Song Zhewu instructed Li Rujuan to make a set of refrigerators, air conditioners, and radios, and to prepare more than a dozen sets of high-end products as gifts, and he wanted to give gifts.

One of them should be made of red sandalwood as the shell, and the exposed handles, knobs and other metal parts should be all gold-plated. The overall decoration of these three gold-plated items should be simple and elegant. The other dozen sets should be significantly different from this one, and the general mahogany can be used, but the handles and knobs should be silver-plated.

Then, Song Zhewu sent a long telegram to Chiang Kai-shek.

In the telegram, Song Zhewu first reported to Chiang Kai-shek about the situation in Northern Mongolia.

Regarding Northern Mongolia, Song Zhewu mainly reported to Chiang Kai-shek on the strength and dynamics of the Soviet army on the border, the activities of the puppet Mongolian exile political axe in the Soviet Union, and the construction of his defense fortifications in Northern Mongolia. He also told Chiang Kai-shek that once something happened in Northern Mongolia, the troops stationed in Northern Mongolia would defend the sovereignty of the Republic of China to the death.

Then, he reported in detail to Chiang Kai-shek that he stabilized the Jin banknotes, sold the property of the former Shanxi Provincial Political Axe, and used the proceeds to supplement the Jin banknote reserves.

As for the fundraising for the construction of the Taiku Railway, it is impossible not to mention it.

Although the Central Party Department has not yet had time to set up party departments in Taiyuan and Beimeng, because of Baiyunti and Fu Zuoyi, the party departments in Nanmeng and Suiyuan provinces have already been established, and with these two provincial party departments present, it is difficult to hide from Chiang Kai-shek what happened in Nanmeng and Suiyuan, even everything that happened in Taiyuan Administration, I believe Chiang Kai-shek will also know about it.

Moreover, although the Central Party Department has not yet set up a party department in Taiyuan, Song Zhewu believes that the Investigation Section of the Central Party Department will never forget Taiyuan and Beimeng, and of course it will not forget him, Song Zhewu, and Fang Zhen has already reported to him on the activities of the Central Party Investigation Section in Taiyuan.

Even Dai Li's investigation and communication team will not ignore his existence Song Zhewu, and Dai Li, a genius agent expert who has no teacher, is even likely to pay attention to him.

Although Fang Zhen's security bureau has not had any clues about the activities of Dai Li's people in Taiyuan and the Fourth Route Army, Song Zhewu is convinced of their existence.

If Chiang Kai-shek was too early to feel that he Song Zhewu was hiding things from him, it would definitely not be a good thing.

However, Song Zhewu did not tell Chiang Kai-shek about letting Zhang Xueliang's border bank act as a guarantee and defrauding the rails of a Chinese-funded enterprise, because he really couldn't explain this matter clearly, and he couldn't tell Chiang Kai-shek that he would definitely launch a war of aggression in the northeast on September 18 this year, right?

At the end of the message, Song Zhewu wrote: "...... The chairman of the committee said that there are thousands of opportunities, thousands of state affairs are gathered in one, and the world can learn from the love of dedication! Zhewu's admiration is beyond words. As the Chinese New Year approaches, Zhewu presents three of Xinghua's latest electrical appliances, namely air conditioners, refrigerators and radios. If the chairman of the committee can use it to express his feelings and relieve his worries, it will be a blessing for the party-state! ”

"Another message to the chairman: Before the New Year of Zhewu, it will be sent in advance to President He, President Lin, Director Lin, Secretary General Yang, Mayor Zhang, Minister Song, President Chen, and Secretary General Chen...... A set of mahogany silver-plated electrical appliances for others, thought to be a celebration of the New Year. ”

In fact, the last paragraph of this telegram is what Song Zhewu really wants to say, and this is also the real purpose of Song Zhewu's telegram.

If you want to give gifts, it's okay if you give them to others, give them to high-ranking officials such as the National Political Axe, and there are also people who have some problems with Chiang Kai-shek, such as Lin Sen. If he hadn't told Chiang Kai-shek first, it would have been difficult not to be suspicious of Chiang Kai-shek's intentions. And reporting to Chiang Kai-shek in advance can show that Song Zhewu has no distracting thoughts about this matter, and it can also appear that he is doing things above board and above board, and he has not separated from Chiang Kai-shek, which is really a multi-pronged move.

Soon, Chiang Kai-shek called Song Zhewu back.

Although the content of Chiang Kai-shek's telegram did not do Song Zhewu any real good, it was full of enthusiasm and rhetoric, and he expressed his condolences to Song Zhewu for his patriotic heart of stabilizing the locality, setting up industries, and consolidating national defense.

There is another point that needs to be mentioned, that is, Chiang Kai-shek did not mention Song Zhewu's gift in the telegram.

That's enough, though. As the leader of a country, it is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to explicitly agree to the gesture of his subordinates giving gifts, and Song Zhewu knows this very well, so he does not want Chiang Kai-shek to explicitly agree, as long as Chiang Kai-shek knows about it.

Chiang Kai-shek's telegram was followed by a telegram from Song Ziwen, who apparently knew about Song Zhewu's gift from Chiang Kai-shek, but Song Ziwen has always been more free and easy, and it is impossible to ask him to thank Song Zhewu.

The purpose of Song Ziwen's call was to ask Song Zhewu how he did the fundraising of the Taiku Railway? How could it be so easy to amass more than 300 million? It is good that these measures can only be used for the construction of railways, even if they cannot be used to raise the budget of the national government. You must know that there are several planned large railways in Nanjing, but because of money, they have not been able to complete the planning for a long time.

Song Zhewu still has a good impression of Song Ziwen, the conscientious finance minister, not to mention that if his fund-raising methods can really be copied and used by Song Ziwen in national construction, it will be a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and it is impossible for him Song Zhewu not to help without dedication.

Song Zhewu wrote a long letter to Song Ziwen, in which he detailed all the plans and details of the Taiku Railway's fund-raising, and also put forward corresponding suggestions for Song Ziwen to use this fund-raising method in other places in the future.

Then, Song Zhewu recruited Zhao Pilian and Li Rusong, and after explaining the two in detail, he handed over 100 pairs of flesh-colored and black stockings that Li Rusong Xinghua had just made, and Zhao Pilian and Li Rusong took those gifts and dozens of skilled workers and hurried south to Shanghai and Nanjing, because there was less than a month to go, and it was going to be the Spring Festival.

Gifts are about to be delivered, refrigerators and radios are easy to say, as long as they are connected to the power supply, they can be used, but the air conditioner is a little troublesome, and its installation requires professional and technical workers to do it in addition to masons.

The history of Shanghai is actually very short, and the history of modern Shanghai actually dates back to the opening of Shanghai in 1843.

Because of the signing of the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, in 1843, Britain, the United States, and France opened a residence in Shanghai, that is, a concession. In 1854, Shanghai established an autonomous agency, the Ministry of Industry Bureau, which in fact evolved into a concession outside the administrative and judicial jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty.

Since then, Shanghai has formed a situation in which two concessions have been divided and administered separately from the local government of China: the southern riverside area of present-day Huangpu, Jing'an, Hongkou and Yangpu districts is mainly a public concession (Anglo-American concession); The core areas of Luwan and Xuhui are mainly the French Concession; Changning is a public concession cross-border road construction area; On the other hand, Zhabei and Nanshi, two Chinese-administered areas (Huajie), were separated by concessions and were not connected to each other.

The existence of the concession allowed the core hinterland of Shanghai to remain untouched by the flames of war for decades, and it enjoyed the status of a practical reader and full international connections, and Shanghai soon became the most important gateway for the Western powers to enter China.

Due to the large influx of Western businessmen, a large number of Western architectural areas and Western-style cultural and entertainment venues have been formed in the concession, making Shanghai known as "Ten Mile Ocean", "Oriental Paris", "Magic Capital", and "The First City of the Far East", and Shanghai has become the city in Chinese mainland that is most deeply influenced by Western culture.

Due to these historical factors, the people of Shanghai have values that are completely different from the traditional values of the people in the Chinese mainland's inland provinces, and even the views of the people in the surrounding areas such as Baoshan are clearly different. They think about everything in a pragmatic way, and although Shanghainese are shrewd, they are also more distinctive, utilitarian and philistine, advocating Xi Shi culture, and often dismissing traditional Chinese ideas. Therefore, Shanghai people are often the first to open up the Chinese atmosphere, becoming the most fashionable place in Chinese mainland cities, and also the most admiring foreign places, from which many new ideas, new concepts, and new fashions are spread to the whole country.

However, just after the Spring Festival in 31, a news that spread quickly caused a lot of shock in the hearts of Shanghainese who were accustomed to worshipping the foreign and devaluing them.

In Shanghai, the three things that caused the shock were stockings, refrigerators, and air conditioners, not to mention that they had never seen them, but these terms were the first time they had heard of them.

And the most critical problem is that these things are not Western things, but are said to be authentic Chinese goods, and they are not made by Shanghainese, but developed and produced by the poor place in Shanxi.

For Shanxi, the vast majority of Shanghainese people don't have much impression, if there is any impression, it is only that there is a Yan Xishan who is no less than them Shanghainese, very shrewd and calculating, and when Yan Xishan is mentioned, many people inevitably disdain to add the word soil bun to Yan Xishan in the back.

Recently, I heard that there was another Song Zhewu there, and this young man was very capable of fighting, and it is said that he defeated the Russians. Although the people of Shanghai worship the foreigners, there is still a sense of national righteousness, especially the young people of Shanghai are very respectful of Song Zhewu's feat of resisting foreign enemies, which makes the people of Shanghai have some respect for Song Zhewu.

In addition, if there is any time for the proud Shanghainese to say what impression they have of Shanxi, it is only the old vinegar of Shanxi.

Although the vast majority of Shanghainese have never seen any air conditioners, refrigerators, or even the most popular celebrities in beautiful stockings and the most popular courtesans in Shanghai, these days, newspapers, magazines, teahouses and restaurants are talking about them, and they can't help but believe these things......

(To be continued)