The southwest, northwest, and central and southern regions are the focus of future development, not that they do not develop in other places, but after 10 years, since they have opened up to the outside world, they have occupied the region, and the companies and enterprises in various places have begun to reach a state of saturation. Henan, Hubei and Jiangxi are relatively backward.

"In my opinion, instead of waiting here, it is better to summon Yuan Shikai. Wu Datong, Ding Zhenfeng, Zhan Tianyou, and Wu Ruilin first discussed the construction of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and other places. And the southwest, back down, wait until the bandits are solved, and say, so that we don't have to wait for time. Zheng Yiqian on the side thought for a while and said.

Liu Jun, who heard Zheng Yiqian's words, did not say anything, and after looking down and thinking for about five minutes, Liu Jun came to the map and looked at the map, then nodded and said, "Notify the special train." Depart early tomorrow morning and return to Beijing. Also, generate electricity for the old man. I promised him that I would do it, but right now, the situation is not ripe. The bandit plague in the southwest has not been extinguished, and when the bandit plague in the southwest is over, I will immediately convene a meeting to discuss the system of determining the country. ”

"Understood." Hearing this, Zheng Yiqian nodded, prepared the message and withdrew.

Woowoo....... Baoji Railway Station,

The railway station from Baoji Railway Station to Qinling is not built by Liaodong Railway Bureau, but through the bidding situation. It was given to the Deutsche Bahn Construction Agency. The construction of the railway from Shaanxi to Taiyuan was given to the British Railway Bureau at that time. Liaodong, on the other hand, is nothing more than a railway line from Beijing to Zhengzhou. As for Zhengzhou to Taiyuan, it was divided into three parts, which were contracted by France, the United States and Austria-Hungary.

In this way, the construction of the railway, which would have taken about ten years to complete, was completed by Liu Jun in this way, and almost all sections of the railway were started at the same time. Thus in less than five years all opened to traffic, of course, a section of the Qinling Mountains. It is a plan that has been studied and finalized by several major railway bureaus.

Bang Bang ....... Liu Jun's ironclad special train has slowly stopped at the station platform.

Liu Jun's special train is a new type of train made by Lushun Machinery Bureau, which is said to be a train, but it is actually an ironclad car. On the bow of the train, as well as on his side, there were four 75mm smoothbore guns and five heavy machine guns, which anyone who wanted to assassinate on the train would have to pass. Of course, no one has the audacity to do so. Originally, Liu Jun didn't want to take this kind of train and didn't want to engage in privileges, but he couldn't twist Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai and others, so he could only agree in the end.

Woowoo....... The ironclad car sounded the whistle again, and Liu Jun, who had already come to the train platform, saw that the car had been parked, and after looking at a few people in front of him, he turned around and entered the ironclad car. The car started and slowly headed towards Xi'an.

Chengdu. Southwest Administrative Office. Li Hongzhang looked at the telegram in front of him with a smile, his heart was as sweet as eating honey, and what he was looking forward to was finally coming.

This morning, he received a telegram from Baoji.

The telegram said that Liu Jun had decided to establish a state, but that he would convene a meeting to discuss the establishment of the country after the bandits in the southwest were completed.

Li Hongzhang also agreed with Liu Jun's decision in his heart, and Liu Jun in the southwest region had discussed it for himself, once the war broke out in the future. The coastal areas are threatened, and when the time comes, entire large enterprises, the military-industrial complex, will move to the southwest. Therefore, the southwest must be stable, including the central and southern regions, and other places need to be stabilized, otherwise, this will have an impact on the future policy.

After receiving this telegram today, Li Hongzhang knew that Liu Junzai would not shirk anything, but was just waiting for stability in the southwest, and the greatest stability was to eliminate the bandits and rout in the southwest and complete the land reform.

"Lao Zhang, let's go find Wang Shizhen." Li Hongzhang, who had finished reading the telegram, saw Zhang Zhidong crawling on the table to write documents, and walked over and said.

What to do with Wang Shizhen? Zhang Zhidong looked puzzled.

Li Hongzhang knew that Zhang Zhidong had doubts in his heart, and immediately handed the telegram in his hand to Zhang Zhidong.

The founding of the country, from this telegram, Zhang Zhidong understood that it was a preparation before the founding of the country. Immediately, Zhang Zhidong put down the situation in his hand, and then entered the opposite headquarters with Li Hongzhang.

When he entered, Wang Shizhen was discussing with Li Rong, commander of the corps, about the work related to the suppression of bandits.

Wang Shizhen saw that the two Liaodong bigwig-level figures actually came here, and immediately stopped explaining, and after motioning for the two to sit down, he turned around and poured a cup of tea for the two old men and asked the intention of the two people.

After Li Hongzhang took a sip of tea from the teacup, he didn't say anything, but handed the message in his hand to Wang Shizhen.

"The handsome country." After reading the telegram, Wang Shizhen looked excited.

Wang Shizhen was a senior general who Li Hongzhang also asked about the meaning of the founding of the country, and at the beginning, he was the commander of various corps. They all hoped that Liu Jun would be able to establish the country, but they were rejected again and again, and now, the message was drafted and sent by Liu Jun himself, which shows that the marshal has the intention of founding the country.

"It's a good thing, it's a good thing, I raise my hands in agreement." Wang Shizhen said with a smile.

Yes, seeing Wang Shizhen's performance, Li Hongzhang knew that she hadn't finished reading the telegram, and after taking a deep breath, Li Hongzhang pointed to the telegram and said, "You are talking after reading the following." ”

It turned out that there were conditions, Wang Shizhen, who had read the telegram, put the telegram on the table silently, he understood, when the marshal became the emperor this time, when he opened the country, it was all linked to his current military situation, and his southwest was stable, and the marshal held a meeting to open the country, and it was unstable, so there was no need to talk about this matter.

It seems that he has to go all out for the problem of bandits in the southwest, otherwise, it will affect the opening of the country, thinking of this, Wang Shizhen looked at the two people in front of him and said: "Marshal, this matter, I still want you to cooperate." ”

We cooperate? This time, Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang were extremely puzzled, the two of them didn't care about the military, Wang Shizhen said so, he was really a little confused.

"When I left Baoji, the marshal told me to launch a military and civilian war to eliminate the bandits in the southwest. You are rulers of the people, and if I don't look for you, then will I look for that? Wang Shizhen spread his hands and said.

It turned out to be this matter, yes, Li Hongzhang knew about this matter, and when he came here, Li Hongzhang discussed it with Liu Jun. It's just that some time ago, because of the abdication of the imperial court, I haven't discussed it with Wang Shizhen. (To be continued.) )