"This is common sense. The central government should bear the profits of the central government." Yuan Shikai agreed. He couldn't do anything if he didn't agree, and this was very beneficial to him.

With this loan, his Beiyang political work can be supported.

Zhu Xiaocheng then took out a letter, "This is our Chairman's letter to Yuan Gong."

The real thing is still in the letter.

After Zhu Xiaocheng left, Yuan Shikai opened the letter and saw Xia Jun expressing his ambitions on the letter: "Jun only holds two wishes in his life, one is to have a prosperous country and the people are not oppressed, and the other is to have a rich and prosperous world, so he can have enough food and clothing... Now that the Republic of China was first established, the country has not yet risen, he seeks autonomy to display his ambitions. However, the central government is still the central government, and the local government is still the local government. Jun definitely dares not go beyond it. Only seek to support the central government with the three provinces of East China Autonomous Provinces to pacify local separatism. I hope that Yuan Gong and Jun will work together to establish a strong Republic of China as soon as possible. When the country is strong and Jun is rich, he will be able to retire successfully..."

Then, Xia Jun talked about the system issue, and saw him write in his letter: "Now the voice of democracy in China is noisy, but the Chinese people's wisdom has not yet been opened. What does democracy have to do with the people? The so-called democracy is actually the name of the party's power struggle. At present, China needs the most dictatorial leader like Yuan Gong to lead the rejuvenation of the people."

"In addition, even though Jun loves money, he still takes it well and never collects people's wealth for his own use. Jun wants to set up factories widely, and first to drive foreign goods, and second to build guns and cannons for the Republic of China, then the Republic of China will be strong. However, today, China's business is difficult to handle, one is the Yangtze River water police, two is the difficulty in repairing railways, and three is the currency mix. If Mr. Yuan could work with the position of Jun as the governor of the Yangtze River to control the water police in the five provinces of the Yangtze River, and appointed Jun to freely open railways, and also designated the Fuxing currency as the legal banknote of the Republic of China, then Mr. Jun would be willing to die for Mr. Yuan..."

In the letter, Xia Jun repeatedly lowered his political ambitions, just to dispel Yuan Shikai's defense. As long as Yuan Shikai lost his defense, with Yuan Shikai's generousness, Xia Jun can achieve many of his expected goals by cooperating with Yuan Shikai.

This principle is very simple. Xia Jun had no political ambitions, and Yuan Shikai naturally reduced his defense against him. In addition, the East China Autonomous Government has strong strength, so Yuan Shikai will inevitably win over Xia Jun everywhere.

Following Yuan Datou has a rou food, this is the law of this historical period, and Xia Jun can use Yuan Shikai's to win over the people of other provinces from warlords.

After reading the letter, Yuan Shikai laughed ecstatically. He likes people who have no ambitions, are full of childish ideals, and love money the most.

"He Xia Jun loves money but not the world, I, Yuan Shikai, loves money but not the world." Yuan Shikai laughed and shook his head and said proudly: "It turns out that the world's wealth is scattered and the world's people, the world will definitely fall into my hands."

If others wrote this letter, Yuan Shikai would never believe it. Even if Sun Yat-sen was in the telegram, he was full of worrying about the country and the people and pretended not to care about the position of president, he would not believe it.

Yuan Shikai only believed in Xia Jun because Xia Jun had not moved in the territory of the three autonomous provinces of East China before and did not fight for the president. His political ambitions were not strong in Yuan Shikai's opinion.

How could Yuan Shikai, who thought he had figured out Xia Jun’s true intention and style, not be ecstatic?

Xia Jun's plan to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger was a great success. However, the next day, Yuan Shikai granted Xia Jun the position of governor of the Yangtze River in the name of the central government and had the freedom to build railways in China.

As for the matter of determining the legal currency implemented by the East China Autonomous Government as a legal banknote in the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai still had to consider it carefully, which made Yuan Shikai very confused.

This legal currency is profitable. In his opinion, to deal with people like Xia Jun who love money, money should be used to win over it. However, if you don’t agree, Yuan Shikai would not be sure that Xia Jun is a person who loves money to the extent. If he can’t handle it well, what should he do if he reverses it?

Last time, Yuan Shikai refused to agree to his request, but he went to support Nanjing's temporary affairs.

Political consultant Mo Lixun told Yuan Shikai: "Although the East China Autonomous Politics have not shown too much ambitions, seigniorage is an important national finance and cannot be easily given to local governments."

After listening to Mo Lixun's words, Yuan Shikai thought for a few days, and soon Yuan Shikai also figured it out. Now he is short of money and has to borrow money from others. What money does he use to win over others? The only thing that can win over him is to open a convenient mé

So Yuan Shikai wrote a letter and sent it to Hangzhou

It is not safe to use telegrams, so it is safer to send letters. In order to borrow money, Yuan Shikai no longer said anything about borrowing to the East China Autonomous Government on the telegram.

...

Hangzhou, West Lake.

Xia Jun sat outside his villa, reading the letter Yuan Shikai gave him. At this time, the scene was so beautiful.

Xia Jun has been living a comfortable life recently, and his administration is basically operating according to the framework he sets. Because there is a newspaper, it is not so easy to deceive him, so he basically doesn't care much about it in administration.

Li Shijing, who was sitting on the side drinking coffee comfortably, leaned over and asked Xia Jun, "Husband, what did Yuan Shikai say in the letter?"

"Hehe" Xia Jun smiled and handed the letter to Li Shijing, saying, "What else can he say? Of course he has a loan. He has a big appetite. He wants us to borrow 30 million pounds to the central government and pay it off in 70 years."

"He also said that as long as we are willing to borrow money from the central government, we will decide that the Fuxing currency in our business will be the only designated fiat currency." Xia Jun shook his head in the chair.

"Husband, do you want to borrow money, do you have any other plans?" Li Shijing looked at the letter, tilted her head and looked at Xia Jun, and then said, "But in my opinion, if the money is borrowed, it may not be able to be collected. Anyway, Yuan Shikai may not be sure that our Fuxing currency is legal currency, so we will do the same."

"This is indeed a confusing account, but you can consider it. However, it is not necessary for us to pay. Let foreigners pay in a few months." Xia Jun had a plan, and Li Shijing gave Xia Jun a charming look and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"After a month, after the first payment from the Bank of Siguo arrived, we can openly talk to Yuan Shikai, and we must make them anxious.

Now the Four Bank seems to accuse Yuan Shikai of not being credited and acting like he is not lending, but in fact he sees that Yuan Shikai is tight and thinks he can only borrow money from them. Then, using this as an excuse, it seems that he has suffered a grievance, and the next step is to increase the investment. If we hit it, they will be anxious at that time."

Xia Jun has been scheming recently and has been placing the Four Kingdoms Bank and Yuan Shikai in terms of capital. As of now, his calculations are going well.

"What then?" Li Shijing asked.

"Then, if the Four-Country Bank has the right price, it would be fine to let them sign with Yuan Shikai. If not, it would be fine to pay the 30 million pounds. Then some conditions would be added."

At this moment, Mei'er ran over and shouted to Xia Jun: "Son-in-law, the military factory called and said, "What kind of mortar was built."

"Oh, is it? So fast?" Xia Jun stood up from the chair. He originally thought that the mortar would take one or two months to manufacture, but he didn't expect it to be manufactured so soon, which really surprised him.

Xia Jun walked into the villa, picked up the phone and dialed the number of the military factory.

...

The Jian'an military factory was already very large at this time, and weapons and ammunition were constantly being produced every day. Although the BZ-26 light machine gun and artillery shells were manufactured in the Jiangxi military factory, the Jian'an military factory has expanded a lot in the near future.

Next to the military factory is a newly opened alloy smelting plant, specializing in smelting alloys to make gun steel. Advanced artillery can not be made with ordinary steel.

The Jian'an Military Factory made a bombardment run that meets the requirements, thanks to the opening of an alloy smelting plant. The Jian'an Military Factory received the task of mortar research and did indeed produce it according to the drawings, but the indicators did not meet the requirements of the drawings at all.

The military factory then tried to build it bigger, and the result index was in line with the 27-meter shè schedule, but the problem was too heavy.

The mortar they made weighed more than fifty kilograms, which was more than twice the 21 kilograms given by the drawings.

This problem was gradually solved when the alloy smelter on the side trained stainless steel alloys, and the mortars produced became lighter and lighter.

In the end, the Jian'an Military Factory built a 6omm mortar with a weight of 23 kg. Although it was still heavier than the weight index on the drawings, the weight could not be reduced before the alloy smelter produced a new alloy.

In terms of power, process and shè, the indicators on the drawings were basically met, so I called the military headquarters and Xia Jun called the military factory to inquire about the situation.

Regarding the issue of naming, Xia Jun thought about naming this mortar as a Type 12 6ommm mortar.

After receiving the detailed report, Xia Jun ordered to Jian'an Military Factory: "Learn the production line and first produce one thousand mén12 6ommm mortars."

One thousand mén is almost the same for three infantry divisions.

With mortars, infantry cannons can be eliminated. Although mortars are not as good as infantry cannons in terms of attack ability, they are much lighter than infantry cannons. Although infantry cannons are already light enough. Moreover, the advantage of mortars lies in their killing of personnel, and they are very high and have no blind spots to hit the ground. They are definitely a weapon of infantry.

The Germans must be very interested in this weapon, and they also have a large military budget.

In 1897, Germany's military expenditure was 428 million marks, 926 million marks in 1899, and in 1913, it would have passed 20 marks, accounting for half of the national budget.

As for other countries, it is also a good arms supply market.

For example, the military expenditure of Austro-Hungary also increased by 700 million kroners, which would reach 300 million kroners in 1913. Italy's military expenditure was also too large. From 19o7 to 19o8, it was 318 million lira two years later, and from 1911 to 1912, it had reached 396.1 million lira.

France's military expenditure reached 1.5 billion francs before 1914. The Russian military expenditure increased by 67 from 19o7 to 1913.

Since 19oo, wars have been full of crisis, and after experiencing crisis, the preparations for war have become increasingly greater.

All countries have clearly realized that a war will be inevitable.
Chapter completed!