Seeing that Li Changgeng, who had taken the initiative in the conversation, suddenly stopped talking, Duan Qirui opened his mouth, and naturally understood Li Changgeng's meaning of not speaking. He was really losing his duty if he didn't talk about serious matters. "It sounds like you Heilongjiang has achieved great success in recent years. If you have the chance, Duan will go to your Heilongjiang and take a look. Let's talk about serious matters. Mongolia's affairs have reached Banwuersa again. He is also worried that you only have one brigade of troops and their combat power is a bit weak. Sending troops to assist in the battle is purely kind, you can't turn back without success." Duan Qirui stared at Li Changgeng's expression and said slowly.

Li Changgeng made a frown and thoughtful expression and replied, "How can you say you are unsuccessful? Now the Chechen Khan tribe, Tushetu Khan tribe, Sanyin Noyan tribe, Resaktu Khan tribe, and Kobdo tribe have all submitted franchise agreements to the Northeast United Autonomous Government. I wonder what kind of contributions General Xiao Xu wants to make?"

"The purpose of sending troops is to cancel independence from Outer Mongolia and surrender to the central government."

"Yes, hasn't this been achieved? Didn't the princes of Outer Mongolia use power to cancel their will to independence and submit to the central government?"

"Submit to the Central Committee? Is it because of your Northeast Alliance?"

"Does Premier Duan admit the independence of the Northeast Autonomous Government?" Li Changgeng immediately caught Duan Qirui's wrong words and immediately counterattacked loudly.

"You - misunderstood Duan's meaning!"

"This - Geng is young and savvy, impulsive!"

"Prime Minister Duan, if we fight for tariffs, we will have benefits, but what is there to fight for in Outer Mongolia? The territory is large enough, but who cares about this land? It's not about making money in it!

To be honest, I have three goals for sending troops to Outer Mongolia. One is to strategically guard against those two-faced and three-sided guys in Mongolia. When I was hitting the Far East, I stabbed the sword in the back and strengthened the attack on the Siberian Railway. The second is that I don’t want Mongolia to split from China at this time, at least I can’t let future generations poke our backbone. Third, there are several mineral deposits in Mongolia. Heilongjiang has a relatively large demand for minerals in industrial improvement in the next few years, so I have to prepare for it!

I think the purpose of General Xiao Xu's troops is nothing more than two points, one is for the name, and one is for the unity of the country. On these two points, our Northeast Autonomous Government can make concessions. Can we issue an announcement? Outer Mongolia was jointly recovered by General Xiao Xu and our Northeast Alliance. The tribes of Outer Mongolia can also submit letters to the Beijing government."

Xu Shichang nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, it's rare that your Northeast Autonomous Government can take into account the national justice. I think it's done as Qiming said!"

Duan Qirui thought to himself, with his arrogant arrogance, he would not accept this false reputation, and he was afraid that he would cause another incident. He wanted to remind him not to be impulsive. Once Li Changgeng’s promise just was announced, it would take up moral justice. Duan Qirui lost, but he was not worried. "I wonder what Qiming’s fondness for this mineral is referring to?"

"Haha, Premier Duan, don't worry about this. I just point this mining area to the Prime Minister, I'm afraid the central government can't afford to mine it."

Xu Shichang really understands the economy. After hearing what Li Changgeng said, he became a little bit interested: "Oh, why can't the central government afford to develop but you can afford to develop Heilongjiang?"

Duan Qirui also nodded. He also wanted to hear Li Changgeng's explanation. Through several contacts with Li Changgeng, he found that Li Changgeng was indeed very meaningful when talking about industry, which was in sharp contrast to his political cunning.

"Okay, even if the President and the Prime Minister are interested, Geng will be a shame. The mineral deposits I am talking about are several large copper mines distributed in the southeastern Mongolia Gobi Desert. Not only are there sparse population, but the transportation is extremely inconvenient. Without reliable transportation, it is impossible to develop at all. As we all know, the most stable land transportation is railways. To build such a railway that is only built for mineral transportation for thousands of kilometers, the initial investment consumed is also amazing. Without large-scale industrial demand and simply for mineral development, you will lose a lot of money.

Moreover, convenient transportation is only the pre-problem condition for a mining area, and the subsequent mining, mineral processing, refining, primary processing, investment is no less than the construction of railways. Without supporting metallurgical processing industry, it cannot be developed at all. The timetable for Heilongjiang's copper mining in Outer Mongolia is also preliminarily set for five years. If the central government is really determined to develop industry, it might as well develop Tangshan as an industrial base.

Tangshan has a unique geographical location, including large iron ore and large coal mines, and abundant water conservancy resources. It fully meets the conditions for modern large-scale industrial smelting. The country should make great efforts to develop steel smelting here. Don’t be greedy for big things, take your time, and take solid steps. I have the vast shares of the Steamship Merchants Corporation, and I can fully cooperate with the central government in this regard!

With the steel industry, the country will have strong strength. At that time, with the advantages of Tianjin, Jing and Tang, which are densely populated, talented and economically leading the country, it will take less than ten years to develop a large industrial circle."

Li Changgeng was from the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Industrial Circle and preached the Bohai Rim Bend Economic Belt. He asked the airship to set off to Tianjin as he mentioned and flew back to Beijing from Tangshan. Li Changgeng asked the confidential secretary who accompanied him to take out the map of the Republic of China and explain it on the map.

Li Changgeng's conversation became stronger and stronger, and Xu Duan and the other two listened more seriously. From Beijing, Tianjin and Tang dynasties to the Bohai Bay Economic Belt, to the Yangtze River Economic Belt, with Shanghai as the leader, and finally to the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone. Finally, Li Changgeng said in a summary: "If a railway artery running through the north and south is built from Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, and Guangzhou, China's economy will be fully activated. Although China lags behind the great powers in modern industrial technology, we are not completely fine. China has rich natural resources and human resources, and in terms of human-intensive enterprises, it is fully capable of competing with the great powers."

Xu Duan and the others were fooled by Li Changgeng. It seemed that China could become a world power overnight. Old Xu understood the economy and responded more quickly. "Qi Ming's plan was indeed magnificent, and I felt turbulent when I heard it. But you said that these constructions all require money. Now the central government..." Old Xu glanced at Duan Qirui unconsciously after saying that, the resentment of Li Changgeng understood that all the money was used by this guy to use military expenses. The little money left to the government would be enough for life, and the remaining money to develop the economy.

"China is rich, or the Chinese are rich, but this money is not guided by certain policy, and the money is spent in dispersed. In addition, warlords in various places have severely exploited and greatly hindered the national commercial circulation. So I said that the country should make great efforts to concentrate manpower, material resources and financial resources to do great things. Only in this way can China revival be expected. In fact, I asked two people to discuss tariffs and concessions, which is to alleviate the major financial affairs of the central government!"

Duan Qirui's words were right, "Does Qiming want to hand over the tariffs and concessions to the central government or cooperate with us?"

"It is not possible to hand it over to the central government. After all, it was negotiated by the Northeast Autonomous Government from the great powers, and it paid a huge political price in the process. If the central government returns it, not only does the Northeast Autonomous Government disagree, but also the great powers will not agree. Even if it is handed over to the central government, will those local warlords make the central government do what they want? My idea is that the Northeast Autonomous Government takes over the power of tariffs and concessions, and then hand over a treasury to the central government every year. I think this is cost-effective for the central government. Tariff management is a very professional economic system, involving many aspects of currency, trade, and market mediation. The country's tax revenue was controlled by foreigners in the past, and there was a lack of talent experience in this area. It would take at least three or five years to operate it. Our Northeast Autonomous Government took back tariff autonomy three years ago. In this regard, the advantages of talent and management experience, as well as its own navy. Taking over the tariff can be said to have a natural advantage."

Xu Shichang had already completely thought about the purpose of Li Changgeng's words. He was no different from what he said to defeat the powerful. It was nothing more than that Li Changgeng represented a local government in China. This is a kind of weak ruler and strong ministers! Just as Li Changgen just admitted in the Palace of Supreme Harmony, he came to Beijing to win the throne. However, Duan Qirui had to take charge of this matter. He, Xu, was just a puppet placed on the front desk.

Duan Qirui is an outsider in terms of economy, otherwise Xiyuan's loan would not have been cheated so badly by Japan. Fortunately, the Northeast was independent in time and did not suppress the forest gold mine railways in the Northeast like in the previous life. Just after being teased by Li Changgeng, he asked the truth: "I wonder how much finance can you pay to the central government if you Northeast collect national tariffs?"

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