On the morning of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Wanshou Mountain was busy early in the morning.
The founding of the People's Republic of China naturally involves a military parade. How could the military parade not include the participation of the Nanyang Army? When preparing for the meeting, Lin Youde instructed Du Qifeng to propose demolishing part of the city wall to run through Chang'an Street, "symbolizing the end of royal power from ancient times to the present, the high wall that imprisoned the people."
Finally collapsed." The people in the preparatory meeting liked to hear this tune and agreed, so Chang'an Avenue was completely connected, providing an excellent environment for the military parade.
On the other hand, the Nanyang Army reference troops have been practicing near Wanshou Mountain for more than two months, waiting for their appearance during the military parade.
Early that morning, the reference troops set off in a mighty manner, and then Lin Youde took his guards and rode Sophie's All-Field Annihilation leisurely to the sky above Tiananmen, and then took Sophie's electric helicopter.
He went down to the ground and shocked the representatives and ambassadors who had already arrived.
Sophie may have been driven crazy by Nie Xueqiu when she was a child, and she has a special liking for flying. Back then, Lin Youde bought her a solo flight guidance machine, and she played with it all day long. Now she is even more passionate about design.
All kinds of incredible aircraft. This electric helicopter is one of them. Lin Youde once told Sophie the idea of using rotors to provide lift for flight. Unexpectedly, Sophie actually made it.
This helicopter is provided with lift by a pair of counter-rotating coaxial rotors, and forward thrust by another pair of propellers - the little girl seems not to have thought of slightly changing the angle of the rotors above her head to provide forward thrust.
In Lin Youde's view, this helicopter already has the basic elements of a future air cavalry vehicle. It is too painful to use alchemy to produce the rotor, but there is nothing that can be done about it. The helicopter's rotor will provide lift downwards, and at the same time, it will also
This means that it will receive a reverse force, which requires the rotor to have sufficient strength, and at the same time, the rotor should not be too heavy, otherwise the engine will not be able to reach sufficient speed.
Therefore, it is not funny that the "helicopter" in Leonardo da Vinci's design draft has that strange appearance. On the contrary, that design was in line with the technological level at that time: at that time, it was impossible to build a rotor for a modern helicopter.
Similarly, Germany also designed a helicopter during World War II, but in the end it was abandoned due to rotors and other technical problems.
In this alienated time and space, people have not been able to build a helicopter, simply because they did not expect it. Of course, the lack of a powerful engine that is small enough is also an important factor that restricts the birth of helicopters. This factor becomes insignificant in the face of Sophie's electric motor.
Important. By the way, the helicopter's power is provided by the mothership's wireless power transmission system. It seems that Sophie's ingenuity is not yet able to install a relatively reliable power storage system on this aircraft.
Now Lin Youde is flying down from the sky in an expensive helicopter. Sophie's motors all have a problem, which is that they discharge, and this helicopter's motor is no exception. The moment the wheels of the aircraft just touch the ground, an electric arc follows the connection between the engine and the landing gear.
Rushing to the ground, the strong flash and crackling sound made many people shrink their necks subconsciously.
After Lin Youde got off the plane, Zhang Jian was the first to greet him and salute him: "Master Lin, you are so elegant."
Lin Youde laughed three times: "Hahaha, so, this science and technology is the primary productive force. My daughter, Lin, owes a lot to what I am today."
At this time, Sophie just got off the plane. Perhaps hearing the word "daughter", the little girl's ears twitched, and then she came to Lin Youde's side, holding Lin Youde's arm and looking at Zhang Jian.
Zhang Jian was also looking at Sophie. The leader of the Zhejiang merchants rolled his eyes and immediately praised: "Miss Sophie is indeed both talented and beautiful..."
"I am the second young lady." Sophie said this unexpectedly...
This time it was Zhang Jian's turn to be stunned.
Lin Youde was watching Zhang Jian's embarrassment happily from the side, but he heard Du Qifeng cough lightly behind him. He immediately understood that this was to remind him to save some face for others. Sophie was ignorant and dared to refute anyone's face.
, Lin Youde naturally still needs to manage his connections. Especially now, Zhang Jian has just placed a large order of one million taels with him, and he can barely be regarded as an ally.
So Lin Youde came out to smooth things over: "Ah, Mr. Zhang, in my family, my adopted sister Nie Xueqiu is the eldest lady, so my daughter is naturally the second lady..."
"I see, that's it," Zhang Jian quickly took over the words, the embarrassment on his face was wiped away, and there was no trace at all, "I thought I had the wrong person, but that's what happened. Nie Xueqiu and I
Miss Nie has met her once, and she admires General Nie Shicheng's loyalty and bravery even more. Speaking of which, Mr. Lin, I heard that Miss Nie this year..."
Lin Youde understood what Zhang Jian meant as soon as he heard this. He was proposing a marriage, and asking whether Nie Xueqiu planned to get married was a lie. Asking when Sophie planned to get married was true.
"Mr. Zhang," Lin Youde deliberately changed Zhang Jian's honorific. The meaning couldn't be more obvious. His eyes when he looked at Zhang Jian became serious and cold, but Zhang Jian bought his gun and still wanted to give him some face, "I always
I support free love. Whether it’s my sister or my daughter, I can’t make the final decision on their marriage, they have the final say.”
Upon hearing this, Sophie immediately expressed her stance: "I won't marry a fool."
Lin Youde cried out in his heart: Don't be like this, my daughter. Your father is indeed very powerful and not many people in China dare to offend him, but you can't talk like that either...
Zhang Jian on the other side was so angry that his lips were trembling, but he couldn't get angry in front of Lin Youde, so he could only cover it up with a smile.
"Miss Sophie speaks so straightforwardly."
"Yes, I also have a headache about this." Lin Youde agreed sincerely.
After saying that, the two of them were laughing.
At this time, someone in the distance shouted: "Master Yuan from the Army Department is here!"
While everyone was busy making way for Yuan Shikai, Zhang Jian took the opportunity to say goodbye to Lin Youde.
As soon as Zhang Jian left, Yuan Shikai arrived in front of Lin Youde. As soon as he met Yuan Shikai, he said: "Master Lin, what do you mean?"
Lin Youde understood that this was asking him about the gun, and he had been prepared for this. In fact, he had given the order to let out the news that he had negotiated a big deal of one million taels with Zhang Jian yesterday, for fear that Yuan Shikai's ears would be blunted and he would hear it.
It's too late.
"Master Yuan, I am a businessman. I have business coming to my door. Is there any reason not to do it?"
"But even if you are doing business, you must be honest and have a first-come, first-served basis?"
"Master Yuan," Lin Youde leaned forward slightly and approached Yuan Shikai, "As long as the Ministry of War puts out the money and places an order with us, I can give you guns. I still have this production capacity."
In fact, Lin Youde's production capacity is mainly concentrated on the Renyin submachine gun. The production speed of the semi-automatic bz-1 is really not too high.
But to bluff people is to show momentum, do it non-stop, and be more ruthless if you want to bluff, so that it will be effective.
Yuan Shikai stared at Lin Youde, the flesh on his cheeks twitching nervously.
Lin Youde bets that Yuan Shikai must have tens of thousands of grasshoppers running wild in his heart at this time. The influence of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebol actually covers the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. This time they only bought guns to arm Jiangsu's self-reliance army - in fact
It will be the future National Guard Division of Jiangsu Province.
But in neighboring provinces - such as Hubei - it seems that if the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols can arm Jiangsu's security divisions, they can arm Anhui's, and Anhui and Hubei are close to each other. Can the wealthy gentry in Hubei live comfortably? If not, then they will
You can only buy the same firearms, and this semi-automatic rifle is currently sold by Lin Youde and his family in the world...
Hubei bought a gun, can Hunan survive? Can Sichuan survive? As soon as this chain reaction started, Lin Youde's business was booming. Even if the country made its own imitation, the production capacity would definitely be far inferior to Lin Youde's factory.
The market will definitely not be able to capture it.
By then, the National Guard across the country will be equipped with semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, but the Federal Army will not. So how can Yuan Shikai convince the public?
In Lin Youde's eyes, the capitalist economy requires a unified market, so warlord separatism cannot be realized in a highly developed capitalist society. However, Yuan Shikai does not have this concept. In his opinion, the current federation is just a shelf in troubled times and must rely on the army.
Talk. As for Lin Youde's plan to make this fake thing real and then make money and pursue technology by himself, Yuan Shikai would definitely not have thought of it.
Lin Youde was sure of this, so he forced the Ministry of War to use the money to buy guns from him now, so that he could use the money to expand production and reduce costs to arm his own troops.
You must know that in this era, banknotes are not fully usable, especially banknotes such as Nanyang notes that are not directly linked to hard currency. Even if it is recognized internationally, you will not be allowed to use Nanyang notes to buy equipment for yourself. In this day and age,
The world currency is still hard currency, so the banknotes of this era have gold content so that they can be used in international trade settlements. Unlike in later generations, the world currency is the US dollar, and most international trade is settled in US dollars.
Lin Youde is a banknote printer. Printing banknotes is actually a kind of hidden exploitation. On the one hand, he can gradually receive the money circulating in the society through the issuance of Nanyang banknotes. On the other hand, he can use the paper he printed.
Purchase people's labor force and domestic production raw materials. But under the current situation, Lin Youde still needs silver to purchase things from abroad that cannot be purchased domestically.
So he decided on this arms business.
"Master Yuan," Lin Youde lowered his voice, "according to the first-come-first-served principle, we can give priority to supplying the Ministry of War, but you have to pay. If you don't have enough money, you can use equity, road rights and mineral rights in exchange. For example, from
The railway from Fengtian to Dalian, and the exploration rights in Liaoning..."
Yuan Shikai squinted his eyes and stared at Lin Youde for a while, then grinned.
"Does Mr. Lin really mean what he said?"
"certainly."
"Okay!" Yuan Shikai suddenly raised his voice, "Since Mr. Lin is so happy, I dare to make this decision. The Ministry of War wants 100,000 BZ-1s and 20,000 Renyin-types."
Let alone the provincial representatives, Lin Youde was shocked. One hundred thousand, Yuan Datou really dared to say this. But then he thought about it, this would be equivalent to establishing authority in the provinces. As for whether he would do it in the future
It doesn't really matter if you really buy so many. And if Yuan Shikai really buys 100,000, Lin Youde might not even be able to produce the production capacity to arm his own troops, let alone sell them to the provinces...
He looked at Yuan Shikai's face, secretly wondering how much Yuan Shikai knew about Lin Ji's production capacity, and wondering whether Lao Yuan's move was a decision made with sufficient intelligence support, or whether it was a risky move based solely on political sense.
——No matter what the situation is, it shows that the great heroes in modern Chinese history are by no means just ordinary people.
Just as Lin Youde and Yuan Shikai looked at each other tenderly, Huang Xing came over.
"Everyone, please come up to the tower. The ceremony is ready."