The journey starts from the Titanic

"It's amazing! Every time I go south, I find that the development of the South is very different!"

Zhang Xueliang said with emotion.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.It is a pity that warlords such as Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang hindered the Northeast Army, unable to unify the north, and were unable to go south to fight Wuhan.otherwise……

"That's true. This country is too great, and I feel that he will have even greater miracles in the future." Little Kadoorie nodded. His business is in China, and the Kadoorie family's business is in China. As one of the decision-makers of Meihua Company First, Little Kadoorie was naturally "deeply trapped" and developed a sense of belonging to the land he was struggling with.

Back to Little Kadoorie's office, Zhang Xueliang gradually calmed down and started a business directly with Little Kadoorie.

This time he went south, he not only purchased weapons, but also bought high-quality and low-cost machinery and equipment from the United States to satisfy the industrial construction in the Northeast.

"Oh! My friend, I thought you were going to buy weapons? I didn't expect you to be interested in factory equipment too!"

Little Kadoorie picked up the purchase list proposed by Zhang Xueliang and quickly browsed it. The other party listed textile machines, steam engines, various types of machine tools, seamless steel pipes, gunpowder and other frequent directories. The transaction amount was more than 20 million yuan.

The machinery and equipment purchased above are mainly used for weapons production, except for mining.

Was willing to pay such a large sum of money, obviously the northeast king made a lot of determination, was such a big move stimulated by the industrial development in the south?

Little Kadoori knew the other party's intentions in his heart, but Zhang Xueliang's request could be met by Meihua Company.Even if Meihua does not provide the equipment, the other party can buy it from the Japanese or other powers, but it is expensive.

"Hehe, without our own factory, we can't buy weapons from the enemy when we can't fight?" Zhang Xueliang laughed.

The enemies he said were mirroring Meihua Company and Xiao Kadoori, but Xiao Kadoori didn't care at all, he curled his lips: "Why not? I can sell you everything you want, but Wuhan can't control it. I."

Little Kadoorie's tone is a bit arrogant, but in fact, except for Zhang Xueliang, Meihua Company treats other Chinese forces equally, as long as it has money, machine guns and cannons can be sold to you!

As for why Zhang Xueliang didn't find the Japanese in the first place, he was afraid that the Japanese would make even more excessive demands, lest the Japanese dominate the family.

"However, my friend, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Weapon manufacturing involves many industrial fields. In addition to machinery and equipment, technical personnel are indispensable. You'd better send someone to our factory for training."

Little Kadoorie is sincere.

His generosity won Zhang Xueliang's favor, and Zhang Xueliang nodded, very happy.From his childhood Kadoorie’s attitude, he saw the pride of Meihua and Wuhan. It seemed that he no longer regarded the Northeast as his opponent, otherwise he would not generously sell the weapon production line to the Northeast.

"My poor northeastern countryman, how many mineral soybeans do we have to sell to get these machines from the Southerners!"

After finishing the conversation with Little Kadoorie, Zhang Xueliang sighed.

He drove out of the concession and came to Shanghai Huajie, only to find out quietly that the Huajie outside the concession had changed. There were wide kilometer avenues, concrete buildings standing on both sides, traffic crowds coming and going on the street, and a variety of goods. .

"Unexpectedly, the prosperity of the Chinese community in Shanghai is not worse than that in the concession." Zhang Xueliang looked at the street outside and said to a young man in the car.

"Well, there is indeed no mess of foreign national flags in the concession. The Chinese policemen on the street are more energetic than the Indian and Annan patrols in the concession. Even the gang members in Shanghai don't dare to be arrogant now, haha!"

Lu Xiaojia smiled, speaking of Shanghai gang members with contempt.

This world has become so fast. Four or five years ago, he was the son of Zhejiang Supervisor Lu Yongxiang. Who wouldn't respect him at that time?

After his father Lu Yongxiang went down the wild, Lu Xiaojia's status was not as good as before, but he was still a friend of the Shanghai Municipal Government, and he was unrelenting in investing in industry to make money.

"Oh? I remember that the green gangs in Shanghai are all local snakes. They also took it?" Zhang Xueliang was surprised, a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes.

I couldn't help but think of the past that Lu Xiaojia and the leader of the Qinggang Jinrong were jealous, but it made Lu Xiaojia, the younger brother of the Republic of China, who was as famous as him, lost his face.But Huang Jinrong also ended up well, it is said that he was killed!Maybe it was Lu Xiaojia's handwriting.

"Axe is the best! But they are more self-disciplined. In recent years, they have been less and less involved in pornography, gambling, and drug business. They have contracted projects and engaged in shipping. They are doing well. I heard that they also have their own fleet and security companies. Every year, many people are sent to Nanyang to explore."

Lu Xiaojia said with some envy.

"Kai Kung? What did you do?" Zhang Xueliang was a little unfamiliar with this term, and it sounded like a northern farmer rushing through the Guandong.

"Mining, farming, road building, etc. The land in Nanhua is fertile, and the price is cheap. Domestic farmers are very welcome to go there."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiaojia lowered her voice and looked serious, "It is said that they often fight with the natives over there, but those at the Huangpu River Wharf traveled to the Southeast Asia boat by boat and rarely came back. It is estimated that they will not suffer. On the contrary, it is the natives who suffer. Hey, the people from the security company hold this real guy in their hands, no worse than my old army."

"Is it?" Zhang Xueliang was a little moved and became interested. He had been to Nanhua, but he had no impression of the natives there.Now listening to Lu Xiaojia say this, I feel that it is not easy.

"Why not? The former Shanghai gangsters and scumbags have been cleaned up and sent to the labor reform railway or sent to Nanhua to harm the natives.

I heard that you can buy a lot of cheap land there, provided that you have to drive away the natives.I'm planning to visit Nanhua with some friends, after all, I have taken soldiers!"

Lu Xiaojia laughed at this point.Although he is a bit downhearted compared to the young Master Zhang in front of him, he still has a more relaxed life.

What's more rare is that Zhang Xueliang did not despise him because of this, which made Lu Xiaojia think that Zhang Shaoshuai was a lover and a good friend.

Zhang Xueliang sighed secretly. Originally, he planned to use Lu Xiaojia to win over Lu Yongxiang's old department. After all, everyone is from the Beiyang line.

At that meeting in 1924, he and the three sons of the Republic of China, Lu Xiaojia and Sun Ke, also planned the "Anti-Straight Alliance". As a result, Wu Peifu failed and the Northeast Army entered the Pass. However, Lu Yongxiang stepped down. Public party.

Now Sun Ke, like Sun Wen's old ministry, is actively investing in Wuhan, but what about Lu Xiaojia?He seems to enjoy his current status as a businessman. Of course, this is also inseparable from his maintaining a good relationship with the Shanghai government.If you want him to risk opposing Wuhan, I am afraid it is impossible.

"By the way, this time I come to Shanghai, I want to attract Shanghai businessmen to invest in the Northeast. You are familiar with Shanghai, and you need to lend a hand."

Zhang Xueliang said directly, very kindly.The development of the Northeast does not have to be as fast as the South, and it is also good, much better than other parts of the country.

"No problem." Lu Xiaojia said readily. In the past few years, he has matured. He is no longer the arrogant son of the old man. He does know a lot of friends in shopping malls. It is not difficult to introduce investment in the Northeast to the Shanghai business community.

"By the way, the city government happened to have a reception the day after tomorrow. It is said that a Nanhua official went to Shanghai to attract investment and invited wealthy businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to invest in Nanhua. If you are willing to condescend, you can also go and chat with those businessmen, even in Shanghai. I don’t dare not give you the face of Young Master Zhang!"

Lu Xiaojia smiled.

Zhang Xueliang nodded, thinking this was a good opportunity.

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The Sino-US trade to and from the Pacific is increasingly prosperous. Under the leadership of the South China Grain Corporation, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Raw Silk Industry has adopted modern technology to rejuvenate.

Walking into the Nanxun Silk Reeling Factory, Situ Nan saw thousands of workers active on the production line, looking in full swing.

When silk reeling, 80 degrees hot water is needed to loosen the cocoons. The hot environment in the silk reeling workshop is uncomfortable, but Situ Nan still watched it with relish.

The white silk thread is drawn into silk spindles with the high-speed movement of the machine, and then sent to the supporting textile factory after reprocessing. The soft silk is finally presented to Situ Nan.

There are at least a dozen factories of similar scale in Nanxun, with an industrial output value of 500 million, which is a relatively objective figure.After all, China's raw silk industry has been in decline for many years.

"Our factory here uses a lot of machine production. The production efficiency is 20% higher than that of the Japanese silk factory in Shanghai, and the quality is not worse than them.

In the past two years, we have signed 20,000 farmers in Nanxun to provide them with technical funds. They are willing to sell us the silk. Now it seems that this factory is not enough.I'm thinking about cooperating with local silk merchants to transform their old factories, so that it is easier to expand the scale."

Liu Chengmin showed Situ Nan the freshly baked silk while explaining his plan.

"Very good. The model of leading companies plus farmers is feasible. We must use the superior resources of Nanhua Grain Bank to make the raw silk industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang bigger and stronger.

Nanhua Grain Bank has established demonstration factories, established industry standards, and organized silk farmers and silk merchants to act as industrial organizers."

Situ Nan encouraged and stroked the silk lightly, feeling a little bit in his heart.Raw silk is a major exporter of foreign exchange. Unfortunately, China's raw silk lacks competitiveness in the world. The international raw silk market is monopolized by Japan. They have made huge profits to subsidize the construction of heavy industry.

"In the raw silk industry, we are too far behind the Japanese. You have the Agricultural Bank in your hands, and you should be able to do a lot of things." Situ Nan added, expressing the importance of Jiangsu and Zhejiang silk industry.