This year's New Northeast Army will definitely have a very good winter and Spring Festival, because it has been preparing since July. In the idle wastelands in various places, Song Biao mobilized soldiers to do it themselves, have enough food and clothing, and planted more than 600 radishes from the mainland.

Carrots and cabbage are both vegetables that can survive the winter and are easy to store. For this reason, more than 400 cellars were built. Each company and its own platoon started construction and stockpiled up all the vegetables that the company had to eat in the winter.

With bean paste, chili sauce, spicy and sour vegetables, dried radish and various cured meats, sausages, and salted duck eggs, there will definitely be a good meal this winter.

There is no shortage of vegetables, and there is even less food. The flour has been stocked up at a scale of 40 kilograms per person, while the sorghum rice is 4 million kilograms. With the inventory of rice, corn and potatoes, the grain can be

It will last until April next year.

From April to July, Song Biao had to buy a batch of American grain, and then buy another year of Huguang grain and Zhili wheat. Then, the new Northeast Army only needs to buy local grain. The impact of the Russo-Japanese War will be next year

It will fade and there will still be a large balance of food.

Song Biao went to the logistics department for inspection and it should be said that the reserves in all aspects are good. At least compared with the new troops in the pass, his life here is very prosperous, after all, he is rich.

Wealth does not mean we will spend money indiscriminately. In order to save expenses, the Logistics Department plans to set up a textile factory in the Dongling Military Department to modify the spoils such as Japanese and Russian military uniforms, quilts, bed sheets, and what Russia doesn't want.

Second-hand goods, change them, wash them, and re-color them, dye them, and basically they are a new piece of clothing. Especially the cotton wool in Japanese winter clothes is very good. They are all imported American cotton.

Jiang Fangzhen did some calculations and only needed 400,000 silver dollars to run a military textile factory, employed hundreds of workers, and bought twenty equipment. The money saved was a lot, and basically the original reserve materials were reasonable.

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Song Biao arranged for Pan Sichi, who had previously served as a member of the Shanghai official textile factory, to be responsible for the matter for the time being, and promised to give Pan Sichi a contract management clause. If this matter is really done well, I dare not say much. The Northeast New Army has been in three years.

There is no need to waste any money on cotton, fabric, or military uniforms.

With ideology, you can make him loyal to his faith and have a court. You can make him loyal to the court. If you have nothing, you can only make him loyal to the market economy.

After inspecting the Logistics Department, Song Biao went to the Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School to check the translation and printing of textbooks. These tasks were specially responsible for the school's textbook department, and bought three old printing equipment, which were previously used machines from a printing factory in Shanghai.

, it is still useful if you can barely make up your work. Anyway, the number of books in the non-commissioned officer school is not large. The largest number of soldiers' training manuals is only 10,000.

In the Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Song Biao advocated that five books are a must-read for students, namely "Xunzi", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Suvorov's Military Collection", "About War", and "Introduction to the Art of War". He not only first

New students are required to read "Xunzi" first. They also regard "Raise the wise and respect the king, value the law and love the people and dominate" as the school motto. Students are required to "first establish themselves, then establish an army, and then strengthen the country."

Song Biao's bizarre request made the Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School have a very unique side from the first day of its establishment.

The Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School has a special national politics course, which tells about Chinese classical philosophy, Western philosophy, Western modern enlightenment thought, Chinese history, general history of the world, and the history of the development of modern nationalism. The first lesson of the national politics course is "Xunzi", which also sets up the first lesson.

There are teaching courses for "Theory of New China".

Because more than half of the textbooks are translated directly from Japanese textbooks, the school has also hired more than a dozen professional Japanese translators to ensure accurate translation. In addition, the textbooks from the Russian University of Science and Technology

Direct translation in China.

The progress of the first training class and the academic-based class is too tight. Many times the textbooks will be used tomorrow. Today, the printing is temporarily added. Sometimes there is not even the textbook. You can only write on the blackboard, or translate the teacher according to the Russian instructor.

The requirements are temporary interpretation and students copy on-site.

In this tense and arduous environment, the teaching situation of the first training class and the academic-based class is acceptable. Although the general problem for students is that their basic level is too poor, at least more than half of them can adapt.

This intense learning rhythm.

During this stage, Song Biao recruited more than 45 non-commissioned officers from the Jinwu School of Japan and the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, accounting for almost 13 of the total graduates. Even the well-known non-commissioned officers such as Chen Qicai and Fu Liangzuo were also famous.

He arrived at the Northeast New Army to serve at the invitation. If he still said that his troops lacked talents, Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong would only be said to be lacking as ghost lovers.

Song Biao's Far East Non-commissioned Officer School has 72 Russian military instructors, half of which are senior instructors, and their teaching skills are very good. In addition, there are 27 part-time instructors, more than 120 other faculty members and translators, and they open the stage and cannons.

Four major disciplines: reconnaissance, intelligence, drawing, communication, military industry, logistics, and military medicine. Four different teaching modes are implemented: crash course, further training class, study class, and special training class, with a total scale

It has surpassed the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School and is the largest Army Non-commissioned Officer School in Asia.

In the words of Vice President Alexeyevich Brusilov, the teaching level of the Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School is actually better than the best Moscow Infantry Non-commissioned Officer School in Russia. The only difference lies in the basic qualities of the students themselves.

In the Far East Lu Shi, Song Biao checked the textbooks and recent exams, as well as the instructor's ratings of each class's quiz, and his heart was generally stable. Although many problems were exposed, he could at least continue a virtuous cycle. Regarding the students themselves

Regarding the problem of insufficient quality, he considered to set up a preparatory school to learn quality courses in advance, especially basic parts such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, foreign languages, philosophy, and history.

It just so happened that Chen Qicai was in charge of the teaching materials office in the school. Song Biao talked with him and asked Chen Qicai to build a Far East non-commissioned officer preparatory school, recruit students as soon as possible, arrange enough teachers, and select Far East non-commissioned officers with the probability of promotion of two choices.

Non-commissioned officers at the school.

This surprised Chen Qicai. Although he was one of the first non-commissioned officers to study in Japan, he had served as an instructor for a long time like Jiang Yanxing. He only joined the New Northeast Army for a month and a half, and only took over Jiang Fangzhen to manage the affairs of the teaching materials office alone.

, I really didn't expect to be reused so soon.

Actually, there was nothing to be surprised. Chen Qicai did not continue to work in the army later. He was also the kind of person who was stronger than practice. In the end, he became a banker. His brother Chen Qimei and his two nephews Chen Lifu

Chen Guofu is truly famous.

At least during his study at the Japanese non-commissioned officers' school, Chen Qicai's military academy scores have always been outstanding, far exceeding the more than 40 people in the same batch.

After inspecting the progress of the work at the Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the Logistics Office, Song Biao returned to the guesthouse to invite Tang Shaoyi and Yinchang, and also talked about the railways in the three eastern provinces during the meal.

The railways in the three eastern provinces were basically decided by Song Biao alone. But Yinchang and the other two governors definitely did not dare to object, and the Qing government did not have the courage to object rashly, although everyone knows that the Far East Commercial Bank is Song Biao's.

Private industry, and since Far East Railway Corporation was founded by Far East Commercial Bank, it is obvious that Song Biao wants to continue to control the privileges of railway management outside the coal and iron franchise, and manage the most profitable transactions in the Northeast.

Just handle it.

Now the Qing government is not afraid of Song Biao's love for money, but he is afraid of not.

Although she had only talked a few times occasionally, Song Biao went to the Liaodong Peninsula and stopped making any notices. She suddenly expanded the matter, and Yinchang did not dare to complain. She just claimed that she was good and was willing to cooperate with Song Biao to make this happen.

If the matter is done well, more railways will be opened in the three northeastern provinces.

After sending Yinchang and Tang Shaoyi away from the military headquarters, there was still some time at noon. Song Biao went to the faculty and staff dormitory area of ​​the Far East Army Non-commissioned Officer School to find Shu Gaoli, with the rise of every strong man. There are always some special families in

This is how the Ningbo Shu family rose up in this process.

In the 30th year of Daoguang, Shu Gaoli's father Shu Kaifu went to Shanghai to make a living with his hometown and worked in a foreign company. His three sons were all studying in an American church school. His eldest son Shu Gaoquan served as comprador at the American Qichang Foreign Company. Shu Gaoli and his younger brother Shu Gaoyou were awarded the results.

Excellent, he was taken back to the United States by American teachers to study. Both of them studied medicine. After that, they continued to study at the seminary and returned to China as a doctorate in theology in 1873.

After returning to China, Shu Gaoyou taught at the Seminary and Medical School of St. John's University in Shanghai. Shu Gaoli was hired as a technician and physician by Li Hongzhang's Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. Since then, he has been a student at the Shanghai Tongwenguan as a teacher, translator, and manufacturing in Jiangnan.

He has been in the Translation Museum for 30 years. The books he translated ranks first among Chinese translations, with the largest number, especially medicine and mineral science. He is the first person to translate Western medicine in China.

Shu Gaoli married three wives, with a total of 12 sons and 2 daughters. His eldest son Shu Fangren is a doctor of medicine from the School of Medicine of Apurdian University in the United Kingdom. He previously opened a private hospital in Hong Kong and is now the director of military medical teaching at the Far East Non-commissioned Officer School and the New Army of the Northeast

Director of the affiliated hospital.

The second son Shu Fangxin and the third son Shu Fangjin graduated from the Western Discipline of Peiya Academy, the predecessor of St. John's University in Shanghai. The latter went to Japan to study with Shu Fangde. After Shu Fangde was reused by Song Biao, Shu Fangxin was invited to go to the Far East Business Bank.

Working, Shu Fangjin continued to study and inspect the United States with the support of Far East Commercial Bank.

Because Shu Fangren and Shu Fangde both serve in Far East Non-commissioned Officer School, Song Biao specially arranged a large yard to accommodate their family in the school’s faculty and staff dormitory area. This yard is also the office of Shu Gaoli to prepare for Far East Printing and Bookmarking.

After the weather became warmer, Song Biao planned to rebuild a Far East Printing and Bookstore factory in the Bajiazi area.

The iron gate of the Shu family compound was open. It was still outside the door. Song Biao heard a young woman humming the melody of an English song. There were several women beside her whispering to the idle things.

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The young woman's voice was very pleasant, and the song was filled with a faint sadness and endless thoughts, and a slight intimacy and call.

Song Biao listened with a moment of ears, and was very strangely interested. He had some strange fantasies about the young girl who was singing. When he walked in through the iron gate, he looked up and found that it was Shu Gaoli's eldest wife, Mrs. Sheng and two.

My daughter-in-law was talking in the yard. A 10-year-old black-haired girl stood in the yard to dry freshly washed clothes. She was wearing a very warm gray-blue tweed military coat lined with cotton coat, taking care of herself.

He hummed himself and looked quite intoxicated.

When Shu Gaoli came here with his wife, Song Biao personally took the car, and Mrs. Sheng naturally recognized him. Suddenly, she saw Song Biao walking in silently, she was stunned for a moment before she woke up, and hurriedly used Song Biao to do so.

The Ningbo words that I couldn't understand were shouting: "Oh, his father. Governor Song is here, come out quickly, come out quickly."

After shouting this, Mrs. Sheng hurriedly took her two daughters-in-law forward and bowed to see Song Biao, the governor of the three eastern provinces. When they all squatted down to greet her, the young and beautiful girl in military uniforms.

He turned his face to look at Song Biao, looked at Song Biao curiously for a while, and then turned to pay homage.

Song Biao has always been in a strict military uniform. He was wearing a black and blue high-end general woolen coat and inlaid with diamonds, which symbolized power and nobility. The Saint George's saber was shining with golden light, flowing with the brilliant brilliance of frosted gold. The black deerskin tall tube

Military boots are spotless and shiny.

A month ago, Song Biao had just met a very special mixed-race beauty with a charm of Jiangnan. At this time, he saw a real Suhang beauty, as graceful as Xi Shi. His cheeks were rosy and pretty, and his black eyes were flashing.

It has a moving luster and graceful appearance, as if it is as quiet and elegant as Xizi Lake. It has a more special charm against the backdrop of military uniforms.

There are always countless beauties in this world, and everyone prefers differently. And Song Biao just likes the one in front of him, both a beauties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He has the graceful and pure water towns in Jiangnan and the elegance of a scholarly family.

Quiet and wearing military uniforms, he can sing that faint English song full of nostalgia and sentimentality.

The graceful and pure Jiangnan girl was wearing a military uniform and woolen coat of the new army and sang moist and cheerful English songs. How come she has a unique feeling of combining things and integrating the military and civilians.

Song Biao liked this feeling very much, which made him think of the art troupe he wanted. It might be more perfect if she was humming familiar folk songs just now.

At this time, Shu Gaoli had already walked out of the room with his eldest son Shu Fangren. When they saw Song Biao, they went up to bow to see that Shu Gaoli was already over 60 years old, wearing a black satin embroidered silk

Tuan Jin's long robe, mandarin jacket, cotton coat, gray hair, some old spots on her face, and a thin figure.

Song Biao nodded with a serious expression and squeezed out a smile on his cold face, saying, "Mr. Shu, are you still used to living here these days?"

Shu Gaoli clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Although the three eastern provinces are much colder than Shanghai, thanks to the love and care of the Governor, he arranged a place for me to live with heating and a large kang, and it was very comfortable to live."

Song Biao said: "That's good. You are always a distinguished guest I invited to enlighten the wisdom of the people of the three provinces. The new policy depends on the Far East Printing and Northeast Daily you sponsored. If you can't take good care of you, I'm sorry.

The people in three respects were already here. I should have come to talk to you about the book printing and daily news, but I was busy with official business. I had been dealing with ministers from various countries a few days ago. Once I came back this morning, I had more things to do here. We

I can only talk a few times at noon!”

Shu Gaoli sighed: "As the governor of the three provinces, General Song is deeply relied on by the court, and his official duties are naturally heavy. I understand. The Governor just returned to Fengtian, so I eagerly took time to visit my humble house. I naturally knew that the adults had a good reputation for printing books.
To be continued...