Early the next morning, Wang Litong went to the compound of the No. 79 Biaobiao Department to find Yuan Su, and discussed with Yuan Su in detail about the foreigners' intention to open a mine in Luanzhou.
From Wang Li's personal perspective, he is really eager to introduce foreign investment to open up Luanzhou. Mining is a technological industry. Currently, several large-scale metal mines in China are all Sino-foreign joint ventures.
.Without foreign equipment, even the excavated ore cannot be completely smelted.
Yuan Su naturally knew what Wang Litong was thinking. The fact that the other party spoke so earnestly about it showed that the foreigner must have offered a very attractive reward. He didn't believe that Wang Litong had been around for so many years and had a life experience.
Those who do not want to go abroad have ulterior motives, but the other party has no awareness of protecting the country and national interests.
Wang Li is not the only one who does not have this awareness. Under the rule of the Qing Dynasty's "family world" and coupled with thousands of years of feudal and pedantic ideas, I am afraid that most of China's population does not have this awareness.
He did not directly answer Wang Litong's words, but just made an analogy: "If a businessman gives you ten yuan, he will definitely try his best to transfer another hundred yuan or even a thousand yuan from you. This is still relatively
A conscientious businessman. If you meet a businessman without a conscience, after giving you ten yuan, he will directly ask you to lose your fortune and your life."
Of course Wang Litong knew the meaning of this metaphor, but he insisted that foreigners could not be so bad.
Yuan Su had no intention of continuing to persuade Wang Liantong, because he knew very well that Wang Liantong had already made up his mind, and this matter was beyond his power. Although he currently controlled part of the military power of the Seventy-nine Biao,
He firmly controls the civil defense of Luanzhou and relies on a group of Luanzhou gentry, but after all, he cannot interfere in everything, especially the civil affairs of Luanzhou.
Immediately, he didn't say anything more. He just warned Wang Litong in a very profound tone that if foreigners did illegal activities in Luanzhou that he couldn't tolerate, he would definitely deal with the matter severely. At the same time, he also advised Wang Litong
Same thing, even if the other party doesn't think about themselves, they should think about future generations. Do you want future generations to always be accused of being "Han Jian"?
These words were so serious that Wang Lantong fell into silence for a moment.
Of course, in Wang Litong's heart, he was still cursing Yuan Su for meddling in other people's affairs. He believed that there were so many "Han Jian lackeys" working for foreigners in China today. Could it be that future generations would choose him as the only one?
However, although he muttered like this, he also considered Yuan Su's strong reaction to this matter. The foreign investment in mining was only a temporary benefit, but as long as Yuan Su did not leave Luanzhou, he would have to rely on this "little Yuan" in the future.
"Young Master" takes care of you. In comparison, it's okay for foreigners not to taste this sweetness.
After being silent for a long time, he pretended to sigh deeply, and then asked Yuan Su what he should do about this matter.
Yuan Su could see that Wang Liantong was already planning to back down, so he did not use the same strong tone as before. He just told Wang Liantong that this matter must be handled with caution. Even if the foreigners and the superiors were in collusion in the end, when the foreigners started to set up factories.
Strict supervision is also required throughout the process.
Hearing this, Wang Liotong finally breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, with Yuan Su's answer, there was still room for the matter to be handled more or less.
In the next few days, Poincare came to see Yuan Su twice, but Yuan Su always had a cold and unenthusiastic attitude. It was not that he had strong xenophobic feelings, but he did not want to cause trouble at this stage.
No matter what the foreigners' intentions are, their arrival will only make the situation in Luanzhou more complicated.
The first time Poincaré came to Yuan Su, he just casually talked about the use of the heavy machine gun, and asked with a considerate look if there were any defects or any need for help. Yuan Su had simply dealt with these, after all.
He did not immediately put the heavy machine gun into use. Anyway, there was no serious problem when testing the gun, so he didn't care too much.
During the second meeting, the other party asked Yuan Su very directly whether he had any plans to continue to expand armaments in the future, and also gave a preferential arms quotation. Yuan Su took a closer look at the quotation and compared
Compared with the quotation that Wang Li and his colleagues brought back from Tianjin, the former was much simpler, with many unnecessary old-style weapons eliminated, and all prices reduced by about 20%. Especially the weapons produced in France.
, even much lower than the price of weapons from other countries, and almost very close to the unit price of domestic weapons.
After all, Yuan Su did have development plans in this area, so he did not directly refuse Peng Jiale's question. He just asked Peng Jiale for a separate contact information, and said that if he really needed it in the future, he would definitely contact him.
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Since these two meetings, Poincare did not look for Yuan Su again, and took a train back to Tianjin on the afternoon of February 14th. He did not notify Yuan Su before leaving. He only learned the news after Wang Litong relayed it to Yuan Su.
Just at noon the next day, a major piece of news was transmitted to Luanzhou via electricity. Just half an hour ago, the Nanjing Provisional Government Senate of the Republic of China counted the results of the second election and confirmed that Yuan Shikai succeeded Sun Yat-sen as the President of the Republic of China.
Interim President of the Republic of China. In the past month, public opinion in the north had been swinging. Some people speculated that Yuan Shikai would support the Republic, while others insisted that the Beiyang faction would never compromise. Instead, the truth had already spread in major cities in the south. Yuan Gongbao had already decided
Support the republic and end the feudal monarchy.
Today's news was like a bombshell, immediately causing shock in the northern provinces. Yuan Shikai was going to serve as the interim president, and all previous suspense had been explained.
In addition to the bureaucracy within Beiyang, many local governors and generals obviously did not expect this news. For a moment, it was like a huge rock falling into the water causing thousands of waves. The Manchu and Mongolian bureaucrats all panicked and suddenly felt that the situation was over.
For Luanzhou, once the news spread, some people were happy and some were sad.
The young people and intellectuals rushed to tell each other, and everyone was happy, while the old people who still harbored foolish and loyal ambitions cried and cursed the Yuan thieves for their disloyalty and unrighteousness.
After Chen Wenian heard the news, he immediately rushed to the Supervisory Training Office to find Yuan Su.
Yuan Su has been at the Supervisory Training Office all morning to guide training. The southern suburbs are sparsely populated, so the news in the morning did not reach here in time. His focus now is on the Supervisory Training Office, communicating with the militiamen as much as possible
Contact them to establish a good image in the minds of the militiamen,
When he heard the soldiers at the gate of the camp announcing Chen Wennian's arrival, Yuan Su felt a little strange. In his memory, this was the first time Chen Wennian came to the Supervisory Training Office.
He immediately rushed to the gate of the camp and welcomed Chen Wennian to the office of the Supervisory Training Office.
Before he could sit down, Chen Wennian couldn't wait to ask: "Zi Jing, have you heard about it this morning?"
Yuan Su was puzzled, but he didn't realize what a serious matter it was. He poured a glass of water for Chen Wenian slowly, and then asked: "What did you hear? What, are there any new rumors this morning?"
Chen Wennian took the water glass without drinking it and said directly: "Your uncle has been elected as the interim president by the south."
Yuan Su moved his face slightly, and then asked: "What day is it today?"
This time it was Chen Wenian's turn to be puzzled. Why did Yuan Su suddenly ask this? He said: "It's the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month. It seems to be February tenth in the Western calendar... It's more than ten years old. Alas, I can't remember clearly at the moment."
In the past period of time, Yuan Su was busy dealing with foreigners, supervising and training the militia, and occasionally taking care of the affairs of the Ministry of Standards. In addition, the Western calendar was not popular in China at this time, so he could
There is no way to remember the ri dates of two calendars at the same time. Because of this, I actually remembered some important things wrong.
No wonder Chen Wennian went to the Supervisory Training Office to look for him today for the first time since the Qing Dynasty had only a few days left.