The journey starts from the Titanic

Situ Nan nodded and couldn't help but think of the history of the Republic of China. If there were no official rifles built with German aid, the military industry of the Republic of China would be even harder.

"Hey, if it's just like this, I wouldn't be so excited. Look at this!" Sun Liren ordered a few words to the arsenal's escort. After a while, someone brought an exquisite sight, and Sun Liren skillfully installed it on the rifle. It is a sophisticated sniper rifle.After installing the scope, the gun seems to have improved a lot.

Situ Nan aimed at the distance and found that the scope was effective. He nodded and smiled and asked, "Can you produce exquisite scopes?"

Compared with rifles, sights are considered more advanced technology. Germans have always been the leader in optical instrument manufacturing, and only Japan after World War II surpassed them.Situ Nan couldn't think of any factory in China in 1922 that could manufacture such precision instruments.

"Of course. Meihua Company and Hamilton of the United States jointly established a precision instrument factory-Nanjing Instrument Company, which produces watches, speedometers, etc., and the market is good. I have a brainstorm. In view of the backward military industry in China, I think it is necessary to produce one. The military instrument factory put forward suggestions to Wuhan, and they agreed. Meihua Company came forward to introduce production lines from the United States and hired some technicians from Zeiss Company in Germany. The newly-built instrument factory is next door to our arsenal, dedicated to military use. Product. This is their first batch of products. The quality is good, but the defective rate will not be reduced for a while, which will cause the cost to rise." Sun Liren introduced.

Speaking of Nanjing Instrument Company, there are not many orders for military products. They are more willing to produce high-profit instruments for automobiles and ships.

"In the next step, the instrument factory is preparing to produce cannon mirrors. Although the cannon production line of Jinling Armory is still floating in the Mediterranean, it will not take long to arrive in Nanjing. It is exciting to think about it."

"It seems that the Jinling Arsenal has something to do! It's better than I thought." Situ Nan said with some anticipation, and when he visited the gun factory under construction, he really found that many foreigners were active among the traditional Chinese workers. It's tall and stands out from the crowd, easy to identify, and most of them are Germans.Situ Nan was used to this situation a long time ago, and he was really not interested in greeting the down-and-out Germans.In Nanhua, factories are everywhere, and there are more Germans there.

After returning from the Jinling Armory, Situ Nanshun laughed at the Jinling sniper rifle that Sun Liren "tributed" to. He was in a good mood and sat in the car joking with Sun Liren."Those Germans are easy to use, right?"

"The ability is not small, thanks to them, the arsenal is temporarily inseparable from them."

"After all, it is an outsider. We still have to train our technical talents."

"Don't be in a hurry! The planes and cannons of the hundreds of thousands of troops are still waiting for me to go to Zhangluo. In a few days, I will get busier after arriving in Wuhan." Sun Liren said with emotion.

"Don't worry, take your time. After the Maanshan Iron and Steel Plant is built, the Jinling Armory is almost there. Everything will be there." Situ Nan encouraged Sun Li to be humane.

A new department was established in Wuhan, called the Armament Bureau, responsible for the production of weapons for the entire army.Currently negotiating with Meihua Company to acquire the military-related industries of Meihua Company.This important task fell on Sun Liren. Sun Liren’s knowledge, character, and close relationship with Song Ziwen, Situ Nan and others allowed him to be appointed by Song Ziwen.Although Sun Liren is reluctant to give up commanding the army, in Song Ziwen's opinion, the Armament Bureau is not relieved to give this important part to others. You must know that with the establishment of the Hanyang Iron Factory and Ma'anshan Iron Factory, the scale of Hanyang Armory and Jinling Armory has expanded. The Armaments Department is responsible for how huge military supplies are!

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In a blink of an eye, time came to 1927, and history turned a big bay here.People increasingly feel that industry is rapidly changing the backwardness of this country, changing faster and faster. From the southern coast to both sides of the Yangtze River, a number of new industrial cities are rising rapidly.In particular, spurred by industrial plans, factories opened by national capitalists are blooming everywhere. With low taxes, abolition of lijin, and improved transportation, more and more domestic products are appearing on the shelves of stores, squeezing foreign products aside.For example, foreign nails, foreign fire, foreign kerosene, foreign cloth, foreign paper, foreign tobacco, foreign beer and other commodities, in fact, most or a considerable part of them are domestic products or products of Sino-foreign joint venture factories.

There are also foreign guns and guns. As the Wuhan Iron and Steel Base and Anshan Iron and Steel Base become lively, scenes of thousands of people working together are increasingly appearing in the newspapers.The army of the southern government gradually replaced with domestic weapons.The manufacture of heavy weapons such as large-caliber artillery, armor, battleships, and aircraft is also on the agenda.The industries in Central China, East China, South China and other places have developed rapidly and their economies have taken off. Because of the dredging of the Yangtze River and the construction of the Sichuan-Han Railway and the Chengdu-Kunming Railway. .A number of large industrial and commercial enterprises such as Minsheng Shipping Company, Chengdu Aircraft Company, Liuzhou Heavy Industry, Chongqing Iron and Steel Company, and Hongtashan Tobacco have emerged one after another.

Of course, the fastest growing is Wuhan.The city has undergone earth-shaking changes, and its scope has suddenly expanded several times.After the old city walls were demolished and some buildings with commemorative value were retained, most of the dilapidated buildings were modern buildings built with new steel, cement, and red bricks, which led to the rapid development of steel, cement, coal, electricity and other related industries.Railways, ports, industrial areas, new urban areas, large and small construction sites are like black holes, greedily absorbing countless reinforced concrete, machinery and equipment, and the sweat and wisdom of millions of laborers, in visible planned industrial construction In the market, this invisible hand is like the hand of a magician, effectively and naturally deploying social resources. More and more people gather in cities because of organized production activities.

Wall Street was delighted to see all of this. They saw a beautiful money scene, with more dollars and American machines coming to China in an endless stream.In the last war, the Americans made the world's money and became the world's creditors. The Yankees were able to import capital into the world.Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars flow from New York to South China and China through financial giants such as Robles and Citigroup.Behind everything, Situ Nan silently devoted a lot of effort. However, when the wheel of capital was activated, it absorbed more funds. It seems that a US-China consortium alone is not enough...

Chapter 85

Regardless of South China or South China, it seems like a madly poor to the Gong Party government, borrowing heavily, and then smashing countless dollars, pounds, and francs into various planned engineering projects, turning them into sections of railways, blast furnaces, and A bridge, a piece of dock.

They almost never thought that in case the heavy debts cannot be repaid, the fruits of the future construction will fall into the hands of foreigners. Therefore, New York, London, and Paris all open their pockets and lend money to the Chinese. They have already figured out how to capture China. The result of human hard work.

Even if China is able to pay off its debts, they can make a lot of profits. In short, investing in the hottest regions in the world will swell capital like a snowball.

In the Shanghai Public Concession, China’s largest stock exchange center-Meihua Stock Exchange, brokers in red vests are busy, reporting the prices of various stocks and bonds from time to time. There was a tapping sound from the tip.

Railways, steel, ships, gasoline, rubber, tung oil... these words sounded in the trading floor, and they are all stars in the trading market.

In a busy figure, there is a tall young man with a leisurely look, watching the rapidly rolling capital market in front of him with interest.He has a heroic spirit in him, which seems to be different from the conscientious financial elites around him.

"Huh? And our Northeast soybeans!"

The young man looked at the quotation sheet on the wall and said in surprise.

"This year's soybean harvest is not good, the output has decreased, the purchase price has risen, and the local soy product companies have increased the ex-factory prices of their products. Last month, there was a soybean futures speculation, but accidentally jumped the Huangpu River."

A foreigner next to him interrupted with a smile. He was wearing a decent suit, and his equally young face had the aura of a superior, walking in the exchange as if he were at home.

He is Little Kadoorie, one of the giants of Meihua Company. No, he is accompanying his good friend Zhang Xueliang, the Northeast Marshal, to visit the financial market in Shanghai.

"However, if you and I join forces, there must be a profit or no loss!" Little Kadaoli added, looking at Zhang Xueliang with a smile.

"It's easy to talk." Zhang Xueliang smiled, whether he can't do it, he doesn't understand financial transactions, and he doesn't want to refuse the other party.

Xindao: The main producing area of ​​China's soybeans is in the northeast. In my own territory, I am not afraid of others deceiving me.If you find someone to cooperate, the guy in front of you is indeed a good choice.

It's just that the other party is from Meihua. In the past two years, the development of the South has become more and more prosperous. At least the Northeast has no such a lively trading market, let alone the courage to start a series of railway projects like the Wuhan government.

"Marshal, now the hottest thing in Shanghai is the railway. It has the most investment value. You might as well consider it." Little Kadoori enthusiastically promoted, not wanting to let the big benefactor in front of him. His enthusiasm looks like he used to go to China. The warlord sells arms like that.

"Wuhan has built so many railways in one go, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to eat it?" Zhang Xueliang asked in confusion, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

In terms of financial resources, the southern regime is much wider than his old Zhang's family, and the Zhi Gong party has expanded its machinery industry and used its own armaments. Even the Northeast Army had to purchase weapons and equipment from the south. In terms of momentum, the opponent had already overwhelmed it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xueliang just felt a sense of urgency. Although he did not want to invest funds in the Southern Railway, he still pretended to be emotional and interested in listening to Xiao Kadoorie's introduction of the railway market.

At this time, there was a scream outside the door, and a man rushing in with a newspaper shouted excitedly: "The construction of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway is completed, and the Hangzhou-Nanchang section will open to traffic soon!"

Scratching the scene, the news immediately caught the hearts of those investors. Of course, there were some doubts.

"Wow?"

"real or fake?"

"Where is there any fake? Ta Kung Pao reported! It is definitely not street news."

"Isn't it said some time ago that a tunnel with a length of 1 km was to be built, and the progress of the project was blocked?"

"You are behind the news. People imported large-scale punching machines from the United States and also transferred a professional engineering team from the Sichuan-Han Railway. The difficulty of the tunnel project was greatly reduced."

"Really? How did you know?" The voice complained.

"Inside information, someone happened to be in the engineering team. I bought a batch of Zhe-Jiang Railway stocks a long time ago, hehe." The answer was very proud.

"Damn! Quick! I want to buy the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway too." Someone woke up and ordered to the trader.

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Seeing those people buying railway stocks like crazy, and the price of railway stocks rising like a rocket, Zhang Xueliang looked solemn.

"Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway was built by merchants and citizens in Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces. It is a model of private railway. The Wuhan government does not need to invest a penny in it, but provides considerable policy and technical support."

Little Kadoorie explained to Zhang Xueliang in a low voice.

Once the railway is opened to traffic, the local economy along the route will explode, and it will give the businessmen who invest in this railway the best return.

"The railway of private investment?" Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but shiver lightly, secretly saying that businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are really rich.

He knows that there is a railway connection between Shanghai and Hangzhou, which means that there is already a railway connection from Nanchang to Shanghai. If the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and the Zhegan Railway are connected again, this will be even more remarkable. It means that the Wuhan government can connect Central China by railway. The millions of troops from South China, South China and Southwest were sent to Shanghai...

What if they go north along the Jinpu Line in the future?Can the Northeast Army resist the millions of troops armed in the South?

By the way, there is also the Beijing-Hanzhou line. Wuhan can also travel from Henan to north...

What a terrible enemy!

Zhang Xueliang is in a complicated mood. On the one hand, he is excited about the achievements of China's railway construction, but also has to worry about the future of the Northeast Army.