"Xi Hotel is the most favorite hotel for foreign businessmen in China, not only because this is the most luxurious, but also because it is the closest to the embassies of various countries in China, and businessmen can easily obtain the help of diplomats from various countries in China.

But now, the Six Nations Hotel has long since resumed its business as a hotel, and is no longer the coffin of Chinese and foreign commercial lawsuits, and businessmen from various countries can only rely on their own diplomats and extraterritoriality to provide limited privileges, but if they cannot abide by Chinese law. They will also be deported. On this issue, the current United Front government does not discriminate on all sides, and this can be seen from one side to the other side, the progress of China's laws and the enhancement of its national strength.

Of course, on the other hand, it also reflects the stubbornness of the "mad president" in his national and nationalist stance, and many foreign businessmen have complained that because of the "discriminatory commercial policies and regulations" promulgated by Mr. President, foreign businessmen cannot show their superior side in commercial competition, so they have repeatedly lost to Chinese businessmen in business wars, and foreign consuls and ministers have also made representations and even threatened to do so, but the president still goes his own way and refuses to back down.

Actually, there is nothing to discriminate against. Mr. President is just advocating "equal national treatment", in Mr. President's view. The current national economy is functioning well. There is no need to deliberately emphasize the financial superiority of foreign businessmen, on the contrary, Mr. President insisted that what is most needed now is foreign technology, and if you refuse to give technology, then no matter how much money you have, you will not be able to enjoy preferential treatment Many foreign businessmen even believe that this move violates the principle of free trade.

But this business policy and regulations have been unanimously supported by Chinese businessmen, Chinese businessmen's factories and shops have also been given a respite, and gradually developed under the protection of the government, especially for the textile industry, this policy is very necessary, foreign businessmen dumping cotton yarn because of this policy and quickly ended, with it, that is, China's local cotton yarn quickly occupied the domestic market, and now, foreign cotton yarn basically no longer poses a threat, The competition of domestic merchants has also been avoided by the norms of the textile industry associations, which are supervised by the government, and it is under this circumstance that Chinese textiles have begun to enter the markets of all countries and regions.

As a side evidence of the rise of China's cotton imitation weaving industry, not far from the Liuguo Hotel, an imitation weaving building has risen from the ground, which is not only the headquarters of the imitation weaving industry association, but also one of the cotton imitation weaving products exhibition center. Anyone who goes to the Liuguo Hotel can see the taller building, considering that most of the people who go to the Liuguo Hotel are foreign businessmen, many of whom are short-buying and short-selling leather bag merchants and middlemen with market resources, which is obviously conducive to the Chinese cotton imitation fabric to the international market, and the businessmen are not worried about where the production area is. They only care about the quality and price of the product, but in these two aspects, China's imitation fabrics have advantages, especially the latter.

Because of this, when Hannagan took the car to the Six Nations Hotel, the first thing he saw was not the Six Nations Hotel, but the imitation weaving building standing on the inside of Zhengyang Gate.

Hannagan had been busy with his coal work in Shanxi some time ago, and when he left Beijing, the Fangweaving Building was still under construction, so when he was now the building was finished. And when he was holding a trade fair of imitation fabrics, the German businessman was really surprised

"It's amazing that the building wasn't finished before I left, but now it's already holding a trade fair."

Curious, Hannagan asked the driver to stop the car, and rushed to the imitation weaving building with the wooden box containing the antique French rifle, intending to visit the building, to be honest, except for Shanghai, there is no such magnificent building in China now, and it is no wonder that the German feels novel.

In fact, apart from the building itself, there is nothing else to look at, Hannagan does not understand the imitation weaving industry, and there is not much interest in those imitation weaving products. However, at the fair, he did meet a few acquaintances, all of whom he knew in China, who were obviously more knowledgeable than Hannagan, and they were here precisely because of this fair.

When a few acquaintances meet, they can't help but greet each other. Inquire about the other party's recent financial resources. Let's see if we can get a piece of the pie.

Now that the war in Europe has broken out, although Britain and Italy have not yet made a clear position, whether it is the Entente group or the Allied group, its member states are busy preparing for war, hoarding war materials, not only heavy industry. Light industry is also turning, Europe's imitation weaving industry is now gradually turning into the track of war, due to the interference of the previous Balkan crises, European countries are not fully prepared for the full explosion of the war, manifested in the industry, is the neglect of light industry, so, now the war exploded, Europe's imitation fabrics and related garment manufacturing industry immediately increased the cost, now not only Europe's demand for cotton imitation fabrics soared, even the Asian market also moved, now operating imitation fabric transit trade shows that it is profitable.

On the other hand, because the war was inseparable from coal, the price of coal in the Far East has also risen along with the European market, and with it, the price of coke, and because the central government of China has announced that China will temporarily mine it. As long as the war between China and Japan can stop as soon as possible, the price of coal will certainly continue to rise until it is on par with the West Coast of the United States.

As for the war between China and Japan, it will indeed have an impact on China's foreign trade, but this impact is not fatal, as long as foreign merchant ships can still enter and leave China's coastal ports, then China's industrial goods and raw materials can continue to be exported, and China's connection with the European market will not be interrupted because of the war. China's stock market and futures market are doing very well right now.

Several foreign merchants quickly exchanged views, and finally came to the conclusion that since the war in Europe had broken out, it was only a matter of time before the Entente and the Central Powers went to war in an all-out way. But as long as the war does not spread to Asia, and China can make peace with Japan as soon as possible, then. No matter what industry you are operating in, it will be profitable.

For businessmen, the war was indeed a good opportunity to bring wealth, but Hannagan and others did not pick this out, after all, their homeland was already involved in the war to a greater or lesser extent, and no one knew what the war would bring to Europe. But at least one thing is certain: the war in Europe is good news for Asian and American companies.

Of course, at this imitation fabric fair, the happiest are American businessmen and Chinese businessmen.

"These profiteers!"

Hannagan sighed, assessed the morality of the merchants in German, then carefully took the wooden box containing the antique French rifle from the assistant's hand, and left the imitation weaving mansion with the assistants.

Ten thousand corpses

When he arrived at the Six Nations Hotel, Hannagan was surprised to find that there were not many foreign businessmen here, and apparently, most of them were copying the building, as for the few foreign businessmen who remained in the hotel. It seems that they do not intend to trade imitation fabrics. Many of them were arms dealers, and Hannagen was also an arms dealer in the German Rite & Foreign Company, with whom he dealt to a greater or lesser extent.

What surprised Hannagan even more was that these foreign firearms businessmen did not come to China to sell arms, but on the contrary, they came to ask for help from China's Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Heavy Industry. They need munitions, large quantities of munitions, and the raw materials needed to make them.

Now, these foreign ** firearms dealers are sitting in the lobby of the hotel, some are whispering, and some are studying the quotation of arms and materials.

"Hey! Colonel, I didn't expect to see you here. ”

Someone offered to greet Hannagan. Hannagan looked at the man, he knew the other party, who was also a German ** fire merchant, Chinese name Baoerde, like Hannagan, also served in the German ** team. He followed the Eight-Nation Coalition to China, and then resolutely retired with the rank of major, and then engaged in commercial speculation in this oriental country full of opportunities and risks.

Bauld used to be a shareholder of Lihe & Co., but because of differences of interests, he withdrew from Lihe & Co. a year ago, and then joined Jebsen & Co. in Germany and continued to engage in the arms trade, but Jebsen & Co. served the German Erhard military industrial group, and Lihe & Co. served another German military industrial group, Krupp, so in a sense, Bauld and Hannagen were competitors, especially in the arms market in the Far East.

But Hannagan doesn't mind shaking hands with Bauld and exchanging greetings, after all, he is basically no longer directly involved in the arms deal, he only owns a small stake in Lihe & Co., and has already earned back the share capital. His main focus now is on the charcoal industry. There is no strong hostility towards competitors in the arms industry.

"Major, I'm glad to see you alive, I was very worried last time I heard that you were injured by a shell in the Balkans, and I was very relieved to see you standing in front of me intact."

Hannagan addressed him by rank as before, a title that made him feel comfortable, a sense of superiority, and the other party didn't seem to be offended.

"Thank you for your concern, that shell is made in Russia. The quality was inferior, the loading was black powder, the explosion was not powerful enough, I only injured the calf, and it healed quickly, thanks to the sulfur glue made by the Chinese, it was the sulfonated limb that eliminated the inflammation. In fact, I am very curious why such a simple chemically synthesized drug was first manufactured by the Chinese, and preemptively applied for a patent, and signed the "Paris Blatant", which included this patent in the European industrial product protection system, to be honest. I have great admiration for this Mr. President of China. Although sometimes. Some of the things he did seemed a little inexplicable. ”

"That's not called inexplicable, that's called long-term vision. That's right. When you returned to China this time, did you do it to sell arms or buy arms? Hannagan asked curiously.

Bald looked left and right, then walked around with Hannagan and muttered a few words.

"Colonel, according to reliable sources. The British and French were planning to buy all the fine saltpeter that the Chinese had hoarded to avoid being bought by German merchants. I have returned to Peking this time for this purpose, and as Germans, it is necessary for us to stop the conspiracy of the British and French. ”

Hannagan nodded, as early as two years ago, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Commerce began to hoard a large number of high-quality saltpeter and copper ore from Chile, when the price of these two raw materials was not high, but now, with the outbreak of the war in Europe, the price of saltpeter and copper ore immediately doubled, obviously, the Chinese once again showed their long-term vision, maybe. It was the plan of that Mr. President.

"Well, we can buy some planes. Especially that kind of heavy bomber, I heard that in this Sino-Japanese war, that kind of heavy bomber performed very well. Hannagan suggested.

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"It's not easy, on the one hand, the Chinese may not want to buy it, because the British and French governments are watching it very closely." On the other hand, even if Germany is able to buy these aircraft, it will be difficult to fly back to Germany. Unless it is loaded, but with the current strength of the German Navy, it seems difficult to guarantee the safe arrival of merchant ships in German ports. In fact, I think it is better for us to buy the manufacturing drawings and related technologies of heavy bombers directly from the Chinese, as Britain and France did. ”

Baulder squeezed his eyes mysteriously, and then looked at the French businessman sitting on the sand in the distance, who Hannagan also knew, a French arms dealer who had sold French planes to the Chinese central government in the past, but had not sold them, and had to turn to the Japanese market.

"I hope that the Chinese will not sell the drawings to Britain or France, after all, China and Germany are friends, and friends do not seem to be left behind." Friends should be loyal. ”

Hannagan's words are not much confidence, after all, there is no real friendship between countries, only interests, only national interests are eternal, this point, Germany sees it this way, China also sees it this way, in fact, Germany is still doing the work of the Japanese government, hoping to pull Japan on the German chariot, in this way, you can use Japan's naval power, this, Hannagan has heard of this, this time back to Beijing, he also intends to remind the Chinese president of this issue.

Hannagan and Bauld stood in the lobby of the hotel and muttered for a moment, then. I saw a British ** fire merchant hurrying into the lobby and standing on the stairs. Waving his arms, he shouted a few words in a loud voice.

"Guys, the exact news you just received! The German army had entered this morning, and France had officially declared war on Germany! Britain strongly condemned Germany's aggression and had given Germany an ultimatum, ordering that Germany must withdraw its troops from Belgium and France within twenty-four hours, otherwise, Britain would declare war on Germany! Moreover, because of Germany, the Italian government has made it clear that it will guarantee it for the time being

"English tooth year!"

"Long live the Entente!"

The British and French fire merchants in the lobby all stood up and chanted slogans.

"Italy, this is a betrayal!"

"Italy must pay the price for its outrageous betrayal!"

The merchants of Germany and Austria-Hungary made angry denunciations, but only condemnation, and the Italian government chose to wait and see, which seems to show the vacillating attitude of the Italians, and Germany and Austria-Hungary could only stare at the present and could not attack Italy immediately, so as to completely force Italy to the side of the Entente.

Hannagan and Bauld were very surprised, on the one hand, by the threat of British entry into the war. On the other hand, there is the perfidy of Italy, and it is clear that the current situation is very unfavorable for Germany.

"I hope China is strong

At this point, the only thing Hannagan could do was pray, and at the same time, he hugged the wooden box containing the antique French rifle even tighter.

Now, we can only rely on China's president, and as long as he protects it, all Chinese politicians will protect it