Chapter 259: The Economy of Western Sichuan

Liu Sanye was also shocked, he used to care too much about the industrial development in Sichuan, especially pay attention to the regional economic relations between western Sichuan and the city capital and Chongqing.

If Sichuan County wants to break out of Sichuan and go to the whole country, transportation is the primary problem, and he still underestimates the strategic transportation status of Xi'an.

For the development of the West Sichuan Railway Bank, Kong Caishen decided to personally take charge of the development, he will directly transfer elite personnel from the Nanjing Central Bank and the Shanghai Bank of Communications, let Kong Yuling serve as the "former enemy commander-in-chief", take a plane straight to Maozhou in western Sichuan to sit down, and prepare to be listed for business in large and medium-sized cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, and Fucheng at the same time.

At the same time, Kong Caishen himself plans to invest, such as textile light industry, bulk oil and rubber trading, consignment or distribution of industrial products in western Sichuan, as well as household appliances, cars, large trucks and engineering vehicles. Of course, most of the projects will have to wait until the railway between western Sichuan and Xi'an is opened.

After a period of flickering, Liu Yun and the two left happily, of course, they also took a huge check, looking at their distant backs, Kong Caishen smiled, because they had gained a lot from each other.

At this time, the side door of the study opened leisurely, and it was Jiang Wei, who smiled and said nothing to Minister Kong.

After the two of them sat down to drink tea for a long time, Lao Jiang sighed and said slowly to Kong Caishen, "Brother Xiangxi, your son-in-law is not very troublesome." Without saying a word, he became a student of Li Shengde, and even took the words, what is it called 'defending the country and defending the people', otherwise why not give him more this time."

Minister Kong was not so surprised, it was not necessarily a bad thing to be favored by Li Shengde in his opinion, and he smiled a little jokingly, "Jiang Gong, this can be regarded as a good thing, among the heroes in the world, who is your opponent?" Li Shengde is the only one, and in the layout of the rear, we are indeed a little negligent in the northwest."

Lao Jiang also nodded silently, in his opinion, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Ganqingning and other northwest provinces, not only have a wide territory, but also inconvenient transportation, it is not suitable for large corps to fight, so even if the Japanese devils enter the northwest, it will only increase casualties, resulting in him paying less attention to this.

Sichuan, which is a well-known country of abundance, can fully support the War of Resistance for a long time, while Yunnan and Guizhou are located in the plateau area, which is an ideal natural barrier for the War of Resistance. Therefore, if the Japanese devils want to attack Sichuan, they can only storm Changsha, Yichang and Xiangyang, because once Changsha is broken, it can sweep Xiangxi and Guizhou, once Yichang is broken, it can go straight to Chongqing against the current, and once Xiangyang is broken, it can go straight to Hanzhong and Luoyang.

Therefore, among the temples of Lao Jiang and Jiang Baili, Hunan and Hubei are the decisive places of China's resistance against Japan.

Because they have consulted the ancient books of the past dynasties, and have also studied the current situation in China, they found that these three places are indeed a little interesting, they are all dangerous places that are easy to attack and difficult to defend, especially if they want to counterattack the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it is particularly troublesome, and from Xiangyang to Hanzhong, the road is far away, not to mention, and the water network is dense, and the restrictions on mechanization are great, but they are not afraid of the attack of the devil's army.

Therefore, the Nanjing Military Commission has already made the worst plan: once the Japanese devils' army penetrates deep into Hunan and Hubei, it will lure them to attack Chongqing, while the Great Northwest Front will rely on the dangerous terrain of Shaanxi and Shanxi to slow down the devils' advance.

There is also a reason why Lao Chiang dares to despise the Great Northwest Front so much, one is that the Red Army is the best at guerrilla warfare, and once the devils penetrate deep into Shaanxi and Gansu and other places, they don't know how much they will have to pay in order to stabilize their results and front.

Second, it also drew on the examples of the Western Xia, Liaojin and Mongols attacking Sichuan, and found that there were only a handful of battles from the northeast that attacked Sichuan, and there were only a few examples of battles that could be won in a short period of time.

But modern times are different from ancient times after all, planes, trains and automobiles, etc., can overcome many difficulties and obstacles, with the Jiang Weizao "thousands of miles westward" field investigation, he realized his own shortcomings, is planning to order Hu Zongnan and Song Xilian, choose the opportunity to advance into Shaanxi and Ganqingning, but these places are desolate and barren, and it is very difficult to remedy, and Liu Yun just made up for this link by mistake, and Lao Jiang was naturally emotional.

Although Nanjing can't allocate funds explicitly, it can give money around the corner, and Lao Jiang said with a smile to Minister Kong, "Yicheng is younger, but he still has the ability, and the new fighter he developed is indeed slightly better than the Hawker III fighter, and now the pilots trained in Wuhan have asked to be equipped with this fighter."

Kong Caishen naturally understood, but only he himself could say how to allocate funds, so he sighed, "This kid is a dead eye, and he decided that gold, if he wants to buy him a little plane, he has to ask for gold, fifteen kilograms, not too much, no less."

Lao Jiang waved his hand, seemed to be unimpressed, and smiled very casually, "Sichuan West Arsenal, self-discipline with gold quality is also a good thing, by the way, the gold price in Shanghai, has it risen again."

Kong Caishen was a little embarrassed, but the veteran had to tell the truth, "Jiang Gongfa's eyes are like torches, and he is very concerned about the national economy and people's livelihood, our Ministry of Finance has done a social survey, and the absorption of gold in western Sichuan has indeed affected the positioning of gold prices, but the absorption of gold by the great powers is the leading factor."

Lao Jiang's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth sneered slightly, but he quickly returned to normal, and he didn't talk about the gold price anymore, but said with a smile, "You talk to Yicheng, I plan to order another 300 fighters, but in the future, if other forces want to buy planes, they will have to report to Nanjing for approval, remember to remember."

Seeing Kong Caishen's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Lao Jiang touched his bald head and said with some amusement, "Your father-in-law, you are too protective of your son-in-law." Or, you go and tell him that the Central Army has gold, 4.5 tons, which is cheap enough compared with similar foreign aircraft."

Three days later, Liu Yun and his entourage returned to the city, and among the people who accompanied him, as well as his eldest wife Kong Yuling, as well as twenty or thirty banking elites, they talked with Liu Xiang and others one by one at the scheduled Fenghuangshan Airport.

Since it is a fortune boy from the central government, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui are naturally enthusiastic, and even hope that the West Sichuan Bank will be headquartered in the city, Kong Yuling asked unceremoniously, "Two Chairman Liu, the bank needs reserves and reserve funds, I don't know how many tons of gold you have in Sichuan and Kang?" ”

"Gold"? Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui were dumb, their eyes involuntarily glanced at Liu Yun, but Liu Sanye shrugged his head and didn't say a word, as if he didn't see the questioning eyes, even if the two Chairman Liu were fools, they all understood the plan, no wonder this guy was ready to open a bank as long as he was gold.

In these years, no one knows how many tons of gold has been stored in western Sichuan, but on the surface, there are still dozens of tons of gold, and if it is the legal tender of the Nanjing government, it will be about two or three hundred million, which is enough to support the financial needs of the entire Sichuan, and it is really a million profits.

If coupled with the gold reserves of the United Pharmaceutical Factory, it has been able to form an overwhelming capital advantage over the entire financial industry in the southwest, not to mention that the Bank of West Sichuan only issues "iron coins", nominally using the railway as collateral, so in terms of actual influence alone, it can even occupy half of China, and the two Chairman Liu had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit it.

However, Nanjing's central bank also intends to buy a share, so in terms of equity allocation, it cannot be done according to the original agreement, of which Nanjing occupies 35%, western Sichuan occupies 35%, the two Chairman Liu each account for 10%, and the remaining 10% is the share of retail investors, retail investors include the earliest railway fundraisers, as well as the large and small squires in Sichuan.

Finally, the total registered capital of Bank of Sichuan West is as high as 280 million oceans.

At the same time, Liu Yun did not prohibit them from buying the shares of retail investors one by one in the name of retail investors, and everyone was calm, they were equivalent to tens of millions of oceans for nothing.

Liu Sanye is from the 21st century, and naturally knows the cruelty of the future currency war, so he has put a lot of effort into the anti-counterfeiting of iron coins.

With the help of Zhizhi Brain and Ant Robot, a simple 5 or 10 yuan note has 49 identification measures, and it has been announced nationwide, making counterfeit money dealers everywhere unprofitable. Kawanishi also openly declared that no one could crack it in 30 years.

It is said that there is a fanatical Irish counterfeit money manufacturing tycoon, who began to study the manufacture of counterfeit iron coins in 1936, and did not officially crack it until 1966, but when it really began to be manufactured, it was found that its cost of work has far exceeded the actual value of the currency, becoming the biggest joke of 1966 and winning the Best Fool Award.

In fact, with the technology of ant robots, Liu Yun can even directly snipe the Japanese currency, but considering that ordinary people are innocent, once the financial ruthlessness is made, the worst thing is not the big and small warlords, or the government of the Japanese devils, but the weak and small people of the two countries, so he suppressed the impulse in his heart, but in order to prevent trouble, he secretly made some corresponding preparations.

At the end of July 1936, one of the fathers of the National Revolutionary Party, Guangdong bigwig Hu Hanmin, still passed away, but it did not detonate the "Liangguang Incident", on the contrary, Li Jishen and Bai Chongxi openly announced that they threw themselves into the arms of Lao Chiang, and then Li Zongren also changed his oath of allegiance to the Nanjing government.

As for Yan'an, it is even more calm, and is actively engaged in the construction of base areas, because of the success of the western Sichuan model, aroused the curiosity of Chairman Li, it is said that Zheng Yuanxing has personally taken command, led the college students who returned from the inspection of western Sichuan, set up the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Longdong Industrial Zone, and also received strong assistance from Soviet experts.

As for the 50 planes that Liu Yun sent to Yan'an through Li Hans, they were highly praised by Li Shengde and other Red Army leaders, and the Red Aviation School and Flying Regiment were promptly established, with Vice Chairman Zhou as the commander of the Air Force, and he intended to order another 100 fighters to prepare for the formation of the Red Army Aviation Division.

These are all good things, Commander Liu will naturally vigorously support it, as for Nanjing, there are regulations on the purchase of notices, then report it, as for whether it is approved or not, he is too lazy to care, and if it is approved, it is naturally all happy, if it is not approved, he will still deliver the goods, otherwise the name of the small warlord in western Sichuan will not be called in vain.

The emergence of the West Sichuan Railway Investment Bank is very important to the development of the West Sichuan Prefecture, and the effect is also immediate.

As for the highway problem, through the unremitting efforts of Pang Taishi, it has been repaired to Dujiangyan, and is currently coordinating with the city to discuss how to carry out the next step of road construction.

As for the issue of the army's training, there is no need for Commander Liu to bother anymore, because Guo Qixun and Jia Lian have already paid for it, and even when someone inspected the work, he also submitted the "1936 Summer Military Exercise Report" in a timely manner. In the report, a total of five units participated in the exercise, namely the West Sichuan Teaching Brigade, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd West Sichuan Brigades, and the 1st Railway Garrison Brigade.

The second and third brigades will serve as the defenders, and the teaching brigade, the garrison brigade, and the first brigade, each with one battalion of men and horses, will serve as the attackers.

Liu Yun was not very satisfied, and with a big stroke, he immediately joined two battalion-level troops, one was the Tricolor Wing of the Ryukyus and the other was the Maozhou Air Force Wing, and the time was set for August 15.

When the attacking forces were strengthened, the second and third brigades that served as the defenders were a little insufficient, so someone simply sent a report to Chairman Liu Xiang and asked him to also send air force units and armored units from the city capital to participate in the exercise, so that the defending side would have sufficient technical troops, so as not to fail to achieve the expected results of the exercise.