10831908 Far Eastern madman

It was true that Song Jiaoren went south as a lobbyist for the Beiyang Group. But he didn't go back to his old life. When he learned from Zhao Bei's intentional or unintentional leakage that the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee was planning a rather grand industrial construction plan with the German business community, he did not intend to return to Beijing in a hurry, and he even recommended himself to act as a negotiator in this commercial negotiation, because in his opinion, Chairman Zhao was indeed unmatched in military affairs, but when it came to matters involving foreign affairs, the chairman seemed to show an indescribable paranoia and fanaticism, and diplomacy was no trivial matter, and out of prudence, he decided that he should also participate in this meeting anyway. What the hell do the Germans want to do.

Originally, Zhao Bei planned to hold talks on our behalf at the General Headquarters as the German Chamber of Commerce, but Song Jiaoren was adamantly opposed to this, and in his view, such talks should be limited to "the economic level." Therefore, it is better to set up the venue in a purely commercial venue, so as not to give the diplomatic illusion that this is an "official meeting".

Zhao Bei could only smile at this kind of scholarly opinion, could it be that the British government would raise a noble hand to the United Front because the German economic aid was obtained from "business talks"? Besides, was the purpose of the Germans providing economic aid to the United Front simple?

In this international diplomatic struggle, both Germany and Britain are just using China as a pawn, and Zhao Bei has to do it. It is to play this chess piece well and strive for the greatest interests for China at the same time.

However, out of respect for Song Jiaoren as an idealist, and to avoid irritating the nerves of the British too much, Zhao Bei finally agreed to Song Jiaoren's suggestion and set the venue of the Sino-German business negotiations in the Zhengzhou General Chamber of Commerce.

Zhao Bei and Song Jiaoren walked out of the general headquarters. The American Ford car was already in action. Just waiting at the door, although it is less than 500 meters away from the Zhengzhou General Chamber of Commerce, however, the commander-in-chief is on patrol, and this pomp and circumstance cannot be ignored. In order to pay attention to this pomp, this American Ford car was transported from Wuhan to Zhengzhou by a special car.

The driver of the sedan was sent from Wuhan, and now Jiang Fangzhen has trained hundreds of professional drivers for the General Staff, but now there are not so many cars available, and the vast majority of those drivers can only wait for the batch of cars that have just been ordered through the United States to be transported to Wuhan.

An important part of the Sino-German business negotiations is the negotiation of the intention of the German Mercedes-Benz Motors Company to open an automobile manufacturing plant and an internal combustion power manufacturing plant in Wuhan. According to Zhao Bei's plan, the automobile factory and the internal combustion engine factory will be operated in the form of a Sino-German joint venture, although German businessmen generally express doubts that China's skilled workers can meet the needs of the automobile manufacturing industry, but even if Mercedes-Benz eventually abandons the investment plan, Zhao Bei is not worried, because there are several other German automobile companies interested in this industrial cooperation project, but their business negotiators are still running around the Siberian railway line and have not yet arrived in Zhengzhou.

The commander-in-chief goes out on patrol, of course, he must call forward and hug the back, although as a superior person, he should often make some pro-people gestures, but this pro-people posture must also be timed, now the war is still going on, the safety of the commander-in-chief is the first, and the commander-in-chief is responsible for the protection of not only the guard battalion, but also the chamber. And as a sharp sword in the hands of the commander-in-chief. The power of the chamber is quite large, and it can directly declare a state of martial law.

In fact, before Zhao Bei stepped out, martial law had been declared on several streets in the vicinity, so. When the Ford car carried Zhao Bei and Song Jiaoren down the street, the empty street made both of them a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the road was not far away, and soon the Ford car stopped, and the retired German Army colonel Hannagan was already waiting with the German Chamber of Commerce in front of the main gate of the Zhengzhou General Chamber of Commerce, many of these people had just arrived from Wuhan, in order to catch this Sino-German economic cooperation express, almost all the German business groups in China were concerned about this armed conflict between the north and the south. And most people believe that the war will end in a complete victory for the united front.

"American Cars."

Hannagan first introduced the negotiators on both sides, then pouted at the American car and gave a serious assurances to the commander-in-chief.

"If the commander-in-chief likes to ride in a car, I can immediately go through the German Chamber of Commerce for you from still thinking that the carriage is the most suitable means of transportation, especially in your country, and as a soldier, the most suitable means of transportation should be the best war horse, if you do not object, I can choose the best war horse for you in the German barracks in Qingdao through the relationship, you can ride this German war horse, and enter the city of Beijing as a victor!"

"Thank you Colonel for your kindness, but now I'm too short of money to afford that many cars. Of course, if you really have convenience, I have no objection to you getting me a few European war horses, since I gave away the white horse of the general of Jingzhou, I have been worried about this mount, although the Mongolian horse is good, but it is too short, I think, the best military horse should be the Don hippopotamus

Zhao Bei smiled and accepted Hannagan's gift. The Germans would not be stingy with a few horses anyway, but for the current troops, the most suitable means of transport was neither a car nor a European horse, but a mule, and this large animal, which combined the advantages of donkeys and horses, was indeed very suitable for the current squadron. More importantly, the people in Zhili, Shandong and other regions have always had the habit of raising mules. The source of mules is not a problem, and Zhao Bei can't afford to play "motorized mechanization" now. But playing with "mule and horse" seems to be okay.

"Don hippos? The kind of war horse that the Cossacks rode? In fact, that kind of war horse is a hybrid war horse, the bloodline is not pure, and it is not a good war horse, and Hannagan disagrees with Zhao Bei's opinion.

"On the battlefield, it's enough. It's like the car I'm using now, it's just enough.

The name and a German began to exchange their views on the war horse, and Song Jiaoren could only smile bitterly, but fortunately, the two sides quickly ended the argument and quickly began talks.

Although there were some soldiers and businessmen who came with the commander-in-chief, they were all vase characters, and it was the commander-in-chief and the chairman who really sang the leading role, and even Song Jiaoren, who was more familiar with negotiation affairs, also sat aside and became a supporting role.

Looking at Zhao Qi, who was full of wine, again,! that map of China. Song Jiaoren intuitively realized what it is... The dense red circles and blue circles on the map of the first and second "mountains" are the best footnotes to Zhao Bei's ambitions. No Chinese in this era is more ambitious than him, if it is a business wizard with white hair who points to the map to outline a bright business prospect to German businessmen, Song Jiaoren may not be so surprised, but the problem is that Zhao Bei is only twenty-six or seven years old this year, but at such an age, he has such vision and courage, no wonder he can dominate the Central Plains and look at the world.

Not only was Song Jiaoren surprised by this, but German businessmen were also shocked by Zhao Bei's ambition.

According to the strategic vision of this commander-in-chief. He wants to establish a complete set of industrial system within four parts, from cotton imitation industry to machine manufacturing, from fertilizer factories to automobile and aircraft factories, from mining to the construction of railways, which is not only an industrial development plan, but also the ambition of a strong country!

But please don't forget that China, this is an agricultural country, but also a backward agricultural country, although the country's agricultural civilization originated very early, but the deep-rooted agricultural tradition and small peasant consciousness is the biggest obstacle to the country's march towards the industrial age, to build so many industrial enterprises and supporting technical training schools in just four Boli, this is almost an impossible task.

Why is this military strongman in the Far East in such a hurry to build his own industrial system? Why can't he relax this "four plans" into "new year plans"? You know, if you count from the first industrial revolution, it took almost a hundred years for Britain to become a real industrial country, and the commander-in-chief in front of it. He was going to take four weeks to walk the path that Britain had walked for half a century.

There is an old Chinese idiom called "plucking seedlings to help grow." It seems that it can be used to describe the current industrial development plan of this military strongman in the Far East.

However, the German businessmen did not waste their energy on this, because they knew very well that whether or not the industrial development plan could be completed on time, as the commander-in-chief had planned, German industry and business would benefit from the plan, imagine that the German steel syndicate used the Hanyeping company in Wuhan to refine China's iron ore. And then dump these steels at low prices to China and the entire Far East, so what happens after that? Obviously, those British and French local steel companies will be dealt a fatal blow. And this will play an important role in the improvement of Germany's national strength.

More importantly, the commander-in-chief intends to use this "four plans" to establish a basic north-south and east-west railway transportation network, and not only the planned Longhai line and Jinpu line will start construction immediately. Moreover, the construction of the Sichuan-Han and Guangdong-Hanzhou railways will also start as soon as possible, and on the Yangtze River, at least two railway bridges will be built! Railways and bridges are inseparable from steel, and the start of these projects will undoubtedly provide huge market capacity for German and Chinese steel joint ventures for a long time.

Moreover, these railways will also be operated in a Sino-German cooperative manner, once the railways are completed. The huge central and western markets will also bring a huge amount of money to the German business community.

What is "pie in the sky"? That's it!

In addition to commercial interests, more important are political interests, once the Sino-German cooperation is carried out smoothly, the "friendship" between the two countries will be further strengthened, and it will cause fundamental changes to the British Far East strategy!

In the face of the great temptation, all the representatives of the German Chamber of Commerce were eager to sign all the cooperation projects immediately. But here's the problem. Today's negotiations are just a discussion of intentions, and although the sincerity of both sides is real, at present, there is still a lack of a catty, a key bridge.

This bridge is called "Central Power." "Commander-in-Chief Zhao does not have the power to cooperate directly with the German government if he does not grasp this central power for a long time, and this grand "four industrial development plan" is absolutely inseparable from the support of the German government.

Therefore, both the Germans and the United Front were looking forward to a complete military victory. Once in the city of Beijing, this central power was transferred from the Beiyang side to the United Front side, to be precise, to the commander-in-chief Zhao Bei, and to a military strongman who had a strong affection for Germany.

Only then will German businessmen be able to invest German money in this grand industrial development project.

In other words, in any case, Zhao Bei must enter the central power layer, otherwise, this industrial development plan is to draw bread to satisfy hunger.

Of course, as a pound of this intention meeting, an important result, but also as a "friendship" of German businessmen. "A commercial loan was formalized after the talks, and although it was only two million German marks, it was enough to satisfy both sides of the talks. What's more, not only did this loan not ask for collateral, but it also had no restrictions on its use!

In order to pull the commander-in-chief onto his own thief ship, the Germans can be regarded as having invested enough.

And, as if to celebrate the success of the talks, it was just as Zhao Bei and Hannagan led the negotiators out of the conference room on our behalf. A telegram was delivered to the commander-in-chief by an adjutant.

This is a telegram from Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing, signed by the envoys of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Russia, Austria, and Italy. The content of the telegram was also very simple: the Beiyang Center had formally conveyed its eagerness to negotiate peace to the United Front through the British Minister, who had consulted with the Ministers of other countries. The unanimous decision to participate in this North-South mediation will prompt both sides to end the state of hostilities, sit down at the negotiating table, and resolve the issue of the distribution of power in a peaceful way.

"Dull, you have to go to this North-South peace talks. Its foreign troops have withdrawn from Baoding City. It seems that they really want to make peace this time. Zhao Bei smiled and handed the telegram manuscript to Song Jiaoren.

"Song will do his best."

Song Jiaoren sighed, smiled and only said one sentence, he was also emotional, and he also understood the meaning of Zhao Bei's sentence "to promote peace". Sometimes, if you don't let the other party see your true strength, the other party will never sit down and talk to you kindly.

And this time, Song Jiaoren is absolutely confident that he will get more from the negotiating table and get those things that are difficult to get on the battlefield.

It's time for this mess to come to an end.