Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 271
Although during the First World War, the domestic government was in a mess, but in terms of economic development, with the help of this short window, the growth momentum was still fierce.

"Words are unsubstantiated, data are evidence."

The starry sky is clear and clear, even if only the moon is hanging on it, the outside is still very bright.

Putting away all the fragments of the map, Cheng Nuo looked at the pencils and scraps of paper on the desk beside him, and moved them over to write and draw on them.

"Compared to foreign countries, we lack everything. Among the many weaknesses, we need opportunities most urgently, but we Chinese are the best at finding opportunities and grasping opportunities." Cheng Nuo thought for a while and decided to use the industry he was familiar with as the basis. example:
"Before the European War, our industrial investment was probably less than 5000 million. After a few years, by the end of the European War, it directly rose to 1 million, a full increase of more than two times. This is absolutely unprecedented in the development history of our national industry. Yes, and the three I mentioned are the best among them.”

In order to persuade Jiang Jiangzuo to be a good leader, Cheng Nuo was well prepared. In addition, as a mathematician, he was naturally sensitive to numbers. He came to all kinds of data casually, which made Jiang Jiangzuo dumbfounded.

"No, where did you get all these data?" Jiang Jiangzuo couldn't help taking a sip of water to suppress his shock.

"Did you forget Dean Wu Lien-teh of our medical school? Basically all these data come from him." Seeing that his friend's cup had already bottomed out, Cheng Nuo took the initiative to pour water for him: "Plus what we have with you Mr. Zhang Guogan from the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce is a good friend, and the data corroborates each other, basically it is almost the same."

"Dean Wu? That said, I have some impressions. The epidemics are frequent everywhere, but he has suffered a lot." Jiang Jiangzuo suddenly realized.

In fact, many of these data were learned by Cheng Nuo from some documentaries in his previous life, and now they are just remembered and used. Although the accuracy of some data in it is questionable, after cross-referencing through several channels, these data Basically in line with the current situation.

As for why these data Wu Lien-teh is also related, it is also because this gentleman is also very keen on recovering the autonomy of tariffs in addition to medical aspects. Even if Cheng Nuo thinks it is impossible, he is also tirelessly collecting relevant data.

It's a pity that the current pandemic is prevalent, and Wu Lien-teh leads the team of the medical school to "fight fires" all over the country. Apart from sending regular telegrams to report safety and the status quo, they basically don't meet each other. It has to be said that it is a pity.

Shaking his head, Cheng Nuo dispelled the unhappiness brought about by the epidemic in his mind, and continued: "In addition to the machinery manufacturing and match industries we have done, we can start from the textile industry, flour industry and foreign tobacco industry in the next step. Pick one or two as the direction of development.”

Jiang Jiangzuo tapped the table with his index knuckles, and asked after a while: "I am quite familiar with the textile industry. Isn't we seeking new ideas for the combination of cotton and iron? We have already conducted a preliminary demonstration of the market situation, but what I am curious about is , what happened to the flour industry and the foreign tobacco industry?"

"It's easy to understand." Cheng Nuo said with a smile, "In the European War, besides steel, food is also a strategic material. Due to the consumption of the war, the Western European market is short of materials and food. It is necessary to purchase a large amount from overseas. Open up opportunities for us to use flour." foreign markets.”

Jiang Jiangzuo nodded and echoed: "That's true, plus Lao Guo from our agricultural college has been busy with wheat selection and breeding in the fields, and the wheat production has grown steadily. I heard that there is still a lot of room for production to increase. , is far from the end."

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "On the one hand, thanks to the efforts of Comrade Guo Shouchun, the quality of our seeds is already quite good; on the other hand, our chemical industry has produced chemical fertilizers, which has increased a lot of production. Comrades come back, we can have pesticides again, and the production has to be doubled."

Regarding this, Jiang Jiangzuo was very curious: "Why is it still related to Mr. Zai?"

Cheng Nuo said mysteriously, "Of course the secret must not be leaked, and some words will not work if they are spoken out."

Regarding this behavior of controlling the killing without burying it, Jiang Jiangzuo was really itchy, but he had nothing to do with the other party, and said weakly: "Okay, I hope that Comrade Zai Tao can speed up his actions, and don't let this secret be hidden for too long. "

Cheng Nuo didn't even raise his head, and leaned back on the table to write and draw: "Don't worry too much. If everything goes well, I guess we'll know the news soon. But having said that, there are more than 100 large-scale flour mills across the country right now. Before the European War, the annual output was less than 7 tons, but now it has exceeded 200 million tons.”

Jiang Jiangzuo said with an exaggerated expression: "With so much growth, doesn't that mean that my country's flour exports have changed from super imports to super exports?"

Cheng Nuo was noncommittal: "If you look at this growth rate, it is not impossible to exceed 400 million tons in two years. Just think about how exaggerated the increase in flour production will be by more than 50 times in a few years."

Facing the soaring data that was a bit distorted, Jiang Jiangzuo still felt a little unbelievable: "If I remember correctly, these foreign flour mills have opened a lot in China, right? Didn't you have an incident with a Japanese factory in Tianjin before? Conflict? It is said that they are not small in scale."

I didn't expect the other party to mention this, and Cheng Nuo didn't expect it to be true: "It's true that they still troubled us at the time, but somehow it didn't go away, and maybe they just took advantage of this opportunity to focus on development.

But having said that, among the more than 100 newly opened flour mills, our national industry accounts for a considerable proportion, basically more than [-]% of them. If we take advantage of the opportunity to enter this industry, we can also make a lot of profits by taking advantage of Dongfeng . "

Jiang Jiangzuo didn't even think about it, and said directly: "Are you also following them to build a flour mill and become the one hundredth?"

Cheng Nuo shook his head quickly: "No, no, of course not. I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to drink soup if I go into this most competitive business right now."

In fact, Cheng Nuo did not say one more thing, that is, although the flour industry is developing rapidly at present, this kind of good life will not last for long. The Washington Conference, attended by representatives from the nine countries of Portugal and Portugal, was convened and fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant.

Before the outbreak of the First World War, the main competitors in the Far East Pacific region were Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, and Russia. These countries were mainly led by the United Kingdom, followed by Germany and Russia, followed by Japan and France. The United States is at the bottom.

During the First World War, Japan's economy grew rapidly. The total industrial output value increased by nearly 4 times, the total agricultural output value increased by nearly 2 times, and the total trade volume increased by more than 3 times.

And after the war, Japan changed from a pre-war debtor country to a post-war creditor country, with a debt of 5 million yen.Of course, the [-] million yuan was basically used by the Beiyang government for other things.

Correspondingly, although the United States is also a victorious country, it is still excluded from the international order of Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. Even if Britain suffered huge losses after the war and the growth rate of investment in China slowed down significantly, the United States still could not intervene too much in the Far East market.

I originally wanted to pass the Paris/Peace Conference next year to try to dominate international affairs on an equal footing with the European powers Britain and France. Unfortunately, it was not fully adopted by the Paris/Peace Conference. Even the League of Nations, which was created by itself, was joined by Britain and France. Squeeze out.

With all kinds of helplessness, they can only turn their attention to the Far East and the Pacific region, and establish a new international order in the Far East and the Pacific led by the United States.

"There is no way. Although we look at our size at the moment, we are actually panting when we walk. There are not many choices we can make. We have no choice but no strength to face any force alone. We can only rely on strength to fight Gradually dissolve."

Feeling that the data was not intuitive enough, Cheng Nuo directly drew various images on the straw paper, and said while drawing:

"Although we are pessimistic about the peace conference after the war, the Japanese are still unwilling to give up encroaching on our interests, but this 'Asian Monroe Doctrine' is obviously not feasible in front of other countries, and there will inevitably be a new round of negotiations."

"Asian Monroe Doctrine? What is this?" Although Jiang Jiangzuo tasted it several times in his mouth, he still didn't understand what the word meant.

Cheng Nuo sighed and explained: "For our 'good neighbor', [-]% worry is still not enough. This 'Asian Monroe Doctrine' is not a good thing. It is Japan's idea of ​​dominating Asia during the European War." theory."

The so-called Asian Monroe Doctrine, which is based on racial antagonism, proposes that Asian affairs should be handled by Asians, but Asians other than Japanese nationals are not qualified to take on this task. doctrine.

Jiang Jiangzuo, who understood the connotation, slapped his thigh: "It's really Sima Zhao's heart that everyone knows. While thinking about leaving Asia and entering Europe, he also thought about such good things. He simply treated us like a back garden and let him ravage him."

"Because of this, Japan's move will definitely be opposed by other countries. Among them, the opposition of the United States will be even stronger. At that time, it may use 'respect' for the sovereignty of our country as an excuse to deny Japan's privileges in China and establish a new a round of international order,

At that time, there may be something about "open doors and equal opportunities". In a sense, the development environment of national industries will deteriorate unprecedentedly. In terms of overall strength alone, the United States will be much stronger, and the harm to us will be even greater. big. "

In a few words, Cheng Nuo basically explained the changes in the international situation in the years after the war, which made Jiang Jiangzuo on the side shiver with cold.

"So, no matter how good the current flour industry is, it can't escape the fate of tomorrow?" Although he had deduced it logically in his heart, it would almost 100% work as Cheng Nuo said, but Jiang Jiangzuo still wanted to try his best to have a glimmer of hope in his mouth.

Cheng Nuo was not clear about this kind of thinking. Although the Washington system would disintegrate with the expansion of Japan's power, by the time it really disintegrated, it would have been the period of the Anti-Japanese War, and it would be even more impossible to develop national industries at that time.

Shaking his head, Cheng Nuo didn't follow Jiang Jiangzuo's words, but started another topic: "The door is open. Basically, we have to face the impact of the big powers. At that time, the regional distribution will be uneven, the price difference of flour and wheat will be small, and the market sales space will be difficult. A series of crises will break out, and it will be the extreme night of the industry.”

Jiang Jiangzuo was still unwilling, and asked: "So, the foreign tobacco industry will have a similar experience?"

Cheng Nuo closed his eyes and nodded, "The same goal by different routes!"

Hearing this, Jiang Jiangzuo stood up abruptly: "After a long time of trouble, we can't escape the fate of death in the end, so why don't we just work hard and just lie on the ground with our belly exposed, so as not to waste our efforts."

Cheng Nuo also stood up and reassured him: "You can't be so absolute. This series has trained a large number of skilled workers and technicians. For thousands of years, there have been only scattered small-scale productions. In the past few years, such a large-scale Concentration of production, which was unimaginable before."

Thinking about it carefully, this is indeed the truth, Jiang Jiangzuo sat down again: "Zhiyuan, you have thought of everything, then you must have a solution, so hurry up, or let alone tonight I won't be able to sleep well for a long time to come."

Cheng Nuo laughed and said, "Actually, the reason why we can't compete with the other party is that, besides other factors, our production machines are not as good as others'. Now that we have better steel technology, we can use it to upgrade our machines."

Jiang Jiangzuo asked: "For example?"

Cheng Nuo directly took out the straw paper, showed it in front of his friend, pointed to the picture on it and said, "Still taking the flour industry as an example, looking at the evolution of modern flour mills in our country, the distinction between old mills, machine mills, and machine flour mills The main basis is the difference between the driving force equipment and the milling equipment.

The old mill uses biological power as the driving force to drive the stone mill to make flour, the mechanical mill uses the steam engine (or electric motor) as the driving force to drive the stone mill to make flour, and the mechanical flour mill uses the steam engine (or electric motor) to drive the steel mill to make flour. continuous mechanized production.

The innovation of my country's modern flour mill equipment is mainly reflected in the innovation of driving force equipment and milling equipment, and most of these equipment are mainly imported! "

Jiang Jiangzuo recalled: "That is, we entered the game with mechanical manufacturing?"

"That's right!" Cheng Nuo continued, "According to the news from the Shanghai Flour Association, American equipment is the most imported flour machine. The manufacturers include Ericsson, Walf and Ludak, among which Ericsson The output of the factory accounts for the majority, followed by the Henry Simon factory in the UK, and the Schick factory in Germany is the least."

"We will replace them?" Jiang Jiangzuo replied quickly.

"That's right, it is to replace it. Not only cotton and iron can be used together, but also surface iron can be cooperated." Cheng Nuo said firmly: "Wheat sieve, wheat threshing cart, wheat brushing cart, buckwheat cart, flour cleaning machine, flat sieve, bran brushing machine, We can do all mechanized equipment such as circular screens!

On the surface, we seem to be a harmless academic institution, but in fact we are the technical source of national industry. "

(End of this chapter)