Chapter 155 History is Seen You Around the Corner

Cao Jixiang came to Seoul and was very disappointed to see the palace of the king of Joseon, the palace of the king of Joseon Li Zheng is equivalent to the mansion of an ordinary landlord in the Chinese Empire, with a very low courtyard wall, and even a thief cannot be prevented. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the businessman doesn't care about these, he negotiated on behalf of the military factory of the Chinese Empire, a business of 88.88 million dragon yuan! Every arms company is very tempted, although the current orders are simply not busy, but no one cares about making more money.

So this time, Cao Jixiang once again took on the heavy responsibility of a salesman, bringing a lot of arms samples, and many products were also used for the first time in the Chinese Empire.

After passing through many doors, Cao Jixiang finally met the king of North Korea, Li Zheng, a middle-aged man in his forties, but his face was sickly, and he looked like he was overly drunk, and sitting next to him was his concubine Concubine Min, but this Concubine Min was very energetic.

Concubine Min combed her traditional Korean hair, wore traditional clothes, was dressed in red, and her two eyes were bright, looking at the model of the battleship placed by Cao Jixiang in the center of the main hall, which was an ironclad cruiser made by the Chinese Empire itself.

First of all, the main battleship built by the Chinese Empire, the Zhiyuan class, this kind of battleship can be equipped with a 280 mm main gun, and the armor thickness is 85 cm, which can resist the main gun fire of the main battleships of all known navies in the world.

But the cost of such a battleship is 10 million dragon yuan!

After Cao Jixiang made such an offer again, the king and princess of North Korea, who were originally bright-eyed, were a little eclipsed, this offer was too high, and North Korea wanted to sell all the Korean ginseng that could sell one such warship.

After seeing the expression of the king of Joseon, Cao Jixiang wanted to recommend another kind of warship. So Cao Jixiang walked to another model of a warship and began to explain; "At this time, another kind of warship equipped by the Chinese Imperial Navy, the Pingyuan-class sea cruiser!

With a displacement of 3,000 tons, it is equipped with two 210 mm Whirlwind guns, six 105 mm anti-aircraft guns, and can also be equipped with heavy machine guns, and the average thickness of the armor is 35 cm.

The Chinese Empire is also equipped with such warships, which can be said to be very reliable warships, for the needs of national security, this is also the excellent performance warships exported by the Chinese Empire, and it is also the brand symbol of the empire.

Cao Jixiang said; "If the DPRK is equipped with ten such warships, then no enemy from the sea will dare to underestimate the DPRK's navy, His Royal Highness the King, please don't doubt it, buying this kind of warship is definitely your right choice!"

The king of Joseon did not speak, but looked at Concubine Min.

Concubine Min said; "Lord Cao! There must be better warships in Shangguo! ”

Cao Jixiang said; "Your Royal Highness Concubine Min, what you said is not wrong! But the cost of those warships is too high, the battleship Qinglong! The battleship, which used more than 70,000 tons of high-quality steel alone, is still under construction, and the engines and boilers are already being debugged! ”

Concubine Min said; "We'll take the envoy's opinion into account, now let's look at the other weapons! After all, now we still have more than 60 million dragon won in North Korea, and the finances are useless, aren't they? ”

Cao Jixiang knew that his Pingyuan battleship had actually touched the heart of the Korean king Li Zheng, but they would still be discussing, so Cao Jixiang didn't say anything!

At this time, a Korean eunuch came to the main hall and said; "Your Highness! Lord Min Yongyu has invited the two highnesses to watch the display of weapons! ”

Min Yongyu is the leader of the North Korean special technical army, equivalent to the new army of North Korea, most of this army is now equipped with the lion rifle, but due to the lack of finance in North Korea, so it is still very backward in other heavy weapons, this time Cao Jixiang brought more advanced heavy weapons, and began to display them in the open space of the prince.

After learning of Cao Jixiang's arrival, Min Yongyu couldn't wait to start cooperating with Cao Jixiang to show new weapons, the first of which was a heavy machine gun.

In a large open space, there was a Suzaku II heavy machine gun, with two large boxes of bullets lined up on both sides, and a large stone slab with a very thick stone slab placed directly in front of the heavy machine gun. Min Yongyu was anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Joseon King and his aunt Concubine Min.

After seeing the king and Concubine Min coming, Min Yongyu immediately went over to salute, and then waited for the king and princess to do it, because Min Yongyu had received military training in the Chinese Empire, and he knew the power of heavy machine guns very well.

So he came to the side of the king and the princess, and spoke; "The noise of this heavy machine gun is very loud, please Your Highness must plug your ears!"

Concubine Min said; "Okay, got it, you can start right away!"

This time Min Yongyu did not let his subordinates go to the experiment, let alone let the personnel of the Chinese Empire shoot, he himself came to the side of the heavy machine gun, and pressed the trigger of the heavy machine gun with both hands.

Min Yongyu spread his feet apart, sank the dantian, looked straight ahead, held the butt of the gun with both hands, pressed the trigger with two thumbs, and a series of clicking sounds began to come out, the six-round rotating heavy machine gun could shoot hundreds of bullets per minute, the stone slabs in front began to be shattered, the rubble flew, and the smoke and dust boiled and floated.

Under the blow of the heavy machine gun, the large stone slab was like a piece of tofu that was gradually hollowed out, and it was eaten away little by little, and in less than a minute of continuous firing, the large stone slab was broken by the waist, and the upper stone fell to the ground with a dull sound.

The sound of the heavy machine gun stopped, and the king of North Korea and all the North Korean officials present were shocked, such a weapon was really terrifying, the air at the scene seemed to be frozen, and the king of North Korea and Concubine Min did not speak for a long time!

At this time, Cao Jixiang came to the side of the Korean king Li Zheng and said; "Your Highness, my country's Shura rockets, as well as mountain artillery, and wolf pack submachine guns are all very reliable weapons, powerful and affordable, do you think Your Highness is ordering a few thousand?

At this time, Li Zheng reacted, but he still didn't speak, looking at Concubine Min!

At this time, Concubine Min also came to her senses and said, "Honorable envoy! Coming from afar, our hospitality is really not good, please go to the post house to rest for a while, let us discuss with the courtiers, and give you a reply, okay? ”

Cao Jixiang looked at Concubine Min, and then looked at the Korean king Li Zhenghou and said; "Thank you, Your Highness, for your hospitality! Then Ben Weng is waiting for a reply! ”

Cao Jixiang saluted and retreated!

After Cao Jixiang left, a fierce quarrel broke out between the ministers of North Korea, 80 million dragon yuan looked very much, but when it was really used, there were not so many, especially in the development of the navy or the expansion of the army, North Korea did not have a unified policy, so the final decision was pressed to the king of North Korea, Li Zheng, but the cowardly Li Zheng was also indecisive, there was no way to choose, and the day of the court discussion did not discuss anything at all!

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On the morning of April 7, 1893, Shanghai. There are many reporters in the first production workshop of the Phoenix car factory vying for the best camera angle in front, and it is very rare to be able to invite the vice premier of the Chinese Empire to the scene of the Mustang car assembly ceremony today.

The Mustang car was transformed by Guangxu according to the drawings drawn by the jeep, Guangxu himself liked this car very much, and history tested the performance of this vehicle, in the Second World War, the jeep even had a role in promoting history.

MacArthur of the post-war United States once commented; "Jeeps, airplanes, and landing craft played a major role in the United States winning the war, and jeeps were the most important!"

On the battlefield in North Africa, the jeep was even used as a tank, and its unique cross-country ability, flexible maneuverability, and reassuring reliability all provided the US military with a guarantee to defeat the enemy.

So since the day after the picture was released, Guangxu has been staring at the mass manufacturing of this car, and today this car is finally off the assembly line, which is in Shanghai, the current automobile manufacturing center of the Chinese Empire. Zhao Bingjun delivered an enthusiastic speech on behalf of the emperor, and gave a high evaluation of the superior performance of this car, and this model as a standard equipment car for the imperial army, starting from today!

The appearance of the Mustang car is actually not good-looking, but in that particular era, people initially pursued practical functions, and this small, ugly, and Mustang four-wheel drive car opened the era of the Chinese Empire built on car wheels.

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At the British cabinet meeting, the British Prime Minister Marquis Salisbury fell into contemplation again, the Chinese Empire wants to negotiate peace with the British, such a thing has never happened before, and the arrogant Chinese finally bowed their heads?

That's when the Chancellor of the Exchequer said; "Your Excellency, Prime Minister! Our current finances can no longer continue to expand military support, a lot of export capital has not been recovered, and more importantly, our colonies in West Asia and South Asia are very unstable, and behind these unstable factors there are the shadows of the Chinese everywhere! ”

The Admiralty Chancellor said; "The Huaxia Empire is building their main warship, and it takes 100,000 tons of steel! What a battleship that is! ”

The Secretary of State for Industry said; "Judging from the machinery and equipment they purchased before, if they used all the equipment, their steel production would be enough, and they really shouldn't have sold them equipment at that time!"

That's when Salisbury said; "That's not the point!"

All the cabinets looked at the prime minister in bewilderment!

Salisbury said; "They actually want peace talks, but at the same time they are making small moves in our colony, and they have caused us a lot of trouble!"

That's when the Chancellor of the Exchequer said; "So how do we deal with it?"

Salisbury said; "If it had been China in the past, I would have suggested sending troops to attack them, but I can't understand it now!"

The Admiralty Chancellor said; "The Imperial army is already invincible in the world, we have just cleared one of their military strongholds in Temasek, and Huaxia has not said anything!"

Salisbury said; "That's what worries me the most!"

The Admiralty Chancellor said; "Your Excellency! I don't understand what you mean! ”

Salisbury said; "Huaxia doesn't talk about this now, it's for interest in the future! More vicious than the usurious Jews! ”

The Admiralty Chancellor said; "Then send troops to attack it!"

They have already thrown in the towel and want peace talks!

That's when the Chancellor of the Exchequer said; "Let them pay compensation and accompany 400 million dragon yuan!"

Salisbury said; "You won't get a penny!"

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Tang Shaoyi, who was visiting the Ottoman Empire, received an invitation from Tsarist Russia, and at the same time, news came from France that Nicholas II decided to accept the peace proposal of the Chinese Empire, and at the same time hoped to join the Free Alliance, and the marriage between the two countries should also be dealt with!

After Tang Shaoyi received the telegram, he immediately transmitted the news back to China, and Zhao Bingjun of the Nanjing government and Shang Rongqian of Beijing both received the telegram.

After Shang Rongqian received the telegram, he came to report to Guangxu, who was writing the development outline of the Chinese Empire for the next five years, which was a plan to guide the development direction of the empire's economy, and the purpose was to drive the entire people to do business. Or maybe the whole people think like a businessman!

After all, the purpose of everything is to have a better life!

Shang Rongqian came to Guangxu's face, and Guangxu said after seeing such a telegram; "Telegraph Marshal Yuan Shikai! The line of defense of the Western Front was withdrawn back for a while, and once and for all we expressed our sincerity for peace! There is also the preparation of some food on the front line, the current Tsarist Russia is very short of food!

There was also a telegram to Jin Ruyi, asking him to inform the bankers of the empire that Russian industry was now very short of funds, and many industries were very good investment opportunities, but the scale of investment must be controlled, and the temptation must be resisted.

Be sure to tell them, don't invest in Tsarist Russia casually, and don't blame me for not reminding them if they suffer losses in the future! ”

Shang Rongqian said; "Your Majesty! Could it be that there will be any variables in Tsarist Russia? ”

Guangxu put down the pen in his hand, lit a cigarette and said; "The only constant in this world is that it is always changing! As the chief of staff of the army of the Chinese Empire, you should know one thing, you must look at the problem with the mind of an adult, and solve the problem like a businessman! ”

Shang Rongqian frowned, the influence of "Shinong Industry and Commerce" in China for more than 2,000 years, there is a kind of contempt for traditional literati such as merchants, many people make money again, the first thing is to buy land, yes, the land annexation of the Chinese Empire is very serious.

After the last agrarian revolution, many landlords no longer had much land, but after taking the money they had earned in the cities, some of them returned to their hometowns and began to reclaim their original land.

Guangxu did not prevent such behavior, what the government has to manage is the fairness of the transaction, the buyer and the seller must go to the government to record, change the name of the land ownership, there is a very important clause in this, that is, you can't force you to buy and sell. Otherwise, the transaction is invalid.

The flow of assets is good for double defense, and after the original farmer has this fund, he will choose to live better, and it is good to open a small restaurant in the city!

Now the development of the Chinese Empire is calculated in months, and it is changing every day, and the original city walls in many places have become inner cities, and the geographical location of the first ring has been laid.

Since Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng killed Lü Buwei, the status of merchants in Chinese culture has fallen to the last since then, which is also the long century after modern China, it has always been difficult to break through their own confinement, and they obviously have the strength to dominate the world, but they have never taken a single step.

Because we don't have a businessman's mindset and no longer care about the gains and losses of interests, what we care about in Huaxia is "face!" "Even though this thing doesn't have an egg!

Guangxu looked at Shang Rongqian's puzzled expression with interest!

Guangxu asked at this time; "How has the Mustang car been used in the army!"

Shang Rongqian said; "The tests were very good! Fully comply with the requirements for use set by the Army! ”

Guangxu said; "In the future, this kind of car will play an even bigger role!"

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