New Warlords 1909

"When you go to the United States, I will send a team of poisonous people to accompany you! On the one hand, they will protect your safety, and on the other hand, they will also have other tasks. You can know about this task, but don't interfere, so as not to affect your life. American event!"

"What mission?" Huang Yan wondered.

"Kidnapping! Kidnapping a man, a scientist!"

Huang Yan left, Hua Fei and Huang Yan who sent him away didn't realize it.This moment left a very deep stroke in history.Many years later, countless history lovers and scholars gave Huang Yan the title of the greatest spy of the [-]th century!

Can one person create a world?Can a spy change the fate of a country?If someone gives an affirmative answer, then the name of the answer is probably Huang Yan.

Hua Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief after completing the important intelligence system reconstruction.At any time, the importance of intelligence cannot be ignored!Some people even say that intelligence determined the outcome of World War I and World War II. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is undeniable that the influence of intelligence on war and even on the course of history cannot be ignored.

After sending Huang Yan away, it was already dark.Wang Meng brought in Hua Fei's dinner, but Hua Fei had no appetite.It wasn't because he was in a bad mood, but a kind of silent excitement and longing made him forget his hunger.

Days of snowfall has kept the snow on the ground from melting, and the temperature may be around minus ten degrees.Although there was a heater in the study, Hua Fei still felt the chill.Even in such a cold winter, all parts of Jiangsu and Shanghai, including Shanghai, have already started vigorous propaganda for the establishment of the Chinese Renaissance Party.

In just half a month, the Chinese Renaissance Party has received more than 5000 applications to join the party, of which 2000 applications have been reviewed and approved.Most of these people are technical backbones and skilled workers in heavy factories in various places, and there are also many young students from Suzhou, Shanghai and even from other places. Among the more than 5000 applicants, there are also some small and medium businessmen and farmers.

In order to improve the success rate of local self-government elections, Hua Fei decided to merge the Soldiers United Self-improvement Association into the Chinese Renaissance Party after much deliberation.But this does not mean that the Soldiers United Self-Strengthening will be cancelled, but will still exist as an independent organization of the army.

It can be said that all soldiers of the Ba'ath Party must be members of the Military Strong Association.Members of the Military Strong Association are not necessarily members of the Baath Party.At the same time, amendments and additions have been made to the prohibition of joining any political party and the prohibition of interfering in politics.Cancel the prohibition against participating in political parties, but clearly point out that military orders are more important than party orders, and the political parties that soldiers, especially officers, must be legal political parties recognized by the headquarters.

The rule of non-interference in politics is maintained, except for members of the military who are elected to parliament or hold government positions.However, the soldiers of the Ba'ath Party have the right to supervise and question the government's actions in all matters.In this way, the influence of military intervention in politics can be minimized, and the influence of military personnel on the government can be increased.

Although Hua Fei can use the military government to rule the three places, it not only distracts the energy of the officers, but it is not their specialty.In addition, civil affairs are inevitably complicated and involve many conflicts of interest.The military government's excessive interference in civil affairs will not only affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but also affect the reputation and evaluation of the army among the people.

Most of the 1000 selected party members have a certain level of cultural knowledge.In addition to the addition of more than [-] officers from the Army Strong Association, its party member base has reached nearly [-].Especially the voting rights of Hua Fei's tens of thousands of troops, and the relatives of the soldiers' families, the voting power in this cannot be ignored.

Sun Wen, Huang Xing and other revolutionaries also visited Huafei many times, willing to support the Baath Party to form a local self-government coalition government, and expressed their support for the construction plan of the local government.Hua Fei was very happy about this, but Sun Wen and others also proposed to run for the Central Senate and the House of Representatives, and to prepare for the election of a new central government, hoping to get Hua Fei's support.Hua Fei expressed his understanding and was willing to do his best.

Maybe the revolutionaries look down on the two provinces and one place, or maybe the revolutionaries don't have the strength to compete with Yuan Shikai for the time being, so they have to rely on Hua Fei's power.Regardless of the reason, this is acceptable to Hua Fei.The Ba'ath Party was newly established, and its members were scarce, so it was impossible to fully undertake all government affairs.A large number of young scholars studying abroad in the Revolutionary Party are exactly the administrative construction talents Hua Fei is eager for.

Most importantly, Hua Fei hopes to form a coalition government with one-party governance and multi-party supervision!No political system is perfect, but Hua Fei's ideal government is a government that can be more democratic, freer, and more open.

Although the new government has not yet been formed, provisional governments in various places are already in operation.Various constructions, especially infrastructure construction, are in full swing.Although the treasuries of various places have been taken over, and it is the season of tax collection at the end of the year, half of the estimated tax of more than 2000 million yuan collected from the two provinces and three places was spent within one month.This shows how far Huafei's construction has come.

"Report!" Guo Tong's voice interrupted Hua Fei's meditation, causing him to close the window and walk back to the desk.

After the establishment of the headquarters, Guo Tong was appointed as Hua Fei's first lieutenant because he was familiar with Hua Fei's work habits and proficient in liaison chores.He came here so late, just to submit a report on military affairs and government affairs in the past day.

After entering the room, Guo Tong saluted first, then habitually opened the notepad, and read, "Commander, the headhunting company you ordered has been established, and relevant personnel have been dispatched to various places. I believe there will be news soon. Jiangnan Factory The grenade research has already started, and they are discussing the two types of grenade materials sent by the commander!"

"Mr. Feng Ru from the Pterosaur Factory is very interested in the gyroscope proposed by the commander. He has already produced a sample and is currently testing it!"

Hua Fei nodded, the original gyroscope

It is simple, but it can improve the balance of the aircraft in the air, and even realize T]possibility!

"Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Works has been put into production, and the first furnace of steel has been produced. Zhang Nanxun said in the telegram that he is very satisfied with the quality of the steel. Although it cannot be compared with the most advanced steel in the world, it can already meet the needs of our country. Most of the industrial steel demand can also meet most of the military steel demand! Zhang Nanxun said that he strives for the steel plant to reach [-] tons of steel within a month, and after five steelmaking furnaces are put into operation a year later , will reach the level of [-] tons of steel per month."

The original design production capacity of Maanshan Iron and Steel Plant was to produce 50 tons of steel per year, and the scale of investment continued to increase in the later period. Hua Fei hopes that Maanshan Iron and Steel Plant can reach the level of annual production of 100 million tons of steel within three years.For this reason, he did not hesitate to issue the second phase of construction bonds, and most of the nearly 500 million silver dollars raised were invested in the construction of the steel plant.

I have to say that the Germans are still very loyal in aiding the construction of steel plants!Germany's steel production in this era has already ranked second in the world, and both the technology and the equipment provided are the most advanced!Coupled with the hard work of Zhang Nanxun and other technicians, the plan to produce 100 million tons of steel per year may be realized ahead of schedule.With such an output, most of Hua Fei's needs can be met for the time being.We must know that until 1916 in history, the national steel output was not less than 42 tons.

Even so, it is far from being able to compare with Western powers.Steel production including Germany and the United States has been measured in tens of millions of tons.

"Very good! Power up the Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant, in the name of the headquarters, to award the steel plant. At the same time, tell all the workers that I will visit them in my free time, and award special production bonuses and outstanding worker honors to excellent production workers Medal!" Hua Fei praised, after all, this is a start, a very good start, and it is not in vain that Hua Fei has invested tens of millions of dollars in this steel plant and concentrated countless technical talents there.Hua Fei understands very well that the significance of steel to industrialization is definitely a skeletal existence.Whether it is railway construction, military production, or shipbuilding, steel is needed.Huafei must have its own steel industry. Once World War I breaks out, the import of all these raw materials will be reduced or even interrupted.

Guo Tong quickly wrote down, it can be believed how excited the workers of the Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant would be when they heard the news.I don't know if other factories will cause jealousy!

"The latest news from Wuhu Cement Factory is that the No. 20 shaft kiln has started trial production, and the No. [-] kiln has been put into operation for more than two months. It has produced nearly [-] tons of cement. The supply of products exceeds demand. The current order has reached [-] tons!"

What a great news!The more Hua Fei listened, the happier he became.Cement is the basic material of construction and is indispensable.Because of its low technical difficulty, fast production speed, and fast recovery rate, the Wuhu Cement Plant originally planned by Huafei has an annual output of 1000 to [-] million tons.Of course, this scale has to be expanded slowly, otherwise there is so much output now, and there is no such market!

"In addition, the Wuhu Arsenal's warehouse is full of weapons and ammunition! The Military Supplies Office of the Headquarters has prepared a lot of military warehouses, but special weapons and ammunition take time. The Military Supplies Office called to ask, whether to slow down the production of military products?"

"No!" Hua Fei immediately said, "Tell the Military Supply Office that even if the funds are insufficient, the production speed of the arsenal cannot be slowed down, it can only be accelerated, and we must pay attention to training our skilled workers! Order the construction management office to transfer people to Wuhu, Urgently build a military warehouse, produce it for me, and produce it at full speed non-stop!"

"Commander!" Even Guo Tong was confused this time, and couldn't help but said, "According to our current military inventory, it is enough to form an army of 20 troops. Those ammunition can't be exhausted even after a year of continuous fighting. !Master, there are still many places that need money now, don’t we...?”

"Guo Tong!" Hua Fei thought for a while, but he couldn't tell him that he was producing these weapons and ammunition at full speed to sell them! "You have to indicate in the telegram that this is an order and no one should disobey it! As for why, you will understand!"

"Yes!" Guo Tong has no doubts, if it is said to be unfathomable, no one understands the young master better than Guo Tong.Just like when he sold property in the field and went to Shanghai to trade in stocks, almost everyone opposed it, only the young master strongly insisted.

Why does the United States make war money?How big is the profit of arms?Although Hua Fei had come into contact with it in his previous life, in this era, he was still terrified by the huge profits of arms.

For example, during the Russo-Japanese War, Germany sold a round of shrapnel to Russia for 13, which is about 14 silver dollars.A cannonball is worth 14 silver dollars. Even if it is produced by the Jiangnan factory, its production cost is not 4 yuan. How much profit is there? Understand why the United States has made a lot of war money! (The selling price refers to historical data, and the cost price is estimated. Who has the data, you can add it, special note!)

What Hua Fei is worried about now is not that the warehouse is full of military products, but that the production speed is too slow!Even if the Jiangnan Factory and Wuhu Armory Factory are fully operational, Hua Fei believes that after the First World War begins, the supply of products will definitely be in short supply!

"The special offices of civil affairs and land reclamation in various places have sent statistical data. Since the release of the land reclamation order in October, enthusiasm for land reclamation in various places has been high. So far, the total area of ​​land reclamation in various places has exceeded 500 million mu, and most of them have been replanted with winter wheat and rapeseed." Wait for the crops!"

"500 million acres!" Rao Hua Fei expected that the number of acres of land reclamation would be quite a lot, and he was also taken aback by this figure.All of them have been planted with wheat, so when the next spring begins, tens of millions of catties of grain will have to be added!Very good!

As early as after he occupied Nanjing, he quickly promulgated another decree on land reclamation, covering Jiangsu and other places, all farmers with per capita arable land below [-] mu can reclaim wasteland, and the reclaimed wasteland is private property, and there is no need to pay taxes for three years.If the per capita cultivated land is more than [-] mu but less than [-] mu, the ownership of the cultivated land obtained from reclamation belongs to the government, but the use right and production right still belong to the farmers, and only one year of land tax is exempted.

If the per capita arable land exceeds [-] mu, it is not allowed to continue to cultivate, otherwise the government can confiscate it without compensation.It is also stipulated that sloping land, forest land, and grassland shall not be reclaimed, and lakes and rivers shall not be reclaimed for land reclamation. Otherwise, not only will the land be confiscated, but heavy fines will also be imposed to avoid environmental damage.

The limit of [-] acres has fully considered the limit of personal production and labor.Because the population in this era is not as explosively congested as it is in later generations, coupled with the disasters of war and famine, there are a lot of wastelands everywhere.Hua Fei's decree quickly aroused the enthusiasm of many landless farmers.Some families even relocated their entire family in order to reclaim wasteland nearby.

The continuous implementation of the Land Reclamation Act has gradually reduced the number of tenant farmers and hired farmers of landlords, which will also help the implementation of the Land Reform Act in the future. This is a later story.

146 In Control

Master, our first batch of Pioneer [-] aircraft has a total of [-] aircraft, and they have arrived in T country.After the test flight, it was highly praised by the Kaiser and the German military, and it also attracted the attention of European countries.Among them, the embassies of Britain, France and other countries have contacted us, expressing dissatisfaction with us for selling so many planes in Germany, and at the same time proposing to purchase more planes! "

"Moreover, Turkey, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and many small countries in the Balkans have all sent telegrams or sent representatives, willing to order our Pioneer [-] at a high price. The foreign sales office of the Pterosaur Factory dare not make a private decision, so please make a request Master's opinion!"

"Oh?" Hua Fei raised his head. He was not surprised that Britain, France and other countries purchased more aircraft, although Pioneer [-] was still very primitive in Hua Fei's opinion, not much better than the aircraft of this era.But after all, it is the first aircraft that has been fully put into actual combat and has achieved impressive results, especially the design of the semi-metal fuselage, which makes the aircraft stronger and more reliable than most wooden aircraft.

Since the Italian-Turkish war, the French-Moroccan war, and even the war between small countries in the Balkans this year, aircraft have already been put into the battlefield.Although there are not many achievements, these countries have already felt the wonderful use of aircraft.Especially after Germany purchased the Pioneer [-], the performance of this aircraft was publicized by newspapers, which immediately aroused the interest of these countries, and it was no surprise to order it.Hua Fei, who was really out of information, didn't know about it.

"Buy! Why not sell! Produce as much as you can produce! The product is in short supply, tell the export office of the Wing Loong Factory, the price might as well be raised, and it is best to let those countries bid for the order! In addition, let the Wing Loong Factory send a representative, and Britain, France and other countries negotiate. If they can provide funds and technical personnel to expand the production capacity of the Pterosaur factory, we can give them the best price and offset their investment with aircraft!"

"If they don't want to, sell them the blueprints and production authorization of the aircraft, in exchange for as much money as possible. Remember, these last bottom lines!"

The technological leadership of Pioneer [-] is not high. Even if it is not sold, I believe that the two countries can quickly catch up with their own industrial and technological research levels.

That being the case, it is better to sell them in exchange for the greatest benefit.After all, at this time, the production capacity of the Pterosaur factory cannot meet such an increase in export orders.

"Yes, master. In addition, the American Mobil Oil Company and other oil companies you asked me to contact, although they expressed interest in oil cooperation, they asserted that Jiangsu Province cannot have oil, so..." Guo Tong felt a little guilty, This was something Hua Fei ordered him to do in person, but the effect was not satisfactory.

"Mobil Oil is cooperating with Yuan Shikai?" Hua Fei asked.

"Yes, according to Smith, they seem to have signed an oil exploration cooperation plan with Yuan Shikai!"

"Then stop contacting the Mobil oil field!" Now that Mobil has cooperated with Yuan Shikai.Even if they are willing to cooperate with self-government.It will also inevitably be interfered by Yuan Shikai.Compared with the Beiyang government with a wider area.Mobil ground selection requires little thought.It's not because of close ties to a few like Smith.The facts can be changed.

"Master..."