Song Biao has always been a very gambler. As long as he decides to go and do his best, he will do his best. However, the fact that investment in securities is not his style. After careful measurement, he decided to only take it out from the United States.

The 7 million pounds borrowed were used to invest in rubber futures and securities, and the remaining working capital continued to stay at Far East Commercial Bank to invest in industries in the three eastern provinces.

Because the Far East Consortium is the economic leader of the three northeastern provinces, if the Far East Consortium stops investment in the three northeastern provinces, it will have a significant impact on the economy of the three northeastern provinces.

Even so, as long as the rubber market this year is really hot, the money earned from investment in one year is enough for Song Biao to fight a national war, and there is no need to borrow money from foreign countries to fight a civil war, so as not to be blackmailed by various countries.

It costs money to buy cannons and bullets. When you start a war, you will buy arms with others. Even if you double the price and sell it to you, it will be considered a favor for you.

Having said that, although the Northeast New Army is so strong, if you really want to lead it to fight all over the country, you will have to hold at least 20 million pounds of arms in the warehouse to prepare. The Northeast New Army has many cannons and machine guns. As long as the war begins, then

The guns were shot after shot, and the silver bills of snowflakes were shot out one after another.

If the civil war is halfway through, and you have no capital turnover, and you will borrow money from foreign countries to fight a civil war, what you have to pay at that time will not be as simple as real money and silver. What you pay must be national sovereignty.

There is an old saying among Chinese people that slaps people in the face without slapping people. The European and American powers are different. These beasts like to do slap things in the face. They have to practice China to appear that Europe and the United States are a country of civilization, and China is the representative of ignorance.

To say something uncivilized. When we Chinese talk about civilized etiquette, what are you Anglo-Saxons?

Song Biao really planned to teach these European and American powers, the three American giants, the old European chaebols and the newly-exploded Japanese a lesson. He would rather take a gamble than borrow money from these grandchildren to fight a civil war and wait for him.

Sweep the whole country and settle accounts with these grandchildren after they are ready.

...

Song Biao inspected Jinzhou for a week and discussed with Zhang Bishi about investing in the rubber industry in Hainan Province. Now, because the market is the best years, investing in rubber plantations is not a good time. After discussing with Zhang Bishi, Song Biao decided to

First, we will establish an Hainan rubber company in Hainan Province to explore experience and cultivate talents. Let’s wait a few years to see the market before making further plans.

Zhang Bishi's rubber plantations in Indonesia generally hire Chinese workers. From planting to cutting rubber, drying rubber, and exporting the entire industry, Chinese workers are responsible for accounting. Only in the busiest months will they hire Indonesian workers from the local area.

As long as there are help from Nanyang Chinese merchants, China will not lack people and experience in the rubber industry. The key is to look at the overall output of Hainan Island.

As for what Zhang Bishi said about continuing to invest in the domestic textile industry, Song Biao suggested delaying for two years. Now is definitely not the best time period. If it is investing in the second half of 1908, it will be officially produced on a large scale in two years.

It happened to be a financial turmoil and war, and the factory was destined to suffer a big loss. It is unlikely to defeat the Japanese textile industry now. After all, the tariffs are very low, and the eight major Japanese textile companies began to flock to China to invest and set up factories.

Song Biao's news is more informative than Zhang Bishi. As far as he knows, the three internal and external cotton, Osaka and Zhong Yuan, among the eight major textile companies in Japan, have decided to invest in factories in Jinzhou and Jinzhou, and are recently sending people to negotiate cooperation with Far East Trading Bank.

In addition, the gap between China and Japan is still very obvious, including marketing, pattern design, production management, talents, dyes and other aspects in the textile industry, and these problems will not be solved within two or three years.

Song Biao's overall judgment on the Sino-Japanese economic and trade war is that there will be no results in the year within 30 or 50, and he is not in a hurry to make efforts now.

...

After inspecting the First Cavalry Brigade stationed in Jinzhou, Song Biao continued to visit the Liaoxi Military and Pastoral Bureau and the Second Cavalry Brigade. He then returned to Fengtian Prefecture. The matter was already very nervous between the capital and the Governor's Office of the Three East Provinces.

It's right.

Cixi deliberately asked the Military Affairs Office to discuss the establishment of a vassal with the ministers of the capital. She also acted very sincerely. To put it bluntly, there are two purposes: one is to impeach Song Biao and slander Song Biao; the other is to

Forced Song Biao to submit himself, beg the Qing court to confess his guilt, and expressed his loyalty.

People cannot be trustless. Since you have expressed your loyalty to the court and the people under the national attention, it will be less authentic to rebel in the future. Everyone knows that you are a treacherous villain.

Although Song Biao is not a political expert, he knows very well what tricks Cixi and the Qing royal family were playing. He will never stop doing things, and will not show his loyalty to the court, and will not be a gentleman. He will see Cixi's plan.

How to end?

All the civil and military ministers and "traditional intellectuals" across the country were impeaching him, scolding him like shit, and his reputation had long been as bad as a bucket of dung. What was the Qing Dynasty going to do? Removing him from the position of governor of the three eastern provinces

?

Song Biao was not going to Jinzhou and Fuzhou for no reason. He inspected two cavalry brigades and arranged for two cavalry brigades to hold new temporary exercises in the near future. He just wanted to tell the Qing government not to mess with him.

This man has always spoken with strength.

When Song Biao returned to the Governor's Office of the Three East Provinces, it was already mid-January 1908, and the Chinese New Year was still 15 days away. It was the coldest period in the three East Provinces. There was a low temperature of minus ten degrees Celsius outside every day.

The heavy snow these days have made the entire Fengtian City covered with silver makeup and the snow is boundless, as if it is the purest and beautiful new world in this world, far away from the noise and filth in the capital and the pass.

It was noon when he returned to the military headquarters in the eastern suburbs of Fengtian City. Song Biao took the train all the way. After getting off the bus, he went directly to his dormitory to rest. His dormitory was a closed yard, and Jiang Fangzhen lived on the east side.

The Shu family lives on the west side. The yard is similar in specifications and adopts a design style that combines Chinese and Western styles. It has both small villas and surrounding yards.

Song Biao's building has a slightly more than half of the specifications because the internal duty of the guard battalion is arranged to be responsible for the security work.

Because his residence is only a few hundred meters away from the Governor's Mansion, sometimes if he is not very busy, he will not go to the Governor's Mansion to work, but will look in his study to think about some small problems, and need to be processed and reviewed.

At that time, the Secretariat and the Secretariat will send special personnel to report.

Song Biao slept until the evening before he woke up. Shu Fangde and Yuan Jinkai had been waiting in his living room, waiting from 3:00 pm until now.

Although they were all closest relatives around them, Song Biao was still dressed neatly and went to see them after washing up. When he arrived at the living room, he saw them restlessly discussing things together.

Yuan Jinkai is now very proud. He has become a big shot in the three eastern provinces, wearing a blue-black silk satin marten velvet thick coat. The three eastern provinces produce tussah silk. The silk is thick and bright, just

It is difficult to use color, and foreign dyes are not effective, so only earth dyes can be used.

Because he was too close to the new army, Yuan Jinkai also changed to smoking Tieting cigarettes specially provided by the army. He was smoking with Shu Fangde in a boring manner, lowering his head in a frown and whispering to discuss things on the sofa.

As soon as Song Biao came in, Shu Fangde immediately stood up to salute him when he saw him. Yuan Jinkai hurriedly pinched his cigarette and bowed.

Song Biaoting looked at them indifferently and asked, "What's the matter? Are you so anxious to come over?"

Shu Fangde said: "Military throne is just the matter of the imperial court establishing vassals!"

Song Biao said indifferently, and ordered Zhang Futian, who was accompanying him: "Let the serviceman go with a shredded pork noodles, a whole plate of salted duck eggs and half a pound of soju wine. I will entertain them for a simple meal!"

Zhang Futian respectfully bowed his head and said yes. Then he turned around and went out to instruct others to do things.

Song Biao still has high requirements for the people around him. Li Fugui has always been in the reconnaissance camp directly under the military headquarters. Li Dayun is not serious, and he is a big naive person. To be honest, he is too stupid. I remember when I got together from Erlang Cave.

The brothers who came out are still in the army now, and others, such as Sun Shiyong and others, were sent to serve as directors of the police department after participating in the crash course of Far East Lushi. They managed police and militia work in the local area.

Lao Jintou has been in the guesthouse now, and Lao Guotou is in charge of other people's business in Yufeng. In addition to Zhao Tingzhu, Zhang Yahu, and Yang Tiesheng, three real-time confidants, Zhang Futian, who has been staying in the Lu Shi training class after graduating from Lu Shi's training class.

Song Biao was the battalion commander of the guard battalion.

As for the guard battalion around Song Biao, they are still using brothers from the Hunjiang area to this day, and the equipment is very good. The first batch of Mauser sniper rifles imported from the German DWM company are preferred to be installed inside the guard battalion.

There are indeed many sharpshooters.

After instructing Zhang Futian to go out for business, Song Biao sat at his desk and sorted out the documents on the desk a little. Then he asked Shu Fangde and Yuan Jinkai: "Have you had a more serious quarrel recently?"

Yuan Jinkai sighed: "Governor, you are really sitting on the crater and you are not in a hurry. The memorials from the capital that impeach you are as many as small hills. The Military Affairs Office also sent someone to send them to you for your review.

Ask you what your approval comments are!"

Song Biao sarcastically said: "What can I have? The matter of establishing a vassal is not something I have done. They just want to force me to submit to their own tricks. I won't express my opinion. If they want to remove me, then

Let me withdraw, I have no attitude at all. At worst, I can just come and clear the emperor. The court is full of corrupt officials and bastards, so I have to clean up!”

"this……!"

Yuan Jinkai didn't know how to answer for a moment. He was a shrewd man. He first realized that the Qing government wanted to force Song Biao to show his loyalty, but he had no intention of establishing a vassal for Song Biao.

Shu Fangde said: "Military, I think since we don't want to express our opinions, we should be tougher. We should directly transfer the main force of the troops to Jinzhou to deploy defenses, and just find a reason to fight the bandits. We will leave the rest of the troubles.

Let the Qing government weigh it for itself.”

Song Biao nodded slightly and said, "It's a coincidence that Cai E just came back, and Zhuzi happened to go to the Russian Staff Academy to study. After so many years, he has not given Yang Tiesheng any chance. He asked him to take the Sixth Infantry Brigade to the next level.

An Infantry Brigade was exercising in Chaoyang County, and later stationed in Jinzhou to wait for my order. The inventory of ammunition was transported to Jinzhou in batches. Each army did not need martial law. The matter of cutting braids was done faster. In addition, the two secretariats were used.

Tian prepared an editorial manuscript to be published in the Northeast Daily, mainly talking about the welfare of the people, gradually increasing the income of the people in the three eastern provinces, and working in two major directions. Agriculture should reduce agricultural taxes and industry should increase the minimum wage clause.

In addition, we must have fixed holidays so that the people can live and work better. For the Governor's Office of the three northeastern provinces, our long-term goal is to double the average income of the people within ten years, and now we earn more than ten silver dollars a month

, I should be able to earn twenty silver dollars in the next month. If I can’t achieve this goal, I will not leave the three northeastern provinces. This time I will directly post an editorial in my name."

Yuan Jinkai thought about it for a while and felt that this idea was ingenious, but it seemed that it could not solve the problem.

Song Biao thought about it for a while and continued, "Just publish a series of editorial reviews, people's livelihood, welfare, economy, industry, commerce, railways, water conservancy, agriculture, and education, as the future of the entire three northeastern provinces

Five-year and ten-year long-term development plan, and my commitment as the governor of the three northeastern provinces. In short, it is just a matter of saying that no matter how hard it is within the Guandong, our Guandong must be stable. As long as we are stable, we can do whatever we want within the Guandong and the Qing government.

It was a mess, and the new Northeast Army was here, so they didn't dare to do anything to us. If they were really in a hurry, they directly ordered the three provinces to become independent in the name of the Governor's Office of the Three East Provinces."

Yuan Jinkai then understood Song Biao's full intention and immediately said, "I understand the meaning of the Governor, so I will go back and handle it immediately, and strive to be on the first page from tomorrow."

Song Biao signaled him not to hurry and said, "Let's go after dinner. It's not big fish or meat anyway. Have a bowl of noodles with me, and the three of them will split half a bottle of soju."

Shu Fangde smiled and said, "Military Commander Yuan has a huge amount, half a pound is not enough for him to drink alone!"

Of course, Song Biao knew that Yuan Jinkai had a huge amount and a pound of white wine was very easy, but he reminded Yuan Jinkai: "Drinke less in the future, drink less wine to warm your body and promote blood circulation. Drink too much will hurt your liver. You can do big things with me in the future.

It’s been a long time, so be careful to take care of yourself and don’t wait until you’re sick before taking care of your health.”

Yuan Jinkai was grateful and said silently: "I will remember the teachings of my elders after my humble position."

This period happened to be a special stage of the restructuring of the New Army in Northeast China. Six infantry brigades, two artillery brigades, and three cavalry brigades have all been formed. After the original logistics regiment was split and most of the brigades were lowered, the military headquarters still planned to

In addition, the First Guard Brigade, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, the First Baglider Brigade, the First Engineering Brigade, and the Third Artillery Brigade are built as the military force of the headquarters. The First Guard Brigade has a command regiment, a security regiment, a reconnaissance regiment, and a baggage regiment.

Most people support this proposal, the problem is that they spend too much money. Previously, the expansion of each regiment into a brigade was a lot of money, and the subsequent expansion of the division will not be small.

The military expenditure of the Northeast New Army is not unlimited. Currently, the military pay transferred from the Governor's Office every year includes two parts, one part is the public 11.25 million silver dollars, and the other part is the coal and other mining taxes, which is about 1.5 times the former, but only

The military soldiers' pay and silver expenses have reached 15.7 million silver dollars. With daily training funds and huge amounts of military equipment purchases, they were forced to borrow 20 million silver dollars from various banks at the beginning of last year.

Before there is no new tax account, we can only rely on military debts to support it at this stage.

Therefore, Song Biao must continue to invest in the oil industry abroad and the rubber industry outside the Far East Commercial Bank, especially in rubber futures and securities. He must make a gamble, otherwise he will only rely entirely on the Far East Commercial Bank every year

Profits to support the troops.

As for the annual expenditure of the New Army in the Northeast, the Qing government certainly did not know about this, and Yinchang did not know the details.

Due to limited military expenditure, there is some internal dispute over the new method of reform and expansion. It has not been finalized yet. Song Biao went out for half a month to inspect. When he came back, he first asked Shu Fangde about the results of the recent discussion and the support attitudes of various troops.
Chapter completed!