The journey starts from the Titanic

In the year of Jiawu, the Japanese didn't rely on a few broken ships to defeat us.The quality of naval officers and soldiers is the most important!It was right for South China to send people to study the navy in Britain!The British are better at this."

Situ Nan nodded.I would rather spend the money you can build a ship to train a battle-capable warship than to own two beautiful warships with a group of unbearable soldiers!

After the one-month visit to the United States, the next stop of the South China delegation is Tokyo.Most Chinese do not like Japanese, but some people are very willing to cooperate with Japanese, such as the warlords in northern China, because Japanese are more willing to contribute money.

South China’s relations with Japan are not friendly or hostile. It’s just that, apart from maintaining basic diplomatic and economic exchanges, South China’s attitude towards Japan is not positive.

Japan also understands that South China is wary of them. There is no way. Who would call Japan the most powerful navy country in the Western Pacific?

The Americans are too far away, and the territory of the British can no longer be expanded. The only thing that can work on South China is Japan, which is poor in resources, and South China is the country with the most resources.

South China’s rubber and oil have made Japan’s popularity unfair, and they are extremely jealous of South China, but they have to admit that the Japanese have done a good job of politeness.

When the South China delegation first arrived in San Francisco, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already sent an invitation to Han. This was not the first letter.

"This Japanese is really enthusiastic! It's not that you don't want to go, you have to be polite for your face."

Returning from the Francisco Shipyard, Situ Meideng took a telegram and said to Situ Nan impatiently.

Similar to the common support of the yellow race, the words of East Asia co-prosperity have often appeared in telegrams sent from Tokyo recently.I always feel a bit slippery for the Japanese invitation.

"It's okay to go and have a look. The Japanese have a lot of things to learn from, and they have to be serious about their attitude. I appreciate their resolute attitude when they study the West."

Situ Nan smiled.The South China market will only be opened to Japan to a limited extent. The Japanese can only buy South China’s rubber and oil with money or machines, and they will never allow Japanese companies to engage in oil exploration and production operations in South China.

"Again, Japan is the mortal enemy of South China. We can compromise with the Americans, the British and even the Dutch. We must not take the Japanese lightly. To prevent the Japanese from infiltrating South China, they may collude with the Javanese natives to make trouble. "

Situ Nan warned.

In his previous life, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries treated the Japanese as liberators, and Japanese companies were treated much better in Southeast Asia than Chinese companies.

In all fairness, the friendly relations between Indonesia and other countries and Japan are understandable.However, after South China replaced the Netherlands and became the ruler of the Indonesian archipelago, the hostility of the Javanese natives towards the Dutch naturally shifted to South China, and it would be more unforgettable.

"Don't worry! Our hundreds of thousands of construction corps are not vegetarian anymore, hundreds of thousands of veterans are serving as grass-roots officials everywhere, and if anything goes wrong, they will be wiped out immediately."

A ruthless look flashed in Situ Meideng's eyes. Situ Nan was planning behind the scenes, but Situ Meideng and others were still in the clear.

The Javanese natives have hated the South China government headed by Situ Meitang, but they are scattered all over the country, and the tribes and tribes of all sizes are fighting inwardly. They are unable to deal with the increasingly powerful Chinese forces. Many ethnic minorities who are aware of current affairs have already Take the initiative to become an ally of the Chinese.

"The Acehnese performed well, and their soldiers were very obedient on the island of Java. The resource development and immigration plan of Meihua in Aceh was also very smooth."

Situ Meideng laughed, and he was excited when he talked about Nanhua.Only need to provide simple weapons, Aceh and other minority groups of soldiers can complete the task outstandingly, greatly reducing the population pressure on the Chinese, and can engage more in industrial construction and participate in government work.

Situ Nan listened very interestingly to Situ Meideng's briefing on the situation in South China. He usually pays more attention to Nanhua's industrial planning, and his understanding of specific matters is naturally not as good as Situ Meiden.

After returning to the United States, the attention to South China will decrease a lot.

"By the way, what's the date today?" Situ Nan asked suddenly.

"August 20." Situ Meideng said, looking at Situ Nan a little strangely.The South China delegation will leave for Japan in two days.

"Oh!" Situ Nan raised his head and looked at Situ Meiden with some worry. If his memory is correct, the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan in early September, which is said to be caused by the tsunami.What if this South China delegation encounters an earthquake just after entering the Port of Tokyo?

After losing most of the senior officials in the South China Cabinet, that history may have to be rewritten again.

Situ Nan frowned, wondering how to explain to Situ Mei Deng.

"Is there something wrong?" Situ Meideng asked with some worry.He himself didn't realize what he would do if he left Situ Nan.

"It's okay! I happen to have something conscious. I want you to stay for a few more days to see the true meaning of American industrial production." Situ Nan's eyes flashed and he came up with a way to retain the South China delegation.

"So mysterious? I have visited the shipyard and steel plant of Bethlehem. What is more rare?" Situ Meideng laughed.

"Of course! You only see the surface, and there are intuitive feelings. What I want to say is that the study of production management has become a specialized discipline in the United States. Now it is popular in major companies."

Situ Nan nodded solemnly.

He was talking about the scientific management system advocated by the production management master Taylor. Simply put, the production line is divided into specific processes. Each process is operated by a dedicated person. The workers are like machines, repeating a single and boring one. The operation of this is one to get a great increase in production line rate.Ford's automobile assembly line is a model of successful use of the Taylor system.

In the era of large-scale industry, the Tyrolean system permeated any factory in the world like air.If we look at the larger aspect, the planned economy that the Soviet Union will implement soon is also the category of the Taylor system to some extent.

In the next few days, whether they wanted it or not, the South China delegation had to accept a lecture by Master Taylor at the University of William, which later became a good story.

China is manipulative and savvy in small areas, but lacks the spirit of division of labor and cooperation. In the field of production, it is rarely as focused as Germany or the Japanese after World War II.

Situ Nan organized the South China delegation to receive training in the Taylor system. To a certain extent, it also strengthened the collective cohesion of the South China government and made it a machine for division of labor and cooperation.

This is an expectation, or a boring approach just to delay their schedule. Situ Nan doesn't know how effective it is, but Mr. Taylor, who is a professor at the University of William, is very excited to be able to give lectures to the cabinet of a country.

Of course, this was carried out in secret. Except for a few people, most students did not know that a group of distinguished guests had arrived at the school.

After three days of secret classes at the University of William, Situ Nan personally led the group to investigate the planning and construction of the Long Beach Industrial Zone. Cummins' engine production line in Long Beach was also used as a demonstration of the application of Taylor.

Looking at the assembly of aircraft engines from the assembly line, many representatives thought about the Taylor system that the foreign devil had said.

Finally, they left the United States by ship with more than 50 aircraft engines. These engines were shipped to South China and assembled into transport aircraft.

"The harvest these days is really good!" Situ Meideng said with a smile, waving goodbye to Los Angeles.Asia's first airline, South China Airlines, will soon be born in New Tangshan, and will build mail services covering major cities in South China.

Including the establishment of mailing services in major cities such as Ben Thanh on the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, as well as the plan of American China Airlines, it depends on the British people.

In addition, the route from Pontianak in Borneo to Manila in the Philippines is relatively easy to achieve. In this regard, Americans are good at talking.

Thousands of Chinese from the Long Beach Industrial Zone went to the port to see each other off, leaving a touching scene.

It was already August 25 when they departed from Long Beach Port. It is estimated that they will have a bigger surprise when they arrive in Tokyo.

Situ Nan breathed a sigh of relief and began to look forward to the Tokyo stock market.

As early as two years ago, he arranged for Meihua Company to invest in financial business in Tokyo. In 21 years, Tokyo’s economy was generally in a recession. Situ Nan secretly absorbed shares in large companies such as Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, and some textile companies were in trouble. Two years have passed since Japan’s economy is still not very prosperous, but with the help of state funds, it has slowly recovered its vitality. At least it is much better than the half-dead Shanghai financial market after the CBRC.

The outlook for Tokyo's stock market is also optimistic.Under Situ Nan's instructions, a week ago, several investment companies secretly controlled by the South China Intelligence Bureau successfully cashed out all their shares.Now they are exchanging other currencies such as gold or US dollars in major banks in Tokyo.

At the beginning of the stock market downturn, the investment of 3 million U.S. dollars became 4.2 million U.S. dollars two years later, which made a lot of money. At the same time, it also made a lot of contributions to Japan’s economy in the past two years. From a perspective, investing in Japan is actually a good choice.

This is probably enough for the Japanese to eat a small pot!It's just a pity to keep it secret, and it didn't make it even worse.

Situ Nan had some regrets. Seeing Xiangu He came in with joy, he asked, "Have you exchanged it for gold?"

"Our ship has just set off from Tokyo and arrived in Manila three days later. It will not take a week to transfer to New Tangshan." He Xiangu replied.She is now qualified for more challenging jobs.

"Master, why should I switch to hard currency? The yen is actually quite strong in Asia." He Xiangu was a little confused.This business can actually make more money if you continue to invest in Japan.

"No way! South China is issuing South China dollars. Our gold mining speed in Sumatra cannot keep up with the scale of currency issuance, so we have to draw funds from Japan."

Situ Nan explained.

Even if Japan finds out about this, it doesn't matter, because in this operation, Situ Nan did not have any illegal means or any conspiracy, and the completion was a normal commercial act.