+|,u|, domestic) how big a change. Except for a few months ago, Yuan Shikai announced the dissolution of provincial parliaments, the southern provinces jointly boycotted it. Although it did not require the autonomy of the Soviet and Shanghai model, depending on their intention, it is impossible to dissolve the parliament!

This situation determined that many southern provinces have strengthened close ties with the autonomous region. Due to the inability to resolve problems in military terms, Yuan Shikai strengthened close cooperation with foreign forces on the one hand, and promulgated the Contract of the Republic of China, abolished the previous provisional Contract. In the New Contract, the power of the president was strengthened, and the cabinet system was officially announced, the State Council was abolished, and the State Council was abolished, and the political affairs hall was established.

Yuan Shikai's move immediately attracted unanimous confrontation from the Democratic Party and the Progressive Party and other parties. Several parties even contacted Hua Fei's Baath Party and proposed that the autonomous government issue a statement of condemnation against the Beijing government's decision.

Hua Fei stopped the passage of the condemnation statement in parliament on the pretext that the local government had no right to interfere with the central government of Beijing. After this news announcement, various sectors responded differently. Some praised Hua Fei for abide by the Autonomy Law and taking local development as the priority, which was a great wise move. Some denounced Hua Fei for abandoning the concept of republican democracy, only thinking about the selfish interests of the place, but disregarding the overall situation of the country.

Regardless of public opinion, one fact is that Yuan Shikai strengthened close cooperation with Huafei, not only allowing some raw material products to enter the autonomous region, but also relaxed restrictions on the inflow of industrial products within the autonomous region. He also imported 30 Pioneer One aircraft and 60 new cars that had been offline shortly after they were launched.

The rapid development of industry in the autonomous region not only drove the production of raw material industries in the surrounding areas, but also made the governors of various provinces, including Yuan Shikai, feel the pressure, and consciously or unconsciously began to accelerate the pace of industrial construction. The Yuan Shikai government even dispatched a huge 3,000 international students in Huafei, and followed the example of more than 1,000 public-funded international students. Other provinces also had their own styles, dispatching international students in dozens or hundreds.

In particular, Li Liejun from Jiangxi, under the lobbying of the Democratic Party and others, has considered holding general elections across the province and joining the autonomous government alliance between the Soviet and Shanghai. In this way, the Democratic Party’s seats and voice in the government will inevitably be greatly strengthened.

Huafei certainly has no objection to forming an autonomous government alliance, and his goal is not limited to a small area in the Yangtze River Delta.

However, rashly accepting Jiangxi at this time will inevitably cause a chain reaction, and may even anger Yuan Shikai and force him to take radical measures.

On the one hand, he delayed in the government. Fortunately, Sun Wen, the chairman of the Democratic Party, the second largest party in the parliament, devoted himself to railway construction, but Song Jiaoren devoted all his energy to the formulation and normative of laws, Huang Xing devoted himself to police forces and public security management, while Hu Hanmin and others contacted some education circles to understand and vigorously developed local basic education. Several major veterans of the Democratic Party faded out of political disputes, making it easier to resolve some differences.

In Hua Fei's view, this may be because they are tired of political struggles and just want to spend the rest of their lives working hard to build this land. Or they have realized the struggle between differences and will not only fail to win in the autonomous region, but will also lose Hua Fei's trust and support.

Hua Fei was not idle either. He issued a series of reforms and new policies. All army primary schools in various places were converted into intermediate schools. Primary primary schools were widely set up to expand educational radiation. The limits were limited to financial resources and the number of teachers. Compulsory education could not be realized in the short term. However, free education in primary primary schools was realized.

The new policy was personally issued by Hua Fei. In order to obtain the support of the cabinet, Hua Fei took out 30 million yuan of SGD, set up an education fund, and called for donations. The majority of industrial and commercial patriots generously donated money. More than 5 million yuan of SGD in just one month.

Another area of ​​concern for Huafei is that since the First Chamber of Commerce and Alliance Conference was held, a series of local tax law reforms. Although industrial and commercial enterprises in various places have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain due to the fierce policy measures for commercial promotion of construction sites. However, tax exemptions and exemptions have made it impossible for the finance to grow significantly in the short term. In addition, foreigners have controlled the right to tariff agreements and customs rights. Some tax laws can only be modified and formulated in form and cannot be put into practical use.

After completing these two tasks, Huafei organized manpower and founded a new scientific journal to vigorously advocate popularizing scientific knowledge. At the same time, he organized a group of students returning from studying abroad to form the Chinese Academy of Sciences and purchased a large number of advanced scientific research instruments from abroad. He basically achieved three major subjects of physics, chemistry and mathematics in advance. Each discipline has a basic research group to carry out preliminary research work.

Due to the lack of a leading role for scientists, most research groups select basic industrial technology projects for research, or engage in translation and publicity work such as scientific books and papers.

The science society is mainly privately funded by Huafei. It is similar to the Royal Society of the United Kingdom. It belongs to a local organization. It is not subject to government departments and does not require government approval. Huafei also passed the parliament and formulated a scientific research promotion law, requiring the government to allocate certain funds every year for scientific research. Partially funded scientific associations in private areas.

Huafei's call has received unprecedented response from the vast number of overseas students and intellectuals at home and abroad. Within one month, after strict review, the members have grown to 39. In order to improve the status and social honor of the Academy of Sciences, the Academy interrupted written application and assessment and transferred the nomination rights of candidate members to the existing 39 people. As long as there are nine official members jointly recommended and nominated, they will be selected as alternate members. An annual meeting is held every year to select scientific contributions from the alternate members and be promoted to official members.

At the same time, foreign members are widely recruited, and foreign members can directly apply as alternate members and reviewed by existing members. Since Huafei is the founder and main financial supporter of the Institute of Science, some people suggested that Huafei rename the Institute of Fahrenheit. However, this suggestion was rejected by Huafei. At the first scientific conference, thirty-nine people unanimously agreed to award Huafei the title of permanent honorary president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In addition, Huafei focused on industrial construction. In terms of fortifications, he mainly focused on infrastructure construction, using Germany's loan to build railways and highways, build water conservancy, and dredge rivers. In the southeast of Shanghai, the main industrial city, he built a thermal power plant with a equipment capacity of 100,000 million, and began to build substations and transmission lines in the Pudong Heavy Industry Planning Zone in Shanghai.

On the private side, Star Group used extensive funds to raise funds and began to build a synthetic fertilizer plant, and jointly established a large internal combustion engine factory with Zhu Zhiyao's Qiuxin Machinery Factory. It built a Dula aluminum factory with German Dula Company, introduced car production lines and automobile production lines from Ford Company in the United States, tractor production lines from the United Kingdom, and Western medicine production equipment and technology from Germany.

This is the most important industrial construction at present, such as trains,

Motorcycles, etc., are limited to manpower and funds, can only lag behind.

It also took advantage of the financial advantages of Starry Sky Group to invest in many small machine factories in Shanghai to increase and expand the production line of automobile spare parts and strengthen the domestic production rate of the whole vehicle. With the rapid development of several months, the first output was indeed Ford Motor, although the domestic production rate of current cars is less than 5%.

In June, Mobil Oil, the United States, drilled five oil exploration wells in the north, the Germans drilled three exploration wells in northern Jiangsu, and the Japanese drilled four exploration wells in Anhui, but they all found nothing. Some people published papers in scientific journals saying that China is a terrestrial sedimentary formation and it is impossible for oil fields to have.

Influenced by this conclusion, Mobil withdrew all oil exploration personnel in China. The Japanese were also panicked and invested huge amounts of money to purchase equipment for no reason in the blink of an eye. When they found out that the Japanese were looking for buyers and handing over the equipment in their hands, Hua Fei ordered people to quietly register a company and accept all the Japanese oil exploration equipment at a very low price.

Not long after receiving Japanese equipment, the Germans also gave up the exploration of the third well and stopped the construction of the petrochemical plant in Yangzhou, hoping to withdraw their investment.

Huafei immediately sent people to negotiate and restarted the construction of Yangzhou Petrochemical Plant the next day to discuss the investment of the Germans. Because the Germans lost confidence in China's oil production, Huafei only used unimaginable preferential prices to sell all the equipment and assets. The Sino-German Energy Company reorganized and mainly turned to coal mining.

Although Huafei knows that China produces oil and absolutely produces oil, he doesn't know where to produce oil! The several large oil fields in his memory, such as Daqing Oilfield, Shengli Oilfield, Karamay, Zhongyuan Oilfield, etc., are all outside the autonomous region. Although it seems that there is an oil field in Jiangsu, there are so many areas, where to drill wells and where to find them, which is all a problem.

With poor skills, Huafei had no choice but to adopt local methods and mobilize several international students in the autonomous region who have been exposed to geology. While quickly learning by themselves, he was exploring drilling oil in northern Jiangsu. If one drilling well cannot be drilled, he would drill two, and if two could not be found, he would drill ten. At all costs, he would have to find oil.

The construction of the autonomous region is in full swing. Although the industrial foundation is still incomplete, everything is started. If everything goes well, without the interference of external environment and the impact of internal melee, I believe that in only ten years, at most twenty years, the entire country's industrialization process can be completed.

Several directors of the shipyard in Shanghai Jesson Shipyard have been smiling recently! Not to mention that they have connected to more than 20 freighters with a capacity of more than 1,000 tons within a few months, they have negotiated an agreement with Global Trading Company to build ten large sea ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons within three years for Global Trading Company. The official contract will be signed after the board of directors is approved.

Ten ships, 10,000 tons of sea ships, the contract amount exceeds 25 million SGD, totaling 2.5 million British dollars. This is not only the largest order received since the establishment of the Jesson Shipyard, but also the largest shipbuilding contract in East Asia. The contract amount alone exceeds the total capital of the Jesson Shipyard. With the Jesson Shipyard's annual shipbuilding volume of less than 20,000 tons, it is almost impossible to complete this task.

But the huge profits and the greed of merchants determined that they could not let go of this big fat meat. At the Jesson Shipyard fumigation meeting, more than a dozen British people were making noises, and the second shareholder held a cigar and shouted, "We must sign this contract. This is an opportunity for us to develop a strong and even monopolize the East Asian shipbuilding industry! You must know that even if we don't accept it, Global Company will hand over the orders to the Japanese and even shipbuilding yards in Europe and America."

"I would like to remind everyone here that the Jiangnan Shipyard and the Qiuxin Shipyard have signed several shipbuilding contracts. Moreover, the German Ruirong Shipyard has also signed two 8,000-ton cargo ships. If we miss this opportunity, our status as the No. 1 shipyard in China will probably be given as a gift and given to the Chinese for free.

"But we do not have such great shipbuilding capabilities, and we have signed dozens of cargo ships worth more than 1,000 tons before. We will have all our production tasks this year and even in the first half of next year." The famous Xunshi said with concern.

"We can expand the scale and speed up production. The contract requires us to deliver 10,000-ton cargo ships within three years, so we have at least one year to build larger and more ships and docks. As for the funds, Global Company is willing to pay a deposit of 30%, and we can also borrow from the bank, and everyone raises some funds. I don't understand what reason should we refuse him for such a business?" The second director spoke fluently, and his mouth was splashed out with excitement. There was no gentlemanly demeanor.

"I'm a little confused. Why does the contract stipulate that if we cannot deliver the goods on time, we will not only have to compensate ten times the liquidated damages, but also bear the losses they caused? Will there be any conspiracy here?"

"What conspiracy can be there? What conspiracy can there be?" Another director joined the debate. "Although this provision is much more demanding than the practice, perhaps because the Chinese general doesn't really believe in the ability of our Jesson Shipyard and wants to test whether we dare to sign a contract. As long as we deliver the goods on time, what conspiracy will be there? Can he cut off our capital supply chain? Do we not believe that the Jesson Shipyard can complete this task?"

"Haha..." Most of the directors present laughed in unison. With strong Britain as their backing and strong HSBC and other banks as their financial support, what else would they be afraid of?

"The only thing I wonder is, where did this Global Trading Company get the funds? What exactly does it use to buy so many cargo ships?" a director said with a smile.

"We may not understand other Chinese people, but the commander-in-chief of the autonomous region is famous. There is no need to doubt his ability to pay. The assets owned by Pacific Bank in his name exceed the total assets of the entire Shanghai shipbuilding industry. As for the purpose of the Global Trading Company, it can be seen from his name that this Chinese general wants to monopolize the maritime trade in the entire East Asia!"

"Haha, the premise is that the Japanese warships will not come to cause trouble!"

"For such a general, we should recommend that the British government sign an alliance with it, which will be more beneficial to our shipyard.

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"According to the latest laws promulgated by the Shanghai local government, all heavy industry investment and construction can be obtained from the Greater China National Bank. In addition, the Pacific Bank under the name of the Chinese general seems to be extremely interested in loans for various industrial investment and construction."

"This Chinese general is a shrewd businessman!"

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The atmosphere of the entire Jesson Shipyard board gradually became relaxed and warm. All the topics were shifted to Huafei, the rising iron-blooded commander in the East. If nothing unexpected happens, this contract should not be a problem. The problem waiting for them is how to expand capital and accelerate the construction of new ships.

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...Commander, back... are back...they are back!" Wang Mengfei)[room, and said excitedly.

"Who is back? So happy?" Hua Fei was checking the new self-built submarine test situation and was considering whether to go to the shipyard to see it with his own eyes, but Wang Meng broke in very abnormally.

"Pharm...Pharm...No..." Wang Meng took a breath and leaned into Hua Fei's ear and whispered, "The lurker is back!"

Bang! Hua Fei suddenly stood up and knocked down the chair behind him. There were definitely no more than five people who knew about the Lurker's plan. Only Hua Fei was the only one who knew about Huang Yan's identity, and none of the other parties in the autonomous government knew about it. But why did they come back? Did Huang Yan's plan fail?

"Where is Lurker 1?" Hua Fei asked anxiously.

Wang Meng was stunned and then quickly realized that his words were ambiguity and immediately explained in a low voice, "No. 1 has not come back, it is a team of poisonous people who have returned with a ship of supplies! Now the ship is at the dock, and the customs people are asking for inspection. The poisonous people do not agree and cannot reveal their identity. They are in a stalemate!"

"Notify the police...No, immediately notify the Drug Special Forces and assemble quickly.

Order the Third Regiment of the Guards to immediately block Wu Pier and prohibit all personnel from approaching. Order the Special Forces of the Drugs to quickly escort all personnel and materials on the ship to... transfer to the military base outside the city."

"yes!"

"Wait a minute, I'll go there in person and tell the guards to pay attention to the movement and not attract the attention of the reporters!"

"yes!"

At dusk, three modified cars drove quickly to Wu Wharf. Since Thunderbolt Automobile introduced an American Ford sedan production line in Shanghai, more and more similar cars on the streets of Shanghai have been increasing. Therefore, the three cars of Huafei did not attract much attention.

When Hua Fei arrived, the Third Guard Regiment had already begun to block the dock. The dock was full of people. Although everyone was very dissatisfied with the behavior of the guards, when they knew that they were Hua Fei's guards, they were still calm and were ordered to block the dock. So, except for some foreigners, most of them were more cooperative.

Those foreigners who did not cooperate were forcibly taken away by the guards without saying a word. This behavior caused the masses to cheer loudly, and the unhappiness disappeared immediately. In history, there were very few foreigners who treated foreigners so toughly, and almost no one. I expected that only Commander of China could be so domineering! The Chinese who were fed up with the arrogant foreigners, now they finally saw that the foreigners were defeated. With such a blockade, everyone had no objection to this ten more times!

The on-duty personnel of the customs were busy inspecting the customs and seizures. Suddenly, a team of fully armed soldiers quickly blocked the dock and presented Commander Hua's personal order, requiring them to stop all work immediately. Just as they were dumbfounded, three small cars drove into the dock. From a distance, they seemed to see a few people getting off the car and boarding a passenger ship that came from the United States, and was unwilling to undergo inspection, let alone leave.

"Report, the Special Poison Team, the No. 39 of the Poison is ordered to complete the task and report to you!"

"Salute!" Hua Fei saluted solemnly, then relaxedly held the poisonous man's palm and said excitedly, "How is it? Is it going smoothly along the way?"

"Return to the commander, although the Americans are more xenophobic, this has not affected our actions at all. We just came to our doorstep, because we could not use force, which caused our actions to be blocked. Please forgive me!"

"Haha..." Hua Fei laughed happily. The No. 39 was originally named Zhang Dong, and he was one of the more than 200 employees who were newly expanded by Hua Fei. Later, he joined the Poison Man and was trained by Hua Fei himself. He was cheerful, smart and flexible, and often made jokes, which made people laugh. Unexpectedly, when he went abroad, his humor level reached a higher level.

"Thank you for your hard work, I want to give you a month off! Let's take me to meet Mr. Tesla."

"yessir" Zhang Dong showed off his pretty standard English words like a treasure.

"You, haha..."

Walking into the passenger ship's luxurious cabin, Mr. Nikola Tesla was sitting at the table, drawing something.

"Mr. Tesla, almost all of them stayed in the room on the way, either reading books or painting pictures that no one could understand!" Zhang Dong finished explaining behind Hua Fei, and immediately stepped forward and said respectfully, "Mr. Tesla, our General, come to visit you!"

"Oh?" Tesla finally turned around and stood up, raised his eyes and said calmly, "It turns out that you are the Chinese general. I didn't expect you to have heard of my name, nor did I expect you to be so young!"

"Mr. Tesla, Hua is well-known for your name! In Hua's opinion, if you want to select the best scientist in the entire 20th century, you, Mr. Nikola Tesla, will undoubtedly be the greatest scientist!" Hua Fei stepped forward and held Hua Fei's hand very respectfully.

Tesla finally showed a smile on his face. Although he received a lot of praise, there was a young man who admired him so much in the distant East, and he was flirting with English that was more fluent than him. All of this made him feel a little interested.

"This general, I wonder which invention you are interested in? Hua Fei has so much energy and a lot of money to hire me from the United States...?"

Hiring? Hua Fei had no specific information for a moment, and was a little stunned and recalled quickly in his mind. He had only heard some legends about Nikolas, and he didn't know much about his life. Hua Fei only knew that Mr. Tesla was not only a legendary scientist, but also an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. Moreover, his legend was very mysterious. Some of his scientific theories and experiments were still being studied a hundred years later and no one cracked them.

This scientist, who was once attacked by scientific experts such as Einstein, could have become the richest man in the world because of his invention of AC electricity, but in the end he was heavily in debt, poor and lonely at home.

Hua Fei's eyes lit up and immediately filled with authenticity, "Acoustic electricity, the invention I admire most is alternating electricity. If the invention of generators and electric motors has made mankind enter the electrical age, then I am cautious about it. I think it is precisely because of your alternating electricity that large-scale and long-distance current transmission has been possible that human beings can enter the true electrical age."

"And you give up the patent of alternating current for free use. This noble behavior is probably incomparable to any scientist in history! So I say that Mr. Tras is the greatest scientist of the 20th century, and he also has the element of belittle you. You should be the greatest scientist in human history." (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!