Yixiang was originally proud to come to show his merits, but he finalized a 200 million-dollar war loan in just a few days. It was a huge contribution for the court that urgently needed war funds. However, he was poured into cold water on the head. He said unwillingly: "More than 70 million arms are not related to the overall situation even if the northwest intercepts part of the war......"

Yi? I know the hardships. It was a play that was jointly performed with Yuan Qi. It was a big loan, but it was useful to use it. But what's the use of asking for so much arms? What's more, Western goods are not as good as domestic goods in terms of weapons. What made him even more worried is whether buying so much arms will Yi Qun feel misunderstanding?

"You are generous!" Yi? said sarcastically, and said coldly with a stern face: "Do you know what the concept of 70 million arms is? You don't think that machines can be produced in just one turn, right? Even if the British and French industries are developed, it will take at least two or three years or even longer to deliver such a large amount of arms orders.

Can we wait for so long? The situation is critical day by day, and the war is about to break out. Even if the arms of Britain and France are transported by sea, it may not be urgent, let alone by land.

By land, if Yuan Qi takes the initiative to march into the northwest, Zhu Shanhai will definitely not care about our lives and death, and will inevitably intercept the arms of the transit to protect himself first."

Speaking of this, he slowed down his tone, "We urgently need arms, but we cannot expect to buy in large quantities from the West. Far water cannot quench near thirst. We must base ourselves on manufacturing and quickly expand military production capacity. What we need urgently is funds, and we will talk to them again..."

After hearing this, Yi Xiang's face immediately wrinkled like bitter gourd. "The reason why Britain and France agreed to provide such a huge loan was to dump arms. It was only in the past two years that the UK had a serious economic crisis, and it was attempted to recover the economy as soon as possible..."

Yi? waved his hand impatiently and interrupted his words, "I have repeatedly reminded you that the British intend to get involved in the Northwest and urgently hope that a large-scale civil strife in our country will break out. Don't lower your posture during negotiations, and be tough when it should be tough..."

Before he finished speaking, the phone on the table rang, and he stopped talking, "Go and continue talking to them. I would rather borrow less than be led by them."

The call was called by the General Administration of Military and Police, saying that a large-scale student demonstration broke out, and the march was coming to the Prime Minister's Office. Yi couldn't help but feel a headache. During this period, three large-scale student anti-civil war demonstrations have broken out, and the scale has been larger every time.

"I'm full!" Yi? cursed angrily, and said: "The old rules are used to transfer military and police to maintain order, and no weapons are allowed to be carried or obstructed."

After putting down the phone, he stood up and told people to pack up the documents and transfer the office. He had no interest or time to talk to the students or meet the student representatives. Thirty-six strategies were the best.

The student demonstrations were not limited to the capital, but anti-civil war demonstrations with students as the main body broke out in many provincial capitals in the north and south of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, Shanghai is no exception. Shanghai University is far ahead of its many, even the capital is far inferior. The scale of the march and demonstration is naturally the largest, and it has reached the scale of tens of thousands of people.

On the lookout tower on the wall of Zhennan Prince's Mansion, Yi Zhizu held a telescope and looked at the neat queue with interest, tying banners, waving slogans, and shouting neat slogans. He always had a faint smile on his face.

"It's so great that you can't see at a glance." Zhao Liewen said in a relaxed tone: "I never realized before that there are so many college students in Shanghai, and the military academy students have not participated yet, right?"

Yi Zhizu said: "Military academies are different. All students in school have obtained military qualifications. They are considered soldiers, so it is naturally impossible to participate in such spontaneous demonstrations."

"The Qing Dynasty universities have grown from nothing to something, from little to many, like mushrooms after a rain. It has only been magnificent for just forty years." Zhao Liewen said and joked: "Look at it, does the shopkeeper feel like a military parade?"

"It feels very fulfilling." Yi Zhizu nodded, "If you want to say that this life is enough to be safe, not military, not finance, nor industry, but education. I think back and forth when I sent overseas students to foreign countries in batches, I felt really uncomfortable..."

Zhao Liewen said sincerely: "It is all the achievements of the great shopkeeper in the past forty years."

"This is the beginning, and it is far from time to time." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "In the future, investment in education must continue to increase, and the nine-year compulsory education across the country must be completed as soon as possible..."

As he said that, he turned around and looked at Yi Zhengxing standing behind him, "Technology is the primary productive force. The competition between countries is ultimately a competition of science and technology is a competition of talents. Education must be put first in any situation."

"The child must keep it in mind." Yi Zhengxing nodded vigorously.

"Go back." Yi Zhizu said slowly and walked down the wall. Yi Zhengxing calmly pulled down the corner of Zhao Liewen's clothes, deliberately lagging behind a few steps, and then he whispered: "Why should we indulge students to march and demonstrate? Just to create momentum to cover up people's eyes and ears?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Liewencai smiled and said, "There is a couplet in front of the door of Mingdonglin Academy. The first couplet is the sound of wind and rain. The sound of reading is heard. The second couplet is family affairs, national affairs, and world concerns everything."

Back at Changle Bookstore, after taking a sip of tea, Zhao Liewen tentatively said: "At present, anti-civil war demonstrations of varying sizes have broken out in all provinces in the north and south. Will there be a suspicion of backfire? ..... Does public opinion guidance need to be carried out?"

"How to guide?" Yi Zhizu asked back and said slowly: "For the years, Yuan Qi has always opposed the civil war."

Zhao Liewen thought about it for a while and found it quite tricky, but in fact he was easy to be content with public hype over the years. Over the years, he has publicly claimed to oppose the civil war. If he guided public opinion, it is not good to be criticized. After a while, he said: "At present, many newspapers in the north and south provinces are also calling for opposition to the civil war..."

"There is no need to guide public opinion, just use actions to show your attitude." Yi Zhizu said: "In view of the sharp deterioration of the situation in the north and south, and the war is about to break out, it is announced that the Southeast provinces have entered the wartime control stage, and wartime financial control, economic control, food control, communication control, traffic control, price control, urban control..."
Chapter completed!