Chapter Thirty-two Emotional Stability

  "Classmates, classmates, quiet down, quiet down." Xia Jun saw that they were emotionally agitated and hastily stood up. The students and teachers also calmed down when they saw a young man in military uniform standing up.

  "First, let me introduce myself. I am the captain of Jianzhou Security Team. Our security team is in urgent need of various talents. Liu Jinshan did not deceive everyone. The school is not a problem. I will immediately allocate funds to build a school." Xia Jun said loudly.

  "What about the teaching equipment?" a teacher in his thirties asked.

  "Equipment is not a problem, what equipment do you want, I will satisfy your needs within half a month, until you are satisfied." Xia Jun waved his hand casually, as if to say that equipment was nothing major and could be easily resolved with just two moves.

  "Downstairs, a banquet has already been prepared to welcome everyone and wash away the dust. Let's take our seats first," Xia Jun continued, and the group of people were indeed hungry, seeing that more than ten tables of sumptuous banquets had been set up, so they took their seats one after another.

  At the banquet, Liu Jinshan introduced Xia Jun to those present, saying that most of them were students and didn't need introduction. Among the special talents he introduced was an engineer named Xu Wenbo, who had studied civil engineering and just returned from studying in France. This made Xia Jun extremely happy as he was currently lacking this kind of talent. If Xu Wenbo really had some ability, then in the future, road construction, bridge repair and other tasks could be entrusted to him to take charge of.

  Xia Jun hastily poured a glass of wine for Xu Wenbo, and then Liu Jinshan pointed to another young man next to him, who looked like he was also in his early twenties.

  "This is Chen Yuxuan, a graduate of the Tianjin Army Military Academy, who was later sent to a German military school for further study. He has been back in China for more than half a year now," said Liu Jinshan.

  "Captain Xia, it's an honor to be in Xixiang." Chen Yuxuan picked up his wine cup and stood up, saying to Xia Jun.

  He originally thought it was just a small security team and wouldn't amount to much, but since they're offering such high salaries to hire talent, it's worth checking out.

  He was just amazed to see the soldiers of the security team on the road wearing neat uniforms and holding uniform weapons. He didn't expect that the Jianzhou Security Team would be so formalized.

  It's a pity that Chen Xuan-yu graduated from the Tianjin Army Military Academy and was sent to Germany for further study, originally intended to join the New Army.

  However, since Tieliang took office as Minister of War, he changed Yuan Shikai's regulations and only accepted Japanese students but not German students.

  Yuan Shikai was a man who knew how to win people's hearts. When he organized the new army, he invited German students everywhere and treated them with great courtesy, and was also very generous with money, so Yuan Shikai had a high status in the minds of those German students.

  Yuan Shikai's method was to try to undermine Yuan Shikai's influence in the military, but this approach had no effect on Yuan Shikai. Now retired at home, Yuan Shikai would send a gold bar to any officer, whether from his old unit or a Japanese-educated officer, as he had taught his son Yuan Keding: "The wealth of the world is scattered among the people of the world, and it will all come into your hands."

  Because he couldn't join the new army, Chen Xuan Yu had no choice but to stay at home. This time Liu Jin Shan ran to Jiangsu to see him, and Chen Xuan Yu, under the pressure of life, followed Liu Jin Shan to Fujian.

  He was different from those students who didn't care whether there was a school here or not. When he saw the spirit of Jianzhou Security Team, he had a vague sense of belonging to this place.

  Xia Jun was overjoyed and asked in a hurry, "I wonder what major Chen Xue is studying."

  "It's infantry." Chen Xuan Yu replied.

  "Alright, we'll talk in detail later." Xia Jun toasted him with a cup of wine and continued listening to Liu Jinshan's introduction.

  Liu Jinshan brought a total of 300 middle school students, 68 college students, 6 university teachers and 32 middle school teachers this time.

  Those six university teachers were all science and engineering majors, including a teacher named Wu Bingkong who graduated from MIT in the United States and returned to China to teach, specializing in electrical studies. Another teacher, Dong Xinjie, was also an overseas student studying metallurgy.

  The arrival of these talents is a solution to Xia Jun's urgent need, and he can't help but smile with joy at the banquet.

  Liu Jinshan saw Xia Jun's excitement and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Last time, he had transported goods to Jiangsu and immediately began to gather these people everywhere. The first ones he looked for were the science and engineering talents that Xia Jun had specifically entrusted him with, but Liu Jinshan had never paid much attention to this aspect before, so he only found engineering and metallurgy talents in the field of science and technology.

  Besides, there was no time to look for Western doctors introduced by Xia Jun. However, after selling this month's goods, I will have some spare money and can hire someone to find them.

  After the wine party, Xia Jun sent them to rest and then dealt with Liu Jinshan about the goods payment.

  "Lao Liu, you've done a good job this time. I'll waive half of the payment for this shipment." Xia Jun said to Liu Jinshan, who was overjoyed and beaming with delight. He hadn't expected Xia Jun to be so generous - half of the payment was several tens of thousands of silver coins!

  Xia Jun patted his shoulder and said: "Next time you can find more people for me, I'll let you off."

  "Haha, haha, okay, okay." Liu Jinshan listened and couldn't stop smiling foolishly.

  ……

  May 10, 1910.

  Xia Jun had the people brought by Liu Jinshan in Longcun inspected, and after not finding any fake employment, he offered high salaries to these teachers.

  Xu Wenbo, Wu Bingkong and Dong Xinjie were hired as professors at Jianzhou University with a temporary monthly salary of 300 yuan. Chen Xuan Yu was appointed as the Dean of the Military Academy of Jianzhou Army University with the same monthly salary of 300 yuan. Xia Jun personally served as the president.

  The other three university teachers who were not foreign students were given 100 taels of silver every month.

  The salary is indeed high, but it can't compare to those who hold official positions as parents, and it's not as generous as Yuan Shikai's when he was in seclusion at home. However, Yuan Shikai's generosity only applied to military officers, whereas talented individuals in the fields of science and engineering would be dreaming if they thought they could get such a high salary elsewhere.

  Jianzhou University is indeed not suitable for being built in Xixiang, but Xia Jun currently does not occupy the county town, so it can only be here.

  So I just plan to build a temporary school in Xixiang, so there is no need for too luxurious campus and so on.

  Thus Xu Wenbo began designing the university's buildings as well as the warehouses in Xixiang, and both the school and warehouse were entrusted to Xu Wenbo for construction.

  Xia Jun needs many warehouses, for storing oil, grain, military equipment, fertilizer...

  At the same time, Xia Jun handed over the production of the steel mill to Dong Xinjie for hosting, while Wu Bingkong and Xu Wenbo were responsible for the construction of the hydroelectric power station. Now the factories are starting one after another, and the demand for electricity is also increasing.

  With these talents, Xia Jun just needs to exchange equipment and they will be in charge of construction.

  Jianzhou University allocated 100,000 taels of silver as educational expenses and divided into two colleges: the College of Science and Engineering and the Military Academy.

  Xia Jun took over as principal, although he was a bit young, but he still took the job with ease.

  In terms of teaching equipment required by the university, Xia Jun exchanged it from the system on the third day after getting the list, and even exchanged some high-end experimental equipment that was not on the list.

  The things on the list were really nothing high-end, and the exchange prices were all very cheap, so Xia Jun simply exchanged some higher-end ones.

  Having received the equipment and a three-month subsidy, the emotions of more than 360 students who came to Xixiang are very stable. Jianzhou University is just an empty shell university, with no school or sufficient teachers. However, its hardware strength is extremely strong, with some equipment that only foreign universities have, which can also be obtained by the principal.

  The treatment is also good, the salary given to science and engineering students is so high that it is unmatched by domestic universities. They can all see that the principal really wants to run a school, so in the future, Jianzhou University will definitely be improved.

  Xu Wenbo was shocked when he saw the construction machinery owned by the security team.

  Crawler hydraulic excavator, the most advanced abroad is still a steam excavator, but that kind of steam excavator has low practicality, while the hydraulic excavator owned by the security team is very efficient.

  Wu Xinjie was also shocked. Electric furnace steelmaking method? Using pure oxygen to smelt steel? Isn't this still a theoretical concept?

  Wu Bingkong, who studied electrical engineering, was even more shocked. A small western town actually had three small hydroelectric power plants, and the advanced equipment for generating electricity exceeded his imagination.

  What is most shocking is Xixiang's transportation aspect.

  There are many tractors in Xixiang. Since the expansion of the administrative area, Xia Jun has exchanged more than 800 tractors.

  So many tractors are transporting goods every day with a "rumble" and "rumble", it's a scene that can't be seen even abroad.

  A small western town, to these students and returned overseas Chinese, has become so strange that it is eerie. Their emotions have also gradually stabilized.

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