The Jews listened to Yang Chao's attitude and were very silent, they had not yet heard clear goodwill. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

These Jews were all from Harbin, and Jews in Harbin were always an economic force to be reckoned with.

Although Harbin is the most cosmopolitan city in Northeast China, with 100,000 foreigners and only 20,000 Jews, only one-fifth of the expatriate, it accounts for half of the international trade.

It is hard to imagine that Harbin is such an inland city without Jews that it would be so deeply involved in international trade, such as selling soybeans from the northeast to countries like Finland, and it is difficult to imagine that Polish machinery can be exported to Harbin, which is an international nation, so it is easy for Harbin to enter an international business network.

And broad-minded, it should be admitted that Jews have made important contributions to Harbin's industry, and it can even be said that Harbin's original industry was laid by Jews, such as the Lao Baduo Tobacco Company, which was founded by Lao Baduo and his son in 1903, is already one of the largest tobacco companies in China, and Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, one south and one north, monopolizes the Chinese tobacco market, and pays more than one million profits and taxes annually; For example, in 1902, the French Jew Ganga founded the first flour mill; In 1908, Tzadław, a Polish Jew, founded the first sugar factory in northern China.

If you have not seen or even participated in the industrial field in the West, it is hard to imagine that the Chinese will set up a sugar factory in Harbin, and when you think of sugar, the Chinese are still stuck in sugar cane ginning, and have never heard of the new technology and new crop of sugar beet ginning.

Before the European War, the Jews of Harbin had set up as many as 116 industrial enterprises, and now there are more than 300, occupying the largest market share in the industrial field of Harbin. In the business sector, Jews account for 8 of the 13 directors of the Harbin General Chamber of Commerce.

But their most advantage, or the financial industry, the Jews established a number of large modern banks in Harbin, the Tsarist era of the Sino-Russian Daosheng Bank was always the Jewish as the manager, because of the collapse of the Russian Empire, the Sino-Russian Daosheng Bank finally ended its business, the Jews bought the Russians and French shares in it, reorganized into the Russo-Asian Bank.

However, this Russo-Asian bank is not the largest, and there are big banks that can compete with him, such as Union Bank, Xinji Bank, and Foya Bank, which have more than one million capitalists at every turn; The Jews also set up a larger bank, the Jewish National Bank, as soon as you hear the name, you know that this is not an ordinary bank, but a clearing bank, a central bank, which was jointly established by the Jews of Harbin, initiated in 1923, with 420 investors and a capital of 4,000 taels, the capitalists are not big, but with the help of bill discounting, credit guarantee and bank settlement and clearing business for all Jewish banks, the scale of turnover of more than 2.9 million taels has been achieved in just three years.

If the Jews occupy most of the industrial sector and dominate the commercial sector, they have almost a monopoly position in the banking industry, and even the Yangzi banking group cannot be inserted into the banking market in Harbin, and the Jews have almost monopolized all banking business here, and they even have their own central bank role, what do other banks need to do?

If these people are allowed to develop, the entire commercial system of the Northeast will be eaten away by them, and they are absolutely unwilling to share their interests with Chinese businessmen, which is an exclusive business method that either you win or I win, and it is also the biggest reason why Jews are hated all over the world, because they do not trust other peoples, do not know how to cooperate, and do not want to cooperate.

Then there is the influx of more than 100,000 refugees from Siberia into Harbin, which is also a big problem, Harbin was established in the wilderness, from the beginning there is a large proportion of foreign nationals, and there are even more foreigners who can be found here than in Yantai, at least Yantai does not have as many Poles here in Harbin.

The population of Harbin is now less than 300,000, and in the past there were more than 150,000 expatriates, and the Jews were always hovering around 340,000, but this time more than 100,000 Jews have poured in, almost making them the largest ethnic group in Harbi, which is politically difficult to accept.

However, Yang Chao was not as barbaric as the Russians, and the use of government means to expel the Jews had too bad an impact, because the international image caused by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor could not withstand further smearing, and the benefits brought by the expulsion of the Jews were not at all on the same order of magnitude as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and he could not risk the national image.

"I am personally a strong supporter of the Jews building their own safe, unruly homeland in the world. This homeland may not be big, it may not be rich enough, but it will always open its arms and always welcome the Jews, and always open a door for the Jews that will never be closed. ”

Yang Chao continued, this time the Jews were a little interested, and they all listened carefully.

Yang Chao said: "Of course, I personally understand your desire to restore the country in your ancestral land, but I can't support it, the Jews leaving their homeland is a historical problem, and it is the result of the lack of wisdom of the Western nation in dealing with the national issue. If you are fortunate enough to be born in China, even during the period of imperial power, the Chinese emperor will not use force to move an entire people, but will be gentle with them and bring them the goodwill of the Chinese nation. ”

Yang Chao did not forget to praise China's national wisdom.

He continued, "So the first priority for you is to find a place where you can make your own decisions. The land of Samoa, as you have already known, is not large, but it is enough to give you a temporary place to live. My promise is still valid, but it can't be forever, and you will never be able to reach the absolute population in Samoa, so I can't convince the Chinese government to lease that place to you. ”

"From now on, if within ten years you will not have an absolute advantage in Samoa's population, then the promise I have made will be null and void!"

Yang Chao's words made these Jewish bigwigs finally have a sense of urgency, they don't look down on Samoa, there is always a voice within them calling for the establishment of a homeland in Samoa, which has no strong nation, and then the establishment of a state in Palestine, but the mainstream Jewish organizations still tend to restore the country directly in Palestine, they have used a lot of funds and manpower here, donating money and materials to help poor Jews in Europe immigrate to Palestine, and they have no intention of Samoa. That is, where a small number of Siberian Jews such as Patushinsky operated.

But although Patushinsky and his family were also wealthy businessmen, they were not at the same level as giants like the Rothschilds, and they were not comparable to the energy of the Restoration, so they only helped more than 200 Siberian Jews immigrate to each other and establish two collective farms over the years.

But where to develop a Jewish society, only two farms are not enough, and even the whole agriculture is simply impossible, because the agricultural potential of Samoa cannot support a Jewish society, it can only rely on commerce, industry, and other industries, but to engage in commerce, it is necessary to build a port, relying on the port left by the Germans more than 20 years ago, which is obviously not enough, to build a modern port, Siberian Jews like Patushinsky and Geshenvich do not have this capital, With the exception of giants like Rothschild, no family has this qualification and can only turn to the organization for help.

"So may I ask Mr. Yang, how many people do we need to immigrate to achieve absolute population advantage?"

Skidelsky, a mining magnate, asked, a Jewish giant in the Northeast, who was unable to devote himself to society because of his limited energy, but who had donated a lot to various organizations and was still very concerned about the fate of the Jews.

And he is the real predator, known as the oil king of the Far East, and his status among the Jews in the Far East is on the same level as Sassoon and Hartung in Shanghai, and the Ho Tung family in Hong Kong. So if immigration to Samoa had to be expedited, Skidelsky should have a greater responsibility.

Jews are engaged in industrial production in the Northeast, Yang Chao is more welcome, and Yang Chao is not excluded from engaging in business, but only engaged in resource industries, Yang Chao is very disgusted, because resources are non-renewable to any country, this is the wealth left by the ancestors to future generations, because the land where the resources are stored is exchanged for the blood of the ancestors, why let the Jews dig those resources to get rich?

Therefore, Yang Chao does not like people like Skidelsky very much, otherwise with Skidelsky's status and financial resources, Yang Chao would not have a reason to cooperate with a medium-sized Jewish family like Patushinsky.

"At least more than half of Samoa's population."

Yang Chao replied casually.

Skidelsky breathed a sigh of relief, because it was not difficult for them, although it was also difficult, that place in Samoa, the Jews had already figured out, the number of local aborigines was not large, no one had made a special count for them, the number was expected to be 2,30,000, where 100,000 Jews emigrated, enough to occupy an absolute dominant number.

It's difficult, but it's the bottom line, and if the Jews can't even reach the simple majority, how can they convince the Chinese government where to lend them somewhere?

"And if we reach a simple majority, how will the Chinese government lend us where?"

Dr. Kaufman asked.

Yang Chao has a good impression of a doctor like Kaufman, who was born and raised in Russia and is a pure Russian Jew who also looks like a Russian with a big beard. After finishing high school in Russia, he went to Switzerland to study medicine, and because of the anti-Semitism in Russia, he could not stay in Russia, and when the Trans-Siberian Railway was built, he came to Harbin to make a living.

This man is more socially responsible than Kaufmann and is very active in various social organizations, of which he is now the chairman of three companies. And by establishing hospitals, establishing medical schools, and opening great pharmacies, he was one of the most famous, though not the richest Jews.

Yang Chao immediately replied: "If the Jews can get a simple majority in Samoa, I think we can first persuade the government to set up Samoa as a special Jewish district and give you autonomy, just like Australia under the British Empire." (To be continued.) )