The journey starts from the Titanic

The Zhi Gong Party seized power, established a democratic republican system, cleared away obstacles to capitalist development, and implemented ambitious industrial plans. While people were dazzled, more and more people of insight and people who benefited from industrial development did this. Get excited and throw into it, including Lu Zuofu at this moment and his Minsheng Shipping Company.

"Premier Song’s family has come out in large numbers, and the Song family’s sisters and brothers are leaders and admirable. I didn’t expect Mr. Situ and Premier Song to have this kind of connection." Lu Zuofu chittered, secretly guessing that this Situ from ten years ago Sir, it should be great too, right?No wonder it has a profound influence in Meihua Company!

Thinking of this, Lu Zuofu can’t help but look forward to the future of Minsheng Shipping. Although the company has just been established, the most valuable capital is only two small steamers eliminated from the Meihua Shipping Company, which add up to less than two hundred tons. Fortunately, they are in the Yangtze River. Getting on the boat is not a problem.And Lu Zuofu is discussing with Situ Nan to expand the scale of the company. Of course, in terms of ships, capital, and talents, the mysterious Mr. Situ said that he could help.

Situ Nan has always trusted the character of Song Ziwen, especially Song Ziwen is deeply influenced by Western culture. His surname is relatively straightforward, although it is less sleek, not like the politicians of this era, but emotionally more in line with Situ Nan’s modern People's tastes, so Situ Nan did not hesitate to support Song Ziwen in all aspects.

For a while, Lu Zuofu didn't know that behind Song Ziwen's success was Situ Nan, who was more powerful, but few people knew about Situ Nan's ambition and low-key self-proclaimed "Dark Night King".Just ask: Morgan or Rockefeller, do they need to be president?Of course, Andrew Mellon is the Treasury Secretary more the President than the President. He is aimed at the White House entirely to reduce taxes for capitalists and then reduce taxes!In this regard, he did a great job.

"Mr. Lu does not need to be envious. He will not be the envy of others in the future." Situ Nan smiled as if he heard a trace of envy in Lu Zuofu's mouth. "Frankly speaking, I have a good relationship with some of the senior government, as long as the Minsheng Shipping Company pays attention. Management, Ziwen or Zhigong Dang are happy to see the results. In terms of policy, they have always supported active national enterprises."

"Foreign warships can no longer enter the Yangtze River at will. Foreign merchant ships are still coming to Wuhan in an endless stream. Not to mention Japan’s Nissin Shipping Company and British Taikoo Shipping Company, the rapid development of Meihua Shipping in the past few years. The veteran China Merchants got a few blocks away."

Situ Nan frowned inadvertently, a little dissatisfied, turned his head, and suddenly looked at Lu Zuofu with a stern look in his eyes, "In the face of such a strong competitor, Minsheng Shipping Company must be psychologically prepared. Well, it's best to be in 5— -Within 10 years, foreign shipping companies will be squeezed out of the Yangtze River basin before they can venture outside the sea!

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"Huh?" Lu Zuofu looked at Situ Nan's ambitions with a little surprise. He wanted to remind Situ Nan that the company had just opened, and it finally raised a mere 8,000 oceans. Even if the small steamer eliminated by Meihua Shipping is listed, it is still on credit. of.According to Situ Nan, it is unrealistic to want ants to challenge elephants now, right?

"What's the matter? I promise that China Merchants will go bankrupt within one year. Minsheng Shipping Company had better prepare for the merger of China Merchants." Situ Nan smiled secretly. Seeing Lu Zuofu's suspicion, he smiled without giving much explanation, and then asked Lu Zuofu about After the business philosophy, the two did not discuss the matter of Minsheng Shipping Company. Instead, Situ Nan was more interested in Lu Zuofu's school opening and seeing the library.

Lu Zuofu didn’t know that in his eyes the huge Meihua Shipping Company was only a small part of Situ Nan’s industry. Situ Nan was also a world-class shipping giant—a shareholder of the British White Star Shipping Company, firmly occupying the United States—South China. The California Shipping Company on the routes of Australia, New Zealand and New Zealand has hundreds of merchant ships above 10,000 tons, which is also part of Situ Nan’s business.If he knew this, Lu Zuofu would be stupid.Situ Nan will certainly not show off in front of Lu Zuofu, a native national capitalist. Now his personal pursuit of wealth has no desire for numbers. On the contrary, if he can support the development and growth of Minsheng Shipping, a local shipping company, this would be meaningful. thing.For Lu Zuofu, a well-known patriotic entrepreneur in history, Situ Nan absolutely did not spare his friendship.

Lu Zuofu walked out of the Situ Mansion, feeling happy, and his steps were lighter. The Situ Mansion had already prepared a car to take Lu Zuofu home."That guy has a big tone, and he is definitely proud to his bones. By the East Lake, Situ Mansion is like a royal palace. It doesn't seem to be a mansion, but there are guests like Song Ziwen. It's really mysterious! I'm still down to earth. Run a steamship company!" Lu Zuofu looked back at the house that disappeared between the lakes and mountains, with a smile, and began to look forward to the train on the shore humming into the Sichuan, while the Minsheng Steamship Company's steamer galloped across the Yangtze River and even went east until the Huangpu River. By...

A week later, when Lu Zuofu was almost disappointed with Situ Nan's promise, a call made him overjoyed.Mr. Kadoorie, senior president of American China Bank and a well-known arms dealer, cordially received Lu Zuofu and listened to Lu Zuofu’s development plan for Minsheng Shipping Company. He said that he would give the new Minsheng Company a sum of 10 million French currency (approximately 500 yuan). 10,000 US dollars) loan to purchase products from Meihua Shipyard under Meihua Company.

Lu Zuofu was dizzy with happiness, and he did not forget to report to Situ Nan: "Mr. Situ, American China Bank really has to provide me with a loan of 10 million yuan! It is enough for us to build a fleet of dozens of ships on the Yangtze River!"

"Congratulations, work hard." Situ Nan encouraged on the phone.

"However, the base of Meihua Company is in Nanhua. I want to go to Nanhua for acceptance. I don't know how the quality of those ships is?" Lu Zuofu said with some worry.

"Then you will find out soon after going to see it? Maybe there are unexpected surprises? As far as I know, the shipbuilding industry in Nanhua has developed rapidly in recent years. The ship shouldn't be a problem." Situ Nan's faint laughter contained unspeakable confidence.

He has been paying attention to Nanhua’s shipbuilding industry. A few years have passed. Nanhua’s shipbuilding industry has grown from scratch, which is considered to have laid a certain foundation.The most popular are the large and small steamers that shuttle through the domestic rivers of South China. The tonnage is small, ranging from hundreds of tons to 3,000 tons. They are flexible and versatile. The Java Sea and the Strait of Malacca are in constant flow with more and more Chinese ship owners.

"Perhaps in two years, all the domestic small and medium-sized ships will be occupied by ships from Wuhan and Shanghai shipyards?" Putting down the phone, Situ Nan said to himself. After a while, he dialed Kadoorie's phone. .

"Boss, it's been a long time since I heard your gospel! Your servant has been waiting to listen to your teaching!" Little Kadoorie's complaining voice came on the phone.

"You can use dim sum for the Minsheng Shipping Company. It is best to send some professionals from Meihua Shipping to help Lu Zuofu. Now is the best time for Meihua to expand in the Yangtze River." Situ Nan said directly.

"Well. Meihua Shipping originally had a similar plan, but it was taken advantage of by this sudden emergence of Minsheng Shipping Company. Okay, let me incorporate the relevant personnel into this new company!" Little Kadoori said unwillingly. In fact, a small shipping company is nothing to him. The main business focus of Meihua in China is railways, steel, petrochemicals, and the automobile industry that Kadoorie is more optimistic about.It was just that Situ Nan specifically explained that he had to pay attention to it and strictly implemented Situ Nan's instructions.

"By the way, boss, you said that China Merchants has poor management and suffered serious losses. The government is a major shareholder. The government is unwilling to take over the mess left by the previous government. I told Lin that he said that no amount of funds can fill those things. Worm's appetite. But he has no energy to clean up this trouble for the time being." Little Kadoori explained.

Chapter 84:

Song Ziwen and Lin Yimin are more and more concerned about the work of the government, and Meihua Company and Meihua Bank naturally fall on Kadoorie.With strong capital and government support, Xiao Jiadao's ideals are too easy to deal with China Merchants. The only trouble is that if China Merchants' government-style units are carefully cleaned up, it is estimated that many people will be drawn out and public opinion will fluctuate.The first to bear the brunt is the Sheng Xuanhuai family, who controlled China Merchants for a while. The seventh Miss Sheng of the Sheng family happened to be married to Song Ziwen...

But it's no big deal!Song Ziwen hates the Sheng family even more than Situ Nan!Maybe I was waiting... Situ Nan thought darkly, and Song Ziwen's graceful face suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Then drag it for a while! When the Minsheng Shipping Company is on the right track, leave this mess to Lu Zuofu!" Situ Nan said simply, making no secret of his disgust.

The signboard of China Merchants has gone through ups and downs, and it has continued to shine into the new century, but this time its fate was directly rejected by Situ Nan.

Beginning in 1924, the situation in China was ups and downs and magnificent, leading to the strong rise of the Gong Party and the defeat of the Beiyang warlords.Just as Zhang Zuolin judged, the Wuhan government began to die, and was unwilling to devote limited resources to the laborious "Second Northern Expedition".

Wuhan has become a center of gatherings of all parties. Railway plans, bank plans, support agricultural plans, reserve plans, construction corps plans, compulsory elementary school education plans... Every once in a while, new plans "emerge" and then quickly The southern ruling area unfolds, dazzling, but it is executed in an orderly manner, like a huge machine.It started slowly and firmly, but people found that it was getting faster and faster, affecting almost half of China's more than 300 million people, becoming a part of it, and following the hard-won pace of industrialization.

In Wuhan Situ Mansion, there is a special room with a huge industrial planning soil. Some important places on the map are marked with symbols, such as Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places.If you look closely, you will find that those symbols represent industrial sectors such as coal mines, steel, shipbuilding, and automobiles.

The door opened, and Situ Nan and Robles walked in."Look, my friend, it took me two years to complete these designs." Situ Nan said to Robles with some pride.Situ Nan, who is neither in politics, nor in the military, and does not like to show his face, is the chief designer of national construction.

"Very beautiful design." Robles glanced and said lightly, thinking: This guy's enthusiasm for industrial planning is almost religiously fanatical, and he wants to transform an agricultural country into a huge country in a short time through planned construction. Industrial country.If he hadn't been familiar with Situ Nan, Robles would have thought that the man who was talking about industrial planning in front of him was a whimsical guy, or a liar.

"I like it here. Robles needs to expand its influence in the Far East." Robles clicked Shanghai Dao on the map and looked very confident.

"British and French think so too. HSBC and Citibank have always done a good job, now including American and Chinese Bank, Robles and American and Chinese Bank have good cooperation, don't they?" Stuart nodded and followed With the rapid expansion of American-Chinese Bank in the Far East, Robles’ influence in the Far East has increased, but this cannot satisfy Robes’ ambitions. Shanghai, the financial center of the Far East, a must-see place, has more potential than the South China’s capital, New Tangshan. Bigger.

Next, Situ Nan led Robles and others to visit Hanyang Iron Factory, Yangzi Machinery Factory, Wuhan Shipyard and the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge under construction, allowing him to feel the potential of this ancient country intimately.

After walking around for a while, under the arrangement of Situ Nan, Robles and the Wuhan government had in-depth exchanges and successfully reached a number of important cooperation agreements. Robles and American China Bank cooperated to underwrite China's railway bonds in Europe, America and Asia respectively.As soon as the agreement was signed, Robles immediately secretly provided a $20 million concessional loan to the Wuhan government.

In fact, the two parties are familiar with each other for a long time. The China Zhi Gong Party and the South China Zhi Gong Party are in the same line, and Robles and the South China Government have worked closely together, and the benefits have been good, but China’s industrial plan is much larger than that of South China. The funds are as high as billions, and Robles has to find more partners in the United States.

When Robles left Wuhan, Situ Nan also set foot on the eastward steamer, and a number of political figures including Song Ziwen and Lin Yimin came to see him off.The Wuchang Wharf was full of officers and soldiers with live ammunition, strictly blocking curious people and reporters.A cruise ship is moored not far away, as well as two ships of the Yangtze River Fleet.The scene is solemn and solemn. They are going to escort the cruise ship to Shanghai. Many officers and men secretly speculate that the foreigners on the cruise ship are the big people to protect, right?

"Speaking of which I really feel unwilling. I have been in Wuhan for almost a year without knowing it. What a beautiful place!" Situ Nan sighed in his heart, standing beside a dignified beauty-He Xiangu, with a satisfied smile on her face. From time to time, I looked at the cruise ship behind him, because their children had already been carried aboard by the servants.

"Boss, you patted your butt and left. It's easy and happy, but Ziwen and I are going to suffer." Lin Yimin looked at Situ Nan with a bit of sadness. He glanced at Song Ziwen next to him, and Song Ziwen nodded with approval. With Situ Nan's gentle smile, a trace of envy flashed in his eyes, and I felt even more touched: I was pushed to the peak by this guy step by step, and now as the prime minister of the Wuhan government, shouldering the country's heavy responsibility, this pressure is really not light!

"This country has never lacked cunning and gloomy politicians. What is lacking are young politicians who have an international perspective and dare to be the best in this age of turmoil, and you are the best. Because in the face of the trend of the times, the wealth of governance of the silver mill The magical powers or the filthy and gloomy Forbidden City inside will be shattered by big factories. This is really what we are good at." Situ Nan said with heart and soul.He patted Song Ziwen on the shoulder, turned and walked towards the trestle bridge.

"The boss is right. Let us use railways, factories and the current corporate system to defeat the traditions of this ancient country!" Lin Yimin waved to Situ Nan and whispered, "The boss has done enough for us." Song Ziwen could hear him clearly.

"Yeah." Song Ziwen nodded, and an impulse of "the scholar died for his confidant" surged in his heart. Looking at Situ Nan's back, he was full of emotion and joked to Lin Yimin: "This guy really doesn't care about fame. Huh?"

"Perhaps it's a unique personal taste-boring, right?" Lin Yimin shrugged.It turned out that he and Song Ziwen once again persuaded Situ Nan to go out to politics, expressing their willingness to assist Situ Nan in taking charge of the Wuhan government.In their opinion, Situ Nan did have such a talent, but he was rejected by Situ Nan.If he missed this opportunity, Situ Nan will not be easy to take charge of the Wuhan government in a fair way.Perhaps for many years, there are no words about Situ Nan in the history books, but Song Ziwen, Lin Yimin and others have left great names in the rise of industry in the Republic of China.

"Actually, no one can understand me. I am lonely as a god." Situ Nan sighed quietly at the rolling Yangtze River, looking back at the disappearing Wuhan, a little relieved, some lonely, and more longing.

"Wow..." A baby cry came from the cabin, Situ Nan smiled kindly and walked inside: "Oh, don't cry baby, dad is here..."

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When the boat arrived in Nanjing, Situ Nan was in a good mood, so he went ashore and strolled ashore. Anyway, it wouldn't be a big deal to postpone his arrival to Shanghai for a few days. Who made him very leisurely now.

Sun Liren, commander of the Nanjing Garrison, appeared in front of Situ Nan in front of Situ Nan at Xiaguan Pier, with a seductive star on his shoulders.Situ Nan has always valued this famous historical general, and Sun Liren seems to have done a good job. Young generals with a background of studying abroad like Sun Liren have always been very popular in the Zhi Gong Party.

When I met again, the young and young foreign student faded away from childishness and became more mature and tough after going through the battlefield."Mr. Situ, you are here." Seeing Situ Nan getting off the boat, Sun Liren stepped forward excitedly to salute.

Situ Nan was taken aback for a while, not accustomed to being saluted, but immediately laughed, glanced at Sun Liren's straight posture, and nodded: "I'm in good spirits, this is what a soldier looks like."

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. I should do it." Sun Liren said modestly, and asked Situ Nan to get in the car. The two shared a car and drove to Sun Liren's residence.

"Without fanfare, I just look at Nanjing casually. I don't know how the factory is doing here. I'll take a look at you by the way." After getting in the car, Situ Nan kindly spoke to Sun Li and explained the purpose of his trip. .

Sun Liren nodded. Nanjing occupies an important position in the government's industrial construction plan. A number of important factories will soon be located in Nanjing, such as Nanjing Automobile Plant, Nanjing Machinery Company, Yangtze Chemical Plant, Jinling Armory.Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant is the iron and steel production base in East China, and Nanjing, which is close at hand, is the center of East China's machinery manufacturing industry and the center of chemical industry.Sun Liren, the government expanded the Jinling Arsenal six months ago, introducing a rifle production line and a bullet production line from Germany, and the third arsenal capable of manufacturing rifles after Guangzhou Shijing Arsenal and Hanyang Arsenal.

The next day Situ Nan visited the Jinling Armory, accompanied by Sun Liren. He showed Situ Nan the masterpiece of the Jinling Armory, which is the South China version of the Mauser rifle, commonly known as Medan.The Hanyang Armory Factory introduced advanced gun production lines from Nanhua and began to equip a large number of troops, and the reputation of Hanyang Manufacturing became louder and louder.

"This is what excites you? Isn't it made in Medan?" Situ Nan took a brand new rifle from Sun Liren and smiled faintly.

This revised version of the Mauser rifle is more suitable for Asian humans. From Medan Arsenal to Guangzhou Shijing Arsenal to Hanyang Arsenal, it is becoming more and more popular, and it is said that it was smuggled into Africa by arms dealers in South China.

"It is indeed made in Medan. But for the formerly rudimentary Jinling Armory, the ability to mass-produce this weapon is a big breakthrough!" Sun Liren said, touching the barrel of Youlan with his palm, with a look of infatuation.