PS: After entering the palace for a few months, my body and mind are traumatic, what a painful realization......

That night, Wu Peifu summoned his subordinates to a meeting, and the direct generals really did not have the determination to resist the revolutionary army, and they had suffered too much from the southerners in recent years.

Some people even secretly thought that they had already achieved financial freedom after making enough money anyway, and if the warlord industry was not good, they would simply switch to the concession and become a public servant.

Hearing that Wu Peifu decided to go west, the military leaders seemed to feel that there was still a way out, and the idea of changing careers to mingle with the public did not materialize for the time being, and most of them expressed their willingness to follow. After all, today's situation is no longer up to the defeated generals of their direct lineage.

Xiao Kadoorie had expected Wu Peifu's decision, and he did not bargain with Wu Peifu, and directly issued Wu Peifu a 5 million legal currency opening fee.

5 million bought a province, which is not expensive.

If in two days, the Fifth Division will directly enter Zhengzhou and destroy Wu Peifu's troops, not only will it save the 5 million, but it will also increase the number of tens of thousands of free laborers.

Kadoorie Jr. still thinks the deal is worth it, as it is also the outcome that his boss wants to see the most.

Besides, 5 million fiat currency is not a small amount, but it is not issued by the Bank of America? To put it bluntly, it's just a number.

And Wu Peifu took this money, didn't he want to buy materials from himself?

Military uniforms, ordnance, food, medicines, these materials can be purchased from affiliated enterprises.

Wu Peifu also seems to be satisfied with the generosity of little Kadoorie, and in addition to this, he received a guarantee from little Kadoorie that if he will be disciplined in the northwest in the future. The Government of the South is willing to provide a significant amount of subsidies each year. Plainly. is the co-optation of Wu Peifu in disguise.

The exact number depends on the outcome of the negotiations between Wu Peifu and Wuhan. Little Kadoorie doesn't have to be involved. When the soldiers approached the city, Wu Peifu had to retreat.

Before parting, he also kindly reminded Wu Peifu that Wuhan seemed to be interested in Yanchang Oilfield, and it happened that Yanchang Oilfield was not under the control of Wuhan, and if Wu Peifu occupied this oilfield and sold it to US-China related enterprises, there would be a good profit.

Wu Peifu's forbearance is surprising. The military leaders in the north did not expect that Wu Peiyi, who had always been brave and invincible and heroic, comparable to the second brother of Guan, shrank his head, and then lightly gave up Henan, and then broke into the northwest as soon as he turned around, and the warlords were dumbfounded all of a sudden.

It is said that Feng Yuxiang was so angry that he ate ten steamed buns in one go, angrily carried a big knife, and coaxed and scolded his thirteen Taibao to do a good defense. While contacting Zhang Zuolin, if the southerners go north again, they will fight with them!

In fact, Feng Yuxiang secretly prayed in his heart that he didn't want to start a war with the southerners.

Zhang Zuolin's mother's bazi scolded Wu Peifu for not planting, he wanted to support Wu Peifu to resist the southern invasion of the north. Now I have to desperately cheer up Feng Yuxiang, steamed buns, machine guns, bullets and cannons. I'll give it all to you. In any case, the revolutionary army cannot be allowed to go north again, otherwise everyone will not have a good life.

For a time, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zuolin, Yan Xishan and other northern warlords exchanged telegrams frequently, making various promises and concluding secret alliances. They all felt the pressure from the south, and if they didn't unite, they would be served by others.

Feng Yuxiang was worried and frightened for a while, and when he saw that the revolutionary army did not continue to go north, his heart hanging in the air finally fell, but he did not dare to take it lightly, but stepped up the expansion of the army.

It was not only Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Zuolin who were relieved, but also Song Ziwen in Wuhan.

Situ Nan, who was hiding behind the scenes, didn't think so, although he himself looked down on the thin-skinned armored troops of the revolutionary army, and felt that these current equipment were immature products after World War I, similar to the Japanese Douding tank in World War II, without much technical content, far from the armored torrent.

But then again, if the Japanese army can be invincible in China with one as ten, and "prosper in martial arts", then there is no reason why the Fifth Division, whose armor level is not too far behind the Japanese army in World War II, cannot pack the warlord troops in the twenties?

Therefore, he was not worried at all that the revolutionary army's northward march would cause the Central Plains War to break out in advance, let alone that Wuhan would lose.

As a result, under the combination of soft and hard forces of the revolutionary army, Wu Peifu wisely gave up Henan and retreated to the northwest.

"This incident has finally come to an end, but the next Central Plains war is estimated to be real, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zuolin, Yan Xishan and these people will not give up lightly, and it will be lively when the time comes, and maybe even Wu Peifu will not be willing to be lonely."

Song Ziwen predicted, his face stern.

"The initiative is on our side. If we don't do it, it is estimated that those military leaders in the north will not dare to provoke a war lightly. Time is still on our side. Do it when you're ready! ”

Situ Nan said to Song Ziwen with a relaxed face, he is not the kind of person who prefers great unification, but the speed of industrial construction in the southern half of China is beyond his expectations, and the Hanyang Arsenal and Shijing Arsenal alone can explode millions of soldiers.

Today's southern government rules an area of 2 million square kilometers, has a population of more than 200 million, produces millions of tons of steel per year, and has built a relatively sound industrial system.

It's not easy to clean up the little Wu Peifu this time? Naturally, he doesn't regard Feng Yuxiang and other domestic warlord forces as opponents.

"You're just talking around and you're not the ones who are so busy that you're so busy? I'm not as optimistic as you are. It is not difficult to drive Wu Peifu into Henan, but the difficult thing is to carry the burden of 20 or 30 million people, and now the drought alone is a headache for the government! ”

Song Ziwen frowned.

Henan is the hardest hit area by the drought in the northwest, and the funds spent on disaster relief are far more than the money spent on fighting a war. In addition, the Yellow River has been in disrepair all year round, and water conservancy projects have to be carried out, which is another hole for swallowing money.

Situ Nan thought that China had been suffering from drought in the twenties, and now that it was just the beginning, it was already difficult for people to flee southward, and death was inevitable, but no matter how bad the situation was, it would not be worse than the same period in history.

In these years, Situ Nan could only think about it in his heart, and he couldn't talk about it in detail.

In his heart, Situ Nan was relieved that the country's strength was gradually becoming stronger, although Song Ziwen said that the cost was huge. But Situ Nan believes that the Wuhan Zhi Gong Party government will definitely organize disaster relief construction.

"If you don't work, you won't eat. A few catties of rice can employ a strong laborer. By greatly reducing the cost of infrastructure construction and relocating a part of the population to South China, the problem of starvation should be partially solved. ”

Situ Nan said lightly.

Rescue cannot be all-encompassing, and in the process, some hungry people will starve to death, and most of the eliminated will be the old, weak, sick and disabled.

He thought to himself, "Is it a good thing that famine can give us the young and strong labor we need at a low cost?" Hehe! Under their own guidance, Song Ziwen and the Zhi Gong Dang did so. Once the effect is made, it is estimated that it will be adopted by Hitler and Roosevelt in a few years, right? ”

"It is a good way for the government to combine infrastructure construction and disaster relief, and I plan to issue a new round of construction bonds to attract funds from the private sector." Song Ziwen said.

During the first five-year construction plan, many large-scale infrastructure projects were completed, the southern railway network was gradually completed, and the economy developed rapidly, and the credit of Song Ziwen and the Zhi Gong Party government won the favor of the capital market.

"Yes, the people who bought the railway bonds in the first place have made a fortune, and not only domestic capital, but also foreign capital has been pouring into the country. Not only the US-China consortium and the William consortium are involved, but also HSBC, Citigroup, and even Morgan on Wall Street. Transportation is the project they invest in the most. Foreign capitalists are optimistic about the Wuhan Zhi Gong Party. ”

Situ Nan said with a smile.

Song Ziwen nodded and smiled faintly: "Do you know, let so much foreign capital participate, even within the government, there are some people who say that I am a traitor." ”

"Isn't the major shareholder still Meihua?" Situ Nan said disapprovingly.

The top management of the Zhi Gong Party and the US-China consortium have long reached a consensus, Song Ziwen has introduced policies and regulations in the government field, Kadoorie Jr. provides a financing platform in the financial field, Zhang Jingjiang is responsible for railway construction and expansion of the Jinghan Railway to enhance transportation capacity, Liu Hongsheng is responsible for mining coal mines, and the Guò Railway transports coal from the north to steel plants in Wuhan, Ma'anshan and other places and thermal power plants under construction by Meihua Electric, and finally realizes electrified production.

"Such a huge industrial construction program is rare in human history, and only the Soviet Union in the north can be compared, but our international environment is better than theirs."

Situ Nan sighed. I am very proud to think that I can plan and participate in the industrial construction of a big country. Although the Chinese nation has a bad temper and has many bad roots, it has a large population base and has enough cheap migrant workers.

Today, there are three places where farmers suffer the most: China, Japan and Ukraine. China and Japan both have little land and too many people, too many people to eat, and the peasants have a heavy burden, while Ukraine is the granary of Europe, and the grain produced is too much grain to fall into the hands of the peasants, and the grain is collected for export and exchanged from the international market for the machinery and equipment needed for the Soviet Union's industrial construction.

Interestingly, some of Ukraine's grain actually went to China, and some Chinese-made machinery and industrial products were actually exported to the Soviet Union.

Although Situ Nan did not have a good opinion of the Soviet Union, and the Wuhan Zhi Gong Dang government did not establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union due to Western pressure, economic exchanges between the two sides were not hindered, and the Soviets were able to buy many high-quality and inexpensive products from the Chinese they looked down on. For example, the textile machinery manufactured by Dasheng Group was very popular with the Soviet Union, and it was very rare for the Soviet Union to import textile machinery from China.

"A little deal with the Soviets is nothing, I am still more worried about the penetration of foreign capital into our economy, after all, we have issued so many bonds to the outside world, and once they mature, we will not be able to come up with enough funds to pay for the bonds previously issued, and those bonds will be converted into company shares, and the results of the railways, docks and other achievements that we have worked so hard to pick up may be controlled by foreign capital."

Song Ziwen suddenly mentioned railway bonds, and his worries were not unnecessary, because even Situ Nan, under financial pressure, sold a large number of bonds about China Railway Corporation to Wall Street, and Morgan Bank was very optimistic about China's railways, so it bought a large number of Chinese railway bonds from the Bank of America and China.

"Well, you're right, if all the bonds are converted into shares, Morgan and HSBC will immediately become the majority shareholders of China Railway Corporation, and the board of directors will probably have their seats.

If something goes wrong with the U.S.-China Bank, it's likely that the railroads and other projects we've worked so hard to build will be bitten by JPMorgan HSBC.

However, as long as the shareholders of the United States and China are united, and the government has the right to vote on the board of directors, foreign capital will not be able to control the railway company.

Of course, this is only the worst possible. In fact, Morgan and HSBC underwrite China's railway bonds, selling them to lower-level dealers, and they don't really hold a lot of bonds. ”

Situ Nan said confidently, with him, even Morgan would never want to get involved in China's railways!

In order to dispel Song Ziwen's worries, Situ Nan promised Song Ziwen that he would reduce his holdings in his company's shares and invest more money in China in the next few years.

"That's good." After Song Ziwen received Situ Nan's guarantee, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the railway bonds were issued in four tranches, with a total amount of hundreds of millions of dollars, unless he borrowed money from the U.S.-China Bank and Situ Nan, or issued new debts to repay old debts, otherwise the railway company would not be able to redeem such a large amount of money as scheduled.

Both Song Ziwen and Zhang Jingjiang want bondholders to convert their bonds into shares when they mature, which is in the best interest of China Railway Corporation, but they are also worried about losing control of the railway.

Although Situ Nan did not say the specific number, Song Ziwen knew that it must be a huge amount of money. For this, the price Situ Nan paid is definitely not small.

The price behind this even includes the Mellon's dissatisfaction with Situ Nan, because the transfer of these assets to Asia means that Situ Nan's wife Laura and their children in the United States will inherit a large part of the interests in the future, and it is clear that a considerable part of the assets of the US-China consortium in China will eventually be inherited by Song M Ling and Situ Nan's children, and the Song family must be one of the biggest beneficiaries.

Song Ziwen knows this.

"I'm tired all day, what's the matter I can't talk about tomorrow?" The appearance of Song Mling interrupted the conversation between Situ Nan and Song Ziwen.

"I didn't expect it to be almost six o'clock, and it happened that everything was over."

Situ Nan raised his head and glanced at his watch, his gaze fell on Song Mling's face, and immediately shifted to her abdomen, where it was slightly raised, and a life was being conceived.

Even if it was a dream, it was real, and I changed history again.

Situ Nan sighed in his heart, faintly a little proud, and wanted to make up for Jiang Weiji?

"That's good, the second sister also came here just now, and we happened to have dinner together." Song Mling said, his face was a little softer than before.

"Mrs. Sun is here?" Situ Nan was slightly surprised, and as soon as the words came out, he was glared at by Song Mling, "How polite it is to call Mrs. Sun, she is my second sister." Song M Ling said.

Situ Nan shrugged and nodded in acquiescence.

During the dinner, Mrs. Sun mentioned that more and more farmers have gone bankrupt this year, while some people have taken the opportunity to occupy a large amount of farmland, which is not in line with the Three People's Principles.

Situ Nan replied lightly: "Because of the mechanized production and the application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the grain output in the southern region has increased significantly, feeding more people, which Nanhua Grain Bank has done well."

As for the increase in bankrupt peasants, this is an inevitable consequence of industrialization. If they don't go bankrupt, how can we build enough workers to build railways and run factories, and the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge will not be built. ”

"The Yangtze River Bridge has been completed?" Mrs. Sun asked in surprise.

"It seems like the completion ceremony is just a few days away, right?" Song Ziwen replied.

"It's a real joy." Mrs. Sun was a little excited, knowing that the Yangtze River Bridge project benefited from Situ Nan, she seemed to see Situ Nan a little more pleasing to the eye, and said, "You have done a good deed." (To be continued......)