ps: Wufang is back!

It has been more than half a year since I left everyone. During this period, Wufang has been exhausted from north to south, and from south to north because of his personal work, which has hurt his family and his own heart. I won’t say much, some things have also brought me a growth after experiencing them.

There is really no way to update the book of copycat, but Wufang has never been able to let go of this book, and even more so that everyone who supports copycat book. Wufang will definitely try his best to complete this book!

The fact that Li Changgeng officially appointed Yang Zengxin as the governor of Xinjiang was like a fire in the fire. The result was obvious. Yang Zengxin was recognized by the Li Changgeng government and continued to be his governor of Xinjiang province with justification, and it is very likely that he would be very willing to do it until he died.

For Li Changgeng, a capable and politically stable person who governs Xinjiang for him is also in line with his overall strategy for stabilizing the western region. It is not difficult to see from his appointment of governors and soldiers in the northwest provinces that all the older Beiyang or former Qing dynasties are all in charge. This is also a dilemma that Li Changgeng is facing now. Li Changgeng's talents are the most convenient to use, and the most capable people are the people he raised when he was in Harbin. They are all around forty years old and serve as leaders of major ministries and commissions, but the number of these talents is not large. Among the reserve talents in the 20s and 30s, there are many good talents, but these people have too few qualifications, and the most important thing is that they lack real government experience. It is not necessarily a good thing to raise these people too early.

Just like Zhou Xiangyu who was following Li Changgeng, he was a definite prime minister. But he had put this person up too early, but it also limited the future growth pattern of this person. Therefore, Li Changgeng still put the future Prime Minister Zhou next to him to cultivate it, just like he learned to look at the overall situation during the period of time around Yuan Shikai, which benefited a lot. These people would not grow up for too long. More than ten years were enough to go from the local experience to the central government. After more than ten years, Li Changgeng planned that these people were just right when they were in that world war. At that time, it was the time when civil and military generals and heroes gathered!

Because of this, Li Changgeng now has not many talents, there are quite a few talents in the transportation department, and they are also a bit foreign, but these people are beneficiaries of the 1911 year, and various interests have been entangled. These people are not very loyal to Li Changgeng, and their true ruling ability is limited, and their political thoughts are too biased towards the West and Japan. Therefore, Li Changgeng looked down on these people in his eyes, and could not let go of these people in his heart. After a conspiracy, he cleaned up these people in the name of anti-corruption. A few who remained can be used, but it is impossible for these people to seize real power.

At this time, Li Changgeng had to look at the so-called legitimate ministers of the previous dynasty! The abilities of these people are far from knowing how to embezzle and accept bribes as everyone thinks, and their true ruling ability is quite good. Moreover, they are not greedy when they see officials. Some of them are just the general trend at that time. Although these people are older, they also have great benefits when they are older.

First, these people have been in power for at most more than ten years, and they can't even act on them even if they want to do it. Second, these people have a wealth and wealth, and they don't have to raise their second generation to start in the new dynasty. They will not gain or lose. Third, these people are old and do not like to make trouble. They can implement the central government's policies well, and their will to confront the central government will not be too strong, avoiding the possibility of the Beiyang period of the Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang period. The border officials were self-governed for more than ten years.

The old man and the old man, the old man, Li Changgeng's way of employing people, these big men of the previous dynasty saw clearly, and it was precisely because they were clear and clear that everyone was relieved, at ease, and willing to serve Li Changgeng. This was a bit like Deng Taizong's way of employing people at the beginning of the country's reform and opening up. In fact, Li Changgeng is not afraid of greed among officials now. In a sense, corrupt officials are easy to use, but the premise is that you have the ability to be greedy. The kind of official who is three feet tall will definitely attract hatred, but you

If the local economy is really developed, and it is greedy and greedy is in harmony, Li Changgen might as well turn a blind eye and treat it as a reward for the development of the local economy. Later generations, Li Changgen's father was considered a corrupt official, but his father's development and management of the local economy has been going on for more than ten years; he would first appease a city with the most state-owned enterprises in the province. In fact, this is the essence of the cat theory that Emperor Taizong said at that time, and there is no way!

The cat theory that Yang Zengxin heard from Zhang Shunan was equivalent to taking a reassurance and decisively investing in Li Changgeng's leadership. Now China's pattern has basically settled except for the southwest. Li Changgeng returned to the negotiation table with the Germans for the negotiations on Sino-Germany cooperation to start the construction of the Caesar-class battleship.

For the Germans, it is theoretically a good thing for China to build Caesar-class battleships, but they prefer to cooperate with China to produce brand new battleships with displacement of about 10,000 tons, or former Fearless Class warships.

Li Changgeng was even more determined to produce 27,000 tons of Caesar-class. First, the design and production technology of Caesar-class was very well mastered by the Germans. They could directly place orders when introduced to China. A big country like China has a vast sea boundary without several important weapons. China has a bad neighbor at sea, so we must be prepared at all times. Although Yugen and Li Changgeng are now, they are not in China and do not leave, but in Zhang Hanqing's words, this kid looks a little muted, but he has a lot of thoughts.

Li Changgeng had long seen that Hirohito was far from showing respect to him. In fact, Hirohito's power ambition was extremely great. According to the news sent back by the intelligence department, Hirohito came out of Japan to travel around the countries, but to leave the evil circle of fighting between the Japanese navy and the army. The Japanese navy was on Hirohito's side, so once Hirohito became the emperor, he would definitely repay his kindness and fully support the development of the navy.

Although later generations said that the ten-year period of the Treaty of Washington was the global naval ambition holiday, was it really a holiday? That was just an optimistic statement! In fact, no great power relaxed the naval construction during this period, but everyone was scared by everyone's collective money to build the Fearless-class battleship before World War I. During this period, everyone was trying to design battleships with larger displacement and thicker artillery, thus gaining naval advantages.

It was precisely because the Germans saw this, and Germany could not produce warships legitimately, but did not produce warships. After a long time, they wanted to keep up with the mainstream development trend of warships in the world. It was no longer possible. With the loss of technical workers and the aging of shipbuilding system, this loss is the least willing to accept by the Germans!

This was the case with Li Changgeng and he wanted to cooperate in the production of warships. Of course, cooperating in the production of warships is not complicated, but if you want to talk about the details, it is extremely complicated. Building warships is not just about building a dock, but those calls involve all aspects of a complete industrial system.

It seems that the Chinese people will definitely suffer losses from the Germans, but after seeing this village in the long run, there will be no such store. In the future, Germans may not be willing to do it if they want to spend money. Li Changgeng saw this Sino-German cooperation, which is a rare period of strategic opportunity for China. So Li Changgeng's idea is to start from the difficulties and learn the difficulties. China's shipbuilding industry will have a qualitative leap!

Li Changgeng said privately to Wang Yongjiang and Gu Weijun: "We must bite to death, and we need the Caesar-class battleship, because this warship is the highest level of German man-made ships. If we can learn this manufacturing capability from the Germans, we will basically get the Germans' shipbuilding technology. Now is not the time for us to consider saving financial resources and there is still a gap in industrial capabilities."

Wang Yongjiang nodded, "Chairman, I think the Germans' concerns are mainly because they are afraid of raising our appetites. In the future, cooperation will no longer have the temptation to us. They should be the idea of ​​gradually mobilizing our appetites!"

Huang Ying continued in her usual bold manner: "The Germans' worries are nothing more than interests. Then we must order a few more ships. Only after negotiating with the Germans did I understand that the construction cycle of a battleship can last for six or seven years, and the shortest for two or three years. The shipbuilding model is also spread to the shipbuilding cycle. In this way, our current finance can afford to build up to four battleships at the same time. I think this should satisfy the appetite of the Germans! This is equivalent to the number of Caesar-class construction in Germany at the same time in 1910."

Guo Donglin smiled and said, "Yingzi, you are brave, and our domestic industrial level cannot produce four warships at the same time. It is not that big dock and dock. You have to start construction first and try it first."

Li Changgeng patted the table and stood up and said, "According to the idea Huang Ying said, it should be more clever. My opinion is to first reveal our intentions to Hindenburg and others, and look at their attitude. My opinion is that we are not anxious now, but the Germans. We have no warships before, and have not come here like this? In addition, the war just ended, the winners have not yet harvested the fruits of victory. This digestion period of the great powers should be about ten years, and during this period, the great powers should be fine for our national defense and security.

We can definitely delay the construction of warships for two years, but the Germans can't wait! Two years later, even if there is no restrictions from the Allies, the Germans are trying to rebuild warships. I think Hindenburg also understands this truth. Their current idea should be to delay, but the bottom line is to maintain the foundation of the current German naval industry. If we want the best Caesar-class for the Germans! If we don't give us other cooperation, there is no need to discuss!"

Jiang Baili said: "Chairman, will this offend the Germans? What should I do if I don't cooperate with us?"

"Sometimes it's not about buying or selling. Now it's clear that the Germans are anxious, but it seems like we begging them, not afraid! Let them."

With Li Changgeng's statement set, the next day's negotiations, the Chinese negotiations began to look left. He said that he intended to slow down the negotiation process, constantly entangled in the details, and even disgusted people to re-conversate what had been discussed before. China swept away the previous negotiation style of Lei Lifeng, and soon made the Germans feel China's intentions.

Hindenburg, who returned to the hotel to rest, angrily shouted to other negotiators: "The Chinese are too ambitious, and they don't think about their own abilities. They didn't even produce a 10,000-ton cargo ship before, but now they want to build a 27,000-ton battleship! This is simply a fantasy joke! If I had known this result, what would be the point of coming here!"

After hearing Hindenburg's relapse, the group was silent, and the entire German negotiating group was very annoyed about China's behavior.

The negotiations were in a stalemate in the next few days, and neither side was willing to give in. Until one morning when the Germans could not bear the pressure, Hindenburg slapped the table at Wang Yongjiang and said, "We have decided to return to China. This is a failed negotiation. China has no intention of accepting Germany, which makes us very forgetful."

Wang Yongjiang smiled: "Marson Marshal, you are wrong. Our Chinese side has always negotiated with you with a very sincere attitude. It is obvious. Our ideal cooperation is profitable for both of us. We have been insisting on transferring Caesar-class battleships from your country to us these days. So today we might as well make a clear statement. Caesar-class battleships are the major premise of Sino-German cooperation. This is the will of our Chairman Li Changgeng. Our cooperation can only be carried out under the framework of his personal will. If Germany agrees to cooperate with China and make Caesar-class battleships in China, then the number of guaranteed cooperation between us China is four. Our fiscal budget is ready for this money! And the payment method will be chosen by Germany. Gold, silver, materials, food, technology, and minerals can all be discussed!"

After hearing Wang Yongjiang's words, Hindenburg and his group were stunned. They did not expect that China's determination would be so great. The money for building four battleships was enough to satisfy the German appetite.

After looking at the people accompanying him, Hindenburg said to Wang Yongjiang: "I suggest that the negotiations this morning end here. We must carefully consider your proposal before we can give a reply."

The lights of the hotel where the Germans stayed were on all night. When the negotiations started, the Germans made a clear statement and fully respected Chairman Li Changgeng's will. If China pays the deposit from four battleships to Germany, Germany will not have any plans for transferring all the drawings and construction plans of the Caesar-class battleships, and cooperate with China to establish a naval ship design room, and will also send a large number of warship construction engineers and skilled workers to China. In summary, it is said. As long as China takes the money, some Germans can cooperate with the Chinese. Anyway, the Germans can no longer have these things. Even the training of future warships Shanghai soldiers!

After the Germans compromised, the negotiations between the two sides returned to the fast lane, production cooperation, technology exchange, barter-style product resource exchange, etc. From military to civilian use, there are as many as 200 negotiation projects. The transactions are basically relatively equal. Of course, China has suffered some technical losses in some aspects. But in the long run, this loss is not a loss!

After all, some things in industrial technology cannot be bought with money. For example, later China had heart disease in industry. In the 1970s, we introduced the British Rolls-Royce aviation turbofan engine technology and production line, but the result we imitated for thirty years still did not meet the level of British engines when we purchased them. Even for ordinary car engines, our manufacturing capabilities in some details are still one level worse than those in the world-class. It is not that we are not attentive, nor that we spend less money, nor that our precision processing is much worse than that of foreigners. The key is that some production technologies make you unable to understand. If you don’t tell you that this screw needs to be a little bit off, you will never achieve the original assembly effect.

This is how industry is. Things that come out of laboratories are not the same as things that come out of factories. Take the 10,000-ton hydraulic press for example. The production of a hydraulic press is not complicated. It is nothing more than assembling a bunch of large parts together. Anyone who has learned some industry can understand it. It may take less than a few months to produce these large parts, but it takes one or two years to assemble and debug them. It is not without them. This technology requires thousands of times to be performed to summarize the correct one time. Maybe this operation will be perfected at the 100th time, and maybe this operation will take ten thousand times to achieve perfection. There are also some technical things that can be recorded and summarized, but some technologies cannot record them. It is a feeling that advanced technicians mastered. When he teaches this feeling step by step a few times, students may have realized it. But without this kind of teaching, just take the drawings to make production, you can guess it!

What Li Changgeng wants now is the thing in the hands of the Germans. The Caesar-class battleship is the most concentrated product in the entire German industry. The casting and cutting process of a Caesar-class propeller is enough for you to play for ten or eight years. But once we learn this technology from the Germans, this industrial chain can be extended from military to civilian, and some simplified adjustments are used on commercial ships. There is no difficulty as before. By analogy, the mastery of top-dimensional cutting technology can be expanded in all aspects of the industry. This progress is much more expensive than the gold in the underground vault of the Bank of China!

When a series of verdicts were settled, a German scientist who participated in the negotiations read a thick list of cooperation intentions and said to his colleagues: "The Chinese people's understanding of national industry is no less than that of us Germans, and they are even ahead of us in terms of ideas. Connecting this memorandum of Sino-German cooperation is a complete national industrialization development form. Germany's future revival can be implemented according to this form. Although China's industrial achievements are far behind the world's powers, today I am sure that in ten years, China will definitely become the world's first-class power!"

After hearing this, Hindenburg nodded and expressed his affirmation of what the experts said. It's right. As a soldier or a politician, he felt a superhuman confidence and strength from Li Changgeng. Of course, this confidence and strength is not the kind of madman-like, but a confidence to understand the overall strategy.

The memorandum of cooperation between China and Germany was signed in a form that was not disclosed to the public. Later, Li Changgeng invited the Germans to hold a sumptuous celebration dinner at the Oriental Building in Harbin. After Li Changgeng and Hindenburg made speeches on behalf of China and Germany, the two left the seat and came to the top floor of the Oriental Building, which is Li Changgeng’s private residence in Harbin. They wanted to hold a secret meeting at the level of the heads of state here! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!