Chapter 213: The Road to Freedom
Lao Pan found that Yang Yuanshou could always bring him a heart-pounding feeling.
Chongqing, what a heart-wrenching name, although it is not even comparable to the two ships of Xuande Wanli, which have the worst combat effectiveness in Yang Feng's hands, but it is a genuine cruiser, not to mention anything else, this name alone immediately raised the Xinhua Navy to a higher level.
Imagine with the Chongqing as the flagship and four tribal-class destroyers behind it, such a fleet is also gorgeous, at least it is enough to fight across the strait, and the bald guy is now nothing more than relying on a destroyer to prop up the façade.
"Your Excellency, can you help us?"
He swallowed and said.
"If you can't do it, you can hire a private salvage company from us, since we are all part of the Ming Empire, according to the law, we will not interfere with this kind of thing.
As for the maintenance, we need to do an assessment first, after all, we don't know the damage to the Chongqing, if there is repair value, you can tow it to your shipyard, and then we will send someone to help you repair, what parts are missing can be customized with us, these things will not come forward to our government, you can directly find a private company to solve, of course, you have to follow the business process, simply say that you have to pay. ”
Yang Feng said.
"Yes, yes, no problem!"
Lao Pan nodded hurriedly, of course he understood that Yang Feng was a show of goodwill, but they couldn't ask for this kind of good thing, not only to repair the Chongqing, but also to train the workers of the domestic shipyard, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
It is indeed very necessary to appease Comrade Li. This is not just a matter of Yang Feng's series of conspiracies. There are also economic issues for the future.
Recently, the Chinese capitalists in Nanyang. They are all eager to try to open up the northern market, after all, they all know very well what this huge country means, inexhaustible resources, the needs of 400 million people, raw materials and markets, like a huge cow waiting for them to milk.
If nothing else, the purchase of iron ore alone is very exciting.
In recent years, Yang Feng is not only running a steel plant. Because his domestic construction has never stopped, the steel required is massive, and the production capacity of the Suncheon Iron and Steel Plant cannot be supplied at all, so it can only be imported from Europe in large quantities, and many Chinese capitalists are eyeing this business. Tan Kah Kee's son-in-law, Lee Kong Chian, has one in Temasek, Wong Keng Cheong has one in Mazen, the nearest coal mine in Central Borneo, and even the newly emerging Pangu family in Siam.
However, with the exception of the Padang Iron Ore Mine controlled by Yang Feng in Sumatra, the rest of the iron ore is scattered and small, and it is still mainly imported from the north. Once Comrade Li stopped playing with them, these people really wanted to cry without tears.
It's a pity that they soon found out. Comrade Li doesn't want to play with them, and besides, Comrade Li will soon be industrialized, so even if he wants to play with them, there is no superfluity.
However, Yang Yuan didn't care much about this, he was busy with this period to take down the Pilbara iron ore mine, and it is estimated that the entire Chinese capitalists in Southeast Asia will not have to think about the problem of iron ore in their lifetime.
Now the steel mountain range is still sleeping in the uninhabited mountains of north-west Australia, it was discovered by Hancock, who flew the plane in 52 years, and the Australian government did not believe what he said. The country, believing that it had too little iron ore, had legislated a ban on the export of iron ore since '38, and this ban remained in place for twenty-two years, which means that until the sixties, poor Hancock could not make people believe his discovery, which was the largest iron ore on the planet.
However, there will be no Hancock family, the richest man in Australia, because next year Yang will unceremoniously stretch out his claws.
After pacifying Comrade Li, it was time to study Wu Nu's side, and then Yang Yuan's special envoy, Foreign Minister Liang Cheng flew to Yangon, although the two countries have no diplomatic relations, but since Aung San was killed, the relationship has been heating up, Wu Nu will certainly not offend this Southeast Asian tyrant, and immediately greeted this guest very warmly.
"Your Excellency, the contemptible people have come to seek help from your country on behalf of the Führer, the war in the north is nearing its end, Vice President Li and hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops are trapped in Yunnan and are in a desperate situation, the Führer wants to take them to us, so that they must take the Yunnan-Burma Highway through your country, and then go west into Assam, we hope that your country can provide convenience."
Liang Cheng said very directly.
"Your Excellency, we are more than willing to help, but under international law, they must lay down their arms and enter our country as refugees, and we can provide them with all the help, including security guarantees."
Wu Nu said with a smile.
He is not a fool, of course he will not allow hundreds of thousands of foreign soldiers to enter his country, and all the armies in Honsavady add up to not so many!
"And that's exactly what we're struggling with."
Liang Cheng said embarrassedly: "They insist that they must carry all weapons and equipment through your territory, and you also know that because of some historical reasons, they still have some prejudices against your country. ”
Wu Nu was also embarrassed, of course he knew what the historical reason was.
"But Your Excellency, if you pass through our territory with weapons, they are not refugees, and we are a neutral country and will not allow such a thing."
He said.
It is a matter of principle.
"What if we give your country a batch of financial aid? These soldiers have all contributed to the cause of human anti-fascas, they have shed blood for human freedom and justice, we should be more tolerant of them, right? ”
Liang Cheng said.
"Assistance?"
Wu Nu's eyes lit up, what he lacked most now was this, and the Ming Empire was also the last thing he lacked was money.
"Yes."
Liang Cheng replied in the affirmative.
"How much?"
"This, I think it is up to your country to come up with a specific figure."
Liang Cheng said.
"Your Excellency, you need to give me some time to think about it."
Wu Nu said.
"Of course."
Liang Cheng smiled and nodded.
Just when Wu Nu was discussing with his cabinet and parliament how much money to collect to buy roads, Yang Feng also began to create public opinion in the world, especially focusing on publicizing the merits of these people, which is very easy to publicize, whether it is Li Bai or Yu Li, they are all signboards in the Anti-Japanese War. The Seventh Army of Gui and the Forty-eighth Army were fought from beginning to end in the Anti-Japanese War, and the Forty-sixth Army was also a bloody battle at Kunlun Pass.
Now that these people have been cornered, shouldn't the international community do something, they just want to find a way to survive and live a peaceful life with Yang Yuan, can't such a small wish be satisfied? Do you have to watch them all be driven out?
In addition, Yang Feng also pulled in a group of accomplices, Mi Ying is still very willing to help him for this kind of trivial matter, and it is indeed their duty to do so, and they all fought side by side back then, so when Liang Cheng lobbied Wu Nu, the diplomats of Mi Ying and Britain also helped fan the flames. Under the mediation of all parties, Wu Nu finally agreed that these people could carry weapons, but they had to be under the supervision of the Honsavady army, of course, the main reason for his decision was that Yang Feng promised to provide him with 50 million dragon yuan in economic assistance.
But this aid will not be given to them immediately, only after they have left Honsavady safely.
Wu Nu didn't care too much about this, although Yang Feng was a bit domineering and murderous, he still had no problem in terms of reputation, especially in terms of money, as long as he agreed, he would basically cash it out very happily.
He didn't know that he wouldn't see the money in his lifetime, because these people didn't leave in his lifetime.
So far, all the preparations for Li Bai and others to go south have been completed, except for a few core figures, no one has guessed their real goal, whether Comrade Li, the bald guy or the Mi people, the British, they all think that Yang Fuhrer is pulling people again, anyway, he is pulling people is normalized, and millions of people at once are indeed worth him to jump up and down so busy.
Even because he knew that Yang Feng was going to withdraw this group of people, Comrade Li's attack began to slow down the pace, after all, the lofty mountains and mountains of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are not easy to deal with, and it is impossible for his people to have transport planes airdrop canned beef every day, and the speed of the march is not as fast as they want, and it is also considered to sell Yang Feng a little face, and Comrade Li has been a little embarrassed to reap the benefits recently.
As for Wu Nu and those Tusi of the Honsavady Council, there is not the slightest doubt, although they are familiar with Chinese culture and know the allusion of the false path to destroy the enemy, but they are all stunned by the huge amount of 50 million dragon dollars, although it is a banknote, but it is also a real gold standard banknote, in Southeast Asia, it is even better than the pound sterling, except for the US dollar is the dragon dollar, everyone knows that this thing can be freely exchanged for gold.
Well, you have to go to Yingtianfu to exchange, and you can't leave Yingtianfu after the exchange.
But this is also stronger than the pound!
In order to deal with the next wave of refugees, Wu Nu deliberately transferred tens of thousands of troops over, not to prevent Li Bai, but to prevent those chaotic bandits and mountain people from robbing the refugees and causing a bad impact, he also knew that this was inevitable, but this was the only thing he could do.
However, during this time, the road from Chittagong to the Upper Assam Ming Army Base suddenly increased in traffic.
There is nothing to doubt about this, the great migration of millions of people, just eating and drinking is an astronomical amount, not to mention that most of the places along the way are poor mountains and bad waters, and it is normal for Yang Yuan to make some preparations in advance, you must know that many of the expeditionary forces of the year were starved to death in this area.
Of course, Wu Nu would not know that these cars are not only being transported to the base in Upper Assam, not only food and medicine, but also countless guns and ammunition. (To be continued.) )