Expedition to Europe

While the war in the Republic of China was still going on, Lan Fang was also preparing for war, but the development in the country never stopped.

On Taohua Island and Jinzhou Island, six fertilizer plants were working day and night to produce fertilizers as soon as possible to provide sufficient support for Lan Fang's agriculture.

The funds required to launch so many projects at once must be astronomical.

In order to prevent the capital chain from breaking, Prime Minister Huang Bohan almost did his best to maintain it.

Qin Zhiyuan had many industries, among which the United Oil Company had begun to make profits, the penicillin factory had been making huge profits, and the profits of LLL Company were also increasing. The monthly income of these items was about 10 million US dollars.

This money seemed a lot, but in fact it was just enough to make up for Lan Fang's military expenses.

Lan Fang's army was not small now. Although the 100,000-man army in Europe did not need Qin Zhiyuan to pay, Lan Fang's military expenses had to be paid by Qin Zhiyuan.

Lan Fang's current standing army was about 200,000 people, plus the 100,000 people prepared for the Northern Expedition, the number of troops had reached 300,000.

After the establishment of Lan Fang, all the troops of the foreign legion have automatically been transferred to the Lan Fang army. Since it is the army of their own country and no longer a "mercenary", the salary must naturally adapt to reality, so the salary of the soldiers is about five francs a day, which is about one dollar.

Don't feel that one dollar is too little. It is the early 20th century. One dollar a day is higher than the salary of the middle class in the United States.

So in this way, Qin Zhiyuan earns 10 million US dollars every month, which is probably just enough to pay the wages of the Lan Fang army, and he can't even take care of the government workers.

The salary of government workers is Huang Bohan's business.

For this reason, Huang Bohan almost racked his brains. There are not many government workers in Lan Fang now. In fact, the total number is less than 10,000. In fact, Huang Bohan can pay the salary of these 10,000 people even if he pays out of his own pocket.

But work is not done this way. No matter how rich Huang Bohan is, he can't directly use it to pay the salaries of government workers, otherwise he will be infamous for "buying people's hearts". He still has to think of other ways.

There are not many good ways to think about it, except borrowing money from abroad or issuing bonds internally.

There are usually additional conditions for borrowing money from abroad. Now the richest people in the world who can also take out money are Americans.

But Americans are not kind people. If you borrow money from Americans, the Americans will directly ask Lan Fang to withdraw its troops from Zheng He Island. Will Lan Fang withdraw or not?

So the most convenient way is to issue bonds internally.

Since January, Lan Fang has issued four bonds in a row, with a total amount of about 100 million US dollars.

All these bonds were digested internally by Huang Bohan, Huang Jinsheng, Guo Shenglong and **** Mao, of which Huang Bohan himself subscribed more than 50 million US dollars. It is with this 100 million US dollars that Lan Fang can now carry out so many constructions at the same time.

The rich people in Lan Fang are still very rich. Just like in the process of issuing bonds this time, the rich people in Lion City (Singapore) also intend to bear part of it, but Huang Bohan did not give them a chance at all. Before leaving the office, all these bonds were digested internally.

Before Lan Fang established the country, if we look at the population ratio, there are actually more Chinese in Lion City. Of course, there are more Chinese tycoons in Lion City than in the Dutch East Indies at that time.

In the process of Lan Fang's establishment, the Chinese tycoons in Lion City gave Lan Fang a lot of help.

Lan Fang did not forget them. After the establishment of the country, Lan Fang made a promise to the tycoons in Lion City that no matter when, as long as Lion City needs Lan Fang, Lan Fang will definitely go all out.

That's enough.

The reason why the tycoons in Lion City helped Lan Fang was, on the one hand, because of the same clan, and on the other hand, they wanted to find a backer.

Lion City is now controlled by the British. Perhaps at some point, Lion City needs Lan Fang's protection. At that time, it is time for Lan Fang to repay Lion City.

So now Lan Fang, military defense is borne by Qin Zhiyuan alone, and the economy is borne by the Lan Fang government.

In the future, if Lan Fang's economy starts to get on the right track, military expenses will definitely be borne by the government, but at this stage, it can only be maintained temporarily in this way.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary things.

Lan Fang has not yet determined its currency system. Following the custom of Corsica, the currency currently circulating in Lan Fang is actually the franc.

Huang Bohan has realized that this is not right and is currently preparing to issue Lan Fang's own currency. The face value of the currency has been determined, and the style and pattern have basically been determined.

Lan Fang's currency is paper currency, and the basic unit of currency is "yuan". The currency value is based on the franc, and about one yuan is exchanged for one franc.

The largest face value of Lan Fang's currency is "hundred yuan coin". The front pattern of the hundred yuan coin is Qin Zhiyuan's head, and the back pattern is Wanghaizhou, the largest island in Lan Fang.

The next denomination is "fifty yuan", the front pattern is Huang Bohan's head, and the back pattern is Jinzhou Island.

The next denominations are "twenty yuan, ten yuan, five yuan, one yuan, five cents, one cent, five cents, one cent", among which "yuan" and above are paper money, and "yuan" and below are coins.

In order to ensure the smooth issuance of currency, Lan Fang established a state-owned bank called "National Bank", which will be responsible for currency issuance, as well as other functions such as savings, credit, and foreign exchange.

The establishment of the bank marked the gradual stabilization of the financial order, and as the financial order gradually stabilized, Lan Fang's finances also began to improve.

In fact, while Lan Fang is carrying out industrialization and large-scale infrastructure construction, the original economic pillar industries are also constantly generating profits.

For example, the oil fields in Daqing City.

The oil fields in Daqing City have been under development. Because the supporting refineries have not been built yet, the current exports are all crude oil, and Americans are the largest buyers.

Lan Fang does not sell crude oil to the United States in exchange for US dollars printed by Americans, but adopts a barter method.

There are many northerners in Lan Fang. In fact, northerners are more accustomed to eating wheat and soybeans instead of rice, but Lan Fang does not produce wheat and soybeans locally, so the United States has become Lan Fang’s largest importer of agricultural products.

Simply put, Lan Fang sells crude oil to Americans, and Americans exchange it with equivalent wheat and soybeans.

In this exchange process, Lan Fang is actually in a surplus position.

For the difference in the exchange, Lan Fang requires Americans to use other industrial products to make up for it, such as cloth, scrap steel, etc.

Previously, the Americans had always sold "scrap steel" to the Japanese. The resource-poor Japanese relied on scrap steel imported from the United States to continuously support the expansion of Japan's militarism.

Lan Fang's import of scrap steel from the United States is equivalent to cutting off the lifeline of the Japanese.

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At the very least, we cannot say that it is completely cut off, but we must make sure that the Japanese can no longer get as much as they want.

Japan is a country that relies on imports for almost all its raw materials. In fact, its domestic foundation is very weak. If we strangle the Japanese and cut off their sea transportation lines, there is no need to attack it. At most, Japan will fall into chaos in three months.

In another time and space, the reason why Japan can do whatever it wants in the Republic of China is, on the one hand, because the Republic of China itself is not motivated, and the internal consumption is too serious to develop the economy, and on the other hand, it is because the United States is acting as Japan's logistics minister.

As long as the materials needed by the Japanese, whether it is aviation fuel or cooking oil, or even steel and food, as long as the Japanese need them, the Americans will vigorously supply them. Even if the Japanese have no money, the Americans will provide loans to sell to them.

Even so, the long-term war still overwhelmed the Japanese. In order to obtain cheaper raw materials, the Japanese launched a war against the raw material production areas in Southeast Asia.

The Americans controlled the Philippines at that time and had their own interests in Southeast Asia.

In addition, if the Japanese obtained the raw material production areas, they would reduce the import volume from the United States, which would affect the interests of the Americans, so the United States would intervene directly.

Look, isn’t it very similar to the First World War? As long as they can still make money, it doesn’t matter to the Americans if all the people outside the United States die. Once they can’t make money, then the Americans will roll up their sleeves and go down in person.

So don’t say that Americans participated in the world war for some kind of "justice". They are purely for their own interests and have nothing to do with "justice".

In other words, the so-called "justice" of Americans refers to the interests of the United States.

In fact, for Qin Zhiyuan, "interests first" itself is neither good nor bad, and Qin Zhiyuan himself is "interests first".

But the most disgusting thing about Americans is that they "want to be a whore and want to set up a memorial archway", and they don’t care whether others will be disgusting.

The economic pillars of Lan Fang are not only oil, but also rubber, palm oil, edible sugar, etc. These products are also exported, and compared with the Dutch colonial period, the output has increased, and the profits are also greater.

It's just that compared with the huge expenditure, the current income of the Lan Fang government is still a big gap, so it seems that it can't make ends meet.

However, this situation will not last too long. At most, in two or three years, when the current factory starts production, the financial situation of the Lan Fang government will improve, and it will gradually turn to profit, and it will be more and more.

It seems that everything is developing in a good direction.

Not all news is good news.

In a corner of Wanghaizhou, five or six people gathered under the dim light, as if they were plotting something.

"Davarish, we can't continue to endure the oppression of the bourgeoisie. We must stand up and fight those vampires resolutely!" A young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes looked dignified, his hands clenched into fists across his chest, facing the north with impassioned, and his eyes radiated an unwavering gaze.

"Yes, we can't stand it anymore..."

"We should follow Russia's example and establish a Russian Bolshevik-style government!"

"I heard that the Lan Fang government wants to attack the Russian Bolshevik Davariks. We should do something to cooperate with the Russian Bolshevik Davariks."

Some people nearby echoed, while others smoked silently.

"Whether the Lan Fang government will attack Russia or not, we should make our own voices heard. That 'union' is now refusing us to join. This is really unreasonable. We must establish our own 'union' and never accept the control of those vampires." The man with thick eyebrows and big eyes continued to speak passionately.

Union!

Yes, Lan Fang does have a union at present.