Chapter 117: Borrowing on a Massive Scale
After the cooperation talks with the Jews, Qin Yu asked the Ministry of Economic Affairs to speed up negotiations with other countries, and the First Five-Year Plan must be implemented as much as possible, and it cannot be delayed any longer.
Chen Fu also went to talk to Moltke about the final cooperation, and the two sides started negotiations in the conference room of the Chinese government, and Qin Yu handed over the affairs of Germany to Chen Fu with full authority.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, have you read our text, we want to expand our previous cooperation, especially economic and military cooperation." Little Moltke looked at Chen Fu and said.
Chen Fu picked up the text on the table and said: "This, I've already seen it, and we agree on most of the cooperation content, but there are also a small part of ambiguity.
The training of special forces can only be carried out by you sending people to China, and we have the right to involve them in the war during the training period, and this matter can only be carried out in secret.
Although the new tank was jointly developed by the two sides, it was basically developed by relying on our drawings, so you have to pay the corresponding price if you want it.
The construction of the railway can only be built for the Beijing-Guangzhou railway, and there are no other railways, basically except for the southwest railway, which is favored by all countries, and you also know the current situation in China, so please be considerate. ”
Little Moltke also felt good when he heard it, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway was enough for Germany to build for a few years, and the specifications of the railway in Huaxia this time were basically different from those of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Germany's stalls in Huaxia were big enough.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we hope that each other will lower tariffs, which will be conducive to trade between the two sides, and that your country can open up more minerals for us to develop, and we need a lot of resources." Hanmi said very sincerely.
"It's not impossible to open up more resources, but according to His Majesty's will, the empire's large-scale minerals will be regulated, so many of our resources will be mined by ourselves.
By the way, we don't think it's time to join your side of the Alliance, and you know where we are, and I can tell you with certainty that we will take back the territory of the Empire, so the Empire doesn't want to trap our friends in this vortex.
Your Empire of Good Faith already knows it, and it will do its best to meet your resource requirements, after all, our previous cooperation is not over. ”
As soon as Moltke heard this, he knew what Chen Fu was going to express, and he really guessed that Huaxia was ready to attack Russia, and only in this way would Huaxia not ally with Germany.
If you form an alliance with Germany according to the normal idea, you will get help from Germany when you deal with Russia, but Germany is not ready to attack Russia now, and if you start a war with Russia, it will mean declaring war on the Entente, and then the whole world will be plunged into the vortex of war.
China's current enemies are not only Russia but also Japan, and if Japan takes advantage of the war between China and Russia to attack China, China will fall into a huge predicament, and without foreign aid, China will be defeated or even destroyed, because Germany and other countries will not be able to take care of China as soon as the war starts.
If it did not join the Central Powers, it would have been able to gain the support of Germany and other countries, and Japan would not have acted rashly, so that it could concentrate on fighting Russia, and China would still be able to take back Outer Mongolia if it had only taken back Mongolia.
Qin Yu didn't dare to join the Allies and gamble on the whole of China, because the strength of the Entente was not as good as the Allies in the early stage, but once the war was protracted, Germany would be dragged down, and if Qingdao had not been returned, Qin Yu might still join the Allies, and it would be a big deal to transfer his position in the later stage.
Kaiser Wilhelm originally wanted to win over China to attack the Russian Far East, but he ignored the current situation in the Far East, China is actually very dangerous, Moltke Jr. did not agree to win over China at this time, and would wait for a few years for China to develop before winning over, and at that time China already had its own industrial system, and would not need a lot of foreign aid, and could support Germany to deal with European affairs.
"The matter of alliance can be put aside, the empire will try its best to help the rise of friends, no matter when friends are your strong backing, Your Excellency Prime Minister, when you act, be sure to inform your friends in advance so that your friends can be prepared." Little Moltke instantly became cautious.
"We need funds, and Your Majesty would like to be able to borrow money from your country for the development of the empire, ten billion marks, to be paid in full by this time next year, and we will return it in ten years, or use the resources in the meantime to convert.
In addition to loans, the empire also needs a large number of machines to manufacture warships, the previous ones can no longer meet our needs, our empire will vigorously develop the navy and maritime industry, our navy is too weak. ”
Little Moltke was also shocked when he heard this, after 10 billion marks were converted into dollars, it was nearly more than 2 billion US dollars, which is not a small amount, and the most important thing is that it will all arrive at this time next year. As for the development of the navy, Moltke Jr. also agreed, China has a vast sea area, and its rival Japan is a naval power, so the navy is indispensable.
Hanmi was also shocked when he heard this, according to the current strength of Germany, it is still possible to come up with 10 billion marks, but Germany itself needs a lot of money to support a series of its own plans, it is estimated that it can be done in a few years, and it is a bit impossible to pay it within a year.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, is this loan a little bigger, we don't have so much circulating funds now, if it is a few years, we can barely do it, but we estimate that we will not be able to do it within a year." Hanmi said with a frown.
"Our loan is carried out in secret, you don't need your own finances, those nobles should be happy to lend to us, after all, this is a matter of great profit, we will calculate the interest according to the interest in the market."
"We have to ask Your Majesty, and we will give you news in a few days, after all, we are not sure whether the people in the country will agree now." Moltke Jr. stood up and said.
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A group of people discussed the proposed conditions in more detail, and many things had to be confirmed by both parties, and after an afternoon, it was basically over, and only the matter of the loan was not decided.
The cooperation between France and Huaxia is basically finalized, and France asks to buy drawings for the new tank, but Huaxia does not sell it, and it also says that the tank has just been developed and pulled up without testing, and it is estimated that it will not be mass-produced until next year.
At first, the French were reluctant to do so, because the topography of the southwest was too complicated, the difficulties were not ordinarily large, and the transportation was very backward.
If France wants to buy it, there are only tanks and no drawings, and France can only reluctantly place an order of fifty taels, which will be delivered at the end of next year, and France only wants to use new tanks to study its own tanks, and tanks are their illusions of dominating the European continent again.
As for the loan, it was welcomed by the French, who were originally a country where usury was rampant, and they were very satisfied with the interest given by Huaxia this time, and finally lent Huaxia two billion dollars with a wave of his hand.
Britain has a kind of inexplicable feeling about the new tanks in China, and they have just got the tanks back, but as a result, people have come out with new ones, and they feel cheated. But after they got that drawing, they also worked on their own tanks, and they really had some results, and they were able to produce a large number of tanks very quickly with sufficient resources and funds.
Now Britain has won the project of the railway from Nanjing to Sichuan, and they even want the Beijing-Guangzhou railway, but Huaxia did not give it to them, because Germany is the best choice for Huaxia to build the Beijing-Guangzhou railway.
When Huaxia proposed to borrow money from Britain, the British hesitated, they knew that lending money to Huaxia was to help it grow its strength, and now they were already a little afraid that Huaxia would come to India again, and finally after Huaxia repeatedly promised not to attack India, they said a domestic telegram for the country to decide.
Britain actually agreed, and also agreed to lend Huaxia the equivalent of three billion pounds, which was decided by the nobles and businessmen in Britain, and even the interests in China were taken back by Huaxia, so they would make more money now, who would dare not pay back the British money.
Huaxia has also reached a series of political cooperation with the United States, Huaxia will help them curb the development of Japanese power in the Far East, the United States will open the door for Huaxia to buy aircraft and weapons at will and recruit talents, and the United States will give Huaxia all kinds of support in the event of a war with Japan.
At first, they thought that the Chinese government would not let them in, but they didn't expect the Chinese government to let them in, which made them very excited.
The Japanese thought that Huaxia was not ready to fight with Japan, it seems that Huaxia's relationship with Japan is still quite good, they want to invest in Huaxia wantonly, but they soon hit a wall, because what they want to invest in are minerals such as coal and iron, and these Qin Yu will not let the Japanese contact at all.
In the end, the Japanese only invested in part of the light industry, and if they wanted to build a railway, Qin Yu gave them the Baocheng Railway to build, which made the Japanese very depressed, but they still accepted it.
Germany finally agreed to Huaxia's loan, which made Qin Yu very excited, and if Germany was added, Huaxia would have almost 20 billion US dollars to develop and grow itself.
A large number of machines began to flow into China from Germany, the United States and other countries, and the construction of China entered a period of rapid development, which made Japan next to it very passive, Japan sent people to Europe and the United States to seek support, and also borrowed a lot, while Britain, France, the United States and other countries watched with a smile.
The actions of China and Japan made the merchants of various countries laugh, and the atmosphere in both countries began to be tense, so that they could make a fortune, which they wanted to see the most.