The entire month of August is the hottest season in the north, with scorching sun exposure almost every day. Even if there is an occasional thunderstorm, the rain can only barely relieve the intense heat for a while.
For Yuan Su, August is also a busy period of official business. It coincides with the reorganization of the First Mixed Brigade into the First Central Brigade. The entire army must undergo a thorough reorganization. First of all, the military uniforms.
I have been wearing the sky blue New Army uniform for several years, and now I am suddenly changing it to the khaki central yang uniform, which is somewhat unaccustomed to me.
Of course, for the soldiers under his command, most of them found it very novel. Moreover, they were very happy to have new clothes to wear. Fu specially allocated 300,000 yuan for Yuan Su to take charge of Luanzhou.
It was the first time since taking military power that he had received cash from above. However, after some inquiring, he realized that the three hundred thousand was nothing at all. Compared with the Nanyuan of the capital, the two military divisions of Beiyuan had been expanded to four central yangs.
An army division consumes 2 million in funds, and the 300,000 is simply not enough to organize a brigade.
In the final analysis, he still realized that the uncle of the president was wary of him to a certain extent. Even if he was not wary, he did not take it too seriously. In this regard, he was somewhat self-aware. The most important thing about the Beiyang Group was qualifications.
, but I don’t have this.
But no matter what, having 300,000 is better than not having 300,000.
In addition to allocating this money to Huai'an and Huaibei police headquarters to speed up the expansion, a large part was also brought back to Luanzhou for use by the headquarters. Ordering new central yang army uniforms only cost
It is about 20,000 yuan. Even if the remaining funds are used to purchase a large number of bullets, new reserve guns, military horses, etc., there will still be about 150,000 yuan left.
I think that in the next year, there won't be any big news in China. If there is any big news, it will be Yuan Shikai's plot to proclaim himself emperor late next year, and the First World War in Qingdao, Shandong, China. These two major events
The historical event is indeed a turning point that affects China's modern history, and it is also an event that every Chinese will remember deeply.
Regarding the various deeds that occurred in the previous civil war between the North and the South, Yuan Su was not sure what kind of mentality Yuan Shikai was based on when he proclaimed emperor. He was not even sure whether his uncle would continue to plot to proclaim himself emperor now that history had changed.
In addition, he has extremely sensitive national and nationalist sentiments regarding the issue in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Unfortunately, given his current development trend, it is difficult for him to influence changes in the Qingdao issue.
However, it is precisely because of this kind of thinking that his desire to promote national development is increasingly aroused.
"A weak country has no diplomacy" is such a poignant saying, how can we not make all the passionate Chinese men look up and get angry. Even if there is only a short year left, as long as there is a little progress, it can help the country.
Fight for that little bit of glory.
It was under the influence of such strong emotions that Yuan Su held an internal meeting of Suye Company at the end of August. This internal meeting mainly discussed two parts. One was the matter of expanding cooperation with Lin Boxen to the south.
According to the telegram, in addition to emphasizing today, we will also study more cooperation plans; the second is to immediately set up a military factory based on existing industries to achieve mutual promotion cooperation between the military and industry.
Regarding establishing cooperation with Lin Boxen, in addition to the confirmed "Suren Weiye Trading Company", the "Shanghai Northern Commercial Bank" and the Huai'an Official Salt Management Company, which have been confirmed, there are also plans to open a coal mining company in Luanzhou.
.The mining companies established in the UK before were only small-scale, not only limited in scale, but also pure mineral exploration. This time, Suye Company plans to raise funds on a large scale and establish a large company specializing in coal mines in one go.
This large company not only has to surpass the British small mining companies, but even rival the Kailuan Mining Bureau.
The background of the Kailuan Mining Bureau is very complicated, with not only the Chinese official background, but also foreigners behind the scenes. Moreover, the Kailuan Mining Bureau was originally a compromise and win-win solution that was forced to be chosen after vicious competition between Chinese and foreign capital.
Now Yuan Su plans to open another large-scale coal mining company, which will inevitably set off competition with the Kailuan Mining Bureau again.
However, according to the business plan and ideas he formulated, he was not going against the Kailuan Mining Bureau. On the contrary, he was using the newly established large-scale mining company to take the opportunity to merge with the Kailuan Mining Company. He had already invested in Kailuan Mining Company earlier.
The Luan Mining Bureau's idea is that this cake has already been divided by many people. Even if it holds the local military and political power, there is no way to get in. In the end, it can only use this method of "hurting others with one's own strength" to establish it first.
A rival company, and then negotiate cooperation with Kailuan Mining Bureau in a competitive manner.
Although this method is not a good one, as long as you can get in, you can quickly earn back your capital and profits.
Although the current production scale of Kailuan Mining Bureau can achieve supply coordination, on the one hand, the mining of Luanzhou coal mines is still very limited. On the other hand, promoting the popularization of electricity and the development of national industrialization in the future will require the investment of many coal resources.
After the new coal mining company established by Yuan Su is merged into the Kailuan Mining Bureau, it will naturally be able to greatly expand the production intensity of the Kailuan Mining Bureau. Even if it lowers coal prices, it can also reserve coal resources in advance.
, laying the foundation for future explosive industrialization development.
With coal mine reserves in place, the next step is to consider popularizing electricity in cities and towns. Suye Company’s next development idea is to standardize power supply and expand the coverage of the power network. On the one hand, it is necessary to formulate complete relevant laws and regulations, unify electricity prices, and promote the use of electricity.
, on the other hand, we are promoting the officialization of power companies step by step.
Naturally, Yuan Su will not seize the resources of private power companies, but he will establish a government-run power company to impact private power companies with better power networks and more affordable prices, and then acquire these companies one by one. Of course,
The popularization of electricity does not mean that controlling the price of electricity can proceed smoothly. In today's era, electricity can only improve night lighting and does not provide more entertainment facilities as it will in the future, so ordinary people rarely use these things.
Even though some places are obviously connected with electric wires, people still light oil lamps for lighting at night.
Yuan Su's idea is to start from now and move step by step towards the electrification era. At the same time, from a military strategic perspective, it is necessary to lay enough power lines first, and by the way, provide guarantee for military communications such as telegraphs and telephones. In addition,
The scientific application of electricity can also speed up the pace of industrialization.dd