The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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The interview elimination rate of the spn Jiangbei Patrol Battalion is very high, reaching nearly one-third. Those who are too smart in their manners and conversations are not wanted. Such people will be hesitant when they go to the battlefield, and they are easy to become deserters.Those who don't have a family don't want it either. A soldier is like a sharp knife, and a family is like a scabbard. A sharp knife without a scabbard can easily hurt itself.

There are also those with a face of death that are absolutely not wanted, and those with a face of blessing, even if their physical fitness is not up to the standard, they are barely passable.

Those who are both blessed and deadly will be selected according to normal standards.

These soldiers are almost one in a hundred, young, energetic, and simple!The overall luck is strong, and they are the best recruits. Jiang Yu recruited 500 people, formed three battalions, and declared one battalion to the outside world.

The military camp was being built, and the military uniforms and ammunition had already been transported to the German Concession in Qingdao. These days, the customs were in the hands of foreigners. It was not easy to get some arms in, and there was no embargo at present. [

Jiang Yu purchased a huge amount of arms, but most of them were supported by his father-in-law. Mauser 98k 5, MP18 submachine guns 5000, ZB-26 light machine guns 3000, Maxim heavy machine guns 500, 75 rapid-fire guns 300, 800 mortars of various calibers, 5000 million rounds of guns, and 100 million rounds of guns.

The above are all manufactured by our own arsenal. Since some munitions are manufactured using semi-automatic production lines and stamping technology, the cost is relatively low.

In addition, Jiangyu also purchased 105 German 60mm howitzers and 155 French 36mm howitzers. The French 155mm howitzers are better than the German 150mm howitzers, but the French are too superstitious about 75mm rapid-fire guns. This kind of large-caliber howitzer is an export product of France, and the French army is not equipped with it. It is estimated that the French artillery will no longer use howitzers.

For arms export, both Germany and France are very active, because at this stage, whether it is France or Germany, industrial production capacity has already begun to be surplus.

What to do about excess capacity?

Of course, it can only be solved through government procurement of arms. The purpose of purchasing arms is naturally not to return to the furnace, but to solve the problem of overcapacity through war and transfer the problem to other countries. Otherwise, once the problem of overcapacity breaks out, There will be civil strife leading to instability in rule.

Therefore, the syndicate bred in Germany is a terrifying monopoly monster, while the cartels in Britain and France are also small monopoly monsters, and the American trust is a super monster that is even more terrifying than Germany.

It is normal for monsters to fight back and forth. The outbreak of modern wars is often related to economic problems. The economic downturn is the main factor that spawns wars.

These arms were smuggled to the German Concession in Qingdao. After Jiang Yu took office in Huaiyin, he was very busy building barracks and warehouses while recruiting troops.

After the equipment arrived, the Jiangbei Patrol Battalion started training.

Jiang Yu and Jiang Fangzhen promulgated the military discipline that had been set long ago, and Jiang Yu put in his own manpower. He was a shopkeeper apprentice named Sun Zhendong, who was trained by the Jiang family. He came to the Jiang family to work when he was five years old.

When Jiang Yu was young, he trained a group of shopkeeper apprentices who were of the same age as him. At this time, these shopkeeper apprentices have gradually grown up. It is foreseeable that in the near future, Jiang Yu's business talents will continue to emerge.

Sun Zhendong was placed in the Jiangbei Patrol Battalion because he was asked to serve as the captain of the supervisory brigade, specializing in strict military discipline and ideological education for the soldiers.

The main purpose of ideological education is to seize military power. In addition to propagating nationalist ideas, it is also necessary to instill loyalty to Jiang Yu in the soldiers and let them understand that Jiang Yu is their food and clothing.

In order to strengthen this concept, Jiang Yu immediately invested in Huaiyin after arriving in Huaiyin, and built a lot of land in Huaiyin circle. Under the land are iron mines, salt mines, oil fields, and a lot of industrial land.

There are many things that can be invested, but oil and iron ore mining must be developed. Jiang Yu found a German drilling team to come to Huaiyin to drill wells.

There are a lot of wells to be drilled, drilling for oil and drilling for underground rock salt.

In addition, engineers were hired from Germany, and equipment was purchased to form several engineering teams, and large-scale construction projects began in Huaiyin, including factories, dormitories, schools, and hospitals.

Before returning to China, Jiang Yu made a lot of preparations. Jiang Yu wanted to invest in a large shipyard in Hangzhou. When he was in Germany, he had already purchased three [-]-ton large shipyards. [

At the same time, before returning to China, Hans was asked to purchase machines and equipment, and dispatched personnel to the Yuanhua Group's synthetic ammonia factory, nitric acid factory, zyo factory, machinery factory, machine tool factory, motor factory, engine factory, tractor factory, etc. Manufacturing plants, automobile manufacturing plants, and aircraft manufacturing plants were opened in China.

Hans knows that Jiang Yu has this idea, and he has already made preparations, but he has no interest in investing in China, and Jiang Yu is responsible for his own profits and losses in investment in China, so Jiang Yu established a Chinese branch of Yuanhua Group. Department, renamed as 'East China Group'.

In addition, Jiang Yu will also open his various laboratories to China, and transfer some personnel from the laboratory to China to participate in research work.

In addition, Jiang Yu also asked his father-in-law Yukos to set up a branch of an arsenal factory in China. It doesn't matter who owns the shares, anyway, it will be Jiang Yu's in the future.

In addition to investing in various factories, the problems of transportation and raw materials must be solved, otherwise it will be too disadvantageous to rely on imported raw materials.

If it is a developed country, it is better to say that it is better to dig other people's raw materials, but Jiang Yu does not have the capital now, so he must take the route of self-reliance.

Therefore, the land of iron ore and coal mines was circled in the Wuhu area of ​​Anhui, and then contacted with German technical personnel, and various equipment were manufactured from Germany.

The German Yuanhua Group has been able to manufacture most of the equipment. These days, the equipment and machinery mainly depend on people. Handicraft manufacturing has not withdrawn from industrial production, even in the 21st century, because handwork is always the most precise. , The most flexible, the eighth-level mechanic is definitely a treasure.

And German mechanics are the best among countries in this era, so they can make the most sophisticated machinery.

After the establishment of Yuanhua Group, all the equipment that should be bought was bought, and a lot of senior technicians were hired. Jiang Yu also arranged many Chinese workers to work as apprentice technicians in the factory. At the same time, German engineers were hired to take charge of technical issues. Some advanced machinery manufacturing knowledge provided by Yu has made Yuanhua Group the most advanced machinery and equipment manufacturing group in Germany.

The equipment of the steel plant also needs to be built. The converter top-blown steelmaking method proposed by Jiang Yu has been tested successfully. This technology is strictly confidential.

In order to build the Wuhu Iron and Steel Base and the synthetic ammonia manufacturing base, Jiang Yu went to Anhui to meet Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anhui.

After stuffing money and giving 30% of the shares, Zhu Jiabao became the official umbrella of Jiang Yu's industrial construction in Wuhu.

The reason for giving shares was because Jiang Yu didn't care about Zhu Jiabao's shareholding at all. Once the Revolution of [-] broke out, he could kick Zhu Jiabao away.

Construction was carried out day and night, and the iron and steel plant was basically put into operation some time before and after the Revolution of [-]. However, Zhu Jiabao received less than a penny when it was put into operation.

The 30% of the shares are completely like a dream in the mirror, a empty promise, and a picture.

At the same time, a railway from Huaiyin to Wuhu, and a railway from Huaiyin to Lianyungang and to Nantong will be built. The total length is 360 kilometers, and it may cost about 3600 million silver dollars, because the Jinpu Railway costs an average of 10 silver dollars per kilometer.

Of course, there is some water in the Jinpu Railway, and many things have to be imported.Although Jiang Yu also needs to be imported, but he has connections in Germany, and the import price is much cheaper.

As for those machinery manufacturing factories that use a lot of steel, they will build factories directly in Wuhu and Ma'anshan. The coal mines needed in Huaiyin can be temporarily imported and transported to Lianyungang first, and then transported from Lianyungang to Huaiyin by train.

In order to reduce costs, Jiangyu sent people to the surrounding provinces to recruit a large number of refugees and poor people. The wages were very low, but the biggest attraction was that they could have enough food.

Jiang Yu, who has visited Western countries, understands that the demographic dividend of workers is the biggest guarantee for industrial development in the primary stage of industry.

In order to build these industries, Jiang Yu invested a huge sum of nearly 3000 million pounds. He mortgaged the Estee Lauder company in France to the Bank of France, and he mortgaged the US branch of the Estee Lauder company to the Bank of America with a loan of 500 million pounds. Funds, and through his father-in-law’s relationship, he borrowed credit loans worth 1000 million pounds from Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and KfW Bank. At the same time, he mortgaged the shares of Yuanhua Group in Germany to Deutsche Bank, and obtained £500 million loan. [

Feeling that he was short of money, Jiang Yu immediately vigorously developed light industry in Huai'an. The light industry invested less, had quick results, and could improve the quality of life of the people.

At this time, Britain was talking about free trade. If the light industry was well managed, it could be exported overseas.

The funds that Jiang Yu can use are only 300 million pounds, and the funds that can be used by domestic families are more than [-] million. However, this money is used for the production, processing and export of raw silk, tung oil and tea, and cannot be used. .

Three million pounds was enough, and Jiang Yu immediately opened a cigarette factory in Huaiyin, as well as a textile factory, a refined salt factory, a match factory, and a paper factory.

In addition, a 'hardware processing factory' was opened in Wuhu.

With so many factories, the construction of thermal power plants is naturally indispensable. These factories run by Jiangyu basically rarely use steam engines, but start to use electric motors.

The motor is lighter and more stable, which is the benefit brought by the arrival of the electric age. The motor makes the machine tool processing more precise and makes the machine run more efficiently.

A large number of factories were built in Huaiyin, Wuhu, and Ma'anshan, which naturally required a lot of workers. The families of the Jiangbei Patrol Battalion became the first choice.

Jiang Yu offered better treatment to the families of the soldiers in the patrol battalion, with a monthly salary of three silver dollars (half a silver dollar for ordinary workers), and board and lodging included.As long as you come to work in the factory, you can worry about food and clothing.

It is very enviable to have a life of worrying about food and clothing these days. Many times, it can be heard from the common people that their livelihood is just to earn a living.

Jiang Yu provided such an opportunity to the families of the soldiers in the Jiangbei Patrol Battalion, and soon most of the soldiers took their families to Huaiyin.

Here, military families assign jobs to them, not to worry about food and clothing, the hospital provides free medical treatment when they are sick, and if they have children, they can send them to school for free.

The conditions here are not generally good.

Of course, Sun Zhendong was also taking the opportunity to publicize. The soldiers also understood that since they brought their families to Huaiyin, they have been in the same chariot as Jiang Yu.

The relationship between them and Jiang Yu will be one of prosperity and loss.

After controlling the scabbard of the military family, Jiang Yu can freely retract the sharp blade.