October 1911 was the most exciting month for the people of Fujian. This month, Fujian was independent. The newly-employed Provisional Government of East China announced that it would exempt all miscellaneous taxes, and the autumn harvest was also coming.

This autumn harvest, Fujian once again achieved a bumper harvest, with the total grain output reaching 12 million tons and the total agricultural output value in autumn reaching 430 million silver dollars.

However, agriculture is a consumable industry. Nothing will be left after the grain is consumed. Except for part of the export, the rest are all consumed by itself. Because the grain reserves in Fujian are already very sufficient during the summer harvest. Three quarters of the agricultural products in the autumn harvest are used for export, so it is expected that at least 300 million silver dollars will flow into Fujian.

This statistical data is only calculated in a very general way. In fact, many projects are not included in the agricultural output value. The main force is grain output, so the agricultural output value is definitely higher than this data, and the funds absorbed are definitely more.

The arrival of the autumn harvest this time also gave the newly established East China Provisional Government urgently needed funds, because the income in agriculture after the autumn harvest is expected to reach 40 million silver dollars, and nearly 8 million silver dollars have been collected before the circulation tax.

In addition to these incomes, this revolution also caused Xia Jun to seize a lot of real estate from government officials, and found a lot of silver in the vaults of county towns in various places.

Just now, these silvers were counted. The vaults in Shanghai County alone had tens of millions of taels of silver, while the amounts in other areas were as much as 26 million, which was nearly 35 million yuan if they were exchanged for silver dollars.

At the same time, Xia Jun has 10 million silver dollars left after spending the factories and the income from summer harvest. After a while, the East China Provisional Government will have 93 million silver dollars in funds.

Xia Jun's territory is still expanding. After half a day of rest, the 08th Brigade attacked Suzhou territory.

Just when Xia Jun was illusioningly taking over Jiangsu and separating the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, the combat command suddenly called and told him that Jiangsu was independent.

"What? Jiangsu is independent? Who is independent?" Xia Jun was stunned on the spot, and asked in surprise after reacting.

"It is Jiangsu Governor Cheng Quande who just declared Jiangsu's independence and asked our Fujian Army to withdraw from Jiangsu." Chen Xuanyu reported, "The new army in Jiangsu is in a confrontation with the 08th Brigade. The 08th Brigade just called to ask for the next move."

Xia Jun was speechless for a long time. Jiangsu's early independence disrupted his overall plan. If Jiangsu did not take it, there would be no sea salt and there would be no way to talk about the alkali-making industry.

"Chairman, I think we should retreat first. If we attack Jiangsu, we will be at a moral disadvantage and will have a very unfavorable impact on us." Chen Xuanyu suggested to Xia Jun, "And You Zhengbin just told me that the gap in our administrative personnel has reached one-half. With our current administrative personnel only enough to manage half of Zhejiang, the gap is very large. It is better to slow down first and wait until we have firmly established our feet before expanding outward."

Xia Jun thought for a while, and what Chen Xuanyu said really made some sense. Now that the territory has expanded rapidly, the territory that has been built has not been consolidated yet. Once it expands too much, chaos will occur.

In addition, Xia Jun now has two provinces, including Shangrao, Yingtan, Jingdezhen, Jiujiang area and Shanghai county towns in Jiangxi. If Jiangsu is occupied again, it will not only be morally at a disadvantage, but it will also be regarded as public enemies by the north and the south.

"Let the 08th Brigade retreat!" Xia Jun helplessly gave up his plan to attack Suzhou, but this was just Xia Jun temporarily stopping expansion. Soon Xia Jun made up his mind to manage Fujian, Zhejiang and northeastern areas of Jiangxi first, and wait for the opportunity to occupy Jiangsu.

During the Republic of China, warlords fought in a melee, and there were more opportunities, so there was no need to rush for a moment.

The most important thing at present is to stabilize the territory that has already occupied. The territory has suddenly occupied so many, and the gaps of administrative personnel in the newly occupied territory have reached one-half.

Under various factors, the 08th Brigade received the retreat order that day, and soon all the 08th Brigade retreated to Shanghai.

At this time, Xia Jun had already captured 140,000 square kilometers of territory, of which 100,000 were Zhejiang, and the other 40,000 square kilometers were the sum of the territory of Jiangxi and Shanghai.

All these territories are occupied, and Xia Jun will get 28 million points, which is a huge income! The points in Xia Jun's hand soar to 170 million points.

With this than investment, Xia Jun can invest in larger projects, but Xia Jun has decided to move the administrative center to Hangzhou first.

Jian'an is indeed not suitable to be an administrative center. For the cities on the territory occupied, only two places are suitable to be an administrative center, one is Fuzhou and the other is Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is obviously more suitable than Fuzhou because it is more convenient to transport and is located between the north and the south.

On October 20, at the administrative meeting held in Jian'an, almost everyone agreed to move the administrative center to Hangzhou, so Xia Jun began to make adjustments.

In terms of military affairs, Xia Jun will establish five mixed brigades, with infantry and artillery organization, and independently form a brigade. These five mixed brigades are usually responsible for local defense.

The First Mixed Brigade will be located on the southern Fujian line to defend against possible attacks from Guangdong, but Guangdong is not worth worrying about. The focus is on the coastal plain defense in southern Fujian.

The second mixed brigade is arranged on the front line of Fuzhou, and it also defends the coastal plains in southeastern Fujian, and coordinates the defense with the first mixed brigade.

The third mixed brigade is arranged in Ningde area.

The Fourth Mixed Brigade is located in the Wenzhou area.

The Fifth Mixed Brigade is located in Ningbo area.

These five mixed brigades are mainly to defend against the possible invasions that Japan may launch from the sea, and the main force fighting against Japan is the three divisions of the Central Army.

The First Division will follow Xia Jun to Hangzhou, the Second Division will be arranged to Fuzhou, and the Third Division will be arranged to Quzhou, Zhejiang.

In addition, five independent regiments will be established, which are used to defend against the invasion of other warlords. One is arranged in the Yongding area, one is arranged in the Changting area, one is arranged in the Yingtan area, one is arranged in the Jiujiang area, one is arranged in the Changxing County area of ​​Huzhou, and one is arranged in the Shanghai County.

The five mixed brigades and five independent regiments that were expanded this time, which together were three divisions and two regiments of troops. These forces would serve as second-line troops in the defense area, forming a defensive circle along the coast and inland.

Xia Jun was not worried about the areas where the independent regiment defended, and the warlords in the surrounding provinces were not strong. One independent regiment or two independent regiments could resist and counterattack...

The mixed brigades along the coast temporarily blocked the Japanese landing forces when the navy could not stop them. The real combat force was the Central Army of the three divisions in Xia Jun's hands.

Xia Jun has one year left to train these troops, and a war is very likely to break out with Japan in a year.

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