Chapter 186: Anxious Japan (Part I)
In the past year, New China has made great achievements in industry, agriculture, commerce, and infrastructure construction, and its crude steel output has reached 6.18 million tons, ranking fourth in the world, second only to the United States, Germany, and Britain. Raw coal production doubled to 6.1 billion tons, also ranking fourth in the world, after the United States, Britain and Germany. The grain output is 200 million tons, ranking first in the world. The number of cotton spindles is 18.21 million, ranking third in the world, second to Britain and the United States. The total tonnage of merchant ships reached 340,000 tons, ranking third in the world, second only to Britain and the United States. Automobile production 47. 60,000 units, continuing to be the world's first.
The length of the operating railway reached 453o km, the third in the world and second only to the virtues. The length of the highway above the standard reaches 20,000 kilometers, and the standards of this country are different, so it is not easy to arrange.
In addition to industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cavour also made good achievements in foreign and domestic affairs, such as the Sino-French Annam War (North Vietnam and Laos), the export revolution (the Philippines), and the contradictions between the two imperialist blocs (the German Pacific Colonies, northern Burma, and Kashmir), from which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cavour scooped 14.26 million square kilometers of land and 130,000 square kilometers of lost land (southern Tibet and the Sino-Russian border areas), and also recovered the ownership of the Eastern Railway and all leased land in China except Luda. As for the Gengzi indemnity, Italy also completely gave up after negotiations last year, and now there is only Japan's B3o, about 3.76 million taels. However, Wen Deji is not going to give this money from this year, not only will he not give it, but he will also get it back.
In terms of culture and science, breakthroughs have also been made in many fields last year. At last year's Stockholm Olympics, China sent six delegates from all walks of life, mainly military officers and soldiers, to participate in the Games for the first time.
Originally, Europeans were prepared to watch Chinese jokes with a mentality of watching yellow monkeys. Although China has become a recognized power, the white supremacy of Europeans is still very strict, and although China has shown itself to be in the lead in many areas, they still believe that the yellow monkeys may not be much worse than them in mind, but they are absolutely not good in sports.
But after the game, they didn't have that kind of mind anymore. The Chinese team participating in the first competition was an instant hit, winning 1o gold medals, 11 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. Three gold medals in equestrian, three gold medals in shooting, two gold medals each in swimming and track and field, becoming the third place in this year's competition, second only to the host Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom. Especially in the men's 3o meter free rifle and equestrian individual obstacle events, the Chinese team won the gold, silver and bronze.
In addition, two Chinese scientists won the Nobel Prize in Medicine last year. Dr. Ji Huiye, director of the Institute of Biology, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 192 for "99B" (grade arsine vernamine) and "compound berberine hydrochloride" fortified version of berberine), two antibacterial drugs that are sold worldwide.
In fact, Mr. Wen doesn't attach much importance to this dynamite award, otherwise, if he throws something out, he can at least win the dynamite award for decades. Well, of course, in addition to awards with strong subjective evaluation criteria, such as literary awards, and political awards, all scientific awards other than the two can be rounded. But he did not do so, and in his opinion the actual benefits of those results were far more important than the false name of an explosives prize. Besides, the status of the dynamite award in the world at this time is not as high as that of later generations, and it is not worth it.
Besides, even if there is a scientific prize, don't you know that you have set it up? Which one of them has a scientific level comparable to that mastered by Wen Dehei in this era? Why bother to praise the stinky feet of the Europeans? Wen Desi plans to set up a natural science prize and an applied science prize by himself after the indigenous talents of his own plane have grown up in a few years, and they will also be divided into N categories like the dynamite award. And the prize money will be set higher, the current dynamite prize is only 15-60,000 Swedish kronor, which is about B million yuan, and Wen Deji plans to set the prize at 20,000 yuan. That's all for later.
Last year, the Chinese government announced a total revenue of 33. 600 million yuan, of which various taxes and fiscal revenues reached 2. 3.3 billion yuan, and the rest is various extra-fiscal revenues such as foreign trade and overseas investment under the auspices of the government.
There is also an undisclosed income that is secretly recorded. This includes all kinds of gray and black income that is difficult to say, such as the sale of various illegal drugs in Europe and the United States, arms smuggling, etc., as well as the "special archaeology" income abroad. More than half of China's existing gold reserves of more than 376 tonnes are "special archaeology". For example, on the island of Massatiela (Robinson Island) on the edge of Chile, 3o tons of gold were "archaeologically discovered". Others include the Spanish gold fleet, the Indian gold temple, etc., many treasures that have been found in later generations, and are still unknown at this time, have been secretly dug or fished out by a special archaeological team sent by the general manager, in addition to obtaining a large number of precious metal reserves, there are also a large number of antique treasures. Moreover, this archaeological operation is not over, because there are still many treasure sites that are not suitable for operation.
In addition to special archaeology abroad, domestic "archaeology" projects are also on the agenda this year. In charge of this national special archaeological work is Captain Sun Dianying, a high-achieving student of the Department of Archaeology of Peking University and currently working in the 13th Division (Special Service Office) of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The first "archaeological" target he was responsible for was the Manchu Imperial Mausoleum outside Beijing.
In order to carry out these "archaeological" undertakings at home and abroad, Wen Desi set up a special archaeological committee, which was equipped with a large number of experts in various fields such as history, archaeology, paleography, physics, civil engineering, materials, geology, biology, etc. In addition, the three major intelligence agencies of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Ministry of State Security, and the Central Social Investigation Department also searched the mountains and seas throughout the country, and collected hundreds of business elites in the inverted fighting world, such as Captain Mojin, General Qiu, Mountain Mover, and Xieling Lux. The personnel engaged in specific excavation or salvage tasks are all elite and strong generals drawn from the navy, engineering troops, and combat engineering units throughout the country. As for all kinds of advanced instruments and equipment, it is not to mention.
In the past, the goal of foreign countries was to excavate in an all-round way with the assistance and guidance of experts in these fields, and all the harvested items were taken out, and the value of the cultural relics was assessed by a special cultural team, and the cultural relics with value were sent to the renamed National Museum for preservation and exhibition, and those with scientific research value were sent to various research institutes; The second level is not considered cultural relics and has no research value, but the jewelry, antiques, artworks, etc. with collectible value will be auctioned on the international market; The rest of the precious metals such as gold and silver are naturally included in the treasury as a reserve for the bank's currency. Later, everyone in the business elite of the inverted fighting world sighed, believing that the ultimate and most effective realm of "special archaeology" was indeed presided over by the state machine, and the army was fully excavated or salvaged. This degree and efficiency are far beyond their reach before.
China's national strength is thriving day by day, and all kinds of progress and changes are changing with each passing day, and the great powers are helpless to feel envy, jealousy and hatred. If it had been before, they would have stepped in and nipped this competitor in the bud.
But now it is no longer possible, on the one hand, because the rise of the political power of the CSD is so rapid that it is completely too late for the powers to react, and by the time they realize that the situation is not right, it is too late. At that time, Wen Desi already had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and he also had abundant funds and a sound system. It is not an easy matter to deal with such a force, and if it is near Europe, it is okay to grit your teeth. However, China and Europe are separated by oceans, and it is difficult to project power, and if they are about to engage in Wendehei, the price will be too great.
If it is to act alone, even the strongest bull will not be willing to do it, and the Boer War has only been a few years old, so the heavy losses are in the eyes of everyone, who is willing to take advantage of this kind of stupidity? As for joining forces, the great powers all have their own evil intentions, and even if they join forces to be involved, they will not be united, and the price paid is enough to be painful, and it is necessary to prevent other powers from taking advantage of the opportunity. Under all these scruples, the matter of forming a coalition army related to the Chinese revolution was also yellow.
The last thing the great powers expected was that the unification of Wende was so fast that it was almost perverted. All the forces in the country were crushed all the way, and the power of the Socialist Party was incredibly sufficient, both in terms of the ministry, the economy, and the military, and it was very mature and sophisticated, without the slightest immaturity of the nascent regime, so that it was difficult for the powers who were interested in finding loopholes to make stumbling blocks find an opportunity to attack. After the reunification of China by the Science and Technology Socialist Party, Wen Desi was completely full-fledged and difficult to control.
On the other hand, the contradictions between the two blocs of the Central Powers and the Entente are getting deeper and deeper, and they are about to be flattened, and there is no extra energy left to pre-empt the affairs of the Far East. What's more, if it is involved in a country with a modern army of one million, if it is really like this, it is not a great power, it is a tease with a brainless halo.
Therefore, the great powers had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit the reality, and recognized that China had become a new great power, and since they could not stop it, they honestly admitted it and accepted it into the system of the great powers. The strategic thinking of a country that can become a great power is very realistic, and it will not be stubborn to the end for the sake of some kind of middle school or literary and youthful feelings.
In addition, both sides also hope to draw China, an emerging power, to their side, not to mention China's overwhelming superiority in aviation, medicine, electronics, and other fields, and the nearly 500 million people alone are a weight that cannot be ignored. If it was in the Qing Dynasty, under the leadership of a feudal government like the Qing court, not to mention 500 million people, even 5 billion people, they would just be fatter pigs and sheep. But when these 500 million people are led by a strong, modern government, they will be transformed into tigers and wolves, or even Tyrannosaurus rex-level beings.
This is the population of 500 million modern powers, even according to the mobilization rate of 1 percent, you can form an army of 5oo thousand, not to mention that if you really mobilize generally, it is impossible to be only 1 percent, and if the mobilization rate is less than 10 percent, you are embarrassed to say that you are a modern country. What is the concept of an army of 50 million? It makes people tremble when you think about it.
Under these circumstances, the two imperialist blocs are naturally trying their best to win over China, and even if they cannot get China to join them, they cannot stand on the other side. It is precisely because of the influence of these factors that the great powers seem to be so easy to speak, and millions of square kilometers of land will be waived, and hundreds of millions of taels of silver will be exempted. Weak countries have no diplomacy, diplomacy is something that relies on strength, and if there is no strength, even if Zhang Yi and Su Qin are reincarnated, there is no way. And with strength, even diplomats can take advantage of diplomatic activities even if they are only in the posture of a middle-class person.
Now the European and American powers are fine, although they throw olive branches at China, they will not panic, after all, the two sides are far away. But Japan, which is so close at hand, really can't sit still. No way, the hatred between the two countries in the past few decades has been too much, although not as much as in the original time and space World War II, but it is also so much that it is impossible to vent without doing one.
The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Gengzi indemnity were things in the Qing Dynasty, and they have little to do with the current political power of the Science and Technology Socialist Party, so let's not talk about it for the time being. But just the ceded Taiwan and Liaodong Peninsula is something that China will never forget in any case. With the consistent style of the Socialist Party, it would be strange if it was not snatched back. Therefore, although China was discussing the territorial issue with the European powers, it did not see Japan, as if it had forgotten about it.
Anyone with a little knowledge in Japan knows that with the style of Buntokuji's retribution, it is definitely not that he has forgotten, but that he thinks there is nothing to talk about
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