Chapter 257: Father-Daughter Negotiation
What was even more unexpected to Commander Liu was that the Kong family did not like to rest on their laurels.
At present, the Confucian family is vigorously investing in the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and is also secretly planning to build the Yunnan-Burma Railway, it is said that the officials of the British Colonial Department have been opened, as for when the construction will start is still to be discussed, mainly depends on the results of this year's (1936) British House of Lords, and the Colonial Department's joint meeting, for which Kong Xiangxi has planned well, and is ready to go to London, England to attend the meeting in person.
The grandeur of the plan, the far-reaching of the plan, can be called a big deal, even if someone is from the 21st century, but I have to sincerely admire, even if he has the assistance of wisdom and ants, he is still a small role in the time and space of the Republic of China, not to mention Lao Jiang, Kong Caishen and other celebrities, that is, Kong Yuling and others, not worse than him.
Well, you must believe in your wife, Liu Yun no longer asks about the pharmaceutical factory, but asks his father-in-law, Kong Caishen, to talk about the financial problems of the West Sichuan Prefecture, and the West Sichuan is about to run out of food.
Western Sichuan, but Liu Yun's foundation and lifeline, must not be sloppy, Kong Yuling also felt that the matter was more serious, let him explain the current situation one by one, she had to ponder first, and wait for the idea to mature, so that she could negotiate with Kong Caishen, that's right, it is the negotiation of Hongguoguo, even if it is father and daughter, there is no negotiation.
Three days later, Kong Yuling and Liu Yun made an appointment to meet Kong Caishen under the pretext of returning to the door of the Three Dynasties.
Minister Kong was also waiting for them, and had already arranged for a group of entourages to leave, and only the three of them were left in the empty conference room, and he also took out the map materials of the southwest and northwest in advance.
Before Liu Sanye could speak, Kong Caishen asked directly, "Your West Sichuan Special Zone, said to be a special area, in fact, only West Sichuan County and Maozhou City can get it, and other places are all partners, so don't talk nonsense, do you want the old man to invest?" Yes, but with your sincerity."
This is also too direct, Liu Yun can't adapt to it, the rhetoric prepared in advance is completely useless, sincerity, what sincerity? For a while, someone didn't react, but Kong Yuling was still sharp, "Daddy, what are you talking about, Yicheng is your son-in-law, what more sincerity do you want, it's too outward."
Kong Caishen really deserves to be a businessman, and at this time he really looks like a Maitreya Buddha, laughed for a while, and boasted with some approval, "Well, my daughter can speak." Anyway, the old man won't embarrass you, just talk about it, how do you need to invest, and what is the total investment? ”
What is the total investment? This, Liu Yun and Kong Yuling looked at each other, they thought of everything, the only thing they didn't expect was this. Because the brilliant career of western Sichuan is still spreading and expanding, even Gansu and Shaanxi also plan to follow the western Sichuan model to develop western Sichuan, and the total amount is really unknown.
With such a daze appearance, how could he deceive Kong Caishen, Kong Lao's eyes turned, and he immediately made a very busy appearance, coughed dryly, and said with a hypocritical smile, "Yicheng, you and Yuling should have a good rest, well, don't work so hard, wait until you think clearly, it's not too late to talk."
This is about to leave, and we have to talk about it at another time, but there is no overnight food in western Sichuan, Liu Yun was really stunned, and a cold sweat came out, today is really evil, no matter what you talk about, you always like to have accidents, and it is also a terrible kind, trying to calm yourself.
Kong Yuling immediately stopped doing it, looked at Kong Caishen with a smile, and asked very easily, "Daddy, you said, if you use 100 tons of gold as collateral to borrow from the British Standard Chartered Bank, how many pounds can you borrow at least?" Of course, in the Far East and China, the silver dollar seems to be a little more popular."
"A hundred tons, gold?" Kong Caishen is also stupid, he wanted to fish, but he didn't expect to catch a shark, he already knew that the pharmaceutical factory was very profitable, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable.
Kong Caishen lowered his head and silently calculated, what can a hundred tons of gold do, well, if it is converted into US dollars, it is close to seventy or eighty million, it is more than enough to be a super-rich, if you invest in the army, there will be a dozen German mechanics, but if you want to start a bank, you can also build a rural credit cooperative.
Kong Caishen glanced at Liu Yun, the base of this guy, that is, the two places of West Sichuan County and Maozhou City, used to be relatively desolate border areas, compared with big cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing, it is said that the countryside is a lift. Well, this guy's arsenal is said to be very profitable, hundreds of planes have been sold, and there is no shortage of money, by the way, this guy is very ambitious, and he wants to build a large railway network in the southwest.
Kong Caishen immediately understood it, understanding is understanding, sympathy is sympathy, don't look at him now that he has become a big official of the Nanjing government, he is still a gentleman in front of foreigners, but in his bones, he is still an authentic businessman. Well, if it is a businessman, he has to chase profits, and he has decided to go to the western Sichuan region to set up a bank, and he must also have the exclusive monopoly right to operate, which is the only requirement.
Haha Kong wanted the monopoly of the exclusive bank, which suddenly made Liu Yun and Kong Yuling look at each other, and really doubted that when the two of them were talking, they were overheard, and the reason why they were looking for Minister Kong was not to establish the West Sichuan Railway Investment Bank, how could there be such a coincidental thing in the world.
The conditions are too harsh, it's a big deal to do it alone, Liu Sanye had to prepare to leave gloomily, so he didn't speak so politely, so he replied lightly, "Thank you Minister Kong's love, Sichuan West has already had its own bank, this business, it seems that it can't be done, then goodbye."
What's going on? Kong Caishen was also stunned, someone dared to rob him of his blessing, without asking how to do it. However, Liu Yun was no longer interested, and said a little coldly, "The railway is the dream of the people of Sichuan, and it has been raised to tens of millions of oceans, and everyone can still survive if they get together."
In this way, it seems that there is no hope of eating alone, but Kong Xiangxi is not a villain, he is still ready to pull his son-in-law, and said with a joking smile, "Yicheng, look at it, what kind of attitude do you have?" Even if it's an outsider, I'll help, not to mention my own people, come and come, let's talk about it."
Seeing that there was a turnaround, Kong Yuling hurriedly poured tea and water for everyone, but Father Kong stopped her and asked her to go inside and take out the best tea, or the thousand-year-old tree tea that Long Yun from Kunming gave him, he was usually reluctant to drink it, but this time he used it for his son-in-law to drink, which was really well-intentioned.
Liu Yun is worthy of being a native of Sichuan, the essence of Sichuan opera, he was unexpectedly self-taught, and he soon changed his face successfully, and his father-in-law was long and his father-in-law was short, which made Kong Caishen complacent, touching his beard and nodding constantly, but in a few words, he went around to western Sichuan, and asked some current problems on the side.
After learning about the welfare policy of the West Sichuan Prefecture, Kong Caishen himself was stupid, and inadvertently grabbed a few beards, but he didn't notice much, and asked a little incomprehensibly, "Yicheng, why don't you just cancel the welfare, if you don't cancel it, the current dilemma will happen again."
Liu Sanye himself doesn't know about this problem, but when he thinks of China and the United States in the 21st century, which one is not carrying out welfare to the end, and he has not seen any country go bankrupt. What's more, the western Sichuan is vast and sparsely populated, if some preferential policies are not given, who is willing to come to the western Sichuan Plateau for development, and the western Sichuan County and Maozhou City together, there are more than 100,000 people, and in the future, any township will be stronger than it.
Looking at Liu Yun's silent appearance, Kong Caishen also looked at it a few times, ready to increase investment, and look at the heroes in history, which one is not benevolent and righteous, let's say that Liu Xuande of the Three Kingdoms has been deduced to the apex, relying on benevolence and righteousness, laying down half of the country, which can be called a generation of models.
And Commander Liu's age is still young, only twenty-five or sixteen at present, he laid a foundation, became the third leader of the Sichuan army, and also understands the wonder of benevolence and righteousness, it is really rare, as long as China is not unified for a long time, who said that this guy will not be able to end the troubled times and become the second of Song Taizu, it is really a strange thing to live in.
"Well, then let's change the way of thinking, adopt a toll system, and all those who use the railway and highway will pay taxes and fees, so that they can recover part of the loss", Kong Caishen's eyes rolled, and decided to try again, since he wants to take the invincible road of benevolence, he must have a little bit of true benevolence and righteousness.
If it was changed to another time and space, Liu Yun would probably have done it a long time ago, but unfortunately in these years, there are not a few motor vehicles, and there are few people who want to leave home to work, and they can't collect tolls, so they can't collect a few copper plates, so they cancel tolls, but the train is an exception, not only collected, but also charged a high price.
Seeing Liu Yun so stubborn, Kong Caishen was also a little angry, and in a fit of anger, he reached out and knocked on someone's head three times, asking them to get out of the couple, as soon as he saw someone, he felt annoyed, he was tired now, what is there to talk about another day, well, before coming again, you must think clearly.
Liu Yun touched the head of the elm that was knocked out, and looked at Kong Yuling in a daze, Miss Kong also smiled bitterly, she has seen a lot of fools, but she has never seen a fool like him, Kong Caishen has thought of several ways to open up sources and reduce expenditure, this guy just doesn't get the hang of it, but looks like a wooden man, and everyone is angry.
Commander Liu left with Kong Yuling, thinking about the strange part, Kong Caishen's anger was too sudden, not to mention that Haha Kong is not an emotional person, he knocked three times before leaving, it is a bit like Sun Dasheng when he listened to the lecture, the sign of being opened by the Bodhi Patriarch, what does it mean to knock three times.
Do you want to be like Sun Wukong, the third watch in the middle of the night to knock on the door of the God of Wealth, if Liu Yun really dares to do this, even if Sister Ai Ling doesn't kill him, the Confucian family will kill him as soon as possible.
As soon as the two of them walked to the living room, Liu Yun suddenly understood what Kong Caishen meant, "There is something very important for him to remember." What is it exactly? Could it be a promise, they talked about it for a while, but they didn't talk about any promises, did he understand it wrong?
At this time, Kong Yuling was also thinking about it, and after being reminded by someone, she suddenly had an epiphany, glanced at him with a sharp heart, and hurriedly dragged this guy into the room, and only after closing the door did she quietly ask, "Xianggong, what do you mean by Daddy?" Is there something we are missing?"
Liu Yun didn't hide much, explained his understanding carefully, and asked Miss Kong for help, "Yuling, you might as well think carefully about what we promised to Daddy at what time, in my feelings, it should be no, I don't know if the memory is wrong."
Kong Yuling's inspiration flashed, and she suddenly caught something, as if it seemed that they really promised something, but they couldn't remember it for a while, just when the two of them were about to give up, Miss Kong finally figured it out, and couldn't help but shout, "It's not good, daddy, he's crazy, it's really crazy."
Commander Liu was also shocked, this is also too exaggerated, the Republic of China's Kong Dacai God is crazy, how should the all-out war of resistance in the next eight years be won, Lao Jiang and his Central Army, do they have to drink the northwest wind, so he hurriedly asked, "You, are you mistaken, Daddy looks normal."
Although Kong Yuling was a little stunned, she saw that Liu Yun was so anxious, like an ant on a hot pot, she couldn't help but snort and laugh, her starry eyes were half-closed, and she was ecstatic, which made Commander Liu's heart hot, and he suddenly forgot that his father-in-law was crazy, and he was about to do something bad.
Miss Kong told him faintly that Kong Caishen was a descendant of Confucius, but since entering modern times, the status of Confucianism has fallen again and again, Kong's disciples have lost their jobs, Kong Xiangxi engaged in business, believed in Christianity, all of which had to be done, and his biggest dream was to restore the prosperity of Confucianism.
"Confucianism", Liu Yun is no stranger, is the Han Dynasty Dong Zhongshu "deposed the hundred schools, respect Confucianism" after the product, directly Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi and other sages deified, resulting in the Han Emperor Wu Emperor after the son of heaven and important ministers, must come from the disciples of Confucius and Mencius, the formation of a semi-religious and half-interest friend system.
Since ancient times, there are clouds, "out of the same door, called friends." Like-minded, called the party".
Therefore, Confucianism is a party organization with vested interests, which has been disgusted by successive rulers and has to be reused.
More than 2,000 years of imperial system, so that Confucianism penetrated into all corners of China, especially after the emergence of the imperial examination system and the Baguwen, so that Confucianism reached its peak, in the field of feudal thought, it is even more deep into the bone marrow, but in modern times it has been violently impacted by Western thought, has gradually declined.