Part 5 Chapter 26 Ideal Ideal Problems

It is obvious that Nie Zixiu is a greedy guy. Chen Congyun's casual words may not seem to take them seriously, but Nie Zixiu did not let them go.

Letting the blue sky fly like a bird is a dream since mankind has wisdom. For this dream, many people have paid the price of their lives. With the arrival of the Second Industrial Revolution (Electrical Revolution), the emergence of internal combustion engines has made this dream not so far away.

"Do you really decide to go to the airplane? As far as I know, now, other things can't go to the sky except for airships, right?" Chen Congyun had already inquired about Nie Zixiu's private money for airships. From the perspective of time, it will take several years for the real aircraft to appear. The Wright brothers in the United States are studying the matter of gliders, and Chen Congyun also asked Stephen to pay attention in private.

Nie Zixiu's dull face changed from the word "airplane" to the word "aircraft", and the eyes behind the deep myopia lenses burst out with a ray of light and became more agile.

"Yes, flying is my dream. When I was in college in the United States, I participated in the flight of airships. The feeling was really amazing. After returning to China, I bought some equipment through my classmates in the United States and built a flight myself. I was planning to invite you to take a look."

"Maybe it's time to do it." Chen Congyun's heart moved slightly. From a time perspective, the first real aircraft should have been invented by the Wright brothers in 1903. If you do something to do something about funds and ideas, haha, is this considered a golden finger?

"Sir, what are you saying?" Chen Congyun's voice was not loud, and Nie Zixiu didn't understand.

"I want to say that the domestic environment and technical foundation are difficult to support your research. In this way, go to the United States and find Mr. Stephen, and he will arrange everything for you. No, no, wait for me to think about it." Chen Congyun said silent for a while, and hesitated in his heart. Chen Congyun really didn't want the aircraft to be born in the United States. The original intention was to bring the Wright brothers back to China even if they were kidnapped. But if you think about it carefully, this approach may delay this great invention. At present, China is just starting to industrialize, and the planning of the Northeast Heavy Industry Base has just begun. China's pace of industrialization has just begun. Putting the Wright brothers into such a soil is like introducing the best football player in the world to China, and it will become a waste in less than three or two years.

"Okay, go to the United States. A person with dreams is happy." Chen Congyun finally made up his mind, although Nie Zixiu's current job as the President's Chief Financial Officer of Private Finance is doing a good job.

"Can't it work in the country?" Nie Zixiu was a little confused. Why did he go to the United States?

"No matter any great invention in history, it requires the brewing of an adaptable social soil. The current situation in China cannot support your flying dream. So, go to the United States, there are many people there, holding the same dream as you, and are working tirelessly."

Nie Zixiu seemed to understand a little, nodded slowly, suddenly his eyes flashed, and he came to Chen Congyun and whispered: "Sir, what is your dream?"

Chen Congyun was stunned for a moment and thought to himself that Nie Zixiu dared to ask anything. But it was such a simple question that easily pulled Chen Congyun back into his memory. Chen Congyun, who had traveled through time, belonged to a generation without dreams. Or a generation without ideals. In the era of rich material civilization, a person can easily lose his ideals. Perhaps it is really God's favor that he can return to this era and ignite the fire of Chen Congyun's ideals again.

Chen Congyun did not answer Nie Zixiu's question immediately. The team continued to come to Beijing. When he saw the walls of Beijing again, Chen Congyun stopped.

Although the ancient city of Beijing is full of bullet marks, it still stands on the vast North China Plain, silently carrying the memory of history.

"Did you see the craters on the city wall? These craters are left by the new army and by the British and French coalition forces. I really want to say that my dream should not allow imperialist shells to fall on the top of Beijing again. To be precise, it is to make today's world powers and the surrounding villains who dare to covet China tremble involuntarily when mentioning the great name of China."

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In the autumn of 1899, for the New China, it seemed that it was very detailed. After the Northeast was pacified, the political team entered, accompanied by teams of exploration personnel. Three months later, the plan to build a steel plant in Anshan was submitted for reporting. Then, in the area actually controlled by Shen Congyun, news of a bumper harvest came one after another. The country's plan to purchase combat grain and successfully completed the goal. It was great to have food in hand and feel calm.

After two years of unremitting efforts in November, the Sino-US joint exploration team finally launched a large oil field on the North China Plain. Chen Congyun was overjoyed after hearing the news and personally handled four twisted big words "Shengli Oilfield".

While solving the oil problem, a car production line cooperated with Ford, the United States was transported back to China from the United States, with more than 300 relevant technicians and skilled workers accompanying him.

At the end of the year, another good news came. After the second phase of the Ma'anshang Iron and Steel Plant was successfully put into production, it can produce 1.1 million high-quality steel annually. While it can fully meet the needs of domestic military industry, it also provides a considerable number of railway tracks.

These achievements are just a pitiful number compared to the European and American powers. However, in Shen Congyun's view, from Vietnam to Ma'anshan, to the Anshan Iron Plant with an annual design output of 2 million tons, is a precursor to the rise of China's heavy industry.

At the national statistical summary meeting at the end of the year, Chen Congyun proposed a new goal. In the next five years, 100,000 kilometers of railways will be built, the annual steel output will exceed 10 million tons, the oil industry will achieve self-sufficiency, and the automobile production will meet the needs of the army.

In fact, China's biggest problem is the problem of farmers. China is a major agricultural country with more than 90% of the agricultural population. This problem is really difficult to solve. Chen Congyun thought about hybrid rice. Before hybrid rice, whether farmers can eat enough is a big problem, let alone get rich. Unfortunately, even if the country invests a lot of money to do this hybrid rice, there is no corresponding talent. The most urgent task is to stabilize the domestic situation. Let’s slowly cultivate talents. Fortunately, Shen Congyun and Vietnam and North Korea have been in charge of Vietnam for many years. With the migration of more than 5 million Chinese, they gradually showed signs of being assimilated. Now, the schools in Vietnam teach Chinese and the official language is also Chinese. The Vietnamese royal family dares to be angry and dare not say that they can even think of it with their toes. Unfortunately, nearly 100,000 troops are entrenched in Guangxi and Vietnam. If someone wants to make trouble, they have to ask whether the new army’s bayonet agrees.

After entering the new century, the central government, which stabilized the situation in the Northeast, was finally able to free up hands to deal with the situation of autonomy in various provinces.

In early spring of 1901, Huguang and Zhang, Chen, and one governors, jointly issued a telegram across the country to give up autonomy. In April, the new army dispatched 100,000 troops in Shanxi, threatening Shaanxi and Gansu. In August, Shaanxi and Gansu were too fierce to plunder by the autonomous government last year, and the drought was severe in half a year after the New Year, and civil unrest eventually led to civil unrest. The mob quickly swept the entire Guanzhong area. The Shaanxi-Gansu autonomous situation could not be maintained, so the central government asked the central government to send troops to help pacify it.

Ten thousand new troops entered Shaanxi and Gansu and arrived with a large amount of grain. In less than three months, the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu was settled, and no one mentioned the autonomy again.

At the end of the year, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Tan Zhonglin passed away. Li Yaozu took the opportunity to send troops to Guangzhou and Guangdong was included in the central government.

In February 1901, Yi riots broke out in Dayao Mountain in Yunnan and Guizhou, and more than ten surrounding counties were occupied. Li Yaozu sent troops to Yunnan and Guizhou on the pretext of extermination of the rebellion. At the end of the year, Cen Yuying made a request to go home to retire, and the central government approved it. In October, Sichuan announced that he would give up autonomy, and in December, the Mongolian kings went to the new government and accepted the central government's enthronement. In 1902, the Panchen Lama went to Beijing one after another. In the same year, China and Britain negotiated on the Tibet issue. It took a full 10 years to come out, which is a later story. In December of the same year, Xinjiang announced that he would give up autonomy, and since then, the whole world has been returned to the central government.

In October 1903, the Central Government Bureau of Statistics announced that the five-year plan formulated at the end of 1899, except for the insufficient number of railway kilometers, all other indicators were completed ahead of schedule.

In the same month, the Russian railway was built to the Sino-Russian border and proposed to connect with the Northeast artery under construction. The central government rejected the proposal based on the different standards of railway tracks between China and Russia.

In November, the Russian government began to use railway lines to increase troops on the border, and the Russian Far East Fleet arrived in Vladivostok. In mid-November, the Russian government formally reported to China, proposing the connection of the Northeast Railway and the so-called shareholders' operating rights, and further proposed that the Chinese government rent the area east of the Songhua River.

In December, the Sino-Russian negotiations began, and the two sides refused to give in to each other, and Sino-Russian relations entered a state of tension. In early 1904, the French minister proposed to intervene in mediating Sino-Russian relations.

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On January 22, 1904, a heavy snow covered the entire city of Beijing. The next morning, a Ford T-mobile slowly drove into the presidential residence. Inside the car was Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi. He came to report to Shen Congyun on the Sino-Russian negotiations.

"Damn it, Yuqing, can you take care of the fourth brother? He made Xiaowu cry." Seeing that his daughter was beaten by his brother, the sister hugged the little girl in distress and coaxed her.

"Sister, please ask the nanny to take the child away. The master is walking in the yard. Seeing his frown, he must be thinking about his worries. He is going to die. Fourth, why are you fighting Meimei again? Do you want to eat fried pork with bamboo shoots?" Xue Yuqing carefully brought the door so that the child's crying would not disturb Shen Congyun, who seemed to be enjoying the snow scene in the pavilion.
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