After flying to Shanghai, Song Biao still lived in Yu Garden, although he had given the East Garden to Zhang Kangren, and the West Garden to Rong Xingqiao, the total scale of Yu Garden was still very large after all, Rong Xingqiao and Zhang Kangren were also wealthy people with solid family backgrounds, and both of them repeatedly invested in the rebuilding and addition of this royal garden.

After settling down in Yu Garden, Song Biao went to the Jiangnan Shipyard accompanied by Yu Qiaqing to inspect, whether it was Tang Shaoyi or Ouyang Geng, the imperial cabinet was both dependent and supportive of the Far East consortium, and they were also full of worries, so they coincidentally chose to support the Jiangnan consortium headed by Yu Qiaqing, the Rong brothers and others, as well as the Nanyang consortium of the Guangdong-Fujian merchant gang and the Jin merchant consortium of the Qiaoqu family, trying to form a situation in which the four major consortia were elbowed by each other in China.

It was in this decades-long favoritism of the central government that the Jiangnan Consortium developed extremely rapidly, and the Jiangnan Shipyard and Jiangnan Iron and Steel Corporation were the pillars of the consortium's heavy industry.

Starting from Li Hongzhang's Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Jiangnan Shipyard has a history of 66 years, especially in the past 20 years, it has developed very rapidly, and is now the second largest shipbuilding group in the empire, and Shanghai China Merchants Steamship is also the third largest shipping group in the empire.

Affected by the Great Depression and the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, the world's naval shipbuilding has fallen into an unprecedented trough in the past few years, but the Chinese Navy's shipbuilding program is still continuing, after major breakthroughs in various technologies, the two Yuzhou-class battleships manufactured in 1928/1929 are also in service very well, and the Imperial Navy re-built a new Yuzhou-class battleship in Jiangnan Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipyard, although the data parameters are generally the same. However, there is still a big difference between these two battleships numbered A015B and the A015 Yuzhou class in terms of equipment use.

The biggest difference between these two battleships and the previous stage is that they are officially equipped with the first-generation shipborne radar, and the perforated calculator and optical sighting device used in the 16-inch main gun have also been further upgraded, and the electrification of the whole fleet has been further expanded.

In terms of manufacturing technology, with the further maturity of the welding process, the defensive effect of the whole ship has also been enhanced to a certain extent compared with the past.

At the same time as the construction of the third and fourth Yuzhou-class battleships, the empire also began to mothballed and decommissioned the two Combined Forces-class battleships compensated by Austria for use as reserve ships.

According to the existing shipbuilding plan, by 1932, the Empire will have 4 super-dreadnought treaty battleships, 2 super-dreadnought battleships and 4 dreadnought battleships, and the total displacement of the capital battleships will reach 270,000 tons, officially reaching the upper limit of the capital ships of the Imperial Navy.

In the field of cruisers, the empire has 24 10,000-ton treaty cruisers and 40 lightweight cruisers, which completely surpasses the Tsurumoto Navy in terms of total size, and this kind of leadership and breakthrough in the naval field makes the Tsumoto Navy crazy, and Hamaguchi Yuyuki's decision to drastically reduce the Navy's military spending in order to save the Sakamoto economy is a direct result of the Tsumoto Navy's irrational assassination of Prime Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi, which also led to the resignation of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and the opposition Constitutional Friends Friends immediately promised to increase naval military spending after coming to power. We will continue to guarantee the absolute superiority of the Chinese navy over China, and at the same time claim that we will hold reciprocal talks with the "Chinese navy" in order to limit the results of the negotiations on the development of the Chinese navy and further safeguard the superiority of the Chinese navy.

It was under this premise that after learning that the Chinese emperor would personally go to Shanghai to preside over the first Chinese National Games, the newly appointed prime minister of the Cabinet Inuyangyi, immediately dispatched his son-in-law, the newly appointed foreign minister, Kenkichi Yoshizawa, to visit Shanghai and seek an opportunity to meet with the Chinese emperor.

Song Biao was actually quite aware of the embarrassment of the newly appointed Prime Minister, so he still agreed to Fang Ze Kenji's request for an audience, and he had a little impression of Fang Ze Kenji, after Fang Ze Kenji invaded China and occupied Manchuria, Fang Ze Kenji participated in the League of Nations meeting as a representative of the foreign minister, and finally protested by withdrawing from the League of Nations, and strongly rejected the withdrawal proposals demanded by various countries.

That scene was called the dignity of the empire by the right wing of the Great Empire.

Dignity Nimal Leg.

Of course, Fang Ze Qianji and Inu Yangyi both belong to the moderate and gradual faction in the right wing of the Yueben, or the rational faction, not as crazy, irrational and crazy as the Yueben Military Department, especially the madness of the middle and lower-level officers, they are already a generation without reason, just like al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the 21st century, and the so-called faith makes them have no reason at all.

They are no longer simply loyal to the monarch and the spirit of bushido, but crazy religious god worship.

At least in Song Biao's opinion, the more such people the better, although it is very troublesome, but in addition to dealing with it, you only need to kill them all, and time is always in the empire's favor, delaying until it is necessary to solve all the problems between China and Yue in the way of war, the empire will really let Yue Ben know what His Majesty the Emperor Hua is called.

Song Biao has already thought about it, if he really wants to throw an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb in Yueben, the first one will be called Genghis Khan, complete Genghis Khan's unfinished business, and wipe it clean, the second one will be called Longwei, and the third one will be called Pure Land.

Fourth...... He hasn't figured it out yet.

In Jiangnan Shipyard, Song Biao saw a lot of very novel new equipment, including floor boring machine, universal cylindrical grinder, hobbing machine tool, special gantry milling machine, heavy-duty gantry planer, 12,500 tons of hydraulic press, 23,000 tons of vertical cold forging and rolling mill, machine-controlled cutting machine, underwater cutting machine, electrode electric fusion welding machine, argon arc welding machine...... All of them are new equipment that has been gradually added over the past five years.

Therefore, warship manufacturing can effectively stimulate domestic demand and industrial level, Jiangnan Shipyard is to build Yuzhou-class battleships to purchase a large number of these new equipment, and many of these new equipment are for the construction of Yuzhou-class battleships and other heavy industry technology development, only in the 201 project and 125 new industrial plans gradually developed.

The United States, Britain and France and other large shipyards generally have these equipment, but the technical level, the gap between each other is still relatively obvious, special welding equipment is basically only in China, 10,000 tons of hydraulic presses, 10,000 tons of cold rolling mills, machine-controlled cutting machines and the like can only be produced in the United States and China.

A lot of the equipment is not available in the company, but it can be purchased from the United States and the United Kingdom.

In other words, although Ben was able to build dreadnought, super-dreadnought, and treaty battleships earlier than China, the gap between China and China in the overall industrial level, especially in the field of heavy industry, was already very large.

Maybe Ben would have said, "There's something great about you in China, and you didn't develop it with the help of the white race?"

Yes, don't you rely on the help of the white race in the first place?

Yes, the empire has the ambition, the courage, the heart to accept these foreigners and make them part of the Chinese, can you do it instinctively? Can you be accommodating?

China is a multi-ethnic country, and Slavic people can come to Chinese, whites, blacks, Jews, Indians, Southeast Asians can also come.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, there were many people from the Western Regions who moved into China and became subjects of the Tang Empire.

We already have many nationalities, and it is not a big problem to have dozens of new nationalities, and everyone can live in harmony, unity and fraternity.

Emperor Song was definitely at the level of Tang Taizong in this respect, and he was also open-minded, and he was even willing to build such a freer and more open China, as it was during the Tang and Song dynasties.

After inspecting the Jiangnan Shipyard, Song Biao's mood can be said to be very good, very good, and he has no desires.

In 20 years, China has been able to develop to such a scale and level as it is today, what is he not satisfied with?

Of course, the empire still has infinite room for growth, and it is not difficult to double the total economic output and per capita income in ten years.

After inspecting Shanghai for a few days, Song Biao did not wait for the visit of Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa and Jigoro Kano, but Chen Guangfu, president of the Far East Foundation, happened to return to Shanghai from San Francisco on the China Star luxury cruise ship.

This President Chen came at the right time.

After Song Biao inspected the Xujiahui National Stadium in Shanghai, there were no other arrangements for that afternoon, and although Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa and Jigoro Kano, the father of judo, arrived in Shanghai on the China Star cruise ship at the same time, the time to arrange the audience was tomorrow morning, so Song Biao used this afternoon to let Chen Guangfu meet him at Yu Garden.

It just so happened that Rong Xingqiao and Zhang Kangren, two retired ministers at home, were also in Yuyuan, and they were idle, so Song Biao called Chen Guangfu over, and the four of them made up a table to play mahjong.

Mahjong.

This is China's real quintessential movement, and no one knows about it, and no one knows it.

Mahjong and bridge, is also a kind of intellectual sport, small gambling pleasure, the empire is not in the constitution of the country directly banned gambling, the provinces on their own legislation to decide whether to ban gambling, of course, even if gambling is allowed also need to obtain a franchise license, Shanghai in Hongkou District has a number of international surnames of large casinos.

The royal family is also a very normal family.

Chen Guangfu hadn't arrived yet, Rong Xingqiao and Zhang Kangren had already arrived, so Song Biao asked Qiao Guifei to resist and fight first for the sake of the four of them.

Shanghai has Shanghai mahjong, which is called Shenbiao mahjong, the country has a national standard, that is called national standard mahjong, the national standard mahjong is 156 pieces, 8 more wild cards than Shenbiao, it is easier to play to draw cards.

Among the four people, except for Song Biao who occasionally plays a card, the other three are veterans, especially Rong Xingqiao and Zhang Kangren, these two people are many years of card pairing, and they know each other's meaning when they raise their eyes, they are accompanying the prince to study, and the emperor and the concubine play mahjong, that is not just thinking of a way to let the emperor and the mother touch the cards.

Of course, it would be great to let the emperor touch himself.

The emperor likes to win, and he doesn't like to let the cards, so he has to grasp the scale, and he can also get the cards from himself, and he can't hide them.

This just played a round, Song Biao received three in a row, although they are all small cards, but the mood is still very good, he knows that the level is not high, it is good to be able to paste cards.

At this time, Chen Guangfu hurriedly wore formal clothes and entered the Yangshan Hall accompanied by Chen Jiayou's inner attendant, and when he entered the door, he saw Emperor Song, Qiao Guifei and Rong Zhang playing mahjong, and Major General Zhang Futian, a first-class waiter, was still sitting behind Emperor Song to give advice, Chen Guangfu was immediately a little surprised.

Song Biao raised his eyes and saw that it was Chen Guangfu who had arrived, so he smiled with Qiao Guifei: "The person who took over your class has arrived, and you can't let Xian do it." ”

Concubine Qiao sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the concubines haven't been addicted to their hands yet, so you will let the concubines end." ”

Song Biao smiled and said, "Go and see if the children have woken up!" ”

Qiao Guifei responded slightly, and then got up to leave, Rong Xingqiao and Zhang Kangren hurriedly stood up and bowed to see each other, and Chen Guangfu also bowed and sent Qiao Guifei out of Yangshan Hall.

When Concubine Qiao left, Chen Guangfu remembered a little rudely, and hurriedly stepped forward to meet Emperor Song.

For the time being, he was not in a hurry to play cards, Song Biao also got up and drank a cup of tea, and said to Chen Guangfu: "You have been fortunate to have been working the east and west sides of the Pacific Ocean for the past two years, have things been going well in the United States recently?" ”

Chen Guangfu replied: "Back to the emperor, things are still going well in the United States, but now the US economy is in extreme depression, the Morgan consortium has suffered a heavy blow, and the only remaining local consortium in the United States is the Vanderbilt consortium. In the electrical industry, we have reached an agreement with the Morgan consortium to merge Westinghouse Electric and General Electric into the new General Electric Company of America, in which we and the Vanderbilt consortium have an absolute controlling stake, and in the automotive industry, GM's controlling stake will be further controlled by the Far East and Vanderbilt consortiums. Mr. Connes and I have reached an agreement to form a larger and more prosperous General Motors Group of America around the Bank of America, including General Electric, automobiles, machinery, chemicals, ships, aircraft, metallurgy, electrical appliances, and electronics, and to merge the Far East Shipping Corporation and the American Shipping Company into a new Sino-American Ocean Shipping Group. However, the Vanderbilt family has not backed down on our further stake in Bank of America, and I have not been able to continue this position given the long-standing friendship between the royal family and the Vanderbilt family, and the current consideration is to re-merge several medium-sized American banks as subsidiaries of Far Eastern Bank in the United States. ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, took advantage of this break to light a Yuxi cigar, sat at the desk and thought for a while, and said to Chen Guangfu after a while: "Your consideration is still more appropriate, in the business operation of the United States, we still can't overstep our responsibilities." We are foreign in the United States, and it is appropriate to maintain long-term Pacific cooperation with the Vanderbilt consortium, even in the oil field, and we should cooperate with other consortiums. ”

Chen Guangfu said: "During my stay in the United States, John and I. Mr. Rockefeller's residence lived in the mansion for a few days, and the conversation between them was still very in-depth, although the Rockefeller consortium was not greatly affected by the crisis, but Mr. Rockefeller was very willing to expand cooperation with our Far East consortium to jointly operate the petrochemical industry, especially in the financial field, and the two sides had a lot of room for cooperation. However, John. Mr. Rockefeller told me a few other things, which I think are more important. ”

Song Biao asked, "What did he say?" ”

Chen Guangfu replied: "Our conversation should be open and not too constrained, and when it comes to the question of wealth, he suggested that the Far East should use more of the profits earned in the United States to serve the American people, rather than bringing back to China to donate to the education and welfare of their own country, and he said that one day, the Americans will realize that the Far East consortium is just an outsider, and only wants to draw nourishment from this land and this country, and is not willing to make anything in return." ”

"Oh!"

Song Biao sighed and praised with approval: "What he said is really good, so when a person's wealth or social status reaches a certain level, he will think about more and higher-level issues, rather than just thinking about making money." Compared to Mr. Rockefeller, I think we're still at a relatively low stage, okay, you can organize some experts and specialized people in the United States to discuss the work. It's really important to think carefully about how the Far East can become the most popular company in China and the United States. For example, we should set up organizations such as the Far East Charitable Trust Fund in many countries, as well as the Social Welfare Trust Fund, which is responsible for considering long-term social development issues in the markets of various countries. For the Great Depression in the United States, I think we should spend some of the money on infrastructure construction to help restore jobs in the United States. While we may hope that the United States will continue to slump for the time being, this is unlikely and will not be conducive to China's development in the long run. You should think about these things to make Far East Trust and Investment Company more like a real American company, to think in this way, to help the American people, and in the same way, we have to think about the problems at home. ”

"I'm going to fund the construction of the largest road and power network in the United States, which will also help drive sales of cars and power products, but it will require a lot of money, a lot of money, and although we have the financial strength, it is obviously not the best investment in terms of return on investment," Chen replied. ”

Song Biao replied: "Of course you can do this, you have the right to do this, as long as you think it is beneficial for the Far Eastern consortium to do so, you should do it." If I were you, I would personally go back to the United States and declare in the newspapers that companies should stand up at this difficult time, do more for American society, increase jobs, and get everyone back to a better life. You should say that, or you should appoint a Chinese-American as the chairman of the U.S. branch, and let him say that as part of the United States, it will also help to improve the image of Chinese Americans in American society, and I think that's a very important thing. ”

Chen Guangfu exclaimed: "The emperor is sage. ”

Song Biao pointed to his temple and said, "Obviously, you know very well that you should do this, you just need my consent, in fact, you can do this, just talk to me." We always say that Chinese businessmen should have the spirit of Confucianism, help the world, rejuvenate the country, enrich the people and benefit the world, and have the idea of benevolence and moderation. I think that China still needs such big thinkers and entrepreneurs very much, although I think that most of the Chinese businessmen I know have such consciousness and Confucian spirit, but it is not high enough, and a higher level of big entrepreneurs is needed, you can be such a person, and I will support you. ”

Chen Guangfu was really embarrassed and grateful when he heard these words, and he was more and more able to understand why the emperor [***] political circles respected the emperor extremely and were extremely loyal to the monarch, as the so-called soldier died for his confidant, for everyone, to be able to get the emperor's trust and support, everyone will have the determination to fight to the death.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Guangfu only expressed the thousand words in his heart in the simplest words, and said: "My subordinates must swear to repay the emperor's love!" ”

Song Biao said softly: "You are serious, you have to be responsible for the affairs of the Far East, let's take a good rest today, I don't want to deal with official business, let's play cards, rest for a day, and have dinner here in the evening, I have already asked people to arrange it!" ”

Chen Guangfu was even more grateful, and replied with more and more heaviness and joy: "Thank you for the emperor's love!" ”

There are too many people in the world who want to thank the emperor for his love, and in this way, Song Biao has already been numb to listening, so he just continues to beckon everyone to sit down and play cards, and chat about some interesting things while playing.

Although there are many problems in the empire now, there is no lack of worries in internal and external affairs, but the overall situation is very good, as the emperor, Song Biao is also very happy, and he can let himself rest more time.

(To be continued)