In the end, although Long Yun had listened to Zhuo Fei's words just now, he didn't reveal anything on the surface. It is impossible to say that Long Yun is not patriotic, but as the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, Long Yun also has to think about the people of Yunnan. Long Yun didn't express his position for a long time, and it wasn't that he didn't agree with Zhuo Fei's plan to build a railway, he was just thinking about what benefits he and the Yunnan Provincial Government could get from it.

"Chairman Long, I have just returned from Germany, and the Germans are almost tempted to provoke a new round of war. Once the Germans started fighting in Europe, Britain and France would inevitably be implicated, and the Japanese would find an opportunity and an excuse to attack South Asia. Time is of the essence for us, and if the construction of this railway line can be completed in April next year, then we will have almost a year to use this railway to transport supplies to China. ”

Seeing Long Yun's hesitant look, Zhuo Fei immediately continued, "Once there is a war in Europe, the Jews will be the first to bear the brunt of persecution, and the Umbrella Company has found a way for the Jews to survive. In order to escape the war, I believe that more Jews will apply to come to Ruili, and Westerners have always paid attention to so-called humanitarian aid, and this is our opportunity. Hiding from the world is a leftover ploy played by our ancestors, and the nervous Westerners would never have imagined that we would still be carrying this munitions and supplies in the hold of the ship transporting the Jews. ”

Zhuo Fei's words instantly made Long Yun have an epiphany, yes, he was just worried that the Japanese plan to attack South Asia would hinder the use of the railway line, but if it was under the pretext of redeeming the Jews, the British troops stationed in Burma might not have interrupted the use of this railway line. "Our umbrella company has now hired more than 50 ships, the United States, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom and other places have our offices, our people will use all kinds of excuses to export materials to China, if the railway line can be connected to Kunming, I promise, the umbrella company will at least send more than 1,000 tons of materials to Kunming every month."

Zhuo Fei said that at this time, all the hole cards of the umbrella company had been revealed, and Long Yun was still silent, just bowing his head and drinking tea. "Boss Zhuo, I wonder if you missed a question just now?" Xie Kunyan, who had not spoken, spoke under Long Yun's hint. "You just said that the Japanese army will definitely take advantage of the opportunity of Germany to provoke a renewed war to attack South Asia, Burma is a British colony, I think the Japanese will not let Burma go, then, how can your umbrella company ensure that when the Japanese army attacks Burma, this railway line can still be unimpeded."

Xie Kunyan didn't speak, he was looking for loopholes in Zhuo Fei's words, if it was just Xie Kunyan's own thoughts, he would think that Zhuo Fei's plan was very feasible, but now that his father-in-law Long Yun was present, Xie Kunyan had to be cautious. "According to my thoughts, Mr. Xie, these worries of yours are completely unnecessary." After listening to Xie Kunyan's doubts, Zhuo Fei laughed and explained, for Xie Kunyan and for Long Yun.

"Burma is a colony of the British, we need Yangon Port as an outlet to the sea, and the British need it too. It is true that they still have India, but the British are old-fashioned, the British are arrogant and empty-sighted, and they do not think that the Japanese dare to challenge the empire on which the sun never sets. Once the Japanese army attacks Burma, it will definitely be a pursuit war, in order to control the whole territory of Burma as soon as possible or use Burma as a springboard to attack Yunnan and Guangxi, the Japanese army will not easily destroy the railway network in Burma. ”

While Zhuo Fei spoke, he stretched out his hand and gestured and pointed on the open map from time to time, "The Japanese army is attacking Burma, according to our umbrella company's understanding and observation of the British army in Burma, the arrogant British will not be the opponent of the Japanese army. The port of departure was occupied by the Japanese army, and the defeated British army had only two ways to take principle, one was to retreat into China, and the other was to go to India. The Japanese army, on the other hand, would use Burma's railway network to quickly send its troops to various points in Burma, so that they could fully control the situation in Burma. ”

Zhuo Fei's explanation made Long Yun nod secretly, and said that this hairy boy's knowledge was also extraordinary, and seeing Long Yun nodding seemed to agree with his opinion, Zhuo Fei said with a smile. "When the Japanese army occupies Burma, it will definitely continue to attack our border areas with Burma, and I do not think that the Japanese army will have the ability to continue to occupy Yunnan or Guangxi after occupying Burma, I prefer to think that this will be a tentative attack by the Japanese army. Before the Japanese army had fully digested the war dividends they had gained from occupying Burma, they simply did not have that many troops and reserves. ”

"Speaking of railways, you came to me to talk about building railways, and how the Japanese hit Burma has nothing to do with our meeting today." Long Yun suddenly reached out and tapped on the table, and his face showed a trace of impatience. Xie Kunyan, who was already addicted to it, suddenly came to his senses, yes, the main purpose of Zhuo Fei's visit today was to persuade his father-in-law to support the construction of the railway, but in fact, the topic they talked about had become more and more distant.

was suddenly interrupted by Long Yun, Zhuo Fei not only did not show impatience, but still smiled. "Chairman Long, I have truthfully explained to you the plan to build a railway connecting Ruili and Kunming. To tell the truth, there are pros and cons to this matter, and the construction of railways cannot be accomplished by just talking about it, which requires the mobilization of a large number of manpower and materials to operate. Our umbrella company can provide some road construction machinery and engineering technicians, but there may be a big gap in the workers who are specifically responsible for construction, especially logistics support is a problem. ”

Seeing that Zhuo Fei finally brought the topic back to the original, Long Yun sat up straight and coughed lightly, and finally spoke, "The construction of a railway network connecting Kunming and Myanmar, I naturally know that this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, but I don't agree with what you propose is just a railway line between Wan Town and Kunming, what I want is a railway that directly connects Kunming to Lashio." Since he had agreed to Zhuo Fei's plan in his heart, Long Yun simply didn't plan to hide it.

Motioning Xie Kunyan to open a small cabinet in the study, the latter took out a thick file bag from the small cabinet according to Long Yun's instructions. "Ever since I was planning to build the Yunnan-Burma Highway, I've been thinking about building a railway, and it's a plan we've already made. We plan to start from Kunming, passing through Anning, Chuxiong, Xiangyun, Yunxian, Mengding and other places, and then directly exit the continuous Lashio, the specific line, we have completed the survey, the total length of this railway will be more than 800 kilometers. ”

Taking the file bag handed by Long Yun, Zhuo Fei took out the bound relevant materials from it, and after just a few cursory glances, Zhuo Fei had already begun to get excited. Now that the preliminary work for the construction of this railway has been mostly completed, it is only waiting for the arrival of rails and equipment from the United States, plus the skilled workers and machinery provided by the umbrella company, and the construction of this completed railway can be started at any time.

"Great, the rails and some equipment we ordered from the United States have been loaded into the sea, and in less than half a month, these things will be landed in Yangon, and if we start recruiting the necessary personnel to build the railway now, then in half a month, the construction of this railway will be able to begin." Zhuo Fei finally couldn't help jumping up in front of Long Yun, which also made Long Yun really realize that the guy who had been fighting with him for a long time was still an underage hairy boy.

Long Yun was able to secretly keep the confidential information he kept, in a sense, he had already agreed to Zhuo Fei's proposal to build a railway immediately, how could this not make Zhuo Fei ecstatic. According to the historical time and steps of the Japanese invasion of Burma, the fall of Burma was at least after 1940, and it is only 1938, even if the railway is completed in 1939, the railway can be used for at least a full year.

Throughout the year, Zhuo Fei can guarantee that he can transport more than 100,000 tons of materials back to China, and even after 1940, Zhuo Fei has the means to continue to ensure the smooth flow of this railway. Zhuo Fei himself did not expect that the process of convincing Long Yan would become so simple, after having lunch at Long Yun's mansion, Zhuo Fei left in a hurry with the information and Zhuo Yan, he wanted to rush back to Ruili immediately, and discuss this information with the Jewish engineers.

"This Zhuo Fei, what do you think?" Seeing Zhuo Fei's jeep leave, Long Yun, who had been standing by the window of the study, slowly turned around and looked at Xie Kunyan. Among Long Yun's many children and righteous sons, Xie Kunyan is not the most outstanding one, but he is one of Long Yun's most trusted cronies.

"It's hard to say, to be honest, I can't see through this young man, when I was his age, I was still fighting with people in school." In the face of Long Yun's inquiry, Xie Kunyan did not hide it in the slightest. "In these days in Ruili, I have also secretly observed this umbrella company, if strictly speaking, this so-called umbrella company cannot be regarded as a qualified company at all, because I have not found any profitable industries for them at all. So far, all I've seen is that the umbrella company has been spending money on the outside world, whether it's to house Jews or their hydropower projects. ”

"Yes, I can't understand this kid either, I've lived most of my life, and I've never seen someone who only benefits others and doesn't want to be myself, and this kid makes me a little incomprehensible." Long Yun turned around and looked out the window again, and after a moment, he turned around and instructed Xie Kun to continue. "Inform the troops deployed on the periphery of Ruili that if they don't find anything unusual about this umbrella company, try not to clash with the other party, and observe it for a while longer."