Chapter 454 Lenin is coming!

@@@@@@@@In the port of Manila, an Italian cargo ship from afar slowly leaned on the dock. Lenin, with a tired face, got out of the cabin under the urging of the boatmen.

The bright sunshine, green rainforests, and busy seaports made the steel man who trained in the harsh winters in Europe and Russia sigh with a sigh of relief.

With a small suitcase and following the flow of people coming and going, Lenin walked to a high ground on the dock and stood on it. Even he, who was used to the European port, was secretly surprised. He only saw boats flying national flags everywhere in the encircling Manila Bay. The busy boatmen shouted neat slogans. It is hard to imagine that ten years ago, it was an inconspicuous small seaport under the rule of the Spanish colonial axe.

Before coming again, he made a lot of hard work on the rapidly rising country, the young emperor nicknamed the madman butcher and the arsonist, knowing that this is one of the only 20 international trade ports in Xinhua. In addition, this is the first stop to enter Xinhua, and it is also the largest output distribution of rubber, tobacco and other raw materials. Therefore, it is as prosperous as any seaport in Europe.

Unlike the Subic naval base, which is known as the largest military port in Asia, which is dozens of kilometers away, the investment here is completely from political axe and private capital. The continuous arrival of fleets of various countries has brought huge benefits to this investment, making the emerging Xinhua domestic capitalists willing to invest at a large cost, but the effect is It is relatively slow, but the revenue can be maintained for a long time in large-scale infrastructure.

In order to protect the investment interests of these investors, Li Mo deliberately formulated some laws and regulations, such as the strictest import and export customs laws in various countries, which require that all foreign merchant ships coming to Xinhua must enter the designated 20 seaports and not dock at will.

A small patrol warship of about a thousand tons in the distance escorted three Austro-Hungarian cargo ships slowly into the harbor.

I heard from the Italian crew that these coast guard patrol ships, which have encountered several times in succession since entering Malacca, are the basis of strict customs law. After initially contacting and sinking and arresting several merchant ships that did not listen to advice and trying to break through, merchants from all over the world are now unwilling to touch that bottom line.

In this way, the huge domestic material transshipment must be handed over to Xinhua domestic transportation companies, ensuring that those small transportation companies with low starters will not be submerged by the tide of large transportation enterprises in various countries.

This also has a great disadvantage, that is, materials from all over the country must be transferred to the nearest designated port before they can be exported, which inadvertently increases the cost, and the corresponding income will also be reduced. However, the advantage is that it is convenient for customs control, minimizes tariff evasion, and can centrally manage national resources, so as not to go out. Now waste and competition with each other.

However, in his opinion, this is also a kind of centralization, but it has been cleverly disguised to maximize the use of the resources of relatively weak countries and protect the relatively weak industries in China.

In fact, Lenin couldn't help admiring the series of methods designed by the young Chinese emperor. He used force to hold a protective umbrella for the country and the people, and then let them gradually grow under this huge umbrella until they were so strong that they could no longer be afraid of the wind and the sun, and then let them out. For example, Pacific Freight, China Sweet Sugar Industry, Global Power Service Company, and Li's Electronics Company, which has just appeared to sell radios and various electronic components, are all large companies that have grown up under this umbrella and gradually have the ability to compete with powerful countries.

When studying Li Mo, he also found a very interesting place, that is, the young emperor seemed to just hold up the umbrella, and then let the political axe set up various more equal laws and rules, and finally let it go, but let the market decide everything. Let the domestic capitalists compete freely. Whether it is a merger or an acquisition, as long as he follows the rules, he will never ask.

He is cultivating the ability of these small capitalists to adapt to competition. Although this system has both advantages and disadvantages, it is not what he pursues, because no matter how much Li Mo covers up, no matter how many laws he formulates that are beneficial to ordinary people and protect them, no matter how much he improves production efficiency and establishes Enterprises and factories, this is still a capitalist country!

An emerging capitalist country maintained by force!

There are only two paths for the development of capital countries, internal exploitation and external plunder, and Li Mo chose the latter!

This is completely different from his dream of building a communist and a common world.

But he is also a pragmatist who can distinguish the distance between ideals and reality, so he came to the Far East, hoping to meet the emperor and provide some necessary help to the Bolsheviks. Despite his fact that he did not immediately find a way to contact Li Mo, but after watching the prosperity of the port of Manila for a while, he led the box to the city of Manila. He wanted to take this opportunity to walk around the country first.

But he didn't know that behind him, several faint shadows had already followed him, and at the same time, a radio wave quickly flew to Yanjing--

"We bumped in!"

In the new garden, Li Enfu put the newspaper on the coffee table, looked at the thick black characters, and spread out his hands and couldn't complain, "Your Majesty, what kind of people do you think the navy sent out? Le Fei flattened Banda Aceh. Ning Xiaochuan ran thousands of miles to thre other people's buttocks. Ji Rushan took off his gloves and wanted to fight with the French. Now he has come out again, okay! Just hit it!"

"And if you hit it, don't be afraid that the world will not be chaotic!"

"How do they know that every time they wipe the navy's buttocks, it's our political axe, and look at the telegram, the bow and port structure are damaged! Although I don't know the technology, I still know how much it costs. It can't be repaired for millions!"

"They shouted for military spending all day long, but now they see that the United States is going to pay, but they are forced to withdraw from the negotiations."

Hearing Li Enfu complaining, Li Mo couldn't help smiling. Unexpectedly, Ji Rushan and Fang Jin teamed up to play a classic confrontation event similar to the Cold War period in history. He learned Lao Maozi's rude style thoroughly, and moved from the Bailing Sea to the Caribbean Sea in the back garden of the United States. Now he doesn't have to think about anything else. France, the United States is also going to be fierce.

It's a good thing to pull the United States into an arms race and not let it bury itself in development, but the strong industrial and economic ability also makes people feel a little palpitated. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, even he can't fully grasp it himself. Some people and things have also begun to change. History has completely deviated from the trajectory. Sometimes he even thinks, Whether World War I will break out as scheduled is a big problem.

This country, whose GDP was still lagging behind the Qing Dynasty in 1880, relied on its unique geographical advantages. Standing on the shoulders of Britain, France and other countries, it took 20 years to develop into the world's first economic power. Now it has come back by itself and relying on the capital operation mode brought by the previous life, it has taken advantage of the last in the true sense. In a good era of free economic tail, a large number of equipment and talents from all over the world have been searched, and they stood on the shoulders of the great powers and began to start.

After returning to this era, we will understand that putting aside the external corruption, the Qing Dynasty is not as weak as expected. At least the private capital power is still very strong. Now there is no Jiawu, and the beheading of Yanjing is implemented in a flash, so that the national wealth has been protected to the greatest extent, although However, the beginning of industry is less than ten years, but the huge population and expanding land resources are making the country rejuvenated little by little.

In the past year, the GDP exceeded 10 billion for the first time, an increase of 3 billion yuan over the previous year. These are his confidence to provoke the United States, but this confidence is not enough, and he still needs to add some weight to himself.

The Xinhua Ship Design Department led by McKinson is focusing on the secret tasks assigned to them, the most important of which are two brand-new battleships. Now the design and experiments are nearing completion, and the various subsystem technologies are basically finalized, just waiting for the money to start.

But at this critical moment, Thomas called for a delay of half a year. Now Ji Rushan and Fang Jin have joined hands to implement the impact, which has suddenly forced the United States to a dead corner, and even the negotiations on the right to dig the Nicaraguan Grand Canal have suddenly stopped.

This is not a good thing. I'm still waiting for the money, so I have to compromise a little bit. At least I should get the money first! After deciding his mind, he immediately looked at Li Enfu with a smile and said, "Mr. Li, how does the United States react now?"

"How can you react?" Li Enfu glanced at Chen Ping next to him angrily and replied, "We are asked to compensate for the loss of the Wisconsin, and also asked us to compensate 500,000 US dollars to the three dead soldiers and wounded soldiers."

"Loss, don't lose a lot of money for a little money." Li Mo nodded, as long as the negotiation was not terminated, so he looked at Chen Ping and asked, "What about Heilongjiang?"

"We have contacted Germany. They have promised to fulfill their previous secret contract and have sent a maintenance ship to Cuba, but now that the Americans have blocked the port of Havana, I'm afraid they can't get in."

"That's simple. We can't lose money for nothing. It's unreasonable for the United States to block our normal visit. We can completely exchange compensation for them to leave. As long as we can guarantee to leave within a certain period of time, I believe that the United States does not want us to stay there." Although Li Enfu complained, his heart was still like a mirror. He knew that the Americans would definitely not give up the right to dig the canal, so he immediately suggested.

"This is a good idea." Chen Ping clapped his hands, looked at Tang Shaoyi, and said with a smile, "And I think we should take the initiative to raise the negotiation level, and then mix a series of talks about the status of Chinese workers, the Chinese Exclusion Act, etc., so as to help Mr. Thomas delay until November, but we will trouble Shaochuan to visit the United States again."

"Hehe, it's okay. If I can dig back the money, let alone let me go together. I'm willing to go a hundred times."

Tang Shaoyi's words caused a burst of laughter from everyone. Judging from the previous negotiations, the United States has actually loosened. According to intelligence, under the lobbying of Ma Han, an American sea power fighter, Fairbanks and the parliament have reached an agreement to buy the right to dig the canal, and in order to avoid future trouble, they also plan to buy the trust once. Mas Mining's equity in the Panama Canal, so as long as it lowers its posture and makes some concessions, the right to dig the Grand Canal in Nicaragua will almost certainly sell at a good price.

If it hadn't been for Thomas, the agreement might have been reached long ago. As for the possible dissatisfaction of the third-party Colombian political axe, it is very simple. As long as the remaining four Russian warships are given to them for free, all the dissatisfaction will gradually disappear, not to mention after this incident. I believe that South American countries will see clearly that unless they are willing to live in the shadow of the United States, they can only rely on themselves to fight against the increasingly powerful United States.

Just as several people were discussing how to confuse the negotiations and delay the time without scaring the United States into this big business, the news brought by Duan Fei made Li Mo raise his eyebrows.

"Lenin is coming!"

(to be continued)