"This—" Zhang Xueliang was surprised, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Peaceful reunification? Although the slogan is loud, if you don't do it, you are not willing to quit, right? But he couldn't say it.

"I'm just asking casually, you don't have to be embarrassed to answer." Zhou Ziqiang saw Zhang Xueliang hesitating, smiled and waved his hand.

Zhang Xueliang was a little embarrassed, the southern and overseas Chinese newspapers often criticized the Beiyang warlords, and his Zhang family father and son were "shot" in a large area, because they were the sons of warlords.

He smiled and said frankly: "It's really hard to answer, if the interests of the Northeast Army can be guaranteed and mutual respect can be respected, I think many issues can be discussed." How to say, we are also Chinese.

Now the problem is that there is no central government in the country, the southern government is not willing to leave the burden left by the former Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government, and our strength is relatively limited. ”

Zhang Xueliang complained, in terms of talking about cannons, he really can't play those guys in the south, in short, no matter what his side does, it is not right.

"It's the same, if it's me, I'm embarrassed. After all, there are wolves and Russians in the northeast, and there are Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang in the Guannei, the country is divided into several parts, and the authority of the central government in Beijing is swept away. Moreover, the European and American powers may not be willing to see China's reunification, and this problem is difficult to solve. ”

Zhou Ziqiang shook his head, and sighed in his heart, he, an outsider, also asked casually.

For Zhang Shaoshuai, he has a good impression, and there is no conflict between them, and the two can become good friends.

Somehow, Zhang Xueliang seemed to be interested in the situation in Libya, so Zhou Ziqiang invited him to come over as a guest.

Zhang Xueliang gladly accepted. Soon it was all over under the skies of North Africa.

For the Sierte area, where the Chinese are concentrated, the Chinese have become the main group, Zhang Shaoshuai is very surprised, and he doesn't feel like he is in a foreign country.

Siirt became more and more prosperous, and a large number of people were attracted to oil.

Zhang Xueliang saw the magic of oil and learned that Zhou Ziqiang was very influential in oil. He asked Zhou Ziqiang with a smile, can he recruit someone to go to the Northeast to have a look, maybe he can find something?

Isn't it just to send a geological expedition to the Northeast? How big of a deal? Anyway, someone paid, so Zhou Ziqiang readily agreed.

After a short stay in North Africa, Zhang Xueliang soon returned to China.

Jalan Edda. Miss Mussolini grieved and understood that the two sides could only be destined.

It is said that after Zhang Xueliang left, Ziano took advantage of the weakness to step up the offensive, and soon succeeded in taking down the leader's daughter. The two parties are about to get married.

"There are 20 machines such as drilling machines, lathes, planers, etc., all of which are good goods made in Italy, 5,000 tons of seamless steel pipes, which can make gun barrels and gun barrels. And the planes ......"

When he returned to Fengtian, Zhang Xueliang reported to his father the results he brought back, and he was interested in this kind of arms procurement case. It's not the first time he's done it, and he has a lot of experience. You don't have to look at the list to tell it completely.

The old bandit was very satisfied with his son's performance, thinking that after all, he could lead troops and do business, and the successor of the Northeast Army would have more talent.

"I also met an interesting person in Italy, a diplomat sent to Europe by South China, but he did all the blood licking business."

"Oh? What kind of blood-licking business? The old bandit asked with a smile. His favorite thing to do is to lick blood.

Zhang Xueliang mentioned Zhou Ziqiang. briefly talked about Zhou Ziqiang's situation, and said with a smile: "According to what I know, Nanhua's support for Wuhan is not like before, and their energy is in other aspects, if there is no national war." Foreign invasions, they will not participate in the affairs of the country. ”

"Really? Are the two of them in a gang? The old bandit asked with wide eyes and surprise.

"At least that's what the people of Zhou Ziqiang's faction think, they are quite energetic." Zhang Xueliang said with a smile, "Besides, do your brothers also have to settle accounts?" How can everything be unified? ”

"That's a good thing." The old bandit nodded and said, and let out a long sigh, "I can see how those people in the south have done in the past few years, and they want to concentrate on industrialization, and those rich guys don't want to fight with us, so I'm not worried about them, but I'm worried about turning into elbows and armpits!" ”

The old bandit scratched his bare head and frowned.

"Turning elbows and armpits?" Zhang Xueliang frowned and said, "The Japanese are making trouble again?" ”

"Hmm!" The old bandit nodded, "The devil still doesn't give up and asks for the right to the railway?" Can I give them this thing? I don't know how the matter spread, the people outside found out about it, and 20,000 people took to the streets to demonstrate, isn't it? It's not to catch, it's not to scratch, I'm caught in the middle and angry! ”

…… Father and son were silent.

"Forget it, you don't care about this, I'll handle it myself. Since the raw materials of the machine have been bought, let's hurry up and produce! ”

The old bandit found Yang Yuting, who was in charge of the military construction of the Northeast Army, and told Yang Yuting to take charge of the arsenal, Zhang Xueliang should not go around during this time, and he should return to the army.

"By the way, there's one more thing-" Zhang Xueliang remembered that he had asked a geological survey team to go to the northeast to see if there was any oil, and he mentioned it to the old bandits.

"Okay. Make up your mind, but keep quiet, lest there be another mess. The old bandit waved his hand and said a few words, but he really didn't know how to do such a trivial matter.

On the one hand, he has the intention to avoid the Japanese and transfer more resources and troops into the Guannai, and on the other hand, he does not want to start a war with the Southern Zhi Gong Dang government.

After Zhang Xueliang left, the old bandit thought for a long time in the room alone, and muttered: "Those people in the south are also poisonous snakes, they don't open their mouths easily, and they will kill you with one mouth." Even Wu Peifu was driven by them to the desolate northwest to eat sand. ”

If Situ Nan is sure to go out, pay attention to safety, take less trains, and be careful of Huanggutun or something.

Because of the butterfly effect, today's Northeast Army is much stronger than in history, Guo Songling did not defect, the elite of the Northeast Army was not consumed on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition, in general, the strength of the Northeast Army has been rising since 1924, and there are no major setbacks in the middle. It's still very strong, at least on paper.

Situ Nan will not care about these little things to Handar. Brown brought back the message with interest: "So, the Italians want to work with us in depth?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be." Hantec. Brown nodded.

"Isn't it okay for Italians to make cars? They have Fiat cars, can they work with us? Situ Nan was a little puzzled.

"I don't know the specifics. But the Italian cars I saw in Rome were really not very good, with little horsepower, a bunch of minor problems, and Fiat produced less than a tenth of the Chrysler cars, maybe they wanted to get more advanced technology from the United States? I remember that Chrysler Motors and Cummins did a good job with armored vehicles and tanks, right? Maybe the Italians think-"

Hantec. Brown analyzed according to his own judgment that he was not the director of Chrysler Motor Company, so he didn't have to worry about this kind of thing, just sent a message to Situ Nan to know.

"Hmmm! Reasonable. The Italians must have taken a fancy to the American military technology, after all, Italian tanks-"

Situ Nan shook his head. I can't think of any famous armored vehicles or tanks made by the Italians.

Walter. Chrysler walked around William Street, and finally found William Financial Holding Company in an inconspicuous building at the corner of the street, and finally found Situ Nan: "Hell, how did you put the company in such a remote place?" William Financial should move to the Chrysler Building. ”

"Let's wait until the building is completed!" Situ Nan said with a smile, Chrysler has been busy with the Chrysler Building, and this time he came to find himself, probably because of the building, so he asked him. "Why did you choose the right location for the building?"

Chrysler nodded: "I found a plot of land on Lexington Street in East Manhattan and was going to buy it." However, the land belonged to Cooper School, and they refused to sell it, but only rented it. ”

"Building a house on land that does not have land ownership will not be a lot of money in the future, is there any other choice?" Situ Nan asked. Cooper School, he knew, Edison's alma mater. The area is very small, and in Manhattan, where every inch of land is at a premium, there is no such thing as a school as large as the University of William in California.

"Of course, my second choice is Fifth Avenue, but it's a lot more expensive."

Chrysler Road.

"Fifth Avenue! I love the central axis of Manhattan. There is Central Park, there is Broadway, and when the building is completed, in addition to commercial use, some floors can also be converted into high-rise residential apartments. ”

South Szeto Road.

Just after taking care of William's financial affairs, he had time, so he proposed that Chrysler take him to see the land.

I went to take a look and found that the place Chrysler had chosen was at the intersection of 350 Fifth Avenue and West 33rd Street.

Depend on! Isn't that the address of the Empire State Building?

Situ Nan thought to himself, what a coincidence! If the Chrysler Building were to be built here, the Empire State Building would have to be moved elsewhere.

There was no shadow of the Empire State Building, just an old department store with grocery stores nearby, and as Chrysler said, it would cost some money to buy this place.

"Just buy the department store and the nearby land and develop it into a central business district!" Stuart told Chrysler what he thought.

"It's a good idea, but the owner of the land has to come out and pay him!" Chrysler laughed.

"You want me to come forward? Whose land is it? Situ Nan asked with a smile.

"Our Governor!" Chrysler Road.

It turned out to be the Roosevelt family! It's no wonder, since the Roosevelts were the big landowners of Fifth Avenue.

"No problem, I think he'll give me face." Situ Nan said confidently.

In the just-concluded gubernatorial election, Franklin. Roosevelt was elected as the first lame governor of the United States, and his success was inseparable from the support of Stuart Nan, and the Cummins Broadcasting Corporation and the New York Times have spared no effort to promote Franklin. Roosevelt played a very big role in the election.

The Williams Foundation also donates to the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, which in turn works with Eleanor. Roosevelt was close to Franklin. Roosevelt's campaign strategy included the protection of women's and children's rights, and many women voted for Roosevelt during the election.

Reasonably, Situ Nan felt that it was not difficult to buy land from the Roosevelt family.

Although Roosevelt's own political views were not very in line with the interests of the William Consortium, Situ Nan was willing to support him for the simple reason.

Seeing that Situ Nan took over the task, Chrysler was relieved, and he told Situ Nan that the design drawings of the building would be completed soon, and he had hired a well-known architectural firm in New York.

"By the way, I have something to tell you!" Situ Nan remembered something and called Chrysler.

"The Italians want to work with Chrysler?" Chrysler was a little puzzled, glanced at Situ Nan, and saw that Situ Nan didn't care much, and the people came to the door just as a result of the cooperation between Chevron Oil Company and the Italians.

"Alright! Maybe it's another opportunity for Chrysler, we already have Citroën cars, and we don't care about one more partner for Fiat. ”

Chrysler said somewhat casually.

To be precise, Situ Nan held part of the shares of Citroen Automobile, and later the shares were transferred to the name of Chrysler Automobile Company, so Chrysler Automobile Company also became one of the shareholders of Citroen Automobile.

Chrysler Motor Company surpassed Ford Motor Company in scale, and it was really thanks to Situ Nan's layout in the European automobile industry in the early years that he could successfully enter the European automobile market.

"That's it! I'm leaving! I have to see what the designer is doing with my building. I will definitely tell him about the design requirements for adding a high-rise apartment. ”

Chrysler left in high spirits.

Seeing the back of Chrysler's departure, Situ Nan shook his head in his heart, this guy is now thinking about the Chrysler Building, I don't see how fierce the competition between the three major automobile companies in the United States is now, the General Motors empire is rising, merging Chevrolet, Buick, Osmobile and other well-known brands, and raising a lot of funds from Wall Street, continuing to walk on the road of mergers and acquisitions.

Ford, which has always liked to be self-reliant, has also launched a legendary generation of god cars, the Model A, which has been welcomed by the market and is expected to continue the myth of the Model T. If Chrysler Motor Company does not redouble its efforts, it is likely that it will not even be able to maintain its position as the second child.

Roosevelt's residence was on Fifth Avenue, and soon Stuart appeared in front of Roosevelt and his wife.

As soon as they met, Roosevelt thanked Situ Nan: "Although it is a bit cliché, I still want to thank you and the William Foundation for your support." ”

Of course, Situ Nan accepted the thanks of Roosevelt and his wife, and said with a smile: "Franklin, although your policies are inconsistent with the interests of large companies, my personal psychology is to support you. ”

Roosevelt and his wife were a little stunned, they didn't expect Situ Nan to be so straightforward, speaking of which, the relationship between the William Consortium and the Republican Party is much closer, and the Roosevelt family has always been supported by Situ Nan over the years.

"It's a bit of a contradiction, isn't it? But business is business, and individuals are individuals. Situ Nan shrugged his shoulders and said with a relaxed expression.

"Very good explanation." Roosevelt smiled, seeing sincerity in Situ Nan's eyes, and his heart was a little moved. (To be continued.) )