Chapter One Hundred and Four

After a lot of twists and turns, by a "chance" opportunity, Tao Deman finally learned from Jiang Fangzhen that Fang Jianxiong was in Chengde, and he pulled Jiang Fangzhen to report to Chengde alive and alive, and took the train to Chengde overnight. The train in this era has no air conditioning, and it is quite comfortable to take the train at night, and Tao Deman, who has a good attitude, also slept for a while, and got off the train with Jiang Fangzhen and entered the summer resort with Jiang Fangzhen. The train in this era was slow, and it was only three o'clock in the morning when he arrived in Chengde, and after settling down, Jiang Fangzhen continued to catch up on sleep, but Tao Deman was not in this mood, wondering how to impress Fang Jianxiong in words.

Having been in China for a long time, Toddman knew very well that for this country with a history of thousands of years, Fang Jianxiong was almost like an emperor, if not an emperor. Although Fang Jianxiong has been trying to eliminate the feudal imperial heritage, as far as the current situation is concerned, most Chinese regard Fang Jianxiong as an emperor, regardless of whether he is in the position of president or not.

Foreigners are not stupid at all, they quickly found a way to work in China, and it is most efficient to go directly to Fang Jianxiong for anything. In fact, Fang Jianxiong doesn't like to see this phenomenon, if Jianxiong didn't mind being a dictator ten years ago, then Fang Jianxiong doesn't want this country to be a dictatorship now.

Absolute power only produces absolute **, as history has proven countless times. Even if Fang Jianxiong and Qiu Ju's eldest son, Fang Baiming, could inherit the mantle of the Fang clan, who could guarantee that the next generation would still be like this? Therefore, Fang Jianxiong does not intend to let his children inherit his political status. Children can engage in business, but they are absolutely not allowed to engage in politics, at least the second generation of the Fang family is not allowed to engage in politics. It is very unfair to the children to say this, but what Fang Jianxiong sees is that if his children enter politics, they will definitely be affected by themselves. That's not fair to others. In the future, when you die, your grandchildren will enter politics, that's another matter.

How to deal with relations with Germany, this is a question. Fang Jianxiong has always been very cautious, of course, there is a general direction, that is, to kill people and not to form an alliance with Germany. In the last world war, Germany was defeated due to a two-front battle and a lack of comprehensive national strength. And what about the next world war? Will there be a life-and-death contest between the Soviet Union and Germany? Fang Jianxiong is really not sure about this, what kind of situation will it be if the Soviet-German alliance is formed? In another time and space, there is no such thing as a powerful China. The landscape of the whole world has changed dramatically, especially in Asia.

The day before the meeting with Todman. Fang Jianxiong's seer Prime Minister Gu Weijun. The bad news is that there have been some subtle changes in Sino-US relations, and the U.S. government has secretly done some tricks to restrict the flow of some U.S. technology to China. The fields involved include electronic technology, material synthesis technology, engine design and many other high-tech fields. Some U.S. companies in China have received hints from the U.S. government. The latest technology must not be ceded to China. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who recovered from the economic crisis, was indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp. It has only been in power for a long time before it has begun to restrict China.

For these black hands under the table of the Roosevelt administration, Fang Jianxiong's way of dealing with them can be said to be very tough. Several large domestic groups were asked to terminate their cooperation with the United States. The China Grain Group, a state-controlled group that imports no less than $500 million of grain from the United States every year, has officially informed the United States that it will stop a contract for importing grain from the United States after the contract ends this year. Several large industrial groups in Eurasia, North, Shanghai, etc. They are also required to terminate cooperation with the United States starting next year. Sinopec, which is controlled by the state and PetroChina under the name of the Eurasia Group, will also stop importing oil from the United States. Turned to work with the British and Dutch. Of course, these requirements have not been announced to the public for the time being, and can only be operated in private.

According to Fang Jianxiong's request, China will reduce imports from the United States by as much as $3 billion next year. It is mainly concentrated in the fields of grain, petroleum, machinery and equipment, and large cargo ships.

The focus of Gu Weijun's visit to Chengde is not the United States, but mainly the report until the end of July. China's shipping capacity has reached 18 million tons of gross tonnage, and the number of machine tools has reached 600,000 units. The key is that China's own manufacturing industry has made great progress, shipyards in Shanghai, Qingdao, Zhanjiang, Qinzhou, Guangzhou, Fuzhou and other places have blossomed everywhere, and the total steel output in the first half of the year has reached 15 million tons because of the buyout of the German Schwarz's open-hearth oxygen blowing technology and its research and promotion. It is expected that the steel output is expected to exceed 30 million tons by the end of the year, and the steel output is expected to reach 40 million tons next year.......

A series of statistics show that in the first half of 1935, China's manufacturing capacity reached a whole new height. The Yangtze River Basin, the three northeastern provinces, and the Pearl River Basin are the three core areas for the development of heavy industry, which have driven the rapid development of China's manufacturing industry. Taking automobiles as an example, China's automobile production reached 250,000 units in the first half of the year, which was a figure that was unimaginable before. Although China's industrial development has been slow in the vast and remote areas of the central and western regions, the total output value of China's industry has far surpassed that of agriculture with a large population by several times. The annual total industrial output value is expected to reach 1 trillion yuan, which is $250 billion at the current exchange rate of 1 to 4 between the renminbi and the US dollar.

These numbers are still established in one-third of the machine tools out of the storage state, and now domestic companies are still purchasing newer machine tools from abroad, accelerating the update speed of technology and equipment, and at the same time, they are also constantly increasing their own equipment production capacity. Some ordinary machine tools with low precision have been manufactured in large quantities by China.

It is precisely because of China's rapid development, its industrial capacity has surpassed that of Japan, and its GDP is expected to leap to the second place in the world, which has led the Roosevelt administration to be wary of China and to begin to make small moves in secret. If it was before, Fang Jianxiong would still be patient, but now in the world pattern and the volume of Sino-US trade relations, Fang Jianxiong has no intention of buying the United States at all.

Tao Deman, who was ignorant of the subtle changes in Sino-US relations, came to Fang Jianxiong. This time, Fang Jianxiong was wearing a formal Tang costume, with a pair of black mille-feuille bottoms under his feet. The dress of the robe and horse coat cannot become the mainstream in this time and space, and after Fang Jianxiong's many formal occasions were dominated by Tang costumes, Tang costumes have quietly become the mainstream of the political arena.

"Welcome, Mr. Toddman." Fang Jianxiong was in a good mood, and before he met Todman, he had already received a telegram from Jiang Tinghuang, and the German government compromised. Or rather, Hitler's capital was too thin and he had to compromise. In fact, the historical Hitler has been taking risks when facing Britain and France. Unfortunately, Britain and France, dying after World War I and suffering from the economic crisis, could no longer speak too hard against Germany. If Britain and France had been able to make a strong voice when Hitler had taken his first venture, that is, to expand his army by 300,000, Hitler would certainly not have developed into what he did later. Another important factor was the export of revolution from the Soviet Union, and because of this, Britain and France hoped that Germany's rearmament would become a barrier to the westward advance of the revolution.

"Thank you for meeting me in your busy schedule, I think you already know what I mean. The traditional friendship between China and Germany will not be affected in any way because of the actions of some radicals. Mr. Hitler, Prime Minister of his Government, entrusted me, on his behalf, to pay the full tribute to His Excellency the President and to express his deep apologies for the unpleasantness that had occurred,......。 Toddman's position was very correct, and after a low-key explanation, the smile on Fang Jianxiong's face became even stronger.

"I am glad to see the kindness expressed by Mr. Hitler, and my personal experience has always given me a deep affection for Germany. I think Mr. Ambassador should know this very well, my dear friend General Bob, is now a well-known general in the German ** team. German business tycoons Mr. Biel and Mr. Victor have also been friends and partners of mine for many years. The cooperation between China and Germany has always been something that I strongly advocate and attach great importance to. "Kind words don't cost money, Fang Jianxiong said it in a set, it seems that the friendship between China and Germany is long, comrades and brothers.

"Thank you Your Excellency for attaching great importance to the traditional friendship between China and Germany, and I am tasked with inviting high-level Chinese officials to Germany for exchanges, and I also ask Your Excellency the President for approval!" If Fang Jianxiong refused, the following questions would not be something he could continue to discuss.

"It's a good idea, I'm okay with that. Strengthening exchanges between the two militaries is of great significance to both countries. But it depends on whether Mr. Baili has time or not. Fang Jianxiong said and glanced at Jiang Fangzhen, who had not spoken.

"I'd love to take a trip to Germany, and I've always missed the German beer and sausages." Jiang Fangzhen stood up with a smile and expressed his opinion with a smile. Toddman was overjoyed, and there was no doubt that it was a good start.

After some politeness, Todman threw out the next stage of temptation: "Your Excellency, Chinese and German enterprises have a long tradition of cooperation, especially in the field of military industry. After the war in Europe, Germany's military industry suffered a huge impact. Now that the Wehrmacht is rearmament at the Führer's call, Germany is in dire need of help from China. Especially in some new technological fields, China's military products have been at the forefront of the world. ”

After talking a lot of nonsense as a foreshadowing, Tao Deman found that the corners of Fang Jianxiong's mouth always had a trace of elusive curvature, his heart trembled, and he gritted his teeth and continued: "Your Excellency, Germany needs a little help from China, for example, the latest tank technology ....... Seeing that Fang Jianxiong's expression remained unchanged, Tao Deman continued: "China's radar technology, if you can....... ”

Fang Jianxiong finally smiled and said with a solemn expression: "Mr. Ambassador, do you know what this means to China?" ”

Toddman looked embarrassed and nodded with difficulty!