Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun nodded.

Then he said with certainty: "Yes. Our great president has lofty ideals. I heard some news recently, and I guess this thing is true. There will definitely be a big storm at that time, and our chances of making meritorious deeds are very high. coming."

"That would really be a big deal."

Jiang Hongyu's expression was serious.

"There are no major issues. Where does our military merit come from? How do we get promoted. Only by fighting can the status of our soldiers improve. Only by fighting can we make contributions and be promoted."

"Too."

Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor.

Duan Xun longed for Yuan Shikai to become emperor. If Yuan Shikai did not become emperor, how could the movement to protect the country break out.Without the National Defense Movement, how could a young officer with such low qualifications rise up.Only in such a war can soldiers get enough credit.

"Brother Jing'an, we have everything now. But we still lack one thing?"

"what?"

"I want to set up an ordnance shop, it should be called a repair shop. Our weapons have a lot of faults, and we can't send everything to the arsenal. We must have our own ordnance shop."

"But it takes money."

Jiang Hongyu was a little frightened now.

Duan Xun is too ambitious.

Want to have your own armory.Now that there are so many local warlords in the Beiyang Army, a few of them pay attention to things like ordnance institutes.Ordnance shops are very expensive.

Those warlords are eager to put money in their pockets, who will build some ordnance.If you have money, you can buy weapons directly from Japan, Britain and France.However, since Duan Xun came to Western Henan, he had ample military expenses, but he didn't spend a single penny in his pocket, all of which was spent on army building.

Civil officials are clean and honest, what they want is reputation.The officers are clean and honest, especially the generals like Duan Xun who sit on one side are clean and honest. Jiang Hongyu sees only one thing, and that is ambition.Full of ambition.

"So what I'm thinking about now is how to get money."

23 money

"money."

Jiang Hongyu scratched his head.

When it comes to army building and judging the current situation, Jiang Hongyu knows everything.But when it comes to making money, Jiang Hongyu never thought about it.However, Jiang Hongyu is not an ordinary person. When he rolled his eyes, he smiled and said: "Degong (Duan Xun), we have been in Western Henan for more than half a year. During this time, I have also carefully understood some situations in Western Henan. At present The channel of communication between Shaanxi and Henan basically passes through our western Henan. Now that you are the commander-in-chief of the western Henan militia, I think that the western Henan militia should be organized and placed under our direct leadership. Then the current western Henan Each level of the game is under our direct control."

"Level?"

"Yes. When Zeng Wenzhenggong (Zeng Guofan) organized the Hunan Army, the military expenditure was extremely short. At that time, he used this method to raise money. After that, almost all the troops chose this method. After the founding of the Republic of China, the current local troops also use this method. To raise money. This is the main finance of most local armies at present.”

"Is that appropriate?"

Chen Ping understood what Jiang Hongyu meant.

Originally, this level was not suitable.There are too many checkpoints, which also affect the development of the economy.After all, those caravans have to pay for every place they go, which will seriously increase their burden.

But this level is currently the most common.

It is also a common way for those warlords to collect money.

"of course."

Jiang Hongyu said: "Degong, look. We say that the west of Henan is very remote, but to be honest, it is also an important traffic artery. Luoyang is the gathering place of the big salt merchants in the Central Plains. All the salt going south, including Hubei and Hunan A lot of the salt needed by other places starts from Luoyang, passes through Xin'an, and passes through our area in western Henan. As long as we control this area in western Henan, I think the money needed to start an ordnance should not be a problem. And only A simple repair shop actually has a solution.”

"Oh, you said."

Duan Xun immediately regained his spirits.

The armory, Duan Xun must be established.This is still the beginning. If Duan Xun wants to be a warlord, he must be a big warlord.Duan Xun wants to build his own military academy and his own arsenal.

It's just that the current conditions do not allow it, so Duan Xun established the military teaching brigade and a simple ordnance station.But how to build an ordnance station, Duan Xun actually didn't have a complete plan yet.

It's not that easy after all.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hongyu said that he had a solution.

"De Gong, I have carefully understood some of the situation in Henan. There are handicraft workshops in many places in Henan, where you can make earthen guns. In the year of [-], the rifles used by many militia groups in Shaanxi were all earthen guns made by Henan folks. Not to mention, I have seen those guns. Although they are not as good as the guns we use, they are still usable. At present, the guns used by the bandits in western Henan are also these guns. In Henan, the most concentrated handicraft workshops are around Luoyang. There are many blacksmiths with very good craftsmanship, which is an ancestral craft."

"During the Qing Dynasty, didn't these handicraft workshops be stopped? After all, they produced guns?"

"It's been out of control for a long time. According to my rough statistics, in the past 30 to [-] years, the folk workshops in Henan alone produced tens of thousands of guns."

"Not simple, not simple."

Duan Xun kept sighing.

Duan Xun really did not expect that the folks could still produce these earthen guns.According to Jiang Hongyu's meaning, the so-called handicraft workshops are blacksmiths, perhaps those blacksmith shops.

It turns out that they can also produce earthen guns.

Of course, Duan Xun understood that the quality, power, and accuracy of these earth guns were not good enough.After all, it is an earth method, the life of the barrel is very poor, and it is even easy to explode.Because of this kind of gun, Chen Ping has also seen it.

But even so, Duan Xun still admires these folk blacksmiths.

"These people have skills. It's impossible for us to build a better armory, but it shouldn't be a problem to build a simple repair shop. It shouldn't be a problem for these people to repair and repair firearms."

"Not bad."

Of course Duan Xun understood.

It is not so easy to build a military factory.If it was that easy, how could those warlords who are several times or dozens of times stronger than Duan Xun not have established their own military factories.

Man Qing has worked hard for decades and invested an unknown amount of money. Up to now, the strongest ones are Hanyang Arsenal and Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory.And the Hanyang made by Hanyang Armory is just so-so.

"First build a shelf and set up a repair shop."

Duan Xun will not be too ambitious.It is estimated that it will not cost much to set up a repair shop, and it is also the best choice at this stage.

"it is good."

"Continue to talk about money. Checkpoints are a good way, but who should leave this matter to?"

"This is something that offends people, and there is one person who is very suitable. This person is bold, has a bigger temper, but has excellent abilities. And many people have said that this person is loyal, not greedy for money, and impartial when he does things."

"Who?"

What Duan Xun lacks most now is cadres.

As long as he is capable, Duan Xun is willing to promote him regardless of his background.

"Bie Tingfang."