Beiyang reactionaries

Ren Hongjun is very suitable.

Although this person was born in chemistry, he was a member of the revolutionary party in his early years and even served as Sun Yat-sen's secretary.If he didn't study chemistry, this person could be a politician.

In other words, this person is a rare talent who understands technology and management.

"General Duan, although I study chemistry, I am not familiar with steel factories. So I can introduce someone to the general."

"Who?"

"Zhou Ren."

Duan Xun and Dan Maoxin looked at each other in blank dismay, and had never heard of this person's name.Seeing that both of them were at a loss, Ren Hongjun introduced them: "General, he was my classmate at Cornell University. I studied chemistry, and Zhou Ren studied mechanical engineering. As early as three years ago He received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University before. When he was in the United States, he visited many steel plants in the United States. His grades at Cornell University are also very good, and he knows a lot about steel plants. The United States has the opportunity to study for a doctorate, and the Moore Company in the United States also paid a lot of money to hire him, but he refused and returned to China. If the general can invite him to take charge of the steel plant, it will definitely be more effective."

"Where is he now?"

Duan Xun is of course delighted to have such a talent.

If China wants to develop in the future, it will not be enough for one or two steel factories.It is estimated that more than a dozen super-large steel plants will be established.Including other large iron and steel plants, it is estimated that dozens of them will be established across the country.

Where do the talents you need come from?

Of course, it is necessary to cultivate, starting from the construction of the first steel plant, and slowly cultivate the backbone.This man named Zhou Ren is actually very familiar with the business of the steel factory, and that is the talent he needs most at the moment.

"I met him in Shanghai before I came. He wanted to serve China's iron and steel development when he returned to China, so he contacted Hanyeping Company, but he failed due to various reasons. Therefore, he is currently studying at Nanjing Higher Normal School. Teach."

"Overqualified use, overqualified use."

Duan Xun really sighed.

A great talent like Zhou Ren turned out to be a hero after returning to China, so he could only teach in a higher normal school.Of course, it doesn't mean that teaching is bad, it's just that talents like Zhou Ren should be working in the front line, not in school. It's a waste of a great talent like Zhou Ren.What a pity, what a pity.

"Mr. Ren, since Mr. Ren admires Mr. Zhou Ren so much, can you write to him and say that I want to invite him to Sichuan to take charge of the construction of our Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant. He can propose any conditions."

"I can write letters for the general."

"Thank you, Mr. Ren. But I still want to ask Mr. Ren."

"General, please speak."

"I still hope that Mr. Ren will take full charge of the construction of the Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant, and I will hire Mr. Zhou Ren as the chief engineer of the iron and steel plant. Since the two are students from Cornell University, there will definitely be no problems in cooperating. If I send The person is responsible, and we still need to work with Mr. Zhou Ren."

Ren Hongjun thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Thank you for your trust, General, then I will be disrespectful."

"Thank you, Mr. Ren."

Duan Xun was very happy.

People like Ren Hongjun should not be solely in charge of the technical field.Such technical talents with political talent and management ability should have a bigger stage.If Ren Hongjun can handle the matter of the Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant well this time, then Ren Hongjun can be in charge of such large-scale projects in the future.

"General, since this is the case, I will recommend another person to the general."

"Please."

"General, I had a classmate at Cornell University called Yang Quan (Yang Xingfo). He is a Harvard MBA graduate. He once worked in Hanyeping Company for a while and is very familiar with the operation of steel plants. .”

"Okay, that's great. Mr. Ren, I'm always troubled by the problem of talents here. Since Mr. Ren has such classmates, I welcome them all. Since this Mr. Yang is a master of business administration from Harvard, and he is in Hanye Ping has stayed in the company, so he can be appointed as the director of our Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant. Mr. Ren, you can take full responsibility for the construction of the iron and steel plant and other supporting projects for the iron and steel plant."

Duan Xun's current situation is that Han Xin is ordering troops, the more the better.As long as they are talents, they will be attracted to Sichuan.

"Boom boom boom——"

"General, something big has happened."

Dong Songyan hurried in.When he came in front of Duan Xun, regardless of whether Duan Xun had any guests, he said directly: "General, the Ya'an telegram: The Tibetan army attacked the Qamdo frontier army, and the Qamdo frontier army surrendered, and Qamdo fell."

"what?"

Duan Xun, who had been talking and laughing happily with Ren Hongjun, immediately stood up when he heard this sentence.

His face immediately became serious.Some time ago, the Tibetan army has been restless and making trouble on the Sichuan-Tibet border.He has fought several times with the Sichuan-Tibet border army, but Duan Xun didn't care.Therefore, this kind of conflict is very common on the Sichuan-Tibet border.

But I didn't expect that the Tibetan army suddenly captured Qamdo, which is no small matter.

"Call someone, start a meeting."

"Yes."

Duan Xun took two steps and thought of Ren Hongjun, so he turned his head and said, "Mr. Ren, the military situation is urgent, so I have neglected you."

"General, military affairs are more important."

Ren Hongjun understood Duan Xun.

After all, what happened in Tibet was directly the responsibility of Sichuan.When Duan Xun was the governor of Sichuan, he had to take care of it. Now that Duan Xun is the border defense supervisor of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, he has to take care of Tibet matters.

"Zuofu (Lu Zuofu), entertain Mr. Ren for me, and discuss with him the preparations for the establishment of the steel plant."

"Yes."

166 Tibet

"General, it should be the British who saw that our large army is currently on an expedition, and our Sichuan troops are a little empty, so they want to make trouble in Tibet."

In fact, the Sichuan-Tibet border has been uneasy since the end of the Qing Dynasty and after the Revolution of [-].

Otherwise, Zhao Erfeng would not have sent troops into Tibet in the late Qing Dynasty, Yin Changheng's Sichuan army into Tibet, and Cai E's Dian army into Tibet after the Revolution of [-].In the final analysis, it was all because of the disturbance of the Tibetan army at that time.

Usually various small conflicts are also constant.But for Sichuan, as long as the Tibetan army doesn't overdo it, the main thing is that it doesn't touch the bottom line and it won't make a big fuss.It is their business that the Tibetan army is making trouble within themselves.But once the Tibetan army is eyeing Qamdo, or even takes Qamdo, it will be a big deal.Sichuan must make a statement.

However, after Duan Xun entered Sichuan, the Tibetan army was much more honest.

Of course, it wasn't because Duan Xun's reputation spread far and wide that he suppressed Tibet.It was because when Duan Xun entered Sichuan, it was the time when the First World War was in full swing.At that time, Britain itself was in trouble, and they didn't know if they could win Germany.Because the United Kingdom was stumbled by the First World War, the United Kingdom had no time to take care of the Far East.Without the support of Britain, Tibet would have no strength to provoke Sichuan and the central government.

So the Tibetan army is also more honest.

But in 1918, especially with the United States joining the Allied Powers, the situation of the European war became more and more obvious.Since the beginning of this year, Germany has launched several large-scale counterattacks, but none of them have achieved any effect.On the contrary, it was a heavy loss.

So the British also began to come alive.

They are now confident of defeating Germany and are certain of victory in the European War.So Britain finally started to pay attention to China's affairs again.Since last year, the Dharma Protection War broke out, and Duan Xun's army was also on the field.Currently in Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, Duan Xun has an army of 10,000+.It can be said that Duan Xun's main force is currently outside.

The regular army in Sichuan is only 7 to [-], and some other armed forces are less than [-].

And scattered all over the place.

So the Tibetan army began to be restless, or the British began to be restless.Originally, there were border troops on the Sichuan-Tibet border, and there were about 2000 Sichuan-Tibet border troops in important places like Qamdo.However, these troops do not belong to Duan Xun, but only obey the orders of the Beijing government.

Of course, more than half of the logistics of these troops have to go through Sichuan, and some of the logistics are directly provided by Sichuan.So these troops usually listen to Duan Xun's restraint.