Beiyang reactionaries

"The first mixed brigade went south to Yantang and attacked Baoqing along Jukou Pass."

"Yes."

"Liu Duanshang."

"arrive."

"Your special warfare brigade goes south to Shaoyang and waits for an opportunity. But don't participate in the attack on Baoqing, surround the three and one, and give the troops in Baoqing a hope. If any troops withdraw south, decide how to attack."

"Yes."

"I personally led the Unique Brigade, the Second Brigade, the Sixth Mixed Brigade, and the First Division of the Hunan Army (Chen Fuchu's troops) to capture Xinshao and attack Baoqing head-on. On April 4, the troops launched a general offensive. All troops You must arrive at the designated location before April 5."

"Yes."

156 Mineral Conference

"Thank you for your hard work."

"This is our job."

As the Hunan-Guangdong coalition counterattacked in eastern Hunan and defeated Zhang Huaizhi's troops, Wu Peifu's troops, which had been quiet for more than 20 days, finally dispatched.Wu Peifu's troops marched south from Xiangtan to attack Hengyang, the home of the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces.

At this time, there were not many people in Hengyang, and Hengyang, the home of the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces, was in danger.

Similarly, as soon as Wu Peifu moved, Duan Xun immediately ordered Li Jishen's troops to move too.As Duan Qirui's direct descendant, Duan Xun couldn't just watch Wu Peifu make meritorious deeds in Hunan alone, so he should have some explanations.Duan Xun has received more than 500 million military expenses from Duan Qirui since the war to protect the law, and a lot of arms from Duan Qirui. If he doesn't show it at this time, he will be sorry for Duan Qirui's trust.

If Wu Peifu wins Hengyang, Duan Xun will of course also win Baoqing.Moreover, Duan Xun's troops also need some truly tragic battles to train the troops.Currently controlling Baoqing is Tan Haoming's Guijun troops, and fighting head-to-head with them will be of great benefit to training the troops.

But fighting on the front line is fighting, and Duan Xun still has a lot of things to deal with in Chongqing.

Like today.

Duan Xun held a mining conference in Chongqing, attended by Dai Kan, the head of the Southwest Frontier Defense Council who came to Duan Xun's report here, Yang Yongtai, secretary-general of the Southwest Frontier Defense Supervision Administration, Wang Yongjiang, the vice governor of Sichuan Province, and Dan Dan, the mayor of Chongqing. Mao Xin, and Song Yuren, the secretary-general of Sichuan Province and also the director of the Mining Bureau.And several geological experts, Zhang Hongzhao, Weng Wenhao, Ding Wenjiang and some of their students.

The reason why this meeting was held was because Weng Wenhao and Ding Wenjiang led their students to explore minerals around Chongqing for a year.There are some preliminary results.

Of course it's just preliminary exploration.

But even so, their exploration also brought Duan Xun the basis for his next work.For Duan Xun at present, mining is a very lucrative business.For other industrialization construction, Duan Xun's current burden is relatively heavy, and Duan Xun does not have enough funds to develop industrial construction.Therefore, the best way is to mine and sell mines.

Especially coal mines.

At present, the demand for coal in the world is still very high, and the demand for coal mines in China is not low.Especially with the construction of some railways and the construction of thermal power plants, the demand for coal is increasing day by day.

Even the local demand for coal mines in Sichuan is also very high.

"General, this is the result of our exploration of the Chongqing area."

Great map.

Weng Wenhao handed Duan Xun a map marking their exploration results, all of which were mineral exploration results around Chongqing.Densely marked their results, marked the location where certain minerals were buried, and their predicted reserves.Duan Xun was very happy in his heart.

The internal strife in the Beiyang government has been too serious in recent years.

This is especially true after Yuan Shikai's failure to proclaim himself emperor.Serious internal strife and many wars caused the Beiyang government to seriously stagnate in other aspects of construction.Including because of the war, the situation of misappropriation of education funds is also very serious.In the past two years, the teachers of the schools in Beijing have always gone to the government to make trouble.Because the government embezzles education funds too frequently, it has seriously affected the education plans of many schools.

This applies to universities as well.

Duan Xun took advantage of this opportunity to establish China University of Geosciences in Chengdu.His predecessor was the Western Henan Geological School that Duan Xun co-founded with Weng Wenhao and Ding Wenjiang when he was in Western Henan.

In the past two years, except for Duan Xun's lack of money due to the war of protecting the law, he was not too short of money at other times.Moreover, due to lack of money for this war, Duan Xun got a loan from Japan.And he also sold all his properties in western Henan.Such difficulties have not misappropriated education funds.

With the support of China University of Geosciences and geologists such as Zhang Hongzhao, Weng Wenhao, and Ding Wenjiang, the development is impressive.From the west of Henan to the present, nearly 200 students have graduated from this school.And now there are nearly a thousand students in school.These students who are going to school usually follow the teacher to participate in the exploration.

"Let's see, where is the best place to start?"

Since the opening of Beichuan Railway, the output of Tianfu Coal Mine has also increased greatly.However, the increase in coal mine output still cannot keep up with the growth in demand.Especially during this period of time, many people invested in the construction of thermal power plants in Chongqing, and after the Chuanjiang shipping became more and more developed, the demand for coal increased surprisingly.

Therefore, Duan Xun has long wanted to build a coal company in Chongqing, and has talked with Wang Yongjiang and Dan Maoxin several times.Now that Weng Wenhao and the others have brought more detailed Chongqing exploration data, Duan Xun is of course happier.

"General, I think Qijiang is the most suitable place."

"Qijiang?"

"Yes."

But Mao Xin was the first to speak as the mayor of Chongqing.But although Maoxin has been the mayor of Chongqing for less than a year, he was stationed in Chongqing in his early years, so he is very familiar with the situation in Chongqing.

"General, although coal mines with rich reserves have been found in these places, the traffic conditions in these places are very bad. If you want to develop coal mines in these places, you must first improve the transportation in these places. At this stage, it is not suitable. On the contrary, Qijiang is different here. This place is an important traffic route, and water transportation is relatively developed. The large-scale machinery needed for the construction of coal mines can also enter Qijiang. Mining coal mines here can not only supply the needs of Chongqing, but also supply the needs of Zunyi to the south. So I think Qijiang is the most suitable."

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

But Mao Xin's choice is indeed very suitable.So Duan Xun said to Song Yuren: "Rejuvenation, what do you think?"

"I agree with the mayor's statement. A lot of new factories have been built in Chongqing this year, but the lack of electricity in Chongqing seriously restricts their development. The large-scale development of thermal power plants requires a lot of coal. The current output of Tianfu Coal Mine , Even supplying Chongqing is very difficult. So what we need now is speed. Building a large coal mine in Qijiang is the most suitable in many ways.”

"it is good."

Since both Dan Maoxin and Song Yuren think so, Duan Xun also agrees with them.

"Governor Wang (Wang Yongjiang), please discuss with Mayor Dan how to establish the Qijiang Coal Mine as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Since Duan Xun took over the position of the Southwest Frontier Supervision Office and started to build the Southwest Frontier Supervision Office, the work of the Sichuan provincial government has basically been completely handed over to Wang Yongjiang.After the operation of the Southwest Frontier Supervision Administration is on the right track, Duan Xun will step down as the governor of Sichuan and let Wang Yongjiang be the governor of Sichuan.

"Currently, the Southwest Frontier Supervision Administration is preparing to set up a resource committee. Mr. Weng, I hope you will serve as the director of the resource committee."

"I'm so sorry, General. I don't want to be in politics."

When Weng Wenhao heard Duan Xun's words, he immediately rejected Duan Xun.Weng Wenhao is a scholar. Although he also held positions in some government departments before, they are all directly related to his academics.

Weng Wenhao didn't want to be an official.

What resource committee Duan Xun established, Weng Wenhao didn't know what it was, and he didn't want to be the director of it.

"Mr. Weng, you misunderstood."

Duan Xun smiled.

Then he said sincerely: "The current situation in the country is turbulent and wars are everywhere, which seriously affects the development of geology in our country. Although we were born and raised in China, we don't really understand what the land under our feet is. I don’t know. The reason is that the development of geology in our country is too slow. But I can’t manage the affairs of the whole country, I can only manage the places I can manage. Therefore, I plan to explore my southwest region in the next few years , That's why the Resource Committee was established. I hope that in the future, under the leadership of the Resource Committee, we will take a good look at what is buried in the land under our feet."

"Of course, apart from the exploration work, another major task of the Resource Committee is to train more Chinese geologists. For this purpose, I established the China University of Geosciences, and I plan to establish Sichuan University and Southwest United in Kunming. Universities have set up geology departments to train students in this field. But if you want to open these departments, you need more teachers in this field. And send some students to study in Europe and the United States. This requires overall planning, so a resource committee will be established .”

"Also, I hope that the Resource Committee can become the cradle of Chinese geologists. Here everyone can learn from each other and improve everyone's ability. Let our country's geology be comparable to that of Europe and the United States."