Beiyang reactionaries

"Then let's talk about civilian use."

The question of the army is not something everyone can discuss here.If you really want to order Japanese warships, you need to discuss with Duan Xun and the navy.

Hear what they have to say.

"Yes."

Song Hanzhang nodded and said: "Because of the economic crisis, many countries have adopted the method of raising tariffs, which has caused a sudden drop in the total amount of international trade. Therefore, many shipping companies are not doing well, facing great financial difficulties, and dare not purchase new products. But we are different. First of all, our large-scale domestic construction requires a large amount of cargo transportation. Just like cement, China’s cement production is currently concentrated in Shanghai and other surrounding cities, as well as some relatively small cement factories in Wuhan and Chongqing. Although there are cement factories in the northern cities, they are limited in scale and cannot meet the needs of the northern cities. Therefore, the cement needed by the northern cities will be transported from Shanghai to the north by the Yangtze River. Now several large cities in the north are undergoing urban expansion, just what they need The amount of cement shipped is astonishing. Similarly, most of the large amount of timber needed for urban expansion along the Yangtze River is provided by the Northeast. This will greatly increase China’s shipping volume, and domestic shipping requires a large number of cargo ships. And according to China’s second According to the five-year plan, China will import so much machinery and equipment, several times more than the previous two days, and it will require a large amount of ocean shipping. Therefore, China's shipping companies are not afraid of no orders, they should be worried about the lack of ships."

The economic crisis has led to a trade crisis, and even the world shipping has been greatly affected.

But China is different from them.

Unlike the measures currently taken by European and American countries, China is adopting a fiscal expansion policy.A large number of loose policies and a large increase in money supply have made the Chinese economy extremely prosperous in a short period of time.Although the sequelae are huge, this is the most effective way to stimulate the economy in the short term.

This kind of economic stimulus has made China's domestic shipping develop and prosper.At this time, China's shipping is not only not affected by the world economy, but because of economic stimulus, the demand has greatly increased.

Shipping, after all, is the mainstream.

The same is true in China.Although China's railways and highways have developed greatly, they are nothing compared to shipping.Not to mention now, even in the world a hundred years later, shipping is still the most important thing in freight.

"Prime Minister, the Far East Shipping Company was jointly established by the Japanese consortium, China Merchants Group, and Chuanjiang Shipping Group. Everyone has the same shares. It is currently the shipping company with the most ocean-going business in the Far East. It has been cooperating with British, French and American shipping companies in recent years. Competing for market share. However, the current Japanese consortium is also deeply affected by the economic crisis, so they are unwilling to increase investment, and even proposed to cancel a large number of orders that we had previously placed in Japanese shipyards. But this is a good opportunity for us, and we will control this company in turn. Opportunities for Far East Shipping Company. In fact, according to the calculation of the machinery and equipment that we need to import in the Second Five-Year Plan, Far East Shipping Company should also increase ships with a tonnage of 30 million tons to fully meet the needs of China's ocean shipping. And we Deciding to increase trade with the Nanyang region will also greatly increase the shipping demand between us and Nanyang, which should require ships with a tonnage of 20 to 40 tons. However, the Japanese consortium will definitely not pay for such an increase in orders. If we pay this money, we can completely control this shipping company in turn. Japanese shipyards have no business at present, so the shipbuilding speed must be very fast. As long as we place an order, we will complete the ship order of [-] million tons within two years It is normal. Prime Minister, compared with other orders, this is a big order."

"In fact, an order of 40 million tons is not a lot. Because we not only need freight, but also passenger transportation. If we really want to develop, the Far East Shipping Company should need an order of more than 80 tons in five years. At least it should have [-] tons. The size of the ship should be more than one ship. This is in line with the original intention of our two countries to establish the Far East Shipping Company."

Far East Shipping Company.

Song Hanzhang took a fancy to the Far East Shipping Company and was going to swallow the Far East Shipping Company.The Far East Shipping Company was a model of cooperation between China and Japan at the beginning, and the consortiums of both parties entered into the shares.

Japan occupies 50%, and China occupies 50%.

The original plan was to build the largest shipping company in the Far East and defeat those shipping companies in Britain, France and the United States.Some large shipping groups in Britain, France and the United States easily own more than 100 ships.China and Japan have even higher expectations for the Far East Shipping Company, hoping that it can own more than three or four hundred ships, and can win the ocean shipping between China and Japan, as well as the shipping between China and Japan.

Now is a good opportunity, China has the opportunity to occupy more shares.Japan is not clear, but the cabinet members here are all clear.This time, China will spend a thousand tons of gold to import machinery and equipment from abroad.

How much machinery and equipment will be imported.

And although China's exports have been affected, the current exports are still not small.Because China is the world's largest exporter of raw materials, those industrial countries must import raw materials from China to develop their industries.Just like the current world economic downturn, exports of tung oil and tungsten ore have not decreased much.Therefore, China's demand for ocean shipping is very high at present.

Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce is preparing to increase investment and take Far East Shipping Company into its arms.

Now is a good time.

When the Japanese economy was in trouble, it began to increase capital and finally won the Far East Shipping Company, making Far East Shipping Company a shipping company controlled by China.

"Not only the Far East Shipping Company, but other shipping companies in my country have great demand for shipping. China Merchants Group, Chuanjiang Shipping Group, and Four Seas Shipping Group are all preparing to increase the size of ships to meet domestic shipping needs. The Ministry of Commerce has done According to statistics, according to the current needs of domestic shipping companies, domestic shipping companies, including Far East Shipping Company, need at least 60 tons of freight ships and passenger ships within one or two years. When my country's cities continue to develop, then This demand will exceed one million tons in a short time."

"Prime Minister, the shipbuilding industry covers an up-and-down industrial chain. Compared with other orders, I think ordering these ships will be of greatest help to the Japanese economy. Moreover, the improvement of Japan's shipbuilding industry will also greatly increase my country's exports. Help our country’s mining industry to develop further, and also help our country’s shipping industry.”

Large Orders.

What Song Hanzhang said is the big order.

The order for a ship with a tonnage of 60 tons is a large order of more than [-] million yen, an order that allows the Japanese shipbuilding industry to develop vigorously.Such an order can make up for most of Japan's export losses.If the navy can also place orders, China will be able to fully make up for Japan's export losses this year.In other words, China can easily solve the problem of Japan's exports.

With such a large order in China, negotiations can be confident.If Japan wants China to increase imports, but China cannot satisfy, then China will have much less bargaining chips when negotiating.But if China has the ability to help Japan solve the import and export problems, then China will be full of confidence when negotiating.

"What about the money?"

Duan Xun asked Song Hanzhang.

Before the trade between China and Japan was basically in a state of balance.China exports a large amount of raw materials to Japan, such as coal, iron ore, and tung oil, and then imports a large amount of products such as machine tools, generators, and cables from Japan.And there are also a small amount of exchanges of industrial products, such as Japan imports some chemical products from China, and China imports some textiles such as raw silk from Japan.

But now we have to place a large order, and there will be hundreds of millions of extra orders. Where will the money come from?

Foreign exchange must not be moved.At present, China's foreign exchange is reserved for importing good things from Europe and the United States, especially the United States.To complete the second five-year plan, the number of machines and equipment required is not small, and most of them have to be purchased.Duan Xun felt that the gold in his hand was far from enough.It is absolutely impossible to spend such precious foreign exchange in order to stabilize Japan.

"Prime Minister, first of all, as long as we place such a large order, Japan will have to import more raw materials from my country. In this regard, we have calculated that if we place an order of about 2000 million yuan, Japan will need to import more than [-] million yuan from my country. Raw material."

The shipbuilding industry requires a lot of steel.

The coal and iron ore needed by the Japanese steel industry are all imported from China.It's just that the added value of raw materials exported by China is low, while the added value of industrial products produced by Japan is high, so the ratio is about one to five.

If China places an order of 7000 million yuan to Japan, then Japan needs to import about [-] million yuan of raw materials from China in order to complete these orders.

"However, there will still be a large surplus (deficit). If we want not to use our gold reserves, the best way is to export grain to Japan. Japan is one of the largest grain importers in the world, reaching nearly 70% at the time. 40 million catties, or around 60 billion catties when it was low. However, Japan’s agricultural problems have been serious in recent years, so the imported grain has reached nearly [-] billion catties. Mainly imported rice and flour. If Japan imports our rice and Flour, then the funds required for these orders are not a problem at all. Basically, it can fully meet the deficit."

Japan lacks arable land, so food production is also insufficient.Every year, a large amount of food needs to be imported to meet domestic demand.Before that, Japanese food was mainly provided by the Soviet Union and Southeast Asian countries.

Because China has never exported food.

But it's different now.China has decided to export about 200 billion catties of grain every year.China, of course, wants to win Japan, a major grain importer.

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Song Hanzhang is right, big orders should be placed on ships, and the funds should be made up with grain exports.Therefore, he said: "Premier Wang (Wang Yongjiang), Prime Minister Liang (Liang Huankui), Premier Yan (Yan Huiqing), you and the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, and various places will gather together to see how much we need to import. The orders we can place The more we have, the greater our advantage at the negotiating table. So it must be sorted out accurately."

"Yes."

"About warships, I will discuss with the navy and give you an answer as soon as possible. See how many warships the navy needs. After talking about what we want to import here, let's talk about what we should ask Japan? At this time In terms of negotiations, what benefits should we get back?"

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"What do we want to get for such a large order?"

For now, especially from an economic point of view, China is definitely Japan's lifeline.Trade is something that cannot be fully reflected only from numbers.

for example.

Now there is no concept of GDP in the world, but if you look at the statistics, the current GDP of Japan is more than 5 billion US dollars.This time the economic crisis, Japan's export loss of about 2 million yen.These export losses, from the data point of view, are about [-]% of GDP.

It doesn't look like much.

But the real impact is astonishing, and the blow to the Japanese economy is very large.

The export loss is 5 million, but the domestic economic loss in Japan caused by these export losses is several times that of him.Because there are many industries related to these exports.Like ship orders, once ship orders decrease, it is not just a decrease in exports.Industries related to the shipbuilding industry will be greatly affected.

The iron and steel industry, metallurgy, and machinery fields will all be affected, and they will bring along Japan's financial shrinkage, and a large number of workers will lose their jobs.Unemployed workers led to further shrinkage of the Japanese domestic market, affecting Japanese light industry.

Industry is like that.

No industry in an industrial country is independent.

Speaking of which, the Japanese economy is inherently unstable.

At this time in history, Japan occupied the Korean Peninsula, occupied Taiwan, owned rights and interests in Northeast China, and owned rights and interests in Shandong, China, and Japanese products could run rampant in the Chinese market.Historically, Japan was able to plunder a large amount of raw materials and food from China, North Korea, and Taiwan.But even though Japan has so many colonies and semi-colonies, the economic crisis hit the Japanese economy hard.Under the economic crisis, Japan can only choose militarism and launch the September [-]th Incident.