"Hanbo, what do you think of things in the southwest?"

When Chang Yinhuai heard this, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, Zhang Tinglan rarely talked to him about government affairs, and now he suddenly asked, I am afraid that there is something.

"Vice President, in my opinion, there are two words to describe the southwest, one is chaos, the other is poverty, the poorer the more chaotic, the more chaotic the poorer."

Zhang Tinglan smiled and nodded: "I saw blood for a while, the southwest is geographically remote, and the Shili of Beiyang cannot be reached, so it has become a fortress for the Kuomintang to fight against Beiyang, and Beiyang fights, and there are internal melees, in short, the war is non-stop, and the people are suffering." ”

"Vice President, are you deliberately meddling in the Southwest?"

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "In China's big chess game, the southwest is in the corner of the weakest control, and if it is not solved quickly, it will inevitably lead to endless troubles." It's just that there is no suitable candidate yet, and I don't know if Hanbo is interested in working in the southwest for a few years. ”

Chang Yinhuai hurriedly stood up in fear, sweating on his head, and said tremblingly: "Vice President, I know that the work of the Investigation Bureau has not been done well, but I also ask the Vice President to give me a chance, and I promise to make up for the loopholes." ”

Chang Yinhuai was indeed a little frightened, the direct army mutinied, and his Special Investigation Bureau didn't get any information, where to put it, it was a huge omission. Zhang Tinglan has mentioned this now, is it because he wants to replace himself?

"Hanbo, you don't have to worry, in all fairness, are you willing to continue to be in charge of the intelligence department, or are you willing to serve as a party leader?"

After getting along for so long, Chang Yinhuai also knows Zhang Tinglan very well, and from his words, Chang Yinhuai has already read a firm meaning, he can only bow his head and say: "It's all up to the vice president." ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled: "Hanbo, I think you should simply manage the intelligence department. Some are overkill. Moreover, the situation in the southwest is complicated, and it is still a pile of soil emperors, and it is not possible to send troops over, and it is also very difficult to send civilian officials over. You can rest assured that as long as you make achievements in the southwest, you will be able to rise to the top, and the administrative system is far broader than the intelligence system. As long as you work hard, within five years, I will grant you the post of deputy prime minister. ”

"Since you say so, Vice President, I promise to get things done." Chang Yinhuai's face finally regained a trace of composure.

"Well, that's the kind of faith. I would like to appoint you as the supervisor of the Southwest Railway, mainly in charge of the construction of the Sichuan-Hankou Railway. How many years have the people of Sichuan been looking forward to this railway. This also led to the pro-road movement. Zuihou even overthrew the Manchus. If you take this as a starting point, none of those warlords in Sichuan dare to openly oppose it, otherwise they will be against tens of millions of ordinary people in Sichuan. You will be assigned a rapid mobile division, nominally called the road construction protection team, all under your command, what to do. It's all up to you. ”

Zhang Tinglan's arrangement is also well thought out, the soil emperor in the southwest must be cleaned up, but the southwest road is difficult, and after several wars. The people are very xenophobic, and rashly entering Sichuan is likely to provoke a collective boycott by the Sichuan warlords, which is not beautiful.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan's strategy is to boil the frog in warm water, insert Shili into it first, and then divide and disintegrate. However, Zhang Tinglan's boiled frog is boiled with real money, not a certain male's dove occupying the magpie's nest.

The construction of the Sichuan-Han railway is quite difficult, and the investment is also very amazing, if you want to build it, not only investment, but also mobilize the support of the local people in Sichuan, recruit workers, and purchase materials, in short, this railway is piled up by money.

Zhang Tinglan said to Chang Yinhuai with a smile: "The railway is a very haode fulcrum, and when it is used in a wonderful way, it can leverage the situation in Sichuan." To build a railway, we had to recruit workers and purchase materials, and the money would flow into society and nourish the people and businessmen in Sichuan. When they have money, our commodities will also go in, and economic and trade exchanges will become more and more intensive, and as long as more and more people's money bags are controlled, they will not be able to take Sichuan. ”

"Vice President, you have shown me the way, and it is true that after the construction of the railway between Outer Mongolia and the northwest, a large number of people have benefited, and our heels have been firmly established, and we can also refer to the practice of the northwest in the southwest."

Zhang Tinglan also nodded with satisfaction, it is true that Chang Yinhuai's talent in internal affairs is far above intelligence, there was no suitable candidate at that time, so he had to catch the ducks on the shelves, and now he has more talents in hand, just to be able to transfer Chang Yinhuai to the southwest, so that he can show his strengths.

The train stopped in Hanyang, Zhang Tinglan just got off the train, Tan Yanmin took the lead, and the dignitaries from the two lakes came to greet him in person, and Wang Yongjiang was also waiting here. Since Zhang Tinglan handed over the Yangtze River basin to Wang Yongjiang, he first went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a circle, and then went upstream, to the three towns of Wuhan, and this time he also came to greet him personally.

After greeting each other for a few words, Zhang Tinglan smiled and said with a smile to the dignitaries of the two provinces who rushed over: "Thirty years ago, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, founded the Hanyang Iron Works here, which became the beginning of China's iron and steel industry and the status of the industrial center of Wuhan's three towns. Steel is the backbone of a country, and Zhang Zhidong can see this and be willing to invest, which now looks quite remarkable. However, over the years, the Hanyang Railway has been operating dismally for various reasons, and this must be corrected, and this is the reason why I will increase investment in the two lakes and make this industrial center flourish again. ”

Investment is not an empty word, but real silver, and obedient and obedient, Zhang Tinglan positioned the two lakes as an industrial center, which is the same treatment as the three eastern provinces, which means that a large amount of investment will definitely tend to be here, and countless people will benefit from it.

Zhang Tinglan was taken to the original Governor's Mansion, and successively met with some dignitaries, and persuaded them with kind words for a while, and everyone was harmonious. Until the evening, Zhang Tinglan invited Wang Yongjiang, got on the boat, and chatted from Guishan to Heshan while watching the sunset.

This area is the focus of Zhang Zhidong's investment, there are Hanyang Iron Works, Hubei Gun Factory, Gang Pharmaceutical Factory, stretching for ten miles, is a complete industrial zone, no matter how much controversy Zhang Zhidong has in later generations, saying that he is Qian Tu, but in Zhang Tinglan's view, knowing the development of heavy industry, is great, at the beginning, it doesn't matter if you pay some tuition.

"Mr. Min Yuan, you have walked around the Yangtze River, I don't know if there is a development case in your heart?"

Wang Yongjiang sighed: "Yes, yes, but there are still too many problems found, and any one of them is not handled well, which is easy to cause our investment to be wasted." ”

"Is it that serious?"

"It's very serious, Hubei may be a little better, what really bothers is Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are the first areas to open up, the earliest of the great powers, there are a large number of compradors, and at the same time the financial industry is very developed, speculation is prevalent, both of which are a big trouble when industrial development."

The development of industry is not an easy thing, to carry out a large amount of basic investment, but also to train the corresponding talents, the early investment is very amazing, and the production of a lot of things are garbage, the quality can not be compared with foreign products, which has caused investment in industry, huge investment, the return is relatively late, there is a certain risk.

But acting as a comprador is different, directly acting as a foreign agent, without a troublesome production process, and the capital turnover is very fast, relying on the soup and water distributed by foreigners, you can live a more comfortable life.

"This person has found an easy way to make money, so he is not willing to work more, I have investigated some wealthy businessmen in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and it stands to reason that their wealth has accumulated to a certain extent, so they should invest in industry and earn more profits, but the actual intelligence is not the case. They all invested money in the financial market, bought stocks, or directly handed over to foreign banks, for investment, I have also calculated, when investing in industry, haode, a year is only a percent profit, or even lower, but investing in finance is different, half a month, or even a few days, you can get a few percent of the profit. ”

Listening to Wang Yongjiang's words, Zhang Tinglan's brows also furrowed: "Mr. Minyuan, are you saying that it is difficult to introduce capital from Jiangsu and Zhejiang into the industry simply by relying on guidance?" ”

"It's hard, at least most people don't do that, but taking tough measures will cause a backlash, and I'm a little unsure."

Zhang Tinglan also has some understanding of the chaebols in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and knows how many strange things there are, such as the assets of the four major families led by a certain duke alone reached China's GDP for two years at that time, and a certain duchess even dared to put the money donated by the whole country to buy airplanes in the bank to generate interest.

If you want such a group of people to really settle down and do business, it is indeed difficult for a strong man, and it is impossible to go back.

Zhang Tinglan thought about it: "This is also expected, for the time being, we still try to encourage some businessmen who are interested in developing industry to invest, we provide preferential policies, for the time being, the focus of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is still light industry, as for heavy industry, the main investment in Wuhan three towns." ”

Wang Yongjiang nodded: "That's the only way, but to put it mildly, I have a bigger worry, I am afraid that once a large-scale investment occurs, it will cause instability in the whole country." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"China is too big, the regional development is unbalanced, but we have a weak foundation, we can only focus on investing in some regions, and cannot benefit other regions. However, once certain areas develop, it will cause prices to rise and inflation, which can be borne by the people of the whole country. In addition, the development of industry will lead to the intensification of the flow of people and the instability of people's minds. The Japanese are so patient, and after the Meiji Restoration, how many rural riots have occurred, I am really afraid that the gap between the rich and the poor in China will be even bigger and more difficult to manage. ”

When Zhang Tinglan heard this, he thought of future generations, in fact, it was the same, but at that time, fortunately, there was an industrial base in the whole country, but now most of the people can't eat enough and can't survive.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tinglan said: "The only way to do this is to carry out land reform quickly, so that the people have land and thoughts, so that we will not force people to a dead end, and we will have room for roundabouts." (To be continued......)