Section 1 Shanghai Turmoil (6)

"What nonsense?" Zhuang Jihua scolded with a smile: "But Ziniu, seeing that you are doing quite well now, if you are willing to do it with me, come here, if you are not, I promised you one million, and you will never be missing." ”

"Then I'll still do it with you," Wu Ziniu said without thinking about it: "It doesn't matter if you have money, follow you comfortably, and hold your breath under the hands of foreign devils." But, Commander, what are you going to do when you come back this time? I don't believe it's just a factory. ”

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said, "I'll tell you slowly." ”

The ultimate purpose of returning to China this time is only known to him and Mei Yuntian, and in the United States, there are several main figures such as Old Man Mei's father and son, Zhao Lingdong, etc., Lian Xiaosen is not completely clear, he only vaguely knows part of the content.

Ma Sinan Road is a heresy in the French Concession, why is it said to be a heresy? This starts from the distribution of residences in the French Concession, the French Concession takes Luban Road as the boundary line to the east for the Chinese residential area, the west is the foreigner residential area, in the west only Ma Sinan Road all live in the Chinese, and they are all celebrities, such as Songhu garrison commander Yang Hu, Cai Yuanpei, etc., the whole road is surrounded by tall palm trees on both sides of the road, European-style small western-style buildings, and the whole area has an elegant and unique environment.

Zhuang Jihua came early, so he got off the rickshaw at the intersection and walked in by himself, there were not girls riding or riding cars passing by along the way, these girls were all carrying schoolbags, it seems that there are schools nearby, Zhuang Jihua made a judgment in his heart.

"Cultural Revolution! I didn't expect it to be you. Zhang Jingjiang also felt strange when he heard the doorbell ringing, who came so early, after resigning as chairman of Zhejiang Province, he had less contact with the outside world, his home was relatively deserted, and there were few people who came to the door. But when he saw the business card sent by the housekeeper, Zhang Jingjiang was really surprised.

"I just returned to China, and I only found out my husband's address yesterday, and I came here recklessly today." Zhuang Jihua smiled slightly apologetically, then walked behind Zhang Jingjiang, took the handle from the housekeeper's hand, and pushed Zhang Jingjiang towards the courtyard.

"You ran away like that, and your headmaster was so angry." Zhang Jingjiang didn't seem to care about Zhuang Jihua's movements, but leaned back very happily, and spoke in a slightly playful tone.

"Alas, what can I do, I can't do what the principal wants me to do, just be a turtle with a shrunken head." Zhuang Jihua sighed self-deprecatingly: "But Mr. has always been good in the past few years?" ”

The small courtyard is not big, a few steps to a stone table, Zhuang Jihua let go of the wheelchair, sat on the stone bench opposite Zhang Jingjiang, then he saw clearly, Zhang Jingjiang is old, his eyes are no longer as bright and sharp as before, and his whole body exudes a faint laziness, but there is an extra string of Buddha beads in his hand, and his fingers keep playing with the round beads.

"I'm fine, I don't have to worry about it anymore." Zhang Jingjiang laughed.

Although Zhang Jingjiang made a look of seeing through the red dust, Zhuang Jihua saw his loss and resentment, so he didn't plan to go around in any circle, so he simply went straight in.

"I want to do something when I go back to China this time, and I want to ask my husband to help me out of the mountains." After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he looked directly into Zhang Jingjiang's eyes, but what disappointed him was that there was no color in Zhang Jingjiang's eyes.

"Cultural Revolution, I'm glad you came to me to reminisce about the past, if I can't help you with other things, I'm a cripple, what else can I do." Zhang Jingjiang said lightly that he had already helped two generations of Kuomintang leaders, and Chiang Kai-shek's abandonment made him very sad, and he no longer wanted to get involved in politics.

"Mr. ruined his family and the country back then, but now the country is still not a country, external troubles and internal troubles, the danger of the nation has never been so serious, and Mr. has not yet reached the time to rest." Zhuang Jihua said solemnly, you can only know the righteousness of this.

"What do you want to do? Learn from Deng Yanda? You must know that Chiang Kai-shek is my third brother. Zhang Jingjiang's tone was a little ridiculous, Deng Yanda organized the third party to win over Zhang Jingjiang, but Zhang Jingjiang did not agree with his ideas at all, and the two sides naturally could not get along.

"I also plan to let go of domestic affairs, I thought I could face it, but in 918 I was in the United States, and the Chinese in Chinatown were all heartbroken, at 1.28 o'clock, the Chinese enthusiastically donated, and even seven or eight-year-old children took to the streets to sell, I could no longer stand idly by, so I came back, I had to do something for my motherland, no matter whether his surname was Guo or Gong, but I couldn't do much alone, I asked Mr. to help me." Zhuang Jihua said earnestly, he thought of the sadness in Chinatown and the contempt of foreigners, and couldn't help but get excited.

"Do something, what are you going to do?" Zhang Jingjiang asked with some doubts.

"I made a plan," Zhuang Jihua decided to tell the truth and not hide anything: "I have made some money over the years, so I plan to use this money to set up some factories in China, the place is in Sichuan, and I have also contacted some like-minded people in the United States, they buy equipment for me, train workers, and I am responsible for returning to China to build a factory, but I need someone to turn over materials for me in Shanghai, and I want to ask Mr. to come forward." ”

Zhang Jingjiang closed his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "I have nothing but this house now, I really can't help you." ”

"All the funds are provided by me personally, and I don't need to pay a penny from my husband." Zhuang Jihua said softly.

"Another fool." Zhang Jingjiang was silent and sighed, "Mr. is a model for my generation, and I am willing to take Mr. as an example and be a fool like Mr." Zhuang Jihua immediately said: "In the past hundred years, the reason why my China has not been carved up and destroyed by the great powers is because there are fools like Mr. Sir is a big fool, and I am just a little fool. ”

It was a joke, but neither of them laughed, they just looked at each other quietly, and the courtyard fell silent, and only the school bell was heard not far away.

"Why Sichuan?" Zhang Jingjiang finally asked.

"I think there must be a full-scale war between China and China that will determine the survival of the nation, this is a war that we must win, this war I predict will break out in eight to ten years, because the enemy is strong and I am weak, at the beginning of the war we will lose all the outlets to the sea, all the rich areas in the east, the national political axe can only move to the west in the end, relying on the complex terrain in the west to block the army, Sichuan will become our big rear, so it is beneficial for the country to build factories there." Zhuang Jihua didn't dare to say too much, in fact, he only had five years.

When Zhuang Jihua said eight to ten years, Zhang Jingjiang's expression finally couldn't help revealing a trace of anxiety, the 918 incident and the 128 War of Resistance all showed that there must be a life-and-death war between China and China, but no one dared to determine the time of this war.

"You want to build a defense industrial system?" Zhang Jingjiang finally pointed out Zhuang Jihua's purpose, and Zhuang Jihua nodded without evasion.

"The funds needed for this are not a small amount, even if those overseas Chinese are willing, I'm afraid it's not enough." Zhang Jingjiang couldn't help but remind Zhuang Jihua that he didn't believe that he would have such a strong financial resource.

"I have more than $3 billion in personal assets, and more than $2 billion in funds that can be withdrawn, and the first amount of money I want to bring into Sichuan is $100 million, and I will transfer it from the United States when I need it in the future." Zhuang Jihua frankly showed his property hole cards, these money was obtained by his brains in recent years, mainly during the Great Depression in London short futures and the United States short stock all, and the United States restrictions on Chinese investment created a lot of trouble for him, he had to find many stand-ins, turned countless corners, but this also invisibly let him avoid the investigation of the United States Congress, until now his company in the United States is still operating in the name of the European company, and the European company is in the name of the Swiss company, The Swiss company, on the other hand, is a joint-stock company registered in the Cayman Islands by the Spaniards, and its shareholders are from Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the United Kingdom, etc., and only one thing is true, that is, these are all fake, only on paper.

Zhang Jingjiang gasped, he knew what Zhuang Jihua was like before, in just five years, he had accumulated so much wealth, which could not help but surprise him, who had seen money, and he began to face Zhuang Jihua's plan for the first time.

"What kind of factories are you going to build?" Zhang Jingjiang asked.

"Power plants, steel mills, gun factories, tank factories, aircraft factories, aluminum plants, radio factories, pharmaceutical factories, and hospitals." There are too many factories to be built, and Zhuang Jihua can't count them all: "I'm afraid the funds are not enough, but I still have plans to make up for the lack of funds." ”

Zhuang Jihua's plan is penicillin, and he hasn't made penicillin out all these years, not because he doesn't want to do it, but because he thinks about the consequences. The influence of this thing is too great, it is not good that it will win the Nobel Prize, once it makes a big fuss, someone will dig up his bottom, although he has made some arrangements in the United States, but no one can guarantee how effective this arrangement is, looking for someone to top overseas, he wants to find a Chinese, plus he has been too busy over the years, has not had time, so this matter has been delayed, and now he plans to take this thing out, at least to make up for the funding gap.

"Oh, what's the plan?" Listening to Zhuang Jihua's tone, Zhang Jingjiang was a little curious, how to make so much money.

"I bought a few patents in Europe and I could make a lot of money just by turning them into products." In 29, Zhuang Jihua bought Fleming's patent when he arrived in London, which was a measure he took to hide himself.

Although he was infected by Zhuang Jihua, Zhang Jingjiang still couldn't make up his mind, Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal made him feel painful, and it was really difficult for him to decide to re-enter politics.

"Sir, Shanghai is an important part of my plan, almost all the supplies have to pass through Shanghai, and the situation in Shanghai is complicated, and I have no skills, once there is an accident, money is secondary, the main thing is time, I can't afford to delay." Zhuang Jihua saw that Zhang Jingjiang was still hesitating, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

(To be continued)