Yinchang knew that Song Biao had a very high reputation and many networks in Russia, and perhaps he could convince Russia, so he said, "If this is true, we can solve some financial problems. If we have money, it will be easier to do things."

Song Biao nodded and said, "I think there are only three ways to make money. One is to open a bank, the second is to attract investment, and the third is to set up a reclamation bureau in Jilin and Heilongjiang to recruit those who have no land from the mainland.

The deserted people come to reclaim the land; especially the third point, the speed of increasing taxes will be faster. I consider directly suggesting that the court will add the Minister of the Reclamation Supervisory Office of the Three East Provinces, the second rank, the same level as the governor, and personally supervise the reclamation matters in various places. In fact, I

The battle with Zhao Erxun was not as tragic as everyone thought. I did not have high demands on the power of the three provinces. At least I had to be like a governor. As for the matter of taking full power, I really never thought about it.

I thought about asking Tang Shaoyi to take on the job of the minister. He gave me a good impression and had nothing to do with me."

Yinchang praised: "That is indeed a smart and capable talent. If you don't do this, the Governor will report it. I will join forces with the other two governors to recommend it. The court must have no reason not to criticize it. The three eastern provinces are vast and sparsely populated. If so,

If one can increase the number of people to reclaim wasteland, it will increase a lot of taxes and prevent Japan and Russia from ambitions. This is a big thing and it has to be done, and it must be done!"

Song Biao also clapped his hands and said, "You're right."

He felt very happy, and he would probably be very happy to work with Yinchang. He would never fight to the death like before. Moreover, Yinchang is more familiar with the new policy and Western learning, so there must be a certain standard for handling the new policy.

Even so, Song Biao was not in a hurry to take out the "Five-Year Development Plan for the New Policies of the Three East Provinces" he wrote for Yinchang to read, because after reading it, Yinchang would definitely feel that this new policy costs too much money, and the new policy of the Three East Provinces

Song Biao doesn’t want to reveal too much about where the wealth comes from.

In other words, Song Biao himself was not very sure about this.

Song Biao thought of another thing, so he took a telegram from the Ministry of War from the telegram book on his desk to Yinchang and said, "You are here just right. The Military Affairs Office sent me the news from the Ministry of War yesterday.

A telegram asked me to supervise the new army in the three eastern provinces and four towns to train. It was a good thing. If you think about it carefully, it may not be necessary."

Yinchang is very clear about the ins and outs of this matter. The Qing government plans to supervise the 36 new army towns, the six new army towns in Zhili, and the three eastern provinces and four towns. The Military Affairs Office intends to control the scale and organization of the Northeast New Army in the four towns.

Internally, avoid the situation where the Northeast New Army blindly expands to an irresponsible situation.

He finished reading the telegram first, and then he sighed to Song Biao very seriously: "With the ability of the Governor, it is easy to supervise and train new recruits in the three northeastern provinces, but the three northeastern provinces are surrounded by the land.

Facing a powerful country like Russia, not to mention four towns, even the new army in ten towns may not be able to stop it.”

After thinking for a moment, Yinchang asked Song Biao again: "The Governor thought it was appropriate to train a few towns. Even if you say that I will report to the court, I will never make things difficult for you."

Song Biao thought for a while and said, "I'm not satisfied with the four towns for the time being, let's talk about it in a few years. In the past few years, Lord Yinchang has asked me to be a man with my tail. Don't provoke Russia too much. As for Japan, I'll occasionally attack you.

Just have a moment of aura.”

Yinchang nodded and said, "What the lord said is very true. I came here this time to lie on firewood and taste gall with you."

After a pause, he said again: "When talking about the new army, Xu Shangshu still has some things to say, but he didn't dare to say it directly. He heard that the adults had a lot of surplus in their hands, and it happened that the Ministry of War purchased weapons from outside.

I was frustrated and wanted to buy extra firearms from adults."

Song Biao said Oh, saying, "You're too late. I originally had 200,000 rifles. I made a deal with Japan a few months ago and sold half of them back to Japan. I only kept them myself.

Sixty thousand Mosinnagan rifles, and there are also 40,000 Murata 22-year-old 8mm caliber rifles for preparatory firearms, and another 20,000 Murata 22-year-old rifles are used in the patrol battalions and police stations of the three provinces. There is indeed not much.

There is a gun."

No one can tell how many rifles he has.

Yinchang was skeptical, but he couldn't say anything else, so he said, "This is quite difficult. The court is buying guns everywhere, and countries are unwilling to sell them. The self-made rifles are not satisfactory, which really makes people wonder if they should be.

What should I do?"

Song Biao said: "I sold 110,000 Japanese 30-year-old gold hook rifles to Japan. It's not OK to sell them. The caliber of the thing is 6.5 mm, the only one in the world. In addition, Sweden has 6.5 mm hair

The two types of bullets in the ser rifle are different and not universal. So I can only sell them and replace them with Murata's 22-year-old ammunition. Let's go through the new policy, and the Northeast military factory must be built, so I can't build a gun.

, How can I protect myself? I have already talked to the French about this. They had a military factory to manufacture the Mosin Nagan rifle for Russia. Now Russia can build it on its own and don't buy them.

The Mosin Nagan rifle was built, and I wanted to transfer this batch of equipment, but the price was not yet negotiated."

Yinchang immediately said enthusiastically: "If I can buy it, it will definitely be better."

Seeing Yinchang so eager, Song Biao sighed in his heart. They were both members of the Chinese people, and they all had the same feelings in their hearts, right? Even if the other party was Manchu and he was a Han Chinese, he was actually here.

The idea above all points is the same, China must have its own arsenal.

Song Biao and Yinchang have been talking for a long time this day, and the more they talk, the more they become more and more speculative. Before that, Song Biao had indeed underestimated the Manchu general who was in Germany. Now he feels better, so the two of them are simply in Song Biao.

Talked in the office all day.

They talked about many topics, including training military, railways, and reclaiming wastelands. The two talked deeply about the new policies of the three northeastern provinces, especially when they were given priority to learning from Germany, appropriate immigration, and foreign skilled workers were allowed.

Teachers and engineers who enter the three northeastern provinces to find employment are almost the same.

The two hit it off. I had never met someone who could talk so much before. As for the construction of the new army, Song Biao deliberately did not talk too much, and he talked a little bit roughly. Yinchang also fully supported him, and even

Use foreign military uniforms, teachings, and etiquette.

When it comes to dawn, Yinchang, who had been on the train for a few days, was already very tired and went back to the guesthouse to rest early in the evening.

After sending Yinchang away, Song Biao smoked alone in the office, thinking about Yinchang.

He thought Yinchang was a good man, no wonder he later resigned from the Beiyang government and went to restore the army, and became the commander of the guard for Puyi, and he was able to serve as the chief of staff in the Beiyang Army.

The key is that people are really good.

Everyone can understand him.

As for Yinchang's various ineffectiveness in leading the Beiyang Army to fight Wuchang, it is better to say that Yinchang is incompetent than to make trouble under the Beiyang Army. Of course, Yinchang lacks the experience of actually commanding the army, and his ability and prestige are also facts.

Song Biao was also in chaos when he commanded more than 40,000 New Manchurian Infantry Army, but he had more than a month of training and transition, and Brusilov, Martos and others helped him.

Majors at all levels are also very friendly and respectful to him.

After surviving the Battle of Liaoyang, generals at all levels were old subordinates and respected him extremely well. He was more comfortable in commanding, not to mention that there were two staff officers working together to deal with various matters. If Colonel Brusilov had not been to cooperate at that time

Song Biao sent others instead and refused to cooperate with Song Biao. How could Song Biao never win the Battle of Liaoyang?

So, human luck is sometimes very important!~!
Chapter completed!