"Everything is for future generations." This is a sentiment that Dong Shuheng gradually developed after entering this era.
This era in the original time and space owed future generations a prosperous age, and the Chinese people suffered a hundred years of humiliation and suffering.
A hundred years later, Chinese people living in the northern section of the Rocky Mountains will spontaneously go to the Great Lakes region every year to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives fighting for this Chinese territory in North America.
There are Han people, Fusang people, and Yin Di'an people here. From now on, they will all be Chinese with yellow skin and black eyes.
Summer Palace, Presidential Palace.
Dong Shuheng is in a meeting, but this is not a government meeting, but a family meeting.
Attending the meeting were Dong Shuheng and his four wives.
"Yuzhen, let's start with your place first. You are still mainly responsible for the education foundation and the business publishing group."
"The Education Foundation allows us to recruit more talents. We need to let the students we sponsor know who sponsored them, follow up on their development in the future, and establish some societies such as alumni associations. When they develop
After that, we need to call on them to give back to the foundation, so that the foundation can grow bigger and bigger.”
"The publishing group wants to make several well-known newspapers, not only domestically, but also to enter the foreign newspaper industry. On the one hand, we want our newspapers to go out and make foreigners willing to read them. On the other hand, we can also acquire them.
Some foreign newspapers have been transformed and made stronger and bigger. No matter what era, public opinion is extremely important. Sometimes it even plays a greater role than the military."
"Well, I understand Shu Heng." Wei Yuzhen nodded and said.
This is not the first time that Dong Shuheng has held a family meeting like this. Through such a family meeting, Dong Shuheng clarified the division of labor for his wives.
Issues regarding the development direction of one's own family are generally determined in such family meetings.
Dong Shuheng was very incapable of doing anything, and there were many things that he couldn't take care of himself.
He feels that the local water is getting more and more muddy. Even he himself does not know to what extent he can guide its development.
So he has to keep some backup plans. He can't do these backup plans himself.
Fortunately, Dong Shuheng's wives are all very capable.
"Ximei, come and continue the work of the Women's Mutual Aid Association and the Women's Mutual Aid Foundation. We must run more newspapers and ensure that we can make a voice among women and guide women's public opinion. In addition, the West Pacific Company and the Electrical Appliance Company are also
Just keep an eye on the company's affairs, we only take care of the accounts, not the operations." Dong Shuheng turned to Yang Ximei and said.
"I understand, husband, I have already prepared the funds you asked for last time. In addition, is Shanxiang really going to North America?" Yang Ximei asked, she has always been very dependent on Fu Shanxiang. They
Not only is she a best friend, Fu Shanxiang is also her think tank.
Originally, they wanted to send Fu Shanxiang to Dong Shuheng as a secretary, but Dong Shuheng felt that Fu Shanxiang was capable of acting independently outside and wanted her to play a greater role.
"Yes, Ximei, Shanxiang is very knowledgeable about women's work. I sent her to North America to take charge of the work there. If Canada is established in the future, she may become a senior executive of Canada."
Canada China is Dong Shuheng's arrangement for the future of North America.
Huaxia, Canada, and Nanhua occupy three continents respectively, and of course there may be an Australia and China.
This is a later story and will not be mentioned for the time being.
"Husband, you are too partial. Why can Sister Fu be in charge of the political party while we can only control the work from home?" Wei Yuzhen joked.
"That's right, that's right..." All the girls agreed.
"Don't make fun of me. Your identity is quite sensitive. How many people are watching you!"
Dong Shuheng interrupted the women and continued: "Okay, let's continue talking about business."
"This year, my family will put a lot of effort into going to North America and lay a solid foundation there as soon as possible. Uncle Liu is planning to go to North America himself to take charge, and Qingnan will also go there."
"Here at home, I want Feiyan to take charge of the work that Uncle Liu originally left behind." Dong Shuheng looked at Lu Feiyan and said.
"Okay, husband, Feiyan understands. I will go back to Uncle Liu later to explain." Lu Feiyan nodded.
"The reason why Feiyan is put in charge of this is because she is familiar with the people in the military. Uncle Liu's work originally required the cooperation of the military." Dong Shuheng looked at the women and explained casually to prevent the other women from getting involved.
Jealous.
"Husband, what about me?" Hui'er waited for a long time and asked anxiously when she saw that no work was arranged for her.
"You, you are responsible for children's work." Dong Shuheng touched his swollen belly and said with a smile.
"You have to worry more about family matters."
Huier has always been doing stay-at-home jobs at home.
She has little contact with the outside world and lacks work experience.
And at this time, Hui'er was pregnant with her third child.
Dong Shuheng naturally continued to let her stay.
He also knew that Hui'er's character would not care about this matter.
In addition, my mother is the closest to Huier, and even the children like Huier more.
Because Hui'er has a gentle personality, is careful in doing things, and is always considerate of others. Everyone, young and old, likes to stay with her.
"Okay, then I'll just look after the house." Hui'er said with some frustration.
"Hui'er, your supermarket chain is doing a good job. I'll help you promote it later," Wei Yuzhen comforted with a smile.
The sisters seemed to feel a little sorry for Hui'er, so they comforted Hui'er with every word.
"Next, I may have to go to the west. This is the last stop." Dong Shuheng said.
"How long will we have to go this time?" They were all a little scared. Every time Dong Shuheng went on a tour, he would always encounter something.
The trip that originally took two to three months has been delayed for more than half a year.
"Okay, I don't know how long it will take." Dong Shuheng opened his mouth and said.
After several previous experiences, Dong Shuheng knew that he had no way of guaranteeing this matter.
But he must go to the west. Regarding the territory on land, Dong Shuheng was most worried about the west.
The southwest region is blocked by the Himalayas.
Gorkha, Zhe Mengxiong, and Taiping Holy Kingdom in Shannan are all vassals or allies of the Renaissance Army.
There is also the Northern Alliance of India, which is also supported by the Renaissance Army.
In that direction, the Great Empire could no longer pose any threat to the Renaissance Army.
The three Central Asian countries to the west, the Aiukhan Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, and the Bukhara Khanate, are also vassal states of the Renaissance Army.
They have become a barrier for the Baath Army.
The only thing to worry about now is the northwest region.
Until now, the friction between the Renaissance Army and Tsarist Russia has not stopped here. Last year, the number of casualties in the rangers reached 10,000, which was as many as the casualties in a large-scale battle.
Dong Shuheng's trip to the west this time actually had another purpose, that is, he would meet with Tsar Alexander II in Karaganda, northwest of the Yibo Sea.
Karaganda was just a small Kazakh town at this time.
This place is located in the current buffer zone between the Baath Army and the Tsarist Russians.
Both parties frequently visit this place.
But no army went to destroy the trading town.
There are merchants from Tsarist Russia as well as shops run by Chinese people from the Western Regions.
Amid the constant friction and fighting between surrounding armies, this small town became an oasis of peace in the midst of the war.
Rangers from both sides may even meet when doing shopping in the town.
But no one is taking action here.
Maybe everyone wants to leave a spiritual destination for themselves in this vast Gobi Desert.
In this meeting with Tsar Alexander II, Dong Shuheng hoped to reach some constructive agreements.
You can't always spend so many troops to guard against the opponent.
Dong Shuheng was even willing to transfer some interests, such as supporting Tsarist Russia's development in the Caspian Sea region.
For example, transfer some technologies for manufacturing ironclad ships.
The countries in Europe that were first threatened by Tsarist Russia's naval development were those countries in Europe.
Dong Shuheng must make this two-headed eagle, whose head was cut off, turn its head to the west again.
The family meeting was held, Dong Shuheng arranged several wives, and began to take action against the cabinet and the military department.
In terms of the cabinet, Dong Shuheng confirmed the candidates for the remaining two deputy prime ministers.
Peng Yulin was transferred from the Southwest Military Region and entered the cabinet to be in charge of the Ministry of Military Affairs and served as deputy prime minister of the cabinet.
Liu Qingnan, who was originally in charge of the Ministry of Military Affairs and had always wanted to change jobs, was transferred out and used for other purposes. In fact, Dong Shuheng secretly transferred him to California.
In this way, Peng Yulin can serve as the link between the cabinet and the military department.
Sun Dacheng, the original Minister of Industry, was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and was also in charge of the Academy of Sciences and several major national laboratories. His original position of Minister of Industry was handed over to others.
In this way, the current cabinet has a prime minister and four deputy prime ministers, forming a decision-making group.
Dong Shuheng also increased the power of the cabinet accordingly. When Dong Shuheng was away, all major administrative matters were handed over to the cabinet for collective decision-making.
In terms of the military, Dong Shuheng recalled Navy Commander Liu Dahai and no longer allowed him to command the Nanyang Navy.
In Dong Shuheng's words, the old comrades stay at home to look after the family and leave opportunities for meritorious service to young people.
After this trip to South America, Liu Dahai also found that his energy was not as good as before.
The illustrious military exploits of the First Fleet and the Donghua Fleet also made him see that he was as outdated as those sailing battleships.
Dong Shuheng established a military committee in the military department. He himself served as the chairman of the committee, and Liu Dahai returned as the vice chairman.
Only veterans like him were qualified to hold this position. At the same time, Dong Shuheng also gave him the rank of general.
In this way, when Dong Shuheng is away, there will still be a veteran in charge of the military department.
Originally, the heads of the Staff Department, Logistics Department, and Training Department served as members, and it was also a five-person decision-making group.
But now the power to recruit and mobilize the army is in the hands of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Therefore, if the military department wants to go to war, it must discuss it with the cabinet.
Now that the local generals of the Renaissance Army are relatively young, Dong Shuheng is not planning to transfer them to Xinjing for the time being, but will let them continue to train for a period of time.
After doing this, Dong Shuheng devoted most of his time to several key laboratories.
Xu Shou has recently been busy studying alternating current and more practical transformer equipment.
Power transmission is still the bottleneck limiting the development of the current power industry.
Today, the Renaissance Army still uses direct current in cities.
In addition, Xu Shou also set up a battery laboratory to research battery products with higher energy storage.
Try to get rid of the braids on trams as soon as possible so that trams can run around like diesel locomotives.
In the chemistry laboratory, Schönbai has recently been studying chemical fibers.
Airship Labs hopes to find a stronger air bag material.
It just so happens that Schönbai has been studying organic chemistry recently. He has found many kinds of chemical materials.
There was once a material that could be drawn into fibers, which had high toughness and could be woven into cloth, which was stronger than cotton and silk.
On the one hand, the Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory is researching larger diesel engines with higher horsepower for use in ships and train locomotives.
On the one hand, we began to research gasoline engines to develop gasoline engines in a more lightweight direction.
Small cars and airplanes use gasoline engines.
As for the electric vehicles that Dong Shuheng wants to develop in the future, it will not be easy to come up with.
At least battery research involves materials and processes, which need to be accumulated slowly and cannot be achieved overnight.
We can't count on submarines for the time being. The technology of torpedoes has improved, mainly allowing torpedoes to run farther and faster.
In May 2014, the eight destroyers that the Renaissance Army had been waiting for had finally completed sea trials and could be handed over to the navy for use.
Dong Shuheng specially went to Lushun Port to preside over the handover work.
Colorful flags were fluttering on the port, and Liu Dahai and all the navy generals had arrived.
This time eight destroyers of more than 3,000 tons will be divided between the first and second fleets.
The two fleets will now form a formation of four destroyers, four frigates, and several supply ships.
Originally, the sailing battleships captured from Spain in the Second Fleet will be handed over to the offshore navy and naval academies after modification.
"President, the Nanyang Navy still doesn't have a single armored ship in the end." Liu Dahai was still complaining about his old navy.
"Uncle Liu, do you still care about this? How many of the navy in our Renaissance Army are not from the Nanyang Navy?" Dong Shuheng said with a smile.
"The fleet and the navy will have different tasks in the future. The latest warships must be equipped to the fleet first. Those that have been withdrawn will be handed over to the navy."
"The navy's main tasks in the future will be patrolling, guarding and supplying some islands. We will mainly rely on the fleet to fight wars."
Dong Shuheng divided the Pacific Ocean into several areas for naval navigation.
The current two fleets do not have fixed cruising areas.
Wherever a naval battle might break out, they would be deployed there.
Before the completion of these eight destroyers, the first batch of six frigates built by the shipyard to help the Nanyang vassal countries had been delivered.
Among them, Lan Fangguo purchased two ships.
Lushun Shipyard will continue to build eight destroyers, some of which will be delivered to Lanfang, Siam and Myanmar.
These two classes of warships are no longer commissioned by the Renaissance Army themselves.
The shipyard has begun building a 10,000-ton class ship.
Because the ironclad ships currently under construction by Britain and France have reached the 10,000-ton level.
The Renaissance Army must follow the trend and let the wind of this maritime arms race blow stronger.
In fact, the Renaissance Army has been building Jianghe-class frigates.
Six of them were transferred to Nanyang, and four of the Jianghe class have been handed over to Donghua, but they are still sailing at sea.
California has also established its own navy. They have four River-class frigates. They also have their share of destroyers under construction in the shipyard.
"President, our shipyard has been building warships, why is the commissioning speed of our navy so slow? You see, you are selling all the warships you have built all day long." Liu Dahai complained again.
"Uncle Liu, you are the vice chairman. You should know that we can recruit the navies of those vassal countries at any time."
"You should know how expensive it is to maintain a navy. We cannot rely on us to protect such a large sea area."
"You see, we currently only have sixteen armored ships on the surface, but there are nearly thirty armored ships that we can actually command."
The uncle and nephew looked at each other and smiled.
Liu Dahai was just putting on airs, so how could he not know these truths?
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