The next morning, Sun Yuanqi woke up in his apartment on Jing'an Temple Road.

This private mansion called Huaxi Garden was built in the spring of the second year of Xuantong (1910) in view of the fact that she was the "richest woman on the sea" but did not have a residence commensurate with her status, and was just completed in the middle of last year, and Sun Yuanqi moved in for the first time. Huaxi Garden extracts the essence of Eastern and Western architecture, and blends the preference for strong colors of lìlì silk, and the overall building looks vibrant. Although it is not as beautiful as the Hartung Huā Garden next door, which is a sensation on the beach in Shanghai, it also has its own merits.

The strange and luxurious furnishings around him made Sun Yuanqi a little unsure of where he was for a while, and he couldn't help but look around. Sun Yuan moved, and Lìlì also woke up, lying lazily and coquettishly beside him. Seeing Sun Yuanqi looking at the furnishings in the house, he said in a tired voice: "Yanke, what do you think of this mansion?" ”

After a night of dying and lingering, Sun Yuanqi felt refreshed and comfortable all over his body, and all the unhappiness he had encountered in the past few days was thrown out of the clouds, and he smiled when he heard it: "The colors are bright, the carved beams and paintings are beautiful, and the elegance is really like you!" It's just that you are the only one living in it on weekdays, don't you feel too lonely? ”

"What about the cold? You're not going to move to Shanghai anyway! Lìlì straightened her messy hair, and then said, "I heard that Jinghui is pregnant, and the labor date is April this year. Now that Beijing is in a mess, it's always reassuring, why don't you take her, Sister Vera, Nianzu, and Nianxuan to Shanghai to recuperate for a while? In any case, the public concession in Shanghai is always safer, and the level of medical care is much higher than in Beijing. In our spare time, my sisters and I can still talk. ”

"It's good!" Sun Yuan nodded. Now Yuan Shikai is entrenched in the capital, surrounded by the elite of Beiyang, which looks imposing. Jingshi University, located in the suburbs of Beijing, and his wife and children always seem to be hostages he is hostage, which really makes Sun Yuanqi a little worried.

Hearing Lìlì Si mention his wife and children in Beijing, Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but ask: "Lìlì Si, how is Xiao Huaizu?" ”

"Aaron! Our little Aaron is very smart, and although he is not yet ten years old, he is already in the fourth grade. He is very intelligent and lively, whether it is exams or sports, he is always at the top of his class. And his height is already close to one hundred and fifty centimeters, which is much taller than his peers. It's just that the body is a little thin, but fortunately, it is very healthy, and I have never had any diseases, even colds and fevers.

"Of course, Aaron inherited all the strengths of both of us and was not only smart, but also very handsome! At school, he was always the focus of attention from teachers and classmates, and the girls favored him even more, so much so that his school bag was always full of snacks from girls. Speaking of her son, this strong woman from Shanghai Beach suddenly danced with her eyebrows, and the proud look on her face was no different from that of an ordinary mother. In the end, she smacked her lips with some regret, "Aaron, everything else is fine, but his parents can't be by his side often, which makes him a little lonely." At school, he was afraid to tell anyone that he was Dr. Johnson's son. ”

Sun Yuan frowned slightly: "Why?" Is it because I am a Chinese? ”

lìlì covered her mouth and laughed: "Where do you want to go?" The simple reason is that he is now in Boston, where there are many colleges and universities. In addition to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is where you worked, it also includes Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and other famous universities. When I was studying classical mechanics and calculus at school, I hated Newton so much that I thought that he had invented those laws in order to torture future generations, and sometimes even wanted to dig him up from Westminster Abbey and expose his body for three days!

"And the theories you invented are far more esoteric than Newton's classical mechanics, and it is difficult for ordinary students to understand even if they rack their brains. Guess what crazy things Boston students in Boston would have done if they had known that Aaron was Dr. Johnson's son? So every time I thought about it, I shuddered and had to warn Aaron not to say that he was Dr. Johnson's son. ”

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help laughing: "Why don't you let Xiao Huaizu come to China?" ”

lìlì immediately became vigilant: "Why did you let him come to China?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "I haven't seen him for many years, I miss him a lot, and I really want to take him with me for a while." And you spend most of the year in China, so it's not a problem to let him stay in the United States alone! Anyway, China is also the state of his parents, right? It is only natural to return to China to live and live! ”

"Don't!" Lìlì refused with a mouthful, "If you feel lonely, you can ask Nianzu and Nianxuan to go to Sichuan to accompany you, Jinghui is about to give birth to a baby, and you can also take it with you." Aaron is my only child, and I expect him to learn management well and carry on your family business in the United States. Don't even think about beating him! ”

Sun Yuanqi changed his mind and said, "Why don't we have another child?" ”

lìlì glanced at him: "I'm so busy all day and night, I don't even have time to go to Sichuan to see you, how can I have spare time to give birth?" If you want to have a baby, you better go to Sister Vera or Jinghui! Immediately, she changed the topic and said, "By the way, how many days can you stay in Shanghai this time?" What exactly are the things to deal with? ”

Speaking of business, Sun Yuanqi sat up on the pillow: "This time I came to Shanghai to take care of both public and private affairs, and I naturally came to see you for private matters, we haven't seen you for a long time, and we are all a little rusty." As for official business, there are mainly two things: the first is that the new "China" Kuomintang Party held its inaugural meeting in Shanghai, and I, as the chairman of the committee, naturally have to attend the meeting; The second is to ask you to help me hire a group of experts from the United States and Europe to formulate a comprehensive development plan covering agriculture, industry, and commerce for the six provinces of Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Tibet. ”

Qinghai and Tibet, as long as there are no accidents, will be bagged by Sun Yuanqi within the year. And Yan Xishan took the initiative to beg for mercy this time, and Sun Yuanqi rescued him regardless of his previous suspicions, believing that he would never dare to betray him in the future. If there is a next time, he Yan Laoxi will really "die without illness". Therefore, Sun Yuanqi also included Shanxi in his development plan.

She was not very interested in politics, and subconsciously ignored the establishment of the new "China" Nationalist Party, and her attention was immediately attracted by the second thing, and she also sat up on the pillow: "What, ask experts to formulate a comprehensive development plan covering agriculture, industry and commerce for the six western provinces?" As long as you can get a good salary, there should be nothing wrong with that! But before that, do you have any ideas for yourself? ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "I do have my own vision, and the idea is based on an important premise. This premise is a top secret related to the life of the family, and now I will tell you, I hope you can keep it strictly confidential, even Vera, Jinghui, and Tony can't say it! Seeing that Lìlì nodded in agreement, Sun Yuanqi continued: "According to the analysis of domestic and foreign intelligence collected by the China Broadcasting Corporation, in three to four years, a large-scale war with extremely destructive power will break out in Europe, and Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria and other powers will be involved, and gradually affect the whole world. This world war will last for four to five years and completely change the world pattern! ”

Lìlì was stunned for a moment, and only after a long time did she ask in disbelief: "Really?" You're not talking crazy, are you? ”

Sun Yuanqi bowed slightly: "Just like predicting the rubber stock turmoil last year, this information is true!" Therefore, my idea is to draw up a plan for the development of agriculture, industry, and commerce for the six western provinces that is oriented to the war and provides arms, ammunition, and logistical equipment to the countries of Europe. ”

I don't know if it was because of Sun Yuanqi's determined expression, or because of the success of predicting the rubber stock turmoil last year, Lìlìsi actually believed Sun Yuanqi's absurd speculation: "So specifically? ”

Sun Yuanqi snapped his fingers and said, "Let's talk about the agricultural development plan first." Among the six western provinces, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces are relatively developed in agriculture, while Gansu, Qinghai, and Tibet are relatively developed in animal husbandry. From now on, we must promote the production of land reclamation through the purchase and storage, and in addition to the common logistical supplies such as cotton, flour, eggs, vegetable oils, and animal fats, we should also pay attention to tea, tobacco, raw silk, pig bristles, tung oil, and cattle and sheepskins, which are in great demand for war.

"China is now a small-scale peasant economy, and its advantages are precision farming and diversified production, but the disadvantages are also obvious: first, it is relatively scattered, and second, most of the products produced are used for its own consumption. In order to make up for the shortcomings, I want to increase the yield of agricultural products so that farmers can sell more agricultural products. Methods include the promotion of farming techniques, the widespread use of chemical fertilizers, and the use of improved American seeds. ”

Since the middle of the 19th century, the United States has been very advanced in agricultural technology, and is at the world's leading level in terms of farming technology and improved seed cultivation. Of course, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Americans were generally relatively good-natured, and Monsanto was not as unscrupulous as it is now. For example, Yunnan tobacco, which is well-known throughout the country, became famous with the help of improved varieties in the United States.

Tobacco was introduced to China from the Philippines in the Ming Dynasty and began to be planted on a large scale, but due to the lack of technology to cultivate improved varieties and the degradation of tobacco varieties caused by the closure of the country, the tobacco grown in China lagged behind the West in terms of color, aroma and taste. In 1902, British American Tobacco established its first cigarette factory in Shanghai, the Pudong Tobacco Factory, and most of the tobacco used was imported from the United States. All high-grade cigarettes are made with American tobacco, medium cigarettes need 70~80 American cigarettes, low-grade cigarettes need 40~50, and domestic tobacco leaves can only be matched in small amounts. It was not until after the Republic of China that Yunnan introduced American tobacco seeds and tobacco cultivation technology, and this phenomenon was fundamentally changed.

Lìlìsi got up and took the pen and paper, and said while taking notes: "As long as you do a good job as farmers, it is not difficult to popularize technology, popularize chemical fertilizers, and use improved seeds, and even I can help you solve some of the problems." But one of the things that needs special attention is the production of nitrogen fertilizer in chemical fertilizers, and I have invested 100,000 yuan in Hubei Higher Industrial School according to your arrangement, as the first batch of funds for the research of a full set of equipment for natural gas synthesis of ammonia. Without ammonia, it is difficult to solve the raw material of nitrogen fertilizer. ”

Sun Yuanqi scratched his head and said, "This matter is not in a hurry!" We can first promote farming techniques and improved crop varieties, so that farmers can taste the sweetness and pave the way for the popularization of chemical fertilizers in the future. As for the problem of nitrogen fertilizer, let's wait for the successful development of synthetic ammonia equipment! (To be continued.)

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