Yunnan has abundant water resources, but also has rich wood resources, after Zhuo Fei made a decision, Angela set out to set up a wood company. "Look, this is the difference between Westerners and us Chinese, if this matter was done by us Chinese, we would have long ago rushed into the forest to cut down indiscriminately. But if Westerners do this, they will first form a relatively strict collective, and then stipulate various rules, and all workers only need to do things according to those rules, which can save time and not cause major problems. ”

Standing with Zhuo Fei was a counselor sent by the Yunnan Provincial Government to Ruili, Zhuo Fei actually didn't know what this so-called counselor did, but as the boss of the umbrella company, it was impossible for Zhuo Fei not to meet with the other party, after all, the other party represented Long Yun, chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government. Xie Kunyan, who was also a bystander, carefully looked at the booklet in his hand, which Zhuo Fei brought to him, and on it were some rules and regulations formulated by this wood company.

What surprised Xie Kunyan was not the contents of the booklet, Xie Kunyan, who had studied in Europe, formulated the style of Westerners, but he was only surprised that this wood company was actually preparing to go to Myanmar to harvest timber. "Boss Zhuo, how do you say that you are going to Myanmar to cut down trees? Don't we have the wood you need in Yunnan? Xie Kunyan was puzzled and turned his head to look at Zhuo Fei, who acted as a commentator for himself.

Xie Kunyan's inquiry made Zhuo Fei smile slightly, and then explained to the other party, "It's very simple, the British are willing to sell timber to us, and the wages for hiring those Burmese are very low, and there are many precious tree species in Myanmar, and our umbrella company can't just go in and out all the time." Zhuo Fei's explanation didn't sound very comprehensive, but Xie Kunyan already understood the meaning of Zhuo Fei's words, this was to pull good things back from Myanmar.

"In fact, there is another main reason for this, that is, for the destruction of the local environment and water and soil, Yunnan has rich forest resources, but these resources are best not to be exploited indiscriminately. The excessive exploitation of forest resources is a hazard to the environment and climate here, and as for the Burmese side, it has nothing to do with us, I don't care if the British sell us trees on the whole hill or whatever, I just need wood. ”

Zhuo Fei's words are actually very clear here, but Xie Kunyan is not Zhuo Fei with the memories of later generations after all, and the resource protection mentioned in Zhuo Fei's words can only be forcibly remembered in his heart first. Angela's formation of a timber company was very simple, from those Jews selected a few people who had worked in related fields to join the company as supervisors, and then sent someone to contact the British governor of Burma to contact the purchase of local wood, and then organize the Jews in the town to form a supply processing plant, in just one afternoon, Angela had completed all the matters of forming a wood company.

Although Xie Kunyan only spoke English, and Angela sometimes used German when talking to the Jews, Xie Kunyan could still see the answers he wanted from the facial expressions of both sides of the conversation. "Boss Zhuo, Miss Angela is worthy of being a heroine among women, just a few words, the charter has been formulated, and the rest of the trivial matters can be handled in accordance with the charter, my visit this time is really eye-opening." Regarding Xie Kunyan's praise, Zhuo Fei responded very carefully, and did not dare to reveal words that made the other party wary.

Long Yun is known as the king of Yunnan, and even in front of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, Long Yun still goes his own way. Being valued by Long Yun and sending Ruili to serve as a commissioner of the Yunnan government, Zhuo Fei knew that Xie Kunyan must have his outstanding skills, and for now, Zhuo Fei didn't want to attract more attention from Long Yun. Thus came to an end in the affairs of the Timber Company, and through the friendship gained through monetary transactions, the Umbrella Company's Timber Company soon obtained permission from the British to enter Burma for the development of timber.

"You see, that's the good thing about capitalism, and most of my umbrella companies are Westerners, and the British who now control Burma are also Westerners. Westerners are talking about profits, and as long as the umbrella company can bring enough benefits to the British people stationed in Burma, I will cut down the entire mountain of trees, and it is not impossible. Seeing the first batch of people entering Myanmar leave the town, Zhuo Fei said the above words to Xie Kunyan with a smile.

"Profit is one of the most commonly used words in the West, and even this phrase has been deeply imprinted in their hearts. The reason why the British troops stationed in Rangoon often withheld the supplies that the Nationalist Government had purchased from the West was because they needed to be transported from Burma to China, and the British, who controlled Burma, did not benefit from it. The robbers of ancient China knew how to stop a section of the road to rob, and the British now had a firm grip on Burma, and if they could not benefit from it, they would naturally resort to all kinds of means to disgust the Nationalist government. ”

"There is no way to do this, who told us that we do not have a navy, and all the ports to the outside world have been occupied by the Japanese, and if the supplies needed at home do not go to Yangon, they can only go ashore from Vietnam, but the French will also use the same means as the British." Zhuo Fei's words aroused Xie Kunyan's sympathy, and he was especially convinced of what Zhuo Fei said, because the anti-Japanese war materials collected by the Nationalist government from overseas Chinese had been temporarily withheld by the British army more than once.

"Mr. Xie, I don't believe there is no way, there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved." Zhuo Fei turned around and glanced at Xie Kunyan, then curled the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled. "The empire on which the sun never sets is indeed very powerful, but that is already history, and the current European landscape has long since changed. Germany, which had lost after World War I, was re-emerging, and Britain and France, fearing that Germany would become bigger, were no longer able to continue to contain Germany, and they were now pursuing a policy of softness. But they didn't know that it was their gentle attitude that gave the Germans an opportunity. ”

Talking to Zhuo Fei often makes me feel inexplicably nervous and in a trance, because the content of Zhuo Fei's words often spans a lot, just like the content of his teaching and research with Xie Kunyan now. Just now, he was still talking about the seizure of the materials of the national government by the British army in Burma, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly crossed over to Europe again, which made Xie Kunyan unable to keep up with Zhuo Fei's rhythm for a while.

Xu was aware of Xie Kunyan's trance at the moment, Zhuo Fei changed his words, and pulled the topic back again, "I personally think that the Germans will provoke another war in Europe, and before I left Germany, I have already found that the Germans are secretly hoarding war materials, especially they are expanding their military resources and developing new weapons, all of which shows that the Germans are not willing to be continued to be contained by Britain and France, and they are going to take the initiative." ”

"The Japanese have been seeking an alliance with Germany, and according to information received by our Umbrella Company from the top of the German government, Hitler has agreed to an alliance with Japan in order to contain the Soviet forces in the Far East. Mr. Xie, can you imagine the situation after the Japanese and Germany formed an alliance, once the Germans took the initiative to provoke a war, then after Germany annexed those small European countries, it was bound to find Britain and France, and defeat Britain and France, Germany would not only be able to annex the whole of Europe, but also be able to achieve shame. ”

Zhuo Fei's arguments had already shocked Xie Kunyan, and he unconsciously followed Zhuo Fei's arguments and said, "Once Germany starts a war with Britain and France in Europe, the Japanese, who have long been allied with Germany, can justifiably attack and occupy South Asian countries, and get enough war materials to support Japan to continue fighting." And once the Japanese take control of South Asia, all our external access will be cut off, and at that time, the Nationalist troops will only be broken by the Japanese army one by one because they have run out of ammunition and food. ”

Xie Kunyan didn't dare to continue thinking about it according to Zhuo Fei's train of thought, even if he had already analyzed it from it, he still didn't want to believe the answer he analyzed, because this answer was really terrifying. "So, I would like to ask Mr. Xie to help me contact Chairman Long Yun, I need an opportunity to meet with Chairman Long Yun. Taking precautions is an old saying in China, and now that the world pattern has undergone great changes, only when we are prepared to deal with it first, will we not be in a hurry when we really face that situation. ”

Xie Kunyan, who returned to the town, no longer knew how he promised Zhuo Fei, and called his own operator, Xie Kunyan simply ordered his guards to guard the door, and he himself sent a long message to Kunming in the room with the two cats of the operator. The contents of the telegrams were so long that Xie Kunyan's operators could only cut them off into more than a dozen messages and send them out in succession, and the officers on duty in Kunming who received these telegrams were also panicked, and before the full text of the telegrams could be translated, they had already sent some of the messages that had been translated first to Long Yun's hands.

Long Yunrong has seen countless winds and waves in his life, but it is the first time he has encountered such a continuous message as today. After carefully reading the translated message, Long Yun immediately locked himself in the study alone and pondered for a long time, until Xie Kunyan continuously sent telegrams urging questions, and Long Yun finally made a decision. Long Yun agreed to Zhuo Fei's request in a return call and invited Zhuo Fei to Kunming for a meeting.

Zhuo Fei, who learned the news, didn't show too much excitement, because he knew that his analysis of the situation that Xie Kunyan said would definitely be passed on to Long Yun's ears by Xie Kunyan. Meeting with Long Yun and obtaining Long Yun's support for the construction of the railway was a move that Zhuo Fei had to take, because Zhuo Fei had to transport as many supplies from Europe as possible to the relative safety of Kunming before Germany launched the war.