super god warlord

"About more than 3000 people." Chen Qingtong said without thinking, obviously he knew these people in detail.

Zhao Shouhong nodded, then he took out his notebook and wrote a few lines on it with a pen.Tear off the piece of paper and hand it to Zhang Guodong, saying: "Director Zhang, take Mr. Chen to the temporary government of Guanghai City first, and give this note to Xie Mingjue. Tell him that the wages of these workers will be paid in advance by the government for the time being, and let everyone settle down with their families first." Then immediately send troops to seize the official property of Houjin, and start work as soon as possible after counting, so that the workers have a source of income."

"Yes, Commander." Zhang Guodong's eyes lit up. Today's parade made him feel quite tricky, but now Zhao Shouhong proposed such a generous condition, which made him feel a lot easier.

With Zhao Shouhong's guarantee, the parade gradually dispersed, and Zhao Shouhong's reputation for loving the people was thus established.However, Zhao Shouhong was not delighted by this. He came to the interim government of Guanghai City full of anger.Xie Mingjue seemed to have known that Zhao Shouhong would come, so he was waiting for him in the office.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Shouhong asked anxiously: "Ming Jue, there is such a big flaw in your work. Why didn't the government-run factory in Houjin be closed down for rectification as soon as possible, and the workers took to the streets to protest. This news was caught with ulterior motives. If some people know about it, I'm afraid they will make a big publicity and slander our Dashu military government."

"President, don't be impatient. This matter is not that serious." Xie Mingjue said with a smile: "Although we have occupied Guanghai City now, we don't have the righteousness of the central government. The head of the central government is nominally President Yuan Kai, it is the central government's business to take over the property of the former dynasty, and if we overstep the authority, it will be easy to be criticized by others."

Xie Mingjue's words were not without reason, which made Zhao Shouhong gradually calm down.Zhao Shouhong was very disgusted with the parade, which was almost equivalent to tyranny in the period of the Republic of China.Seeing this situation under his own rule today, he felt a little too extreme.Hearing Xie Mingjue's explanation, he sat down instead, intending to listen to the other party's explanation.

Seeing that Zhao Shouhong was no longer impatient, Xie Mingjue continued to explain: "As far as I know, the ship repair yards now belong to the Houjin government. For example, China Merchants Pudong Machinery Factory and Zhang Huabang Repair Factory have long been It has been abandoned for many years. The funds in the factory have been cut off, and most of the daily expenses are dismantled and sold as scrap iron to make a living. Now that the gold is dead, it is normal for the workers to lose their livelihood."

"So, it's inappropriate for us to take over several factories." Zhao Shouhong nodded.

"That's right, the demonstrations now may be an opportunity for us." Xie Mingjue said: "Now this matter has become a big deal, but the fault can be blamed on the inaction of the central government. These factories are the most powerful now. What is valuable is the more than 3000 skilled workers. We can use these people to settle the people and help the workers’ living problems. We can bring these people into our shipyard and throw the mess to Yuan Kai. He wants to sell several factories To recover, there is a lack of funds and no workers, not to mention that the factory is in Guanghai City under our control, even if they want to use it, they have to weigh the risks."

"That's right. In this way, we have won the praise of loving the people, while the central government has a reputation for wasting state assets and being incompetent. This seems to be playing tricks on Yuan Wei, and we are not being kind." Zhao Shouhong laughed.

"What we have to do is to find a balance between Yuan Wei and the revolutionary party. Now that Yuan Wei is powerful, how can we be worthy of ourselves if we don't suppress it?" Xie Mingjue spread his hands.

"You, you have learned badly." Zhao Shouhong laughed.

"Isn't this all about the chairman's cultivation?" Xie Mingjue also pursed his lips and chuckled.

Chapter 475

This matter was quickly implemented. In the name of the Dashu military government, Zhao Shouhong arranged all the workers to work in the shipyard under the Guangming Group Company.As for those abandoned government-run enterprises, Zhao Shouhong directly handed them over to the central government in the name of the former regime's adverse production.As expected, the public opinion overwhelmingly applauded Zhao Shouhong, and at the same time criticized the central government for not collecting the former government's property in time and continuing to operate it.

Of course, this kind of thing is at most just to put eye medicine on Yuan Wei, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation.And Yuan Wei also had a headache because of the imminent movement in the south, and he didn't care about these things.Since Yuan Kui took office as interim president on March [-] and appointed Tang Shaoyi as prime minister, the planning of the national system has been put on the agenda.

First, Xia Jiquan, Pan Fu and others held a meeting in Fuguiyuan, Jinan, and announced the establishment of the Qilu branch of the Hualan government.Later, the headquarters of the unified government, which was originally headquartered in the Guanghai Concession, was moved to the imperial capital, and Yuan Wei's cronies Zhao Bingjun and Lu Jianzhang were secretly absorbed.Soon, the party founded by Zhang Taiyan, which ostensibly supported the Hongxing Society, changed its direction.

These measures of the reunification government seemed to have sounded the clarion call of the national political election wave, and then parties were formed all over the country. At that time, there were various tricks and different names. There were as many parties as crossed the river. more than 1000.

With the resolution of the provisional Senate, Congress will adopt a bicameral system, and after naming the Senate and the House of Representatives, the enthusiasm for the formation of various parties is even higher.However, most of these parties are here to join in the fun, and there are only a few that are really powerful. One is the Gongxing Association that is preparing to be reorganized into the National Congress Party, and the other is composed of the Republic Construction Seminar, the Hualan Republic Promotion Association, the National Association, and the Republic of China. The Democratic Party formed by the merger of political groups such as the Nationalist Party, the Republican Advancement Association, and the National New Deal Society in the imperial capital.And the Republican Party formed by the merger of the United Nations, the Civil Society, the United Nations and the Democratic Progressive Association, and the Republic of China Association.The last one whose strength is seriously underestimated is probably the Hualan Pioneer Party that Zhao Shouhong now controls, occupying half of the northwest.

In the name of the general election, various political parties gathered in the imperial capital, and many parties even moved their headquarters here.But compared to the large and small parties that entered Beijing, the Hualan Pioneer Party was very calm.Apart from setting up an office in the imperial capital, they didn't do much.

As Zhao Shouhong repeatedly emphasized in internal meetings, he has no intention of controlling the entire country right now.Now that the imperial court has just been overthrown, conflicts among all parties have intensified, and the people have not really awakened yet.Both Yuan Kai and Sun Wenhai have their own fanatical supporters, and they are both more famous than Zhao Shouhong. It is not ripe for him to control the country at this time.

What's more, foreign countries are closely watching Hualan. Once Hualan is unified and starts large-scale construction, it will definitely be feared by all powerful countries.Under such circumstances, Hualan will inevitably be subject to various restrictions, just like the People's Republic of Hualan back then.Now that Hualan is in chaos, and there is a powerful Japanese country next to her, Hualan is in a weak position.At that time, in order to contain the Wa country, the powerful countries will give the green light to Hualan instead.

In terms of economy, the development of each country starts from the coastal areas, and the wealth of the country is generally concentrated in the coastal areas, which requires a strong navy for protection, but Hualan just lacks a navy.Once the coastal areas are focused on development, it will repeat the mistakes of the National Congress government and be taken advantage of by the Japanese country.

At this time, Zhao Shouhong has advanced medical technology in his hands, and with the Hollywood consortium and the source of industrial technology from the Teutonic Kingdom, it is not difficult to develop a powerful economy in the interior.As for the external channel, the Yangtze River is a lifeline.Now that he has mastered many important forts along the river, as well as Guanghai City at the mouth of the sea, he can rest easy for the time being.

Zhao Shouhong is waiting, he will wait until all the forces in the country are exhausted, and the people are completely awakened by the pain of the civil war.At that time, a stable and prosperous west will become a place that the whole country yearns for.When the people of the whole country are disappointed with Yuan Wei and Sun Wenhai, he will naturally become the best candidate to rule the country, and the advantage of the well-prepared Dashu People's Army will be more obvious.

At that time, with the prosperity of the northwest economy, even if it is only based on the economy, it will be a matter of course for him to control the whole country.And based on the Northwest economy, Hualan's industrial background will be more solid, and Zhao Shouhong's thinking is not just Hualan.He is playing a big chess game, which contains the whole world.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Shouhong now thinks more about immersing himself in development and recruiting talents from abroad to solve the shortage of talents under his command in the short term.With the tense situation in the Western Continent, many people foresee that the war is about to happen, and many scientists began to move to the White Eagle Country to avoid disaster.However, Zhao Shouhong used the old method to lure Hualan to many of them, using technology and research funds as bait.

With Hujiang University as its foundation, a nominal White Eagle University, many scientific talents are willing to come to Hualan to continue their research and development.Soon Planck, the famous physicist and important founder of quantum mechanics in the Teutonic state, Obote, the pioneer of basic aerospace research, Herman Einstein, whose business failed, and his younger brother Jacob, etc. Many scientists have come to Guanghai City.Of course, Herman Einstein's famous sons in later generations, Abraham Einstein, the founder of the theory of evolution, also joined Hujiang University to teach.

However, the arrival of these talents was not what pleased Zhao Shouhong the most. Soon two unknown Frenchmen arrived.One of these two people is called Le Maire and the other is called Amongo.If they are not professionals, few people have heard their names, but the two of them manufactured the world's first gas turbine capable of outputting power in 1906.

Although the efficiency of this gas turbine is only 3 to 4%, it is impossible to enter the practical field at all, but what Zhao Shouhong values ​​is the prospect of this engine.After a hundred years, this engine can be the best choice for conventionally powered warships.

Two Gauls who were on the verge of bankruptcy because of their research on gas turbines were kindly invited to Guanghai City. After Zhao Shouhong promised to provide them with funds to continue their research, the two readily agreed to join Diesel's engine factories and set up new laboratories.

Chapter 476 An Uneasy Businessman

In order to vigorously cultivate talents and obtain the necessary technology, Zhao Shouhong contacted the Teutonic Kingdom again after the engineers and skilled workers from the Teutonic Kingdom arrived at the Jiangnan Shipyard and began to build new battleships for the Teutonic Kingdom.Hualan exchanged the technology of a new type of diesel engine for submarines in exchange for Wright Zeiss' assistance in the construction of Hualan Optical Instrument Factory, as well as a promise to increase the number of students studying abroad by [-] per year.

With the base in Guanghai City, Zhao Shouhong began to build new factories aggressively.Anyway, the wilderness land around Guanghai City was cheap, so he bought it as much as possible and relied on Jiangnan Shipyard, Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, and the machinery processing plant built with the help of Krupp, and established a complete production line for artillery, firearms, and bullets to supply The supply of nearby garrisons, while secretly providing weapons and ammunition to various forces in the country.

To develop Hualan, the support of industry and commerce is essential, so Zhao Shouhong decided to win over the merchants in Guanghai City and Liangjiang area for an interview.Soon, several bosses who had not yet been invested by Guangming Group invited Zhao Shouhong to the Deyuelou Hotel at the invitation of Zhang Jian.

"Captain, these two are brothers Rong Desheng and Rong Zongjing." Zhao Shouhong arrived very early, and Zhang Jian also accompanied him, and introduced the bosses one by one.

After Zhang Jian made the introduction, the faces of the Rong brothers froze obviously. They originally thought that Zhang Jian was going to talk about some business matters, so they invited them.But now, it seems that the one who invited the two of them was the now-famous governor of the Great Shu Military Government.

Zhao Shouhong was very low-key today. He even greeted the bosses at the stairwell. Soon Liu Hongsheng, brothers Jian Zhaonan, Xian Guansheng, and Fang Yexian all came, and then Zhao Shouhong's old acquaintances, Yu Qiaqing and Zhu Baosan, also arrived. .

Seeing many bigwigs from the business world come here, several bosses who had never had contact with Zhao Shouhong began to feel drummed in their hearts.In their consciousness, there is only one thing for officials to meet with businessmen, and that is to help pay.

Now all the officials in Hualan are expanding the army, and it takes money to maintain the army, not only the cost of food and lodging, clothing and weapons, each person has to be paid monthly, and they have to provide training and garrison places.Even when they set out to fight, they had to pay a starting fee, which was simply too absurd.

Because it is so difficult to raise an army, it has become a customary thing for warlords everywhere, especially those in the south, to ask businessmen to pay for the suppression.Because of such a burden, the Hualan merchants suffered terribly.Only in Zhao Shouhong's control area did such a thing happen, and today it seems that this rule is about to be broken.

"Hi, bosses, Zhao Shouhong, governor of the Xia Dashu Military Government, I invite you here today because I have something important to talk about." After speaking, he glanced at the bosses, only to find that the expressions on the other side changed immediately.Zhao Shouhong was puzzled.I don't seem to scare these people, why are they so scared.In fact, Zhao Shouhong didn't know that although his opening remarks were telling the truth, they were actually somewhat similar to the posturing words of other warlords.It is precisely because of this opening statement that it scares several bosses.

"My lord, I think it's better to tell you the specific reason for your visit first, otherwise you won't be able to eat at all." Zhang Jian said with a smile when he knew their situation.

Zhao Shouhong nodded: "Actually, I invite everyone to come because of the Japanese attack on Hualan's raw silk industry a few months ago. Due to domestic violence at that time, I was negligent and the Japanese took the lead. Now the Japanese in the Liangjiang area All major silkworm farming counties were stolen by the Japanese, which made us very passive.”

Several people looked at each other, not knowing what Zhao Shouhong was going to say.Rong Desheng clasped his hands and said: "Captain Zhao, we are not in the raw silk business, and it seems that we will not be of any help to you."

Zhao Shouhong nodded: "Of course I know this. I have my own way to deal with the Japanese people in terms of raw silk. I just went through this incident and thought that now the big powers are not willing to die against us, and the country is too weak to guarantee the safety of your assets. Hualan’s industry and commerce are mostly independent and have no connection with each other. Now that Hualan’s industry and commerce start-up, everyone’s industry is very weak, it is better to unite to make the national industry bigger and stronger, so as not to be afraid of foreigners’ plots.”

"Doctor Zhao means to merge us into the Guangming Group?" Fang Yexian asked aloud.What he thought of was the factories that were merged into the Guangming Group and settled in the Pudong Industrial Zone during the stock market crash because of the collapse of funds.

Zhao Shouhong shook his head, and Fang Yexian asked again: "Could it be that Governor Zhao wants to take a stake?"

"You can also say that." Zhao Shouhong's words made all the bosses change face.It is not uncommon for officials to forcibly buy shares and eventually annex businessmen's properties, and now they also regard Zhao Shouhong as this type of person.

Seeing that Zhao Shouhong had a misunderstanding with those bosses, as the inviter of these bosses, Zhang Jian came forward and explained: "Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient. In fact, Governor Zhao wants to support you for free so that your industry can grow rapidly. Enough to fight against foreigners." Hearing Zhang Jian's words, everyone looked at each other in dismay, they couldn't believe that such a good thing would happen.

"Let's sit down and eat first, let's talk while eating." Zhao Shouhong greeted everyone to take their seats, and when everyone was seated, Zhao Shouhong said: "Actually, I want to give you some advanced machinery or formulas, which can make people feel better." Your factories produce higher profits."

"Dudu Zhao must have asked for something like this, and I would like to hear more about it." All of you here are smart people, and they naturally know that there is no free lunch in the world. It must be a lot.

Zhao Shouhong nodded and said, "The reason why I did this is firstly because I want to support national assets, and secondly because I have to promulgate some laws and regulations recently, I hope you can abide by them."

"Captain Zhao promulgated the decree, and we naturally have to abide by it." Several bosses responded one after another.

"Okay, I would like to thank you all here." Zhao Shouhong arched his hands and said, "In fact, I plan to promulgate the "Labor Protection Law" in the area under my jurisdiction recently. The main content of it is to improve various benefits for workers. Including the introduction of an eight-hour workday, as well as a minimum wage."

By the time Zhao Shouhong briefly explained the provisions of the "Labor Protection Law" while eating, the bosses could no longer eat.In this era, Hualan's industry was still very primitive, many machines were obsolete and outdated, and most of the raw materials had to be imported, which invisibly greatly increased the cost of the product.

Chapter 477 I'll give you more support

Because of these various restrictions, in order to make profits, the national capitalists of this era mostly resort to squeezing workers.These include extremely low wages, child labor, and working hours of twelve to eighteen hours a day.Zhao Shouhong's regulation directly cut off all their profit points, how could this prevent them from changing their colors.

After listening to Zhao Shouhong's words, Rong Zongjing said: "My lord, please let me wait for a way out. Once such regulations come out, I will only go bankrupt." Brother Rong Desheng Rong Zongjing is also a well-known rich man in Guanghai City, But the people do not fight with the officials.Now that Zhao Shouhong is wealthy and powerful, and controls the surrounding areas of Guanghai City, the several cotton mills and flour mills they run are all on other people's territory, and at this time they can only beg for help.