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When Li Zongren took over the troops, he was short of food and straw, and the army's morale was unstable, and there was no pop-up window, and Lin Yimin's timely appearance allowed Li Zongren to stabilize the army's morale and establish his authority in the army, which made Li Zongren grateful.

Under his painstaking management, the strength of a battalion of the Gui army stationed in Xinhui has been firmly controlled by Li Zongren, and several company commanders and platoon commanders below have begun to revolve around Li Zongren.

Among them, there is also a connection between the members of the Zhi Gong Party who can be agitated. Li Zongren seized the opportunity to clear out the diehards in the army, promoted some outstanding non-commissioned officers, and changed the atmosphere in the barracks.

Interestingly, Li Zongren has just finished your hard life for a few months, and he actually paid off the arrears at one time. There is naturally a reason for the refreshment of the head, Li Zongren instinctively felt that he was going to fight again, otherwise it would not be possible to be so generous.

Li Zongren was right, in order to compete for the control of the wealthy Guangdong Province, the first Guangdong-Guizhou War in history was about to begin.

This is not something that Li Zongren can decide for a small battalion commander, after he got the money, Ma fulfilled his promise and returned the money to the Meihua Bank.

It was still the chubby Manager Pang who received Li Zongren, and after receiving Li Zongren's money, he handed Li Zongren a list with a smile.

Li Zongren looked at it, and Ma was surprised to write 10 Maxine machine guns, 500 1903 Springfield rifles, 100,000 rounds of ammunition, and 10 boxes of grenades.

"This munition?! For me!? ”

Li Zongren looked at Manager Pang's white and fat face in surprise, he took a deep breath and held his breath.

"Hmm. This is what Mr. Lin explained. He just said that he would give these things to General Li when he repaid the money. ”

Manager Pang said. I also have some doubts in my heart: The value of this arms is far more than 20,000 yuan, I don't know why this Li Zongren is so lucky and has been valued by Lin Yimin? Aren't they the ones who have the foundation?

Manager Pang thought gossipingly. However, looking at Li Zongren's surprised expression, he shouldn't have known that there was such a thing. I really can't understand the thoughts of those big things.

From beginning to end, Manager Pang didn't know Lin Yimin's identity, but he had to fully cooperate with Lin Yimin when he received the face. Therefore, he did not dare to slack off on Lin Yimin's orders.

"This—" Li Zongren's swarthy face flushed slightly, and his heart was extremely surprised. With this munition, his troops could be expanded into a regiment. Especially those 10 machine guns are even more remarkable, you must know that a regiment of their Gui army only has 2 machine guns, and now they have 10 machine guns at once, which is really ??????

After Li Zongren was overjoyed, he began to think about how to place these machine guns.

"Did he leave anything behind?" Li Zongren asked, staring at Manager Pang sternly.

"Nope." Manager Pang shook his head.

"The U.S.-China Bank runs the arms business? Can arms be imported from a foreign country? Li Zongren asked again, looking at Manager Pang's eyes a little more eagerly. If he can build an arms channel, it will certainly be of great benefit to his future development.

"This is the first time in our Xinhui branch, and it is also the first time for me to handle this matter." Manager Pang frowned and said that the American-Chinese Bank has always been involved in arms trading. This time, he suddenly traded a large amount of arms, which made Manager Pang a little puzzled.

Maybe your level is too low?

Manager Pang remembered that when he went to Guangzhou for a meeting, the manager of the Guangzhou branch once said after getting drunk, "The Guangzhou branch is nothing in the whole Meihua Bank, and the Meihua Bank is only a part of the Meihua Company." So, little Pang'a, it's a good thousand, in case you are favored by the head, you will reach an unimaginable height. ”

After returning from Guangzhou, Manager Pang kept this in his heart. At the same time, he learned a lot about the Meihua Company from other entrances to Xinhui.

Those who come back from abroad will give a thumbs up when they mention the Meihua company.

"Although our bank rarely intervenes in this kind of thing, our white spoon parent company, the United States and China Company, is a large international trader and has business all over the world, and this little arm is actually nothing. If General Lee needs anything in the future, he can come to us. ”

Manager Pang patted his chest and said, looking confident.

He is proud of the word Meihua. When he was sent from Guangzhou to Xinhui to open a branch, it was not that he did not have a way to find trouble, but he went from a ruffian hooligan to a high-ranking official in the county, and after being cleaned up by Meihua, he never dared to provoke Meihua Bank again.

Well, it's all comprador mentality, or not. However, considering the current social situation, Manager Pang's mentality is also very realistic.

"Mr. Lin really admires General Li." Manager Pang sighed, and had the intention to test what Li Zongren had to do with Lin Yimin.

Manager Pang smiled. We're just compatible. In the future, I will have to rely on Manager Pang to take care of it. ”

Li Zongren said with a smile, as if he had some understanding of Manager Pang's mentality, but even Li Zongren was a little confused by the sudden surprise of Jinyao.

His mysterious attitude made Manager Pang more sure that Li Zongren had a close relationship with the company's senior management, so he paid more and more attention to Li Zongren's attitude.

Li Zongren later recalled the days when he led the troops in Xinhui, and he never forgot to mention the enthusiastic Manager Pang, and the fat man gave Li Zongren a lot of help??????

After a long journey, the Wilhelm sailed through the Qiongzhou Strait and into Guangzhou Bay.

Guangzhou Bay was also later known as Zhanjiang, the most important city at the southern tip of Chinese mainland. It is rich in resources, but it is a pity that it has always been the border of southern Xinjiang and cannot be exploited.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the French ** ship Baiwatt sailed into Guangzhou Bay to avoid the storm, and later occupied Guangzhou Bay in the name of building a coal stack.

"It's really a deep-water harbor, and if the country is strong, deploy a fleet here, and Guangzhou Bay will become a fortress for China deep into the South China Sea, like Hawaii in the United States."

Situ Nan sighed faintly, he knew that even in his previous life, China seemed to be strong, but there was no decent navy in Guangzhou Bay.

"Honey, is this China?" Laura asked. She looked at the French ** ships moored in the harbor, as if they were not much different from the British cities she saw in Nanyang.

"Yes. This is China! I am back! It's finally back! Situ Nan's body shook slightly, looking at the red earth in front of him, he couldn't help himself, and his eyes turned red in a flash. He took a deep breath, hugged Andy, and walked down the trestle step by step.

Clemenceau Road is the most prosperous commercial street in Guangzhou Bay, and the Guangzhou Bay Office, hotels, cinemas, evangelical churches, and schools are all concentrated on Clemenceau Road, condensing the essence of the whole city.

Since it is a French concession, the whole city has a strong French flavor. Rue Clemenceau is lined with neat French arcades, straight and spacious, and two rows of tall French plane trees, just like walking into a street in Paris.

That night, Situ Nan stayed at a hotel on Clemenceau Road in Chikan. This is the property of the Meihua Company.

Looking out of the window, you can see Crédit Agricole CIB opposite. The U.S.-China Bank is right next to Crédit Agricole CIB.

In business, the two sides formed a fierce competition. It's just that the U.S.-China Bank is disciplined and engaged in trade loans and loans to formal Chinese companies, unlike the French banks, as long as there is money to be made, they will do all kinds of bad business, so they don't like each other.

Usually there are no small movements between each other, but after trying a few times, both sides acquiesce to each other's storage zài, which means that the well water does not violate the river water.

Although there are many big smoke houses in Guangzhou Bay, although they are opened by Chinese scum, they are instigated by France. Close to Yunnan, those big tobacco houses can get high-quality and cheap opium, so business is also prosperous.

Situ Nan stood in front of the window, looking at the open smoke houses and brothels at the entrance of the street, his brows furrowed deeply.

"If France has made this place a miasma, then the world-famous Haifa Concession is almost like this, and the rest of China is almost the same."

Situ Nan muttered to himself. At this moment, a scrawny man had just come out of the brothel, yawned, turned around and entered the big smoke house next door.

Situ Nan couldn't help but shake his head, feeling a little uncomfortable, so he pulled the curtains and withdrew his cheap pity.

He has seen a lot of this abroad, but when he returned to the country, he saw this heart-wrenching scene at first sight, and the mood of wanting to visit Guangzhou Bay was suddenly gone, so he could only stay in the room and study the investment of Meihua Company in Guangzhou Bay.

Guangzhou Bay and Hainan Island on the other side of the Qiongzhou Strait face each other across the sea, and the geographical location is dangerous, which can directly radiate the southwest Guangxi and Yunnan provinces, so it is a vital part of the mainland bridgehead plan of the Zhi Gong Party.

Originally, France was a dominant company in Guangzhou Bay, but after the Meihua Company stepped in, it shared a lot of cakes from France.

Meihua's biggest investment in Guangzhou Bay is Leizhou Sugar Company. It should be noted that Leizhou County is under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government, but it is economically controlled by Guangzhou Bay, so most of Meihua's industries are also purchased in Guangzhou Bay.

Leizhou Sugar Company is a joint venture between Meihua Company and Jianyuan Company of the Huang Zhonghan family. Although it has only been established for less than two months, it has already acquired two local sugar mills. One is in Guangzhou Bay and the other is in Leizhou County.

However, the original sugar factory was not large in scale and backward in equipment, although it was influenced by the spring breeze of private capitalism in the First World War, and once flourished for a while, but in the past two years, in the face of competition from Nanyang Sugar Company, it has gradually become difficult to maintain.

A few days ago, the Meihua Company, together with the Jianyuan Company, smuggled a batch of cane sugar from Nanyang to Guangzhou Bay for dumping, and as a result, a batch of sugar factories in Guangzhou Bay were squeezed to the point of dying in two clicks. The Meihua Company took the opportunity to acquire the two sugar mills.

According to the plan, Meihua will expand the scale of the sugar factory, update the equipment of the sugar factory, adopt new technology, and then use high-quality and low-cost sugar to squeeze other sugar factories.

The sugar factories on the Leizhou Peninsula hardly competed with the Leizhou Sugar Company, and they either went bankrupt or obediently joined the Leizhou Sugar Company's camp.

After several rounds of mergers and acquisitions, Situ Nan believed that Meihua would definitely monopolize the sugar industry on the Leizhou Peninsula, and then slowly expand to Guangxi and Yunnan in the southwest.

Unconsciously, the Meihua Company used economic means to tie the fate of the peninsula to itself, and in the future, whether it is immigrating to Nanyang or Meihua directly standing on the table, the Leizhou Peninsula is in the bag of Meihua.

To be continued

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