Chapter 164 International Trade
Chen Xuan's arrival not only brought industrial changes to Mongolia, but also prospered in the market of Ulaanbaatar after many small factories were put into operation one after another, and all kinds of goods that only appeared in the inland areas were continuously produced and flowed to the market, enriching people's New Year's purchases.
Some Mongolian aristocrats originally invested in some small workshops with the encouragement of the government with the idea of losing money and eliminating disasters, but after the products were put into the market, they made a lot of money, so they slowly began to increase their investment.
In terms of agriculture, the wheat that has been planted this year is also growing well, and the Ulaanbaatar government is preparing to expand the scale of corn, soybeans, rape and other crops in the coming year.
After the New Year, it was March 1914 in a blink of an eye, Chen Xuan's return plan must also be put on the agenda, the officers and soldiers also began recovery training, and Wushi slowly became lively.
"Brother, I have prepared some gifts for the child, you can help me take them back together, and the two sisters-in-law and Gong'er and Qi'er's are also taken away."
Chen Xuan and Sun Zhiheng rode their horses and stood on a mountain with thin snow.
"Ah Heng, do you want me to send someone over to replace you?"
"No, I'm good here, brother, don't worry, I know that you attach great importance to Mongolia, you must not be relieved when other people come, Zhihua They have already sent people to investigate, make plans to build a railway, and when the railway is opened, the connection between Wushi and the inland will be closer, and many Chinese can also come here to live, don't the Chinese people like the land, as long as they come, how many or how much!"
Sun Zhiheng is not bragging, Mongolia is vast and sparsely populated, Zhou Shumo has done a simple survey, according to his estimates, the population of this million square kilometers of land is only less than 600,000.
"When I go back this time, I will also let people start building the railway from Hoh, but this is not an overnight thing, I'm afraid you will have to hold on for a few years, alasγγγγγγ"
Chen Xuan sighed, Mongolia's population is too small, there is basically no possibility of development, it is very good to be able to hold it, and Mongolia's resources overlap with the Northeast, and the development cost is not known to be many times higher than that of the Northeast.
"Marshal, commander, I don't think it's as good as this, there is a lot of pressure to raise so many soldiers in Wushi, so I will disperse the troops, and carry out military cantonments every 100 miles along the highway, first, we can maintain the road, second, we can guard the place, third, we can also establish military tun towns along the way, collect the population, and fourth, we can also provide food, lodging and protection for the caravans along the way, and after the railway plan is completed, it can also be built in sections, we now have a lot of Mongolian soldiers, with their help, it should not be a big problem to control this series of pearl towns!"
It was Zhang Xiaozhun who served as Sun Zhiheng's chief of staff, Chen Xuan brought Zhang Xiaozhun with him after he arrived in Suiyuan (Inner Mongolia), such a talent, Chen Xuan naturally would not let him really start from the grassroots level, so he came to Outer Mongolia.
"Huh? Not bad! Brother Xiaozhun This proposal is very insightful and completely feasible, isn't there a lot of Outer Mongolian nobles who have taken refuge in us, before Wushi couldn't find a place to arrange, you can let them go to work as the mayor or something, they are the head of the land, they can provide a lot of help to the garrison, and we can also build another city between Hohwa and Wushi - map? β
You Ling heard Chen Xuan's shout and hurriedly took out the map of Outer Mongolia.
Chen Xuan kept drawing on the map with his hand, considered various gains and losses, and finally stopped on the bank of the Krulun River.
"Here! We can build a city on the banks of the Krulun River, how about being presided over by Brother Xiaozhun, we not only have to build roads and railways, but also build airports, domestic calls, Ding San Brother (Feng Ru) has developed a kind of aircraft with a large load, it is said that it can carry nearly 1.5 tons of materials, although not much, but it can also be slightly better than nothing, and can also train pilots, this kind of aircraft we can use to make cargo planes, I immediately called Ding San Brother, order, buy 200 of these aircraft! β
"That's okay, I'll transfer 3,000 people to Brother Xiaozhuan, and Brother Xiaozhun will be in charge of the place south of the new city of the Krulun River, and I'll build the town airport north of the new city."
Everything has been decided, Chen Xuan's return journey is also ready, this time only Chen Xuan's personal guard regiment returned to China with Chen Xuan, and the special operations team did not know where Chen Ruiqing took him to train after giving Sun Zhiheng 100 members.
There were a lot of horses in Outer Mongolia, so the personal guard regiment became all cavalry, and Chen Xuan also specially asked for dozens of elite Mongolian cavalry, ready to be used as instructors to train cavalry in the interior.
On the day of departure, all the people with heads and faces in Wushi came, and Chen Xuan only remembered that he still had two Mongolian concubines, and he had not seen them since they were lost to Xia Yunru.
Seeing the two cute little girls crying with their parents in their arms, Chen Xuan really wanted them not to go, but he also knew that it was impossible, otherwise these noble princes would have to think more.
After Chen Xuan said goodbye to these Mongolian nobles and princes one by one, he invited them to visit the country as guests, and even settle down, the Baath Party is fully capable of protecting their lives, as for these people with titles, Chen Xuan does not plan to cut them off for the time being, but to keep them as an honorary title, so as not to cause waves, just to govern the Republic of China. The name of the government was re-canonized.
It was also at this time that Chen Xuan found that there were hundreds of more aristocratic youths in his team, and after talking with Zhou Shumo, he realized that this was his handiwork, these people went to China to attend military academies in the name of young officers, but if you say that they are hostages, no one will object, as for how Zhou Shumo coerced and lured Chen Xuan, I don't know.
So Chen Xuan called it the student corps and brought it back to China together, either to enroll in Harbin, or to Shanghai or Nanyang, and then we will see it later.
Zhang Xiaozhun's team also set off together, and the group changed the roadside to walk, the speed was naturally not fast, and after more than half a month of trekking, they finally chose a suitable place to build a city on the bank of the Krulun River
Zhang Xiaozhun and Chen Xuan are also going to separate, this time Chen Xuan left the Arab horses transported from Nanyang to Zhang Xiaozhun to build a horse farm to improve the horse breed, and he and the guard regiment all rode Mongolian horses back to China.
Chen Xuan was also pleasantly surprised to find that there were a lot of caravans encountered along the way, there were many caravans in Inner Mongolia in Northeast Shanxi, and Chinese merchants were indeed worthy of admiration, as long as there were profits, no matter what war was dangerous, according to these caravans, they were still close, some people had already run farther away, and there were many on the territory of the Russians.
As soon as he arrived in Qiqihar, Li Luqing, Tan Fangcheng, and Du Xiao had already come to greet him, and after more than half a year of wind and frost outside the fortress, Chen Xuan's personal guard regiment was even more powerful.
"Instructor, you're finally back, I don't know how many times I've called in Shanghai, and if you don't come back, I'll have to go to Ulaanbaatar to find you."
As soon as they met, Tan Fangcheng said hurriedly.
"What, Fang Cheng, what's going on in the country?"
"We haven't had anything wrong, our trade volume has increased greatly in recent years, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and other countries have placed a large number of orders, our previous inventory has been emptied a lot, and there are still many orders waiting to be produced!"
"That's a good thing, what are you anxious about?"
"It's not just civilian goods, these countries have also placed a large number of military purchase orders, and I don't know where they got the news, the armored vehicles and planes are all there, the number is not small, and the conditions given are also very good, but we can't call the shots, and the telegram is afraid of leaks."
"There is going to be a war in Europe?!"
Chen Xuan was overjoyed, how could he forget the First World War, he had prepared so much, didn't he just want to make profits in this war?
"Our staff department also assessed it in this way, at the beginning of the year, I went to Shanghai and met with Brother Fang Zhen once, and his thoughts were the same as ours, and we decided after a meeting that a lot of light weapons have been sold, and heavy weapons have to wait for you to decide."
"What conditions do they give for the purchase of our tanks and planes?"
"The production technology of high-power engines, as well as the manufacturing technology of special steel, these two technologies have been coveted for a long time at the beginning, but people have not sold them, and we have no way, we started late, and it is too difficult to rely on our own research."
"Okay, sell, why don't you sell it, isn't there a breakthrough in the aircraft technology of the third brother Ding, you can give them this generation of planes and tanks, if you can, the optical glass technology of the Germans is also a good thing, try to fight for it, and, send a report to Chen Guangfu, we have to start hoarding gold, and the pound franc and the German mark will be exchanged silently."
"We have also thought of this, Guangfu is already working on it, and Xuechu is also trying to expand our production scale."
"Good! What is the situation in the country now? β
"Our Heilongjiang, Jilin, Zhejiang, Fujian have no major problems, they are still in the stage of infrastructure construction, President Yuan's affairs at home have not been sorted out, and he is still fighting with the forces of the League all over the country, and he has no time to care about us for the time being, Xiao Jin's side has officially started with the French at the end of last year (1913), the French are invincible, they have withdrawn from Vietnam and Laos, and now they are dying in Cambodia, Britain and France are busy with the situation in Europe, so the French are expected to withdraw in the near future, Xiao Jin also picked a good time. β
Chen Xuan pondered for a while, and then said:
"It seems that the situation is still favorable to us, while we still have time, the situation in Outer Mongolia is very serious, not that the Russians have any moves, but although Outer Mongolia has sufficient resources, but also has too little population, especially the Chinese, less than one-thirtieth, and now the transportation is not convenient, it is not easy to give reinforcements, only by opening up the railway as soon as possible, can the Mongolian problem be completely solved, the Northeast is in charge of you and Lu Qing, this matter cannot be considered only from a commercial point of view, you need to build this road as soon as possible, and carry out a large number of Chinese immigration."