Li Yuanhong and the others thought very clearly, since they couldn't continue to be warlords, it was better to change their identities, it was better than not being able to leave anything behind.

Sitting down on a bench in the lawn, Yan Shaozheng looked at the building in front of him seriously.

Because for a long time to come, this place will exist as his office space.

Presidential palace...

"How's it going, Mr. President? Quite satisfied, right? ”

Smiling slightly, a young man who looked to be in his early 30s looked down and asked.

"Very good...", Yan Shao stood up from the bench.

Around him, there were more than twenty government officials, big and small, who were looking at the building in front of him with the same gaze.

The whole building is about three stories high, the whole is gray, magnificent, 350 meters long, 230 meters wide, 50 meters high, its biggest feature is that there is a large amount of tall and large space in the huge enclosed building. The reception area, the promenade, the hall, all appear tall and long, empty and without any function. The large and high halls are one after the other. Even along the central axis, planning is completely unidirectional.

The first thing you see when you walk through the gate of the Presidential Palace is the lobby about the size of three basketball courts, and in the middle of the lobby is a 200-meter-long marble gallery.

The presidential palace is roughly divided into two parts, one is the office area and the other is the living area. The whole building is like a 'Lu' character, the first half belongs to the office area, and the second half is Yan Shao's.

The first floor of the office area is the reception hall, which is mainly used to receive diplomats and other people. At the end of that 200-metre-long marble gallery is the reception hall and, naturally, there are some annexed rooms in the two wings. It is mainly used for people to live or do some other things, and the largest banquet hall can even hold a banquet for 10,000 people or a drinking party for more than 15,000 people, mainly for receptions, balls or other activities, it can be said that one-third of the entire office area is occupied by the banquet hall, yes, one-third, in order to make the banquet hall tall enough. The first to second floors are fully accessible, and the third floor is used to reinforce and hang some lighting, which means that one wing of the entire office area belongs entirely to the banquet hall.

In this day and age. Such a large banquet hall is completely a kind of anti-heaven existence, and there is some criticism within the government, but this place Yan Shao has a special use, naturally the bigger the better...

The second floor is where the meeting room is located. There are also reference rooms and so on. It's just that there are still many rooms that are empty so far, because the functions of the government are still relatively simple at this time, and even Yan Shao doesn't know how to arrange Lu Dao, so he has to be empty for the time being.

As for the third floor, Yan Shao's own office area is here, and there is also a 200-meter-long marble gallery here, at the end of which is Yan Shao's office, and there are some resting rooms on both sides of the gallery.

Considering the problem of war. Although it is unlikely that the war will reach the capital, there are evacuation facilities underneath the presidential palace. Even if the entire presidential palace was leveled by the enemy with heavy artillery, it would not hurt the people who had already taken refuge underground—————— although the engineers were a little puzzled why such a facility should be built, but Yan Shao could not tell them that in future wars, there would be weapons that could fly in the sky and then fly over buildings thousands of kilometers away to drop 'giant cannonballs', so this order was only forced.

As for the second half, it is also known as the living quarters.

Although the area is the same as the first half, the division is significantly more active.

In addition to the underground evacuation facilities, wine cellars or underground vaults, the first floor is similar to the office area, and there are also rooms for receiving guests, but the area is much smaller and private.

There are plenty of other recreational facilities such as indoor pools, ice rinks, gyms, and even smaller casinos.

On the second floor, there are some libraries, showrooms and other places, which are relatively simple and do not have any trouble, and most of the people under the living area also live here.

As for the third floor, it belongs to Yan Shao's living area, and the entire third floor is almost the same.

Although Yan Shao already has a manor in Beijing, which is his 'home', he may not spend much less time in the presidential palace than in his own home for a considerable period of time in the future.

In addition, the area outside the official residence is similar to Yan Shao's manor, with green lawns, and many swimming pools, ice rinks and other entertainment facilities surrounded by hedges, but these are mainly concentrated in the back of the official residence.

At the same time, a considerable area of land around the official residence was also purchased by the national government.

There is no way, others may not be too worried, but Yan Shao is worried that in twenty or thirty years, will anyone carry a bazooka to the official residence of the presidential palace, and naturally need to reserve a safer space for himself.

Of course, having said all this above, it is not to say that the presidential palace has already been built.

After all, it has only taken more than 2 months since the start of construction, although the construction team is almost 24 hours a day, the problem is that the time is still too tight after all, so as mentioned above, the current presidential palace is only largely built, that is, the so-called key areas, in fact, there are many places that have not been built at all...

For example, the ice rink or swimming pool behind the presidential palace is still nowhere to be seen.

If you have to say it, even the rough houses of later generations are not as good, after all, the rough houses are still largely built, but they are just poorly decorated, and at least 80% of them have not been built yet...

If the entire building wants to be completely completed, I am afraid that it will take more than half a year, but for Li Liang and the others, they finally have a hope. After all, Yan Shao's manor has always been private, and if he runs there all day, he is still more or less uncomfortable.

Although the building has not yet been completed, it belongs to the government anyway—————— although the nearly 50 million required for the entire building is all taken by Yan Shao himself...

That's right, Yan Shaona's...

Although now the national government has just received 100 million pounds. However, the government's overall expenditure on the '75 Project' will be about five or six billion, which means that the last billion can be left only four or five billion.

These four or five billion words. It was used to reform the tax system, reorganize the army, build railways and highways, and renovate cities......... And so on and so forth, all the projects are actually quite tight.

If it were not for the fact that the military government still had 100 million or 200 million yuan in revenue every year, and after recovering the rights of the other 12 provinces and redividing the tax system into national and local taxes, the government's fiscal revenue might have recovered to the level of 300 million or 400 million in a short period of time.

Of course. In the eyes of the outside world, if the money is gone, the government can borrow it from Yushi Bank, that is, Yan Shao's hands. After all, 1.3 billion yuan of loans have been announced in a row. And after the news of the Tampico oil field also reached China, no one doubted Yan Shao's net worth.

But for Li Liang and Liang Shiyi, they will only choose when there is no way.

The reason is also simple, it is simple to find a loan from Yan Shao. But now the government has inherited the debts of the former Qing Dynasty and Beiyang. There are already a lot of foreign debts to be repaid every year, and after borrowing a loan of 100 million pounds from Yushi Group, counting the loans borrowed by the Anhui military government in the past, the amount to be repaid every year is an astronomical amount...

So unless there is no way, they will never choose to borrow this path...

And what about Yan Shao himself? It is also impossible to use government money to build an ultra-luxurious office space for oneself for personal comfort. In addition, Yan Shao is not short of money now, so he simply pays out of his own pocket...

Elano didn't care much about this, although they took out more than a billion as loans. But now there is almost 100 million yuan a year in the oil fields alone, and another 100 million yuan a year in the money lent to the national government. Coupled with the income of Yushi Group, there are still eight or nine billion a year, maybe when you are not careful, it will reach one billion...

This kind of terrifying income even gave Elano and them an unreal feeling, thirty or forty million, forty or fifty million, naturally they didn't take it seriously.

However, Yan Shao himself knows very well that this kind of good life will not be long before it will come to an end...

The reason is simple...

The First World War...

The business opportunities brought by the First World War are obvious, but for Yan Shao, I'm afraid there are some duplicities...

One of them is the destruction of Europe...

Now the vast majority of Yushi Group's revenue comes from automobile companies, with the annual purchase of parts, more and more local production departments, the company has been able to reduce the cost of each raindrop car to $250 or even less, considering that the price of the raindrop car is now 750 US dollars, that is to say, the net profit of each car is 500 US dollars, 700,000 units is 350 million US dollars, that is, more than 920 million silver dollars...

Even if all kinds of taxes are removed, such as tariffs, etc., there will still be an income of 500 million, 600 million, 6 or 7 billion yuan in a year.

The problem is that although the vast majority of the market for the group's exports is in the United States, a considerable part of the market is also in Europe. If Europe is in the midst of war, it is almost impossible to expect Europeans to continue to buy Yan Shao's cars.

This means that by that time, Yan Shao's income will be greatly reduced.

The only thing that made Yan Shao happy was that the war in Europe was of great benefit to both the economies of China and the United States. If we are lucky, maybe the United States can make up for this part of the loss.

As for China...

I'm afraid it's unlikely anytime soon...

After all, the daily income of Chinese workers is only about 1 jiao, which is 3 yuan a month, and only more than 30 yuan a year. The price of a car is as high as 2,000 yuan, and ordinary workers need to work for at least fifty or sixty years, which still means that all the income is used to buy a car without eating or drinking...

No way, compared with the income in Europe and the United States, the gap is too big.

At least in the short term, Yan Shao can't count on the domestic working class, and now the people who buy cars in China are basically some landlords or capitalists and businessmen, and ordinary people are almost insulated from this...

"However, if we can catch the ride of the First World War, the domestic secondary industry should be able to develop greatly, and drive the development of the tertiary industry......... In four years' time, it is simply unrealistic to expect the wages of domestic workers to reach the level of Europe and the United States. But it should be no problem to increase the current level of a few dimes to three to five jiao a day, so that at least the lives of ordinary people can be better, and there are a series of water conservancy factories that are now being planned. It should also be able to increase the income of the peasants a lot, at least not a single natural disaster that can destroy the family..."

“……… It took ten years to raise the wages of workers to the level of 1 yuan per day, so that it is 360 yuan a year, so that at least for ordinary workers, the car is no longer out of reach, so that the export of automobiles can also be transferred from export to domestic sales, and the automobile market will be thoroughly cultivated..."

"And the words on the European side......... There is definitely not much market for ordinary private cars. But what about trucks? Especially military trucks! The demand for such things should be high in the Entente, and the price of trucks, especially military trucks, is not comparable to the ordinary cars that have been simplified countless times like Raindrops, and perhaps the losses on civilian cars. It can be compensated for by military cars..."

Thinking so, Yan Shao has already begun to think about letting Li Yin and them get a military truck, and now although the National Defense Force is also equipped with a lot of trucks, they are basically civilian. To be exact, it is a truck that is not much different from civilian use. And limited to the technical reliability is not very high...

But now that they have found a new way to make money, it's good to keep Li Yin and them busy...

"Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain to waste so much of my annual research funding..."

Thinking of this, Yan Shao looked at the building in front of him again.

Nearly 50 million yuan, which is equivalent to Yan Shao There are two dreadnoughts lying horizontally in front of them...

It's no wonder that after hearing the news, the navy ran to Yan Shao's side one by one crying and asking Yan Shao to increase some naval military spending, so that the navy could purchase some new warships, instead of using about 4,000-ton Haiqi ships to support the façade...

(According to the Western Naval Yearbook.) This type of warship was built in England in 1898 by the Armstrong Company and has a displacement of 4,300 tons. The ship has a length of 120.7 meters, a width of 14.22 meters, a draft of 5.11 meters, a speed of 24 knots, and is equipped with two 8-inch guns, ten 120 mm rapid-fire guns, 12 47 mm machine guns, four Maxim machine guns, and five 18-inch torpedo tubes. With its large size, fast speed and strong firepower, the "Haiqi" became the core capital ship of the Chinese Navy until the 1930s. Originally, there was also a "Haitian" of the same type as the "Haiqi", but as early as 1904, it was damaged by the reef, and then it became a situation where the "Haiqi" was in a standout. ）

Of course, Yan Shao also knew the importance of the Lu Dao navy, otherwise he would not have ordered ten thousand-ton gunboats from Britain to form a naval force, and when he was in Anhui, he would have let them train in the open sea from time to time, so that they could be used when forming a navy in the future.

In fact, Yan Shao is even planning to give a big gift to the navy now, but he can't elaborate on it for the time being.

But then again, building a presidential palace with the money of two dreadnoughts is indeed a little extravagant in the current situation.

But...

"It's worth the money..."

Looking at the magnificent building in front of him, Yan Shao became more and more satisfied...

Although it is true that the money spent is more, after all, this is one-third of my home, and I must build better, and I will live here with my relatives in the future, so I can't wronged my relatives...

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look..."Avoiding some workers who were still working, Yan Shao led Li Liang and the others to the presidential palace.

The first thing they saw was the lobby where they could play basketball, and they were deeply impressed by the large and tall area. And in the center of the lobby, the two-hundred-meter-long marble gallery impressed them even more...

Only by walking in and looking at it for themselves can they understand the price of battleships for this building.

And apparently, the money is undoubtedly worth the money ...

On the other hand, seeing Yan Shao leading people in, the workers who were originally busy in the space also stopped their work and saluted this side one after another.

After noticing this, Yan Shao smiled at them, and then said to Li Liang and them. "Let's go around first, I still have something to say to the designer..."

Li Liang was originally very curious about this building, and after hearing his words, they hurriedly dispersed.

And after Li Liang and the others retreated, Yan Shao glanced around, and after making sure that no one else could hear their conversation, he said to the young man in front of him.

"Although it has not been built yet, I am very satisfied with this house, but it is ......... What happened to the problem with the other building? ”

"It's almost over..."Hearing Yan Shao ask, Wang Xuan's originally calm expression suddenly became a little excited, no wonder, after all, the building in Yan Shao's mouth can be called a 'miracle building', as the chief engineer, he will definitely go down in history, and how much such a building inspires the whole country, he knows very well, and his mood will naturally be a little excited." Now I and other colleagues are conducting the final inspection of the design drawings, as long as there is no problem with this inspection, we can start construction directly, and the location of the building itself has also been determined, but ......" pondered slightly, Wang Xuan felt that it was better to tell the truth. "Such a large building has never appeared in human history, so it is probably impossible to estimate what the cost will be at present, and it may even reach one or two hundred million yuan after the worst..."

Hearing Wang Xuan say this, Yan Shao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile. "You don't have to worry about money, I just need you to build this building, remember, do your best, if it doesn't work, I won't blame you, after all, no one has ever done this thing..."

For Yan Shao, it is naturally the best to be able to make it, but if it can't be made, Yan Shao will not be reluctant to embarrass them, because just like he said, no one has done it, and they can't have to let them do it.

Seeing Yan Shao's attitude at this moment, Wang Xuan was a little moved in his heart, and he clenched his fists and said. "Yes!" (To be continued......)