Chapter 591: Trading
In fact, the Soviet Union was not poor, and the Tsarist Empire was not blown out. The Soviet Union, which inherited the Tsarist Russian Empire, naturally had a lot of family background. Together with all kinds of property taken from the families of the aristocracy, it was enough to make the USSR a fortune.
But the Soviet Union did not develop as comprehensively as it did in history, and the creation of the Wehrmacht robbed most of the investment that should have been made in the Soviet Union. As a result, the industrialization of the Soviet Union did not go as smoothly as it had historically.
You must know that in 12 years of history from 1926 ~ 1938, the Soviet Union completed industrialization. From an agrarian country to an industrial country.
By 1937, the Soviet Union produced 14.5 million tons of pig iron, 17.7 million tons of steel, 13 million tons of steel, 128 million tons of coal, 36.2 billion kWh of electricity, and 95.1 billion rubles of total industrial output, accounting for more than 77% of the total industrial and agricultural output value.
This is definitely a national miracle, but the helpless thing is that the Far Eastern Tigers are killed in this time and space! The Wehrmacht was built up in one fell swoop, causing the capital, which was originally mostly inclined to the Soviet Union, to fall to the three eastern provinces overnight!
What set off the rapid development of the three eastern provinces was the faltering steps of the Soviet Union. So even if Stalin tried his best, he was only barely halfway through the various productions that had been traced up.
This is also a helpless thing, compared to the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States, they feel that Manchuria is not a red tide in any way, is it?! And from the position of not wanting the red tide to flood them, they also hoped that Manchuria would be able to withstand the Soviet Union.
As a result, the capital, which had been somewhat inclined towards the Soviet Union, began to tilt towards Manchuria. Especially after the mining rights of various minerals are released, the investment funds are even more huge!
Various industrial facilities have also followed suit, such as the Morgan family's U.S. Steel Corporation and the Eastern Three Provinces Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., a partnership of the three eastern provincial governments.
Their four blast furnaces with a daily output of 300 tons in Manchuria have been completed and put into operation, and they are currently inspecting the minerals along the Manchurian-Mongolian railway, preparing to build two or three more blast furnaces!
Manchurian-Mongolian Railway. In 1934, the entire line was completed and opened to traffic. Among them, because of the fame of the Erdeni Living Buddha and Tu Qianjun Tiger, the Inner Mongolian herdsmen who volunteered to help a lot helped.
Of course. They themselves reaped the benefits. Not to mention the wages paid to them by the Wehrmacht, they were ecstatic at the sight of the various goods that the merchants had gone to buy and the cheap supplies that had poured into the three eastern provinces because of the convenience of transportation!
These simple herdsmen just think that what the Living Buddha of Erdeni said is right! The Tiger General is indeed Manjushri sent by heaven! Look at his arrival, not only did he not increase our taxes but also made money!
It's the last word that money is made. It's better than any empty talk! Coupled with the words of Erdeni Living Buddha, now Tu Qianjun himself does not know that his reputation on the grassland is absolutely loud!
This is also the place outside the three eastern provinces where Tu Qianjun's photo is offered as a Buddha statue.
Since the three eastern provinces have robbed the Soviet Union of various opportunities. As a result, the Soviet Union did not have the same major explosion as it did in history. The capital of Anglo-American-French capital did not flow to the Soviet Union, as in history, but to Manchuria.
If you ask if the Soviet Union has money?! Yes! But there's not much left, and there's a lot of money to spend! Without the inflow of capital, there will naturally be no smelting, chemical and mechanical equipment!
Even there were fewer workers, you must know that in history because of the economic crisis, countless skilled workers, technicians, engineers, etc. poured into the USSR! But now, because of the three eastern provinces, more than 80% of these people did not go to the Soviet Union.
Instead, under the organization of his own government, he went to the three eastern provinces and entered the factories of the three eastern provinces that were wholly owned or jointly owned by various enterprises. The various workers who went to the USSR were no more than 20% of them.
This greatly weakened the Soviet Union. It also forced Stalin to use large sums of money to buy all kinds of machinery, secretly or openly, from the factories of other countries. And this cost the USSR a lot of money.
Although heavy industry developed. Not only is it not as good as the glory that the Soviet Union once created in history, but it has even been halved. And the money consumed is also a lot. After the Wehrmacht cooperated with Germany, there was no longer even a German loan.
Unlike the three eastern provinces, the Soviet Union was boycotted by other countries because of "communism". It's struggling.
Those foundations left by Russia. For the development of heavy industry in the USSR was largely depleted. Fortunately, there is a lot of gold produced in the Soviet Union. This gave Stalin the opportunity to complete industrialization.
What most people don't know is that the Soviet Union was one of the world's leading gold producers. The production volume is second only to the Republic of South Africa, which is the second largest in the world. All along, the USSR attached great importance to the production of gold.
As early as October 1921, the Soviet government issued an order granting individuals or enterprises engaged in gold mining the right to explore for gold and extract gold. and the establishment of foreign-funded joint ventures, the recognition of patent contracts for resource development projects, and the granting of patent rights to certain gold companies.
In the late twenties and early thirties, the Soviet Union merged most of the country's gold mining enterprises and gold exploration institutions to form the "All-Soviet Gold" complex, thereby strengthening the unified management of the central government.
After the thirties, the Soviet Union's gold production increased by leaps and bounds, reaching 63 tons per year in 1932, basically returning to the highest level before the First World War, soaring to 130.6 tons in 1934, double the pre-war level, and in 1937 a new record of 167 tons!
But this money is basically used to buy various machinery, hire technicians, engineers, etc. The remainder is also used as R&D investment and material purchases. However, after the war with Trotsky, the countries began to enter a state of wait-and-see!
The purchase of all kinds of supplies and weapons was refused, and as the war began, Stalin sensed that the countries seemed to be on Trotsky's side, which made him extremely angry and helpless.
In this case, he thought of the three eastern provinces! In particular, the newly developed fighters and tanks in the three eastern provinces made him extremely interested, so he had Blyukhel and his party.
Truth be told, a million dollars is a lot at this point! You know, the price of the dollar against gold at this time is 1 ounce to 35 dollars! $1,430,000 is equivalent to 1.158 tons of gold!!
With more than a ton of gold, you can imagine why Blyukhel's teeth are on fire. Even if the Soviet Union now produces more than 100 tons of gold per year, it consumes a lot of money in all aspects!
And this time it was just a purchase of thirty tanks and thirty fighters. That's more than a ton of gold! It's really not cheap.
After the purchase is agreed. Blyuhel and the others were naturally entertained by Tu Qianjun. Tu Qianjun, who had not been in contact with the Slavs in his previous life, naturally knew what these battle bears liked the most.
Tu Qianjun, who knew the temperament of these fighting bears, prepared them not with koji-flavored liquor, but directly with a Northeast burning knife that was comparable to alcohol! The koji aroma of Chinese baijiu is unacceptable to the fighting bears. They like the smell of strong alcohol.
But I saw bottles of good wine on the table! It's all very strong Northeast burning knives, and if ordinary people drink it, it will definitely be spicy from their throat all the way to their stomach! But this wine is the most suitable for the appetites of the Slavs!
There is also a full amount of caviar, which makes Blühel and others seem to have an appetite! The money for the arms. Anyway, if you spend it, you will spend it. Now some people eat it naturally, and they have to eat it ruthlessly!
For a time, the winery was like a battlefield! After both sides have eaten a little at will, the hot wine fight begins! There are many Slavs who drink and toast, and there are reasons to drink them, such as the first glass, which is usually some words of congratulations and welcome; The second toast is to the ladies here, and the next toast is to the happiness of the family and the health of everyone here.
There's really no reason to toast to "you". In a hurry, the seven or eight bottles of burning knives on the table have all bottomed out! But the atmosphere has not diminished at all.
"For the sake of Suman friendship! Let's have a toast! Tu Qianjun laughed and raised his glass to Blyukhel and the others! Then be the first to drink it all! Blyukhel and others saw this. You can only drink the wine.
And then, Tu Sanpao, who hurriedly returned from the North Korean negotiations, raised his glass again: "Don't say anything else!" As military men, we should toast to victory!! ”
After saying that, I drank it all. Blyukhel and the others laughed! Soldier. There's no one who doesn't like victory! So I drank it all again! Then when it came to their counterattack, it was Chuikov who struck first.
"Your victory! It's worth our toast to you! Chuikov laughed! Raise your glass and drink it all! The military son and the cannon master naturally will not retreat. Directly raised the cup and drained it in one gulp!
However, Junzi looked at Chuikov with a smile in his eyes. Drinking wine, he couldn't help but think of the later famous general who almost died from drinking.
In late December 1942, at the invitation of the commander of the Stalingrad secret police force, Chuikov set out from the west bank of the Volga River, crossed the frozen river, and went to the east bank of the siege to attend a reception to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the founding of the secret police unit (formerly known as the "Cheka").
Chuikov probably drank a lot that night, and on the way back, he fell into an ice cave in the river, and finally had to be picked up from the biting water by his entourage. A generation of famous generals almost made a mistake because of alcohol and ended up with a non-heroic ending.
Whether it was in the Russian period, in the Soviet Union, or even in the Russian period, the two things that were indispensable in the military supply of the Slavs were tea and vodka!
During the siege of Stalingrad, the Soviet soldiers were rationed about 100 grams of vodka per day, but this small amount was not enough to moisten their throats. Therefore, medical alcohol was caught and diluted by this group of alcoholics and drunk as wine!
Soviet soldiers stationed in the wilderness during the harsh winter months drank about a liter of liquor every day. Of course, the official ration was not so much, so they bartered civilians in nearby villages with military uniforms or small quantities of military supplies.
Even during the Stalingrad counteroffensive, a squad of infantry seized a freight train abandoned by the Germans, and as a result, the commander and the deputy commander and 18 soldiers fell victim to German antifreeze because they were greedy. Three people died of poisoning, and the remaining 17 were in serious condition and were admitted to field hospitals.
Later generations even thought that beer could not be used as alcohol, and that beer was just a drink similar to mineral water on a daily basis. According to the statistics of the Russian Ministry of Health, 1/3 of adult men and 1/7 adult women in Russia are "addicted to alcohol".
On average, more than 100 people die from alcohol poisoning every day in Russia, and 70% of the 300,000 traffic accidents killed each year are due to drunk driving.
According to statistics, the later Russian statistics counted 42,000 deaths from alcohol poisoning every year, and the Soviet army died 14,000 in the 10 years of occupation of Afghanistan, which is twice as many as the number of people killed in the war in Afghanistan that year!
From this, it can be seen how much the Slavs love wine!
Tu Qianjun was on the battlefield of alcohol in his last life, and he has not fought with those uncles and brothers in the village in this life! Not to mention the cannon master. The combat effectiveness is only stronger than that of the army, not weak!
Two fathers and sons played against Chuikov and three others. After drinking it, the three people on the other side were already shaking, but the two fathers and sons were still smiling and drinking.
"Poof~", Rokossovsky was the first to turn over on the wine table! But I saw that this marshal, who was later called one of the troika of the Soviet Army along with Zhukov and Konev in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, slipped under the table at once.
Chuikov was no better, smiling stupidly holding the bottle of burning knives. After a while, "Boom~" also flipped to the ground with Rokossovsky.
Blyukhel was the only one of the three who was still struggling to hold on. The veteran has a vodka penchant, but at least he has more self-control than his two subordinates.
Seeing that both of them have been turned over, it is naturally time for this wine to end. Supported by several Soviet officers who had come with them, Chuikov and Rokossovsky staggered back to their homes.
Early the next morning. Thirty tanks and thirty Tiger Shark I fighters were quietly dragged out of storage. Sent on a military train to Mongolia.
Along with the car, there were also Wehrmacht mechanics. They would be responsible for training Soviet mechanics and temporarily helping the Soviets to repair tanks and aircraft, and of course the parts would be assembled by their hands in the Soviet Union.
In Moscow, a military train set off at the same time. The car was loaded with 1.3 tons of gold and drove towards the Sino-Soviet border under the escort of the internal affairs troops.
A week later, the two forces traded secretly on the Soviet-Mongolian border. More than a ton of gold was received by the 1st Army, while at the same time a group of Wehrmacht mechanics and fighters and tanks went with the Slavs.
And with them, of course, were the Wehrmacht's warm gifts of burnt knives and caviar. This made the murderous Soviet Red Army tender to the Wehrmacht, which was too much in line with their hearts!
After a friendly conversation. Tears and farewell. More than a ton of gold was naturally transported back to Mukden by rail and entered the treasury of the three eastern provinces.
Looking at Huang Chengcheng's gold, Yang Yuting couldn't help but sigh that this arms trade is really profitable! How much does it cost?! How much does this sell?! One in and one out. A pile of gold came in!
In one breath, this earns much more than ordinary industry! Look at Yang Yuting looking at the gold drooling. Tu Qianjun smiled and said to his uncle: "Uncle Neighbor, don't worry!" They will still come back! ”
Tu Qianjun has this confidence. As early as 1812, during the time of Tsarist Russia, there was a proclamation "The Privilege of Inventions and Discoveries in the Arts and Crafts", which in essence was a patent law.
In 1919, just two years after the establishment of the Soviet Union, they promulgated the Law on Inventions, which protected the authorship rights of inventors and stipulated that inventors were entitled to a certain remuneration when they transferred the right to use the invention to the state.
Subsequently, in 1924, the Invention Patent Law was passed, which changed the protection of inventions to patents. In 1931, the Regulations on Inventions and Technological Improvements were amended again, and two forms of protection were adopted for inventions, namely the issuance of inventor certificates and the granting of patents, which is commonly referred to as the "dual-track system", but in fact the legal protection of inventions was mainly in the form of inventor certificates.
The department in charge of this was called the Committee of Inventions, which was subordinate to the Soviet Committee of Labor and Defense. In other words, in fact, the Soviet Union was also talking about patent protection.
However, this protection is based on the fact that the inventor is not free to use his own invention and is vested in the State. This created the illusion that the Soviet Union did not have patent protection.
And based on the relationship between the two sides, Tu Qianjun also believed that the Soviet Union would not easily choose to fall out with the Wehrmacht for the sake of two weapons. Now the whole world is encircling and blocking the Soviet Union in various ways, and cutting off the Wehrmacht is not of much benefit to the Soviet Union.
Yes, Tu Qianjun can conclude that the Soviets will come again! Because, a certain black-hearted tiger intends to pull Germany together to make a fortune in this war!
How is war the most profitable?! There is no doubt that both sides of the war will continue to fight! As long as they continue to fight, then there will be a constant need for weapons. At this time, you only need to sell arms to make a lot of money!
It can also be upgraded by the way. However, if Tu Qianjun sells both sides of his own, on the one hand, he can't take care of it. In fact, this is also very offensive, and it is different to pull Germany to do it together.
Germany was already in contact with Trotsky, so it was only natural that he would sell him arms. And since the Soviet Union has found the Wehrmacht, it is naturally the Wehrmacht who is in charge of the Soviet side.
In other words, Tu Qianjun thought further! The mustache's ambition is not just to tear up the Treaty of Versailles! His goal is to bring all of Europe to its knees!
Give him a continuous increase in strength, and then Europe will be weakened even more in the future! Even the United States, which is faintly connected to Europe, will suffer even more!
Only when you are all weak can we take advantage of the situation to rise! Tu Qianjun, who slowly walked out of the treasury, lowered his head, constantly calculating various possibilities in his heart.
How did China rise after World War II?! How to avoid the encirclement and interception of various countries?! These are the core questions. The weak Soviet Union, Europe and the United States, this is the easiest way for China to rise with the help of war!
At the same time, the 52nd Division and the Red Army in the mountains of Fujian had already walked out of the mountains and forests. Outside the mountain, Hirose Shousuke and the others watched these men who were in tatters, but still full of murderous spirits, walked out of the mountains and forests slowly and silently......