The journey starts from the Titanic

"That's right, we still live in Mr. Ma's guest room." Aunt He Xiang said, sitting next to Situ Nan happily. A warm, polite and beautiful woman like her can naturally win the appreciation of men.

"Madam, you're polite. I can only describe a distinguished guest like you with brilliance. It's too late to welcome you."

Ma Yingbiao smiled enthusiastically.

"Okay, I'm going to go shopping." He Xiangu knew that Situ Nan and the others had something to talk about, and after a few words with him, he went down.

"Women have a natural passion for shopping!" Situ Nan looked at He Xiangu's back and smiled. In fact, there is no need to avoid her own woman in what Situ Nan is going to discuss. It's just that after giving birth, He Xiangu's attitude towards outsiders The enthusiasm for the affairs has diminished.

"I have something to do with Cummins, so I will tell you a little bit today! Lest you two keep thinking about it."

Situ Nan smiled slightly, and soon Wang Yaqiao and the others were excited by his words...

Until Wang Chen came in, he told Situ Nan that the evening banquet of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce was about to begin.

Chapter 90

There are dozens of exotic buildings on Nanjing Road in Shanghai's public concession, Shiliyangchang, which is like an international architecture exposition.

The lights are shining, and the restless Huangpu River is reflected outside the fence. The prosperity is noisy, no matter day or night, here is not to be lonely for a moment.

In the concession, foreigners’ horse clubs and clubs are generally not open to Chinese, so Paris Night, one of the best nightclubs in Shanghai, welcomes Chinese customers and naturally becomes a place for Chinese businessmen to gather.

A banquet was held in the best conference room. The participants were all rich Chinese in Shanghai to celebrate the completion of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.

Most of them were born in Zhejiang. Among them are Shanghai banking tycoons Yu Qiaqing, Chen Guangpu, and Zhang Jingjiang of Zhejiang Industrial Company. These people are not small, either bankers or compradors, forming a loose and close relationship. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang Consortium has a solid foundation in Shanghai.

The atmosphere on the scene is more festive and serious, and less arrogant and debauchery. It is definitely different from the fun-seeking crowd in the ballroom downstairs.

"It's still Mr. Zhang that you have a lot of face! The celebration reception has been held until the night of Paris, but not everyone can easily cover this sales gold cave."

Today's scene is really rare. Most powerful businessmen in Shanghai are here. Yu Qiaqing smiled at Zhang Jingjiang, while affectionately holding Zhang Jingjiang's somewhat thin hand, looking at the luxurious nightclub facilities from time to time, she secretly sighed.

The Paris Nightclub is known to be the place covered by the Axe Gang. The Axe Gang leader Wang Yaqiao became the mayor of Shanghai and is in charge of everything in Shanghai. He is a veritable King of Shanghai. Therefore, the Paris Nightclub has become the most prominent place for socializing in Shanghai. Customers come like clouds, rich or expensive.

"Well, do we want to set up a place and send the business to him, so Wang Laojiu can't save face?"

Zhang Jingjiang waved his hand and smiled faintly, showing confidence in his gestures.His seniority is high and he is qualified to call Wang Yaqiao Wang Laojiu.

"That's true."

Yu Qiaqing nodded and said with emotion, "However, this mayor of ours is really not easy. The Axe Gang Foundation that he smashed up, tusk, the Shanghai Chinese company foreign trade, really few can compare it. "

Speaking of Wang Yaqiao, Yu Qiaqing said in his heart: Wang Yaqiao jumped from the leader of a gang to the mayor of a city. He is obviously a prince-like figure in an important city like Shanghai. Such a legendary experience is really amazing.

What’s more rare is that his transformation of the Axe Gang has successively formed several companies, operating in different industries such as nightclubs, construction, shipping, and factories. At the same time, it actively recruits a large number of well-educated business talents to join, so that the Axe Gang can be standardized. , Completely out of the scope of "general gangs rely heavily on pornography, gambling and drug business".

"Well, even though the Axe Gang has a gang habit, they have worked hard in operating Shanghai in the past few years and have opened many businesses, which is better than the Qing Gang."

Zhang Jingjiang said with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

Recently, Shanghai has been quite unstable. The tax police corps suddenly took action and found a major opium smuggling case and seized a large amount of opium. The opium dealers and gangs in Shanghai suffered heavy losses. The smokers in the concession were also very injured. There is also opium.

As for the cigarette halls in the Chinese area, I am sorry that the government has strictly banned smoking. The owner of the cigarette hall either fled to the concession or was shot, and most of the rest went to prison.

In this anti-smoking campaign in more than a dozen provinces in the south, the measures of the Shanghai government hosted by Wang Yaqiao were particularly rigorous and effective, demonstrating the Shanghai government's determination and skill in managing the city.

"Haha. Wang Laojiu and the Axe Gang are also shrewd. They don't do the opium business, so they bleached themselves. They used smoking bans to clean up disobedient gangs and kill chickens and monkeys. Some foreigners in the concession were angry and it didn't help."

Yu Qiaqing couldn't help but praised.As a businessman, he felt that there were too many gangs in Shanghai.

The Shanghai government cannot manage the concession. After clearing the gangs in the Chinese sector, it not only establishes the authority of the government and stabilizes the social order, but also helps suppress the concession’s extension to the Chinese sector, thereby creating a favorable environment for the development of the Chinese sector.

"I'm afraid it won't be so easy? The smoking ban has caused a lot of trouble. At least the Japanese in Hongkou will give up?"

Zhang Jingjiang snorted, her attitude seemed not very optimistic, but she appreciated the actions of the Shanghai government.

"It's hard to say. Speaking of which, Zhi Gong Dang still has some abilities. I got news that some troop carriers and warships arrived at the Xiaguan dock in Nanjing yesterday. They were loaded with weapons and ammunition. It is estimated that they came from Wuhan." Yu Qiaqing said.

"That must be." Zhang Jingjiang remembered. In the next few days, a batch of important materials will be transported from Guangzhou to Shanghai. The route is to transfer from Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway to Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to Shanghai.

"Old Zhang, do you think you will fight?" Yu Qiaqing asked again.

"Not yet, the three major powers in the Shanghai concession are Britain, France, and the United States. They will not help the cigarette dealers because they caused the government to ban smoking in China. The Japanese have suffered more, but they will not meet each other."

Zhang Jingjiang analyzed.

In fact, think about it, although the number of Wuhan Zhigong party revolutionary army is small, it is elite, at least in the Northern Expedition, the elite of Wu Peifu in the Northern Expedition was almost as powerful as it was.

Besides, Hanyang Arsenal is backing it, and I believe it will not lag far behind the powers in terms of equipment and ammunition supplies.

This is what Zhang Jingjiang thinks. He has been paying attention to the domestic situation and always feels that the hidden strength of Wuhan Zhigong Party is far more than superficial.

Can Wuhan Industry Group, which can even produce locomotives and ships, still not be able to produce machine guns and cannons?The reason why foreigners are prestigious is that they have strong boats and guns?

If these words of Zhang Jingjiang are transmitted to Wuhan, many people will be confidants, because the steel output of Hanyang Iron Works has exceeded one million tons, and it is still developing rapidly, but the steel produced is mainly used for railway construction. The output used for military manufacturing is less than one-tenth, but it is enough to equip a small-scale sophisticated army.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, I heard that the government is going to introduce some plans. It seems to be a big move. Do you have any news?"

Yu Qiaqing asked again, changing the topic, and no longer unfounded worries.

We must know that in upstream cities such as Wuhan and Nanjing, the Zhi Gong Party government is implementing large-scale construction, investing hundreds of thousands of construction corps to build transportation, opening up industrial areas, and of course a series of public facilities such as squares, libraries, and sports centers. The reason is any movement here in Shanghai.

"You slippery, you yourself are one of the councillors of the city government. What plans does the city government have that you will know later than me?"

Zhang Jingjiang scolded with a smile.

Yu Chaqing was not annoyed, and argued: "Although the municipal government has recruited many famous people to participate in the government's decision-making, it is still in the hands of the mayor and his staff?

However, according to my estimation, Wang Yaqiao is unwilling to be lonely, and the reason why he has resisted not making a move is probably because of lack of funds."

Having said this, he lowered his voice, “I heard that Wuhan is worried that Shanghai’s foreigners are too close, and safety cannot be guaranteed. First of all, we must ensure the resources for the construction of heavy industry in the Mainland... I somewhat believe this statement, or why Does Meihua not build a steel plant in Shanghai?"

In Yu Qiaqing's view, the US-China Consortium is most keen to invest in heavy industry, with large investments and capital expansion!In finance, energy, steel, railway, machinery, chemical and other national economic lifeline industries, almost all have monopolized.

It's a naked "official and business" collusion!

Over the years, they have been racing around the country and successively investing in railways and steel industries in inland cities such as Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha, and Nanjing. It seems that Shanghai, China's largest and most important city, has been overlooked, which is somewhat unreasonable.

"Perhaps you don't want to stimulate foreigners too early?"

Zhang Jingjiang thought for a while, and thought: The Zhi Gong Party government has decided to take the capital of Wuhan instead of Nanjing, occupying the heart of the country. In addition to national defense and security considerations, it also has the intention of connecting with their nest, South China, and can attack. , Retreat and defend, can be described as gradual progress, step by step, step by step, absolutely not satisfied with the pursuit of territorial expansion, all kinds of behavior are absolutely different from all warlords since the Republic of China, never scrapping land, on the contrary, like a hardworking farmer Just as painstakingly manage their own territory.

The layout of the Zhi Gong Dang is not so unpredictable, Zhang Jingjiang can see it at a glance.

He secretly contrasted that if other road forces had the same strength as the Wuhan government, they would have already sent troops north to defeat the warlords of the Beiyang system and dominate the country, but the Wuhan government is so patient and would rather spend more time and effort. Construction industry.

This kind of patience is really clumsy, but it is this clumsy approach that shows rare sincerity in front of the Chinese people, and it is easier to gain people's trust. Therefore, places under the rule of the Communist Party are increasingly considered worthy of investment. Locally, Chinese capital no longer springs up in the Shanghai concession, but returns to the emerging industrial cities in the mainland.