Chapter 389: The Age of Capital
The biggest advantage of a free economy is that it can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of capital, although an economic crisis is inevitable when the enthusiasm is excessive, but the emergence of the economic crisis also proves the advantages of a free economy.
Yang Feng is not afraid of overproductivity, and he doesn't need to worry about this problem in ten years, after this round of stimulation, it is time to become an arms dealer, even if he has no construction needs, he doesn't have to worry about running out of sales, so what he has to do now is to let the rich Chinese at this time stand up and participate in an investment carnival.
From the official to the private media controlled by him, they are frantically exaggerating the imminent shortage of steel, shipbuilding, railways, etc. to domestic capital, and even using capital to artificially manipulate the heavy industry stocks in the Shanghai stock market to skyrocket continuously to build momentum for his large-scale steel smelting.
At this time, the Chinese have accumulated a considerable amount of capital, and the continuous foreign trade surplus has allowed the gold of various countries to flow to China, and the plundering in the war has created countless blood-stained rich people, and in the Chinese army that participated in the Battle of New York, even an ordinary soldier, after returning home, he has become a small and small rich man, Wang Shizhen himself sent home a fifty-kilogram package, which is the maximum weight he is allowed to send back as a commander, An ordinary soldier can be allowed to send back ten kilograms, but as for what is inside the package, no one cares about this, and it is impossible for him to send fifty kilograms of letters to his family anyway.
Yang Feng encouraged foreign plunder, no matter what form of plunder, there is no difference between making money with commodities and making money with bayonets in his opinion, and there is no difference between state plunder and private plunder, and the money from plunder flows into the treasury and into the people is the same in his opinion, as long as it flows into China. Accompanied by Napoleon's conquest of Europe. It is the wealth of the whole of Europe that flows to France, but the French government has never been financially rich, but when the Germans thought that they could not even pay 5 billion gold francs, in just two years, the French gave 45 billion to their government, so that a seemingly completely crippled country was almost instantly resurrected, this is the true meaning of hiding wealth from the people.
Once the beast of capital is released, he doesn't have to worry about the rest, and in just one month, the Shanghai stock market has poured more than one billion yuan into heavy industry, and if all this money is invested in the steel industry. Even without his own investment, it can almost be enough to double China's steel production, and this is just the beginning, and this does not include funds outside the stock market, to be honest, the ferocity of this beast, even he himself was a little unexpected, from this moment on, he can basically think that China's economy can leave his financial support.
The rest is only continued support in terms of technology. Fortunately, this is just a trivial matter for him, and by now, whether it is university education or vocational education, it can be said that it has reached the harvest period, and the first batch of three-year college graduates have been in the society for more than four years. Vocational education, which began in Fuzhou and has lasted for almost seven years, has produced millions of workers, and there are now more than 30 universities of all kinds in China, and compulsory primary education has been completely popularized in the Chinese Empire, and is gradually becoming popular in other countries. In science and technology, research institutes of all kinds have also sprung up with the support of capitalists. The role of the enterprises of the Yang Consortium, which was originally responsible for technical support in China, is gradually weakening, and even Caiyi and Catherine reminded him that if this continues, his company will have to face competition from domestic enterprises.
Of course, this is just a joke in Yang Feng's opinion. If this day really appears, it will be a day worth celebrating for him, the domestic steelmaking has kicked off vigorously, of course, Yang Feng will not let people produce a bunch of iron slag, this will be a quality and output of both steelmaking. As the dust settles on the war in the Americas, the exploration and design personnel of the Gulf Oil Pipeline Construction Company, which set off from China, have arrived in Los Angeles and began to explore the Americas oil pipeline with the pipeline design materials and instruments handed over to them by Emperor Yang, preparing to meet Emperor Yang's requirements for starting construction in the middle of next year.
In addition, his other industries are still thriving, and they continue to increase his wealth at a terrifying speed, from the cold Gothenburg of Sweden to the sunny Confederacy, from the desert of the barren Middle East to the bustling London, the Panlong banner of the Yang consortium is everywhere, in a sense, Emperor Yang also has an empire on which the sun never sets, an empire on wealth.
Looking at the world, Emperor Yang has a sense of being idle and bored, he can't be idle, someone will have to be unlucky if he is idle.
In a café in Leipzig, Germany, Lin Zhongying handed a letter written in English to the person in front of him with a face full of reverence and said: "Mr. Ulyanov, this is a personal letter from Mr. Sun to you, on behalf of China's anti-imperialist fighters, he would like to express his heartfelt respect to you, and very much hope that you can provide valuable advice to China's anti-imperialist cause, which is now at a low ebb, and urgently needs the help of a true wise man." ”
Brother Pao can now be said to have been basically abandoned by the powers, although the French can occasionally reward him with a few small sums in order to disgust Yang Feng, but it is only barely enough to make ends meet, and his expenses are relatively large, it is difficult to maintain a life of red and green with that little money, and even many of the original faithful believers have gradually left him, fortunately, there is still Lin Zhongying who has a firm position and does not abandon him, and occasionally can get him some funds to go out to find comfort every three or five times, and now this loyal assistant who has followed him for seven years, has become the number two person in the Xingzhong Society, of course, there are few of them in total now.
He came to Germany to find the leader on the order of Brother Pao this time, after all, Brother Pao has also been confused over the years.
Vladimir. Comrade Ulyanov had also heard of the name of Brother Pao, and knew that there was a warrior in the far east who fought endlessly against the feudal monarchy, and although he had not risen to such a lofty height because of the limitation of his level of knowledge, he was still a respectable figure, and he was very happy to be able to respect himself in such a way.
At this time, Vladimir was not a big man, including within the Russian Social Democratic Party, he was only slightly influential, and a foreigner thousands of miles away could know his name, which inevitably moved him a little.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Sun is also a person I respect very much, although China and Russia have different national conditions, they are both under the rule of a single tyrant, and we have the same goal in fighting for democracy, fighting for freedom, and overthrowing the monarchy." While looking at Brother Cannon's letter, Vladimir said.
"It is true, but the power of our emperor is too strong, and our strength is too weak, it is difficult for us to succeed without the help of outsiders, and Mr. Sun is also very confused about the future path, so he is willing to go all out to assist the Russian comrades, first let our flower of life bloom on the land of Russia, and then the brothers of Russia who help China overthrow the imperial system and establish a real republic, and the two countries will always be brotherly states." Lin Zhongying said impassionedly.
"It's a very novel way to mention yì." Vladimir paused for a moment to find a suitable adjective for this very unexpected news.
"Mr. Ulyanov, although our strength is very weak, we can also contribute to your cause, and you know that the imperialists in Europe are also providing us with financial support for their dark purposes, including the Russian government, so we are still more abundant in terms of funds. Here is a cheque for five thousand pounds, which is Mr. Sun's first gift to your party, and if your party needs it again in the future, we will certainly do our best to help, but your party must also give us a written promise that after Russia is freed from the shackles of feudal imperialism, it will do its best to help the Chinese people establish their own republic. Lin Zhongying handed over a check and said, this is the real purpose of his trip.
Sponsoring Vladimir is what Emperor Yang has always wanted to do, but he needs a suitable way, after all, in his capacity, he must not be able to sponsor directly, even if Vladimir is willing to accept it, other Russians may not be, and Brother Pao is undoubtedly the best intermediary, and the funding from the Chinese comrades will have a clear conscience, which is also his main intention to keep Brother Pao, of course, after establishing contact with Vladimir, this guy is of little value, he will die in a reasonable way, Then Lin Zhongying will replace him to lead the Xingzhong Society.
Looking at the check in front of him, Comrade Vladimir's eyes lit up all of a sudden, you must know that their current economic situation is also very difficult, and what is different from the original history is that the current Russia has been plundered by successive foreign wars, coupled with the continuous plundering of foreign wars, coupled with the continuous flow of funds brought by oil, rubber, and Du products, Nikolai's domestic oppression has been slightly reduced, so the social contradictions have been relatively relaxed. There are fewer and fewer Russians who like to fund Vladimir, and these people are not having a good time, five thousand pounds can be said to be a huge amount of money, as for the source of this huge amount, Vladimir really doesn't care, he is a very realistic person, it doesn't matter if the guy in front of him is really like he said or there is someone else behind him, money is the most real thing. (To be continued......)