power to amass wealth, scrape the people's fat and ointment, and enrich the pockets of individuals. But industrialists are different, they make money by their ability, and why should they be troubled by bureaucracy. Industrialists can do no less than bureaucrats, and while limiting the power of bureaucrats, we should expand the influence of industrialists in society, increase their right to speak, gain the approval of the people, and change the world's thinking that officials are valued over business. ”

"Yes, the so-called everything is inferior, only reading is high. Reading is true, but when it comes to the Chinese people, it changes its taste, and reading is for the sake of becoming an official. What do you do when you're an official? It's not just eating and taking buckles, glory and wealth. Zhang Jian sighed, and then said curiously, "What type of university is Yu Shuai going to set up this time, how much investment, if you don't dislike it, the old man also wants to contribute some meager strength, Yu Shuai doesn't object." ”

"Of course there is no objection, the more the merrier, whether it is a businessman from Fengtian or a businessman in Guannai, if you want to invest in education, Fengtian will raise your hands in favor. It's not about more money and less money, what I care about is a sincere heart. Qin Yu said with a smile, "At present, more than 5 million yuan has been raised, and the name of the university has not yet been chosen, and the person who invests the funds will set up a school board of directors to have a say in the future development of the school and planning." The members of the board of directors have the power to know and supervise the use of funds. After the implementation of the compulsory primary education system in Mukden, secondary education has already reached a certain scale, and one or two universities are not enough to meet the needs of the future, and more universities will be established in Mukden Province in the future. A large area of land near Mukden University of Technology will be vacated for the future school, where a university town will be built. ”

"Yu Shuai is so courageous, don't hide it from Yu Shuai, this time the old man came to Fengtian City. In addition to catching up with Yu Shuai, he was also invited to be a lobbyist, I don't really want to convince Yu Shuai, you can entertain me, an old man, it is enough to give face, but the central side occupies Jilin for Yu Shuai first. After entering Heilongjiang, there has been a lot of criticism. Zhang Jian reminded.

"The president and Premier Duan are now holding their own opinions, where to take into account the situation in the northeast, now Fengtian has almost developed to a bottleneck, if you can't make a breakthrough in transportation, the speed of development will be greatly slowed down. Officials in Jilin and Heilongjiang have eaten and taken buckles, which has greatly increased the transportation cost of raw materials and finished products. The scattered situation in the northeast is also more likely to be infiltrated by Japan and Russia. I can't control what the central side thinks, but the development of the Northeast must not be stagnant because of their ideas, if the central side has the ability, they have created enough situation, let me obey the central government is not indispensable, now they are fighting in the nest, is it difficult to let the Northeast also fight in the nest? Duan Qirui privately signed a loan agreement with Japan to sell the Northeast Mine. The right to develop forests and the right to build railways. Do you expect me to obey the central government in such matters? Qin Yu snorted.

"How can there be such a thing?" Zhang Jian was taken aback and said.

"Tyon thinks I'm going to joke about this kind of thing?" Qin Yu said.

"How can this be reasonable, Duan Qirui's personality has always been tough, but he didn't expect to do such a traitorous thing to seek glory. There are really few disciples in Xiangcheng who are angry. Zhang Jian was angry and said to Qin Yu, "This time it's the old man who is on a bad trip, so it's no wonder that Yushuai is handsome." ”

"It's okay. How Duan Qirui and the Japanese talk about it is their business, but Heilongjiang is in the blink of an eye, and the three eastern provinces are in my hands, so I will never let the Japanese achieve their goals, not that I boast about Haikou. Give me five years to govern the Northeast, even if the Japanese army invades again, there will never be a second Sino-Japanese War. Qin Yu's tone was firm and authentic.

"Yu Shuai is sure of winning?" Zhang Jian suddenly became a little interested.

"Where can we talk about the certainty of victory, but now the scale of the Feng army is not small, five years is enough to double the expansion, the Japanese army has always focused on the navy, and there is no way to compete with the Japanese army at sea, but in the army, the determination of the Feng army to fight to the death is undoubted, if there is a 300,000 Feng army, even if the Japanese army takes the northeast, it is also the end of the crossbow, and it is impossible to watch the northeast family and the Japanese army die in the Guannai, Japan seems to be strong, and most of its strength is at sea, so it is not difficult to achieve it if you really have to work hard to catch up with the Japanese army on land, or even surpass." Qin Yu said.

"The biggest problem of the Republic of China is that it is not tough enough on the issue of Japan, and if Xiang Cheng could withstand the pressure of the Japanese, he would not have been called emperor later. After becoming emperor, a large amount of national power was wasted on useless consumption. Zhang Jian sighed, he is an extremely pragmatic person, how can he not see that the previous Republic of China has been on the road of Zhongxing, but unfortunately he was interrupted by the waist.

"Don't say these frustrating words, people always have to look forward, by the way, what is the situation in Nantong, Shanghai?" Qin Yu asked.

"The situation is very good, originally many people want to buy machinery and have nowhere to buy, there is Yu Shuai from the United States to match, this period of time, there are no less than 200 new factories opened there. However, most of them are light textiles. There are very few places like Mukden that can produce electric lights, wires, and other hardware on a large scale. Zhang Jian said with a smile, even after taking his Dasheng No. 1 and No. 2 factories to import a batch of the latest equipment, the profitability has also risen to a new level. Now there are many industrialists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who say that they have been stained with the light of Yu Shuai, and if they have the opportunity, they want to come to Fengtian to thank Yu Shuai. ”

"Thank you for it, the opportunity to make money is fleeting, I can't earn that money, it's better to let the people earn it, and the fat water doesn't flow into the fields of outsiders, it's better than watching the money slip in front of me." Qin Yu said with a smile, "The scale of our Republic of China's industry has generally expanded, which is also beneficial to the country." ”

"It would be nice if other people in power also had such a big picture as Yu Shuai."

"Marshal, U.S. Consul Maynard asks to see you!" Wang Yuhai came to Qin Yu's side and whispered.

"The old man has just come to Mukden, and he has to go back to rest for a while, and when people get older, their energy is not younger than you." Zhang Jian retired in a timely manner.

"It's okay, Yuhai, you can send one for me Ji Weng." Qin Yu nodded.

"Yes, Marshal."

"General Qin, it's been a long time. Your country is above the overseer, and there is still the post of patrol envoy, and it seems that General Qin will soon become the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces of your country. Maynard congratulated Qin Yu.

"Yes, the appointment of patrol envoys is the power of our central government, and these are still unknown." Qin Yu shook his head and smiled, "Mr. Consul, sit down." Every time you come to me, you have something to do, what do you want to cooperate with this time? ”

"General Qin, although we rejected the railway loan you proposed last time, but after careful consideration, we do not think that Fengtian has the strength to operate the railway, and now General Feng has occupied Jilin, and the small number of armed forces in Heilongjiang is not enough to resist the powerful Feng army, and General Qin's strength is not what it used to be. We feel that we can enter deeper cooperation with Qin Yujun, and the railway loan can also be negotiated. Maynard laughed.

"Really? That's great, I've been thinking about it all the time, but what are the conditions attached to such a large loan? Qin Yu asked.

"The Central Committee of your country is already discussing the issue of declaring war on Germany, and this matter has basically become a foregone conclusion. Qin Yujun has a large number of troops under his command, and hopes that General Qin can send an army to Europe with our country. Maynard said.

"Mr. Consul, you can't be sorry for me. You are not unclear about the current situation in the Northeast, and if you have soldiers, you will have enough self-preservation. My territory has more than tripled, and now is the time to establish a solid foundation, and there is no room to send troops overseas. If you send too little, it won't work at all, and if you send too much, it will shake my foundation, and this won't work. Qin Yu shook his head and said, that is, send a few divisions. Compared with the tragic battlefield in Europe, if it is not good, it will be defeated, which is enough for Qin Yu's heartache, not to mention that with the strength of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, the command is destined not to be on him. Qin Yucai was reluctant to send his troops over to be cannon fodder.

"General Qin's 150,000 troops, even if you send 50,000, 100,000 troops are enough to deter the situation, no matter which military force in your country is not enough to threaten General Qin, General Qin is probably too worried." Maynard said with a smile, before coming, the United States had obviously figured out Qin Yu's military strength.

"Recently, the situation on the Russian side has not been very stable, and I have some friends in Tsarist Russia, and I have learned that their provisional regime is not very stable. Sovietism has a further rise, and I must guard against it and prevent it from penetrating into the Northeast. My threat is not from within the country, but more from the Japanese and Russian sides, and although there are 150,000 troops, they are still not enough. Qin Yu shook his head and said.

"Well, since General Qin thinks it's inappropriate, I'll put this issue aside for the time being. In addition, I also got a piece of news that the prime minister of your country and Japan have secretly reached a loan agreement, and the content of the agreement is very unfavorable to the northeast, and the relationship between the prime minister and the president of your country has been discordant for a period of time. Maynard asked.

"I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the central government for the time being, and my only thought is to run the Northeast well."

If General Qin can support the president of your country, General Qin will immediately be able to obtain the post of patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces and become the most trusted and relied on by President Li. Our country can also lend you the loan that General Qin wants. Maynard offered a quid pro quo.

"Forget it, although the troops directly led by Premier Duan are not much, the strength of the Governor Corps he formed is huge, and my Feng Army is nothing against two or three provinces, but compared with the Governor Corps that forms the Beiyang system, there is still a little gap." Qin Yu shook his head again, "It seems that your understanding of the current situation in our country is not thorough enough, our country has now reached the era of warlord separation, for the time being, those local powerful factions can still form a superintendent army, but after a long time, it will inevitably be dispersed, and then it will be the opportunity for Fengtian." I think that instead of supporting President Lebanon, your country should turn its head and support me, because President Lebanon does not have military strength and will not be able to stay in the central government for a long time. Premier Duan can rely on the strength of his subordinates to ascend to the position, and Fengtian will also be able to gain the right to speak in the central government in the future, and then the interests of your country will be further protected. ”

"With the current development situation in Mukden, you should understand who can bring greater benefits and cooperation opportunities to the businessmen of your country."

Maynard was silent for a while before he said, "Could it be that General Qin thinks that he can get a loan from our country without paying any price?" ”

"Fengtian has good business relations with your country, and it is your country's right to borrow this money or not. But it does not mean that without your country's loan, the Northeast will not be able to build its own railway, I have set up a railway company, in a month or two can be in Shanghai, Fengtian City to issue railway construction bonds, although for a time to raise less than 50 million so much, but then call Huaxing Bank, Fengtian Bank part of the funds, first build a thousand kilometers of railway, it is also possible. Qin Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "The big war in Europe will end soon, and your country will not be the only one that can provide loans at that time, Fengtian's strength will only get stronger and stronger, and there will be more partners in the future." It's not that you can't do without your country. ”

"General Qin misunderstood, I didn't mean that. We hope to reach a certain exchange agreement with General Qin, but even if there is no cooperation just mentioned, the issue of the loan is not negotiable. Maynard hurriedly apologized, saying that he was just a diplomat, and whether the loan could be reached or not, if it was because of his relationship, it would be his dereliction of duty to cool down Mukden's relationship with the United States.

"Well, then your country will think about it more. However, for this loan, Fengtian is not as eager as imagined, and Benxi Iron and Steel has been able to produce its own steel rails. It's just that the partner is still your country's General Electric Steam. Mukden already has the conditions needed to build the railway, including the restrictions on funds. ”

In the future, with the help of General Motors, Fengtian will build its own locomotive factory in the local area. Locomotives, rails are not high-tech, affected by the dividends of the First World War, Fengtian's funds are also unprecedentedly abundant, and they are also capable of getting on the horse, according to Qin Yu's ideas, some major roads are built by Fengtian officials, and some railways can also be changed to commercial offices. This is something that the American railroad model is worth learning from.

Maynard nodded, when he cooperated with Qin Yu before, he had always seen the other party's open-minded and talkative side. However, when there was a conflict of interest, Maynard was able to see the young Overseer's extremely strong side. (To be continued......)