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Chapter 470 The Biggest Winner

After six years of world war, the economies of all the countries participating in the war in Europe collapsed and the society was in turmoil. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info[This chapter is updated for you by netizens] And the United States, the only white power, was also defeated in the Sino-American war, ceded land and paid reparations, suffered serious economic damage, and plummeted from the position of the world's second most powerful country.

The Chinese Empire was the biggest winner in these two wars, and by selling arms and materials to various warring states in Europe to make a lot of war money and military plundering of the United States, the Chinese Empire obtained hundreds of billions of dollars in profits, and in six years it created a strong economic growth of the Chinese Empire, with unparalleled military strength, leading the world in science and technology, coupled with political stability and other factors, making the Chinese Empire the world's number one economic, military and scientific and technological power in one fell swoop, and other old Western countries can no longer match it.

After the conclusion of the Madrid Peace Treaty, the world war came to an end, and the two major European military blocs abolished the wartime mechanism one after another, shifting the national focus from war to economic development.

Due to the intervention of the Chinese Empire, the scale of this world war far exceeded that of the first war in history, and its war attrition and war devastation caused heavy damage to Europe, the collapse of national economies, the massive depreciation of currencies, and the people lived in hardship.

The gold standard, which had been established in Europe before the war, collapsed during the war as countries stopped exchanging gold and paper money, and paper money depreciated. In particular, in order to purchase advanced weapons and equipment, countries had to ship most of their gold and silver reserves to the Chinese Empire, resulting in too few gold and silver stocks in post-war Europe, which exacerbated the collapse of the gold standard.

At the end of Guanghua, the data released by the Bureau of Statistics of the Chinese Empire showed that the Chinese Empire had 29,000 tons of gold and 540,000 tons of silver, making Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai the world's first, second, and third largest financial centers.

The economies of post-war Europe have largely regressed for more than a decade, and there is an urgent need to restore them. The first thing to do is to restore financial and monetary stability and curb inflation. To this end, countries have resorted to economic and financial reforms.

On the question of whether to restore the gold standard, Britain was very firm in its position, that is, to restore the glory and institutions of the British Empire before the war. Coalition Prime Minister David? Lloyd George joined forces with 15 of Britain's largest banks to begin a large-scale recycling of paper money to curb inflation. In order to solve the gold reserves necessary for the gold standard, Britain on the one hand asked the Chinese Empire for loans, and on the other hand, it stepped up the exploitation of the British colonies, especially the gold-rich South African colonies, and plundered the British Indian people for money.

Although many of Britain's overseas colonies were seized by the Chinese Empire, the rich gold and diamond mines in the South African colonies would greatly relieve Britain's economic pressure and allow the British gold standard system to slowly recover. But for the other countries of the European continent, although they have some overseas colonies, they are far less rich than the British, and the countries of the European continent can only rely on external help for the restoration of the gold standard system, and the Chinese Empire controls 80% of the world's gold, and they can only turn to the Chinese Empire for help.

In this way, it is inevitable that the countries of continental Europe will not be controlled by the Chinese empire in the financial lifeline. The governments of various countries are well aware of this, but if they are unable to stabilize the economy in time in the face of the domestic economy and the currency of Hunluan, then the society in which the government is in turmoil is likely to be exploited by the Red Se regime. If borrowing money from the Chinese Empire is to seek the skin of the tiger, then giving the Red SE regime a chance is to lure the wolf into the house and dig its own grave.

As a result, European countries avoided the important and sent representatives to the Chinese Empire to lobby and ask the Chinese Empire to help them tide over the difficulties.

At this time, the Chinese Empire was immersed in an atmosphere of great joy. Suddenly, there was more gold and silver worth more than 30 billion dragon coins in the treasury, and the imperial officials didn't know what to do with this huge amount of money.

Top officials from all ministries gathered at the Capitol to talk to members of Congress with their budget proposals and get their bills passed.

As the prime minister of the cabinet, Tang Shaoyi was not in the Empire State Building, but went to the Forbidden City to meet Emperor Wang Chenhao and listen to Wang Chenhao's advice.

How to make such a huge amount of money, Wang Chenhao didn't have a score in his heart, so he studied countermeasures with Tang Shaoyi.

In Wang Chenhao's view, the 20th century is an era of the big bang of science and technology, science and technology is the primary productive force, once science and technology lag behind, then the whole country will be thrown off in all aspects, so Wang Chenhao first paid attention to the development of science and technology.

Tang Shaoyi said: "The Royal Academy of Sciences has gathered more than 20,000 scientists and scholars, and the empire has led the rest of the world in terms of the reserve of scientific and technological talents. ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "Did Einstein invite him?" ”

Tang Shaoyi shook his head, and suddenly said with a wry smile: "According to Your Majesty's instructions, the minister has repeatedly instructed the Royal Academy of Science to invite Einstein to China, but Einstein has never been able to bear to abandon Germany and has refused the invitation of the Reich many times. ”

Wang Chenhao sighed in his heart, this is the time for a revolution in physics. The pioneer of this revolution in physics was the German physicist Albert Einstein. Einstein's general and special theories of relativity are one of the cornerstones of modern physics, laying a theoretical foundation for the great achievements of science and technology in the 20th century, and it has greatly promoted the progress of science, especially for the study of motion close to the speed of light and atomic physics.

Wang Chenhao was very nervous about atomic physics, because he was not sure that under his leadership, the Chinese Empire would be the first to complete the research on nuclear weapons, nor was he sure that the United States would be the first to build an atomic bomb after changing history, and if the United States was allowed to take the lead in building an atomic bomb, then the Chinese Empire would face the disaster of being destroyed.

Therefore, Wang Chenhao did not dare to say that the Chinese Empire had truly become the master of the world, at least until the Chinese Empire's atomic bomb research was successful.

Of course, Einstein could not have developed the atomic bomb alone. Just as important as Einstein's theory of relativity was the emergence of quantum mechanics, the science that studied the laws of particle motion in the microscopic world. This scientific discovery solves the problem of atomic structure as well as the movement of electrons in atoms. It lays a theoretical foundation for electronic technology, semiconductor technology, and optical technology.

Wang Chenhao is well aware that the application of quantum mechanics in this period is that it combines with the theory of relativity to form nuclear physics. Fortunately, Wang Chenhao was reassured in this regard, because a few months ago, more than 20 experts from the Nuclear Physics Laboratory of Beiyang Science and Technology successfully invented a cyclotron, and Marie Curie was the first to bombard the heavy element uranium with neutrons and discovered the nuclear fission phenomenon of uranium. This proves that Wang Chenhao told nuclear physics experts eight years ago that uranium nuclei can be fissioned.

Wang Chenhao understood that the great men of nuclear physics, which he had been waiting so hard for, had been opened, and the most important step had been taken in the research of nuclear weapons, so he decided to set up a nuclear physics research fund.

Tang Shaoyi asked, "How much money does Your Majesty plan to allocate for this nuclear physics research fund?" ”

Wang Chenhao thought about it, at this time, the United States hated the Chinese Empire, and for the sake of insurance, he had to give up the step-by-step research plan he had issued before, so he said: "First allocate 500 million dragon coins as a fund!" ”

Tang Shaoyi was taken aback, the amount of 500 million dragon coins was too huge, but fortunately, the empire now has money, and Tang Shaoyi firmly believed that since Wang Chenhao thought it was important, it must be a big matter related to the fate of the country, so he wrote it down.

Then, Tang Shaoyi said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jian, Minister of Industry and Commerce, said in his report that the empire's industry developed rapidly during this world war, and the demand for electricity increased exponentially, and the empire's current number of power plants is insufficient, and the production of electricity can no longer keep up with the consumption of electricity, by industry, commerce and the people. In his report, he expressed hope that Congress would approve the appropriation plan for vigorously developing electricity production. ”

During this world war, there was a great development in the production of electricity and the electronics industry. Electricity is a simple, convenient and inexpensive source of power, and this recognition has been accepted by many countries around the world. At the same time, it is one of the decisive factors for the realization of mechanized automation of production. As a result, countries attach great importance to electricity production.

During the World War, the Chinese Empire had already begun the power revolution, and since the Chinese Empire itself was not affected by the war, the strong industrial development brought about the leapfrog development of the power industry. And thermal power stations dominate the electricity generation. The coal-fired power stations of the Chinese Empire accounted for about 80% of the total electricity generation, and in the power generation equipment, advanced turbine systems gradually replaced piston steam engines. Hydropower generation is also increasing, but because Wang Chenhao does not recommend too many hydropower stations on rivers, a small number of hydropower stations can prevent floods and waterlogging, but too much will cause huge geological disasters.

Innovations in power technology led to a rapid increase in power generation in the Chinese Empire, which more than increased fivefold during the Six Years' War when power generation in Europe and the United States stagnated. But this is clearly insufficient compared to the more than 50-fold increase in industrial, commercial, and residential electricity consumption, so electricity, if not vigorously advocated, will soon become one of the biggest obstacles to the rapid development of the Chinese Empire.

Wang Chenhao thought of this, nodded and said: "The development of electric power in the future is an inevitable trend, and vigorously developing electric power production is the top priority to accelerate the construction of the national economy." ”

Tang Shaoyi said: "Zhang Jian's investment budget in power construction is 1.5 billion dragon coins, and the minister thinks it is a little more!" ”

"Not much!" Wang Chenhao immediately replied: "Only a huge investment in power plants can meet the country's electricity consumption, and at the same time, the increase in power plants can curb electricity prices, and factories, shopping malls and private houses can afford electricity, which in turn can promote production, and can also stab the sales of electrical supplies." It's a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone. ”

In Wang Chenhao's view, with the growth of electricity, various production departments have gradually switched to electricity, and civilian appliances such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators have gradually become popular. Particularly striking were the development of the radio and film industries. Radio communication technology was invented before the world wars. Scientists in the Chinese Empire also made achievements in the research of short and ultra-short BO, which continuously expanded the effective distance of radio communication and laid the foundation for broadcasting. After the war, the broadcasting industry of the Chinese Empire developed, from the first radio stations on warships to the regular regular broadcasting of the central government. The newly invented radio became a best-selling commodity, and the citizens of the Chinese Empire after the war were very wealthy enough to buy this luxury, so that the sales of radio in the Chinese Empire increased 13 times compared to the pre-war period, from 60 million dragon coins to 172 million dragon coins. During this period, film technology improved rapidly. Originally, it was a silent film, or a record with a gramophone, but it didn't work well. In 1917, the first sound film appeared in the Chinese Empire, and it was quickly promoted in major cities of the Chinese Empire, and was loved by the majority of the people.

Similarly, the development of electricity has led to the adoption of electric drives for many stationary work machines. However, it is not adapted to the working conditions of mobile machines. Therefore, the internal combustion engine is still the most dominant power unit. In 1917, the total power of the internal combustion engine accounted for about three-quarters of the total power of the prime mover. Internal combustion engines are widely used in the transportation industry. After the First World War, automobiles in various countries increased exponentially, especially the automobile industry and car sales exponentially in the Chinese Empire.

Due to the policy of subsidizing the purchase of automobiles by the people of the Chinese Imperial Government, the empire began to enter the automobile age. During the World War, the Chinese Empire's automobile exports increased, and domestic and foreign countries could not be satisfied, which prompted the empire's automobile industry to develop by leaps and bounds, and more than 3,000 automobile companies appeared in the country, including more than 1,000 big brands, and the annual output of the world's automobiles in 1917 increased by 566 times compared with 1900, reaching 21.5 million units, while the Chinese Empire consumed 90%, becoming a major country in automobile production and consumption.

Of course, internal combustion engines are also widely used in the marine and inland waterway transportation industry. Between 1910 and 1917, the tonnage of ships equipped with internal combustion engines in the Chinese Empire increased ninefold. For the first time, the shipyards built more internal combustion engine ships than all the steam engine ships of the time. Improvements in internal combustion engine technology have led to the rise of civil aviation. In 1917, with the end of the Chinese Empire's war against the United States, large bomber manufacturers once again lost military orders, and after tens of thousands of bombers were cancelled, manufacturers converted them to civilian use. It has applied for the opening of hundreds of routes between major cities in the country and the world, and established regular domestic and international flights.

With the increase of automobiles, the Chinese Empire successively built highways. Automobiles are playing an increasingly important role in inter-city transportation, and are gradually connecting cities and rural areas, and the road network is becoming more and more dense.

Therefore, Wang Chenhao very much agrees with Zhan Tianyou's proposal to build a highway network and an aviation network throughout the country, and agrees with the 1 billion dragon dollar budget plan proposed by the Ministry of Communications of Jiao on the construction of highways and air routes between major cities across the country.

Of course, this budget also includes the construction of airport facilities, and the Chinese Empire is still very strict in controlling airports, and the airport facilities in important cities are under the control of the government. However, with the end of the Sino-American War, the military threat of the Chinese Empire has been largely eliminated, so some local councils have approved the operation of the airport to private enterprises.

The development of automobiles and airplanes requires a large amount of rubber to make tires. In 1910, in order to get rid of the dependence on Southeast Asian rubber, the Chinese Empire and the Royal Academy of Sciences jointly developed synthetic rubber, but the quality was far inferior to natural rubber, and the price was also expensive. By 1917, the Chinese Empire had developed a synthetic rubber with better quality and lower cost. Therefore, the industrial production of rubber has become the focus, and Wang Chenhao agrees with this.

In light industry, the Chinese Empire achieved super-high growth during the Six Years of World War. The industry of European countries was transferred to heavy industry, and the huge casualties of the war caused light industry workers to be conscripted into the army, and light industry either closed down or went bankrupt, and the Chinese Empire took the opportunity to export a large number of light industry products to Europe, and by 1917, the light industry of the Chinese Empire had accounted for 70% of the world's share.

The light industry of the Chinese Empire achieved great success, and the profit-seeking merchants soon set their sights on the development and research of goods, and the universal university education system of the Chinese Empire produced a large number of college students for the society, many of whom were talented in this field.

At the beginning of 1917, Li Juntao, a researcher at Jiangnan Textile Factory, successfully developed nylon silk and began to use it to produce toothbrushes, and later produced nylon stockings and nylon silk clothes in large quantities. Chen Kejin, a garment factory in the north, invented polyester, and since then the textile industry of the Chinese Empire has entered the era of nylon polyester. The emergence of nylon and polyester was immediately popular by people all over the world, so a large number of clothing designers of the Chinese Empire became popular with the help of people's love for the new and unexpected, and the clothing exports of the Chinese Empire were no longer known for their high quality and low prices, but entered the international market in the form of brands, and became a well-known international brand, and their profits increased several times.

Similarly, after the Chinese empire bought the patent rights for plastics invented by the Americans, it produced them on a large scale in the country, and all kinds of plastics were put into the market and spread throughout the industry, and they played an increasingly important role in industry and people's daily lives.

The large-scale use of internal combustion engines in automobiles, airplanes, and ships in the Chinese Empire also forced the rapid development of oil production and petrochemical industries in the Chinese Empire. Because Wang Chenhao knew that the Chinese Empire was an oil-poor country and that it was very difficult to exploit, in order to meet the needs of the future national economic development, Wang Chenhao ordered that all oil resources found in the Chinese Empire should be marked and sealed, and all the oil of the empire would be imported from Bosi Bay. Kuwait in Bos Bay is under the control of the Chinese Empire, and the extraction and transportation of crude oil is extremely convenient, and the cost of transporting it back to China is much cheaper than that of its own self-exploitation, so there is no need for the Chinese Empire to exploit the limited oil resources in the country.

In addition to the large-scale production of fuel oil for military and civilian use in the petrochemical industry, asphalt from oil refining residues is used to build highways.

In addition to chemical industry, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing and other aspects were originally the strength of the Chinese Empire, after the militarization of the world war, the empire's metallurgical and machinery manufacturing capacity to a higher level, and formed its own special industrial production and management system.

In agriculture, the Chinese Empire has enjoyed bumper harvests for 17 consecutive years, with an annual output of 250 million tons. Thanks to the support of miscellaneous rice, chemical industry and mechanized management, the Chinese Empire formed four large-scale agricultural production bases in Northeast China, North China, Central China and South China. Although the agricultural population is still declining sharply, food production not only meets domestic consumption, but also a large part is used for food processing and export. The food industry of the Chinese Empire was deeply loved by Europeans during the World War, and after the war, European merchants continued to import various foods from the Chinese Empire, and the food culture of the Easterners was recognized by Westerners and influenced their living culture.

Every time Tang Shaoyi studied a question with Wang Chenhao, he would write the words "agree", "acquiesce", "to be studied" or "disapprove" in his notebook as a reference, so that when he attended the meeting, he would have a bottom in his heart later.

It can be said that although Wang Chenhao has delegated executive power to the cabinet for many years, his influence is still very huge. Perhaps this influence will continue until Wang Chenhao's death, and the influence of the successive emperors who ascended the throne will gradually decrease.

"Your Majesty!" Tang Shaoyi asked: "Britain, France, Germany, Italy and other countries hope that the empire can lend a helping hand and help their government stabilize domestic finance. ”

Wang Chenhao had an idea, and suddenly remembered that after World War I in history, the United States used the huge war wealth he earned to help the European economy recover. On the surface, it was to aid Europe, but in fact, the Americans at that time held the golden lifeline of Europe in their hands, which was equivalent to lending money to European countries, helping the economic recovery of Europe, while also earning a lot of money for the United States and controlling the economic lifeline of Europe. It is precisely because the United States has become a creditor of Europe that the Americans began to play hooligans and carry out economic construction on a large scale, and as a result, they accidentally caused an economic crisis due to the credit crisis, and as a result, Europe was inevitably affected, and the crisis of the United States was actually transferred to Europe, and caused World War II.

Wang Chenhao thought to himself that the United States was the Chinese Empire at this time, but the difference was that the Chinese Empire was a centralized planned economy, and economic crises were not easy to occur, but it was only a try to borrow money to Europe and become a creditor of Europe, earning huge usury returns.

Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao said: "European countries must curb inflation, rectify financial currency, and if they want to recover the excess money circulating in the market, they must rely on huge loans from the empire. This is an opportunity to make a fortune, and you inform the Ministry of Finance that you can lend money to European countries, but the amount of the loan must be controlled properly, and you must ensure that it can be recovered and not become a bad debt. ”

After Tang Shaoyi wrote it down, he asked again: "Your Majesty, the war is over, and there is no country in the world that can threaten the security of the empire in a short period of time, should the issue of military spending and armaments be reduced?" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "That's right!" The empire is very safe in a short period of time, I will think about it before giving you an answer! ”

Tang Shaoyi received the order and did not ask any more questions.

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