Chapter Thirty-six: Yuan Shushan

  Specifically, how to use this money, finally had to invite professionals to calculate again and again, the production capacity of various industries was calculated clearly, and how to maximize the use of this fund, Jiang Yu put in a lot of effort in this aspect.

  Finally came up with a complete big plan.

  This program includes a lot of content, not just a few industries, but investments in dozens of industries.

  There is a trend of simultaneous and synchronized progress.

  But the main thing is to invest capital, work hard on the production line, and form a complete railway branch network in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang, as well as a complete highway network.

  In addition, there is also a strong and unbreakable flood control project.

  At the same time, investments in other provinces are mainly concentrated in Hebei and Shanxi, that is, Handan iron ore and coal mines, as well as coal mines in Shanxi.

  The development plan proposes to rebuild a steel plant in Handan, which is planned to be completed in 14 years and will form an annual output of 1.5 million tons of steel.

  In addition, in Shanxi Province, it is planned to complete the railway construction before 2015 and form an annual coal production capacity of 80 million tons within Shanxi Province by that year.

  In addition to Anhui's 200 million tons of coal production in 2014, and the remaining provinces' nearly 50 million tons, the coal industry can form a capacity of 330 million tons in 2014.

  The formation of such a coal production is already very difficult, after all, the time is too tight, compared to the US's more than 500 million tons of coal production, it really makes people feel helpless for a while.

  The second tranche of ￡300 million loan will continue to be used for railway construction, and the expansion of steel mills and shipyards, while more funds will start to be invested in agriculture.

  The third tranche of ￡4 billion is planned to be invested in various industries and rapidly expand their scale.

  In total, 30% of the funds were spent on building railways and highways, while heavy industry accounted for 30%, agriculture accounted for 25%, 5% was invested in talent cultivation, and 10% was invested in business expansion.

  The main business expansion was to build its own ocean-going fleet, and after the loan arrived, it began ordering large merchant ships from shipyards in Britain, France and the United States.

  At the same time, Hangzhou Shipyard is also building merchant ships. Previously, 20 million-ton merchant ships were ordered from Germany.

  During World War I, British and French ships would not help you transport goods to their colonies for sale; they were only willing to transport supplies to the motherland.

  To capture markets during World War I, it was necessary to have one's own overseas shipping company.

  Moreover, the industrial capacity of various countries is now moving towards excess, and it is the cheapest to order merchant ships at this time. Even if World War I breaks out later, selling them can make a big profit.

  After waiting in Shanghai for half a month, the first loan finally arrived. The Rothschild syndicate was very efficient and mobilizing ￡30 million in cash was not too difficult for them given their strength.

  At 8:30 that morning, Shanghai Wharf was cleared and Jiang Yu arrived at Shanghai Wharf under the protection of a guard battalion.

  If one were to say which warlord had the most stringent personal protection, it would naturally be Jiang Jue.

  Apart from having a guard corps that can be mobilized at any time, although usually only one guard battalion is used, there is also Han Muxia as his personal bodyguard. Moreover, Jiang Yu himself has been practicing martial arts for many years and has mastered the Xingyiquan style, with extremely high awareness of danger.

  It can be said that Jiang Jue is one of the most difficult warlords to assassinate, and wanting to assassinate him is basically a daydream.

  Before long, a luxurious passenger ship docked at the pier under the guidance of a small port boat.

  "Jiang~!" Britta's figure appeared on the deck, wearing a pure white dress that noblewomen of this era wore, with a large hat on her head, looking elegant and bright. She had apparently spotted Jiang Yu in the harbor and was excitedly waving at him.

  "Brita, haha!" Jiang Yu felt very good after seeing his wife and smiled at her with a wave of his hand.

  When the ship dropped the ladder, Britta lifted her skirt and was the first to rush down from the boat, then plunged into Jiang Yu's arms. Jiang Yu gave her a tight hug and spun around with her for two rounds, making Britta laugh happily.

  "What about our daughter?" Jiang Yu asked at this time.

  "Look behind!" Bao Lihui turned around, and saw a female servant carrying a two-year-old little girl walking down, the little girl looked plump and lovely.

  Jiang Yu hastily stretched out his hand to hug her, but the little girl tilted her head and burst into tears, making him feel extremely embarrassed.

  Obviously Xiao Yao didn't know who Jiang Yu was.

  For this, Jiang Yu could only feel ashamed and decided to get familiar with his daughter again after returning home. Also, he had to name her first before anything else.

  There were too many people on the dock, and Jiang Yu didn't want to be overly affectionate with Britta either. After having her bring down a large number of gifts she had brought from Germany from the ship, they got in the car and headed for the Jiang family garden.

  Jiang Yuan and Madame Xu heard that their daughter-in-law was coming and also rushed back from Huai'an to Shanghai.

  Back home, Jiang Yuanchuan and Madame Xi warmly welcomed Britta in. Britta had obviously never seen an oriental garden before, although she had heard Jiang Yu describe it. But seeing it with her own eyes for the first time, her initial feeling was one of being deeply enchanted, making her reluctant to leave.

  Xu's family was very satisfied with Britta's appearance, but muttered, "When will you give me a grandson to be truly qualified?"

  Men are valued more than women!

  Jiang Yu didn't mind this too much. After trying various methods, he finally coaxed his daughter into a good mood and she was willing to let him hold her in his arms.

  Holding his daughter and playing with her for a while, Jiang Yu began to think about what name to give his daughter, so he had someone go and invite the famous Shanghai fortune teller Yuan Shushan.

  Yuan Shushan, Xu Lewu and Wei Qianli are the three most famous fortune tellers of the Republic of China, indeed they have some real skills.

  Yuan Shushan did not dare to slack off in the face of this big employer, Jiang Yu. Every time Jiang Yu recruited soldiers and selected students and administrative personnel, he would invite Yuan Shushan to go, and each time the reward was not small.

  Arriving at Jiang's garden, Yuan Shushan followed Jiang Yu's birth chart to determine the eight characters of his destiny. At that time, there was no computer for fortune-telling, and it was a more technically demanding task.

  Of course you can also take an old almanac and slowly flip through it, but ordinary people will think you're incompetent.

  Like those blind fortune tellers, they had to memorize the heavenly stems and earthly branches for hundreds of years, including not only the annual ones but also the monthly, daily and hourly ones, which were called "flowing stars chasing the moon" in ancient times.

  "Valuable and precious, the day master is 'Ren' water of the heavenly stem, belonging to yang. Ren water connects with rivers, having a strong and moderate virtue, just like a great river rushing forward tirelessly, the only shortcoming being easy to advance but difficult to retreat."

  "Born in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the branch of the parents' palace is Si fire, and the heavenly stem is Ren water, which is a noble person. The hidden stem of Si fire is also Ren water, biased wealth, seven killings, and biased seal. Biased wealth means that the parents are wealthy first and have property to leave to the noble thousand gold. Seven killings falling into the parents' palace mean that the parents are engaged in violent occupations, and biased seal means that the parents have made some achievements in religion or invention. Yuan Shushan continued: "In addition, the destiny itself has a heavenly noble person, which means that the noble thousand gold will have virtuous talents in the future."

  "Born in the summer, Ren Water's energy is suppressed, but Zi Water falls into the husband and wife palace, and Ren Water sits on the yang blade, self-sufficient and prosperous. This forms a noble pattern of water and fire complementing each other. Moreover, Chen Earth falls into the current pillar, forming a semi-combination with Zi Water. Therefore, among the five elements of wealth, it is balanced, neither lacking in water nor fire. However, since yang blade falls into the husband and wife palace, later on, his husband's family will not have much wealth, and he cannot avoid being busy with household chores. On the other hand, there is only one Zheng Guan, and with the root of Nian Yue Qi Sha having strength, the marriage will be okay."

  "The husband and wife's wealth is hidden in the water, which means that there will be at least one younger brother after marriage. The relationship with this brother is good, and he won't be troubled by his brothers. The son directly inherits the wealth of the parents' palace, indicating that his younger brother has inherited most of the parents' property." Yuan Shushan gave this general's daughter a fortune-telling, but didn't dare to make a direct judgment about her fate.

  He knew that General Jiang was also familiar with the art of divination, and if he were to calculate his eight characters, he would have to come up with a reasonable explanation first; otherwise, he wouldn't buy it.

  "Hmm!" Jiang Yu nodded as he looked at the fate book written by Yuan Shushan. To him, whether his future son-in-law had money or not was not important. "Then please, Master, help my daughter get a name!"

  "Alright, let me think for a moment." Yuan Shushan nodded and after a while, considering Xiaoyazi's eight characters had strong yang energy, she chose the name "Jiang Wanjing", also hoping that she wouldn't be too restless when she grew up.

  To express his gratitude, Jiang Yu immediately presented a 5,000-yuan deposit slip from the Huadong Bank to Yuan Shushan.

  ……

  Jiang Yu and his wife Brita had been apart for some time, and now it was like a small reunion after a new marriage.

  The next day, Jiang Yu even pushed away official duties and accompanied Brita like they were on their honeymoon.

  Of course, all the truly important things have already been arranged. The main thing is the use of those loans. Once the loan arrives at the railway construction site, work will begin.

  At this time, the Huadong Group had already determined that the total length of the railways to be built would exceed 3,000 kilometers. Once these railways were completed, they could open up various resources in provinces across China and set up factories along the railway lines.

  Wherever the railway is built, the land will be enclosed by the Huadong Group.

  Important mineral resources within the railway's scope have basically all been preempted by the China Eastern Group.

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  The second update is here! It's going all the way until Sunday night, and tomorrow we'll be rushing to the top again, so let's get some energy from my fellow students!