"Liu Tiedan, you went to the Guannei, you have a good body." In the bustling crowd at Fengtian Railway Station, two cousins, Zhao Ronghua and Yu Xuezhong, looked at Liu Hu who got off the train to the platform, and greeted him with a smile. Liu Hu is surprisingly bold, in the past, when the tigers in the mountains ate people, and the people in the village did not dare to enter the mountain, Liu Hu went back and forth dozens of times alone, and he never saw any chaos, and the people in the village admired his courage, so he gave him such a title.

Liu Tie touched his stomach, "Damn, don't mention it, this time I went back to the customs, but I was scared out of a sweat, and I almost didn't stack these hundred or dozens of catties in Hubei." ”

"What's wrong? Didn't the government army almost wipe out the revolutionary army? The young Yu Xuezhong's chin was smooth at this time, and compared with Zhao Ronghua and Liu Hu, he looked a lot younger.

"It's not the revolutionary army, but I heard that it can also have something to do with the revolutionary army, there are bandits who make trouble, hundreds of people, I heard that this year's harvest is not very good, as soon as this person can't eat, and someone takes the lead in making trouble, it is easy to cause trouble. Hundreds of bandits surrounded several big families in the town, and when they saw women, they robbed them of money, and most of them killed men directly. Wang Ba Lamb, fortunately Lao Tzu ran fast, these bandits are even more terrifying than the big insects in the mountains. Liu Hu, who has never been afraid of the sky and the earth, thought of the crazy side of those bandits, and couldn't help touching the sweat on his face at this time.

"What about your side, how are you fighting with the rebels in Outer Mongolia?"

"It's okay, I was transferred to Rehe before, and I did a few games with the Outer Mongolian Army, and I lost more and won less, in order to fight with the Outer Mongolian Army, our two legs suffered a lot. The back and forth add up to hundreds of miles. I was so tired from running around before, and then most of the Mongolian army on the east road was almost wiped out by the Feng army, and it really frightened many rebels. Yu Xuezhong said disdainfully, "But I heard about Suiyuan." In northern Shaanxi, there are still a large number of Outer Mongolian troops going south. ”

"Don't worry about it so much, let's go, this time I went back to the customs to make some money, let's go to the next restaurant, eat something and torture our stomachs." Liu Hu touched his belly, which was getting rounder, and pulled the two of them out.

In the past two years, the area around the railway station has become more and more lively, with rickshaws everywhere and horse-drawn carriages running in and out. A picker who carries a heavy load. There are also some decent businessmen.

"I heard that no, our division bought some strange things from foreigners, used to harvest wheat, that thing is easy to use, a few people can operate it, at least a few hundred acres of land can be harvested a day."

"What? A few people can harvest hundreds of acres of wheat in a day, and this cowhide blows to the sky, right? ”

"Believe it or not, can the guy from Shizuo be an ordinary thing? I heard that many places have started to use it, what is it called a song receiver or something. Another humane.

"Sell newspapers. Selling newspapers, Fengtian caused the advanced rocker harvester in the West, which was the first initiative of the Republic of China and the precedent of mechanical agriculture in the Republic of China! ”

The crowd of people who talked about it was mixed with the voice of the newsboy.

"Wait a minute, bring me one." Liu Hu stopped the newsboy and gave the money. Take the newspaper in his hand and look left and right, the newspaper knows him, he doesn't know the newspaper. Impatient, Liu Hu handed the newspaper to Yu Xuezhong, "You guy has studied in private school for a few years, and his grades are good." Let's talk about what is written on it. ”

Yu Xuezhong took the newspaper, looked at the strange-shaped cow-pulled rocker harvester on it, and felt strange that he had never seen before, and said after looking at it for a long time, "I haven't seen this thing either, but it says that Master Qin bought it from foreigners, and this kind of thing is dozens of times more efficient than manual wheat, but it is not as exaggerated as being able to harvest hundreds of acres in a day." It also said that it will be harvested on the other side of the city today. ”

"Really? Master Qin made it, that's really a good thing, let's go, let's go and have a look. Liu Hu couldn't help but say, so he called a carriage.

"I haven't seen this thing before, Liu Tiedan, are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Ronghua said with a smile.

"Not in a hurry? I can tell you, this Master Qin, that is the God of Wealth, can turn stones into gold, my cousins and cousins, in the past two years in Taonan, Benxi has made a windfall, one by one to please several daughters-in-law, buy land, go back to his hometown once that is called the operation of the scenery, for what, not in the past few years under the hands of Master Feng begging for food, I can see it, this Qin Master made something, didn't say, go and see it first, let's get started, I can get started, I can't bear a loss, if I am not careful, I will make a fortune. Liu Tie smiled hard.

Zhao Ronghua thought about it for a while, Liu Tiedan's brain is not very smart, but he will make up his mind to do it when he sees things, because of the small capital in his hand, he has brought some goods from Fengtian to Guannai to sell them in the past two years, back and forth, and has also made a lot of money, at least they can't make a living in the army.

The horses' hooves trampled briskly on the ground and hurried to the south of the city.

Out of the city, it is a breath of farming, every year at this time, the field is busy, the wind blows, the wheat waves surge, and people are refreshed and happy.

Usually there are only a few farmers scattered in the fields doing farm work, but at this time, it is comparable to the bustling market. Everywhere there was a crowd of amazementers, adults, children, wealthy merchants, and gentry.

"Look, this wheat harvest is really not ordinary!" In the past, wheat was harvested with a sickle, and no matter how capable the laborer was, he could only harvest a little more than an acre of wheat a day. Most of the people in this era have suffered hardships, and they also have some understanding of the taste of cutting wheat, with a handful of wheat in their left hand and a sickle in their right hand, and they bend forward. Raw hands often can't cut a few ridges, and the hands will have to grow bubbles.

The most uncomfortable thing when cutting wheat is to be stabbed by the wheat, which makes it itchy all over the body, and small red bumps can be seen everywhere. There are on the arms, there are on the legs, and there will be on the neck. What I sucked into my mouth and nostrils was the dust of the wheat field, and it was very black. This is true of any wheat cutter with a sickle. No one can run, and the nose and eyes are all black. Even the pores of sweat floated in a thick layer.

The person in front of him does not have to bend down as he used to do when he harvests wheat, let alone wield a sickle. Some people drive cattle, some people operate machines, some people bag them. A few people can kill the workload of dozens of people in a day. By the time the harvester harvests the wheat, it has already been threshed. Later, a lot of effort was saved. Seeing this strange rocker harvester quickly shuttling in the field, many people were amazed, of course, not all applauded, the machine at this time was far less efficient than the later generations, plus the farmland was not flat enough, the ridges were too many machines to turn trouble, and some wheat was sprinkled in the field along the way, which made the farmers who were used to living a hard life feel distressed. The woman of the house followed the harvester. Pick up the wheat that was sprinkled on the ground little by little.

"Master, this iron lump is really a good thing, with this thing, it will save a lot of manpower in harvesting wheat fields in the future." Tian Helin, the director of the Department of Finance, who had been in office for a few months, couldn't help but be amazed. "I bought it back last year, and it was useless to keep it in the warehouse, and I thought it was a big price to buy back a bunch of broken copper and iron."

"Ha Luha, Brother Xuguang, I rarely do loss-making transactions. When I bought it back last year, I thought it would be put into use as soon as possible. I didn't expect something to go wrong in the middle, there was a problem with the whole batch of machinery, and then I missed the harvest season, and there was no way, if I really couldn't use it, my money was not so easy to take. Looking at the Wenchen military general with a surprised face in front of him, Qin Yu was greatly benefited in his heart.

"It's still Yuchen, you young people have an enterprising spirit. With a unique vision, I have to serve the old man now. Zhang Xiluan couldn't help but sigh, once he let go of the previous power struggle, he knew that he couldn't fight Qin Yu, and he was no longer entangled in his heart. Zhang Xiluan now has a large amount of dividends and dividends every quarter, and his life is very comfortable, and as long as he does not get involved in the control of Fengtian, Qin Yu also takes good care of his face as an overseer in front of outsiders, and it is reasonable from the face.

"But this foreign thing is made by foreigners after all, and whether we will not adapt to the soil and water in Fengtian is still two different things, buying this batch of animal-powered rocker harvesters is just a whim, and I just want to make a good start." For Zhang Xiluan, Qin Yu maintained respect at this time.

"The division is too modest, in recent years under the influence of the division, the price of cattle in the entire Fengtian Province has dropped by nearly three percent, and the number of farmers with cultivated cattle has increased by nearly five to sixty percent, in addition to the construction of water conservancy facilities, it has also greatly reduced the flood in Fengtian, while the output has risen, the agricultural tax has been reduced at the same time, there are always some people worried about the overnight grain, and now the situation of the lack of green and yellow at home is becoming less and less, if this harvester is popularized to the entire Fengtian Province in the future, a lot of labor can be saved, Those young people can go to small jobs and make money to subsidize their families, and their lives will get better and better. "In some political measures, the credit is often not obvious. After Tian Helin reminded him like this, Lan Tianwei, Li Chengwen, Sun Liechen and others also felt that what Tian Helin said was true. In the past, I just thought that in Taonan, the lives of the people in Benxi have changed a lot. It turns out that unconsciously, other places are also quietly changing.

"At present, the added value of agricultural production is low, and 978 percent of the more than 10 million people in Fengtian Province are engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and only a very small number are engaged in industry and commerce. Gradually, the people were liberated from the land with ploughing oxen and machines, so that they had extra time and energy to do other things, even if it was small jobs, road repairs, bridge paving, and other industries, the more value they would create for Mukden, the more taxes they had, and the more money the government had, the more resources they could invest in education, industry, and the army. It's a virtuous circle. Qin Yu sighed.

"Master, I don't understand the lowly position, since the more taxes collected, the better, why should we reduce taxes for the people?" Li Chengwen scratched his head and said.

"A guy who has no income, just by farming, can collect a few taxes, a large factory, a mine. Comparable to thousands of acres of land, the more people engaged in industrial and mining industries, the more tax revenue they contribute to the government. Qin Yu scolded with a smile.

"I see."

"Although some wheat has been sprinkled, this harvester is really a good thing, and it will definitely sell well in the future." Liu Hu scratched his head and said.

"Just this thing, you have to have at least a few hundred oceans a piece, even if you can afford it, ordinary people can't afford it." Zhao Ronghua shook his head and said.

"It's nothing. Buy one, and you will charge less money for one acre of land, but if something goes wrong with this big guy, it will be troublesome not to repair it, forget it, I am too lazy to think about it for the time being, I said you two. Don't stay in the army anymore, what's the point of eating sand on the grassland where chickens don't lay eggs and birds don't every day, come with me and go to Taonan to sell goods in Guannai. Liu Hu said that he was busy with everything, and he was indeed a little unscrupulous.

"It's not impossible, but with the two of us, is there really a lot of money?" Zhao Ronghua was a little worried. He and Yu Xuezhong are officers, and they get more military money than ordinary soldiers every month, Liu Hu is enough to support himself as a trader, and if there are two more people, the money may not be enough.

"Hey, what do you have to worry about, two more people can run several times more goods."

"This..."

"Cousin, Iron Guts. I wanted to go to Mukden to join the army, and I heard that Fengjun was well treated. Besides, I used to learn to be a soldier, and I was not good at business. Zhao Ronghua thought about it, and Yu Xuezhong decided.

"What, you're going to be a soldier in Mukden?" Liu Hu was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Yu Xuezhong nodding affirmatively, Liu Hu nodded and smiled. "Okay, you are a person with great ambitions, if it weren't for the fact that I have grown fat now, I can't stand the sin in the army, and I am thinking about wearing the military skin again. Being a soldier in Rehe, like a grandson, but the Fengjun are all good, they are the masters, the treatment in the Fengjun is really good, with your ability, you will be able to get ahead sooner or later. ”

"Cousin, I heard that the recruitment of troops on the Fengjun side is very strict, do you have a way? Besides, you are also a platoon commander now, do you want to go to the army and start from scratch? Zhao Ronghua frowned and asked.

"I'm going to sign up to try it, and if I can apply, I will always know if I try it. Tie Dan is right, staying too much in the Yi Army, even if you are a platoon commander, it is not as happy as being an ordinary soldier in the Feng Army. Yu Xuezhong's tone was firm and authentic.

"Headmaster!" Chen Rulin and He Yingdong stood up straight, raised their arms and saluted Qin Yu who walked in.

Qin Yu sat down after returning the military salute, just saw the harvester and rushed back, there was still a little mud on his leather shoes, Qin Yu didn't care, "A few of you are the top students in the first phase of the infantry, I am very familiar with you, but in the future, I am afraid that you will not have much to do with the infantry, if you think it is better to be an infantry now, stand up and say it, I will let you go back immediately." ”

"Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and they are willing to obey the orders of the principal!" Several people raised their heads.

"Well, yes, I have the spirit of being a soldier." Qin Yu nodded, although in terms of age, Qin Yu is also younger than these four people, but he has been in power for a long time, coupled with Qin Yu's actions since his debut, it has made a considerable number of people, especially Qin Yu's subordinates, ignore Qin Yu's actual age.

"The central government has set up an aviation school in Nanyuan, which is used to learn the latest types of aircraft, as a new equipment, the aircraft has attracted considerable attention from the powers of various countries, and in the West, a special flight unit has been established, and the aircraft can perform more and more tasks in the war, such as detecting the enemy's situation and dropping bombs from the air, and there will be more and more functions in the future. The president also took into account the need to keep up with the pace of the great powers and avoid being pulled down by the great powers, so he set up this aviation school, the first batch of students is only 50 people, most of them are directly drawn from the War Department, the General Staff, and there are also personnel from various provinces, but the number is very small, I dragged the relationship to get 4 indicators, in the future you will enter the Nanyuan Aviation School for further study, learn the latest aircraft piloting skills. I can assert that as a new weapon, the aircraft will be no less important than any kind of standing army ordnance in the future, and even have the ability to directly determine the outcome of a war, so you go to the aviation school this time, and you have a great responsibility, whether it is for Fengtian or for the Republic of China, you must master the best piloting skills. ”

"The principal can rest assured that the students will go all out and live up to the principal's accompaniment!"

"Okay, let's go to Beijing as soon as we get ready, in a few days, the aviation school will open." Qin Yu nodded, the Ca30 bombers purchased from Italy and the Gaodelon trainers purchased from France will arrive one after another early next year, and someone has to drive the planes when they are bought, otherwise they are not much stronger than a pile of broken wood.

"Nanyuan Aviation School!" Looking at the backs of several military cadets leaving one after another, Qin Yu pinched his chin, Lao Yuan did a good job in this regard, that is, during the Beiyang warlord melee period later, although his gang of apprentices and grandchildren were not very competitive, but they inherited Lao Yuan's consistent style, and the requirements for ordnance were relatively high.

If it weren't for the trouble of asking the coach, Qin Yu would also like to set up an aviation school in Fengtian, but there is no need to rush this matter, after the trainer plane is bought, Qin Yu has a way to recruit pilots to come and pilot, there are many graduates in Nanyuan, and it is impossible to have a plane for everyone. At this time, the aircraft of various countries have just started, and several aircraft are not very good, so there is no need to rush the layout. Relatively speaking, at present, the establishment of Fengtian Road Mine Higher Education and Fengtian Western Medical Affiliated School is more important than that of the Aviation School. In the future, the infrastructure construction of Fengtian and the improvement of the medical system will require a large number of professionals, and the establishment of these two schools is imminent. As for the need for too many professional professors in Fengtian University, even if it can come up with a sum of money, it will not be able to gather so many teachers, so it can only be slowed down for the time being.

"Master, Zhang Shun sent a message from Europe." Ding Cheng walked in with a telegram.

"What did Zhang Shun say?" Qin Yu asked.

Zhang Shun has now become the largest shareholder of the Belek shipyard, and has persuaded the other two shareholders to set up a branch factory in Fengtian Province, and Zhang Shun also said that he has sheltered some Chinese refugees in Europe, and after working in the shipyard for a period of time, he is also considered to be most of the technicians, and a group of people will return to China at that time. After the establishment of the branch, it will have the shipbuilding capacity of 2,000 tons. Ding Chengdao.

"Very good, Zhang Shun has done a beautiful job in this matter, and let Zhang Shun pay more attention to the foreign ship power boiler, especially the new boiler. I've heard that Europe has developed an oil-burning one, which has a small load of oil and a long range, which is much stronger than that of coal. (To be continued......)