My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

After arranging these things, Jiang Li took out all three trucks to transport the respective building materials.

After working for several days, Jiang Youchi finally reported the address of the dam, which was in the middle reaches of the Qingshui River. The terrain and soil there were extremely suitable for building a dam.

Although there were several villages along the way, Jiang Li could not care less about them in order to generate electricity, and spent a huge amount of money to help them complete the relocation of the entire village.

After the relocation, not only did every household receive a large sum of money, Jiang Li also sent people to help them reclaim a lot of wasteland, the amount was twice as much as before.

After arranging them, Jiang Li specially invited an experienced construction team from the provincial capital to take charge of the entire construction work, while he himself was only responsible for mobilizing personnel and materials.

And these so-called materials, of course, are the cement produced by Qinghe No. 1 Cement Plant and the bluestone collected from the quarry.

As for why stones are used to build dams, it is because cement production is too low.

As for the strength of the dam, there is no need to worry because the dam is not too tall, only fifteen meters high and eighty meters long, but the thickness of the bottom is planned to be ten meters, which is an extremely solid proportion.

Once the workers hired at great expense were ready, the construction of the dam officially began. When Jiang Li saw that the transportation of materials was proceeding in an orderly manner, he left.

Because Jiang Youchi and his team discovered several mines, including a copper mine, a small coal mine, two clay mines, and a lime mine. After some observation, Jiang Li quickly organized people to excavate the copper and coal mines.

After a few days of busy work, Jiang Li discovered a big problem, that is, he couldn't do everything by himself, so he simply gathered a group of talents and set up a new department, the Infrastructure Bureau.

He is responsible for building these infrastructures, and all he needs to do is pay money and give orders.

After the establishment of the infrastructure bureau, he finally had some free time. He took this opportunity to return home and visit his wife and children.

As soon as he got home, he saw Ren Tingting practicing boxing with sweat all over her face. It was obvious that she had just refined a Jingyuan Pill.

At this moment, Jiang Li suddenly had an idea in his mind. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? I just need to marry a few more wives and let them all practice the Yin-Yang Hehuan Technique.

At that time, with the help of Essence Pills and the spiritual medicines he had searched for, even if he put most of his energy into developing his power, he might still be able to become an immortal.

When he thought of this, he immediately laughed out loud, then quickly stepped forward, picked up Ren Tingting and carried her into the bathroom, and then began to practice dual cultivation amid Ren Tingting's exclamations.

Because the medicinal power of the Essence Pill in Ren Tingting's body had not yet dissipated at this time, she appeared to be surprisingly resistant, which allowed Jiang Li to discover another wonderful use of this experience pill.

But Ren Tingting had only been practicing for a short time. Although she persisted for a while, she was quickly defeated when the power of the essence pill dissipated.

But even so, Jiang Li enjoyed it for a while.

After he cleaned Ren Tingting and carried her back to the room, Jiang Li started thinking about his previous idea again.

"Before, I could only choose between immortality and national justice, but now I can have both by breaking one Maoshan precept. What the hell am I keeping for that?"

But when he thought about how Uncle Jiu had devoted himself to him over the years, he became hesitant. If he did not have any scruples, how would Uncle Jiu cope with himself?

Ren Tingting, who had regained some strength at this time, saw that Jiang Li seemed to be worried, so she comforted him, "Brother Li, what are you thinking about? You seem to be worried about something?"

Jiang Li heard Ren Tingting's voice and looked at her. When he saw her rosy face, Jiang Li suddenly made a decision.

It is hard to say whether he can complete his industrialization. If he cannot complete it, he will not be able to prevent foreign invasion. At that time, he will not even be able to protect his own family. This is something he cannot accept in any way.

"So industrialization and cultivation must proceed at the same time. When things become impossible, I will use my powerful cultivation to lead my family to live in seclusion in the mountains. That's not a bad idea."

"As for the Maoshan precepts, it's fine if you don't follow them!"

Thinking of this, he immediately grinned, "It's okay, I've figured it out, you take a rest first, I'll go to Qingyun Temple."

He gave her a gentle kiss on the head, then stood up and walked out.

But it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. He didn't care about that and took his Taoist soldiers to Qingyun Temple overnight.

When they arrived at Qingyun Temple, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Jiang Li went up the mountain to find Uncle Jiu who was practicing, and knelt directly in front of him.

When Uncle Jiu saw this, he thought Jiang Li was in trouble, and asked anxiously, "Ali, what are you doing? If there is anything you can't solve, tell the master, and the master will help you find a solution!"

Jiang Li was deeply moved when he heard this, but he gritted his teeth and decided to tell the truth, "Master, I negotiated a business deal with a British baron some time ago."

"But I got a shocking piece of news from him unexpectedly. After thinking about it for a while, I finally made up my mind. Master, please expel me from the sect. I beg you to do it!"

After saying that, he started kowtowed on the ground.

But this made Uncle Jiu stunned. How could we only talk about the result? Where was the process in between?

But he didn't have the heart to teach Jiang Li a lesson, so he could only continue to anxiously ask him what news he had received.

Seeing Uncle Jiu's increasingly anxious expression, Jiang Li felt even more guilty. "Master sincerely wanted to guide me, but I exaggerated and used this kind of words to deceive him. I deserve to die!"

Although he thought so in his heart, he still said, "Master, you don't know, I heard the British mention that the Japanese renamed the army stationed in the Northeast as the Kwantung Army, and they are still recruiting soldiers on a large scale and manufacturing a large number of warships and aircraft."

"Their intentions are obvious. They intend to invade China. If it goes as I expected, within five or six years at the earliest, or more than ten years at the latest, they will inevitably reveal their wolfish ambitions and use military force against China."

Uncle Jiu was also shocked when he heard the news. He had never imagined that such a tiny country like Japan would have such thoughts.

But when he thought about the current situation in China, he felt relieved again. Now China is a mess with warring princes.

If those Japanese people really come, it’s hard to say what the outcome will be.

"So what if they come? You have soldiers, and so do other warlords. If they dare to come, just fight them. Why do you have to leave Maoshan?"

Seeing that Uncle Jiu didn't know the power of industrialization, he hurriedly explained.

"Master, you don't know that although Japan is small, its military is extremely strong, and it has two to three million soldiers. If they really attack, China will be unable to resist given the current situation of warlord separatism."