After returning from Beijing, the situation in the northeast has gradually stabilized. Qin Yu's policy of tax and rent reduction has been supported by Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. Although the combined income of the two provinces has decreased by more than 10 million yuan, the combined income of a few gold mines such as Rouge Gou on the other side of the Mohe River can reach 7,800 yuan a year, and the new resources that Heilongjiang will develop from next year will exceed 10 million yuan.

Due to the infiltration of the Japanese in the past, Jilin has relatively few copper mines, a small number of coal mines, lead mines, etc., adding up to only about 3 million yuan, and the income from mineral resources alone is enough to wipe out these falling taxes. A large amount of local investment has led to employment, commerce, and industrial factories, and tax revenues, and accounts that have come and gone.

The quality of divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and some low-ranking officers has declined markedly compared with the past, and some people who have been promoted before will inevitably be incompetent.

The automobile factory in Fengtiancheng, the gun factory in Benxi, and the tractor factory are all in full swing. The further expansion of shipyards, the trial production of locomotives, and the imitation of various new machine tools in Europe and the United States by more than a dozen machinery factories in Fengtian all show that Northeast China has gone a long way in heavy industry, from the original blank, to now has a certain imitation ability.

"Damn, I thought that the person surnamed Duan wanted to make an appointment with me, if this is the case, I will only have to bring troops into Beijing again to ask him for an official position." Qin Yu pinched the appointment telegram in his hand. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, because he was not in Beijing, Qin Yu's original post of army chief appointed by Li Yuanhong also stepped down, and at this time, Rehe and Chahar were transferred out, and Rehe was also Liu Shangqing. Chahar Commander Yuan Jinkai are both Fengtian officials, and the two were also directly appointed by Qin Yu, but they just went through the motions from the central government, and the two special zones were completely under Qin Yu's control, so it was natural.

With the appointment of the central government, and the compromise between Duan Qirui and Qin Yu, Jiang Guidi and Tanaka Yu did not have the slightest ability to resist either in name or in strength. I could only pack up my belongings and go to Beijing to serve in a military position with high rank, high position, but lack of real power.

"You two don't have to worry about the army, I will directly send someone over to clean up the local army, other government affairs, and the police system, you know better than me, and I won't get an axe in front of you." Qin Yu handed the letters of appointment from the Central Committee to Liu Shangqing and Yuan Jinkai respectively.

"The handsome Wen Tao Wu strategy. In order to create an unprecedented situation in the Northeast. Where can it be regarded as a class door axe? Yuan Jinkai said with a smile.

"My family knows my own affairs, and the situation in the Northeast was created by a group of people. I just moved you to the right position. Qin Yu waved his hand, Yuan Jinkai has a smooth personality and does not have a strong position, but he is very knowledgeable about current affairs, and in the late Qing Dynasty, as Zhao Erxun's proud protégé. Yuan Jinkai also accepted a lot of bribes. It's just that after Qin Yu presided over the military administration of Fengtian, Yuan Jinkai's temperament changed for the sake of his official career, and he completely became an honest and selfless official. Over the past few years, it has also changed Qin Yu's opinion of him. In the past few years, he has presided over the affairs of the Advisory Bureau, and he has done a good job, so Qin Yu will transfer him to the position of Rehe Metropolitan Commander. This made Yuan Jinkai officially one of the most important administrative officials in Northeast China.

"The situation in Chahar and Rehe is not as good as in the northeast, and due to some reasons left over from history, the bandit problem in the two places is still quite serious, and Yushuai should send more troops over to eliminate the bandit trouble as soon as possible." After Liu Shangqing received the notice in advance, he learned about Chahar's situation and put forward suggestions that were also targeted.

"One brigade of troops is enough, and the matter of eliminating bandits can be left to the army." Qin Yu nodded and said, in Rehe and Chahar, Qin Yu does not plan to put too many troops, after all, the transportation is inconvenient, even the rebels in Outer Mongolia are also afraid, not to mention those bandits, the problem is not big, although the army in the northeast has reached more than a dozen divisions, if it is really to be divided, the deterrent power will inevitably be much smaller, and in the inland areas, there is no need to put too much military strength, once a conflict breaks out with the hostile forces, it is also a troublesome matter to mobilize when the war starts. What's more, the matter of suppressing bandits can be handed over to the special operations brigade, and now the special operations brigade has expanded by two brigades, and it is absolutely impossible to exterminate those bandits with hundreds of people.

"Rehe and Chahar are sparsely populated and financially not abundant, but after the local army is eliminated or merged into the Northeast Army, other expenses are not very large, you must try to lay a good foundation when you go, and in a few years, the Northeast will build the railway there."

"Dashuai, the railway is protracted, how about building two roads first and connecting them with Fengtian and Jilin?" At this time, the economic situation of Rehe and Chahar is much worse than that of Heilongjiang and Jilin, according to Qin Yu's habitual interests, the area under his control must first be tax-exempt, although the military spending is gone, but the expenditure on education and infrastructure construction will be greatly increased, and there is no spare money in both places, let alone building such a long road.

"Fengtian Bank and Huaxing Bank will expand the scale in Rehe and Chahar, and the governments of the two districts will be able to borrow from the bank at that time. The money has been loaned to you, and you can figure out how to build the road yourself, but there will be some financial support in education and other aspects. Qin Yu said without much thought.

"Can you tell us about the loan amount in advance?" Liu Shangqing asked with a smile.

Yuan Jinkai also smiled, "Since the big handsome has opened his mouth, four or five million is always not a problem." With the belongings of Fengtian Bank and Huaxing Bank, squeezing out such a small amount of money is only a drop in the dime. ”

"Your abacus is fine, let's set it at four million yuan for the time being, and then it will depend on the situation. The Fengtian Provincial Government has studied Chahar and Duolun, so you should be familiar with it. Qin Yu said.

"The two of them have discussed with Governor Tian, Rehe. Chahar is located inland and is mostly grassland. Vast but sparsely populated. If you want to run an industry, due to the limitations of population and resources, it will inevitably be inferior to the foundation of Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces. However, the two places also have their own unique advantages. There are few people, but there is much land. There is still space in a considerable number of places where there is still space for reclamation and can be built into a type farm. Abundant grassland resources are the basis for the development of animal husbandry and aquaculture, and the model of Taonan is also worthy of reference from Rehe and Chahar, which have developed slowly in the past two years, or due to the inaction of the incumbent capital, the tax is heavy. The traffic is inconvenient, and if you build the road first, these problems can be easily solved. "Liu Shangqing's head is authentic.

"Well, you don't have to worry about the mineral resource survey, the prospecting team will pass one after another. Like Taonan and Tongliao, Rehe and Chahar can also develop corresponding wool spinning. Leather goods, feed. As well as dairy processing related enterprises, everything depends on local resources, and you can also learn from Taonan in this regard. Qin Yu thought about it and said with a smile, "Some people are rich, and they like to run around when they are idle, and the grassland scenery can also attract some people." The Chengde Summer Resort in Rehe, the natural landscape of grasslands, sand, rivers, streams and lakes in Duolun can also attract some people to come over. In particular, foreigners are very good, and in the future, there will be a lot of foreigners in the Northeast, and if you develop it well, you can also share the pressure on the three eastern provinces. ”

Yuan Jinkai, Liu Shangqing and Qin Yu discussed for a while, until Lan Tianwei and Ding Cheng appeared outside the door, and the matter was almost discussed before they left one after another, and they were going to take up their posts in a few days.

"Dashuai, Guannai is really not calm, Duan Feng and the two of them are trying their best to fight and want to unify the Republic of China by force, but the enthusiasm of the three governors of the Yangtze River under the influence of Feng Guozhang does not seem to be as high as before." Ding Cheng was carrying a bag of documents in his hand.

"One monk carries water to eat, two monks have no water to eat, when I was in Beijing, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui would naturally turn their guns and fire at me in unison, and now I retreat to the northeast, they always have to find a place to shoot, there are so many interests, they all want to hug their arms, Feng Guozhang is better to discuss, but Duan Qirui sometimes has too strong desire for power, it is inevitable that he is a little childish, and there are few people under his hands who have completed their weapons, which is far worse than Xiangcheng back then." Qin Yu commented on Duan Qirui. "What about the situation elsewhere?"

"I can only describe it in one word, chaos."

"On the Guangdong side, in Guangzhou, the Gui system has the strength of the Gui system, the local soldiers are the strength of the local soldiers, and the Kuomintang is the strength of the Kuomintang. In addition, there are two divisions of the Dian Army, which in Hainan Longjiguang always wants to return to Guangdong. The Yunnan army was still out of Yunnan in the Protectorate War, and Tang Jiyao wanted to recall these two divisions back to Yunnan to go to Sichuan to participate in the Sichuan War, but the commanders of these two divisions had already escaped Tang Jiyao's control and directly ignored them. At present, the Gui and Kuomintang are vying for control of this Dian army. ”

Duan Hefei originally wanted to send Wu Guangxin from Beiyang to the past, but the Hunan people came up with a slogan of Hunan people governing Hunan, and as a result, Duan Hefei sent Fu Liangzuo to supervise Hunan instead. claimed that he did not bring a soldier to Hunan Province, Fu Liangzuo went to northern Hunan Province, but it was another approach, forcing the Hunan army that was originally oriented to the center back into the Hunan army camp, and the Hunan army had the support of the Gui family behind it, and this big battle was only unavoidable. ”

"Sichuan is a pot of porridge, Tang Jiyao's Yunnan army and Sichuan army are fighting, it is the most fierce fighting in the province at the moment, the Shaanxi side of the French army and Chen Shufan's Shaanxi army have already fought, and the Shaanxi army is now a slight advantage. Zhao Wei and Liu Zhenhua in western Henan also secretly have a lot of dirt, Zhao Wei always wants to eliminate Liu Zhenhua, but he has always been helpless against him. Speaking of which, our Northeast is too peaceful. Ding Cheng summed up later.

"When the Fengjun entered Ji, there was also a war in the black, and there was Fengtian to open the head, and the overseers of other provinces relied on themselves to be strong, and of course they also wanted to expand their territory." Qin Yu said with a smile.

"How can the armies of other provinces be compared with our Feng army, the marshal entered Ji and the black with the momentum of sweeping the leaves with a swift wind, and bulldozed the resistance of Meng Enyuan and Xu Lanzhou at one time, it took only half a month, with the current provinces in the Guannei, which war is not as long as a few months." Ding Cheng shook his head and said. "Speaking of which, the marshal and the chief of staff are good at managing the army."

"You said yours, why did the sycophants slap on my body." Of course, Lan Tianwei is also clear about the domestic situation at this time, but Lan Tianwei's responsibilities at this time are more about the construction of reserves, the continuous improvement of the Northeast Army system, military education, and those complicated things in the Guannai. At this time, he didn't care too much, in fact, with the changeable situation in the customs at this time, after the confrontation with Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui last time, Qin Yu had no intention of entering the customs in a short time.

"I'm just talking about things, if there are twists and turns in Irikuji and Iriyoshi, maybe I'll lose the chief of staff in front of the marshal right now." Ding Cheng joked.

"The president is no longer on the board now, and it is up to Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang to toss, they must not be willing to toss a little foundation of the old Beiyang." Qin Yu sighed.

"Do your best. Leave to destiny. As for Beijing, Dashuai has done his best, and there is no need to think about it anymore. Lan Tianwei was more open than Qin Yu at this time, he was very supportive of the revolution at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and he was a close member of the Kuomintang. However, at this time, the Kuomintang had not yet become a climate in the country, and the recruits sent to various parts of Guangdong for the war to protect the law called by Sun Yat-sen were directly arrested and shot by Mo Rongxin, the overseer of Guangdong, as bandits. There are many twists and turns in the matter of protecting the Dharma. This is the only way to let Lan Tianwei see hope. Yuan Shikai wanted to achieve the influence of restraining soldiers. It was also achieved in the Northeast, and the Northeast Army at this time was under one order. Liu Shangqing, Yuan Jinkai, and the governors of Kyrgyzstan and Hei provinces had no direct contact with the military, but were only responsible for the political and economic work of the province. Compared with the important role played by the military in other provinces in politics, the Northeast Army is like a professional army. This is more important to Lan Tianwei.

"That's all I can do." Qin Yu shook his head and threw these complicated thoughts out of his mind, "The wolf smoke fighter produced by the aircraft factory over there, I plan to add a squad of fighters to the aviation department." Brother Ji Hao, you also know about this matter in advance. ”

"This year, three divisions have been expanded, and the marshal didn't agree to Governor Tian. Won't there be new expenses added later? Lan Tianwei smiled.

"At this time, at that time, an aircraft factory has earned millions of yuan, and it is nothing to increase the number of fighters in a small squadron." Qin Yu said as a matter of course, "It's not the first time I've done this, and besides, the steel plant run by Ye Yizhao and several businessmen in Benxi this year has been put into operation, and the tax alone is a big income, and he can't look down on this little money." ”

Iron and steel plants are only one aspect, at this time there will be hundreds of new large and small factories in the Northeast every year, among which Fengtian is the most, the vigorous development of commerce, so that Fengtian's industrial and commercial tax revenue is growing geometrically, although the military expenditure is large, but the proportion of financial expenditure is constantly decreasing.

"I heard that the tractor factory can build a tank engine, will the marshal expand the establishment of the teaching brigade at that time?" Lan Tianwei asked tentatively, in view of the huge role played by tanks in several military exercises, the senior generals of the Northeast Army once paid more attention to this emerging weapon to the same level as aircraft.

"Don't think about building a tank for a while. At least a year or two will have to be there. Qin Yu shook his head and said, "It's the cannon factory that makes cannons that can fill the gaps in the divisional artillery regiments of each division one after another." ”

"Really? That's really good news. Lan Tianwei was overjoyed when she heard this, at this time, an old division like the 27th Division, the artillery regiment only had 40 cannons, and there were still 14 guns short of a complete artillery regiment. Almost the firepower of an artillery battalion. The Northeast Army is an establishment of one division, two brigades and four regiments, and it is no longer laughable that an infantry regiment can be assigned to an artillery battalion in wartime.

"THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE IMITATION OF THE SCHNEIDER MOUNTAIN HOWITZER OF THE 150MM, RIGHT?" Lan Tianwei is not very clear about the United Arms Company, so she will have such a question.

"There are design drawings, there are technicians who have participated in the manufacture of the Tsarist side, and the machinery purchased from the United States is better than that of the Tsarist Russia, and there will be no problems in terms of technology, and the machinery of the artillery factory will be installed in place, and it will be put into production smoothly."

Qin Yu said with a smile, Fengtian's bullets have been self-produced and self-made for several years, and there are hundreds of millions of bullets stored in the warehouse. According to the intensity of the war in Asia at this time, it is enough to fight several large-scale battles. There are still tens of thousands of brand new ones in the rifle warehouse.

The artillery shell factory was very profitable in the European war, and the mechanical cannon factory that made the cannon had already purchased it, and it could be shipped to Mukden and put into operation within two months. Once the machinery is in place, it is ready for production immediately. In addition to the rifle, the most important link of the arsenal has been solved. Thinking of this, Qin Yu's heart also increased with confidence.

"That's great, based on self-made. CREATING 150MM LARGE-CALIBER ARTILLERY IS REALLY A HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. Lan Tianwei was also excited at this time.

"150MM, OR A MOUNTAIN HOWITZER, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL." QIN YU SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID, "YOU HAVE ALSO SEEN THE DRAWINGS OF DREADNOUGHTS IN TSARIST RUSSIA BEFORE, AND THE GREAT POWERS CAN EVEN MAKE 305MM SUPER HEAVY GUNS NOW, BUT OUR BARREL IS LESS THAN HALF OF OTHERS." ”

"EVERYTHING IS DIFFICULT AT THE BEGINNING, AND THE CALIBER OF THE 150MM CANNON IN THE EUROPEAN BATTLEFIELD CANNOT BE CONSIDERED SMALL. In the entire Republic of China, only the Northeast is equipped with this level of artillery, and its ability to strike and deter the enemy is far from being comparable to the 76MM gun. Lan Tianwei disagreed with Qin Yu's opinion. Although airplanes and tanks have made Lan Tianwei aware of the new changes in future warfare, artillery is still one of the main weapons on the battlefield. Aircraft cannot be dispatched in rainy weather, tanks are powerless in some special terrain, and the role that artillery can play is still irreplaceable.

"Yes, more than a dozen divisions, this time the ground firepower of the Northeast Army has increased by nearly one-third, and our heavy machine guns are more equipped than the Japanese army. A Northeast Division, even an army division facing Japan, can also have the upper hand. Ding Cheng is no stranger to the establishment of the Japanese army.

"We have worked hard for so many years, and it can't be considered bad to have this result, the Japanese Army can only be regarded as the last in terms of equipment among the great powers, but the will to fight is quite tenacious. When it comes to fighting, other aspects are more important. In addition to the serious shortage of heavy artillery, the firepower of conventional artillery and heavy machine guns, we have almost done it, but the firepower in other aspects needs to be strengthened, light machine guns that are easy to carry on the European battlefield, as well as submachine guns used in trenches, as well as the use of mortars, anti-tank infantry guns, these detailed aspects, the Northeast Army is still blank, Brother Ji Hao, we still have a long way to go. ”

"In the words of the handsome, as long as you are down-to-earth and take one step at a time, you will be able to do it after all. At the beginning, the Northeast Army was just a group of patrol troops, but now five or six years later, it no longer has the strength to fight the Japanese army. Lan Tianwei's confidence at this time seemed to be even more than Qin Yu. (To be continued......)