Chapter Seventy-Three: The Army Is a Crusher of Money

Tang Shaoyi said; "The emperor has configured a steel helmet for every soldier, it is really too expensive, this requires exquisite steel, and two steel helmets can make a rifle! Now our steel production simply can't keep up with the demand, guns, ammunition, artillery, warships, merchant ships, railways, etc., too many! Don't equip this steel helmet! ”

Guangxu said; "Do you know what the war is fought?"

Tang Shaoyi was stunned by Guangxu's question!

Guangxu said; "It is comprehensive national strength, which includes the most important three aspects, that is, money, resources, and talents!"

At the same time, the talent is the most important, because everything is controlled by people, on the battlefield, bullets and bullets, cannonballs are flying all over the sky, how many lives were fresh one minute ago, and they may become a corpse in the next second, they may be the only son in the family, or they may have just gotten married, or they may have just become a father!

But all these beautiful things have nothing to do with him, it should be that he is already a cold corpse, maybe after he wears a steel helmet, all this will be avoided, maybe the bullet will not pass through the head of our soldiers, you think about it like this, don't you still think that this steel helmet is a trivial matter! Isn't it more important than building weapons! Therefore, the protection of our fighters must not be saved. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not only can not be saved, but also to set aside a margin, to provide the possibility of waste, to let the people of the whole world know that military service in the army of the Chinese Empire will be the most glorious thing in the world, in these two years, I, the commander of the three armies, will give him a different world, from then on he will be reborn, from now on to the peak of life, to make all people feel; "Being a soldier of the Chinese Empire, whether it is the Guards or the Imperial Army, or the Imperial Navy, the happiest time in his life is the two years of being a soldier, and those who can't be a soldier will regret it for the rest of his life."

The Chinese Empire is a compulsory military service system, so everyone will have a chance!

Tang Shaoyi said; "Your Majesty! The minister understands, this steel helmet must be for every soldier, otherwise I, Tang Shaoyi, will become a sinner through the ages! ”

Ha ha!

The standard equipment of army soldiers is lion rifles, steel helmets, new military uniforms and military boots, which are superficial, with sanitary officers in every platoon, heavy machine guns in every squad, infantry guns in every company, artillery battalions in every regiment, and special operations brigades in every army.

Each special operations team member is equipped with a wolf warrior submachine gun, and all the equipment is the best, and Guangxu was about to cry when he saw the total budget, so expensive!

Tang Shaoyi said when he saw Guangxu's painful expression; "Your Majesty! Let's not subtract a little! ”

No! Sign! Approve!

Take it away and send it down before I repent!

The next issue is the budget of the Navy, and the chief planner of this budget is Ding Ruchang, as the current director of the Navy Department, which is equivalent to the chief of the Navy's general staff, and he has done the Navy's development outline this time, and the Navy's budget.

As soon as he arrived in Beijing, Guangxu gave him the drawings of the battleship and asked him to go to Shanghai to keep an eye on the production of high-horsepower internal combustion engines, as long as he could build high-horsepower internal combustion engines, the 80,000-ton battleships of our Chinese Empire could be built.

The battleship was equipped with 16 main guns, the range was 40 kilometers, and the weight of each shell was one ton, Guangxu believed that when the battleship was launched, there would be no warship in the world that would be his opponent.

Open Ding Ruchang's Naval Development Outline is well written! It's rare to use a fountain pen, most of them are still brushes in this era, and I don't know if they're tired, Guangxu writes limited every day, I don't think. But Tang Shaoyi used a brush to outline the development of the army, which was very tiring, and when he heard Guangxu praise Ding Ruchang for writing well with a fountain pen, he was so angry!

I knew that I also used a fountain pen, and since then the documents of the Ministry of the Interior have begun to be written with a hard pen.

The development outline of the navy is to establish six naval fleets, which are roughly the configuration of the current Huaxia Navy, and then divide them into two theaters of operations in the North and South Oceans, and each theater is equipped with an 80,000-ton battleship as the flagship, which is in the main combat fleet.

Then the flagships of each detachment should also be equipped with 50,000-ton battleships as flagships. In addition, it is necessary to expand the size of the Marine Corps, with two corps and six divisions, and a total number of 120,000 people.

Looking at this report, Guangxu was very satisfied, and it also listed in detail the garrison points of each fleet, etc., as well as the command system, supply system, rank promotion system, battle merit evaluation system, combat command system, and so on.

Guangxu took this report and said to Ding Ruchang; "Our admiral is, if you don't make a sound, an amazing one!"

Now Guangxu has not officially customized the military rank system, and calling the marshal also means encouragement!

Ding Ruchang was very embarrassed and quite shy, but when Guangxu turned to the last page, Guangxu was dumbfounded, because on this last page was written the budget amount needed to develop such a navy, and this value was really shocking.

After Ding Ruchang's budget, the budget value he wrote was 450 million Dragon Garden, that is, one or two silver for each citizen of the Chinese Empire, and this guy also marked below, this estimated budget is based on the inflation control of the empire in the future at 3 percent per year, if the inflation rate of the empire is higher than this value in the future, then the military expenditure of the navy's budget in the future will increase!

That's a coincidence, isn't it? This Ding Ruchang will not also come through time, looking at the result of this budget makes Guangxu's heart ache, this plan must be approved, for the glory of the empire. Guangxu stayed on this last page for a long time.

At the same time, Ding Ruchang was also very worried in his heart, because this value was too big in real time, and this money would not only hollow out the entire Ministry of the Interior, but also mean that the financial revenue of the entire empire would flow to the imperial navy for many years to come.

So he was also prepared to be vetoed by Emperor Guangxu, he saw that Guangxu stared at the last page for a long time without speaking, and then said; "Your Majesty! Or we'll cut some of it."

At this time, Guangxu reacted, and then said; "There is no problem with this as the overall development outline of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and I approve this plan! You are responsible for the specific implementation of this plan, you don't have to worry about the previous things, I will figure it out. ”

In addition, I suggest that the navy should first develop the Beiyang Naval Division, and then develop the two fleets of the Taiwan Naval Division, first with these two fists, and then gradually develop other navies, not all of them can be developed together, and we must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and the navy should also implement the compulsory military service system and establish a plan for the construction of echelon personnel in the navy.

Whether it is the navy or the army, we must achieve "the ability to recruit, the ability to fight, and the victory of the war!" "The principle of the army, the affairs of the army will be entrusted to you, Ding Ruchang!

You go to Wuhan and Shanghai first to see, where are Niu Shangyong and Zeng Shu, didn't Zhang Zhidong talk about it, his warships have begun to be built, see if it is appropriate, if it is suitable and applicable, we will also set up a shipyard for warships in Wuhan, and at the same time you have to go to Shanghai to supervise the construction of battleships, which must be launched within three years, and the training of the navies in Nanyang and Beiyang, we must not relax, and we must be ready for war at any time!

Ding Ruchang stood up and saluted Guangxu with a military salute! replied; "Yes!"

At this time, Zhan Tianyou stood up, he took the outline of the construction and development of the Chinese Railway, which is also the key direction of the development of the Chinese Empire in the future, because the development strategy of the current highway is also done by Zhan Tianyou alone, this kid is trouble-free, and the construction of the highway next to the railway will be detoured if it is not possible.

On the whole, the Ministry of the Interior will take the lead in the construction of the main roads, and other branch lines will be built by the private sector, and the government will be the last funder of such a model, but Guangxu's requirements are high, especially the construction of the main roads must be built according to the standards of the expressway, and must not be made into a "tofu slag" project.

For this reason, Guangxu asked Zhan Tianyou to come up with Huaxia's industry standards as soon as possible, and the world's weights and measures will be based on Huaxia's weights and measures as the standard unit, which will greatly facilitate the export of Chinese goods, but this work is extremely complicated, and talents are being cultivated in schools, so it has been slow!

Today is the third time this guy has revised the development plan, Guangxu opened it, this kid is the same as the later loser!

To build a 100,000-mile railway, first of all, this unit Guangxu is not satisfied, let you establish our own standards, and then use the "li" distance unit, don't appear in this mile this unit, say that the mile really doesn't know how long it is.

Look at this total budget again! It's scared of Guangxu again, and this budget will also reach one billion dragon gardens! The current Guangxu will never be able to come up with such a lot of money, but the road still needs to be repaired. Therefore, it is imperative to issue "iron rooster" bonds!

The "iron rooster" is the construction of railways, highways, infrastructure, so be it! With the support of the central government, in fact, with the support of Guangxu, the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, the Beijing-Feng Railway, the Beijing-West Railway, these four railway arteries, all four of which were built at the same time, all of which were built in the loans of the Huaxia Imperial Development Bank.

This charging period can be discussed, we limit a period, is it mainly to recover the cost? The main thing is to build the road, Guangxu is very clear; "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads", so in terms of building roads, you can't save money!

Zhan Tianyou, you first focus on the construction of these four major railways, especially the construction of the railway from Beijing to Fengtian, and we must open it to traffic within three years, this is the key point!

After the highway is repaired, it is impossible to run horse-drawn carriages on the road!

The car has been found, but this is the car for the ordinary people is also a sky-high price, ordinary people simply can't afford it, if ordinary people can't afford to buy production, the number of drivers in China will be less pitiful in the future!

This reminded Guangxu of the period during World War II, after the Battle of Wuhan, all of China's access to the sea fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders, and the only way for 250 million Chinese to communicate with the outside was the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which was barely repaired at that time, but there was no driver, or under the organization of Chen Jiageng, 3,000 overseas Chinese drivers returned from Nanyang to drive the transport of materials.

In the final analysis, the war is fought for, talents, resources and national strength, God has given China a vast land and rich resources, so Guangxu just worked national strength and talents.

Loan! Or a loan! He Ziyuan, you will immediately set up a driving technical school in the major cities of the empire, as long as you are an adult who has learned a driver's license, you can go to the bank to take a loan to buy a car!

As soon as these words came out, Tang Shaoyi immediately spoke; "Your Majesty, now the cost of a car is about to catch up with the price of a house, which is a huge expense!

With so much money and so many projects, I think it's better to let these people who take out loans to buy cars come up with some collateral, otherwise many banks will lose their money!

"There is no 100-day red flower, and no 100-day good person!" It's impossible for you to take all the good things in the world, Tang Shaoyi! Let's get the title deeds of the Summer Palace and the Royal Western Suburbs Garden! With this as collateral, I will also borrow one billion dragon from the central bank to establish the Huaxia Imperial Communications Construction Bank, as an investment and construction bank in the transportation industry, and I will see the land of China full of speeding cars in three years.

For this goal, even if I may end up on the streets at the worst, I will not hesitate to do it!

Tang Shaoyi was very suspicious of Guangxu's motives, this central bank, the emperor, you are the largest shareholder, you will live on the streets, Tang Shaoyi didn't dare to think about that picture!

Guangxu pondered for a while and said; "Now Shanghai has made a car, so that Wuhan and Tianjin, Fengtian Ordnance Factory all go to Shanghai to learn the technology of making cars, and strive to be able to produce independently as soon as possible, the key to the production of automobiles lies in the design of the process, from the assembly line of production, this technology we are at least decades ahead of the West, so we have a great advantage, we can also expand exports while meeting domestic demand, and our automobile exports and arms exports will become the focus of our foreign trade in the future!"

Emperor!

At this time, Defu ran in in a panic!

Emperor! The queen will soon give birth!

Hurry up! Check it out!

Hurry up and ask Lin Lianhui to bring the doctor from the obstetrics and gynecology department! Ding Ruchang, you go and call it yourself!

Fast!