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

After asking Xie Wenda some more questions, Jiang Li let him leave.

He returned to the table and began to write down his next plan.

It goes without saying that we need to dig canals and wells. It would also be good to require coastal cities to increase the purchase of seafood and increase the reserves of aquatic products.

Finally, Jiang Li knew that the Republic of China period was the end of the Little Ice Age, and grain production was particularly important.

So I started collecting agricultural books a long time ago and sent people to find agricultural experts.

More than two years ago, he invested in the establishment of an agricultural science academy dedicated to cultivating cold-resistant, drought-resistant and high-yield agricultural product seeds.

However, due to the short time and too few people, there has been no substantial progress at present.

There has been some progress in increasing the production of sweet potatoes, but because the yield of the improved variety is not very stable, it has not yet been promoted.

But after all, the yield has doubled to over a thousand kilograms per mu, so Jiang Li still has high expectations for this variety.

If this variety can be stabilized, it will be a great thing not only for him, but also for the whole of China.

He used the telegraph to inform the relevant departments about the digging of wells and canals and the increase in seafood purchases, and then he returned to the cycle of handling government affairs, training Taoist soldiers, and practicing.

Half a month later, Jack came again. This time, he not only purchased a lot of arms from several arms dealers, but also brought him an unexpected but reasonable news.

"Commander Jiang, do you know that something big happened in Britain's colony in India?"

When Jiang Li heard what happened in Tianzhu, he immediately had a guess, but he didn't reveal it. "Oh~, what's the news?"

Jack chuckled when he heard this, "I heard that Great Britain seems to be making a big move. They seem to be sending troops to India, as if they are going to fight a war!"

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows and pretended to be stupid and asked, "Isn't Tianzhu a colony of Britain? Why are they sending troops there? Is there someone who wants to rebel and seek independence?"

Jack nodded noncommittally, "It is true that some people rebelled, but they were not seeking independence."

As he spoke, he approached Jiang Li mysteriously and said carefully, "It took me a lot of effort to get accurate information about Britain's colonies in India."

"It is managed by an earl named Edward Harrington, but recently people in the church discovered that Edward is actually a vampire!"

"So the Pope put pressure on the Parliament and the Cabinet, asking them to capture and eliminate him immediately. However, after the Parliament and the Cabinet discussed it, they decided to send troops to encircle and suppress him because they were afraid of Edward's army."

Jiang Li's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. If Great Britain really sent troops to fight Edward, then he could use his troops boldly. After all, India had a huge territory and a large population, and it would be difficult for Great Britain to defeat it in a short time.

Seeing Jiang Li's expression, Jack immediately asked in confusion, "Shouldn't Commander Jiang be surprised to hear this news? Why does he look like this?"

"You seem very happy!"

"Oh~, I was born to love laughing." Jiang Li casually answered him.

After that, they began to discuss the price of the arms. After the deal was settled, Jiang Li gave him a 10% commission.

But after the transaction was completed, he smiled and said to Jack, "Mr. Jack, there seems to be something wrong with you, right?"

"What we said before seemed to be that you helped me contact the seller, instead of buying these weapons from the seller and acting as a middleman."

"It seems that the price of weapons will be much more expensive, and the commission will be much higher!"

As he spoke, he took out a price list of various weapons and equipment that Han Yong had collected and threw it to Jack.

When he took it and checked it, he immediately showed an embarrassed look on his face, "Commander Jiang, this is a misunderstanding, it must be those profiteers who are deceiving me. Don't worry, I will definitely bring them here next time, and I will never let them deceive me again!"

As he said this, he wanted to recalculate the price of this batch of weapons with Jiang Li.

But Jiang Li did not do so, instead he said calmly: "Jack, you are a smart man, which one is more tempting, one full meal or one full meal after another."

Seeing Jack nodding repeatedly, Jiang Li ignored him and continued to speak, "Forget about this matter. I don't want it to happen again, otherwise I will definitely let you know what it means to be unable to live or die!"

Jack was so scared that he was sweating profusely at this time. He knew Jiang Li's power. If he really wanted to kill a small businessman like him, it would be easy.

So now he is really regretting it. If he had known this would happen earlier, why would he be greedy for such a small profit and offend such a big money sponsor for nothing!

After sending Jack away, Jiang Li had people count the weapons and then distribute them to the new recruits.

This is not because he is extravagant, but because these weapons are not produced in the same country, not to mention whether the caliber of the shells is the same.

If they are mixed together, once damaged, the sizes of their parts are different, which will make repair extremely difficult.

So he simply classified these weapons one by one and equipped the troops separately, which would greatly facilitate logistics repairs and the transportation of ammunition.

After arranging these things, Jiang Li found Zhao Hong and asked him to send people to investigate the warlord forces near Xiangxi.

His next target was Pingshan in western Hunan. He had been coveting the Angry Chicken and Centipede for a long time.

Before, he didn't dare to go to Xiangxi because of the threat from Britain, but now that his backyard is on fire, he has no intention of causing trouble.

So we can take this opportunity to take over Hunan and Guizhou in one fell swoop. If there is a chance, Chongqing can also be considered.

But we can't just act recklessly over there, we can only try to appease them.

After all, Chongqing's terrain is extremely complex and it is notoriously easy to defend but difficult to attack. Force must not be used, otherwise he will suffer heavy losses.

...

After waiting for a month, Jiang Li finally got the exact news that Daying had indeed fought with Edward.

Knowing that they were not making a feint to the east but attacking in the west, he immediately began to dispatch troops to the Hunan border. As for the intelligence about these places, he had obtained it ten days ago.

While transporting supplies and mobilizing troops, he also sent out a number of envoys to persuade and win over small and medium-sized warlords, hoping to divide and disintegrate them.

To prevent them from uniting against him, Jiang Li was not afraid of this, but that would inevitably increase the difficulty, which was totally unnecessary.

As for the small and medium-sized warlords who were closer to Jiang Li's territory, they decisively chose to surrender after receiving Jiang Li's promise to guarantee their lives and allow them to keep 30% of their money.