Enamel is still very interesting in China, this thing began to be imported into China during the Guangxu period, mainly made in Germany and Austria-Hungary, and is a relatively high-end daily commodity.

During the First World War, Japan took the opportunity to squeeze the market share of Germany and Austria and dumped a large number of enamel products in China, monopolizing the Chinese enamel market in a few years. Just five or six years ago, several Chinese enamel enterprises appeared in Shanghai, which slightly revitalized the national industry.

At the beginning, Chinese enamel enterprises had a difficult inventory, and even glaze powder needed to be imported to Japan.

However, with the boycott of foreign goods over the years, China's enamel industry has been given opportunities for development. Today, the products of the four factories of Zhufeng, Yifeng, Zhonghua and Zhaofeng in Shanghai can barely compete with Japanese products, and successfully break the monopoly of Japanese enamel in China.

The Nanjing Nationalist Government was still very powerful, and as soon as the tariff was independent, it ordered the import tax on enamel products to be increased from 5% to 12.5% to restrict the import of enamel goods.

In addition, the enamel supplies market has developed maturely in the southeast coast, and many ordinary families also have enamel spittoons, cups, rice bowls and other things. But in the north, south, northeast, northwest and southwest regions, it is still relatively rare, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, the vast majority of people do not know what enamel is.

The market potential is huge!

Not only can you make a lot of money, but you can also compete with Japanese goods for the market. It would be better to completely squeeze enamel Japanese goods out of China, so that Japan, which is in an economic crisis, will be even worse.

Regarding Zhou Hexuan's insistence on building the enamel factory in Chongqing, although Zhang Mouzhi was puzzled, he did not ask too much, he now trusts his son-in-law very much.

After all the machines were moved to a temporarily leased warehouse, and a few American engineers were settled, Zhang Mouzhi went home with his daughter and son-in-law. After he saw Meng Xiaodong, Liao Yaquan, Wanrong, Cui Huifu and other women, his face was a little unsightly, because Zhou Hexuan had too many women.

But that's all, it was normal to have three wives and four concubines during the Republic of China, and Zhang Mouzhi as his father-in-law reminded him at most two sentences.

Let's just say that Zhang Mouzhi himself also found a mistress in the United States last year, and the American girl is only 15 years old! This old gentleman is good enough to play.

"Virtuous son-in-law," Zhang Mouzhi said with a smile, "I received a telegram from Far West in the United States that he has been appointed mayor of Jiujiang, thanks to the virtuous son-in-law's kind words in front of Commander-in-Chief Chiang. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I just mentioned it in passing. ”

Zhang Mouzhi has been proud of the spring breeze in the past two years, the eldest son became a student of France's top architect, the second son became the mayor of Jiujiang, and the third son was called by him to go to the United States to take care of the pregnancy condom industry, and the family strength of the Zhang family can be described as thriving.

All this is thanks to the blessing of his son-in-law, Zhang Mouzhi now looks at Zhou Hexuan, the more he looks at it, the more pleasing it is, and he is very proud of his vision of choosing a son-in-law.

After talking about family affairs for a while, Zhang Mouzhi began to talk about the construction of the enamel factory: "Virtuous son-in-law, I heard that Sichuan has been fighting, if we build the factory in Chongqing, will it be affected?" ”

"There is no need to worry about this," Zhou Hexuan said, "I have already sent someone to inquire, and the current mayor of Chongqing is called Pan Wenhua, and he is a very capable person." He is building Chongqing on a large scale, opening factories, building power stations, and engaging in education, and wants to help Liu Xiang build Chongqing into the first city in the southwest. We built the factory in Chongqing, and there was no need to worry about politics at all, and Pan Wenhua wished that someone would invest in setting up a factory. It's just that the transportation of raw materials is a little difficult, some raw materials have to be purchased from Tianjin, and glaze powder needs to be purchased from Shanghai, which greatly increases the production cost. ”

Zhang Mouzhi said euphemistically: "Actually, I think it is more prudent to build the factory in Jiujiang, and it is much more convenient to transport raw materials." ”

Zhang Mouzhi still wants to build his hometown, and his second son is the mayor of Jiujiang, so if he sets up a factory in Jiujiang, he can get unlimited convenience.

"Dad, you'll know in a few years why I set up my factory in Chongqing." Zhou Hexuan is not easy to explain.

Zhang Mouzhi sighed and said: "Alas, then according to your meaning, anyway, you have more vision than me." ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "In fact, the difficulty of transporting raw materials can also be solved slowly. The factory in Shanghai is able to produce its own glaze powder, why can't we? At that time, a few more supporting upstream factories can be set up. ”

In fact, Zhou Hexuan wanted to build an arsenal in Chongqing to provide ordnance and materials for the future Anti-Japanese War.

But the arsenal is not something that ordinary people can do. Even if Liu Xiang is not mixed with now, Chongqing will become a companion capital in the future, and Lao Jiang will requisition the arsenal in the past.

Zhang Mouzhi said: "I have let the third child (Zhang Yuannan) take over the factory in the United States, and he is doing a good job, but he is a little inexperienced. The enamel factory in Chongqing, am I going to do it alone, or do you go with me? ”

"Let's go together, I'll be responsible for getting through the troubles on the official side," Zhou Hexuan said, "If you want to do business in Chongqing, it's best to win Lu Zuofu into the gang." First, Lu Zuofu is Liu Xiang's confidant, and second, Lu Zuofu's Minsheng Shipping Company is very powerful in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which can facilitate the transportation of raw materials and products. ”

Zhang Mouzhi said with a smile: "Since the virtuous son-in-law has already planned, then I will rest assured." You go to Chongqing to get through the relationship, and I will be responsible for the specific factory construction and management. ”

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New year, new atmosphere.

As soon as the Lunar New Year passed, Zang Qifang's position as mayor of Tianjin was removed, and Zhang Xueming, chief of the Tianjin Police Department, concurrently served as mayor of Tianjin.

Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin moved out of Tianjin Ice Drinking Room and settled in Beiping, where they began to hold weekly cultural salons. "The Living Room of the Wife's House" gradually became famous in Beijing and Tianjin, attracting a large number of cultural celebrities, and Xu Zhimo often went to participate.

Ba Jin is a volatile prodigal son who has completed the first draft of "Spring Dream" (renamed "Home" when it was revised and published). After writing the manuscript of "Spring Dream", Ba Jin resigned from the editorial position of the supplement of "Popular" and went south to Suzhou and Hangzhou to visit friends and travel.

The supplement of "Popular" also took another heavyweight, the university scholar Wu Mi finally resigned as editor-in-chief and went to Western Europe to study, and successively engaged in research work at Oxford University and Paris University.

Fortunately, Li Shoumin also resigned from the public service of the telephone bureau and returned to the supplement of "Public" to take over as editor-in-chief, otherwise no one would have presided over the daily affairs of "Public".

By the way, Li Shoumin's "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" has been an unprecedented success, not only in North China, but also in Jiangnan, Northeast, and Northwest China. It can be said that the influence of "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" today is no weaker than Zhou Hexuan's "Shooting the Condor" trilogy.

Peking University Publishing House, because it is responsible for publishing "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", has a gratifying monthly income, which greatly alleviates the difficulties of not having a president and financial allocation in the first two years.

After the Lantern Festival, Zhou Hexuan took his wife Zhang Leyi and son Zhou Weilie to visit relatives in Jiujiang with his father-in-law Zhang Mouyi.

The machines imported from the United States were transported along the Jinpu Line to Pukou in Nanjing, and then transferred to the Yangtze River waterway to Jiujiang.

In Jiujiang Zhangjiapanhuan for a few days, Zhang Leyi and his son stayed in Jiujiang. Zhou Hexuan, together with Zhang Mouyi, escorted the machine to Chongqing, and at this moment, the history textbook "General History of the World" compiled by him was also officially published.