At noon, Yang Yibing handed a list to Huang Ke. This is the figure he has protected and won over in recent times, and in Huang Ke's words, it is the foundation of China's industrial development in the future.

Huang Ke took the list, and after reading it, he smiled with satisfaction, Yang Yibing's ability to do things is very strong, this list includes mathematicians Xiong Qinglai, He Lu, Hu Dunfu, Su Buqing, Hua Luogeng, physicists Ye Qisun, Hu Gangfu, Rao Yutai, Wu Jianxiong, Sa Bendong, Li Zhengdao, Wu Youxun, Yan Jici; There are chemists Ren Hongjun, Zeng Zhaoluan, Hou Debang, Zhuang Changgong, geologists Ding Wenjiang, Weng Wenhao, Zhu Jiahua, Li Siguang; biologists Hu Xianqiao, Chen Zhen, Li Jitong, Tong Dizhou; meteorologists Zhu Kezhen and Zhao Jiuzhang; agronomists Bingzhi and Dong Shijin; medical scientists Zhang Xiaoqian, Lin Kesheng, Huang Jiasi, Lin Qiaozhi, Yan Renying, Yang Chongrui; Engineering and technical experts Gu Yuxiu, Zhou Ren, Ling Hongxun, Shen Yi, Mao Yisheng, etc., these are all he needs.

"Okay, volunteer, you arrange it, I want to have a meeting with some of them, so that they can talk about the future development of China," Huang Ke said with satisfaction after reading it.

Yang Yibing nodded: "I'm afraid I can't invite everyone to dinner at once, some of them are not in the country yet, and some have very heavy research work" Yang Yibing didn't dare to pack the ticket, although he provided good conditions for these people, but some of them didn't seem to buy their account.

Huang Ke waved his hand and said: "These are experts in science and engineering, we need this kind of scientist now, not scholars who write articles and scold people all day long." Those liberal arts experts will be put aside, and if they don't come, forget it, you mainly invite these people. ”

After speaking, Huang Ke ticked the list handed over by Yang Yibing.

Five days later, at an official hotel in Nanjing, Huang hosted a banquet for a group of important scientists and technicians, including the famous geologist Li Siguang.

At this time, Li Siguang had just returned from studying in the UK and was now teaching at Peking University. After seeing Li Siguang, Huang Ke hurriedly stepped forward and held his hand and said, "Professor Li, thank you for returning to China." ”

After everyone began to sit down, Huang Ke was wearing a navy blue lapel national uniform, and because of his myopia, he was wearing a pair of white-rimmed myopic glasses on his face, and he didn't look like a battlefield general at all.

"Inviting everyone to eat here today is not only my personal intention, but also the idea of our new government." Huang Ke picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip gently, and everyone also touched the glass gently.

Seeing that everyone didn't talk much, the scene was a little cramped, Huang Ke smiled and said: "Most of you have the experience of studying abroad, if you don't want to drink white wine, you can drink red wine, today I have prepared a lot of wine for everyone, you can come according to your own taste, no formality." ”

As he spoke, Huang Ke motioned for someone to bring up the other drinks he had prepared. After a while, the waiter brought a bottle of Bordeaux dry red, brandy and other European-flavored drinks, and slowly poured them into the goblet after opening, and the rich and mellow fragrance suddenly spread.

"You're welcome, today's party is a private party, it doesn't involve official business, don't be restrained" Huang Ke started talking about the joke that he was dismissed, and the atmosphere suddenly became harmonious, the experts are not all nerds, and they also have their own preferences for all kinds of drinks, Huang Ke doesn't have anything else here, and all kinds of drinks are enough.

After a few glasses of wine, the faces of some experts who were not good at drinking began to flush, and everyone became more relaxed under the influence of alcohol.

Huang Ke leaned over to Li Siguang and said, "Professor Li, I want to ask, can our country produce oil and steel?" If this ingredient is not available, is there an alternative? ”

Hearing Huang Ke's question, Li Siguang's originally smiling face froze, and he became serious and staring. As experts and scholars, although they don't know much about politics, they are all very intelligent.

All of this today shows that Huang Ke's position in the new government is still solid. Some time ago, Huang Ke, who was dismissed for brazenly shooting at the Japanese army, now appears in an important military and political department in Nanjing, which obviously shows that he still controls such an army and state power.

This time, Huang Ke brought these experts here, and the purpose was self-evident, which really made these returned experts and scholars excited.

Li Siguang put down his chopsticks and said to Huang Ke seriously: "Mr. Huang, I won't tell you, I have done careful research and investigation, China is by no means an oil-poor country, our country has a lot of oil and steel resources, but it has not been developed for the time being. ”

Huang Ke wants this answer, he knows Li Siguang's later achievements, and he also knows what he needs at present.

"Professor Li, if you need money and technology, you can just propose, and the location of China's oil and steel will be handed over to you," Huang Ke patted Li Siguang on the shoulder and smiled.

Li Siguang couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, and after turning around, a relieved smile appeared on his face. Chinese have always advocated reimbursement for their studies, which is also one of the motivations for many intellectuals to study.

To be honest, now these specialists are a bit heroic and useless, and most of them are just teaching in universities. Although teaching and educating people is also to contribute to the motherland, making the motherland strong is the fundamental goal, and the most effective way now is to develop industry.

As an address scientist, Li Siguang knows better than other countries what oil and steel mean to a country, he was a little moved to hold Huang Ke's hand, and then said with a trace of choking: "I must find China's oil and steel, so that our country's industrial development is perfect." ”

Soon after, Li Siguang applied for a vacation from Peking University, and began to move to the north and south of the motherland with his team to look for oil and steel.

After the turmoil in Jinan subsided for a while, Huang Ke proposed to the government to set up a national industrial construction committee, and with the support of Liao Zhongkai and others, the industrial construction committee of the national government was soon established, and Huang Ke, who was already at home, became the first chairman of this committee.

It's not that Wang Jingwei and others are willing to compromise, they always mention that Huang Ke seized military power again, and after the assassination on the train last time was investigated, it was not the Japanese who did it, and all kinds of spearheads were pointed at Guangzhou, Huang Ke signaled not to let Yang Yibing put this matter aside, and don't go to the bottom of the investigation.

When they heard Liao Zhongkai and others propose to prepare for the National Industrial Construction Committee, Wang Jingwei and others smiled undeniably, giving Huang Ke a vacant position, which can not only keep him away from the army, but also block the truth of some people in the government, if he can make achievements, of course, it will contribute to the new government; If you can't make a result, you will be fired after a few years.

However, Huang Ke did not regard this as an empty yamen, he wanted to use a short period of time to establish an industrial system for China that was sufficient for war use, and to be able to resist the aggression of Japanese imperialism.

Now Huang Ke has gathered a large number of experts and scholars, and a large number of skilled workers have been trained in different technician schools; In the army, Xue Boling's armored forces have begun to take shape, and if they can produce tanks, they can quickly form combat effectiveness.

Huang Ke plans to introduce a large tractor factory, which can not only provide strong support for agriculture, but more importantly, provide a strong impetus for the mechanization of the army in times of war.

The Soviets were able to build the Stalingrad Tractor Plant in ten months, and Huang Ke believed that he had the same speed. In addition to the necessary industrial raw materials, the construction of tractor factories also requires a large number of scientific and technological personnel, looking at China, there are too few scientific and technological personnel, Huang Ke set his sights on the United States on the other side of the ocean.

At this time, the United States on the other side of the United States is in a period of rapid development, and there is still a period of time before the global economic crisis and depression, at this time, the domestic economy of the United States is booming, and various industrial technologies are also constantly enterprising, so there are a large number of senior engineers in the United States, as long as they are willing to spend money, it is not a problem to hire some senior engineers.

After thinking about it, Huang Ke decided to visit some countries in the United States in person, firstly, to narrow the relationship with the governments of the United States and other countries, secondly, to personally find a group of senior engineers, and secondly, Huang Ke wanted to do something unthinkable to ordinary people - to attract investment.

Now Huang Ke's identity as the chairman of the National Industry Committee, according to his rank, should also belong to the important government members, this identity to go to the United States to attract investment, naturally not the same as ordinary people to go to the United States. In addition, Huang Ke is also well-known to many people in controlling the military and other real power departments in China, so Huang Ke's visit to the United States can be regarded as an important move by the new Chinese government to engage with the United States.

In Huang Ke's itinerary planning, in addition to the necessary visit to the United States, Huang Ke will also visit Germany at the European station. At this time, Germany was still in the midst of internal and external troubles, and the various sanctions and restrictions of the First World War made this powerful country that once dominated the world like a little brother.

This situation is somewhat similar to that of China at that time, but the difference is that Germany's industrial base is more complete. Although the factories were destroyed in World War I, and later due to the economic downturn of Britain and France, they retained a large number of skilled workers and senior engineers, which were incomparable to China, which was founded on agriculture.

The purpose of Huang Ke's visit is to bring these advantages of Germany to serve China. He was going to build a tractor factory and a modern aircraft production plant in two years, and Huang Ke knew how urgent all this was for future wars.