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Chapter 152 Tieshan Military Academy
After Marshal Feng Guohui returned to Surabaya, he spent three days in a row dealing with a backlog of blasphemous matters. He appeared in public and presided over the establishment and first enrollment ceremony of Surabaya College of Education, the inauguration ceremony of Surabaya Second Hospital, the groundbreaking ceremony of the government building, etc. major project, and cordially expressed condolences to the injured officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army.

After handling these trivial matters, Marshal Feng Guohui went to Tieshan Town without stopping to preside over the ignition and trial production ceremony of the third steelmaking blast furnace of Tieshan Iron and Steel Plant.

at the ceremony
Facing more than 4700 workers and guests from all walks of life at the scene, Marshal Feng Guohui spoke highly of Tieshan Iron and Steel Plant, as the core enterprise of the military government's steel industry, which has played an exemplary role in driving downstream related manufacturing production and satisfying employment. The effects are widespread.

The Nanyang military government vigorously developed the modern shipbuilding industry. The shipbuilding industry was a large consumer of steel, which placed high demands on the production capacity of steel plants.

In the recent expansion of the Nanyang Army's military operations, a large number of indigenous convicts have been added. The labor force in the iron mines and coal mines is sufficient, so increasing production capacity is the purpose of the question.

After the third steelmaking blast furnace is put into operation, Nanyang Military Government's steel production capacity will soar to 1.2 tons per month, and the annual production capacity will be close to 15 tons, which is enough to meet current demand.

This kind of steel production capacity has reached about 40% of that of the French Third Empire, and all of it is made using advanced blast furnaces, and the quality is much higher than that produced by local methods.

More than 14% of the steel production of the French Third Empire was made by indigenous methods, and blast furnace steelmaking accounted for a relatively small proportion. The total output was about the same as that of the Nanyang Military Government, about 15 to tons per year.

This is not to say that the French Third Empire was industrially backward, but that due to the constitution of its free economy, the development of the steel industry was limited by production capacity and demand, as well as by the vision of capitalists, and there would be no extraordinary development.

And in the Nanyang Military Government

There was a strong smell of fireworks coming from the streets and alleys, restaurants and bars were overcrowded, and the atmosphere of a prosperous industrial city hit our faces.

Nowadays, within the Nanyang Military Government, the hardest and busiest people are the Immigration Department officials. They have moved their offices directly to the port to implement arrival registration, filing, education diversion, reception to local governments, placement and follow-up, and one-stop services. Personnel responsibility system.

Some are far away, some are close, and it varies depending on the situation.

Each team has about three to four people and a team leader.

Upstream in Tieshan Town
The second mineral processing plant is under construction. It is expected that when it is put into operation by the end of the year, it will be able to support the raw material demand for an annual production of 30 tons of steel. It will not be difficult to build several more steelmaking blast furnaces.

With the support of favorable policies, Tieshan Town has developed like a balloon. The town's size has more than tripled from the beginning of the year, and its permanent population has reached 2.87.

After arriving at Yanwang, there is a journey of more than 180 kilometers from Yanwang to Solo, which requires walking and usually takes three days.

The 20,000 to 30,000 indigenous slave laborers who work in iron mines, mineral processing plants, coking coal kilns, and brick kilns are not residents of Tieshan Town. They usually do not have the opportunity to wander around the town for consumption, and are basically invisible.

The two have different levels of emphasis and investment. The industrial development of the Nanyang Military Government has naturally taken a shortcut of overtaking in corners. It is not surprising that the development is both fast and good.

In the past, there were only 70 or 80 people in a team, but now there are often 300 or 400 people in a team, and even more exaggeratedly.

From a distance, the streets look wide and lined with buildings. At dusk, after the steel plants and other companies get off work, the streets are crowded with people, and the shops are open and busy doing business.

Marshal Feng Guohui regards the steel industry as the top priority for the development of heavy industry, and relies on the steel industry to develop shipbuilding, downstream steel machinery industries, agricultural tools, weapons and many other fields, which is an unconventional development led by the government.

After arriving in Solo, the Immigration Department leader needs to hand over the new immigrants to the local area, track the resettlement situation, and finally sign the handover document with the local resettlement agency and return after confirmation.

According to statistics at the end of June
Tieshan Town has developed 1321 enterprises of various types, ranging from steel products to steam engines, from anchors, propellers, steel cables, agricultural tools, pots, clothing to firearms manufacturing, plus restaurants, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, pawnshops and traditional Chinese medicine, Japanese With department stores and so on, it can be said that there is a complete range of categories.

The surging wave of Chinese immigrants made the Nanyang military government suffer and enjoy.

What is even more commendable is that 99% of the residents of Tieshan Town are of Chinese descent, and the security of the town is second to none in the entire Nanyang Military Region.

This can be regarded as completing a resettlement task, and each official of the Immigration Department needs to complete 3 to 4 resettlement tasks every month.

Then the leader of the Immigration Department needs to obtain the support of the local Immigration Department branch in Yanwang City. The 300 people need to get three mules and horses to carry the food, clean water and other supplies needed along the way, so that the weak can temporarily move when they can't walk. Carriage carriage.

That is to say, a group of new Chinese immigrants arrived in Hong Kong, and 300 people were divided and resettled in the inland city of Solo. After completing all the procedures of the Port Immigration Department, the Immigration Office will send a dedicated team leader to accompany these 300 Chinese immigrants to Solo. placement.

Nowadays, with the influx of Chinese immigrants, the officials of these immigration offices obviously feel a lot more pressure.

They are responsible for arranging transportation throughout the entire journey. For example, a horse-drawn train running on rails has been opened from Surabaya to Yanwang, so the team leader is responsible for arranging which horse-drawn train to take.

Often just after arriving at the resettlement place, urging telegrams from the port over there came again, and they had to rush back non-stop to continue taking over the tasks, which made them exhausted.

It is precisely because of the hard work of these ordinary employees that the recovery of production in the area under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Military Government is gratifying. The large areas of land that were once abandoned in the hinterland of Central Java are now basically invisible.

Crops are growing lushly in the fields, and villages are filled with fireworks. The new Chinese immigrants are replacing the indigenous tribes in the past with high efficiency and order, becoming dots of lights on the vast fields.

As the largest landowner in Java Island, Feng Guohui saw a steep upward curve from the reported tenant tax payment figures, with substantial increases every month.

Agricultural products and supplies became increasingly abundant, which led the Nanyang military government to begin planning to establish grain depots in each town to collect and store large amounts of grain.

Java Island has fertile land, abundant rain and sunshine, and no low-temperature frost or snow disasters. Crops are harvested three times a year.

As long as the new Chinese immigrants work hard, having a full stomach is not a problem at all. What we should consider now is how to eat well?
The Nanyang Military Government's agricultural policies towards Chinese and indigenous people were completely different. It had a loose policy towards Chinese farmers, allowing them to reclaim wasteland, allowing them to use excess grain to raise chickens, ducks and poultry, and allowing them to raise pigs, cattle, mules, donkeys and other large livestock, but they had to collect taxes. Transaction tax.

You are allowed to plant fruit trees in front and behind your home, and you are allowed to go to the market to buy and sell agricultural products. Of course, a transaction tax is levied on this, which is usually one-tenth of the value of the agricultural products.

This greatly freed up the hands of Chinese farmers and aroused enthusiasm for raising poultry and livestock. Shortly after settling in, life was greatly improved.

The military government also allowed Chinese farmers to purchase land. It won't be long before some smart Chinese who are good at enduring hardships and stand hard work will become large and small landowners through accumulation.

And all of this is not available to the indigenous tribes under the Nanyang Army. The indigenous tribes can only cultivate the crop varieties designated by the government. They are not allowed to trade land, raise poultry and livestock privately, buy and sell privately, reclaim wasteland, plant fruit trees in front of and behind their homes, etc.

To obtain these privileges, one must become Chinese.

There are several ways to become Chinese. One is to marry your daughter to a Chinese farmer. Then their children will naturally be Chinese and can enjoy preferential Chinese agricultural policies.

Either marry a Chinese woman, change your surname to Chinese, speak Chinese, attend a Chinese school, and become a Chinese citizen. Today's indigenous nobles and some indigenous landowners are doing this and actively moving closer to the Chinese.

Either join the indigenous servant army and serve the Nanyang Army on the battlefield. As a military dependent, you can enjoy special preferential treatment, including preferential agricultural policies.

To put it bluntly, it is to artificially create social ethnic inequality, promote the integration of indigenous people and Chinese immigrants through the power of policies, and eventually bring them all into the Chinese family.

So will this kind of inequality among social groups lead to riots and other social unrest?

There is no need to worry about this at all. The Nanyang Army's current reputation can stop children from crying at night. The indigenous tribes under its command have already been frightened out of their courage and behaved particularly obediently.

If there is any mischief, the Nanyang Army's ruthless campaign will clear out an area, and even women and children will not be spared. They all have their own places to go.

Anyone who dares to cause riots can try it.

In the vast hinterland of Central Java from the east of Solo City to Yanwang City, more than 80% of the land has been occupied by Chinese. Especially on the fertile Solo Plain, the dotted villages and towns are all Chinese villages.

The Nanyang Army used tough military methods to change the population structure of large inland areas in a very short period of time, saving at least a hundred years of hard work.

The process of national integration that originally took several generations to complete was completed in just one or two years under the bayonet.

Feng Guohui stayed in Tieshan Town for a few days, inspected the development of local enterprises, and felt quite satisfied.

Once the subjective initiative of the Chinese people was released, Feng Guohui was surprised by the burst of creativity and amazing enthusiasm, and then he felt relieved.

Eleven chambers of commerce have been established in Tieshan Town, basically including mainland immigrants from all over the world. These chambers of commerce have become free secondary institutions under the government, consciously maintaining market order and transaction fairness.

In various aspects such as public security, taxation, urban construction, and legal systems, chambers of commerce also play an active role in assisting the government in implementing policies, and are involved in every detail.

The local chamber of commerce made spontaneous donations, donated materials, built buildings and guard booths for the town police station, and donated a sum of money as bounties for handling cases to improve the lives of ordinary police officers.

There are also chambers of commerce that donate to build toilets, community hospitals, etc., participate in the establishment of private Chinese schools, and try their best to play a role.

These are all very positive aspects. The Nanyang Military Government is happy to hear this and encourages members of the Chamber of Commerce to play a greater role, devote themselves to politics, and actively provide suggestions and suggestions.

City councils and town councils are very popular among people in the business community. The government also intends to guide some responsible and charitable businessmen to participate in politics and form a good atmosphere of social supervision.

On his last day in Tieshan Town, Feng Guohui went to Tieshan Military Academy to attend the founding ceremony. This is a military academy for the Nanyang Army to train company and platoon-level officers. There are currently 629 students in the school.

The predecessor of Tieshan Military Academy is Tieshan Instruction Team. From the initial three months of military training to the current two years of complete military education, this is also the correct step towards gradual formalization.

In Tieshan Military Academy
There are a total of 17 French, German, and British instructors, and 42 Chinese instructors. Most of them are officers who were transferred to military schools after being injured. The teaching force is quite strong.

In the auditorium of the military academy, Marshal Feng Guohui, as the principal, delivered a heartfelt speech to the military academy cadets, proposing that "when young people are strong, China will be strong" and "our soldiers should take it as their own responsibility to inherit the great Chinese civilization and strive until Passionate expectations such as "regarding the glory of the military as life, being loyal to the leader, being loyal to the nation, and fighting for it all your life" attracted loud cheers and thunderous applause from the passionate military academy students.

The young and promising general started from scratch, led a group of brothers to establish the Nanyang Army, frequently attacked the white colonists, and supported the Chinese in Nanyang. This legend was originally the object of respect among the students.

The addition of the leadership aura made these young military cadets so excited that they could not control themselves with excitement. They shouted "Long live the principal!" "Long live the generalissimo!" in the auditorium. The uniform slogans resounded both inside and outside. .

Feng Guohui was quite satisfied with these young military academy cadets. After the mobilization speech, he personally awarded medals to outstanding cadets and encouraged them to learn their skills well and make contributions to the Nanyang Army in the future.

The Nanyang Army wants to truly become the master of the East Indies and expand its power from Java to Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and New Guinea. With its existing military strength alone, it is far not enough.

Feng Guohui plans to carry out a major military expansion in two years' time, when the foundation of rule is stable and the Chinese population has expanded to a certain extent. The goal is to double the number of troops to 7 to 8 people.

Only in this way can we carry out strong military expansion and become the master of the East Indies.

At that time, these newly graduated officers will become the grassroots officers of the newly formed divisions, thus ensuring that the Nanyang Army's combat effectiveness remains online while its scale expands significantly.

The young officers trained by Tieshan Military Academy are the seeds of the future Nanyang Army. When they take root, sprout and grow vigorously, they will become a leafy forest.

Today, he holds military affairs in one hand and civil affairs in another, firmly holding absolute power in his hands, and planning future development with a vision that transcends the times.

Move forward step by step, walking very steadily.

The Nanyang Army now came to an abrupt halt when it was full of momentum and took an absolute defensive position on the front line. Not to mention the Dutch Governor's Office was shocked, some officers within the Nanyang Army who were dazzled by the victory also frequently complained.

As expected, these officers will soon be transferred to the rear, relieved of active duty, and relocated to rural areas to become landowners who live and work in peace and contentment, and from then on live a peaceful life free from the world.

The Nanyang Army only needs one voice. The decision made by the commander-in-chief cannot be questioned and must be completed to the letter.
As for whether you understand it?

That depends on the officer's personal understanding. As a superior, Feng Guohui has no need to explain to his officers. If he understands, he must implement it, and if he doesn't understand, he must implement it.

(End of this chapter)