At the end of 1916, the Battle of Verdun, which had lasted for nearly a year, was finally coming to an end. The French and the French had invested nearly 100 divisions in succession. The death toll on both sides exceeded 250,000, and the casualties exceeded a million. It could be said to be a real purgatory on earth. On December 19th, the Battle of Verdun, which had moved the world, finally ended!
Even though the French army had lost more troops than the French army, they had won a strategic victory. They had successfully crushed the French army's ambition to attack Paris. This was also a turning point in the situation of World War I!
On the domestic front, Duan Qirui's Wan clique eventually won the ruling power of Beiyang. Duan Qirui was the prime minister, and Li Yuanhong was the president. Although the two of them cooperated, there were many disputes. On the other hand, the Southern Revolutionary Party established a military government in Guangdong Province and became independent from Beiyang. This was the truth. Most of the provinces south of the Yangtze River became independent. Although the Military Governor's Office of each province was nominally under Beiyang, the decrees of Beiyang were in the southern provinces. However, it was ineffective!
In this chaotic world, who was the king and who was the subject? No one could suppress anyone in this damn world. Any ambitious person, as long as they worked hard and their luck was not too bad, would be able to leave a mark in the annals of history!
Sun Dapao from the south had even lobbied the entire country, saying that he wanted to build a million kilometers of railway in the north and south of China. However, Zhang Xueze knew that this was just a bunch of nonsense. Under the pursuit and interception of the foreign powers, the Republic of China could only suffer humiliation. If it wasn't for the fact that the European and American powers had no intention of taking care of China during the war, it might have been another eight-nation alliance and another Xin Chou treaty!!!
To the north, the huge capital city started from the Forbidden City. The central axis that extended from the north to the south divided the capital into two. The red brick walls of the palace were deep and secluded. It was as if one could still see countless emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties standing here, sitting on the dragon throne, issuing orders and military orders.
Duan Qirui's Prime Minister's Office was originally the office of the Regent King in the late Qing Dynasty. Now that it was the Republic of China, it was even more heavily guarded and guarded!
Inheriting Yuan Shikai's elite Northern Warlords, and now entering the capital, Long Xiang was in charge of the military and political affairs. Li Yuanhong's position as president was like a joke.
To the north, the Ming Great Wall that stretched for thousands of miles was still towering. Even though it had experienced hundreds of years of long rivers and even though it had left mottled marks, it was enough to swallow mountains and rivers and majestic mountains and rivers!!!
Outside the pass, to the east of Fengtian and further east of Pingxiang County, the construction of Xianglong Slope was in full swing. In one month and fifteen days, the world had turned upside down!
The Pingxiang Industrial Zone, with the four factories, namely the phosphorous fertilizer factory, flour mill, garment factory, and textile factory, as the core, officially opened the curtain of production. The villagers were in full swing and full of energy. When would they be able to earn so much money? Especially the garment factory. Zhang Xueze had given the French army and the British army military uniform design. In one breath, they had placed orders for as many as 50,000 sets. For a small garment factory, if they could eat up all these orders, how much profit would they make? The cost of each set of military uniform was 12 silver dollars. Including the wages of the workers and the maintenance of the machines, the cost came to 14 silver dollars. The price of selling it to the public was 40 silver dollars! (In this book, the currency exchange units of each country are as follows: one pound is equal to two US dollars, one US dollar is equal to two silver dollars, and one silver dollar is equal to two Japanese yen. Among them, the pound is equivalent to the French pound, the Japanese yen is equivalent to the Japanese ruble, and the German mark is divided into categories, so it will be explained separately later.)
This was crazy!
This was crazy!
These workers were crazy. Two days ago, a worker in the textile factory had worked for 48 hours straight and rushed to complete a set of military uniforms. It was shocking. Because of the piece-rate wage method, the commission that a worker could get for a set of military uniforms was as high as a dollar!
The military uniform, which normally took one to ten days to complete, was completed by this skillful woman at an almost impossible speed!
When this news spread, the entire Flying Dragon Slope was shocked. They had earned a large sum of money in two days. This kind of impossible speed had happened in the textile factory. Countless people had witnessed it, so they could not have any doubts!
When the news reached Zhang Xueze's ears, he couldn't help but frown. He was afraid of being poor. He was indeed afraid of being poor. Now that there was an opportunity to make money, why wouldn't he grab it tightly?
"Xueze, should we impose a time limit on the workers in the clothing factory? For example, how long they have to work a day? I'm afraid that these workers 'bodies can't take it!”
Chen Zhongye's heart ached a little. These poor villagers were on the verge of collapse because of taxes and bandits. Their standard of living could only be said to be barely starving. Once they encountered a famine year, they could only say that they were resigned to fate and die!
Zhang Xueze shook his head. This was the freedom of the workers and their passion. He didn't want to stifle it. The country was facing the fate of extinction. Even if they were to pull up seedlings to help, they had to fight. If possible, Zhang Xueze also hoped that they could live a peaceful life. They could learn less and have a sense of security in their old age. At least they didn't have to work hard and suffer all day just to make a living!
The Chinese people had reached the most dangerous moment. If they did not rise up to resist, the country would perish, and the people would be wiped out. Then, there would be no chance for them to resist. At this time, even if they sacrificed some personal interests, Zhang Xueze would not be able to do anything about it!
However, a cold metallic sound rang out in Zhang Xueze's mind. The construction of the barracks was completed!
"Uncle Chen, let's keep the textile factory as it is. However, we must pay attention to those textile workers who are working hard. Pay close attention to their physical condition. I don't want to see any tragedies!!”
"Let the canteen of the textile mill cook more good dishes and treat it as a subsidy for them. Although this era is devoid of humanity, I, Zhang Xueze, don't want to become a mediocre person!”
After giving Uncle Chen a few instructions, Zhang Xueze entered the consciousness space of the Red Alert MCV. The exterior building of the Level 1 Military Camp was near the Flying Dragon Slope. It was an abandoned mining factory.
"In Pingxiang County, it's hard to tell who's the wolf and who's the sheep this time!!”
Zhang Xueze's eyes flashed with coldness. He couldn't wait to see what kind of surprise the Level 1 Military Camp could bring him. At the very least, it could greatly increase his military strength!
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