The journey starts from the Titanic

"The main reason is that there is no money! Also, the relationship with foreigners is not so easy to handle." Chen Jiongming smiled, appearing very patient.

Huang Sande nodded, secretly relieved.What he fears most is that other politicians will come over after the expansion of the territory and encourage Chen Jiongming and them to fight for the name of the central government. Since then, they will fall into constant fighting.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "It is right not to be greedy, to lay a piece, to digest one piece. This is also what the Premier and I expect. Wuhan should be your future development direction. In any case, Wuhan industry should be integrated with the southern industrial resources. Get up. Put the rest aside for now!"

"By the way, is there a specific schedule?" Huang Sande asked again, turning his head to Deng Keng.

"It's not decided yet. But it will take at least one or two years. Before the operation, we have to coordinate with Guangxi." Deng Keng said, simply telling Huang Sande the plan to establish a joint command center.

Naturally, the participation of the South China Army was indispensable for this matter. It was just that Huang Sande ran a lap outside and asked about the army, so some parts were not clear.

Deng Keng's wish to take the train to Nanning did not come true. One late night, he took the officers of the Guangdong Army's staff to board the ship of the South China delegation.

Huang Sande stayed in Guangzhou for two days before continuing to Fangchenggang, Guangxi.

When passing by the Guangzhou Bay, a French warship drove out with no sense of admiration. It looked a little bragging and made everyone unsightly.

"Clean them up sooner or later!" Many young officers vowed secretly.

After entering Guangxi, the French warship retreated."What do you think?" Huang Sande asked Deng Keng with a smile. After visiting the world and seeing the precautions of major countries, he felt calm and gentle, so he didn't pay much attention to the small actions of the French.

"France is now the hegemon of the European continent, and arrogance is normal. But we are not easy to provoke. It provokes me and immediately led the troops to recover Guangzhou Bay. After all, this is Asia, and it is in our territory."

Deng Keng gritted his teeth.

Although Guangzhou Bay is the sphere of influence of France, the French only occupied the port and nearby places.The Cantonese troops stationed in western Guangdong came back from South China and were well equipped, ready to take down Guangzhou Bay.

"That's right! We are the masters of the East! The French are foreigners and will roll back sooner or later, so you don't have to rush for a while. Perhaps the more French invest, the better it will be for us." Huang Sande smiled.

Nanhua has a strategic vision to establish an economic corridor connecting southwest China in Indochina and strengthen ties with mainland China. Therefore, Nanhua companies headed by Meihua Company have planned to invest in French Annan and develop local resources. Used for industrial construction in Guangdong and Guangxi.

"It is the key to growing our own ability. In order to develop Guangxi's economy, when we visited France, we discussed building a railway connecting Guangxi to Annan. Therefore, the railway will continue to advance to Southeast Asia after it reaches Nanning."

Huang Sande introduced.

Transportation and markets are important factors in the unity of a country's nations. It can even be said to be the driving force. It is an artifact that destroys the feudal peasant economy.

In the short term, it will give the French a lot of advantage, which will help French capital enter Guangxi, but in the long run, it will help stimulate the economic development of Southwest China and strengthen Guangxi’s economic strength. After all, factories and minerals are in their own territory. The time is right, it's my own after all.

Even if you make foreigner's things your own, who would say that France is separated by thousands of miles?

After Deng Keng listened to the meditation, if he got something.

He can imagine that one day in the future, he can take a train to a certain city in Annan, where most of the residents are Chinese, and compatriots who speak the same language with him, it seems that the place is also Chinese?

This thought made him a little strange, since the country has not yet unified, he has the idea of ​​expanding along the railway.

When they arrived in Fangcheng the next day, Huang Sande couldn't help being surprised.

At the busy pier, advanced port machines roar and operate on the pier and on the ship. The large cranes effortlessly transfer heavy objects such as cars and machinery from the ship to the shore, and they will be sent away soon. Very efficient.

Huang Sande couldn't help but think of Tangshan Port.

In his impression, Guangxi is very backward and poor, but in the busy Fangcheng Port, the various flags hung telling him that this place is no less lively than Guangzhou's Huangpu Port and the Nansha Port under construction.

"It doesn't have to be worse than Guangzhou! Look! That is China's largest chemical plant! Some of Nanhua's chemicals are produced here, and we cannot do without this chemical plant for gunpowder production." Huang Sande smiled, full of interest.

Not far from the port, there are many chimneys, blowing smoke into the sky. If environmentalists in a century will see it, they will definitely regret it and curse the environment because it is a chemical plant invested and built by Meihua Company.

"Hehe, this chemical plant was established by relying on the abundant salt resources in Hainan. It began to cooperate with the American giant company, and later imported nitric acid and sulfuric acid production equipment from Germany one after another, with an annual output of 50,000 tons. Now we live in nitric acid, Chemical raw materials such as hydrochloric acid are selling hot in Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places.

What I like most is the gunpowder factory next to the chemical plant, Shi Yuan, the rifle in your Shijing Arsenal has become a fire stick without the gunpowder produced here."

The man who said this was a gentle middle-aged man in a suit, Ma Junwu, governor of Guangxi Province. He was proud of his achievements in building Fangcheng into China's chemical center and a hub port in the South China Sea.

"In addition to the chemical plant, Fangchenggang also has a 50,000-ton steel plant. Our shipbuilding industry has also developed rapidly. Now we can build 2,000-ton merchant ships.

According to the current development speed, it is not a problem to build Fangchenggang-Nanning Industrial Zone in 10 years. How can we not let Guangzhou lead too much?"

Ma Junwu smiled triumphantly.As a student studying in Germany, he has seen the developed industry in Germany, and he has a deeper enthusiasm for industry than other intellectuals and officials.

When Ma Junwu went to Guangzhou to visit industrial construction last year, he was irritated and sighed after returning.

"The rapid development of Fangchenggang really surprised me. I admire Governor Ma's ability. Especially the construction of the Guangdong-Guangxi Railway has saved us a lot of heart!"

Deng Keng smiled, turned his head away, and landed on the face of a vigorous and extraordinary officer nearby, secretly applauding the other's confident and calm demeanor.

He is Li Zongren, commander of the Gui Army.

"Okay, don't be proud, let's ask Mr. Huang and General Deng to get in the car! If you don't hurry, it will be dark!" Li Zongren interrupted, nodding friendly to Deng Keng, feeling a sense of sympathy.

After Zhang Chengdong took a group of soldiers to Nanyang, Li Zongren moved the headquarters from Guilin to Nanning, and gradually became the army commander of the Zhi Gong Party in Guangxi.

With the help of the officers left by the South China Army, they began to rectify the Gui army and turn it into a capable force. The Yunnan warlord Tang Jiyao has a deep understanding of this. He is always worried about when the Guangxi soldiers will enter. Yunnan has taken his territory....

In Shanghai, even the rickshaw driver knows that both the Meihua Hotel and the Meihua Company have a great relationship with Nanhua. Although there are foreigners who often come and go there, many know that the real big boss is the overseas Chinese in Nanhua.Because the consulate of Nanhua in Shanghai is in the Meihua Building.

Situ Meideng attacked the Japanese government as soon as he landed ashore. Shanghai's newspapers, large and small, were protesting the Japanese massacre of Chinese in Japan. At such a sensitive time, a group of soldiers dressed in flowers escorted several cars to the Meihua Building. , Arousing public attention.

People next to them are talking, "These South Chinese people are really kind! Even the Japanese dare to scold them!"

"That is! I heard that people have cleaned up the Dutch in Nanyang. The Dutch can be the former maritime king, the first-class and one-powerful country in Europe!"

"So amazing? I heard that the South Chinese are all from the poor people in the south."

"That's right! People who can't survive now are all going to Nanyang. In Shanghai, as long as you find Meihua Company or go to the terminal to sign up, you can go to Nanyang within a few days! I have a cousin who works at the terminal. There are several boats sailing to Nanyang every month!"

"You see, those green-skinned soldiers are no different from the Chinese. But they are more energetic than the Beiyang soldiers of the Shanghai headquarters!"

"That's it! A few days ago, a few Japanese ronin's presumptuous, frivolous girls happened to ran into this group of people, and they were beaten up. That scene was a relief."

"This concession is a place for foreigners? Shouldn't Nanhua send troops over?"

"What do you know? It's a concession, but isn't that the consulate of Nanhua? The consulate has guards. Although there are not many people, I heard that it is a Marine Corps! Anyway, I have some ability, otherwise I can't be hard on the Japanese!" ...

While the Chinese people nearby were talking about it, the car with the South China flag on the front turned a bend on Nanjing Road and drove into a compound.

It was the South China Consulate in Shanghai. It was not high and had three floors, but it was not small in size and had all kinds of facilities. It was originally the headquarters of American China Bank in Shanghai.

After the American-Chinese Bank moved to the newly completed American-Chinese Bank Building, it happened to be converted into a consulate. In terms of style, South China would not lose to any other powers.

The people like to spread falsehoods, and when South China defeated the founding of the Netherlands, they naturally regarded South China as a great power.This is somewhat of a packaging effect.

At the gate of the consulate stood two stern-faced sentry with bayonets. They were not tall, dark-skinned, and very energetic, wearing green military uniforms.

These are the guards sent by the Marine Corps to garrison the consulate. There are 30 people in total. In China, where there are many concessions, South China has also followed the trend and sent a few elite soldiers to protect the consulate.

After all, Nanhua has to fight against Japan. How can we protect ourselves from being hurt by the Japanese without a gun?Except for a few guards, Nanhua has a lot of armed forces in Shanghai, but most of them are hidden in secret to protect Meihua's industry.