One billion and fifty million, what is this equivalent to a concept?

In 1910, Argentina ordered from the United States two Rivadavia-class battleships with a standard displacement of 27,940 tons and a full load displacement of 30,600 tons, which cost only 4.4 million pounds, that is, only 2.2 million pounds each.

For example, the construction of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, which began construction in 1912, with a standard displacement of 29,150 tons and a full load displacement of 33,000 tons, cost only 2.4 million pounds per ship.

One billion silver dollars is equivalent to 100 million pounds.

This means that if the money is used to buy warships, then the Commune government will get a dreadnought fleet of 41 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, or 45 Rivadavia-class battleships, which will definitely be the largest dreadnought fleet in history, because even before the war Britain only had 29 dreadnought-class battleships...

If all this money is invested in the military, then China will become the strongest navy in the world—————— hardware, and I am afraid that I will not even be able to find the person who drives the ship...

However, in any case, when the news was spread, both at home and abroad were shocked, after all, 100 million pounds is an unimaginable amount of money in this era.

Similarly, those who had been laughing at Yan Shao and the whimsical nature of the Nationalist Government all along, also felt that their faces were a little hot at this time...

Slapped in the face...

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Kunming, Yunnan...

Looking at the astonishing news in the newspaper, even the city government of Yi Cai felt slightly surprised.

"£100 million......... ?..."

"yes. Although I have long heard that this Yan Shao is very rich, he can come up with 100 million pounds casually, which is also a bit too much..." Luo Peikin's face was full of sighs.

Although it is stated that it is Yushi Bank that makes loans to the Guoshe Government, who doesn't know that Ludao Yushi Bank and the Yushi Group behind him are both Yan Shaokai? So this money is actually equivalent to Yan Shao's loan to the Guoshe government...

It is not surprising, after all, the annual financial revenue of the Yunnan military government at this time was only six or seven million (about seven million during the Protectorate War), which is only six or seven hundred thousand when converted into pounds, which is really not even a fraction compared with the figures published in the newspapers.

Although it is only news at the moment, no one doubts the authenticity of this matter. Because in Beijing and in the newspapers that are being sent to Shanghai and other places. Almost every newspaper had a front-page headline with photographs of massive silver dollars and bundles of large Bank of England cheques.

And foreign banks such as England and Citigroup have also confirmed this—————— although they themselves are surprised how Yan Shao can have so much money.

(At this time, fax technology was already in existence, in fact, fax technology was born as early as the 40s of the 19th century, 30 years before the invention of the telephone.) It was created by a man named Alexander? It was invented by the British of Bain in 1843. However, fax communication is a relatively slow technology to develop in the field of telecommunications. It was not until the twenties of the twentieth century that it gradually matured, and in 1914, a French newspaper first published news photos transmitted by fax machine, and in 1926 officially opened the wired photo fax service across the continental United States. In the same year, it also opened a transatlantic wireless photo fax service with the United Kingdom. So there is no fax at this time, at least not the photos yet. ）

In any case, all this has confirmed the authenticity of the announcement of the Rain Stone Bank and the Guoshe Government, and it has also caused almost the entire world to shift their attention to this ancient country in the East.

By the way, looking at the content of the newspaper, there was only one thought in Cai Ye's mind at this time.

"Yuan Shikai is not unjustly defeated..."sighed, Cai Yi put the newspaper in his hand on the table.

"That..."After a moment's hesitation, Luo Peijin said with some hesitation. The matter of 'political consultation'. What do you think? ”

One of the things that the whole country is discussing now is the huge loan from the Yushi Bank to the national government. One is the 'First Five-Year Plan' and the '75 Project', and the most important thing is this political consultation.

These three things have almost stolen the limelight of the 'garrison' and 'tariff', and now everyone in the whole country is talking about these three things, while the 'garrison' and 'tariff' issues, which were originally highly valued, are not concerned, which is completely different from more than a month ago, or even a few days ago.

Among these three things, the first two are undoubtedly the most valued, or the Chinese people basically look at these two things together, and the third thing, that is, 'political consultation', there are not many people who pay attention to it.

However, although there are few people who pay attention, the weight is very heavy, and almost every local powerful faction is extremely concerned about this matter, because Yan Shao has already said it very clearly. I hope that the local powerful factions will send representatives to Beijing and even go to Beijing in person to discuss the future of China...

"Shall we send a representative over, or shall we take a look first..."

Seeing that Cai Ye had been silent there all along, Luo Peijin asked again...

The '75 Project' naturally could not have left out Yunnan, Dongchuan Copper Mine, Gejiu Tin Industry, Huize Lead-Zinc Mine, etc., have a great relationship with Yunnan, Luo Peijin as a number of figures in the Yunnan Military Government and the local involvement is very deep, and now the State Council suddenly announced that it will carry out several projects in Yunnan, which naturally makes the local gentry in Yunnan very related, and I also want to know what Cai Dao thinks about this...

After all, this time is different from usual, this time the government has more than a billion funds in its hands, and the situation is much stronger than in the pre-Qing Dynasty.

Then these gentry must consider whether this incident will harm their own interests, and whether they can participate in it and profit from it?

And it all depends on Cai's attitude.

After all, the current Cai Ye is the governor of Yunnan, although the current Guoshe government has announced the plan. But if Cai Ye didn't nod his head, the entire plan would not be able to pass. If it weren't for this, Yan Shao would not have been able to invite powerful factions from all over the country to the meeting for political consultations...

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Keep your eyes closed. Cai Yi didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking, and he didn't answer Luo Peijin's question for a long time.

Just when Luo Peijin couldn't help but want to continue asking, Cai Ye finally opened his mouth to answer his question.

"I'm going to go to Beijing myself..."

"Go in person!" Luo Peijin was taken aback, the most he thought about was to send someone to Beijing to listen to the opinions over there, but he didn't expect that Cai Ye would want to go there in person. "Governor, is this ......... It's better to be careful..."

After all, Yunnan now relies on Cai Ye to support. In case something happens to Cai Ye, the situation in Yunnan will be...

"Don't worry..."Cai Yi smiled. I heard that Baili is very much used by Yan Shao, and there should be nothing wrong with him taking care of him. Even if Yan Shao really wanted to do something. Also consider the impact, after all, it is impossible for all the governors to go in person this time, and there are only two or three at most like me, unless Yan Shao wants to completely lose the support of the people. Otherwise, he would be the one who cares most about my safety..."

"And honestly. I also want to go to Anhui to see what the difference is between it and Yunnan, and what kind of person is that Yan Shao, who is so respected by Baili..."

Cai Ye and Jiang Baili are good friends, and naturally know that his friend will never easily respect a person so much...

It's just that Cai Ye couldn't have imagined that Jiang Baili was actually deceived by Yan Shao's superficial phenomenon.

How to say it, Yan Shao's appearance is good, and his personality is also good. In addition, Jiang Baili was appointed as the division commander as soon as they met, which is very polite and corporal. And what about Jiang Baili? In Yuan Shikai's presidential palace, it was only a first-class senator. There is no chance to lead troops at all, and this time I will naturally have the idea of finally meeting Bole, and I am very grateful to Yan Shao.

In addition, it didn't take long for Yan Shao to take people north, so that Jiang Baili did not have much contact with him, and he didn't know much about his personality, and the development of Anhui was incomparable to other provinces in China at this time, and all kinds of reasons together also made Yan Shao a little idealized in his heart.

As for some of the rumors I heard when I was in Anhui? This Jiang Baili really doesn't care, don't say anything else, what's wrong with a man being lustful? Yuan Shikai now has more than 30 children combined, Yan Shaocai's 3 wives are really not much, and he usually never lingers in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, and he is still very clean and self-conscious in the eyes of others...

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Saying this, Cai Ye suddenly coughed lightly twice, but neither he nor Luo Peijin obviously cared about this matter, and quickly shifted the topic to business.

"This time I'm going to Beijing, and everything in Yunnan will be entrusted to you..."

"Don't worry, Governor..."Luo Peijin nodded solemnly, compared with Tang Jiyao, he is loyal to Cai Yi. I'll definitely take care of this place..."

Cai Yi trusted Luo Peijin very much, so he nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Yan Shao......... I wonder what kind of person Lu Dao will be? ”

For such a person, Cai Ye is really a little curious now.

On the other hand, the powerful factions in various localities also attached great importance to the political consultative conference that Yan Shao planned to convene, and almost every province decided to send representatives to participate in it.

It's just that as Cai Yi expected, there are few people who are willing to go to Beijing in person, including him, there are only two people, one is naturally Cai Yi himself, and the other is Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu...

This is somewhat surprising...

In any case, each province still sent representatives to see what Yan Shao wanted to say. What's more, at this time, there are many upright soldiers who really care about the country, such as Cai Yi, and ......... Eh......... Who else is coming?

That's what it was anyway...

It was early October, and considering the long distances in many provinces, Yan Shao set the time for the CPPCC on November 2. It is also because of this relationship that the powerful factions in many provinces immediately sent their representatives to Beijing after receiving the telegram, and Cai Yi himself set off after arranging things...

Despite the long journey, it should be no problem to arrive before the deadline.

It's just that he rushed to Yan Shao earlier than them. But they are the ministers of various countries...

The impact of the 75 Project, the first five-year plan of New China, on them will definitely not be less than the impact on the people.

And the first person to visit was undoubtedly the French Minister Lei, who had a very good relationship with Yan Shao? Copa...

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"It's really a bit unexpected...", sitting on the sofa opposite Yan Shao. After nodding at the maid who came up with a teacup, Ray? Copa said with a wry smile. "I didn't expect you to be able to make such a big deal......... 100 million pounds..."

Thunder? Kopa still knows Yan Shao, and knows that he is not a whimsical person. So when he first started to know the plan, he was just thinking in his heart about what method Yan Shao would use to solve the problem of funds.

Is it to borrow like Yuan Shikai? This is a solution, but if it is 100 million pounds, even Britain and France and other countries are not so easy to pay, not to mention whether they are willing to borrow it is difficult to say...

So when everyone else was laughing at Yan Shao. Thunder? Kopa just quietly waited for Yan Shao's solution.

However, he couldn't have imagined that Yan Shao's solution was to take out the money himself...

Although he had long known that Yan Shao was very rich, he never imagined that he would be so rich...

"That's 100 million pounds," he groaned. Thunder? Copa repeated the phrase again...

"I've heard it, I don't need to repeat it..."Yan Shao smiled slightly, he really liked this old man. Honestly, 100 million pounds. It's hard for me to pull it out. But for the sake of developing industry, it's worth it..."

"I'm here for this..."Hearing Yan Shao talk about this, Lei? Copa's face turned pale. "Although the issue of garrisoning troops is almost solved, the tariffs have not yet been negotiated, and the reason why other countries have not insisted on this matter is because of the promises you made on the issue of centigold, and their expectations of you, and the other reason is that China poses no threat to all countries. Even if tariffs are raised, China's industry will not be able to threaten their trade with China anytime soon. But now you've come up with such a plan......... Aren't you afraid that something will happen? ”

How can I say that things are really like thunder? The reason why the great powers would make certain concessions on tariffs, as Kopa said. On the one hand, because they expect Yan Shao to stabilize the situation in this country, so they are willing to make some goodwill moves, and on the other hand, because Yan Shao's commitment in terms of gold is that China poses no threat to all countries.

That's right, if the tariff is raised, it will have a certain protective effect on China's industry and commerce, but the problem is that China's industrial strength is simply weak and insignificant at this time, even if the tariff is raised, it will not be able to threaten the trade of the great powers against China, but now...

If this plan is really achieved after the most difficult plan, then in various industrial indicators, China will surpass many Western countries, and become an industrial power on a par with Britain and France, and then China's threat to the great powers will no longer be an empty word...

So in Ray? In Kopa's opinion, it is too unwise for Yan Shao to announce such a plan before the tariff issue has been determined...

Hearing his words, Yan Shao said with a smile. "No way, who told me to go straight and ......... This is also a bargaining chip in tariffs..."

"Chips?" Thunder? Kopache Road.

"That's right, and aren't you here for this this time..."'Hehe' smiled, Yan Shao broke the thunder? Copa's mind.

Broken in mind, Ray? There's nothing embarrassing about Kopa. And in fact, he did come for it.

That's right, if the '75 Project' can really be achieved, then China will indeed have an impact on the trade of the great powers in China. But he also brought great business opportunities to the great powers, not to mention, where should the equipment needed for these projects come from? At least there is certainly no way for China to do it on its own, then the only way is to buy out, and the great powers will undoubtedly be able to make a lot of money in this matter...

Thunder? Copa came this time in the hope that France would occupy a certain share of the project—————— he never thought of monopolizing it, because it was unrealistic, and France alone could not meet Yan Shao's needs.

"Don't worry, I won't forget my French friends, after all, I have deeply felt the kindness and sincerity of my French friends not long ago..."

Having said that, in fact, Yan Shao was also thinking about which items could be bought from the French. After all, there is really no market for French goods in China in this era, and now China is the world of British, Japanese, American and German goods...

"But......... Some of the other processing equipment should be fine, right? ”

After all, France is also a powerful country in this era, and it should not be too far behind Britain and Germany in terms of technology. And Yan Shao is also a person who will repay his kindness, in the talks some time ago? Kopako can be said to be the most supportive of Yan Shao, no matter what the reason is, Yan Shao always has to give a certain reward...

Hearing Yan Shao answer like this, Lei? Copa was relieved...

Although there is no news from Paris now, Ray? Copa can also imagine that the Paris side will definitely give him a share of the deal in the near future, which is almost a certainty.

And with Yan Shao's promise, in this matter Lei? Kopa doesn't have to have a headache anymore...

In fact, in a way, he is also the easiest one in this matter...

After all, Yan Shao has a very deep relationship with France, and he also needs the support of the French on issues such as tariffs. (To be continued......)