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    After the false information from the Republic of China was passed on, the U.S. Navy was almost scared to death.  "Oh my God! Oh my God! The Chinese actually want to attack our United States. They have the ability to build thirty battleships!" "There is nothing surprising about this. The Chinese have already mastered the battleship manufacturing technology. Their  The technology was obtained from Germany and Japan. It means that they can build both German-style battleships and British-style battleships. Moreover, the Chinese are very good at technology, and they have a huge industrial base and a huge population.  "Support, there is obviously no problem in building thirty battleships." "Thirty battleships will cost at least one billion, but this is obviously not difficult for the Chinese people's financial income."  Apparently everyone within the Navy agrees with the view that China is capable of building thirty advanced battleships. Battleships may be difficult to build in the eyes of small countries.  But in the eyes of big countries with industrial foundations, it is not a difficult thing.  As long as you have enough money, you can build a lot of these things.  In contrast, after receiving the news, the Rothschild Group and the American Group began to curse.  "Damn, damn Eastern monkeys, don't they know that after a war, construction is needed? Have their internal conflicts developed to the point where they must be resolved by launching a war?" "Their internal conflicts are very serious.  Small, every labor force has a job, and there is a complete welfare system, there is no need to talk about violent internal conflicts. These Eastern monkeys obviously want to take advantage of the European and American countries before they have recovered from the previous war.  Defeat us." "What should we do?" "If the Chinese really want to start a war, then Europe will obviously not be able to survive. We must withdraw to the United States to prepare for the Chinese attack."  Just a piece of false news has plunged European and American countries into panic.  At the same time, those spies in China also sent back some of their findings one after another. For example, many shipyards did begin to manufacture some large merchant ships, but the Republic of China deliberately covered it up.  This has become the biggest doubt, and it has also confirmed from the side that the news that the Republic of China wants to secretly build thirty battleships may be true.  To prevent possible invasion by China.  The Rothschild consortium and the American consortium, Britain, France and the United States, countries and consortiums have had frequent consultations, and they are all trying to find ways to deal with it.     The best way.  It is also the worst plan.  That is to defend the American continent, and if you want to defend the American continent, the navy is obviously the most critical existence.  Since the Chinese want to build thirty battleships, they should build more battleships.  "The Chinese want to build thirty ships, they should also build thirty ships."  However, this amount is too much!  Thirty ships!  And it is a brand new battleship. This is not the kind of battleship used in the previous war with the Germans. As the tonnage of the battleships becomes larger and larger.  Costs are also rising.  A battleship is estimated to cost US$20 million!  Thirty ships.  That¡¯s a cost of $600 million!  And that¡¯s just the upfront investment.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT out out of the blue and white, and the navy has to pay wages, this is the real big deal!  "It's only 600 million US dollars, which is really affordable."  The subsequent costs are a bit higher, but they are still affordable for the Rothschild and American consortiums.  At best, the construction speed is slowed down, but the Chinese also built thirty ships, and at least both sides spent about the same amount of money.  Regarding the issue of naval construction, Britain and France were really unable to support it, so US loans became the next method of operation.  The United States once again undertook the construction and equipment of twenty battleships, Britain added five more, and France also added five, for a total of thirty ships.  The three major powers, the United States, Britain, and France, have once again increased the number of battleships they manufacture, while the Republic of China seems to be secretly building battleships as well.  The vigorous naval equipment competition has begun again.  It¡¯s just that this time the protagonist is no longer the United Kingdom, nor Germany, but a naval arms race between the Republic of China and the United States. The United Kingdom and France can only be regarded as the second or third tier.  At this time, the Republic of China did plan to build battleships, but it did not intend to build thirty battleships, but only one or two.  The battleship built this time has a design tonnage of over 50,000 tons, a main gun caliber of 406mm, a designed maximum speed of 28 knots, and very thick armor.  This is the concept of super battleship.  This kind of battleship is named ¡®Famous General Class¡¯??, the first one was the ¡®Huo Qubing¡¯, which was the first super battleship named after a famous general from the Han Dynasty.  The purpose of building this super battleship is, firstly, to increase the atmosphere of this world naval arms race and make it look more real, so as not to let Europe and the United States know too early that they have been fooled, so that Europe and the United States can build enough battleships.  At that time, the navies of European and American countries were very embarrassed. They had built battleships, but if they were dismantled for steelmaking, it would be a waste of money.  But if you continue to equip it, it will still be a waste of money.  In fact, only one of the battleships built by the Republic of China is a real battleship. The others are all merchant ships under construction. They are all large merchant ships of the 50,000-ton class and are used to transport bulk commodities such as ores and grains.  When merchant ships are large enough to have a displacement of 50,000 tons, they can transport a lot of cargo at once.  According to the design, these 50,000-ton merchant ships can have a load capacity of 47,500 tons and a draft of 8.8 meters. They cannot be berthed in ordinary small ports.  This is a very large merchant ship that the East China Shipyard decided to build after several years of research and technological advancements in many fields.  At this time, after the First World War, the merchant ships of various countries in the world were generally only about 10,000 tons, with the large ones being only 20,000 tons, and very few being 30,000 tons.  But most of the merchant ships used by the Republic of China to transport bulk cargo were 30,000 tons.  In the world, except for the 50,000-ton oil tanker built by the Republic of China, the 50,000-ton oil tanker is the largest in the world.  There are no ships with a tonnage of 50,000 tons, not even warships.  The 50,000-ton merchant ship is not the largest, and many merchant ships in later generations reached 100,000 tons.  But obviously it is impossible to build such a large merchant ship with the technology of this era.  In 1922, the steel production of the Republic of China had exceeded 180 million tons, requiring a large supply of iron ore every year. However, due to the limitation of external iron ore production, the internal iron ore mining had not been able to stop. Therefore,  Steel production is mainly concentrated in North China, West China, and coastal areas.  With the increase in external iron ore mining, the amount of imported iron ore is also growing.  Therefore, more and more large merchant ships are needed.  End of the year.  The Republic of China successfully built a top-blown converter with a daily output of 5,000 tons of molten steel in Guangdong, and steel production entered a large-scale stage.  The world at this time.  For example, the United States, a major steel-producing country, still uses open-hearth technology to produce steel.  The largest open-hearth furnace in the United States produces only 600 tons of steel per day.  ¡°And not all iron ores can be smelted in open-hearth steelmaking, and iron ores that are more acidic are helpless.  Because compared with the two, oxygen converter steelmaking has the following advantages.  1: Small area and low infrastructure costs.  It is about 60-70% of that of an open-hearth furnace; 2: The smelting time is short, and one furnace of steel can be smelted in about 40 minutes, so the production efficiency is high and the operating cost is low; 3: The furnace age is long, 1-5 times that of an open-hearth furnace, and refractory materials  Less consumption; 4: Strong adaptability, many types of smelted steel, good quality and low cost.  And converter steel is very convenient for the subsequent processing of molten steel.  The cost of steel rolling and other links has also been reduced.  The steel smelting technology of the Republic of China has shocked the world.  The United States and other countries have also begun to vigorously research converter steel, but they are obviously one step behind.  The steelmaking furnaces in the Republic of China have reached a daily output of 5,000 tons, while in the United States it is still 600 tons. The gap is more than eight times, and the costs are simply not comparable.  The larger the scale of steel, the lower the cost.  The metallurgical technology of the Republic of China creates a large amount of benefits every year.  Because advanced open-pit mining technology is used for mining, top-blown converters are used for metallurgy, the cost is reduced again, and large ships and container transportation are used for transportation, so the cost of steel is very low.  Therefore, the military intervention in Russia this year did not have much impact on the Chinese economy.  In the blink of an eye, it was already 1923. The Spring Festival of the Republic of China was spent in a dull way, but it was the most comfortable Spring Festival for the people since the founding of the People's Republic of China.  After a year of productive labor, the income of ordinary people has generally increased.  The central government of the Republic of China, as usual, increased the ordinary salary level after the year during the Spring Festival - 50 yuan!  ??According to this level, ordinary workers can earn 700 yuan a year plus incentives, while workers who are more tired on the construction site can earn about 800~900 yuan a year.  Skilled workers can earn thousands of dollars.  Those stowaways can get a salary of 30 yuan a month.  Those whites and blacks with green cards have a monthly salary of 40 yuan.  "After the wage level was raised this year, people's consumption capacity for cars has increased. With the end of the interference in Russia and the increase in steel production, we should vigorously advocate car consumption." Zhou Ziyue visited Jiang Yu's home during the Chinese New Year.  Jiang Yu started to discuss.  The consortium has gradually become better, and the world initiative is gradually controlled by the Republic of China. This year's Spring Festival is also very comfortable for Jiang Yu, Zhou Ziyue and others.??A Spring Festival.  "Well! It's time to vigorously advocate automobile consumption." Jiang Yu nodded. Steel has been manufactured in large quantities, so now it has to be consumed by automobile consumption.  Engineering construction cannot consume so much steel.  "Next year, our steel production will increase again by 40 million tons, reaching 220 million tons. Therefore, while opening up automobile consumption, we can also increase automobile driving training in schools, so that students can have an impact on automobile consumption after they leave school.  Interest. In addition, we need to reduce the frequency of buses so that people have to buy cars." Zhou Ziyue said that 25 top-blown converters with a daily output of 5,000 tons of molten steel will be built. The steel production in the Republic of China has entered a completely large-scale stage.  At the same time, some steel-making furnaces with backward production capacity will be eliminated to achieve a high output of 220 million tons.  At this time, it is very simple for the Republic of China to increase steel production, because since the emergence of top-blown converter technology ten years ago, a large number of steelmaking talents have been cultivated in the past ten years.  The technology has been thoroughly understood.  Coupled with the improvement of the industrial system and productivity, if we just blindly pursue steel production.  The speed will also increase.  ¡°But steel needs to be usable after it is produced.  Therefore, people need to consume, a lot of consumption.  "We must not only sell cars domestically, but also vigorously sell cars in affiliated countries. We must promote installment payments on a large scale, and at the same time, we must strengthen publicity so that people can spend their money with confidence." Jiang Yu added, the Chinese  Love saving money.  This is not a good habit for the consortium. If currency is not circulated, it cannot generate value.  If people don¡¯t spend their money, the country can only increase taxes.  This will lead to the construction of more industries.  Therefore, public opinion still needs to promote consumption.  With the current employment situation and welfare security system of the Republic of China, citizens do not need any savings at all.  After the money is spent, there is no need to worry at all. Anyway, the country will protect you if you lose your job.  As for those who are not citizens of the Republic of China.  If you are a moonlight clan.  I'm afraid it won't end well. ????????¡­??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? After 10 years, public opinion in the Republic of China immediately began to advocate automobile consumption.  East China Automobile Manufacturing Plant has launched several luxury cars one after another.  ¡°The cars consumed by ordinary people have become the previous luxury cars.  The price is higher, but the car is also more advanced.  It is no longer a four-wheeled thing like a Ford car, which is no different from a tractor.  It is a relatively good ordinary family car with a streamlined body.  Such cars also consume more steel.  The lowest-end cars can be sold to low-income groups.  Ordinary income level.  Now they are fully capable of purchasing the new ordinary family cars launched by the East China Automobile Manufacturing Factory. This kind of ordinary family cars are the luxury cars driven by the rich in the past.  The latest luxury cars have improved performance and appearance, but the price is also higher. There are models for the rich and middle class.  The launch of new high-end family cars has made cars available to the rich, middle class, and ordinary income classes in the automobile market of the Republic of China. ? Among them, there is no special production of consumer cars for the low-income class, and they are mainly for the second-hand market.  The market has not yet reached saturation, so it is naturally impossible to produce cars for the lower class.  When the market for the high-income class, the middle class, and the ordinary income class is saturated, then it is time to cut prices wildly to allow the low-income class to consume cars.  You know, even if the company has no profits, the country has taxes.  When the consortium produces cars, it will still be profitable and can continue to generate employment.  ¡°However, the consumer market is not yet saturated, and ordinary income classes generally do not have cars.  For the people of the Republic of China, the most exciting thing this year is that Song Jiaoren proposed that most people should buy family cars within three years.  At the same time, Song Jiaoren called on citizens who have the ability to purchase cars to not be stingy with their money and make their own contribution to supporting the nation.  Public opinion is also vigorously promoting the benefits of automobile consumption.  "Buy a car and you can drive it to any place no matter how far away you are, as long as there is a road there. Buying a car can give you a comfortable travel environment whether it is day or night, windy or rainy.  ¡­¡± Family cars are continuously assembled from production lines across the country. The automobile production lines of the Republic of China are mainly distributed in North China and the coastal areas. Among them, the coastal automobile manufacturing industry is the most developed because exports are also very convenient.  of.  In West China, the consortium is building a new automobile industry base to facilitate the supply of cars in West China and China.?. European market.  Under the influence of such publicity and anger, many people have chosen to buy family cars. Because they can pay in installments, there is no pressure to buy a family car.  Driving schools are full, and new driving schools are constantly appearing.  Highway investment has also become a good choice for investors due to the surge in household cars.  In just one quarter, the Republic of China sold a total of 15 million family cars, and the prices were still relatively high, successfully allowing the consortium to recover a large amount of money.  In just three months, the automobile manufacturing industry in the Republic of China produced 15 million vehicles. It can be said that the explosion of the automobile manufacturing industry is the result of long-term accumulation.  And the strong demand for market consumption is the result of accumulation.  The fields of military, administration, education, medical care, business management, scientific research, skilled workers, private businessmen, and farmers of the Republic of China created a large number of middle class people.  With the development of the country's economy and the improvement of productivity, the income level of the extremely large ordinary income class created by the consortium has become the highest in the world this year.  The wages of the average income class in the United States have been surpassed by the Republic of China.  The lower class is also a large group in the Republic of China. This is mainly a legacy of the old era. In China under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the past, many people lost their ability to work due to opium addiction, disease, and disability, and they did not have much  With a high level of education, they became a low-income class.  ¡°However, the low-income class like this will continue to decrease in the Republic of China.  In the country of the Republic of China, as long as you have the strength and are willing to work, you can live a good life, and housing and cars are not a problem.  It is equivalent to the stage when the Republic of China begins to use national destiny to affect personal destiny. If a country does not strictly distribute wealth, then the difference in personal destiny will quickly widen the gap between the rich and the poor.  At this time in the Republic of China, the degree of monopoly of consortiums was increasing, which meant that most people were ordinary workers. As long as they had work to do, their incomes were similar, but some were more tired and some were much more relaxed.  It is not a fantastic promise to have most families own a family car within three years, because it can be paid in installments, and the productivity has fully reached the supply capacity.  ¡° Equivalently, after people buy a car, they will spend five or six years repaying the money. They only need to pay back ten yuan a month to own an ordinary family car.  At this time, the consortium used credit to allow most families to own family cars, and at the same time, it also allowed them to continuously recycle banknotes. Together with mortgage loans and electrical appliance purchase loans, a labor force's monthly income ensured a relatively comfortable life.  At the same time, the surplus money will be returned to the bank.  This is equivalent to the consortium acquiring a large group of laborers who can continue to produce and build every month by paying very little money.     Why is this so?  Because the cost of houses, cars, and electrical appliances is relatively low due to advanced productivity.  But when it is sold to ordinary people, it is relatively high, but they can afford it. As for the price difference, it is the profit of each enterprise.  With these profits, it is equivalent to the fact that after consumers purchase those goods, they will have to work for nothing for the consortium for several years.  Therefore, the consortium will use these to build a large number of industries for the house slaves and car slaves who meet the basic needs of life.  This is also known as spending tomorrow¡¯s money today.  "But while enjoying a house, a car, and electrical appliances, you still have money to live a good material life. At least the car fuel is enough, the whole family has food and drink, and you can occasionally travel. This is a very good life for ordinary people.  Within three years, the Republic of China has been able to enable most families to buy family cars. Based on the current population of the Republic of China of 500 million, that is to say, nearly 100 million family cars will be produced within three years.  Family cars these days are not as complicated as later generations, and 100 million units is not a big problem.  (To be continued)
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