The day after the 100-day celebration, Chang Zhenbang, under the leadership of Brazil, further acquired factories and warehouses in the British Concession, although the total amount was still less than one-tenth of the Dongying people, but in terms of flour production and processing, it was far more than Dongying and even the entire Entente countries.

After Wu Chuan Xingying learned the news that Chang Zhenbang opened a flour processing factory on a large scale, he couldn't help but laugh, no matter how shrewd these Chinese are, they can't get rid of the shackles of history, Chang Zhenbang wants to take advantage of those Western powers have no time to look east, make an industrial fortune, he is understandable, but China, an ancient country, is constrained by all kinds of decadent concepts, and it is not so easy to achieve large-scale machine production, so you have to start from some silk fabrics, grain processing, to earn money in these aspects, as for other aspects, It is impossible to be the opponent of the Dongying Empire, not to mention that China's private factories are not very enthusiastic about rejuvenating the country through industry, but Chang Zhenbang has carried out unilaterally, so it is better to let him develop, so that he will also have some benefits and not embarrass the empire, if he does not manage well, the empire can acquire his ready-made factory. Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing, and immediately began to narrate the consul general. Soon the consul general of Shanghai issued an approval and agreed with him.

The bigger the war, the more sticky it became, and soon the supply of European products in the Chinese market exceeded demand, especially the flour and other materials for civilian and people's livelihood and even began to purchase flour, matches, soap and other materials in the Chinese market in large quantities.

The property fell into Chang Zhenbang's pocket so easily, causing the people in Jiujiang City to be red all of a sudden, the momentum of Xunyang Road's industrial rejuvenation rose again, and the gentry and Fuhu even raised the slogan of rejuvenating the country with property to make the yamen ask Chang Zhenbang to give policy support, Chang Zhenbang was naturally willing to accept, and formulated many preferential policies with a wave of his hand, so flour processing factories, match factories, textile factories, etc. sprung up all over Xunyang Road.

"Zhenbang, this kid is really amazing, he built a flour mill by himself, but he made a lot of money from those foreign devils!" Jiangxi Overseer Li Chun couldn't help but say with emotion after learning Chang Zhenbang's news.

Wen He now has a problem, as long as he hears others say that Chang Zhenbang is very uncomfortable like crawling with insects, he flattered: "Now the Europeans are in a mess, and there is no time to farm to make flour." This made Zhenbang take advantage of the loophole! ”

"You kid can't just find fault with others, you should still look at other people's strengths, Zhenbang is a capable child, if you have a little bit of other people's ability, you can go to heaven happily for your father!"

"Yes, what my father said is, this son also found someone to raise funds to build a flour mill, our scale does not have to be small in Zhenbang, and then your father will look at it!" Wen He said with a smile.

"This is not good, Zhenbang is a flour mill, you are also a flour mill, let's not tear down the tower for our own family!" Li Chun said: "Brother Feng asked me to take good care of Zhenbang's child last month." ”

Wen He said disapprerovingly: "Father Chang Zhenbang sent you 10,000 oceans last month, but he gave Feng Guozhang flour that cost 10,000 yuan, as long as you turn your hand, you can at least double it, why did he Feng Guozhang get benefits but let us take care of it." ”

Li Chundao: "Wenhe can't say that, where else can we deliver goods in Jiujiang out of Jiangxi?" It's useless for me to give me flour, it's better to give me the refreshment of the ocean, as for how much Feng Guozhang can sell it, that's his ability! ”

Wen He said: "What my father said is true, but my son thought about it, if our flour mill is started and the sales are good, it will not be able to run away from seventy or eighty thousand oceans in a month. ”

Li Chun sighed and said, "You kid, how can you be like this, you look down on me too much for your father, two achievements are two, and it is not easy for you, boy." ”

Wen He didn't expect Li Chun's appetite to be so big, and said in a very panicked manner: "Father, the son is really not the master of this matter, he can only give you half of it, and there is another thing that my father needs to help with!" ”

"You and I have a father-son relationship, it's better to say it directly!" Li Chun said in a good mood.

"Now flour is in short supply, if you take the waterway from Jiujiang, you can leave more than two-thirds of the travel fee, if you go south to Guangzhou, the cost is high, Zhenbang, but also my father to talk about it, and having wealth together is the way out."

"Bastard thing! Can't you go without Jiujiang? Li Chun glared at Wen He and said, "Aren't you obviously competing for food with that kid from Zhenbang?" ”

"Business matters! Affection is important! Wen He said: "At most, I will give you ten percent of the dry shares." ”

"You kid really made me put my old face out." Li Chun sighed and said, "It's really hard to make my old face without two percent." ”

Wen He gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, but you must take down the waterway of Jiujiang, you must know that half of the extra money you will give is the rest of the road expenses, and the batch of goods going south from Guangzhou can only give you half of it!" ”

"Boy, you bullshit friends are really stingy!" Li Chun said very dissatisfied.

"It's hard to do business now, I hope my father will understand!" Wen He said flatteringly.

After Chang Zhenbang caused such a big sensation, he was very proud in his heart, but as his partner, Brazil couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, he invited Chang Zhenbang to an inconspicuous café in the concession, and the two of them said while drinking coffee: "Zhenbang, the Battle of the Marne has begun, my heroic and fearless British and French forces have united to defeat the vicious and ugly German Imperial Army, but this battle has also greatly consumed a lot of imperial materials, I ask you, I ask you, Give all the flour you have in your hands to the Empire for later use. But I can no longer provide you with ammunition as a means of payment, after all, the haze of war has not yet dissipated, and the Empire also needs a large amount of ammunition as a reserve to launch the first effective attack. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Old friend, you are really embarrassed for me, I can provide you with all the flour produced in the concession, and allow you to pay by means that the British Empire thinks is appropriate." That's my bottom line, you have to know that the workers have started to slack off when they learn that I supply more than half of the flour to the British Empire every month. ”

"God will not forgive these ungrateful things!" "They should know how much effort I have put into resettling them!" said Basili. Zhenbang, what about those thugs and gangsters? Why didn't they work! ”

Chang Zhenbang said helplessly: "Those who strike have been taught a hard lesson, but those who are passive and sabotage are not easy to distinguish, after all, the production of 50,000 catties of flour a day and the production of 56,000 catties of flour a day are no different for a worker!" ”

"Do you know Wen He, this person?" Basiri Road.

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "This person is an old friend, he has made trouble with me a lot, and now he has established a large flour farm in Ganzhou, relying on the power of Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangxi, to use my waterway to rob me of food, which is really annoying." ”

"The flour produced by this man was bought by what you call a Hui merchant and transported to Ottoman Turkey through a secret passage, and a bag of flour produced in Kiangsi was discovered during the Battle of Gallipoli, so the Imperial Foreign Affairs Department wants me to investigate the matter thoroughly." ”

Chang Zhenbang thought for a while and said: "Although I am extremely disgusted with this person, this person is also a smart person, when the entire political situation in China is leaning towards the British Empire, he will never do such an outrageous thing no matter what, I hope Your Excellency will be aware of it." ”

Basiri said: "I naturally understand the cause and effect of this incident, after months of reconnaissance by the Empire, the materials sent to Ottoman Turkey were all transported to Shanghai through the Jiujiang Waterway, and then detoured through Singapore and other places to Constantinople through the Strait of Malacca, so as long as Zhenbang can refuse Wenhe's flour to enter Shanghai through Jiujiang, it will be a meritorious service to the Empire." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly and took out a telegram from his sleeve and handed it to Basiri, saying: "Wenhe has the support of Jiangxi Overseer Li Chun behind him, I'm afraid I am powerless." ”

"The Empire's foreign affairs department has already sent me a notice, and if I can't urge the local Chinese officials to solve this problem, if necessary, the Empire can conduct a necessary and long-term military exercise in Jiujiang to stop the enemy's actions of flour and other things!" ”

Chang Zhenbang was taken aback and said: "This is absolutely unacceptable!" Now the form of Jiujiang is very good, you and I have close cooperation, not only greatly supported the British Empire's war in Europe, but also greatly restricted the power of Jiujiang of the Dongying people, but once the military exercise is over, this good situation is afraid that it will be difficult to maintain. ”

"The strength of the British Empire is far beyond what the Germans can compete with, the same batch of grain, the Germans need it more than the Empire, not to mention that even if a military exercise is carried out in Jiujiang, Zhenbang Your Grain and Flour Empire will still want it." Basiri said lightly.

Chang Zhenbang stretched out his hand and knocked on his head, "You are really embarrassed for me, you must know that many Dongying people have been resisted by the Chinese on the '21st Article', but once you carry out military exercises, you will definitely be opposed by the people of the whole country, and you will definitely encounter stronger resistance than the Dongying people." I hope Your Excellency the Consul will think twice! ”

"Even if the empire blocks all the ports along the coast of China, will China dare to join the Allies?" After speaking, Basili sighed and said: "Actually, I shouldn't have said this sentence as a friend, I hope you don't mind!" ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "There's nothing to mind, this is a matter of the country's strength, compared to the fierceness and powerlessness of the Dongying Empire, the British Empire is already a gentleman." ”

Basili took a sip of coffee and said, "The interests of the country are above all else, and gentlemanly demeanor is just an innocuous embellishment." It's etiquette and hypocrisy. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "I will do everything possible to solve the problem of Wenhe, and I hope that old friends can fight for me for a while." ”

"Sorry, you only have a month!" Basiri said apologetically, "This is the deadline given to me by the Empire. I hope you don't blame me. ”

Chang Zhenbang thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "You can tell me about this here, you are already a good friend, and leave the rest to me!" ”

"Then I'm bothering you! Good luck! Basiri said gratefully.

He has no reason not to be grateful to Chang Zhenbang, maybe the British Empire has never put China in its eyes, but that is the idea of the upper class, he is just a small minion in the imperial colonial system, his family, his future, and even his reputation are related to this place called Jiujiang, if the British Empire is determined to carry out military exercises in Jiujiang, not only will the Jiujiang concession not be able to maintain stability, but it may even be directly attacked by the surrounding Chinese people, These Chinese people are usually treated like cattle and horses by the Chinese government, but in fact, deep down in their hearts, they have always hidden untamable wildness and tyranny, but they are sealed layer by layer by some cultural and spiritual things, once some people have the intention to unlock these seals, the honest Chinese can turn into a terrible hungry wolf full of destructive energy, just like Fenrir in Scandinavian mythology can destroy the bottom line of all civilizations, In a fit of rage, if they inflicted physical harm and property damage on the bombastic gentlemen, he would not be able to face denunciations and reproaches from the Empire, and at that time it would be best if he could resign and walk away, and that would be the case with his reputation.

Chang Zhenbang said: "Whether it succeeds or not, I can help the empire raise grain, flour and other things from the people of Jiujiang, but the cost is real money!" Without a big word, those merchants won't sell! You should know better than I do about the mercenary virtues of these merchants! ”

But Basiri said indifferently: "The empire is not bad for money!" Your food empire will also be rewarded with real money. ”

Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "I'm not bad at gold and silver, old friend, you better get me more guns and ammunition!" ”

Basili smiled wryly: "I'll do my best!" But the empire is not rich either, I hope you understand! ”

"Ten days! It only takes ten days for me to solve the problem of Wenhe, but I hope that guns and ammunition can be used as a means of payment for the empire in general! Chang Zhenbang said categorically.

Basiri thought for a moment and said, "Whatever the outcome, I can only do my best." ”

"I'm just getting a little sweet to this coffee now." Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "Let's have another cup!" ”

"Coffee is a magical drink, even if it's coffee in the same pot, it's not the same in every cup!" Please! ”

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