Chapter 273: Talking about conditions

Albert listened to Bai Fei's words, and looked surprised and happy, surprised that he hadn't said his request yet, and the other party had already peeked into his heart; Happily, now that the other party already knows, it seems that there is a great deal of certainty that this thing can be done.

So Albert hurriedly said: "General Bai, you are a good person. I praise you and hope that you will have a heart like God, and save my poor compatriots who are being persecuted, they are really pitiful, in Europe they are suffering an unprecedented catastrophe, they are being banished, enslaved and killed, every minute people are dying, please, please save them..."Albert said as he spoke, and he was already in tears, and he looked very pitiful.

But Bai Fei didn't eat his set, and secretly said in his heart, this old boy, as soon as he came up, he issued me a good person card, thinking that I would be soft-hearted? Joke!

Bai Fei slandered in his heart, and slowly took a sip of the tea cup before he spoke: "Mr. Albert, I am just an ordinary Chinese, not the all-knowing and all-powerful God in your mouth, you praise me like this, it will make me feel very embarrassed..."

Albert was selling pity, and when he heard this, he immediately stopped crying, and raised his heart to his throat, for fear of hearing Bai Fei say something like rejection.

But I heard Bai Fei continue: "Of course, I am very sympathetic to all the unfair treatment of the aristocracy in Europe, but you also know that I am just a character, even if I want to lend a helping hand, I am afraid I will not be slackened." ”

"No, no, General Bai, you're not a little person!" Albert shook his hand again and again: "I have been in China for more than half a year, and I know a little about the situation, I know that you are a big man in China, a warlord with elite hands..."

"Huh?"

Wang Weiguo and Li Shuyang next to them almost laughed out loud when they heard this.

Bai Fei's face darkened, and he said with a straight face: "Mr. Albert, please be careful!" I am not a warlord, and now we Chinese soldiers and civilians are all bent on resisting Japan, and there are no warlords. ”

It is estimated that this old man didn't know what the warlord meant, so he said it in a hurry. Seeing that Bai Fei was a little angry, he hurriedly remedied: "I didn't mean that, I mean that you are very famous in China and have a lot of influence, and in this place on Hainan Island, now you have the final say, as long as you nod your head, let my compatriots who have been displaced in Europe and have nowhere to go have a place to stay, this is completely something you can easily do..."

Bai Fei was slightly surprised when he heard him say this, and said in his heart This old boy is a chicken thief, no wonder he came to kneel down as soon as he met today, it turned out that he had premeditated and planned.

Bai Fei pouted, pretending to be distressed: "That's what you said." It's just that I've heard that the nations of the world are now reluctant to take you in, for fear of offending Hitler and taking revenge on him. And our country has always been friendly with Germany before, and in order to support our country's war of resistance, Germany even lent us a large amount of money. If I were to take in a large number of your compatriots, if I provoked Germany, I would suffer great losses for my country..."

"It's not a problem, and we can also provide financial support to the Chinese government in exchange for political asylum."

Bai Fei was waiting for his words and asked, "Oh? What is the support law? Do you still have any money? ”

Albert said, "I don't have it, but others do." We Jews have a good ability to do business and make money, and the military has probably heard of it, although in Europe, most of our property was looted by the Nazis, but some people still have deposits in the World Bank, such as Switzerland and other places. If your country or your general is determined to take us in, I will persuade my countrymen to donate some money, and in exchange for your country to give us the protection they need. ”

Bai Fei only cared about how much money they would donate, so he asked directly: "Tell me about the amount of donation, I'll consider it." ”

As soon as he said this, Albert seemed to have changed as a person, and the only promise just now was completely gone, he rolled his eyes, shrewdness covered his face, and said in a deep voice: "It depends on how many people your country is willing to accept us." ”

Bai Fei secretly scolded the old fox and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"If your country can accommodate 100,000 of our compatriots, we can donate $5,000,000,000, and if it can accommodate 1 million," Albert said, "we can donate $5,000,000,000. ”

After saying that, Albert became nervous again, and he stared at Bai Fei tightly for fear of being rejected by him.

Unexpectedly, Bai Fei did not express his position immediately, but said to him: "Mr. Albert, we need to discuss this matter, please go out first, and give you an answer when I invite you in later." ”

Albert was apprehensive, but he had no choice but to walk out the door.

After the door was closed, Li Shuyang spoke first: "Zhenyu, isn't this matter too hasty, if you don't do it well, it's going to cause international trouble, right now we are fighting with the Japanese inseparable, if we offend Germany again, then what's the point?" ”

Mei Yuehai continued: "Some time ago, I heard from a friend in the United States that the US Congress is now arguing over the issue of 'whether to accept Jewish refugees'. I would say that the whole of Europe is anti-Semitic, and the United States is not willing to accept them, and although I don't understand politics, I still think that taking the liberty of accepting them will get them into unnecessary trouble. ”

Wang Weiguo also said: "I don't know much about the Jews, but I think it would be better for the central government to decide whether or not to accept them." Zhenyu, didn't you also say that Germany provided a lot of support to my country's anti-Japanese war cause? Now, for the sake of these Jews, offending a strong reinforcement is not a blessing or a curse for the country, and it is not a good thing. ”

After listening to them, Bai Fei knew that they were already very tactfully persuading themselves not to continue to assert themselves.

So he smiled and explained, "I understand what you mean, in fact, I didn't know that there were Jews on the island until I met Albert today. It was only when I understood what the old man Albert was kneeling in front of me and asking me to do. And do you know that now the financial pressure of the national government has been almost exhausted, and in some places it is not even possible to pay the salaries of civil servants and university teachers, and more importantly, there is no way to buy heavy weapons and equipment without money, there are no aircraft and artillery, and the soldiers on the front line can only suffer losses when they fight with devils. ”

Bai Fei is not alarmist, and the reality is even worse than he said.

In terms of the fighters of the Air Force alone, from the Songhu battlefield to the Battle of Wuhan, although the Chinese Air Force athletes were very heroic (not much to say here, if you are interested, check it on the Internet, at that time, the Air Force officers and soldiers were really a B of Niu Cha, and they can only describe it in case of death, and there are many heroic stories that can be sung and cried in the war against Japan, which is very touching. However, due to the lack of manufacturing capacity, the planes are basically destroyed one less than one, and now there are less than 150 fighters that can fly in the country, and some of them are mostly old and dilapidated trainer planes. Without airplanes, there would be no air supremacy, and when the two sides fought against each other, they could only be beaten and bombed, and to buy airplanes, they needed silver. Therefore, the forced and helpless national government can only raise funds from the domestic people, with the Chinese in Nanyang, and from all over the world through various channels, in short, all kinds of non-governmental fundraising. Speaking of which, the Chinese are still very united, especially at the critical juncture of the nation's peril, whether it is the people at home or overseas Chinese, a large number of patriots who actively donate money and materials to support the War of Resistance have emerged, but they have also made great contributions to the cause of the War of Resistance.

It's far away, let's get down to business.

Because of the government's financial constraints, so many things can not be done, in addition to calling for private donations, there is also a channel is to rely on friendly loans to buy or aid---- such as history, 37 to 41 January ago, the Soviet Union provided a lot of help to our country's anti-Japanese war cause, 41 years later, the donor country became the United States.

As for why the USSR came to China's aid? Of course, it was hoped that China would contain Japan and avoid a war between Japan and the Soviet Union in the Far East.

And now Chiang Kai-shek's hair is gray for money--- if he has hair. He even removed Kong Xiangxi, who only knew that he was making money, as Minister of Finance, and replaced it with --- Song Ziwen, the captain of the firefighting team he didn't like, in the hope that Song could change the embarrassment of the financial shortage that the government is facing as soon as possible.

As for why the government's finances are in such difficulty? The reason is very simple, the loss of Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other big cities has caused the national government to basically lose foreign materials and the most important source of finance and taxation, and the inland cities that remained in the hands at that time have been cut off from abroad because of the loss of coastal areas, and the national government itself has almost no good light industry, basically lost the function of a modern city, so the financial resources in the hands of the government have regressed to the extent that they mainly rely on land endowments and gold.

Another point is that with the frequent wars against Japan, the number of troops has increased dramatically, and in addition a large number of personnel have retreated to the southwest, the financial expenditure has increased sharply, one more and one less, so that the Nationalist Government has actually gone bankrupt financially after 39 years.