The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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After the spn meeting, Jiang Yu's authentic London accent gave Zhu Erdian a very good first impression of Jiang Yu.

"Mr. Zhu Erdian, the main purpose of coming here next time is to discuss about the loan." Jiang Yu said to Zhu Erdian straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries.

"No, no, I think if it's a loan, we don't have to talk about it." Zhu Erdian shook his head immediately after hearing this.

Jiang Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Zhu Erdian may not be considerate. The loan is only a personal commercial loan and has nothing to do with politics. However, this loan has been linked to politics. What you are worried about is not after you get the money. , will forcefully impact China's current political structure, thus threatening the position of President Yuan Da, the spokesperson of the British Empire."

Zhu Erdian smiled irrefutably, and what Jiang Yu said made his smile freeze immediately. [

"However, Mr. Zhu Erdian, you should do some research in advance, considering the scale of the East China Bank, plus the 5 million silver dollar commercial loans that Germany provided to the next individual not long ago, and the cumulative 3 million silver dollars received by banks in other countries. Yuan’s business loans, if I want to attack President Yuan’s status, I can send troops to the north at any time to unify China in one fell swoop.”

"Uh..." Zhu Erdian didn't realize it for a while, what's going on?

"However, I am just a businessman, and I am not interested in any president. The commercial loan I applied for is only for the construction of the railway, and I have already communicated with President Yuan. There is already a clear division of labor between us, that is, he is responsible for As for politics, I am only responsible for the development of industry and commerce. In fact, building large-scale railways in China is in the interests of the British Empire. As long as there are railways, the goods of the British Empire can be sold to various regions in China, and more raw materials can be obtained from China. What do you think?"

Jiang Yu looked at Zhu Erdian and asked, Zhu Erdian hesitated and said: "Building railways is indeed in the interests of our British Empire, but railway loans are not like this. Generally, countries have relatively... harsh conditions for railway loans to China! For example, we need railways. The right to operate, and some high-value asset mortgages.”

"Hehe! What Mr. Zhu Erdian is talking about is the old calendar in the past tense. Today, China is able to build its own railways, and even if the British Empire does not give us loans, the German Empire will be happy to provide us with loans. This is a political law. Once politics hinders our industrial and commercial development, I think President Yuan’s presidency will come to an end.” Jiang Yu continued: “The reason why I came to communicate with Mr. Zhu Erdian before the next meeting is because I don’t like Germany very much. As far as people are concerned, their influence in my group is already too large. On the contrary, I prefer the loans provided by the British Empire. Moreover, I also think that Mr. Zhu Erdian is a wise and wise man, and he should be able to understand the truth. "

While talking, Jiang Yu suddenly took out a deposit receipt, handed it to Zhu Erdian and said, "It's our first meeting, this is a small gift, I hope Mr. Zhu Erdian will not leave."

Zhu Erdian took the deposit slip and looked at it, his pupils constricted.

30 million silver dollars!

This young man is even more generous than Yuan Shikai!Zhu Erdian put the deposit receipt in his pocket calmly, and coughed lightly, "Well! I don't think there will be any problem with the loan, but if the British Empire wants to change the railway loan model, the Germans must first come out. Just give the empire some sense of oppression."

Zhu Erdian obviously pointed out a bright way for Jiang Yu, and the huge bribe of 30 taels was obviously extremely effective.

Don't think that gringos are so fair and selfish. In fact, gringos communicate more easily, so bribery may not happen so often, but it doesn't mean that gringos don't accept bribes.

Especially like Zhu Erdian, who was sent to China, supervised by others, received some bribes and asked questions.

The reason why Yuan Shikai was able to maintain a good relationship with Zhu Erdian was naturally because Yuan Shikai was willing to spend money. He was the most generous Manchu official that Zhu Erdian had ever seen, so he wrote to the Queen of England to say good things to Yuan Shikai. In the end, Yuan Shikai became an official after the Revolution of [-]. British spokesperson in China.

And today Zhu Erdian tasted the sweetness again, this young man is far more generous than Yuan Shikai.

Since this is the case, why suppress him!If he ascends to the pinnacle of power in China like Yuan Shikai did, doesn't it mean that he can gain more benefits.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhu Erdian, for your advice. If you can facilitate the British Empire's commercial loan to me, I will thank you very much afterwards." Jiang Yu threw the bait again without losing the opportunity.

"I'll do my best." Zhu Erdian said happily.

This diplomatic operation ended satisfactorily, and Jiang Yu basically got through the link on the British side.

Of course, it was a little bit worse, and then Jiang Yu started to contact his father-in-law Yukos, and half a month later, news spread that Commerzbank had loaned 3 million railway funds to Huadong Group. [

Huadong Group also proposed to build a railway line from Zhejiang to Shanxi. The total length of this railway line is 1220 kilometers, passing through Anhui and Henan.

In addition, a railway will be built from Jiaoji Railway to Handan and Xingtai in Hebei, and a railway will be built from Qingdao to connect with the railway from Lianyungang to Nantong.

The Jiaoji Railway was built by the Germans. It is easy for Jiangyu to connect the railway with the Jiaoji Railway, and there will be no difficulties in operation.

The Longhai Railway starting from Lianyungang was built by Belgians. When Jiangyu built the Haitong Railway (Lianyungang Nantong), it did not connect the railway to the Longhai Railway. At this time, the railway from Qingdao to Lianyungang was connected to the Haitong Railway. , that is also my own business.

At the same time, a main railway line will be built from Suzhou, Jiangsu to Hangzhou, Zhejiang, to Nanchang, Jiangxi, and then from Nanchang to Changsha, Hunan.The railway named 'Susha Railway' has a total length of 1560 kilometers.

After the construction of the railway is completed, German merchants can enjoy preferential prices for shipping goods.

As soon as this news was released, the nerves of Britain, France and other countries were immediately affected, especially the nerves of the British were affected the most.

At this time, Germany had become a powerful challenger to Britain's national dominance. The Germans had not only caught up with Britain in ocean transportation, but also were seriously dissatisfied with Britain's possession of a large number of colonies around the world in terms of external expansion.

The main benefit of colonial occupation is to obtain raw materials and a place to dump goods. However, if the Germans invest in railways in China, doesn't it mean that the Germans will be able to dump goods to China and obtain more raw materials from China.

This has seriously challenged Britain's interests in China.

At this time, Zhu Erdian wrote a letter to the Queen of England and submitted a report to the British Cabinet.

Zhu Erdian claimed in the report that the Chinese suddenly wanted to build railways on a large scale, and they already had the foundation for large-scale railway construction. They were able to manufacture not only rails, but also locomotives.

"The British Empire has been unable to hinder the development of the Far East on the railway, because the Germans have determined that they will provide a large amount of commercial loans to the Far East, Jiang Yu, and even if Germany is under pressure to cancel the loan, this agreement can be reached secretly, and It is obviously unrealistic for the Germans to stop lending to the Huadong Group under pressure. However, according to my contacts, Jiang Yu, the controller of the Huadong Group, will also plan to build more railways and roads, and is a pro-British Far Easter, and There are a lot of high-quality assets in hand as collateral, if the British Empire provides loans to it, it will still have the upper hand over Germany in terms of interests in China..."

Zhu Erdian's report played a huge role. After the British discovered that Huadong Group had established a large number of factories in China, they realized that it was impossible to restrain the development of Jiangyu by simply blocking it.

Once this warlord leader fails to achieve his goal, he will inevitably fall to Germany in an all-round way, and at the same time, it will also impact the status of Yuan Shikai, the British spokesperson in China.

With the financial resources of this warlord leader and the military literacy shown by the revival army before, Yuan Shikai couldn't stop him at all.

But it is a good sign that the current warlord leader is more concerned about the development of industry and commerce.

It is fine to lend some money to the East China Group, as long as they don't turn to the Germans, and also as long as they don't threaten Yuan Shikai's integrity.

Therefore, the loan utilization supervision proposed by Jiang Yu was also recognized by the UK.

Under Zhu Erdian's efforts, the UK soon agreed to a loan of 3000 million pounds to Huadong Group, and Jiang Yu immediately determined the use of the 3000 million pounds, all of which were used to invest in agriculture.

"Xiaoyu, with this money, we have invested 7 million yuan in agriculture. Is it too much?" Jiang Yuanchuan was a little suspicious. The agricultural reclamation company was the project he was in charge of, and the Lianghuai Administration All the confiscated land was contracted to the land reclamation company of Huadong Group for management.

"It's not too much. Now that industry has started to develop, workers' wages have also begun to rise, and people have gradually become richer. At this time, food supply must be guaranteed, otherwise inflation will occur." Jiang Yu said to his father, as the so-called sufficient Let things go, fight if there is not enough, the common people are like this. [

As long as the food supply is stable, no amount of money will make the price of agricultural products too high.

Just like the Yankees of later generations have so much money, why didn't the prices of their agricultural products skyrocket.In the final analysis, printing money is not a problem, the problem is whether you can guarantee production and supply.

As long as sufficient production and supply can be ensured, prices will not be raised.

However, Jiangyu's loan journey is far from over. The 7 million yuan was spent on agriculture, mainly to ensure that the subsequent loans will be spent on industry so that agriculture can support it.

But the British thought, what money can they make by investing in agriculture?

Not long after, Jiang Yu took out the asset appraisal reports in his hand and began to borrow from banks in various countries, and the loan amount was frighteningly high.