Chapter 500: There are joys and sorrows
Now in the temporary vault of the central bank, there is a mountain of gold, if it is not for the fear that the public activities will reveal his identity, Wang Feng really wants to see it.
With a very satisfied smile, Wang Feng set his eyes on Rong Hong.
Rong Hong arched his hand: "Commander-in-Chief, the first batch of 300 students have gone to the United States last winter, the central bank and the Agricultural Bank of China, the Construction Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and other three major state-owned banks are in full swing of preparatory work, it is expected that after next year can be trial operation, in addition to the integration of Zhejiang Qianzhuang four private banks if nothing else, will also open at the same time, this is the preliminary debt-to-equity ratio agreement, you can take a look." ”
Rong Hong took out a notebook from his arms and handed it to Wang Feng.
The conversion ratio of debt-to-equity swap is different according to the different debt ratios of each private bank, the low debt ratio indicates that the asset quality is good, the conversion rate is high, and the government transfers part of the benefits to the bank owners, on the contrary, it is a lower conversion rate or no conversion, because the asset quality is problematic, which also means business risks.
Rong Hong listed in detail the status of each asset, as well as the conversion formula, in this regard, Wang Feng has no right to speak, although he can put forward a lot of constructive opinions, but the specific financial industry is only a general understanding of the level, but Wang Feng is still careful from the beginning to the end, this is not only a leader must make a gesture, but also a kind of respect for the fruits of other people's labor.
"Not bad!" About twenty minutes later, Wang Feng nodded, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Wanchang, head of the General Armament Department of the Democratic League.
Zhang Wanchang clenched his fists: "Commander-in-chief, the First Machine Tool Factory of the Democratic Alliance Army was put into operation a year ago, as needed. At present, the monthly output of various types of lathes is about 50 sets, but limited by insufficient production capacity. As a result, some private capital was introduced, and the Sino-American Lathe Industry Company, a joint venture with the Whitney Company of the United States, was being established. The address is located in Changzhou Economic Development Zone, which is expected to be put into operation next year"
The lathes produced by the first machine tool factory wholly owned by the Democratic Alliance are mainly supplied to the army, relatively speaking, the civilian scientific research force is insufficient, and the army has no obligation to transfer the technology to the civilian sector free of charge, so although only two years have passed in the imitation and research and development and innovation of the lathe, it has opened a gap with the army.
The demand for lathes among the people is extremely huge, and the supply of military lathes to the army is still tight. It was almost impossible to sell to the private sector, so under Sheng Xuanhuai's leadership, after difficult negotiations between the military, Changzhou's handicraft wealthy, and the American Whitney Company, an agreement was finally reached to set up a joint venture lathe company in Changzhou, with 32 percent of the shares each held and 4 percent owned by the trade union workers, which was the first Sino-foreign joint venture of the Democratic Alliance.
Thanks to advanced lathes, the NLD's guns, including bullets and shells, were also produced by hand. In the era of mechanization, quality and production efficiency have been greatly improved.
Nowadays, the Mini gun is fully localized, and the full horsepower can reach the scale of 1,000 pieces per day, and the quality of the barrel is on par with the original British barrel. Due to the advantage of the Democratic Alliance in rifling and engraving, the range and accuracy were slightly better than those of the British-made Minnie guns.
But the Minnie gun is only a transitional gun type. After being fully equipped in the army, the scale of production has been reduced. Only maintain the level of 300 pieces per day, the extra production capacity. Most of them were used to produce Type 54 rifles!
Also due to the introduction of the lathe, Wang Feng specially requested the 7.62 mm caliber barrel successfully finalized, and the supporting bullets have also achieved mass production, but due to the lack of copper, the temporary output is not high, and the gunpowder used is smokeless gunpowder, which has abandoned the traditional black powder.
A small part of the production capacity is dedicated to the development of semi-automatic rifles and machine guns of various calibers!
With Zhang Wanchang's full of energy, everyone showed excitement, but the more gratifying thing is still to come, that is, artillery!
Benefiting from the naval guns captured from the Duke of Wellington, the artillery of the Democratic Alliance has also been standardized in terms of development, and there are currently 75 mm caliber howitzers, that is, the famous small mountain guns in the War of Resistance Against Japan, 122 mm caliber and 152 mm caliber two kinds of cannons, the latter two tube-to-body ratio has reached 30 times and 33 times, the shells are copper-shelled integrated shells, divided into two kinds of traditional black medicine and smokeless artillery, taking into account the factors that do not need too advanced weapons and secrecy in the domestic war, The shells retained part of the black powder shells.
It's just that compared with the two kinds of cannons in World War II, there is still a big gap, and it has not yet been finalized and produced, which has no way, if a type of artillery wants to be officially installed in the troops, it must go through thousands of live-fire drills, and it is also necessary to collect parameters under different climatic conditions, but according to Zhang Wanchang's report, mass production within the year is not a problem.
The mortar has begun to be equipped with troops a year and a half ago, and there is almost no difference between the appearance and performance of modern mortars, taking into account the pressure of lightness and portability and logistical support, it is temporarily unified to 60 mm caliber, the total weight of the gun body is 25 kilograms, the weight of the shell is 2.1 kilograms, and the maximum firing range is 1,800 meters.
Although there is a lot of good news, but there are also difficulties, the biggest difficulty is the rapid-fire naval gun, the key to the rapid-fire naval gun is to control and retreat the re-entry machine, which requires a large number of functional calculations and highly sophisticated components, and it is also necessary to hide from foreigners, and it is inevitable to be constrained.
In addition, it is a redefinition of smoothbore artillery, although the whole army is fully aware of the advantages of rifled guns, but Wang Feng before leaving, he picked up the smoothbore gun again, and asked the Ordnance Bureau to design a new type of large-barreled smoothbore gun according to the standard of tank guns.
"Minister Zhang, I hope you will continue to work hard!" However, Wang Feng still gave full affirmation, and immediately set his eyes on Sheng Xuanhuai.
"This" is different from the previous few people who were full of confidence to report to Wang Feng, but Sheng Xuanhuai seemed a little cringe, as if he had done something wrong.
"Huh?" Wang Feng was surprised: "Sheng Xuanhuai, what's going on?" Is it not smooth to negotiate with foreigners? ”
Sheng Xuanhuai scratched the back of his head and said: "You focus on two things for me, one is to recover the British Concession, and the other is to negotiate with the British side for customs rights, both of which have not been done, that Robertson always procrastinates, saying that he wants to report to Bao Ling in Beijing, and then Bao Ling asks the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, come and go, you have come back"
Sheng Xuanhuai's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end, he was embarrassed to even raise his head, he felt that he couldn't afford to lose that person, Wang Feng was not there, and everyone else was doing a good job, but he didn't achieve anything, and stabbed his self-esteem fiercely.
Wang Feng understood as soon as he heard it, the British did not plan to talk about it at all, but were ready to delay until the end of the Crimean War and then solve it by strong means, but is Britain still qualified today?
Waving his hand, Wang Feng comforted: "Sheng Xuanhuai, the responsibility is not all on you, diplomacy is originally a mutual bargain, and you don't know the situation in Britain, you will inevitably be led by the nose, so in a few days, you and your sister Xuanjiao will discuss and send troops to directly occupy the British concession, and the British are now taking care of themselves and have no ability to interfere in the affairs of the Far East." ”
"Oh!" Sheng Xuanhuai's face looked a little better, and he hurriedly asked, "What about the customs?" ”
Wang Feng asked rhetorically: "Have we taken over the management of the quarter from the Qing court?" ”
Sheng Xuanhuai nodded and said: "Yes, the British are not easy to fool around in this regard, but the management power is only a quarter, and no decisions can be made, and at most the end of the year will be red." ”
Wang Feng snorted coldly: "Let him be proud for a while, and after a while, when I can appear in public, I will talk to Robertson in person, okay, it's not too early, you might as well stay for a light meal." ”
"No, no, thank you, Commander-in-Chief, next time." Just kidding, Wang Feng has been away for nearly two years, and when he needs to marry his family, who will stay to be a light bulb? This bit of vision is still there, so they surrendered one after another.
"Okay, I'll invite you to dinner another day, but don't leak the news of my return." Wang Feng stood up and sent the guest to the door.
It was already approaching evening, Wang Feng did not leave, but sat back in his chair, secretly thinking about a way to solve the problem of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wen Xian did not guess wrong, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a piece of fat to put on the side of the Democratic Alliance, it's time to put your mouth down, but how to eat it is still a little particular.
The most neat way is to attack directly, but in Wang Feng's eyes, this is just the last strategy, you must know that the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army is not bad, the difference is only in the backwardness of weapons and equipment and military thinking, Wang Feng has always had the heart to accept the Taiping Army.
Moreover, in the Taiping army, there are rare generals such as Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, sending troops to attack, which will only push these people to their opposites.
After all, Wang Feng still has a trace of illusion about the Tianjing Incident, which is also the main reason why he does not want to publicize his whereabouts, after all, there are many contradictions between Hong and Yang, and the Taiping Heaven is in trouble at home and abroad, and Yang Xiuqing is stubborn and self-serving, Hong Xiuquan is insane, and in the context of the Democratic Alliance Army standing still and maintaining huge military pressure, it is a matter of time before a conflict breaks out between the two!
When he was secretly thinking about it, there was a soft voice in his ear: "Huh? Why are you still here? What are you doing sitting alone? ”
Wang Feng turned his head to see that Zhou Xiuying and Angelina came hand in hand from behind, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Sort out your thoughts, Xiaoxue is okay, is your mother used to it in China?" ”
Angelina also sat down on the chair, stretched her waist and said: "I'm tired to death, Xiaoxue has been crazy all the time, and now Luan Xiang is going to coax her to sleep, my mother, it should be okay, I think she seems to like it here, but her mouth is hard."
As she was talking, a melodious song suddenly floated outside the house, and Angelina's words came to an abrupt end. (To be continued......)