Beiyang reactionaries

"Four ships? The opium epidemic is too serious. The result?"

"The 33rd Brigade brought up machine gun companies and infantry artillery, killed 130 people on the spot, wounded more than 70 people, and disarmed more than 300 people. There were also a dozen casualties on our side."

"Damn it. Where is the government in the eyes of these brothers and elders, they dare to resist with arms. It is simply lawless."

Duan Xun was angry.

Seeing that the army came to investigate and deal with it, and dared to resist, it can be seen how lawless these brother elders are usually.

"Since the operation started yesterday afternoon, there have been seven gun battles in Chongqing in one day. Our troops fought back. Up to now, more than 400 people have been killed and about 100 people have been arrested. And there have also been armed battles in Chengdu. The phenomenon of armed resistance also killed more than [-] people. Because the prison simply didn’t have enough rooms, these people were directly suppressed in the barracks.”

Duan Xun's expression became more and more ugly.

These elder brothers are too courageous.I have mobilized the army to encircle and suppress opium, but there are still so many resisters.With so many troops entering the city, those people should have heard the news.But it is really audacious to dare to shoot at the troops.What's more important is that the Gelaohui is really powerful, and there are thousands of Gelaohui armed people who resist in one day.No wonder it is said that once the boss of the elder brother society has money and weapons, he can gather tens of thousands of troops within a few days with a wave of his arms.

How can this be.

Duan Xun must not allow him to stay in Sichuan for such an unstable factor.After receiving the report, Duan Xun became even more afraid of the Gelaohui.So Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "Issuing an order. Sichuan does not allow any Paoge organization to speak up. Within a month from now, all Paoge organizations must hand over all their weapons. If any If you dare to keep your weapons and you are found out, you will be dealt with as a crime of rebellion."

arms.

Only a few years after the Revolution of [-], Sichuan was so overwhelmed with weapons.Duan Xun is now wondering where all the weapons in Sichuan come from.Like dealing with opium, Duan Xun must take good care of Sichuan's weapons.At present, the output of the arsenal in Sichuan is still limited in a year, and it can arm one division a year.

If you want to expand your army, you still lack weapons.It is also a good way to collect weapons scattered in places.

"anything else?"

"This is the property currently being seized in Chengdu and Chongqing."

"These people are really rich."

After Duan Xun flipped through it, he was very surprised.Originally, Duan Xun had always thought that organizations like the Gelaohui were established by poor people for self-protection.Although many of these elder brother associations have made a fortune in recent years, they never expected that they would be so rich.

Look at these smokehouses, they're all in the best locations, the best houses.

And so much cash.

In all the opium dens seized in Chengdu and Chongqing, more than 120 million silver dollars and various gold jewels were seized in cash, which is really too rich.No wonder everyone wants to sell opium. This is just the cash seized on the spot in Chengdu and Chongqing, but there is already so much.When their other properties and family businesses are ransacked, I don't know how much money will come out.Anyone who can earn so much money wants to sell opium.In addition to these, because some merchants were involved in buying and selling opium and transporting opium, their properties were seized by the police.

There are many famous trading companies in Chongqing.

These companies even have their own cargo ships, their own caravans, specializing in opium trade.

The sorting out of these things is just the beginning, but if these properties alone are converted into money, there are several million silver dollars.As the investigation deepens, Duan Xun believes that there will be more and more businessmen and elder brother associations involved in the opium business this time.

"check."

After Duan Xun closed the asset inventory list, he was also in a state of panic.This is just the beginning, and so many people have already been involved.Once it continues, Duan Xun knows that there will be more big fish, and the funds involved may be tens of millions, tens of millions.

pressure.

Duan Xun even felt the pressure.

But Duan Xun is ruthless now, if he quits halfway this time, then he will never have a chance to sort out the place in the future.Now is the time to push forward with force.Kill a group of people and lock up a group of people.

"Brother Xinye (Yang Wei), I will immediately issue an order in the name of the Governor's Mansion, so that the surrounding troops will gradually participate and accept the command of the Police Department. Now we need thunderbolt means."

"it is good."

"There are also those opium smokers who are fined and then released. Concentrate on cracking down on those opium traders, and we must speed up and end this operation as soon as possible."

Narrow down the target.

If all the opium smokers are caught, it will involve too much, which is not good for Duan Xun now.Duan Xun is now trying to crack down on those opium businessmen. These people have a lot of opium in their hands, and more importantly, they have a lot of money in their hands.

It is a lie to say that Duan Xun is not greedy for the money.

Of course, seeing such a serious situation, Duan Xun can only ask Yang Wei to make a quick decision.Although there will be many sequelae of a quick battle, it will involve a large number of innocent people.But Duan Xun didn't have time to think about those at this time.

If time drags on for a long time, maybe something else will happen.

"kindness."

"After all the opium dens are uniformly registered, they will be auctioned off at a certain time. The roads in those places are good, and I think they should be able to be sold."

"Row."

"Also, you should immediately contact various newspapers in Sichuan to announce the current situation of drug control. Use public opinion to put pressure on those who want to intercede for them, and stop their mouths first."

80 Chongqing Construction

"Fu Lao, look, this is the coal field we have discovered around Chongqing."

The smoke sweeping operation is in full swing, but Duan Xun has given Yang Wei full responsibility for this matter.Duan Xun, as the governor of a province and the governor of a province, can't just focus on such a thing.Sichuan still has a lot of things waiting for Duan Xun to deal with.

In the Governor's Mansion, Duan Xun and Song Yuren, who came to Chengdu, talked about work.

Song Yuren doesn't like Duan Xun, but he still appreciates Duan Xun's plan.Duan Xun thought a lot when he was young, he didn't look like those brash men in the army at all.How to deal with foreigners, how to develop Sichuan's own mines, and how to transport these minerals out, all have very clear goals and plans.It includes how much money needs to be invested, how long it will take to complete, what goals you hope to achieve after completion, and so on.

very clear.

Song Yuren is different from other "five elders and seven sages" in Sichuan. He is not the kind of person who doesn't understand specific things, but only knows how to point fingers at the moral level.He is a serious official who has handled government affairs.And even after leaving politics, there are people who have founded schools, mines, and businesses.

Therefore, I support Duan Xun's plan with clear goals and steps more than anyone else.After communicating with Duan Xun several times, Song Yuren finally agreed to Duan Xun to take over the post of director of the Sichuan Mining Bureau.Duan Xun was very happy for Song Yuren to accept this position.

At this stage, Duan Xun has nothing to do.

I am congenitally flawed in many ways.I am a rising star of the Beiyang Army, and my connections, popularity, and strength are all very different. It is difficult to invite great talents in the Beiyang system to come and help.Not only that, Duan Xun was born in the army and has been in a military academy since he was a child.Therefore, a large number of classmates and students can use it, which greatly alleviates the lack of officers in Duan Xun's army, and can also greatly improve Duan Xun's ability to control the army.But also because Duan Xun has only been in the army for many years, he lacks contacts in government affairs.After entering Sichuan, because of the lack of talents in local governance, it can only be forced to use a large number of local talents in Sichuan.There is no way around this.

At most, Duan Xun is asking for some talents from above, and the Beijing government will only give Duan Xun some young people, or people who are not valued very much by the Beijing government.Duan Xun is not qualified and has no connections to let those political leaders in the Beiyang system enter Sichuan.

"The daily output of these coal mines around Chongqing exceeds [-] tons, and the annual output does not exceed [-] tons. According to the reserves and quantities of coal fields around Chongqing, such output is pitifully low. Even without large-scale machinery In terms of coal reserves around Chongqing, hundreds of thousands of tons or even millions of tons a year is not impossible."

"Governor, there is no way to do this."

Although Song Yuren didn't like Duan Xun, he still gave him face when talking about work.

One governor per mouthful.

This made Duan Xun very useful.These people all have such characteristics, including Zhu Zhihong before and Song Yuren now, they are all like this.Even if I don't like you, but since I have to do something, then pay attention to these superficial names.It should be said that these scholars who have received traditional education pay great attention to etiquette.

"Governor, although you are not from Chongqing, you have also stayed in Chongqing for a while. You should know that Chongqing has a very special geographical environment, with many mountain roads. After these coal mines are mined, it is very difficult to transport them out. Now the output of coal mines is low. , not because the mining speed is slow, but because of the lack of transport capacity. No matter how much is mined, it cannot be transported. At present, the coal mines in Chongqing are transported out by manpower, and the output will never increase. Not only coal mines, but also other mines around Chongqing , the situation is the same. Because of the capacity problem, the output just cannot increase.”

Chongqing is known as a mountain city. The city of Chongqing is built between Zhongliang Mountain and Tongluo Mountain, on the valleys, terraces and hills where the Jialing River and the Yangtze River flow.The city is built on the hillside, and the roads are uneven.

There are various steps everywhere in the city. After the goods enter the city of Chongqing, many places need manpower to transport them.What's more, outside of Chongqing, the traffic is even more inconvenient.Even if you build a road in Chongqing, it is very difficult.It is precisely because of this that the transportation of these coals does not even use horse-drawn carts, and must use manpower.

In Chongqing, or Sichuan as a whole, traffic is a big problem.