Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu had no choice but to take out a piece of paper and a pen and said: "Production is to meet consumption, right? The purpose of selling the products we produce to foreigners in exchange for foreign exchange is to buy products from them to meet our consumption. Right? Therefore, we need to increase our own consumption capacity, and it is unrealistic to distribute money to ordinary people. What we can do is to make our army the main body of consumption, so as to drive production capacity. When the people can spend money At that time, our industry was not deformed. Therefore, in my opinion, all industrial plans must be adjusted. I want to build my naval industry in Guangzhou and my army industry in the interior, and then use these industries to drive related industries. The development of the country will allow more people to be employed and get more funds through work, and then the light industry will have room to develop. We must find ways to make urban people rich, and find ways to make rural people rich. And if If we can’t do this now, let our gang of damned soldiers and ruffians work hard to spend first. My soldiers want to use the best equipment in the world, get the best treatment, and wear the most beautiful uniforms. And this I have to pay for everything now, damn it!" Wang Zhenyu roughly estimated that in addition to this heavy industry, there are also light industries and railways that need to be paid for by themselves, and the war bonus of 0 billion Chinese yuan was finally divided so easily. .

No, I have to let others bleed, the country is not my Wang Zhenyu alone.Speaking of this, Wang Zhenyu first thought of the number one hero who overthrew the Qing Dynasty, Sheng Xuanhuai.

Why Sheng Xuanhuai?Because Wang Zhenyu can have the status he has today, he still has some connections with Sheng Xuanhuai.At the beginning, Wang Zhenyu sold 100 million arms to Ye Zuwen, and then Ye Zuwen used the 100 million to mention the equipment. The buyer was Hanyeping Coal and Iron Factory Co., Ltd. managed by Sheng Xuanhuai.However, the current situation of this company is more complicated. Although the Youth Army controls the company's assets, the company is headquartered in the Shanghai Concession, and the chairman is Sun Baoqi, who was appointed by Yuan Shikai. His fourth son is still the vice president of the company, and most importantly, the majority shareholder of the company is still Japanese.Historically, Sheng Xuanhuai, a good-for-nothing, made a huge deficit in a profitable project, and then kept borrowing money from the Japanese to make up for the deficit.In the end, he couldn't pay back the money, and the loan turned into an investment, and it was a trick for rats. Although Wang Zhenyu took Wuhan, even the Hanyang Arsenal was directly assigned to the Military Commission for him.But they dare not move this company. In history, this company was taken back by the National Government after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.In profuse sweat. . .

But Wang Zhenyu is not completely helpless about this. His tactics are very rogue. He directly poachs the technicians in your factory, and then you get stuck with the coal in Pingxiang, and you don’t dig the iron in Daye.These laborers have all been transferred to Ma'anshan. The Japanese have never seen such a rogue trick. They were so angry that they protested to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing several times, but no one could do anything about it.The Japanese had no plan to send troops to deal with Wang Zhenyu, a rogue warlord, so in the end they could only sit down and negotiate with the people from the China Development Corporation, and transferred the company's equity at a price of 3 million Chinese yuan.

Originally, this matter was over, but the problem now is that Wang Zhenyu suddenly felt that the money was not enough, so I'm sorry, Mr. Sheng, don't hide in the concession and wait for the dividends, it's time to contribute money and effort.

In the end, Wang Zhenyu, through Liu Hongsheng and Du Yuesheng, came forward to raise 50 billion Chinese yuan in equity for the China Development Corporation in the entire Shanghai Concession in the form of a public offering, accounting for 10% of the entire company's capital.In fact, this capital is watery, and the China Development Company has not reached 0 billion so far!

It doesn't matter, then Wang Zhenyu bypassed the government and directly issued an industrial construction plan that was extremely huge.

100 billion currency exchange bonuses, 135 billion steel bonuses (45 billion of which belong to Luxembourgers, but they are also under the name of Wang Zhenyu now), 25 billion strategic material bonuses totaling 260 billion Huayuan were all invested by Wang Zhenyu To the railway and industry and city construction went.The 5000 million US dollars (7.5 million US dollars) obtained in exchange for labor export and the 6 million US dollars recovered from the customs, totaling [-] billion US dollars, were included in the public finances, and the National Assembly deliberated on how to spend them.But no matter how deliberated, Wang Zhenyu said that the government must bear the salary of the army, otherwise he will take the money back and spend it himself.

In the end, the railway from Guangzhou to Binbin, the railway from Luyang to Zhuzhou, the railway from Jiujiang to Nanchang, and the railway from Nanchang to Zhuzhou were passed, while the railway from Nanchang to Xiamen was canceled due to technical difficulty and little strategic value. .

The industrial plan is even more frightening. According to Wang Zhenyu's request, by the tenth year of the Republic of China (1921), the annual steel output of the nine southern provinces will increase from the current 1 tons to 800 million tons. You must know that Japan's current Iron and steel output is only 0 tons.Wang Zhenyu is about to make the Great Leap Forward. Of course, he is not expanding blindly. He needs technology and workers, and this requires the help of the big powers.Britain and France can't count on it. Wang Zhenyu has already made contact with the United States. I believe that the cigar-smoking tycoons who bought and sold Bethlehem United Steel will be interested in the face of sufficient profits.The plan for cement is even bigger, but this can be privately run, and the introduction of chemical, military, shipbuilding, and aircraft factories in the later stage will cost more money, so Wang Zhenyu has no intention of wasting money.

As soon as this plan came out, it attracted a lot of opposition from the top officials of the national government. Wang Zhenyu knew it himself. In fact, he was not impatient. It was because in history, in 1935, China's actual steel production was only [-] tons, only Japan One fortieth, how can such a situation be an enemy of the Japanese, not to mention the Soviet Union whose steel output later reached five times that of Japan.So although he knew that there are still many places in this country that need schools, hospitals, and even a lot of people need a piece of food, he resolutely decided not to spend his money on heavy industry.Even the basic fact that the south is more suitable for the development of heavy industry than the north cannot hinder Wang Zhenyu's determination.

Daye, Ma'anshan, and Shilu were finally identified as key mining areas for iron ore, and tens of thousands of laborers will be sent here to mine.And after Wang Zhenyu pacified the southwest, there was another Panzhihua.

Steel is relatively easy to solve. The real problem is the military industry and the chemical industry. Whether it is equipment or technology, these things are firmly controlled by the West. In other words, except for finished products, you can spend money on other things Can't buy it.Thinking of the shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing industries that have so far been zero, Wang Zhenyu is about to collapse.

There is still a way to break the situation, Wang Zhenyu made up his mind.Then he reached out to open the document sent by the Ministry of Military Intelligence. Xu Shuzheng was secretly contacting the new Japanese ambassador to China, Yukichi Koban, and in Beijing, the Beiyang faction began to advocate a declaration of war against Germany.

At Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, President Li Yuanhong summoned Prime Minister Xiong Xiling: "Prime Minister, you have heard about it recently. Duan Qirui and the others have started to fiddle with declaring war on Germany again."

Xiong Xiling nodded and said, "What kind of club did they set up in Anfu Hutong, and they dragged all the councilors into it, and there was no shortage of money, beauty or beauty. With such a big investment, it seems that they have made a lot of determination."

Li Yuanhong asked in surprise: "Could it be that they are really going to Europe to fight the Germans?"

Xiong Xiling shook his head and said: "With Beiyang's current wealth, it is not enough to deal with Wang Zhenyu and the others. How could they go so far in Europe to find the Germans? I think they are ulterior motives. Once they agree to treat the Germans After declaring war, they can openly organize and train the participating troops, and they can justifiably borrow money from the Japanese, and the army armed with these funds, I guess not a single soldier will be sent to Europe, but will go south..."

Li Yuanhong was shocked: "They still want to fight a civil war. The 10,000+ army that Feng Huafu ordered to fight was wiped out. They still want to fight? No, there must be no more civil wars. The two of us must stop this matter."

Xiong Xiling shook his head and said: "President, we are in Beijing now. If we say that we can't stop it anyway, our own safety will become a problem. We can only find a way to pay more attention to the issue of borrowing after declaring war. Delay, the south also means the same, but they really plan to send troops to Europe to fight the Germans."

Li Yuanhong was even more surprised: "He, Wang Zhenyu, is not afraid of a fire in the backyard after the army's expedition?"

Xiong Xiling shook his head and said: "This kid is no different than before, and I can't see him clearly now. However, Mr. Zhang from Nanbian has news, saying that the nine provinces are now under military and political integration, land reform, and large-scale construction will soon take place. If things go on like this, it is estimated that in another two years, it is hard to say who will be unified."

After looking at the Forbidden City in the distance, Li Yuanhong shook his head and sighed: "Bingsan, why do I feel that we are all old, this era is really changing too fast..."

By the Beihai Lake, a young man and woman were sitting there whispering.

"My father is dead, and my brothers are trying to separate the family. Maybe I will move to Tianjin with my mother soon." Yuan Jingxue didn't know why she was so bold, and told a man she didn't know very well about her family. matter.Thinking about it, my face turned red again, and I asked quietly again: "Brother Zhenpeng, you haven't told me about your situation yet?"

Wang Zhenpeng scratched his head and said, "I'm from Hunan. I was admitted to the Baoding Army Military Academy in the first year of the Republic of China. The original purpose was because I had an older brother who was also a soldier, and he was much better than me. But when I was young, I was smarter than him. Ah, so I took the military academy exam unconvinced. As a result, I was assigned to the No.15 division after graduation, and I realized that the army is not so easy to mix, and there are all kinds of customs. A few months ago we were transferred south to suppress the guards* *, we stopped moving when we arrived in Xuzhou, and then the war was over, and we withdrew back inexplicably, and then I met you, and my heart was drunk."

"hate, sweet talk"

"What I said is true, sister Jingxue, I swear."

"I hate it, who made you swear that I won't play with you anymore. Hehe" Yuan Jingxue stood up and trotted to look at it, and then smiled at Wang Zhenpeng while running.

But Wang Zhenpeng hesitated for a moment, and then chased after him. . .