After some discussion, Fengjun worked out a set of strategies for passing through the northwest in detail, the core of which revolved around the construction of railways. The Fengjun invested in a total of two railways, the first was to extend from Guisui through Ningxia to Lanzhou, and the second railway was built from Lanzhou to the west, through the Hexi Corridor, to Xinjiang.

At the same time, Fengjun decided to extend the Longhai Railway, starting from Xi'an, to extend the railway line to Lanzhou, if this Jihua can be completed, then Lanzhou will become the railway hub in western China, and the western provinces that were originally not connected to the railway also have railway transportation for the first time.

With convenient transportation, the rapid mobilization of the army can be realized, which has an unparalleled role in consolidating national defense, and the construction of railways can develop local resources, which is also a very important thing for economic development.

In fact, to build railways in the west, the Beiyang government also has a lot of people of insight put forward, when Zhan Tianyou and Zhang Tinglan discussed the development of the national railway, also put forward this proposal, but the Beiyang government does not have the financial resources, nor does it have the ability to organize and manage the west, Jihua can only be Jihua forever.

Now Zhang Tinglan is about to turn this initiative into reality, and Fengtian announced the investment in Jihua, which immediately ushered in a wave of praise from the whole country. After several years of construction, the achievements made in Northeast China have received more and more attention from the world, and the people have recognized and expected more and more of the various measures of the three eastern provinces.

Overhauling the railway is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and naturally it has won universal support. Although some local princes knew that once the Feng army built these railways, the powerful Feng army could penetrate the Shili without hindrance, but they did not have the ability to refuse.

On the contrary, people such as Feng Yuxiang and others also counted on providing labor to the Feng army in exchange for arms. During the entire construction of the railway, Feng Yuxiang provided a total of more than 200,000 coolies, more than 13,000 people died during the construction period, and more than 20,000 died in the subsequent development of mines and reservoirs.

With the huge infrastructure construction of Jihua, the Feng army achieved the goal of reducing the number of Ding, and with the improvement of infrastructure, the time was ripe for a large-scale migration to the west of Shibian, which was within five years of the construction of the railway. The number of Han Chinese in Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and other places increased by more than 1.1 million.

With an average of more than 200,000 immigrants a year, these people have revolutionized the local population gap when they enter the Northwest. Han Chinese account for more than half of almost all regions, some developed areas. It even reached more than seven or eight percent.

A massive influx of Han Chinese. As a result, the local security situation has been greatly improved, and the economy has also achieved rapid development, and the northwest has ushered in a golden age.

Railways were built, resettlement was vigorously promoted, resources were developed, and education was established. Integrating the economy, this is a series of combination punches, with the orderly unfolding, the entire northwest has been ripe. It has completely become the palm of Fengjun's hand. Feng Yuxiang tossed hard, and in the end he realized that he was just a dog released by Fengjun.

When he cleared all kinds of obstacles for the Feng army, they came in generously to receive them. But even if he understands it, what can he do, the Feng army occupies the right time and place, and he can still get a little benefit if he agrees, if he opposes it, he is afraid that it will be completely finished in a few minutes.

"Dashuai, the drilling team from the United States has arrived, and a batch of oil production equipment has also been delivered, and the time is ripe to expand and develop Yanchang Mine and Yumen Mine!" Wang Yongjiang smiled and reported the situation to Zhang Tinglan.

Putting aside the overall strategic considerations, the purpose of Zhang Tinglan's passage to the northwest is to make up for the resource shortcomings of the three eastern provinces. Although there is a famous Daqing oil field in the northeast, the current drilling Jishu is not good at all, and it is impossible to go deeper than 1,000 meters to pump out the oil, and the Yanchang Mine and Yumen Mine that have been mined have become the first choice of Fengjun.

When Zhang Tinglan heard the news, he was also very excited: "Mr. Min Yuan, the army wants to engage in mechanized construction, and industry and agriculture also need a large number of vehicles, which all need oil, this black liquid is the blood of industry, and without a stable and reliable oil supply, we are equivalent to suffering from anemia." ”

"It's a very apt analogy, but our oil demand is growing too fast to extend the production capacity of the mine and the Yumen mine, and even if it is fully developed, I am afraid it will only meet our needs for five to ten years. Therefore, I think we should intensify our efforts to find oil, discover new oil fields, and build a strong petrochemical industry. ”

Of course, Zhang Tinglan knows the approximate location of Daqing Oilfield and Shengli Oilfield, but if you want to really develop it, you must have a special geologist, so Zhang Tinglan is very much in favor of oil exploration, and he also knows that Yanchang Mine and Yumen Mine are only temporary emergency measures, and if you want to ensure that there is enough crude oil during World War II, you must develop other large oil fields.

"Mr. Minyuan, you just need to allocate money for oil exploration, and I support it unconditionally."

When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly: "Humble words, if things were so simple, I wouldn't look for you." ”

"Oh? Is there any doubt that cannot be reached? ”

Wang Yongjiang casually took out two documents from his briefcase and sent them to Zhang Tinglan, one of which was written in English, and at first glance it was the stuff of a foreign expert.

"To put it mildly, this is a report written by three Western geologists after an investigation, and they believe that China's geological conditions, there are no large oil fields, and it is a completely oil-poor country, so there is no value in developing oil fields."

Zhang Tinglan glanced at the report, and sure enough, as Wang Yongjiang said, it was conclusive, and concluded that China is an oil-poor country and does not have the geological structure for the existence of oil.

"Mr. Min Yuan, what do you think of this report?"

Wang Yongjiang sighed and said with a wry smile: "I don't have an idea, if you can find oil by investing money, I will definitely support it, but if China is really an oil-poor country, I won't waste my money, and the finances are not rich and cannot be wasted." But I'm not reconciled, the huge China, the land is vast, is there really no big oil field, I always feel a little unreasonable. ”

"Mr. Min Yuan, in my opinion, the first thing that should be investigated is the background of these three Western scholars, to see which side they are sitting on, and then to determine whether what they say is worth believing."

As soon as Wang Yongjiang heard Zhang Tinglan's words, his eyes were suddenly full of doubts, and he hurriedly asked: "Humble words, how can you say this, can these geological surveys still be fake?" ”

"Mr. Min Yuan, there are some one-sided truths, which are more terrible than fakes!" Zhang Tinglan said meaningfully: "A person has done ten good things and ten bad things, I only introduce his good things to others, he is a good person, only introduce bad things, he is a bad person, these things are true, but the effect is completely different." ”

Wang Yongjiang is so keen, after Zhang Tinglan pierced this layer of window paper, he immediately understood: "Humble words, are you saying that they may mislead us, China is obviously so big, they just write about the factors that are not conducive to finding oil, and lure us into being fooled?" ”

"I'm not sure, but it was still a possibility. Don't look at the Western academic circles that claim to be objective and neutral, in fact, they are all deceptive. Their research needs the support of large companies, and it is an eternal truth that if they take other people's money, they have to do things for others. At present, China's oil market is monopolized by companies from the United States and Britain, and if we find a large number of oil fields, how can they still make monopoly profits? ”

"Then they use the scholars they have to make so-called academic reports, and in the name of science, they prevent us from developing oil. Even if we found out, they would say that the research was wrong and would shift all the blame. Wang Yongjiang nodded with emotion: "Humble words, I have thought very badly of Westerners, but I didn't expect their intentions to be so sinister!" In the future, you have to be more careful when dealing with them, you can't trust anything easily. ”

As he spoke, Wang Yongjiang picked up the following report: "Humble words, this is a report by Li Siguang, a professor at the Department of Geology of Fengtian University, who insists that there may be large oil fields in China, and hopes to provide financial support for large-scale geological exploration in China. ”

Li Siguang's name is known to everyone in later generations, and according to his theory, the Chinese have found Daqing, Shengli and other oil fields, and have made indelible contributions to China. At this time, he had just graduated from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and in his original history, he went to Peking University to teach. However, now Fengtian University has become the most famous science and engineering university in the country, Kwong Rongguang personally established the Department of Geology, and after Li Siguang returned to China, Kwong Rongguang personally wrote a letter inviting this young master's student to teach at Fengtian University.

After arriving in Mukden, Li Siguang was also stunned, he never thought that there was such a huge industrial base on the land of China, which made him feel extremely proud. The development of industry requires the support of various mineral resources, and Li Siguang has also conducted a lot of investigations in addition to teaching, and Zuihou has formed this report.

But after handing it in, on the one hand, there is a well-known authoritative expert in the West, and on the other hand, there is a hairy boy who has just graduated, and how to choose between the two also makes it difficult for everyone, including Wang Yongjiang, who doesn't know who to believe.

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "We don't believe in the West, we don't believe in authority, we only look at the results, this Li Siguang is worthy of support, how much money he needs, what support he needs, we have to try our best to meet it." ”

Zhang Tinglan made a decision, and it was naturally implemented smoothly, and Li Siguang and they received strong all-round support, which was 30 years earlier than in history, and also made this geologist achieve more brilliant achievements.

Zhang Tinglan had just dealt with this matter, and suddenly Shen Honglie came to the Shuai Mansion in a panic, and as soon as he saw him, he was extremely happy and said: "Dashuai, there is news from the Mackenson!" (To be continued......)