Hun Jianglong and his men used night attacks to kill all the first batch of Japanese soldiers who landed. A total of three hundred corpses were thrown collectively on the sea surface of Longkou, leaving hungry fish and shrimps in the water, and the sea in the sky.
The birds were feeding, and the entire beach was filled with a foul stench.
The Japanese Lieutenant General Mitsuomi Kamio who was responsible for attacking Qingdao was furious after receiving the report. The veins on his head were exposed. He had long boasted to his colleagues that Qingdao could be captured in six hours. Of course, this was somewhat of a boast, but the Japanese also
I think this is an extremely easy war. The Japanese navy and army surrounded the Germans in Qingdao, and Japan has more than ten times the strength. If it cannot win easily with this advantage, it is better to commit suicide by caesarean section.
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However, just when Kamio Mitsuomi was full of confidence, the news came that all the 300 vanguard troops were shattered. He suddenly felt as if he had been struck by thunder. If the Germans were able to ambush the Japanese landing troops at Longkou first, they could only
It proved that Germany had much more troops than imagined, and the Germans already knew Japan's attack plan in advance. Both situations were not a good thing for Japan.
However, Kamio Mitsuomi was not a simple person. He hurriedly used spies to investigate the situation, and at the same time mobilized an army to prepare for another landing at any time.
Just a few months ago, the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway was successfully opened to traffic, connecting the two most important cities in Sichuan. The flow of materials within Sichuan has been greatly improved. Now the roadbed has been laid from Chongqing to Wanxian, and
The most difficult part is from Wanxian County to Yichang, Hubei Province. This section has to pass through high mountains, open a large number of tunnels, and lay bridges. The construction difficulty is one of the best in the world. Zhan Tianyou spent most of his efforts on this.
Fortunately, with the development of Sichuan's industry, it can provide a large amount of raw materials, and Qiao Yu has also imported a large number of construction machines from the United States. With these as a basis, the Yi-Wanzhou Railway is advancing hard and steadily. It is expected that the Sichuan-Hankou Railway will be completed within three years.
Once the entire railway line is opened, Sichuan's industry will surely usher in unprecedented development.
At this time, Qiao Yu's special train was heading from Chengdu to Chongqing. A slender beauty was lying lazily in his arms. This person was Yu Qin. Since the last time they met, Yu Qin often sang for the handsome man.
Later, he simply became a royal actor in the Shuai Mansion. In this era, it was common for big figures to keep some actors. Some well-informed people knew that Yu Qin had hooked up with the patrol envoy, and they did not dare to provoke him.
Yu Ye simply took this touching beauty into his room, but Qiao Yu strictly followed a rule, that is, he would never bring these messy women into his home.
Lu Wanqing is his wife who is married to a matchmaker, and she is also someone who can share hardships and wealth with him. One life is enough, and the rest are just embellishments. Now Lu Wanqing is pregnant and has been raising a baby in Chengdu. Qiao Yu
It was only when he came out for the first time that he took Yuqin with him.
Qiao Yu's special train was decorated in an extremely luxurious and comfortable way, and you couldn't feel any vibrations from the train. Yu Qin's beautiful figure was lying in Qiao Yu's arms, with her huge chest showing a large amount of snow-white, and there was a trace of pleasure on it.
There are traces of Qiao Yu's big hands caressing the beauty's buttocks.
"Commander, you've killed me!" Yu Qin was both happy and a little embarrassed by Qiao Yu's caress, and her shy expression became more and more touching.
"You can't blame me for this. Firstly, you brought it to your door yourself. Secondly, who told you to be so beautiful!"
Qiao Yu took Yu Qin's body and played with it wildly for a while. The two of them calmed down and quietly observed the scenery of the Chengdu Plain. It was already the harvest season in the Chengdu Plain. The golden rice fields stretched as far as the eye could see, and there was a wonderful harvest scene.
, Yuqin lay on Qiao Yu's body and kept looking out...
"Commander, what is that?" Qiao Yu followed the direction of Yuqin's fingers and saw that they were just a few harvesters. Last year, Sichuan introduced tractor production lines from the United States and established the Sichuan Agricultural Machinery Factory. This year it produced
A group of tractors, harvesters and other machinery.
Nowadays, Sichuan's industry is developing rapidly, especially after the outbreak of World War I. A large number of rural laborers have entered the city to seek jobs. Coupled with the policy of capping rent and interest, Sichuan landlords have made less and less profits from tenant farmers. Some enterprising
They simply began to build small factories, and some who insisted on farming had to introduce a batch of machines to replace labor in order to make up for the shortage of labor.
After the harvester passed by, the fields were harvested. The work that used to take a dozen or even dozens of people now only requires one machine. Yuqin was a little dumbfounded when he saw this.
"Haha, that's called a harvester. It's used to cut fields. It's made in Sichuan!
The train roared past, but Yu Qin was obviously a little emotional: "Commander, look at the speed of the harvester, even a dozen strong laborers can't match it!"
"A machine! It's always much faster than people. Why else would we invent it?"
"When I was young, when it was time to harvest, everyone in my family, from the oldest to the youngest, had to work in the fields. I was only five or six years old at the time. I couldn't do much, so I would cook at home by cooking, and then send it to the fields.
It takes more than ten days to get that little food home. It’s the only time of the year when the family can afford to eat something dry, otherwise they won’t have the energy to work!”
Qiao Yu had not asked about Yu Qin's family background in the past. Opera singers in this era were low-class people. It can be said that as long as there was some way, children would not be allowed to do this. Behind everyone's back was a handful of bitter tears.
"Commander, I was actually very happy at that time. My family didn't suffer any losses, which was the greatest luck. Later, my family suffered a military disaster and couldn't survive, so I was sold to an opera singer's family and I have been living on my last breath.
Up to now, if I hadn’t foreseen the commander-in-chief, I’m afraid I would have lost my life!”
Yu Qin started to cry as she spoke. Qiao Yu held her tightly in his arms: "As long as I have a chance, I will give you a title!"
The train took less than ten hours to reach Chongqing. Officials from all walks of life in Chongqing naturally came to the train station to greet Qiao Yu, including Qiao Yu's eldest brother Qiao Cheng. Now Chongqing is the most important production base and export base in Sichuan.
Almost all supplies from various places have to be transported here and then shipped out of Sichuan by water. Someone must be in charge, and Qiao Chengcheng was sent here to take charge.
Qiao Cheng also discovered Yu Qin next to his third brother. He also knew that this third brother was different from the rest of the Qiao family. Starting from the old man Qiao Guangyuan, both Qiao Cheng and Qiao Zhen only married one wife.
He doesn't have any concubines, and he doesn't mess around with other women, but Qiao Yu always doesn't like beauties around him. No matter how good he is to Lu Wanqing, he can't change this habit, but Qiao Cheng can't care about such things, and
The others accompanied Qiao Yu to the place where he was staying. Qiao Cheng brought a bunch of statistical materials and sent them to Qiao Yu.
"Lao San, I really didn't expect that after the war broke out in Europe, the price of our goods would skyrocket by more than 30%. Britain and France have already begun to purchase military uniforms and tents on a large scale. In addition, many businessmen have also begun to purchase pig bristles on a large scale.
, tung oil, ore and other things, as long as this war can last for a year or two, I dare say that Sichuan will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes!"
Qiao Yu secretly laughed in his heart that this war would not only last for a year or two, but would last for more than four years, almost consuming all the wealth accumulated by colonial empires such as Britain and France!
"Brother, Britain and France can still maintain their current status. The purchasers are just some businessmen who think that the war will last for a long time, so they rush to stock up. I think as long as the European battlefield enters the stalemate stage in a few months, it will be priceless.
It will continue to skyrocket, and it will not be a problem to increase by two or three times. In addition, the demand is also a bottomless pit. Our current production capacity can only drink a little soup. It is far behind industrial countries like the United States. Even
Even Japan can’t compare, it’s just that we prepared earlier than they did!”….
"Third brother, I heard that thousands of people die every day in Europe. Everyone should have some compassion, but I really hope that they can fight hard for a few years, and then we will have money.
Let’s build Sichuan!”
"Brother, I don't think we have anything to feel guilty about. How did these beasts harm us? The Gengzi compensation has not been paid yet. The evil causes they planted themselves have now produced evil consequences. They are responsible for everything. No wonder
other people!"
Qiao Cheng picked up another document and handed it to Qiao Yu: "Lao San, I have estimated that Sichuan's industrial and commercial tax revenue can double this year, at least more than 40 million, plus the income invested in the stock market.
, the income of the Sichuan government alone can be increased by as much as 50 million, while the personal profits of other businessmen will be twice this amount. This money is really not a small amount, and I am afraid that it is not as much as what President Yuan in Beijing can control.
The wealth will be much greater!"
In fact, Sichuan's profits are not limited to what Qiao Cheng said. Qiao Yu also has two more profitable industries, one is arms and the other is drugs. As the war continues, when the reserves of Britain and France are exhausted, there will be
Orders are placed all over the world, and trench warfare is also the most energy-consuming. Soldiers on both sides are bound to have low morale due to the torture of war. How can we ensure morale? Drugs may be the best choice. These two things may be
Britain and France will be in great need before the end of the year. Even if they don't use it temporarily, the mud-legged giant Tsarist Russia will also need it. It is conservatively estimated that the Sichuan government's fiscal revenue in 1914 will increase by more than 100 million, which is three times that of the previous year.
With the increase in fiscal revenue, Qiao Yu's ambition to integrate southwest China has also reached the implementation stage. "Brother, call me Zhang Bailin and ask him to come to Chongqing immediately. He said that the Guizhou-Chongqing Railway project will be started immediately. Starting from Chongqing, it will
The railway was built to Guiyang, and Sichuan and Guizhou jointly funded the establishment of Liupanshui Coal Company to develop Guizhou's coal resources. Sichuan is spending 5 million taels of silver to assist Guizhou in improving people's livelihood and developing industry!"