1890 King of Southeast Asia

A new round of war is brewing in Europe. Both sides are seeking opportunities to break the deadlock and are frantically accumulating strength for this purpose. It is foreseeable that a more tragic battle is coming.

At this time, Europe is the center of the world. Any changes in it affect all parts of the world. The huge demand generated by the war is causing new changes in the world. The most intuitive is that factories have begun to appear in colonies that were not originally industrialized.

Among them, Southeast Asia and Australia have the fastest industrialization speed, not because of how many excellent conditions there are, but because Chinese people have participated in local construction.

China has a lot of pounds in its hands. The pound is about equal to hard currency, but during the war, even if you have money in your hands, you may not be able to buy what you want. For example, the equipment needed for China's construction is now impossible to buy.

Therefore, Liu Ming, who has a lot of pounds in his hands but can't spend them, has to buy and buy in addition to using pounds as reserves to issue currency.

Liu Ming used pounds as reserves and issued hundreds of billions of yuan in currency at a ratio of ten to one. He also used pounds to invest in the purchase of land, ports, mines, etc. in British or French colonies, or directly invested in construction and production.

Large factories are definitely not possible. The construction cycle of the factory alone has to be calculated in years. When the factory is officially put into large-scale production, it can only catch up with the tail of the war at most, and the cost cannot be recovered.

But mines and ports are different. Mines can be directly converted into cash as long as they are dug and transported out. They can be put into production in a few months at most. Ore is hard currency at this time regardless of what kind of mine it is.

Ports are a long-term business and a base for expanding influence. Liu Yiming also purchased land around the port and purchased a lot of land in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Purchasing these lands can exhaust the General Staff, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is easy to buy land, but it is more troublesome to buy scattered land with reasonable reasons.

Fortunately, with money paving the way, most of the areas marked by the General Staff have been purchased, and Chinese or local people have begun to be hired for farming and construction.

The British did not fail to explore. After all, the scale is so large that it is impossible to conceal it completely, but the British did not find any problems.

If the Qing Empire still exists, it might hold the hand of Britain and call it a "fellow traveler" affectionately!

That's right, Liu Ming used the old method again, using various excuses to build supply bases in advance. In the future, these lands will be transit bases and strongholds for the six armies of the Huaxia Empire to attack.

However, this is a matter of the future. Now it is just a beast of gold. Fortunately, the British are generous and buy rubber that has doubled several times without blinking an eye.

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June 11, Ryukyu Naval Base.

The negotiations have reached the third round, and the third round of negotiations has held two meetings. Late last month, the Japanese had basically agreed to all the terms, but suddenly the Japanese became tough again.

Xu Sunming thought that something he didn't know had happened, such as the United States declaring war on the Huaxia Empire or something, which was good news for Japan, and he also specially coordinated various departments to verify it.

It turned out that except for the lively fighting in Europe, the rest of the world was quite quiet. Everyone was quietly making money and had no intention of fighting.

On the contrary, Japan had a lot of commotion in the country. At this time, it should be more anxious to sign the treaty and complete the navigation, but it was suddenly stuck.

Xu Sunming couldn't figure out why the Japanese were still holding on tightly when the country was in chaos.

"Looking at the Japanese, there won't be any great progress if we continue to talk." Xu Sunming frowned and looked at the latest progress.

"I don't understand. There is no point in the negotiation to this point. If each side takes a step back, they may be able to compromise. Why drag it on?" The fleet staff came to visit Xu Sunming and happened to meet Xu Sunming sorting out the records of the negotiation process.

The Huaxia Empire Navy Fleet has gradually restored the peaceful state, at least several other fleets have entered the normal patrol state in peacetime.

After all, the wartime state is also very expensive. Since the enemy is no longer good, they can save as much as possible, hoping to collect more military funds to buy new equipment.

Since the war has been fought to this point, many new technologies have emerged, and many new weapons have emerged around the new technologies, and weapons determine tactics.

The Chinese Empire Navy has been in existence for more than 20 years, and for the first time, it feels "falling behind" and is anxious to catch up and surpass again.

Surpassing costs money. The army cannot do business, and it is impossible to increase revenue, so it can only save money. There is still a lot of war funds left this year, plus the navy's military expenditure, the Navy Department is thinking about getting some new things.

This is also the reason why the fleet staff came to find Xu Sunming, wanting Xu Sunming to see more and find out more about the future direction of the navy and what the current battle looks like.

"I don't understand the Japanese side, but I can get a little bit of your majesty's meaning on our side." Xu Sunming lit a cigarette and blew the smoke on a piece of intelligence on the table.

"In less than a month, there were more than 40 large-scale riots, military rebellions, and open resistance by local governments in Japan, almost two a day."

"The Japanese government's disaster relief measures have had little effect. Large-scale famine has gradually broken out and spread to rural areas."

"According to statistics from the Intelligence Department, at least 1 million people have starved to death in Japan in the past month, and many Japanese have begun to eat the bodies of the dead."

"The Japanese are willing to drag, and there is no harm to us. It is nothing more than spend more money, adding 0 to the military expenses of the garrison."

Xu Sun Ming handed the intelligence to the fleet staff.

"It's all like this. The Japanese don't surrender. Do you know that every time you drag for one day, is it the future of the Japanese?" The fleet staff saw a few photos and could not bear it.

The photo is a pile of death, one is a pile of elderly people, as well as piles of women, and ... piles of children.

Children are the future of 1 country, and now one country is only a child from two to 4 years ago, so if the child is lost, the country will lose the future.

This is why the fleet staff does not understand why the Japanese hold it.

"There is only one explanation. Japan is no longer a country with centralized rights. The Japanese government can no longer control the situation, so this is the case." Xu Sunming played a cigarette butt.

"Isn't it a central concentration ... warlord melee? Come in troubled times? Then it can't afford money, but unfortunately ..." The fleet shook his head heartache.

10 billion yuan 10 billion, even if the navy can be one hundred percent, it is 100 million yuan. It can build two large ships, or 4 comprehensive naval universities, or two comprehensive ocean comprehensive bases.

In short, this is not a small money.

Now that Japan is in chaos, can this money be obtained, and you have to get a big question mark.

"There is something, debt is debt. There are gold and silver mines on the Japanese islands, gold reserves of banks, and non -small gold and silver in the people.

"In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $ 7.6 million, with a total area of ​​1.71 million square kilometers."

"Counting the inflation of 5 or ten years and the difference between high and low latitudes, it turns 1,000 times, $ 7.6 billion, and purchases the entire Japanese islands 610,000 square kilometers of land. It has made a lot of money."

At this time, Japan included North Korea, Qia Islands and Southern Sakhalin Island, with a total area of ​​about 640,000 square kilometers, which is one -third of the about three -thirds of Alaska.

But the account is not the case. The reason why the Russian Empire sells Alaska at a low price is in addition to the British threats, and Alaska is not suitable for survival.

At this time, even the Aboriginal people such as the Eskimo, the Esto people, and the Lady Slas were added in the United States at this time. There were more than 2000,000 in a total of one.

Although Japan has only more than 600,000 square kilometers of land, one more than one -minute more than Alaska, but the population is more than 60 million (including colonies).

Population is also an important factor to measure its value. To some extent, it is even above the land.

"We have to lose money when we take it down. It is not good to have 7,600 million to do." The fleet staff did not agree with the idea.

After all, in the eyes of Chinese people, Japan is a poor place. In fact, Japan is really poor.

"Then let them sign it first, and now you have to pay off in the future. Anyway, 4%of the interest and defaults of defaults are calculated every year, and they are also checked in gold."

"It really does not work, but also takes care of their customs. Finance can always be recovered." Xu Sun Ming shook his head.

He learned a lot for these more than a month, and after learning too much, he knew that between the country and the country, it was not so easy to depend on the account. Unless there was an absolute overwhelming advantage in strength, he relied on war.

Even if Lai's account is successful, it is more disadvantaged for the country. The national credit will be seriously damaged. The cost of international import and export will increase, and the financing cost will increase.

Correspondingly, development will become much slower.

Deduction!

Xu Sunming's secretary opened the door.

"Commander, the secretary gave the telegram to Xu Sunming.

"Sun Ming opened the telegram in doubt and couldn't touch his head.

The war on Japan and the negotiations with Japan are Liu 1 Ming and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff. The government is busy with production and construction. There is no time to control these trivial matters.

Anyway, even if the Ocean Fleet lost, Japan couldn't turn over much storm.

For more than a year, Xu Hui really realized what it felt like millions in minutes. Every day, he tried to improve productivity and earn 1 point of money.

Before that, the South China Empire wanted to do anything to searches for anything. It was not that the foundation was too weak. Even the public debt had to ask grandpa to sue grandma. It was easy to have a chance.

Moreover, Xu Hui was clear that if he could seize the opportunity to accumulate a thick bottom of his home, Qing Shi left the name without running.

Don't think how well you can have the founding of the founding prime minister. Who is the last one of the Kai -China prime ministers and does not check the information. How many people can say it?

Xu Hui has already passed on the history of the Qing Dynasty. What he wants to do now is to improve his popularity. The fastest way is undoubtedly the creation of a prosperous age, so during this time, Xu Hui just looked at it from time to time, and basically did not express opinions.

Because of this, Xu Sunming was a little surprised and confused.

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