Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 254: Development under his command, with a wealth of talent.

The next day.

The Young Marshal's Mansion.

All of Guan Shaoqing's core senior personnel were present.

First, there's the military aspect.

Those who arrived included Guan Wen and Guan Hao, deputy commanders of the Guangdong Eastern Navy, Wu Chenglong, commander of the 5th Division of the Guangdong Eastern Army, and Sun Ze, deputy commander of the 5th Division.

The Guangdong East Navy is the original Guangdong East Navy. However, under the instruction of Guan Shaoqing four months ago, after recruitment, expansion and reorganization, it has now become a brand new Guangdong East Navy. The entire army consists of five divisions, each with more than 10,000 people, for a total of more than 50,000 people, which is now on par with the Guangdong East Army.

Now that the Guan family's army and navy in eastern Guangdong have been combined, the total number of troops has exceeded 100,000.

After the Guangdong East Navy completed its expansion into the Guangdong East Navy, Guan Wen and Guan Hao were promoted to deputy commanders of the Guangdong East Navy, while Guan Shaoqing became the commander.

In addition, Guan Shaoqing was relieved of his original position as commander of the 5th Division of the Guangdong Army, retaining only his position as deputy commander of the Guangdong Army. Wu Chenglong was also promoted to commander of the 5th Division of the Guangdong Army, and Sun Ze was promoted to deputy commander.

Today, the entire Guangdong Eastern Navy and the Fifth Division of the Guangdong Eastern Army are directly under the command of Guan Shaoqing.

Secondly, there are martial arts masters.

All twelve of Guan Shaoqing's subordinates, including Huang Feihong, Yan Zhendong, Li Shuwen, Sun Lutang, Huo Yuanjia, Gong Yutian, Guo Yunshen, Li Cunyi, Hong Yi, Nangong Wen, Cheng Tianshun, and Yanzi Li San, were present. The group represented the Chinese Medical College, the Chinese Martial Arts Academy, and the Jingwu Guard, respectively.

Then comes the business and economic aspects.

Ren Fa and Ya Cha Su were the two who arrived, representing the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Medicine Company, respectively.

Finally, there are also Thirteen Aunt, Lu Wenyuan, Bai Xiongqi, Zhang Guohua, director of Guangdong East Shipyard, Li Shoucheng, director of Guangdong East Military Factory, Zheng Guowen, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhuo Shiji, president of China Hospital, and others.

The group of people who arrived basically represented the top core personnel of various departments, institutions and industries under Guan Shaoqing's command.

"Greetings, Young Marshal!"

When the group arrived at the conference room hall of the Young Marshal's Mansion, they all bowed to Guan Shaoqing and greeted him with smiles on their faces.

After all, the development of the entire eastern Guangdong region is now visibly booming.

As key personnel under Guan Shaoqing and core high-level staff in the Guan family's government agencies in eastern Guangdong, they were naturally happy as well, because the state of eastern Guangdong was closely related to their interests.

"No need to be polite, sit down and talk. There's no need to be reserved. We're all family, so everyone can be casual and speak freely."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing smiled and greeted everyone.

"Thank you, young marshal."

After everyone saw Guan Shaoqing leading Thirteen Aunt to sit down first, they followed suit.

"Let each of you tell us about the developments over this period. Let's start with Deputy Commander Guan Wen and talk about the situation of the Guangdong East Navy."

Then Guan Shaoqing looked at everyone and called out Guan Wen's name first.

"Yes."

Guan Wen, who was called upon by Guan Shaoqing, immediately stood up and began to report on the situation of the Guangdong East Navy. The Guangdong East Navy now has a force of more than 50,000 men and more than 50 warships. Moreover, more than half of these warships are advanced modern steel-class warships, totaling more than 30 ships, which were captured after defeating the British fleet and the subsequent four-nation coalition.

In particular, the battle that annihilated the four-nation coalition almost made the Guangdong East Navy rich, and after repair and refitting, they obtained a total of 29 intact warships.

Guan Wen was confident that with the current size of the Guangdong East Navy, if they were to face the four-nation alliance again, even without Guan Shaoqing's intervention, their Guangdong East Navy would already be capable of fighting.

"very good."

Guan Shaoqing nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this, and everyone else present also showed excited expressions.

After all, the Guangdong East Navy is their military force in Guangdong.

The stronger the navy in eastern Guangdong becomes, the better it is for all of them. It means that the stronger the power of eastern Guangdong, the more powerful they will be to deal with external enemies.

After Guan Wen finished speaking, Wu Chenglong reported on the situation of the Fifth Division of the Guangdong Army.

The situation in the Fifth Division hasn't changed much; their daily tasks are just training, training, and more training.

After Guan Wen and Wu Chenglong finished their reports.

Guan Shaoqing then looked at Ren Fa and Ya Cha Su. Apart from the situation of the army, he was most concerned about the situation of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Company, which the two were in charge of, since this directly affected his wallet.

To develop power, money must be the top priority; otherwise, everything is in vain.

Sensing Guan Shaoqing's gaze, Ren Fa and Ya Cha Su stood up one after another and began to report on the situation of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Company. After several months of development, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has now taken full shape and is involved in more and more businesses. Many industries such as clothing, accommodation, catering, transportation, foreign trade, shipping, materials, and construction have now begun to be involved by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Today, the China Chamber of Commerce has covered all legitimate businesses in the entire eastern Guangdong province, except for illegal businesses such as brothels, casinos, and opium.

Furthermore, with eastern Guangdong as its center, the business scope of the entire Chinese Chamber of Commerce is expanding outwards at an astonishing rate.

In terms of profits, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce earned more than five million last month, and other members who joined the Chinese Chamber of Commerce also made considerable profits, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions.

Therefore, many businessmen from surrounding provinces in eastern Guangdong now want to join the China Chamber of Commerce.

Some businessmen in certain areas have even followed the example of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and formed their own chambers of commerce.

However, these chambers of commerce are insignificant compared to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and are destined to struggle to develop.

Because the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was founded by Guan Shaoqing and had the support and protection of Guan Shaoqing and the entire Guangdong government, it would have been impossible for the Chamber of Commerce, with its size and profits, not to attract attention.

These days, if you want to make money, especially big money, you absolutely can't even dream of it without sufficient strength to protect yourself.

Therefore, unless other chambers of commerce can also find strong military protection like the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, it will be extremely difficult for them to develop.

China Pharmaceutical Company is also doing well, especially in terms of profitability. It's like they're making money hand over fist. Last month, China Pharmaceutical Company's profits reached an astonishing 40 million, and the momentum is still growing.

The main reason is that penicillin was too valuable in this era, not to mention that China Pharmaceutical Corporation currently has a monopoly on penicillin.

Nowadays, it's even rumored that penicillin is more valuable than gold.

In addition to penicillin, China Pharmaceutical Company has now launched a new ointment called Zhonghua Baiyao. It is a traditional Chinese medicine ointment developed by Huang Feihong based on his many years of experience in treating sprains and bruises and bleeding wounds. It has been very well received since its launch and is known as a holy medicine for healing injuries. It is especially popular among martial artists and people from the martial arts world. The price is also relatively affordable, unlike penicillin, which is basically unaffordable for ordinary people.

In terms of making money, China Pharmaceutical Corporation is now far ahead of the competition. Not to mention in eastern Guangdong, it would be hard to find many companies in the world that can compete with it.

However, although China Pharmaceutical Corporation is profitable.

However, in terms of influence, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly superior today.

It can be said that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and China Pharmaceutical Corporation each have their own strengths. In terms of influence, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is more powerful, covering a wide range of business industries, while in terms of profitability, China Pharmaceutical Corporation is far ahead.

After Ren Fa and Ya Cha Su finished reporting on the situation of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Company respectively, the others also began to stand up and report.

Thirteen Aunt reported on the development of the China Daily over the past four months. Thanks to the overall development of eastern Guangdong and Guan Shaoqing's influence, the China Daily's daily circulation has now reached an astonishing 50,000 copies, making it the leading newspaper in China. Its influence in China is unmatched by any other newspaper, making it the head of domestic discussions.

Zhang Guohua from Guangdong East Shipyard reported on the shipyard's development over the past four months. Just half a month ago, Zhonghua Shipyard successfully built a steel-class warship that was entirely their own. After testing, its performance in all aspects was quite good. Although its performance was still somewhat inferior to the warships captured from the great powers, the gap was not significant.

Moreover, with this first warship, the Guangdong East Shipyard could use it as a foundation to continuously improve and catch up, while also combining it with the technology research of captured warships from various countries.

Li Shoucheng, the director of the Guangdong East Military Factory, also reported on the factory's situation. Just last month, the factory successfully produced its first field gun, with a caliber of 75 mm and a maximum range of 5 kilometers. Its performance has initially reached the level of the world's leading field guns, but the cost is a bit high.

But now we have penicillin as our ATM.

Guan Shaoqing had no shortage of money, so when he heard that the Guangdong East Military Factory had already produced cannons, he simply waved his hand and told them to continue producing and researching them with confidence, as money was not a problem.

Having heard Ren Fa and Ya Cha Su's report, Li Shoucheng knew that money was the least of their worries in Guangdong. So he happily agreed. He loved doing research and he really liked leaders like Guan Shaoqing who gave him money whenever he asked.

Finally, Huang Feihong, Li Shuwen, Zhuo Shiji (President of Zhonghua Hospital), Zheng Guowen (President of Chinese Academy of Sciences), and others successively reported on the situation of Zhonghua Medical College, Zhonghua Martial Arts Academy, Zhonghua Hospital, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Lu Wenyuan also reported on the governance situation in eastern Guangdong during this period.

Overall, the report results were very encouraging, showing progress and development.

Guan Shaoqing felt that the talent pool under his command had now taken initial shape, with talent in all aspects, and everyone was doing a good job.

Is this the strength of eastern Guangdong?
Bai Xiongqi, who had been listening to everyone's reports, was shocked and excited beyond measure. Although he knew that Guangdong under Guan Shaoqing's command was developing well, he did not expect it to be developing so well. It had a large army, money, a forum, and martial arts masters.

Moreover, they even have the capability to independently research and build warships and military artillery, and have already produced them.

If eastern Guangdong continues to develop in this way...

With that in mind, there's no reason why we can't achieve great things in the future.

Compared to the current development trend in eastern Guangdong, the late Qing Dynasty was nothing but rotten fish and shrimp.

At this moment, Bai Xiongqi had only one thought in his mind.

That means this wave of activity in eastern Guangdong was just right.

And it was the perfect time to come!

(End of this chapter)