The journey starts from the Titanic

It's just that the look in Yang Yongtai's eyes seemed to be a bit ridiculous?

Wang Yaqiao and Wang Geng on the side were silent and laughed secretly-the new mayor was anxious to collect urine as soon as he took the stage, which would surely surprise Shanghai residents!

Situ Nan didn't mean to make fun of him at all. Instead, he paid more attention to it. In his heart, salt affairs are as important as tea and have an important position in the economy.After all, in the Republic of China, salt is not cheap, unlike a one-hundred-year-old one that can be bought everywhere.

A few years after Meihua invested heavily in the development of the Yinggehai Saltworks, it is now entering a period of high return, earning 30 to 40 million yuan from it every year. This has to arouse the attention of Situ Nan.

"Meihua Laboratories also recently developed MSG, which broke the monopoly of Japanese Ajinomoto in the Chinese kitchen. Zhang Jiaao seems to have a sauce garden at home, right? Find a chance to talk to them!"

Situ Nan thought to himself.

"Wang Geng, I heard that you detained the Qing Gang boat yesterday. Du Yuesheng didn't bother you?" Situ Nan turned his head and asked Wang Geng again.

"I wish he would trouble me? If we don't enter the concession, the French can't help us."

Wang Geng said proudly.Under his plan, the tax police corps dispatched a marine police team to seize an opium ship belonging to the Qing Gang at Wusongkou.It is estimated that Du Yuesheng and others are scolding his mother.

"That's good, keep it up." Situ Nan encouraged.

"You have to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese. There are also many Japanese opium merchants in Shanghai. They are the most troublesome. Recently, there are also a lot of opium coming from Taiwan." Wang Yaqiao, who has been silent, reminded him. When it comes to Japanese, he frowned. Wrinkled a bit, it seemed to feel embarrassed.

"Yes, the Japanese are the most troublesome! Insidious and unreasonable. I think it is necessary to strengthen the military force in Fujian and transfer some of the air force and submarines to Fujian. Well, there is also the tax police corps and the anti-smuggling team. !"

"Fujian's anti-smuggling team don't expect it. Those guys wouldn't be involved in opium transportation." Wang Yaqiao smiled coldly, curled his lips, and seemed very disdainful.

The gang of Fujian Navy came from Beiyang and did not gain the trust of the Wuhan government. Therefore, after the naval reform, a considerable number of Fujian Navy officers were rushed to the anti-smuggling team. Instead, they were trained by the two systems of Guangzhou Huangpu and Wuhan Central. The Navy, although this force is very weak.

Situ Nan glanced at Wang Geng, then turned to Song Meiling. Seeing that their eyes were a little disdainful, he sighed. It is difficult for people who come from Beiyang to get the approval of the Zhi Gong Party, regardless of sea, land or air.

The instigator was Situ Nan. He would rather believe in the military officers and pure youths of Britain and Germany. It is also hard to believe the old fried dough sticks from Beiyang, which has been soaked with too much slickness. Therefore, the Fujian Department, which has always controlled the Republic of China navy, cannot get a new government. Reuse.

"When you come back to Wuhan, please mention it to Ziwen!" Situ Nan said to Song Meiling.

Yang Yongtai was secretly shocked. From Situ Nan’s relaxed tone, Song Meiling and Wang Geng had no rebuttal. He knew that Situ Nan had an unimaginable influence on the military.

Huh!

There was a knock on the door, and He Yongyuan came in and urged: "Boss, if you don't go down, the people below will come up!"

"Okay! Let's go on, let the tycoons of Shanghai come to get to know the style of our new mayor!"

Situ Nan laughed and patted Yang Yongtai on the shoulder.

Yang Yongtai's heart shuddered, and he was secretly grateful, knowing that he was about to appear in Kadoorie Garden soon.

Situ Nan stepped down the stairs, and the audience focused on him. Next to Situ Nan, Yang Yongtai suddenly felt that many people were paying attention to him.

Zhang Jingjiang, Zhang Xiaoruo, Zhang Jiaao, and Yu Qiaqing are all influential figures in Shanghai. They are all members of the Shanghai Municipal Construction Committee. The Construction Committee is responsible for the Greater Shanghai Construction Project. The mayor is just a representative. That's it, the new mayor himself doesn't have much pride in front of them.

Situ Nan walked onto the rostrum naturally, came to the microphone, pressed down with both hands, and quickly quieted down below.Situ Nandao: "There are two themes of the banquet tonight, one is to discuss the construction plan of Greater Shanghai, and the other is to clean up the dust for the new mayor, Mr. Yang Yongtai."

Very simple opening remarks, please invite Yang Yongtai to come on stage.

Yang Yongtai was stunned slightly, but he didn't expect to be on stage so soon.He reacted quickly, took a breath, and confidently stepped onto the stage to give a speech.

"You, the master, are lazy, and you just sent it away with a single sentence."

Song Meiling quietly confronted Situ Nan Road, who came to her side. At this moment, she somewhat enjoyed being next to Situ Nan, vaguely being a hostess, and she didn't mean to show off at all.

"Haha. Showy things don't suit me." Situ Nan smiled faintly, with a calm and elegant look, but also a bit of laziness.

In the splendid Kadoorie Garden, he sighed in his heart that he bought this palace from the Kadoorie family and later gave it to Lin Yimin and his wife. Lin Yimin and his wife lived in Wuhan for a short period of time and then returned to the Kadoorie Garden. To Situ Nan.

"This guy doesn't seem to look good?"

Situ Nan felt his arm being touched by someone. When he turned around, he just saw the face of a foreigner. Who is it, isn't Kadoorie?

Little Kadoorie is one of the representatives of the Meihua Foundation. After Song Ziwen and Lin Yimin put more energy into the government, Meihua began to enter the era of Little Kadoorie.

"So come now?" Situ Nan asked, a little unhappy.

"I was entangled by the Sassoon guys and drank two more glasses. I just talked about the construction plan of the Greater Shanghai, so I chatted with them."

Little Kadoorie smiled and said, he is a Jew, and Sassoon is also a Jew. There are many Jews in Shanghai. The Kadoorie family and the Sassoon family are among the best.

The Sassoon family has a British background and is close to HSBC. The Kadoorie family was also close to the United Kingdom. Now it is one of the representatives of the US-China Consortium, and is more inclined to China, South China and the United States.

The two Jewish families have a good relationship, and they often become the link between the US-China Consortium and the British Consortium. This is a unique way of survival for Jews.

"It's that guy Sassoon! There is a chance to persuade him to end the opium business, or the tax police corps will sweep his goods!" Situ Nanban joked.

"I'm disappointed. The old Sassoon has already been washed away. Now the young Sassoon is more interested in the real estate business in Shanghai."

Little Kadoorie smiled and thought to herself: The boss hasn't changed at all, and he still hates opium merchants so much. It seems that he doesn't like Sassoon very much.

Chapter 118

The Sassoon family, like the Kadoorie family, followed the British merchant ships to the East during the Opium War and succeeded in succession.Old Sassoon made his fortune through the opium business, and later turned to real estate. There are a lot of real estate along Nanjing Road.

"Really?" Situ Nan asked again, in an understatement, as if Sassoon, the richest businessman in Shanghai, was nothing but that in his eyes.

"After all, Sassoon is a sturdy figure in the British Concession, not comparable to that of Huang Jinrong in the French Concession. If it spreads out, his reputation will be bad.

The public concession has more rules than the French concession. Opium groups such as Sassoon, Taikoo, and Jardine Matheson are now no longer involved in the opium business, but are now engaged in shipping, trade, and finance industries. These British-funded enterprises have successfully transformed themselves.

In the French Concession, the French generally confessed the opium business to their Chinese agent, the Green Gang, and the French still want to save face.However, the Japanese have a thicker skin, and their activities in Zhabei and Hongkou are more rampant."

Little Kadoorie analyzed.

"Huh? Huang Jinrong died a few years earlier?" Situ Nan asked with some doubts.

Little Kadoorie was taken aback for a moment, patted his forehead, and suddenly realized: "I remembered wrong, I was talking about Du Yuesheng. After Huang died, the opium business of the Qing Gang fell on Du's head, and he was doing pretty well. "

Situ Nan nodded and said to his heart: Almost thought that the opium guy Huang Jinrong cheated?At that time, Huang Jinrong and Lu Xiaojia fought on the Republic stage for an actor. They seemed to be fishing in troubled waters. They secretly sent someone to kill Huang Jinrong, making Lu Xiaojia a scapegoat. For several years, he dared not appear in the French Concession for fear of being retaliated.

If Situ Nan didn't tell the story behind this, Xiao Kadoori naturally didn't know.

After several years in the arms business, Kadoorie has a general understanding of Shanghai's industry and commerce.It's just that in the eyes of Little Kadoorie, hooligans like Huang Du are just small characters, and it's no big deal to remember a name incorrectly.

Meihua Company also has a drug business in private. Most of the opium confiscated by the government for the prohibition of gambling is handed over to Meihua Company. Every year, the morphine produced by Meihua Company’s secret factories in the Mainland is definitely not a small amount. Most of the morphine is used for pharmaceuticals. A small amount is exported overseas.Generally speaking, under the Zhi Gong Party, opium sales have been greatly suppressed.At least on the surface.

Little Kadoorie does not know what role Situ Nan plays, but Zhi Gong Party’s anti-drug policy must be related to Situ Nan.

"So that the anti-drug policy will not affect our relationship with the British? At least there won't be another Opium War or something?" Situ Nan asked again.

"Probably not! The anti-drug conference was held in Shanghai last year."

Little Kadoorie nodded affirmatively. Although opium makes money, it is only a trail and cannot be a big climate. Just like the British started as a pirate, it is the Industrial Revolution that really made the empire never set, not just robbery at sea.