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Chapter 972 Interdependence

After the dinner, Yu Qiaqing and others said goodbye and left, and Song Ziwen welcomed Kong Xiangxi and An Yi into the study, closed the door and talked secretly until the early hours of the morning. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning, Soong Ziwen was as generous and enthusiastic as ever, and he was very dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's use of almost all the financial revenue to suppress the Communists, believing that he should take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the world's economic recovery to develop industry and commerce, promote people's livelihood, and accumulate strength for the future war against Japan. Kong Xiangxi has always been calm and light-hearted, and he never refutes Song Ziwen's words, but only listens with a smile, occasionally asks for advice or two on financial and economic issues that he does not understand, and then comes up with the work line and guidelines of the Ministry of Finance in the next few years to discuss. An Yi is a very good listener, whenever Song Ziwen wants him to express his views, he takes the construction of southern Sichuan as an example, saying that the construction of basic industry and commerce is the foundation of the revitalization of the country, just imagine, a country that is not even self-sufficient in steel, what to use to participate in international competition?

As the conversation deepened, Kong Xiangxi coughed and got to the point: "Xiao Yi, in January next year, the National Economic Committee will hold an important annual meeting to discuss the country's economic construction. I would like to ask you to express some views and see what can be done to effectively stimulate the development of our sluggish national economy. ”

An Yi looked at Song Ziwen and saw that he was also very concerned, and immediately said: "In fact, in terms of economic construction, Brother Ziwen has done very well in the past few years. In 28, Brother Ziwen signed the "Treaty of Amity and Commerce" with the United States, Norway, Belgium, France, Spain and other countries, enabling all countries to recognize China's tariff autonomy. Subsequently, in view of the shortcomings of 'multiplicity of centicards and overlapping collections' in China, Brother Ziwen implemented the tax reform and implemented the 'one tax system', which increased the fiscal revenue of the central government and promoted the development of industry and commerce throughout the country. As Brother Ziwen said, most of the state's fiscal revenue is now used for military spending, and the construction funds available are extremely limited, so how to plan this money is really the most important thing. ”

Song Ziwen nodded: "This is also the reason why I resigned as Minister of Finance, there was very little money, but some of us are so ambitious, we want to do everything, but we can't do anything, I look at it and hold my breath, so I simply quit, so as not to bear the infamy of 'not good at economics, corpse vegetarian meal'." ”

Kong Xiangxi scolded with a smile: "You patted your ass and left, but now this burden is on me, if you don't help me solve the difficulties today, no one is allowed to leave." ”

Song Ziwen pouted at An Yi: "An Yi has the most ghost ideas, the development of old Nanchang and southern Sichuan in the past few years can be described as turning stones into gold, you just stare at him." ”

An Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm a fat man with a swollen face, bitter!" Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to bear to sell Lao Nanchang's huge property. However, there is little money and little money usage, now the national traffic is extremely inconvenient, there is not even a decent highway in the northwest region, the official road connecting the central provinces and cities is still built in the former Qing Dynasty, the highway network in the south of the Yangtze River extends in all directions, but the road surface is too cold, and the limited funds can be invested in transportation construction. If we want to get rich, we must first build roads, and only by building good transportation and speeding up the circulation of production materials and products will the economy naturally improve. To put it simply, to build a road, you need to requisition land and open stones, and those who build roads have to eat, drink, and get lucky, and the expenditure is not small, and the people can get benefits along the way, and the people's income will increase, and the local tax revenue will also increase, and they can also get a good reputation for the benefit of future generations. ”

Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen were both eye-catching. Song Ziwen slapped his thigh vigorously: "Tall! Now that the whole country is full of disaster victims, if we invest our limited money in building roads, it will not cost much, but we can connect the roads of the whole country and promote the circulation of goods. In addition, you have the most advanced engineering troops under your command, and you are the most proficient at building bridges and paving roads, and now the highway construction in the southwest has basically come to an end, and it is a pity to disband, it is better to drive out to build roads, and the fertilizer and water will not fall into the fields of outsiders. ”

Kong Xiangxi was also very excited: "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, this is a good saying." If there is a convenient and fast transportation to connect the various production areas and invigorate circulation, the common people will naturally have money in their hands, which can further stimulate consumption and then promote the all-round development of industry and commerce. Advancing so slowly, the country is rich and the people can be expected! ”

An Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is also a helpless thing, building roads is cheaper than building factories, not to mention anything else, just say that those advanced production equipment is not a small amount, no matter how to say that the financial aspects of road construction should be reduced a lot, so that the people can really see the investment of the central government, and it can also solve the living problems of the victims, killing multiple birds with one stone." As for my engineering troops, if there is a need, I will naturally do my best to help. ”

Song Ziwen said suddenly: "Xiao Yi, I want to build a railway, can you help me?" ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "You take advantage of the time when you are at home to build a railway to show your attitude?" ”

Song Ziwen nodded: "That's right." After calming down during this time, I found that I was dizzy by my brother-in-law and Wang Zhaoming, who could only recite the quotations of the former prime minister, and thought carefully about the exhaustion and hard work for the party and the state for nearly ten years, so that those people who only know how to fight for power and profit fell into the ground, and I was unwilling! You've got to find something to do with their mouths, right? Now that the Xulu Railway has been opened, and the railway from Syria to Ziliujing has also begun to be built, the chairman of the committee has given the railway construction rights between Chengdu and Chongqing to Zhang Xi, a representative of the American consortium, in order to borrow money to help the emergency. Xiao Yi, what do you think? ”

An Yi pondered for a while, and decisively agreed: "Okay, what do you need me to do, you just ask." ”

Song Ziwen said: "The construction of the railway is extremely expensive, and I can't support it with my financial resources alone. I want to borrow from a bank of America but lack ......"

Speaking of this, Song Ziwen looked at An Yi with a smile.

An Yi also smiled: "I don't have any money, but I can help you find money." Last month, Zhang Xi, president of the Bank of the United States, the fourth largest bank in the United States, just borrowed $30 million to Chairman Jiang. The construction of the railway is beneficial to the country and the people, and the benefits are particularly rich, which Zhang Xi will not see. Besides, I have already said at the dinner just now that the dollar is expected to depreciate soon, and it was Zhang Xi who privately confirmed to me that you should not forget that he still has an identity, he is Roosevelt's personal financial adviser, and he will also seize the opportunity to borrow funds from major banks to make profits secretly. ”

"I understand, but we owe too many foreign debts to various countries, and we haven't paid the old debts again......" Song Ziwen wanted to say again.

An Yi waved his hand: "What are you afraid of?" It's not borrowed from your pocket, it's all for the country and the people, what can't you put down? If you really need ...... In this way, if the bank needs a guarantee, I will ask them to send someone over, and I will let them choose those factories and mines, and they will definitely not make you ugly. ”

Song Ziwen was extremely moved, grabbed An Yi's hand, and patted it vigorously.

At the end of the talks, Kong Xiangxi invited An Yi to serve as a member of the State Economic Commission to make suggestions for the country's economic construction. An Yi did not refuse, before leaving, he invited Song Ziwen to visit southern Sichuan at the right time, and Song Ziwen readily agreed, saying that after arranging manpower to operate the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway and operating the depreciation of the US dollar, he would leave to take a look at southern Sichuan.

On the way back to Yi Garden, An Yi washed back and thought about the secret conversation between the three of them just now.

"Help!"

A poignant woman's cry for help pierced the night sky and brought An Yi back to reality.

Shen Fengdao and Lin Yaodong stared vigilantly and told the driver to slow down and pay attention to the distance between vehicles to prevent accidents. The members of the Shanghai Intelligence Station Operations Group, who were guarding the two sedans in front of and behind An Yi's car, were also on full alert.

Although the security in the French Concession has always been good, and An Yi's whereabouts are also highly secretive, An Yi, as the commander of the An Family Army, has always been a thorn in the side of the Japanese, and no one dares to guarantee that any of the people attending the meeting today will reveal An Yi's visit to Song Ziwen, so the Japanese specially arranged an assassination trap.

I saw a girl in a cheongsam under the dim street lamp, holding a pair of high-heeled leather shoes in her hands, ** with her feet, running hard, followed by seven or eight men holding knives and axes and other sharp weapons, chasing and scolding, watching the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer.

At this time, the girl rushed into the road, and the car in front of her braked sharply, and the girl fell in response. Soon, the pursuers approached the girl and punched and kicked her. The guards in the car rushed out of the car and quickly brought both sides under control.

Lin Yaodong, who was sitting next to An Yi, and Shen Fengdao, who was in the co-pilot's seat, did not relax their vigilance because of this, there were too many similar assassination cases by the special forces of An Jiajun, and they could not be sloppy. It wasn't until the guards in front came to report that someone had forced Liang to become a prostitute and confirmed the identities of both parties, that the muscles of the two people's bodies relaxed.

Shen Fengdao instructed Lin Yaodong to be on guard, then pushed the car door out, went to the front and asked carefully, before coming back to give An Yi a briefing:

"A little singer surnamed Zhou, it is said that she also made a movie, and was betrayed by her adoptive father who was addicted to gambling for 500 oceans, tonight Zhang Fayao, the eldest son of Zhang Xiaolin, the leader of the Green Gang, wanted to bud the little singer, and the little singer girl was vain and looked for an opportunity to escape, but was found by the people of the Green Gang, just blocked in the middle of the road in front, it seems that the people of the Green Gang are walking sideways in the French Concession."

An Yi frowned: "Since we have encountered this matter, we can't ignore it." In this way, bring the little singer back to Yiyuan, and ask Zhang Xiaolin's people to take the deed of sale to Yiyuan to get the money. ”

Shen Fengdao's face was expressionless, but he couldn't bear to see a weak woman being humiliated, An Yi's attitude made Shen Fengdao's heart hot: "Okay, I'll go and tell them in person, Zhang Xiaolin has never had any contact with us, even if we don't give them money, we can't do anything, but for the sake of the face of Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, who are also the three giants of the Green Gang, it is still necessary to leave them some face." ”

An Yi nodded: "Although we can't finish the unfair things in this world, since we have encountered it, it is one that can help one." Tomorrow I will find an opportunity to ask the little girl what to do in the future, since we have taken over this matter, we must settle the family. ”

Shen Fengdao came back after dealing with it, and couldn't help but smile after getting in the car: "Those people are used to flying and domineering, saying that no one's face is sold, and they really want to redeem people, unless they take 10,000 oceans, but they were beaten by our people, and they were honest all of a sudden, and it is estimated that a dispute will be inevitable tomorrow." ”

An Yi didn't care: "We don't make trouble, and we're not afraid of things, just a Zhang Xiaolin, and we don't put it in our eyes." ”

The convoy started slowly again, and when An Yi's special car swept past the incident in front, he saw several men standing on the side of the road supporting each other, looking at the car with a resentful look in their eyes.