The current concept of the Beiyang government is still relatively simple, without the noble ideal of the Soviet Union to liberate all mankind, and without the noble sentiment of Britain, France, the United States and other countries to defend the free world, what the Beiyang government wants is to stabilize the chaotic situation in the country.

Since Yuan Datou became emperor and abdicated to the west, the Chinese region was actually in a state of extreme turmoil, with the situation in the south being the most unstable. There are not too many areas where the Beiyang government can really have the final say, only North China and Central China, and in other places, except for the "Cannon Party", most of the officials who originally belonged to the Manchu government did not buy the accounts of the Beiyang government.

Not only externally, but also internally within the Beiyang government, there are various factions, such as the Anhui faction, the direct faction, the Feng faction, the Jin faction, and some small factions that are not on the table.

With so many factions, those factions still have their own actual control areas, Duan Qirui wants to govern the country, every policy is full of ridicule and compromise before it can be released, and it may not be accepted and implemented after it is released, so he repeatedly shouted: "Whoever loves to be this broken president will come, Ge Laozi will not do it!" ”

Things did not change until the Beiyang government participated in the world war, and it finally confirmed that when the Chinese nation faced the outside, although there were still a small number of people who would make trouble, they could strive for the greatest degree of internal unity.

To say that in the face of national righteousness, there are so many factions in Beiyang, but when encountering national righteousness, they can really compromise with each other. Thanks to Britain and France and other countries that were beaten by the German army and couldn't find the north, they couldn't support the Beiyang government and offered a price to return sovereignty, so that a group of old men in Beiyang finally had to sit down and negotiate, and then this faction got together 10,000 or 20,000, and that faction made up 350,000, and put together hundreds of thousands of troops to go to the European continent to participate in the war.

Of course, the various factions of the Beiyang Army sent troops to Europe not to be fully equipped, but to wear only one military uniform, and let the Entente distribute weapons when they arrived on the ground, and even the military uniforms were matched with other guys, otherwise Beiyang's financial resources really could not afford to compete with hundreds of thousands of troops, especially to maintain the army's logistical supply on the European continent from the mainland.

Won the World War, regained some sovereignty, and when the troops returned, they returned with the same weapons that had fought in Europe. The weapons are all from rifles to cannons, and there are no fewer bullets and shells, and even far more than imagined, so much so that each faction in Beiyang can arm itself with hundreds of thousands, and stage a high-intensity fire fight in the land of China.

It is estimated that those Entente countries also had the idea of letting the Beiyang factions fight, so they spent a huge amount of money to transport so many arms, so it is said that "imperialism will not die in my heart!" ”。 Fortunately, the officers and soldiers who went to Europe and saw the market really didn't want to fight, and the disgust of the lower echelons of the civil war made the high-level who wanted to fight have nothing to do, or they really couldn't say whether they would fight.

The army didn't want to fight, and the faction leaders who had already learned what a national war was, except for a very small number of people, either they didn't want to go to war, and Duan Qirui, who was almost heartbroken, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With a slightly calmer situation, the Beiyang government has repeatedly learned about little Japan's ambitions for China, and they really want to do some practical things, but ...... Even France, which is the most friendly to China, has no intention of helping to develop industry, and the Yankees' asking price is too exaggerated, and the little Japan that does not want to deal with it has been strangely making up, which really makes some old Beiyang men who have turned their minds to industry to prosper the country feel embarrassed and decadent at the same time.

"Germany itself is in turmoil, and only the state called Bavaria is stable." Sun Chuanfang, one of several Beiyang generals who went to Europe to participate in the war, seemed to have some knowledge of Germany, and said: "It is precisely because of the internal chaos in Germany that several Allied countries wantonly dismantle production machinery in Germany, and they will seek to develop abroad, right?" ”

Wu Guangxin is also one of the generals who went to Europe to participate in the war, he is also Duan Qirui's brother-in-law, agreed with Sun Chuanfang's words, took over the topic and said: "Germany is not only here for us, they are also doing the same thing in South America." I've been inquiring about it for the past few days, and it's been said that both Argentina and Chile have accepted Germany's proposal? ”

As early as the Second Reich, Germany had good relations with several countries in South America, which was one of the main reasons why the United States was wary of Germany. After all, the United States has repeatedly warned that the Americas are the Americas of the Americans (both the North and the South), but ...... They themselves emigrated (poof), and even the world hegemon Britain did not extend its hand to the Americas, but the Germans repeatedly persuaded them, so don't really blame the United States.

The Weimar government was looking for a way out, and the country's development had been constrained, and they came up with a new way, which was to export industry and help some countries build basic industries in exchange for money or resources.

This time, the Yankees reacted very indifferently to the Weimar government's move to South America again, because the Yankees now needed the friendship of the Weimar government, and what the Weimar government was doing now seemed to the United States to be a trivial matter compared to the control of Germany's currency.

The Weimar government was also a kind of technology export on the side of Argentina and Chile, and in fact they didn't think much about it when they did it, they just wanted to make money, and yet...... (Desan was defeated, think about which one those fugitives choose)

"The industry is different, and so is the stake that Weimar wants to get." Cao Kun is now in charge of the industrial sector, he said: "According to their experts, all the industrial base is on electricity. If we want to develop industry, we must first solve the problem of electricity. ”

Duan Qirui was nodding, and he asked the key: "Then what charter do they have?" ”

"In terms of power construction, they provide experts, and we buy machines from the United States. They want to have at least 40 percent of the shares in the various power companies. Cao Kun shook his head and said, "I have rejected them. Power facilities and construction are not uncommon in European and American countries, and they are too lions to open their mouths. ”

Of course, there is no mistake in saying that electricity is the basis of all industries, and modern production is inseparable from electricity, and if there is not enough power generation, the development of industry is actually a joke. Power construction in Europe and the United States has been developing for a long time, from coal power generation to hydropower generation, and even oil power generation.

"One percent, one percent at most." Duan Qirui frowned and said: "We want to buy the equipment from the United States, and their plan is to enhance friendship with the United States and use our money to curry favor with the Americans." ”

This is not only seen by Duan Qirui, but also by those who know a little about the international situation. Now the Weimar government is very close to the United States, the Weimar government has already lent to the United States more than once, and the United States and Great Britain are fighting for control of Germany's currency, because the Weimar government has fallen to the United States, and the British seem extremely annoyed.

The Beiyang government is now in a period of disgust with the British, mainly because the British have gone back on their word and seem extremely unworthy of the Son. At present, both the Beiyang government and the Weimar government have chosen to befriend the United States, but compared to the Weimar government, which has no other choice, the Beiyang government has at least one France to choose.

"Then let those experts in Germany make a list and see who has the lowest offer in the United States or France." Duan Qirui had already heard the appropriate answer to build a large-scale power facility in Shanxi, and he didn't see how happy he was, but said quite angrily: "Look, the Germans actually know that Shanxi is a large coal-producing region, what else do we not know about those European and American countries?" ”

Actually, it was a bit of a wrongful affair against the Weimar government, and the experts sent by the Weimar government said that it was because of the governor of Bavaria, and then they did a field trip.

But then again, because the Manchus groveled to the foreign lords, most of the land of China was really explored by European and American countries, and even little Japan had been exploring the terrain of the land of China all the time since the end of the First Sino-Japanese War. It is estimated that the government of China knows better than the government of China.

Duan Qirui asked Cao Kun: "How many years does it take to support electricity?" ”

"The construction of the power generation facilities, and then the cable network, the German experts need to determine where we want to place the industrial facilities in order to give the exact time." Cao Kun nodded: "Obviously, the Germans did not mean to perfunctory us. ”

Duan Qirui and others are also nodding, the Germans are showing sincerity when they say that, in fact, with power generation facilities, it is really necessary to properly choose the place for industrial development, not only the power network, but also the factors of transportation, and even national defense.

The Weimar government has made a lot of development lists for the Beiyang government, and electricity is just a foundation, and a series of lists will not be said to make the Beiyang government develop into an industrial power, but the basic industry will definitely be able to be built.

"They are actually quite practical in some aspects, talking about the year-by-year development plan, from easy to difficult, according to the actual financial indicators to achieve every year." Cao Kun was satisfied with this, and he said with a little disgust: "It's not like the French and the Americans, who spend us a big cake and tell us how good the cake is, but we can't pay for the whole cake at once." ”

Tariffs have been withdrawn, the reparations paid by the Manchus have been returned year by year, and the Beiyang government's finances are the best in recent years. The Entente countries gave a huge amount of arms to various factions in Beiyang free of charge, but they did not fight for various reasons, and there was no need for arms in a short period of time.

In fact, the old men of Beiyang have reached a consensus that the money will be used for national construction, and there is no clue about the construction before, and the emergence of the Weimar government is really a bit of a relief.

"By the way, there's something I need to say." Duan Qirui looked at the people present, and ordered the guards to close the door, and strictly ordered that no one should come within ten meters. He looked at the people for five minutes before he said, "It's about gold, lots and lots of gold!" ”

In the past, most of the other people present would have been afraid of a cup wrestling or something, but now everyone has faded the mind of infighting, although they are a little nervous, but there is no sense of crisis. When they heard that it was gold, or a large number of gold, the big guys were stunned.

"It's still on the German side." Duan Qirui lit a cigarette for himself, and his tone was a little weird: "Bavaria, everyone knows it." The governor sent a man who said he wanted to cooperate with us in getting the gold that the Russian emperor had brought to the east. ”

For the governor of Bavaria, the old men of Beiyang know it, but it is absolutely false to say how much they know.

"What do you mean?" Xu Shichang, who had not said a word, had his eyes a little straight: "What kind of governor is that, what kind of gold?" ”

"They didn't fully disclose it, but it was more clear. They can't quietly transport the gold away and want to work with us. Duan Qirui took a sharp puff of his cigarette, and after exhaling the smoke, he said: "Six hundred tons of gold that originally belonged to the emperor of Tsarist Russia are now ownerless. They have found some clues and think that working with us is an ideal choice. ”

A large group of old men immediately became uncalm, and shouted in unison: "Six hundred tons!? ”

"Wait!" Wu Peifu's eyes widened: "Since they have found gold......"

"I found a clue!" Duan Qirui reiterated: "It was because they couldn't transport it away quietly that they planned to cooperate with us!" ”

No wonder this group of old men is not calm, how much gold did the Manchu Qing have, after the abdication of the Manchu Emperor, most of the state property basically became the private property of the princes and nobles, whether it was Yuan Shikai or who, anyway, it was a rotten mess that couldn't be worse.

Does the Beiyang government have gold reserves? No! Moreover, since the Ming Dynasty, China has followed the silver system, and so far it has not kept up with the pace of the times, or rather...... did not keep up with the pace of the gold standard that was about to be eliminated, and still followed the silver system.

"That's called Ernst. Roma's high-ranking Freikorps, he relayed the exact words of the governor, not to take five or five accounts, it is them seven and we three. Duan Qirui saw that someone was about to interrupt again, waved his hand to stop it, and continued: "That's still for the sake of our geographical advantage, if we refuse, he will say it clearly, revealing that only Britain, France, the United States, and even small Japan are part, don't do that kind of thing that hurts others and is not beneficial to yourself." ”

"****, six of them, four of us." Wu Peifu's eyes were almost red: "If there are 200 tons of gold, what can't we do?" It's ****, or it's completely scattered! ”

There are quite a few modern versions of the story of the disappearance of Tsar's gold in the Far East, but the current handler Alexander Brown. Vasilyevich. Kolchak is not dead, and some of the people who escorted the gold are still alive, which is a difficult mystery for modern times, but not for someone.

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Finally brought out the theme. Regarding the matter of gold, everything is based on what the author wrote, please do not involve history, because it is very likely that there is a false fabrication. (To be continued.) )