The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn In order to welcome the arrival of the Revolution of [-], Jiang Yu spent a lot of money on army training. Infantry shooting training and artillery training were often carried out.

In addition to basic training subjects such as queues and physical fitness, tactical training is mainly carried out. The entire army has a strong civil engineering ability and is very proficient in the tactical application of defense.

On the offensive side, skirmish tactics were adopted, and blasting tubes were correspondingly equipped to blast open the barbed wire.Artillery is an important offensive equipment, with mortars following the battle, and 75 rapid-fire guns and howitzers for fire support.

This is the most luxuriously equipped army in the whole of China.

Even in the world, few armies have such luxurious equipment.Not to mention that there is no soldier in any army who can endure hardships and stand hard work like this army. [

Jiang Yu basically copied the German military system. With the support of the German military, he hired a large number of experienced German military officers to form an instructor group and a staff group.

Moreover, Jiang Yu also added more advanced military concepts and systems to the army. Under the hard training of the soldiers, the combat effectiveness of this army is rapidly improving.

In modern warfare, training, equipment, and ideological indoctrination are the most basic, and Jiang Yu has done a good job in these aspects. Apart from these, the struggle is the quality of officers and comprehensive national strength.

Soldiers on the battlefield only need to master combat skills, relying on the command of a large number of grassroots officers, which is relatively lacking at present, but the joining of German officers has largely solved this problem.

In terms of comprehensive national strength, who in China has more money than Jiangyu?For Jiang Yu, as long as he has money, he can buy a large amount of combat materials from Germany, and he has already started to take the route of self-government.

The formation of this army did not attract the attention of the German military at first, but as time passed, the German military has attached great importance to the existence of this army.

Many new military concepts and new combat methods have emerged in the Jiangbei Patrol Battalion.

For example, the sniper rifle. Jiang Yu installed the optical sight produced by Yuanhua Group on the rifle, forming a new combat concept of sniper. The Germans gathered many hunters to form a sniper unit.In addition, because Jiangyu's air force combat concept is too advanced, the Germans are still waiting and watching.

However, the German Yuanhua Group has produced reliable reconnaissance aircraft, and aerial reconnaissance has been introduced into the German combat system.

Germany realized that Jiang Yu had established an army in China that was more powerful than the Beiyang Army, and that China was likely to be the master of Jiang Yu in the future.

If Jiang Yu can dominate China, it will be very beneficial to Germany.

Because Jiang Yu married Yukos's daughter, and Yukos only had his daughter as his heir, Jiang Yu was already a core member of the Junkers consortium.

Germany is too small, and any number of provinces that China occupies are much larger than Germany. The two sides are very complementary, and the distance between the two sides is far away, so there is no conflict of living space.

Therefore, the German military began to support Jiang Yu secretly and sent a German military advisory group of thousands of people to Jiang Yu. In fact, it was a group of German grassroots officers. The purpose of going to China was to make up for the lack of grassroots officers in the Jiangbei Patrol Battalion.

These German officers arrived in Huaiyin as retired unofficial officers, and the secrecy work was done very well. People would only think that they were a group of German technicians hired by Jiang Yu, and they did not attract the attention of other countries.

In order to train this army, Jiang Yu spent a lot of money in it, but Jiang Yu's commercial income has continued to increase. Yuanhua Group's investment has achieved a lot of results, and various industrial projects have gradually become highly profitable.

In the Chinese market, the light industry projects developed by Jiangyu have also generated considerable profits, and the scale is still expanding.

Jiang Yu also invested in a department store in Shanghai, which quickly became a success. Shanghainese who like to join in the fun were very surprised by the appearance of the department store, and went shopping one after another.

What department stores represent these days is fashion, and it's affordable. [

The department store opened by Jiangyu is called "Huadong Department Store", which has tens of thousands of domestic and foreign products, and also has a basement to sell the cheapest products.

Moreover, Huadong Department Store also develops mail order, and sells products at affordable prices to cities with convenient transportation. For this reason, Jiangyu also opened post offices in major cities.With the development of transportation in the future, mail order can also be developed to rural areas.

Consumers can return the products they order by mail if they are not satisfied, which changes the trepidation of consumers in the transaction process into the trepidation of sellers, and at the same time dispels people's concerns about mail ordering.

Under normal circumstances, unless you encounter a mental problem, no one will return the product, and the shipping fee for returning the product must be borne by the buyer.In this era of material scarcity, it is not easy for people to buy affordable goods.Mail order items are usually cheaper.

On the first day of its opening, Huadong Department Store attracted nearly [-] people from Shanghai.

Huadong Department Store is a very mature department store. Jiang Yu directly borrowed from the model of later generations. Of course, there are still many killers that have not been used.

The entire department store is a six-story building. The Jiang family started building this building three years ago, and it took three years to finally finish it.The upper part sells high-end products, so that customers can choose freely, the lower part sells ordinary daily necessities, and the lowest basement sells the cheapest and most favorable cheap products.

The turnover on the first day reached [-] silver dollars, which can be described as daily progress.

At the same time, Jiang Yu opened the Huadong Hotel in Shanghai, and invited the chefs of the four famous dishes of Cantonese cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Jiangsu cuisine. The decoration is luxurious and the service is considerate. It has the most luxurious decoration, the best dishes, and the most thoughtful service.

And Shanghai is the area where the richest people are concentrated, all kinds of foreigners, comprador businessmen from various countries, various speculators, and many ethnic businessmen.

On the opening day of Huadong Hotel, there were also many rich people from Shanghai visiting. Because of the [-]% discount for the first seven days, rich people in Shanghai went to experience the services of Huadong Hotel. Huadong Hotel is also a very mature hotel with foot massage , take, sauna, swimming pool, dance hall, theater.

In addition, Jiangyu has also launched western-style fast food, including fried chicken, hamburgers, steaks, pizza, and various desserts. It has also achieved great success since its opening. Chinese people are very welcome to this kind of food that pursues taste. Especially for the catering industry, the first stage of business is the best stage for business, because people go to try something new.

Fast food restaurants quickly developed many agents in various countries around the world, and Western-style fast food became the first of Chinese people.

Jiang Yu has not forgotten to control the public opinion circle. Public opinion is a sharp weapon that a consortium must control. It can influence the market, reverse black and white, and allow the public to think and act in the direction you want.

Also, controlling the public opinion platform can make commercial advertisements, and it can make your competitors have no place to advertise.

Jiang Yu bought "Shenbao" from foreigners for 60 taels, "Ta Kung Pao" for 80 taels, and "News" for 65 taels. After being included in Jiang Yu's pocket, various advertisements of Jiang Yu's industries soon appeared in these newspapers.

Jiang Yu established a journalist school to train professional journalists and station them in cities across the country, as well as major cities around the world, to change the lack of journalists in Chinese newspapers before, and strive to get first-hand news from all over the world and achieve the fastest , the latest, and select the most breaking news.

At the same time, it also bought more advanced printing equipment, and the paper was also provided by its own paper mill to minimize the cost, thereby reducing the selling price to an ultra-low price of one copper plate.

In terms of distribution, not only in Shanghai, but also in Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Nanchang, Hefei, Suzhou, Nanjing, Huaiyin, Tianjin, Beijing, Hankou, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Kaifeng, Xi'an and other places, newspaper offices in each place All are equipped with wires for communication.

Newspapers will be deployed in first-tier cities for the time being, and later in second-tier cities, in an effort to build a huge network that can influence public opinion in China.

At the same time, Jiang Yu also had the idea of ​​opening a telegraph office. Currently, domestic telegrams use wired telegrams, and the price of sending telegrams is very expensive.

If you use wire-powered equipment, you can definitely generate profits. [

However, for the time being, Jiang Yu has some political concerns. The opening of the telegraph office will mobilize the interests of officials and businessmen headed by Sheng Xuanhuai, and they will inevitably be counterattacked.

For the time being, one more thing is worse than one less thing. Once the Revolution of [-] breaks out, it will be as high as the sky and the sea is wide, and it will be used arbitrarily.

With the approaching of the Revolution of [-], Jiang Yu has already made most of the preparations, and the military is already in serious trouble. Although the number of troops is not too many, it is definitely enough.

In terms of politics, Jiang Yu also made preparations, opened a training class within the party, and began to train administrative personnel.

In Jiang Yu's view, officials also need professional training.After the outbreak of the Revolution of [-], Jiang Yu must have enough administrative staff to help him manage the site.

With the continuous development of Jiangyu in Huaiyin, the financial crisis in China is still spreading, and the situation is getting worse day by day.

The bankruptcy of the Qianzhuang caused a chain reaction, one after another went bankrupt.

As a result of the bankruptcy of the bank, not only the Manchu Qing government suffered heavy losses, but also businessmen, big and small, suffered heavy losses.In order to make up for the loss, the Qing government increased the collection of commercial taxes.

It is better to take from business than to take from agriculture.

The idea is good, but the current businessmen are not having a good time under the influence of the financial turmoil. They all feel resentful about being taxed by the Qing government.

On June 1911, 6, in order to repay the loan from the foreign powers during the Shanghai Rubber Stock Storm.Sheng Xuanhuai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and Duanfang, the Minister of Supervision, jointly issued a "Gedian" to Sichuan Governor Wang Renwen, informing him of the method of handling the Sichuan-Han Railway stock funds decided by the Du Branch: the company's used funds and the company's existing funds will be paid by the government. All will be exchanged for national railway stocks, and cash will not be refunded.If people in Sichuan want to raise cash to pay back, they will have to borrow foreign debts, which will be paid off with the fiscal revenue of Sichuan Province.This telegram expressly stated that shareholders in Sichuan Province were not allowed to guarantee their capital and refund, but only allowed to exchange railway stocks, that is, the government not only collected the road, but also took money.

Chuanhan Railway Company was a big player in the rubber stock investment boom, but its huge losses did not lose all the money. It's too ugly to eat.

As soon as the telegram was made public, the entire province of Sichuan was shaken. The money came not only from merchants, but also from farmers. In order to have their own railway, Sichuan people were very active in raising funds, even ordinary people. Quite a few ordinary people own the shares of Chuanhan Railway Company.

The road protection movement kicked off.