Wang Yongjiang, who has always advocated prudence, has already set his sights on the northwest, and it can also be seen that expanding shili and occupying more territory has long been the consensus of the Feng army. However, Wang Yongjiang prefers to use economic means rather than a simple military attack, such as building a railway line connecting the east and west, which is a very good choice.

"To put it mildly, taking the northwest as the strategic rear of the Feng army is a policy that you have determined a long time ago, and I agree with it very much. In addition, there are more advantages of building railways in the northwest, speaking of which, since the late Qing Dynasty, the northwest has been in turmoil, and in the final analysis, it is still poor and troublesome, and everyone can't get by. ”

Wang Yongjiang said that Zhang Tinglan agrees very much, no matter what nationality, extremists are a minority, and as long as they can eat and clothe themselves, most people are unwilling to make trouble. If we can build a railway line and tap out the resources of the northwest, the common people will be able to survive, and the society will naturally be stable.

Of course, there are many more functions of building railways, such as enabling rapid troop movements, and further controlling Xinjiang and threatening Russia's Central Asian region. If done correctly, the Feng army could build a 10,000-mile defense line throughout northern China to completely block the Russians.

"Mr. Minyuan, I raise my hands in favor of repairing the railway, you just need to implement it!"

Wang Yongjiang spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Humble words, if the finance can get the money, why should I come to you." ”

Zhang Tinglan suddenly widened his eyes: "Mr. Min Yuan, I don't have the ability to turn stones into gold, how can I get money, besides, didn't we get a large amount of gold from the Russians, isn't it enough?" ”

"There's a lot of gold, but can you just buy it with gold? Are you willing? Wang Yongjiang asked unceremoniously.

Zhang Tinglan could only say: "Of course I am reluctant, but I think we can still come up with a lot of money in the treasury, is there no way to do it?" ”

Wang Yongjiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Humble words, no matter how much money you make, you can't match the speed of spending money, I'll calculate an account for you now, and you can see how much money you spend." ”

As Wang Yongjiang spoke, he gave Zhang Tinglan a list of various items to spend money on, first of all, direct war funds against Russia, plus pensions for the dead and wounded, and funds for the recovery of the Far East. A total of $340 million was consumed. The next step is to restore the economy of the Far East, which is another huge expense.

After the war funds, it was the education expenditure, and Zhang Tinglan adjusted the enrollment ratio of the university in order to highlight science and engineering education. The number of science students has been increased to 80 percent, and the ultimate goal is to reach 90 percent. In addition, a large number of new vocational and technical schools have been built. All are based on the German education system. The main thing is to train high-quality jishu workers.

The development of education is not just a matter of lip service, but also requires a lot of real money, universities need to set up laboratories, teachers from abroad, subsidies to students, and all these things are counted. It should be increased by at least 30 million yuan per year.

Through the war against Russia, the Feng army also found a lot of problems, the main of which is that the infrastructure is backward, and the roads and railways are not dense enough. It is difficult to quickly transport supplies to the front line. Moreover, the Feng army had actually colonized the Far East, and in order to bring the two places closer together, the Feng army was preparing to build three bridges across the Heilongjiang River to completely connect the two places.

Wang Yongjiang took the bills and calculated them to Zhang Tinglan one by one: "Railways, highways, docks, airports, and strategic reserve warehouses in various places all need money, and if you don't spend 100 million yuan on infrastructure construction every year, it will definitely not be enough to do anything." In addition, we also have a large number of procurement projects, such as pickup truck production lines in the United States, trucks in Germany, shipyards, and the introduction of talents from Europe and the United States, which requires a lot of real money. ”

Zhang Tinglan also took over: "There is also the big costume change in front of me, each of which is a huge expense, and the financial pressure is indeed too great." However, marching to the northwest is an established strategy, and it must not be changed, and the funds for the construction of the railway will come out of the military spending! ”

Zhang Tinglan said categorically, Wang Yongjiang was a little reluctant when he heard Zhang Tinglan's words, and hurriedly said: "Humble words, I'm not complaining that this money shouldn't be spent, on the contrary, every project is related to the future of Fengjun, and I am not shirking responsibility, looking for you just to find some way to get money, let's work together to plug the gap!" ”

"Mr. Minyuan, I know all these things, in fact, I also calculated, to the northwest to build a railway, the length of the entire line should be three or four thousand kilometers, along the way through the area, most of them are economically backward, sparsely populated desert areas, in the early stage of building the railway, is to lose money, just rely on our investment, will also affect the economic development of the three eastern provinces, I am ready to spend not a penny of finance, to build this railway."

When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he immediately hahadaxiao: "Humble words, I know that you have a way, and I am not a stingy ghost, you don't need to solve it all, as long as I can take out half of it, I will be a lot easier." ”

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Actually, I don't have any new ideas, the first thing is to set up a railway company, issue bonds, and raise funds." Use the mineral resources along the way as collateral. The second method is to fight the idea of the Ma family's army, as long as the northwest Gunma is solved, all their people are arrested as laborers, and the railroad is built with the flesh and blood of these sinners. ”

In the era when there were no heavy machinery, building railroads was to pile up with life, and the Americans used a large number of Chinese laborers to build the railroad to the west, and some people have said that under every sleeper, there are the corpses of Chinese laborers. When the Russians built the Trans-Siberian Railway, they also exhausted a large number of Chinese laborers.

During World War II, the Japanese used a large number of prisoners of war to build railways, and human lives were completely turned into consumables, and every kilometer was included in the list of material consumption, just like steel and cement.

When the Feng army built the road, it also used a large number of laborers, such as Russian prisoners of war, such as the separatists in Outer Mongolia, and countless people died of exhaustion. It is very cruel and inhumane to say, but the initial accumulation is like this, if they are not allowed to die, ordinary people will have to be sacrificed.

Relatively speaking, it is still a very good option to squeeze the value of zuihou out of these sinners. When Zhang Tinglan sent Feng Yuxiang to the northwest, he intended to use him to raze the Ma Jiajun, and at the same time implement the policy of reducing the number of soldiers to eliminate the potential danger in the northwest.

Since these people are all to be destroyed, then before they are destroyed, Haode can use them to build the railway.

Wang Yongjiang also smiled and nodded: "That's the only way to do it, but you have to remind Feng Yuxiang, don't let him kill everyone, then it's useless." ”

"The third way is to make up my mind on arms, I just handed over the arms agency to Feng Yuxiang, and all the profits from the sale of arms were invested in this railway, as well as the two oil fields of Yanchang and Yumen."

Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang calculated that by using Ma Jiajun's people as coolies, the cost of wages on the railway would be greatly reduced, and the issuance of bonds and loans from banks would be able to get at least 10 million or more, plus the profits from the arms, the railway would basically have hope!

After sending Wang Yongjiang away, Zhang Tinglan was also a little worried, and when he engaged in industrialization, he was basically investing in the early days, and spending money was like flowing water. Especially in the current situation of the Feng army, it is a critical moment for the sprint, and sufficient funds must be guaranteed.

Zhang Tinglan counted with his fingers, now Fengjun's most haode fist product is arms, and only by selling it can he get enough funds to use the capital of other warlords to help Fengjun complete the army's redress.

At present, there happened to be a deal, and Zhang Tinglan hurriedly sent a telegram to Sun Xianrui of Liangguang, asking her to organize the arms auction as soon as possible.

At the beginning, Zhang Tinglan promised these warlords in the south that as long as Sun Wen was abandoned, he would be able to obtain a contract to bid for arms, although in the name of rewarding merit, in fact, it was to sell the weapons and equipment of the Fengjun army to the south.

Since the Republic of China, Liangguang and even southwest China have been war-torn areas, and the demand for weapons is very huge, and it is also an important market. Zhang Tinglan originally wanted to send an old and respectful person over, but Sun Xianrui got the news and shouted that he would be responsible for this matter.

Zhang Tinglan didn't believe that this little aunt was really interested, but she was afraid that she wanted to take the opportunity to take a walk around the south. However, Sun Xianrui wooed Zhou Xinyao and played a lady strategy with Zhang Tinglan, and Zhang Tinglan didn't dare not listen to this pillow wind. In short, there are certain rules for bidding, as long as you don't mess around, you may not be able to go wrong. Zhang Tinglan could only tell his entourage to be more attentive.

After Sun Xianrui got Zhang Tinglan's order, he waited for the personnel in high spirits and went south together, first by train to Shanghai, and then by sea to Guangzhou.

In addition to them, Tang Jiyao from Yunnan, Liu Xianshi from Guizhou, Xiong Kewu and Liu Cunhou from Sichuan all sent special representatives, respectfully waiting for the Fengjun to send personnel to come.

When Sun Xianrui happily got off the boat, these civil and military officials were all dumbfounded, they thought that Zhang Tinglan would send a big man to come, but they didn't know that it was just a little girl, everyone suddenly felt a little stunned, and even a little indignant, thinking that Zhang Tinglan was deliberately playing tricks on them.

Sun Xianrui walked in front of everyone nonchalantly, and said with a generous smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, you can get here, all for the sake of Lan Shuai's face, the little woman is clear. Here I would like to reveal a little bit of information to you, as long as you have as many arms and weapons, as long as you can afford it, you can even have armored troops like the Feng army. From rifle grenades to airplanes and warships, it's up to you to see if you can eat anything! ”

Hearing this, everyone present showed joy, and they didn't care that Sun Xianrui was a little girl, what they wanted was a weapon, and everything else didn't matter, these people were all gearing up and eager to try.

Sun Xianrui was also secretly happy that he was going to do a big business this time, which made Brother Lan stunned for once...... (To be continued......)