Expedition to Europe

This is the first time that Qin Zhiyuan has left Lan Fang since its establishment.

When the king travels, the entourage is naturally unprecedentedly large. In addition to the service personnel and accompanying officials around Qin Zhiyuan, there are more than 1,000 security personnel alone.

It sounds like there are too many, but these security personnel are not personal guards, but more symbolic. The real personal guards around Qin Zhiyuan are a 120-person team led by Dong Xingxiu, which is the real Royal Guard of Lan Fang.

The requirements for these 120 people can be called "harsh". They must be proficient in at least two foreign languages, and at the same time, they must have various professional skills such as fighting, shooting, driving, guarding, bomb disposal, etc. They must be both offensive and defensive to be qualified to become "masters of the palace".

According to the planned visit, Qin Zhiyuan's visit is also an inspection, so Qin Zhiyuan's first stop is Yingzhou.

In order to ensure Qin Zhiyuan's safety, the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet dispatched the battleship "France" and joined the two aircraft carriers of the mobile fleet. Under the escort of eight destroyers, they set off from Coconut City on the second day of the second lunar month.

The second day of the second lunar month has a special saying in the Chinese world. It is the day when "dragon raises its head", also known as "Spring Ploughing Festival", "Agricultural Festival", and "Land Birthday".

From the literal meaning alone, the second day of the second lunar month is the beginning of the year, the day to start farming, and the birthday of the God of Land.

What a good day.

Qin Zhiyuan chose this day to visit, which was also well-intentioned.

"France" battleship, VIP cabin.

"France" has been identified as the flagship of the Lan Fang Navy since the day it joined the Lan Fang Navy. Qin Zhiyuan must take the "France" when traveling, even if Lan Fang now has the more powerful "Vladivostok", this point cannot be shaken.

Therefore, on the "France", there is a VIP cabin specially prepared for Qin Zhiyuan, also known as the "sea palace".

At this time, there are still many people in the VIP cabin, not only Qin Zhiyuan, Julie, Qin De, but also Old Renault and his wife Christine Renault.

At this time, Julie and Christine's attention is on Qin De, and Qin Zhiyuan and Old Renault are still discussing their mining tycoon plan.

"Jack should move faster. Our steel plant has started production. Now the demand for ore is unlimited. Jack should let go and do a big job." Old Renault is still radical.

There is no way not to be radical. In order to come to Lanfang, Old Renault gave up the physical industry in Paris. Now mining is the only hope in Old Renault's hands.

Of course, Qin Zhiyuan will definitely let go of Old Renault, a business genius. In the current Lanfang, Qin Zhiyuan left the automobile industry for Old Renault. If Old Renault is willing, Old Renault can rebuild the Renault automobile factory in Lanfang and can use Lanfang's series of automobile patents.

Lan Fang's automobile industry is now very powerful. With the launch of a series of automobile brands such as "Zhuifeng", "Jueying" and "Wuzui", Lan Fang's automobile industry is not only marketed in Lan Fang, but has also successfully entered the US and European markets.

Now every day, Lan Fang's global sales network can sell 500 Lan Fang cars. This number is certainly not as good as Ford cars, but the added value of Lan Fang cars is much higher than Ford cars. Although the production cost is much higher than Ford, the profit is also higher.

Take the "Jueying" series, which is the most popular in sales. For every Jueying car sold by Lan Fang, the profit obtained is three times that of a Ford car. This makes the automobile industry gradually catch up with United Petroleum and become another major economic pillar in Qin Zhiyuan's hands.

At present, Lan Fang, Qin Zhiyuan's industry and Lan Fang's state-owned enterprises are separate. The automobile industry is Qin Zhiyuan's private industry, and the profits do not need to be shared with the Lan Fang government.

Of course, the taxes that should be paid still need to be paid, and Qin Zhiyuan will not break the rules he has set himself.

Under this premise, Qin Zhiyuan is naturally qualified to invite Old Renault to join the automobile industry and use the patents of Lanfang Automobile.

Money is endless, and it is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. Qin Zhiyuan is also well aware of this.

Old Renault will definitely not refuse Qin Zhiyuan's invitation.

And the production of automobiles requires a lot of steel, so Old Renault is now paying close attention to the Pilbara Mining Group in Australia.

Oh, this Pilbara Mining Group is still the industry of Qin Zhiyuan and Old Renault, and "Angel Jack" is just the spokesperson jointly launched by Qin Zhiyuan and Old Renault.

"Jack is unlikely to make any big moves in the short term. Recently, Australians are not happy with us. There are some misunderstandings between us. When Zixin comes back from Australia in a few days, I guess the situation will be better by then." Qin Zhiyuan is not optimistic.

Australia is the country closest to Lan Fang. Because of the last "aircraft intrusion into airspace" incident, the relationship between Australia and Lan Fang has not been very good recently. However, due to the relationship between Britain and Lan Fang, as well as the disputes between Britain and France, France and Lan Fang, Australia and Lan Fang have not yet torn their faces apart, so Australia and Lan Fang have been fighting each other recently.

As for the verbal cannon, when you are dry-mouthed, you always want to take a break. Lu Zhengxiang visited Australia at the end of January just to repair the relationship with Australia.

Billy Hughes, the current Prime Minister of Australia, is also a pragmatic person and expressed great welcome to Lu Zhengxiang's visit.

Although they all want to make friends, there are still frictions between them. If you want to completely repair the relationship, it will definitely take a process.

"I remember that we started to place people in Hedland Harbor last year, and it seems that there are active soldiers who have directly retired. Is it that they are not ready yet?" Old Renault also had times when he was dissatisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's efficiency.

Indeed, as early as the middle of last year, when "Angel Jack" had just gained a foothold in Hedland Harbor, Qin Zhiyuan began to immigrate to Australia and arranged Chen Zhaoqiang and Zhu Shenggang to be responsible for training the troops formed in Australia.

It is said that now that a year has passed, it should be the first results.

"It's not good now, we have to wait a while, Jack needs an opportunity to tear his face with the Perth government. The Perth government has now realized the problem and has left no chance for Jack." Qin Zhiyuan also has difficulties.

Qin Zhiyuan's difficulties are "everything is ready, only the east wind is missing", which can be regarded as a happy trouble.

"Angel Jack" is preparing for battle in Hedland Harbor, and it must not be hidden from the Perth government. Although Western Australia also has a national army, it is more like a militia organization. If it faces the troops trained by Chen Zhaoqiang and Zhu Shenggang, the result of the battle can be imagined.

Under this premise, the Western Australian government would not give Jack a chance to attack, and if there is no legitimate reason, even if "Angel Jack" is really an angel, he would not jump out and rebel without any reason.

If Jack really rebelled without any reason, the traces of deliberateness would be too obvious, and the Australian government would definitely vent its anger on Lan Fang.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

Although Lan Fang is not afraid of Australia, Australia is a part of the Commonwealth, and a single move will affect the whole body. Lan Fang does not have the strength to resist the Commonwealth. Therefore, even if "Angel Jack" is confident enough to defeat the Western Australian government forces, Qin Zhiyuan will not let "Angel Jack" act rashly.

"Don't be afraid of the British, they are just paper tigers. The world war drained the blood of France and almost drained the blood of the British. Even if Lan Fang and Australia tear each other apart, the British will not necessarily transfer their battleships from Europe to Australia." Old Renault gets angry when he mentions the British.

The French and the British are also sworn enemies. If there is a chance to stab the British, Old Renault will never miss such an opportunity.

"We can't fight now, especially under the premise that the Americans have not clearly stood on the side. You should know that the Americans are also in trouble now. They are eagerly looking forward to the war. If Lan Fang and the British go to war now, it will only benefit the Americans." Qin Zhiyuan has a clear understanding.

The World War prompted countries to increase the production of military supplies, and the United States went even further on the opposite side.

As early as before the war, the Americans were the strong backing of the British and French. More than half of the weapons used by the British and French coalition forces were produced in the United States.

After the United States joined the war, the scale of domestic military production was further expanded and has now reached its peak.

But the World War will eventually end one day. As soon as the World War ended, the rulers of various countries found that the military industry that dominated the war during the war had a significant overproduction.

This is most obvious in the United States. Perhaps it is for this reason that President Wilson's health has deteriorated.

"Well, Americans, Americans are indeed a problem." Old Renault has complicated feelings about the United States.

Not only Old Renault, but every European has complicated feelings about the United States.

You know, the United States is a country of European immigrants. When the United States was first developed, only those who couldn't make it in Europe would choose to go to the New World. Those people were once the objects of ridicule by Europeans.

But the situation changed. During the World War, Americans suddenly appeared in Europe as saviors, which was equivalent to a few slaps in the face of those Europeans who laughed at Americans.

Old Renault was also one of those who was slapped in the face.

"So what we need now is time. Americans seem strong now, but they won't always be so strong. Sooner or later, the American economy will fall into an economic crisis due to abnormal development. When the economic crisis breaks out, it's time for us to take action." Qin Zhiyuan has a clear plan for the future.

If there is no accident, the Great Depression will start in 1929 and will last for four years. This will bring great losses to the United States and seriously affect the national strength of the United States. At that time, it will be the time for Lan Fang to fish in troubled waters.

"Economic crisis, I hope so." Old Renault was still frowning.

As an outstanding businessman, Old Renault knows the meaning of economic crisis, and because of knowing it, Old Renault is now full of worries.

Since it is the "Great Depression", it is impossible that it will only occur in the United States. Any country in the world will be affected.