Chapter 19: Witchcraft

Sure that he could send someone to Germany for training was Yang Rui's biggest gain today, so much so that when Bully asked about the radio 6, he didn't turn the corner for a while.

With Leo's return to China, under the urging of his teacher Marshal Goltz, the General Staff began to pay attention to radio and mortars, but the caliber of mortars is too small and the power is not great, so the General Staff is not interested, but 6 uses radio as a treasure by them, although the life span is only a few hundred hours, but if each regiment, or each division is equipped with one, then the combat efficiency of the entire army will be qualitatively improved, especially in the face of Germany on the east and west fronts, smooth communication makes the command more effective, This will increase the certainty of victory.

It is Yang Rui's established plan to improve the combat efficiency of the German army as much as possible, so that Germany can fight the First World War longer, and he is happy to provide tactics, new technology and some necessary information before 11 years, as for the later stage, it is time to change ships, in order to better tie up the Entente, he will gradually alienate Germany.

"Your Excellency, I am constantly improving the use of the radio in the 6th," Yang Rui dodged Buli's question, "he will be more and more suitable for the use of the 6th Army." I believe that if the heroic Royal 6th Army had been equipped with radios, it would have been an easy thing to hit Paris. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the sooner you receive the news, the more you can guarantee victory. ”

Yang Rui said nonsense, with the change of Germany's attitude towards the Revival Society, his previous plan was abandoned, thinking about whether he could make more money. Bully had a very pleasant conversation with Yang Rui before, and now he sees him talking nonsense. I guessed that he was trying to bargain, so I quietly waited for him to speak after agreeing.

Yang Rui don't talk nonsense while thinking about which thing is worth asking, rifles and the like are too low-level. He suddenly remembered the notes of the five ministers' envoys to the Nine Kingdoms from the secret report from Beijing, which contained a description of the submarine: "...... View the Krupp Dockyard...... The general office was very secretive, and attracted Yu and Wu Shuai (Duanfang, the governor of Liangjiang) into the view, and the rest of the people did not see each other in the same way. Engine room and sailor beds in the observation ship. The shape of the ship is like a fish, both are sharp, and there are wings on both sides, so it is called a torpedo. There are holes in the bottom of the boat. The torpedo was thus released. Its steel plates are extremely thick and can withstand strong artillery. The hull is divided into seven sections, each of which can be disassembled. I can transport it by car. For every twelve, the price is fifteen million marks. Each with torpedoes was worth fifteen thousand to twenty thousand marks. ”

He looked at Bully and smiled: "I am willing to transfer the right to use the radio technology for 6 to the German General Staff, but I hope to buy submarines." Of course. We should be allowed to participate in the construction of the building, and I hope to be allowed to build in China in the future. ”

Yang Rui's request surprised Buli, you must know that the German U1 submarine had just been launched at the beginning of the year, but after a while, Buli guessed that it should be the submarine on Krupp's side, and Yang Rui learned about the fact that officials from the Qing Dynasty had been invited to visit last year. He settled down and asked, "Yang, what do you need a submarine for?" It's not a cargo ship, it's just an immature combat vessel. Are you sure you need it? ”

"Of course, I can use it to ship goods!" Yang Rui is sure. It made Bully laugh. Yang Rui himself felt funny, the famous wolves in the later world were actually called by himself as donkeys. Although he didn't know much about the current German U-boat technology, he still had a shallow impression of the submarine at this time, that is, a submarine called U9 had sunk three British cruisers: "What I said is true." The British took control of the customs, and there was no way to bring in the purchased ammunition by smuggling. ”

"Can't an airship either?" Bully suddenly crossed out a question.

Yang Rui was secretly shocked in his heart, he only felt that these foreigners were really better than the other, and he couldn't hide anything from them. "It is impossible for an airship to stop at sea, it must be a submarine." Yang Rui argued.

"I think it's okay to sell unarmed submarines, but we also need ammonia technology." At this time, Bli's Sven was no longer there, and he began to get closer to the aunt in the vegetable field.

"Then I need submarine technology, a full set." Yang Rui also began to bargain.

"Yang, you want too much." Buli was very surprised by Yang Rui's request. "And what you want is not in the hands of the government, it can only be traded with the companies that make them."

"Then I hope to join the study of submarines." With no choice, Yang Rui could only make this request, "Please rest assured, I will pay." ”

"Haha." Hearing this, Bu Li suddenly felt that Yang Rui had a madman's true character, when he said that Germany and China jointly dominated the Eurasian 6, he was intoxicated by this majestic imagination, but now that Yang Rui proposed to join the research of submarines, he was a little disdainful, and he said politely, "Yang, you should need a machine to make rifles and bullets, submarines are not what you need at all." And this qiΔ“ is expensive, you don't have shipyards, you don't have workers, you don't have engineers, and even if the Admiralty agrees with your idea, you can't make it happen. Moreover, the Navy will not agree to this, it will not be able to share the most advanced things with other countries. ”

"Nope! I have shipyards, workers, engineers, and money, and I'll find a way to raise it, and that's not a problem. Even if the Royal Navy is not happy to give me the most advanced things, that can be given to the backward. Thinking of the Battle of Qingdao in 1914, Yang Rui had an impatient thirst for submarines.

Bu Li carefully looked at Yang Rui's expression, as if to see if this person Chinese was crazy, only when Yang Rui was no longer excited, he said: "Yang, this is impossible, the Admiralty cannot agree." ”

"No, they'll say yes." Yang Rui was very sure, and then when Bu Li wanted to laugh again, he took out a list from his arms and handed it over, Bu Li took a look, looked up and saw that it was the information of a battleship, although he was only a diplomat, but he was also taken aback by the number above: 'Displacement: 18ooo tons; Power: 225oo horsepower, 18 triple-rise steam boilers, 4 Parsons steam turbines; Navigation: 21 knots; Armament: 1O 3O5mm 45 times the diameter of the main gun, 5 twin guns (the front one and the last two. one on each side), 27 doors with 76mm 5O times the diameter of the single installation, 5 45omm underwater torpedo tubes; Armor: broadside 279mm. Deck 76mm, Turret 279mm, Turret Forward 279mm, Command Tower 278mm......'

"Which country's warship is this?" After reading the information, Bully's face was cloudy.

"British, the ship is now on the slipway at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, if you guessed correctly. It should be called Dreadnought. Yang Rui pretended to be relaxed and said, this is his killer feature. Although there is no alien data machine, the information related to the author's work is still very useful. It's just that this will not allow Tirpitz to agree to the request about the submarine. Then I don't know.

Hearing that it was a British warship under construction, Bully was taken aback, glared at Yang Rui and said, "Is this true?" ”

Yang Rui smiled: "Of course it's true." If you don't believe the Royal Navy, you can go and verify. ”

Blitch rolled his eyes, what do you mean 'if you don't believe it', you can verify it'? But he rolled his eyes. But the piece of paper was still clutched. After a while, he said, "Dear Yang, I think I will inform the country of your request, but it will take some time." ”

"I understand." At this time, Yang Rui is like a student who has handed in test papers and other grades, whether he will succeed or not depends on whether he wins or loses, I hope Tirpitz will be interested in this. According to the description of the author of the street, he was waiting for the British Dreadnought class to come out at this time to put pressure on the Kaiser to build ships, and it is said that he did not like submarines at all, is this really the case?

Spent more than three hours at the German consulate. Yang Ruicai said goodbye to Bully and left, he wanted to think about things with Germany on the way. But he wanted the submarine so much that he didn't come back to his senses until he returned to his apartment and saw Cheng Ying. "I'm hungry." He said to her with a smile.

"Huh. Just know you're hungry. Cheng Ying smiled, took out some fried fruits from a basket, brushed the snowflakes off his body, and said, "You eat first, and the meal will be fine in a while." Yes, Mr. Taiyan was here just now. ”

"Oh, is he here?" Yang Rui grabbed the fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, the three negotiations today were extremely tiring, especially the third one, he was too focused and tired. "Did he say anything?"

"Nope. I should come later. Cheng Ying huddled in the kitchen, ping pong inside, his voice was confused. Yang Rui didn't care what Zhang Taiyan was doing, he just sat on the chair and stuffed something into his mouth.

At this time, Zhang Taiyan didn't know that Yang Rui had returned, he was on Yu Huizu's side at the moment, he was in a hurry, and this matter was actually heard by him, it was said that the Daqing Coal and Iron Works and Mining Company went public in the United States, and selling the stock was equivalent to selling the factory to foreigners, and the only big industry in the Qing Dynasty would become a foreigner. Zhang Taiyan was writing propaganda materials in the study, and he was taken aback when he heard it, yes, if all the shares are sold, won't the shareholders of the company become foreigners, so he hurriedly discussed with Yang Rui. After all, after staying with Yang Rui for a long time, he is no longer completely a small farmer, but full of good feelings for the big iron factory.

"Uncle Mei, I actually said before that the stock sold to the United States is not selling the factory to foreigners, and there are some joints in it, but I didn't ask in detail what it is, and I know this matter best." The Bund 1o~12, just completed in the seven-story building of Tianzi, Yu Huizu is kind and kind.

It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this Western-style building, although it cost more than three million taels, but the money is worth it. One side of the building covering an area of 14 acres was given to the Kwantung Bank as its headquarters, and the other side was the Shanghai Stock Exchange, because of this 3 million taels of building, the current Kwantung Bank is already a large bank comparable to the China International Trade Bank, and its banknotes are not only circulated in the three eastern provinces and Mongolia, but also in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the small amount of money from tens of Wen to one or two has begun to be popularized, and the amount of deposit business has also been expanded again and again, and there is a million money deposited in the first month of opening, which is equivalent to the general obtained by this building out of thin air in a few months. The Kanto Bank is good, the stock exchange is also doing well, and the foreigners and Chinese in Shanghai have begun to be keen on stock and securities trading, although there are not many people now, Yu Huizu believes that in a few years, I am afraid that this whole building will be given to the exchange.

Zhang Taiyan thought that China's iron works could not be sold to foreigners, but he didn't care about the beauty of this expensive building, even if it was the first time in his life to make an elevator when he came up. At this time, seeing that Yu Huizu couldn't tell what was going on, he wanted to go to Yang Rui again. Yu Huizu saw that he wanted to leave, and said, "Uncle Mei, I don't understand the matter of this stock. You say he cheats money. But it's not like cheating money, you say he sold it but it doesn't look like he didn't sell it. You'd better go find it. He knew best what he was messing up with the young imps, but. I see, this thing must be fine, why should he build an iron factory if he wants to sell it? Isn't that a marriage for a man? The iron factory is really difficult, it takes too much effort, more than 10,000 taels are thrown down, and I don't know when I will see iron. ”

"Hanzhang, sit down, I'll go and find it." Zhang Taiyan got up and said goodbye to Yu Huizu. I got on the strange elevator and went downstairs. At this time, it was the time when the stock exchange closed for business in the afternoon, and many well-dressed businessmen and foreigners came out of the exchange with joy or sorrow or pretending to be steady. Then he got on a sedan chair, a carriage, and a rickshaw, and drove to the city. He waited for the crowd to walk by, and looked up at the Western-style faΓ§ade between the two majestic bronze lions. The ten gilded characters of the 'Shanghai Stock Exchange Center' flashed. He couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. Revolutionary revolution, such a thing has come out.

Although Zhang Taiyan smiled on his face, he was at a loss in his heart, he actually didn't know what a modern country was like, even if he had been to the United States, but it was just wandering around Chinatown, and he still didn't know the entire social operation mechanism of the United States. Of course, if you are at a loss for these. Deep down, he was at a loss as to the direction of the revolution.

The present revolution is more and more clear in the journal and the text. It seems that 'the truth becomes clearer and clearer the more it is debated,' but in Zhang Taiyan's heart, the 'truth' is becoming more and more unclear, he doesn't understand why Cheng Cheng is so violent, and he doesn't understand whether reporting each other makes the revival more united or less united, and he doesn't understand what happened to Cheng Cheng, he seems to have changed as a person, and he began to be arbitrary...... This is all making him more and more unclear.

This time, he said that he was asking about the stock of the coal and iron factory and mining company, in fact, he wanted to see what Yang Rui really thought, the last time he talked about Liu Youren, the argument of 'one qiΔ“ for the revolution' made him compromise, but his heart was not convinced. He is even more worried that in a poor and backward country, there will be a tyrant of the Yang Guang style, although everything he does is good, but the final result is that the people and money will be lost, and the country will be divided. If so, then a revolution is better than no revolution.

When Yang Rui was eating, Zhang Taiyan came, he endured his thoughts, and only when he was in the study after eating, he brought up the matter of the coal and iron factory and mining company, Yang Rui saw that he was the original matter, and couldn't help laughing. "Uncle Mei, in fact, most of our shares were sold to our own trust company, and only some of the shares were really circulated in the stock market."

Zhang Taiyan didn't understand the method of speculating in later generations, he said: "Then don't you sell it to yourself to make your own money?" ”

"No, it's not." Yang Rui still smiled, "The part of circulation in the stock market is actually to speculate on the stock price, and then take the part in my hand, that is, the part of the stock held by our trust company, to the bank for mortgage, so that the money will be taken out, so these stocks are still in our hands." One day, when the stock price falls, we can buy the stock back from this trust company, and after a circle, the stock is still ours. ”

"Americans are so stupid? Won't they trouble us in the future? After Zhang Taiyan understood this principle, he couldn't help but worry about the Americans.

"There's no way they're smart." Yang Rui said: "The U.S. stock market is completely backed by trust companies, and the trust companies' money comes from large and small banks in the United States. When the stock market crashes, what they are most worried about is not losses, but bankruptcy, and at this time, they will agree to anything for the sake of cash. Because once bankrupt, the bank boss will have no choice but to jump off the building. Of course, the trust companies that we secretly control should not go to those powerful banks, so that even if they settle accounts in the future, they will not be counted on our heads. ”

Yang Rui's explanation satisfied Zhang Taiyan, but he didn't leave, and Yang Rui talked about the British and Germans today, he actually held back his stomach and had nowhere to say, Cheng Ying's level has not arrived, otherwise he can talk to her.

After listening to Yang Rui's simple description, Zhang Taiyan was not happy but worried, and said: "Then what should we do with the Germans in the future, after all, they have helped us a lot, and it is unreasonable to turn against them in the future." ”

"Uncle Mei can be said to be the first in politics, how can he not know that there are only interests between countries and no faith. If I really can't say anything about it then, I'll just go into the wilderness then. Yang Rui said with an indifferent face.

"Shimono?" Although he rarely heard this word, Zhang Taiyan still understood its meaning.

"Actually, it's just one singing red face and the other singing white face." Yang Rui said, "They Japanese play like this, and in order to get the support of the Americans, Katsura Taro dares to agree to anything, and the South Manchurian Railway dares to sell it." Later, the benefits came, in order to fight the Americans, one went to the field, and after Xiyuan Temple went up, he didn't admit anything. ”

"In the future, we will play with foreigners like this?" When Zhang Taiyan heard this, his heart became happy. It's not that he's happy to play with foreigners, but he cares about Yang Rui's future plans and other people's positions, at least he doesn't have the final say on everything, as long as it's not one person who has the final say, then he can't become Yang Guang.

"How can it be called a joke," Yang Rui said with a smile. It looks very cool, but in fact, it is a diplomatic disadvantage, because once the words are said to death, there is no room to turn around. The fruit sellers he is familiar with are all husband and wife, brothers, one sings red and the other sings white, and one of the farmers who sell fruits and the owners who batch fruits are worse than the other. As a result, he also had to pull a little brother who looked a little bit of style as a brother, and he also imitated it, and the effect was still good. In fact, in the final analysis, he still regards governing the country as a business.

"Haha, it's good that you think so." Zhang Taiyan's heart knot was removed, and the white paper fan opened again, and the fan was swaying, and the wind that came out of the fan only blew Yang Rui cold.

Yang Rui felt cold when Alfred on the other side of the world. Feng. Admiral Tirpitz felt his eyes hot. At this time, he was looking at the number of British dreadnoughts battleship coming up from Shanghai, and his eyes stayed on the main guns of 1o 3o5mm 45 times the diameter for a while, and then he asked: "Is this the latest information?" ”

Consul General Bully took the battleship information at that time, and he didn't know what to do with it, if it was just some other Chinese who gave him this information, he estimated that he would throw it directly into a ball, but in the information he knew about the Revival Society, their penetration of the Japanese base camp was very successful, allowing the Russian troops defending Lushun to take the initiative everywhere, causing the Japanese casualties to increase greatly. This example made him understand that the Revival Society should have an efficient intelligence system. He didn't know that the intelligence system of the Revival Society was the worst, and all the information came from the fragments of Yang Rui's later generations.

Based on this, he encrypted this information and passed it on to the German Foreign Office, which saw that it was the information of the British ship, and hurriedly transferred the information to the Navy Office, which was actually the staff of the German Navy, and the head of the office was Admiral Tipilz, who was highly valued by His Majesty the Kaiser. At this time, Tipilz was in an awkward situation, and in 19oo, he again amended the Naval Act, planning to give the German Navy an ocean-going fleet of 2 flagships, 36 battleships, 11 large and 34 small cruisers within 17 years, in order to protect Germany's 'turf in the sun'.

However, this plan was too large and was criticized by many people, so Tirpitz strongly asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments to send a large number of personnel to spy on the British shipbuilding plan, hoping to use the British threat to support his Grand Fleet plan. In view of this, the British Mi 5 formed and began to arrest German spies everywhere, and at the same time, the British shipyards and ports were also heavily guarded to prevent the information of the battleship from being spied by the Germans.

"Your Excellency, according to the information we have gathered so far, this information is authentic, but from the background, we cannot be sure of the authenticity of this information." Lieutenant Bohm, who knew the origin of this information, said cautiously.

Tirpitz turned to look at his assistant with an inquiring look in his eyes, and his long beard trembled, and he asked, "Where did this information come from?" ”

"From the Far East. Excellency. Bohm swallowed to ease his tension, "more precisely, a Chinese offer." ”

"Chinese?" Tirpitz laughed when he heard this, and put the information down. He'd been to China, but it was full of savage yellow-skinned monkeys, and this information couldn't have been made up by them using witchcraft. (To be continued......)

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