The journey starts from the Titanic

"Uncle Chen, we are going to Nanhua, won't you lie to me?"

The 14-year-old Jiang Jingguo looked at Chen Guofu excitedly. In the past few years, this uncle has been taking care of Jiang Jingguo in Shanghai, but the father who was busy with his business all day has never ended.

"What? It seems you are very happy to see you!" Chen Guofu turned his head and smiled at the young man beside him.Upon closer inspection, the boy has a thick face, a high forehead and a big mouth. His eyes are slender, with a shadow of Jiang Weiji.

"That's not the case. It's just that a classmate's father recently went to Nanhua to do business, and their family moved out, and they wrote back saying that New Tangshan is fun!"

A glimmer of yearning flashed in Jiang Jingguo's eyes. Young people are always greedy for fresh freedom, and he is no exception. For the past few years, he has always stayed at school, or he would be Fenghua's hometown.

Chen Guofu looked in his eyes and smiled slightly: "You like it. I received a letter from your father. He has already got a good position in Nanyang and wants to take you over."

"You resigned? Confused!" When he got home, Zhu Wulou heard that Chen Guofu was about to resign. He jumped up like a cat with his tail stomping on him, with a look of hatred for iron and steel.

"I have already handed in my resignation in the afternoon. Uncle Jiang is now seeking a more important position in Nanyang. He wrote me to let me go. I decided to take Jingguo to Nanhua. Last month, my brother returned from the United States and went to Nanhua. , I will stop by to see him."

Chen Guofu patiently explained that Jiang Weiji urged him so hard that he didn't have time to think about it, so he chopped it out first, and felt a little sorry for the old man who had been taking care of himself.

Facts have proved that the stock market for the revolution two years ago was not feasible. The Maoxin Company jointly established by Chen Guofu and Jiang Weiji not only made them bankrupt, but also owed them debts.

After Chen Guofu went bankrupt, he returned to his old husband's small bank and became a boring little clerk again. Later, with the help of his old husband, he moved to American China Bank.

"Why don't you have a lot of money? Last time you said that the Shanghai bank is not doing business well, so look for a chance to visit Nanyang?" Chen Guofu instigated Zhu Wulou and winked at his wife next to him.

"Yeah, dad. Didn't you say that the nephew of Grandma Liu's grandmother from the fifth cousin's family developed very well in Nanhua, and became the boss at a young age. Does the family still have 10,000 acres of fertile land? It's okay to relax, anyway Not far away, it will only take half a month to go back and forth."

Zhu Ming, Mrs. Chen Guofu, persuaded that she is a virtuous wife and is highly respected at home.

Zhu Fifth Floor was a little moved, stroking his long beard, and then asked Chen Guofu: "So your uncle is doing a good job? Is it reliable?"

"If it wasn't for him to be too busy, I would like to visit Shanghai in person. By the way, he still greets you for your old age. Take a look!" Chen Guofu handed the letter to the old man.

"Brother Chen...? Brother Chen has many twists and turns in his overseas trip, and the details will be discussed in detail in the future. Now that he has found a favorable development opportunity, he can't get out of the north for the time being. I hope my brother will come quickly and talk more... The economic development is very good. If Mr. Zhu is not going well in Shanghai, he can turn to Nantou. Brother may be able to help."

Zhu Wulou's impression of Jiang Weiji is not very good, because he often urges Chen Guofu, Chen Guofu can't do without the influence of Jiang Weiji, but he knows Jiang Weiji is a capable person.

Although Jiang Weiji didn't say it very clearly in the letter, Zhu Wulou probably guessed that the other party should be doing well, otherwise it would be difficult to praise Haikou.

"Yeah!" Zhu Wulou nodded and smiled, "While this old bone is still moving, we should go out to see the world more. In the past few years, the Shanghai businessmen have all let the Cantonese businessmen compare. Let's go and see the legend. The world of Nanyang Huahua."

Zhu Wulou then called his old friends and invited them to "tour" in South China. Upon receiving his invitation, some gentlemen and rich men in Shanghai also yearned for it.

"Master, what do you think Uncle Shi is doing in Nanhua? It won't be again—I heard that the natives in Nanyang are very vicious."

Before the clinic, Zhu Ming quietly asked Chen Guofu that this trip had a relationship with the future of her family, and she had to worry.

"Vicious? Don't worry, don't you see that the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are all running south? At the docks in Shanghai, the laborers run to the south, boat by boat, just like Europeans go to America."

Chen Guofu sneered.

He works for American-Chinese Bank. From time to time, employees of American-Chinese Bank are transferred to South China, and many of them are transferred from South China, Guangzhou and other places to Shanghai. They have more contact with those people. Chen Guofu knows more about South China than ordinary people. .

"Since it's okay, I'm relieved." Compared with the so-called promotion and getting rich, Zhu Ming doesn't require too much of his husband, but only hopes the whole family is safe.

Her words aroused Chen Guofu’s thoughts. Jiang Weiji once lost his voice after Huang Jinrong’s death. Chen Guofu was worried and thought that he had encountered an accident. Later, he received a letter from Jiang Weiji sent back from the United States. Soon after, Jiang Weiji went to Nanhua again. What happened, you have to ask the person in person.

Alas, it’s a pity that it seems to be giving up the original ideals. The militia group controlled by Sun Yat-sen has been nesting in the mountainous area of ​​Fujian, surrounded by powerful enemies. It tried several times to return to Guangdong, but it didn’t succeed. It had to fight with the Northern forces in Fujian. In the end, no one can do nothing, and have to look forward to new opportunities.

Whether it is the Nanyang Financial Group integrated with the Zhi Gong Party or the Shanghai-based Jiangsu and Zhejiang Financial Group, which is increasingly infiltrated by the US-China Financial Group, they are increasingly alienated from the Kuomintang, which is difficult to become a climate. Economically, the Kuomintang is stuck in a parallel space and is dependent on the Kuomintang’s peripheral forces. As for his vote, more and more talents are accepted by the Zhi Gong Party. In Guangdong, even Sun Wen's fellow villagers do not support him.

Chen Guofu let out a sigh of relief and slowly closed his eyes....

When the Dididi car came to the dock, the speed had to slow down and moved slowly along with the crowd of people.

Shanghai is the most fashionable place in Asia. The wharf is a condensed window of Shanghai’s foreign exchanges. A large number of foreign commodities such as automobiles, cosmetics, cigarettes, electrical appliances have flooded into Shanghai, and agricultural products such as tea, silk and minerals are exported from the mainland to abroad. Travel along the Yangtze River and the railway all the way to Shanghai, and then transfer to other parts of the world.

The main organizations of this big trade are the Ocean Banks of various countries and the Chinese businessmen who have close business dealings with them. This can be seen from the various billboards on both sides of the street.

From the billboards, goods made by Nanhua occupy a certain market in Shanghai, especially rubber products. All the umbrellas, raincoats, and rubber shoes in Shanghai are imported from Nanhua. In addition, a large number of cigarettes, hardware and cloth are also imported from Nanhua.

A large number of Nanhua products are competing fiercely with products from Japan, the United Kingdom and other countries. In fact, most of China can’t tell whether the goods with Chinese characters on their trademarks are manufactured by Nanhua or shipped directly from factories in the Pearl River Delta. , But they are still willing to buy this kind of domestic products.

Chen Guofu naturally knows the truth. In order to avoid tariffs and reduce the high lijin along the way, most of the factories in the Pearl River Delta are shipped to northern cities such as Shanghai and Tianjin for sale. It is not only a traffic problem, but also a fear of warlords along the way. Exploitation.

Perhaps in order to find a stable and unified market, the Guangzhou government also hopes to unify the country as soon as possible under the pressure of businessmen.However, none of these factors have anything to do with Chen Guofu. He drove the car carefully, turning back to talk to the old father-in-law behind him from time to time.

"A lot of people! Uncle Chen, look, there are so many big ships!"

Jiang Jingguo in the passenger seat pressed his face out of the car window, looking out with excitement, his heart full of yearning for the journey at sea.

"Haha! This is nothing, is a foreign ship bigger?"

Chen Guofu said with a smile.

"How old is it?"

"Tens of thousands of tons! A ship sailing to the sea is like a sea city, with everything." Chen Guofu explained.

The car finally reached the port area. At the dock of the Meihua Company, they finally saw the ship to be carried. The smooth hull, more than 200 meters long, is blue and white, and occupies most of the Meihua Pier 1.

The two metal chimneys in the middle of the ship are erected high, and the yellow and blue flags that symbolize South China are flying in the wind. Shanghai people are no strangers to this.

The bow of the ship is raised obliquely upwards, with beautiful cut corners, and the words "Tai Ping" are written on it. This ship is called Tai Ping Ferry.

"Yes! That's it, Taiping Wheel!"

Chen Guofu took out the ferry ticket and took a look, smiled slightly, and introduced: "The Taiping Ferry drains 25,000 tons of water and travels between China and South China. It departs from Shanghai along the way, passes through Ningbo, Guangzhou, Singapore and finally reaches the South China capital Xin Tangshan. One week.

Taiping was introduced from the White Star Shipping Company of the United States. A freighter that originally traveled to and from the Atlantic Ocean was converted into a dual-purpose maritime giant. However, this does not affect his luxury.

There are swimming pools, cinemas, theaters, casinos, bands and other luxurious luxury on it. It is called a dream ship. Passengers praise it, and even foreigners rush to it."

"Really? That's good! Haha!" Zhu Fifth Floor got down from the car, and from a distance he saw the majestic Pacific Ocean in the harbor, like a giant dragon entrenched in the Huangpu River.

The huge crane is transporting bundles of cargo to the ship, which is full of cargo from all parts of the mainland to Nanyang.

Chen Guofu ordered the shipping staff to send his car and luggage to the ship. After a while, he saw his car hung in the air, landed firmly on the platform, and then loaded into the cargo warehouse at the bottom of the ship.

"I'm on the boat, Master Yue." Chen Guofu took the travel bag and asked Zhu Wulou to go ahead.

He originally booked a second-class cabin, but Lao Zhangren wanted face, and later changed it to first-class cabin, which cost an extra 1,000 Nanhua yuan, which is about the same as the silver dollar.

Chen Guofu gritted his teeth and took the car away. Fortunately, it was not his bank clerk who paid the money.

First-class material conditions are naturally the best, and the vanity of distinguished guests is also taken care of. Under the admiring gaze of ordinary cabin passengers, Chen Guofu and his party calmly walked onto the first-class passage.

And more ordinary passengers boarded the ship nervously under the shouts of the sailors. Their passage was under the first-class cabin. Huang Zongxiao and Fan Tong, employees of Meihua Company, looked down at the bow of the ship. Those plainly dressed workers We are getting on the boat one after another. In order to repay the ticket, many people have to work on the farm in Nanhua for a while.

After getting on the boat, the hard-working waiter at the entrance arranged everything for them. Zhu Fifth Floor chuckled, feeling light on his face and feeling that the money was not in vain.