Chapter 17: Rewards (Second update! Please vote for me!)

"This is Li Zhiyuan"

Touching his shiny forehead with his hand, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but let out a long sigh. The meaning behind his words was full of relief and joy.

"I wiped out Leng Yuqiu's third division without spending a single soldier or a single bullet or silver bullet."

While sighing, Yuan Shikai's affection for Li Zicheng became stronger and stronger.

"I spent one million yuan in exchange for Li Yuanhong's support, but Li Zhiyuan not only solved my worries, but also helped me. Li Zhiyuan, Li Zhiyuan..."

"President, Li Zhiyuan did it just for personal gain and self-protection, and he did it as a last resort."

Liang Shiyi, knowing that the president was in a good mood, quickly spoke.

"President, you know that the rebel party headed by Sun Huang is "campaigning for the second time" in Shanghai. They use coercion and inducement to persuade businessmen to donate and raise money first, and then they use deceit to frame and accuse them.

Liuhe cooperated with the bandits in order to recruit troops to advance to Lianyun and detain Li Zhiyuan for revenge. On the other hand, the President issued a proclamation as early as two months ago, ordering civil and military officials everywhere to protect businessmen and civilians. If any bandits take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble,

, harming businessmen, the only thing to ask is the governor and the chief of civil affairs. And you, the president, have vowed to sacrifice everything to defend my innocent people."

Liang Shiyi continued to flatter the president.

"President, these traitors to the party are just like those who clean up evil officials before, and are acting like gangsters who cause chaos. However, President, you are the guardian of the business people and their financial interests. You have also issued a proclamation of "promoting industry" and freedom of business.

The national constitution should be especially respected. Under the two circumstances, Li Zhiyuan does not know what is a chaotic party and what is righteousness, and he should do his best to deal with it."

Being treated with such sincerity by Liang Shiyi, Yuan Shikai just held the tea cup and smiled softly, accepting his sincerity.

"President, during the Xinhai period, there were uprisings in various places, and businessmen and civilians once enthusiastically donated military salaries and supported the revolution; now, except for a few radicals, most of them are indifferent to Sun Huang's so-called "chasing Yuan" and directly resisted it, which has won the hearts of the people.

If you turn your back on this, the president has gathered the support of the people."

Knowing that the president was in a very good mood today, Liang Shiyi glanced at Yuan Shikai, then raised his voice slightly and said in a rather angry voice.

"Now the whole country has seen through Sun. The two Huangs have no ability except to make trouble. They are making trouble on the left and making trouble on the right. I am entrusted by 400 million people. I cannot use the property and life of 40 million people to let others make trouble."

The political and military experience and diplomatic credibility of the President are unparalleled in China. If Sun Huang dares to organize a separate government, the President will be the President who raises troops to conquer the country. He can control the public opinion of the world. How can he be afraid of those who jump over the wall...

"

Yuan Shikai, who was quite proud, looked up at Liang Shiyi and interrupted him with a smile.

"Okay, Mr. Yi, this Li Zhiyuan has made great achievements. If all the businessmen in the world are like Li Zhiyuan and loyal to national affairs, how can China not be strong?"

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Shikai raised his eyes and continued.

"Li Zhiyuan has made great achievements in resisting the rebellion this time. The central government should send an order to reward him. Well, Yifu, you see..."

After pondering for a moment, thinking about awarding Li Zicheng, Yuan Shikai hesitated, what award would be appropriate?

"Then let's award Li Zhiyuan a medal... This... wing husband, what medal should I award?"

"Jiahe"

Liang Shiyi blurted out as if he had already thought about it.

"Jiahe?"

Yuan Shikai pondered for a moment.

"Yifu, after Li Zhiyuan returned to China last time, didn't we award him a first-class Jiahe Medal? This matter..."

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Shikai thought it was inappropriate. After all, Li Zhiyuan had made great contributions this time, and the Jiahe Medal was nothing more than honor. But when he returned to China last time, the first-class Jiahe Medal had already been awarded to him.

It would be heartbreaking to fool him with a medal.

"Yifu, whether it is protecting businessmen or promoting industry, on the one hand it is necessary for the development of the country, but on the other hand, it is also to win people's hearts. If those businessmen see Li Zhiyuan, who has made great contributions to resisting chaos,

, let’s fool around with a medal, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of the world, and in the end, wouldn’t it allow Sun and Huang to take advantage of each other, no, we have to be more generous.”

The president's words made Liang Shiyi think for a moment.

"President, this third division of Li Zhiyuan's movement must have spent a lot of money. He is very wealthy and has one star and two points. I'm afraid I won't like him."

Liang Shiyi's words made Yuan Shikai nod. How much money does Li Zhiyuan have and what is his relationship with Morgan? Until now, he still doesn't know. Anyway, the guy who paid 800,000 yuan really doesn't care. The medal is too light and the money is too little.

This Li Zhiyuan helped him a lot, but it left him with a problem.

"President, do you remember Zhang Jizhi?"

"Um?"

Liang Shiyi was slightly stunned, why did Liang Shiyi think of this person?

"President, didn't you issue an order at the beginning of the year to grant Zhang Jizhi's Tonghai Reclamation Company 1 million acres of Huainan Salt Fields?"

"Yifu, what do you mean..."

Yuan Shikai's eyes brightened slightly, and he gave Tonghai Reclamation Company 1 million acres of official land in Haimen in order to bribe Zhang Jizhi, and the one million acres was left to be cultivated.

"President, if we can allocate 1 million acres to Zhang Jizhi, we can award 1 million acres to Li Zhiyuan."

"Yifu, Li Zhiyuan is in the industry."

As a reminder, Yuan Shikai began to think in his mind that doing business was just an excuse. A mistake in the investigation allowed Li Zhiyuan to create a Lianyungang that was too big to lose. If he was given another million acres of land, Lianyungang would be...

Liang Shiyi, who guessed what the president meant, began to frown and think. The president was worried that Li Zhiyuan would acquire 1 million acres of land and make Lianyungang even bigger. For the president, he had too many facts to consider.

point.

"President, from Shiyi's point of view, Li Zhiyuan's meritorious service this time is extraordinary. If he rewards the poor areas around Lianyun, it will be cold to the people."

Although he understood what the president meant, Liang Shiyi did not make it clear. He just followed the president's wishes and "persuaded" them by "thinking about others."

"The land of Lianyun is close to the old Yellow River. The geology is very poor. According to the evaluation of scholars, the land of Huainan will not be awarded the Nobel Prize."

Liang Shiyi's suggestion only made Yuan Shikai's eyes light up. This Liang Yansun really is... Yuan Shikai, who was smiling silently, picked up his teacup and pretended to think.

"President, the abandoned Huainan salt field alone has more than 6 million acres of grassland. Only a million acres have been reclaimed over the years. Even if it includes Zhang Jizhi's million acres of privately cultivated land, there are still three million acres left.

Millions. Compared with Huaibei, the geology of Northern Jiangsu and Huainan is very good, so it is better to allocate it from the Huainan salt field."

Before Liang Shiyi finished speaking, Yuan Shikai stroked his beard with his fingers and looked at Liang Shiyi with a smile.

"You... you're right, that's how it will be done, but..."

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Shikai hesitated again.

"Isn't Li Zhiyuan going to start a bank? This matter has been approved for him, and besides..."

"...Shikai Gou has the intention to deceive the world and benefits one surname. His crime will not be forgiven."

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Li Zicheng was silent for several minutes. This Yuan Shikai was truly a tycoon, and the number one tycoon in the world. He had a million acres of courage just to make a move, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"If one million acres of the Huainan Salt Farm is abandoned, Zhiyuan, we will be developed, we will be developed."

Mu Xiangyue muttered, almost incoherently. One million acres of wasteland was like gold falling from the sky. He was speechless for a long time.

"Isn't it just one million acres of wasteland? It's a pity that it's in Huainan. If it were..."

Compared to Mu Xiangyue, Li Zicheng felt that it was a pity that the place was too far away from Lianyungang. If it could be close to Lianyungang...

"Zhiyuan, you don't know, you don't understand,"

Mu Xiangyue, who comes from a cotton industry family, has always been very envious of Zhang Jizhi's reclamation farm. Now that this million acres of land has fallen on Liuhe's head like a cake falling from the sky, he naturally regards this as an opportunity.

"Zhiyuan, this land in Huainan is definitely not comparable to Lianyungang. It used to be a wasteland of salt fields and was left uncultivated for hundreds of years. Although it is a grassland, the geology is very good and the soil is fertile and water-rich. Nowadays, salt reclamation companies mainly produce agricultural products.

Cotton is the source of the textile industry. If the cotton production is abundant, it will be beneficial. If cotton is planted on this million acres of land, 50 million kilograms of cotton can be harvested a year. This alone can make the company several hundred million dollars a year.

For one million yuan, even if the company has no intention of doing business, it can just cultivate it with machines and sell it the next year. One million acres of land can earn tens of millions of yuan."

At this time, Mu Xiangyue was constantly thinking about how to maximize the potential of this million acres of land, but when Li Zicheng heard him mention cotton, his eyes suddenly lit up.

cotton

agriculture……

Suddenly, a cargo container found in the plane came to mind. It was something that I had always ignored and even almost forgotten.

"We want this land and..."

Li Zicheng raised his eyes and said proudly,

“We want to build China’s first truly modern farm there.”

"Modern farm?"

Mu Xiangyue seemed a little unfamiliar with this word, but he had long been accustomed to it. Li Zicheng would always spit out some new terms inadvertently.

"Yes, it is a modern farm"

Li Zicheng asked solemnly as he raised his head and looked directly at Mu Xiangyue.

"Ouchu, do you know what is most important to China?"

"Um?"

What is most important to China?

"The country is based on the people, and food is the first priority for the people. Historical records say: Farming damage is the root cause of hunger. Therefore, the country should be based on agriculture."

Looking at Mu Xiangyue, when he uttered this sentence that he had just learned recently from studying Chinese studies, Li Zicheng thought of the lessons of later generations. During that special period, in order to so-called development, the country passed mandatory industrial and agricultural products.

The scissor gap robs farmers of their wealth, and until the 21st century, the price comparison of industrial and agricultural products is still unreasonable, and this shortcoming is very obvious, and has become the main factor hindering the improvement of the income level of hundreds of millions of farmers in our country. It can be said that agriculture, rural areas, and farmers are three

The agricultural problem has always plagued China's overall development and progress. There may be reasons for this, but in the end, the problem is still a problem. It will be a problem in future generations, and it is even more of a problem at this time.

If this problem is not solved...
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