Chapter 340: Wild Pioneer Group

In the name of atonement, the Chinese Imperial Government sent hundreds of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war to railway construction sites in various places.

Railway construction is a rather labor-intensive project, once encountered in rough terrain, the cost is doubled, now because of the development of the industrial system, the whole country is overhauling the railway, in order to ensure the transportation of products and raw materials.

The Japanese prisoners of war do not need to be paid, and they can work regardless of casualties and fatigue, which is really the best road construction labor, Fang Xiaoyu specially issued a secret decree for this, these Japanese prisoners of war should work here for ten years to atone for their crimes, and when they are released, as long as they are half alive.

For Fang Xiaoyu's will, several major consortia naturally understood, and they naturally wanted to intensify the squeezing of these prisoners of war and let them work day and night, so after these people were assigned to various construction sites, the railway construction was accelerated a lot.

This time, the war against the Japanese was carried out under the condition of blocking the news and not allowing reporters to accompany the army, even then the news could not be completely blocked, and the problem of the massacre of the Japanese was still exposed, but the Chinese Empire had already prepared, and this black pot was directly pushed to the Ezo people.

In addition to making the Ezo people guilty, the major newspapers of the Chinese Empire also wrote at length about the brutality of the Japanese people, the bullying of the Ezo people, and several sneak attacks on their own country by the Japanese people, which simply described the Japanese as the most inferior people.

With such a public opinion guidance, the negative impact of the massacre of the Japanese gradually disappeared, and the Chinese Empire instead existed as an image of saving the Ezo people from dire straits, which made the Chinese people have a good impression of the Chinese army.

What attracted the most to all countries in this war was not the massacre of the Japanese people, but the powerful combat effectiveness and novel fighting methods displayed by the Chinese Empire, which were the most fascinating to the countries of the world.

Even though they were still in the midst of the war, various countries still squeezed out funds one after another, increased the introduction of various equipment from the Chinese Empire, and began to build armored units like the Chinese Empire on an experimental basis, and as for bombers, they were not for sale in the Chinese Empire.

It was not until the last time that the powerful countries jointly issued a request that the Chinese Empire reluctantly sold the earliest original version of the heavy bomber, numbered Flying Eagle 1, to various countries, and this kind of wooden aircraft, which cost less than 60,000 Chinese yuan, was sold by Fang Xiaoyu at an ultra-high price of one million, which made the East China Bank call the profiteers.

The finances of the countries were already very difficult, and now it would take a lot of money to build a new type of army, so the countries had to turn their attention to the Boston Empire and the Chinese Empire, which had made a fortune in the war.

The Saar Empire and the Nantes Empire first approached Wu Qiong, hoping to issue war bonds within the Chinese Empire in order to raise funds. Prior to this, Fang Xiaoyu and Wu Qiong had already communicated, in Fang Xiaoyu's opinion, the Thar Empire and the Nantes Empire were both powerful countries with colonies all over the world, and if they were allowed to win the war, it would make the expansion of the Chinese Empire suffer more resistance.

Fang Xiaoyu has been carefully planning for the strategic development of the Chinese Empire, and under the influence of his mother in his previous life, Fang Xiaoyu read a lot of history books. As it turns out, the book is not in vain, and there is a lot of experience to learn from in the history of the earth. With reference, we can better see the future trend, so Fang Xiaoyu decided to support the Allies and suppress the Entente.

Only by suppressing the strong and helping the weaker can the Chinese empire gain greater benefits in the international arena in the future. In this way, it is inevitable to suppress the Entente bloc, and the purchase of war bonds is betting on the victory of the Entente, which is of course unacceptable to Fang Xiaoyu, who is preparing to suppress the Entente.

With Fang Xiaoyu's prior will, Wu Qiong naturally understood, and he refused to buy the war bonds of the Saar Empire on the grounds that the war was too risky. The Chinese Empire not only refused to buy war bonds, but also refused to buy treasury bonds, and in the end, in order not to alienate the Entente bloc too much, the Chinese Empire only said that it would allow the Saar Empire and the Nantong Empire to borrow money from the banks of the Chinese Empire.

Although Wu Qiong agreed to their loan demands, he demanded that the two governments guarantee that the loans must be settled in Chinese dollars and that these loans could only be used to purchase various materials produced by the Chinese Empire. The two countries originally wanted to buy weapons from the Chinese Empire, so they both agreed, and each country borrowed 100 million Chinese dollars to purchase weapons in the Chinese Empire.

The three major countries of the Central Powers also took out loans to buy weapons in the Chinese Empire, and they had less scruples, due to the blockade of the Saar Empire's navy, their source of supplies was only the Chinese Empire, and there was no choice at all.

Seeing that the Chinese Empire had received so many benefits, the Boston Empire was a little unable to sit still, and they immediately contacted several countries of the Entente countries and expressed their willingness to provide them with loans.

After negotiations, the three Entente powers and the Boston Empire reached a commercial agreement, whereby the Saar Empire would lend 10 million Saar pounds to the Boston Empire, the Nantes Empire would borrow 50 million vohrs (the currency of the Nantes Empire, the ratio to the Saar pound was 1 to 5, the same as the Polish dollar), and the Cossack Empire would loan 100 million Cossack rubles (Cossack rubles, the currency of the Cossack Empire, the ratio to the Saar pound was 1 to 10).

These borrowed funds from the Boston Empire can also only be used to purchase supplies from the Boston Empire, in addition, the three countries, with the consent of the Boston Empire, also issued part of the treasury bonds and war bonds in the Boston Empire, with a total value of up to 100 million sar pounds, and the Boston Empire can be regarded as completely tying itself to the chariot of the Entente.

This contrast made the Entente feel a little ungood, the Chinese Empire refused their request to issue war bonds, obviously not optimistic about their war situation, which was in stark contrast to the Boston Empire's overtures, so the Entente began to slowly alienate the Chinese Empire, in addition to the necessary weapons and equipment, they tried to sell as much other materials in the Chinese Empire as possible.

Fang Xiaoyu didn't care too much about the actions of the Entente bloc, anyway, the most profitable arms business was in his own hands, and most of the other things such as vehicles, nylon, and grain could only be imported from the Chinese Empire, and they couldn't completely get rid of themselves.

New types of troops were being formed, and even the Cossack Empire, which had been well-funded after issuing enough bonds, also bought chariots and bombers from the Chinese Empire.

The energy and financial resources of all countries are concentrated in this direction, and the various battlefields of the Western Continent have become relatively stable areas, and for a while, the armies on all fronts of the Western Continent are guarding the defensive line, and there is no large-scale exchange of fire, as if the war in the Western Continent has suddenly ended, and only the high-level people know that all countries are preparing for the most rear-end assault, and perhaps the beginning of the next attack will be the end of this World War.

The countries of the Western Continent temporarily stopped fighting and continued to exert their strength, Fang Xiaoyu would not wait for them all the time. It was the established national policy of the Chinese Empire to stimulate a war between the two sides and drain the blood of the great powers of the Western Continent.

"Boss, we're a long way from Town Thirteen, it's time to go back." In the procession, a tall man dressed in an old-fashioned military uniform and carrying a huge backpack took off his military cap, which no longer had a cockade, and wiped the sweat that was about to flow to the corners of his eyes. Seeing the sun already setting in the west, he kindly reminded the commander of this small team.

The man known as the boss was a retired officer of the Predator Army, with straight hair, a full fluffy beard, a sturdy body tightly wrapped in a jacket, and the cowhide combat boots on his feet had been scratched by blades of grass and scars.

He turned around, looked at the sunset as well, nodded and said, "yes, almost." This man called the boss had a smile on his face, if he cleaned up and shaved off his beard, people who knew him would definitely be able to recognize him, he was Qiu Rui, who had been Fang Xiaoyu's escort back then and had been the reconnaissance company commander in the Iron Blood Army for several years.

Qiu Rui resigned and left the escort team because of Fang Xiaoyu's assassination, and after a few years in the Iron Blood Army, he felt that the Iron Blood Army did not have any battles that were not exciting enough, so when Fang Xiaoyu called on the retired Iron Blood Army soldiers to organize a pioneering group to explore and develop the entire Wild Continent, he immediately submitted an application for retirement.

Qiu Rui, who has worked in the escort team and the Iron Blood Army for many years, still has a lot of savings, and after taking his family to live in the Savage Continent, he found some old subordinates and formed the current pioneer group.

Striding into Town Thirteen, where the lights were already on, Jory threw away his burned cigarette butts, stomped on them with his foot, and led his team to the tavern in the center of the city, where they could have a steaming dinner and sleep on a warm hardboard bed.

After a large number of pioneer groups went deep inland, many merchants on the wild continent smelled the smell of making a fortune, and they were not willing to take such a big risk to go on an expedition, but set up supply points in safe places to serve the pioneer group, they provided the necessary supplies to the pioneer group, and bought their unimportant finds, and the business was still very prosperous.

After the establishment of many private supply points, the top management of the China Consortium expressed their support and carried out certain regulations, they hired some veterans to protect these towns from wild beasts, and named these towns uniformly, and the supply points became more and more, and the official did not bother to name them, and directly used the number, and the thirteenth town is such a product.

With an old-fashioned Lanting rifle in his hand, Jory strode into the noisy tavern. Although it is very lively here, the atmosphere between the pioneer groups is still very friendly, and the top management of the consortium is very strict with the punishment for the fight between the pioneer groups, not to mention that each development group is an old comrade-in-arms in the iron-blooded army, although they don't necessarily know each other, but they can feel the atmosphere of that comrade-in-arms from each other.