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In the following period, Yang Qiu did not continue to accompany Jinnah, and asked Murong Han and Chen Guofu to replace and negotiate the establishment of the State Social Service Office in Islamabad. As for the places to visit, he even ordered that as long as there were no national defense secrets, the Muslim League could show them whatever they wanted, but they must be careful not to let them know that there were Jewish officers in the country.

Jinnah was not in a hurry to return to China, but took a serious trip to almost all the developed areas of China from south to north, and it is said that he wrote several thick copies of the diary of the visit, which shows the importance he attached to Yang Qiu and the model of the national society.

The reason why Yang Qiu did not provide a large amount of military equipment was not that there was no money but that India was too special, and it was not in the best interests to import a large amount of military equipment to the Muslim League, but the passage between China and Pakistan in the future was the most important strategic channel in South Asia, so he remembered the method of importing a large number of Mauser pistols from Germany when China faced an arms embargo in the parallel world. Because pistols are unrestricted, even India is flooded with a large number of pistols, according to the Muslim League at least 200,000, so imitation Mauser pistols have become the main export.

There is no consensus within the Muslim League on wooing the Muslim League. Li Yuanhong and others in Nanjing are worried that the growth of the Muslim League will lead to the instability of Muslims in the northwest, after all, in the early years, the National Defense Force did not do less "special" tasks, especially some remote areas in Xinjiang were almost completely washed, and they were afraid that they would be turned over in the future. The military's thinking is simple: the subcontinent must contain, if not need, the emergence of a Greater India with a similar population and rich in resources such as iron ore. Yang Qiu believes that precisely because the Muslim League has a huge influence in the Muslim world, especially in the tribal armed forces, only good relations with them can ensure long-term peace and stability in the northwest.

Although there is no unity, there is one thing that is consensus. As China continues to grow, it is no longer possible for Europe and the United States to remain indifferent. In addition, Japan, Italy, Germany and other frustrated countries are unwilling, the gradual recovery of the Soviet Union, and the world changes have been uncontained.

Only Jiang Fangzhen and the others were full of suspicions, they had no opinion on supporting Jinnah and Mu Meng, and even felt that it was too little. According to Yue Peng's idea, two divisions should be directly rowed over. The only puzzle is, why did Yang Qiu look for a temple in India? actually asked Hao Wenbao to personally bring a hunter squadron. So on the train back to Nanjing, even Lei Meng couldn't resist the temptation, and took the opportunity to pack up the newspaper and asked with his eyebrows and eyes: "Vice President." What treasure is Master Xuanzang hiding? Isn't it worth the old money? Or let me go. ”

"Phew"

Vice President Yang, who was interrupted from his thoughts, just picked up the coffee, sprayed it on the ground, and said happily: "When have you ever seen my friend who has archaeology?" I lied to them. ”

Lei scratched his head violently, as if he hadn't heard that Yang Qiu liked antiques, but this was even more strange: "Then why did you send General Hao to do it?" Could it be that you are going to kill that old man with the Indian surname Gan? ”

"I can't decide if he dies or not." Yang Qiu shook his hand. He did not want to talk about the heavy subject of Gandhi, and deliberately avoided talking about the temple in his spare time.

Because he didn't want to give Jinnah a harsh impression, he didn't think about collecting money at all for the things that supported the Muslim League. After all, the future of Pakistan is too important, and it is not cost-effective to offer too high a mustard. But after thinking about it, I felt that it was too much of a loss, because the Mauser pistols were very expensive, 20,000 were enough to replace a semi-armored battalion, and this was not counting the ammunition. It happened that I had vaguely remembered that I had seen reports of Indian treasures, so it took me a few days to get a map of India published in England to recall the temple.

He only remembered that this temple was a treasure trove of an ancient royal family, with six underground palaces, and two of them had not yet been opened when later generations found them. But one of them alone is worth $11 billion, and if you're lucky enough to have six underground palaces that haven't been opened, even if you put aside the value of cultural relics, it's worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you don't really find someone to lead the way. Even if I knew, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find it, let alone bring it out.

When Lei Meng heard that there was a treasure in the temple, his mouth immediately watered. "Hundreds of millions of dollars?! My grandma. Commander, you see that there is nothing going on lately, so why don't you let me take some brothers and take a tour to see the scenery of India. "Lei Da Hob meat knows how to use the words "tourism and scenery", which is really rare. In fact, he is also in his forties, although his military rank has risen step by step, but I am afraid that he has no chance to go to the front line in this life, and it is rare to have such a big red errand and can't help but tempt him to secretly think about it.

Go as you want. After all, even if it wasn't solid, the pure gold elephant, which was said to be 1.3 meters tall, weighed several tons, and a hunter squadron alone couldn't move it. So Yang Qiu didn't just promise him. He also asked him to take a guard company to take the opportunity to send a tractor by boat, and how much he could bring back in the end could only depend on luck. Lei Meng immediately resumed the demeanor of the 42 standard hob meat of the year, and on the night he returned to Nanjing, he found a boat to go to the Jiujiang Tractor Factory to pull away thousands of walk-behind tractors, and then went all the way south to India.

Both the Soviet Union and the Muslim League were ready to take advantage of the Great Riot in the South Seas. It seems that the clouds of conflict surrounding West Borneo and Natuna are slowly dissipating, and the noisy slogans of protecting overseas Chinese in the country are gradually cooling down, and everyone's attention is turning to the almost certain relocation of the capital and the constitutional reform.

"Isn't this Yuqiu, hehe, I haven't seen you for a few days and I'm beautiful again, is the vice president here?" Before he could catch his breath, Cheng Biguang came to the Ministry of Defense early in the morning. Since Yang Qiu is about to resign as vice president and prepare to run for the next president, he moved to work in the Ministry of Defense after returning to Nanjing, and in this place where there are more men than dogs, beautiful women are undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

"Commander Cheng is early." Yan Yuqiu, who was also half a child of a naval family, called out sweetly and asked, "The vice president is having a meeting inside, is there anything urgent?" Do you want me to say something? ”

"It's no big deal, I'll be okay later." Since receiving Wang Guangxiong's telegram, Cheng Biguang's mood has been very good. Don't say wait a while, even if he is allowed to fight the British Far East Fleet, it will be no problem now. So when he learned that Yang Qiu was in a meeting, he simply sat on the sofa with his briefcase and chatted: "Yuqiu, have you been to see President Sa recently?" I heard that he is going to build a shipyard? Hehe, or they are free, you look at me, I don't know what to do in and out every day. ”

Cheng Biguang's nagging appearance made Yan Yuqiu laugh secretly. Although she doesn't understand the navy and military affairs, she also knows that the navy has been very proud recently, and who asked the vice president to promise to add two more battleships. For this matter, General Yue Peng and General Xue Muhua of the Air Force also came to sue yesterday, saying that the navy reached out to ask for money under the pretense of the Nanyang crisis, so she also followed Old Man Cheng's thoughts: "Uncle Cheng, has the name of the new battleship been decided?" ”

"Isn't that all there is to it?" Cheng Biguang was full of joy, and no one told him. finally had a goal, and he didn't care if he understood it or not, and he suddenly mentioned his spirit: "Yuqiu." I heard that the matter of moving the capital has been decided? You see, our navy actually has 10,000 people who support the relocation of the capital! So, this time, I want to simply call it Beijing-level. One in Beijing, one in Nanjing, one in Shanghai and one in Chongqing. Huh, how's that? ”

The whole country is discussing moving the capital. The navy directly slapped the sycophants on the back, so that Yan Yuqiu couldn't help but giggle and nodded: "The vice president will definitely like it." ”

"Really? If you like it, haha. Cheng Biguang finished laughing, suddenly looked at the surroundings and mysteriously approached and asked, "Yuqiu, has this year's national defense budget been allocated?" You see that the first two ships are laid with keels, and the next two ships have to be grasped. ”

"It's coming, but."

"But what!" Before Yan Yuqiu finished speaking, Cheng Biguang jumped up: "This is a good thing!" You can't afford it! Did Yue Peng and Xue Muhua come to sue? These two bastards. It's just that I can't get used to our navy buying a few small sampans. No, I need to see the vice president right away. ”

A small sampan? You're a 55 million 1 battleship! Yan Yuqiu secretly muttered that the old man was shameless, and he was afraid that he would go straight to the conference room and hurriedly stopped: "Listen to me first, the vice president said that the next two ships are not in this year's budget, and they must be approved after the National Assembly reviews and approves." He also said that starting construction of four ships at the same time would crowd the slipway, and that now is a good time to develop the maritime industry, and the slipway is already tight. I want you to stagger to start work early next year. ”

"Do you have to wait?"

I heard that I would have to wait for half a year, and Cheng Biguang suddenly looked like a wilted eggplant. But he is not an unreasonable person, as the commander-in-chief of the navy he knows it very well. To see whether a country's navy is strong, we must first look at whether the sea is developed. The Great Kanto Earthquake caused heavy losses to Japan's shipping industry, and the only forces that were left to be used first for the most urgently needed trade with Russia, so now is the opportunity for domestic shipping to expand aggressively. At this time, the navy's plan was introduced, and if the construction of four Beijing-class battleships, four Wuhan-class heavy cruisers, two Yangtze River-class light cruisers, and two Sichuan-class aircraft carriers was introduced, plus six auxiliary ships and 16 Yongxing-class destroyers that had been determined long ago, if construction started at the same time, it would inevitably crowd out the slipway. Coupled with the fact that warships, especially large ships, occupy the slipway for a long time, the start of construction together will definitely have an adverse impact on the booming maritime industry.

Since he couldn't immediately allocate funds to start the project, he didn't feel anxious to see Yang Qiu, and just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered the matter of the naval gun, and came over again and asked, "By the way, did the vice president say anything about the naval gun?" ”

Due to the tight time, the new design could not be launched, so the last two Beijing class basically followed the design of the first two. The budget report states the continuation of the use of 360mm naval guns. However, like the Yangtze River class light cruisers, the Navy quietly reduced the thickness of the main armor belt after the construction of the first two ships, enlarged the size of the gun mount to reserve room for improvement, and also required that Chongqing's newly designed 380mm must be able to use the same gun mount. This matter is an open secret within the navy, regardless of whether Yang Qiu deliberately reduced the caliber for political purposes, and no matter how good the data of this naval gun is. Even the most loyal Bingwen said that if the 380 naval gun meets the design requirements, it will be replaced immediately, and the 360mm gun can be used for coastal defense or other warships.

Yan Yuqiu had already been taken care of by Yang Qiu, and made a cup of tea for Cheng Biguang and handed it to him: "Uncle Cheng, the vice president wants you to consider the impact of installing a 380mm naval gun." He said that now there are 3 ships in the United States, 2 each in the United Kingdom and Japan, and what will they think if we have 4 warships that can threaten them at once? ”

The crisp words made Cheng Biguang gradually calm down. Yang Qiu is very right, if China adds four super battleships at once, Britain, the United States and Japan will certainly not give up, the matter in the South Seas has already offended Britain, and the United States seems to support it but will definitely be unhappy after being "kidnapped". Although the Washington Naval Treaty has bound all countries, from a domestic point of view, it is precisely because of the "vacation" of the European and American navies that the Chinese Navy has been given the opportunity to catch up and take advantage of the large gap in the tonnage of the treaty to build a large number of new ships for rapid expansion. If the treaty collapses due to the installation of large-caliber naval guns, Britain, the United States and Japan will inevitably continue to build super battleships, and the gap will widen again.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the corners of Yan Yuqiu's mouth slowly drew a beautiful arc, and comforted: "Uncle Cheng, why haven't you turned a corner?" Aren't the two ships you are building now reserved for refit sizes? The Vice President actually knew about it for a long time! He said that the latter two ships only need to be launched 30 years ago and installed with 380mm naval guns. As for the first two, why bother? He also said that there is no need to make major changes to the four Anhai-class Zhong'anhai and Zhenhai ships with considerable losses last time, but Dinghai and Ninghai set aside enough tonnage when they were built, so why not use the money for 18 naval guns to modify them first? Isn't there still 330mm in development in Chongqing? ”

"That's right!"

Such an obvious hint, how could Cheng Biguang not hear it. Suddenly he patted his head and stood up. He is too familiar with the 330mm naval gun being tested in Chongqing, and the power of penetrating 300mm armor at 22 kilometers has exceeded that of most 356mm naval guns. To put it mildly, apart from the two Nagato, there is basically no need to worry about other warships of the Japanese Navy. But Japan only has 2 Nagato, and it has 2 Beijing class ships that can threaten it in 4 years, and the first 2 Beijing class can also change guns, so there is no need to worry about it at all.

Two years later, the Anhai class will be overhauled in the middle of the term, and the navy has already started a modification study. But it's all 305mm naval guns, so it's better to simply change the guns. Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still, and immediately said goodbye and went back to the Admiralty to summon officers and engineers to study. Looking at his back, Yan Yuqiu's eyes were almost smiling, and he didn't pick up the phone until he couldn't see it: "Vice President, Commander Cheng has left." ”

"It's good to go."

Yang Qiu in the office put down the phone, he was afraid of the navy now. For the sake of the naval guns and the construction of the last 2 Beijing-class ships, he didn't bother himself, so he let Yan Yuqiu get in the way. It's not that he's perfunctory to the Navy. Rather, now there are more important things to deal with than the Navy.

At the round conference table, in addition to Yang Qiu, there were Zhang Wenjing, Xu Xiujun, Cai Gongshi, and Song Ziqing, who represented the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, the Reform and Development Commission, and the military. To put it more simply, they are the money bags and guns of the Republic of China. Before the crisis in the South Seas had completely dissipated, most of the reason for Jinnah's rush back was a telegram from the United States.

The content of the telegram is very simple, in addition to the US government's just released economic report for last year, there are also some news about US futures and the stock market, although the text is sparse but exudes a frenzied atmosphere. In just over a month since Yang Qiu's visit to the United States, all stocks on Wall Street have skyrocketed, and short-term bank lending has increased by 30%, far exceeding the level of the same period last year. Not only Pei Zuyi, but even many American economists are shouting for the first time that "danger and bubbles" are intensifying, but in front of strong demand and a steady stream of Chinese orders. The sound of the wolf coming was forgotten by investors.

Of course, some people remain calm. According to intelligence, Jewish groups, including Jacob, have held secret meetings in London several times, and no one knows what was said at the meetings, but it can be seen from the recent sudden increase in US stocks and US forward contract futures in the London and New York markets that they also seem to smell something. Yang Qiu knew better than anyone what they wanted to do. A vigorous sheep shearing operation is about to begin. But at this time, what he is most concerned about is not how much he can gain, but the time when the monetary policy of the Republic of China itself needs to be adjusted.

Since reunification, the economic departments of the Republic of China under his control have been implementing a scissors system for agriculture in order to develop industry. Put simply, it is to artificially suppress and fix the price of food, so that raw materials and wages are kept low, so that merchants can make more money and survive the capital accumulation phase. From the point of view of the effect, it is still relatively ideal, because grain is the basis of everything, and if the price of grain does not rise, inflation will be compressed to a minimum, and without inflation, there will be no wage increase, no raw material price increase, and so on.

But now this policy doesn't work! As deflation intensifies in the world, if monetary deflation is maintained, in the event of an accident in the United States affecting the contraction of imports from Europe and the United States, it is necessary to stimulate the domestic market to support and avoid large-scale bankruptcy of the export-oriented economies of textiles, raw silk and tea. Therefore, Yang Qiu needs to find ways to increase and expand domestic purchasing power in advance. And his method is to partially open the grain market with conditions and increase the demand for money supply in excess of the amount!

"I agree with the vice president."

Xu Xiujun agreed with Yang Qiu: "The basic relationship between China's population and food is slowly changing, after the Chengcheng Act, a large number of immigrants and new land expansion, most areas have solved the food shortage, but the current grain price is too low, farming can only achieve food and clothing." Farmers are the largest group, and it is important to increase their incomes first. In addition to expanding industrial and commercial services to attract migrant workers and strengthening cash crops, the most rapid results can be achieved by appropriately raising grain prices. As for the over-issuance of currency, I also agree. China's construction projects are the largest in the world, requiring a large amount of money supply, and the current amount of gold, silver, and foreign exchange reserves is seriously insufficient. ”

"Will rising food prices make workers dissatisfied? It's not a Xinhai year, and now millions of workers across the country, plus the people who serve them, involve tens of millions of long mouths! That's a big deal! Cai Gongshi's expression was very serious...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )