Li Zhen rolled his eyes and said: "Commander Zeng's suggestion is very good. I will determine the selection of personnel to establish a new organization as soon as possible, and then start to form a team, and then deal with the chess pieces laid by Yi Bu who are lurking in the provinces. "
When everyone heard this, their eyes froze.
Li Zhen has a team of people who are responsible for inquiring about confidential information. They will definitely be all-pervasive in the future, and they will become dangerous. Of course, if you are loyal to Li Zhen, it is not something to be afraid of.
If you walk upright and sit upright, you don't have to worry.
The second matter was temporarily suspended. Li Zhen continued: "The third matter is about building railways and establishing telegraphs. Nowadays, railways and telegraphs have appeared, and countries such as Britain and the United States have begun to use them. Once there are With the railway and telegraph, many things will be more convenient and faster. Both of these things must be implemented as soon as possible. This matter is not as easy as the picketing of Yi's people just now, but it is very difficult. Because it involves negotiating with foreigners."
Zuo Zongtang said: "Your Majesty, don't you plan to give the matter of railway construction to the commanders of the five countries stationed in Japan?"
Li Zhen smiled softly and said: "If they can come here, I can leave the construction work to them, but can they come now? They obviously can't come here. Our development cannot wait for them to come. , when they come, we will probably have unified the whole country. By then, some places will build railways, and some places will let them build them."
Zuo Zongtang nodded and stopped persuading.
Zeng Guofan said: "Your Majesty, building railways and establishing telegraphs are extremely expensive things. Moreover, now we have to fight again. Can our money support it? Will it hurt the people?"
There were too many channels for spending money, and Zeng Guofan was worried that insufficient money would affect the people.
Li Zhenxiao said: "In terms of finance, we have our own bank, our own industrial chain, and our own arsenal to make money from selling weapons. In addition, the money scraped from other countries is enough for us. Now we need to develop , we must vigorously build railways and establish telegraphs. In fact, building railways can also stimulate domestic demand, develop the economy, provide many jobs to the people, let the people have a job and a source of income, and it can also be regarded as stimulating the economy."
Zeng Guofan asked again: "Who is responsible for such a big thing?"
After Li Zhen's eyes swept around everyone, he finally landed on Smith and said: "I'm afraid this matter needs Smith. He is proficient in English and can better deal with businessmen and officials from various countries. Smith, you how about."
Smith stood up and said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I am very happy."
Smith had been in the army for many years, and he must have been reluctant to leave the army suddenly. However, when it came to a big project under Li Zhen, Smith agreed directly without any complaints.
Besides, doing such things is also very interesting and not boring.
Li Zhen asked again: "Smith, as you are responsible for building railways and telegraphs, if you have any requests, feel free to put them forward. The sooner you put them forward, the faster they will be solved when problems arise in the future."
Smith said: "Your Majesty, there is indeed something."
"It's okay to just say it." Li Zhen said.
Smith said: "I have been serving in the military and have no experience in economics. I still need someone to assist me. This person should preferably be proficient in economics and be able to evaluate the cost of building railways to the maximum extent. I am responsible for The most important thing is the external handover, and the internal calculations, etc., I must have someone to assist me, otherwise it is easy to cause problems."
Li Zhen praised: "Smith, this sentence is to the point."
Li Zhen raised his head and looked outside and ordered: "Someone, go find Fan Kai from the Greater China Bank."
"yes."
The soldiers outside got the order and immediately went to notify Fan Kai. Next, Li Zhen told Smith about the construction of railways, including the places where railways were built, such as between Guangxi and Guangdong, and between Guangdong and Nanjing. And how to build railways in various places, and find engineers to build railways, etc.
It didn't take long before Fan Kai rushed over.
Fan Kai bowed respectfully to Li Zhen, and then sat down. Li Zhen waited for Fan Kai to take a breath, pointed at Smith, and said: "Mr. Fan, this is Smith, a division commander in the army. He is now transferred out." , responsible for the construction of railways and the establishment of telegraphs. The two of you cooperate, Smith on the outside and you on the inside, to implement this matter as soon as possible."
Fan Kai said happily: "Your Majesty is wise. Railways and telegraphs have flourished abroad and have greatly promoted the development of various countries. We should have had them a long time ago. Your Majesty proposed it just right."
Li Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Next, you guys will communicate more."
"yes."
Smith and Fan Kai said at the same time.
"Report."
At this time, a soldier came in from outside.
The soldier came to Zhao Liewen and reported the news. After hearing this, Zhao Liewen's expression changed drastically.
He waved the soldiers to withdraw, stood up, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, there is news from the north. After more than one year and nearly two years of preparation, Yi has now declared war on us and is preparing to attack us. At the same time, he has already captured Shi Dakai of Sichuan also declared war on us at this time, and in conjunction with Yi's dispatch of troops, the two families colluded together, and the situation became very complicated."
Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.
The current situation feels quite like the Three Kingdoms.
However, Li Zhen is the strongest and can be regarded as Cao Cao among the Three Kingdoms, while Yi is stronger than Shi Dakai and can be regarded as Sun Quan of Soochow. As for Shi Dakai who is entrenched in Sichuan, he is Liu Bei.
The three countries formed a situation of three opposing forces.
Shi Dakai and Yi joined forces, obviously joining forces to attack Li Zhen.
Li Zhen quickly calmed down and ordered: "Come here, invite Li Shanlan from Jiuzhou Daily." After Wei Yuan's death, Li Shanlan took over Wei Yuan's position as editor-in-chief of Jiuzhou Daily. Li Zhen and Li Shanlan met briefly, and then Li Zhen appointed Li Shanlan to take over the affairs of Jiuzhou Daily. After that, Li Zhen led his troops to Taiwan without communicating with Li Shanlan.
When the war broke out, Li Zhen immediately asked someone to call Li Shanlan. Jiuzhou Daily was Li Zhen's mouthpiece. Li Zhen naturally needed Li Shanlan to lead the way and mobilize the people's emotions.
The soldiers went to inform, while Li Zhen waited for Li Shanlan.
Not long after, Li Shanlan hurried over. After he entered the room, he saw the important military officials sitting in the room, as well as the high-ranking officials in the officialdom. His breathing became slightly heavier. This is the first time I have seen such a big battle, so many people gathered together, it is something unusual.
