Shi Dingzhong's father and son are now in high positions, and it is foreseeable that as long as Qiao Yu does not lose power, the position of the Shi family will be very solid, so Shi Dingzhong does not look at the gold and silver at all, he knows very well that only by using power, he has everything, and money is just decorations.

"Mr. Shi, this is not appropriate, I have long said that the treasure of the Wing King is to establish a museum, this will definitely not change, and one or two million taels of silver is not a big deal, I have already thought of a way to solve the financial gap, let's not talk about finance for the time being, I want to ask the two gentlemen if they want to make a lot of money!"

"Da Shuai, this is another good business, we are naturally willing, but Da Shuai is not good for the two of us, we can make money together!"

"That's natural, the two of you are afraid that they know about the confrontation between the two major groups in Europe, right?"

"I've heard that it is said that the British have established some Entente powers, Germany has made an Allied power, and both sides are expanding their armaments!" Shi Dingzhong said: "In my opinion, these powers just don't know what to do, they have to be strong, they can't die if they don't fight, there have never been any victorious generals, their current strength is enough to bully all weak countries, if they fight a lose-lose game, then they will be unlucky!" ”

"Hehe, I don't care if the Europeans cry or not, I only know that as soon as the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and our chance to make a fortune has come, as long as there is a war, several powers will work together, the scale will definitely be unprecedented, and the materials consumed must be massive!" Qiao Yu said with a smile.

"Does the commander mean that we want to stock up on a batch of supplies in advance?" Wang Dongcheng asked.

"Hoarding materials is certainly a way to make money, but such as some arms stocks are bound to grow crazy because of the war, such as the steel industry, the chemical industry will have a huge development, now many companies are not in a recession, the stock price is very low, but as soon as the war starts, these will surely soar, and not only Europe, even the United States will also be affected, now if you can get a batch of stocks at a low price, it is not difficult to multiply several times or more than ten times!"

"Dashuai, I have always admired your vision, but how long will it take for this big war to start, if you buy it early, won't you put the money into it?"

"Well, I think it's a little early to start, but we can already send people to Europe and the United States to prepare, just wait for the big war together, and we will earn a big vote!"

Since Wu Hengchang became an official in Sichuan, he was not as high as other officials, but rushed directly to the front line, arranging people to inspect the resources of the entire Sichuan, not long ago Wu Hengchang sent a message to Qiao Yu, saying that he had found a super iron mine.

After Qiao Yu got the news, he guessed that Wu Hengchang had found the Panzhihua iron ore in later generations, but now it is still called Dukou City, in Qiao Yu's plan, this iron ore occupies an important position, it can be said that this will be the capital of Sichuan industrialization in the future, but the practical difficulties are absolutely amazing, Panzhihua is a very special vanadium titanium associated magnetite, smelting is very difficult, it took more than ten years to find a way to smelt, and the vanadium titanium can not be refined.

With the current technology, it takes more effort to mine Panzhihua, which is also Qiao Yuming's original intention to know that there is a huge iron mine in Sichuan and did not mine it, but with the arrival of the financial crisis, Qiao Yu thought that although this iron ore cannot be mined, it can be thrown out in exchange for enough benefits for Sichuan.

"Dashuai, I'm afraid I'm busy in vain, the scale of the ferry's iron ore is amazing, and it is one of the absolute best in China, but it is a magnetite associated with vanadium and titanium, and the difficulty of smelting is too great, and our own technical level is not solved at all, even if it is a great power, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do it, I am afraid that we will have to guard the gold mountain and ask for food!"

"Mr. Wu, don't be frustrated, this kind of iron ore is certainly a big problem, but the associated vanadium and titanium are metals of great value, as long as we can overcome the problem, we will be able to harvest more, and now it may not be able to bring me profits, I am ready to invite Germany to participate in the development of iron ore, I believe that Germany will never let go of such a huge iron mine!"

Wu Hengchang's eyes lit up when he heard this, yes, Germany must be willing to cooperate, although the technical difficulty is very great, but Germany is second to none in terms of technical level, and Germany, as a rising power, urgently needs all kinds of resources, and will definitely not let go of this iron mine!

"Dashuai, I think it's all right, but it takes a lot of effort even if it is handed over to the Germans!"

"With Germany's current situation, I am afraid that it will soon fall into war, and we will use this iron ore as bait to get some benefits first, and the rest will wait for the end of the war!"

Wu Hengchang now understood Qiao Yu's plan, it turned out that what this patrol envoy wanted to do was a hammer deal!

"Dashuai, will the European war really break out soon?" Now many Westerners are not very sure that the war will definitely break out, and Wu Hengchang and Qiao Yu have not had much contact, so they do not unconditionally believe in his judgment like Shi Dingzhong and Wang Dongcheng.

"Don't worry, negotiate with the Germans, you can give up some more benefits, get the immediate benefits as much as possible, and it is best to get tens of millions of marks, now Sichuan's financial gap is huge, and this will be the next year or two to make up for the gap!"

Qiao Yu calculated carefully, relying on a huge iron mine from the Germans can definitely be exchanged for more than 50 million marks, but it is still very difficult to fully make up for the financial gap, and it is still necessary to continue to speed up the industrial layout before World War I, this money is still not enough, it seems that he can only make money by special methods.

Qiao Yu brought Wang Lingji over again, and when Wang Lingji saw Qiao Yu, he hurriedly said: "Dashuai, the matter of the Song case has some eyebrows, and we have found out some secrets of myself, but the specific situation will not be reported to you until Li Zongru returns to Sichuan!" ”

"Well, they were able to find out the clues of myself so quickly, and they have a lot of credit, but I didn't come to you this time to ask you about it, but how did the matter of the Smoking Cessation Office go?"

Wang Lingji was well-informed, knowing that Sichuan's finances were facing difficulties, so he guessed that Qiao Yu asked about it just to know how much money he had earned, and hurriedly said: "Dashuai, the harvest is still amazing, we have refined eighty percent of the opium collected from everywhere into morphine, of which one percent is supplied to hospitals, and all the others are sold to Yuben and European and American countries, and Shanghai and other places are also sold, and the sales network has been initially rolled out, so far it has obtained a net profit of more than three million taels, and there is still more room for improvement!" ”

Qiao Yu was also shocked when he heard this figure, this drug is really a profiteering industry, and it has only been a few months since Sichuan's morphine entered the market, and it is really appalling to be able to obtain such a profit.

"Where are the sales better?"

"It's this, I thought at first that those open European and American powers would consume more, how do I know that it turned out to be this, and then I also investigated, it turned out that since the Meiji Restoration, the burden on the shoulders of the common people has become heavier and heavier, even if they won the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the workers worked hard, but they couldn't even fill their stomachs, and they had to bear ultra-high taxes, which naturally caused their own mental depression and psychological distortion, and this morphine was their best relief medicine, Therefore, there are definitely a lot of drug addicts in Ben! ”