Expedition to Europe

There is a famous saying about how to get along with others: If you can't change the environment, then change yourself.

There are only a handful of people in the world who can influence Girardin, and Girardin is now in power. Since Girardin cannot change, then these Japanese must change themselves, otherwise they will definitely pay the price.

Girardin's behavior in the parliament was also fed back to Qin Zhiyuan. The National Security Bureau has other intelligence personnel in Japan, and someone will report Girardin's whereabouts every day.

Seeing the report about Girardin's outburst in the Japanese parliament, Qin Zhiyuan smiled and put it aside, not taking it to heart at all. This action made Gao Hongshi a little disappointed.

"How about it? Do you want to experience this feeling? Life and death - very exciting." Qin Zhiyuan casually provoked Gao Hongshi's ambition.

Qin Zhiyuan had thought about sending Gao Hongshi out. The reason why he kept Gao Hongshi around for so long was that there was no suitable person to take over Gao Hongshi's work. On the other hand, Qin Zhiyuan was used to Gao Hongshi's existence. With Gao Hongshi as the director of the National Security Bureau, Qin Zhiyuan would sleep better at night.

"No, I prefer to hide behind the scenes and watch some people get into trouble." Gao Hongshi was very clear about his position and had no extra thoughts at all.

For so many years, Gao Hongshi was used to being around Qin Zhiyuan and had no idea of ​​being sent out. Perhaps he was used to the work of the National Security Bureau. Although Gao Hongshi was in power, he was not ostentatious and his family was also very low-key. Gao Hongshi's wife worked on Lanling Island and took a commuter boat to and from work every day. Gao Hongshi's wife's colleagues didn't even know Gao Hongshi's identity. Sometimes when they went to Gao Hongshi's house as guests, Gao Hongshi would even cook for them himself.

If those people knew that their cook was the director of the Lanfang National Security Bureau, I really don't know how they would react.

I guess they wouldn't be able to eat.

"Okay, tell me when you think about it. You are not going to tell me now that you are older, but you are still capable of being a governor." Qin Zhiyuan was not stingy.

Gao Hongshi's personal ability has not been truly proven, but this is not the key issue. Lan Fang is no longer a newly established country. The first five-year plan has been overfulfilled, and there are already a certain number of administrative officials. Even if Gao Hongshi is to be transferred 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, Lan Fang's development is still very good. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Lan Fang's industrial production capacity was close to zero. Except for some primary simple processing, there was almost no industrial capacity.

By the end of 1922, Lan Fang's steel production had reached 5.4 million tons. Although there is still a big gap with the United States' 36 million tons, it can be regarded as basically having the ability to protect itself. In fact, the gap was originally larger. You should know that in 1920, the steel production of the United States had reached 43 million tons. Last year, due to the economic crisis, the production of steel in the United States had to be reduced, and the steel production of the United States once dropped to 20 million tons. This year, due to the aid to Germany, the steel production will rebound.

It seems that the inference of the Lanfang Staff is still good. Modern wars are fought on the economy. The steel production is not as good as others, which means that Lanfang’s war potential is not enough. Maybe Lanfang can still support it at the beginning of the war, but if the war lasts for a few years, Lanfang will follow the footsteps of the Germans.

Although the steel production of Americans is almost halved, those factories that have stopped production can be restarted at any time, and steel mills with insufficient production can also go all out at any time. The industrial capacity of Americans is still there, there is no doubt about this.

Of course, the situation is not so pessimistic at the same time. Lanfang is building a new steel mill in the Pilbara region. When the new steel mill is completed, Lanfang’s steel production will also double.

In addition to steel production, Lan Fang was much worse than the United States in almost all other industrial indicators. Of course, this gap was also narrowing rapidly. If calculated by gross national product, the gross national product of the United States in 1922 was 73.4 billion US dollars, while Lan Fang's gross national product, if converted into US dollars, was exactly one-third of that of the United States, reaching 24.2 billion US dollars.

The reason why it did not fall too far behind in gross national product was that the profits created by Lan Fang's high-tech enterprises were the largest contributors.

The Qin Group was a super trust of Lan Fang. Just by listening to the name, you can tell who the owner of this group is. The industries involved by the Qin Group include: oil, automobiles, biology, transportation, etc. Among them, automobiles and biology have the largest profits. Throughout 1922, the automobile factories and biological research institutes of the Qin Group provided Qin Zhiyuan with more than 2 billion US dollars in cash, which strongly supported the development of the Lan Fang army.

Unlike China in another time and space, the economic pillars of Lan Fang are not agriculture and primary processing industries, but extremely developed automobile industry and biotechnology. The representatives of Lan Fang's automobile industry are the military version of the "Bulldog" series and the civilian version of the "Wu Zhui" series. Among them, the "Bulldog" series has developed four versions to cope with different geographical environments. The latest "Matador" is the best-selling. Even the US Army, which has always been short of funds, can't help but order 500 vehicles to improve the mobility of the army. As for the "Wu Zhui" series, it has become the standard car for government departments all over the world, especially the top-of-the-line "Wu Zhui 1922" version. This is a heavier bulletproof model, which is the most popular among leaders of various countries. Except for the Germans who can't afford it, the United Kingdom and the United States have purchased it. As for France, because of their former alliance with Lan Fang, they can produce the "Wu Zhui" series by themselves. Of course, this also requires paying patent fees.

In fact, the leader of the automobile industry is still Ford of the United States. There is nothing that can be done about it. Ford has an absolute advantage in price. The money to buy the cheapest "Jueying" of Lanfang Automobile Factory is enough to buy two Fords, so Ford still has the largest market share, but there is a world of difference in profit compared with Lanfang Automobile. Lanfang sells one car for three Fords.

The mainstay of the biological industry is still penicillin, which is mainly collected from patent fees in various countries. Because of its relationship with France, Lanfang did not charge the French for penicillin patent fees. After France and Lanfang terminated their alliance, this discount naturally no longer existed. As a result, in 1922, the patent fees collected from France alone reached 1 billion francs, equivalent to nearly 200 million US dollars. The patent fees collected worldwide reached a huge amount of 10 billion US dollars.

Another pillar of the biological industry is nylon. Don't underestimate this thing, because the scope of application 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. The profit in November alone exceeded 50 million US dollars. Next year, a series of factories will be put into production. By then, the profit is estimated to exceed penicillin and become the biggest money-making monster in Qin Zhiyuan's hands.

In addition to the automobile industry and the biological industry, Lan Fang has another industry that is unique in the world, that is, Lan Fang's aviation industry.

The emergence of aircraft in the last world war changed the form of war. After the war, except for Germany, which was not allowed to research, all countries were vigorously developing the aviation industry. Because of Qin Zhiyuan's guidance, Lan Fang's progress was far beyond the reach of all other countries.

Fighters and bombers have always been Lan Fang's traditional advantage industries, and the emergence of torpedo planes has further consolidated this advantage. In April 1922, Long Chengxuan's Materials Research Institute made a major breakthrough. The air-cooled radial engine that Long Chengyuan had already formed a blueprint for was finally realized. Lan Fang soon launched the latest model of civilian aircraft - Airbus 1922. This aircraft can carry fifty passengers and fly 3,000 kilometers at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. This immediately caused a sensation around the world, and orders came in one after another. The production plan of the aircraft factory has been scheduled until 1925.

In fact, the aviation industry is also very profitable, even not inferior to the pharmaceutical factory in Qin Zhiyuan's hands. However, the profits of the aircraft factory do not belong to Qin Zhiyuan or the Lan Fang government. All of this profit belongs to the Lan Fang military department. This is a privilege specially given to the Lan Fang military department by Qin Zhiyuan in order to improve the welfare of soldiers.

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According to Qin Zhiyuan's prediction, by next year, that is, 1923, Qin Zhiyuan will still independently fund the Lan Fang military, and the initial budget has reached 10 billion Lan Fang yuan.

Although this is a bit stressful for Qin Zhiyuan, the pressure on the Lan Fang government will be reduced to the extreme, and Lu Zhengxiang and others can continue to use all their strength to develop the economy, so it is estimated that by next year, Lan Fang's economy will still make great progress and continue to lead the world in terms of growth rate.

In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, the civil machinery to be vigorously developed next year, Lan Fang has developed to the present, and the land area is large enough. Compared with the population of Lan Fang, even if the land is reclaimed with all efforts, it cannot be reclaimed by manpower alone, so the demand for agricultural machinery is becoming more and more obvious.

In order to solve this problem, Qin Zhiyuan ordered Lu Zhengxiang to set up an agricultural machinery research institute and an agricultural machinery company, which will be included in the next five-year plan to make Lan Fang's agricultural machinery level catch up with the current level of the United States. If this plan can be realized, then by 1925, Lan Fang will not need to import any food, and will have spare capacity to export.

In fact, Lan Fang's current grain production is already high enough, and its rice production is already the world's first. In addition to supplying Lan Fang's people with food, it can also be used to support the Republic of China and Germany. Lan Fang's current imported food is mainly wheat, and it is imported from the United States. If Lan Fang can develop the northern border area, then Lan Fang will no longer have food risks.

If it continues to develop at this speed, by 1930, Lan Fang's GDP will probably reach 80% of the level of the United States. At the same time, because industry accounts for a large proportion of Lan Fang's economic system, by then, in terms of industry, especially heavy industry, the gap between Lan Fang and the United States will be further narrowed, and Lan Fang will soon have the strength to fight the United States.

In order to achieve this goal, the Lan Fang government worked very hard, especially the bureaucracy headed by Lu Zhengxiang. Because Qin Zhiyuan alone bore most of the military expenses, the Lan Fang government was able to devote all its energy to economic construction. Behind Lan Fang was the Republic of China, which had almost unlimited human resources and commodity markets. If they still couldn't do it well, then Lu Zhengxiang and his people should really thank the world with their death.