The journey starts from the Titanic

Situ Nan told him that this operation will definitely not be easy. He is planning to recruit tens of thousands of workers from China and South China. He Yongyuan wants to inform South China to make preparations.

Half a month later, the South China diplomatic mission headed by Vice Premier Huang Sande and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Youren arrived in Paris, accompanied by relevant representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry. They will discuss the treatment of Chinese in French regions with the French government. Economic and trade cooperation between the two parties.

With Chen Youren's skills, Situ Nan believed that he would implement the consensus reached by himself and the Marceau family and other French consortiums in black and white.

"Mr. Chen is a sensible person! This is really inseparable from him!" Situ Nan smiled at Huang Sande who was visiting home.

"Everyone is a sensible person, and we know who deserves the most credit." Huang Sande looked at Situ Nan a little bit indulgingly, very clear about the private agreement between Situ Nan and the French.

"There should be many people in China who have opinions?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.The entry of the French must have made many people have opinions.

"It's all cats and puppies shouting, it's not a big deal!" Huang Sande waved his hand indifferently, "but you have to tell me, where can we get the benefits from the French?"

"The French are rich, so there is no need to talk about the benefits of having a good relationship with them. My fancy is to open up the French colonies to allow more Chinese to enter.

The Chinese are now poorer. I believe that after ten or eight years, with our hard work and ingenuity, we should be able to hold a foothold everywhere. Chinese capital is becoming more and more important in the local economy.As long as South China does not fall and has a gun in hand, Westerners will certainly not be able to instigate the indigenous people to violently plunder the Chinese business results like the Dutch did."

Situ Nan whispered.

There are many Chinese people. South China loses some oil in exchange for exporting people to all parts of Southeast Asia. It is also worthwhile to strive for more living space for the Chinese nation.

When the Chinese capital develops, it will definitely require the same treatment as the western colonies, and conflicts of interest are inevitable. The industrialization in the construction of South China is to provide a guarantee for the replacement of Western capital by Chinese capital in the future.

"That's right. After all, there are few people in the West. Once Europe becomes chaotic, we will be the only one who can replace it." Huang Sande said optimistically, smiling and stroking his long beard.

After discussing with Situ Nan, he felt confident.

"Don't forget the Japanese!" Situ Nan added solemnly.Although he didn't care about it, in his heart, Japan is a big mountain after all, pressed and pressed.

"You are always reasonable, but I can't tell you." Huang Sande smiled, not minding Situ Nan's attitude at all.

Taking advantage of the arrival of the South China diplomatic mission, Situ Nan explained the projects that he was negotiating with France, including the Southwest Railway that Situ Nan was planning for France Orient Bank.

"The Guangdong-Guangxi Railway is running well. This is not enough. We still have a railway to enter Vietnam. The French are also very interested and agreed to connect the railway in Vietnam with Guangdong and Guangxi. I hope Nanhu will urge the Guangdong and Guangxi to take Yunnan as soon as possible. This will help us gain the initiative in negotiations with the French."

Situ Nan suggested.

Another big move!

Huang Sande was secretly surprised. He thought for a moment. Four years have passed since the Guangdong-Guangxi War. The power of Guangdong and Guangxi is not what it used to be. The CCP managed this site so that it was more stable and unobtrusive, making the surrounding forces panic. I don't know when the Guangdong Gui army will come over.

Yunnan is a poor province, and the warlord Tang Jiyao's rule is unpopular. In the past four years, he has made very few achievements. Although there are tens of thousands of troops under his command, it is conceivable how powerful the smokers are.

"Guangzhou and Nanning have also discussed cleaning up Tang Jiyao. It is easy to fight down, but it is not easy to manage Yunnan!"

Huang Sande explained that even in Guangxi, the Beibu Gulf coastal area centered on Nanning is the best developed, while the development of northern Guangxi is relatively backward.

Even if the army wanted to fight, it wouldn't work without Meihua (China).

To fight, they would rather choose other relatively affluent areas or invest their money in other projects than to carry the bad burden of Yunnan finance.

"Fuzzy! Winning Yunnan is equivalent to opening up another channel for China to go south in the future. Do they think that the hundreds of millions of people can be digested by the more than 1 million square kilometers of Nanhua District? How many ships can be transported by Nanxing Shipping Company People!"

Situ Nan was a little angry. The French had already repaired the railway to Kunming. Yunnan is rich in tin ore. Through the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, the French get thousands of tons of tin ore from Yunnan every year. This alone is enough to guarantee investment 1.6 Billion francs investment.

Not to mention other mineral resources. Non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, copper, and zinc are necessary for China and South China to develop the iron and steel industry in the future, and Yunnan’s hydropower and coal can provide sufficient energy for the industrialization of southern China.

"That being said, Meihua also has their considerations, should good steel be used on the blade." Huang Sande argued.

When he said this, Situ Nan was silent and naturally understood where the blade Huang Sande was talking about.

"If that's the case, why don't you first train in Yunnan and take down the site first. The big deal is that I will talk to the French." Situ Nan suggested.

I thought: Don’t those people just abandon Yunnan’s backward transportation and have a large initial investment?It's a big deal to ask the French to borrow money again. Anyway, the French are like ten or eight years. The railway is built in China, and there will be a day of recovery!

"Okay!" Huang Sande nodded, not very optimistic about Situ Nan this time, he always felt a little laborious and thankless.

Situ Nan had other thoughts in his mind, and felt that it was necessary to leave an extra path. If one day later, the Japanese could not be blocked on the mainland. Yunnan will become China’s window to foreign exchanges. Rather than using hundreds of thousands of blood and sweat to rush like history, It is better to make preparations to build a Myanmar-Burma road.

After all, if the Japanese navy goes south in the future, Nanhua will definitely protect itself in the early stage, and wait until the Japanese clean up the British and French before taking action.

This is just a preliminary plan in Situ Nan's mind. No one can say how the situation will develop in the future. What if he is finished in the middle of the plan after a few years...?

"Working in Africa?" Huang Sande stared at Situ Nan in surprise.

As soon as he finished talking about a somewhat different topic in Yunnan, Situ Nan told him that Citroen was planning to invest in Africa and planned to recruit tens of thousands of Chinese workers to work in the African desert.

"Is there any problem? Isn't Meihua also investing in many mineral farms in South Africa?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.As early as a few decades ago, Chinese people had gone to Africa to work in Africa through sales or signing contracts.Since the Chinese can go to the United States to build railways, it is no big deal to go to the African desert to dig for oil.

"I just can't think of it. I heard that the desert conditions in North Africa are bad, which makes people a little worried!" Huang Sande sighed, a little funny in his heart that he reacted sensitively just now.

"Our population is too much, it can only be this way. But you can rest assured that hard work is hard work, but it will never happen like the treatment in the United States. It is the old way. The workers we export will not only work, but also Fight with a gun."

Situ Nan assured.I thought: What do the hard-pressed Chinese rely on to accomplish capital accumulation without manual labor?

Afraid that Huang Sande was worried, he explained, “This is a huge pile project. It is not necessary to talk about the construction of oil fields. The laying of pipelines, the construction of ports, the construction of roads and other basic projects can generate at least millions of dollars in income.”

"Okay! I'll explain the situation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and let them prepare to set up a consulate in North Africa." Huang Sande nodded.

When it comes to money, Situ Nan didn’t say anything, but he knew that those people who went to Africa actually exchanged their lives for money. On the other hand, when the Chinese went overseas, those who went to Africa were not made from bones. A long and narrow survival channel.Today, Europeans cannot do without the efforts of countless explorers who have been buried in the sea for hundreds of years.

Huang Sande returned with a lot of emotion. A few days later, there was finally good news. Chen Youren signed the relevant treaty on behalf of the South China government and the French government, and the interests of both parties were satisfied.

Marceau came to Situ Nan with a flat face, and brought two bankers: representatives of BNP Paribas and CA-CIB.

As Situ Nan said, the French are interested in Situ Nan's oil adventures in Africa, but they will not participate in shares. Instead, they will lend to Chevron Petroleum, and they have given out $5 million in one breath.

Also involved in the negotiations was Sinclair, vice president of Chevron Petroleum. After bargaining, BNP Paribas agreed to reduce the interest rate to 2%, far below the international level, for a period of three years.

In exchange, once the oil is released, Chevron must cooperate with the French national oil company to sell the crude oil to the French national oil company and accept the other party’s shareholding.

"Chevron Abyssinia? It seems that it will soon become Snow France Petroleum Company!" Sinclair patted the "Alliance under the City" before the ink was dry, and smiled at Situ Nan, "Boss, we will Playing big!"

"Do you regret it?"

"No! I like this kind of adventure!"

Chapter 23 The French and the Railway

After the opening of the new route, Africa gradually became the back garden of the Europeans. Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands came successively, and then reluctantly lost. They were replaced by Britain, France and Italy.

Standing in front of a huge map of Africa, Situ Nan smoked a cigarette while crossing his hands, staring at the map on the wall, focusing on the North Africa region on the Mediterranean coast, concentrating on his thoughts.

The map is divided into several pieces, marked with different colors, from left to right are French Algeria, Italian Libya, and Egypt controlled by the British.

Sinclair stood behind Situ Nan, his gaze glanced over the Suez Canal, and landed on several black spots in the Mesopotamia. These were the strongholds of British Petroleum Company. In the entire Middle East, only the British oil company successfully explored Several oil fields are blank in other areas, including the vast North Africa.

"Oil exploration in the desert will encounter unimaginable difficulties. You'd better prepare yourself. Workers I have prepared for you. There are tens of thousands of Chinese labor unions to join. Oil ports, highways and other projects can be handed over to them. Is the best worker."