Chapter 651: dangerous relations

Qin's weapon manufacturing industry developed rapidly. I am proud of the rare earths from the northern part of Qin and from Mengzhou. Industry is the chromium provided by Gansu Inner Mongolia area today. Special steel made of metals such as nickel. Without these. It is difficult for Qin State to produce suitable steel.

Besides. There are tungsten ore and manganese ore in the south. The temporary demand for copper has eased because of the discovery of several copper mines in the Western Regions. But the demand for tungsten and manganese is a rigid demand. Especially the production of gun barrels. Qin needs to solve the problem of importing special metal ores. This is the problem of the navy being located on the Yangtze River.

Qin State further strengthened the highway from the north to the south. Simultaneously. The railway construction also reached Wancheng very quickly. This means that Qin has completed half of the railway construction. At this time, time has entered mid-July. This speed is almost astonishingly fast. Shipyards in the south have also begun to enter the construction phase. Qin Haijun temporarily controlled part of the right to make water in the Yangtze River. This is proud of the fact that Qin researchers invented a cheap weapon. Mines. This kind of blockade weapon effectively restrained the military action of the Chu State Navy's Shangwen.

During this period, the status of mines was not very powerful. But for the Chu State navy with wooden boats, it was enough to penetrate a large hole. This caused a shipwreck. The earliest type of mine was a semi-floating type. After the improvement and installation of an anchor, it entered the water completely. But the depth in the water is not deep. Mainly because of the lower waterline of wooden boats during this period. If it is too deep. It is very likely to lose combat effectiveness.

The effect of the blockade is obvious. Add coastal defense forces. The patrol and reconnaissance of the air plane has been carried out. It forms a three-dimensional defense system. The Chu State Navy was unable to launch an effective attack. The Qin State Navy does not have a single ship in combat for the time being. This temporarily brought the military forces of both sides into a state of equilibrium. But this military state is only temporary. Qin's potential military power is already being explored.

Such a news began to circulate in Qin State. The State of Qin will carry out another plan to cut military expenditures on a large scale. The goal this time is still the Army. The army will be cut by one division. Simultaneously. A large number of military orders are also being reduced. Among them is a project on bullet reform. This project is the first to propose the idea of ​​intermediate bombs.

Li's Armory submitted a proposal. That is to produce an intermediate type of bullet. This bullet is between pistol bullets and rifle bullets. This kind of bullet is mainly used in the research project of semi-automatic and automatic rifle born of advanced consciousness. Pistol bullets are small. Not enough range. The accuracy is also very poor. Rifle bullets are powerful. But according to the battlefield data. The combat shooting distance is often kept within the position of four hundred steps. In other words. The power of Qin's current rifle bullets has greatly exceeded this distance. The consequence of this rifle bullet is. When Qin Guo was developing a continuous-fire rifle, he often troubled his brain because of the huge power of the rifle bullet.

The recoil caused by the immense power of the rifle bullet and the accuracy after continuous shooting are severely reduced. In any case, how to improve the firearms. This problem still exists. So Li's Arsenal changed his mind. Improved bullets. The length and charge of rifle bullets are shortened. This problem has reached a balanced solution.

But Guowei's Mansion has placed an order for 300 million rounds of rifle ammunition. If canceled. Yingyu Shangwen Wenyang Armory will suffer huge losses. In order to avoid such losses. Yingyu strikes first to be strong. Threatened to sue the mansion of the lieutenant to destroy the contract. then. Qin State just missed the assault rifle.

But anyway. this matter. It is indeed a fact that Qin's arms purchases have soared sharply. Especially army equipment. Qin's transportation has already begun to transform to cars. Especially after the urban traffic problem is solved. Qin Guo reset the automobile traffic laws. Traffic lights are used. The patrolman has a new task. Just check random parking. Issue a parking ticket. Traffic laws are becoming more and more detailed. And the measures are extremely severe. Driving a car also requires a driver’s license. But this period. The personal photo sticker and the driver's license are separate and not united together. The number of cars in Xianyang exceeded 10,000 in June.

However, the Qinguo Automobile Manufacturing Plant produced more than 15,000 vehicles within half a month of July. This number has grown staggeringly. For the first time, Qin's police used cars as a means of transportation for street security patrols. same. The army also requires the purchase of two thousand vehicles for patrol, logistics and transportation tasks. Not only that. The concept of new armored vehicles was also put forward and installed on a large scale.

But these may be cut off. War expenses and war income are two different things. Qin State's large-scale economic construction. In particular, the investment in the construction of public infrastructure allowed Qin to spend a year of fiscal revenue in less than half a year. If it weren't for the support of war bonds and Heavenly Army bonds. Shangwen's prime minister couldn't remain.

to this end. Shangwen had to target the army again to drastically cut military expenditures. At the same time, find ways to expand the types of taxes levied. Especially to solve the problem of local government balance of payments. The local government of Qin State raised foreign debts to build public infrastructure to attract investment and construction. Only in this way can local governments be increased. In particular, the fiscal revenue of the state government mainly relies on the continuous increase in taxation. In other words, the tax is small but the amount must be large. This is really a difficult step for NSW, which has a small population but large land. The Guanzhong area has central financial support. But local finances are in addition to paying fees. Only Qin's huge engineering projects received local financial support. These projects include railway construction. Highway construction, water conservancy facilities construction, etc.

It is mainly used to compensate the land occupation cost and some follow-up project development costs. These funds generally cannot support its operations. This requires large foreign debts. In particular, taxation items need to be approved by the local council. The issuance of local bonds also requires the approval of the local council for discussion. The bond issuance was not smooth. After all, there are very few people buying local bonds. Unless listed in Xianyang. But that requires paying a sum of money or finding a good brokerage company. The bond market cannot get funding. Then there is only one way. That is borrowing from the bank.

The local government takes the land. Known minerals are used as collateral to borrow large sums of funds as state start-up funds. And the bank. Especially investment banks are happy to take over such a business. This business means that the relationship between the local government and the bank has become a debt and creditor Shangwen relationship. If the bank tightens the money supply. Then the local state governments will follow the orders of the banks instead of the central government. This is very dangerous!