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"Look, look! Keeping saying for the country and the people? Oilfield shares worth hundreds of millions were sold for 50 million, which is a betrayal! I'm afraid he'll fill his pockets. In the Kuomintang office in Port Batavia, Hu Hanmin threw the freshly published newspaper on the table.

After the rise of Yang Qiu and the National Society, the domestic Kuomintang forces almost suffered a catastrophe, and Long Jiguang even tore Guangzhou into pieces, the stronghold of the Kuomintang, and finally led the wolf into the house and was led by Cai Jimin to the national defense army. So he, Chen Jiongming, Bai Wenwei and others had to flee to Nanyang to live in Batavia. Later, Chen Qimei was imprisoned, and Huang Yin and other important members of the Shanghai Kuomintang also came to join him one after another.

There is no way back at home, and these old and young people can only focus all their energy on Nanyang, plus in the early days, Yang Qiu had to concentrate on solving domestic and Japanese troubles, and later participated in the European war, which really didn't take care of this, but was developed here by them. But this kind of good days are gradually going away, as the national society took the lead in going abroad, Chen Guofu led the vanguard quickly promoted the national society to the Chinese in Nanyang, the silver crisis and the Sumatra oil field are the harbingers of the influx of national society and domestic capital into Nanyang, making them particularly worried that the final territory will also be encroached upon.

Hu Hanmin was the most excited, thinking that he was Sun Yat-sen's successor back then, and he was just a little bit close to the presidential throne, and now there is no hope at all. Therefore, he has always been particularly hostile to Yang Qiu and the National Society, and said: "Shanghai should be contacted, and Zhang Shizhao and Wang Zhaoming can mobilize the Congress to ask clearly!" He relied on his old qualifications, so he was not afraid of Zhang Shizhao, the current chairman of the Kuomintang, and Wang Zhaoming, the secretary of general affairs, in his eyes, and called him by his name at every turn.

continued to say angrily: "There is also Li Liejun." I don't know what the hell is going on! After being a major general and division commander, he was bribed, and he was absent from the congress for 7 consecutive years, is this still a member of our party! He should be removed from the Commission. Yingbai, are you right? ”

After Hu Hanmin finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Huang Yin. This former commander of the Shanghai Army, who was very prosperous with Chen Qimei, lost his position after retiring from the military circles, and now he still makes some money in Nanyang by relying on the set of things that the gang managed the coolies back then, which is really different from before, so his heart is quite empty. echoed: "Zhantang is right, this is an opportunity to hit Yang Qiu, and we can't let it go in vain." ”

As soon as the two sang and made harmony, Dayou immediately pulled Yang Qiu off the horse. But Chen Jiongming and Bai Wenwei, who were sitting in the corner, didn't say a word, and finally the former simply patted his buttocks: "Let's talk, I'll go back first." The navy has been cruising outside the harbor for the past few days, and I went to see if the ship had returned. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, you talk. The Canton side also urged me to transport the rubber back, and a few telegrams were really annoying that day. As soon as Chen Jiongming left, Bai Wenwei was reluctant to stay, so he simply left under the pretext of having something to do.

Seeing the two of them leaving one after another, Hu Hanmin was so angry that he scolded: "Phew! What do you think it's the Governor? Look at these people. Is there still something like it was back then? Do you want to follow Sun Yat-sen's example and take a Japanese bitch to hide in Hawaii as a shrunken-headed turtle? ”

Listening to what he said, the more unpleasant it became, Huang Yin hurriedly pulled him and sighed: "Forget about the exhibition hall, Jingcun and Liewu also want to have peace." It is not easy for one of them to engage in shipping and the other to engage in rubber. If it weren't for the funding provided by them over the years, it's hard to say whether we would have been able to gain a foothold. ”

"Isn't it just some money! He Yang Qiu waved his hand and sold hundreds of millions of cheap, can't we even say it? Is this still a republic? I see that Zhang Taiyan and Wang Zhaoming are more than one in a bag, and they can't even win a few more seats in the National Assembly for so many years, if Ince and the fisherman are still there, how can we be reduced to the point where it is difficult for the country to return! ”

Hu Hanmin's anger was hard to dissipate. Picked up the newspaper on the table, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it a few times. This kind of child's temper made Huang Yin secretly sneer, just like this, he still dreams of being the chairman of the Kuomintang every day to bring down Yang Qiu? Isn't that a joke? So he changed the topic and said: "By the way, when it comes to Brother Ince, I almost forgot about the big thing." Brother Ince will be released from prison in three months, and I heard that he has been beaten a leg in prison. Hey, it's finally a brother, you and I will go back to Shanghai to pick it up. ”

Sun Yat-sen took refuge in Hawaii, Huang Keqiang and Song Jiaoren died, Tan Renfeng and Ju Zheng both acted as apartments, Li Liejun didn't care, Zhang Taiyan and Wang Zhaoming were regarded by him as incompetent, but Liao Zhongqiu, who served as the Minister of Water Resources, suddenly became the new banner of the People's Party, which made Hu Hanmin particularly angry. But he knew that he was alone, so Chen Qimei's big tree still had to be pulled, anyway, his nephew Chen Guofu was the secretary of the State Society, and Chen Lifu was the director of the public study abroad office in the Education Department, and he still had some power in his hands, so he nodded and agreed.

After chatting about what to do when Chen Qimei was released from prison, they packed their things and prepared to go home, but when they walked to the door, they saw two foreigners coming over. One of them was thin and had two moustaches. He was accompanied by a man with parted hair and a slightly crooked nose. When the bearded foreigner man saw the two, he bent down and saluted to introduce himself: "Please allow me to introduce you." Marin, Dutchman. This is Comrade Vychensky, a Soviet. ”

If the Dutch were not surprised, then the words Soviets and comrades made Hu Hanmin and Huang Yin stunned, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. China and Russia have already made a fuss, and Yang Qiu did not put Russia to death at the beginning. Even if Russia became Soviet Russia, the east of the Yenisei River was still a forbidden area for them, and the Japanese drew a circle of influence near the Sea of Okhotsk for mining.

The two were thinking about dealing with Yang Qiu, when Marin and Vychensky suddenly appeared, what does this mean? Hu Hanmin thought for a long time, and finally slowly stretched out his hand: "Welcome two, I don't know what you have to do in Batavia?" ”

"We hope that the two of you can help and buy some food from the Chinese." Vychensky crossed Marin, and after expressing his intentions, he turned to the latter out of the corner of his eye, and continued: "We urgently need the help of our friends from all over the world. ”

"Friends." Hu Hanmin chewed these two words and invited the two of them indoors.

Marin and Vychensky's surprise visit to the Batavia branch of Hu Hanmin and the Kuomintang adds to the strangeness of the Nanyang region, which has already become chaotic due to the influx of national society and Republic of China capital.

But Yang Qiu has not yet seen the subtle changes over the South Seas, and he is looking for the final piece of the industrial puzzle in Germany. In order to continue to promote the stupid bird first-to-fly policy.

The day after arriving in Berlin, news of the famous beer can riots arrived, and the police and army in the streets made Germany even more volatile. Due to the beer tank riot, President Hindenburg had to postpone the meeting with Yang Qiu, and the accompanying Central Guard Regiment did not dare to come out, not only chartered the entire floor of the hotel, but also set up a large number of secret posts to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Stand at the window. Looking at the military vehicles full of soldiers passing by, Yang Qiu had the urge to go to Munich immediately. But he knew it was delusional, and now his identity was different. Even if he wanted to, the guard regiment would not let him go to the most chaotic place in Germany now. But on the other hand, there is no need to say much about the beer can riots, not to mention that he has no good feelings for the Nazis. But it also reminded him. The time is getting closer! This incident was both a loss and a help to the Nazis, because a large number of Nazis were arrested afterwards, and Ludendorff was implicated, so it was hyped up by the newspapers, Hitler and the Nazi Party also became famous in one fell swoop, officially announcing Hitler into the public eye!

Since the Riot Guard Corps did not allow him to leave the hotel, he had to pick up a book to pass the time. After only turning two pages, there was a knock on the door, and the beautiful secretary Yan Yuqiu walked into the room with Wang Zhengting, who came from France. What surprised him slightly was that in addition to Wang Zhengting, there was actually a gray-haired person behind him. An old man with glasses and a tired look.

"Lord Traun!"

After seeing the old man's face clearly, Yang Qiu suddenly got up. After 9 years of not seeing each other, Traun has changed so much that he not only looks much older and wears glasses. Moreover, the temperament of serving as the minister in China has all disappeared, and some of the whitish corners of his clothes show that he has been very unsatisfactory over the years.

Traun was also very happy to see Yang Qiu again. Although the two had a lot of holidays, Yang Qiu did take good care of him when he was in China, especially after the outbreak of the European War, these diplomats in China were specially sent to the United States. While many people traveled to South America, he ventured back to Germany on an American cargo ship. But what he didn't expect was that China then entered the war and joined the British and French sides, so he, the former minister to China, was despised, gradually ostracized by his colleagues, and had to officially resign at the end of 17. However, due to Germany's defeat and domestic turmoil, he could only rely on his savings to survive these years, and if Wang Zhengting hadn't come to him, he might have gone to the United States to look for opportunities after a while, like most German middle-class families.

"Your Excellency Traun, how are you doing all these years?"

In the face of Yang Qiu's care, Traun pushed his glasses very freely, looked at the beautiful Yan Yuqiu and smiled: "It must not be as good as you." ”

"Huh."

Yan Yuqiu didn't know German, but the woman's intuition made her feel that Traun was making fun of Yang Qiu, and she closed the door and withdrew with a red cheek. Wang Zhengting also took German in France, and Yang Qiu himself is good at German, so none of them need a translator to speak fluently.

In fact, Traun people are good, although there is no lack of small profits in China, but compared to those British people with their nostrils turned to the sky, they are much more discreet. From the exchange of snorkels for sulfonamides, the delivery of the fleet, and the persuasion of the Qingdao fortress to surrender, etc., not only helped Yang Qiu, but also helped Germany get the much-needed technology. In particular, sulfonamides and snorkel technology have helped a lot, the infection and death rate of the German wounded has been reduced by 3% compared with history, and the number of merchant ships sunk by submarines is 1.4 times that of parallel worlds! However, Germany's enemies were too strong, especially the United States, which was secretly funded, and magnified Germany's lack of resources and narrow problems a hundredfold, and finally had to sign the humiliating Paris Peace Treaty because of internal and external troubles.

This is also the reason why Yang Qiu resisted the Third Reich. Unless the United States does not enter the war, it will be difficult for China and Germany to join forces. After all, the depth of Soviet Russia was too wide, and Germany lacked the support of Britain and the United States after the navy. Historically, the United States only exerted half of its national strength during World War II, and it would be terrible if it really broke out to support the Soviet Union against China and Germany. And as long as Stalin cut off the railway to the Urals, the supply and consumption of thousands of kilometers of cold areas would be enough to kill a million troops. Japan can't stop the U.S. Navy, and in the end there is a lack of overseas bases, maybe the manufacturing industry can match Germany and the United States, but it will never be stronger than the United States, China, but the landing distance is far away, and the route is full of crises, and the final result is to fight each other, even if the victory and sacrifice will be great, not to mention that the probability of victory is very small.

The first choice of a good strategist must be to obtain the maximum benefit after paying at the lowest cost. There is no way to gamble in the European war, and if you don't gamble, you won't have a chance, but the situation in the next world war is unknown due to the rise of China, so he must not gamble with the lives of tens of millions of young people.

Traun has also been interested in Yang Qiu and China over the years. In particular, the Sino-Russian, Sino-Japanese, and recent Sumatra oil crises all show that China is trying to establish a statehood under the leadership of Yang Qiu. Such a path was difficult to follow, and Germany chose the war but lost. And he believes that China will eventually need a great war to finally lay the foundation for everything.

Both sides tacitly avoided sensitive topics and talked about their experiences, and even Wang Zhengting looked at the corners of Traun's clothes that turned white after washing many times and secretly admired. Due to too much input. Before I knew it, it was getting dark, and it wasn't until Yan Yuqiu called the three of them to eat that he suddenly realized that it was already late.

The food that he hadn't enjoyed for a long time didn't impress Traun, so he took a sip of his glass and asked, "Yang." Why did you come to Germany? It's not a good time to visit. ”

"Guess what?" Yang Qiu asked deliberately.

Traun put down his glass and narrowed his eyes. He was also surprised by Yang Qiu's sudden visit. To be honest, Germany is of little value now. High-grade equipment was emptied by Britain and France, and exports were subject to a special tariff of 35% more, so no country at all was willing to spend this unjust money on German goods. Internal turmoil, confusion of ideas, even if high-level technicians and engineers want to emigrate, the United States must be the first choice over China, so there is a group of workers left in the country who are bitter and no one wants.

Now that Germany has been dilapidated, what else can attract this man? Could it be? He suddenly remembered several loans to China when he was in office, and then thought of Mark, which is now depreciating sharply, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice. Unnaturally said: "You are, here to pay back?" ”

"Haha."

Seeing the corners of Traun's mouth twitching, he knew how miserable Germany was during this time. Countries that have received loans from Japan, South America, and other countries that have received loans from Japan have recently rushed to Germany to write off their sky-high foreign debts by taking advantage of the sharp depreciation of the mark. The most ruthless of these was Argentina, which owed Germany about 60 million marks in loans before the war. At the end of August, taking advantage of the sharp depreciation of the mark, he only used $600 to buy the mark, which was less valuable than straw paper, from the market, and paid off the entire debt.

That's why he thought that Yang Qiu was here to repay his debts.

At present, China still owes Germany about 80 million marks, which was about $20 million before the war. But as the Ruhr crisis deepened and unemployment remained high, the mark soon fell from 4.2 marks to 1 million marks per dollar! Recently, it has fallen to 1 dollar to 4.2 trillion marks! This means that to buy a piece of brown bread, you need to push 1 trillion marks with a cart to buy it, and it also means that Yang Qiu only needs to take out 1 dollar. to be able to pay off all the debts.

Yang Qiu nodded after laughing: "I'm here to pay back, but it's not $1, it's $5 million!" ”

"What? $5 million! ”

The number made Traun jerk to his feet, as if he had seen a monster. What a great opportunity this is, because the original signing of the mark loan agreement, stipulating that all the value of the mark currency should be calculated, so China can use 1 US dollar from the market to exchange 4.2 trillion marks for a one-time return, and the German government must also find money.

But now Yang Qiu is actually ready to pay back $5 million! He, is he crazy?

Yang Qiu wasn't crazy, he also knew that this was a good opportunity to get rid of his debts, but he had more important things to do than debts. "You can rest assured that I'm here to pay it back, and the $5 million Swiss bank check can be signed at any time," he said. ”

In the past, Wilhelm II would have ordered the fleet to go to the Far East to get it back, but now Traun and the German government are even excited. After all, for Germany at the moment, 5 million is a considerable amount of foreign exchange income, which can help hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers. But he also knew that Yang Qiu would never trade at a loss, and even if the Chinese government obtained billions of dollars in European war gains, it would not waste millions in vain, so he asked seriously: "So what do you hope to get?" ”

Yang Qiu beckoned to Yan Yuqiu, and after putting a thick stack of US dollars in cash, Traun said, "Your Excellency Traun, I need some workers, skilled senior workers. I can provide them with a salary of $8 a week, work only 50 hours, and arrange for their families to live in China temporarily, and I can also take care of the transportation back and forth. ”

Traun instantly understood, frowned, and said, "You want President Hindenburg to promise you to openly recruit technicians and workers in Germany?" ”

Yang Qiu nodded, the idea of continuing to recruit German technicians and workers was born during the construction of the Taiwan Island-class heavy cruisers. Although tens of thousands of technicians from Germany, Russia, Austria and other countries have worked in China in recent years, and the Rhineland project is still a senior engineer and technical expert, the problem of technicians is still very serious.

The simplest example. A large number of hydropower stations are being built in China, and the construction of battleships is about to begin, but large hydro turbines and complex marine crankshafts have never been able to be built by themselves, and all need to be purchased! In fact, the design data of the Rhineland plan included several sets of equipment Zhang Wenjing bought back when he visited Europe, but the workers could not immediately convert the equipment and drawings into real objects. Everyone also tried to find a way to let Mr. Yang teach them by hand, but the production capacity and quality are very poor! At present, there is no CNC machine tool that can improve efficiency, and dozens of tons of crankshafts and turbine rotors all rely on large machine tools and manual milling to mill out! According to Mr. Cheng, it would take at least 4,000 high-level technicians to maintain a crankshaft production line and a hydro turbine factory.

China has been able to train ordinary technicians by itself, but senior technicians are not simple. This requires a lot of science and engineering knowledge, and it needs to be popularized in education. However, the country's construction cannot afford to wait, especially after the European war, foreign exports are basically stable, tea, raw silk, tung oil and tobacco are still the main commodities, and the added value is not high, resulting in the country's foreign exchange becoming increasingly tight. Therefore, the construction of 12 cruisers alone to purchase crankshafts from France and Italy cost tens of millions of dollars. This money is so unjust! Therefore, Zheng Tingxiang and the Ministry of Industry suggested that a group of technicians should be introduced from Germany and Austria and other countries, and these extremely important high-end manufacturing industries should be changed from the current "Chinese workers mainly tutoring" to "foreign workers mainly Chinese apprentices", first solve the urgent needs of domestic construction, and then use the method of foreign masters to bring out a group of people in four to five years, and then gradually replace the foreign workers on the production line with Chinese workers, and gradually solve the problem.

According to this idea, at least 30,000 to 50,000 high-level mechanics are still needed in the country. Don't look at the number of scary, but in fact, there are not many high-level technicians in Europe and the United States, and there are nearly one million in Germany, so after learning that the Mark crisis appeared, Yang Qiu once again turned his mind to Germany.

However, China is not the United States, and rushing to Germany to recruit people may cause resentment and is not conducive to Sino-European relations, so it simply uses money to pave the way and take the high-level route.

After Yang Qiu finished explaining, he took out another stack of dollars: "This is for your help." You can rest assured that I will ensure the safety and life of the skilled workers in China, and will also issue special work visas. If President Hindenburg is not reassured, please allow me to recruit from among the Jews. ”

Jewish? That's fine. Traun didn't like the Jews either, and the whole world didn't like it. If the senior mechanics among them were to be sent to China, it would solve the problem of unemployment in Germany, so they promised: "I will try my best and give you news as soon as possible." ”

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