In mid-December, the finances of the East China Provisional Government improved dramatically, as the factories began to put into operation.

East China Petroleum Company drilled the first barrel of crude oil in Jiangsu Oilfield, and East China Chemical Company produced the first bag of well salt in Huai'an, and at the same time produced soda ash, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid.

This month, the East China Group's iron and steel company reached the limit of 200,000 tons of steel per year, and the 10,000-ton cargo ships of the East China Marine Transportation Company also grew to 50.

At the same time, the first high-horsepower diesel engine was manufactured at the internal combustion engine manufacturing plant, which was 450 horsepower.

In terms of overseas commercial loans, Xia Jun's patents and shares were mortgaged, and he unexpectedly obtained a loan of 60 million US dollars.

The arrival of this loan allowed Xia Jun to solve the shortage of funds, and the Ministry of Trade received 10 million US dollars for opening KFC stores in the United States, Europe and Australia, which was the first business contracted by the Ministry of Trade.

The East China Mining Company received $20 million to build mining infrastructure. The East China Mining Company has bought a chrome mine in Africa, a copper and iron ore mine in Australia, and a nickel mine in the Philippines. In addition to buying the land, he also obtained the prospecting rights, and in a very short time, obtained the mining license.

At the same time, Xia Jun also allocated 10 million US dollars to the East China Electric Power Company to cooperate with the Ministry of Water Resources to repair power stations and erect electrical circuits and other facilities.

Huadong Hardware Manufacturing Co. also received $10 million in funding to expand production of goods needed for infrastructure such as steel rails, pipes, and wires.

Of the last $10 million, $5 million was allocated to Huadong Iron and Steel Company to expand its stainless steel production capacity and $5 million to expand its production capacity for cement and other building materials.

With these funds, the industries in Xia Jun's hands began to expand explosively, if there is something missing, it is the lack of tariffs.

In the negotiation with Tao Chengzhang, Tang Shaoyi really agreed to the conditions put forward by the East China Provisional Political Axe, and his condition was that the East China Provisional Political Axe supported Yuan Shikai.

However, this attracted Tao Chengzhang's refusal, and Tao Chengzhang only promised Tang Shaoyi according to Xia Jun's intention that the East China Provisional Political Axe could remain neutral.

To this extent, it has evolved to a new level.

In the past, the two sides negotiated the conditions of the East China Provisional Political Axe, and the East China Temporary Political Axe would support the side that agreed to the conditions. Now that both sides have agreed to the conditions, no one will support the East China political axe.

Whether it is Yuan Shikai or the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe, whoever dares to repent, the East China Temporary Political Axe will fall to the other side, which causes both sides to dare not repent, and the East China Temporary Political Axe stays out of the way.

However, after the East China Provisional Political Axe withdrew from the negotiations on this triangular relationship, he immediately asked Yuan Shikai to negotiate with the foreigners and take back the customs of Fujian and Zhejiang.

This recovery was taken back in the name of the new 'Republic of China', but in fact it was managed by the East China Autonomous Axe, which could change the import and export tariffs on goods, and the tariff income was used by the East China Autonomous Government to repair China's water conservancy and develop China's education.

Xia Jun also wants to fight for customs revenue, but the problem is that no one will agree to this condition, so he must take out the money from the customs duties.

However, Xia Jun can't get it himself, and others don't want to get this money, so Xia Jun's condition is to spend the money on the people, use it to repair water conservancy and education.

His real purpose was only to control the level of customs tariffs and to provide a good export environment for the industries of the three provinces, and even the whole of China.

Only by breaking down the tariff barrier can goods be sold at competitive prices.

Xia Jun wrote to Modoma to seek U.S. support in this regard, and that there must be enough bait for the U.S. to support the East China Provisional Political Axe to withdraw the tariffs.

This bait Xia Jun has already released before, that is, to implement a zero-tariff policy with the United States, that is, American goods can enter China from Fujian and Zhejiang with zero tariff, and goods from the three eastern provinces can also enter the United States with zero tariff.

It seems that the Americans are taking advantage of the fact that China's exports are very small. If the United States obtains such a privilege, it will be able to import goods from Zhejiang and Fujian with zero tariffs, and then ship them to other provinces in China, thus radiating to the whole of China.

Of course, this condition is a secret between the two sides, and if the British knew about it, they would certainly not agree to it.

And to deal with the British, Xia Jun has another way, Britain has the most interests in China, so what the British need most at this time is to stabilize China, and Xia Jun can become a factor that destabilizes China, and even has the ability to make the British lose their money.

As long as Xia Jun supports the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe, the Nanjing Temporary Political Axe can defeat the Beiyang Political Axe, and if the British do not recognize all the terms of the British at that time, the British will lose money.

However, this is just to scare people, if Xia Jun makes such an act, it will obviously outweigh the losses, because the British are not without means to fight back, for example, the British are forced to be in a hurry, and they can let go of the means of intervening and so on.

Once such a situation develops, not only the interests of the British will be harmed, but also the interests of Xia Jun will be seriously damaged, and both sides will lose more than they gain.

Xia Jun had to make the British realize that they could not win by intervening, so that the British could retreat, so Xia Jun Xia Jun sent an invitation to the British ambassador Zhu Erdian and asked him to come to Jian'an to visit the arsenal.

British Ambassador Zhu Erdian agreed to the visit invitation under the joint invitation of Yuan Shikai, and British Ambassador Zhu Erdian also wanted to learn more about the Provisional Political Axe in East China.

As the British Minister in China, he must make accurate judgments and evaluations of China's various forces in order to bring the greatest benefits to the British Empire.

Soon after, on December 29, British Ambassador Juerdian decided to pay a visit to Jian'an on January 2.

Because Mo Doma was bribed by Xia Jun, he was also very active in Xia Jun's letter, and began to report to the American political axe.

The British ambassador Zhu Erdian was bought by Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai did not understand why the East China Autonomous Political Axe had to control the tariffs, but the proceeds of the tariffs of the two provinces would be used for education and water conservancy, and the East China Provisional Political Axe did not get anything, so Yuan Shikai also tried his best to let Zhu Erdian facilitate this matter.

Of course, bribery does not allow them to betray their national interests, but they will at least be more active in doing things.

At the same time, Xia Jun invited German observers to visit and train in Yingtan, and Xia Jun was not afraid of Germany, a defeated country in World War I, to visit the army.

At the same time, he is also willing to sell some weapons and technology to the Germans to obtain their current support, and at the same time, he can also make the Germans fight fiercer in World War I, and then Xia Jun can do more business with the British, so as to squeeze more profits from the British.

Through these military observers, Xia Jun can establish contacts with Germany, exchange technology for technology, and obtain diplomatic support from Germany.

Xia Jun's series of diplomatic activities began in this way.

Sun Yat-sen also held the inauguration ceremony of the provisional president in Nanjing on January 1.

At the inauguration ceremony, Sun Yat-sen read the inauguration oath not in official language, but in Cantonese, because there was no word in the oath to cook the republic, so he did not use official language.

Sun Dacang shouted Mingzhuan Republic, under this gorgeous coat, he is actually a talent reader, from the Kuomintang, and later a certain crotch can come out, Sun Dacang's so-called Mingzhuan is only selling dog meat on the head of a sheep.

Xia Jun watched the development of the current situation coldly in Yingtan, according to history, Sun Cannon gave way to Yuan Shikai because he wanted to engage in political training. When his discipline failed, he put on the gorgeous coat of the Ming Cook Republic and launched a second revolution, thus plunging China into the beginning of a civil war.

In fact, there was no real Mingzhu Republic in this era, and there was no Mingzhu Republic in later generations, Sun Dacang, who was known as the father of the nation, if the only merit was to let those in power wear that Mingzhu Republic coat all the time to cover up their ugliness, that's all.

Moreover, Sun Cannon also acted as a pawn of Yueben, disrupting China's stability. From 1911 to the end of the twentieth century, nearly 90 years.

Looking back, what has China experienced in the past 90 years? What if China could develop on a stable and normal trajectory for 90 years?

Modern China has not kept up with the trajectory of world development, and it is obvious that these people are making trouble.

The Nanjing Provisional Political Axe was established, and Sun Cannon became president as he wished, but soon Sun Cannon was hit, and Wang Jingwei began to spread the news that the Beiyang Army would attack on a large scale.

Listen to it, Sun Cannon doesn't feel anything, the Beiyang Army is coming, and he can let the East China Temporary Political Axe block it!

However, Wang Jingwei soon told Yuan Shikai that he had reached the same conditions as the East China Provisional Political Axe, and told the revolutionaries that the East China Provisional Political Axe had become neutral.

Sun Cannon hurriedly sent someone to Tao Chengzhang for confirmation, Tao Chengzhang just nodded indifferently, which was undoubtedly a sudden blow to the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe.

Without the support of the East China Provisional Political Axe, their Nanjing Temporary Political Axe really couldn't stop the Beiyang Army.

A group of revolutionaries hurriedly gathered together to discuss countermeasures, and Wang Jingwei suggested that only Sun Yat-sen had written a letter to Yuan Shikai to make it clear that he was only temporarily acting as president.

Wang Jingwei's proposal was quickly agreed to by the other revolutionaries, who shouted revolution, but were very afraid of Yuan Shikai's attack.

Sun Dacang just became the president, naturally very reluctant, he didn't answer for a long time, Wang Jingwei saw that the strength was not ruthless enough, and said: "You don't agree with the collegiate discussion, are you reluctant to be president?" ”

This sentence made Sun Yat-sen have no way out, so he had to send a telegram to Yuan Shikai.

The telegram read: "Therefore, although the text is temporarily lacking, and the vacant position is awaited, it will finally be revealed in the future." I hope to make a big plan as soon as possible to comfort the desire of 40,000 people, Sun Wen steamed! ”

That is to say, I will be in charge of this president for the time being, and when you Yuan Shikai forces the Qing court to abdicate, this president can give up.

In all kinds of intrigues, the East China Provisional Political Axe was put aside and watched the show on the side, and the two sides also recognized the political status of the East China Provisional Political Axe because of the intrigue.

On January 3, the German observer arrived at Yingtan and began to visit the East China Army in training.

(To be continued)