That, because there was a problem with the company's network yesterday, it was impossible to update yesterday. The previous chapter was to make up for yesterday's chapter, and this chapter is what today is about, I'm sorry.

The New Year of 1919 was the happiest year for Xingmin Company and the surrounding people. In the past year, not only did Xingmin Company obtain a lot of valuable wealth in selling various products, but also obtained more outstanding students, technicians, engineers and other priceless wealth.

The surrounding people have obtained food that they never imagined because they have divided the land that they colluded with the bandit landlords last year. Looking at the food piled up in their homes, every farmer can't help but open his mouth to the maximum.

What attracted more people to pay attention to is Duan Guoxue's promotion. County Magistrate Mo was promoted to a practical position in Nanning because of his hard-working subordinate like Duan Guoxue and his proficiency in interpersonal relationships. The vacancy after County Magistrate Mo left was of course on the whereabouts of Duan Guoxue in the movement of interested people.

As soon as the news came out, people in Pingguo County bought firecrackers to celebrate. Those who had already received benefits from Xingmin Company spontaneously and sincerely congratulated Duan Guoxue on his promotion, while those who had not received benefits were the first thing Duan Guoxue took office after New Year's Day was to promise to invest more industries in the county and expand the planting area and scale of new rice, so that more people could benefit. This made other townships that had been jealous and finally had hope.

In the new headquarters building of Xingmin Company's newly launched five-story reinforced concrete structure, a group of people were discussing the development plan for 1919 in the smoky conference room.

"The main development direction this year is people's livelihood and economics! As for military projects, we should not give priority to them. You should know that the two expansions last year led to a large number of students trained in schools, so that the number of technicians trained in various factories in the second half of the year has decreased significantly compared with the previous one, affecting the company's production." Sun Lida expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the expansion of the militia last year, pulling away a large number of students.

"Where is it! Manager Sun, you can eat randomly but not talk randomly. You should know that the students we selected during the expansion are all students with deviant liberal arts and science classes. Most of them are students with the lowest grades in the class, and these students are not suitable for working in factories. Also, since we talk about this, the commander-in-chief, I hope that students will increase their knowledge this year to enhance the scientific and technological strength of our militia. I hope that we can select some students with excellent math, physics and chemistry scores to come in, instead of always using the bottom students to fool us perfunctorily." After leading troops in the past two years, Tang Biqiang did find that the uneducated army is a backward army. This is the meaning of the famous pirated quote from Duan Guoxue. If you want to understand the contour lines, longitude and longitude on the military map, it is not possible to do without sufficient mathematical knowledge. But to form the future mechanized troops mentioned by Duan Guoxue, without a large number of students with professional knowledge and technology to drive, it would be a fantasy to repair these iron lumps.

"What?! You mean that my job here is to fool you!" Wang Shuilin, who was in charge of education, stopped doing it after hearing Tang Biqiang's words.

"No! No! I absolutely have no intention of belittling the principal's work." Tang Biqiang had been studying under Wang Shuilin for a while, and he was naughty when he was in school and was scolded by Wang Shuilin a lot.

"No matter what, the focus this year is on production and construction. You must know that in addition to steel plants, production orders for cement plants, chemical plants, machinery plants, and cigarette plants have been scheduled to September this year. Now all factories are working at full capacity. If there are any natural disasters and man-made accidents, we will lose a lot of money if we miss the contract! What should we use to support you who only eat food!" Sun Lida used the importance of economy to suppress Tang Biqiang.

"Hmph! Now the warlords in Guilin and Nanning have begun to compete with the government on the border between Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou. Although they will not fight us in a short period of time, they will prepare for the future. If they cannot defeat the government army, the defeated troops will rush over to the top, and the losses will be greater than the miscontract miscontract!" Tang Biqiang was not outdone, and used the safety of the company's survival to counterattack Sun Lida.

"I think it's an alarmist statement. If the government army is so strong, it would have eaten the people of Li and Bai in one breath. There is no need for a tug-of-war like the ones that are now." Sun Lida deserves to be experienced. Although he has never led troops to fight, he can see the current situation with his many years of experience at a glance.

"This..." Tang Biqiang didn't expect that Sun Lida, a military asider, could actually see the current military power comparison between the two sides, and could not find a suitable reason to refute it and was speechless for a while.

"Okay! Don't argue. Everyone is sitting in the heads of various key departments in Xingmin Company. Each has its own difficulties and reasons for priority development. I have listened for a long time and considered the reasons you mentioned. Let me make an assignment." Duan Guoxue stood up from the chair and said. When he heard the highest decision-maker's words, everyone present couldn't help but prick up their ears and opened their notebooks to prepare.

"First and the focus of the discussion is the first and last thing. Should we focus on military or production this year? What is the focus? It is the financial, material and manpower that the company invests in it."

"There is only so much financial resources. As the financial company said just now, it's just over one million. In addition to two hydropower projects, one thermal power project and the basic expenses of the school are essential. After fixed construction, there are still more than 500,000 left. Everyone is watching this little money. Although everyone is just fighting for the two major areas of military and production, we will break down again. I believe that the production departments of your steel factory and chemical factory have been arguing for a long time before they come to the meeting, right?" Hearing this, the heads of these factories were a little uncomfortable.

"There is not much money, and good steel needs to be used on the edge. When you go back, you and Xirong will give me a report. In two years, the most profitable funds will be given priority to which side. The military expansion this year has used a lot of money, but there is no way. However, the militia will be expanded this year, with a scale of 600 people per battalion. However, it will take place after August this year, and the funds are managed by the militia themselves. As for how to make money, keep it confidential to everyone here for the time being."

"Then let's look at the next point of focus, material resources. In the past, everyone watched the company prepare for construction and distribution, which made everyone develop a habit. This is not good. I hope everyone can save money and create more materials that can be replaced to reduce the consumption of materials. The PH test strips used by the chemical factory now have no need to buy them outside. The students in the school can make simple test strips to use. The requirements for students during production are higher, and the effect of foreign test strips can be achieved. At this point, the militia has done a good job. Many soldiers are reluctant to discard the worn training suits, and continue to wear them after patching them. They are so bad that they cannot be repaired. The soldiers will also disassemble them as rags and mops. This point, I hope everyone will learn from the militia. I send you eight words: "Self-reliance, hard work!"

"As for the last point of focus, human resources. Because everyone knows, it is difficult and rarely invites outstanding technicians and engineers from outside, so everyone is staring at the students trained by our school. This is also the reality that we are more helpless. I just said that this year the militia will expand its troops to another battalion, but I will only give militia 100 places to recruit in the school. The remaining militias should find ways to recruit scattered soldiers from other places, and the Bai Ding and young people of appropriate age who have not been trained. You want to do the method yourself. As long as you ensure the combat effectiveness and unity of the new troops, you can think about how to do it yourself."
Chapter completed!