With a loan of 100 million pounds, the Commune government, which had been embarrassed by its finances, suddenly became rich, and soon began to discuss which countries should buy the equipment needed in the '75 Plan'—————— which is in fact the most concerned issue for Britain and the United States at present.

After all, they will make concessions on the issue of tariffs and garrisons, and the most important thing is for the sake of this business, which is worth tens of millions of pounds, in addition to the attitude of the Commune government on the gold.

As long as this business is done, even if each country can't get tens of millions, millions of pounds is still fine, right?

So after the negotiations on tariffs and garrisons were concluded, Gu Weijun was soon invited by Li Liang and Liang Shiyi to the Ministry of Finance to help solve problems related to the talks.

It's just that when Gu Weijun arrived at the Ministry of Finance, he found that Li Liang and Liang Shiyi's faces were not very good-looking, which also made Gu Weijun a little strange...

After all, the current environment of the national government can be said to be unprecedentedly good, first the problems of garrisoning troops and tariffs have been gradually solved, and then the '75 plan' has just been introduced.

Although it is financially difficult, Rainstone Bank has committed a loan of 100 million pounds.

Yuan Shikai's big loan for the aftermath was only 25 million, and the loan amount of Yushi Bank this time was four times that of the big loan for the aftermath, so it can be said that all the problems have been solved, Gu Weijun really can't think of what they have to be embarrassed about.

"What's the matter, you're all sad..."With brisk steps, Gu Weijun asked with a smile.

Because of the negotiated relationship between the tariff and the garrison issue, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not scolded this time. On the contrary, it received some praise, albeit only some, but this is already very rare for diplomats who have been scolded. So the atmosphere in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always been very good, and Gu Weijun, as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, is naturally the same.

And glancing at Gu Weijun, who looked relaxed, Li Liang and Liang Shiyi sighed at the same time.

If the military still thinks that they have fought in the past, so they don't like each other, then Li Liang and Liang Shiyi, government officials, still get along with each other quite well.

Besides, it's all from the Ministry of Finance. The predicament of the Ministry of Finance some time ago was clear to everyone, and in a situation of crisis, the relationship between them naturally became more intimate.

“……… Both of them are worried about borrowing..."

Seeing that Li Liang and Liang Shiyi just sighed but didn't speak. Huang Hao on the side said with a smile.

As the Minister of Industry, of course he has to get involved in this kind of thing...

"Borrowing?" Hearing Huang Hao say this, Gu Weijun suddenly became inexplicable, after all, Yushi Bank is said to have begun to gradually disburse the loan, and now there is still something to worry about. "Isn't that enough?"

Thinking of this, Gu Weijun was also secretly surprised. That's 100 million pounds, after all. What do these people have to do to make 100 million pounds not enough?

Hearing Gu Weijun think so, Li Liang sighed bitterly. "It's not that it's not enough, but how to put it......... Interest..."Saying this, the bitterness on Li Liang and Liang Shiyi's faces became stronger...

At the same time, Gu Weijun suddenly came to his senses.

It turned out that it wasn't a problem of not enough money, but that there were too many loans, and the interest was too high...

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100 million pounds, Yan Shao's interest is 5% per annum, which is not low, but it is not high. At least it's still relatively cheap compared to the usual 6, 7, 8 in this era...

The question is. You show me the basics...

An annual interest rate of 5% is indeed not much, but if it is spread over the principal amount of 100 million pounds......... It seems a little scary...

In accordance with the agreement. The Bank of Rain Stone lent a total of 100,000,000,000,000 pounds to the government for the development of industry and the rectification of the economy, etc., at an annual interest rate of 5%, to be repaid in 33 years. At the same time, Rainstone Bank also wrote in the agreement that the 100 million pounds lent to the national government would be reestimated every year according to the degree of monetary inflation.

That is to say, if the currency depreciates in any year, the original 100 million pounds need at least one billion pounds to be equivalent, then it is necessary to re-estimate the value of the currency, so as not to lose the interests of the bank—————— naturally, there should be no problem in the short term, because the pound is the gold standard, unlike the silver dollar of the silver standard, which is depreciating almost every day, and the price of gold is still relatively stable.

But no one knows what will happen in the future, so Yan Shao will deliberately add an article to this.

On the other hand, it is also the reason why Li Liang and Liang Shiyi are crying and sad, is the extremely exaggerated interest after calculating the base of 100 million pounds...

The annual interest rate is 5%, if the loan is 100 million pounds, then the national government needs to return at least 5 million pounds per year, and according to 33 years, that is to say, in addition to the interest, it will add 3 million and a little principal, by the way, that fraction has been erased by Yan Shao, but even so, the national government still has to return Yan Shao 8 million pounds every year, that is, more than 80 million silver dollars.

In addition, during the Anhui period, Yan Shao once lent the Anhui military government more than 20 million pounds sterling for the purchase of arms, the construction of railways, and the rectification of cities.

If this part is also counted, the national government is afraid that it will have to pay back 100 million yuan every year...

It is only now that Li Liang understands why the historical powers like to borrow so much, which is indeed a profiteering business. And even if you don't count the period of the Anhui Military Government, even if it is the previous one, after 33 years, the Guoshe Government is afraid that it will have to repay Yushi Bank 2780 million, that is to say, Yan Shao has made at least 1780 million pounds net, which is undoubtedly a huge profit.

It is not surprising that Yuan Shikai, the historical big loan for the aftermath, borrowed 25 million pounds and paid it off in 47 years, if everything is really as expected by the consortiums of various countries and Beiyang, then in the end Beiyang will have to repay more than 67.8 million pounds with interest, which is 423 million pounds more than the original loan amount...

In addition, as for loans to the private sector, if you count them, Yan Shao's annual income in this area will steadily exceed 100 million. It is more profitable than the oil field in Tampico, which also makes Yan Shao understand why so many countries are willing to give people loans.

And after taking into account the windfall profits of the banking industry, if it were not for the fact that China's national strength at this time is not good. Yan Shao even wants to give those countries in South America like this, well, and Iran or something. It is conceivable that when they can't repay the loan, they will have to take out the domestic resources and let Yan Shao exploit them......... How good would that feel?

It's probably like the feeling of the great powers in China now...

However, at this time, China's national strength is too weak, especially the navy, although it is more or less a little large, but at this time the three major countries in South America. Brazil, Argentina and Chile each have their own Dreadnought-class ships, and even if all the warships of the Chinese Navy are sent over, they may not be able to beat any of the three ABC countries, and Yan Shao's idea of collecting accounts can only be stillborn...

(ABC Three Kingdoms.) This is an interesting name for Argentina, Brazil and Chile, because the first letter in Argentina is A, Brazil is B, and Chile is C. Therefore, these three countries are also called the ABC Three. At the same time, these three countries are probably the three most powerful countries in South America, and the South American arms race is going on during this period. However, Chile does not seem to have arrived, it is being built in Britain at this time, and after the outbreak of World War I in the original history, after friendly negotiations, the British government bought the first and second ships, of which the first ship was originally priced at 2.5 million pounds, and after the war, the British government sold it back to Chile for 1 million pounds, and the second ship was converted into an aircraft carrier. That is, the aircraft carrier Eagle, which was later sunk in the Mediterranean... ）

At the same time, after hearing that Li Liang was going to return so much, Gu Weijun was also taken aback. "That's..." Gu Weijun didn't know what to say.

And looking at him with such a surprised look and touching his nose, Li Liang and Liang Shiyi were a little embarrassed to tell him, in fact, they really wanted Yan Shao to have an interest-free loan, and then they would pay off this account later, cough, the difficulty in the back seems to be a bit high, but if they can rely on it, then Li Liang and them will be much easier in the future, which is also the reason why they have always wanted to try something for Lu...

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The government now has to repay almost 100 million yuan in principal and interest every year, and this topic is undoubtedly quite shocking, so Gu Weijun also digested it for a long time before reacting.

It was at this time that the representatives of the great powers finally came in from the outside.

"Good morning, gentlemen..."

Seeing that Zhu Erdian and they were all here, Gu Weijun hurriedly threw out the things in his mind, and then smiled at them.

Next to him, Li Liang, Liang Shiyi, Huang Hao and others also greeted Zhu Erdian and them.

After both groups took their seats, today's talks officially began...

The content of the talks was very simple, that is, in the '75 Project', what share of the equipment that the national government would need to procure...

Yan Shao, Huang Hao, and Li Liang had already discussed this matter, so now they just told the ministers of various countries the conclusions they had reached.

First of all, the arsenal, in the 75th plan, when the Chinese social government planned to build new arsenals in Beijing, Mukden, Inner Mongolia, and Lanzhou, and to rebuild the existing Dexian Arsenal, Hanyang Arsenal, Guangdong Arsenal and Sichuan Arsenal, so that they could produce the 1904 rifles currently equipped by the Wehrmacht, and at the same time increase the production capacity of the original somewhat insignificant...

Naturally, these eight arsenals, like the Anqing Arsenal, will have the ability to produce heavy equipment such as artillery in addition to the ability to produce ordinary rifles and ammunition, and become a substantial modern arsenal, and the Nationalist government will also have nine modern arsenals...

This piece is for Germany, and there is basically no country against this, after all, the weapons equipped by the Wehrmacht are basically German-made, only pistols are not, but this does not mean that only the purchase of American equipment can produce M1911 pistols, German equipment is the same, but some adjustments are needed—————— in later generations, those people in Afghanistan can make AKs with handicraft workshops, right?

Then there are the shipyards, Tianjin Shipyard, Shanghai Shipyard, Guangdong Shipyard, Wuchang Shipyard, and there is also a dilapidated Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, the equipment required by these five shipyards will be ordered from the British, and because Yan Shao requires these shipyards to have the ability to manufacture 10,000-ton warships, so when they get this list. Even Zhu Erdian's always stiff face, the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned...

Of course, in addition to these, there is also the equipment required by two steam turbine plants. It was also handed over to the British, after all, it was the equipment needed for the ship, and since the ship was built with British equipment, the power system should naturally be British.

In fact, in Yan Shao's time, although Britain had declined, it was an old imperialist country after all, and it still had two brushes in its hands, especially in terms of power systems. A single Luo? The Luo company is enough to defy everything...

As for the extremely important steel...

The government will be in Anshan and Benxi in the northeast, Baotou in Inner Mongolia, and Jinan in Shandong. The construction of iron works in Qian'an, Hebei, and Qijiang, Sichuan, and the expansion of the existing Hanyang Iron Works allowed its production to grow to a high level...

In fact, Yan Shao originally planned to build an iron mine in Panzhihua, but unfortunately the iron ore there was unusable. At least in this period. Because the iron ore of Panzhihua is vanadium titanomagnetite. If this kind of iron ore is low-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite, it can be smelted in a normal way, but if it is a high-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite, even if it is changed to any country of the same era, there is no way.

Unfortunately, the iron ore in Panzhihua happens to be high-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite, and in order to be able to use Panzhihua's high-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite, China did not figure out how to smelt it until the 70s.

In addition, the United States had the highest steel production and excellent technical skills at this time, so the equipment required for these iron works was naturally borne by the United States.

Machine tools, locomotives, power generation, machines, metalworking (such as copper processing), chemicals, boilers, etc., were all left to the French.

Mining equipment for the remaining coal, iron, copper, etc. It will be shared by Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, Italy and other countries.

Overall, it's a game where everyone wins. And countries such as Britain and the United States also seem to be more satisfied with this distribution method. In the case of Germany, most of the weapons equipped by the Wehrmacht were originally made in Germany, so naturally they could only be purchased from Germany.

At the same time, the British navy is also one of the strongest in the world, and the shipbuilding industry and the attached steam turbines belong to the United Kingdom, and other countries will not have an opinion.

And the steel industry in the United States...

Although France received the most projects, the weight of each was not very large, and on the whole it was about the same as that of other countries. Everyone knows that Yan Shao and the French have the most intimate relationship, and now the French and other countries get about the same share, and Britain and the United States and other countries are naturally very satisfied, and Lei? Kopa himself doesn't seem to be upset about this.

As for Japan, Russia and other countries, in fact, the mining project is the largest number of the entire 75 plans, after all, there are a large number of coal mines, iron ore and copper mines that need equipment to mine. But because they share the most, they get relatively little value...

At least not as Anglo-American-German-Fado as mentioned above...

However, despite their dissatisfaction, the Japanese and Russians could not say anything, because Li Liang and Huang Hao also said simply, they were inferior to Germany in terms of arms, they were inferior to Britain in terms of shipbuilding, they were inferior to the United States in terms of steel, and they were inferior to France in terms of various technologies...

What do you say they can do but give them this?

In the face of the remarks of Li Liang and others, the Japanese and Russian envoys were also speechless.

As for the Netherlands, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries, there is nothing to be dissatisfied with this, after all, they are purely just making fun this time, and what they have picked up now is the same as picking up for nothing, since they are all like this, then what do they have to be dissatisfied with?

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After an afternoon of talks, the assignment was almost complete.

Since the current project is only roughly divided into the projects to be done in each country, the approximate amount cannot be counted for the time being, after all, the project is too big. But even so, according to the judgment of the ministers of the various countries present, the total amount of the entire project will still reach 500 million silver dollars, that is, about 50 million pounds

There is no doubt that this will be an unprecedented project...

On the other hand, when the talks were over, no one noticed Ray when the ministers of the nations had left the venue. Copa was being led by an attendant into a room next to the venue.

In there, Zong Wu had been waiting for a long time...

At the moment of meeting Zongwu, Lei? Kopa's eyes lit up, and Zongwu also took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Lei? Copa.

"I'll leave it to you..."

Hearing Zong Wu say this, Lei? Copa didn't say much, just took the papers, then cleaned up a little and left the room.

See Ray? Kopa finally came out, and the ministers of various countries were somewhat curious about what he was doing. Kopa prevaricated a few words, and Zhu Erdian and the others did not continue to ask.

After prevaricating Zhu Erdian and the others, he touched the briefcase he was carrying, Lei? A smile appeared on Kopa's face.

Yan Shao's relationship with France is very close, and the French are also very supportive of Yan Shao in the previous negotiations, so it is naturally impossible for Yan Shao not to reciprocate. It's just that there are too many people who pay attention to the '75 Project', and even Yan Shao can't blatantly take care of the French, so Yan Shao can only take some care of them on other projects...

For example...

Water conservancy or something...

Everyone knows the importance of water conservancy, not only in agriculture, but also in flood control, drainage, waterways, hydraulic power, water supply, etc.

Since the government hopes to develop the country, water conservancy is an item that cannot be ignored.

Especially for hydroelectric power, China had little experience at this time, and the most recent one was a hydropower station built in Yunnan in 1912, and the equipment was undoubtedly bought from Germany...

Therefore, outsourcing has become inevitable, and the first hydropower station in history was built by France, and it became logical for Yan Shao to ask France to buy this kind of equipment. This is also the same at the meeting just now? The reason why Copa didn't say anything was because Yan Shao had already told him that after the meeting, before China mastered the relevant technology, he would hand over all the domestic water conservancy-related projects to France. Although the project that Kopa got was a little worse, it was also a huge amount of money, so he naturally didn't have any opinions... (To be continued......)