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    "Look, look at it! You keep saying you are serving the country and the people? Oilfield shares worth hundreds of millions were sold for 50 million. This is traitorous! I'm afraid he has enriched his own pockets." The Democratic Party Office in Batavia Port  Inside, Hu Hanmin threw the newly published newspaper on the table.

    After the rise of Yang Qiuhe Guoshe, the power of the domestic Democratic Party was almost wiped out. Long Jiguang even tore Guangzhou, the headquarters of the Democratic Party, into pieces. In the end, Cai Jimin led the National Defense Forces to seize the situation.  So he, Chen Jiongming, Bai Wenwei and others had to flee to Southeast Asia to live in Batavia.  Later, Chen Qimei was imprisoned, and Huang Yong and other important members of the Shanghai Democratic Party also came to join him one after another.

    Unable to return to China, they, the old and the young, could only focus all their energy on Nanyang. In addition, in the early days, Yang Qiu had to concentrate on solving domestic and Japanese troubles. Later, when he participated in the European War, he really couldn't take care of this. Instead, he was developed here by them.  impressive.  But these good days are gradually fading away. As the national society took the lead in going abroad, the vanguard led by Chen Guofu quickly promoted the national society to the Chinese in Nanyang. The silver crisis and the Sumatra oil field were the influx of national society and domestic capital into Nanyang.  The signs made them particularly worried that their territory would eventually be encroached upon.

    Hu Hanmin was the most excited. He thought that back then he was Sun Yat-sen's successor, and he was just a little short of the presidential throne. Now there is no hope.  Therefore, he has always been particularly hostile to Yang Qiu and the National Society, saying: "We should contact Shanghai and let Zhang Shizhao and Wang Zhaoming mobilize the Congress to ask clearly!" He relied on his seniority, so he was not afraid of Zhang Shizhao, the current chairman of the Democratic Party, and Wang Zhaoming, the general secretary.  In my eyes, I call him by his name at every turn.

    He continued angrily: "There is also Li Liejun. I don't know what the hell he is doing! He was bribed after being promoted to major general and division commander. He has been absent from the congress for 7 consecutive years. Is he still a member of our party! He should be removed from the committee membership. Fake  Bai, are you right?"

    After Hu Hanmin finished speaking, he turned to look at Huang Qi.  This former Shanghai Army Commander, who was very prosperous with Chen Qimei, fell out of power after quitting the military. Now in Nanyang, he still makes some money by relying on the gangster management coolie system. It is really different from before, so I feel very sad.  For empty.  He echoed: "Zhan Tang is right. This is an opportunity to attack Yang Qiu. We can't let it go in vain."

    The two of them immediately pulled Yang Qiu off his horse as soon as they sang in harmony.  But Chen Jiongming and Bai Wenwei, who were sitting in the corner, said nothing. In the end, the former simply patted his butt: "You guys can chat, I'll go back first. The navy has been patrolling outside the harbor these days, I'll go take a look.  Is the ship back yet?"

    "Yes, yes, you talk. Guangzhou is urging me to transport the rubber back. The several telegrams this day are really annoying." As soon as Chen Jiongming left, Bai Wenwei was not willing to stay, so he simply left on the pretext of something else.

    Seeing the two people leaving one after another, Hu Hanmin was so angry that he yelled: "Bah! What the hell do you think you are the governor? Ying Bai, look at these people. Do they still look like they did back then? We must all learn from Sun Yixian and bring a  Is the Japanese bitch hiding in Hawaii and being a coward?"

    Hearing what he said became more and more unpleasant, Huang Qi quickly pulled him and sighed: "Forget Zhantang, Jingcun and Liewu also want to achieve peace. It would not be easy for them to be engaged in shipping and the other in rubber. If they hadn't been in these years  It¡¯s hard to say whether we can stand on our own if we rely on them to provide funds.¡±

    "Isn't it just some money? Yang Qiu waved his hand and sold hundreds of millions at a low price. Can't we even talk about it? Is this still a republic? I think Zhang Taiyan and Wang Zhaoming are more cowardly than the other. They have won several more Congresses over the years.  We can¡¯t even get seats. If the British soldiers and fishermen were still here, how could we have fallen to the point where it would be difficult for us to return to our country!¡±

    Hu Hanmin¡¯s anger is hard to get rid of.  He picked up the newspaper on the table, threw it on the ground and stomped on it a few times.  This kind of childish temper made Huang Qi secretly sneer. With such an attitude, he still dreamed of being the chairman of the Democratic Party and overthrowing Yang Qiu every day?  This is not a joke.  So he changed the topic and said: "By the way, I almost forgot about important things when talking about Brother Yingshi. Brother Yingshi will be released from prison in three months. I heard that he even had one of his legs broken in prison. Hey, we are brothers after all.  , you and I will go back to Shanghai to pick you up."

    Sun Yat-sen fled to Hawaii, Huang Keqiang and Song Jiaoren died, Tan Renfeng and Ju Zheng both became apartment owners, Li Liejun ignored him, Zhang Taiyan and Wang Zhaoming were regarded as incompetent by him, and Liao Zhongqiu, who was appointed Minister of Water Resources, suddenly became the new flag of the Democratic Party.  , which made Hu Hanmin particularly angry.  But he knew that he was alone, so Chen Qimei still had to hold on to the big tree. In any case, his nephew Chen Guofu was the secretary of the National Socialist Society, and Chen Lifu was the director of the Office of Government-sponsored Study Abroad in the Education Department, so he still had some power.  , so he nodded and agreed.

    After the two chatted for a while about what to do when Chen Qimei was released from prison, they packed up their things and prepared to go home. But when they reached the door, they saw two foreigners walking over.  One of them was thin and had a mustache.  There was also a man with parted hair and a slightly crooked nose.  When the bearded foreign man saw the two of them, he bent down and saluted and introduced himself: "Please allow me to introduce you. Marin, a Dutchman. This?This is Comrade Vejingsky, a Soviet citizen.  "

    If the Dutch were not surprised, then the words Soviet and comrade made both Hu Hanmin and Huang stunned. They both saw the surprise in each other's eyes when they looked at each other.  This matter between China and Russia has long been a quarrel, and Yang Qiu did a lot of harm to Russia.  Even if Russia becomes Soviet Russia, the east of the Yenisey River is still their restricted area, so the Japanese have drawn a circle of influence near the Sea of ??Okhotsk for mining.

    The two of them were thinking about dealing with Yang Qiu, when Marin and Weijingsky suddenly appeared What does this mean?  Hu Hanmin thought for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand slowly: "Welcome you two, what are you doing in Batavia?"

    "We hope that you two can help us buy some food from the Chinese." Weijingsky crossed Marin and glanced at the latter from the corner of his eyes after revealing his surprise, and continued: "We urgently need the help of friends all over the world."

    "Friend" Hu Hanmin chewed on these two words and invited the two of them indoors.

    Marin and Weijingsky suddenly visited Hu Hanmin and the Batavia branch of the Democratic Party, adding a bit of weirdness to the Nanyang region that had already begun to become chaotic due to the influx of national society and Republican capital.

    But Yang Qiu has not ignored the subtle changes in the skies over Nanyang. He is looking for the last piece of the industrial puzzle in Germany.  In order to continue to promote the policy of the stupid bird flying first.

    The day after arriving in Berlin, news of the famous beer can riots came. The police and troops in the streets made the suffering Germany even more unstable.  Due to the beer can riot, President Hindenburg had to postpone his interview with Yang Qiu, and the accompanying ********* did not dare to show off. Not only did they book the entire floor of the hotel, they also set up a large number of hidden sentries to ensure  Foolproof.

    Standing at the window.  Looking at the military vehicles full of soldiers passing by, Yang Qiu had the urge to go to Munich immediately.  But he knew this was a delusion, and his identity was different now.  Even if he wanted to, the Guard Corps would not let him go to the most chaotic place in Germany.  But on the other hand, there is actually no need to say more about the beer can riot, not to mention that he has no good impression of the Nazis.  But this also reminded him.  The time is getting closer!  This incident was both a loss and a help to the Nazis. Due to the arrest of a large number of Nazis afterwards and the implication of Ludendorff, it was greatly exaggerated by newspapers. Hitler and the Nazi Party became famous in one fell swoop, and Hitler was officially announced to the public eye!

    Since the unrest security group did not allow him to leave the hotel, he could only pick up a book to pass the time.  After turning two pages, there was a knock on the door, and the beautiful secretary Yan Yuqiu walked into the room with Wang Zhengting who came from France.  What surprised him slightly was that besides Wang Zhengting, there was also a man with gray hair following behind him.  A tired old man wearing glasses.

    "Your Excellency Traun!"

    After seeing the old man¡¯s face clearly, Yang Qiu suddenly stood up.  After not seeing each other for 9 years, Traun has changed a lot. Not only does he look much older, he also wears glasses.  Moreover, the temperament he had when he was the minister to China has all disappeared, and some of the white corners of his clothes indicate that he has been very unsatisfactory in these years.

    Traun was also very happy to see Yang Qiu again.  Although the two of them had a lot of holidays, Yang Qiu did take good care of him when he was in China, especially after the outbreak of the European War, diplomats like them in China were specially sent to the United States.  While many traveled to South America, he ventured back to Germany on an American cargo ship.  But what he didn't expect was that China would later join the war, and also join the British and French sides. Therefore, the former minister to China was despised, and was gradually ostracized by his colleagues and had to officially resign at the end of 2017.  However, due to the domestic turmoil after Germany's defeat, he could only rely on his savings to survive these years. If Wang Zhengting hadn't come to him, he might have gone to the United States to look for opportunities like most middle-class German families after a while.

    "Sir Traun, how have you been doing these past few years?"

    Faced with Yang Qiu¡¯s concern, Traun pushed up his glasses in a carefree manner, looked at the beautiful Yan Yuqiu and said with a smile: ¡°It must not be as good as you.¡±

    "hehe"

    Yan Yuqiu didn¡¯t understand German, but a woman¡¯s intuition made her feel that Traun was making fun of her, so she closed the door and left with red cheeks.  Wang Zhengting also took German as an elective in France, and Yang Qiu himself was good at German, so the three of them could converse fluently without the need for a translator.

    In fact, Traun is a nice person. Although he made some small profits when he was in China, he was much more conceited than those British people with their noses turned upward.  From the exchange of snorkels to the later sulfonamides, the delivery of the fleet, convincing the Qingdao Fortress to surrender, etc., they not only helped Yang Qiu, but also helped Germany obtain much-needed technology.  In particular, sulfonamide and snorkel technology have been of great help. The infection mortality rate of German wounded has been reduced by 30% compared with history. The number of merchant ships sunk by submarines is 1.4 times that of the parallel world!  But Germany's enemies were too powerful, especially the secretly funded United States, which amplified Germany's lack of resources and narrow depth a hundred times. In the end, it had to sign the humiliating Paris Peace Treaty because of internal and external troubles.

    This is also Yang ???Reasons for resisting the Third Reich.  Unless the United States does not join the war, it will be difficult for China and Germany to join hands.  After all, Soviet Russia was too deep, and Britain and the United States could calmly support Germany since it lacked a navy.  Historically, the United States only exerted half of its national power during World War II. It would be terrible if it really exploded to support the Soviet Union against China and Germany.  Moreover, as long as Stalin cut off the railway to the Urals, the supply and consumption of thousands of kilometers of cold areas would be enough to kill millions of troops.  Japan cannot stop the U.S. Navy. In the end, it lacks overseas bases. China may be able to match Germany and the United States in manufacturing, but it will never be stronger than the United States. However, the long-distance landing route is full of risks. The final result is mutual attrition, even if victory is sacrificed.  It will be huge, not to mention the probability of winning is very small.

    A good strategist¡¯s first choice must be to use the minimum cost to obtain the maximum benefit after paying.  There is no way to gamble on the European War. If you don't gamble, you will have no chance. However, the situation in the next world war is still unclear due to the rise of China, so he must not gamble with the lives of millions of young people.

    Traun has also paid close attention to Yang Qiu and China in recent years.  In particular, the Sino-Russian, Sino-Japanese and recent Sumatra oil field crises have shown that China, under the leadership of Yang Qiu, is trying to establish its national status in a conflict between left and right.  It was a difficult road to follow. Germany chose war but failed.  And he believes that China will ultimately need a great war to finally settle everything.

    Both parties had a tacit understanding, and both avoided sensitive topics and talked about their experiences. Even Wang Zhengting looked at Traun's clothes that had turned white after many washings and secretly admired them.  Because of being too involved.  Unconsciously it got dark, and it wasn't until Yan Yuqiu called the three of them to eat that they suddenly realized that it was already very late.

    Traun was not impressed by the delicious food he had not been able to enjoy for a long time. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip and asked: "Yang. Why did you come to Germany? Now is not a good time to visit."

    "Guess?" Yang Qiu asked deliberately.

    Traun put down his glass and narrowed his eyes.  He was also surprised by Yang Qiu's sudden visit.  To be honest, Germany now has no value.  High-end equipment has been evacuated by Britain and France, and exported goods need to pay an additional 35% special tariff. Therefore, no country is willing to spend this wasted money to purchase German goods.  There is internal turmoil and ideological confusion. Even if senior technicians and engineers want to immigrate, they will definitely choose the United States instead of China, so there is only a group of miserable workers in the country that no one wants.

    Since Germany is in such a dilapidated state, what else can attract this person?  Could it be?  He suddenly thought of several loans to China when he was in office, and then thought of the sharp depreciation of the mark, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.  He said unnaturally: "Are you here to pay back the money?"

    "Ha ha"

    Seeing the corner of Traun¡¯s mouth twitching, you know how miserable Germany was during this period.  Countries that have received Japanese loans, including Japan and South America, have recently flocked to Germany to take advantage of the sharp depreciation of the mark to write off sky-high foreign debts.  The most ruthless among them was Argentina, which still owed Germany about 60 million marks in loans before the war.  At the end of August, he took advantage of the crazy depreciation of the mark and used only 600 US dollars to buy the mark from the market, which was worth less than papyrus, and paid off all the debts.

    That¡¯s why he thought that Yang Qiu was here to pay off his debt.

    At present, China still owes Germany about 80 million marks, which was equivalent to about 20 million U.S. dollars before the war.  But as the Ruhr crisis deepened and unemployment remained high, the mark soon fell from the original exchange rate of 4.2 marks per US dollar to 1 million marks per US dollar!  Recently, it has even fallen to the stage of bizarre jokes where 1 U.S. dollar is exchanged for 4.2 trillion marks!  This means that to buy a piece of brown bread, you need to push a cart with 1 trillion marks to buy it. It also means that Yang Qiu only needs to take out 1 US dollar.  You can pay off all your debts¡­.

    Yang Qiu nodded after laughing: "I'm here to pay back the money, but it's not 1 US dollar, it's 5 million US dollars!"

    "What? Five million dollars!"

    This number made Traun stand up suddenly, as if he saw a monster.  What a great opportunity this is, because the original Mark loan agreement was signed and stipulated that everything would be calculated in Mark currency, so China could exchange 1 US dollar from the market for 4.2 trillion Marks and return it all at once, but the German government still had to find the money  

    But now Yang Qiu is actually prepared to pay back 5 million US dollars!  He, is he crazy?

    Yang Qiu is not crazy. He also knows that this is a good opportunity to get rid of the debt, but he has more important things to do than the debt.  Said: "You can rest assured that I am indeed here to repay the money. The Swiss bank check of 5 million US dollars can be signed and used at any time."

    In the past, if $15 million was squandered, William II would directly order the fleet to go to the Far East to get it back, but now Traun and the German government are even very excited.  After all, for Germany at this moment, 5 million is a huge amount of foreign exchange earnings, which can help hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers.  But he also knew that Yang Qiu would never make a loss-making business. Even if the Chinese government gained billions of dollars in profits from the European war, it would not waste millions in vain, so YanHe asked solemnly: "Then what do you hope to get?"

    Yang Qiu waved to Yan Yuqiu, put a thick stack of US dollars in cash in Traun's hand, and then said: "Sir Traun, I need some workers, skilled senior workers. I can provide them with $8 per week.  For the salary, they only need to work 50 hours, and they can also arrange for their family members to live temporarily in China, and I will handle all the transportation back and forth."

    Traun understood instantly and frowned: "Do you want President Hindenburg to agree to your open recruitment of technicians and workers in Germany?"

    Yang Qiu nodded. The idea of ??continuing to recruit German technicians and workers was born during the construction of the Taiwan Island-class heavy cruiser.  Although tens of thousands of technicians from Germany, Russia, Austria and other countries have been working in China over the years, and the Rhineland Project personnel are all senior engineers and technical experts, the problem of technicians is still very serious.

    The simplest example.  A large number of hydropower stations are being built in China, and the construction of battleships is about to begin. However, large hydraulic turbines and complex marine crankshafts are still unable to be manufactured in-house, and they all need to be outsourced!  In fact, the design data of the Rhineland Project include several sets of equipment that Zhang Wenjing bought during his visit to Europe, but the workers were unable to immediately transform the equipment and drawings into physical objects.  Everyone also thought of ways to ask foreign teachers to teach them step by step, but the production capacity and quality were very poor!  At present, there are no CNC machine tools that can improve efficiency. Dozens of tons of crankshafts and turbine rotors must be milled bit by bit by large machine tools and by hand!  According to Zheng Tingxiang, at least 4,000 senior technicians are needed just to maintain a crankshaft production line and a turbine factory.

    China has been able to train ordinary skilled workers on its own, but it is not easy to train high-level skilled workers.  This requires a lot of science and engineering knowledge, popularization of education, etc. This is something that cannot be rushed.  However, national construction cannot afford to wait, especially since the post-European war, foreign exports have been basically stable. Tea, raw silk, tung oil, tobacco, etc. are still major commodities with low added value, causing the country's foreign exchange to become increasingly tight.  Therefore, just the construction of 12 cruisers this time and the purchase of crankshafts from France and Italy cost tens of millions of dollars.  This money is so unfair!  Therefore, Zheng Tingxiang and the Ministry of Industry proposed to introduce a group of technicians from Germany, Austria and other countries, and change these extremely important high-end manufacturing industries from the current "Chinese workers mainly tutor foreign workers" to "foreign workers mainly Chinese workers apprentices", and solve domestic construction first  If there is an urgent need, we can use the method of a foreign master to lead an apprentice and bring out a group of people step by step in four to five years, and then gradually replace the foreign workers on the production line with Chinese workers, gradually solving the problem.

    Based on this idea, the country still needs at least 30,000 to 50,000 senior technicians.  Although the number is scary, there are actually not many high-level technicians in Europe and the United States. Germany has nearly one million. So after learning about the Mark crisis, Yang Qiu turned his attention to Germany again.

    ¡°But China is not the United States. Rushing to Germany to recruit people may cause resentment and is not conducive to China-EU relations, so we simply use money to pave the way and take the high-level route.

    After Yang Qiu finished explaining, he took out a stack of dollars: "This is for your help. You can rest assured that I will ensure the safety and life of the technicians in China, and will also issue special work visas. If Hindenburg  The president is not yet convincedplease allow me to recruit from among the Jewish people."

    ?Jewish?  That's fine.  Traun didn't like Jews either, nor did the whole world.  If the senior technicians among them were sent to China, the unemployment problem in Germany could be solved, so I agreed: "I will try my best to give you the news as soon as possible."

    "Thanks.".

    (To be continued)

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