"Your Majesty, this is the list I compiled overnight. Please take a look!”
After breakfast, the door of the Town Hall closed, and the meeting officially began.
Chang Kaishen didn't waste any time and handed over a folder.
Qin Zhen took it and opened it. After taking a few glances, he frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Chang Kaishen's heart skipped a beat. He asked nervously,""Your Majesty, is there anything wrong?"
"Yes! What I want to know is, is the weapon configuration of your national army so simple?”
"Each company has 5 light machine guns and 2 heavy machine guns! Without submachine guns, the infantry division has not been equipped with a direct artillery battalion. If the national army is reorganized according to your configuration, it is basically impossible to defeat Fusang.”
Chang Kaishen was speechless.
Chen Cheng and the others were speechless.
Uh, was he being despised?
Last night, when they were discussing the weapon configuration of the division, they had boldly increased the number of light and heavy machine guns in the company. Each company had five light machine guns and two heavy machine guns. It was too extravagant.
This was also a side effect of being poor. After all, other than the slightly wealthier direct troops, it was already good enough for a regiment to have eight to ten light and heavy machine guns.
Moreover, even if it was a direct line of troops, it was impossible for each company to be equipped with 5 light machine guns and 2 heavy machine guns!
" Your Majesty," Chang Kaishen said helplessly," the military industry is weak. We can't mass produce bullets and artillery shells. There are too many light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns. The ammunition consumption…"
So that was how it was!
Qin Zhen was embarrassed again. He had actually ignored this most crucial question.
There was no need to elaborate on how backward the flower planting industry was. The heavy industry and military industry were almost zero. The only Fengtian Munitions Factory that had the ability to mass produce weapons and ammunition was even occupied by Fusang.
As for the Jinling Munitions Factory and the Hanyang Munitions Factory, their production capacity was very limited. Due to material and technical reasons, the quality of the replica Mauser rifle was not up to standard and was not as good as the original.
"I can help you solve this problem. Xianyang Metal can invest in planting flowers and cooperate with the Jinling government to open an arsenal.”
Xianyang Heavy Industry?
Before Chang Kaishen came to Great Qin, he had done his homework and had a detailed understanding of Great Qin's politics, economy, industry, army, culture, and so on. Xianyang Heavy Industry was one of them.
There were eight large companies controlled by the Great Qin Imperial Family. They were Xianyang Ship Manufacturing Heavy Industry Company, Xianyang Water and Electricity Company, Empire's import and export trading company, Great Qin Culture and Education Company, Xianyang Metal, Chang 'an Aerospace Company, Tianlan Heavy Industry, and Empire Bank!
The Xianyang Shipyard, Chang 'an Shipyard, and Tianlan Shipyard were all top ten shipyards in the world. Not only did they build cargo ships, merchant ships, and cruise ships, but they also built warships and submarines for the Great Qin Royal Navy. The scale was so large that it made people speechless!
The Xianyang Water and Electricity Company provided all the water and electricity for civil and industrial use in the country. 70% of the operating rights of the roads, railroads, and aviation in the Great Qin Empire were also in the hands of this company.
At its peak, the Empire's import and export trading company had accounted for 40% of Great Qin's total import and export trade. It also had the world's largest shipping fleet, which provided transportation services for merchants from various countries.
The Great Qin Culture and Education Company basically controlled the newspapers and radio stations. For example, the Great Qin Daily, the Imperial Worker's Daily, the Global Military Weekly, the Imperial Radio Station, and other newspapers and radio stations that controlled public opinion were all under the Great Qin Culture Company.
Apart from that, the Great Qin Culture and Education Company also opened schools and recruited talents to set up laboratories. They were involved in industries, medicine, aerospace, and other fields, and they earned money by selling patents.
Xianyang Metal was a world-famous military enterprise. Its main business was the smelting of non-metallic metals, the manufacture of firearms, aircraft, tanks, artillery, ammunition, and the production of chemical energy.
Chang 'an Aerospace Company was Great Qin's largest aircraft manufacturer, and 90% of its civilian and military aircraft came from this company.
Tianlan Heavy Industries mainly engaged in machinery manufacturing, textile and chemical engineering, electrical equipment, high-precision instruments, mineral development, medical equipment, and so on.
The last one was the Imperial Bank! As Great Qin's oldest bank, it was also the bank that issued the Qin Yuan. As the western countries gradually abandoned the gold standard, the Great Qin Imperial Bank had always adhered to the gold standard. This was because the Imperial Bank had set up a treasury in Xianyang and stored thousands of tons of gold, making the Qin Yuan the most stable currency in the world.
Therefore, Qin Yuan was also called Qin Jinyuan!
These eight state-owned companies supported Great Qin's economic system and made up 30% of its economy. The amount of money they earned each year was astronomical.
Chang Kaishen's face was bitter, and he was in a dilemma. Should he let Xianyang Metal enter the flower garden?
He was very clear about the power of capital, especially in a highly developed capitalist country like Great Qin. Once Great Qin's capital was invested, the local companies would suffer a devastating blow.
Why? Compared to Great Qin's companies, local companies were far inferior in terms of technology, product quality, and operating methods. They were not competitive at all.
With the economic lifeline controlled by Great Qin, the consequences would be unimaginable!
However, without Great Qin's capital, it would be impossible for them to quickly rise.
Chang Kaishen thought about it and repeatedly weighed the pros and cons before finally deciding to bring in Great Qin's capital.
Instead of letting the western countries earn money, it would be better to give it to Great Qin. At the very least, Great Qin was one of them.
"Your Majesty, how do we cooperate?"
"Xianyang Metal produces the machinery, equipment, and technology. You guys provide the site, materials, and workers.”
Chang Kaishen nodded with a smile.
"Sure!"
Qin Zhen was also happy.
As long as Chang Kaishen relented and agreed to Great Qin's investment, he was confident that he would be able to control the economic lifeline of Flower Planting within ten years. Then…he would seize the opportunity to kick Chang Kaishen away and make Flower Planting a new capitalist country.
Putting aside the fact that capitalists were bad, in Qin Zhen's opinion, a capitalist country with a sound rule of law, fairness, and good welfare for its citizens, as well as narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor as much as possible, at least the common people could live without worries.
Of course, the premise of all this was that the economic lifeline had to be controlled by the government.
For example, Great Qin's biggest capitalist was the royal family. When the country was in danger, the royal family would be the first to take out money to stabilize the situation.
If capitalists controlled the economic lifeline, Germany after World War I was an example. Those greedy and selfish capitalists would rather pour milk into the river than give it to the poor.
"Chairman, this is the list of the infantry divisions of the Great Qin Army. You can refer to it!”
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