In the port of Manila, an Italian freighter from afar slowly approached the dock, and Lenin, with a tired face, was urged out of the cabin by the shipwrights. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Bright sunshine, verdant rainforests, and busy harbors make this steel man who has been trained in the harsh winters of Europe and Russia breathe a sigh of relief.

Carrying a small suitcase, with the flow of people who seemed to come and go, Lenin walked to a high ground on the wharf, stood on it and looked at it, even he, a man who was accustomed to seeing the big ports of Europe, was secretly surprised, only to see that the surrounding Manila Bay was full of ships flying the flags of various countries, busy boatmen shouting neat slogans, and lifting cranes swaying back and forth, making it difficult to imagine that ten years ago this was a small inconspicuous seaport under the rule of the Spanish colonial government.

Before coming back, he had done a lot of hard work on this rapidly rising country, and on the young emperor nicknamed the mad butcher and arsonist, and knew that this was one of the only twenty international trade ports in China, and that it was the first stop in China, and it was also a large export and distribution center for rubber, tobacco and other raw materials, so it was no less prosperous than any seaport in Europe.

Unlike the Subic Naval Base, which is known as the great military port of Asia dozens of kilometers away, the investment here comes entirely from government and private capital, and the continuous arrival of ships from various countries has brought huge returns to this kind of investment, so that the domestic capitalists in China are willing to invest in large-scale infrastructure projects that cost a lot of money and produce relatively slow results, but the benefits can be maintained for a long time.

In order to protect the investment interests of these investors and businessmen, Li Mo deliberately formulated some laws and regulations, such as the strict import and export customs laws of various countries, which require that all foreign merchant ships coming to China must enter the designated 20 seaports and not dock at will.

In the distance, a small patrol warship of more than 1,000 tons escorted three Austro-Hungarian freighters into the harbor slowly.

According to the Italian sailors, these Coast Guard patrol ships, which had been encountered several times since they entered Malacca, were the basis for strict customs laws, and after the initial contact with the sinking and arrest of several merchant ships that did not heed the advice and tried to break through, "now merchants from all countries are unwilling to touch that bottom line."

In this way, "the huge domestic material transshipment must be handed over to China's domestic transportation companies, ensuring that those small transportation companies with a low starting point will not be drowned in the tide of large transportation enterprises in various countries."

This also has a great disadvantage, that is, the materials must be transferred to the nearest designated port for export, which inadvertently increases the cost, and the corresponding income will also be reduced, but the advantage is that it is convenient for customs control, greatly reduces the evasion of tariffs, and can centralize the management of national resources, so as not to waste and vicious competition with each other. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

However, in his view, this is also a kind of centralization, "but it is cleverly camouflaged, making great use of the resources of the relatively weak country, and protecting the relatively weak domestic industries."

In fact, Lenin could not help but admire the series of methods devised by the young emperor of China, who used force to hold up a protective umbrella for the country and the people, and then let them grow gradually under this huge umbrella until they were strong enough to no longer be afraid of the wind and the sun, and then let them out, "just like Pacific Freight, China Sweet Sugar, Global Power Services, which have now become internationally famous companies, and the Lee's Electric Company, which has just appeared to specialize in the sale of radios and various electrical components, etc., They are all large companies that have grown up under this umbrella and gradually have the ability to compete with powerful countries.

When studying Li Mo, he also found a very interesting point, that is, the young emperor seemed to just hold up this umbrella, and then let the government set up all kinds of relatively equal laws and rules, "and then leave it alone, but let the market decide everything, let the domestic Ziben family 'freely] compete, whether it is a merger or acquisition, as long as it is in accordance with the rules", he never asked.

He is cultivating the ability of these small capitalists to adapt to competition, although this system has advantages and disadvantages, but it is not what he is pursuing, because no matter how much Li Mo tries to cover up, no matter how many laws he enacts that are beneficial to the common people and protect them, no matter how much he improves production efficiency, "how many enterprises and factories are established, this is still a capitalist country!"

A thriving capitalist country that is sustained by force!

There are only two paths to the development of the capitalist state, internal plundering and external plunder" and Li Mo chose the latter!

This is very different from his dream of establishing communism and world harmony.

But he was also a pragmatic man, "able to distinguish the distance between ideal and reality, so he came to the Far East in the hope of meeting the emperor and providing the necessary help to the Bolsheviks." Although he didn't immediately find a way to contact Li Mo, but after watching the prosperity of Manila Port for a while, he led the box to Manila City, and he wanted to take this opportunity to take a look around the country first.

But he didn't know that behind him, several faint shadows had already followed, and at the same time, an airwave also quickly flew to Beijing.

"We crashed in!" 》

In the huā garden, Li Enfu put the newspaper on the coffee table, looked at the big black characters, spread his hands and cried and laughed: "Your Majesty, who did you say the navy sent out?" Le Fei blew up Banda Aceh, Ning Xiaochuan ran thousands of miles to pick up people's butts, Ji Weishan took off his gloves to fight the French, and now he has a way in, okay! Straight to the bump! ”

"And if you hit it, don't do it, lest the world be chaotic!" Which of them knows that it is our government that wipes the navy's ass every time, and the more they look at the telegram, the bow and port side structures are damaged! Although I don't understand technology, I still understand how much it costs, which is not a few million can't be repaired! ”

"They are shouting for military spending while they are happy, but now they are good, seeing that the United States is going to pay for it, but they have forced them to withdraw from the negotiations."

Hearing Li Enfu's complaints, Li Mo couldn't help but smile, but he didn't expect Ji Weishan and Fang Jin to join forces to play a classic confrontation similar to the Cold War period in history, learned Lao Mao's rough style thoroughly, and moved from Bering Sea to the Caribbean Sea in Houhuā Garden in the United States.

It is a good thing to be able to pull the United States into an arms race and not let it develop in the dark, but the strong industrial and economic capabilities also make people feel a little palpitations, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, even he himself can not fully grasp that "some people and things have begun to change" History has completely deviated from the trajectory, and sometimes he even wonders whether World War I will break out as scheduled is a big question.

This country, whose GDP is still lagging behind the Manchu Qing Dynasty for many years, relies on its unique geographical advantages, stands on the shoulders of Britain and France and other countries, and has spent 20 years to develop into the world's first economic power.

After returning to this era, it will be understood that leaving aside the external decay, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not as weak as imagined, at least the capital power of the people was still very strong, and now there is no Jiawu, and the lightning implementation of the beheading of Beijing has made the national wealth to be protected to a large extent, although the industry has started less than ten years, but the huge population and expanding land resources "make the country is rejuvenating little by little."

In the past year, the gross domestic product exceeded 10 billion yuan for the first time, an increase of 3 billion yuan over the previous year, and these are the confidence of him to dare to provoke the United States, but this confidence is not very sufficient, and he still needs to add some weight to himself.

The Chinese ship design department led by McKinson is concentrating on the classified tasks assigned to them, and the key to this is that the two full-scale battleships "are now nearing the end of design and experimentation, and the various system technologies are basically finalized, just waiting to get the money to start construction."

But at this critical moment, Thomas called and asked for a delay for half a year, and now Ji Weishan and Fang Jin have joined forces to carry out this collision, which has forced the United States into a corner, and even the negotiations on the right to dig the Grand Canal in Nicaragua have stalled.

This is not a good thing, I am still waiting for the money, so I have to compromise a little, at least I should get the money first! After deciding what to think, he immediately looked at Li Enfu with a smile and said: "Mr. Li" So what is the reaction of the United States now? ”

"How else can you react?" Li Enfu glanced at Chen Ping next to him angrily, and replied: "Ask us to compensate for the loss of the Wisconsin, and also ask us to compensate the three dead soldiers and the wounded soldiers for 500,000 US dollars." ”

"Let's lose", don't lose a lot of money for a little money. Li Mo nodded, as long as the negotiations were not terminated, so he glanced at Chen Ping and asked, "What about the Heilongjiang?" ”

"We have contacted Germany, they have promised to fulfill the previous secret agreement, and have sent a maintenance ship to Cuba, but now that the Americans have blocked the port of Havana, I am afraid they will not be able to enter."

"That's simple, we can't lose money in vain, the United States blocking our normal foreign visits is unreasonable, we can completely use compensation in exchange for them to leave, as long as we can guarantee to leave within a certain period of time, I believe that the United States does not want us to stay there permanently." Although Li Enfu complained on his lips, he was still like a mirror in his heart, knowing that the Americans would definitely not give up the right to dig the canal, so he immediately suggested.

"It's a good idea." Chen Ping clapped his hands, looked at Tang Shaoyi, and said with a smile: "And I think we should take the initiative to raise the level of negotiations, and then mix a series of talks about the status of Chinese workers, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and so on, so that we can help Mr. Thomas delay until November, but it will trouble Shaochuan to go to the United States." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, if I can dig up the money back, don't let me go together, I'm willing to go a hundred times."

Tang Shaoyi's words caused a burst of laughter from everyone, judging from the previous negotiations, the United States has actually loosened, according to intelligence, under the lobbying of the American sea power fighter Mahan, Fairbanks and the parliament have reached an agreement to buy the right to dig the canal, and in order to never have trouble, they also plan to buy the Panama Canal equity of Thomas Mining at one time, so as long as they lower their profile and make some concessions, then the right to dig the Grand Canal in Nicaragua will almost certainly be sold at a good price.

If it weren't for the fact that Thomas would have taken half a year, perhaps the agreement would have been reached a long time ago, and as for the possible dissatisfaction of the third-party Colombian government, it would be very simple, as long as the remaining four Russian warships were given to them for free, then all the dissatisfaction would gradually disappear, not to mention that after this incident, I believe that South American countries would see clearly that unless they are willing to live in the shadow of the United States, they can only rely on themselves to fight against the increasingly powerful United States.

Just when several people were discussing how to negotiate from confusion and delay time without scaring the United States to reach this big deal, the news brought by Duan Fei made Li Mo's eyebrows raise suddenly.

"Lenin is coming!"! ~！