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Text Chapter 540: Having Money and Having No Money (Part 1)

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    May 2nd.

    On the day when Yang Qiu formally proposed the first five-year plan at the National Socialist Congress, Li Yuanhong arrived in Chongqing.  The arrival of the president also announced the countdown to the country's second five-year plan.

    Kuang Xukun got up very early and led his staff to place statistical information on the tables of the ministers and representatives attending the meeting. Lei Meng also led the Central Guard Corps to closely protect the venue.  No wonder everyone is nervous. This meeting is really important. It is not only a five-year summary and future outlook, but also involves currency reforms that even European and American powers must be careful about.

    "My sincerity, hahaour railway minister has finally appeared."

    "Pui Zhi (Shen Shukai), I heard that you went to inspect Shanghai Nanyang Machinery Factory. How was it? Is it worth supporting?"

    "Zihong, have you said hello from Shanxi Bank?"

    Since eight o'clock, the chatting of ministers could be heard in the corridor of the conference room. People such as Zhan Tianyou and Shen Shukai, who were rarely seen in normal times, came. Minister of Transportation Liang Shiyi, who usually did not dare to meet Yang Qiu, also came to the venue.  .

    Although the economic conference has little to do with the military, as the military is a big spender, Yang Qiu also wants them to know the overall situation of the country. However, the Ministry of National Defense has been debating for a long time on who to send.  Zhang Xiaozhun and Shi Xiaolou took the officer corps to the United States for further studies. Su Xiaohu also took many officers to study in France for three years. It was a foregone conclusion that Cai Jimin would quit the military and become the Minister of Civil Affairs. Yue Peng originally agreed but was idle after Yakutsk.  I keep going to the Northeast to see Wang Geng.  Feng Guozhang was already semi-retired and asked to stay as a caretaker. Old Man Sa only cared about naval appropriations and had no interest in economic meetings.  Qin Zhangshu and Zhang Tingfu guarded the northeast, Wu Peifu and Xie Ruyi were in the northwest, Xu Shuzheng went to Russia, Yin Changheng and He Xifan were in charge of the southwest, North China was handed over to the returned Chen Huan and Jiang Tai, and Xiao Anguo needed to supervise the suppression of bandits in the northeast and the garrison in Taiwan.  In the end, Cai E could only let Jiang Zuobin and Qiu Baoren, who were responsible for equipment procurement and training, attend.

    Even junior Liu Mingzhao, Long Yun, Bai Chongxi and others have been appointed to serve as military attach¨¦s in various countries and continue their studies. The military's situation of casting its net in all directions also shows that there has been a huge adjustment in the national strategic policy, and a war is likely to break out in the short term.  The probability is very low.

    "Teacher, how are you in Nanjing?"

    Yang Qiu and Li Yuanhong walked side by side.  He had been using this title when he appointed the latter as vice president.  Li Yuanhong was used to it and said: "Everything else is fine, but there is one thing. The Swiss ambassador came to see me half a month ago and brought a message from Moscow, saying that Lenin sent a man named Karakhan. About this time  It¡¯s about time God arrived.¡±

    Karahan Yang Qiu is very familiar with it. Lenin issued his first declaration on China.  It seems that Lenin was really deceived by Stalin's trick, and really thought he had the ability to sweep across the Urals and reach Moscow.  But this is a good thing, and it is time to establish a dialogue channel with Soviet Russia.

    Li Yuanhong continued: "Chen Hua, you are not in Nanjing these days. The British and American representatives come to bother me every day, hoping to reveal the economic reform to them. These foreigners have really good noses."

    Yang Qiu smiled: "Why don't they care? Foreign-funded banks in our country have a lot of gold and silver in their hands. They will suffer a lot if we destroy the gold and silver this time. Not to mention the opening of savings reserves and foreign exchange  Management system. This but draws their blood."

    "I don't understand this, Chen Hua just let it go. Now no one dares to attack us, right?"

    Yang Qiu nodded deliberately and seriously: "It must be gone."

    "Haha" The two of them walked into the venue while chatting.  The meeting officially began upon the arrival of the President and Vice President.  Since it was an economic conference, Zhang Wenjing, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, was naturally one of the protagonists.  After everyone arrived, he immediately nodded to Bei Zuyi next to him.

    Bei Zuyi is a native of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province. He was admitted to Southwest University in 2011 and was selected to study in the United States in 2015. After returning to China in 2019, he worked in the Foreign Exchange Management Department of the Central Bank. Because of his outstanding ability, he was recommended to the Ministry of Finance by Xu Xiujun. He was there during Zhang Wenjing¡¯s visit.  He accompanied him to help with various matters, especially his outstanding performance when negotiating with Wall Street in the United States to issue treasury bonds. He was promoted to secretary-general immediately after returning.  This young man seemed a little nervous when meeting so many big names for the first time. He almost stumbled and fell when he came on stage, which made Zhang Wenjing scratch his eyebrows.  But it also made everyone remember him.

    ¡°First of all, statistics from the European War.¡± After entering the topic, Bei Zuyi¡¯s greenness completely disappeared. He wore a suit and talked eloquently. Under his explanation, a series of economic data were written down.

    Since the start of the European War, Yang Qiu has not asked for immediate statistics of gains and losses, and he did not even inform everyone of the end of the Paris Peace Conference.  Because he knowsThe war economy is long-term. From the perspective of economic laws, the time limit of the entire European war economy will extend to the end of 1920, so today everyone has a clear concept of the gains and losses of the European war.

    A look of pride rose on Bei Zuyi's face and he said: "The revenue from the European War is divided into three aspects, light and heavy industrial exports, resource exports and external income. Among light and heavy industrial exports, light industrial exports accounted for the majority. In 1914, my country's tea The total export volume of , silk, tung oil, etc. was 500 million (RMB unit). At that time, because the tariffs had not been recovered, the income was very low. However, from 2015, especially after the tariffs were fully recovered in 2016, the exports increased significantly. Among them, tea, silk, Tung oil, tobacco and pharmaceuticals (sulfonamides) have grown the fastest, with a cumulative total of 9 billion in six years. Heavy industry exports are mainly concentrated in weapons and ships. In the past six years, a total of 17 ships of various types, 1.57 million weapons, and 2 ammunition have been sold to Europe and the United States. billion rounds (including bullets), with a total total of 3 billion. The fastest growing resource exports are rare metal ores and coal, with a total of 600 million yuan. Finally, there is external income, which is mainly divided into obtaining loans, military expenses and war Revenues were 5 billion, 500 million and 3.9 billion respectively."

    "Buzz It's like a bomb dropped into the conference room. Ministers who usually don't care much about economic development all opened their eyes and whispered to each other. Especially the military representatives such as Cai E were blushing. 5 billion loans and 500 million military expenses.  They all knew it, but they never expected that the war revenue would be so huge! Although everyone knew that the seizures on the Western Front and the robbery of Russia were huge profits, they never expected that the huge profits would be to this extent!

    Even though Yang Qiu had obtained the statistics long ago, Yang Qiu was still a little excited. This 3.9 billion was not just a number. It included thousands of large and small factories and equipment, as well as a large amount of gold and silver wealth.  The most important thing is that economic input does not mean just moving in.  Instead, they need to be converted and then auctioned or issued as currency to offset them in proportion. Therefore, after converting these things alone, approximately 2 billion yuan can be withdrawn and issued, and this money can be invested in other areas to further promote development.

    So at this time, everyone finally knows how wise it was for Yang Qiu to send troops to Europe, in the simplest terms.  It has recovered an investment of about 7 billion. According to the multiplier effect, when all this money is invested in domestic construction, it will be amplified several times!

    The more excited everyone became, the more steady Bei Zuyi became, continuing: "In the past six years, all economic indicators in our country have increased several times, and the number of light industry factories nationwide has increased from 5,800 before the war to the current 16,102. Steel and metals  The number of large-scale manufacturing industries such as processing increased from 113 to 347 (all factories in the group are divided). Among them, the number of private cotton spinning mills increased to 167, and the number of state-owned cotton spinning mills increased to 26. The number of spindles increased from 70,014 to 43,010.2 million.  The number of machines increased from 2954 to 35623. Silk reeling developed rapidly. There are 487 silk reeling factories in the country and 383213 silk reels. Due to the cooperation with the Cleveland Group of the United States and the later development of new products such as parachutes, it has also monopolized the international market.  Price of silk. Raw coal output increased from 1.5 million tons in 1913 to 11 million tons; steel output increased from 400,000 tons in 1913 to 2.5 million tons; flour increased from 2.7 million tons to 8.3 million tons; cement increased from 1.2 million tons to 9.7 million tons  tons, chemical fertilizers increased from 50,000 tons to 1.02 million tons; oil increased from 12,000 tons to 370,000 tons; rubber increased from 2,000 tons to 150,000 tons (including labor); tobacco leaves increased from 6 million acres to 19 million acres; oil extraction and production  Sugar, matches, paper makingetc. have all more than quadrupled.

    The national power generation increased from 46 million kilowatt hours in 2012 to 3.2 billion kilowatt hours (58 billion in the United States). The number of shipbuilding increased from 21 in 2012 to 113 in 2012 (including foreign shipyards); cars and tractors increased from zero to 113 in 2012.  12,000 vehicles.  The railway mileage has increased from less than 10,000 kilometers in 2011 to the current 40,000 kilometers (including the Siberian Railway) The number of workers (excluding handicrafts) has increased from less than 420,000 in 2012 to the current 4.2 million!  The only declining figures are the proportion of foreign investment, which has dropped from 80% in 1913 to less than 30%, and the state and national capital has increased from 20% to 69%!  "

    When a series of dazzling economic figures appeared in front of our eyes, everyone finally understood the huge power of Yang Qiu¡¯s crazy investment in industry and commerce!  But this is still superficial, and the social development and economic promotion it has driven cannot be reflected in numbers.  The most important thing is that with the average industrial growth rate of three to four times, the national finances of the country, which is dominated by agriculture, have finally been gradually leveraged!

    "We have never calculated the figures of gross national product and industrial ratio before, so there may be gaps in the following set of economic figures." Bezuyi cleared his throat and revealed the last big **: "We follow the U.S. Wall Street Using data such as average purchasing power and grain production, the final conclusion is that the country's gross national product in 1912 was approximately US$24 billion! (If the data cannot be found, Wikidata is quoted here). Heavy industry accounted for the world's From 2014 to 2014, my country's main growth was in the southwest due to internal turmoil, but it also drove the national annual growth rate to 3%. In 1915, the growth rate was 5%. In 2016, due to the stimulus of joining the European War and loan stimulus, the growth rate reached 10%. 17 It was 15% from 2019 to 2019, and started to drop to 11% last year. Based on this growth rate and industrial investment ratio, my country's current heavy industry accounts for between 5% and 6% of the world's total, with a total amount of approximately 6 billion US dollars! National gross productFor 49 billionUSD!  After the United States with 88 billion U.S. dollars and the United Kingdom with 57 billion U.S. dollars, our country is now the third largest economy in the world!  "

    "Plop." Yang Qiu squirted a sip of tea onto the table

    (To be continued)!  ~!

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