Sichuan is indeed rich, to be precise, Xiao Yimin, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, has rich.

When the current five-month income and expenditure statements were delivered to Xiao Yimin, he was also very surprised to face the rapid growth of various income. Among them, the largest income growth came from the transaction of weapons and ammunition, followed by the salt taxes in the Xikang region and the Sichuan-Yunnan border area under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan-Jiang Army General Command. The last and most disgraceful huge profit came from the monopoly opium transaction.

The full impact of the world war was finally reflected in China, which was far away from the center of the war.

As the prices of raw materials such as ordinary steel and special steel increased significantly, the prices of weapons, ammunition and military equipment in the world have grown rapidly. Taking the sales price of the Japanese Type 38 rifle, the largest sales in Asia, in China, as an example, the price of the previous year was US$21 per unit containing 100 rifle bullets, which was about 44 yuan silver dollars. The price last year rose to 35 yuan silver dollars, which was about 79 yuan silver dollars, and there were no 100 rifle bullets delivered. It rose again to 39 yuan in the first quarter of this year. According to the floating exchange rate, it was about 84 yuan silver dollars each.

Due to the continuous expansion and spread of the European war, the German Mauser rifles, the British Enfield rifles and the American rifles, which are of better quality than the Japanese Type 38 rifles, are almost all sold to two opposing groups in the world war, especially the world-renowned German Mauser rifles, which are not even visible in China. This has allowed Sichuan, which has worked hard for eight years to establish a complete light weapons industrial manufacturing system to obtain amazing profit returns. In addition, the Sichuan Army Commander-in-Chief Xiao Yimin has been purposefully guiding Sichuan's private industrial enterprises since last year, subcontracting rifles, machine guns and a large number of weapons and equipment to more than 100 small and medium-sized processing plants, resulting in the arsenal under the Sichuan Provincial Government, which has been handed over to the Sichuan Army General Command. The production of four arsenals under the West China Industrial Group has increased rapidly, and finally set a monthly production record of 5,000 imitation Mauser rifles, 400 machine guns, and 10,000 pistols of various types.

In terms of ammunition and military-civilian dual-use, the monthly output of round-head rifle ammunition in Sichuan Arsenal has reached 4.5 million rounds, while the monthly output of rifle ammunition in Ya'an Ammunition Factory under West China Group is twice that of Sichuan Arsenal.

At the same time, only Ya'an Ammunition Factory in China can produce the Browning water-cooled heavy machine guns, German mg08 heavy machine guns and other pointed bullets used in imported machine guns, not to mention the Balabelom pistol bullets that have become the standard and are popular all over China.

Therefore, starting from the beginning of this year, the sales of weapons, ammunition and various gunpowders will bring 2.2 million yuan in profits to the Sichuan Army General Command every month, and the profits are still steadily increasing. It is estimated that by the second half of the year, after the production capacity of various subcontracted processing enterprises in Sichuan will be increased and stabilized, the monthly sales profit of weapons, ammunition to the Sichuan Army General Command will reach about 2.8 million yuan.

In terms of salt tax, the machining construction of four large salt well areas in the border areas of Xikang and Sichuan-Yunnan has been completed. The edible salt and industrial salt processing equipment imported from Britain and the United States have played a huge role, increasing the output of well salt from the original annual output of more than 1,400 tons to more than 3,000 tons now. After a large number of immigrants from the mainland settled in Xikang, according to the instructions of Commander-in-Chief Xiao Yimin, the sales price of salt in Xikang area has been reduced by 40% since the second half of last year and the tax rate has increased by 20%. After half a year, sales volume has increased rapidly, reaching an astonishing record of 250 tons of monthly sales, and tax revenue has also doubled. The monthly tax revenue in March has exceeded one million yuan.

Due to the barren land and harsh climate in Xikang area, poppy cultivation has become a source of funds for the 10-year immigration plan from the beginning. The plan was launched in the first half of last year. As of mid-May this year, the profits brought by the opium trade reached more than 8 million yuan. It is expected that the sales profit along the way will exceed 10 million yuan in the next harvest season.

In addition, the transaction taxes brought by the prosperity of mines, smelters, forest farms, wood processing plants, cattle, sheep and horse transactions, small smelters and immigration have been steadily increasing, bringing more than 800,000 yuan to the Sichuan Army General Command every month.

At this point, Xikang, which involved countless Chinese people's worries, made Sichuan Province's huge investment every year, finally completely got rid of the huge burden of pure investment, became a stable tax source area and base for the Sichuan Army, and steadily moved towards continuous development and growth.

The Sichuan Army General Command, which was originally struggling, finally made a proud head. Xiao Yimin, who was rich and powerful, could finally let go of various plans. While persisting in immigrating to Xikang as planned and accelerating the development of two Sichuan-Tibet highways, he began to lead 150,000 Sichuan Army soldiers and stride out of Sichuan.

Just as Xiao Yimin and his generals were refreshed for their efforts to get rewards, another news came from Beijing that sparked national anger:

On July 1, Prime Minister and Army Chief Duan Qirui once again signed a huge loan agreement of 10 million yen with the Japanese envoy representing the Japanese government in the name of quelling the domestic rebellion war. The collateral for the loan turned out to be Han Yeping, which is the nationally esteemed!

Bao Jiqing, Chief of Staff of the Sichuan Army, patted the telegram in his hand and asked Xiao Yimin in confusion:

"Yiming, I don't know much about the economy. Tell me, are the Japanese stupid? I know that Han Yeping is already in debt, and even if I dig another ten years, I can't make up for the big holes. Why do I still use Han Yeping as a mortgage to lend to Duan Zhiquan?

"In the past seven years, from Yuan Dashuai to Sun Dapao, from Li Yuanhong to Duan Zhiquan, Han Yeping has been mortgaged to the Japanese six times. The total mortgage amount has exceeded 20 million oceans. With the 10 million yen this time, aren't the Japanese afraid that the loan will not be collected?"

Xu Xiaogang and several other senior actors also agreed, hoping that Xiao Yimin would explain the mystery to everyone.

Xiao Yimin had no choice but to sit down and tell everyone in full:

"In fact, this problem has far exceeded normal business rules. It is not the principle of normal cooperation between the two governments. It is completely a persevering political conspiracy of Japan... Think about it, why have Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Italy and other countries never done this? Why do European and American countries borrow from our governments and mortgage tariffs, railway construction and mineral mining rights along the way, and never repeat mortgages? But the Japanese did this, don't you still realize it?"

Seeing that everyone was still confused, Xiao Yimin had to continue to explain:

"First of all, the Japanese are not afraid of our government's debts at all. They probably hope that our government will pay for their debts. In this way, they can put huge pressure on our government with the initiative of debt collectors. For example, Zhang Zuolin, a big bearded man from the Northeast, borrowed tens of millions from the Japanese in the past few years. As a result, Zhang Zuolin completed the great cause of dominating the Northeast. The Japanese also obtained the right to build two railways in the Northeast. The four large iron ore and coal mines on both sides of the railway have become the private property of the Japanese. Hundreds of tons of high-quality coal and high-grade iron ore are transported to Japan every day."

Everyone suddenly realized and started to curse.

Xiao Yimin knocked on the table and made everyone quiet: "It's not too late to listen to me and continue to scold you. Think about it, why did the Japanese give us this trick just now that we announced the acquisition of Hanyeping? This is because the Daye Mining Area will provide the Japanese with 150,000 tons of high-quality iron ore sand at the lowest price every month. For ten years, Daye's iron ore has been the main raw material for the famous Japanese Hachiman Iron Manufacturing, the steel company. I dare say that as long as Daye stops providing iron ore sand to the Japanese, the Japanese proud Hachiman Iron Manufacturing will have to stop production. This is the main reason why the Japanese are so anxious after the announcement of the acquisition of Hanyeping."

Xu Xiaogang suddenly realized: "I understand... The Oriental Devils are suppressing us through Duan Zhiquan and the Beijing Central Government! Not only are they unwilling to let us acquire Han Yeping, but they also want to completely waste our huge investment through huge loans."

"It's not just that? Because of our reasons, the Oye Iron Mine has been shut down since the beginning of last month to now. How can the Japanese not be in a hurry at this time? If their Hachiman iron smelting furnace has lost raw materials, the losses will undoubtedly be huge. Therefore, the Japanese will raise a huge challenge to us in this way. This challenge is not just Han Yeping, but I believe it will spread to other fields quickly."

Zheng Changze expressed his opinion and immediately won everyone's approval.

Xiao Yimin was very happy: "Naazawa, it's great! Everyone, just as Nagasawa said, the Japanese launched a full-scale counterattack against us. I wonder if you are paying attention to the recent news. The civil representative of the Japanese government and the largest gang leader Toyama Man, came to Shanghai the day before yesterday. He held a two-day talk with his old friend Sun Yat-sen. He held a press conference at the Dahua Hotel in Shanghai yesterday afternoon, announcing that Japan's Mitsui Trading Company reached a loan agreement with Guangdong Donghua Mining Company, with a loan amount of up to 2.5 million yen.

"Everyone, I have never heard of this Donghua Mining before. I asked someone to check it out last night and found that this mining company is a newly registered company in Guangzhou. It has no even a mine under its name and has never done a mine business. What does this mean? Well!?"

"So, the Japanese are lending to the Revolutionary Party!"

Xu Xiaogang said with great regret: "The little Japanese is indeed undead of my destruction. The Japanese government used our Han Yeping as collateral to lend 10 million yen to Duan Zhiquan for war. In the south, in the name of the Japanese people, he loaned 2.5 million yuan from the Southern Revolutionary Party to the Northern Expedition.

"From this point, this little Japan is exactly the same as the commander has always said. The ultimate goal is to disrupt our country's political situation and prevent us from peaceful reunification. When the time is ripe, they are willing to pay any price for this. Why didn't I know more about this in the past few years in Japan?"

Xiao Yimin smiled and said, "Even if we understand, it's useless. Our China is too chaotic. The Qing Dynasty fell and no powerful political group took over the leadership, which made the whole country return to a state of war and separatism in an instant. You might as well recall the journey we have taken in Sichuan over the past few years and you will know what's going on.

"At present, what we need to do is how to deal with the challenges of the Japanese? How to use the war between the north and the south to obtain the greatest benefits? Only when we grow rapidly and become a powerful force that can determine China's future can we resist all treason."

Bao Jiqing smiled and said, "You spent 70 million to acquire nearly half of Hanyeping's shares. Isn't you just want to deal with the Japanese? Now that the Japanese have formed a relationship with the north and south, the next step will definitely deal with you in political and public opinion. Maybe you will soon become a traitor."

Xiao Yimin was stunned, then shook his head in pain, and everyone burst into laughter, but Xiao Yimin stood up from everyone's laughter, walked to the map to check for a moment, and finally pointed to Daye area and proposed his own unique idea.

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