Dong Liang naturally knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would come to deal with him, and he would not sit still and wait for death.

He was busy with his own affairs. Starting from the capture of Fuzhou, his army began to reorganize.

There are too many hundreds of thousands of people, and the escort army does not need so many people at all. Then we will hold a military competition and determine who will stay based on the results. The remaining people who do not want to return to their hometowns to farm can be assigned

For the garrison troops in various places, the entire Fujian Province has five directly-controlled departments and sixty-two counties. Including the border passes, at least one hundred garrison brigades must be established, which requires 50,000 people.

Together with the twelve field detachments, it's a solid army of 100,000 people.

The preparation of field detachments and garrison teams is urgent, and the local militia system can be slowly established.

In terms of administration, land reform is still the top priority. Without land reform, we will not be able to win over the people.

Will land reform lead to resistance from local big families, or is it more important for ordinary people to protect the Guards? During this period, in addition to reorganization, the Guards sharpened their skills and put down more than a dozen rebellions instigated by local big families.

Fortunately, these rebellions lack organization and are scattered and sporadic.

Not only did the counter-rebellion not require the guards to spend money, but they also confiscated a large amount of family property. Those who were able to rebel were large families that had been inherited for hundreds of years, and the families had accumulated countless wealth.

In cash alone, the guards confiscated more than five million taels. This was not a large amount, but just enough for the Chinese to invest in the Minhua Company.

This company has not developed yet, but it has a very high starting point and now owns dozens of sea-going ships. These are all obtained by those businessmen who invested in kind.

Staff recruitment is also very fast.

There has never been a shortage of business talents here in Fujian Province. The Chinese Tongwenguan also moved its headquarters to Xiamen.

The once timid and timid translator Yuan Yuan has become the great sacrificial wine of Tongwen Hall.

Tongwenkan is not only a school that specializes in cultivating translation talents, but also a translation and publishing organization.

Over the past year or so, the number of teachers in the Tongwen Library has increased to dozens, and the number of translators has increased to hundreds. They have been constantly translating various foreign books. These books have entered the library of the university hall and become the basis for students to learn Western learning.

Important reference.

The Chinese lack teachers of Western learning. Students in university schools mainly rely on reading to learn Western learning by themselves, and then discuss and study together.

The advantage of this is that you can always maintain Chinese thinking in your thinking, and the Western learning you have studied can be more perfectly integrated into the Chinese culture.

After the Chinese regained Fujian Province, Yuan Yuan immediately went to Xiamen to recruit talents for the Tongwen Library. The number of interpreters here was even greater.

Because the foreign forces were driven out, there were a large number of interpreters around Xiamen who could not find work.

After Yuan Yuan raised the banner, these people swarmed in like crucian carp crossing the river.

"For the sake of wine, another person has come to recommend himself." A scribe from the Tongwen Library came to Yuan Yuan's office and reported.

The school building of Xiamen Tongwenguan is located in the foreign business district of Gulangyu Island. This area was originally a villa area, but now it is surrounded by a wall and becomes the school building of Tongwenguan. There are small Western-style buildings in the campus.

Yuan Yuan used to work here, following the foreigners like a dog every day. They said they were interpreters, but in fact, they had to do all the slave work. They were slaves who knew how to translate.

Now that Yuan Yuan has suddenly become the high priest of the Chinese Tongwen Hall, these former colleagues are now trying to curry favor with him and beg him to take him in.

Even when he meets foreigners, he is not afraid at all. He is also an official of the Chinese ethnic group, and foreigners have to treat him a little less favorably.

"Hasn't there been a notice posted that we will no longer recruit teaching staff and translators? Go and tell the people who come here that if you really can't find a job, you can go to the newly established Minhua Company." Yuan Yuan said impatiently.

This trading company, which is a joint venture between the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and Fujian Province's wealthy businessmen, is recruiting people on a large scale, but many people seem to be more optimistic about Tongwen Guan. If you join here, you will be in the government establishment, and in their eyes, you will be an official.

"Yes, I have already told that person, but that person said that he came back from studying in the United States. He quite agrees with the Chinese educational philosophy and hopes to serve the Chinese." The official added.

This official was quite serious about his work. Although the person who came to apply for a job was wearing shabby foreign clothes, he looked quite dignified. He didn't want the Chinese to lose a talent, so he reported it.

"Let him come over." Yuan Yuan said impatiently. His subordinates had already told him so, so he couldn't say anything.

After a while, a young man with short hair walked in. This man had a round face with a mustache. He was in his twenties, but had a very mature temperament.

The dress he was wearing was very old and full of patches, but it was extremely neat.

Yuan Yuan could feel that this person was unusual.

"Good wine, Yuan Ji. I am Rong Hong, courtesy name Dameng, from Xiangshan, Guangdong. I just graduated from Yale University in the United States. I heard that you are recruiting teachers who understand foreign literature and diplomacy. I am studying Western literature and history. I hope that I can

Serve the Chinese nation." Rong Hong gave a very respectful Western salute and then said humbly.

"Yale University?" Yuan Yuan asked.

He was just an interpreter, but his language talent was really good. Under Dong Liang's guidance and the help of some foreigners who had defected to the Chinese, Yuan Yuan made rapid progress. He even began to organize the writing of English, French and

Spanish dictionary.

"You went to a foreign university?"

"Yes, Yuan Jijiu, when I was fifteen years old, I went to the United States with a missionary and studied in college there for seven years." Rong Hong said truthfully. He is an honest person.

Although he became a Christian and received education in the United States, this man has always been thinking about his motherland.

He is considered the first overseas student in China, and he returned to the country after successfully completing his studies.

He talked about his thoughts on his future career in a letter to the American missionary David Wilson.

He wrote: "For a person who wants to give back to the motherland, there are many things that can be done, each of which is valuable. It is indeed difficult to make the right choice among them. Therefore, I will not rely solely on personal hobbies.

and judgment, but hope to rely on God’s help to make a satisfactory decision.”

In the process of studying, Rong Hong never forgot his motherland, which was in dire straits. When he was studying at Yale, the corruption situation in China often touched Rong Hong's heart, and he felt unhappy when he thought about it... Since I have traveled across the ocean,

After receiving a civilized education, I must put what I have learned into practice... I have received a civilized education, and I must also enable others who come after me to enjoy the same benefits.

After graduation, he was not eager to return to China. For him, seven years of living in the United States had changed many things in his life.

It was at that time that a sentence from the Bible always came to his mind, as if God was reminding him: "Anyone who does not take care of his relatives has betrayed the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. If he does not take care of his own family,

This is especially true for people."

For Rong Hong, "relatives" and "people in his own family" are his motherland. So soon he took a boat back to Hong Kong. After 151 days of wandering at sea, he finally returned to his hometown.

After arriving in Hong Kong, he quickly traveled to Guangzhou. During this period, he returned to his hometown in Xiangshan and paid homage at the ancestral hall.

Then he arrived in Guangzhou, where he got a "Letter to the Chinese Compatriots" by chance. However, their job hunting in Guangzhou was met with obstacles. The government officials did not recognize the knowledge of this fake foreign devil at all.

He even reminded him that he should take the imperial examination.

As a result, the money Rong Hong was carrying was stolen on the streets of Guangzhou. He also found out through some leaflets on the dock that the Chinese controlled Fujian, so he traveled all the way to here.
Chapter completed!