Fengxian Jiangshan

As much strength as there is, there is as much ambition. Wang Yongjiang, who has always advocated safety, has already set his sights on the northwest. It can also be seen that expanding power and occupying more territory has long been the consensus of Fengjun.However, Wang Yongjiang is more inclined to use economic means than purely armed attacks, such as building a main railway line connecting the east and the west. This is a very good choice.

"Zhuoyan, taking the Northwest as the strategic rear of the Feng army, this is the policy you have determined a long time ago, and I agree with it very much. In addition, there are more benefits to building a railway in the Northwest. Speaking of it, since the late Qing Dynasty, the Northwest has been There are frequent chaos, and it boils down to poverty, and everyone can't live on. Ma Jiajun and the others use the banner of religion to instigate troubles, and naturally there are problems."

Zhang Tinglan agrees with what Wang Yongjiang said. Regardless of any ethnicity, extremists are a minority. As long as they have enough food and clothing, most people are unwilling to make trouble.If a main railway line can be built and the resources in the northwest can be excavated, the common people can survive and the society will naturally be stable.

Of course, building railways has more functions, for example, it can realize rapid troop transport, and further control Xinjiang, threatening Russia's Central Asian region.If done properly, the Feng army can build a defense line of thousands of miles throughout northern China to completely stop the Russians.

"Mr. Minyuan, I support the construction of the railway with both hands, you just need to implement it!"

Wang Yongjiang spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Zhuoyan, if the finances can afford the money, why would I bother looking for you?"

Zhang Tinglan's eyes widened immediately: "Mr. Minyuan, 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 is indeed a lot of gold, but can you buy it directly with gold? Are you willing?" Wang Yongjiang asked bluntly.

Zhang Tinglan could only say: "Of course I'm not willing to part with it, but I think our finances can still provide a lot of money. Is there nothing we can do?"

Wang Yongjiang smiled wryly and shook his head: "Zhuoyan, no matter how much money you earn, it can't match the speed of spending it. I'll do a calculation for you now, and you can see how much you spent."

As soon as Wang Yongjiang spoke, he listed Zhang Tinglan's various spending items, first of all, direct war funds against Russia, plus pensions for dead and wounded soldiers, and funds for the recovery of the Far East.A total of 4000 million yuan was consumed.The next step is to restore the economy of the Far East, which is another huge expense.

After war funds, there is education expenditure. In order to highlight science and engineering education, Zhang Tinglan adjusted the enrollment ratio of universities.Increase the number of science students to [-]%, and the ultimate goal is to reach [-]%.In addition, a large number of vocational technical schools were newly built.All refer to the German education system.Mainly to train high-quality skilled workers.

The development of education is not just talking about it. It also needs to invest a lot of real money. Universities need to build laboratories, introduce teachers from abroad, and give students subsidies. These things are all counted.At least 3000 million yuan should be added every year.

Through the war against Russia, Fengjun also discovered many problems, the main ones being the backward infrastructure, and the roads and railways are not dense enough.It is difficult to quickly transport supplies to the front lines.Moreover, Fengjun has actually colonized the Far East. In order to make the connection between the two places closer, Fengjun is preparing to build three bridges across Heilongjiang to completely connect the two places together.

Wang Yongjiang took the bills and calculated them one by one for Zhang Tinglan: "The railways, highways, docks, airports, and strategic reserve warehouses in various places all need money. If you don't spend [-] million yuan for infrastructure construction every year, it will definitely not be enough for anything. In addition, we 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, all of which require a lot of real money."

Zhang Tinglan also took over the words: "There is also a major renovation plan in front of me. Everything is a huge cost, and the financial pressure is indeed too great. However, marching to the northwest is an established strategy and must not be changed. The construction of the railway Funds will come from military expenditures!"

Zhang Tinglan said categorically that when Wang Yongjiang heard Zhang Tinglan's words, he felt a little sorry, and hurriedly said: "Zhuoyan, I am not complaining that the money should not be spent. On the contrary, every project is related to the future of Fengjun. I am not shirking responsibility." , looking for you is to find some way to make money, let's work together to plug the gap!"

"Mr. Minyuan, I know all these things. In fact, I have also calculated. To build a railway to the northwest, the entire line will be three to four thousand kilometers long. Most of the areas passed along the way are economically backward and sparsely populated desert areas. In the early stage of railway construction, we lost money, and relying on our investment alone will also affect the economic development of the three northeastern provinces, so I plan to build this railway without spending a penny."

When Wang Yongjiang heard it, he immediately laughed: "Zhuoyan, I knew you had a solution, and I'm not a cheapskate. I don't need you to solve it all. As long as I can take out half of it, I will feel a lot easier."

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Actually, I don't have any new ideas. The first is to form a railway company, issue bonds, and raise funds. Use the mineral resources along the way as collateral. The second method is to attack Ma Jiajun's idea. The group of horses solved it, captured their people as laborers, and used the flesh and blood of these sinners to build the railway."

In the era when there was no heavy machinery, building railways was built with life. Americans used a large number of Chinese laborers to build railways leading to the west. Some people said that under every sleeper lay the corpses of Chinese laborers.When the Russians built the Trans-Siberian Railway, they also exhausted a large number of Chinese laborers to death.

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

When the Feng army built roads, it also used a lot of labor, such as Russian prisoners of war, such as separatists in Outer Mongolia, and countless people died of exhaustion.It sounds cruel and inhumane, but the initial accumulation is like this. If they are not allowed to die, ordinary people must sacrifice.

Relatively speaking, it is still a very good option to extract the final value from these sinners.When Zhang Tinglan sent Feng Yuxiang to the northwest, he deliberately used him to wipe out the Ma family army, and at the same time implemented the policy of reducing troops to eliminate potential dangers in the northwest.

Since these people are all to be eliminated, then before eliminating them, make good use of them and build the railway.

Wang Yongjiang also nodded with a smile: "That's the only way to do it, but Zhuoyan, you have to remind Feng Yuxiang, don't let him kill everyone, it will be useless."

"The third way is to think about arms. I just handed over the arms agency to Feng Yuxiang, and all the profits from selling arms will be invested in this railway and the Yanchang and Yumen oil fields."

Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang calculated again, using Ma Jiajun's people as coolies, the wage cost of the railway will be greatly reduced, issuing bonds and borrowing from the bank, at least 1000 million can be obtained, plus the profit of arms, the railway is basically There is hope!

After sending Wang Yongjiang away, Zhang Tinglan was also a little worried. In the early stage of industrialization construction, he was basically investing, and spending money was like running water.Especially the current situation of Fengjun, it is the critical moment of the sprint, and sufficient funds must be guaranteed.

Zhang Tinglan counted with her fingers. Now Fengjun's best product is arms. Only by selling them at a high price can they get enough funds and try to use the capital of other warlords to help Fengjun complete the army transformation.

There happened to be a sale right now, and Zhang Tinglan hurriedly sent a telegram to Sun Xianrui from Guangdong and Guangxi, 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 he abandoned Sun Wen, he would be able to get a contract to bid for arms. Although in the name of reward, he was actually selling Fengjun's weapons and equipment to the south.

Since the Republic of China, Guangdong, Guangxi, and even the Southwest have been areas where wars have been frequent. The demand for weapons is huge, and it is also an important market.Zhang Tinglan originally wanted to send an experienced and prudent person there, but Sun Xianrui got the news and clamored to be responsible for this matter.

Zhang Tinglan doesn't believe that this little aunt is really interested in this, I'm afraid she just wants to take the opportunity to go shopping in the south.However, Sun Xianrui won over Zhou Xinyao, and also played a wife's strategy with Zhang Tinglan, Zhang Tinglan dared not listen to this bedside style.In short, there are certain rules in the auction. As long as you don't mess around, you probably won't go wrong.Zhang Tinglan could only tell the entourage to be more attentive.

After Sun Xianrui received Zhang Tinglan's order, he waited excitedly for the staff and went south together, first to Shanghai by train, and then to Guangzhou by sea.

After she arrived in Guangzhou, Chen Jiongming and Lu Rongting all came to welcome her at the pier. Besides them, Tang Jiyao from Yunnan, Liu Xianshi from Guizhou, Xiong Kewu from Sichuan, and Liu Cunhou all sent special representatives to wait respectfully for the Fengjun faction. staff come.

When Sun Xianruixin got off the boat happily, the group of 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. Zhang Tinglan was playing tricks on them on purpose.

Sun Xianrui walked in front of everyone nonchalantly, and said with a generous smile: "Military and political dignitaries, it's all because of Lan Shuai's face that you can come here. The little girl knows it all. Let me reveal something to you first. News, as many arms and weapons as you want, as long as you can spend the money, you can even have armored troops like Fengjun. From rifles and grenades, to aircraft and warships, you can have whatever you want, it depends on whether you can eat it!"

Hearing this, all the people present showed joy, and they didn't care that Sun Xianrui was a little girl. What they wanted were weapons, and nothing else mattered. These people were all gearing up and eager to try.

Sun Xianrui was also secretly delighted that he was going to make a big deal this time, which left Brother Lang stunned... (to be continued...)