Coming out of the Forbidden City, good news came from the side responsible for negotiations.
The Beiyang government originally had doubts about the Hans representative's proposal to import Hans' industrial products and purchase Hans' weapons and equipment, but when he heard that Hans could transfer the production drawings of the Mauser 98 rifle, Guo Songling suddenly couldn't sit still..
After he reported this information, Zhang Zuolin couldn't sit still!
The Mauser 98 rifle is currently the active rifle of the German army. It is one of the most advanced rifles in the world. Compared with the old rifles used by other domestic warlords, the performance of the Mauser 98 rifle is much ahead.
Originally, in Zhang Zuolin's view, it was good enough that the German army could sell some of its active equipment, and he was very satisfied. However, he did not expect that Hans directly took out the design drawings and was willing to transfer the production technology at the cost of transferring the Northeast region's Minerals, including oil exploration and mining rights, were sold to Hans!
The 30-year mining rights are exchanged for the most advanced rifle drawings and production technology. This deal is really a bargain!
After all, oil and the like are of little significance to China at the moment. China basically does not need these. And coal is abundant in China and there is no shortage at all. Even if the northeastern region is mined by the Hans, there will be no loss to them. big!
Moreover, the Hansi people also promised to establish a cooperation mechanism with the Northeastern Army. The German army could help the Northeastern Army train young generals, let them study abroad in Hansi, and then let them return to China after completing their studies.
These cooperation terms made Zhang Zuolin very excited. He felt that there was no more suitable deal in the world than this!
So without much hesitation, Zhang Zuolin agreed to Hans' request. In order to prevent Hans from going back on his word, he also asked Hans to sign the agreement in the shortest possible time to avoid long nights and dreams.
"In this case, then sign an agreement with the other party!"
Mainz is very satisfied with this result. For the Beiyang government, this agreement is of course a traitorous agreement, but they probably don't care, because many of the contents in the agreement do not have much impact on China at this time.
For example, the import of Han Sri Lanka's industrial products, even if they are not imported from Hans, still have to be imported from countries such as the Sun Never Sets, Gaul, Eagle Sauce and Foot Basin. China cannot produce these things itself, so it can only rely on foreign imports to satisfy them.
They have to import it anyway, so if they use this thing as a bargaining chip to trade it, they feel that they will make a lot of money!
As for the oil exploration rights, these are even less important.
In their view, the Northeast is sparsely populated and has a harsh environment.
, if it is not the Hans who mine it, but they mine it themselves, they have neither the technology nor the funds, so those things can only be buried underground, and nothing can be exchanged for them.
The items were taken out in exchange for some equipment that was most in short supply for them.
This deal was extremely cost-effective.
After all, the oil in the ground could not bring them any profit, but the weapons and equipment in exchange could make their army stronger.
, allowing them to gain more benefits from the war with other warlords.
In the eyes of Zhang Zuolin and others, the agreement with the Hans is much better than the 21 terms signed by Yuan Shikai and the Foot Basin people. At least Hans is far away in Europe. , they can't be as ambitious towards the Chinese Empire as Tiaoba, and they always think about invading the Chinese Empire, so they are much less wary and repulsive about cooperating with the Hans.
Both parties think they have made a profit, so the agreement was signed very smoothly! After the agreement was signed, the group of Hans engineers who came with them went directly to the Northeast region and began to explore the Daqing Oil Field. The
Daqing Oil Field is the largest field in the Far East, and the exploration here is of great significance to Yuanyan.
"General, I don't understand. The Far East is so far away from us. Even if oil is mined here, it will be difficult to transport it back to our homeland. Why do you have to mine oil here?"
Goebbels's question is very good!
Indeed, Mainz's persistence is a bit abnormal.
In the agreement reached with the Beiyang government, other terms seem to be normal, such as investing in China and setting up factories. , start a trade war with China, expand the sales channels of Hans products, etc.
These are all beneficial to Hans's economic development and will help solve the problems Hans is currently facing.
If these can succeed, then Hans can help. Domestic products have found a huge dumping market. Factories established in China can also process cheap raw materials purchased from China on-site, and then generate higher-value products and send them to Hansi for processing into final products. In this process, China undertakes projects such as providing raw materials and primary processing, which have low returns, high costs, and cause a lot of pollution.
Hans accepts the last process and can easily reap the most profits. It is that kind of work.
This kind of international division of labor is a model of global trade in later generations.
Western European countries have mastered the core technology, so they use their technology to control the last step and easily harvest other Asian countries.
They earn a large portion of the value of the hard work of the labor force in African and Latin American countries, so their lives are prosperous, the economy is developed, the people are prosperous, and social welfare is extremely high.
It has become a country that everyone aspires to, and those who bear the responsibility of middle and low-end people!
In industrial countries, people work hard but can only earn a small part of the pie.
The wages are low, the environment is harsh, the labor intensity is high, and the government's taxes are not high.
There is no money to implement a high welfare system like Western countries, so people generally I feel that the level of happiness is very low.
A large number of outstanding talents will go abroad in pursuit of high-quality life.
As a result, outstanding talents in the country continue to flee, taking a large amount of capital with them, making backward countries become leeks of developed countries.
They will spend their entire lives.
Can't turn over!
The agreement that Mainz has reached with China has a prototype of this. Most of the profits fell into the hands of Hans, and a small part fell into the hands of China, but China got investment and founded the industry. , can gradually get rid of the status of a backward agricultural country, and start to move towards industrialization.
For the impoverished China, it is really a blessing for them to have a country willing to exploit themselves in this way. The most fearful thing is that people like Footpot, The Sun Never Sets, and Yingjiang will not only exploit you, but also give you no benefits at all.
Therefore, when people from China cooperate with Hans, they will not only not resent Hans, but also feel grateful. This kind of cooperation model not only makes the other party's money, but also makes the other party grateful. Goebbels and others had never heard of it when they were growing up, which made them admire Major General Mainz.
After all, a man in the military. It is truly remarkable that such a talented young general has made such great achievements in the economy.
However, the exploration and exploitation of the Daqing oil field does not appear to be very wise, so everyone is concerned about Major General Mainz's decision. Doubtful.
Mainz stepped on the black soil under his feet, glanced at the endless plain, and turned around to glance at everyone:"You must not only be curious about why I care so much about this oil field, but also why I insist on it. Should the design drawings and even the production technology of the Mauser 98 rifle be handed over to China?"
Everyone looked at each other and were quite shocked. They thought they had concealed it well, but they didn't expect General Mainz to see through it!
"General, I am indeed a little confused. Since the Chinese are currently using Mauser 888 rifles, wouldn't it be great if we gave them this rifle? Why should we hand over the Mauser 98 rifles equipped by our army to them?"
Mainz took a look and saw that the person speaking was Captain Paulus, the staff officer of the General Staff.
The deepest impression of this person on later generations is probably that during the Battle of Stalingrad, he refused to accept Mustache's order and refused to commit suicide. And insist on surrendering!
Because of such a dark history, Mainz's attitude towards Paulus is not particularly good. He doesn't hate him very much, and he doesn't like him very much. He treats Paulus equally like an ordinary soldier.
Mainz did not avoid Paulus's question because he knew that many people, like Paulus, did not understand his decision.
"Captain, do you know what kind of rifle the footbath army used during the Russo-Japanese War?"