The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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This year of spn is definitely a good year for China. All parts of the country are busy investing, and even those big bosses in the central government are pouring money into the stock market one by one.

There are also some people who took the money to set up factories.

For example, Shanxi official merchants represented by Yan Xishan, that is, Shanxi merchants.

Shanxi merchants frantically opened mines and repaired railways in Shanxi this year.At this time, there are as many huge profits as there are coal mines and iron mines that can be opened.

Of course, the cost is relatively high. Many coal mines in Shanxi have been closed down by Jiangyu's oligarch consortium, and most of those lands are owned by Jiangyu. [

As for the coal mines under the ordinary cultivated land?

It can't be mined, it's agricultural land, don't want to dig it without approval, unless you have eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard.

The only way to mine is to find some fish that slipped through the net, or buy land from the consortium at a high price.However, after buying the land at a high price, it is necessary to build rails for transportation, and the investment is not small.

But Shanxi businessmen are still digging in one by one.

These Shanxi merchants are indeed very business-minded, but they have been excluded from the East China Chamber of Commerce for no other reason than Shanxi Shanxi merchants have no bottom line.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was in business with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The Ming Dynasty had huge manpower and material resources. It was useless because of financial bankruptcy. Instead, because of the existence of Shanxi merchants, the wild boar skin used China's material resources.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were eight imperial merchants among Shanxi merchants.

They have been regarded as typical negative teaching materials by the East China Business Association, and they are also the focus of encirclement and suppression.

After the Shanxi merchants bought the land, they originally had to go through very strict approval before they could start mining, but because the Shanxi merchants also stuffed money, and the strange thing is that the person in charge of the approval also collected the money, and then the approval was passed quickly up.Shanxi merchants can't feel any problem, but some keen merchants from the East China Chamber of Commerce have already seen something wrong.

Maybe after the war, the central government will directly confiscate the mines on the charge of "bribery" and the reason that the mines are illegal, and even fine them.

This is definitely a deal that pays for itself.

But in the eyes of Shanxi Merchants, it's normal!When has it not been done this way for hundreds of years?

Taking advantage of this investment boom, Jiang Yu's 'warlord and oligarch consortium' also began to sell assets that were not worth holding according to the original statistics.

Sure enough, it is very valuable to sell now, the price is at least twice that of the original, and some are even higher.

Although those industries are sporadic, they are very numerous, and many of them are indeed of considerable value, but they are not suitable for management by large-scale monopoly forces such as consortiums.

The central government has also begun to sell assets. The central government has a lot of assets in Taiwan and North Korea.

Although those with monopoly value have been bought by Jiang Yu, the central government still got nearly [-] million Yanhuang coins through the sale of those assets.

The payoff is too high.

In addition to the assets sold before, not only did the Sino-Japanese War not lose money, but the central government made a fortune. [

It can also be seen from this that Jiang Yu is not ruthless in fighting.

If the Yankees are fighting, the consortium would like you to destroy more arms.But Jiang Yu didn't dare to make such a fuss. After all, China's foundation is weak.

Moreover, the interests of the nation must be put first, which is not the case for the American consortium. The people are just tools and can be discarded at any time.

The central government has made a lot of money, which can be regarded as making up for the fiscal deficit.

Moreover, the economic growth rate this year has completely exceeded the expectations of the central government, and the Ministry of Finance has also made a fortune by issuing auxiliary currency.

As for the additional issuance of the main currency, the money was taken by the consortium.

But it's not too much. There is no additional banknotes issued at all. The amount of banknotes issued depends entirely on how much is exported and how much gold is obtained.

Then the main currency is issued according to how much gold is imported.

Moreover, with the tax rate reform carried out by the central government, personal income tax has begun to be collected. How much tax is determined by how much money is saved in the bank, or how much money is added to the family.

This has significantly increased the tax revenue of the central government.

At the same time, this tax system has also allowed for a sharp increase in investment.

In order to pay less tax, the common people invested their money one after another and carried out "wealth capitalization". There are a lot of them, producing various industrial products.

Through the way of capital raising by those small and medium-sized capitalists, medium-sized factories and large-scale factories have also begun to appear one after another, and there is a growing trend.

Those small and medium-sized capitalists saw that other people made money, and they went to find projects and find people to raise money.

In this day and age, it is very simple to find projects. No matter what industry, basically everyone makes money, it’s just that they earn more and earn less.

It also depends on whether there are conditions for implementation.

Each place has different resources and different traffic conditions.

Those with less capital can only open factories in places with good traffic conditions but relatively accumulated competition.If you have a lot of money, you can choose a place with a lot of resources, but poor traffic conditions. At worst, you can build a railway or buy some trucks.

A big country with [-] million people is running amidst the sound of machinery.

In contrast, the United States only has a population of 9000 million. In comparison, it is known who produces more things.

The factories opened by private capital have different technical conditions. The equipment used by medium and large factories is the same as that of consortium factories, and the production line division of labor has also been introduced.

The production efficiency of those small factories and small workshops is relatively low, but they cannot support a large number. [

These small factories and small workshops generally produce some mechanical parts. China's large-scale commodity manufacturing industry has already begun to adopt this industrial chain model.

It is not a traditional model factory that manufactures all parts in order to manufacture a commodity.

"It seems that the central government is still in surplus this year!" Xiong Xiling felt that he was a bit old and out of step with the times. Indeed, as Zhao Haizhou said, the budget at the end of last year was too conservative.

Seeing such a great economic growth, Yuan Shikai couldn't help being very happy, and said: "After this year, the central government finally has a surplus."

Now not only is the central government in surplus, but the Yuan family's property is also growing continuously due to the current favorable economic environment.

Almost everything can be invested, and the Yuan family's investment is also increasing.

Now that the Yuan family has also joined the East China Chamber of Commerce and become a member of the East China Chamber of Commerce, there is no need to be afraid that they will be 'sieged' by that kid Jiang Yu at some point.

At least the Yuan family can still have wealth in the future.

At this time, the political atmosphere of the Republic of China was enlightened, and without the shit-stirring stick of the Kuomintang, with such a bright atmosphere, the Yuan family would not have to be afraid of being persecuted in the future, and no one would dare to touch the Yuan family.

So now Yuan Shikai has nothing to worry about, instead he is happy all day long.

During his tenure as president, China developed into a world military power and completed a national rise that could not be achieved for generations.

At Yuan Shikai's level, material things are no longer important, and spiritual pursuits are the greatest wish.

The current situation gave Yuan Shikai a sense of accomplishment.

Although Yuan Shikai understands that most of the credit for this is Jiang Yu's. If he hadn't designed the country's route, vigorously developed the military, and defeated Russia and Japan, China's fundamental law at this time would have become as promising as it is now. bright.

However, Yuan Shikai is still very proud. At least he has made contributions on the sidelines. If someone else were to be the president, he would have fought Jiang Yu to the death, and in the end he would just be a cheap outsider.

The restraint and tolerance of both sides have achieved such a good situation, and everyone has credit for it.

After Yuan Shikai sighed with emotion, he began to deal with official duties.

Picking up a report, Yuan Shikai stroked his beard and said, "Inner Mongolia has actually suffered from floods. Although the floods have been reduced a lot this year, there are industries everywhere now. Once the floods come, many factories will be submerged. It seems that we will increase water conservancy this year." The investment in it!"

Yuan Shikai was very happy to spend money, as long as it was beneficial.

Seeing the floods in Inner Mongolia, Yuan Shikai suddenly thought of increasing investment in water conservancy.

That's right, there was a flood in Inner Mongolia!

In this year, floods in Inner Mongolia are not uncommon, but in the 21st century, it is a rare event, because at that time Beijing was full of sandstorms, and many areas of Inner Mongolia were deserted.

But these days there is basically no desertification problem.

However, in history, the Beiyang government still attached great importance to the ecological protection of the Northwest. There were officials in charge of tree planting, such as Feng Yuxiang, who was in charge of this area in the Northwest.

It is the consensus of the Beiyang faction and the East China faction to plant more trees and vigorously protect the grasslands in the Northwest. For this reason, the central government now allocates a portion of funds for ecological protection in the Northwest every year.

"At least [-] million more fiscal revenue will be added this year." Xiong Xiling reported.

"Then take another [-] million and invest in water conservancy construction! Water conservancy construction should be done sooner rather than later, unlike road construction that can be delayed." Yuan Shikai said, knowing that China's foundation is weak and it cannot be compared with European and American countries.Although the speed of industrial development is fast, water conservancy cannot be stopped. After all, most of the rich areas of human beings are under the threat of floods.Without perfect water conservancy, a lot of money will be lost every time there is a flood, and the investment in water conservancy will definitely not lose money.

The news that the central government continued to increase expenditures spread quickly, which made all businessmen, big and small, feel that this is really a good time to make money.

Government expenditures continue to increase, exports continue to increase, and internal construction continues due to infrastructure and industrial development. Every aspect is money.

Look at the newly built house, whether it is steel or cement, whether it is glass or small screws, it is money.

But the big money maker is still Jiangyu's 'warlord oligarch consortium', and monopoly capital is no joke.

The supply of various raw materials, as well as manufacturing and transportation, are mostly monopolized by consortiums.

Of course, the current monopoly on raw material mining is under attack, because mining is everywhere, but overall, the monopoly position is still unshakable.

It’s just that the consortium can temporarily tolerate the impact on the monopoly, but after the war, there will definitely be another big harvest, so as to annex the mines and factories established by the small and medium-sized capitalists, so as to continue to consolidate the monopoly position.

The profits of the consortium are soaring. In just one quarter of 15, the profits of the consortium exceeded 50 billion Yanhuang coins, equivalent to 10 billion pounds.

One is that the export of arms is too lucrative, the other is that the preparations made before the war were relatively adequate, and the third is that China's export volume has grown rapidly, and the funds generated by exports have been used by ordinary people to invest.

Investment also requires construction, and construction requires materials such as steel, which are monopolized by the consortium, so most of the money still flows into the pockets of the consortium.

The common people still have little money in their pockets, and all their money is poured into the real economy. (to be continued)