Sichuan is indeed rich, to be precise, Xiao Yimin, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, is rich.

When the income and expenditure statements of the first five months were delivered to Xiao Yimin, he was also very surprised by the rapid increase in various incomes, among which the largest increase in income came from the trade of weapons and ammunition, followed by the salt tax in the Xikang area and the Sichuan-Yunnan border area under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Army General Headquarters, and the last and most unsightly huge profit came from the monopoly tobacco and soil trade.

The full impact of the world war was finally felt in China, far from the center of the war.

Due to the large number of imported ordinary steel and special steel and other raw material prices have risen sharply, the global price of weapons, ammunition and military equipment has grown rapidly, taking the sales price of the largest sales in Asia in China, for example, the selling price of the 38 rifle in China, the price of the previous year was 21 US dollars a rifle with 100 rounds of rifle bullets, about 44 yuan of silver dollars, last year's price rose to 35 US dollars, about 79 yuan of silver dollars, and there was no distribution of 100 rifle cartridges, in the first quarter of this year rose again to 39 US dollars, according to the floating exchange rate, About 84 silver dollars each.

Due to the continuous expansion and spread of the war in Europe, almost all of the German Mauser rifles, British Enfield rifles, and American rifles with better quality than the Ben-38 rifles were sold to the two opposing groups of the world wars, especially the world-renowned Mauser rifles of German origin, and there was not even a shadow in China. In addition, Xiao Yimin, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, has purposefully guided Sichuan's non-governmental industrial enterprises since last year, subcontracting rifles, machine guns, and a large number of parts and components for weapons and equipment to more than 100 small and medium-sized processing plants, with the result that the output of the arsenals under the Sichuan Provincial Political Axe and the four arsenals under the Huaxi Industrial Group, which have been entrusted to the Sichuan Army General Headquarters, has increased rapidly, and finally set a monthly production record of 5,000 imitation Mauser rifles, 400 machine guns, and 10,000 pistols of various types.

In terms of ammunition and dual-use explosives, the monthly output of round-nosed rifle ammunition at the Sichuan Arsenal alone has reached 4.5 million rounds, while the output of rifle ammunition at the Ya'an Ammunition Factory, a subsidiary of the Huaxi Group, is twice that of the Sichuan Arsenal.

At the same time, the pointed bullets used in imported machine guns such as Browning water-cooled heavy machine guns and German MG08 heavy machine guns are only produced by the Ya'an Ammunition Factory in China, not to mention the Barabylum pistol bullets that have become the standard and popular throughout China.

Therefore, starting from the beginning of this year, the sales of weapons and ammunition, all kinds of explosives, and gunpowder alone will bring 2.2 million yuan to the Sichuan Army General Headquarters every month, and the profits are still steadily increasing; it is estimated that by the second half of the year, after the production capacity of Sichuan's subcontracting and processing enterprises has been increased and stabilized, the monthly sales profits of weapons and ammunition to the Sichuan Army General Headquarters will reach about 2.8 million yuan.

In terms of salt tax, the machining construction of four large salt well areas in the border area of Xikang and Sichuan-Yunnan has been completed, and the edible salt and industrial salt processing equipment imported from Britain and the United States have played a huge role, so that the output of well salt has increased from the original annual output of more than 1,400 tons to more than 3,000 tons now, after a large number of immigrants from the interior settled in the Xikang area, according to the instructions of the commander-in-chief Xiao Yimin, since the second half of last year, the sales price of salt in the Xikang area has been reduced by 40 percent, and the tax rate has been increased by 2 percent, and after half a year, the sales volume has increased rapidly. The monthly sales record of 250 tons was reached, and the tax revenue also doubled, and the monthly tax revenue in March exceeded 1 million yuan.

Due to the barren land and harsh climate in the Xikang area, opium poppy cultivation has been a source of funding for the 10-year resettlement program from the very beginning, which was launched in the first half of last year, and as of mid-May this year, the profits brought by the opium tobacco trade have reached more than 8 million yuan, and it is expected that the profits from sales along the way will exceed 10 million yuan in the next harvest season.

In addition, the trade taxes brought about by the construction and operation of mines, smelters, forestry farms, timber processing plants, cattle, sheep and horses, small smelters, and the prosperity of immigrants over the years have also steadily increased, bringing more than 800,000 yuan per month to the Sichuan Army General Headquarters.

So far, Xikang, which has involved the worries of countless Chinese people and made Sichuan Province pay a huge amount of investment every year, has finally completely got rid of the huge burden of pure investment, and has become a stable tax source area and base area for the Sichuan army, and is steadily moving towards continuous development and growth.

The General Headquarters of the Sichuan Army, which was originally overstretched, finally raised his eyebrows, and Xiao Yimin, who had a lot of money, was finally able to let go of various plans, and while unremittingly immigrating to Xikang according to the plan and speeding up the development of the two Sichuan-Tibet highways, he began to lead 150,000 officers and men of the Sichuan Army to go out of Sichuan in great strides.

Just when Xiao Yimin and his generals were refreshed that their efforts had paid off, Yanjing once again came with a news that sparked national outrage:

On 1 July, Duan Qirui, the prime minister and chief of the army, in the name of quelling the domestic rebellion and war, once again signed a huge loan agreement of 10 million yuan with Minister Yue Ben, who represented the political axe, and the collateral of the loan turned out to be Han Yeping, who attracted the attention of the whole country!

Bao Jiqing, chief of the general staff of the Sichuan Army, patted the telegram in his hand and asked Xiao Yimin, who was holding back his anger, very puzzled:

"Yiming, I don't know much about the economy, tell me, am I stupid? Knowing that Han Yeping was already in debt, even if he dug iron ore for another ten years, he couldn't make up for the big holes, so why did he use Han Yeping as collateral to lend money to Duan Zhiquan?

"In the past seven years, from Yuan Dashuai to Sun Dacang, from Li Yuanhong to Duan Zhiquan, Han Yeping has been mortgaged to Yue himself six times, and the total amount of the mortgage has already exceeded 20 million oceans, plus 10 million yuan this time, isn't I afraid that the loan will not be recovered?"

Xu Xiaogang and several other senior staff members also echoed it, hoping that Xiao Yimin would explain the mystery to everyone.

Xiao Yimin had no choice but to sit down and tell everyone as it was:

In fact, this problem has gone far beyond the normal rules of business, and it is not at all a normal principle of cooperation between the two countries, but it is completely a persistent political conspiracy on this side. Why do European and American countries mortgage tariffs, railway construction, and mineral mining rights along the way when they lend money to our country's political axe, and they have never repeated the mortgage? But I did this, don't you wake up? ”

Seeing that everyone was still confused, Xiao Yimin had no choice but to continue to explain:

"First of all, I am not afraid of our political axe at all, it is estimated that they still hope that our political axe will be repaid, so that they can take the initiative of debt collectors to exert tremendous pressure on our political axe, such as Zhang Zuolin, the bearded man in the Northeast, who has borrowed tens of millions of dollars from himself in the past few years, and as a result, Zhang Zuolin has completed the great cause of dominating the Northeast, and he has also obtained the right to build two railways in the Northeast, and the four large iron mines and coal mines on both sides of the railway have all become his private property. Hundreds of tonnes of high-quality coal and high-grade iron ore are delivered to Ben every day. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and then scolded one after another.

Xiao Yimin knocked on the table and made everyone quiet: "It's not too late to listen to me continue to scold, think about it, why did we just announce the acquisition of Han Yeping, and I said that I would give us such a hand?" This is because Daye Mining Area will provide 150,000 tons of high-quality iron ore to me at the lowest price every month, and for ten years, Daye's iron ore has been the main raw material of the famous Yawata Iron and Steel Enterprise, and I dare to say that as long as Daye stops supplying iron ore to him, Yawata Steel, which I am proud of, will have to stop production, which is why after we announced the news of the acquisition of Hanyeping, I am so anxious to jump up and down. ”

Xu Xiaogang suddenly realized: "Understood...... The Oriental devils are using Duan Zhiquan and Yanjing Central Political Axe to suppress us! Not only is he unwilling to let us buy Han Yeping, but he also wants to completely let our huge investment go down the drain through huge loans. ”

"Why stop there? Because of our reasons, Daye Iron Mine has been out of production since the beginning of last month, can I not be in a hurry at this time? If their Yawata Iron Smelting Furnace runs out of raw materials, the losses caused will undoubtedly be very huge, so I will use this method to issue a huge challenge to us, and this challenge is not only Hanyeping, I believe it will quickly spread to other fields. ”

Zheng Changze expressed his opinion, and immediately won everyone's approval.

Xiao Yimin was very happy: "Changze, you have grown, very good!" Ladies and gentlemen, just as Nagasawa said, I have launched an all-round counterattack against us. I don't know if you have paid attention to the recent news, but the day before yesterday, Touyamaman, a non-governmental representative of the political axe and the biggest gang leader in Shanghai, came to Shanghai, and he held talks with representatives sent by his old friend Sun Yat-sen for two consecutive days, and held a press conference at the Majestic Hotel in Shanghai yesterday afternoon, announcing that Mitsui Trading Company in this book had reached a loan agreement with the Donghua Mining Company in Guangdong, with a loan amount of up to 2.5 million yuan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Donghua Mining has never heard of it before, I specially asked people to check it last night, and found that this mining company is a newly registered company in Guangzhou, and it does not even have a mine under its name, and it has never been a mine, what does it mean? Well!? ”

"Speaking of which, I am giving a loan to the revolutionary party!"

Xu Xiaogang said with great remorse: "Xiao Yueben really has the heart to kill me, and in the north, the political axe of Yuben used our Han Yeping as collateral to borrow 10 million yuan from Duan Zhiquan for the war, and in the south, in the name of the people, he borrowed 2.5 million yuan from the Southern Revolutionary Party for the Northern Expedition.

From this point of view, this little book is exactly the same as what the commander has always said, and the ultimate goal is to disrupt the political situation in our country, so that we cannot be peacefully reunified, and when the time comes, they will directly launch a war of aggression against us, for which they are willing to pay any price. Gee...... Why didn't I know much about this in the years I was in? ”

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "Even if you understand, it's useless, our China is too chaotic, the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell, and there is no strong political group to take over the leadership, so that the whole country will instantly return to a state of war and separation, you may wish to recall the distance we have traveled in Sichuan in the past few years, and you will know what is going on."

"What we need to do at the moment is, how do we deal with my own challenges? How to use the war between the North and the South to get the most benefits? Only when we grow rapidly and become a powerful force that can determine China's future can we resist all acts of treason. ”

Bao Jiqing said with a smile: "You spent seven or eight million to buy nearly half of Han Yeping's shares, don't you just want to deal with myself?" Now that I have a relationship with both the North and the South, I will definitely deal with you in political opinion in the next step, and maybe you will soon become a traitor. ”

Xiao Yimin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head painfully, and everyone burst into laughter, but Xiao Yimin stood up from everyone's laughter, walked to the map to check for a moment, and finally pointed to the Daye area and put forward a unique idea of his own.

(To be continued)