Yang Rui didn't listen to Cai Yuanpei's education plan, he was just thinking about his previous study abroad plan, at that time he thought that at least 30,000 international students were needed, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not reasonable. In his stunned effort, Cai Yuanpei had already finished speaking, Yang Rui came back to his senses at this time, and asked another question blankly, "Xiaomin, how many international students are there now?" ”

Cai Yuanpei didn't say this, he added, "The Manchu Qing excluded ......"

When he said this, Yang Rui interjected: "Japan's garbage doesn't count. ”

Cai Yuanpei knew that Yang Rui had never had a good impression of Japan, but the students studying in Japan were really bad, so he removed Japan at the moment, and then said: "There are about 500 people studying in Europe and the United States, of which France has the most, with 124 people, followed by the United Kingdom, 107 people, 77 people from Germany, 31 people from the United States, and 18 people from Russia. We sent all of them to Germany, one hundred and eighty-eight men. ”

"So there are nearly seven hundred?" Yang Rui was a little happy when he heard this, there are at least five hundred people who will use it, and if it is a few more years, I am afraid that there will be two or three thousand people.

Cai Yuanpei looked at Yang Rui's expression, and felt that some words were better said, "It's done, these five hundred people can't do it." ”

"What, how could it not work?" Yang Ruiqi said, is there also a three-month crash course in Europe?

"It's really not good, most of them are there to be officials."

"Being an official?"

"Yes. In June this year, the school has already started the examination for returned international students, and according to the results, they can be given jinshi, lifters, etc., and this matter was decided last year. That's why so many people in Japan study abroad. Although European and American schools are stricter than those in Japan, some people go purely for the sake of being officials. Even if you learn something, when you get your graduation certificate, I'm afraid you will forget it. ”

Cai Yuanpei knows too much about those advanced people, and these international students who go out are afraid that less than 20% of them are really careful to study and do not seek to be officials.

"Then we're on our own." Yang Rui sighed, he opened his notepad and said, "My plan." Or the requirements are like this, international students are the most important, divided into three parts. The first is scientific research, informing Europe and the United States to find out the branches of science and technology such as engineering, science, medicine, and agriculture, and then find the most famous professors in this branch. Then send students to focus on these majors. After six or seven years, there will be at least ten to twenty international students in each branch, counting one hundred branches, and one or two thousand people will be needed here, and these are likely to be doctoral students, and the money required is estimated to be a lot; The second is teaching, and there are still universities in China, so the professors of various disciplines are extremely important. It is estimated that there will be two to three thousand people in each discipline. If you want to be rated as a professor, you must have a master's degree; The third is the use of technology, which is mainly in engineering, most of them are technicians, shipbuilding, steelmaking, road construction, prospecting, chemical industry, military industry, manufacturing, it is best to have 5,000 people here. That's 10,000 people. 10,000 people, according to 1,500 taels for bachelors, 2,500 taels for masters, and 4,000 taels for doctors, 23 million taels are needed. If it is completed in seven years, 1,500 men will be sent every year, and the annual cost will be 3,300,000 taels, or 4,500,000 yuan. ”

Yang Rui's final figure made Cai Yuanpei and Wang Jitong dumbfounded, so much money has surpassed the Antongmei Railway, Wang Jitong said: "Even if Liaodong starts to make a profit, it will be difficult for us to make so much money." ”

Yang Rui shook his head, "It's not just this money, it's also." In addition to international students, there are domestic universities, and there are only 794 students in Tongji, which is too few. He saw that Cai Yuanpei was about to explain, and said busily, "I know that the Germans are very demanding, and some students have difficulty learning German, but what I said is that after that, Tongji will have at least 2,000 graduates every year, except for Germany, the Russian side of Chen Quai's illness has gone, if he can coax the tsar to set up a Russian university in Harbin, it would be great, if he doesn't pay to build a school, then we will pay for it, and then he will send teachers there, and the United States will also have some cooperation, and it is best to use Gengzi's refund to run a school." ”

"Gengzi refund? This is ......," Cai Yuanpei was surprised.

Yang Rui accidentally slipped his mouth, and only relied on a lie: "It's that the Americans know that the Chinese Exclusion Act has provoked us, and everyone protests vigorously, so they coax." If you want Sino-US goodwill, you are willing to return part of the Gengzi indemnity to China to run schools. ”

"It's... Are you sure?! Not only Cai Yuanpei, but even Wang Jitong stood up.

Yang Rui smiled bitterly, he originally despised this money very much, but he really had no choice but to find a way to use it, but he didn't want to send more students, but wanted to build a school like Tongji in China.

"I heard from the Americans who rescued them in Anton last time, and their delegation had such a discussion." After Yang Rui explained a little, he said, "Three universities, after six years, 5,000 students graduate every year, 20,000 students, 20 yuan each, here is 400,000 yuan." Hey, it's so cheap compared to international students! Counting the students of the Normal University Hall and the Law and Politics, the total is 800,000 yuan. In this way, the total number of international students is 5.3 million taels, and the total number of middle school students and primary schools in mountainous areas is 6.15 million per year. ”

"We don't have enough money!" Wang Jitong, who was in charge of the accounts, said again. "With the addition of the three million in the army, and the one million for immigrants, as well as the money spent in Shanghai, Tokyo, Europe and the United States, it is already 11 million yuan a year. But what about the annual profit, Lu Xing plus Guangde Coal Mine is estimated to have 7 million this year, and Liaodong side before the railway was opened, the output is very small, that is, the railway is connected, and it is all about 2 million coal sold every year, and it is estimated that it will not be until five years later, when the reclamation over there becomes large-scale, it can be self-sufficient. According to the previous plan, the 100,000 troops, although only non-commissioned officers and officers were trained in the early stage, plus the training expenses of the soldiers, would cost 2 million yuan a year, and the money for guns was not counted here, and the 100,000 guns plus ammunition and baggage would cost at least 7 million yuan. ”

"Firearms don't count. If you do what you say, it is seven million against thirteen million, a difference of four million a year. Can Shanghai's profits increase? Yang Rui said.

"It's hard. The British are also selling soap, and the market for cigarettes is too small. Guangde Coal Mine has expanded its production capacity, and now there are only a few ways to think of it, one is whether it can sell soap to Nanyang or Japan. The second is to buy hydrogenated butter and cream to Europe and the United States, the third is to develop the degumming process of ramie, and finally Ma'anshan is to build it slowly and invest in a profitable business. ”

When Wang Jitong said, Yang Rui was also thinking about how to make money, sulfonamides could not be moved, although Hou's alkali production could be hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. Tong guò smuggled and sold, but there was no salt field in Liaodong, and salt was smuggled in. It is too dangerous to smuggle products out; Whether the soap in the Nanyang market can enter depends on the relationship between Li Jitang, and as for Japan, don't think about it; Hydrogenated cream and butter have been made, but there are still channels to sell them in Europe and the United States. This stuff is rarely eaten by Chinese; And ramie. This is the project that Rong Hong has been telling in the United States, he has always believed that as long as the ramie degumming process is solved, then ramie can be blended with silk, if this is the case, then the profit will be great, this real yàn room has been researching, but it still needs time; In the end, Ma'anshan must be built, and the iron factory and shipyard are integrated and have to be built;

"I'd better think about hydrogenated butter and cream. If this can be opened, then the profit will not be much less than MSG. Yang Rui thought for a while. In the end, I still felt the idea of beating margarine and cream.

"Hydrogenated must be combined with natural butter and cream, and this ratio is actually half optimal to sit down in the room. The wholesale price of butter in the United States is forty-nine cents per pound, and the price of cream is more than one dollar, and the ...... of hydrogenated oil is "Wang Jitong is the same as Yang Rui, there are countless numbers in his notebook, but there are too many numbers, he can't remember for a while, "Soybean oil is nine taels and one quintal, and according to the processing cost, it is about thirteen to fifteen cents a pound converted into hydrogenated hard oil." The profit is big, that is, the patent is in the British, if there is a lawsuit, then it ......"

"We are now doing a good job of hydrogenated oil in Liaodong, and no one can take care of this place, and then we will ship the prepared hard oil to the United States, buy natural butter and cream, and then join it together, so that we can avoid patents, at least American companies are legal."

"But... It was done... But can you eat this thing? "Hydrogenated oil has been applied to soap making, Wang Jitong has seen the oil used to make soap, and he only feels that this kind of thing that comes out of the machine is okay to use, but he doesn't dare to eat it if he really wants to eat it.

"What's not to eat here, soybean oil itself is edible, besides, even if there are some side effects, it is a hundred times better than opium." It's really not good to eat too much hydrogenated oil, but when you want to make money, you can take care of food safety. Even if there is gutter oil, Yang Rui will buy it to make butter and sell it to foreigners.

"Amitabha!" Wang Jitong saw from Yang Rui's look that this is not a good thing, fortunately Chinese do not eat this kind of butter and cream, but even so, he is concerned. Cai Yuanpei wanted to oppose it, but when he thought of opium, he still gave up, at least this thing can be eaten, not like the opium gang that completely poisons people.

Since the profit margin of hydrogenated oil has been calculated, then if you want to fill the gap of 4 million yuan, you need to sell 10 million pounds of hydrogenated butter, or 3 million pounds of hydrogenated cream, although this is a lot, but for the United States, which now needs nearly 200 million pounds of butter and 80 million pounds of cream every year, it is only one-twentieth, but to make these businesses successful, the United States still has to find a backer.

Yang Rui made a record of this incident in the itinerary book, and then said: "This patent is still better to buy from the British, although 10 million pounds is only more than 9,000 tons, but it is a lot." And then there's the fact that I still need to go to the U.S. once in the near future. ”

"What, just here and leaving?" Cai Yuanpei is now in charge of things instead of Wang Jitong, I thought that after Yang Rui came, he would hand over these things to Yang Rui, he is really not the material for governance.

"I'll stay in Shanghai for a while now, and then I'll leave when things are arranged, in fact, it's just going out for a walk, and it's only going to be four or five months." Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, he had no choice but to show his itinerary, "Go to the United States first, Rockefeller still has to talk about it once, and our international help is now only his family; Then there is the fact that raw silk and butter must be sold in the United States, so we must always find a backer to expand the sales channels; There is also US President Roosevelt, although he cannot be expected to help, but there is always a benefit to contact, at least, those upper-level people in the United States still need to be familiar with each other, and it will be convenient to deal with them in the future; Finally, there is the railway in Liaodong, and Harriman has signed a contract with Japan to buy the South Manchurian railway. But I believe that the Japanese will not sell it to them, so I have to find him at this time. Then sell our railroad to him or mortgage it to him. The United States has been there, and the miners in South Africa always have to go to see if they can use it and how to use it. ”

These things Yang Rui said are very important, but there is one more thing he has not said, that is, going to the United States must be going to the Pacific Ocean. Japan is a land after all, and when the time comes, in the name of inspecting the situation of the revolution in Tokyo, it is the right thing to coax the little white rabbit. The more you can't get it, the more you want to get it, this is a common problem of men, especially the threat of the big bad wolf, which makes Yang Rui feel at ease.

"When will you go?" Wang Jitong didn't see Yang Rui's little abacus. He only felt that the outside was more important than the inside. At least, internally, he can still preside over the overall situation, but externally, he can't help with anything.

"It should be within this month. Educational meetings, business, and practical rooms, these have to go through again, and if you want to adjust the plan, you will first adjust the plan, and then meet a few people. As for the specific revolutionary strategy in Kannai, it is better to explore and implement it on a small scale in the near future, and then discuss it intensively at the meeting in April and May next year. We always have to synchronize with the Manchus. When the time comes, they will have a constituent assembly, and we will have a revolutionary conference. ”

"Whoever he wants to see? I can arrange it first. "I heard that Yang Rui was going to meet people in Shanghai, and Wang Ji said the same thing.

"First of all, Uncle Mei is in prison, I have to go and see him first." As soon as Yang Rui's words came out, everyone smiled, "Then Zhu Baosan and Yu Qiaqing's side, we have all leaked the bottom, so how to get along with the Ningbo Gang in the future must have an explanation." In the end, there are two and a half people, and they should be met. ”

"Why two and a half?" Cai Yuanpei heard that Yang Rui wanted to meet someone, and couldn't help but wonder who these two and a half were.

"Yan Fu seems to be at Fudan Public School, and he still wants to meet him; Gu Hongming has studied both China and the West, and it seems that in the Huangpu Dredging Bureau, you can just see it, these are two, and then Zhang Zhidong's staff Zhao Fengchang in his early years, that is, Zhao Zhujun, who went to approve the Antongfeng Railway and gave us a letter of introduction, he is half official and half idle, and his words must be true and false, and can only be regarded as half. ”

"But this Zhao Fengchang is familiar with Zhi Zanxi and others, and it is not very appropriate to meet him." Wang Jitong continued to investigate during this time, and he still found out the power of the Qing court in Shanghai very clearly.

"This person has a lot of influence, and he is good friends with Zhang Jian and other gentry, if you want to unite the front, they can't be ignored." Wang Jitong can't lie, if he wants to coax the gentry, he can only be Yang Rui, of course, lying can't be too straightforward, he can only be tactful, otherwise Yang Rui's reputation will not be good in the future.

Wang Jitong understands what the united front means, and if it sounds good, it means that it is vertical, and if it is not good, it means that it is talking about people and talking nonsense, and this is a strategic issue adopted for the sake of its own development. However, he had a hidden worry, "It's done, do we have to wait for the conference next year first, and after everyone is confirmed, we will see Zhao Fengchang's good, otherwise, there is no unified thinking internally, and I am afraid that it will be chaotic." ”

"Next year, as soon as the five ministers return to China, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be treated as soon as the constitution is established, we will rely on the past and people will think it is fake, and if we want the united front, it will be this year, and at least we will be the heroes of the constitution." Yang Rui actually knew the danger of the united front -- he began to go east, and then suddenly turned around and went west, so that two kinds of people would come out, one was those who thought they would go east, and the other was those who were not so sure that they wanted to go east before, the former to be appeased, and the latter to suppress. There is no shortage of these two kinds of members of the Revival Association attracted under the banner of patriotism, and Yang Rui wants to take this opportunity to rectify the organization, especially those who believe that the Manchu constitution can also save the country.

"Then it's time to start warming up in the internal monthly magazine." Wang Jitong also knew that this year's leaning on the gentry was better than next year, so he wanted to remedy it in this way.

"I can only tell the old members, and the other new members can't say it explicitly. Once you don't talk about the internal chaos, if you leak the news, it will be even worse. "The disadvantage of the united front is that it is not easy to explain internally, if the members are a group of illiterate farmers, it is easy to do, or there is a river crab god, who controls public opinion, and blocks unfavorable news and bytes, then it can also be played, but now Yang Rui does not match the two conditions, so he can only say half and half say nothing.

A lot of things have been said about education and business, and Yang Rui's future arrangements have also been explained, and finally there is a big thing is the Security Bureau, with the arrival of Yang Rui, Shanghai will be the real headquarters of the Fuxing Association, in this mixed place, it is still a little difficult to ensure the safety of all leaders. Some time ago, Mu Xiangyao proposed a similar defense plan. After Yang Rui saw it, he became the later special department, which was subdivided into five departments: general affairs, intelligence, operations, transportation, and security, and the director was positioned as Mu Xiangyao.

The meeting was held for a while. It was close to the time of curfew, Yang Rui and Cai Yuanpei went out, and not long after leaving, he got out of the carriage again and said to Cai Yuanpei: "You must ensure that the students of the Fazheng School have more children from poor families and fewer children from gentry families. ”

Cai Yuanpei couldn't imagine that he was talking about this when he turned back, and said with a smile: "It's done, you can rest assured." This is already being done, and those who are landlords in their families are not more than 10 percent, and those whose family backgrounds are not innocent are exempted. ”

Yang Rui also laughed, although he led a propertied class revolution. However, this propertied class is also divided into types, and the peasants and tenant farmers are the largest part of them, and if the revolution is to succeed, this group of people must be grasped quickly. Yang Rui smiled. It's about to leave. Cai Yuanpei said: "Tomorrow at the opening ceremony of Tongji University, you are going up to give a speech." ”

"School starts tomorrow? Why is it so late? I'm going to see Uncle Mei tomorrow morning. "It's already early October, and Yang Rui thought the school had opened early.

"The reason why it is so late is mainly because the German professor arrived late. They left Germany late, and there was another storm on the side of Singapore, so they were more than ten days late. The opening ceremony is tomorrow at 3 p.m., so don't forget it. Cai Yuanpei advised.

Yang Rui did not go back to the Longmen Inn at night, but stayed in the courtyard where Ruyi had made a real room earlier. I wanted to tear down this courtyard after moving out of the real yàn room, but considering that there are many people from all over the country who go to Shanghai. After all, the Dragon Gate Inn is a commercial location, so the courtyard is left as a guest house for the people in the meeting. Before Yang Rui came back, Wang Jitong moved the guest house to another place and let this courtyard go out for Yang Rui to live. This place is actually very close to Wan'anli, so it's easy to say hello if you have anything.

Yang Rui got out of the car at the entrance of the alley, and when he missed Mrs. Huang's house where he lived before, a black shadow came from the front, Ye Yunbiao was shocked, and was pulled away by Yang Rui when he was about to make a move. It was the flower dog called Barton two years ago, Wang Jitong didn't like animals, and Mrs. Huang wanted a dog to guard the door, so the dog stayed in Ruyi. At this time, the dog heard Yang Rui's footsteps and came out of the yard excitedly. Looking at the flower dog with abnormal joy, Yang Rui couldn't help but say: "I really like a person, it's better to like a dog." ”

The noise outside had already alarmed the courtyard, and Mr. Huang's voice came, "What Ning?" What to do? ”

His voice trembled very much, it was very late at this time, and he saw a lot of fire outside, thinking of the white-faced people mentioned in the newspaper recently, he probably wanted to be bold enough to show that there were people in the courtyard, and if he wanted to steal, he would change the house. Since he lives here, he will definitely meet Mrs. Huang's family, thinking of this, Yang Rui said loudly, "Mr. Huang, I, Yang Rui, live in the pavilion." ”

Yang Rui's words were spoken for a long time, and when he thought that people were asleep and were about to leave, the courtyard door suddenly opened, and Mr. Huang leaned out with a Mobil lamp, "Ahh It's really Mr. Yang, it's night, come in and sit, come in and sit. ”

It seems that the past two years have been good, and Mr. Huang has gained a lot of weight. People are indeed enthusiastic, but it is indeed too late, Yang Rui had no choice but to refuse: "It's too late today, I originally wanted to come and visit." I lived in the courtyard at the back, and Mr. Huang rested first. Talk about tomorrow, talk about tomorrow. ”

Seeing a circle of people around Yang Rui, Mr. Huang also felt that he couldn't sit down in the house, so he only said, "Okay, come to drink tea tomorrow." After that, he held the lamp and sent Yang Rui and the others to the next yard before going back.

Wang Jitong's dinner at home, as well as the landlord Mr. Huang's lantern send-off, only made Yang Rui have some warmth in his heart after staying in the Northeast for a long time, this is the taste of human affection, I haven't met for a long time, and I only feel kind when I suddenly meet him. He asked Mr. Huang to be sent away, and then went upstairs to rest. Before going to bed, I opened the Tao Sutra given by the Taoist priest, looked at it and fell asleep. When I woke up the next day, it was already dawn. Outside there sounded the shouts of selling rice and wine-stuffed balls, he washed his face and went out, ordered two bowls of soybean milk and more than ten fritters at the breakfast shop at the entrance of the alley, and ate them beautifully, occasionally looking at the bustling crowd on the street, only to feel that it was morning. (To be continued......)

PS: Note: Because it is a traditional Chinese character material, when I look back, I find that the number of primary schools is not counted in the school information, so the number of primary schools in the previous chapter is wrong, and the number of primary school students is correct. It is hereby corrected!