The income of the Fuyuan machine factory is not too large, why, because the output of the Fuyuan machine is not too high, and because of the supply of arms to the whole of North China, whether it is rifles, bullets, or artillery shells, they are almost in short supply.

In order to expand production, in the past two years, Fuyuan Machinery has increased its share capital three times, and at the same time, it has also borrowed more than one million taels of silver from seven or eight domestic silver and ticket numbers to expand.

It can be said that from the day it was founded, the Fuyuan Machinery Factory has embarked on the road of borrowing and expanding and then borrowing and expanding, and the current Fuyuan Machinery Factory has been in debt of nearly 1.5 million taels of silver, but those national capitalists in China are not stupid, and the reason why they generously provide a large number of loans to the Fuyuan Machinery Factory is naturally to take a fancy to the income of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

And the order of Fuyuan Machinery Qì Factory that can almost be produced until the year after next is the guarantee of profits!

Rao has accepted the workers and equipment of the Beiyang Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, and has also repeatedly purchased machines to expand, but due to the short time of establishment, the output of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory is still not too high in a short period of time.

However, it is now peacetime, and artillery shells are consumable materials, as long as the Beiyang New Army does not fight, then the consumption of artillery shells will not be too much, and the reason why artillery shells will be purchased on a large scale is mainly for reserves.

According to contemporary practice, an artillery gun will generally have about 300 to 500 rounds of shells in reserve, and most of the artillery used by the Beiyang New Army is imported from Japan and Germany in the past two years, and the corresponding shells will be ordered when importing these guns.

In other words, today's Beiyang New Army, including Zhao Dongyun's Third Town, has a large number of imported artillery shells, and there is no urgent need for large-scale storage of artillery shells.

Under these circumstances, Zhao Dongyun was able to divert a small part of the shell production from the Fuyuan machine factory to sell to the Russians.

Aside from the factor of Zhao Dongyun, then for the Fuyuan Machine Qì Factory itself, selling shells to the Russians would not bring them much additional profit, because their shells were already in short supply.

However, for Zhao Dongyun, a second-class dealer, the benefits are great!

Although the purpose of selling ammunition to the Russians was mostly political, making money was also a secondary purpose, and if the shells he ordered from the Fuyuan Machinery Factory cost thirty taels of silver, then the one he sold to the Russians would be fifty taels of silver, and the profit of which was almost 50 percent.

However, Zhao Dongyun also took a lot of risks in this regard, especially the political risk!

Although the Russians paid a relatively expensive price, after they gave the money, Zhao Dongyun delivered the shells to the door, and the shells would be transported directly from Tangshan to Jinzhou by train, and then secretly transferred by Zhao Dongyun to Mukden.

How to put it, you get what you pay for! It would cost only thirty taels of silver to buy the same shells in Europe, but who would have the ability to transport them all the way to the northeast during the war?

In addition to Japan and Russia itself, the only material channel is the Guanwai Railway, and Jinzhou, an important hub of this railway, is entrenched in Zhao Dongyun, as long as Zhao Dongyun is willing, he can even prevent a single bullet from flowing into the Northeast Combat Zone, and as long as he wants, he can transport the entire train of arms to Mukden!

Zhao Dongyun has advantages that others do not have, and at the same time, he also takes risks that others are unwilling to take!

That's why he's reaping huge profits from the arms smuggling trade.

Zhao Dongyun took advantage of the convenience of the Fuyuan machine to sit in the western part of the Liaohe River, and at the same time had the cover of tens of thousands of troops under his command, and smoothly delivered a large amount of materials and ammunition to the Russians, and in such a background, the Russo-Japanese War was also continuing.

Since the declaration of war on 10 February, the two sides have been very calm for the rest of the period, except for the despicable sneak attack on the port of Arthur in the form of an undeclared war at the beginning, which caused the loss of several warships of the Russian Navy.

Because at this time, both sides are mobilizing supplies and soldiers, and the subsequent large-scale war operation is brewing!

At this time, it seems to be extremely calm!

However, everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm, and what is the situation in Japan and Russia will not be said for the time being, but there are many people in China who want to fight against Russia, and the Chinese students in Japan have even proposed to form a volunteer army to go to the northeast to join the Japanese army in the war.

With the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in China, as the commander of the only new army stationed in the northeast, Zhao Dongyun's name was once again widely mentioned, unlike the widespread accusation that Zhao Dongyun did not take the initiative to resist the Russian army at the end of last year.

However, people are still very concerned about Zhao Dongyun, especially his third town's every move, and although there are fewer domestic accusations against Zhao Dongyun and the Beiyang system, there are still there.

In order to respond to the huge pressure of public opinion in China, Yuan Shikai and Zhao Dongyun decided to hold a small-scale military exercise in Jinzhou after discussion, to show that although we were neutral in the Russo-Japanese War, we were playing armed neutrality.

Well, to put it bluntly, this exercise is not for Japan and Russia, but for the domestic population!

In order to avoid irritating Japan and Russia, and at the same time to satisfy the pressure of domestic public opinion, Zhao Dongyun set up the location of this exercise in Jinzhou, and the scale was not large, only two battalions participated, but many Chinese and foreign reporters were invited to participate, although there was nothing new in the exercise process, and it was naturally impossible for Zhao Dongyun to show others mortars, machine gun tactics, and the like in this kind of open exercise, but it still allowed outsiders to see what a new-style army should look like.

Foreign correspondent Moseley said: "Compared with other Chinese armies, General Zhao Dongyun's Third Town is obviously much better, and strict military discipline and new equipment make this army have the combat effectiveness of a modern army!"

When the Beiyang New Army took the initiative to disclose the training of the New Army on a large scale, especially after releasing many photos of the exercises in the Third Town, the people of the country saw a modern army full of spirits, and in addition, many photos of Zhao Dongyun in military uniforms were also widely published in various newspapers along with this public opinion propaganda campaign.

Zhao Dongyun in the photo does not see any traces of youth and immaturity, he is wearing the winter dress of an officer in the Beiyang Standing Army today, holding an officer's command knife sideways, although he is wearing a military hat on his head, he can still be seen to be bald, and the two slightly exaggerated mustaches on his mouth make him look very different from ordinary soldiers nowadays.

The military uniform on his body is a new military uniform that has only begun to be fully implemented by the Beiyang Standing Army in winter, although the training department issued the new army uniform regulations at the beginning of the year, it has also been used as the standard military uniform of the new army in all provinces across the country.

Although the regular uniform of this new military uniform is to fight, the dress is mainly based on visual effects, so that people can feel the handsome and chic of the new military at first sight......

Although many people have seen the appearance of the Beiyang New Army, Zhao Dongyun's military uniform photos and many photos of the third town under his command began to circulate in China, and they frequently appeared in newspapers, which still attracted great discussion.

For a while, Zhao Dongyun's personal reputation rose sharply, and people would think of Yuan Shikai when they talked about Beiyang, but when they talked about the Beiyang New Army, Zhao Dongyun's figure would appear in many people's minds.

On a certain Cheng dù, Zhao Dongyun has become a typical image of a Beiyang officer!

Coupled with the fact that he became the commander of a town at a young age, he sat in Jinzhou in the chaotic northeast, and became the specific person in charge of the neutrality of China's executive armed forces, this alone is enough to make him the idol of countless young people, and countless young students who have gone to study in other countries, especially those who study military affairs, regard Zhao Dongyun as a model of success.

Zhao Dongyun's name and photo soon spread around the world with the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, and in the New York Times's special report on the Russo-Japanese War, Zhao Dongyun's photo and the Japanese general Dashan Yan and the Russian general Kurobertkin were on the front page!

Because the above three people are the actual military leaders of China, Japan and Russia in the Northeast!

Zhao Dongyun is a little unaccustomed to his sudden fame, his previous reputation in Beiyang is actually not small, but most of them are circulated among many middle and high-level officers in Beiyang, and then there are civil officials and staff members who are also in the Beiyang system have heard of or seen him, and even many middle and lower-level civil officials in the same Beiyang system do not know him.

This is also a microcosm of the middle and senior officers of the contemporary Beiyang New Army, although they have controlled the most powerful armed forces in China in this era, but most of what people see is Yuan Shikai, and they do not pay much attention to Duan Qirui, Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang, Zhao Dongyun and others behind Yuan Shikai.

These famous Beiyang warlords were well known to ordinary people, and it was still after the Wuchang Uprising in Xinhai that Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and others frequently appeared in the newspapers at that time.

Now, in the eyes of many Chinese people, they are just one of Yuan Shikai's subordinates!

The reason why Zhao Dongyun was able to become famous actually had nothing to do with his political status, mainly because of those photos and his young and excessive age!

Many older people are very worried about the young Zhao Dongyun!

In Guangdong's Cen Chunxuan to the imperial court, he openly expressed concern about Zhao Dongyun: Zhao Ziyang's young and shallow seating in the northeast may not be the blessing of the imperial court!

Zhao Dongyun looked at the copy of this piece forwarded by Yuan Shikai in his hand, and his face was not very good-looking: "This Cen mad dog, it's to see who bites whom!" ”

Cen Chunxuan's move was actually not aimed at him Zhao Dongyun, but at Yuan Shikai, trying to use Zhao Dongyun's age and qualifications to discredit Yuan Shikai's employment strategy.

"Leave those people alone!" Fang Ruolian's footsteps moved lightly at this time, and then sat on the sofa, she didn't like Zhao Dongyun to care about anything in front of her.

Zhao Dongyun put down the copy of the chapter and turned his head to look at Fang Ruolian: "Jinzhou is much colder than Baoding, have you been used to it these days?" ”

Fang Ruolian shrank as if she felt cold when she heard this, and then said: "For me, Baoding and Jinzhou are just as cold!" It would be nice if I could go back to Xiangzhou in winter! ”

Zhao Dongyun listened: "Didn't my father-in-law move to Shanghai, you can go to Shanghai to see them!" ”

Zhao Dongyun did not say that he accompanied her to Shanghai to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law, because he had no time, and it was actually quite hard to be an official these years, and he couldn't run around if he had nothing to do, as the commander of the third town, especially now that the situation in the Northeast is tense, when the war broke out between Japan and Russia, it was impossible for him Zhao Dongyun to leave Jinzhou casually.

However, Fang Ruolian shook her head: "I don't like to take boats, and I only went to see them in October!" ”

Zhao Dongyun was a little speechless when he heard this, this Fang Ruolian has changed even more after marriage, her body is still as attractive as before, she can still talk nonsense casually when talking to her, and she will not hide her Catholic faith, and from time to time she wants to persuade Zhao Dongyun and the people around her to join the church.

But she's become extremely lazy!

Especially in autumn and winter, she can bask in the sun by the window and read a book all day, and she is reluctant to do many things, and even Zhao Dongyun feels that she is unwilling to think about many things.

Now it is difficult for her to connect with the nun in Zhao Dongyun's mind!

"After waiting for a few years for the opening of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, it will be much easier to go south to Shanghai to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law in the future!" Zhao Dongyun stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her, so that she could lean comfortably on his body.

"Hmm!" Fang Ruolian didn't say much, just closed her eyes with a soft hum.

Zhao Dongyun picked up the book on the table and read it, and it was extremely rare to see the afternoon sun through the glass window in early spring, and then sun on the two of them.

The book in Zhao Dongyun's hand was not a novel or other literary book, but a book on military theory in German, which he had brought back from Germany last month.

In the past few years, he has been continuing to read and study a large number of Western military books, he firmly believes that if you want to succeed, you have to prepare yourself in advance, and to be a qualified and successful warlord, it is far from enough to rely on a little memory or cleverness of later generations, Zhao Dongyun does not require himself to become a military god like Napoleon, but the most basic things still need to be mastered.

The afternoon sun didn't stay in the living room for too long, when he couldn't feel the warmth of the sun, Zhao Dongyun put down the book, and then looked back at his wife, who was already snuggling up to him, she was already asleep, the two eyelashes on her delicate face covered her eyes, her red lips were slightly closed, she was breathing slowly, she looked very beautiful at this time.

Gently supported her body, then got up from the sofa and helped her lie down on her side, and then dragged a pillow for her to cushion, the afternoon sun had passed, in order not to let her feel the cold, he came over from the other side with a wool blanket to cover her.

Looking at his wife who seemed to have fallen into a sweet dream, Zhao Dongyun also smiled, and then couldn't help but reach out and touch her face, feeling the touch Fang Ruolian seemed to be awake, but she still didn't open her eyes, she could feel that this slightly rough hand was her husband's hand, she stretched out her hand to cover the back of Zhao Dongyun's hand, and muttered: "How long have I been asleep?" ”

Zhao Dongyun said: "It didn't take long, it wasn't an hour!" ”

Fang Ruolian turned her body to make her trip more comfortable, but she still didn't open her eyes: "Then I'll sleep for a while!" Wait until I'm asleep before leaving! ”

Zhao Dongyun hummed lightly, looking at this woman who was talking in a daze and didn't even want to open her eyes, what he felt in his heart was the peace that others couldn't bring him.

On the other side of the couch, he picked up his book again and looked at it, the sunlight outside had disappeared, and soon there were many gray clouds floating in the sky, and through the glass window he could see thicker and thicker clouds, maybe the first rainstorm of this spring was coming!