At the end of May 1910, the 23rd Mixed Association of the New Army finally completed the full establishment under Xiao Zhenlei's vigorous and resolute work efficiency, and it was much larger than the establishment stipulated by the War Department, with a total number of 7,000 people, and the original insufficient soldiers were pulled from the Zhenhua Company Escort Team, and the Zhenhua Company Escort Team recruited more than 2,000 people in the past six months, although the overall number exceeded the number of people on the establishment, but the others did not say anything, since Xiao Zhenlei had the money to support so many extra people, they were also silent, No one will dislike the large number of troops under their command.

Gong Zhizhen, who was sent by Yuan Shikai, was promoted by Xiao Zhenlei to the deputy chief of the staff section of the headquarters, mainly responsible for dealing with the governor's yamen, and he was responsible for asking for military salaries, equipment, weapons and ammunition, clothing, military supplies and other matters. Gong Zhizhen can't do anything else, but he seems to be really capable in this regard, Cheng Dequan originally wanted to withhold part of the military salary of the 23rd Mixed Association, and he didn't know what method Gong Zhizhen used, and he actually asked for a lot of military salary, which made Xiao Zhenlei look at him with admiration, and after that, he was responsible for all the external affairs of the 23rd Mixed Association.

According to Xiao Zhenlei's requirements, the whole army should complete all the training contents and plans within one year, including the combat quality of individual soldiers and the tactical drills of collective cooperation, which means that after one year, this army will be completely able to pull into the battlefield and cannot be discounted.

After arranging the training task of the whole army, Xiao Zhenlei immediately rushed to Shanghai Tang, it is now the end of May, and after a while, the United States will order a policy to restrict the consumption of rubber, and then the rubber storm will come, so Xiao Zhenlei must rush to Shanghai to sit in town, so as to avoid accidents.

Xiao Zhenlei returned to Shanghai and was not in a hurry to rest, and immediately brought Li Shulin to inquire about the specific situation of the rubber stock market, Li Shulin himself presided over the acquisition of rubber stocks in Huade Road Villa, and reported after being called by Xiao Zhenlei: "Sir, now the whole Shanghai is crazy, the share price of Langezhi Company has soared to 1600 taels per share, Sini Wang has soared to 1400 taels, and the stock prices of some other rubber companies have risen even more, and now I am a little scared, if the rubber stock market suddenly collapses, Our losses will be absolutely devastating! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and thought about it, he thought about it, or decided to slowly get rid of all the rubber stocks in his hand, he didn't remember when the rubber trend began, he only remembered that it was June and July, and now the stock price of rubber stocks is high enough, it crashes for sure, but there is no introduction, if this introduction appears, it will definitely collapse at the fastest speed.

This introduction is that the U.S. government ordered the implementation of a policy of restricting the consumption of rubber, once this policy is introduced, it will inevitably lead to a decline in international rubber prices, and the chain reaction will be a sharp drop in the stock price of rubber stocks.

"Today is May 31st, at the current price should be about the same, immediately upload my order, from now on release all the stocks in hand, and send a telegram to London, asking them to immediately get rid of the rubber stocks in their hands, and then send a telegram to Fast in the United States, so that he can pay attention to the dynamics of the US government, if the US government issues a policy to restrict rubber consumption, immediately send a telegram!"

"Yes!"

Under Xiao Zhenlei's deployment, Li Shulin redeemed all the rubber stocks pledged in the bank, and at the same time slowly sold some of the remaining stocks in his hand without causing significant fluctuations in the stock price.

On June 25, Bai Siqin and others in London sent a telegram saying that they had sold all the rubber stocks purchased in the London market, making a profit of 4.7 million pounds.

On June 26, under the instructions of Xiao Zhenlei, Li Shulin also sold all the rubber stocks in his hands, making a profit of 22.6 million taels of silver, after the sale of these rubber stocks, whether it was the London market or the Shanghai market, the stock prices of rubber stocks showed a downward trend, which was inevitable, and the inflow of tens of millions of taels of funds was enough to cause huge turmoil in the stock market.

Later, an investigation report believed that the total investment in rubber stocks this time was as high as 80 million taels, and the investment amount of the Chinese accounted for about 50 to 60 percent; according to the original history, without Xiao Zhenlei's participation, the total investment in rubber stocks this time was about 60 million taels, but because of Xiao Zhenlei's intervention, not only the rubber stocks in Shanghai were raised a lot, but also made waves in the London market, so that many people who did not buy rubber stocks invested in rubber stocks. As a result, it is now about 20 million taels higher than the total amount of investment in history.

Among the amount of investment by Chinese, about 30 million taels to 35 million taels were invested in the Shanghai market, and about 15 million taels were invested in the London market. Foreigners invested about 30 million taels in the Shanghai market and the London market, and the number of various aspects shows that this figure should be true.

Among the total investment of up to 80 million taels of rubber stocks, Xiao Zhenlei earned sixty percent alone, which is a huge benefit of sitting in the bank, and the rest is still in the rubber stock market, but the trend of the collapse of the rubber stock market is already obvious, and it depends on who makes a quick move.

On the evening of June 28, Fast sent a telegram from the United States that the U.S. government has introduced a policy to restrict rubber consumption in view of the soaring trend of international rubber prices. The physical price of rubber in the London market, which was originally fourteen shillings and twelve pence, fell to twelve shillings and five pence only three days later, on July 1.

On the evening of July 1, Xiao Zhenlei hosted a banquet at home for Chen Huizu, Li Shulin, Cheng Yusheng and the high-level core members of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, and even Cai Guodong, Song Shijie and Fan Zhiyong in Suzhou also rushed over.

The lights in the restaurant are bright, the table is full of dishes and liquor, Xiao Zhenlei and everyone talked and laughed and came to the restaurant, and after everyone sat down, he said with a smile: "I invite you to dinner today, mainly to celebrate the great success in this rubber stock market, here, I want to thank Brother Guangpu, Shulin and Old Man Cheng, if it were not for the help of you people, we would not have achieved such a big harvest." Of course, if there is no hard work of all the other people involved, we can't make such a big gain, everyone is meritorious, since we have made money, then we can't treat those who have contributed to this matter, there will definitely be a red envelope afterwards, but we people can't take money, although we are gathered here today to celebrate, but also for our cause, today we eat Chinese food, eat stir-fried vegetables, drink liquor, to have something affordable. First of all, our first glass of wine, we want to pay tribute to the warriors who died fighting against the Qing court during this time, last year we sent a large number of members to the provinces, these people quickly started work after arriving at the destination, developed the members, and injected fresh blood into our iron-blooded national salvation society, but some of them were discovered and captured by the Qing court, and some of them were not strong enough to rebel, but more warriors used their lives and blood to keep the secrets of our organization, and their blood will not be shed in vain, We will continue to take over the banner in their hands and fight against the Qing court, here we toast them! ”

These high-level leaders of the Iron-Blooded National Salvation Society have not experienced the scene of the battle of wits and courage between the secret agents of the Qing court, but they can still imagine the cruelty of the struggle, especially Xiao Zhenlei and Wang Yaqiao, who are not only the high-level leaders of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, but also those who have experienced the scene of fighting to the death with the secret agents of the Qing court.

Everyone toasted together, and then everyone celebrated together, eating and discussing the future direction and plans of the organization.

After eating, everyone drank tea in the hall and continued to discuss the next work, which was also a mid-year meeting of the organization, summarizing the work of the organization in the first half of the year and the achievements made, comparing the gap between the actual work situation and the expected goals, and planning the work that needs to be done in the second half of the year.

Before the end of the meeting, Xiao Zhenlei asked Chen Huizu to report on the income of the rubber stock market here, and Chen Huizu said with a smile: "Our income in the London market is 4.7 million pounds, equivalent to 29 million taels of silver, and our income in China is about 22.6 million taels, a total of 51.6 million taels!" ”

Cai Guodong smiled when he heard this: "I see, it's still foreigners' money that is easy to make!" ”

"But isn't it, the secretary general has only been in Britain for a month and has earned 29 million taels, which is really good for foreigners!"

Xiao Zhenlei didn't say it in his heart, in fact, he also made 43 million pounds from selling oil fields in the UK, and if this is converted into silver, it will be about more than 250 million taels, which is definitely an astronomical amount, and if you say it, it will frighten these people. It's not that he doesn't believe in these high-level leaders of the iron-blooded National Salvation Society, people sometimes go from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift! He is worried that coming out with too much money will cause these high-level executives to spend lavishly, you must know that the monthly salary of a female worker in a textile factory is only a few taels of silver!

Song Shijie said with a smile: "Compared with the bitter haha of the Alliance, who begged grandpa and grandmother everywhere to raise funds from Chinese people all over the world, we people are blessed!" ”

"Hahaha," everyone laughed.

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "Yes, we are richer than those people in the Alliance, in order to **, they not only have to fight against the Qing court, but also have to pull down their faces to find someone to raise donations, and we, you don't have to worry about the funds at all, if we can't walk in front of the Alliance, then we can only be regarded as incompetent, of course, sometimes many things can not be solved by money, but without financial support, the difficulty of ** is undoubtedly much greater, but we can't be fascinated by money!" ”R1152