The spring breeze blows the land of China and recovers.

Spring plowing and farming have been carried out in various parts of the land of China, and countless people are happily busy in the fields, looking forward to the arrival of a new life. With the continuous issuance of policies benefiting farmers, people's living pressure has been sharply reduced, and there are a large number of job opportunities for infrastructure construction and investment, and people's lives have been continuously improved.

With the complete abolition of the unequal treaties, at Li Bufan's strong request, Duan Qirui's government had to pass a mandatory rent reduction bill, which stipulated that the agricultural tax should not exceed 10% and the tenant rent should not exceed 20%, which was equivalent to making the peasants' harvest income from farming reach 70%, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the peasants.

If these policies to benefit farmers are still not enough, grain merchants will still take the opportunity to resell grain and raise prices. With the existence of Wu Di, a traverser, Li Bufan, with the cooperation of Yang Yongtai and others, passed the "State Grain Reserve Act," which mandatorily stipulates that 70 percent of the grain of large households with land exceeding 100 mu must be collected by the government at a reasonable market price, and that the government will forcibly balance the price of grain in the form of a government, and the common people will not have to worry about grain price fluctuations and can buy grain at a reasonable price.

Of course, the complete abolition of unequal treaties by the great powers was not without demands, and their first demand was to disarm and limit the number of troops stationed on the frontiers, otherwise their colonial officers and soldiers in Southeast Asia would not sleep peacefully. Naturally, China has also complied with such a request, and the land forces of the National Defense Forces have only maintained their strength of more than 2.2 million troops in 150 divisions; along with local stability, the garrison units in various provinces have also been sharply reduced, and only three production and construction corps have been retained, one in Xinjiang, one in the northeast, and one in the southwest. Almost two million paramilitary personnel have been abolished, and of course those who have been transferred to the reserve are still required to go to the local garrison on a regular monthly basis for training.

The situation eased, customs regained control, and the Chinese side abolished the "local protection tax". Despite the growth of trade between the East and the West, Western merchants suddenly found that they could no longer avoid taxes through smuggling, and that goods entered China through normal commercial channels, and that they had no ability to compete with cheap Chinese goods. On the contrary, there are a lot of orders for mechanical parts, but this is simply a thirst quenching, the more industrial equipment in China, the production capacity will continue to increase, will occupy more market share.

Despite the extreme reforms of the Nanjing government in China, which eased the pressure on the people and provided a large number of job opportunities, the income of the Chinese people at this time was still on the low side. The government's purpose is only to solve the problem of food and clothing, and even cannot solve it completely, and the consumption power of ordinary people is still low, and their requirements are only firewood, rice, oil, salt, and clothing, and the main consumers for this purpose are landlord families and rich peasants. For this reason, although China's industry only accounts for about 5% of the world's total, it can still basically meet China's market demand, even if the poor make some money, they will choose to save, and the development of the market requires a relatively long-term process.

Of course, due to the continuous development of the construction of industrial zones, the consumption of the city has been stimulated, and the economy is much more prosperous than before.

Trains come and go in China's railway artery, showing economic development. At the same time, it can also be seen that many important railway transportation arteries such as the Jinghan Line and the Jinpu Line have been busy, which is the construction of the double line that has started almost all of the Chinese side.

This was originally a good thing, but the problem is that the double line built is in accordance with the 1520 mm standard of the railway, and Li Bufan and Wu Di were all in a horizontal position at that time, all using reinforced concrete sleepers, and the high-standard railway construction method. This is completely different from the original British so-called international standard gauge, and the most important thing is that in the previous warlord melee, many of these railways were basically mortgaged to the foreign powers for loans, and now the management rights are in the hands of the foreign powers, but the Nanjing government of China has not redeemed these commercial operating rights at all.

"You have the funds to build the railway, don't you have the funds to repay the loan?" The Belgian consortium on the Jinghan line was anxious.

Gu Junwei said expressionlessly: "My country has just experienced war and turmoil, and the consumption is huge, where does the money come from?" At present, the construction of these double railway lines is a loan fund specially raised by the commander-in-chief, which is earmarked for special purposes. ”

Henks, the representative of the Belgian consortium, shouted angrily: "You don't want to pay back the money in the first place, and even you are ready not to want these railways and locomotives, and the railways that your government plans to build are completely different from the current railways." ”

Gu Junwei said lightly: "This is not something I can decide. Of course, that's what you said, I didn't say it. ”

Henks, the representative of the Belgian consortium, shouted: "I protest, I want to see your Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tang Shaoyi." ”

Gu Junwei glanced at Henks with idiot eyes, and sneered: "My Chinese diplomatic chief is not qualified to meet everyone. "If it was in the Beiyang or Manchu Qing Dynasty, not to mention the representatives of the Belgian consortium, as long as the foreigners with a little status, they could go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sprinkle, and no one in China at that time dared to offend. But now that China is rising, those cats and dogs are all gone, and even the representatives of the proportional consortium are not blocked by Gu Junwei.

The representative of the Belgian consortium, Hinks, shouted: "Mr. Gu, if I can't see His Excellency General Tang today, then the Jinghan Line will stop operating tomorrow." ”

Gu Junwei sneered: "Really? At present, the Mongolian army group army of our country is still suppressing the rebellion, which belongs to the war period, and according to international practice, our country has the right to take over the transportation system in an extraordinary period. I advise Your Excellency to see the current situation clearly, you have reaped enough benefits from the railway, and be careful to survive. As he spoke, the stunned Henks walked away, and only a voice floated over to "send off".

"Please, Mr. Henks!" Two big men, one on the left and one on the right, came to Henks's side.

Henks looked at the two big men, then at his own body, and estimated that he was not playing, so he had to grit his teeth and scream: "You will regret it."

In the presidential palace, Duan Qirui, Li Bufan, Wu Di, Yang Yongtai, Tang Shaoyi and Xu Shuzheng were sitting and drinking tea, listening to Gu Junwei's report, all with disdain, forcing the great powers and Soviet Russia to abolish the unequal treaties made everyone more confident, and they didn't look at Belgium, a small country, let alone just a consortium's clamour?

Duan Qirui smiled bitterly: "These disputes over the railway are nothing, but so many of our railways will be fully changed to broad gauge when the time comes, and the cost will be huge." ”

Wu Di smiled: "It's nothing. The difference in price, which I have discussed with the commander-in-chief, will be borne by us. The reason for the upgrade in railway construction is that these old railways are no longer useful, and safety is also a problem, and the speed is too slow to adapt to the rapid development of the economy. ”

Yang Yongtai was surprised: "How can this be done?" The railways are state-owned, and these expenses naturally need to be borne by the state treasury. ”

Li Bufan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter about the money, there is no need to argue about it." I think we should think about Japan now. According to our demands at that time, the premise of our complete withdrawal was that the Japanese had to destroy the fortification groups built on Matsuyama and the northern front. But now Japan and the Great Powers are asking us to withdraw our troops first, and then they will destroy them. What do you think? ”

Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but interject: "It seems that Little Japan is worried that we will directly attack them after they destroy the fortifications and destroy them." ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled and said, "I don't think so." Since we have agreed to withdraw our troops, we naturally cannot lose our trust in the international community for this. I think I'm worried about the Japanese, but the Koreans. So far, the Koreans have basically migrated to Japan, with our change of clothes and this disarmament. The North Koreans continue to buy weapons from us (obsolete weapons), and they have armed more than 3 million people, and although most of them are miscellaneous arms, there are also more than 1 million Japanese-style, British, French, and American equipment, and their strength should not be underestimated. ”

Yang Yongtai said: "The Japanese can't hold out for a few days." At present, the Japanese-controlled area is confined to the central part of the island of Honshu, and the rest of the area is almost controlled by the Koreans, and there are more than 20 million people in these places, and the Koreans who began to control the areas are still just grabbing houses to live in, and now they don't even have anything to eat. Every day, there are endless robberies and killings for a little food, and even cannibalism. Aren't we a little too cruel. ”

Duan Qirui also felt compassion and said to Li Bufan: "Or, let's let it go?" Or some food relief? ”

"Impossible!" Wu Di jumped up on the spot and shouted, "There are still people in our country who can't eat enough, and they don't care about little Japan dying." Besides, we have been plundered for so many years, where will we get the money to help little Japan? Aren't those foreign devils developed countries? Why don't you see them for relief? Just kidding, it's impossible to feed pigs and dogs with food for little Japan. Are they brain-dead or cheap? Think of the heinous sins these bastards have committed in our country. In short, don't even think about a grain of rice. ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "Little Japan is not a thing, and the Goryeo stick is not a thing. If it weren't for the fact that Japan was used as aid to resist the Manchus, they would not have become a colony, and our country would not have been ashamed of the First Sino-Japanese War. The existence of these two things is always a threat to the security of Northeast Asia, and it is not conducive to the implementation of our overall strategy of dominating East Asia. I do not want Japan to become a landing ground for the Great Powers and a base that threatens our security in Northeast Asia as we move south to fight the Great Powers. ”

Duan Qirui frowned and said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

"We are not afraid of procrastination, and the more we drag it out, the deeper their enmity will become. When the cage is released, let them eat dogs, and it is better to disappear completely."