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The original report reads: "Everyone in the visiting group is very interested in various production techniques. Some even practiced it by themselves, like young apprentices; some even wrote down the production process in detail, like students who are thirsty for knowledge." Lin Yuan I thought to myself: "It's really strange that the group of people in the Qing court valued technology so much!"

Lin Yuan then scrolled down and found that most of the reports below were like this, so he turned all the way to the back, and at the end was the memorial jointly signed by Liu Kunyi and Li Jingfang. Not inferior to the Westerners, Wang Sheng took the Northeast factory as the longitude and latitude, and extended it to the whole country, and our Qing Dynasty will repeat the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong."

The two of them read the materials for more than three hours before finishing them. Lin Yuan said: "From my materials, it seems that those in the visiting group want to use the experience of the Northeast to make the Qing Dynasty prosperous and strong. You What about your share?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Mine are similar. They are especially interested in collective pastures and farms. Kang Youwei also suggested that the emperor conduct experiments in various provinces in the southwest, and the word he mentioned the most is reform!"

As soon as Lin Yuan heard the "reform", he said, "It's another reform. Looking at this posture, do they want to learn from us?"

Shen Wanqing said: "I think it's the same. The Qing government not only doesn't want to attack you, but also wants to rely on you to carry out nationwide reforms."

Lin Yuan said: "Although this is true from the data, it doesn't make sense. The Qing court's conservative forces are very strong. Aren't they afraid that I will gain power?"

Shen Wanqing said: "Maybe they think that the reforms you carry out are all technical aspects, so they don't have too many worries."

Lin Yuan said: "It is impossible to carry out such a large-scale technological reform without having great power. In other words, such a large-scale change can only be carried out under the condition of strong power. To give the simplest example, if If you want to build a factory, the factory needs to occupy land, and the things to build the factory need to be transported from other places, so there are many aspects involved, if you don’t have strong power, you will inevitably be pushed around everywhere, and the factory will never be built well!”

Shen Wanqing shook her head and smiled, "I don't understand these things."

Lin Yuan said: "In short, now is a sensitive period, we have to be more careful, how about this, you pay more attention to our institutions in Beijing, newspapers, banks, Zhang's industrial company, once the people of the Qing court make moves against them, we will Notify me immediately! I have to deal with land reform in the next few days."

Shen Wanqing agreed, so Lin Yuan went to Wei Anguo and told him about his shoddy things. Wei Anguo agreed and began to use drones and ground-penetrating radars to detect the entire territory of Gansu. Wei Anguo said: "Shuai Lin, you can go back and leave this place to us."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "That's just right, I have time to watch the actions of the Qing court." So Lin Yuan was about to go back, when he saw Yuan Shikai's confidant, Madman Ning, riding a horse from a distance, and arrived at Lin Yuan. He got off his horse and said, "Hi Shuai Lin!"

Lin Yuan asked, "Do you have anything to do?"

Crazy Ning said with a smile: "Our Master Yuan is going back!"

Lin Yuan asked in surprise: "He wants to go back, where is he going?"

Crazy Ning said with a smile: "Of course we are going back to our residence—Tianjin."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Didn't Yuan Shikai stay to accompany Xiao Dezhang and Yuan Yulin to fight wits with me? Now he is going back to the station!" So Lin Yuan asked, "Why did Master Yuan go back?"

Crazy Ning smiled and said: "It was the emperor who ordered my lord to go back. The reason for going back is very simple. Think about it, we came out to fight rebels. Now that Jiang Huayong and Zhong Xinyuan have surrendered, Long Tengfei has already surrendered! We You don't have to stay here anymore."

Lin Yuan asked: "Then you came to see me, do you want me to attend the farewell banquet?"

Crazy Ning nodded and said, "Tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon, it will still be Yongsheng Restaurant. You are a distinguished guest, and you are welcome!"

Lin Yuan nodded in agreement, returned to his residence, and said to Shen Wanqing: "Did you know? Yuan Shikai is going back." After speaking, she sighed, and Shen Wanqing smiled and said, "What do you have to sigh about? Isn't it Do you still have some sympathy with him?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't say it, it's really interesting."

Shen Wanqing smiled and said, "It's only when you win or lose that you feel sympathetic to each other! But which time did you fight Yuan Shikai when you didn't play tricks on him? So you sigh not because you feel sorry for him, but because you feel that a toy is missing..."

Lin Yuan also laughed, and then said: "Actually, I sighed because I was worried that he would have a conspiracy when he went back."

Shen Wanqing asked: "He's going back to Tianjin, thousands of kilometers away from you, what kind of conspiracy could he have?"

Lin Yuan said: "Anyway, I don't think it's normal for them to withdraw!"

Shen Wanqing smiled coquettishly for a while, and said, "You are just too suspicious, what's wrong?"

Lin Yuan said, "Food!"

Shen Wanqing frowned and asked, "What happened to the food?"

Lin Yuan said: "Yuan Shikai's army has enough stock for a month, what should we do with the food now? Are we going to get it back to Tianjin?"

Shen Wanqing said, "Isn't it good to leave those grains somewhere else?"

Lin Yuan said: "You are not a commander, and you don't understand the reasoning behind it. Think about it, these grains are transported by water from the south of the Yangtze River. How did these grains get to Lanzhou? Take the Beijing-Shanghai Railway from Shanghai to Jinan, and then from Shanghai to Jinan." Jinan takes the newly built Jixi Railway, which was built recently, from Jinan to Zhengzhou, then to Xi'an, and then to Lanzhou."

"These grains were transported for thousands of kilometers before reaching Lanzhou, which took a lot of manpower and material resources. If Yuan Shikai had known in advance that he was going back to Tianjin, the grains would not have been transported here at all. What was the manpower and material resources for? So Yuan Shikai's withdrawal The departure should have happened suddenly, but there has been no fighting near Tianjin recently? Why did they withdraw?"

Shen Wanqing frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Could it be that they are going back to Tianjin to deal with us?"

Lin Yuan said: "It is possible. I have left a company of personal guards in the capital. Even though there is only one company, the equipment and combat power can easily defeat the soldiers of the nine admirals' yamen, but the troops to fight Yuan Shikai are not enough, because There are too many of them!"

Shen Wanqing said: "Is the Qing court really going to attack you? A civil war is about to break out?"

Lin Yuan said: "I'm not sure yet. You know that people in the Qing court are not as smart as I am. Maybe they think it's nothing to spend all that manpower and material resources. Maybe they just wanted to let Yuan Shikai's people return to China on a whim." Tianjin, alas, this is really a huge mystery, I really can't figure it out!"

Shen Wanqing didn't speak, as if she was thinking about something, Lin Yuan said: "Is there any information in the capital? Is there any news from Guan'er and Zhang Hua?"

Shen Wanqing said: "No, both Guan'er and Zhang Hua said that nothing happened recently, and Guan'er's information also said that the Empress Dowager Cixi and the emperor have been praising you recently."

Lin Yuan shook his head silently, and said, "On the one hand, my bodyguard was arrested and transferred back to Yuan Shikai, and on the other hand, he praised me and wanted to learn from me. How can these situations contradict each other?"

Shen Wanqing smiled and said: "I don't think there's anything wrong at all. It's all your guesswork. If you're worried, let's use the old method again?"