Chapter 126 Treasure Picked Up ()!

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As soon as Henry left, Yang Qiu took the initiative to go downstairs to meet the two, and after seeing him, Cai Yuanpei asked tentatively for some reason: "Chenhua, who was just now." ”

"American Minister Henry. Mr. Murphy. After beckoning the two of them to sit down, Yang Qiu said very directly: "Come and talk about business." ”

Business? What kind of business actually needs the minister to come forward, are the counselors, assistants and businessmen below the people all "mixed" to eat? Worried that Yang Qiu would do some unreasonable things because of power, Wu Tingfang lowered his voice and admonished: "Chenhua, you are still young, you still have to pay more attention to dealing with foreigners." ”

Wu Tingfang is an old qualified foreign "friend" official, but unfortunately the Qing Dynasty is weak, so what real foreign "diplomacy" is there, so just one sentence makes people hear the bitterness in the words. In fact, Yang Qiu also understands that using orders and free trade zones to win over the United States is also a traitorous behavior, but it is just a bright coat. There is no way, people are poor and short-minded, not to mention that their strength is not enough, so they can only be driven like this first, and said solemnly: "The two gentlemen can rest assured that Yang wants power, but he will not betray the interests of the country."

Neither of them expected him to speak so directly, and they didn't know whether to praise him for being young and upright or scolding him for being shameless. In the past, the two might have chosen the latter, but now it was too late to win him over, so he had to say against his will: "Chenhua is really refreshing, then let's talk about it directly." I came here today to ask clearly, does Chen Hua support the south or the north? Now that Mr. Keqiang and they are already organizing the Northern Expedition, are the Wehrmacht willing to cooperate? ”

Yang Qiu didn't answer, he raised five fingers in front of him, and said a bent one: "The three provinces support all the decisions of the central government, and will pay taxes to the central government every year, and the national defense forces will obey the national arrangements to ensure the stability of the three provinces, maintain the integrity of the country and ensure the peaceful passage of the general election" Cai Yuanpei was more "excited", he didn't expect to get such a positive answer today, only Wu Tingfang knew that the words were not over, and said: "Chenhua might as well finish the words." ”

"Mr. Wenjue is happy, the central government must promise Chenhua three things. First, Yang was appointed as the patrol envoy of the three provinces to control the military and government. Second, we should give the three provinces an army establishment, and we should raise equipment and weapons ourselves. Third, Li Du was invited to come to Nanjing to serve as vice president. ”

"You." Cai Yuanpei, who was still looking "excited" just now, suddenly sank. The inspection made them think that a military establishment is a nominal thing, but letting Li Yuanhong come to Nanjing to serve as vice president is not that they are reluctant to take the position of vice president, but that Yang Qiu's move is obviously to use the central government to suppress the constitutionalists and he himself will not take action, but let the central government transfer Li Yuanhong, one of the cores of the three provinces, this is not deliberately causing a conflict between the constitutionalists and them As long as Li Yuanhong leaves, Hubei will be completely his, and from a geographical point of view, Hubei is in the way, and the relationship between Hunan and Sichuan and the central government will be severed

Yang Qiu didn't seem to see the dark faces of the two people, got up and looked at the pocket watch and instructed Wang Zhengting: "Ru Tang, take me to send the two gentlemen ()." Let Lei Meng arrange the car again, the German minister is still waiting for me. ”

The two didn't expect Yang Qiu to be so unpolite, so they waited for most of the day before they said a few words before giving the order to evict the passengers, and immediately stomped their feet and turned around and walked towards the car. Wang Zhengting was unbearable beside him, and pulled the car "door" for the two of them and said: "The two of you may be uncomfortable, but Zhengting still has something to say." You can't just look at the surface. ”

Hearing what he said, Cai Yuanpei grabbed him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Wang Zhengting said: "I am afraid that the two of you do not know that the commander has drawn up a plan to enforce compulsory education and reduce taxes in the three provinces, and that Mr. Cheng Cheng's railway company is also fully supported by the commander, and all the funds have been allocated by him. The Zhengting does not want to sing praises for the commander, but if these are really implemented, it will be a major event for the benefit of the country and the people. After finishing speaking, he paused and thought about it before saying, "There is another thing I think you should tell the two of you, the commander has promised the north, and at the end of the month, he will exchange the prisoners of war of the fourth town for Wushengguan. ”

Prisoners of war? The two of them couldn't care less about being surprised and angry. There were more than 5,000 captured in the fourth town, all of whom were Beiyang veterans who had been trained for many years. Now Xinyang has more than 30,000 Beiyang and Wuwei right troops. Let them go back and think that Hubei and the north will officially cease fighting, then Yuan Shikai can completely free up his hands to go south at the end of the month, and the two will look at each other at the end of the month, Wang Zhengting said this, I am afraid that he is telling himself that these people are not able to decide before the end of the month, I am afraid that the final benefit will be the north.

Soon after the two left, Yang Qiu rushed to the German embassy with the drawings, and by the time he left in the afternoon to meet the skilled workers recruited by the Germans, 2.5 million pounds had already been transferred to the Southwestern Bank. At the same time, a large number of machinery and scrap steel that have arrived in Shanghai have begun to travel up the river, and according to the contract, Germany will "deliver" all equipment and materials within the next month. In order to ensure the safe arrival of the most important Hanyang factory renovation equipment, Yang Qiu also asked the two gunboats, Chu Yu and Jiang Zhen, to shoulder the escort mission.

In addition, he did not forget to continue to expand his own armament. After the arrival of the equipment, it is imperative to renovate and expand the Hanyang plant, and it will take about a year for these new equipment to be put into operation, and the planned Sichuan Industrial Company can not be counted on in less than three years due to transportation and worker training constraints. In the case of a serious shortage of production capacity, if you want to gain an advantage in the future, you have to take outsourcing, so you have to wave the check again (). Not only did they also send Germany 50,000 new rifles, 10 million rounds of ammunition, 30 trucks, 20,000 sapper shovels, and other military supplies, but they also ordered 30 radios and five expensive battlefield telephone systems.

In addition, the German minister conveyed the original words of the German government, and Germany had approved in principle a proposal to borrow 100 million marks for the salt tax of the Sichuan artesian well, but it must be paid at a discount of 100 million according to the usual practice, that is to say, only 90 million or 45 million silver dollars actually went to Yang Qiu's hands, and at the same time, he also promised to send 20 railway construction technicians to Huaxi Company to provide construction equipment worth 2 million marks free of charge, and finally signed a "sex" document of intention to exchange a loan of 50 million marks for the right to operate the railway for 30 years, which is still mandatory10% off payment. Of course, all this can only be officially signed after Yang Qiu becomes the patrol envoy of the three provinces.

Standing on the Wusong wharf, Yang Qiu was not very happy, in a short period of time, counting two loans and 2.5 million pounds of "exchange" fees, converted into silver dollars, it has been close to 100 million yuan, but the purchase agreement between Germany and the United States needs to pay more than 40 million. In addition, in order for these factories to run smoothly, it is necessary to train workers, purchase scarce raw materials, and so on. And he knows very well that even with so many equipment and machines, it is only a prototype, and industry is really not something that anyone can afford, which requires a large amount of capital investment over a long period of time. Fortunately, the order can be paid in installments, otherwise he would have fallen into financial crisis at the moment.

"Your Excellency, these are the skilled Austrian workers you need."

In the messy warehouse area, dozens of German sailors were protected around, and a few Makqin machine guns could be seen behind the sandbags, and when the German minister assistant and the Austro-Hungarian commercial counselor opened the big "door" of the warehouse, Yang Qiu almost couldn't believe his eyes

About five or six hundred white people with messy hair and thin faces were crammed into a small warehouse, and the activities were probably here during this time, so the whole warehouse was filled with a foul smell, and more importantly, many of these people had obviously been tortured and other severe punishments. Which is where are the best skilled workers in Austria? It's a prisoner who is completely perfunctory

"Two? This is the best skilled worker you promised me? Yang Qiu's face turned cold all of a sudden, but the German secretary hurriedly handed him the list, and said arrogantly: "It turned out that there were a total of 613 people, 4 people died on the journey, 6 people escaped by jumping into the sea while staying on the shore, and the rest are here ()." They are all highly skilled workers and experts of all kinds that you need. ”

Yang Qiu held back his anger and looked at the list, but after reading it, he realized what a big treasure he had picked up, and the Germans were right, all of them were senior workers and technical experts, and most of them were military industries, many of them were designers, and there were even dozens of chemical and electrical talents. After the explanation of the commercial counselor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he learned that after Traun informed China that he needed two hundred of the best workers, Germany immediately began to recruit, but because he came to the Far East, and Yang Qiu extended the contract and had to work for five years before leaving, he could not recruit anyone who was willing to come. In the end, for the sake of his own navy, Wilhelm II simply rolled up his sleeves and went out of the mountain by himself, and directly sent a telegram to the Austro-Hungarian royal family for help.

Since the Emperor of the Nerve Knife only said that he wanted high-level skilled workers such as military industry, but did not say how much, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was bent on Germany hoping to gain more support for the Balkan issue, immediately selected more than 600 political prisoners from the prison and stuffed them onto ships, and also took the initiative to contract the transportation task. These people are well-known thorns in their country, and killing them will cause even more trouble, so they can't wait to be sent away for the rest of their lives.

I found a treasure, and this time I really found a treasure

Although 600 people are not much, they are 500 industrial seeds to bring back and take care of them. With them to lead their own industrial development, it will definitely be much faster, through them can also train their own workers, and more importantly, they are political prisoners that Austria-Hungary does not want, as long as they do not engage in massacres and the like, they can completely implement military control, so he immediately expressed his anger at the lack of seriousness towards Germany's "exchanges", and finally pretended to pinch his nose and admit it, so that Lei Meng immediately escorted them back to Hanyang, and secretly instructed them to immediately find the best doctor to recuperate their health.

After watching these people get on the ship and go to Hanyang, Yang Qiu finally hooked the corners of his mouth, but he didn't know that because of the public request to Wu Tingfang and the two in the morning, there had been an uproar in Nanjing*