After Herbert's reminder, George also noticed the mystery, although the Chinese are not rich, but if they develop step by step, there will be no shortage of funds at their current development speed, and there is no need to think about big strides or something, any country has come this way, and the facts have proved that no country can develop by leaps and bounds. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So, what are the Chinese doing with raising such a large sum of money at this critical juncture? If it is used to develop the domestic economy and develop domestic infrastructure projects, then it will be the most terrifying thing. If you want to get rich and build roads first, this is not just a concept put forward by later generations, it already exists in this era.

If the Chinese use these three billion dollars to develop infrastructure projects, then in China's special situation, this money can even guarantee that they will build roads to any city, and what kind of changes will such a developed road network bring?

As the world's boss, I am afraid that no country has a more say than them.

The convenience of transportation will inevitably drive the local economic development, and the economic development is good, and the government will have more money to do other things, which will only make a country stronger and stronger.

The Boer War was not a large-scale war, but it was also a big test of Britain's comprehensive strength, although Britain still won in the end, but Britain's face was almost lost.

If the Chinese spend all this money on the war and for the military, then a more powerful army will inevitably be shaped in the short term, but this is only temporary, without a strong economy as support, how many years can this powerful army last? Even in times of war, it is impossible to spend all the money on the military under all war-based policies.

So, that's why George and Herbert would value the use of this money, and they would rather see a strong army than a strong Chinese empire.

"It seems to be mentioned in the report that this bond is in the nature of a war bond, so they shouldn't use it indiscriminately, right?" George's breath tightened.

"War?" Herbert smiled slightly, "The war has basically entered the end, the Chinese have put forward the conditions of the armistice, they demand to occupy all the territories west of Kazan, and at present they are only a few hundred kilometers away from there, and the chaotic party seems to have the support of the Chinese, recently they are very active in Russia, the Tsarist government is no longer able to support it, if we do not hurry up to support them, Tsarist Russia may even fall." Try to ask, in this case, do the Chinese need to invest 300 million in military spending? ”

"Could it be that this bond is used for another purpose?" George was surprised, about the war between China and Russia, he only occasionally heard people talk about it, but the specific progress, George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is not clear, but now listening to Herbert, Tsarist Russia seems to have fallen into the predicament of collapse, so in this case, there is really no need for the Chinese to spend another three billion dollars.

So what will they use these three billion for? Is it to finance the next five years? Or ten years of military spending? This seems completely unnecessary, because China will start comprehensive taxation next year, and their income will reach at least 1 billion a year, not to mention more, only 100 million can keep their army as it is, 200 million can make them have the ability to wage a medium-sized war, and 300 million can even allow them to maintain a war for more than a year.

The Chinese Empire should not be short of money, so what is the use of this money for them? George frowned tightly, if he had three billion in his hand, then he would definitely allocate one billion to the military, and the remaining two billion would be used for development.

"Whether it will be used for the time being is not clear to us, but it is certain that they will definitely not hold this fund in their hands for too long, and they will definitely spend it as soon as possible, and the current war situation has basically come to an end, and it only takes one or two hundred million at most to solve the problem, three hundred million is too much, unless they want to start a larger war. But this is obviously not possible, and from what I know about the Chinese emperor, he is supposed to be an impulsive but cautious ruler, and he will not easily make decisions that are beyond his ability.

And when the war with Russia started, they spent three and a half years to prepare, and now that the war has been fought for more than a year, their army must be very tired, plus they have occupied such a large piece of land, they also need time to digest, before the land is completely digested, there should not be any larger-scale war, and even, they have to guard against the counterattack of the Russians.

But in any case, those are the problems of the Chinese themselves, and there is only one thing in front of us, that is, to stir up the situation and make their three billion become waste paper. Herbert clenched his fists fiercely and said.

The pressure on him from the Chinese in recent years is too great, and what is even worse is that the Chinese and the Germans are very close, while their allies the Russians are in a predicament, coupled with the sudden changes in the Balkans, the British are at a loss for a while, and they don't know how to start.

"But we don't have a lot of influence in China, or even no influence at all, and it's not easy to do that. And if the Chinese discover our intentions, then it is very likely that they will be pushed to the side of the Allies, which is absolutely terrible news for the British Empire. George pressed his temple, his finger still holding his cigar, but he forgot to smoke it.

"So, we have to come up with a way, no matter what, we have to consume as much money as possible in their hands." Herbert said righteously, but he also knew very well in his heart that it was 3 billion funds, not 300 million, how could it be said that consumption could be consumed?

"How to consume? Did you sell them three billion warships? Oh my God, I don't even dare to imagine, are we going to watch the Chinese warships sail to the British mainland? George folded his fingers and calculated, well, if a dreadnought is calculated at seven million pounds, 450 million pounds can probably be bought, the amount ...... Math doesn't seem to be very good, and mental arithmetic is estimated to be enough, so let's change it to a simpler way.

Ten ships is 70 million, 700 million is 100 ships, I rub, how many ships are there? Mental arithmetic is really hard...... George couldn't help but scream bitterly in his heart.

The difference in mathematics of the British people is simply incredible, even in later generations, and even most Britons, from primary school to death, have never failed mathematics in all the exams they have experienced, and they don't even know how to calculate even the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, even if it is two out of four, they have to take a calculator to calculate it to be sure. Now there is no scratch paper in hand, this meow makes George hurt for a while, and in the end he didn't calculate how many there are, anyway, it should be more than fifty, less than eighty, as for how many it is, whatever, anyway, as long as he knows a lot, more makes him want to die when he hears this number.

Sell warships? It seems feasible, but it's okay to sell one or two, who dares to sell dozens of dreadnoughts to the Chinese? Is your life too long?

But for a big country, Herbert really said that he was helpless and had no choice. They basically don't need to import any resources, and Britain can't use resources to consume them, so do they really want to go to war to consume them?

That's right, war! That's right, it's war!

"I think I seem to have found a good solution." Herbert, who suddenly brightened, looked at George with a smile on his face.

"What's the solution?"

"War! The Chinese are too active on the battlefield, and it seems that they are also fighting on both the north and the south, but in reality, for a large military, this level of combat is not surprising at all. So why can't we open a new battlefield for them? Herbert said with a sinister smile, he felt that even if this method could not consume all the funds, it could make it difficult for the Chinese to take care of the beginning and the end, and if his plan could succeed and proceed smoothly, then he was sure that he would consume 100 million pounds of funds in this place alone.

"The Entente has completely lost its voice in the Balkans, and it is not easy for us to regain this initiative, so why can't we bring the Chinese together? We can invite the Chinese to send an expeditionary force to the Balkans in order to maintain the situation in the Balkans.

And for the Chinese, this is the best way for them to expand their international influence, and at that time, we took the opportunity to follow up and divide a piece of land there, so that the Chinese will inevitably have contradictions with the allies, as long as they have contradictions, it is easy to say, and it is even possible to make them one of us, even if there is no contradiction, stationing an army in Europe, they need to pay a lot of money, and once we break with us, we only need to jam Malacca and Suez, Make sure that their army runs out of ammunition and food, and allows them to be slaughtered, so that their early investment will be in vain. Herbert said excitedly.

"No, this plan is not perfect, in this case, the Chinese will definitely choose one side as an ally, and it seems impossible to run out of ammunition." George shook his head in denial.

"So what? If we join us, everything will be fine, but if we join the Allies, then we will cut off their supply routes and leave them alone, even if they can get supplies from the Allies? You know, the equipment system is different between them. Herbert said with a smirk. (To be continued.) )