Facing Basiri's questioning, Chang Zhenbang smiled faintly, of course he knew what Basiri was talking about, as long as he wasn't a fool about this kind of thing, who could see it.

Yes, the guy named John was carefully selected from the diaspora to do things, since the Chinese can be compradors for foreign devils, then foreign devils can also be compradors for him!

Yes, those warehouses, which machine tools, and which skilled workers in the concession are all serving him Chang Zhenbang.

Money talks.

It is true that there are many things in this world that even God cannot stop, and at this time, as long as you talk to money, everything can naturally be fine, and this truth is understood more thoroughly by Caucasian people than Chinese. Don't look at them one by one shouting and boasting about the theory of white supremacy, eating is equally important to them, white skin, and the success of superior people is not as affordable as a piece of white bread, look at the silver Yuan Da head, these European mechanics are happy to serve him.

If you talk about the difference between Chinese and these white people, Chang Zhenbang can only tell you that their work is really good, really meticulous, as long as the money is enough, any work can be done, compared with those crooked Chinese who ask for a salary increase based on seniority, these people are more satisfactory to Chang Zhenbang.

However, this is not the reason why Chang Zhenbang decided to open a field in the concession, the real reason is naturally that his arms industry is completely disgraceful, and only by placing the warehouses of these guns and ammunition in the concession can he not worry about the day when the paper will not be able to catch fire. After all, this is a concession, and no Chinese official can come in to investigate, not Yuan Shikai, and Sun Monkey. This is the reason why Sun Monkey's gang of thugs hid in the concession as soon as something happened.

"My old friend, what should you say or not? In fact, you have nothing to worry about, and soon the Allied expatriates in Jiujiang will no longer be able to add any trouble to you. Chang Zhenbang said with a smile.

"Those skilled workers can help you produce materials and make property, I can understand that you recruit them, but you have recently recruited a large number of gangsters and hooligans, according to the people who patrol the house, there is no law-abiding citizen here, you are playing with fire, what are you going to do?" Basiri asked.

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "You are wrong in this sentence, you hooligans are garbage, I will go to the place where I have them, without these troublemakers, I believe that the law and order in the concession can be maintained for a period of time, old friend, you don't need to be too grateful to me, who made me the best friend of the British Empire?" Remember one of the requests I made when I agreed to hire those European workers? ”

"How could I forget, I seem to have fallen into your conspiracy!" Basiri said resentfully.

Chang Zhenbang smiled faintly and said: "It's just a temporary idea, besides, they are Allied expatriates and enemies of the British Empire, I have taken these enemies of the empire out of the imperial concession, maintained the stability of the imperial concession, and enabled His Excellency Basili to manage a stable and prosperous place, what do you have to complain about?" It's just that the power of the Dongying people is now expanding, and according to the urine nature of these people, they will not give up if they don't make some trouble, so you should pay more attention to the actions of these Dongying people. ”

"Isn't that what you're worried about?" Basiri sneered: "The Dongying people are just the disobedient little brothers of the British Empire, but they are a big trouble for Your Excellency, and if they want to establish their own concession in Jiujiang, they can obviously only turn to the Reformers for help." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, these stupid traitorous reformers are too reckless, the first two riots will allow me to wipe out their local supporters and grassroots organization personnel in Jiujiang, and now the Dongying people have declared war on Germany, and are vigorously robbing Germany of the chassis and materials in China and Asia, and there is no leisure to fund the reformers to play riots, before the defeat of the German part of Asia, I can hardly worry about these flies." Hehe. ”

In the heart of Brazil, he still recognizes Chang Zhenbang's idea, the battlefield of the British Empire is in Europe, and it is enough for Asia to maintain the existing chassis, after all, to deal with the evil dragon of Germany, the British Empire has used almost all its strength, and even India has begun to mobilize, for the local German forces in the Far East, it is simply beyond the reach of the whip, and the heart is more than enough, so it will let those nouveau riche people go so rampant to replace the German sphere of influence. The rise and expansion of a native power in the East is not something that the empire is happy to see, but compared to Germany, Dongying is really nothing, at best it is just a crazy wild dog, after all, it can't compare to the harm of the evil dragon.

"Your Excellency's delicate judgment of the world really makes me think about it." Basiri said: "If this evil war can have a little bit of gratitude from me, it is the Dongying people over there who will not cause trouble for you and me for the time being, as for Your Excellency's side, I don't know what kind of military and political measures you will take to govern the vast territory under Your Excellency!" ”

"Your Excellency, it's not easy to say what you say, the territory of China belongs to the government, to all the nations living above it, to all the people, but not to a specific person, whether this specific person is a peasant, a worker or an official, we are only the users of this land, and I am only the manager of this land." Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "If the people of Dongying don't make trouble, will the world be considered peaceful?" As long as the country does not need to pay for the next emperor movement, I can guarantee the stability and prosperity of Jiujiang City and even the entire Xunyang Road, and your Excellency the Consul should not worry. ”

"The Empire has no objection to the imperialist activities of President Yuan of your country, and since the beginning of the imperial movement, the British Empire has acquiesced in this state of affairs, but believes that the imperial system cannot be implemented at this stage, the Empire will not support it, and the imperial question can be postponed until the end of the European war." Basili said lightly, just like the promise of Indian autonomy will wait until after the war, Yuan Shikai's emperor's great cause will wait until after the war, this is their attitude towards informal allies, as for whether the promise will be fulfilled after the war, it depends on the mood of the British Empire, after all, the opinions of these countries only need one Marine Corps to be calmed, and a Germany needs the empire to invest all its land and naval forces.

"It's all official empty words, do you think China will join the sequence of the war?" Chang Zhenbang said with a smile.

"The Seven Years' War of the Year exhausted the strength of the whole of Europe, and the appetite for this war today is not only Europe, but Europe, Africa and even the whole world will be involved." Basili said with some sadness.

Chang Zhenbang said: "After all, the sun never sets on the territory of the British Empire, but it can spread anywhere in the world. ”

"As long as there is still a roar of sea in this world, the power of the Reich is invincible, and the German chariots can sweep across Eurasia, but the Reich will not let them leave the land even a centimeter." Basiri said fanatically, obviously his views are the same as those of the world, the German Lu family is unparalleled in the world, but the navy of the British Empire is invincible.

Two evil dragons fighting each other, disturbing the peace of the whole world, perhaps that sentence can be used as a commentary on this war, no matter how powerful the newly rising power is, the old overlord will always pull you to the same level and defeat you with rich experience.

What's more, the British Empire is an island country with sea power, and no matter how powerful the German legion is, as long as it cannot carry out landing operations, the British Empire will not be injured, while the Marines of the British Empire can directly harass the heart of Germany. So in this unsuspenseful but unprecedented war, Chang Zhenbang stood on the side of the British Empire like many Europeans and even Orientals.

Although he stood on the side of the British Empire, this did not affect Chang Zhenbang to make a fortune in the war of the United Kingdom, just like the Dongying people did, but it was a pity that his personal strength was never able to compete with Dongying, and most of the assets of the Allied expatriates within the Jiujiang range were almost taken by these little dwarfs, but he had no reason to accuse others, if he was strong, he would definitely be more crazy than the Dongying people.

"When the results are obvious, even the most neutral city-states will be involved, and China is no exception, and if something happens to the British Empire, I will protect you with open arms! My old friend! Chang Zhenbang said.

"Thank you, if that time comes, I will choose to hand over the concession to you completely, I only hope that you can guarantee that the imperial gentlemen can return to China with dignity!" Basiri said. Even though the British Empire knew that the odds were innumerable, the German chariots were famous on land, and the crazy Germans might defeat Russia from Europe and go south to China, which would be a nightmare that could not be awakened.

Chang Zhenbang said: "My people can't effectively manage the technicians of those allied countries, so I can only hire those allied villains to supervise the work, these white villains are not afraid of white masters like the Chinese, but can do anything for money, so they are now employees that I am very satisfied with." More obedient and honest than those troublesome European mechanics. ”

"To be honest, this war has made the people of the empire a little confused, I only hope that the Jiujiang concession can have a smooth transition during my term of office, as for what happens after I leave, I can't care, I believe that the empire will have a good arrangement." There is no gentlemanly demeanor in the British Empire."

Chang Zhenbang said: "People in troubled times are like this, don't blame yourself too much, you are my old friend, I will let you have a decent farewell ceremony, the Europeans here will thank you after you leave, miss you and even miss you." ”

Basiri sighed and said, "I hope so! Let the time witness our friendship! As he spoke, he raised the wine glass in his hand and touched Chang Zhenbang lightly.

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