Chapter 24: United Restoration Society

  Don't forget, Jiang Yu has an army at his disposal.

  The Yangtze River Patrol Envoy seems to have no real power, but with troops comes real power. This Yangtze River Patrol Envoy can extend the reach of Jiangsu and Sichuan into various provinces along the Yangtze River basin.

  That is to say, as long as Jiang Jue is unhappy, he can find trouble with those warlords at any time, and it's justified.

  This Yangtze River Inspector has far more actual power than those who are in charge of everything.

  As for those governor's duties, they are of no use to Jiang Yu at all.

  Because Jiang Yu took the route of local encirclement of the central government, this position of Yangtze River Inspector seems to be at a disadvantage for Jiang Yu. In fact, it was a big gain, but Yuan Shikai did not expect what kind of warlord pattern the Republic would have, so he didn't think about this aspect and didn't have this consciousness, which allowed Jiang Yu to take advantage of the situation and gain an advantage.

  Jiang Yu and Yuan Shikai negotiated a peace agreement, and turned to support Yuan Shikai, becoming a warlord of the Beiyang clique. Under the mediation of Tao Chengzhang, they also reached a ceasefire agreement with the Nanjing Provisional Government, bringing an end to this war that had spanned the north and south.

  Jiang Yu was clearly the big winner of this war, not only successfully controlling the entire Shandong province, but also controlling Sunan, incorporating the whole Jiangsu into his territory.

  Of course, such a rapid expansion is also a huge test of the ability to digest the market, but fortunately, the degree of expansion is still acceptable.

  This is also the main reason why Jiang Yu wants to stop the war. It's natural to fight again, and it's not difficult to seize territory.

  The difficulty lies in the digestion of the territory, if it is according to the traditional mode of local autonomy, then occupying the territory is also meaningless.

  After the war, Jiang Yu and Guangfu Hui's relationship quickly drew closer, and both sides soon launched many friendly activities. Tao Chengzhang led a group of Guangfu Hui members to Wuhu, where they visited Asia's largest steel plant.

  At this time, the second phase of Wuhu Iron and Steel Plant has started to intensify construction. Although there is no three-shift system, it is divided into two shifts every day, with a working time of up to 20 hours.

  After the second phase of construction is completed, Wuhu Steel Plant's steel output will reach 500,000 tons, exceeding Japan's annual steel output of 400,000 tons.

  In shipbuilding, the Jiangyu plan aimed to reach an annual output of 200,000 tons by 1914, surpassing Japan's annual output of 100,000 tons.

  At this time, Japan's industry is actually half a catty and eight taels with China. It's just that Japan is an extremely crazy country, they put most of their financial resources into military construction, so naturally there's no money to build industries.

  Jiang Yu, on the other hand, took a different route, first developing industry and economy, and military strength only needed to be built up to the level of protecting national industrial development.

  When necessary, military strength can be expanded at any time, and with the support of developed industry, the expansion of military strength is much easier than Japan.

  These achievements left Tao Chengzhang and others dizzy, with only two words left in their hearts - admiration!

  In administration, the officials under Jiang Yu were clean and efficient, a stark contrast to the corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy of the Qing dynasty.

  Under clean and efficient administration, people's hearts quickly attached to it. At this time, Anhui and Subei, ordinary people all recognized the Two Huai Administrative Office.

  Anyone who can't get along with the Huai River Administrative Bureau can't get along with them.

  This is a great situation that can be used to win people's hearts, Tao Chengzhang couldn't help but sigh in admiration. The Gong Party has created such a situation, and in the future, it will surely stand on unshakeable ground.

  In the field of education, the Xingye Party also made great achievements. Basically, every time a factory was set up, a technical school was established at the same time. Primary schools, middle schools and universities were also established one after another. These schools are closely linked with industrial and agricultural production.

  The school's model is mostly semi-militarized management, with classes in the morning, extracurricular activities in the afternoon, and evening classes at night.

  There are many extracurricular activities in the afternoon, sometimes teachers take students to plant vegetables and fruits, sometimes they go on factory tours, sometimes they let students exercise their hands-on skills, letting them make some furniture, toys, and other items by themselves. Those who do well can even be awarded prizes, while also encouraging students to think creatively and invent new things.

  Such students will have strong hands-on skills when they leave school.

  For those students who are not too good at reading, we vigorously cultivate their other interests and hobbies, striving to make each one a useful talent.

  And those institutions that cultivate high-level talents, Jiang Yu also began to set up, and each major has more advanced topics than this era for students to study.

  The variety of schools is far greater than in any other region.

  Jiang Yu has made great achievements in military, industry and education, and has also invested a lot of money in agriculture, but has not yet seen any results, as the spring planting has not yet begun.

  As agricultural reform deepens, the pattern of family farms begins to emerge.

  Although these family farms may not have the high efficiency of large-scale mechanized farming, they do not have the defects of mechanized agriculture, such as breaking biological chains and dependence on pesticides.

  However, large-scale mechanized planting still needs to be developed, which can liberate more people from agricultural production and invest in industrial production.

  Tao Chengzhang and others also saw a large number of construction sites in Anhui, where many workers were working hard to build railways, highways, water conservancy projects and buildings.

  At this time, Anhui and northern Jiangsu were almost universally able to eat their fill.

  Ordinary people who couldn't afford a full meal went to work on construction sites, and the vulnerable groups who were unable to feed themselves were also taken in by the Huaiyang Administrative Bureau, which provided them with free food and clothing.

  Everything he saw in Anhui made Tao Chengzhang suddenly feel that this was exactly the kind of social environment he had been striving for.

  Jiang Yu's views are similar to those of the Guangfu Hui in many ways, and he does not simply advocate revolution for its own sake like Sun Dapao; rather, he also believes that revolution means changing the dynasty.

  Jiang Yu and Tao Chengzhang had a heart-to-heart talk in Wuhu for several days, and both sides deepened their understanding and mutual trust. Finally, Tao Chengzhang decided to introduce the various systems implemented by Jiang Yu in Lianghuai to Zhejiang, hoping to replicate Jiang Yu's achievements in Anhui and Subei in Zhejiang.

  Jiang Yu readily agreed to this, although Tao Chengzhang was going to replicate the current model of the two Huai rivers, rather than Jiang Yu directly controlling the Guangfu Association. However, as long as the systems were the same, there would be an unclear relationship between them in the future. Moreover, in order to replicate the Anhui and Subei models, the Guangfu Association had to send people to attend administrative training classes set up by Jiang Yu, and then the Huadong Group would enter Zhejiang to invest in industry and commerce.

  In addition, Jiang Yu did not establish a party, but established the East China Chamber of Commerce that can accommodate various parties. Any politician from any party who is useful to this large group can join in.

  The dirty money and power transactions between businessmen and politicians will always exist, no matter how dignified the politician appears on stage, or how simple and frugal they seem in their performances, or even when they are tearfully donating a few banknotes as personal donations in the face of some disaster...

  In other words, apart from taxation and the military which are not directly controlled by the Communist Party, another piece of land has been added to the business community, and it is still the rich Zhejiang.

  Not long after, when most of the main members of Guangfu Hui joined Huadong Shanghui, Guangfu Hui would also become one of the parties controlled by Huadong Shanghui.

  One of them, not the only one.

  Any party that can make achievements in the National Assembly election is valuable in Jiang Yu's eyes.

  After the merger, Jiang Yu first sent party-building advisors, administrative advisors, and military advisors to Guangfu Hui. He also opened an administrative training class for Guangfu Hui and dispatched a teaching team to Zhejiang to train the Zhejiang Army. In addition, he provided a batch of military supplies to the Zhejiang Army, and the Huadong Bank loaned 20 million yuan to the Zhejiang government.

  Of course, this is also conditional. First of all, the military must keep pace with Jiangsu and Hubei. Once a war breaks out, the Zhejiang Army must act together with the Revival Army.

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