1890 King of Southeast Asia

"We solemnly declare that we will not recognize any treaty signed by the Qing Empire after June. This statement is final." Sun Zaizhi said to the "reporters".

A few days ago, the Qing Empire reached a loan agreement with many banks. The agreement was very harsh. Not only was the interest high, but the various additional clauses also treated the Qing Empire as a colony.

It was indeed treated as a colony. Before the loan agreement was officially finalized, the countries had a brief consultation and roughly divided the sphere of influence.

There were conflicts between many countries, such as the conflict between Russia and Japan in the three provinces, the conflict between Britain and France in Hunan, and so on.

But they reached a consensus on the general direction - to divide the Qing Empire comprehensively.

When the news came out, the Qing Empire was almost in an uproar.

The same was true for the Revolutionary Army. As the face of the Revolutionary Army, Sun Zaizhi stood up at the first time and denounced this behavior.

"We will not recognize the traitorous clauses signed by the court. The court's loans are used to suppress public opinion and violate the principle of freedom."

"The current situation of the Qing Empire is an internal issue. The funds provided by various countries to the Qing Empire violate international practices and the principle of freedom..."

Sun Zaizhi's words still had some effect. At least Britain and France, which were already hesitant, immediately stopped further actions.

After hesitating, the United States also withdrew from the matter on the surface. Of course, it was not because of conscience, but this behavior of fighting against feudal tyranny was in line with the mainstream thinking of America.

Under the pressure of public opinion, America had to retreat behind the scenes and provide support to the Qing Empire by borrowing the skin of Japan.

For example, Russia only provided a loan of one million pounds, almost 7 million taels of silver, but Japan provided 2.2 million, more than 15 million taels of silver.

And originally they were talking about 7 million pounds, which was almost 50 million taels, but after Sun Zaizhi's statement came out, normal private banks retreated one after another.

Sun Zaizhi personally held a press conference on this matter.

"Mr. Commander, your country is in the process of a regime change war. According to international practice, the new regime should recognize the contracts signed by the old government..." An old American stood up "neutrally".

"Mr. Reporter, you also said that this is a domestic matter of our country, and banks from various countries are intervening in this matter."

"This behavior has violated international practice. Since they violated international practice and did this, we should fight back."

"I can tell you very straightforwardly here that after our victory, the new regime will reconsider its relationship with Japan and Tsarist Russia."

Sun Zaizhi said very "stupidly".

Weng~

This kind of big news is exactly what the reporters want.

"In other words, the revolutionary army will be hostile to two world empires. Can I understand it this way?" A Japanese reporter stood up angrily.

They defeated the Russians' Great Japanese Empire! How dare this Chinese army leader! How dare he be rude to the empire at such a press conference!

It's really bad!

"Whether it is hostile or not depends on the attitude of the Japanese Empire and Tsarist Russia, but your approach is hard to accept." Sun Zaizhi glanced at the Japanese.

"But this matter will definitely not pass so easily. If you want to recover your investment, you should hope that the Qing Empire can win!"

"Otherwise, your investment may be wasted." Sun Zaizhi scratched his nose and said carelessly.

In his words, there was a lot of "arrogance" that did not take Japan and Russia seriously.

Yes, in the eyes of the Japanese and Russians, this is arrogance, extreme arrogance.

But they have no better way. Others clearly do not give face, and Xiao Baga has to look at other "comrades" for help.

The British and Germans laughed secretly below, the French were playing with their hair, and the Americans seemed to have heard nothing.

"After the war, we will carry out large-scale construction, and the initial goal is to build a relatively complete industrial system."

"To achieve this goal, we cannot do without the investment and help of various countries..." The attitude was expressed, and Sun Zaizhi wanted to give out the sweetness.

Weng Weng~~

This time the noise lasted longer and the sound was louder.

"Dear Commander, do you mean that after the revolutionary army takes power, investment restrictions will be lifted?" One by one, they asked Sun Zaizhi excitedly.

The investment at this time was not as gentle as later, and it was basically a buyout-style meat-cutting.

"We have already set a grand industrial plan. We cannot complete such a large-scale construction with our own strength alone. Of course, investment is needed."

"However, this investment is different from the foreign investment during the Qing Empire period. Different industries have different restrictions. I hope you understand." Sun Zaizhi nodded.

"Excuse me, what are the specific differences?" The American asked positively and sunny.

"For example, the railway, the original, the belongings on both sides of the railway, this is definitely not possible, and the railway investment needs to cooperate with us to establish a railway company." Sun Zaizhi gave an example.

Fearing that they would not be able to accept it, he also specially brought up Nanhua.

"We have reached a series of cooperation intentions with Nanhua, and the industrial cooperation construction plan set during the Qing Empire period will continue."

"For the railway plan, both parties also agreed to cooperate in building the railway from Sanzhen to Jinling, which will be directly connected to the railway to Shanghai. The cooperation method is to establish a railway construction and operation company."

"I believe that this model will achieve a win-win situation and will continue..."

Win-win situation - Chinese win twice, that's right.

George V is about to ascend the throne, and the war will inevitably enter the countdown. If you invest at this time, it will be put into production in three or four years.

Only with huge production capacity can you have pricing power. Raw materials are the least valuable - Britain and France have vast colonies and sufficient raw materials.

Through cooperative construction, Chinese can make a lot of money from raw materials, production, and export, and quickly complete accumulation.

As for foreign capital? They can make a profit from the sale of goods, and this profit must be distributed with Chinese shares.

A commodity, raw materials are five yuan, and when the war comes, it will increase five times, right? Labor is two yuan, which will also increase five times, and the cost will be thirty-five.

During the war, if the profit is not 200%, do you have the nerve to call yourself a capitalist? The selling price is one hundred and five.

Add taxes, and things that were originally twenty yuan will eventually sell for one hundred and fifty or two hundred yuan. Don't think it's expensive. At this price, there is still no market, and you can't grab it even if you rob it!

Take steel as an example. Before World War I, the international price of crude steel fluctuated between 10 and 30 US dollars per ton. After the war began, the price of crude steel soared several times to 100 to 200 US dollars per ton.

Taking the middle value, 15 US dollars per ton became 150 US dollars per ton, which increased tenfold.

Crude steel is an industrial product, but it is also a basic raw material. The raw materials have increased nearly tenfold, so what about the finished products?

Especially war-related items, for war participants, this is a necessity, and the loss is more.

At the end of the war, the total military expenditures of Britain and France were 81 billion and 77 billion US dollars respectively, not counting the rest of the expenditures, these alone are astronomical figures.

Liu Yiming wanted to get a piece of the pie, but he was not capable enough, so cooperation was the best way, anyway, foreign capital had to pay taxes.

When the war is over, foreign-funded enterprises that blindly expanded production will have to change their strategies because they lose money, and most of them will be "driven out".

The rest will not cause much trouble.

Besides, by that time, Liu Yiming should have been almost ready, and it was just the right time to take advantage of the fact that Britain and France were having a hard time recovering and make a big move!

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