Beiyang reactionaries

Although the Soviet Union had to make a lot of concessions this time, Gu Weijun knew from what Molotov meant that the Soviet Union wanted to play "drag words".Instead of giving China a clear answer, they wanted to use a so-called "border treaty" to fool China and temporarily let the Soviet Union get out of its current predicament.

But where is such a good thing.

In the Sino-Soviet war, the Soviet Union suffered a lot, so why not China.Needless to say, the casualties of the army, how much resources China has consumed for this war.Throughout the war, China fired millions of shells, 10,000+ tons of aerial bombs, mobilized more than 60 trucks, and consumed 700 million tons of oil.As for other logistics materials, that is even more unclear.With such a good situation now, how could it be possible to give you a chance to breathe.

China's attitude is very clear.

The Soviet army in the Far East must all be resolved.Whether the Soviet Union will develop the Far East again in the future, and whether large troops will come to the Far East again, that is a matter for the future.Now, China will not allow the Soviet Far East to have large-scale and organized troops.

Therefore, China will not let Zhukov's Far Eastern Military Region troops stay in Khabarovsk.

"Minister Gu, our country is ready to make a lot of concessions, but your country does not see any sincerity in the negotiations."

"Commissioner Molotov, I want you to understand that the emergence of this war is not our country's responsibility. Our country only wants to abolish those unequal treaties imposed on our country. Our country only wants the integrity of our country's sovereignty and does not want to invade any country. As long as those unequal treaties are abolished, our country is willing to establish friendly diplomatic relations with any country on the basis of equality. This is the greatest sincerity that our country has released to the world."

Molotov was a little angry about Gu Weijun's attitude, but in fact Molotov was very calm in his heart.

In this negotiation, Molotov only took a final look at the situation on the Chinese side.Only by grasping China's final attitude can Molotov be able to make a new negotiation plan.So Molotov continued: "Minister Gu, what about your country's material blockade against our country?"

China has announced several control statements on important materials.

It is stated that these materials must not flow into the Soviet Union.Anyone who does business with the Soviet Union in this area is China's enemy.This includes natural rubber, tung oil, and pig bristles that are necessary for industry.

The current natural rubber is mainly in the hands of China and Japan.Most of the tung oil and bristles are exported from China.It is important to restrict these things from entering the Soviet Union, and other countries must also cooperate.Unless they don't want to buy these supplies from China anymore.

The Soviet Union was rich in resources, but it lacked these things, and they used to import them from China.Now China's control has seriously affected the Soviet Union's industry.The Soviet Union, however, had no countermeasures.Because China is also a resource-rich country, it does not need to import resources from the Soviet Union.

"As long as our two countries sign a new 'border agreement', there is no need for these controls. Our country does not want to fight with your country, nor does it want to cut off economic ties with your country. Our country has been emphasizing this."

"Minister Gu, I propose to adjourn the meeting temporarily. Let's continue the negotiation in the afternoon."

"it is good."

"A total of 23 tons of gold were seized in Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, and Chita."

"Worthy of being a place of gold."

Irkutsk.

Yan Shichao, secretary of the Northern Bureau, came to Irkutsk.

He came to count the seized supplies.The outcome of the negotiations between China and the Soviet Union was unclear.According to China's own statement before the war, China only wants to abolish the unequal treaties after 1840, which means that China recognizes the "Nerchinsk Treaty" signed by the Qing Dynasty.China's statement so far has never said that it intends to abolish the "Treaty of Nerchinsk".

According to this statement, whether it is Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, or Chita that is currently occupied, they all belong to the Soviet Union, not China.So Yan Shichao came to Irkutsk just to relocate and move all the things here back to China.

Although the Far East has not been developed much in the Soviet Union, it is still a few important cities in the Far East, and there are still many good things that can be moved away.The area around Lake Baikal is an important gold producing area in the Soviet Union, including Hailanpao and Khabarovsk where there are also many gold mines.

30% of the Soviet Union's annual gold production came from the Far East.

Like Chita, as early as more than ten years ago, the annual gold production was more than 5 tons.The Soviet Union itself is a country with more gold in the world.This time, the speed of the Chinese army's invasion was too fast, and a lot of gold had not been transferred in time, and it became Chinese stuff.

After statistics, 23 tons of gold were seized in this area this time.

"Have you sent someone to take over those gold mines?"

"It's been taken over."

"Okay. Continue to work without stopping for a day, and expand the scale of mining. If anyone is disobedient, the property will be confiscated and handed over to the military in the name of prisoners."

Anyway, now that the gold mine is in his own hands, Yan Shichao's approach is very simple.As long as you don't leave here, the gold mines here belong to China.You can dig as much as you can. If you can dig up more than ten tons of gold within a few months, it will be a very good thing for China's finance.

China has provided too much base currency in the past ten years.

Although it has greatly promoted the development of China's economy, the bubble is also very serious.So now China needs gold and needs to sell more things to stabilize the economy.The more this time, the greater the role of gold.

China's own gold production keeps growing every year.At present, China's annual gold production is 41 tons, which is a country with relatively high gold production in the world.And not only to increase its own gold production, China is now collecting gold from all over the world.

As long as you have money, China will sell you things.Since the outbreak of World War II, China's gold reserves, which were originally shriveled, have risen rapidly.The gold collected by Japan in Southeast Asia, the gold collected by Britain in India, and the gold collected by Germany in Europe flowed into China's pockets in large quantities.It also includes many Jews who ran to China and deposited a large amount of gold in China.In a short period of time, China's gold reserves exceeded 400 tons.

Gold is a good thing.

So after Yan Shichao came to Irkutsk, the first thing he counted was gold.Yan Shichao hopes that when he leaves here, he can add about 50 tons of gold reserves to the treasury.

"370 locomotives, 1700 carriages."

"Take them all away. If the Soviet Union wants them later, they will sell them to them."

"Yes."

"Tell all the mine owners here that no matter what kind of mine it is, no one is allowed to close down. If anyone stops mining, the assets of the mine manager and engineer will be confiscated, and they will be treated as enemies. As for the mined mines, they will all be packaged and brought back to the country. "

"Yes."

Yan Shichao looked through the seized report and was very happy.

These things are good things.

Those mines can't be taken away, otherwise he really wants to pack up the mines and take them away.After looking through it, he said: "All the equipment in these bakeries has been dismantled and sold to the Northeast Bureau. There are many Russians in the Northeast, and there are also many Westerners. Their eating habits are different from ours. So the Heilongjiang side It is estimated that these machines will be needed."

"Yes."

Yan Shichao said, the people below will write it down.

After putting down these things, Yan Shichao turned to another book.After watching for a while, Yan Shichao's face was serious, and he thought for a while and asked, "Have the identities of the people inside been confirmed?"

"Secretary Yan, we have controlled most of the files. But some files are incomplete. When our army took control of these places, many files were burned by them. But overall, these files are relatively complete. This is Our preliminary investigation report is based on the statistics carried out by our captives. It may not be very accurate, but generally there should be no problem."

prison.

What Yan Shichao has in his hands is the prison file.

Irkutsk and Chita have large prisons.The prisons here not only hold criminals, it should be said that a large number of political prisoners are mainly held here.It was exiled here by the Soviet anti-revolutionary movement.

Lots of people.

Looking at the piles of thick files next to him, Yan Shichao also had a headache.Because these files are only a small number, because there are a lot of prisons here, and there are about 17 prisoners detained here.Some even exiled their families here.

Not only the prison files, but also many people who work on farms here, and many who were exiled here because of political issues of one kind or another.If these people are counted, there are more than 30 political prisoners in the entire Far East.

The Soviet Union had a small population in the Far East.But yes, the Far East is a place where birds don't shit, and the living conditions are very poor.Those who can come here, except for some people who support the frontier, most of them are prisoners.

"Go and ask He Fengshan to come over."

"Yes."

Yan Shichao thought about it for a long time.

What to do with these "criminals".Just release them. In this place where birds don’t shit, you release people. These people starve to death and freeze to death before they go out.But if you don't let it go, it doesn't feel good.