Chapter 173: Guests Come Like Clouds
Qiao Yu already had a plan in his heart, he must establish a complete industrial system in order to truly become a big country, and to be able to have the capital to resist the great powers, but the four words of the industrial system are easy to say, but it is too difficult to do, and the countries with the industrial system are not more than ten at most, and with the development of industry, there is a trend of less and less, and now the people who have this system are the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and even France are relatively reluctant, as for the original, Russia and Italy are even worse. However, these countries also constitute the first echelon of the world, World War I and World War II were basically fought between these industrial countries, and only one outlier is China.
And after World War II, with the development of aerospace, nuclear, information technology, etc., there are only three countries left with a complete industrial system, very fortunate China is also one of them, Qiao Yu asked for more than a dozen projects at this time, aiming at the industrial system, Qiao Yu did not expect to be able to quickly establish these, but at least to spread the spread, with the help of the excellent opportunity of the First World War to develop initially, as for when it can be established, Qiao Yu estimates that it will be at least after the Great Depression, In the past ten years, Sichuan has laid a good foundation, trained a group of talents that it needs, and then obtained a part of the industrial technology from the foreign powers with the help of the unprecedented economic crisis.
Weiss and Ludendorff did not have the kind of deep vision that penetrated history, they thought that Qiao Yu wanted to get some funds, and then get some machine guns and heavy artillery and other things, but they did not expect Qiao Yu to offer to let Germany help establish a number of industrial enterprises, which was beyond their authority.
Ludendorff frowned, and said for a while: "Joe, to establish these enterprises, it will cost at least tens of millions of marks, although these military technologies of yours are very precious, they are definitely not worth so much money!" ”
Qiao Yu shook his head slightly: "Senior, these things in the Sichuan Army are very primitive, but after all, they have already begun, if Germany wants to start from scratch, it is not enough for a few months, especially the training methods of the special combat team, which requires a lot of experiments to summarize, what Germany lacks most now is time, this situation in Europe, there will be a war at any time, it is possible in one year, two years, or three or five years, I think even if these things can help Germany win a battle, It's not tens of millions of marks that can be compared, and I'm not in vain, I can pay for Sichuan's specialties, such as pig bristles, duck down, tung oil, flour, textiles, ores and other materials, I can be the master of Sichuan's materials exclusively for Germany to procure! ”
Qiao Yu opened a condition, Ludendorff's eyes gradually brightened, these things look ordinary, but they do have a huge effect on the war, such as a small pig bristles, it looks like just a few hairs on the pig's back, but in the battle, guns and ships need to be cleaned and maintained, it is inseparable from this thing, it is a real strategic material, and in the world, China's bristles are of the best quality and the largest output, of which the three southwestern provinces are the main producing areas, and the output of Sichuan is the first among the three southwestern provinces, If these materials from Sichuan were exclusively for Germany, it would definitely be of great help to Germany.
Ludendorff couldn't help but be moved, even Weiss fell into contemplation, this kind of cooperation between China and Germany is to put it bluntly is a trade-off between long-term interests and short-term interests, Qiao Yu's factory can help China lay an industrial base, and further development is expected to become an industrial country, and Germany gets to increase the bargaining chips for victory in the war, no one knows when the European war will break out, but everyone knows that it will not be too far, and the Germans will not let go of anything that can increase the chances of victory.
"Two, the British Consul General, Mr. Fu Shan, has also approached me and asked me to make appropriate retreats on the issue of Tibetan Province, and is willing to cooperate with me in an all-round way!"
When Ludendorff heard that Qiao Yu actually mentioned the British, he immediately waved his hand again and again: "Joe, the arrogant British will not give you a good price, and the British want to plot against the Tibetan province of your country, you should not cooperate with each other!" ”
"Yes, that's exactly what I thought, and I'm very eager for Germany to accede to my offer!"
Weiss and Ludendorff glanced at each other, and then Weiss said: "Joe, I will discuss it with China, I believe there will be a broader cooperation between us!" The two of them said goodbye and left, and at this moment, someone came in to report, saying that Zhang Taiyan was coming, Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, isn't this person avenging Tao Chengzhang, how could he come to Sichuan, but Qiao Yu respects Zhang Taiyan's character and knowledge very much, and hurriedly invited him in.
Qiao Yu saw that Zhang Taiyan was thin at this time, his eye sockets were deep, his eyes were red, and his face was bearded, which looked extremely haggard.
"Mr. Taiyan, you don't have the demeanor you had when we last met, although Tao Gong is gone, don't we who are alive continue to struggle, so as to fulfill Tao Gong's wish!"
Zhang Taiyan shook his head slightly: "Shunqing, to be honest, as soon as Tao Chengzhang died, my heart seemed to be taken away, he was my best friend, and at the same time I also saw him as the hope of China, he was the only one in the south who could balance Lao Yuan, but now that there are no bones, I am afraid that the great cause of constitutionalism will be in vain, I only hate those gangsters who are still at large, and Chengzhang can't rest in peace in the spirit of heaven!" ”
Qiao Yu's brows were also furrowed: "I heard that Song Jiaoren has mobilized a large army to capture Chen Qimei, and Feng Guozhang has also led the Beiyang Army south, aren't these two forces enough to make Chen Qimei fall into line?" ”
"It's hard!" Zhang Taiyan smiled bitterly: "Song Jiaoren was born in the Alliance, although this time he dealt with it impartially and wanted to arrest Chen Qimei, but the first evidence was insufficient, and the second was hindered, Sun Huang and others kept sending telegrams accusing Song Jiaoren of betraying the revolution, and after the Guangfu Army did not have the leadership of Huanqing, it was also divided and difficult to mobilize, and it had not gone out of 200 miles for more than half a month. And the advance speed of the Beiyang Army is not fast, it seems that Lao Yuan is thinking of letting the Guangfu Army and the Shanghai Army fight hard, and then Lao Yuan will take down all these two forces in one fell swoop! ”
Qiao Yu also sighed with emotion in his heart when he heard this, Lao Yuan is an old-fashioned character after all, and he always plays this good role of reaping profits, but don't forget that this kind of thing continues to damage the prestige of the central government after all, and if Chen Qimei is not caught as soon as possible, Lao Yuan will not be able to get rid of suspicion, and the authority of the law will also be lost, and in the end, Lao Yuan can only force other princes to bow down through the power of Beiyang, and cannot really restrain others through the system, and wait until there is a problem with the Beiyang forces. This fragile balance is completely gone!
"Mr. Taiyan, aren't you looking for it just to complain, I can't reach the whip for the affairs of Shanghai, I can only shout a few words verbally!"
"Shunqing, I came this time in the hope that you can put pressure on all parties to quickly resolve the Tao case and bring the murderer to justice, but I also want to know what you think about the future of the United Party, and whether you want to continue to maintain it?"