"Uncle Wang, can you give us another sum of military funds? The military pay from before was simply not enough!”
After Yuan Kewen returned to Beijing from Baoding, he immediately went to the Army Department to find the Army Chief Wang Shizhen and began to coax him.
Now, Bighead Yuan had forced the Qing Emperor to abdicate.
The Qing Empire had already been destroyed, and the Yan Huang Kingdom had entered a new era.
As for Big Head Yuan, he had also become the Grand President.
Wang Shizhen was also the head of the Army Department.
"Kewen, the Army Department gave you 3.2 million taels of silver! This was already a high salary that other troops did not have. Why? Is it not enough?" Wang Shizhen smiled bitterly.
In his opinion, Yuan Kewen didn't know how expensive rice and firewood were. He was simply spending money like running water!
"Uncle Wang, my 101st Infantry Division is not built according to the Northern Army's Infantry Division, but to the Japanese Infantry Division. They had more people and better equipment. Therefore, he naturally had to spend more money. In addition, I don't want the old rifles and cannons of the War Department. I'll buy them from foreigners myself.”Yuan Kewen said.
"Kewen, then I have no choice. In any case, there was only so much money. If you can think of a solution, then build the 101st Infantry Division according to your standards. If they couldn't get that much money, they would build it according to Beiyang's standards.”Wang Shizhen said.
Yuan Kewen also knew that Beiyang was really short of money.
Otherwise, Big Head Yuan wouldn't have borrowed money from the Japanese.
However, he was unwilling to give up his own standards and build the 101st Infantry Division with the standards of the Northern Army.
After returning to the Yuan residence, or rather, the current presidential residence, Yuan Kewen racked his brains to think of a solution.
"Son! This was 200,000 taels of silver. It was her mother's lifetime savings. If you want to do something big, take it first!”Jin Shi took the initiative to hand over a box to Yuan Kewen, which was filled with gold and silver jewelry and banknotes.
This made Yuan Kewen especially moved.
Jin Shi wasn't very favored in front of Big Head Yuan. After so many years, it was already very rare for him to be able to accumulate such a fortune.
Now that Yuan Kewen needed money, Jin Shi handed it over to Yuan Kewen without hesitation.
It could be seen how much a mother loved her son.
"Thank you, Mom. Don't worry, I won't let you down!”Yuan Kewen promised.
Next, the eldest aunt, Lady Chen, also sent over all her belongings.
Compared to the Jin family, the Shen family was favored by Yuan Datou. Moreover, she had almost become the mistress of the Yuan Residence. The family assets she had accumulated were naturally much richer than the Jin family.
In order to support Yuan Kewen, she also gave him a large amount of silver notes, a total of one million taels of silver.
This made Yuan Kewen extremely grateful.
With this 1.2 million taels of silver and the 3.2 million taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of War, he had a total of 1.2 million taels of silver.
This was already enough for the construction of the 101st Infantry Division.
However, the following training funds, the monthly salary, and the strengthening of the soldiers 'physical fitness would cost a lot of money in terms of food.
This still required a large amount of money.
"Why don't we rob the old and young of the Manchu Dynasty? They were all fat! Just Li Lianying alone had tens of millions of silver. Not to mention those princes and concubines!”
Yuan Kewen couldn't help but drool when he thought of this.
Yan Huang Country was indeed very poor. The commoners did not have enough to eat, their faces were yellow and their muscles were thin. Many of them even starved to death.
But those rich people were really rich.
Big landowners, big bureaucrats, big nobles, especially the old and young of the Manchu Dynasty, had a large amount of property.
If he could snatch all of these people's assets, he would not have to worry about money at all.
Of course, Yuan Kewen knew that he couldn't act rashly now.
The Qing Emperor had just abdicated and everyone was watching.
If he were to act now, the impact would be too great.
Fortunately, he had enough money for now. He would first build the 101st Infantry Division and then think of other ways.
Yuan Kewen planned to buy the weapons and equipment needed by the 101st Infantry Division from the Germanic people.
Although the Japanese were also selling their weapons, what they sold to the Yan Huang Empire were all outdated weapons. For example, Murata rifles, 31-year-old mountain cannons, and other old goods.
In contrast, the Germanic side was much more sincere.
Although the price would be higher, the quality would be better.
Yuan Kewen was still hoping that the 101st Infantry Division, which was equipped with the advanced weapons of the Germanic people, would be able to take on the Japanese infantry division.
On February 17th, 1812, Yuan Kewen went to the Germanic Empire's embassy in Yanhuang, which was previously the Germanic Empire's embassy in the Qing Empire. He met with the Germanic Empire's envoy to the Qing Empire, Harhaosen, to discuss the purchase of the Germanic Empire's firearms.
When Yuan Kewen arrived by car, Minister Harhausen was already waiting at the entrance of the legation, giving Yuan Kewen enough face.
One had to know that these Westerners always acted high and mighty in front of the Yan Huang people.
In their eyes, Yan Huang was a completely backward country.
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