Wars always start in the financial markets. ==== If it is a big war, it is impossible not to borrow foreign debts, it is not a question of whether you have enough money, but whether you can get foreign support. If Britain had not asked the United States for borrowing from the beginning, the United States would not have been so easily drawn into World War I by Britain and France.

The Anglo-Japanese alliance gave Japan a great advantage in terms of borrowing, and he had free access to the two major financial markets in Europe, while China could not even touch the edge. It was precisely in this point that the banking group of the four countries released pigeons in the process of the Sichuan-Han Railway not being compensated, the Mobil loan being completed, and the monetary unification bill gradually advancing...... Not to mention interest and discounts, just because they have to supervise the requirements of the IRS and the Ministry of Households, Yang Rui doesn't want to talk to them a second time.

Previously, the Russian-Belgian consortium borrowed 100 million rubles to build the Mongolian railway, which had already stimulated the nerves of HSBC and the British Minister Zhu Erdian. Yu Huizu under careful investigation now that he turned out to be the person of the Macquarie Bank, the opponent of HSBC, who was willing to underwrite Chinese government bonds in the London financial market, and under the circumstance of opening up a new way, the household department signed a contract for the bank to bank 30 million pounds sterling 15-year bonds with a Criskpool company formed by an economist on the London Stock Exchange.

It's just that as soon as this contract was signed, the bank group was scolded. Zhu Erdian went straight to the Prime Minister's Office to protest, and London also suppressed bond sales, and the banking group formed by Cliffpool was also likely to be dismantled and bought. It wasn't until later that Yang Ruiyan said that Europe's loan was the last. If you can't borrow this money, you will never borrow it again, which will save some of the situation. But the bonds sold very poorly in London, and if it weren't for China's own good financial situation, and Yang Rui personally wrote to Cliffpool, promising that if the loan was successfully completed, then China's borrowing in the London market would give priority to Cliffpool. It is feared that the Clispool consortium, which was temporarily formed by three banks, will have to be dissolved.

Yang Rui listened to Yu Huizu's complaints, so he had to sigh and say, "Hanzhang, say it." What else can I do to borrow? ”

"Actually, it's not a problem that you can do to solve it." Yu Huizu also sighed, "The problem now is that Britain and Japan are allies. Even if there is a greater financial benefit. The bankers in London are also biased towards Japan over us. Xingjian asked to see Rothschild and other Jewish financiers in London, but he was nowhere to be seen. In the final analysis, this is still a political issue. ”

"In the end, it's still a problem with the navy!" Yang Rui's point of view is somewhat different from Yu Huizu's, the Chinese and Japanese 6th armies have already fought a fierce battle last year, and both sides declared themselves victors after the war, but from the perspective of international public opinion, the two armies are evenly matched, and Japan's final defeat is related to the weather. The 6th Army was considered evenly matched. Then the navy is one-sided. In the eyes of the average person, there is the Japanese Navy. China will never win. In this regard, Yang Rui could not explain that he had 200 submarines and more than 1,000 planes that could throw torpedoes, and these things were kept so secret now just to surprise them when the time came.

"Let him sell the bonds in London first. I came to you today to say that the contract with the Germans has been roughly agreed, and the household department must be ready to pay. "Yang Rui had no choice but to talk about the current matter." The total price was 335 million marks, and since there was a 20% loan, only 268 million marks, or 67 million dollars, would have to be paid. Half of the total payment had to be paid upfront, that is, more than $41 million. ”

"You're going to pay in dollars?" Yu Huizu asked, "Doesn't everyone know about this payment?" ”

"It's better to change the name." Yang Rui said, "Even if it's the money for the expansion of the military factory, if it still doesn't work, it's the shell money." ”

The word cannonball is still fresh in Yu Huizu's memory, fighting is so expensive, and the amount is very large. When he heard this, he said: "This can be done, but when it comes to buying cannonballs, isn't it ......?"

"It is a matter of time before China and Japan go to war, so I can't care so much." Yang Rui said. "I've finished talking on the Germans' side, and you can follow the rest. By the way, what about Mr. Hua Feng, I remember not asking him to come? ”

"Isn't there an industrial conference, now that the representatives of the provinces have arrived, Mr. Hua Feng always has to come forward to meet these people. He should be here by now. Yu Huizu explained, "Actually, don't forget, tomorrow you are also going to have a discussion with everyone." ”

"It's going to be a long time ago." Yang Rui only shook his head, "Our industry, hey, everyone who opened the workshop has been invited, and less than 800 people from all over the country have gone to Beijing for a meeting." ”

As soon as Yang Rui's words fell, Xu Huafeng's voice was heard outside, "Actually, don't underestimate the workshop, the number of Tianzi is not from small to large, step by step." ”

As soon as Xu Huafeng entered Leshoutang, he heard Yang Rui muttering about opening a workshop, and couldn't help but refute it loudly. Today, he had a heartfelt conversation with representatives from all over the country for a day, and he felt that although the country's industry is small, these people who run industries are very valuable. With these people, the industry will surely prosper. He said happily: "Actually, although we are not good in this industry, we can't underestimate it, and in time, these people will all be the pillars of the industry." ”

"That will take time," Yang Rui said as he got up to greet him. "If they don't support them, and if they don't completely rectify the financial environment and business environment, can they show? Hum...... These days are all white-eyed wolves! ”

Yang Rui only called these people white-eyed wolves in the future, and everyone smiled when they heard it. Although the foundation of the Revival Society is now in the countryside, and the peasants are the largest source of votes, what the Revival Association wants to do is to rob the peasants and workers and support the industry. At present, agriculture is strong and industry is weak, and the Revival Society will stand firm, but in the future, if the output value of industry exceeds the output value of agriculture, then the electoral system based on taxation will only make industrial and commercial capital a strong opponent of the Revival Society in the future.

Perhaps in a few decades, Revival will be able to turn to represent industry and commerce, but Yang Rui thinks this is not possible. One is that in the current categorization, it is impossible for the Revival to represent everything, because to represent everything is to represent nothing. and so on, the industrial and commercial capital has grown. It will automatically find its own surrogate; Second, the gentry and Manchu officials who are now being suppressed have all flowed to industry and commerce. The Revival Society itself has a deep grudge against these people, and if they turn over in the future, the Revival Society will definitely be opposed by them.

"Why, it's actually thinking about the future now?" Xu Huafeng twisted his beard and smiled, there was still a slight smell of wine on his body, and it could be seen that he was very happy.

"Nope. I'm just trying to look at it through the eyes of the national exhibition. The peasants are always suffering. Yang Rui was a little sad: "Water the industry with the blood and sweat of the peasants, use the flesh and blood of the peasants to repel the foreign powers, and abolish those unequal treaties." Win a good exhibition environment, but in the end it will be cheaper for the business owners, and in the end, these people who will sit back and enjoy the success will become the masters of the country. It's sad to think about! ”

With a bit of drunkenness. Xu Hua sealed: "It's done." You'll find out. For thousands of years, it was the scholars who sat on it, the peasants stood below, they were the dead when they fought the world, they paid for it when they ruled the world, and the last one who sat on the dragon chair had nothing to do with them, and they had to be grateful to the people above, this is such a world. After Xu Huafeng finished gossiping, he realized that he had said too much, and hurriedly asked, "Have you negotiated with the Germans?" ”

"Hmm. It's basically settled. "Yang Rui is unusually calm." The rest of the technical details are on your side. And the transdermal machine has already agreed, who are you going to send to learn? ”

I heard that it was a turbine. Xu Huafeng's spirit was immediately shocked, and the wine also woke up a lot, and he said at the moment: "The Germans are willing to let us go directly into the boiler room?" ”

"Yes. And it can also participate in manufacturing. Yang Rui said, "They are polite, but it is estimated that it is more likely that we will watch on the side." But they promised to know everything, though they didn't know much. ”

Hearing that this was such a condition, Xu Huafeng's hanging heart was also relaxed, "That's good!" That's good! Whether they know more or less, it's better than we are blind people touching elephants now! In order to learn steam turbines, the Japanese had to order dreadnoughts in England and spend a lot of money to buy various patents. Although we chose the impulsive path, boilers and gear reduction can be learned. ”

"Let's not talk about steam turbines for now." Yang Rui choked the conversation: "The submarine has already found a way to improve the things that can be improved, and then we will build things according to the standards, and we can't come forward to supervise ......"

"What, who is to be sent to oversee that?" Xu Huafeng was a little surprised, he didn't know about the secret matter yet.

"Recruit some reliable Germans." Yang Rui said, "These 160 submarines were ordered in the name of the German Navy, and we went over to supervise the construction, isn't that what attracts attention?" When he said this, he glanced at Xie Jintai and Yu Huizu, "Now the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and your side have to find a way to keep it secret." Even if the leaks were made, it would not be possible for the Japanese to know the final number and performance of this batch of submarines, not to mention the torpedo thing. ”

"We will do our best to keep the payment confidential!" Yu Huizu interjected, "It's really not good, the remittances from all over the place can be exchanged for silver first, and paid to the Germans first." ”

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also do its best to keep it secret." Xie Jintai said: "I will make some other things about the agreement with Germany and let everyone ignore him." Also, if possible, the German government should not recognize us at first, and wait for the United States to recognize us, and preferably until Russia recognizes us, so that attention will not be introduced. ”。

"Then arrange it like this." Yang Rui nodded, and then explained other things to everyone, and fell into a deep sleep.

He fell asleep here, but the representatives of the industrial congress in the palace of Prince Tou in the capital couldn't sleep, and those who opened workshops could also see the emperor, which was really an unprecedented event. In addition, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Xu personally received, hundreds of people were even feasted, which really flattered these people, a table of seafood delicacies everyone is willing to eat, all sigh that this new dynasty is different from the old dynasty.

Most of the 759 people came from Shanghai, Tianjin, and Andong, which were coastal cities or port cities, and the largest number of industries were textiles and silk reeling, followed by match factories, oil mills, flour mills, and soap factories. As for heavy industry, in addition to the government-run ones, there are several machinery factories in Shanghai that are not small in scale, among which the largest private capital is Zhu Zhiyao's Zhixin Machinery Factory, which is said to be a machine factory, but in fact it is a private shipyard, and Zhang Jian's Dada Lunbu Company once ordered a 300-ton dual-purpose river steamer for passengers and cargo. After being made, it was extremely practical and widely praised. In addition to seeking innovation, there is also a private factory that is the Yangtze Machine Qì Factory of Gu Runzhang in Hankou. It is also a shipyard, which is slightly smaller in scale than Qiuxin, but it can also build ships.

In the renovated Prince Alcohol Mansion Hotel, Zhu Zhiyao, Ma Xiangbo, and Zhang Jian were discussing secretly in the house, and the focus was to win the support of the imperial court's loans. Jiangnan Shipyard is the core enterprise of Tianzihao, and its prosperity not only does not bring pressure to the new factory, but enables private shipyards to break the competition of foreigner shipyards. Gain a place in the market for small ship builds. Seeing that the shipbuilding industry is becoming more and more popular, Zhu Zhiyao is so anxious that the Ministry of Industry will hold a national industrial congress after the year. He counted down the days to prepare for a meeting in Beijing, and in order to seek support, he was ready to write several folds, just waiting for this time.

"Mr. Four. Last year, it was said that there would be an industrial conference. Why did you just open it today? Shouldn't the lords of the court have better ideas? Zhu Zhiyao asked. He and Zhang Jian have an old relationship, although Zhang Jian is a squire of the Ministry of Commerce, but now this court is the world of the Ningbo Gang, and the court wants to build so many officials to build a shipyard, whether it will support it if it is new, he has no bottom.

"Pound, you are your own person, and you have a lot to say. Although I am a squire of the Ministry of Commerce. But everything in this yamen is controlled by Du Qiufan. This person is the old man who followed Premier Yang. It is said that Tonghua was built by him, and it is very powerful. With him here, I can only interject a few words about many things, and I don't know anything about the internal decision. Besides, this new imperial court does not pay attention to personal feelings, and secrecy is the first. The industrial conference is sponsored by the Ministry of Industry, and I don't know what kind of name it is, but what is certain is that this conference is by no means to be apportioned to everyone, as some people guessed before, which is not like Premier Yang's style. Zhang Jian said with his beard twisted. After being an official for many days, he only felt that he was incompatible with the new court, and his expression was much older. Fortunately, the rent reduction did not affect his property, otherwise he would have had less beard on his chin.

"That'...... This ......" Zhu Zhiyao didn't know what to say for a while, "I heard that the Yangzi Machinery Qì Factory in Hankou seems to be a joint venture with the imperial court to build a large shipyard like the Jiangnan Shipyard. ”

"The Jiangnan Shipyard was originally there, the Nanjing Shipyard is said to be a military shipyard, and the Hankou Shipyard was mentioned in the industrial plan on the day of Premier Yang's inauguration, but it was not said whether it was a government or a joint venture. The new dynasty is not the former Qing Dynasty, and there is a set of industries, and it is not necessarily a joint venture with the Yangtze Machinery Factory. In addition, Li Weige, one of the shareholders of the Yangtze Machinery Factory, is being investigated by ......the Inspectorate, and I am also confused, and I don't understand what is going on with this new dynasty. You say that he doesn't talk about human feelings, and he only touches the people involved in the case, not as much as the rest, you have to say that he talks about human feelings, but once he breaks the law, he will be ruthless. Pound, I'm an old man, and I don't understand what this world is going to become. Zhang Jian suddenly threw out such a big news, which only startled Zhu Zhiyao and Ma Xiangbo.

"Mr. Four, isn't this Li Weige the general manager of Hanyang Iron Works? He has always been appreciated by the grand people, Mr. Sheng is now the secretary of the Ministry of Transportation, and this Li Weige is the general office of Hanyang, as soon as he goes, won't the Hanyang factory be in chaos? Zhu Zhiyao asked in surprise.

"I heard that he is very honest as an official, but he sold the steel of the Hanyang Iron Works to the Yangtze Machinery Factory at a low price, and handed over some of the projects of the Iron Works, such as steel beams, to the Yangtze Machinery Factory. Zhang Jian sneered, he looked at those Ningbo people unpleasantly. "Master Sheng didn't know these things originally, but when he found out, he realized that this Li Weige made money like this. The new dynasty does not recognize the law, even if Hanyang stops work, this person will still be arrested. ”

"I understand. I understand. Zhu Zhiyao nodded, he had gone to Xinxue, and he was the comprador of the Shanghai branch of Crédit Agricole CIB, so he understood and agreed with the rule of law in the new dynasty.

"Uncle Xiang, when Su reported the case, didn't you help the Patriotic Society hide a few students? Cai Xiaomin, Zhang Xiaozhai, etc., you are also familiar with them, why can't you ask them to help ask about the shipyard? After Zhang Jian finished talking about Zhu Zhiyao, he asked Ma Xiangbo, who came to the capital with him, he was Zhu Zhiyao's uncle, and he was probably here to help.

Hearing that Zhang Jian said that he would help, Ma Xiangbo smiled and said, "Ji Zhi, let the juniors worry about the juniors' affairs." I'm not here to ask for a new machine, the university halls of the school have begun to recruit students this year, and Fudan is small but it is also a university hall. I'm here for a meeting. ”

"Oh...... Hehe. Zhang Jian laughed, "Look." I'm old. Didn't you just say that? ”

Zhang Jian and Ma Xiangbo are both cultural people after all, and when the two chatted, they threw Zhu Zhiyao aside, and he could only smile bitterly when he saw this. When I couldn't sleep again, I had to walk around the yard. Prince Alcohol Mansion is the birthplace of Guangxu, and then go back to know that this is the mansion of the big corrupt officials and gentry, built is extremely elegant and exquisite, this palace was originally to be rewarded to the prime minister Yang Rui, but I don't want Yang Rui to don't want it, and ordered it to be converted into a state guesthouse. to receive guests.

Under the electric lantern, there are many people in the courtyard to enjoy the coolness, when Zhu Zhiyao walked in. I only heard a burst of cheerful laughter, and I only heard a person say in a blunt official voice: "...... After stealing the family's land deeds and pawning them, we were able to take the train to Saigon to learn how to make matches, and three months later I bought some materials and returned to Kunming. Before he entered the house, he was stopped by his father and beaten severely. Just say I'm a loser. In fact, the matches made were so poor that the medicine head either did not catch fire, or it was easy to fall, and the first few batches were all thrown into the house as firewood......"

When the man said this, the crowd laughed again, and the man continued: "I thought at that time, it seems that I have to go back to Saigon and learn again." When I came back, I was beaten by my father again...... "Everyone laughed again," ...... When I went to Saigon to study again. The Frenchman over there shook their heads when they saw me, saying they knew you would come back. I said, you know why he didn't stop me if I couldn't study, and the Frenchman said that he wanted to stop me, but he thought that I would be able to charge tuition again if I studied again, so he put me back......"

The laughter sounded again, the man was talking about learning to make matches, but Zhu Zhiyao thought of building a ship, and his face couldn't help but laugh heartily, this industry is not comparable to business, many times it takes many failures to succeed, and every failure has to pay a great price, the young man who spoke can't make matches is nothing more than going to Saigon to learn once, but if he can't build a ship, it is not a problem of learning again, but a problem of bankruptcy and closure of the machine factory.

"Brother Pang De," Zhu Zhiyao pondered, and a voice shouted beside him.

"Oh, cousin Yu...... Brother Guangyu ...... "Zhu Zhiyao turned around and saw only Yan Yutang, the shopkeeper of Dalongji Qì Factory, and Gu Guangyu, the owner of Shunchang Sand Turning Factory. is different from Zhang Jian's kind of gentry into business, these two people are self-made and self-earned industries. The former Dalong Machinery Qì Factory specializes in manufacturing agricultural machinery and repairing textile parts, while the latter Shunchang Sand Turning Plant is in Shanghai and may be the first foundry in the country.

"Brother Pound can't sleep either." Yan Yutang had something to say, he knew that Zhu Zhiyao was very well-connected.

"Where's Cousin Yu?" Zhu Zhiyao sighed, "Speaking of which, I'm not as good as you." Now the imperial court is working hard to set up a shipyard, and my machine is hanging. The imperial court will not set up an agricultural machinery factory and a foundry, so it is better to do a unique business. ”

"Brother Pound, don't you know, a unique business may not be good." Gu Guangyu said with a calm face: "My sand turning factory is going to be a public-private partnership. ”

"Public-private partnership!" Zhu Zhiyao hurriedly asked, he had seen a few people being called away by officials from the Ministry of Industry in the afternoon, and he didn't expect Gu Guangyu to be one of them. "What kind of joint venture?"

"It's the imperial court that pays money and people to participate in my sand turning factory. Say yes......" Gu Guangyu still doesn't believe it now, "said that he wanted to invest hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in my sand turning factory." ”

"Ahh Zhu Zhiyao shouted. "Putting so much money into your sand turning plant?"

"That's right. Said to build another plant, add another machine, and the workers in the factory should also be trained, by the way, said that I also have to train for half a year, and said that I want to learn what modern management...... I have to go abroad for half a year to see what the foundry of foreigners looks like. Gu Guangyu was apprehensive when he talked about the afternoon, and he only felt that he was on a very fast train, and he didn't know what the purpose was.

"So, whose factory is it after this public-private partnership? Who's in charge? "I heard that there was such a good thing, Zhu Zhiyao just didn't believe it.

"It is said that the official only owns the shares, and the financial audit can be done every year. The specific business, whether it is profitable or loss-making, is up to me. Gu Guangyu said worriedly: "Brother Pang De, do you think you will be able to run a public-private partnership for a few years, and the government will buy my factory." What they are saying now is good, everything is up to me, but this is also why they don't know the details of the sand turning plant, once the joint venture for a few years, they know the profit and loss, which workers use them also know, then it is good to make a price. (To be continued!)

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