The reply from the German political axe arrived, accepting most of Zhuang Jihua's requests, agreeing to help China build an engine plant and a special steel plant within two years, rejecting the heavy artillery plant, but proposing to replace it with a chemical weapons equipment factory.

Zhuang Jihua was silent for a while, and finally accepted this condition, saying that the army used a large number of chemical weapons in World War II, and the Chinese soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and it is also a good choice to have such a factory, as for heavy artillery, you can take it slowly, Germany does not give it, and the United States.

A secret agreement was signed between the two sides, and the publicly signed licensing agreement between the Sichuan Development Company and Deutsche Pharma was a big deal. The Yucheng Municipal Government held a grand signing ceremony at the Yucheng Hotel, where reporters from all over the world gathered.

"According to the agreement, in Europe we only license to Deutsche Pharma GmbH, which means that Deutsche Pharma GmbH is the only company in Europe that has the right to produce penicillin." As soon as Zhuang Jihua's words fell, the audience was in an uproar, and British and French reporters raised their hands to ask questions.

"General Zhuang, why don't you give the British company an authorization?" The Times reporter asked.

"You should ask the person in charge of the company in the UK on this issue." Zhuang Jihua's smile at this moment is the meanest and most vicious in the world in the eyes of British and French reporters.

"Can't a French company offer royalties of two marks?" The AFP reporter rushed out: "Do you have a secret agreement?" ”

"No, it's a purely commercial agreement." Zhuang Jihua said: "Of course, companies from other European countries are not unable to engage in the production of penicillin, they can negotiate with Deutsche Pharmaceutical, and of course we also have to take two marks in royalties." ”

The reporter's response was even greater, and more hands were raised.

Ralph said with a smile on his face: "General Zhuang's generosity makes me feel very much that we can obtain the authorization is inseparable from the efforts of our political axe, and I think the prospects for Sino-German business cooperation are very broad." ”

Ralph is justifiably proud that this license will generate hundreds of millions of marks in revenue for Deutsche Pharma in the coming years.

On the same day, the Times columnist Charlie Fon strongly condemned the inaction of the British political axe in this incident with the title of "The Failure of the British Empire in China", "... It is clear that the German political axe is doing more to help German business, and our political axe is more like an old man in the manor, enjoying the dedication of the children but doing nothing, and the owner of 10 Downing Street and the old man of Whitehall watch with indifference this invention that can change the fate of mankind being taken away by the Germans, and Mr. MacDonald should reflect on the .......,"

Charlie Fon even linked the event to the fate of Britain: "The defeat of Penicillin was a sign of the decline of the British Empire in the Far East. In northern China, the League of Nations did not take tough measures against Yueben, and the British Empire failed to take strong measures against the attack of Yueben's army on the Great Wall, so the Chinese no longer believed in the League of Nations and the British Empire. They strengthened their cooperation with Germany, the German Advisory Group became dominant in China, they dominated China's military procurement, and British companies lost tens of millions of pounds a year for this, while many British companies struggled to survive. …… The afterglow of the setting is reflected at the confluence of the two rivers, the river flows quietly, it takes away the glory of the British Empire, and the glory of the British Empire, all of which soon no longer belong to us. ….

Lord, forgive them! ”

On the same day, Charlie Fon's article appeared on the front page of The Times, causing a sensation on Fleet Street, and British Prime Minister John MacDonald made a radio speech, arguing that penicillin, an invention that has made a great contribution to human development, is the common wealth of mankind, and that China should unconditionally disclose his patent.

When the news reached Yucheng, Zhuang Jihua immediately felt a great threat, he was a little inexplicable, how could the British be like this? If you can't get it, you start using brute force? Don't want to be a gentleman? Zhuang Jihua was furious, he immediately held a press conference and issued a statement: "I have taken note of Prime Minister Macdonald's speech, I regret this speech very much, I think Mr. Macdonald's proposal is very short-sighted, the patent law of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has lasted for hundreds of years, and it cannot be abolished because of a penicillin, right?" If the patent for penicillin is mandated to be published on the grounds that it has made a significant contribution to human development, then I would like to ask Mr. MacDonald, which patent has not made a significant contribution to human development? Should they all be made public? If the British political axe talks about this precedent, is it still necessary for the UK to have a patent law? Who else will dare to apply for a patent in the UK in the future? Do British scientists' patents still dare to go abroad? In the end, Zhuang Jihua threatened: "If the British government forces the disclosure of our patents, then we will file a lawsuit with the British Supreme Court, and we will join other countries to take reciprocal measures." ”

After a series of cross-examinations from Yucheng, China, left MacDonald scrambling, Charlie Fon mockingly said in The Times: "In front of the young deputy mayor of Yucheng, Mr. MacDonald is more like a hairy young man who has just entered politics, and he hastily puts himself in an awkward position." ”

After the British political axe stabilized its position, he felt that the blow to the credibility of Britain by the compulsory disclosure of patents was too great, and the British intellectuals and major companies also opposed it, believing that it was a serious unconstitutionality. But his retreat was seen as Zhuang Jihua's victory in China, and the poster industry began to tout.

The penicillin controversy also had another effect, many foreign reporters came to Chongqing, they found that it seemed to be a paradise in China, there was no war here, there was crazy construction here, the whole city was like a huge construction site, this construction site absorbed almost all the surplus labor force in the city and the surrounding countryside, and his influence was still expanding to the farther periphery, northern Sichuan, northeast Sichuan, western Sichuan, southern Sichuan, those people in war-torn areas began to flock to Yucheng.

"Here we see a different kind of China, where the people are working hard, and in the countryside we see children who are enjoying free education in spacious and bright classrooms, and their faces are healthy, not the kind of hunger that we see in the slums of Shanghai, and there are no tax collectors along the way, 'As long as you are willing to work, you will be fed.'" That's what people here are talking about, and it's true, I don't see beggars in this city, they're either absorbed into the factories or into the road construction teams, there's no agricultural tax, the peasants' incomes have risen dramatically, and their only fear now is when the political axe will collect the tax again, 'It's never been so good.' The old farmer Wang Da Niu told me that he is over 60 years old this year, he has four sons, two daughters, two sons are studying, two daughters have been married, the eldest son has married, and the second son has entered the factory. The people of the village are like him,...。 ”

After the well-known "Ta Kung Pao" Wang Yunsheng's article was published in Tianjin, it aroused the suspicion of many people, because there is no such place in China now, but Shanghai's "Damei Evening News" published their reporter Luo Songzhu's report "The Southwest Corner of China", and people began to believe it.

"Penicillin drew me to the city, but now I'm less and less interested in penicillin, and more interested in the city. Two years ago, when the development of the Southwest first began, I was as skeptical as my colleagues were about his effectiveness, about his purpose, and we even thought it was a hoax, but today I want to tell you that all of this is true, and that in two years there has been a huge change here.

In two years, they started the construction of 17 factories here, and now nine have been put into operation, including the Southwest Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which produces penicillin, in two years they have built 3,000 kilometers of road transportation, and in two years they have sorted out the taxes in the Yucheng area and exempted them from agricultural taxes for thousands of years; In two years, they built more than 200 schools, with more than 300,000 students enrolled. Within two years they had begun construction of Sichuan's first railway, which now has more than 100,000 people working on it.

This is an economic miracle, and Western economists will probably have to argue about it for many years, how did they do it, and Zhuang Jihua, the leader of the Southwest Development Task Force, who was once considered to have betrayed Rehe and recently had a debate with MacDonald, told me that the way to create a miracle is very simple, work selflessly, and stay away from empty talk.

Selfless work, away from empty talk; Each member of the Southwest Development Team is responsible for the workload of three people, and they have no time to discuss what doctrines and what national policies; They devoted all their energies to the development of the southwest.

In two or three years, when you come here again, you will see a brand new city, a land full of life. General Li Zhilong, the vice-captain of the development team, said to me, his face was full of confidence.

It was a group of youth-led revolutions, and unlike the vigorous Blue Coat Society movement in other parts of China, they were more closely integrated with the economy. Perhaps the eldest of these young people is the mayor of Chongqing, General He Guoguang, who is only 50 years old this year, and he has launched a huge municipal plan, which he told me will be ten times more beautiful than it is now. I believe his words.

I don't see any officials who don't pay for their meals, and there are still some people in the opera garden who are called Pao Ge by the locals, and they are the Qinghong Gang in Sichuan, but it is clear that they are much more restricted than the Qinghong Gang in Shanghai. When I tried to bribe a member of the development team, he firmly refused, and he reported it to his superiors, for which I was interrogated for a long time, because the bribe must have been purposeful and must have been ulterior. The [***] and bureaucracy that are common in officialdom all over China do not seem to be there here, but Mr. Teng Jie told me that this is still the case, and some time ago they dealt with a task force leader, for which they improved the monitoring mechanism.........."

Luo Songzhu's report caused a sensation in Shanghai, and the magic of Yucheng began to disperse, and reporters who were about to go back received a telegram from the editor-in-chief, asking them to interview Yucheng, and more reporters rushed to Yucheng from all over the country.

But Zhuang Jihua began to worry, he began to regret accepting this interview with Luo Songzhu, the work of southwest development has just been a bit eyebrow-raising, and the impact is so big, it is too eye-catching.

Luo Songzhu's interview was conducted after he had dealt with the distribution method of penicillin in China, and it was also done inadvertently, strictly speaking, he was a reporter.

After the European penicillin was licensed to Germany, Zhuang Jihua began to work on the domestic distribution, Shanghai is China's largest market, and Shanghai is the center of the competition for economic power among all parties, for example, the Seven Star Company, there is Kong Xiangxi's background, although Kong Xiangxi has not touched him, but he can't help but consider the relationship with him, the last time he refuted his face on the import issue because he couldn't give them a piece, but now the sales are different, Zhuang Jihua decided to ease the relationship with Kong Xiangxi, and handed over Shanghai to him.

This time, the representative of Seven Star Company is very honest, and the level is high enough, it is the general manager who comes in person, this general manager is much smarter than the previous one, maybe he knows more insiders, and he agreed to Zhuang Jihua's request.

"I can give it to you in Shanghai, the price is sixty oceans, and you can only add five oceans." Zhuang Jihua was under too much pressure, and he had to make concessions on price, but fortunately, now the output of the pharmaceutical factory has reached the level of 10,000 pieces per month, and there is also an income of 600,000 oceans a month.

"Yes, no problem, I don't know how much you can give us per month?" The general manager was ecstatic in his heart, and the suffering of the past few days was finally not in vain.

"Half of the production, now there are 10,000 per month, and I will give you 5,000." The general manager hesitated, Zhuang Jihua shook his head lightly and said: "Don't be too greedy, 3,000 of these 10,000 are to be provided to the army, the principal needs to suppress bandits on the Jiangxi front, and the remaining 2,000 are also needed for Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Beiping, and General Liu Xiang in Sichuan." ”

"Understood, understood, thank you General Zhuang for your support, I will pay the deposit immediately."

Okay, go up, I don't need to remind me, Zhuang Jihua stood up and was about to send off the guests, Gong Xiuhua hurriedly came in, she glanced at the general manager, and then whispered a few words in Zhuang Jihua's ear, Zhuang Jihua's face suddenly became serious.

"When?"

"It just happened, and they reported it immediately." Gong Xiuhua's voice was still relatively low, but the general manager still heard it, and he immediately stood up and said to Zhuang Jihua: "General Zhuang, you are busy, I will leave first." ”

"You go to Director Yu of the Logistics Department to sign the agreement, I won't send it." Zhuang Jihua frowned, obviously talking about what had just happened.

(To be continued)