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Chapter 424 University Moves Inland

Major construction projects and recruitment work in Nanyang are in full swing.

Here, in front of a newly built school building, Li Mu was shaking hands with a middle-aged man.

"Principal Liu, welcome, welcome to Nanyang."

Principal Liu looked at the brand-new school building in front of him and was very excited. He said repeatedly: "Thank you, Commissioner Li. Thank you, Commissioner Li, for accepting us. For preparing the school building for us and allocating funds for us."

Li Mu smiled: "You're welcome. Universities are the hope of China's future, and college students are the seeds of China's future. How can we stand idly by during this time of national crisis."

Principal Liu was so moved that his eyes turned red. Under such a chaotic situation, the university was moving inland and it was really difficult to find a good place to stay. The conditions here in Nanyang were better than they imagined.

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The President Liu in front of me is actually the president of Jiaozuo Institute of Technology. The reputation of Jiaozuo Institute of Technology may be too low, and everyone has never heard of it. But in the future, this university will be renamed China University of Mining and Technology, which is the predecessor of China University of Mining and Technology, Jiaozuo Institute of Technology.

College.

This engineering college was founded by the British Ford Company in 1909 as the Jiaozuo Road Mining School. It was the first mining institution of higher learning in Chinese history. At that time, the school was located in Jiaozuo Village near Zemeisheng Factory, Xiuwu County, Henan Province.

Named Jiaozuo Road and Mine School.

The schooling lasts for four years, cultivating talents specialized in mining, metallurgy and railways. In 1933, the Department of Road Engineering and Bridges and the Department of Water Conservancy were added to the Civil Engineering Department.

However, according to the original history, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Jiaozuo Institute of Technology looked for a place to stay, first to Xi'an, and finally to Tianshui. It brought all the equipment, instruments, books, specimens, machine tools and other teaching tools from the internship factory, along with

Faculty, staff and students moved in together.

This time, because Li Mu took action in advance, not only had the school building been prepared in advance, but also excellent conditions were provided, and Hu was immediately intercepted.

Of course, we can't say that we should stop talking about it now. With the current domestic situation, many cities don't care about these universities, and are even worried about increasing the burden on the local area after coming. In this era of war everywhere, why do you care if you can't even take care of the local area?

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Comparatively speaking, it is extremely rare for people to offer such good conditions as Li Mu.

Even the conditions of Southwest Associated University were not much better after they moved to Kunming. During the war, school funding was very tight, and they lacked money to even build a house. In the end, only the classrooms had iron roofs, and the student dormitories were all thatched.

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Wuhan University also moved to Leshan. This was also the most difficult period of material life in the history of Wuhan University.

Salaries have been reduced and prices have soared. Even for university professors, their salaries are not even enough to support themselves and their families. Students are even more difficult to feed and clothe themselves. They eat "eight-treasure rice" mixed with gravel and barnyard grains, and wear nothing.

It's a shabby piece of clothing full of patches.

Due to the poor living and medical conditions, more than a dozen teachers lost their lives to poverty and disease, and the number of student deaths was more than a hundred. The school cemetery had to be expanded repeatedly, and it was even called the "Eighth Dormitory". At that time, the school

There are only seven dormitories.

Not only the Jiaozuo Institute of Technology in the province, but also Beiping, Tianjin, most of Hebei... After they fell one after another, the universities in these places are looking for places to move out. Many universities, due to too many people, even split each department into its own.

They each found a place to move out and settle down.

Because many universities are inextricably linked to Beiyang, they are not taken seriously by the national government, and many can only contact local governments on their own.

After several months of contact and communication with Li Mu, Peking University, which had long since disappeared from history, as well as the School of Science and the School of Engineering of Beiyang University, were very excited about the conditions offered by Li Mu.

We have sent people over to inspect it, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will be transferred here soon.

In addition, there is the national Henan University in this province. Historically during the Anti-Japanese War, Henan University moved around the province and ran schools in hiding. Although it suffered heavy losses, it did not move to other provinces in the end.

Li Mu had sent people to communicate with them two months ago. Since it was within the province and there was no need to move to other provinces, they still took it seriously.

After the fall of Jinling, the Henan Province in the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the provincial capital became increasingly dangerous. Although Henan University did not want to move, the situation was such that it had to move.

Now, the two parties are still in communication and negotiation on how to move? When to move? What conditions can be given here?

Another one that is wavering and is in urgent communication is National Shandong University. Due to the tense situation and Shandong is a coastal province, Shandong University's inward relocation is quite fast.

In November, Shandong University moved from Qingdao to Anqing, Anhui Province. As a result, just one month after staying there, Jinling disappeared.

Jinling cannot be defended, and Anqing cannot be defended either. We can only find a place to stay again and continue to move inland.

Historically, they moved to Wanxian County, where there were really no extra resources. They were annexed as soon as they arrived and were still hot. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, they resumed the school at its original location in Qingdao.

Now, Shandong University is also struggling. During this period, they went to the competent authorities many times and coordinated many times before they found a place in Wanxian County that was willing to accept them. Although the conditions were a bit worse, after all, the competent authorities were easy to use and not easy to help.

They contacted.

On the other side, Nanyang took the initiative to contact them, and the conditions they offered were very good, and to be honest, they were very attractive. Moreover, the other party knew that as the National Shandong University, they would definitely return to Shandong after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and it was impossible to stay there. But they still opened

It is even more rare and valuable to provide such good conditions and support the school without asking for anything in return.

In fact, this is also the reason why it is not easy for some prestigious schools to find a place with good conditions. Everyone knows that they cannot stay and will definitely go back after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. There is no benefit. Food, drink, and toilets must be provided locally. How many places have this?

That awareness and handwriting.

After thinking about it for a long time, they still preferred Nanyang in their hearts, but the competent authorities had to explain it carefully.

In fact, universities at this time still had a lot of autonomy, especially well-known universities. For example, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University, from Changsha to Kunming, where did the school move to? The specific location? They all decided on their own.

Once the decision is made, just let the relevant departments coordinate.

The situation is similar here at Shandong University. Wherever you want to move, as long as the place is willing to accept you, there won't be much hindrance.



The plan of several universities to move to Nanyang quietly started. Li Mu arranged things in Nanyang and came to Wuhan again in a low-key manner.

Unload the other half of the goods in the space, and put the bristles and tung oil purchased in the past two months into the space.

After sitting in Wuhan for two days, we discussed the development plan of Muwu Commercial Bank. Next, we will not only open tentacles and semicolons to the southwest and northwest regions.

In occupied areas, you should also establish a new business and continue to engage in commercial activities. It doesn't matter whether you make money or not. You must know the news and movements there.

After arranging this matter, Li Mu got on the plane to Kunming, and three days later, he came to Singapore again.

He delivered the bristle and tung oil in his hands and received another US$3.5 million.

This time Li Mu came to Singapore, he needed to purchase a lot of things. The first thing was firearms. Mauser 98k had 20,000 rods. Unfortunately, there were not so many goods here, only 5,000 rods. The remaining 15,000 rods were only

You can order first.

The same is true for Czech-style light machine guns. There are only 500 guns in stock here, and Li Mu once again placed an order for 1,000 guns.

There are 150 German-made Grw 34 medium mortars in stock here, which is almost enough. Li Mu took them all.

There are a total of 500 Brauning pistols in stock here, all of which have been covered by Li Mu.

As for grenades, I won’t buy them this time. The process of making grenades is very simple. As long as the raw materials are available, they can be made easily. And the cost is cheap. One silver dollar can make two to three grenades.

These add up:

The Mauser 98K has 5,000 guns. Each gun is equipped with 500 rounds of ammunition. The unit price is US$45 in US dollars, totaling US$225,000.

There are 500 Czech-style light machine guns, and each machine gun is equipped with 2,000 rounds of ammunition. The unit price is 220 US dollars, totaling 110,000 US dollars.

One hundred and fifty German-made Grw 34 medium-sized mortars, each equipped with 300 shells, priced at US$1,110 each, totaling US$165,000.

Five hundred Browning pistols, each equipped with one thousand rounds of pistol ammunition, cost US$70 each. Five hundred guns totaled US$35,000.

The total adds up to: $535,000.

The current gold price is about thirty-two US dollars per ounce, and one ounce of gold is about just over 31 grams. After conversion, the current US dollar is really US dollars, and one US dollar is equivalent to one gram of gold.

US$535,000, equivalent to 535 kilograms of gold.

These weapons may not look expensive at first glance, but they are actually quite expensive.

After buying these, Li Mu next planned to form an artillery unit, and finally chose the Bofors M1930 75mm mountain gun. This gun weighs 800 kilograms, has a diameter of 20 times, and has a maximum range of 9.15 kilometers.

The characteristics of this gun are its exquisite structure and flexible disassembly. Many designs take into account actual combat use and ease of movement on poor road terrain, which was not available in most mountain guns at the time, and it was very suitable for domestic battlefields.

There are exactly six doors in stock here in Singapore.

It's just that the price is not cheap. It costs US$12,000 per gun, which is equivalent to a cannon worth 12 kilograms of gold.

In fact, despite the high price, it is already quite cheap compared to the purchase price of Guofu.

Guofu has also purchased this model of mountain cannon, and the price of each gun is said to be as high as 16,000 US dollars.

In this era, it is almost like taking advantage of others to purchase weapons abroad. It is common for others to sell them at several times the price. However, it is not okay if you don’t buy it. Light weapons such as firearms can also be made domestically, as well as heavy weapons such as artillery.

There are not many domestic engineering and arsenal factories that can manufacture weapons. Even if they can, the output is low and the quality is not necessarily high.

The battle has started here, and the other party is sitting on the ground raising the price, but they can only hold their noses and admit it.

In fact, this type of artillery is not only imported by China, but also by several small European countries. However, their import price is much cheaper than that of Guofu.

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