In fact, whether it is Li Guoyun or Liang Shiyi, they have all made one mistake, yes, the annual profit of the group's cotton textile mills and other factories is indeed more than 10 million yuan per year. But the profitability of the car factory is by no means describable by tens of millions...

Especially after the new assembly line is assembled, the profits of the automobile factories are likely to reach the level of hundreds of millions, even much more than the Qing government's fiscal revenue in 1911, the year of the Xinhai Revolution.

On the one hand, it is because the automobile company has adopted an advanced assembly line, which far exceeds the output of other automobile factories, and the annual production capacity of 10 new production lines is more than 700,000 vehicles, which is more than all the automobile factories in the world combined—————— naturally, such a large production capacity is unlikely to be achieved by Yan Shao alone, after all, China's industrial base is too weak, if China's own capacity alone, the automobile factory can produce 30,000 vehicles per year is already a miracle.

But in reality, Yan Shao's automobile company is only responsible for assembling, assembling car parts imported from the United States into cars through the assembly line. The whole process only requires manpower and a unique assembly line, and the dependence on the industrial base is not very large...

In addition, there are more and more parts factories established in Anhui today, and there is also the labor cost in China that is much lower than in the United States and Europe. The profitability of the car company as a whole is enormous, and this advantage can be maintained for a long time until other car companies, including Ford, find a way to bypass the 'assembly line' patent, while the Americans and Europeans will find another path that is obviously impossible in a few years...

On the other hand, Yan Shao is also very clear. If the profitability of the car factory is announced, it will attract many covetous eyes. Therefore, for this period of time, the profitability of the car factory has been kept secret, so that the outside world has been constantly speculating. But I still can't guess the result...

And without actually experiencing the efficiency of the assembly line, they obviously can't imagine how much the efficiency improvement brought by this kind of invention, which can be said to be an important symbol in the process of the industrial revolution...

Furthermore, the figure of hundreds of millions is indeed too exaggerated, and Ford's profit in history is only two or three billion—————— and before the assembly line in history, Ford's net income increased from $2 million to $25 million in 1914, which happened to be the first year of Ford's use of assembly lines. By 1917, Ford's net income had reached $70 million. By 1921, when Ford's market share reached 56.6%, a net income of more than 100 million yuan was already a very implicit inference.

This is on the basis of Ford's daily wage rising from $2 to more than $5 at the time. At the same time, the daily wages of Chinese workers still hovered at 1 or 2 jiao, and even if the exchange rate in 1911 was used, the daily wages of American workers were almost 130 times that of Chinese workers. Persistence is a tragedy...

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Liang Shiyi and Li Guoyun, the gap between their inferences will be so big. On the one hand, it is too exaggerated to understand the advanced nature of the assembly line, and on the other hand, it is a net income of hundreds of millions.

But just like this, for Yuan Shikai, one or two million, twenty or thirty million is still a big temptation. It's just that compared with the original, Yuan Shikai's interest is obviously much smaller.

On the other hand, Yang Shiqi was very much in favor of Yuan Shikai's seizure of Anhui, after all, the capture of Anhui would not only allow Beiyang to control one more province, but also get the cash that the Beijing government urgently needs. On top of that, it is possible to cut the provinces of Jiangsu, Hubei, and Jiangxi controlled by the League from the middle.

Moreover, Anhui is the land of four wars. After taking it, you can fight wherever you want—————— and vice versa, if the strength is not good, the land of the four battles will become beaten on all sides.

However, after listening to Liang Shiyi's words, Yang Shiqi had some other thoughts in his heart.

So when Liang Shiyi asked Yuan Shikai if he wanted to continue, Yang Shiqi immediately came forward to interrupt. "Gong Bao, since Anhui is no longer of great use, then I have some ideas..."

"Oh?" As his chief think tank, Yuan Shikai attached great importance to Yang Shiqi's opinion, so he hurriedly asked. "Xingcheng has any ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say..."

Yang Shiqi nodded, walked back and forth in place, and sorted out the thoughts in his mind before he said slowly.

"Yan Sun also said just now, the most valuable industry in Anhui is the automobile factory, but the core patent of the automobile factory is mastered by Yan Shao, without this patent, this automobile factory is a waste product for us, although there are other industries, but at most we can only get twenty or thirty million dollars..."

Liang Shiyi nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

Yang Shiqi continued. "In this case, Anhui is no longer a must-win place for us, and we can also change our thinking. Li Feijun said that Anhui is full of complaints, let's not mention whether this is true for the time being, but Yan Shao did offend many local gentry in Anhui, and don't forget that it is not only us who are staring at Anhui, but also other people..."

"You mean?"

"That's right." Yang Shiqi nodded. "The Alliance..."

"Anhui was originally a key focus area of the revolutionary party, with Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin of the Guangfu Society at the beginning, and Wu Yanggu and Sun Yuyun of the League later. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a Yan Shao, I'm afraid that Anhui would be the same as other provinces, becoming the bag of the Alliance, and Anhui is also the place of the four wars, the importance of the Alliance is self-evident, Anhui is in the hands of the Alliance, then the Alliance will be able to connect through Anhui and Hubei, Jiangxi and other provinces, if it is in the hands of others..."

And according to the information obtained from Nanjing, there are now a total of 5 armies in Nanjing, among which the commander of the first army, Bai Wenwei, is a native of Anhui. In the alliance, Bai Wenwei is undoubtedly the one with the highest status, the oldest seniority, and the strength in his hands, if nothing else, then this Bai Wenwei must be the current governor of Anhui, how can he sit back and watch Anhui be occupied by a provincial..."

"Nanjing was also rejected because of the loan from Anhui some time ago. The sense of Anhui is very bad, if we can make some efforts from it, so that there will be some friction and even struggle between the two sides. Wouldn't that be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman..."

Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Yang Shiqi's face.

"As long as the two sides can be provoked to fight, if it is the defeat of Nanjing, then the alliance will inevitably be hostile to Anhui, and now Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang are all occupied by the alliance, as long as the alliance and Anhui have a gap, Anhui will no longer be stable in the future. If it is the Anhui side that fails. That Yan Shao is only 28 years old, it is the age of youth and vigor, how can he swallow this breath when he was driven down by someone just after he ascended to a high position. will inevitably find a way to take revenge, but at this time, the local situation has almost been decided, and he doesn't have so much time to find another place to make a comeback, so if he wants revenge. The only way to find a force to cooperate with is to find a force. And who else in China can deal with it, and who else is willing to deal with the League? ”

"Although no one knows how much net worth Yan Shao has, I believe it will not be less than 10,000, with his funding, the palace guard still has to worry about not being able to clean up the alliance..."

In fact, Yang Shiqi originally wanted to say that he was giving Yan Shao a position as Minister of Finance after that. Yan Shao's name as the God of Wealth is still very loud in China, and in the eyes of many people, it is much more worthy of the name than Liang Shiyi. I believe that no one will object to making him Minister of Finance.

The problem is that now Liang Shiyi is Yuan Shikai's God of Wealth, and he recommended Yan Shao to be the Minister of Finance in front of him. He wouldn't do this kind of offending thing...

Although Yang Shiqi didn't say it explicitly, how could Liang Shiyi not feel it, but he felt that Yang Shiqi's method was right, and he didn't say much about this matter, so he could only stand aside and keep silent.

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After listening to Yang Shiqi's words, Yuan Shikai nodded slightly, thinking that this method was good, but after half a sound, he spoke again. "So what if you lose both?"

"Of course it's better if that's the case..."Yang Shiqi smiled. If both sides lose, the two sides will inevitably hate each other, although the alliance will be a rabble, but after all, it is powerful, not an Anhui can contend with, and Yan Shao, in the face of the pressure of the alliance, will definitely find a way to find an ally..."

After all, Yang Shiqi is a literati and does not know much about military affairs.

And in his opinion, although the people's army on the Nanjing side is a rabble, there are as many as 200,000 after all, and what about the Anhui side? There are fewer than 40,000 people. What's more, in Yan Shao's view, Nanjing's people's army is certainly a rabble, but in Beiyang's view, how can the Anhui Revolutionary Army not be like this?

It's just that I'm afraid that neither Yuan Shikai nor Yang Shiqi can imagine that although the quality of the Anhui Revolutionary Army cannot be compared with the Beiyang Army, it is much stronger than the Nanjing People's Army. There are a mix of dragons and snakes over there, and command and dispatch alone is a big problem, and Yan Shao's side, with all kinds of light and heavy machine guns that arrived in advance, is enough to make the civilian army lacking heavy weapons bleed...

"Okay..."After thinking about it, Yuan Shikai, who thought Yang Shiqi's idea was good, nodded. But what can they do to get into a fight? ”

"It's easy," Yang Shiqi smiled. Isn't there a Bai Wenwei in Nanjing, and I heard that Li Feijun also has some connections with the people of the Alliance. As long as Li Feijun is allowed to act as an intermediary and contact Bai Wenwei and the middle forces of the constitutionalists, needless to say, the Nanjing side may not agree to Bai Wenwei's actions, but I am afraid it may not be stopped. And if Bai Wenwei goes well in the early stage, then the alliance will inevitably follow up, if it fails, no matter what the alliance decides, the relationship between the two sides will not be able to return to the state it used to be..."

After all, it's all bleeding, and it's impossible to fool the past with an apology.

And no matter which side of these two sides suffers, it will only be good for Yuan Shikai...

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Yuan Shikai sounded very good about Yang Shiqi's words, so it didn't take long for Beiyang to call all the core personnel of Beiyang in Beijing to the Iron Lion Hutong to discuss the method proposed by Yang Shiqi.

Since the old man himself agreed, how could others disagree, not to mention that the idea put forward by Yang Shiqi was also very good, so soon a telegram was sent to Anhui.

At that time, Li Guojun was active in Anqing City, because of the military operation some time ago. There were many constitutionalists in the provincial capital who were dissatisfied with Yan Shao.

That's right, they admit that Yan Shao was right to do this, because they also know very well that there are indeed many local gentry and officials who have joined forces to oppress the common people. The problem is that these people are inextricably linked in Anhui. Many people are either friends or relatives, so even if they know that Yan Shao is the best, it is difficult not to stand up against —————— in this world, there are always very few people who can kill their relatives righteously, and more are to help their relatives or not to help...

It is also because he knows these that Li Guojun will move around. is to wait for Yuan Shikai to go south, so that he can help him reduce some resistance.

It's just that when he was a guest at the house of a famous gentry in Anqing City, he looked at the telegram sent by the people in the family. Li Guoyun was slightly stunned.

"What's the matter, Feijun, is something wrong?"

Seeing Li Guoyun's stunned expression, the friend sitting next to him was a little strange.

"Nope. It's nothing..."Li Guojun shook his head. "Something just happened. I'll go home first..."

The friend didn't think much about it, just smiled and nodded, and with the telegram that had just been sent, Li Guoyun returned home as quickly as possible.

"Let me contact the people of the League and find a way to provoke a fight between the League and the Kuomintang Socialist Party..." The deep meaning of this is not something that Li Guoyun can understand, and in fact Yuan Shikai does not intend to tell Li Guoyun the purpose of doing so, after all, Li Guoyun is only one of the leaders of the local constitutionalist faction who supports Yuan Shikai, and there are at least twenty or thirty such people in China. If it weren't for the special situation in Anhui, Yuan Shikai really didn't care much about Li Guoyun.

Anyway. Since Yuan Shikai's meaning has come down, Li Guoyun can only do it, and he is also very happy with Yuan Shikai's promise behind the telegram...

It has been promised that if it is done, Li Guoyun will be appointed as the governor of Anhui—————— people in these years, in addition to ideals, are not all for promotion and fortune, and the same is true for Li Guoyun...

"But if you want to contact the Alliance, who should I contact..."

After all, there must always be a communication channel, and after half a ring, a name appeared in Li Guoyun's mind. Wang Zhuhuai, the person who was once sent out by the League to contact him, the two of them also talked about cooperation at the beginning, but as the position of the National Socialist Party in Anhui became more and more stable, this kind of thing was gradually forgotten by Li Guoyun.

But now, it's the perfect time to take advantage of this person.

However, Li Guoyun didn't go directly to Wang Zhuhuai, because he knew very well that he must have been targeted by the people of the Special Affairs Bureau. Just ran to Wang Zhuhuai's house, which was a little too public.

"Xiaode..." lowered his head and pondered for a moment, Li Guoyun, who had returned home, raised his head and shouted. Soon, a young man who looked very clever ran out and stood in front of Li Guoyun. "Sir, you called me?"

This young man has been with Li Guoyun for three or four years, and he has never gone wrong, so Li Guoyun trusts him very much.

"Hmm," Li Guojun nodded. Later you go to this position, give this letter to the people there, and don't say anything more, don't ask more, understand..."

As he spoke, Li Guoyun took out a pen and wrote on a piece of white paper on the table, and put him in an envelope after about two or three minutes, and then handed it to Xiaode...

"Remember, you must give it to the people there..."

"Don't worry, master, I won't mess up..."Putting the envelope in his pocket, Xiaode patted his chest and said.

It's just that he had just walked out of Li Guoyun's house, and he had already walked around a corner, and after a while, two people dressed ordinarily and with ordinary appearances appeared. "What's the matter?"

Looking at Xiao De, one of them asked softly.

"This is a letter that our master asked me to send...", he took out the envelope from his pocket and handed it to one of them.

And after receiving the letter from Xiao De's hand, the two of them quickly looked through it.

Although Xiaode has been with Li Guoyun for three or four years, if it weren't for the difficulties at home these years, who would send people to other people's homes to be people?

If it were usual, Xiaode might not have sold Li Guoyun, but this time Yan Shao was helping the people clean up those gentry and officials, but what about Li Guoyun? But it was to help those officials, gentry and Yan Shao who oppressed the common people to do it right, Xiaode was also from a poor family, and after finding the door in the Special Affairs Bureau, he naturally knew that he should stand on that side...

"It's here to meet..."After reading the contents of the envelope, the person in charge nodded, and then handed the letter back to Xiaode. And Xiao De didn't say anything, just put the letter in his pocket, and then ran briskly to the location that Li Guoyun told him...

For him, what he has to do has been done, because when the Special Affairs Bureau came out to contact him some time ago, it just made him stare at Li Guoyun...

After the letter was delivered to the locality, Wang Zhuhuai soon received the news that Li Guoyun had asked for a meeting.

Although it is not clear what Li Guojun wants to do, Wang Zhuhuai does not intend to refuse this meeting. Because now he also needs to seek Li Guoyun's help, even if Li Guoyun doesn't bring it up, he will take the initiative to come to the door...... In a more subtle way...

On the other hand, after getting the news that the two were about to meet, Tang Li was also arranging people, planning to ambush the place where the two were about to meet, to see what they wanted to talk about... (To be continued......)