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Li Zongren led his troops into Sichuan and garrisoned Chongqing, supported by a well-armed army of four or five hundred thousand and a thriving Zhi Gong regime.

Under heavy military pressure, the warlords of central Sichuan wisely chose to submit to the leadership of the Wuhan regime, at least formally.

As soon as Sichuan was launched, peace was gradually restored in the southwest region, and the people's attention shifted to the Sichuan-Han Railway, which was in full swing.

"Sichuan's problems are mainly traffic problems, in fact, most of the problems in the country are also traffic problems.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to go to the blue sky and the blue sky. No, Li Zongren urged me to send the construction corps into Sichuan, and he built a plan to start the railway as soon as possible. ”

In the Situ Mansion, Song Ziwen took the telegram and said to Situ Nan with a smile. It seems that he is in a good mood, and his face is very different from the tangled face when he first saw the budget of the Sichuan-Han Railway not long ago.

The Sichuan-Han Railway passes through Chengdu, Chongqing, Wanzhou, Yichang and Wuhan along the line, with a total distance of 3ooo kilometers, complex geology and huge engineering.

In particular, the Yichang to Wanzhou section of the railway, just 300 kilometers, but there are seventy or eighty percent of the road section of the mountain high and steep walls, deep river valleys, wide distribution, can be called a collection of geological diseases, almost the world's worst geological conditions are concentrated together, there is no seventy or eighty million dollars to complete this short Yichang (Chang) Wan (Zhou) railway!

The U.S.-China consortium and Situ Nan prepared a billion-dollar budget for the Wuhan government's industrial program for the construction of railways and the railroad-related steel industry.

The total amount of this amount of money is staggering, and there has never been such a large amount of construction money in the history of China.

However, Song Ziwen didn't want to throw precious funds into the lofty mountains and mountains of Shu Road to take risks, and there was more than one railway into Sichuan. The South (Ning) Kunming (Ming) Railway is about to be completed. Next is the construction of the Guizhou Railway.

It is also possible to enter Sichuan by railway from Guizhou. The cost is relatively low, and the economic benefits are faster and effective, after all, the current Guangxi is not the poor and backward Guangxi in history.

On the contrary, after four or five years of great development, Guangxi has a certain industrial base, foreign trade is increasingly prosperous, and the economy is about to catch up with the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

Once the Chengdu-Kunming railway is completed. The abundant resources of the Sichuan Basin are directly connected to the South China Sea by railway.

"In fact, in addition to the Chengdu-Kunming Railway, it is also worth considering entering Sichuan from Shaanxi in the north." Song Ziwen spoke casually, his tone seemed to be talking to himself, but his eyes looked at Situ Nan.

"Be content! I have personally borne the funds for the most difficult Yichang Wanzhou section of the Sichuan-Han Railway, and the remaining eastern section of Wuhan Yichang and the western section of Chengdu and Chongqing are much less difficult.

Both the U.S.-China Bank and Robles are willing to invest, and investors in Wuhan and Shanghai, as well as excited Sichuan people, are willing to spend money on the Yichang section of Wuhan and the Chongqing section of Chengdu.

Count it up. The government can reap a major economic artery in the southwest by only paying a small part of the funds, and the political, economic, and military gains are all sufficient. At the very least, we can speed up foreign migration, send poor people from southwest China to Nanyang, and alleviate domestic contradictions. ”

Situ Nan glanced at Song Ziwen, and a trace of anger surged in his heart.

The Sichuan-Han Railway began in the late Qing Dynasty until the 21st century for a full hundred years, resulting in a variety of reasons for this result, there are human factors, there are objective limitations, the biggest reason is that the difficulty of this section of the railway project is more difficult than the Qinghai-Tibet Railway!

As a crazy railway controller, Situ Nan did not intend to let the "tragedy" happen again, so he resolutely undertook the most uncomfortable section of the Sichuan-Han Railway with his personal financial resources, which gave Song Ziwen and the Wuhan government great confidence to start the Sichuan-Han Railway project.

The Sichuan-Hanzhou Railway adopts the method of sectional construction, Yi (Chang) Wan (Zhou) starts construction first, and Chengdu (Du) heavy (Qing) section later, for this reason, the government is ready to invest in a number of steel, cement, and chemical factories in Chongqing, Chengdu and other places.

"It's a pity that Zhan Tianyou died early, otherwise the project would be more exciting if it was handed over to him to preside." Song Ziwen sighed suddenly, and his words revealed regret and admiration for the railway engineer.

"It's a bit of a pity. However, Zhan Tianyou's design I think there are some problems that need to be improved, so many years have passed, engineering technology has made great progress, and it just so happens that I have the best resources in my hands. Hehe. ”

Situ Nan smiled confidently, he believed that the more difficult the project, the more it could cultivate a large number of outstanding engineering and technical talents, which is the most valuable asset, think about the millions of technical talents trained by Japan after the war after World War II! If it weren't for them......

It is not economically cost-effective to invest an extra 100 million dollars to build an expensive railway, but the meat is always rotten in the pot, and the biggest benefit is not Hanyang Iron Works and Wuhan Industrial Group?

In addition to providing steel products, Wuhan Industrial Group has also expanded its mechanical engineering to produce construction machinery such as mixers, bulldozers, cranes, road rollers, etc., and it is foreseeable that China's machinery manufacturing industry will take off due to railway engineering.

"Well, you're right. The Ministry of Communications has organized an expert group to re-inspect Yichang, Wanzhou and other places, and then make detailed plans. ”

Song Ziwen nodded, the Yichang Wanzhou section project will not start in a year or two at the earliest, but Song Ziwen still can't wait to get the funds from Situ Nan in advance.

Fortunately, the assets of the William consortium have exploded due to the booming US economy, which provides a guarantee for Situ Nan's "willful" burning of money at home.

Situ Nan, who has done oilfield exploration, is not a person who can only talk on paper, but also maintains a rigorous style of field investigation while pampering himself, so he personally went to Sichuan to investigate.

In this era, with airplanes, it is not difficult to go to the blue sky, during this time, Situ Nan went upstream, probably inspected Sichuan, the situation is not good, not bad.

Compared with Hubei, Sichuan's industry is much more backward, but the crops are abundant, the grain is abundant, and now under the rule of the Wuhan government, most of the former harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been abolished, and the burden of the people has been greatly reduced, and the leisurely life of the rich idlers in the Chengdu teahouse is more leisurely than that of the indigenous nobles of Nanyang.

The South Seas are rich in products, and the original natives were not very industrious and could fill their stomachs, so they were optimistic by nature.

The only exception is South China, where the indigenous Javanese are being exploited by mercenary Chinese capitalists and manor owners. So the lazy nature had to become industrious.

Situ Nan sat in a teahouse in Chengdu, facing the street. Look at the crowded and unhurried flow of people on the streets. From time to time, I heard the surrounding tea customers commenting on the measures of the new government of the Zhi Gong Party. or warlords such as Liu Xiang and Liu Wencai, who once dominated the situation in Sichuan.

A man in his thirties and forties sat opposite Situ Nan, with a slight sip of tea in his mouth, his expression was serious and confident, he had a strange name, called Friday.

As a trustee of the US-China Foundation and manager of the Sichuan branch of US-China Bank, Mr. Friday is a remarkable figure who has a huge influence on the current rail projects in Sichuan, and is also very low-key.

"They will soon forget about their original owners! The populace is forgetful. They are now gradually beginning to feel the good of the new government, and even a little grateful to Dade, but as time goes by, they will become a matter of course, and maybe they will forget about the government and our efforts to open up foreign communications. ”

Friday commented a little harshly. The corners of his mouth curled slightly, as if he was mocking the world, obviously this is a person who has been severely ridiculed by life.

"People are always profit-seeking, and the new government of the Zhi Gong Party and the generous Sino-American Bank are not so selfless. I have a friend who is crazy about making money and is rich enough to rival the country. At the same time, he generously repays the society, he is John? Rockefeller. We're doing pretty much the same thing. It's just one more national mission.

Of course, this is also something that we have benefited a lot, and we don't need anyone to remember us, for example, the William Foundation is about to build a state-of-the-art university here. ”

Situ Nan said indifferently, but unfortunately there was a drought in the northwest not long ago, and Mr. Chongming Dao, the spokesman of the William Foundation and Situ Nan's old friend, went to the northwest to investigate, otherwise the two could meet in Chengdu.

"Make money, throw money. Is that so? Friday looked at Situ Nan in front of him, his eyes were deep, and he had a rational and calm temperament, but also with a hint of compassion.

"Mr. Friday, you have done a good job, both the company and the foundation's business have been greatly expanded here, at least we have obtained tung oil and pig bristles from Sichuan, and sold our kerosene, fertilizer, electrical appliances, and textiles to Sichuan. I heard that Zigong's salt industry is losing ground under the competition of cheap Yingge salt? ”

Situ Nan praised appreciatively, looking out from the window, the Meihua Bank and Meihua Bank not far away were crowded, and the figures of employees and guests were coming in and out at the door, and the business was lively! It can be seen that Mr. Friday is a very capable person.

Friday was not complacent about Situ Nan's praise, there was no industry in Sichuan, and some local industries withered in the cheap and high-quality industrial products imported by the Meihua Company, so Mr. Friday needed to take measures to integrate some industries, which would take a lot of energy.

"Hainan has Yingge and other large salt farms, the scale is much larger, with cost advantages, the government has begun to integrate the southeast coast of the salt farms, Sichuan salt market is shrinking step by step, on the verge of bankruptcy, really can not make me happy, but a little headache. Fortunately, the Sichuan Basin is rich in natural gas as energy, so salt chemicals, refined salt, fertilizers and other industries are good choices. ”

Speaking of this, Friday Yu slowed down and glanced at Situ Nan with some expectation.

"Not enough money? Or is it a technical dilemma? Situ Nan said with concern.

"The main thing is technology, and of course the funds needed are at least more than 10 million. At present, the most lacking is technical personnel, the chemical industry is almost blank, and there are few who understand the periodic table, so I applied to the headquarters to invest in a natural gas company, a synthetic ammonia plant, but unfortunately there has been no response.

However, once the project is completed, it will be of profound significance to Sichuan's industrial construction. Whether it is the production of explosives or fertilizers, there is a large market. ”

Friday Road.

It's a big project and a lot of potential. It is difficult to do it with domestic technology for a while.

Natural gas is the main raw material for synthetic ammonia, and it is also a source of energy, and the most indispensable thing in the Sichuan Basin is natural gas, and it is the most suitable for natural gas and related chemical industries.

Well, in the past few years, the fastest South China Exhibition is the oil and gas industry, and the United States and China should master a considerable part of the technology in the cooperation with the American Giant Chemical Company and the German BASF Company, and may be able to introduce it to Sichuan, but Situ Nan is not sure which step will be achieved.

After thinking about it, Situ Nan replied: "It is estimated that it is not due to financial reasons, we are fortunate to get foreign technology to build some chemical industries in Nanhua and Guangxi."

After all, it is less than ten years, and the foundation in terms of technology is weak. There is a lack of technical personnel to take the lead. And our territory has expanded so much all at once. Now that construction is being started everywhere, it is normal to not be able to estimate Sichuan for a while. Well, I'll help you contact Chevron and ask them to provide the technical equipment. ”

When I heard about Chevron Oil Company on Friday, I was shocked and naturally no stranger to the famous Chevron Oil Company, one of the pillars of the US-China Consortium, the technology of the US-China Oil Company came from Chevron Oil, and a large number of kerosene, candles, gasoline and other products were sold to China every year. The vast majority come from the joint venture plant in South China.

And how much tung oil, grain, and pigs are exchanged for these products from Sichuan every year, and he knows in his heart, and when he hears Situ Nan mention this, he has a little more confidence in his heart.

"It's a pity that China is an oil-poor country, otherwise like Nanhua, because of the rich oil resources, the exhibition will be faster."

Friday suddenly muttered.

"Oil-poor countries?" Situ Nan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately relieved, and said in his heart: Daqing, Shengli, and the oil and gas fields in the Xinjiang desert. China's oil resources are not a lot, and they are not much. It's just that none of them are in the territory of the Wuhan government, and they can't reach it for a while, so most of the domestic petroleum products rely on imports.

However, at present, there are only a handful of oil-producing countries in the world, and Nanhua is one of them.

In this regard, the Japanese feel it most strongly, but the Japanese people's thirst for technology, their sense of crisis of survival, and the madness of foreign development are not comparable to those of the Chinese. In fact, in history, the Japanese implemented the southward strategy because of oil, not without exploring the Daqing oil field, but just a little bit of bad luck.

"Talent is the most valuable resource! One of the important reasons for the South China Industrial Express is that there are a large number of German technical talents.

Although I don't want to deny the millions of Chinese migrant workers who have immigrated to Nanhua, the realization that one day all the German engineers have returned home, the South China industry will be hit hard, or even collapsed.

Therefore, now in Nanhua, digging oil fields is as fast as building schools. ”

Situ Nan sighed with emotion, secretly glad in his heart, thanks to the "Versailles Treaty", South China is friendly to Germany, Krupp, BASF, Rheinmetall and other industrial giants have gone to Nanhua to invest and set up factories, hundreds of thousands of Germans to Nanhua to make a living, they brought Nanhua the most desired advanced technology, greatly accelerated the industrialization process of Nanhua, Situ Nan believes that this aspect is as important as he and the Wilhelm consortium to Nanhua brought funds.

Talent is the most valuable resource?

Friday was slightly stunned, and instantly thought that the children he had taught on Chongming Island, in the schools built by the William Foundation and the American-Chinese Foundation, and those orphans who grew up in all walks of life will be the precious wealth of the American-Chinese Foundation and the country.

"The boss was absolutely right. I think I should strengthen my contact with William University and ask them to send excellent teachers to Sichuan to build the school and train all kinds of technical talents. Well, there is also a need for some German teachers, who have always been excellent in vocational education. ”

Friday's voice was deliberately raised, and seeing that Situ Nan did not object, he was secretly happy in his heart, and was ready to invest more resources of the William Foundation in Chengdu in the name of Situ Nan.

After drinking a few cups of tea and chatting with Friday, the afternoon sun unconsciously softened, and the sun slanted to the west.

Situ Nan patted his buttocks, stood up, and stretched. "A cup of tea, a stack of peanuts, a few taels of wine, a whole day of chatting, if you don't pay attention to the ever-changing world outside, this kind of life is indeed enviable."

"Huh. Mr. Situ is a busy man, you can often come to Chengdu, just take a break in the busy! ”

Friday smiled, and there was some extravagance in his heart: with Situ Nan's love and generosity, if he was in Sichuan for a long time, the little resources that slipped out of his hands would be enough for Sichuan to expand a lot.

"Huh. The women here are spicy and white and red, which is more pleasing to the eye than Nanhua, but unfortunately I can't stand the spicy taste of Sichuan cuisine. ”

Situ Nan joked that with his identity, he traveled thousands of miles to Sichuan, and it is estimated that there will be no such thing in a few years.

Friday laughed dryly, as a Sichuan person, he loves this place, and strives to build here, perhaps, in the near future, he will try to seek an official position and mobilize more social resources to participate in the construction of Sichuan.

Coming out of the teahouse, Situ Nan and Friday got into a rare car in the city to visit the slaughterhouse, cannery, and tannery of the Meihua Company in Chengdu.

There is nothing to see about the slaughterhouse, the only highlight is that Mr. Friday imitates the assembly line operation of the slaughterhouse in Chicago, USA, which is not exciting for Situ Nan, but in Chengdu, this time caused a sensation.

"Sichuan is the largest pig breeding area in the country, and every household in the countryside raises pigs to help the family. After the pigs are slaughtered, the meat is sent to the freezer that was built not long ago for storage, some are sold to the market, and more are used to produce canned food, which sells very well, mainly for the army, which purchased 2ooo tons of canned meat last month.

After the construction of the railway, the pork business was better. Hehe. Dozens of pigs are sent to the construction site every day, and in order to eat meat, the hooligans and beggars established in Chengdu are running to the construction site in an uproar, and they don't even need to be paid, as long as they eat enough to eat meat every day. ”

Friday explained vividly.

Not only is he the biggest pork guy in China, but he is also involved in managing railway projects and knows a lot more than anyone else. (To be continued......)