"Yes, there is this thing, from last year to this year, we have produced a total of more than 70,000 Zhongcheng, 10,000 machine guns of various kinds, and more than 1,300 6082 mortars, all of which are sealed in the arsenal. There are three reasons, firstly, the losses of the Sichuan army are indeed very large, and they must be supplemented; Second, because of the technical level of the workers, the quality of these weapons is good and bad, and the problems account for about 4-5% of the total; Third, although the Sichuan army was defeated, the strength of the Sichuan army was still very strong, and the total strength was still more than 100,000. Zhuang Jihua observed Chiang Kai-shek's expression while explaining, and Chiang Kai-shek's face was uneasy, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

After a while, Chiang Kai-shek slowly said: "The equipment should still meet the needs of the Central Army first." ”

Zhuang Jihua understood that Chiang Kai-shek was worried that the factory in Sichuan would become the factory of the Sichuan army, and he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "Of course you can, but the principal, this is asking for money, and the 5,000 sticks this time are out of my personal pocket, and it won't work in the future." ”

"Oh, why, you can't call the shots?" Chiang Kai-shek turned his head to look at him and asked, after the arsenal in Yucheng began to produce weapons, he has been secretly paying attention, the money sent this time has been tested by the troops, although the appearance is relatively rough, but the surname can not be bad at all, which attracted his attention, and then got a report that Liu Xiang and they actually took 40,000 at once, which made him heartbroken, which is why he asked Zhuang Jihua to take the same car.

"No, I'm just one of the shareholders of the company, and Liu Xiang is also a shareholder." Zhuang Jihua replied.

"Oh, that's nothing, the central government has to sort out a hundred divisions, and the weapons of the German armor division are only three divisions at present, so it's a big deal that I will return the 100 million you gave you." Having said that, Chiang Kai-shek frowned, as if he was dissatisfied.

Zhuang Jihua saw it in his eyes, but he didn't care, originally they pulled Liu Xiang to avoid being swallowed by the central officials in the future, and it would be beneficial to open the lid a little now, and there would be less interference in the future.

"Now I can't eat so much," Zhuang Jihua sighed deliberately: "In a few years, the biggest harvest in these two years is to train a group of skilled workers, principal, you don't know, it was difficult at the beginning, there was no shortage of workers at all, the lathe was placed in the workshop, no one drove it, a master had to take three apprentices, to be honest, these workers were fed by me with money, they can become talents, I don't know how much material is wasted." ”

Speaking of this, he leaned his body heavily on the backrest and let out a long breath: "Now that we have people, it will be convenient to expand in the future, or in two years, we will be able to expand three more factories of the same size on the basis of the current one." In the future, we will have more and more weapons, and they will get better and better. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was silent and said: "In the past two years, you have worked very hard in Yucheng, I know this, I will not treat people who do things seriously, the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee will be held next year, I plan to make you a member of the Central Committee, what do you think?" ”

"I," Zhuang Jihua pointed to his chest, this time he was really stunned, he didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to make him a member of the Central Committee: "Member of the Central Committee? I'm not suitable. ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Zhuang Jihua and smiled, this Zhuang Jihua's "consciousness" is high, something that many people want, but he didn't think about it at all.

"I think you're a good fit, a lot of people want it, I don't want to give it yet."

"Member of the Central Committee, let's talk about it later, don't rush first, anyway, the meeting will not be held until next year." Zhuang Jihua suddenly remembered something: "Headmaster, I think we should send people to Moscow immediately, we have too close relations with the Germans now, and everything is used for them, but the Germans have a very close relationship with Yue himself, once China and Yue go to war, Hitler may abandon us because of this." So we have to have a second option. ”

Although it coincides with the previous life, this is Zhuang Jihua's own thoughts, this idea was just now he suddenly germinated in the discussion, Germany's strategy in Asia is to pull China against Britain and France, but if war breaks out between China, then Hitler will inevitably face a choice problem, said that Ben's strong navy is an important weight, Hitler will definitely choose Ben.

Chiang Kai-shek hummed slightly, he looked at Zhuang Jihua a little strangely, the latter showed a wry smile, he said slowly: "You are right, the United Russia system is our established strategy, but I am also difficult, it was too stiff before, and it is difficult to reopen the situation." ”

"Things are man-made, in fact, the key is people, if Mrs. Sun is willing to take a trip, I think the Soviet Russian side will understand our sincerity." Zhuang Jihua said.

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes lit up, and then dimmed again, after he sent someone to assassinate Yang Xingfo's father and son of the Civil Rights Protection League last year, Soong Qingling regarded him even more as an enemy, and he was not willing to associate with him at all, let alone contribute to him.

"Otherwise,..., Junshan and Xue Bing have both studied at Sun Yat-sen University in Soviet Russia, so you can choose one of them." Zhuang Jihua glanced at Chiang Kai-shek as he spoke, and Chiang Kai-shek's face darkened.

"Cultural Revolution, don't want to intercede for Deng Wenyi," Chiang Kai-shek immediately exposed Zhuang Jihua's purpose: "He disappointed me too much, he was corrupt and bribed, he set up small gangs, he didn't have much ability, and he had a lot of power; He Junshan is the same, he always dreams of being the leader of the Hunan people, is the leader so good? ”

Zhuang Jihua was stunned for a moment, knowing that Chiang Kai-shek was really angry this time, and Li Anding was running a small gang behind his back, and he might even have a connection with Li Jishen, but after the matter was exposed. Chiang Kai-shek still gave him a chance and persuaded him in person, but this time he didn't even give Deng Wenyi a chance.

"Principal, I'm not pleading for Xue Bing," Zhuang Jihua said slowly: "I also saw Xue Bing's incident from the newspaper, but if you think about it carefully, this matter is very strange, first of all, how did Xue Bing's investigation report newspaper know?" The newspaper said that he had a nose and eyes, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like a romance novel, so there is still no evidence for his affairs. Secondly, Xue Bing's matter looks simple, but it is actually very troublesome to deal with, which is related to the prestige of the political axe. If the Nanchang airport and airplanes were built with donations from overseas Chinese and domestic people, if they were embezzled, the people's confidence in the political axe would be greatly damaged, which would directly affect the purchase of aviation patriotic lottery tickets, and then affect the construction of the air force. Principals must be cautious. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was shocked, and Zhuang Jihua's words were heartfelt, and the aviation patriotic lottery ticket was a lottery ticket initiated by Soong Meiling for the purchase of aircraft to support national defense, which was issued throughout the country, and all sectors of society enthusiastically purchased it, which strongly supported the construction of the air force. If this incident affects the issuance of lottery tickets, Chiang Kai-shek is absolutely unwilling, not to mention the prestige of the political axe.

"Just let these two scum go!" Chiang Kai-shek let out a heavy breath and scolded a little helplessly.

"Of course not," Zhuang Jihua said solemnly, "However, principal, I see another worrying thing from this matter, that is, the people's distrust of the political axe. Deng Xuebing's bribery and cover-up, Xu Peigen's acceptance of kickbacks, there is no evidence at all, but as soon as it was reported, the people immediately believed it, which shows that the people's distrust of the political axe is already very high, and a little spark will immediately ignite a fire. ”

Chiang Kai-shek carefully recalled what happened, and it was true that as Zhuang Jihua said, Deng Wenyi and Xu Peigen had been regarded as criminals in the newspaper reports, and even if he thought that these two people must have these things, how could this be? Could it be that as Zhuang Jihua said, the people don't trust the political axe?

"It's a small matter to deal with Deng Xuebing and Xu Peigen, a small matter to issue aviation patriotic lottery tickets, and a big matter to restore the trust of the people," Zhuang Jihua was very serious: "So the students suggested that someone should be sent to investigate the matter of Deng Xuebing and Xu Peigen immediately, and re-investigate the Nanchang Airport fire case." If it is true that it is true that the newspaper said, then the two will be sentenced to death in order to declare the determination of the political axe to oppose [***]. If not, the innocence of the two will also be declared to the public. ”

Chiang Kai-shek just nodded, but then he felt inappropriate: "As you said, the people don't trust the political axe, so it is impossible for them to believe the report of the political axe's review, and the result is not the same." ”

"There is a way to appoint an official with a good official reputation and a person of high moral standing from the people, and they will jointly review it." Zhuang Jihua suggested without hesitation: "At the same time, send someone to the United States to check the price of the plane to find out whether Xu Peigen is receiving kickbacks." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was moved, he thought about it and nodded, if he saved the prestige of the political axe, it would be a good idea.

"If they really commit a crime, then resolutely deal with it, and put a stop to the wind of officialdom." Zhuang Jihua followed up and added. Since Xiao Zanyu told him that Deng Wenyi promised not to accept a penny from Xu Peigen, then he would do things ruthlessly, if something really found out, then he could only blame Deng Wenyi himself.

"Okay, let's do it." Chiang Kai-shek nodded in agreement, he hated the corruption of officialdom to the core, but there was nothing he could do; can only catch one is one, but some people can't catch it even if they find out, this involves all aspects of the relationship, he must weigh it all, but this makes him even more angry, this time there is a chance, it's good.

"You must strictly carry out the rectification of party and government affairs in Sichuan, and in the future it will be the base of our War of Resistance, and we must not let those corrupt officials spoil it." Chiang Kai-shek also advised: "There is also a strict supervision of the people below, not like the Blue Coat Society, putting aside the gangs and forming factions, and breaking them apart, but no one has done what they really want to do, it is simply a plate of scattered sand." ”

"Students understand." Zhuang Jihua said that he understood that Chiang Kai-shek was giving him the sword of Shangfang, and let him do it freely in Sichuan, without scruples. However, Chiang Kai-shek's words conveyed another message, he was already extremely dissatisfied with the Blue Coat Society, and Zhuang Jihua felt that Chiang Kai-shek was going to take action to rectify the Blue Coat Society.

Sure enough, not long after Zhuang Jihua returned to Yucheng, Zeng Guangqing received an order to serve as the director of the Political Training Department of the Beiping Military Branch, and Feng Yi took over as the director of the Sichuan Party Department.

(To be continued)