The so-called large-scale loan for the aftermath refers to the loan contract No. 21 and Annex No. 6 signed by Beiyang Zhengaxe with the banking groups of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China on April 26, 1913, with a total loan of 25 million pounds, an annual interest rate of 5%, paid at 84%, and repaid in 47 years, with a total of 67893597 pounds sterling in principal and interest, and used customs duties and salt taxes as collateral.

25,000,000 pounds, equivalent to 262,500,000 silver yuan, or $87,500,000, at the exchange rate at the time.

Yan Guang's oil field in Tampico has been in production since 1910, but it has only been three years since then. Although Yan Guang's total income is barely 100 million US dollars after adding the latest income from the United States, after excluding the purchase of ordnance, the establishment of iron factories, arsenals, railways, highways, and other expenses, in fact, Yan Guang only has more than 200 million silver dollars left on hand, which is less than the income from the large loan signed by Yuan Shikai.

Fortunately, Yuan Shikai's big loan for the aftermath had only just been signed, and this loan was only 10 million pounds by the end of 1915, so Yan Guangzhi didn't need to worry too much. Of course, this is also related to the First World War 1 year later, after all, at that time, the powers will not have much leisure to give loans to Beiyang Political Axe (except for the book), and Yan Guang will also solve Yuan Shikai before the First World War...

In fact, this loan had already begun in 1912, but it was not officially signed until 1913, but the current situation made it easy for Sun Yat-sen and others to think that the big loan was made to deal with them, and in this case, the number of people in the Kuomintang who agreed with Sun Yat-sen began to increase.

In early May, not long after the signing of the large-scale loan for the aftermath, Kuomintang members Li Liejun, the governor of Jiangxi, Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangdong, and Bai Wenwei, the governor of Anhui, sent a joint telegram opposing Yuan Shikai's loan to the five national banks. Li Yuanhong, who was still in Hubei, mediated in the hope of resolving the dispute between Beiyang and the Kuomintang. However, the mediation failed, and in June, Yanjing dismissed Li Liejun, the governor of Jiangxi, Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangdong, and Bai Wenwei, the governor of Anhui. On July 3, Li Chunbu, the sixth town of Beiyang, was ordered by Yuan Shikai to enter Jiangxi...

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At the end of April, after learning that Yuan Shikai had signed a large loan with the banking group of five countries, the Kuomintang was also in a panic, because in their view, this was a precursor that Yuan Shikai was expanding his armaments and was ready to attack them.

In this case, some people shrunk, some people hardened, and some people remembered Sun Yat-sen's statement that he should strike first.

"Sir, we should send someone to Sichuan now to enlist the support of the Governor of Sichuan..."

Sitting beside Sun Yat-sen, Chen Qimei suggested to Sun Yat-sen.

Hearing Chen Qimei say this, Huang Xing on the side also nodded.

"That's right, that Yan Guang has a lot of money and a lot of troops under his command, if we can get his support, then things will be much easier. And the lips are cold, this big loan for the aftermath is aimed at us, who knows if Yuan Shikai will even solve him Yan Guang after solving us? As long as he's not a fool, he'll be able to understand such a simple truth. ”

Seriously, Huang Xing really doesn't have much confidence in taking the initiative to carry out an armed crusade, after all, the gap between the Kuomintang and Beiyang is too big, but if Yan Guang's Kuomintang can be brought in, then at least even if it fails, the result will not be too bad.

As for whether Yan Guang will agree? Now that Yuan Shikai has signed a loan contract with the banking group of five countries, the weakness of the shortage of funds has been made up for at least in a short time, if Yuan Shikai really wants to do something against the Kuomintang, at least in Huang Xing's opinion, it is very easy, so after doing it, will Yuan Shikai also eliminate the Kuomintang Socialist Party, a political party that does not obey orders?

As long as the Kuomintang is also defeated, then there will be no more forces in the country that can resist Yuan Shikai, I believe Yan Guang is also very aware of this, so Huang Xing is still very confident in this.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Yan Guang, Sun Yat-sen also knew that he needed the support of the National Socialist Party at this moment, so after a little consideration, he sent a team of people to Chengdu.

And just when Sun Yat-sen was moving, Yuan Shikai also sent a team of people to Chengdu, in order to persuade Yan Guang to remain neutral in this incident, of course, it would be better if Yan Guang could stand on his side. At this time, although Yuan Shikai was also prepared to use force, Sun Yat-sen and others had not officially made a move to resist by force after all, so what Yuan Shikai wanted was only to suppress the Kuomintang a little, as for the elimination of everything, at least not yet, but when Sun Yat-sen officially announced the second revolution...

However, even if the power of the Kuomintang is swept away, Yuan Shikai will not directly sweep away the power of the Kuomintang as Huang Xing thought.

Today, there are three major forces in China, one is Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, the second is Sun Huang's Kuomintang, and the third is Yan Guang's Kuomintang Party. As for the other minor forces? Compared with Beiyang and Guoshe, it is too far behind.

Although many people in China say that the Kuomintang is the second largest force in the country, and the Kuomintang Socialist Party, which occupies the two provinces, can only be regarded as the third largest force, Yuan Shikai knows very well that the real second largest force is the Kuomintang Party.

You must know that Yuan Shikai not only has a close relationship with the British, but also has a little relationship with Yue himself, so the information that the two can get will naturally inform Yuan Shikai to some extent, so Yuan Shikai's understanding of the strength of the Kuomintang is clearer than that of Sun and Huang.

As the so-called strong crossbow can not wear Lu Ho at the end, although Beiyang is strong, it is not very difficult to sweep away the Kuomintang, but after sweeping away the Kuomintang, then overthrow the Kuomintang Socialist Party?

You must know that the Kuomintang has 10 infantry divisions that are even better equipped than the old six towns in Beiyang, as well as the Qijiang Iron Works and the Sichuan Arsenal, which can continuously provide steel and weapons, and this strength is definitely not much inferior to Beiyang. Coupled with the complicated topography of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, it is almost impossible to overthrow the National Socialist Party.

So in the end, Yuan Shikai still followed the advice of his adviser Yang Shiqi, first wooed Yan Guang, and asked him to stand on his side, at least not to help the Kuomintang in the conflict.

As long as the impact of the Song case and the aftermath of the big loan can be resolved, Yuan Shikai can weaken the strength of the Kuomintang step by step, and at the same time let those small forces that are free from the three major forces lean towards him, and when he controls the whole of China, the Kuomintang will not be a threat.

Just when the lobbyists from Beiyang and the Kuomintang were almost on their way to Sichuan, after having Lin Qing and Zhao Shengping go to Yanbian to avoid the limelight, Yan Guang took a carriage to the large weapons test site in Tongliang.

This large-scale weapons test site was built in Tongliang after the completion of the Chongqi Railway.

It turned out that the Sichuan military and political axe once had a weapon test site outside the suburbs of Chengdu, but that test site used to be attached to the Sichuan Arsenal (original), and now the Sichuan Arsenal has become the one located in Chongqing, and the original weapon test site located in the suburbs of Chengdu naturally has no need to exist.

Moreover, the original weapons test site was too small, although the size of the entire site was more than 10 kilometers, and there was naturally no problem in testing weapons such as ordinary rifles, light and heavy machine guns, and mortars, but it was a little reluctant to test mountain artillery and field artillery, even if it was only 75 mm caliber.

Therefore, Yan Guang funded the construction of a large-scale weapons test site in Tongliang County, which was more than enough to test heavy cannons and howitzers of 210 calibers, and in fact they were indeed testing.

"It's really powerful..."

Standing in front of an extremely large 210 caliber heavy howitzer, and carefully touching the extremely long barrel of the howitzer, Yan Guang said excitedly to Liu Huixue and Yue Chang who were standing beside him.

The 210 caliber heavy artillery is not comparable to the 75 caliber mountain artillery and field artillery, and such a large-caliber heavy artillery can only be manufactured by the Sichuan Arsenal in the whole of China, how can this not make Yan Guang excited.

Seeing that Yan Guang was so excited and glanced at each other, Liu Huixue and Yue Chang also smiled and echoed.

In fact, the manufacture of heavy artillery began as early as the time when the arsenal was partially put into production, but the first ones were made of 150-caliber cannons and howitzers. With the help of German engineers, Liu Huixue and other domestic engineers spent three months trying to produce several 150-caliber cannons and howitzers before they mastered the experience of manufacturing large-caliber artillery.

After digesting these experiences to a certain extent, Liu Huixue and the others began to challenge the 210 caliber large-caliber heavy artillery. Because the production equipment purchased by Yan Guang at the beginning itself has the ability to produce 210 caliber heavy guns, and Liu Huixue, a group of domestic experts, has also tried to produce 75 mm light guns under simple conditions in the past, coupled with the experience of 150 guns not long ago, with the help of German engineers, Liu Huixue and they began to trial produce 210 caliber heavy guns.

What is now in front of Yan Guang is the results of Liu Huixue's trial production, and he was brought to the weapon test site today to see if this trial was successful.

"Governor, let me first introduce you to the surname of this howitzer." Seeing that Yan Guang's interest was so high, Liu Huixue introduced on the side. "This is the latest German howitzer, with a caliber of 210 mm, a barrel diameter of 12 times, a high and low firing range of +6 degrees to +70 degrees, and a horizontal firing range of 4 degrees, while the ammunition of the shell weighs 120 kilograms, the total weight of the artillery is 7380 kilograms, and the maximum firing range is 9400 meters, which can be said to be one of the most advanced howitzers in the world..."

Of course, Yan Guang knew that this was the most advanced howitzer in the world, otherwise he would not have let Liu Huixue carry out trial production in such a hurry.

"210 caliber, in the face of 240 caliber heavy artillery, you shouldn't suffer..."

There is a large-caliber howitzer called the Meiji 45-year 240 mm heavy howitzer, which is a large-caliber heavy howitzer that the company began to equip last year. Of course, this weapon is mainly used to siege cities, but if one day there is a local conflict limited to the Shandong Peninsula, under the cover of the navy's large-caliber naval guns, he will become a very terrifying weapon, which is why Yan Guang is so anxious to let Liu Huixue and them start trial production of 210 caliber guns...

(To be continued)