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Chapter 337 Completion of the Agreement

When Junzi saw the blue-collared man, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and he saw Zhang Xueliang smiling at Roosevelt in proficient English.

"Welcome! Mr. Commander! Welcome to Manchuria for business investigation, I only welcome you and the business delegation on behalf of the 30 million people of Manchuria! ”

Hearing Zhang Xueliang's words, Roosevelt blinked his eyes and smiled playfully in that proficient Chinese: "Oh~ Commander-in-Chief Zhang Hanqing."

Roosevelt was exhausted all the way! So Zhang Xueliang arranged for them to stay in the hotel, and then asked people to prepare a welcome banquet. The banquet was set up by a Russian chef, and although some Chinese food was added, most of the dishes were still European-style.

At the banquet, everyone pushed their glasses and changed the glasses, and they were happy. Although the Japanese consul who was invited to come had an ugly face, he did not dare to make a difficulty. The British consul took the opportunity to ask Zhang Xueliang in a low voice that the British business delegation should be allowed to come to investigate, of course! Naturally, the benefits will not be less.

said haha to Zhang Xueliang, and didn't say yes or no. It's perfunctory, Zhang Xueliang can see it now! Britain and France can no longer be regarded as the center of the world, and the center of the world is the United States!

It is naturally much better to have good relations with the United States than with the British, and the British are not as greedy as the Japanese. Zhang Xueliang didn't want a wolf to come to the house and another leopard.

The British are notoriously greedy, and the Americans at least don't have as many bad deeds as the Americans. Moreover, the United States and Manchuria have cooperated, and the degree of mutual trust between the two sides is still relatively high.

After a night of rest, the two sides finally entered into formal negotiations. Of course, the delegation inevitably had to visit the working and living conditions of the American workers in Manchuria, or at least show their concern.

After the pretentious tour, the parliamentarians and members of the delegation representing their respective interest groups could not wait to begin to understand the natural resources and products of Manchuria and other things that were more important to them.

As for these things, Yuan Jinkai and the others had already made full preparations. Northeast China is rich in minerals, especially coal, iron and copper. The industry in the Northeast can also complete the preliminary smelting, and the transportation of iron wheels is even more convenient.

Due to Zhang Zuolin's vigorous construction of independent railways during his reign, railway transportation did not have to rely on the South Manchurian Railway, which was occupied by the Japanese. The recovery of the Middle East Road has increased the transportation strength of the Northeast by a large margin!

This time, the delegation came with the DuPont family, the Morgan family, and the Ford family of the United States...... And so on, these American giant families all have the arrival of powerful figures in the delegation.

Subsequently, Norway, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Spain and other countries have successively concluded tariff treaties with China, recognizing China's tariff autonomy. This became a major source of government revenue for Nanjing.

In 1928, when China's tariff autonomy was agreed, although it was stated that it would not be subject to the abolition of the tariff as an additional condition, the intention to withdraw the tariff was very obvious. For this purpose, the Nanjing government convened a special conference on the reduction of the law, and decided to start the decision in 1929 and complete it in half a year.

We have to admit that after the decision, there has been a major improvement in the conditions for the circulation of domestic commodities, coupled with the unification of weights and measures, and the unification of transportation, the general environment of the domestic market has been improved, and the development of the commodity economy has been promoted.

The Northeast has carried out certain economic reforms in an unhurried manner following the pace of Nanjing, and has naturally benefited a lot from the Northeast itself's industrial base and stable development environment.

However, we cannot attribute the development of Northeast China to Nanjing. Because of the management of the Zhang family's father and son, Manchuria burst out with extremely powerful energy!

According to the statistics of the 20s, the two sectors of milling and oil extraction in Harbin accounted for 80% of the city's total national industrial output value. Changchun's national industry is the most important industry, with the milling industry accounting for about 75% of the GDP. Qiqihar is the most developed in terms of liquor, accounting for 42% of the city's GDP.

In terms of mining, there are Haicheng Coal Mine, Yushugou Coal Mine and Fuerhougou Coal Mine operated by Zhang Xueliang and other tycoons, Badaohao Coal Mine in Heishan County, Jiaohe Coal Mine in Jilin, Coal Yaogou Coal Mine in Xingcheng County, Sijiazi Coal Mine in Faku County, Xiaoyanwugou Coal Mine in Fushun County, Zhongxing Coal Mine, Hegang Coal Mine, Zhaoxin Kiln Industry Company, Dongmuyang Zhengsha Gold Mine in Tieling County, Fuzhou Bay Clay Mine, Dabei Mining and Metallurgical Company, five manganese mines in Xingcheng County and Fengcheng County, and steel and jade mines in Xiuyan County.

The above-mentioned mines generally have more machinery and equipment, such as boilers, pumps, cranes, hoists, fans, etc. Mines often also have power plants, iron factories, machine repair plants, sand turning plants, railways, etc., and their production scale is large and the level of productivity is high, all of which have reached a certain level.

In terms of the machinery industry, the Northeast authorities have successively established ordnance manufacturing enterprises such as the Arsenal of the Three Eastern Provinces, the Northeast Aviation Factory, and the Navy Factory, as well as civil machinery manufacturing enterprises such as the Iron Works of Northeastern University and the Northeast Transportation Supplies Manufacturing Plant, which can manufacture weapons and ammunition, steel tools, passenger and freight vehicles, work machinery, railway tools, heating materials, and other products.

But I didn't expect the Northeast Army to be so eye-catching in the previous battles, so the United States naturally turned its attention to Zhang Xueliang in Manchuria. And it just so happened that Junzi helped New York State in the early stage of the economic crisis to solve part of the employment problem, which made Americans even more satisfied!

Nothing had been done, and now it seemed that a strong and steadily developing Manchuria, which had done nothing and was now on the verge of collapse, was more suitable for them to invest. That's why this business delegation came.

In the brightly lit conference room, representatives of the Northeast Army and representatives of the American side sat opposite each other. The two sides were discussing ways to cooperate with Manchurian and American companies, and the atmosphere was not tense at all, but peaceful and laughter.

The reason why everyone was so relaxed was that Roosevelt, who was mainly in charge of the delegation, and John Jr., the representative of the extended family. Pierponte. Morgan has already agreed on the basic conditions with Zhang Xueliang, Yuan Jinkai and others. All they have to do now is the details.

The principles agreed upon by Roosevelt, Morgan Jr., and Zhang Xueliang can be fully summarized in the following points.

1. The projects invested by American enterprises must have the participation of enterprises in the Northeast, and cannot be completely wholly-owned. The shares of Northeast enterprises must reach 51%.

2. More than 30% of the employees in the company must be Americans, and the salary is generally not increased with the previous workers. And Manchurian companies will directly hand over half of their salaries to the U.S. government in exchange for local U.S. agricultural products.

3. The equipment of the new factory must give priority to American products, and American products should be preferred under the same quality and price. Only products that are not available in the United States can be selected by the purchaser from other countries.

Of course, the two sides also secretly agreed that the Manchurian side would organize a large-scale purchasing delegation! Specialized in going to the United States for large-scale machine procurement and personnel hiring.

At the request of the Northeast Army, the United States will sell 50 tested P-26 fighters to the Northeast Army, provide design drawings and authorize the Fengtian Arsenal to produce such fighters!

Therefore, despite the fact that it was late at night, Washington urgently convened members of the US Congress and cabinet members for discussion. Vice President Charles. Curtis was silent about it.

And Secretary of State Henry. Lewis. Stimson thinks it's feasible, after all, the situation in the United States is not good. It's nice to be able to create jobs and generate trade! If the United States refuses, maybe other European countries will choose to support it! Then you will regret it!

The old fox of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon played dead in his chair without saying a word, while Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley shrugged his shoulders indifferently. Anyway, it's not his army stuff that's being sold, and he doesn't care.

The Attorney General, William D. Mitchell, considered whether the matter was in accordance with the laws of the United States, but on reflection it did not appear to have violated any laws. So he remained silent.

Walter F. Brown, the Minister of Posts, did not attend at all, because it really had little to do with him. Secretary of the Navy Charles. Francis. Although Adam III expressed serious opposition, his voice was so weak in the face of the support of the majority.

Interior Secretary Wray L. Wilbur felt that the matter was to be negotiated, after all, it was a warship that was sold! What if it causes harm to the interests of the United States?! Also, the United States must consider the reactions of Japan, Britain, France, and other countries.

The Minister of Agriculture, Arthur M. Hyde, was a staunch supporter of this, for the simple reason that it was. If those workers really pass, there will naturally be more agricultural products purchased by reaching an agreement! Those farmers will thank themselves! It was his strong support for the matter.

The Secretary of Commerce, Robert P. Raymont, of course, supported it, after all, the interests he represented were all the interests of the factory owners! If he objected, the factory owners would tear him apart!

Secretary of Labor James J. Davis is even more supportive, and now the unemployment rate in the United States has reached a terrifying level! If we don't digest some unemployed workers, then social unrest is inevitable.

Hoover declared the matter clear, with a majority in favor and a minority against the silence of the majority, and then asked the secretary to urgently call Roosevelt and authorize them to continue the negotiations.

Therefore, the Northeast Army passed this negotiation and suddenly raised its equipment strength to a whole level!

Under the tacit negotiations between the two sides, the US delegation headed by Zhang Xueliang and Roosevelt reached a series of agreements. This included the purchase of four Omaha-class cruisers, 50 P26 fighter jets and drawings.

Of course, the drawings of the Thomson submachine gun, known as the Chicago typewriter, are indispensable. The warships have been sold, and the drawings of a gun are just the United States, naturally, they are willing to sell them!

Once these general directions are determined, the two sides will naturally not be tense. The smiling Roosevelt, accompanied by Zhang Xueliang and the military son, visited the scenic spots in Fengtian. It is indispensable to go to Ge Yuetan's Taiqing Palace to hang out.

In the inner hall of the Taiqing Palace, Ge Yuetan twisted his long beard and looked at Junzi and Roosevelt with a smile with a hint of meaning.

This is the inner hall of Taiqing Palace, the room of Ge Yuetan. The interior of this room is very simple, just ordinary tables and chairs and characters on the walls. On the desk, there are pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and four treasures of the study.

Junzi looked a little hairy at this old guy, and Roosevelt was obviously extremely interested in Ge Yuetan, a famous Buddhist and Taoist cultivator known as an "immortal"! I asked a lot of philosophical questions.

When Roosevelt knew that Ge Yuetan was famous for his life, he asked for advice on his life with great interest. Ge Yuetan, who was sitting on the futon, looked at Roosevelt and said with a smile: "Mr. would not have come here, but because of variables. Something will happen, and the name of the gentleman is unspeakable. When it was cashed out after two years, as for the rest of Mingxin, he didn't dare to say more. ”

Roosevelt didn't know this oriental edge, but Zhang Xueliang, who was sitting next to him, was shocked! There are not many lives that can make Ge Yuetan say "unspeakably expensive", and his father is just "more than rich"! The only person who can be called "unspeakably noble" is that position - the Ninety-Five Supreme!