The annual fiscal revenue of the Beiyang government is only 780 million yuan, and after more than two years of rapid development, the fiscal revenue of the three eastern provinces has just exceeded 65 million, which is not much different from Beiyang, but the Fengjun has too many places to spend money, and it is still carrying a deficit of about 17 million.

Zhang Tinglan now took out 500 million yuan at once in order to buy Germany, and it was an early investment, which really surprised everyone, could this person turn a stone into gold, and he could make so much money casually?

And looking at Zhang Tinglan's meaning, 500 million is just the beginning, and there will be more investments in the future, where did this money come from, it's really incomprehensible!

Although everyone knows that Zhang Tinglan confiscated the princes of the Eight Banners in the Beijing and Tianjin areas and got a large amount of money, but after all, this money is the common property of the Feng army, can Lao Zhang agree to hand it over to Zhang Tinglan for tossing? Obviously a joke, there are a lot of hidden expenditures for the expansion of the military during this period of time, and the Jifeng Railway is also under construction, which is a big money-burner, how to calculate Zhang Tinglan will not become so much money.

They don't know, it doesn't mean that Zhang Tinglan is talking nonsense, he does have so much money, and the 500 million yuan is just put on the table for these businessmen to use the share, Zhang Tinglan still has a secret fund in his hand to purchase more cutting-edge jishu. These jishu are all Western countries are unwilling to sell to China, Zhang Tinglan is ready to use silver to open the way, the world is as black as a crow, corruption is not unique in the West, the same opportunity can be taken, it depends on whether you are willing to spend money.

Zhang Tinglan also held two secret sources of funds, one was drug revenue, and the other was counterfeit money, and the Feng army controlled the sales of Rehe opium, which Zhang Tinglan made into a more dependent morphine, which was mainly sold to Japan and Russia.

In addition, there are many morphines that have been bought in Europe and the United States in the name of medicines. During the First World War, the belligerents, in order to ensure the morale of the soldiers, also let the soldiers take drugs. The people who suffered from the war also became extremely empty and needed to be filled with drugs, so Zhang Tinglan naturally did good things to the end and bought these morphines in Britain, France and other countries.

Back then, the British used opium to knock on China's door, and now the heavens are circulating, and China's more powerful drugs are also rampant in Britain. For two years, relying on drugs. Zhang Tinglan made at least 100 million yuan in huge profits, most of which were in secret accounts overseas, and they were also prepared for the bottom-buying operation.

In addition to drugs, printing holiday dollars is also an important windfall income, and printing counterfeit money is nothing new. Governments have done it, and the largest of them is probably Germany in World War II. Hitler printed a large number of pounds sterling that could be faked. It even contributed to the side that the US dollar replaced the British pound as the shijie currency.

Zhang Tinglan mastered the mint very early, and the printing of counterfeit money was also put on a daily basis, and after calculation, Zhang Tinglan chose to print yen, not because Zhang Tinglan hated the Japanese. I just want to pit them, but it's easier to imitate the yen.

The currencies of other countries have a variety of anti-counterfeiting methods, and they cannot be created with the ability of Fengtian. The most important anti-counterfeiting means of the yen is paper, the Japanese believe that the three trees that print the yen are unique to Japan, and the printed paper and pen have a special luster, and others cannot imitate them at all, so they relax other anti-counterfeiting measures.

This is a typical island mentality, China has a lot of land, and it also has three trees, which are produced in Anhui, Zhang Tinglan secretly circled a large area of mountains and forests, and has sufficient raw materials in his hands.

After a series of research by the master of the mint, he succeeded in imitating the real yen, and 150 million yen was printed in the first year, and 200 million yuan was printed this year.

In this era, Japan and China had close contacts, and the Japanese sent a large number of spies to China, and Zhang Tinglan was also able to take advantage of this openness to plant people in Japan, and these holiday yuan flowed to Japan and Shijie.

In addition to these two secret sources of wealth, Zhang Tinglan sold land along the Middle East Road, shorted rubles and Russian bonds, and supported the military action of the United States and Japan to intervene in Russia, and Feng Jun sold a large amount of war materials.

With these projects that come with money, Zhang Tinglan can unceremoniously say that he can come up with 500 million yuan with his own strength alone. Of course, he will not make these secrets public, so he just smiled at the people present and said: "Although there is a lot of money, I hope you all have to think carefully about how to spend it, after all, our foundation is still too thin, even a penny has to be broken in half, really useful things, how much money is worth spending, useless things, not a single child can be wasted." And I can tell you clearly that the Fengjun Association sent secret personnel to supervise the members of each purchasing group, and if you find that you have embezzled and wasted this money, you can directly deal with it in accordance with military law and shoot you on the spot, and there will be no mercy! ”

Zhang Tinglan said murderously, and the people present also felt a strong murderous aura, the young man in front of him did what he said, and he held the power of the military, politics and business, and he could easily crush anyone to death casually, offending Zhang Tinglan, even more terrifying than offending Zhang Zuolin, they all had an account in their hearts.

"Old sir, this time I will go to Europe led by me and Mr. Kuang, I am mainly responsible for the industrial and commercial investment representative, he is responsible for forming a team of experts, evaluating talents and jishu, they confirm the value, we weigh the weight, and strive to make good use of the money!"

Regarding Xia Han's proposal, Zhang Tinglan nodded, and then said: "In addition to you, I asked Chen Qiming to form another military delegation, as long as the relevant expenditures, the three of you must jointly sign and confirm, without one party, there is no way to obtain financial support." ”

"Okay, this way, everyone has a time to wander their eyes, but with three eyes, it's not easy to make mistakes!" Kwong Rongguang said with a smile: "Humble words, I will go and gather people now, and within ten days, we will be able to set off." ”

"I have one more point to remind you that the Western powers are very strict against the Chinese, and many jishu will not be sold to us, and you need to batch a few more skins, you can use the banner of White Russia, the flag of the United States, or the flag of Japan, in short, you must pay attention to concealing yourself."

Zhang Tinglan told him several times again and again, and then Xia Han and the others left together, this is not to blame Zhang Tinglan for nagging, this time it is too important to copy the bottom, if it succeeds, the Feng army will be able to achieve mutual shortcomings and strengths with the Japanese in the military jishu, and after a few years of digestion, it will be able to compete with Japan.

If this time fails, there will only be such a good opportunity until the Great Depression, it will be ten years later, Jishu is developing with each passing day, if Jishu is not brought back by then, Fengjun will not want to take advantage of the Japanese in the Jishu field for twenty or thirty years.

Jishu's lead means that you can use less on the battlefield in exchange for a greater victory, otherwise you can only fill it with your life, and unceremoniously say that Xia Han is buying their lives with money this time!

The Mukden delegation stepped up preparations and soon organized, they drew up a total of more than 2,000 pages of catalog, which detailed a variety of industries, as well as the lack of talents, with this catalog, Xia Han, Kuang Rongguang and Chen Qiming, a total of more than 70 people of the purchasing group set off together, they first took the train to Tianjin, and then prepared to take a passenger ship, to Europe.

Just as they arrived at the port of Tianjin, a lively farewell ceremony was also taking place here, and the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference was about to depart.

The Entente group defeated the Germans, and when it was time to enjoy the fruits of victory, how could they let it go, and the countries decided to convene a peace conference in Paris to discuss the handling of the German question, and China, as one of the victorious powers, would also send its own delegation.

The head of the delegation is Lu Zhengxiang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as Shi Zhaoji, Minister to the United Kingdom, Gu Weijun, Minister to the United States, and others, and they will also take the same passenger ship to Europe.

After boarding the ship, Lu Zhengxiang's face was full of red light, and he said to the reporters who heard the news: "This time the Chinese government participated in the Paris Peace Conference, we, as one of the victorious countries, should enjoy the power of the victorious countries, and the government has drawn up a total of seven conditions: abolish the Shili scope; evacuation of foreign troops, patrols; the abolition of foreign post offices and cable and wireless telegraphy agencies; revocation of consular jurisdiction; return of leased land; return of the concession; Realize the right to tariff freedom. ”

When Lu Zhengxiang said this, his face turned red, and he looked full of confidence, and he continued: "Fellow citizens, diplomacy is like a battlefield, and we are the soldiers who go on the expedition, and we are bound to do our best to fight for the benefits that the country deserves, everyone listen to our good news!" ”

After Lu Zhengxiang finished speaking, he took a big stride and boarded the ship with high morale, and all the reporters present were also very excited, cheering enthusiastically and cheering for these diplomats.

Compared with the bustle of Lu Zhengxiang and others, although the number of Fengtian's purchasing group was superior, it was deserted, and no one cared about them.

The steamer slowly sailed out of the port, standing on the deck, Xia Han asked Kuang Rongguang with a smile: "You said that which of the seven proposed by Lu Zhengxiang can be realized?" ”

Kuang Rongguang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "According to me, don't even think about realizing it, abolishing these seven articles, won't China become an independent country, how can the great powers still run rampant, not to mention anything else, it is to withdraw the army, will the Japanese Kwantung Army withdraw from the South Manchurian Railway, isn't this like a dream!" ”

Chen Qiming also sneered and said: "Power is justice, if the great powers become reasonable, this shijie will be reversed, I heard the humble words say once, he is very optimistic about this peace meeting, if he can take back the power of Shandong, he should burn high incense, everything else is wishful thinking!" ”

"Hmph, if we can rely on negotiations, we will get back what belongs to us, what are we going to Europe to procure, the great powers rely on strong ships and cannons to open China's country, we should also rely on iron and blood to take back the lost power, relying on spitting stars, there is no use for fart!"

As he was talking, a young man under thirty suddenly interjected: "Why should a few friends be so angry, the great powers will not be in front of the international community, let's do this, we still have hope!" (To be continued......)