Perhaps the biggest thing for people in 1908 was the rubber stock boom in London. Because of the demand for rubber and people's crazy speculation, almost all stocks that were not worth much have been speculated at a level that exceeds their original value by three or even five times.

This frenzy has sparked a frenzy, with more and more people joining the game, and the price of the stock rising.

Of course, many leather bag companies have also come into being.

During this period, the requirements of the rubber planting environment were still relatively high, such as Southeast Asia, etc., so many leather bag companies took Shanghai, the financial center of the Far East, as their company location, and this also attracted many Chinese businessmen and foreigners staying in Shanghai to invest in.

In the garden, after reading a piece of news about stocks in the newspaper, Yan Shao's somewhat proud Elanon, Katerina, and Lu Ying, who were standing aside, raised the newspaper in their hands.

"Well, I was right..."

The news that Yan Shao could get, the three of them naturally couldn't get it.

Although he also admired Yan Shao's 'vision', in order not to fuel his smug emotions, Elano and Caterina twisted their faces to the side almost at the same time, and only Lu Ying showed a look of adoration, which was also a true reflection of her heart.

As Yan Shao's personal butler, Lu Ying certainly knows what Yan Shao was doing when he went to Europe.

Now that the stock has risen wildly, the 10 million pounds of stock in Yan Shao's hand has also exceeded its value by three to five times, in other words. This 10 million pounds of stock is equivalent to 30 to 50 million bills—————— if the London stock market does not crash now...

Between £30 and £50 million, what's the concept?

It must be known that even in the third year of Xuantong (1911), the annual fiscal revenue of the Qing court was only more than 40 million pounds. Today, it's just over £20 million.

In other words, the profits made by Yan Shao's investment can almost be compared with the financial income of the Qing court for two years, and it is natural that Lu Ying will worship such a means.

And her adoring gaze also greatly satisfied Yan Shao's vanity.

After grabbing Lu Ying's shoulders and motioning for her to sit beside her, Eleno reminded carefully. "Remember that everything must know how to stop in moderation, accept it when you see it, and don't be too confused by the immediate interests. Otherwise, if the stock market crashes one day, the stocks in our hands may not be worth much more than a blank sheet of paper..."

Lately, Ilanor has learned a lot about stocks, and it's clear that it's easy to make money. But if you're not careful, you may lose all your money. Although Yan Shao can't say that they have all their net worth now, if something really goes wrong, it will hurt her muscles and bones, and she is also worried that Yan Shao will be hit too hard by then.

Hearing Elino say this, Yan Shao also said with a smile. "Don't worry. I also know very well the principle of accepting it when I see it. I've figured out that even if there's no movement, I'll sell these stocks at the beginning of next year, and I'll never let these things fall into my hands..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Elaline nodded slightly, following Yan Shao for so long, she could naturally see that Yan Shao was not dazed by the madness of the stock market, at least he was still very sober now.

And the other side. As he stroked Caterina's hair with his hand, he wondered what Lu Dao had in mind. The corners of Yan Shao's mouth also curled up slightly.

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The frenzy of stocks has caused Shanghai to fall into a difficult situation, but these have nothing to do with Yan Shao. Because Yan Shao went to London secretly at that time, no one knew that Yan Shao actually had 10 million pounds worth of shares in Yan Shao's hands—————— if all these stocks were sold, they would even be enough to satisfy the whole of Shanghai.

It is precisely because no one knows the Tao that no one comes to the door to Yan Shao to buy stocks.

In addition, things are going well on the part of the group and the Innovation Association, and even Yan Shao has a lot of time to rest.

As for the arsenal, although it is relatively small, it can also provide a considerable number of grenades to the patrol and guard every day. In addition, Qin Zhen and others, who returned to China, also carried out many rectifications of the current situation of the two armies after serving as officers.

"Forget about the workout..."

In the garrison of the patrol team, after looking at the patrol team's usual training schedule, Qin Zhen smiled at his teammates beside him.

Hearing him say this, several other people laughed too.

It may not be much in later generations, but in this era, the physical training of the patrol and guard is definitely devilish. Especially 5 100 and 5 kilometers a day, in this era, except for the patrol and guards, no army has such high-intensity training, and the armed 5 kilometers cross-country running once a week is even more torturous.

If it was something else, it would be forgotten, but at least in terms of physical fitness, Qin Zhen had absolute confidence in his subordinates. When they were in France, they shocked the instructors at the time with the physical fitness they had trained in the patrol team.

"So where do we start?"

After flipping through the information, a person on the side spoke.

"Let's start with tactics and other aspects..."Qin Zhen had been thinking about it for a long time before coming back, so he replied without much thought. We are all from the patrol team, and we know very well that there is no problem with the marksmanship and physical fitness of the people below, but they have not received any formal military training, and when they fight, they always rush up as well as group fights, and they almost don't understand the skirmish line or anything, let alone the coordination of infantry artillery......... Although we don't have artillery now. ”

"In addition, there are almost a thousand people in the patrol and guard corps now, and it is obviously not enough for us and the forty or fifty people who will come back from France in the future, not to mention that there are only more than ten people now, I think I can apply with the boss to select three people from among us to open a military school in the station, specializing in teaching some basic military knowledge, and training a group of quick officers, well, it is probably similar to the Qing court's military training school, so that the combat effectiveness of the troops can be improved relatively simply. Our task is much easier. ”

Hearing Qin Zhen say this, others naturally had no reason to object.

Seeing that everyone else agreed, Qin Zhen nodded. "Since there is no objection. Then I'll go to the boss now..."

When Qin Zhen arrived at the manor, Yan Shao was playing with the naked Elaline in the pool. The pool is surrounded by hedges, so you don't have to worry about being seen.

Well, it seems that the last thing to look at is still being seen, but what I saw was only Lu Ying who walked in from outside to report the news, so it was nothing.

In fact, as one of the forbidden areas, the area around the pool is not allowed by other males.

"Qin Zhen?" Hearing that Qin Zhen came to find him, Yan Shao didn't dare to slack off. Motioning to Elaline and the others to continue playing by themselves, putting on their clothes, Yan Shao walked out of the hall in a wet manner.

Seeing Yan Shao's wet look. Qin Zhen could also guess what he was doing just now—————— although there was still a big difference.

After seeing Yan Shao, Qin Zhen directly explained his intention, and after listening to his words, Yan Shao also nodded.

"Shall we make our own military school? That's a good idea, since you've come up with it. Then I'll leave it to you..."

"Yes..."

"Do it well. In the future, we can build a military school on this basis, and if you need anything, you can also come to me, and I will find a way to solve it. ”

"Don't worry, boss, I'll definitely be attentive." After speaking, seeing Yan Shao nodding, Qin Zhen saluted and turned to leave.

After getting Yan Shao's permission, Qin Zhen, who returned to the station, quickly selected 3 people from among his returning companions, and they first established a military academy.

As for the target of the professor, it is those military officers who have joined the reform society—————— although almost all the high-level officials know about the anti-Qing affairs. But the patrol and the guards combined are about a thousand people, and if any one of them leaks the news, it will be troublesome.

As for Qin Zhen, the rest of them. is directly responsible for the training of the troops.

Under the training of Qin Zhen and others, the combat effectiveness of the patrol team and the guard team improved rapidly, and it did not take long for them to break away from the original militia level and reach the same level as the patrol battalion.

The only problem of the patrol battalions and guards now is the lack of highly qualified officers, otherwise it would not be very difficult to approach even the level of the new army. This is also something that can't be helped, after all, Qin Zhen and the others have only returned to China this time, and 3 of them have gone to run military schools, and there are only 10 people who can really go to the army...

As for that Flea Military Academy? You can't be productive without a year or two.

Qin Zhen and the others were able to graduate from France so quickly, also because they had been on the battlefield and received the baptism of gunsmoke.

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Wiping the water droplets on her body, Katerina, who walked under the parasol, picked up a report that Lu Ying had just taken.

After seeing the above, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Katerina's mouth. "It's only two, it seems that those Japanese have been a lot more honest lately..."

The arsenal and officer training have effectively increased Yan Shao's strength, but they have also made him have a lot more secrets that cannot be known by others.

In this case, the monitoring of Wuhu, Dangtu and Xiangshan has also reached the highest level, especially Wuhu and Xiangshan, which have the most secrets.

Unlike when Yan Shao was bombed, the Special Affairs Section at this time had been expanded to more than 150 people, which was enough to ensure that the three places in Wuhu would not be infiltrated by organizations such as the Black Dragon Society, and what had happened in Xiangshan at the beginning.

At that time, because of Katarina's sweep, the losses of the Black Dragon Society in Wuhu and other places were also quite heavy. However, despite this, the Black Dragon Society was still unwilling to give up spying on Wuhu, so during the period when Yan Shao and them went to London, many Japanese secretly infiltrated Wuhu and Xiangshan, wanting to re-establish the intelligence network...

It's just that not long after these people entered the monitoring range of the Special Affairs Section, they were secretly executed by the people of the Special Affairs Section.

In fact, this is also thanks to them, who told them to use the identity of 'Chinese' when entering Wuhu and Xiangshan in order to hide their identity, if not for this, I am afraid that the people of the special affairs department may not dare to kill them.

But since they hide their true identity, as I once said, since you pretend to be Chinese, then I will solve you as a Chinese.

In more than a month, the Black Dragon Society lost more than a dozen people in Anhui.

However, because of their identity. The Black Dragon Society is dumb and eats coptis, and it is difficult to explain the suffering.

Come in as a Japanese, although you don't need to worry about the Special Affairs Department being poisoned. But there's absolutely no way to get information or anything.

As a result, the Japanese have not been able to re-establish an intelligence network in Wuhu and other places.

Now it is as if she has just given up, which is why Caterina said this after reading the report.

Two people? You must know that in the past, the Japanese would send at least a dozen or so over...

"What's wrong?" Yan Shao, who came back again, saw Caterina looking at the report there, and leaned over a little strangely.

"It's nothing, it's just that the person below reported that it was to solve the two Japanese who hid their identities and wanted to get in, and now the people have sunk to the heart of the river, and it will probably take tens of thousands of years to be discovered..."

So many years down. Yan Shao was also used to her way of speaking, so he wasn't surprised, just nodded after reading the content. "Looks like they've learned to behave..."

"Of course. Now that I have enough manpower, how can I let them be presumptuous..."

Katerina is indeed quite competent in this position, especially after the manpower is sufficient, not only does Wuhu, Dangtu and Xiangshan run like an iron net. even began to infiltrate Anqing. This also made Yan Shao feel that he had made a mistake in his decision.

"By the way, what did the kid surnamed Qin do just now tell you to go out?" Putting the report back on the table, Caterina said with some curiosity, and sat on Yan Shao's lap as she spoke.

"It's nothing...", his hands climbed up to the plump breasts very naturally. As for the matter of training, Qin Zhen asked me if it was possible to open a small-scale military school in the garrison to train a group of quick officers, and I thought his suggestion was very good. So I agreed..."

"Military school..."

Grabbing the strange hand on her chest, Caterina suddenly felt that she should also get out of school. Teach what you have learned.

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After getting Yan Shao's approval, the military school was quickly built.

The school was set up in a courtyard in the station, of course, it was definitely not possible to tell people that this was a military school, so when they were on the other side, Qin Zhen and the others just said that this was a school, which was used to teach some low-level 'officers' to read and write.

After the establishment of the military school, Yan Shao also asked Katarina's special affairs department to smuggle some military teaching equipment, because it was not the first time to do this kind of thing, so it was very smooth.

By the end of '08, the company's textile mills had reached six, which means that there were six textile mills in total. According to the calculation that each cotton textile factory has more than 80,000 spindles, the six textile factories have almost 500,000 spindles, which is already more than the number of spindles owned by all Chinese businessmen in the country.

After counting the number of spindles owned by Yushi Group, the number of spindles owned by China is only two or three hundred thousand compared with Japan, and this number is still shrinking.

After all, Yan Shao's Yushi Group alone adds at least 80,000 spindles every year, not to mention that there is not only Yan Shao in China, but also many people are also investing in the cotton textile industry, including Zhang Jian, an old man.

At the end of 08, Zhang Jian invested in the construction of a branch again, the scale is not very large, at least not as big as Yan Shao, but there are also 20,000 spindles. The total number of spindles owned by the entire Dasheng Company has reached more than 80,000, which is about the same as the number of a branch factory of Yushi Group.

"500,000 spindles, that's terrifying..."

After sighing at the company's regular meeting, Elano spoke on the side.

"Now the company's six textile mills need raw materials every day is simply an astronomical amount, the original more than 500,000 acres of arable land, now fully supply the needs of textile mills, interrupted the export of foreign exports, but even so it is still very reluctant, so the company means to speed up the reclamation of the newly purchased 500,000 acres of land, and strive to start cultivating fine lint cotton seeds in April next year..."

"Please rest assured of this..."Got up from his seat, Ke Fudao. We have already stepped up the reclamation and will definitely be able to complete the reclamation work by March next year..."

Originally, Kefu was in charge of the workshop, but now that the textile mill has changed from one to six, Kefu obviously can't continue to manage it. And as a person of the older generation, Ke Fu also has some nostalgia for the Qing court, and it may not be impossible to pull him into the reform meeting, but if it is not successful, Yan Shao can also imagine how much trouble it will be.

Therefore, the final result was to 'dispatch' him to the planting base on the other side of the river to be responsible for the management of the more than 1 million mu of cultivated land. It's not just him, it's everyone else.

Of course, this does not mean that Yan Shao will abandon them, but it is indeed not suitable to entrust them with important tasks at this stage, Yan Shao just intends to wait for the success of the revolution and take them back to Wuhu.

When the Qing court is gone, there is naturally no need to worry that they will continue to be loyal to the Qing court.

Hearing Ke Fu say this, Elaline nodded, although she was a little unaccustomed to his patriarchal attitude, but the other party was an old man of the company after all, so she still had more respect for Ke Fu.

And after talking about the raw materials, Elaline also talked about another thing.

"Some time ago, Manager Huang of Xiangshan also sent news, saying that the second phase of the iron plant is about to be completed, and I believe that it will not be long before the crude steel output of the iron plant can reach more than 50,000 tons, although the number is a bit much, but considering the planning of Wuhu New Area, at least there is no need to worry about the sales of steel for now..."

Originally, when the iron factory was put into operation, the biggest headache for Yan Shao was how to sell the steel.

Although steel has been produced, there are too few places to use steel in China.

So a very helpless thing happened, except for a small amount of sales, most of the steel is almost self-produced and sold... (To be continued......)