Talking about this year's noon harvest, Jiangsu's wheat output generally increased by a bumper harvest in the first half of last year due to the smooth wind and rain and the construction of water conservancy and the trimming of fields at the end of last year. The Nantong warehouse was full early, and the official warehouses of the counties were about to be full. Grain prices have fallen in response, and farmers are miserable.

Hu Wenkai was puzzled and asked why this phenomenon still occurred when large-scale grain depots were built in Taicang, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou last year.

"Boss, don't you know, most of the wheat from Anhui, Henan, and Shandong is sold by water because of our high purchase price. Wen Kai is an open acquisition you stipulated, and it is difficult for us to refuse to accept it. Wang Changrong complained.

"I've counted how many inflows there are."

"How can you count it, the boat line has gone down for several kilometers."

Hu Wenkai considered that this was a matter of people's livelihood, and he accidentally ruined the image of benefiting the people in the early stage.

"Jiang Qiuming will send a telegram tomorrow to Xuzhou, Nantong, and Fuyang to organize people to build simple granaries and open them to harvest wheat, and the price will remain the same, but the quality must be checked, so that they can speed up the construction of large warehouses to prevent a bumper harvest of rice in autumn."

Hu Wenkai asked worriedly: "There won't be a shortage of money to collect grain." ”

Wang Changrong laughed and said: "You are now the shopkeeper, there is no shortage of money in the counties of Jiangsu to collect grain, what is lacking is the warehouse." ”

Hu Wenkai really didn't know the economic situation of the counties, and asked Wang Changrong about the situation in Suzhou.

Suzhou's fiscal revenue began to grow rapidly like a rocket last year, and its fiscal revenue in the first six months of this year has been the same as last year. Jiang Qiuming's Shanghai County's fiscal revenue is about to catch up with Nantong.

Hu Wenkai grinned and said that now he could free up funds to focus on the development of Xuzhou and Nanjing.

Jiang Qiuming smashed Wang Changrong and said: "Boss, don't just stare at us, Zhang Hongfang's domestic trading company makes more than twice as much money as Shanghai County and Suzhou combined." ”

"Wen Kai, this is true, Zhang Hongfang is too profitable, a pound of tea is only more than one yuan from me, and she sells it for four yuan as soon as she changes hands to the north and Southeast Asia." Wang Changrong echoed Jiang Qiuming.

"Look at the two of you, you two don't charge you money this year, but I will build the city well, otherwise you don't want to stay for a penny next year."

Jiang Qiuming patted his chest and said, "Thank you, boss, at the end of the year, you will be able to see a brand-new Shanghai County." ”

"Qiu Ming, what I want is a brand new Shanghai, not a Shanghai county, and the task is not ordinarily heavy."

Jiang Qiuming suddenly froze: "Boss, this is so unfair, those counties have only been in for a few days." ”

Hu Wenkai lowered his face and said, "I don't care, if you can't do it, don't be the mayor." ”

"Cheng, at the end of the year, let the boss see a brand-new Shanghai, and I will sit down with the mayor." Jiang Qiuming gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

Sun Xiaolan couldn't understand why he was open to grain collection, because according to the current situation, there would be no shortage of grain, and there was no need to spend a lot of money to buy grain from other places.

Hu Wenkai said with a smile: "Sun Xiaolan, it's okay for you to fight, but your politics and economy are not as good as Jiang Qiuming." ”

"Collecting grain from other provinces is a political project and a matter of earning word of mouth. The peasants will envy the people of our three provinces, they will think that the farmers in Suzhou can sell at a good price at their doorstep, and they will think of the incompetence of their parents, highlighting the fact that we give profits to the peasants. ”

"We have large flour mills, and when we sell flour to them in the fall, it's not the same as getting the money back, and there's a lot of money to be made. This is the combination of big capital and big industry. There is also a little bit of so much grain reserves, so that we can feel confident that there will be no food shortage. ”

"And with so much grain in hand, we can control the trend of food prices as we like. Money is not money in the bank, and money can only be generated when it is put into operation. ”

Sun Xiaolan could hear it half-understood, but Lu Yongxiang beside him could understand that Hu Wenkai's move was very poisonous. At the end of the year, the surrounding provinces will definitely be short of grain, and Hu Wenkai's flour and rice will enter the markets of the surrounding provinces. If that province has a conflict with him, it will directly cut off rice and flour, causing food prices to rise.

Lu Yongxiang still didn't hold his mouth: "Wen Kai, I want to invest 100,000 yuan and the company to build a flour mill in Fuyang, do you think it's okay?" ”

Hu Wenkai looked at Lu Yongxiang with a smile on the corner of his mouth and said: "Lu Dujun can, but you want three parties, you and the company and the Anhui Chamber of Commerce to invest together." However, the price and shipping speed need to be subject to the company's unified arrangement. ”

"Wen Kai, there is no problem with these two requirements, I will invest 100,000 yuan and will not participate in management, but only dividends." Lu Yongxiang didn't expect Hu Wenkai to be so refreshing.

Jiang Qiuming looked at Lu Yongxiang strangely, thinking that this old guy is really good at pulling teeth, and he can see the boss's later methods at a glance. Without the boss and big money to operate the flour mill, it will not become a profiteering factory, and it will purely eat the boss's profits.

Hu Wenkai was concerned about the prisoners of war in the Fengjun army, and he did not receive Dong Qilong's report on the number of officers who had been converted into the Moshan prisoner of war camp, and he did not know to what step of the conversion had taken to what point.

"How much do you know about the current situation of the Moshan prisoner of war camp?"

Sun Xiaolan couldn't adapt to Hu Wenkai's jumping thinking for a while.

"Boss, what are you asking?"

"The Transformation of Officers."

"Boss, I was there more than ten days ago, and the conversion effect is not ideal. Low-level officers, especially educated low-level officers, have a good transformation effect, and there seems to be no one above the regimental level, so I don't know much about it now. Sun Xiaolan poured out everything he knew.

Hu Wenkai beckoned everyone to eat vegetables and said: "Those above the regimental level belong to the ruling class in the northeast and have vested interests, how can they be easily transformed, it is estimated that they are not young." ”

"I guess it's very tricky, otherwise Dong Qilong wouldn't have seconded backbones to Xuzhou in various counties some time ago, and he told me that he was going to do ideological work one-on-one." Jiang Qiuming

"Only when I went to Xuzhou the day after tomorrow, I asked Dong Qilong, this is the first time we have held a triumphant return commendation conference, there is no room for any mistakes, Sun Xiaolan, you need to confirm the list of honors, the list of sacrificed soldiers and the list of disabled with Li Manqiang and Dong Qilong again, and you can't leave out a soldier." Hu Wenkai was not at ease and ordered Sun Xiaolan again.

"Rest assured, boss, we have checked three times before and after, and there should be no omission. All the participants of Yanyang Military Academy at this triumphal commendation meeting? ”

"Well, all of you. Winning a battle requires officers to feel the morale of the troops and inspire them a sense of honor and community. Let them know that our troops are an invincible iron army, and let them see the might of the heavily armored regiment. ”

"Boss, you are still a heavy armored regiment, it is already the fourth mixed brigade, you say that the heavy armored regiment beware of Gao Jinchang and you are in a hurry." Sun Xiaolan rarely joked.

"Uh-huh, it's the 4th Mixed Brigade. The name is there, that is, Beijing does not allocate military salaries, has Lu Dujun allocated it to Beijing before? ”

Lu Yongxiang laughed: "Wen Kai, do you really think that the central government will allocate military salaries?" I haven't seen it, but it's issued above the rank of general. There are so many troops in the country, all of them want the Beijing government to issue military ranks, and the government has long been bankrupt. ”

"Nima, I didn't expect the government to be so miserable, and I don't expect him to send it. On average, Wu Wan's troops need 10 yuan a month for military salaries, training expenses, and weapons, which is 6 million a year. This is still the minimum cost to maintain operation, planes, combat vehicles and other things are the ancestors of burning money, I predict that the Navy will need 15 million to be able to. ”

Jiang Qiuming took out a cigarette from his pocket with a smile and said: "Boss, don't cry poor, I predict that Zhang Hongfang's profits this year will be able to support the cost of the troops, and it is far more than that." Her business has already reached Xinjiang. Some time ago, she ordered 10,000 pairs of carts in Tianfen, saying that they would be shipped to Xinjiang for sale. ”

Sun Xiaolan took out his notebook and reported: "Boss, I almost forgot, Zhang Zuolin agreed to exchange gold equivalent to Zhang Zuoxiang's weight for Zhang Zuoxiang, saying that it would be shipped to Xuzhou in the near future." And, as you predicted, Zhang Zuolin did not agree to redeem soldiers and junior officers with money. Li Yuanhong in Beijing has announced the price of 20 yuan for soldiers, 50 yuan for officers below the company commander, and 100 yuan for company commanders as conditions for release. ”

"What price for a senior officer?" Lu Yongxiang asked in front of Hu Wenkai.

"The price is quite high, 500 yuan at the battalion level, 2,000 yuan at the regiment level, and 5,000 yuan at the brigade level."

Lu Yongxiang opened his big mouth and exclaimed: "My little girl, will Lao Zhang give money?" ”

"In the bargaining, many officers' families paid for redemption, and many soldiers were redeemed by their families. The boss estimated that the officers and soldiers who went back had a grudge against Zhang Zuolin. ”

Only then did Lu Yongxiang understand that this method was taught by Hu Wenkai to the direct family, and Li Yuanhong, a stupid goose, came forward, but he didn't expect that Hu Wenkai, who looked polite and polite on the surface, was so scheming and vicious. Lu Yongxiang was limited to the Hu Wenkai methods in the era of the Republic of China who could understand the coming of later generations.

Hu Wenkai began to jump again: "When is Brother Changrong going to hold a wedding?" ”

"Wen Kai, how many times have you asked, get married at the end of the year."

"Where is the new house?"

Mai Trin's father let the new house be placed in his house. This can reduce the cost quite a bit. ”

"Wang Changrong is such a big thing, didn't you tell me in advance? Put it in Pan Meiqin's house, you can think of it, are you recruiting a son-in-law? "Hu Wenkai is really hot, how can this Wang Changrong be like this, after all, he is his nominal neighbor brother.

"Wen Kai, what can I do? How can I have so much money to buy a family property? ”

"Wang Changrong, you don't have money, don't I have money? You are slapping me in the face, tomorrow I will go to Nanjing to find a villa to buy and decorate immediately, and I will pay all the costs. You have to know that you are my brother, what kind of system is it to live in Pan Meiqin's house. ”

"I work in Suzhou and settle down in Nanjing?" Wang Changrong did not turn his senses.

"Haha, Wang Changrong, you must listen to your brother-in-law's words." Jiang Qiuming drank too much wine, and said this casually without holding his mouth back.

"Jiang Qiuming, are you really going to go to Anhui?"

"Boss, I said it wrong, I'll take it back, look at my cheap mouth." Jiang Qiuming smiled and slapped his mouth with his hand.

Sun Xiaolan couldn't breathe with a smile: "Evergreen, you just listen to the boss, you can't stay in Suzhou for a lifetime, Nanjing will be the political center after that." The boss is also thinking about you, and the old man's house will be said to eat soft rice in Jiangnan. ”