The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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Winter goes to spring, grass grows and warblers fly.

In the blink of an eye, spring sowing is coming, and farmers in the south happily sow the seeds of hybrid rice in the fields. At this time, Chinese farmers are generally living a very good life.

The first is the mandatory rent reduction by the state. The tenant farmers have to pay extremely low rent. At the same time, they don’t have to pay any agricultural tax compared to the Qing Dynasty, and there are no exorbitant miscellaneous taxes.

The burden on the farmers has been greatly reduced. [

At the same time, due to the popularization of agricultural machinery, chemical fertilizers, agricultural film and other things, as well as the wide application of agricultural technology by the National Agricultural Station, the grain yield per mu has increased every year.

Especially after the emergence of hybrid rice, the yield per mu of rice has been much higher.

In the small world in the countryside, farmers feel that they have a lot more material, and it is no longer a problem to have a full stomach. At the same time, there is still not enough food to sell every year.

Now for the peasants, the problem is that the dolls go to school and build houses.

The poor peasants in the countryside who were able to work went to the cities and became industrial population, and those coolies were also considered industrial population. Although working on the construction site was tiring, they were even more tiring when they were poor peasants, and they couldn't even eat enough.

Although the work intensity is relatively high now, not only can there be enough to eat on the construction site, but also the wages are rising every year, and even the food standard is constantly improving.

Since the Revolution of [-], the feeling of ordinary Chinese people is that the Year of [-] is more chaotic.

After the New Year of 13, people in the provinces in East China generally felt that life was much easier, mainly because of the various compulsory policies of the Lianghuai Administration and the large amount of loans that the East China Group borrowed from Westerners.These loans have added up to [-] billion pounds.

13 billion pounds was poured down, although a lot of it was used to import industrial equipment, steel and other materials from European and American countries.But the Chinese people at that time also got a lot of nourishment, which was much better than the previous hard days.

Ordinary people in other provinces, more or less, also felt that the pressure of survival began to ease before 14. After the railway stock market crash in 14, the economy fell into a short period of depression, but soon because of the first World War The Great War resumed.

In 15, although ordinary people gradually had money in their pockets, the material supply for 15 was not very sufficient.Many living materials are in short supply, and the food on the construction site only sees meat once every three days.

By 16, the people had more money in their pockets, and the supply of supplies had also increased, but it had not yet reached a sufficient level. However, this year, the government has allowed the people across the country to have enough food and clothing.

Now it is 1917, and the supply of living materials in this year has become very sufficient.Moreover, ordinary people generally have a lot of money in their pockets.

This year, the workers on the construction site generally felt this, because they could see meat in their daily meals.In contrast, last year it was still meat once every three days, but there was fish every day.

This year, there is meat every day, and chicken can meet the supply every day.Pork is seen every two days, and fish is still available every day.

The food supply standard for workers on the construction site is strictly regulated by the state, and it is only slightly changed according to the different supply conditions in different provinces and regions.

The labor intensity of the workers on the construction site is high, so the food standard is the same as that of the school, which is higher than the standard of food supply in many factories.

Although Chinese workers in this era had a lot of demographic dividends before, they were seized by capitalists represented by consortiums.However, in terms of food supply, they have always adhered to the policy of including board and lodging, and in difficult times, they try their best to make the workers full.

This policy was formulated by Jiang Yu.Because as a time traveler, he understands a truth, if the workers are not fed, the workers will strike or even rebel. [

Although the purpose of being a capitalist is to pursue interests, being a national capitalist is not to pursue interests but to take care of labor relations as much as possible.

It is also the tense labor relationship between workers and capitalists in the West that has led to the emergence of a huge market for socialism.

Westerners also began to reflect on their own problems after the emergence of socialism.

As a time traveler, Jiang Yu has the foresight to take care of labor relations as much as possible, eliminate class antagonism, and encourage class unity and cooperation.

Coupled with the establishment of the state's social security system for workers, Chinese workers can be said to be the most secure workers in the world at this time.

Chinese workers don't have to think too much about issues ranging from unemployment to medical care, children's education, and pensions.

In terms of medical treatment, major illnesses are reimbursed by the state. In terms of children's education, the state invests a lot of money in the construction of education every year. Although the fee system is still adopted, there is no need to worry about education issues. The poor have special care in this regard.

In terms of pension, a system is adopted in which the state bears part, enterprises bear part, and citizens bear part.The first is divided into workers and non-workers groups.

The workers in the factory and the employees of the enterprise are all responsible for the pension issues of the enterprise itself. It does not mean that a company does not have to pay pensions when the employees are resigned when the employees are about to retire, but according to the worker's pension in the enterprise. How many years have you worked, and then pay pensions in proportion to the worker's working years.

This system has been strongly supported by Jiang Yu's consortium. For the consortium, the pension is absolutely affordable, and the pension is distributed, and the elderly will also consume it!The money will eventually flow back to the highly monopolized consortium.

However, this system is a burden for private capital enterprises, and it can make it easier for consortiums to annex those private enterprises.

For those temporary workers other than enterprise workers, such as workers repairing railways, roads, and housing, the state will bear the pension, and the workers themselves will also bear part of the pension insurance.

The endowment insurance is paid into the East China Pension Fund to operate and make money. In Asia where the consortium has already controlled the absolute right to speak, it is actually very easy for the foundation operated by the consortium to make money, and it is basically impossible to lose money.

The insurance of the agricultural population is also undertaken by the state.

But whether it is a worker or a farmer, they all adhere to one principle.That is, those who are old and have higher incomes do not need to receive pensions.

pension savings.If it belongs to an enterprise, it will be handed over to the state to subsidize the pension expenditure, and the amount should still be paid.

In terms of housing, although the construction of commercial housing was monopolized by the consortium, Jiang Yu did not plan to build high-priced housing. In the early years, he began to crack down on those houses with multiple properties, which caused the enthusiasm for real estate speculation in the market to drop again and again.

Of course, the consortium wants to arrange the real estate industry in advance, and after the war, it will inevitably start a major urban transformation.Demolition, development, etc., the original cheap real estate may become an extremely prosperous commercial area, so these lands will be circled in advance.

At this time, real estate prices in major cities in China are not very expensive, unless it is a place like Nanjing Road in Shanghai.In 14, the consortium had encircled a large number of lands in major cities, sweeping away most of the land in the bustling city center.

At this time, the consortium had a lot of banknotes in their hands, but they started to sweep the land to be developed again.

At present, the Chinese people do not have much awareness of this aspect.Therefore, it is very easy to buy land, and the price is also very cheap. Those lands covered with tile-roofed houses can be bought in pieces for a little money.

This is mostly untapped cause. [

As long as development projects such as residential quarters and commercial streets were built in various cities after the war, the value of the land would skyrocket in an instant.

Owning a large amount of real estate (non-housing) is one of the important links for consortia to monopolize business.First of all, the consortium occupies a good location and can use it to run its own business.Competitors can only operate in bad locations.At the same time, the business of the consortium does not need to pay rent, while the competitors have to pay rent continuously. This is where the gap lies.

Ordinary people do not have access to these things, and housing is the most accessible to them.

Chinese workers do not need to think too much in all aspects, and the pressure of survival is not very great for Chinese workers at this time.

With the expansion of the scale of aquaculture.As well as the continuous development of the distant water fishing industry, China's meat supply has begun to increase.And the price is gradually decreasing, which makes the common people feel very affordable, and their lives are very affluent.

In particular, there will be a substantial increase in grain production in 17, so that China will have more resources to feed livestock. When people start to eat enough, it will be the turn of livestock to eat.

With the increase of eggs, meat and milk, the national grain consumption has begun to decrease.

People in all regions of the country have gradually discovered that after eating meat, their appetites begin to decrease.If in the past, southerners generally had to eat a catty of two or three taels of rice a day to supplement their labor consumption, the northerner's appetite was even greater, and the bread was piece by piece, which made people dumbfounded.

Now that there is more meat, the consumption of grains is much less, because the body no longer needs to eat a lot of grains to get enough protein.

The nutrition of the people has also improved, and the mental outlook has changed immediately.

Especially those students, because the food in the school is good, they are not like the people before when they were young, they have to shoulder the burden of work at a young age, and they grow up very quickly.

A common phenomenon is that there are more beautiful women and more handsome men.

This is not only a matter of nutritional intake, but also has a lot to do with personal horoscopes.In the old society under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, there were a large number of poor people, and the horoscope is a summary of realistic information.What kind of family, what kind of conditions can be provided for children, what kind of horoscope will appear.

The horoscope of the poor group is not very good, and naturally they are more frustrated.

In other words, the genes of this nation are not bad, but because the horoscope is too bad, the appearance shown thus goes on a bad route.

And when the level of the entire nation is improved, the first born in this country will have more reliable parents, and the most powerful Yueling (Parents' Palace) will have more happy gods, and the level of the horoscope will be improved, and the mental outlook will naturally change. The good side develops, and the genes also show the good side.

Generally speaking, the common people are generally filled with happiness this year, because jobs are everywhere and supplies are sufficient.

At the same time, since 16, roadbeds have been repaired all over the country.

Although there is not enough steel, roadbeds and tunnels are constantly being built, and roadbeds for railways and roads are being repaired all the time, which also provides a lot of jobs for ordinary people.

As long as there is a surplus of labor in an area, there will be infrastructure projects.Even if there is no steel, the roadbed can always be repaired first.

All year 1916.China built 1917 kilometers of railway embankment, and by [-], the scale of railway embankment construction was even larger, reaching the level of [-] kilometers.

At this time, China already has 21 kilometers of railways. Unlike the railways in the [-]st century, there is no need to repair so many railways.

In this era, there were fewer trucks, and the transportation of goods was basically by rail and sea, and there was less air transportation.

Therefore, in the 21st century, the length of railways in various countries is shrinking.The United States has also reduced its railways by nearly half from the peak of more than 40 kilometers of railways.

Because of the advent of the First World War, China's commercial development was very active, and the railways were still very congested.

At this time, most of the railways in the country are in the hands of the consortium, and most of the privately built railways are branch railways.

At this time, China's exports of military supplies began to shrink, and steel began to lean into railway construction, and those repaired foundations began to lay steel rails.

Also because the price of agricultural products began to fall this year, a large number of farmers who were still using low-efficiency production methods poured into the construction site.Coupled with the railway workers recruited from Japan, North Korea, and Vietnam, the number of labor required for railway laying was ensured, and railways throughout China began to be laid rapidly.

However, steel production is constantly rising. Due to Germany's restrictions on submarine warfare, China has been able to purchase a large amount of iron ore in overseas markets, and China has invested in many mines overseas.Those mines have also started to go into production one after another, which has led to a rapid increase in the supply of iron ore for China's iron and steel smelting. Domestic iron ore can basically achieve a production of 2000 million tons of steel, while iron ore imported from overseas can achieve a production of 500 million tons of steel. Yield is no longer an issue.

At this time, China is frantically importing iron ore.Because China's iron ore is very limited, basically the iron and steel plants don't have much reserves.

2500 million tons of steel.Many railways can be repaired.

The steel consumption per meter of railway is generally between 50 and 75 kilograms, and the steel rails of some coal-carrying railways in China even reach 77 kilograms.

That is to say, to build a 50-kilometer railway, it needs to consume between 77 tons and [-] tons of steel.

Calculated on the basis of 77 tons of steel, only 10 million tons of steel are needed to build a 770-kilometer railway a year. The plan in 1917 was to build a 5-kilometer railway, which would consume about 350 million tons of steel.

For a country with an annual steel output of 2500 million tons, it is still very easy to squeeze out 350 million tons of steel.

And steel this year is a lot of tilt to the shipbuilding industry.

It is planned that the annual displacement of merchant ships will reach 200 million tons. At this time, in addition to the shipbuilders trained by China, China also got Japanese shipbuilders, and a large number of German shipbuilders also came to China, making China's shipbuilding industry break through the shortage of skilled workers. restrict.

This year, China successfully manufactured a merchant ship with a displacement of 2 tons, which can be said to be the largest merchant ship in the world.

Moreover, this is a container merchant ship. China's railways, trucks, and cargo ships all use the container model, and the loading and unloading speed has greatly increased.

The loading and unloading speed between trucks, trucks, and ships is very fast, the transportation efficiency has been greatly improved, and the transportation cost has also been reduced.

The oil tanker has reached the 17-ton level. The manufacturing technology of the oil tanker is simple, and the tonnage is easy to pile up. In 60, the consortium decided to build a [-]-ton oil tanker to ensure oil transportation and export.

The agricultural machinery manufacturing industry has also obtained a large share of steel, such as ordinary small agricultural machinery and tractors, which are advantageous export commodities, and no country can compete with China in this regard.

Large-scale agricultural machinery is generally not exported, and it is not enough for its own use!

The automobile manufacturing industry tends to manufacture trucks and family cars for export. The price of local family cars is relatively high, which is mainly to reduce consumption in this area.

However, it is impossible to lose the share of international family car exports, so the price of family cars exported to the international market is lower than that in China.

When a country develops to a certain level, the transportation of raw materials and goods is very frequent. The reason for the relatively low productivity in ancient times is mainly due to the relatively low transportation efficiency.

A lot of resources are consumed in transit.

After a large number of trucks are manufactured, the transportation efficiency is improved.

At this time, China has formed a large number of production lines for trucks, all using professional machine tools and assembly line division of labor production mode, and the production cost is the lowest in the world.

International minivans generally cost three thousand dollars.In China, trucks only cost US$10, and medium-sized [-]-ton trucks only cost US$[-].

actual manufacturing costs.Minivans can be built for less than five hundred dollars, and exporting them is very profitable.

The exchange rates of China's Yanhuang currency and the US dollar are similar at this time, but the exchange rates of the two parties will vary according to the monetary policies of the two parties.

In China, the largest tank truck can already carry 24 tons of cargo, and the production line for 30-ton tank trucks is also being manufactured.

The carrying tonnage of container trucks (container trucks) is much larger, the largest has reached 38 tons, corresponding to containers of various sizes.

China is the first country to use containers, so container standards are formulated by China.And China is now investing in ports overseas, all of which use China's own standard size.

This is a standard independent of Westerners, and China is building its own system.

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June 1917, Kuwait!

50 Japanese mercenaries took the railway from Xinjiang, China to Iran directly, then to Kuwait, then entered Turkey, and went by land to the European battlefield on the western front.

went to Germany together.There are nearly 80 Japanese laborers.

Before the war, China had sent 50 laborers and more than 130 skilled apprentices to Germany, and now it has brought 200 million manpower to the Allies, which is equivalent to China's support of nearly [-] million laborers to the Allies.

At the same time, a Chinese aircraft flew to a German airport for the first time.

These Chinese transport planes sent a large amount of arms and living supplies to Germany, and at the same time, China transported a large amount of living supplies to the Allies by ships.

For a time, prices in the Allied countries were well controlled.

Food prices began to drop rapidly, and there were many supplies of vegetables and fruit, which were flown directly to Germany.

This movement is not small.The Allied Powers were soon alarmed.

The Allies immediately sent a note to China, strongly protesting China's partiality.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicized that this is a normal trade between the two parties, and these goods are aid provided by the Yuanhua Group to the German government.

"This is a war between Europeans. The Republic of China believes that countries in other regions should not participate in this war. The participation of the United States in the war is very unfair to the Allies, so Japan decided to form mercenaries. Accept employment from the allied countries, and at the same time, Japan can also accept employment from the allied countries, as long as it can afford the employment fee.” Yi Weijun said at the press conference, what she meant was that the American dog meddles in its own business, which leads to China’s We cannot continue to sit idly by.

At the same time, on the issue of Japanese mercenaries, both parties should hire fairly!

In fact, China provided Japanese mercenaries to the allies for free. In name, they were hired by the Yuanhua Group, but in fact they were just exchanging money from one hand to the other.

If the Allies want to hire Japanese mercenaries, they will get real money, eh!Silver drops are unnecessary, and the employment price is relatively expensive.

"Does this mean that China will participate in this war?" Suddenly a European reporter asked with concern.

"China has always adhered to the policy of glorious neutrality. At the same time, we have also expressed our attitude. This is a war among Europeans, and countries from other continents should not participate too much in it. At the same time, we hope that both sides of the war can focus on peace and sit down. Come down and have a good discussion, and resolve the contradictions and differences between the two sides through peaceful talks, so that the world can restore peace as soon as possible, and the people can stay away from war as soon as possible." Yi Weijun replied.

"China signed the "Sino-British Border Friendship Agreement" with the United Kingdom before, and the incidental clause is that China remains neutral. Your country's actions are obviously suspected of violating this agreement." A British reporter questioned.

"China is indeed still maintaining neutrality, but China's neutrality is based on the neutrality of the United States to a certain extent. But even if the United States participates in the war, China will not violate the agreement with the United Kingdom. The agreement does not stipulate that Japan cannot Send mercenaries to Europe."

At this time, China is pursuing the policy of 'a war without a winner', calling on both sides not to blindly pursue the victory of the war.

Of course this is absolutely impossible.

Neither the Entente nor the Allies could accept this appeal.

The "Sino-British Border Friendship Agreement" was once again taken advantage of by China. China's use of this move made the Allied countries half-dead. The Rothschild consortium and the American consortium were also furious, but they had nothing to do with China at this time.

Once China joins the war, the consequences will be severe.

China can easily mobilize tens of millions of laborers to join the battlefield. Although the United States can barely mobilize tens of millions of laborers, after that, American production will basically be paralyzed.

And China's mobilization of tens of millions of troops will not have much impact at all. At this time, the population within China's sphere of influence has exceeded 6 million.

The world population is only 17 billion.

Once China joins the war, the population of the Allies will have an overwhelming advantage over the Allies.And it turns out that China's army is not comparable to those second- and third-rate armies.

The Chinese army can definitely squeeze into the ranks of the world's first-class army, at least not worse than the United States.

At that time, the entire Eurasian continent may be divided up by the allies, and the African continent will also be avoided in the future. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)