When he saw Liu Xiang, Zhuang Jihua was startled, Liu Xiang's hair was almost half white, his eye sockets were deep, and his eyes were dull, it seemed that the failure of the six-way encirclement and suppression hit him not ordinarily.

"Twenty years of hard work were ruined." Liu Xiang muttered: "My twenty years of hard work." ”

Whether the twenty years of hard work is the [***] kingdom or the Sichuan army, Zhuang Jihua guessed in his heart that it was the former, but he still comforted him: "Fu Gong, don't worry about it, the Central Army has entered Sichuan, and the Sichuan Army can have a chance to breathe. ”

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and shook his head, Qiao Yifu asked sharply: "How does the central government plan to rebuild the Sichuan army, and who does Hu Zongnan and Liu Maoen listen to?" ”

"Chairman of the Sichuan Army must have a detailed plan, and Secretary-General Yang and I are not very clear, and it is estimated that it is with Director He. The chairman of the committee will definitely discuss the command of the Irikawa troops with Fu Gong, and Fu Gong must rest assured about this. Zhuang Jihua knew very well in his heart that although the losses of the Sichuan army were very large, the strength was still not to be underestimated, and once it was pressed, Liu Xiang would turn to cooperate with the Red Army, and it would be a big trouble, and Chiang Kai-shek would not ignore this.

"Cultural Revolution, don't you know?" Zhang Sike looked disbelieving, he said coldly: "Cultural Revolution, since the Southwest Development Team entered Sichuan, Fu Gong Ke has always been fully assisted, what do you want, you have squeezed us in Yucheng to make us miserable, but I have seen Fu Gong complain at all, some people persuaded Fu Gong to fight back, but Fu Gong said that your policy is beneficial to the Sichuan people, and resolutely refused; You can't afford to fall right now. ”

"I am mindful of Fu Gong's support for me," Zhuang Jihua said very sincerely, indeed, in the past two years, a set of policies he implemented in Yucheng had a great impact on the political axe of Sichuan Province, and the repercussions in various parts of Sichuan were very great, forming a lot of pressure on Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang also had to take some corresponding measures, but Sichuan's financial revenue could not adopt the same policy as Chongqing, so Liu Xiang was still very blamed. But Liu Xiang never complained to Zhuang Jihua and did not interfere with the reform carried out in Yucheng, otherwise the reform of Yucheng would not be so smooth, Zhuang Jihua is well aware of this, and he is also very grateful: "The Sichuan army is newly defeated, Sichuan is in difficulty, I came to Chengdu this time to provide support for Fu Gong, if Fu Gong has any requirements, please ask, I will agree to what I can, beyond the scope of authority, I will try my best to help Fu Gong to fight for the chairman." ”

Zhuang Jihua changed his tone and said: "As for..., what Brother Si Ke said, I really don't know, I once had an appointment with the chairman of the committee after returning to China, I only go externally and not internally, and I don't participate in the suppression of the Communist Party, which is probably the reason why the chairman didn't tell me." ”

"Really?" Qiao Yifu and they were all greatly surprised, Zhuang Jihua actually dared to make such an agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, this is really shocking, Liu Xiang and Qiao Yifu exchanged glances, Qiao Yifu asked: "This time our losses are very large, in addition to the loss of the army, the military expenditure is more than 20 million, and the loss of guns and ammunition is even less, we have received the news that the chairman of the committee wants Fu Gong to choose one of the positions of commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army and provincial chairman, is this true?" ”

"I have also heard this news," Zhuang Jihua immediately replied: "The separation of military and political affairs is the consistent strategy of the central government, there is no military man in the central department who is also the chairman of the province, and the military who is also the chairman of the province is only available in local forces, and in the long run, the separation of military and political affairs is an inevitable trend, and the Chinese tradition is that the military does not interfere in politics, and only in the period of historical chaos, the military will interfere in politics. ”

Liu Xiang's face was gloomy, Qiao Yifu and they were not easy to answer, Fu Chang wanted to refute but only opened his mouth, Zhuang Jihua looked at them and suddenly smiled and said: "Fu Gong must have a way to deal with it, Fu Gong is not lacking in good government affairs, Fu Gong can let them take the position of chairman, which is also a separation of military and political affairs." ”

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly in his heart, this is also the coping strategy he thought, after being uncovered by Zhuang Jihua, Liu Xiang felt that he couldn't wrap Zhuang Jihua in a circle, this person was too shrewd.

"Cultural Revolution, to tell the truth, I can be mediocre and not good at military affairs or government affairs, I can't escape the blame for this fiasco, I have asked the chairman to resign from the post of commander-in-chief of the bandit army, and the next step I plan to resign from the post of commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army, and devote myself to construction and seek benefits for the people of Sichuan."

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and wanted to know Liu Xiang's intentions, he didn't want to hand over the position of provincial chairman, he would rather hand over the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, but he wanted to hand over the post of commander-in-chief, who would do it? Deng Xihou They definitely can't do it, they can't transfer the troops of the 21st Army Department at all, they are transferred from the 21st Military Department, Liu Xiang doesn't nod, who dares to take over?

After thinking about it, Zhuang Jihua had to admit that Liu Xiang's hand was very clever, and Chiang Kai-shek probably didn't expect it, I am afraid that all his judgments are the same as his, Liu Xiang will find someone from his staff to serve as the provincial chairman, and he will hold the position of commander-in-chief, but Liu Xiang did the opposite, so that Chiang Kai-shek's plan failed.

"The Sichuan army has suffered a lot of losses this time, with 60,000 soldiers and 80,000 guns, Cultural Revolution, you have to help me this time?" After Liu Xiang told Zhuang Jihua of his plan, he asked Zhuang Jihua to tell Chiang Kai-shek, as for what Chiang Kai-shek would do with him, he didn't care for the time being, but he had to consider the loss of the Sichuan army, so he hit Zhuang Jihua with the idea.

"What do you mean?" Although he had already planned and prepared for bleeding, Zhuang Jihua still didn't expect Liu Xiang to be so direct.

"I heard that the arsenal in Yucheng has been able to produce guns and ammunition, as well as medicines and equipment, see if you can allocate some to me." Liu Xiang asked lightly, but there was hope in his eyes.

"No," Zhuang Jihua said after thinking about it, Liu Xiang's face suddenly became very disappointed, Fu Chang stood up a little angrily and wanted to scold, Zhuang Jihua calmly made a gesture at Fu Chang, and then said: "These factories belong to the Sichuan Development Company, whether it is guns, ammunition or medical equipment and medicines, they are the source of income of the Sichuan Development Company. ”

Liu Xiang's face suddenly turned cloudy, the factories in Yucheng have been put into operation one after another, and now there are more than a dozen, including seven or eight arsenals, although I don't know how much the monthly output is, but I am afraid that there will be no less tens of thousands of guns in total, and it should not be a problem to equip one or two divisions. But when he thought about it, his expression immediately dimmed, the six ways to encircle and suppress him were bloody, almost all the military expenses were in his pocket, and he had already emptied them, and he couldn't afford to buy weapons and ammunition again.

"Last year, the efficiency of the Sichuan Development Company was not good, and the dividends at the beginning of the year were not much, how much will the income be this year?" Qiao Yifu's eyes flickered and asked with a smile. Last year, the income of the entire Sichuan Development Company was only seven or eight million, and it mainly came from banks, and at the shareholders' meeting at the beginning of the year, the shareholders had great opinions, and they almost quarreled to break up, but Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, and Yang Sen insisted on supporting them, so that there were no big problems, which is also a point that Zhuang Jihua said to remember.

"This year's income will far exceed last year's," Zhuang Jihua seemed to be happy: "At present, the monthly income of the pharmaceutical factory alone has reached 1.6 million, not counting the patent fees overseas in Shanghai, I estimate that the patent fees in Europe are still hundreds of thousands of marks, in addition, the income of the cement factory has reached as much as 3 million silver dollars, the income of the steel plant has also reached more than 700 million silver dollars, and the transportation company bank, and the income of the entire company by the end of the year can reach more than 20 million silver dollars, and at best, it can reach more than 30 million, which is close to the total financial revenue of Sichuan Province." This is not counting the income of the arsenal, the products of the arsenal are not sold, and they are still stored in the warehouse, if this income is added, the income at the end of the year will reach 40 million, close to the financial revenue of Sichuan Province, and I estimate that it can be doubled next year. ”

Zhuang Jihua did not say that he invested in this figure, and his investment this year was as high as 200 million silver dollars, which is not counting the development expenses of Panzhihua, and these revenues are mainly the income of pharmaceutical factories, cement factories, and transportation companies. After a year of expansion, the production capacity of the pharmaceutical factory has reached more than 35,000 penicillin per month, and it is still expanding, the product is in short supply, and the second pharmaceutical factory has been built to produce other drugs, and the cement is mainly due to the large-scale infrastructure construction in various parts of Chongqing.

However, this figure surprised Liu Xiang and others, Sichuan Province's fiscal revenue only reached more than 40 million at its peak, and it was still plundered by means of pre-increasing the land tax and changing the ocean into a small ocean, and the normal financial revenue was only more than 20 million, and now in less than two years, the income of the development company is as high as 40 million, how can this not be a surprise.

"If you want it, the turtle son insists on getting it," Liu Xiang rubbed his hands again and again, and smiled with a smile: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't think about it, it's been less than two years." ”

"Fu Gong is so happy?" Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "Next year's income will be higher, you can steal the fun when the husband arrives." ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and after the laughter, Fu Chang asked: "During the Cultural Revolution, the central government will implement fiat currency, will this affect the income of the Development Bank?" ”

In June this year, the U.S. Congress passed the "Silver Acquisition Act" to raise the purchase price of silver, which directly led to an increase in the purchasing power of the silver dollar, resulting in a serious outflow of silver dollars, and China's economy was hit hard.

"There will definitely be an impact, at least we don't have the right to issue money." Zhuang Jihua said quietly: "But I support this policy, a country can only have one currency, Sichuan Province used to have as many as a dozen kinds of currency, the harm of you may be deeply understood, after a year of rectification we eliminated all other currencies, the result of Sichuan commercial trade, industrial finance development to provide strong support." However, from the standpoint of the whole country, Sichuan is only a part of China, and the currency we issue is only a local currency, which in essence also messes up China's finance, so I firmly support the central government's implementation of legal tender and the abolition of local currency. ”

Shame, shame, watching other people's monthly passes grow by hundreds of votes overnight, it's really shameful, when will my monthly pass increase by hundreds of votes.

(To be continued)