When the time for the notice came, the shareholders came to the venue one by one, Yang Yuanzhao's personal invitation, let everyone hold a meeting, it was definitely not a trivial matter, they all asked each other what to say today, but unfortunately no one knew, no wonder, Yang Yuanzhao was a whim, and all the previous steps were also carried out in secret, which alarmed the Investigation Bureau at most, but what is the place of the Investigation Bureau, the intelligence department, he is directly responsible for Yang Yuanzhao, and even the funds, not from the government or the company's accounts, it is completely Yang Yuanzhao's private account, It can be said that this investigation bureau is completely a private soldier belonging to Yang Yuanzhao.

Before Yang Yuanzhao came, the secretaries were the first to arrive, in accordance with the normal procedures, to distribute the agenda of the meeting, since it is a shareholders' meeting, of course, to let people know the agenda of the meeting in advance, after getting the agenda of the meeting, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, not about the war against Russia, or for other wars, the war against Russia, has been widely supported, and it does not consume the strength of the northwest, but if it is fought again, it is not necessarily, a Russia will drag most of the strength of the northwest, if you add Britain, France, Even if Yang Yuanzhao's prestige is extremely high, he will be opposed, and that is to let the entire northwest be buried in it.

After giving a sigh of relief, the other shareholders sat down slightly, but another question arose, Jiangnan Shipyard, what is Jiangnan Shipyard, is it worth discussing with all their shareholders?

Head to ear, the shareholders exchanged views with each other, the focus of the discussion is still in this Jiangnan shipyard, it seems to be a shipyard in Shanghai, the shareholders here, there are knowing, but more, but they don't know, Jin Shang is developing in the country, but the south, especially Shanghai, has always been their weaker place, look at the introduction, once belonged to the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau, that is what Beiyang left, the remaining things of the Westernization Movement, in addition to broken copper and iron, is there anything else?

The sound of the head to ear suddenly decreased, followed by silence, Yang Yuanzhao walked in alone, greeting familiar people from time to time, finally, walked to the chief, looking at the familiar shareholders below, 4 years, he from an ordinary youth, to today's position, the same, these shareholders, also from Shanxi, even Baotou landlords, families, to today, alone, the northwest territory is temporarily small, do not need a strict organizational structure, shareholders' meeting, The current Northwest, in a certain sense, is a behemoth headed by Yang Yuanzhao and assisted by many families, groups and chaebols, which have basically penetrated into the various tentacles of the Northwest, and wealth has become synonymous with new power.

instructed the secretary to distribute the text to everyone, and after everyone read it, Yang Yuanzhao said calmly: "Everyone has seen it, this is a loan plan from Jiangnan Shipyard!" ”

"President, why don't you consult with the Northwest Bank!" Wei Ming asked. The Wei family is the old ticket number, and Wei Ming was the first to follow Yang Yuanzhao, in the Northwest Bank, he is the general person in charge, and Yang Yuanzhao will communicate with him directly about general things, but this time, Yang Yuanzhao crossed him and directly established contact with the Shanghai branch, and used the private account in his hand, that is, after the mobilization of large amounts of funds, Wei Ming, as the actual executor of the Northwest Bank, only knew.

Yang Yuanzhao nodded at Wei Ming, there were some things that he didn't communicate with him, which could be regarded as overstepping his authority, but such an opportunity, he couldn't and couldn't let it go, and it would be the same again, he glanced at all the shareholders, and then said calmly: "No, this is a huge industry, and even in the next 2 years, we need to surround it." ”

The scene is in an uproar, the current Northwest is different from the Northwest 4 years ago, when the Seven Groups were established, many aspects of the Northwest are huge, around this project, the mobilized funds, is not in the unit of 100 million, this may be billions, or even more!

A shareholder stood up and asked: "What, a huge industry, how much will it cost, the chairman thinks twice, before the war against Russia produces results, we should not invest in other industries in large quantities." ”

This shareholder also asked the voices of other people, the war against Russia occupies a considerable part of the capital, stimulates the economy in disguise, and the business of the military-related industries is booming, but everyone knows that at this time, it is inappropriate to have a huge investment, Yang Yuanzhao replied affirmatively: "It is important, but the war against Russia will not continue like this, at most the half-year incident will be over." ”

Yang Yuanzhao's words are not casual nonsense, since the war against Russia, he has paid attention to the situation in Russia in many aspects, especially the government revenue and gross national product in the past few years, these do not have a unified figure, even if there is, it may be fake, but the number will not be fake, the most basic, such as the price of daily necessities, the price of bulk commodities, the total amount of Russia's imports and exports, these things, as long as they are collected seriously, they can really be collected.

A large number of numbers were entered into the computer, and a general result was finally obtained: if the war situation in the north continued according to the current situation, as long as it took six to eight months, and Russia did not get more support, such as the direct support of Britain and France, or the tsar took out a large amount of funds for the Mongol war, then a dignified withdrawal from this war was inevitable, and Russia could not afford the funds needed for a long war, unless he did his best to ignore the European part.

That's impossible, it's already 1912 at this time, only two years before the outbreak of the First World War, the outbreak of the First World War was quite sudden, but in 1914, Britain must have made all the preparations and waited for the outbreak of the war, so it was impossible for him to support Russia and fight a protracted war in the Far East, especially a protracted war with no hope, when the time came, the two sides would use diplomatic mediation to withdraw from the state of war to a limited extent, and Britain would definitely promise Russia, after defeating Germany, Attack on the Northwest and China.

At this point, Yang Yuanzhao is not afraid at all, time is the most important thing for the northwest, every few years, even a year, a few months, the power of the northwest will increase a lot, when the time comes, don't say whether Russia has zài, even if zài, how can the northwest be afraid.

Yang Yuanzhao affirmed, others didn't say much, this is Yang Yuanzhao over the years, in many things, formed a kind of inertia, as long as it is a matter of his decision, it must be a good result, this countless examples prove that if you can't keep up with Yang Yuanzhao's footsteps, you are destined to be thrown far away by him.

"The shipyard, the requirements are not high, only 30 million, in terms of the mortgage of the shipyard, it should be no problem, then it will be good to approve!" A shareholder said that in his opinion, the shipyard is more than 30 million, perhaps in other places, it is a big number, but in Baotou, the monthly income is more than 100 million, which is still the government's income, 30 million is nothing at all.

"It's nothing, but I don't plan 30 million, my personal account, has spent 200 million, for the purchase of shares and expansion of investment, of course, these are not the most important, the important thing is this industry, my plan is to gradually allocate 2.7 billion in 3 years."

"What!" The scene was in an uproar, to 30 million, to 200 million, this 15 times the difference is terrible enough, the next greater investment in the back, within 3 years, gradually allocated 2.7 billion, this is a silver dollar, although Baotou at present, because of economic development, prices have risen a lot, but one yuan northwest yuan, It can still be equivalent to 0.5 US dollars, 0.1 pounds, it's terrible, even if it is now rich Baotou, it is impossible not to put 2.7 billion, 1.35 billion US dollars, 270 million pounds in the eyes, this is a suffocating wealth, you know, in 1913 when Germany expanded its armaments, military spending was only 420 million US dollars, France only 188 million, and the northwest took out 1.35 billion at once, this is not the stage when the dollar depreciated to the extreme in later generations, in this era, the dollar can be exchanged for gold, 20 US dollars to huàn an ounce of gold.

"President, is it worth investing 2.7 billion there?" Hou Jinsheng asked cautiously.

"It's worth it, there will be huge gains!" Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said, as a traverser, he knows too well what is needed in the First World War, not to mention all kinds of military materials and commodities, the ship is probably the most lacking, German submarines, in just a few years, sank 12 million tons of tonnage, in terms of each tonnage of steel, this is a huge investment, the United States because of the sinking of cargo ships, and even order cargo ships all over the world, if China has the ability to produce 10,000-ton cargo ships, it must be profitable, he seems to have heard of several benefits of the First World War to China, the profit of shipbuilding is also in it, even if it is a small boat of three or four thousand tons, there is no shortage of people who order.

In the previous life, China was passively accepted, invested only after it was discovered, and waited until the dock was built, it was almost the end of the First World War, and did not get much benefit, but now, with his huge support, the construction of a 500,000-ton dock can not only obtain a lot of benefits in the First World War, but also lay the foundation for the future navy, while making money from commercial ships, train workers, and even establish their own ocean-going fleet, in practice, train Chinese sailors.

In the future, when China has money and ability, the navy is still far away, and the foundation and history of warships are insufficient, so you can choose to take it, even if it is a ship with a larger design margin, he can use far more than other countries' marine steel, artillery and engines, so that the performance indicators of the ship are stronger.

Just like the United States in later generations, in many aspects, ship design, has not surpassed the United Kingdom, but the strong industrial capacity and capital, so that the United States in the First World War, with aircraft carriers, flooded other countries, become a veritable first power, 10,000 tons of cargo ships needless to say, that is to calculate the production time in days, even if it is an aircraft carrier, it is also built at the fastest speed, with the same assembly line, in general, the aircraft carrier of the Pacific Fleet, if you don't look at the port, carved out of a mold. R1152