The Northeast Swamp, which is also known as the Great Northern Wilderness in later generations. Xia Jun walked on the swamp, with the filming team on his left and right, and the thirteen soldiers around him who recorded the swamp survival tutorial together.

"This is the Heilongjiang Plain, you can see it, and you can't find people at all." Xia Jun pointed to the north, "Beyond the far Heilongjiang River is the border between China and Tsarist Russia, and there is the territory we have lost. ”

"Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been inhabited by Han Chinese, but with the turmoil of the dynasty, the Han people have been purged here, and by the Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of the Nuergan Dusi, and was later slaughtered by the Later Jin, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who lived in this area. They took advantage of the internal turmoil of the Ming Dynasty and could not take into account the Northeast when they occupied the Northeast region, first afraid of the poor people making trouble, so they first killed the poor ghosts, and after killing the poor ghosts, they were afraid of the rich people making trouble, so they killed the rich households, and the Han people in the entire Northeast region were slaughtered at that time. Later, the Manchus plundered a large number of Han Chinese in the war against the Ming Dynasty and went to the northeast, but these Han people lived extremely miserably and eventually died one after another. It was also considered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to be the land of Longxing, so it was forbidden for the Han people to go to the northeast to reclaim the wasteland, so we don't see anyone here. ”

"I think our nation will soon be back here, and we can do it. However, these marshes are an important part of the ecosystem, like the kidneys of the human body, so we will protect them in the future, after all, we are not short of arable land. ”

"There is a quagmire ahead, if you step on it, then the more you struggle, the deeper you will fall, and finally the whole person will be swallowed up, if you accidentally fall into it, then you must calm down, and I will show you how to climb out of such a quagmire." Xia Jun took off his backpack as he spoke, and stepped into the bubbling quagmire in front of him.

"Okay, now that I'm down, the first thing you have to do is calm down, if you don't move, your body won't sink, like this. Then the next step is to find a way to climb out of this place, if you don't have teammates to help you, that's how it works...... First, bend down slightly, spread your hands out, and let your body get as much force as possible. Don't move too much, or you'll continue to sink. Then slowly pull the leg up, like this...... Okay, come up, when you pull the leg up, it's easy to pull the other leg up, and then all you have to do is crawl forward to avoid sinking down again, and then slowly get out of this damn quagmire......"

After demonstrating this scene, Xia Jun was covered in mud.

"Now you're soaking wet, if it's a very cold winter, then you have to keep your body warm as soon as possible, the first thing to do is to take off your clothes, and then take out the dry quilt in the backpack, this backpack is generally waterproof, and then dry your body with the quilt to keep your body dry, otherwise your body temperature will drop quickly......"

"We can see that there are rabbits and wolves all over this swamp. To survive here, you have to get enough food. Then we need to make some simple traps with rope and thread. Put the noose on these obvious rabbit paths, and in order not to leave the smell, you first need to smear some rabbit feces on your hands and body. Also, don't set a trap next to the rabbit's nest, the rabbit is very cautious when it first comes out of the nest. ”

…… Xia Jun talked for nearly ten days before filming the survival tutorial of the jungle and swamp, and then returned to Hangzhou.

Those two survival tutorials were very well filmed, but they were thrilling, especially the incident of Xia Jun being attacked by the Siberian tiger, which scared Li Shijing to the point of discoloration, and a group of high-level officials of the East China Army were also shocked when they saw it.

They never imagined that it would be so thrilling, so much so that when Xia Jun wanted to go to Guangxi to shoot a jungle survival guide, he was met with collective opposition.

"The chairman of the NPC National Committee should not joke with his own life, this has a bearing on the stability of the seven provinces in East China, and even the stability of China, and we should no longer play such a child's play." Tao Chengzhang was the first to jump out to stop it, and his words were more ugly.

"Chairman, my subordinates think it's almost enough to shoot two, why don't you hand over the back to someone else to shoot?" You Zhengbin was more tactful.

"Okay, don't shoot, don't shoot." Xia Jun saw that they were all opposed, and Li Shijing even threatened that he would ignore him if he took another risk, so Xia Jun had to give up his original plan.

The trajectory of life has returned to its original appearance, and the training of the special forces is still a hands-off shopkeeper, and he has explained the training method very clearly, and all kinds of information are complete, and it is up to the special forces to figure it out themselves.

And the two survival tutorials filmed by Xia Jun himself also won him unparalleled prestige in the special forces, and in the eyes of the soldiers of the special forces, the combat quality of the chairman is the strongest.

Xia Jun's actions were successful, and he portrayed himself as a tough guy, and he established a higher prestige in the eyes of the soldiers, which had already achieved his goal.

Tough guys have many advantages a lot of the time, and that advantage has a role to play in politics.

At present, Xia Jun does not need these, but it does not mean that he will not need these things in the future, so this is an important resume, an important weight to defeat political enemies in the future, and a trump card for pressing the box.

The day after Xia Jun returned to Hangzhou, Chen Jiayi reported to him the latest trade situation and order solicitation.

After Zhu Erdian returned to China to report on his work, Britain once again placed an order of 300 million pounds with the East China Autonomous Government, and the most important thing besides arms was shipbuilding.

"In terms of trade, the textile industry in the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Region has accounted for 70% of the international textile trade, and the share is still increasing, and we have occupied the main market." Chen Jiayi read the latest statistics: "In terms of coal mining, we only occupy about 30 percent, while the United States occupies about 26 percent, and the rest of the market is occupied by the national capital of some other countries. ”

"In the steel market, we only account for 10 percent, while the United States accounts for 53 percent, but we have been able to basically meet the domestic steel demand, and the production is increasing further."

"In terms of oil, we have initially achieved a clear advantage over the United States, occupying 65% of the global market share, while the United States' Mobil only has 30% of the market share, but the competition is still fierce."

"Competition is fierce, and this is good for creating a trade balance." Xia Jun said, "Even if we don't make any profit in terms of fuel, at least we provide jobs for the people and give them something to eat." ”

"What about car manufacturing?" Xia Jun continued to ask.

"In terms of automobiles, we exported a total of 160,000 vehicles in the first quarter, and we have received orders for 230,000 units, and our market share is estimated to have reached 30 percent." "In terms of motorcycles, we export more, basically accounting for 80 percent of the international market, and tractors account for 89 percent of the international market share," Chen reported. ”

"In terms of electrical appliances, our exports also account for 40 percent of the international market, and the share is still increasing, while the machinery manufacturing industry is only slightly exported, and the internal demand has not been fully met."

"Hmmm! It's all about time. Xia Jun nodded, he was still satisfied with the current development situation, although he has not achieved an absolute market advantage in various heavy industry projects, but his market share is expanding.

Internal demand is still the first object to be satisfied, such as the machinery manufacturing industry, although it has now achieved the world's leading level on a small scale, but obviously the internal demand has not been met, and the machinery exported to foreign countries is something that has no technical surname, and those with higher technical content are basically not exported.

The same is true for steel, steel products are first to meet internal demand and then exported to the outside, although the share of the steel market may not be seized for the time being, but with the expansion of the technological gap, the backward productive forces used by the national capital of other countries will eventually be eliminated.

The same is true for more developed countries, where their technology is more advanced, but when they encounter competitors with more advanced technology, their labor costs are much higher than those of backward countries, so they are also prone to losses.

Therefore, there is no rush in the export of steel products, and many countries in this era are very backward, and the demand for steel is not too high.

On the contrary, it has a strong advantage in the export of those building materials, and the output is not limited, and the largest is undoubtedly cement.

Cement as much as you want, as long as there are enough ships to transport it out.

The quality of cement made in China is definitely the best in the world, and the cost is also the lowest in the world.

The tonnage of ships of the East China COSCO Company has increased to 3.8 million tons in May, and although there is still a certain gap compared with Britain's tens of millions of tons, it will definitely be able to surpass Britain if it continues to develop with this momentum.

The total tonnage of ocean-going vessels in the United States is only 3 million tons, and although the pace of development is also very fast, it is still a little slower than the manufacturing model of the East China Autonomous Axe, which puts ship parts in inland factories.

And as more and more German shipbuilders came to China, China's shipbuilding speed entered a stage of acceleration.

In contrast, the losses of British and French ships were very serious, because Germany's submarine warfare was supported by the East China Autonomous Political Axe, and the submarines produced by the East China Autonomous Political Axe were cheaper than those produced by the Germans themselves, and even torpedoes were attached, so that Germany's submarine forces expanded rapidly.

At present, the Atlantic is full of submarines, and every day news of the sinking of British merchant ships comes in, sometimes seven or eight in a single day.

The East China Autonomous Government was very cautious, and all merchant ships bound for the ports of the Allied countries were dispatched en masse, and destroyers were dispatched to escort them.

The number of destroyers in the East China Navy has increased to hundreds, all of which were made in the previous two years, and the East China Navy did not make any battleships in the first two years, the most built are destroyers, followed by four cruisers, and the rest are submarines.

Due to the increase in the total tonnage of ships, the export volume of the East China Autonomous Political Axe to the outside world has also increased greatly, and most of those arms and war materials are transported by British ships, after all, most of the orders placed by the Entente countries themselves are transported by themselves, but these ships will also sail with the fleet of the East China Autonomous Political Axe.

With the exception of these merchant ships, which transported orders to China, the East China Navy did not protect the merchant ships of other Entente powers, and did not allow them to approach the fleet so as not to cause trouble.

In the Atlantic, which is full of submarines, you have to do things in a measured way.

Naturally, it was necessary to protect these Allied merchant ships transporting war materials made in China, and if they could not be shipped back if they placed orders in China, who would still place orders in China.

But if you accept the merchant ships of other Allied countries into the merchant fleet for protection, it is tantamount to provoking German submarines.

It is precisely because of caution that so far not a single Chinese merchant ship flying the five-color flag of the East China Autonomous Government has been sunk by a German submarine.

German submarines generally did not provoke the merchant fleet flying the five-color flag, and whenever they approached the merchant fleet, most of them were spotted by the destroyers, who generally warned the submarine in the direction where it was located, and if they did not leave, they would wait to be attacked.

It has to be said that the anti-submarine means of the East China Navy are far more sophisticated than those of the Entente, and many German submarine officers have this experience, because they seem to have mastered some kind of technology that can detect them.

Sonar!

The destroyers of the East China Navy were equipped with sonar, and they were extremely familiar with the sound of German submarines, so if a German submarine approached, it would be easy for them to detect it.

The United States, on the other hand, followed the example of East China's autonomous government by sending destroyers and forming a large-scale fleet for transportation.

However, the United States is destined to be unable to achieve the absolute concentration of merchant ships like the East China Autonomous Axe, so they still have many merchant ships that are dispatched alone.

With the increase in the orders placed by the Entente for the East China Autonomous Axe, the orders received by the East China Autonomous Axe began to catch up with the United States, although the orders were still less than those of the United States, but the gap was only about 400 million pounds.

And more importantly, the East China Autonomous Axe has fulfilled orders faster than the United States, especially in arms manufacturing.

Although the steel production of the United States is twice that of China, the steel production of the East China Autonomous Axe is constantly increasing, especially after the arrival of German technicians.

In many cases, the East China Autonomous Axe tends to be delivered earlier than in the United States.

Moreover, although the East China Autonomous Axe only collects precious metals in terms of currency, like the United States, the United Kingdom can offset it with some overseas assets.

The East China Autonomous Axe will estimate those British overseas assets, and then combine the value estimates given by other appraisal agencies, and combine the strategic direction of the East China Autonomous Axe itself, many British overseas assets are still willing to buy, and the bid is okay, much better than the United States.

Of course, the only difference with the United States is that the United States is willing to lend money to the Entente countries, while the East China Autonomous Axe is not too willing to lend to the Entente countries.

Especially in Russia, Xia Jun knew that lending money to Russia was a meat bun beating a dog, and as soon as Soviet Russia came to power, don't want them to repay the money, they would not recognize these loans.

And France itself has no money, so when will it take for them to pay it back? Although the British are relatively rich, it will take decades to pay it back.

Previously, the only countries that provided political loans to the East China Autonomous Political Axe were Germany and the United States, and the Entente did not lend them a dime of political loans to the East China Autonomous Political Axe, so why should they be lent to them now.

Xia Jun borrowed money like crazy before, borrowing money from the private capital of those Entente countries, and the deadline has not yet arrived! And the loan contract states that it will be repaid in pounds.

By the time this world war is over, the pound will have already depreciated to my grandmother's house, and at that time, the East China Autonomous Government will not have to pay interest on these loans, and it will even be able to generate a good profit.

Moreover, this loan was nominally borrowed by the East China Group, and it has nothing to do with the East China Autonomous Political Axe. It would be completely untenable for the Entente to demand early repayment of these loans.

Before the outbreak of this world war, many people expected that it would happen, but no one expected it to be like this.

The brutal war of attrition reduced the power of the Entente powers, and Britain also devalued the pound due to its huge military spending.

If the banks that had lent money to Huadong Group had known about this, they would never have agreed to write a clause in the contract to repay the loan in pounds.

At present, they agree that the East China Group will repay it in pounds, first of all, the East China Group wants pounds when it takes out loans, and then the pound sterling is the mainstream currency in the world at present, which is known for its ultra-high stability, but it was yin by Xia Jun.

Until now, the banks have not reacted to the problem with this contract, because in the first year of the war, less than a year since the outbreak of the war last year, Britain's financial resources are still relatively abundant, and gold reserves have not decreased much.

Under such circumstances, the pound is relatively stable at present, and although there has been a slight depreciation, it is believed that the value of the pound will definitely rise after the war.

The war was fought very anxiously, and the British and French forces launched two attacks in a row on the Western Front, but they were all in vain, and the war still did not become clear quickly.

This is completely different from what was predicted when the two sides started the war.

However, neither side has any intention of stopping this war of attrition, and in the eyes of both sides, a war without reparations and land cession cannot be regarded as a victory, and the negotiation of peace can be regarded as a failure.

The capitalists in the West don't care how many people die, they care about how much money they can make.

For those capitalists, this was a good time to make a fortune from the war, so they encouraged the political axe to continue the war.

And because the law of national survival in this era is like this, the winner gets the reparation and the land, and the loser loses the land and pays the reparation.

So neither side was willing to end the war, not to mention the fact that Germany occupied northeastern France and Belgium, and they were clearly reluctant to spit out these lands.

And even if the French had reclaimed these lands, the peace would have only added a page of great shame to their history, because their land had been ravaged and the enemy had not paid the price.

The French had already lost once since the Franco-Prussian War, and this time they were trying their best to win the war.

And for the British, they had to prevent Germany from occupying all of Western Europe, and if Western Europe was also occupied, then Germany would occupy the entire continent.

Then the result would be extremely unfavorable to Britain, and Britain was still so laborious to deal with Germany at this time, how could Britain tolerate Germany's expansion of territory, and it would not be even more difficult to deal with it in the future.

As a result, both sides think that they are fighting a war that they have to fight, and they are stuck in it!

This obviously cheapens the neutral countries, the United States and China are the biggest gainers, and the East China Autonomous Axe is very easy at this time.

(To be continued)