The female student named Yang Shufen was sent home by Zhou Hexuan the next day, and the girl was still a little reluctant when she left, probably because she had love for Zhou Hexuan.

As soon as Fan Haer took a boat to Shanghai, Zhou Hexuan met the big capitalist in Sichuan, Lu Zuofu.

When it comes to Lu Zuofu, most people will think of Minsheng Shipping Company. When Japan invaded China, this shipping company transferred countless national and national assets and the common people, and also carried countless soldiers out of Sichuan to resist Japan.

But Lu Zuofu is not only engaged in shipping, he built the first railway in Sichuan (Beichuan Railway) (under construction), he also built the largest coal mine in Sichuan (Tianfu Coal Mine) (under construction), and the largest textile dyeing factory in southwest China (Three Gorges Weaving Factory) is also about to start.

In a few years, Lu Zuofu will also establish the Western Academy of Sciences, the largest private scientific research institution in the Republic of China, set up a rural telephone network in Sichuan, and open a hot spring park in Chongqing. Roads were built, canals were opened, farms were built, factories were built, parks were built, hospitals were built, libraries were built, museums were built, schools were built, stadiums were built, and old cities were renovated...... This Mr. Lu has come to everything, and all of them have done very well, and the rejuvenation of the country through industry is not just talking.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taizu once said: "In China's modern history, there are four people that we must never forget. They are: Zhang Zhidong who is engaged in heavy industry, Zhang Jian who is engaged in textile industry, Lu Zuofu who is engaged in transportation industry, and Fan Xudong who is engaged in chemical industry. ”

Zhang Zhidong and Zhang Jian, needless to say, everyone knows each other better.

Fan Xudong is the chairman of Tianjin Jiuda Refined Salt Company, and explores the research and development of domestic soda ash and ammonium sulfate and other chemical products. Many of the chemical raw materials for the enamel factory that Zhou Hexuan is about to start need to be purchased from Fan Xudong's Jiuda Group.

Lu Zuofu can be as famous as Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Jian and Fan Xudong, and it is conceivable that he has contributed to China's national industry.

"Oh, Mr. Zhou, I have admired the name for a long time!" Lu Zuofu happily shook hands with Zhou Hexuan.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Brother Fu, each other." ”

Lu Zuofu laughed and said: "I can't compare with Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou's full set of academic monographs is still in my study." ”

Lu Zuofu was not a businessman at the beginning, he was engaged in education, and once served as the head of the education section of the local public office, advocating "education to save the country". Lu Zuofu has his own educational philosophy, advocating "popular education", and he has created many exhibition halls, museums, and libraries in Chengdu (Harmony).

It's a pity that because of the warlord scuffle, Lu Zuofu's education career died twice, and he went to business in frustration.

Therefore, Lu Zuofu's enthusiasm in the face of Zhou Hexuan was not pretending to be polite. He said with a serious face: "Mr. Zhou, I have read the book "Chrysanthemum and Knife" you wrote more than a dozen times, and it is really like gold!" I went to the Northeast last spring to inspect and witnessed with my own eyes the various acts of the Kwantung Army, the ambition of the little Japanese wolf, and sooner or later invaded China by force! ”

Lu Zuofu obviously also anticipated the crisis in Northeast China, and when he returned from his inspection in Northeast China last year, he immediately made a patriotic speech to the company's employees and school teachers and students, exposing the wolf ambitions of the Japanese. He also wrote a copy of "Travels to Northeast China", which was printed and sent to warlords, dignitaries, relatives and friends in Sichuan, and serialized in Chongqing's "Xinglu" weekly and "Youth World" magazine.

Unfortunately, few people want to believe it, and even if some do, they can't care about the future.

Lu Zuofu repeatedly read Zhou Hexuan's "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife", in which he analyzed the reasons for Japan's invasion of China in a thorough manner, and even predicted China's anti-Japanese situation. Lu Zuofu deeply admired this, although he had not met Zhou Hexuan, but he had already become a confidant.

The two did not talk about business cooperation, but talked about the Northeast issue.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Japan's invasion of Northeast China may be this year. ”

"So fast?" Lu Zuofu exclaimed.

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "Now is the best time for Japan to invade Northeast China. First, Japan's domestic economic crisis is serious, militarists have seized the opportunity to clamor for foreign expansion, and Japanese public opinion has been inclined to attack China, and these public opinions have had a great influence on the Japanese government and military. Second, Japan's lease in Northeast China was about to expire, and they had to send troops before the concession expired, otherwise they would lose their excuse to send troops; Third, the elite of the Northeast Army was all in North China at this time, and the Northeast defense force was empty; Fourth, the Central Plains War had just been fought in China, and both the central and local warlords were heavily in debt and did not have the financial resources to send troops to resist Japan. Based on these four points, as long as Japan is not a fool, it will inevitably choose to invade as soon as possible. ”

Lu Zuofu believed that Japan would invade Northeast China, but he only predicted it out of thin air after witnessing the actions of the Kwantung Army. Now that he heard Zhou Hexuan's methodical analysis, he suddenly became more sure of this prediction, and said worriedly: "How can that be good?" I heard that Mr. Zhou and Deputy Commander Zhang have a deep personal relationship, have you reminded him? ”

"Reminder," Zhou Hexuan said helplessly, "but it's useless, the elite of the Northeast Army is deployed in North China to deter those warlords with different intentions, and it is temporarily impossible to draw troops to defend against the Japanese." ”

Lu Zuofu said: "The Japanese are foreign enemies, and the local warlords are just internal enemies. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "But for Deputy Commander Zhang, the Japanese are only imaginary enemies for the time being, but the local warlords are the enemies in front of them. ”

"Warlords have misled the country!" Lu Zuofu said angrily.

Lu Zuofu has no reason not to be angry, he pursued education to save the country when he was young, but he started education twice before and after, both of which were aborted because of the warlord melee.

Now that Lu Zuofu has compromised, he can only choose to cooperate with the warlord he hates the most, and after gaining Liu Xiang's support, business is really booming - this has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

Zhou Hexuan said in a low voice: "Once Japan begins a full-scale invasion of China, I am afraid that Northeast China, North China, Central China, East China, and South China will not be able to stop it, and Sichuan is the last hope of the country and the nation." ”

"Is it really that bad?" Lu Zuofu couldn't help but be pessimistic.

"China will definitely win the final victory, but it may lose a large part of the country, and the central government will have to move its capital to Chongqing." Zhou Hexuan said.

"The central government moved the capital to Chongqing?" Lu Zuofu could not imagine how dangerous China would be, and Chongqing would become the capital of Chongqing.

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "Yes, move the capital to Chongqing." Therefore, I chose to build a factory in Chongqing in advance, the enamel factory is just the beginning, and more factories and mines will be built in the future. I hope that Brother Zuofu can help, let's do business together, for the country, for the nation, and for the people. ”

Although Lu Zuofu didn't believe that Chongqing would become a companion capital, he still nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, if there is really a day, I, Lu, will definitely do my best." As for Mr. Zhou's enamel factory, I will contact Mayor Pan, and you had better give Commander Liu some more shares. ”

"It's nature." Zhou Hexuan said.