There is a famous saying about how to get along with others: If you can't change the environment, then you have to change yourself.
There are only a handful of people in the world who can influence Girardine, and Girardine now has great power. Since Girardine cannot change, these Japanese must change themselves, otherwise they will definitely pay the price.
Girardin's behavior in the parliament was also reported to Qin Zhiyuan. The National Security Bureau also had other intelligence agents in Japan, and there were regular reports on Girardin's whereabouts every day.
Seeing the report about Girardine's outburst in the Japanese Congress, Qin Zhiyuan laughed it off and put it aside casually, not taking it to heart at all. This action somewhat disappointed Gao Hongshi.
Do you want to experience this feeling? It's very enjoyable to fight for life and death. Qin Zhiyuan casually provoked Gao Hongshi's ambition.
Qin Zhiyuan also thought about putting Gao Hongshi outside. The reason why he kept Gao Hongshi around for so long was that there was no suitable person to take over Gao Hongshi's job. On the other hand, Qin Zhiyuan was also used to Gao Hongshi's existence. Gao Hongshi was the director of the National Security Bureau.
In this position, Qin Zhiyuan will sleep better at night.
No, I prefer to hide behind the scenes and watch some people suffer misfortune. Gao Hongshi knows his position very well and has no extra thoughts at all.
Over the years, Gao Hongshi has become accustomed to being by Qin Zhiyuan's side, and has no thought of going outside at all. Perhaps he has become accustomed to the work of the National Security Bureau. Although Gao Hongshi has great power, he is not public, and his family members are also very low-key. Gao Hongshi's wife is here She works in Lanling Island and takes a commuter boat to get off work every day. Colleagues of Gao Hongshi's wife don't even know Gao Hongshi's identity. Sometimes they visit Gao Hongshi's home and Gao Hongshi even cooks the food himself.
If those people knew that their cook was the director of the National Security Bureau in Lanfang, I really don't know how they would react.
I guess I won't be able to eat.
Well, tell me when you thought about it. Now that you are older, you are still qualified for the position of governor. Qin Zhiyuan is not stingy.
Gao Hongshi's personal ability has not been truly proven, but this is not the key issue. Lanfang is no longer just the founding of the country. The first five-year plan has been overfulfilled, and a certain number of administrative officials have been accumulated.
, even if Gao Hongshi has to go out, the work content will not be more than when he was in the National Security Bureau.
Regarding this five-year plan, Lu Zhengxiang is mainly responsible for its implementation, and Qin Zhiyuan does not interfere specifically.
At present, Lanfang's development situation is still very good. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lanfang's industrial production capacity was close to zero. Except for some basic simple processing, there was almost no industrial capacity.
By the end of 1922, Lanfang's steel production had reached 5.4 million tons. Although there was still a big gap between this and the United States' 36 million tons, it could be considered that it basically had the ability to protect itself. In fact, this gap was originally
Even bigger, you must know that in 1920, the steel production of the United States had reached the level of 43 million tons. Last year, due to the economic crisis, the production of steel in the United States dropped to 20 million tons. This year, it was because of the impact on Germany.
Assistance, so steel production will rebound.
It seems that the inference of Lanfang's staff is quite good. Modern war is all about economy, and steel production is not as good as that of humans, which means that Lanfang's war potential is not enough. Maybe Lanfang can still support it at the beginning of the war, but if
If the war lasts for several years, Lanfang will also follow in the footsteps of the Germans.
Although the American steel production has been cut in half, those factories that have stopped production can restart at any time, and the steel plants with insufficient production can go all out at any time. There is no doubt that the American industrial capacity is still there.
Of course, the situation is not so pessimistic at the same time. Lanfang is building a new steel plant in the Pilbara region. When the new steel plant is completed, Lanfang's steel output will double.
Except for steel production, in almost all other industrial indicators, Lanfang is much worse than the United States. Of course, this gap is also shrinking rapidly. If calculated according to the gross national product, the gross national product of the United States in 1922
The value is 73.4 billion U.S. dollars, and if Lanfang’s GDP is converted into U.S. dollars, it is exactly one-third that of the United States, reaching 24.2 billion U.S. dollars.
The reason why it has not fallen too far behind in terms of GDP is because of the profits created by Lanfang's high-tech enterprises, among which the Qin Group contributes the most.
The Qin Group is a super trust in Lanfang. Just by listening to the name, you can tell who the owner of this group is. The industries that the Qin Group is involved in include: petroleum, automobiles, biology, transportation, etc. Among them, automobiles and biology have the largest profits.
In 1922, the automobile factory and biological research institute of the Qin Group provided Qin Zhiyuan with more than two billion US dollars in cash, which strongly supported the development of Lanfang's army.
Unlike China in another time and space, Lanfang's economic pillar is not agriculture and primary processing industry, but the extremely developed automobile industry and biotechnology. The representatives of Lanfang's automobile industry are the military version of the Bulldog series and the civilian version.
Of the Wuzui series, the Bulldog series has been developed into four versions to cope with different geographical environments. The latest Bullfighter is the best-selling one. Even the US Army, which has always been strapped for funds, couldn't help ordering 500 vehicles to upgrade its capabilities.
The mobility of the army, as for the Wuzui series, has become the standard vehicle for government departments around the world, especially the most top-of-the-line Wuzui 1922 version, which is a weighted bulletproof vehicle and is the most popular among leaders of various countries.
, except for the Germans who cannot afford it because they have no money, the United Kingdom and the United States have also purchased it. As for France, because of their former alliance with Lanfang, they can produce the Wuzui series on their own. Of course, this also requires the payment of patent fees.
In fact, the leader in the automobile industry is still Ford of the United States. There is nothing we can do about it. Ford has an absolute advantage in price. The price of buying one Jueying, the cheapest model from Lanfang Automobile Factory, is enough to buy two Fords.
, so Ford still has the largest market share, but its profits are vastly different from those of Lanfang Motors. Lanfang sells one car more than Ford sells three.
The backbone of the biological industry is still penicillin, which mainly collects patent fees from various countries. Because of its relationship with France, Lanfang did not charge penicillin patent fees from the French. After France and Lanfang terminated their alliance, this preferential treatment will naturally be reduced.
It didn't exist. As a result, in the whole year of 1922, the patent fees collected from France alone reached one billion francs, equivalent to almost 200 million U.S. dollars. The patent fees collected worldwide reached a billion U.S. dollars.
Another pillar of the biological industry is nylon. Don’t underestimate this thing, because the range of applications is large enough. Nylon has become the new favorite of the market. In the second half of this year, the nylon factory in the United States finally went into production, and the profit in November alone was
More than 50 million US dollars, and a series of factories will be put into production next year. By then, the profit is expected to exceed that of penicillin, becoming Qin Zhiyuan's biggest money-attracting monster.
In addition to the automobile industry and the biological industry, Lanfang has another industry that is unique in the world, and that is Lanfang's aviation industry.
The emergence of airplanes in the last world war changed the shape of war. After the war, all countries except Germany, which was not allowed to research, were vigorously developing the aviation industry. However, due to Qin Zhiyuan's guidance, Lanfang's progress was beyond the reach of all other countries.
Fighters and bombers have always been Lanfang's traditional advantageous industries, and the emergence of torpedo aircraft has consolidated this advantage. In April 1922, Long Chengxuan's Materials Research Institute made a major breakthrough. Long Chengyuan had already formed the spirit of drawings.
The cold star engine was finally realized, and Lanfang soon launched the latest model of civilian aircraft, the Airbus 1922. This aircraft can carry fifty passengers and fly 3,000 kilometers at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. This will soon be
It caused a sensation all over the world, orders came in an endless stream, and the aircraft factory's production plan had been scheduled until 1925.
In fact, the profitability of the aviation industry is also very high, even no less than that of the pharmaceutical factory owned by Qin Zhiyuan. However, the profits of the aircraft factory do not belong to Qin Zhiyuan, nor do they belong to the Lanfang government. All profits in this area belong to the Lanfang Military Department.
It was Qin Zhiyuan's special privilege given to Lanfang Military Department in order to improve the welfare of soldiers.
According to Qin Zhiyuan's estimation, next year, that is, 1923, Qin Zhiyuan will still independently fund the Lanfang military headquarters, and the preliminary budget has reached 10 billion Lanfang yuan.
Although this is a bit stressful for Qin Zhiyuan, in this way, the pressure on the Lanfang government will be reduced to the extreme. Lu Zhengxiang and the others can continue to use all their efforts in developing the economy, so it is estimated that by next year, Lanfang's
The economy will still make great progress and continue to be the best among all countries in the world in terms of growth rate.
In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, civil machinery will be vigorously developed next year. Lanfang has developed so far that the land area is large enough. Compared with the population of Lanfang, even if they go all out to reclaim the land, it can't be reclaimed by manpower alone.
Since then, the demand for agricultural machinery has become more and more obvious.
In order to solve this problem, Qin Zhiyuan ordered Lu Zhengxiang to establish an agricultural machinery research institute and an agricultural machinery company. Within the next five-year plan, Lanfang's agricultural machinery level will catch up with the current level of the United States. If this plan can be realized, then by 1925
In 2018, Lanfang will not need to import any food, and will have spare capacity for export.
In fact, Lanfang's current grain production is already high enough. Rice production ranks first in the world. In addition to supplying Lanfang people for food, it can also be used to support the Republic of China and Germany. The food imported by Lanfang is mainly wheat, and it is from
Imported from the United States, if Lanfang can develop the northern Xinjiang region, Lanfang will no longer have food risks.
If it continues to develop at this rate, Lanfang's GDP will probably reach 80% of the level of the United States by 1930. At the same time, because industry accounts for a large proportion of Lanfang's economic system, by then
In terms of industry, especially heavy industry, the gap between Lanfang and the United States will be further narrowed, and Lanfang will soon have the strength to fight the United States.
In order to achieve this goal, everyone in Lanfang worked hard, especially the bureaucracy headed by Lu Zhengxiang. Because Qin Zhiyuan shouldered most of the military expenditures alone, the Lanfang government was able to devote all its energy to economic construction, and there were people behind Lanfang.
If this didn't work out for the nearly unlimited human resources and commodity markets of the Republic of China, then Lu Zhengxiang and the others should really die to thank the world.
