The construction of the railway required a lot of labor. The steel mills of the future will also move tens of thousands of people. The organization of the cantonment, the establishment of the military horse farm, and the large number of factory machinery moved from Mukden all required a large number of workers. In this way, the manpower is far from enough. People recruited from Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia can still solve some of the problems, but there is still a considerable gap in human resources, after all, it cannot affect the food supply of the northwest itself. In the northwest, a place with a low degree of mechanization, people are still the absolute main force in farming.

"There are a large number of refugees in Henan, Lianghu, Hebei, Shandong, and Sichuan, and I have already entrusted my relationship to contact my acquaintances there, and I believe that some people will soon enter Gansu."

Shao Lizi nodded, Jiang Li spared no effort in the construction, not to mention the large number of machinery moved from Fengtian, after all, it was ready-made, but a railway moved tens of millions of yuan, even Nanjing did not have the courage, but Jiang Li advocated the construction of this railway against public opinion, and a considerable part of the steel rails were purchased from foreigners. That's a lot of money.

Shao Lizi had already persuaded Jiang Li, but Jiang Li insisted on going his own way, and he had no choice. He was also a little puzzled, Ma Lin, Ma Hongbin, and some local overseers he had seen before, the provincial chairman and the like all filled their bags first, and then said, and rarely took into account the local people's livelihood. But Jiang Li happened to be an alternative extreme, and a lot of money was squandered out, so that now there are constantly foreigners in Shanghai rushing to Lanzhou, a relatively dilapidated place. In this regard, Jiang Li naturally has his own considerations. As before, money can't buy back time, and Jiang Li is trying his best to preempt the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance. Build this railway as fast as possible.

Although it is expensive to buy railroad tracks from foreigners. But at this time, under the blow of the economic crisis. The things you can buy are also the cheapest. Gansu's steel production could not be increased to a satisfactory level in a short period of time, and the steel produced must first meet the military production, followed by a large number of factories, houses, farm tools, as well as automobiles and tractors. Gansu's steel production may not be able to feed enough, where can we pump out enough capacity to build railways.

Some money. It can't be saved. If the railway is completed a year earlier, it will be put into operation a year earlier. With the development of industry in Northwest China, the future will only be greater for steel, and it will undoubtedly be a waste of time to sit and wait for the steel produced by Gansu itself.

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Jingle Bell .......

William looked boredly at the office door in the distance and glanced at John next to him.

"You lazy, always tell me to work, remember to add me a burger with chicken at noon, don't always give me some cheap things, I want to vomit when I eat it." John gave William an angry look, got up and walked to the door.

"Well, I'll have to admit it. The way you open the door is as handsome as the way you open the tank, and I want to have a whole steak with you. Add an egg roll sandwich and preferably a delicious serving of butter. But based on the current sales of tanks, I think I will only be able to eat such food in the next life. If we can't sell a few more tanks, I don't think we'll have to live a week, like those homeless people, sleeping in newspaper-made beds and nibbling on unpalatable black bread. William said helplessly.

The door was opened, and a yellow-skinned young man in a blue-gray military uniform was revealed, and the young man's eyes gave people a very sharp feeling. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would have been hard to believe that the emaciated yellow man in the east would have such a majestic majesty.

"John, William, your guest is here, this is Mr. Tami-ryu, from the far east, China, and would like to inquire with you about the purchase of Vickers MKE tanks. Cheer up, you've got work to do. The middle-aged white man who brought Tian Jianlong over greeted the two, and then threw Tian Jianlong here and turned to leave.

"From China? Oh God, I thought it would be a big business, but it looks like it's going to disappoint us again. But the customer is God, John, go and call your God. William waved his hand listlessly at John, and sat back in his place with a lack of interest.

"William, if you push everything to me like this, I promise in the name of God that I will kick your ass." John looked back at William, the lazy man. When he turned around to face Tian Jianlong, his face looked a little better, but he could only say that he was not cold, and he couldn't match his enthusiasm, "Mr. Tian Jianlong, my name is John, the damn economic crisis is too inopportune, and even we have been affected a lot, so I'm sorry, I don't have anything good to entertain you." ”

Tian Jianlong looked at the teacup in front of him, and he didn't know how long the inferior tea leaves in it had been placed. He didn't care about such treatment. I've been used to it for a long time.

"Mr. John, you must not be interested in knowing my origin, let's go straight to the topic, this time I was ordered to come to Europe, Vickers is not my first stop, before coming, I first went to see the Renault FT17 tank. If you're not interested in a deal of up to 40 tanks or armored vehicles, I think I'll have to reconsider the Renault FT17. Tian Jianlong sat down and said unhurriedly.

"What? 40 cars? William jumped up from his seat almost in a frenzy and came to the side of Tami-ryu with a 100-meter sprint, "Are you sure you didn't say it wrong, or did I hear it wrong?" 40 tanks, God, do you want to buy the entire Vickers company? ”

"My commander wants to form a sufficient armored force, which cannot be less than forty tanks, or armored vehicles. If I don't think there is a problem with the tank, if necessary, I can make a deposit first. Tian Jianlong affirmed again.

"Oh, then you have to choose the Vickers tank, believe me, my friend, when you have already driven the Vickers tank into the enemy position, the opponent's Renault FT17 may have just completed the process of speeding up, such a long time difference is enough for you to kill the enemy in pieces." William tried his best to exaggerate the shortcomings of the Vickers tank, looked at the inferior tea on the table, and couldn't help frowning, "By the way, John, I still have a pack of coffee in my drawer, how can such a distinguished guest greet us with this kind of tea and make a cup of coffee for our guests." ”

William and John gave Tian Jianlong a vivid demonstration of what it means to be conceivable and respectful.

"Let's wait until the deal is made, I'll have to take a look at the tank first." Tian Jianlong shook his head.

"Okay, dear Mr. Tian, please come here, I will take you to show the excellent performance of the great Vickers tank, which will definitely surprise you." William nodded hurriedly, it was undesirable for him to save some coffee. "Hey, John, don't tell anyone else yet, when we finish the business and tell the boss, you can also see what kind of ugly face the boss is, that money-hungry Grande, I guess he will definitely lie down and lick your toes."

After saying that, William laughed a few times nervously. (To be continued.) )