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Chapter 1085 Compensation for losses in the embankment and outside the embankment

With An Yi's sudden cannoning, an uproar was immediately set off in the domestic political circles, and the unprepared Wang Jingwei government and the Chiang Kai-shek forces that held real power were secretly complaining, and no matter how vigilant they were, they could not have imagined that An Yi would suddenly attack. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Without waiting for Chiang Kai-shek's call, An Yi led his brothers to fly to Guiyang to state his last resort, which was actually a tough stance:

Dealing with Wu Liheng, commander of the independent division of the 17th Army's ace division, is to suppress the awakening of the entire country and nation, and is the ultimate means for the pro-Japanese faction to counterattack.

Chiang Kai-shek sighed, but could only explain the matter in detail:

Although the actions of the 17th Army have won the support of the people and made the people of the whole country who have been oppressed by the Japanese and the pro-Japanese government raise their eyebrows, but under the current situation, it is impossible to bring down the Wang Jingwei faction, and the nation that has been war-torn for a hundred years has reached the point where it can no longer bear it, and the entire middle and upper class society in North China has deteriorated, and even Song Zheyuan, Yu Xuezhong, and Shang Zhen, who have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, have swallowed their anger and tried their best to protect themselves under the double pressure of the Japanese invaders and the pro-Japanese faction. Therefore, on the premise of trying to protect Hu Jialin, Chiang Kai-shek could only take responsibility for Wu Liheng, who ordered his soldiers to pursue and kill, and was photographed by European and American reporters with a camera.

At this time, An Yi's mood was better, and he also knew that Wang Jingwei's government still had a strong influence, and knew that the selfishness and compromise of the national bourgeoisie would inevitably lead to many unexpected results.

Therefore, An Yi did not make Chiang Kai-shek too embarrassed, but on the premise of protecting the interests of Wu Liheng and the 17th Army, he let the whole society make a choice, and An Yi very much wanted to see if the Chinese still inherited the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. Will they share the same hatred for what happened to the Independent Division and Wu Liheng, and unite to fight against Wang Ching-wei's capitulation government?

After the issue of principle was resolved, An Yi lost interest in staying in Guiyang, and immediately returned to southern Sichuan, keeping one eye on the drastic changes in the situation in the country, and the other looking at distant Burma.

In Yangon in spring, with the singing of birds and flowers, on the square in front of the building of the Burmese colonial government under the Viceroy of British India, the highest military and political chief of Myanmar, Ginnad Ginal. Dorman. Sir Smith is leading his officials to warmly welcome the visit of Ou Yaotingre, who has just been knighted in the British Empire.

After some intimate greetings, the guests and hosts entered the building together, and when they arrived at the conference room on the second floor, Ou Yaoting and Kinnader waved off their left and right.

The two came to the room and sat down on a row of sofas in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Kinnard waited for the blonde maid to offer Ou Yaoting a cup of fragrant tea and bowed down, then asked with a smile:

"Thank you, dear Ou, for your contribution to the prosperity of Myanmar's economy. In this short period of five years, you have successively invested in industries and built transportation in Yangon, Mawlamyin, Mandalay and other places, bringing huge benefits to the Myanmar government. Is there anything I need help with this visit to my residence? ”

Ou Yaoting nodded politely: "That's right, next week, the large-scale rubber refining plant I opened in Saliem, on the other side of the Yangon River, will be officially put into operation, and I would like to invite the Governor to attend my opening ceremony!" ”

Kinnad shook his head: "Ou, I am only the military and political commissioner of Burma, under the jurisdiction of the Viceroy of India, and I deserve such a honorable title as 'Governor-General'. As for attending the opening ceremony, I heard that after the rubber refining plant is officially put into operation, it will produce industrial tires, sealing rings, latex gloves and condoms, which will become an important product for Myanmar to earn foreign exchange through exports. ”

Ou Yaoting said respectfully: "Thank you, my lord, for your face!" In fact, the purpose of opening a factory is to make money, and it is also thanks to the good policies of adults that I choose to invest in Myanmar. In recent years, with the unremitting efforts of adults, Myanmar's industrial and agricultural development has made long-term progress, especially transportation, the new addition of Lashio to the Baudwin mining area, Mandalay to Wangse copper mine two sections of the railway have been opened to traffic, I invested capital to build the Myitkyina to Daomao highway has also begun to make initial profits, I think this continues to develop, or it will not be long before Myanmar's economic development will attract domestic attention, Myanmar's administrative upgrade is imperative, then the commissioner will naturally be promoted to governor. ”

Kinnad smiled: "As the military and political commissioner of Myanmar, I have the responsibility and obligation to work for the welfare of the people under my rule, as for what will happen in the end, only God knows, doesn't he?" Ou, although I don't know what is the use of you buying nearly 100 kilometers of mountains in the Daomao area, and I don't understand what the attraction of those red, white, and green stones is, I know that you have brought great opportunities to us in Myanmar. Ou, I know that your industry is mainly concentrated in the Straits Settlements, and that Burma's industry is only a small part of your vast economic empire, and I implore you to increase your investment in Burma in the future, and I guarantee that you will get the best treatment. ”

Ou Yaoting knew that Westerners had no feeling for jadeite and jade at all, they only liked diamonds, gold and silver, so he didn't explain, and he said:

"My lord, I wonder if you have noticed the red-hot border trade between French Annam and Yunnan today? The government of southern Sichuan, which has abundant financial resources, purchased a large amount of grain, oil, iron ore, rubber, and other resources through convenient and fast transportation in French Annam, while Annam made a lot of money by trading with southern Sichuan in tape recorders, hair dryers, juicers, electric shavers, vacuum cleaners, electric irons, and other electrical products, as well as strategic materials such as tungsten, antimony, tin, and pig bristles.

"I heard that in the second half of last year alone, the French Annam government earned hundreds of millions of francs in profits, and now the Annam government is ready to make a big effort, not only to set up a project to make the Yunnan-Vietnam railway a double line to increase transport capacity, but also to organize hundreds of thousands of people to widen its highway from Hanoi to Jiangcheng in southern Yunnan through Menglai, in addition, the French colonial government has also widened and deepened the Mekong River, 5,000 tons of freighters can go directly to Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh to Vientiane can pass through 2,000 tons of freighters throughout the year, and then up to southern Yunnan can only pass through about 1,000 tons of freighters. However, this is enough to solve the problem of outbound logistics in southern Sichuan.

"As bilateral trade between Yunnan and Vietnam becomes more frequent, it can be expected that trade in the southwest, which accounts for more than half of China's total economic output, will rise sharply in the coming years. My lord, I wonder what you think about this? ”

Kinnader said very regretfully: "It is undeniable that the French Annam government has indeed taken the lead in this regard, as the military and political commissioner of Myanmar, although I also have the intention to carry out border trade cooperation with southern Sichuan, but last year we just fought a war in western Yunnan, and now although people are released, it will take a while for normal economic and trade exchanges with southern Sichuan." ”

Ou Yaoting smiled: "My lord, in fact, our Burma is more advantageous than Annam, not only is it closer to Europe, but we also have sufficient copper, nickel, oil and other resources, once we can trade with southern Sichuan, the huge profits we earn are enough to ensure that Burma is independent from British India and is under the direct jurisdiction of the cabinet, and your lord will naturally be promoted to the governor of Burma." ”

Kinnard pondered for a while, then suddenly stood up and walked to the side of the filing cabinet, opened the cabinet and took out a thick document, flipped through it and nodded, took the document back to his seat, and handed the document to Ou Yaoting:

In the 23rd year of the Qing Dynasty Guangxu and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was a clause in the "Supplementary Provisions for the Continuation of the Burma Treaty" that 'China promised to judge whether the construction of railways in Yunnan and trade would be beneficial in the future, and if it was built, it would be connected with the Burmese railway'. In the 33rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, our consul in Yunnan sent a note to the governor of Yunnan, proposing to build a railway from Burma to enter Yunnan through Tengyue in western Yunnan, and the right of way belonged to the British.

"Ou, I know that your son-in-law is General An, the actual controller of southern Sichuan, if you can persuade him to finance the construction of the railway from Kunming to Taluo port, our Burmese government can provide railway design drawings and engineering and technical personnel, and at the same time I will apply to the cabinet for the project, and strive to build the railway from Lashio to Taluo as soon as possible, so that this railway, which has existed on the drawings for more than 30 years, can be realized in our hands."

Ou Yaoting solemnly flipped through the information and found that the British were really well prepared, including the design of a railway from Kunming through Yuxi, Yuanjiang, Simao to Taluo, specific to each mountain, each river has specific data, with the location and method of construction, and there is a detailed budget, not to mention the data on the Burmese side, I believe that once the project is established, the speed of construction will be far beyond imagination.

Seeing Ou Yaoting close the information, Kinnad said with a smile: "Actually, the cabinet is very satisfied with the sincerity shown by General An in releasing the prisoners of war, and is discussing how to carry out further economic and trade cooperation with southern Sichuan. However, this is just a little bit of my idea, and now that the international situation is changing, things can change at every moment, and I can't guarantee whether I can get the authorization of the cabinet. ”

Ou Yaoting nodded understandingly: "The relationship between countries is indeed not something that a businessman like me can understand, but we should see that now Japan is frequently creating incidents in North China, and the interests of the British Empire in the area south of the Great Wall of China are being seriously damaged, and the officials of the Nanjing Nationalist Government are appeased and nurtured traitors and retreat everywhere, and one day the Japanese who cannot be satisfied will tear off the mask of hypocrisy and launch a full-scale invasion of China, and then the interests of the British Empire in China will be lost." Therefore, how to find a breakthrough is extremely crucial.

"All along, the French side has regarded China's southwest region as its traditional sphere of influence, and has continued to carry out economic and political infiltration, once the Sino-Japanese war deepens, the Nanjing government is very likely to retreat to central, northwest and southwest China, then France can rely on its huge geographical advantage, earn a steady stream of profits. If the British Empire and the Burmese government do not make arrangements sooner, it will be too late to get a piece of the pie. ”

Kinnader looked at Ou Yaoting with some confusion: "Ou, you mean that once a full-scale war breaks out between China and Japan, the battle situation will be delayed into the confrontation stage?" However, according to the analysis of our domestic strategic experts, if there really is such a day, the Nanjing government will choose to surrender within three months, and now the Nationalist Government, from Chairman Lin Sen to President Wang Jingwei, does not look like people who can persist in resisting Japan......

Ou Yaoting's expression became very serious: "My lord, it cannot be denied that there are many soft bones in the Chinese government, but there are more hardliners in the army who are determined to resist Japan. I wonder if you have ever been to the southwest of China? Now there's a sea change happening there. After more than five years of unremitting efforts, the basic industries in this region have basically been completed, the output of iron and steel exceeded 2.5 million tons last year, and all kinds of large-scale factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the war potential is extremely huge. I even have this feeling: If the Japanese give China more time, it will not take more, in ten years, China's total economic output will surpass Japan in an all-round way, and even if Japan does not want to go to war, China's army will take the initiative to go north to clean up its homeland. ”

Kinnader was shocked, and then thought that the air conditioners, refrigerators, fans, cassette recorders, and electric stoves used in his office and home were all products of southern Sichuan, as well as hair dryers, razors, washing machines, and electric ovens used in daily life were also produced in southern Sichuan, and he was immediately relieved:

"Dear Ou, your son-in-law is indeed amazing, and the electrical products they produce and sell are gradually changing the world. Although most people in the world are not yet able to enjoy these convenient and practical things due to electricity, as society continues to improve, I believe they will eventually achieve greater success! It seems that I have to do something, otherwise all the interests of the British Empire in China will be taken away by the French. ”

Ou Yaoting said appreciatively, "That's right, my lord. At present, there are about 35 million people in Burma, and except for nearly one million industrial workers and more than 5 million urban people engaged in commerce, the rest of the people have nothing to do when they are not working, which plays a destructive role in social order and morals. I think it would be better to organize people and devote themselves to building roads, so that our government can build a railway to the southern border of Yunnan in a very short time with enough food and a meager salary. This is a great cause that will benefit the present generation and the future, and I think it is enough to make adults famous in history. ”

Kinnader was quite moved, and finally said regretfully: "Now that the economy in Britain is in recession, I am really not sure to persuade the cabinet to allocate money to build the railway, and my immediate boss, the Governor General of India, will not watch our Burma get out of control and develop on its own, and it is estimated that he will obstruct it. ”

Ou Yaoting laughed: "My lord, businessmen are very profitable, since adults are in difficulty, then please forgive me, there is no problem with money at all, even if it is me, I have the ability to meet the needs of adults." I see that the information just now shows that the construction cost of the Yunnan-Burma Railway in China is only 31.2 million in legal currency, and the mileage on our side is closer, even if the salary is higher, it is only that price...... My lord, I wonder if you have considered life after leaving Myanmar? ”

Kinnard was shocked, and then said embarrassedly: "I am a government official, so I naturally live on the government's pension, is there anything wrong?" ”

Ou Yaoting smiled: "Your loyalty is commendable, worthy of admiration, but people have no long-term worries, and now the impact of the global financial crisis is far from subsiding, and no one knows whether the money in our hands will depreciate into a piece of waste paper, but if there is a fixed industry, it is different." My lord, you see how this is, the shares of the Yunnan-Burma Railway are divided into two parts, of which the investors account for 60 percent, and the Burmese government does not give a penny, only the land and manpower, accounting for the remaining 40 percent. If I win the bid by luck, 20% of the 60% of the shares will be left for adults as a long-term dividend. In this way, the Burmese government can build an extra railway out of thin air with little investment, and it is estimated that the Burmese government will benefit a lot from the tax collected from trade with southern Sichuan in the future. ”

Kinnard was impressed, but he didn't dare to guarantee whether Ou Yaoting would fulfill his promise, and hesitated.

Ou Yaoting continued to agitate: "Your Excellency, you know that I am now preparing to build an airline that routes throughout the Straits Settlements, Burma and India, and my dream for the future is to build a large transportation group integrating sea, land and air, and I can assure you that this group will leave a fixed stake for your lordship. ”

Kinnard finally made up his mind: "Dear Ou, you are such a lovely angel, but here I have a better idea - although the railway is more convenient and fast, but the construction takes a very long time, and it is difficult to see results in a short time, but if it is replaced by a road, it will be possible to connect with southern Yunnan in less than a year, and then we will use the living reality to explain to the cabinet the benefits of building the Yunnan-Burma railway." In addition, there is no need to declare to the cabinet to build the road, and our Burmese government can make its own decisions, and I will convene a parliamentary meeting to discuss this matter, and strive to determine the matter of the road to China's southern Yunnan highway as soon as possible. ”

Although Ou Yaoting had some regret in his heart, he still stood up with a smile, approached Kinnader and hugged him warmly, then stretched out his hand and said "Happy cooperation", Kinnad closed his hand with a smile, and his eyes flashed with sparkling brilliance.