In addition to this, due to the abolition of more than half of the original onerous taxes and miscellaneous contributions, even though the tax revenue has been sharply reduced to less than half of the original, because he no longer needs to bear the huge military expenditure, and has obtained a large number of loans from Fengtian Bank and Huaxing Bank, Wang Yongjiang, who is good at financial management, has also drawn up a package of industrial revitalization plans with great fanfare.

"Since the marshal presided over the military and political power of Fengtian behind the scenes to the official forefront, Fengtian has not been in war for six years, and has indeed accumulated considerable wealth." Lan Tianwei sighed with emotion, at this time, the financial revenue of the entire Central Committee of the Republic of China was only in the early 40,000 yuan, and there were a large number of military expenditures and heavy foreign debts, as well as a huge number of government agency personnel, its stretch can be imagined, since Yuan Shikai passed away, many provinces have begun to intercept the taxes that should have been paid to the central government, making the central government's income into a further reduction, on the other hand, Fengtian's side, after five or six years of governance, has entered a virtuous circle, and the savings have far exceeded any province in China.

"Fengtian is strategically located, close to the sea, and rich in resources, so there will be the current results, if you change to an inland province, to manage the current situation, at least four or five years will have to be completed." Even so, Qin Yu also borrowed a large amount of foreign debts from Tsarist Russia, in addition to the profit base on rubber stocks in the late Qing Dynasty, the starting point is high, and it is naturally easier to do more things with money in hand, Qin Yu's industry is very large, but the injection of capital into Fengtian through Huaxing Bank also played an indispensable role. Otherwise, Mukden Bank would not have risen so quickly.

On the one hand, Mukden took advantage of the unprecedented abundance of finances in World War I, and on the other hand, the wealthy merchants from Nanyang and Guannai, as well as more and more nobles from Tsarist Russia, also pushed the construction of Northeast China to a new peak. Even Lan Tianwei, who has always been known for being safe and preparing for the worst, couldn't help but be optimistic.

"That's right. Brother Ji Hao, with regard to the emergence of aviation and armored arms, the situation on the battlefield in the future will inevitably become more complex and diversified. It is also necessary to add these two courses to the military academy, and at the same time, the General Staff Headquarters should also begin to study aviation and armored troops. As well as the problem of infantry artillery fighting in concert with each other, these two variables should also be added to future military exercises. Qin Yu suddenly remembered this incident and added. The wars of the European powers are now two completely different situations from the traditional wars of the past. If we don't keep pace with the times, maybe it will be repeated in the future. ”

"Well, this matter will be arranged, the General Staff and various field units are already studying relevant tactics." Lan Tianwei nodded. "In addition, there is another suggestion that according to the idea of the marshal, it is necessary to make Tsarist Russia and Japan imaginary enemies at the same time in the future. The field troops will inevitably be the main force of the operation, but the different tactics adopted against the enemy are also different, and against Tsarist Russia, there is no escape from the problem of winter warfare, and the reason why Napoleon sank and folded in Tsarist Russia is because of the cold winter of Tsarist Russia. The vast territory of Tsarist Russia made it have a vast depth, and no one of the great powers could capture it in a short time, so it was a question of less Russia. You should pay more attention to the climatic factors in winter and prepare in advance. On the Japanese side. Due to the small size of the country, it is bound to face a situation of stubbornly defending and not retreating, and more importantly, it lies in repeated fierce battles for positions. Among them, the mountainous area, the complex environment of the city will be extremely staggering for the consumption of soldiers, and the General Staff believes that the infantry coordinated firepower should be further strengthened, and the regiment of the army is currently in service. Firepower at the battalion, company level is still quite lacking. ”

"Well, these two points of opinion from the General Staff are still very insightful." Qin Yu nodded, mountain battles, city street battles. The repeated battles for the trenches are indeed a meat grinder, otherwise the warring sides would not have lost such a huge number of troops. Caused a large attrition of soldiers throughout Europe. A single campaign can even cost millions of troops. It's a jaw-dropping statistic. The climate of Tsarist Russia is indeed a headache for all hostile countries, and underestimating the cold winter of Russia will become a possibility of its defeat in nine times out of ten.

"With the difference in terrain, the mode of combat will indeed change, and Europe has already done enough research in this regard, especially in positional warfare and street warfare, a large number of new weapons and tactics have appeared, and while the General Staff Department itself has studied it, it is also necessary to keep up with the war situation in Europe and learn from the points worth learning."

Of course, all tactics are determined by the weapons you have, if you only have tanks, don't expect to be able to solve problems with airplanes, the new submachine guns, as well as poison gas, anti-tank infantry guns, large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars, anti-aircraft machine guns, are all things that Mukden will have to master in the future. With so many weapons just by purchasing, just the replenishment of ammunition was enough to give Qin Yu a terrible headache. In addition, to capture the Arthur Fortress, or the Vladivostok Fortress, the need for artillery caliber will be raised to a level unimaginable to the generals of the Republic of China, at least a big guy with a caliber of more than 200MM can pose a threat to it, and the 150MM Schneider mountain howitzer, the largest caliber in Fengtian, cannot pose much threat to it at all. In the future, the Mukden Arsenal must be able to produce these munitions, based on self-manufacturing, which can not only fundamentally solve the problem, but also greatly reduce the cost of transportation and military expansion. Even if Qin Yu controls the United Arms Company, it is still a bit inconvenient. However, the input of technology, equipment, and talents is very convenient. Even the U.S. government will not prevent the company from cooperating with Chinese enterprises, and with the strong position of Mukden in the Republic of China, the relationship with the United States will get closer and closer.

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The meat grinder of the Great War in Europe is still devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides of the warring countries, and scenes of war can be seen everywhere in Western Europe. The war lasted for several years, which caused the German and Austrian to be consumed beyond the expectations of the main belligerents, although the unrestricted submarine warfare dealt a heavy blow to British shipping. Almost one out of every four cargo ships bound for British ports was sunk.

There will be gains and losses, and the brilliant results of German submarines have further stimulated the United States. It accelerated the operation of the huge machine of the United States, and finally on April 6, the 6th year of the Republic of China, the United States officially announced that it would join the Entente and openly declare war on Germany. At the same time, the U.S. government began to include steel and other materials in the list of war readiness management materials. This is a bolt from the blue for the U.S. auto industry. Even a giant in the auto industry like Ford has been hit hard. Almost all the stocks of companies that produce cars have fallen, but the decline has varied. Including the Knight Motor Company, a subsidiary of the Blackjack consortium, has also fallen to a certain extent due to the impact of the broader market.

It was Ford, who, historically, participated in American tank research after the United States declared war on Germany. And it has received a huge number of tank orders, and its special relationship with the government makes it less affected. However, at this time, the United Arms Company had already developed mainstream tanks such as the Jaguar and the Black Panther that appeared on the European battlefield, and this order naturally fell into the hands of the United Arms Company.

"Dear Zhang, God is beginning to take care of our company, and oh my God, the rest of my life must have been plated with gold and precious stones." Chaks, a white shareholder in the United Arms Corporation, said in an exaggerated tone.

"yes, it's incredible. Such a large number of orders are enough to make us one of the richest people in the world, and countless amounts of money and beautiful blondes beckon. Frick has a beard, is greedy for money and lustful, and has a trace of dissatisfaction: "We have opened the door of the military, and we should use our current advantages to completely squeeze the damned DuPont out of the American gunpowder market and achieve the goal of monopolizing the American gunpowder market." That will be a huge mountain of gold for us. ”

"No, no, no. At present, it is not suitable to start a complete war with DuPont, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and the huge war needs make the current company in a period of rapid expansion, and should not waste energy on the struggle of this kind of company. We should take advantage of the opportunity of tanks to open the doors of the US military and expand our interests to the greatest extent possible. After all, the mighty United States has already declared its entry into the war. I am afraid that Germany and Austria will not be able to hold out for long, we must seize this opportunity to make money in the future, and it is unlikely that we will get such a military order in the future. In addition, Jesse, who is Zhang Shun's microphone, smiled to ease the emotions of the shareholders present.

With a military order of up to 1,200 Panthers and 1,000 Jaguars, United Arms was able to make a huge profit of nearly $30 million at once. Many of these people are people who have a small stake in the gunpowder company, and naturally they also want to further squeeze out the market share of gunpowder. There are also those who do not own shares in the gunpowder company. However, it has a stake in the Flying Eagle Company.

After the U.S. military repeatedly tested the Storm 1 fighter, and the performance of the Condor 2 was not inferior to the British and French mainstream fighters at this time, they also issued military orders for 2,500 and 1,300 respectively, although the profits of fighters and bombers were not as good as tanks, but the manufacturing was relatively easier than tanks, as long as these combat aircraft were produced, they could also earn a fortune of more than 20 million US dollars.

Looking at the fanatical expressions of all the shareholders present, Zhang Shun, who was almost numb to money, seemed relatively calm, and at the same time had an almost blind admiration for Qin Yu's decision. In addition to spending a large amount of money on tanks, airplanes, and automobile production lines, the Gunpowder Company has accumulated nearly $47 million in profits, and has repaid part of the original loans to the Morgan consortium. At the same time, it has comprehensively extended to the chemical, financial, railway, and electrical sectors in the United States, although due to the rapid expansion, compared with the few conglomerates that have taken shape in the United States, the foundation is not so solid. However, the huge profits are enough to support this shortcoming.

Qin Yu's steel, wool, leather goods and other factories in Fengtian are also quite profitable, and then transfer a batch of money from Huaxing Bank, with 40 million US dollars to prepare for the acquisition of GM GM shares of the company, but due to the original debt crisis of GM, the capital chain is broken, so that GM's shares fell more than expected, originally needed 40 million to acquire 21% of the shares, at this time only 25 million US dollars to acquire 23% of the share. made Qin Yu suddenly become the largest shareholder of General Motors, and achieved the purpose of controlling this giant company. Since Chinese funds may be boycotted by the United States in the future, it is a coalition of other shareholders, which may cause Qin Yu to lose the right to control it. Under Qin Yu's instructions, Zhang Shun bought 34% of the general shares in different periods, and there are only eternal interests in the world. The other shareholders of United Arms also have a portion of GM shares, which together are enough to control GM.

In addition, because of the arms sale, Blackjack opened up the relationship between the US military and the official high-level, and his status was promoted, and he once again used the shares of the United Gunpowder Company as collateral, and borrowed $30 million from Morgan to acquire 18% of the shares of Ford. Became the second largest shareholder of Ford Motor Company. Coupled with the extension of the Blackjack consortium to other industries in the United States, even after World War I, the United Arms Company's sales of tanks and airplanes were greatly reduced, and the gunpowder had to compete fiercely with DuPont, but Blackjack had firmly established himself, and only relying on General Motors and Ford, the two giants of the automobile industry, was enough to be invincible.

"Before I know it, the overseas income has been more than that of Mukden." Zhang Shun flicked the ash on the cigar, full of ambition. Although at this time Blackjack is going to complete his own expansion. The funds returned to Fengtian will not be too much in a short period of time, and they are also burdened with a certain amount of debt, and after the First World War, there will be some decline in profits, and it will take a period of adjustment and deployment. But this will not prevent the Blackjack Consortium from importing Mukden's techniques. A huge industry must have a group of research institutes to serve it. The engines, boilers, high-power generator sets and other problems that Mukden originally took a lot of time to overcome were for Blackjack, who took advantage of the American talent pool. It's not going to be a problem. In the racially discriminatory society of the United States, even if you have money. It may not be possible to get things done in a short time, but through Blackjack, you can get twice the result with half the effort. Later, when the Soviet Union introduced some technology to the United States, even if the US government wanted to prevent it, it could not prevent some companies from cooperating with the Soviet Union from producing more core technologies.

"Alright. The military's order can indeed make our company grow by leaps and bounds, and it can also allow everyone here to earn unimaginable profits. However, I have come here to discuss what will happen after the war in Europe is over, when our arms will become a surplus product. The profits we are crazy about will be gone for us, and that's for everyone. It would be an unacceptable blow. So the company has to pave the way for future transformation, God favors those who are prepared, and the more prepared we are, the more God will always be with us. ”

"Jesse is right, thinking that money will leave us after a while is the most intolerable. It is necessary to think about the way out for the company. ”

In fact, Qin Yu and Zhang Shun together have more than 60% of the shares, and Jesse represents Zhang Shun's voice and has absolute control over the United Arms Company.

"Very good, since everyone's opinions have been agreed, let's discuss the company's future path and the areas that need to be invested."

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"Dashuai, Wutai over there in Taonan went to Outer Mongolia." Song Cheng reported the movement on the grassland to Qin Yutong.

"This guy is a slippery head, after contacting the Japanese, he took the arms and operated in the periphery of Taonan for a while, but when he heard the news that Meng Enyuan was going south, he immediately led the troops and ran away."

"This guy sees the opportunity quickly, and if he runs a little later, he has to have a chicken-killing police monkey." Qin Yu said with a smile, "Has the airport over there in Taonan been built?" ”

"The weather in Taonan is not very good these days, it has rained for several days, and there is no way to fix it for a while, and it will be completed next month. This time, Wutai was a little unusual, and some Mongolian people came to tell the truth, in recent years, the handsome man is the people's heart, and even the Mongolian people on the Karaqin side are all interested in Taonan. ”

"No matter where the common people are very simple, who can give them food, give them a stable life, do not interfere in other people's thoughts, they can get their support, the Mongolian people of the Karaqing grassland are almost cooked, but the Outer Mongolia side nominally belongs to the Republic of China, in fact, it is self-contained, neither pays taxes to the central government, but also violates the central government's decrees. On the contrary, it is much closer to the Russians. Qin Yu looked at the huge space occupied by Waimeng on the wall and said.

"Outer Mongolia is not to be worried, if it is not too big and the transportation is inconvenient, the division of the first brigade of the Feng army is enough to wipe it out, and the lamas and princes of Outer Mongolia do not know how naïve their ideas are. It is also that Outer Mongolia is too poor, and the general army is not willing to go there at all, and it is almost the same as being isolated from the world when it comes to the grassland. Ding Cheng said disdainfully, as far as the combat power of the Outer Mongolian Army is concerned, the Feng Army really can't look down on it.

"Outer Mongolia is not as poor as it seems, and the mineral resources there should be relatively rich. Such a large area of grassland can also produce enough cattle, sheep and horses every year. In addition, Outer Mongolia is a natural barrier between the Republic of China and Tsarist Russia, which can play a role in separating the Russian army. ”

Qin Yu shook his head, Outer Mongolia is not rich, but the resources contained under the land and the relatively sparse population of Outer Mongolia are still very rich on average. It's just that the current Outer Mongolia is far from being developed. And the wealth of Outer Mongolia was also held in the hands of a few nobles.

"By the way, there is something to do when you are called here this time, you have arranged someone to secretly do some investigation, which is responsible for recording the climate, temperature, air humidity and other data in the central and eastern parts of Tsarist Russia. You may need it later. "Qin Yu said, the Middle East Road is the Republic of China, the Outer Xing'an Mountains, Vladivostok should also be the Republic of China, but if you want to get these back, there will inevitably be a war with Tsarist Russia in the future, and the climate in the central and eastern parts of Tsarist Russia will be studied clearly as soon as possible, so as to be prepared, and you can also avoid Napoleon, as well as the embarrassment suffered by the German army in Russia during World War II in later generations.

Ding Cheng nodded, of course he is a layman to these, but someone can know it, in the past two years, there have been more and more Russians who have fled to Harbin, including many Russians who have fled from Siberia. I don't know if you can ask these locals, and you can also send people who are proficient in this industry. Regarding Qin Yu's intention to do this, Ding Cheng didn't ask much. (To be continued......)