New Warlords 1909

This lady seems to have never heard such a weird word in 1 years. She has traveled all over Shanghai, let alone Shanghai, and all over the world. She has never heard of a place that does not accept sterling silver castings.The lady stared at her immediately, got out of the car and sat in another rickshaw, before she could speak, she listened to the driver.

"Ma'am, I only accept Singapore dollars!"

"I... I have pounds, dollars, francs, marks, as long as you pull me, I'll pay you one dollar, hurry up, I'm in a hurry!"

"Sorry ma'am, we don't want dollars!"

The 'noble' lady, is totally confused.If it weren't for the constant flow of people on the street, she would almost suspect that she was having a nightmare.Annoyed, she jumped out of the car and cursed regardless of her manners. Before she could walk to other parking spaces, she heard all the nearby drivers say in unison, "I'm sorry madam, we only accept Singapore dollars!"

New currency!New currency!Damn new coins!Does anyone know what currency it is?At this time, a man with the appearance of a reporter got into a rickshaw, and before the driver could speak, he took out a handful of banknotes from his pocket and said, "Look, I have new coins, hurry up, take me back to the newspaper office, I have an urgent press release, hurry!"

The lady hurriedly kicked on her high-heeled shoes, rushed over in small steps, stopped the reporter and said, "Sir, sir, can you exchange me one dollar, oh, no, ten dollars, can you?" ? I'm in a hurry!"

"Okay, but I can only exchange you one dollar, because I just exchanged not many new coins!"

"Thank you, thank you, where can I exchange this new currency? Who issued it? Why is the market only accepting new currency?" The woman seemed to have countless questions. The U.S. dollar, pound sterling, and eagle dollar were originally extremely strong overnight. The unimpeded currency suddenly became unusable. What happened? How could it prevent people from crashing!

"Pacific Bank can exchange. For details, please see tomorrow's declaration! If you are lucky, you may be out of the account in the afternoon!" The male reporter dropped this sentence and ordered the driver to hurry!

The activity of rickshaw drivers collectively banning the use of silver dollars and foreign currencies and only accepting new coins swept the entire Shanghai Bund within a few days.Not to mention the coachmen, some teahouses, restaurants, small shops, tailors, ready-made garments, butcher shops, fishing grounds, and even hair-shaving places have set off a wave of new coins.Most of these simple ordinary people have simple motives.They only know that Kangmin Food Bank only accepts new currency, so let’s keep some new currency, so as not to go to other places to exchange it next time to buy food.

But gradually, the rickshaws only accept new currency. The owner of the teahouse restaurant said that the new currency is the best. The owner of the butcher shop fishery said that if there is any new currency, it would be better to exchange it for new currency.Therefore, this wave of new currency is like the waves of the ocean, one wave overwhelms the other, and finally set off a big wave of new currency boom.

At this moment, Hua Fei didn't see the information Qin Man submitted.He is in the study, secretly discussing a cooperation agreement with the representative sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II and the charge d'affaires in China, Marzan, and his old friend Edsey for a long time!Due to the urgency and secrecy of time, the discussion went very smoothly. Generally speaking, the Germans proposed two cooperation methods, and Hua Fei proposed the right to choose and modify!

first choice.Germany agreed to Hua Fei's previous request, but it could only provide a loan of one billion gold marks.

Agreed to help upgrade the Jiangnan Armory and Shipyard, and provide technical guidance for relevant weapons engineers and shipbuilding engineers, but does not include technical support for torpedoes and large strategic ships and cruisers.It is agreed to export the relevant production equipment and technology of U-shaped submarines, and it is also the latest U-19 submarine designed and produced by the German Royal Shipyard, which has just entered service.

It is agreed to export 450 [-]mm submarine-specific torpedoes, but Hua Fei needs to keep the source of the torpedoes secret, and the German torpedo factory will also eliminate the appearance and related characteristics of the torpedoes, but it will definitely not affect the performance of the torpedoes.Agreed to build a radio factory and an internal combustion engine factory and provide technical support.The funds required for the construction of the above aided equipment shall be deducted from the loan.

The Germans agreed to almost all of Hua Fei's demands, but the conditions were also harsh!First of all, for the jointly established oil company, the Germans provide capital, equipment and technology. All oil within the sphere of influence under Huafei's control is free, and the United Oil Company has the priority to explore and exploit.Moreover, it is not a ten-year exclusive management right, but a permanent equity ratio of 50.00% for each of the two parties.Moreover, if petroleum products are exported, they must be exported to Germany first.

Note that it is Hua Fei's sphere of influence, not the three autonomous regions.In other words, if Huafei unifies China in the future, this clause also applies to oil exploration and production across the country.This alone is enough for the Germans to take the risk of investing a huge sole investment, one billion gold marks.If Hua Fei didn't need the money urgently and had other plans, Hua Fei wouldn't have signed this agreement even if he was given 20 billion gold marks!

In addition, the Germans will also take a stake in Huafei's coal mining, and use the same method as oil to form a Sino-German joint energy company to mine coal.

Moreover, the Germans put forward a plan to build a triangular railway and demanded an unreasonable proposal of a ten-kilometer economic privilege zone along the railway.

The biggest difference between the second option and the first one is that in terms of the loan amount, only [-] million gold marks are provided.Correspondingly, with the exception of the Union Oil Company, provisions for coal mines and railways were deleted.

As soon as Hua Fei saw this choice, he could understand the intentions of the Germans.Needless to say, they are not only interested in oil, but also the rich coal mines in the province and northern Jiangsu.After all, in this era, coal is still the main energy source!Moreover, Huafei's triangular railway has long been under planning, limited by funds and technology, and currently only some important urban short-term railways are being built.

After a whole day of negotiations, Hua Fei's decision surprised even Cao Yuan, the most daring staff officer, and dared not answer for a long time.After discussing some details, Hua Fei almost agreed to all the terms of the German's first choice.Only in terms of railways, the economic privileges along the line were canceled and replaced by 50 years of exclusive operating rights.

In terms of loans, the initial fund of [-] million gold marks will be funded by the German bank Dehua in China.

Three batches were paid to Hua Fei's Pacific Bank within two months.In addition, except for the funds of other cooperation projects deducted from the hardware, the rest of the funds will arrive in Shanghai in two months and be delivered to Pacific Bank.

In addition, all materials needed for construction, all products that meet the standards produced in the autonomous region, such as cement steel and steel rails, must be purchased from factories in the autonomous region!Moreover, Hua Fei also proposed that all cooperation projects should be launched as soon as possible.Including oil equipment, shipyard expansion, coal mining machinery, and railway construction related equipment all need to arrive within one month.

Even if oil has not been explored to a specific location, petrochemical plants need to be built simultaneously.In addition, the upgrade of the arsenal, the upgrade of the shipyard, and the introduction and manufacture of U-shaped submarines must all be completed within half a year.The radio factory and the internal combustion engine factory were to be completed within a year.If the construction period is delayed due to German reasons, the German party will be liable for breach of contract.

Although the representative of the Kaiser did not understand why Hua Fei was so anxious, he could also express his understanding when he thought about the current industrial situation and difficulties in the autonomous region.The harvest of this trip not only greatly exceeded his expectations, but even the Kaiser probably did not expect it.If the agreement can be completed, the power of the Germans in the Yangtze River Basin will quickly catch up, surpassing Britain, France, the United States and other countries, and take the lead.

Although this agreement is secret, it is impossible for such a huge cooperation project not to attract the attention of other countries.So after the agreement was signed, representatives of Hua Fei and Kaiser also jointly signed a communiqué.The communique mentioned almost all the main outlines of the cooperation projects, but some secret terms were all hidden.

One billion gold marks, plus the previously agreed loan of [-] million U.S. dollars, add up to more than [-] million U.S. dollars, which is about [-] million silver dollars in reserve funds.Coupled with the leverage of banknotes and the initiative of market regulation, Hua Fei is absolutely confident that the funds from the autonomous region to block him will be wiped out, and nothing will be returned!

After more than 20 days of confrontation, as Hua Fei expected, those main blocking capitals gradually shifted their fronts under the cover of other scattered capitals, and turned to purchase coal, steel, cement, kerosene, wheat, silk, cotton, cotton yarn, timber, etc. aspect.Once these goods resources are blocked, not only will the neck of Huafei Construction be blocked, but many factories in Suzhou, Shanghai and other places that rely heavily on light industry production, especially textile factories, will fall into crisis.

And once these factories fall into crisis, it will trigger a full-scale crisis and collapse of the entire market!At that time, even if Hua Fei had great energy, he was powerless to recover!

"Commander!" Bai Kaijun couldn't bear it at first, and questioned seriously, "Commander, if these terms you signed are announced, it will be... We are not hopeless, and Kaijun really doesn't understand why the commander signed it like this. ……in this way……"

"Isn't it so humiliating to lose power and humiliate the country?" Hua Fei's soft words silenced the whole scene.Looking at the depressed and painful expressions of most people, Hua Fei smiled.Because this at least shows that most of these people are patriots with the country in their hearts and the nation in their hearts.As for those who seemed very calm, most of them were the old people who followed Hua Fei the first time.At this moment, they are all thinking, how can you guess the young master's ingenious calculations!I don't see that when the young master pawned off the property of the Hua family, Butler Liu was still crying to death, wanting to hang himself!

"Please allow me to keep this matter a secret. I just want to tell everyone. Since the revolution, I, Hua, have done everything for the interests of the country and the nation. I will not sell the interests of the country in exchange for personal glory and wealth! For the benefit of the country After life and death, do you avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune, Hua never forgets this sentence, and is willing to encourage you all!"

"Okay, tomorrow's press release will definitely have a lot of reporters interviewing, please arrange it! In addition, how about the mobilization of materials in Nanyang?"

"Returning to the commander, Mr. Zhang Nanxun has personally rushed back to Nanyang for this matter. The first batch of [-] tons of rice is expected to arrive in Shanghai tomorrow evening! Nanxun sent a telegram three hours ago, saying that it has been raised in various places in Nanyang We have brought nearly [-] tons of rice, cotton, timber and other materials, and we are mobilizing merchant ships to transport them all back to Shanghai!" Huaxin immediately replied.

"There is also news from Li Yue that the smuggling team in the north mainly transported back wheat. So far, more than ten shipments of wheat and cotton have been brought back, while the south has brought back nearly a hundred shipments of rice and cotton. Li Liejun from Jiangxi, in particular, reciprocated his favors and sold them all at once. Send us fifty boatloads of free rice!"

Most ships in this era only have a carrying capacity of 2-4. Li Liejun sent hundreds of tons of grain at a time, which is considered very generous at this moment.

"Zhu Rui, the governor of Zhejiang Province, received the telegram from us. He was so scared that the teapots were smashed! Not only did he immediately open the border defenses in various places, but he also sent special personnel to send gifts of 1 yuan and dozens of truckloads of rice. Grain and oil, it seems that he is making an apology. The man has just arrived in Shanghai for a few days, Commander, can you see him?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, the staff officers present were eloquent, and the atmosphere quickly became lively with each other.Especially when it comes to Zhu Rui, the governor of Zhejiang, it caused a lot of laughter.

"Very good." Hua Fei said immediately, "Everyone is fully prepared, I guess those guys know about our actions, but they never imagined how much money we have, so they definitely don't take us seriously! Continue to comprehensively Once the funds are in place, we will immediately start a large-scale counter attack!"

"Send 1000 million silver dollars to Zhang Nanxun of Nanyang, and order him to do everything possible to buy rice, cotton and other materials that are in short supply in the market at full speed!"

"In addition, call me all the available cargo ships, and transport all the goods purchased by Nanyang and Nanyang back to Shanghai. It doesn't matter if you make a big fanfare, but you must make them confused and panic first!"

"The people who notified us can pick up the order and continue to raise the price of the product! In addition, the steel plant and the cement plant can also ship, and the price will be raised as soon as possible! Since they want to fry, I will help them! Except for food, etc., strict Outside the control, everyone else follows the plan, let's operate as much as we want!"

"Commander!" As soon as Hua Fei finished speaking, Mo Haiyu reminded at the right time, "Although our price-limited and limited-supply rice has been greatly welcomed, other grain companies still raise prices and are unwilling to lower prices! Our inventory is also It is gradually decreasing! The rice in Nanyang is limited in transportation capacity, and it cannot be supplied in the short term. I am worried... "

"And many grain shops have gone to the countryside to buy grain from farmers' homes!" Cao Yuan briefly reminded.

"That's it!" Hua Fei thought for a while, and you telegraphed the local governments to send commissioners to the countryside to persuade those landlords and farmers to sell all the grain stored in their homes. We are willing to buy at the highest price in the market! "

"If we do this, won't we lose money..." Someone muttered.

"The staff department will arrange people to do this matter. In short, wherever the people in the grain industry go, our people will go! Note that your task is to raise the price of grain, not how much grain to buy back, understand?"

151 Full Attack

The joint communiqué signed by the German strategic partnership agreement, once issued, immediately caused a huge sensation in T3.In particular, Britain, France and other countries with huge interests in the autonomous region even sent a diplomatic note to Hua Fei, expressing solemn protest.Protest that Huafei signed such an illegal cooperation agreement privately without the establishment of the autonomous government, authorizing all oil exploration and mining, coal mining, railway construction, etc. in the autonomous region to the Germans.The envoys of Britain, France and other countries in China even issued a statement refusing to recognize the Sino-German strategic cooperation agreement signed between Hua Fei and the Germans.

Yuan Shikai's central government also subsequently issued a statement stating that the Sino-German cooperation agreement was illegal before the establishment of the autonomous government and had not been approved by the local parliament.

The United States, Japan, Russia, Italy and other countries mostly remained silent, and Japan even sent many representatives to contact Hua Fei privately and secretly.The willingness to sign the same strategic agreement with the self-government has been strongly expressed.

At the press conference, Hua Fei gave a positive response to the reporter's relentless pursuit and the issue of diplomatic protests from Britain, France and other countries.

"First of all, in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces of the Autonomous Region, I declare that the door of cooperation in the Autonomous Region is open to everyone and all countries! Our cooperation with the Germans is a cooperation of equality, mutual benefit and reciprocity, so that we can win for a long time! Although the Germans have oil Exploration and mining rights are given priority, but it does not mean that other countries have lost the opportunity to cooperate!"

Hua Fei looked at the collectively silent reporters and the flickering lights, and continued, "What I can tell you is that we are negotiating with the Japanese to authorize the Japanese to explore and exploit oil in the province! This negotiation Has been given permission by the Germans!"

hum!There was a lot of discussion in the audience, and another agreement was signed, and it was still Japanese!What the reporters didn't understand was why the Germans would give up their oil exploration rights in the province to the Japanese!You must know that in the agreement signed by the Germans, it is clearly stated that they have priority exploration and mining rights!

As long as Hua Fei knows that facing the strong pressure from Britain, France and other countries, Germany must find a way to relieve the pressure.However, Japan's small territory and lack of resources are extremely attractive to this cooperation agreement!In addition, although Germany is already a powerful European economy, such a huge investment, and the time is still very tight, also makes them powerless and has to give up part of the market.

The condition Huafei offered was an interest-free loan of 5000 million silver dollars, and the signing of the provincial oil exploration and production concession.Once the oil well is found, follow the German model and form a joint oil company.