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Modernization is an ordinary and trivial project without heroes and without heroes. To realize many processes such as industrialization, urbanization, and popularization of education in Western countries for one or two hundred years, what is required is long-term and gradual efforts and countless people working hard.

Chen Wenqiang's struggle has always been a struggle, and he believes that he has done his best and taken advantage of tricks. However, those radical revolutionaries regard revolution as a dose of elixir to govern the country and help the people. Any difficulty, that is, to solve it with "revolution", is obviously too naive and radical.

After all, revolution is destruction and construction. Among them, construction is a more difficult process. In the final analysis, construction, whether it is industry or new political structure, requires huge amounts of funds to support it.

Take the simplest and popular judicial independence as an example. The traditional Chinese society takes the chief executives of various places (such as prefectures and county officials) as well as the judicial system. If judicial independence is to be promoted and political trials are separated, there will be a separate judicial body outside the government offices at all levels. The states and counties across the country will also add 30 to 40 million taels of expenditure. What is the expenditure of funds will inevitably become a headache (historically, this work has not been completed after the Republic of China).

Besides, strong troops to resist aggression, this should be the most important thing for a country? But to train a 10,000 army, how much funds are needed and how much is the annual maintenance cost? If a war starts, how much is it? I am afraid no one in the revolutionary party will calculate this. They will not consider it so deeply.

"The annual maintenance cost of the six towns in Beiyang is as high as 9 million taels, which is still the amount of war. According to the court's plan, the new army of 36 towns is to be trained. Every year," Chen Wenqiang thought for a while and said: "The annual maintenance cost is at least about 50 million taels, which should be an unbearable burden."

After pausing, Chen Wenqiang continued: "I'm just giving an example. The meaning to explain is very simple. Now, it's difficult to guarantee funds; without money, it's difficult to replenish materials and ammunition. Four months, I'll be able to take out millions of funds for the purpose of initiating a business."

Chen Zixin, who came to the Huizhou job from Qiongzhou, was a little disappointed. In his opinion, or in the Qiongzhou branch, the infiltration and smuggling of personnel and materials in northern Vietnam began to be implemented this spring, and in another month it would be enough to have the capital to invade Guangxi and launch a large-scale initiation. However, Chen Wenqiang's judgment after listening to the report was extremely cautious, and he delayed the initiation time by three months.

"Can't you be ahead?" Chen Zixin asked unwillingly.

Chen Wenqiang thought about it, shook his head gently, and said, "This time, we must persist for a long time, and we must keep the banner standing without falling. Although the Revolutionary Army has undergone practical training and its combat power has been greatly improved, in my opinion, it is still difficult to achieve this. Besides, by smuggling, how much weapons and ammunition can be stored, and part of it must be distributed to Huanghua Teng! After you go back, find a way to smuggle a batch of machinery, equipment, manufacturing materials, and some technicians in the base arsenal. There is no need to build guns and cannons, they can repair guns, and can replace the base fire and reload bullets. This can play a huge role."

"Okay, I'll go back and convey your decision to Wu Qi and Lao Wan." Chen Zixin nodded helplessly.

"In addition, let them know another good news." Chen Wenqiang told the story of Siemens helping him set up a radio telegraph. "As long as the installation is completed, we can add one or several radio stations to directly contact the troops of the uprising. The information we collected outside can be transmitted to them as quickly as possible. The more confident the victory is. With this alone, it is very necessary to postpone the uprising time."

"This is really good news." Chen Zixin smiled on his face and said, "In the future, you can contact and command directly with thousands of miles away, so as not to send people to deliver letters, which is both time-consuming and dangerous."

"That's right." Chen Wenqiang leaned into the chair and said proudly: "If the power of the telegraph machine is large enough, or if the telegraph technology is improved, it is very likely that we will establish this instant connection with domestic and overseas branches."

"If this is the case, then of course it would be great." Chen Ziqiang pondered for a moment and said, "Since the time for the uprising has been pushed back, I think it is more appropriate to send new members developed by each branch to Yue, Yunnan and Gui, the new bases of Guizhou. Let them conduct military training there, adapt to the environment, and be more familiar with the terrain."

Chen Wenqiang thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and reminded: "There are a small number of people who sneak in, so don't be afraid of trouble. Safety is the first thing to do. I think the branches can pay the travel fee, so that they can land in southern Vietnam in various names, and then go to the base to meet. If it is transported by a special ship, the possibility of being intercepted by the Qing army and legal persons will be greater!"

"There is indeed such a danger, but we have always adopted the method of separation of people and goods, but no accidents have occurred." Chen Zixin felt that one more way is also a good thing, and there is no shortage of funds anyway.

"Actually, we need another opportunity." Chen Wenqiang said, "It would be better to do something civil rebellion in Guangxi and Yunnan, so we can take the opportunity to launch it. Liu Yongfu, who should try his best to strive for it. As a Qing court officer, his actions may affect many people."

"Liu Yongfu is still very influential in Yue, Dian and Gui, and is working hard to do his job." Chen Zixin said with consent: "From his attitude, there is still hope."

"How hard you work for the uprising, I can't get out of here yet." Chen Wenqiang calculated and said, "In two or three months, I should be able to handle all the trivial matters clearly and stay in Qiongzhou for a while. By the end of the year, I may have to visit Germany. When there is a lot of time, I may have to wait until the second half of next year."

"The second half of next year?" Chen Zixin frowned and thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "At that time, Mr. Song must have ended his overseas visit and publicity. You both have the energy and time. Are you going to start a revolution?"

"What do you think?" Chen Wenqiang smiled faintly and said, "The ten-year period is said to the outside world, but the success of the revolution only takes five or six years. In other words, the early goals of the revolution will be realized in five or six years. As for the later construction, it is a arduous task with a long journey. After all, revolution is not a universal elixir. A strong country and a nation's rise cannot be achieved by passion and saliva."

"So that's it." Chen Zixin nodded vigorously, showing an excited expression, and hesitated, "Can you announce this in the past five or six years be very exciting and inspiring enthusiasm."

"It's better to take the ten-year perspective!" Chen Wenqiang shook his head and rejected it, and said with a smile: "Is this enthusiasm still inspiring? I'm afraid everyone is eager to do something big! But I still say that, don't be eager for quick success or instant benefits, don't be hasty and reckless. We cannot count on the party, nor rely on the surrender of the old army, anyway, we must rely on the army we have built, and recruit new recruits must also have good families. Even if we need training, we need to teach them to read, let them know what the revolution is, and we cannot randomly incorporate it."

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In fact, it was not just Chen Wenqiang who believed that the old army was unavailable. Zhang Zhidong had already realized this when he was training the new army in Hubei Province several years ago. At first, he also tried to adapt the old army, but after discovering that the central camp of the guards adapted from the Wu Kai Zuoying "had no improvement in training", he "ordered the entire industry to abolish". From then on, he basically gave up the adaptation of the old army and focused on it, "recruiting other strong forces."

When recruiting new recruits, in addition to requiring physical fitness, they all stipulate that they must report their address and keep their neighbors in the family. They also refuse to accept "restless and infringement" as well. The recruits recruited in this way must be mostly simple and strong young people. In other words, compared with the Beiyang New Army, which was semi-adapted from the old army, the Hubei New Army, which is basically composed of new recruits, has relatively simple soldiers and few prejudices and no habits.

From this we can see that the difference between the new and old soldiers will inevitably affect the inner quality of the soldiers. The old army "all people are chaotic, and there is no constant coming and going", "there is uncertain inside, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad", "the accumulated habits and imprisonment, and the ills are in trouble", and the army adapted from this must have strong old military habits.

In addition, Zhang Zhidong attached great importance to the cultural quality of the new army and warmly welcomed the young intellectuals. The Hubei New Army did recruit a large number of intellectuals, "many outstanding scholars entered the camp." At the same time, Zhang Zhidong also set up large and small "lecture halls" in each banner of the New Army, and set up "news reading rooms", which undoubtedly helps improve the cultural quality of soldiers. In particular, it created the Hubei Army Special Primary School, so as to "express the meaning of popularizing education in training." The Hubei New Army with high cultural quality naturally has relatively open ideas and relatively strong understanding and acceptance.

It is precisely because the new army in Hubei did not have the old military habits and was open-minded that it was easier for the revolutionaries to fight for them. Zhang Zhidong must have never expected that the new army he trained to consolidate the rule of the court later became the gravedigger of the Qing Dynasty.

From taking over the Hanyang Iron Factory to taking over the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, Chen Wenqiang finally set up the newly built railway patrol yamen in Jiangxia (now Jiangxia District, Wuhan), more than 20 kilometers away from Wuchang. He has been observing and thinking about how such an emergency in the Wuchang Uprising could sound the clarion call to destroy the Qing Dynasty in China?

Not only observation, thinking, but also contact and research; not only targeting things, but also all kinds of people. For example, why was the fat man in front of Chen Wenqiang now attracted by the revolutionary party and forced to be elected as the governor?

"... The Governor is very impressed with the telephone and believes that establishing telephone communications between the camps of the garrison is both fast and convenient, and is extremely beneficial for command, mobilization and maintenance of public order. Therefore, the Governor sent an official to negotiate with Lord Chen." Fatty Li said politely, and was surprised by Chen Wenqiang's thoughtful examination. "In addition, the Governor Chen hopes that Lord Chen can consider taking over the Hubei Gun Factory. If there are any difficulties and requirements, you can ask the Lord."

Substantive progress in the effective range of long-distance telephones began in 1899. American physicist Michael Puping installed coils on telephone lines at a distance to improve sound clarity and achieved success. Siemens Halsk was the first company in Europe to use Puping.

The rotary dial-type automatic telephone that appeared in 1891 can issue DC dial pulses, control the action of the automatic switch, select the called user, and automatically complete the switching function. This will push telephone communication to a new stage.

In order to curry favor with Zhang Zhidong, Chen Wenqiang not only installed electric lights to the Wuhan Supervisory Office and other yamen and used steam engines to supply power, but also set up a small exchange bureau in Wuhan and set up telephone lines between the various yamen. The farthest one is more than 20 kilometers of patrol police and the Supervisory Office.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhidong actually liked this foreign game of "Thousand Miles of Message Transmission". But it is probably due to the consideration of professional military personnel, such as Li Yuanhong and Li Dafa.

"There is no difficulty except for funds." Chen Wenqiang paused for a moment and said with a smile: "The Governor General will probably not pay the money. Lord Li is condescending again, so Wenqiang will be generous again. As for Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory."

Li Yuanhong smiled. After all, the first goal was achieved. As for the second one, it was Zhang Zhidong's meaning. Whether it was successful or not, he just needed to go back and convey it.

The Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory started production in 1896 and expanded year by year. It has successively built artillery frames, shells, guns, molten copper, jar steel, steel and other factories, mainly casting German 1888-type committee rifles, namely the famous Hanyang building. It can imitate the Krupp Mountain Cannon, produce bullets, artillery shells, etc.

Zhang Zhidong had always wanted to make Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory the largest arsenal in China, and had the imperial court issued an order to order provinces to purchase firearms from Hubei Arsenals, instead of purchasing from overseas and paying on time. Obviously, he was eyeing the big fat piece of weapons needed by the army of 36 towns across the country, and at the same time to get rid of the heavy burden of Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory.

You should know that although Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory is known as "large scale", it consumes a huge amount of money every year and has poor sales. Zhang Zhidong once asked the court to apply for the court. In Jianghan and Yichang, the foreign tax silver was allocated 150,000 taels, but it was useless to drink the bucket. He repeatedly asked the court, "the financial resources of a province cannot be provided for the overall situation urgently." "The military pay cannot be used alone," but the result is still borne by Hubei Province. Local funds are insufficient to meet the needs, so he had to persuade the people to donate and borrow foreign debts.

Even so, the gun factory owed China over the years, with foreign merchant materials priced at more than 80,000 taels of silver, and the steel and pharmaceutical factories owed more than 30,000 taels of silver. The Qing government's financial resources were increasingly exhausted and could not provide funds, so that Hubei gun factory gradually stopped installing five factories, artillery racks, artillery shells, casting shells, and copper shells.

What made Zhang Zhidong even more troubled was that the court sent officials to inspect the five arsenals, including Sichuan Machinery Bureau, Guangdong Manufacturing Ordnance Factory, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory, and Dezhou Beiyang Machinery Bureau, and gave a very bad review of Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory.

"The Hubei factory has a large scale and is similar to the Shanghai factory. It is actually not as good as the gun and bullet work. From pounding shells to forming bullets, only 60% (the rest are scrap). There are many wastes and the cost is expensive. Especially medicine is the worst, with a speed of less than 600, and the increase is always beyond 3,000, and there are more than 4,000. The worker has been in the factory for ten years, and his achievements are so good. Isn't it a pity that the recent reduction in funding has been made, and a new gun is planned, and a thirty Japanese fast gun is produced. In terms of work quality, four or five of the ten branches cannot pass the precision inspection, and the horn grooves of the line cards and the outer diameter of the barrel are all deviated. The barrel steel materials were all purchased from outside the country, and the attached steel tank factory has been established for many years and cannot be refined by itself..."

From a professional perspective, the criticism of Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory and the pointing out many defects are very pertinent and objective. Take the Hanyang Manufacture of the imitation gun as an example. Although the sleeve of the barrel was improved, the above guardrail was replaced, and the bayonet was changed to be under the front guardrail, the process of the barrel still prevented it from firing pointed bullets (hard stuffing into the chamber easily). Moreover, the output of the bayonet is not proportional to the production of rifles. Although the bayonets are purchased and the machine produced fifty a day is still purchased from outside. The cannons are also small, mainly mountain cannons (old-style mortars), and even the gun billets are purchased from overseas.

Although Zhang Zhidong was determined to revitalize Hubei Guns and Cannon Factory, he had no idea about science. The resurrection of Hanyang Iron Factory and Chen Wenqiang's skill in Westernization made him see hope.

Facing Chen Wenqiang's contemplation, Li Yuanhong waited for a while and said tactfully: "The Governor General said: Over the years, you can draw the Huai Salt Li gold in Hankou, Yichang Sichuan Salt Li gold, and Hubei rice and grain li gold, and you don't need to repay it. Other conditions can also be negotiated."

Chen Wenqiang shook his head and said with a smile: "Lao Li, you don't understand the key. The accumulated amount of money over the years is just a small amount, and it doesn't matter even if I come. However, the renovation of this factory is huge. As far as I know, the General Office of the Factory gave the Governor an account, listing the funds required for the renovation, which would cost at least five or six million taels. What do I use to take over the pistol factory?"

"So much?" Li Yuanhong was surprised and turned to smile with a hint, "Brother really doesn't know."

"The Governor had negotiated loans with the German Gaolin Foreign Service before." Chen Wenqiang stroked his forehead and sighed: "It is not that easy to borrow foreign debts! The Governor wanted to hand over this errand to me, which really made me embarrassed."

"Haha, I'll have a detailed discussion with the Governor." Chen Wenqiang smiled bitterly, looked at his watch, stood up, and invited him: "It's lunch time. If Brother Li doesn't dislike him, he'll have a meal with his brother. Brother Li's name is very much admired."

"Mr. Chen, please be polite." Li Yuanhong stood up and responded with a smile, "How dare you compare with Master Chen if you have a little bit of a name? Master is very pleased to invite you, but how dare you refuse me?"

"Brother Li is so polite, too." Chen Wenqiang smiled and reached out to invite him, saying, "Please. Today, there are no delicacies. I hope Brother Li will be more satisfied!"

"Please ask first, Lord Chen." Li Yuanhong's fat face was filled with harmless smiles, and he reached out to give in.
Chapter completed!