Chapter 281 How to deal with North Korea and the Qing Dynasty

Dalian Bay in July has long been the most lively season for cicadas and insects to sing. It is said fiercely, and countless figures are dotted among them, noisy and busy.

After nearly a year of expansion, this important port in the north has begun to appear in scale. At the same time, the small city that relies on the port has also grown little by little in the busy shipping.

With the emergence of a home processing workshop, the booming fishing and seafood processing industry has grown, and all kinds of small factories are endless, but this is not the main reason why Li Mo quietly came here to inspect.

On the dock, a fleet arriving from Honolulu through the Ogasawara Islands was slowly landing. Hundreds of soldiers with live ammunition rushed up to protect it. This is a huge fleet of 12 large cargo ships loaded with all kinds of airships to build machinery and materials. They will be in the gold opposite Dalian Bay. State Bay settled down.

After the airship was exposed to everyone's eyes, its confidentiality has been reduced a lot, so as early as Li Mo decided to sell to make money, the State Council had found a new home for them in Dalian, and also used the profits of this sale to expand the construction scale.

Although the future is the world of aircraft, even if the aircraft is developed immediately, it will take a long time to be put into practice. Therefore, the large load and long range of the airship are still very valuable in a short time. Even the navy has placed orders for up to 24 small reconnaissance airships for fleet reconnaissance. , and traffic and patrols in Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

After hearing that the airship can be converted into special transportation personnel, Li Enfu has also purchased five manned models in the name of political axe to be used for personnel exchanges in the three northeastern provinces to temporarily alleviate the traffic problems caused by roads.

In addition to the new airship manufacturing factory, hundreds of factories such as steam turbine factory, boiler factory, steel factory, power plant, cement factory, and larger automobile factory are being settled and accelerated in all three provinces, and Yingkou will also build a large refinery for the first time.

In addition to various factories, Tang Xiao's equipment department and arsenal are also accelerating the transfer. For example, the firearms and bullet factories have taken the lead in trial production in Haicheng, and the naval gun and ammunition factories in Ryukyu have also selected addresses. As long as the factory is built, the machinery and equipment can be transferred to the investment immediately. Production.

More than 50,000 hard-won industrial factories have also shifted with this boom, and more young people who have just come out of the yellow land are receiving a variety of training, and they will gradually go to work in the next few years.

Although the new assembly line production method has been popularized, which has greatly improved the efficiency of the factory and made it easier to train workers, many special positions still need professionals.

So at present, the biggest limitation is not resources and population, but education!

However, education cannot be done in a day or two, which requires the efforts of several generations. Although Li Mo has prepared to fund the construction of three universities in Dalian, Fengtian and Changchun at the same time in a private name, the university is not only as simple as having desks and textbooks, but also the lack of teachers makes the university concept very slow.

So at present, there are still thousands of foreign employees in technical positions. They have gone to various places and enjoy higher treatment than ordinary workers. At the same time, they are also contributing to the development of this time competition. Of course, there are still a pair of silent eyes staring silently behind them.

The huge northeast resources are being gradually transformed into various materials. Gold, tungsten, tears and other high-value metal ores from Canada, Australia, Chile, and the United States, as well as a frightening amount of iron, copper ingots and oil, and even the newly obtained Luzon resources are converging here little by little. I'm afraid there was no stop in the months of the previous war.

Li Mo took a deep breath. This place, like future generations, will become the most important heavy industry base in his hands, and will also become the biggest support for him to devote himself to that torrent in the future!

No one knows what kind of drastic changes the world will be because of his arrival, and he doesn't know whether the scale of the war will be larger after the gunfire more than ten years later. At this moment, all he can do is to reserve and re-reserve to lay a good foundation for the future.

Of course, the most important of these things is still the shipyard under construction on the west side of Dalian Bay.

Many people will wonder why Li Mo is so enthusiastic about the shipbuilding industry. When he first arrived in Oahu, he cost nearly a million pounds. Later, he robbed the Japanese shipbuilding equipment to build a larger Ryukyu shipyard, plus Guam and Taiwan. So far, there have been four shipyards, not to mention spending countless orders of machinery and equipment. There are no less than 30,000 workers sent abroad to study and recruit.

In addition to training workers, over the years, he has also sent international students to Europe and the United States through various means to learn advanced technology. At the same time, he also kept waving checks to buy patents and recruit talents.

This kind of money is even regarded as a flowery style. It has been laughed at by many people who know it, but with the surrender of the Duke's cannon, no one dares to say that he is stupid anymore.

The new generation of cruisers represented by the Jinghai class has become the object of imitation research by various countries. Since its emergence, at least four or five countries have requested to board the ship for investigation, but they have all been rejected.

This is an era of oceans. From the era of great navigation, this maritime competition has become more and more fierce. From sails to steam engines, from wood to armor, from old-fashioned rear-rears with a range of less than 1,000 meters, to new naval guns with a caliber of hundreds of millimeters and a weight of dozens of tons of amazing destructive power.

The era is constantly changing in the rumbling sound of gunfire.

This is the best era. If it hadn't been for returning to this year, Master Li would not have been able to exert his whole body skills, and this is also the worst era. As a Chinese, if you want to break into the world in this era, you need not only technology and money, but also countless people to throw their blood.

The British understand the importance of sea power, so they have built shipyards along the coastline. The United States also understand that the chimneys and docks on the east coast are a portrayal of it. Italy, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and even Russia are doing their best.

If you want to participate in this competition, let the world admit that you can't rely on the pen pole and the rifle in your hand. You must rely on naval guns, armor, and these huge steel bodies.

Ma Han used his pen and thoughts to kick off this soaring sea power competition. His fanatical followers, German Emperor Wilhelm II and his cousin Tsar Nicholas II, are hardcore naval admirers, especially the latter. After losing a war, no But instead of summarizing the lesson, the whole world purchased warships and shouted to completely bomb Hawaii.

Japan surrendered.

This country, which has participated in two world wars in history and relies on the rise of crazy gambling, has brought much damage to this continent in its memory, but aside from this feeling, you must admit that officially because they attach importance to sea power, the whole country has built ships to have the future generations, so that they can still be persistent after the defeat. Rise in the world.

When generations of the Republic of later generations persisted in breaking through the island chain, when outer [***] ships appear at your doorstep, people will know the meaning of the navy! Only when you go back to this era and participate in this competition will you understand how much regret the tragic, dark and even missing historical time has brought to this nation.

Yes.

There is no doubt that the huge land territory has bound the pace of the deep blue, because every ruler in charge of such a large land must consider the safety of the mainland, especially when there is a huge polar bear threat in the north, it is obviously unrealistic to give priority to the navy.

But it is different at this moment. Although the territory controlled by Li Mo is also vast, it is almost all within the scope of ships and guns. The three sparsely populated northeastern provinces and the temporarily blocked islands of Luzon have very rich and even eye-catching resources, which gives him the best opportunity to enrich the navy!

Walking in the shipyard area under construction, Li Mo even felt that it was too early to consider the Qing Dynasty at this moment. Once he really waved his army into the Qing Dynasty, the huge and complicated affairs would undoubtedly distract his enthusiasm and pursuit of the sea.

However, this matter has been considered for too long. The current priority is not to speed up the construction of the shipyard or continue to expand the navy, but to establish a perfect regime to manage the current territory as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Li Enfu and Tang Shaoyi were much more active than themselves in this matter. On the contrary, they took most of the work, especially the personnel structure, justice, etc., which were almost taken over by them. In addition to listening to reports and making suggestions every day, they became the biggest rice worm, so he took Chief of Staff Chen from a heavy burden. After the war, he pulled it out of his work and accompanied him to inspect the Dalian shipyard.

The most positive affirmation of the shipyard is the navy. Chen Ping was also born in the navy, so he immediately threw his work to Zhang Zuolin and others who shook their heads with a wry smile and joined the "inspection" list.

"I said Yuanshou, I didn't see you so happy when I went out in the morning?"

Master Li turned his head and stared at Chen Ping, who was learning about the progress of the shipyard from several engineers. This guy laughed when he hit the gate of the general ginseng, as if it was a happy event to come out today. Isn't it just a shipyard?!

How could Li Mo know that Chen Ping was almost bored to death these days. After Xixiang Congdao was officially appointed by the emperor, hundreds of thousands of troops were laying down their weapons. Because they had lost all their maritime transportation capacity, they had to rely on the help of the navy to transport all these weapons and ammunitions, although it was a solid wealth. Rich, but it can also be seen that Xixiang Congdao is indeed a very pragmatic guy who knows what to do at this moment.

The Japanese army stationed in Korea is also on the way to lay down its weapons and wait to return home. According to the agreement, it depends on the help of the navy to transport. In addition, it is still unstable. It is necessary to arrange daily maritime patrols, post-war ship maintenance, supplies, and Luzon Micronesia and Marshall Islands. Regular patrols, preparation for the construction of the Truk base and other matters need to be planned and adjusted.

And the army also needs to be adjusted. In addition to a regiment stationed in Incheon, the rest of the North Korean troops will also have to return to their respective defense zones. If it hadn't been for the excitement of Japan's defeat, it would have left him, the Chief of General Staff.

It is indeed very reasonable to agree that it is difficult to deal with the aftermath in the war, so taking advantage of the opportunity to accompany Li Mo to get some air, I finally relaxed. What's more, Dalian Shipyard and Huludao Shipyard, which are also under construction, will be the main shipbuilding bases in the future. Once all the construction is completed, the pressure on Honolulu and Ryukyu will be small. A lot.

"It's rare to come out. Young master, you are also in a good mood?" Chen Ping laughed and said with a smile, "Did the four young grandmothers in the family give you a headache?"

"Get out of here!"

Li Moxu kicked and took a long breath. Originally, it was time for him to prepare for the wedding, but the last time he proposed a monogamy, it was obviously a joke. His thoughts still stayed in the afterlife and did not turn back. At that time, everyone was stunned by this problem and did not think about Tang carefully. Shao Yi answered him.

Now that Li Mo remembered, he found that he had set up a big oolong after time travel, because marriage did not have much to do with the establishment of the constitution, not to mention what year is it now?

The end of the Qing Dynasty!

So it is still left to the future social progress. After women participate in work and improve their social status after reading and literacy, this kind of thing is not a big problem. Although China in the late Qing Dynasty did not lack population, if monogamy is implemented now, there is no doubt that women who rely on men to live and still belong to the state of servants are servants. A kind of harm is not conducive to protecting them.

Since it has been changed, the marriage is also ready to be pushed back. After all, this is the busiest time for everyone. There are a lot of things that he needs to make up his mind. In addition, it is hot, so he seems to be a little sorry to hide at home and marry a wife when he has nothing to do.

After the two made a few jokes, Li Mo finally turned to the point. After asking Chen Ping for a cigarette, he asked, "How's it going?"

"Xixiang is still quite sensable." Chen Ping took out matches, lit a cigarette for Li Mo and himself, and then continued, "After he formed the cabinet, except for the retention of Ito Hirofumi, an old diplomat, he was dismissed. Now he has used a large number of pragmatic officials who were suppressed by the radicals at the beginning of the reining, and in the name of the emperor, he ordered all the troops to put down their armed forces. While the soldiers were dismissed on the spot, they also proposed a new economic structure to vigorously develop agriculture and mulberry, relieve food pressure, and focus on the textile and printing and dyeing industries.

"Didn't he suffer resistance?"

"Why not!" Chen Ping replied, "It is said that there are many Japanese ronins who want to kill him at this stage. Fortunately, he used to be very influential in the navy. Now the appointed officials are also old subordinates, so they temporarily avoid danger. So yesterday, after we repaired the submarine cable from Japan to Ryukyu and North Korea, he immediately sent a telegram to the government. I hope we can provide some food help.

"And this guy is not a kind-hearted guy. Using the emperor's authorization as an excuse, he has arrested thousands of radical Japanese officers and ronin, exiled them to the Izu Islands to survive and die, and also has a large quota of 10,000 troops authorized. Some of them were left to the original naval soldiers.

"Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Japanese army are not willing to fight now. In addition, the Japanese emperor came forward in person, so most of them put down their weapons. Only a small number of radicals hid in the northern mountains with about five or six thousand people, saying that they would not admit defeat and would not recognize the New Deal Axe."

"But the young master, you can rest assured that the Hakodate has been cleaned up. At present, the second regiment of the Marine Corps is stationed there, and I have sent two destroyers and five gunboats to be stationed. They will block the Tsugaru Strait to prevent the Japanese army from entering the country."

Li Mo nodded. He was not worried that the remnants of this militarism could cross the Tsugaru Strait, but Xixiang was very surprised by him. This guy was simply pragmatic and terrible, but his biggest problem was that he did not know how to develop the economy at all, and he was afraid that the development of industry would provoke Li Mo's hostility. On the contrary, after competing for the export right of Japanese silk in the word negotiation of various countries, they embarked on the old road of vigorously developing agricultural mulberry.

"Nongsang, textile!"

Then help him and continue to lead the Japanese book to this road!

"You might as well send a few ships of food first, but not too much!" Li Mo nodded: "In addition, you can find someone to contact Tang Xiao and ask him how the sewing machine he imitates are doing. If it is done, tell Mr. Li that we might as well fund the establishment of several clothing factories in Japan to help Xixiang."

"Help Xixiang to follow the road?" Chen Ping looked at Li Mo in surprise, and the latter immediately explained, "Clothing and textiles are not small industries. If they are done well, they are all big profits, and they have enough human resources. Now that Xixiang has made great efforts to develop agriculture and mulberry, he might as well continue to guide him on this road and let Japan's complete light industry. It's done."

"Light industrialization?" Chen Ping is a soldier. To be honest, he didn't know much about the economy and various industries. It was not until Li Mo's explanation that his eyes gradually lit up. The investment in light industry was small, and the effect was not slow. If Xixiang tasted the sweetness from the road, he would definitely increase his efforts to develop in this direction, then he would have gone further and further on this fork in the road, and Now that I have entered this market first, most of the profit will flow into my pocket, which can make Japan go on a crooked road, and why not make money?

After Li Mo's explanation, Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief and secretly praised it. He was worthy of being the young master. He actually thought of this kind of method of stab people with a soft knife. He didn't see any blood, but the knife went straight into his heart.

"Tell Mr. Li that for domestic industrial workers, especially shipbuilding, weapons and all kinds of technical talents, you can use this opportunity to send food to recruit people. Don't think that it's not good. There are still many talents among them!"

"Young master, don't worry, Li Enfu and others have been staring at this area for a long time. At present, they have set up recruitment offices in Tokyo, Osaka and other places. It is said that in just a few days, more than 10,000 people are willing to come, and most of them are skilled people!"

"Hehe, Mr. Li is still awesome. He thinks faster than me." Li Mo smiled. This is a great opportunity to get rid of all kinds of talents. The government's reaction this time was indeed very fast, so he was also relieved. Since Li Enfu, a dark-hearted and cruel literati who is getting more and more cunning under his **, he can only pray for him.

" By the way, has your staff department counted how many weapons can be collected this time? How are you going to deal with it?

Hearing that Li Mo transferred to this problem, Chen Ping couldn't help taking two puffs of cigarettes and suddenly got excited: "According to the information provided by Xixiang Congdao, there are at least 500,000 guns, most of which are Mauser purchased before the war, and there are more than 200 Maxim machine guns and legal 75 army guns. There are also many other large-caliber shore guns, plus shells and explosives, I estimate that it will be filled with at least 50 ships.

"So much!" No wonder Chen Ping will be excited. Even Li Mo is a little enthusiastic when he hears such a huge number. Not to mention the rest, 500,000 Mausers alone will cost at least one million pounds. Unfortunately, now the Pacific Army has established a set of its own logistics standards, and most of these equipment can't enter the army.

"According to the agreement we signed with Germany, 20% of them will be handed over to them for processing, and the rest are being shipped back to Ryukyu for storage by the freighter." Chen Ping continued: "Marseio has sent a telegram from the United States to Honolulu. I hope we can provide another batch of supplies. I have promised him that after all of them are collected, they will be shipped to Honduras immediately and transshipped to Cuba."

"What? Is there something wrong with Cuba? Li Mo frowned. Germany intercepted this batch of arms with his consent. Because Germany was worried that it had cut off its logistics, it also wanted to take this opportunity to reserve some in Sasebo. This is not a big deal, but it provided no more than 100,000 rifles and nearly 100 cannons to Cuba. How could Macyio still Treat yourself as a wrongdoer.

"Not yet. Although the U.S. Navy has blocked the sea off Havana, the army has not landed for a long time. I guess it is also worried about the Spanish fleet." Chen Ping said the information he recently received about the Spanish-American War: "At present, the four cruisers purchased by Spain from us are about to arrive at the Suez Canal, and they can return to Spain in more than 20 days. With a rest, it is estimated that they will definitely participate in the war at the end of August."

"We think that the United States is also worried that the army will encounter trouble after the failure of the navy, so we still plan to solve the Spanish navy first. However, according to intelligence, the United States is ready to do a good job this time, and Marseille is worried that the United States navy will learn from us after defeating Spain and completely block the seas of Cuba, so we take this opportunity. There will be more reserves, even if it is shipped to Honduras first, and it will be transferred back by boat little by little, and he also agreed that this time it will be paid at the market price with gold and jewelry hard currency.

"Hehe, it seems that Marseille is rich."

"Can I be without money? Sun Jiugong said that those guys fought all the way and robbed all the foreign businessmen, and they were almost stripped of their trousers. It was more cruel than borrowing money from sugar merchants in Hawaii.

Master Li stared at Chen Ping. What does it mean to borrow money from a sugar merchant?! Just say how good it is for the young master to rob money. Will the young master mind this?

"Tell Sun Jiugong and Wen Xiu that they will all withdraw from Cuba after the mission is completed. We can't intervene too deeply to avoid being caught by the United States." After Li Mo reminded him, he climbed up a built two-story factory building and climbed to the roof to look southeast.

Suddenly asked, "What are you going to do with North Korea and the Qing Dynasty?" ......

(to be continued)