The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn 1913, the year before the outbreak of the World War, the situation in the Balkan Peninsula had become increasingly tense, and the outbreak of the First World War had become irresistible.

Perhaps the appearance of Jiang Yu changed some history, but in any case, even if there was no fuse for the assassination of the Grand Duke, there would be a new fuse.

The outbreak of war requires only one excuse and one reason.

From the first half of this year, the smell of gunpowder between the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers can be smelled even by ordinary businessmen.

For example, foreign businessmen in China have already begun to withdraw funds, preparing to return to China to support the war.And Jiang Yu has basically been unable to borrow money from foreign banks this year. [

It was precisely in anticipation of this situation that Jiang Yu frantically borrowed 12 billion pounds in 10. Including German loans, the total amount of borrowings reached 11 billion pounds.

If all the money is spent on railway construction, the money will be enough to allow China to build more than 15 kilometers of railways, of course excluding those high-cost railway construction areas with complex terrain.

Allied countries such as Britain, France and Russia are stepping up preparations for war. The orders of the East China aircraft factory are already full. Not only Britain and France have ordered a large number of reconnaissance planes and bombers, but even Russia has also ordered a large number of bombers.

However, what countries do not know is that the German Yuanhua Group has already supplied a large number of fighter jets to Germany, as well as a large number of bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.

In terms of export, the newly developed Chinese industry is still very competitive.

Although the global industrial capacity is overcapacity at this time, Jiangyu has built many emerging industries in China, such as aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, electric motors, wire and electrical equipment, and so on.

It's just that many of these industrial products are self-produced and self-sufficient at this time, and there are not too many exports. After all, even their own needs have not been met.

In terms of traditional export commodities, the export of silk and tea has not improved, and the export of tung oil is better.

Light industry exports are also good. Despite global overcapacity, China's light industry production technology is more advanced, coupled with low labor costs, it has an absolute competitive advantage in cost.

And in terms of industrial product packaging, China is also at the forefront of the world, so it can kill a bloody road.

It is not easy to do this in the current international environment.

In response to the First World War, Jiang Yu has already begun to make arrangements.

First of all, the First World War will increase the price of a lot of raw materials, so Jiang Yu seized the time to increase the mining and construction of raw materials.

As for hoarding raw materials or something, there is no money at all.

Although buying a ton of raw materials now may sell for twice the price two years later, this is a one-shot deal and cannot increase industrial production capacity.

If you invest money in industry and commerce, you may not be unable to get such a rate of return.

So hoarding raw materials is just hoarding those raw materials that are in short supply, such as rubber, and some high-end raw materials needed by the military industry.

As early as 11, Jiang Yu started hoarding rubber.

These days, the rubber plantation area is not that large, and it will inevitably become a very scarce material in the future. At the same time, Jiangyu also owns a large rubber plantation overseas. [

There are also those high-end military industrial materials, which can even get a rate of return of more than ten times when the First World War starts.

At the same time, Jiangyu bought a large amount of grain internationally, and the price of grain would also rise during World War I. It is entirely possible for the price to increase by two or three times.

Although the rate of return is not too high, having a large amount of food in hand can first ensure that people will not starve to death in the country, and can mobilize more people to participate in industrial production after the outbreak of World War I.

As the saying goes, there is food in hand and no panic. Although China's agricultural production has invested a lot of money and grain production has gradually increased, Jiang Yu still has to take precautions.

Later historians believe: "On the eve of World War I, all countries realized that a war was inevitable, but both sides believed that it would be a war that could end quickly, and at the same time they were sure that their camp would win. However, Yu traveled to Europe when he was a teenager. , have a very good understanding of the camps of the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers, and have a keen insight into that the upcoming European War is not a war that can be ended in a short time. Therefore, preparations have been made in advance, such as huge loans to all countries in the world in advance, in the industry During the period of overcapacity, he vigorously developed industry and commerce, and purchased a large amount of scarce raw materials such as rubber before the war, and purchased a large amount of grain to ensure China's food supply. As he expected, the war quickly expanded to the world. The first world war During the war, while the Europeans were busy killing each other, they managed to make China rise initially, which laid the foundation for China to grow into a superpower in the future.”

In the summer of 1913, China’s summer harvest came again. This time, large wheat combine harvesters appeared in Anhui, northern Jiangsu and the northern plains.

At the same time, a large number of small agricultural machinery and tractors have appeared all over the country, among which small agricultural machinery in East China and Huguang are the most popular.

The emergence of these small and large agricultural machinery has freed the agricultural population from heavy agricultural production, allowing them to devote more time to construction.

In rural areas, with the mobilization of local administrators and the funding of local gentry, a large number of rural gravel roads have been built, and rural roads have even been built in many areas.

At the same time, under the call of the administrators, farmers from all over the country began to develop the breeding industry.Every household has started to raise chickens, ducks and pigs. In the past, the rural population didn't want to raise them, but they really didn't have so much time to raise them.

Since there was no agricultural machinery before, agricultural production was almost all based on pure physical strength, the production efficiency was low, and the output was not so much, and I couldn't eat enough for myself. How could I take care of those livestock!

It is different now, even if they are tenants, first of all they don’t need to pay much food for the rent, and the country has not yet paid them agricultural taxes, let alone any miscellaneous taxes.

Coupled with the popularization of agricultural machinery, they first have time, and second, they also have a lot of surplus food, and the foundation for the development of breeding is already in place.

If you are a self-cultivator, your life will be more comfortable.However, the self-cultivating farmers in this period had more burdens, because compulsory education became popular.

Even the girls went to girls' schools to receive compulsory education. If the boy in the family didn't go to school, wouldn't he even be able to find a wife in the future?

However, in the education system at this time, only the poor have education subsidies, and the rest are subject to tuition fees.

In addition to developing the planting industry, those landlords also developed the breeding industry.

After the use of agricultural machinery, the number of long-term workers hired by those landlords began to decrease, and when agricultural machinery was popularized to a certain extent, agricultural taxes would also be reduced.

In order to increase income, the landlords began to develop in many ways.

As a result, the income was not less than that of the previous tenant rent, and even more after paying the tax.

At this time, during the period of the Beiyang government and the coexistence of factions in East China, the constraints on the agricultural population of various provinces in China have become less and less, the people's creativity in production has been released, and their enthusiasm has also increased rapidly.

The syndicates formed after the landlords joined were able to provide enough benefits to the landlords, making the agricultural syndicate model gradually stabilized and quickly spread in various provinces. [

In the provinces controlled by Jiangyu during the summer harvest in 13, the grain output increased by 30% again, while the agricultural population input decreased again by 8%.

The food industry is in a stable state, and the supply of eggs, meat and milk is also increasing.The common people obviously feel that their lives are getting better and better, and their material supplies are getting more and more sufficient.

At this time, only more than half of the loan of nearly 11 billion pounds has been used, and there is still a small half that has not been spent. Naturally, there is a place to spend the money.

Don't you need money to build factories everywhere?

In order to cope with the coming of the war, Jiang Yu has already ordered the subordinates to build factories frantically.

With the current construction scale, China's steel production capacity will reach 300 million tons in two years, and nearly [-] kilometers of railways will be built in two years.

After two years of shipbuilding capacity, it can also reach a displacement of 50 tons.

"The remaining half of the money will last for about a year and a half, and it will be easy to spend the money in this year and a half." Jiang Yu thought about it for a long time, but at this time he was thinking about how to spend the money In order to make China worry about grabbing the biggest profit in World War I.

Zhou Ziyue also sat aside, listening to Jiang Yu's plan.

"The scale of light industry must continue to expand. At least our light industry must be able to completely regain the Chinese market. In terms of heavy industry, continue to increase shipbuilding capacity, as well as metallurgy and mining." Jiang Yu thought for a while and said: "Wherever the railway is repaired, we will build the factory Where to build, strive to build the largest industrial scale before 15 years. The agricultural population can be appropriately transferred to industrial production.”

Fifteen years ago, you should not think about any orders from the warring parties, because both sides consumed their own reserves in the early stage. After fighting for a while, they realized that this is not a war that can end in a short time. Then they started to buy raw materials everywhere. What is the order? of.

"Do you want to go to Europe to buy some more docks?" Zhou Ziyue asked.

"You can buy another batch. It should be too late now." Jiang Yu nodded and said, the shipyard still has to be bought. You must know that the shipbuilding industry during World War I had a profit of nearly 200, and only with strong shipbuilding capabilities can construction be carried out. Create a truly powerful Chinese navy.

When Jiang Yu came up with the industrial development plan for the next two years, Yi Ruizhi walked in and reported to Jiang Yu: "Report to Commander, when Song Jiaoren was discussing women's rights in Congress, because he refused to allow women to participate in politics request, and was beaten again by Tang Qunying."

Jiang Yu couldn't help but blushed, wondering, "Why was this guy beaten again?"

"It deserves it, who said that women can't participate in politics." Yi Weijun said gloatingly, Jiang Yu shook his head and said: "Everything has yin and yang, yang takes the initiative, yin dominates tranquility, men are yang, women are yin, women live well There is nothing wrong with doing housework at home.”

"You are also a villain." Yi Weijun accused, and Jiang Yu suddenly said to her: "Do you know why Westerners advocate women's rights?"

"Of course it's the progress of the times." Yi Weijun replied as a matter of course.

"You are wrong, they want to open up those conservative women in other countries, so that they can have no morals for money. In this way, beautiful women all over the world will go to them, thinking that they are the richest In this way, they can make their society extremely stable. And those countries where women have traveled a lot, there will be severe social conflicts because there are no women." Jiang Yu looked at Yi Weijun seriously, and then said to "Do you understand now?" she asked.

"I...you're talking nonsense." Yi Weijun couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe Jiang Yu's argument.

Jiang Yu reached out and patted Yi Weijun on the shoulder, and said to her with a smile: "You just treat me as nonsense! Maybe in a few years, I will also fool other countries to start feminist movements like Western countries." (to be continued)