Qin Zheng added: "If our government wants to vigorously develop the economy, we need more businessmen like Mr. Zhang to invest in Shandong, and there are many wealthy businessmen among the Chinese in Nanyang, so we hope that Mr. Zhang can use his influence to drive more overseas Chinese businessmen to invest in Shandong." ”

Zhang Zhenxun listened, also nodded, this request is the best, he is in the Nanyang area, because he is an overseas Chinese businessman, he does have a strong influence, and knows that most of the overseas Chinese businessmen want to return to China to invest after making a fortune, one is to make money overseas, all want to return to their hometown, so as to be prosperous in front of people; Fujian people naturally prefer to invest in their hometown.

However, the first thing businessmen look at when they invest is the investment environment, because the situation there is similar, of course, they choose to invest in their hometowns, but now under the governance of the East China government, Shandong's investment environment is indeed much stronger than other places, so Zhang Zhenxun is fully sure that he can pull a group of overseas Chinese businessmen to invest in Shandong. So Zhang Zhenxun said: "Okay, I'll deal with the matter here, and I'll go back to Java at the latest early next month, and I'll definitely handle everything well." ”

Qin Zheng also nodded and said, "Okay, then there will be Mr. Lao Zhang." ”

The next day, Zhang Zhenxun immediately negotiated with the Commercial Committee, and first determined the project of investing in the construction of a winery, but the arrangement of the club could only be decided when Zhang Zhenxun went to Yantai to inspect the local grape planting situation, so the Commerce Committee could only promise that it would provide Zhang Zhenxun with preferential conditions in terms of land and taxes, but there were no measures.

In terms of other investments, the two sides have also conducted in-depth communication, but Zhang Zhenxun is engaged in operating in Java is still a relatively traditional industry, mainly reclamation, shipping, mining, banking, pharmaceutical, wine, etc., and for the emerging steel, machinery, heavy industry, textile, chemical and other industries are basically not involved, but Zhang Zhenxun is good at operating a large part of these industries are difficult to operate under the rule of the East China government, such as reclamation, mining, Banks have very strict conditions and restrictions in the East China government, because the East China government is the implementation of the land state ownership system, mining is also state-owned, even if private investment is allowed, but it is impossible to open up on a large scale, and the East China government is to implement a strictly controlled financial system, so there are also extremely strict restrictions on the banking industry, the original takeover of the foreign banks left over many can not stand the strict supervision and restrictions, ready to withdraw from the East China government areas.

The pharmaceutical industry is an industry that can be invested, but the pharmaceutical industry, like the wine industry, has limited investment, so the Commerce Committee suggested that Zhang Zhenxun can invest in infrastructure, such as investing in the construction of wharves, railways, and highways.

However, the amount of investment in the early stage of these investment projects is larger, and the construction period is longer, and the payback period is longer, so there is a great risk, of course, because the infrastructure of Shandong is extremely backward, coupled with the support of the government, once the project is completed, the income can still be guaranteed. Since Zhang Zhenxun has experience in the shipping industry in Nanyang, the Commerce Committee suggested that Zhang Zhenxun could consider investing in the construction of a wharf in Yantai to operate shipping, which not only has an additional investment project, but also can be used as a supporting industry for wine, after all, if the winery is completed, it also needs to have convenient transportation and transportation. However, the infrastructure construction belongs to the Postal Commission for the Establishment of Communications, so the conditions of the club still need to be negotiated with the Postal Commission for the Establishment of Communications.

So Zhang Zhenxun negotiated with the Postal Commission of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, and the Postal Commission promised that once Zhang Zhenxun invested in the construction of a wharf in Yantai, the government would provide convenience in the use of the land, and the wharf could be handed over to Zhang Zhenxun to operate for 20 years, and the first 3 years of profit in the first 10 years belonged to Zhang Zhenxun, and the profits in the last 7 years were divided into 2:8, Zhang Zhenxun could get 8% of the profits, and the profits of the second 10 years were divided into 4:6, and after the expiration of the 20-year operation period, there was a 10-year priority to renew.

Yantai is a natural excellent harbor city in Shandong second only to Qingdao, after the First Sino-Japanese War, the two home ports of the Beiyang Naval Division: Lushun was forcibly leased by Russia, and Weihai was forcibly leased by the British, so the Beiyang Naval Division took Tianjin and Yantai as its home port. From this, it is also possible to determine the seaport conditions of Yantai, and at the same time there is a fairly good foundation.

Now the East China government has invested the main resources of port construction in Qingdao and Tianjin, and there is no spare power to build Yantai, if Zhang Zhenxun is willing to invest in the construction of Yantai's seaport, it is of course beneficial to the East China government, and in the East China government's planning of the Shandong Railway has one to reach Yantai, the port can be matched with the railway, greatly improving the traffic conditions in the northeast of Shandong, and after the port is completed, there are taxes, in addition to driving the economic development of the Yantai area, these added value benefits are great. Therefore, although the East China government has made a lot of concessions on the profitability of the port, it is still very cost-effective.

Moreover, now the Russo-Japanese War is like an arrow on the bow and has to be launched, and Yantai is only about 150 kilometers away from Lushun in a straight line, so once the port of Yantai is completed, or partially completed and operated, it can greatly improve the transportation capacity in the war.

Of course, because Zhang Zhenxun has not officially decided to invest in Yantai, the Commercial Committee and the Postal Commission of the Construction of Diplomatic Relations can only say a rough idea, and the details can only be discussed after Zhang Zhenxun is officially determined, but Zhang Zhenxun is already very satisfied, and immediately sent electricity to Shanghai, and the 5 million silver raised will be transported to Qingdao and deposited in the bank.

Then Zhang Zhenxun immediately left Qingdao and turned back to Java. The inspection to Yantai could not be carried out until Zhang Zhenxun returned from Java with a group of professionals, after all, Zhang Zhenxun did not know how to grow grapes. And in the second half of this year, there was a Nanyang overseas Chinese investment in Shandong.

However, the follow-up impact of the Javanese Overseas Chinese Protection Operation was extremely great, not only affecting the overseas Chinese in Nanyang, but also causing a great sensation even in China, and bringing great prestige to the East China government, which was no less than the time traveler who first arrived in this era and defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance.

After the departure of the overseas Chinese protection fleet, the propaganda machine of the East China Government was fully mobilized, and newspapers, pamphlets, posters, speeches, performances, and other means were all used, on the one hand, to introduce the tragic history of the overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and on the other hand, to vigorously publicize the great significance of the action to protect overseas Chinese, and at the same time not to forget the help of the Black Qing Dynasty, so that the East China Government went all out to safeguard the interests of the Nanyang Chinese and protect the glorious and tall image of the Nanyang Chinese, which formed a very sharp contrast with the incompetence and weakness of the Qing court and its indifference to the Nanyang Chinese.

However, in the final analysis, since modern times, China has basically always been the object of being beaten and bullied, and this time it actually took the initiative to go out to protect its overseas people and bully others, even if it is only a small country like the Netherlands, but it is also a thing that has never been done before, and the good positive image since the establishment of the East China government has naturally won a lot of praise.

Of course, it is not without voices opposing and accusing the East China Government of having no imperial court, acting recklessly, provoking incidents, and causing foreign disputes; since it was the British intervention, it once reached a small peak, and many newspapers have spoken out one after another criticizing the East China Government, and the voices of decline have also risen loudly, and some people have predicted that the British will intervene in Java, and the East China Government will surely return with a feather, and once it has formed an equal situation with the remarks praising the East China Government.

However, the People's Army won the battle of Java, and Britain has been standing idly by, so that the praise of the East China government once again overwhelmed the accusation, and after the signing of the [Batavia Treaty], the accusations have completely lost the market, although most people do not understand the positive significance of the clause in the treaty that allows the Javanese Chinese to participate in politics, but the Dutch indemnity of 6.5 million pounds is understood by everyone, because this is the first time in modern times that a country has paid reparations to China, although the object of the Dutch reparations is the East China government rather than the Qing court. As a result, this suddenly pushed the prestige of the East China government and overseas Chinese to a peak.

At this time, the East China government very skillfully directed the spearhead of accusation at the Qing court, which was very black and black, and the rhetoric was very fierce, so that even such remarks as "the Qing court is not worthy of representing China" came out. At this time, the public opinion of the whole country did not care about the overseas Chinese, which was basically tantamount to rebellious rhetoric, after all, the contrast between the actions of the two governments was too clear, and the East China government sent a fleet to protect the Javanese Chinese, went to the ocean, fought bloodily, but the Qing court turned a blind eye and did not care, and it was completely insensitive. Therefore, even the die-hard loyalists of the Qing court have to admit that the imperial court has indeed not done a good job in this matter, and at least it should affirm the behavior of overseas Chinese in the name of the imperial court during the period of protecting overseas Chinese, and after the success of the action to protect overseas Chinese, it should also be rewarded immediately.

As a result, the governors and ministers of the Qing court, local officials, scholars and literati, as well as the middle and lower-level officials in the capital all dismantled their sons to the imperial court, demanding that the Qing court reward overseas Chinese.

The public opinion of the whole country also made the Qing court fall into great passivity, and the Empress Dowager Cixi also regretted it, because Li Hongzhang had suggested that the overseas Chinese's protection behavior should be affirmed in the name of the imperial court, and it was best to explicitly authorize it, so that in the name of the discussion, it became the imperial court ordering overseas Chinese to go to Java to escort them, so the imperial court was also reasonable on the surface, but at that time, Rong Lu passed away, which made the Empress Dowager Cixi's mind turbulent, and she was always tired of overseas Chinese, so she did not adopt Li Hongzhang's suggestion, and as a result, Li Hongzhang never came out of illness and was no longer a director, and now the situation has developed to this point, which is also what the Empress Dowager Cixi never expected。