Since the beginning of Yushi Group's involvement in the automobile industry, many automobile companies, including Ford and Chevrolet, have been surviving in the shadow of Yushi Group. Until recently, due to the public's support for domestic products, and the research and development of 'assembly lines' by companies such as Ford or Chevrolet, the situation is more or less stronger than in the past.

However, with the latest Raindrop A car launched by Yushi Group, the doors of Ford and other companies are crowded again, and the corresponding situation is that Yushi Group is in full swing...

It was also from this moment that they remembered again the fear of living in the shadow of the rain stones...

And this time Ford, they are completely helpless. In the past, in the face of the price advantage of raindrops, they could more or less compete by lowering the selling price, but this time the advantage of Yushi Group is comprehensive...

At Ford's headquarters, the company's directors and executives from various departments sat around a round table arguing. They couldn't figure it out, why was the company's situation suddenly beaten back to its original shape, even though the company's situation had improved?

Especially those directors, who have stayed up for so long, finally waited for the company's operation to improve, and had a little expectation of being able to share dividends, who knew that this kind of thing happened to Lu Dao...

And sitting in his own seat, looking at the dozen or so people arguing in front of him, Ford suddenly had a sense of powerlessness...

In order to be able to realize its own ideas, Ford has been working hard for many years. Thanks to his efforts, the company's situation has indeed changed a lot. Although the leader in the automobile industry is definitely Yushi. But at least among the countless car companies in the United States, Ford is second only to Rainstone—————— of course, in the shadow of Rainstone. Even if Ford is better than other companies, I'm afraid it won't be much stronger.

After continuous efforts, I saw that Ford finally had a glimmer of hope to catch up with the rain stone, but it turned out to...

"Isn't it......... Is it really just a matter of admitting defeat..."

Standing up from his seat, Ford let out a long sigh.

In the past, even in the face of difficult situations, Ford has never bowed its head, but this time...

Facing a series of combination punches launched by Yushi Group. No, that's an exaggeration, because this series of actions of the Rainstone Group is not aimed at them at all. But it is precisely because of this that Ford has a sense of frustration even more.

If a boxer is defeated by just rubbing the punches that his opponent brings up when he is exercising—————— is there anything more painful in this world...

In fact, Yan Shao and Elainor did this, which somewhat also meant to prevent Ford or Chevrolet from turning over. But in fact, it is only to establish Yushi's supremacy in the automobile industry, and it is really not deliberately aimed at them...

At the same time, Ford is not the only one who has made such a statement. The same goes for companies like Chevrolet. Some smaller car companies have even thought of giving up, but these have nothing to do with Yan Shao...

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With the hot sale of Raindrop A, at least in a short period of time, the hegemony of Yushi Group in the automobile industry may be difficult to shake—————— of course, this means that in the free market environment, if the European and American markets have raised the banner of trade protection, it is really easy to cause headaches.

However, at least for the time being, free trade is still the mainstream of the world's countries. So Yan Shao doesn't have to worry about this.

In fact, at the moment, Yan Shao is more concerned about domestic affairs...

“……… The information I just heard was that the flag men in Beijing were privately colluding. I want to march and protest at a later stage to force the government to cancel the relevant matters related to the 'Clearance Preferential Treatment Ordinance'..."

Holding a document in his hand, Wu Qianqiu stood in front of Yan Shao and read softly.

"Who are the people involved?"

"A lot, the exact number is not yet known, but it is estimated that there are twenty or thirty thousand people..."

Speaking of this, Wu Qianqiu frowned slightly, don't look at the two or three hundred thousand banner people in Beijing, in fact, after deducting the old and weak women and children, there are not many young people left. Twenty or thirty thousand people is definitely not a small number, and if it doesn't make trouble, there is a high chance that something big will happen...

"Those guys are really uncomfortable..."Hearing Wu Qianqiu say this, Yan Shao also sighed.

He wasn't worried about making a big mess, because as early as when the banner people started to connect in tandem, Yan Shao and Fu Xiuming had already started to prepare. Don't say it's only 20,000 or 30,000 people, even if it's twice as much, there's no need to worry.

The problem is that the Beijing-Tianjin area is one of the key areas of the 75 Project, along with several other regions, and if things really break out, Yan Shao is worried that the project will be interfered with...

On the other hand, this situation is actually unavoidable, after all, except for a few princes and nobles among the banner people, the vast majority of ordinary banner people have a difficult livelihood, and the abolition of the 'Qing Household Preferential Treatment Regulations' is equivalent to cutting off their livelihood.

Of course, if that's all it takes, the point is that these flag men are still very lazy, and they are all guys who just want to eat ready-made. It is probably more difficult for them to support their families through labor than it is to kill them.

In fact, at the beginning, Yan Shao also considered many methods, such as arranging jobs for these banner people, he would have thought of letting Elano open a cotton textile factory in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and he also had the idea of solving the livelihood of these people.

Generally speaking, 10,000 spindles need more than 1,000 people to start (24 hours in three shifts), and each cotton textile factory of Yushi Group usually has 80,000 spindles, that is to say, a cotton textile factory needs at least 8,000 people, plus a series of other places that need people, all add up to a factory needs at least 10,000 people—————— naturally, cotton textile factories in most cases need female workers, but male workers are more or less needed. After all, you can't leave everything to a woman, and some of the manual work has to be done by men.

Moreover, the increase in female workers is also a solution, and the so-called flag man problem is simply a livelihood problem. As long as their livelihood is solved, the problem will be solved. And having women work as well can not only improve the status of women. At the same time, it can also solve the livelihood problem of the flag people's families...

What's more, in addition to the cotton textile mills, there are a lot of infrastructure in the Beijing and Tianjin areas that need to be repaired, such as roads, drainage systems, etc., at present, the Beijing and Tianjin areas need a large number of workers, basically as long as you have hands and feet, you don't have to worry about the problem of work—————— is a little hard, but what work is not hard in this era? It's good to be able to eat well...

However, iron-clad facts have turned out. Yan Shao still thought things simple.

Let's not talk about those male flag men, all of them are very big, and there are very few who are willing to work in the factory. And those who are willing to work hard are not absent, but they are also rare.

The rest are almost the same as the uncle, just standing by and doing nothing, just waiting for the factory to pay their wages.

You must know that now is not the time for the Qing court to still exist. Although the north is not as good as the south, there is also a great deal of dissatisfaction with the flag people. It's good that the flag people haven't been liquidated now, and these guys still dare to come out like uncles, whether it is the factory or other Han workers, they are very dissatisfied with them, and they can only ask them to leave in the end...

And those women workers...

Compared with these uncles, the women of the banner people are much stronger, after all, the male protagonist and the female protagonist, even if the death outside the main house wants to save face, the main one must also think about the family—————— how much oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are left at home. No one knows it better than they do.

However, in the eyes of those flag men, it is simply a shame to let their women go out to work. In particular, he disgraced himself and forcibly locked them in his home and prevented them from going out to work.

As a result, women working in factories are just as rare as men who are willing to work hard...

At present, the idea of these flag people is very simple, that is, to make trouble, to make trouble, to make trouble.

In the past, when the former Qing Dynasty or the Beiyang government was in financial difficulty, it was rare to be able to pay the full flag, plus these uncles were usually used to being lavish, no matter how tattered they were inside, but the appearance always had to be brighter, and no matter how much money they received, they would soon be spent, so they had been very difficult...

But now...

Now everyone knows that the current national government is quite wealthy. In other words, the flag salary, which has not been able to be paid in the past, is definitely not a big deal in the hands of the national government, and even if possible, the national government may even pay them more money on the basis of the original flag salary...

In this case, how could they tolerate the sudden cut off of the flag pay to them...

In fact, there are still a lot of banner people who are dreaming of 'making things bigger, and the government will raise salaries', and naturally, behind these people is not without instigation...

Twenty or thirty thousand banner people, if no one is behind the back, it is almost unimaginable that the banner people can get so many people in such a short period of time with their own ability...

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"It's mainly Tie Liang, Shanqi and Pu Wei, and there are also some other princes and nobles..."Glancing at Wu Qianqiu, who was standing beside Yan Shao, Tang Li explained softly.

This matter is indeed the responsibility of the Special Affairs Bureau, so it has become a normal thing for him to explain at the meeting—————— although Katerina is the director, Yan Shao is not interested in letting his woman report in front of everyone......... She just needs to report to herself in private.

"In fact, the government will cancel the 'Qing House Preferential Treatment Regulations', which was originally spread by those princes and nobles, and these flag men also have their help in private..."

"Banner Prince?"

"That's right." Seeing that someone was asking at the meeting, Tang Li nodded. "The main people who supported him this time were Prince Gong Puwei, as well as Shanqi and Tie Liang, who originally lived in the German concession of Tianjin or Qingdao, but later came to Beijing secretly from their respective places of residence because they got news from the government, wanting to change the government's mind..."

The main reason why the flag man can know about the road is because the relationship between Beiyang and the flag man is too close, and many things are difficult to keep secret.

And noticing Tang Li's gaze, Duan Qirui was also a little embarrassed.

However, the purpose of this meeting is not to denounce Beiyang after all. So just glancing at Duan Qirui, Tang Li continued the topic just now.

When these people learned that they could not change the government's decision, they secretly sent people to spread the news. And when the flag people in the Beijing-Tianjin area learned the news and came to the door for help, it was implied that they could solve the problem by 'making money'..."

In fact, when those banner people and lazy men came to the door, some nobles persuaded them to find an errand to support their families—————— naturally, this suggestion was quickly ignored by those banner people.

And what about others? That is, Pu Wei and Shanqi are hinting behind their backs that they can go to the parliament or even Yan Shao's mansion...

At this time, if you want to say that they are lazy, it is certain, but if you want to say that they are all stupid, it may not be. At least there are still some smart people among the bannermen. So after listening to their words, these flag men quickly understood what they meant...

And they also know that after defeating Yuan Shikai. The Nationalist government is already a one-of-a-kind position in China, and it is certainly useless to make a scattered fuss, and it must be done on a large scale, which is why they will be connected in series...

After listening to Tang Li's narration. There was a buzz in the room that didn't take long to hear.

But Yan Shao didn't care about this. Instead, he looked at Tang Li and asked.

"Are there any Japanese involved..."

This is also a question that Yan Shao is most concerned about, after all, from the earliest times, it seems that there are Japanese people behind the scenes of everything. In addition, this was a good opportunity to hit the prestige of the national government, so after learning more or less about this matter, Yan Shao's first reaction was that the Japanese were involved.

Not only Yan Shao, but when they heard his words, everyone else in the conference room also looked at Tang Li.

Japanese...

This is definitely not an unfamiliar word to those present...

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, there was also the Russo-Japanese War. As a result, many Chinese people have a deep affection for Japan, and some well-known people in China at that time basically had some Japanese friends.

But with the advent of Yan Shao. Relations between China and Japan began to shift.

In particular, the previous series of assassinations has made the relationship between the two countries even worse.

In fact, before January, the Black Dragon Society went to Hubei to instigate Li Yuanhong's affairs, and everyone here basically knew about it. The reason is also very simple, not to mention the special bureaus that have spread over most parts of China, just as Li Yuanhong guessed at the beginning, there are indeed many people around him who have been bought by Yan Shao, and even two of the few people who stood outside the door at the beginning are already Yan Shao.

If Li Yuanhong really dared to cooperate with the Japanese, I am afraid that he would be reduced to a prisoner in the next moment, because the army in Hubei would stab him in the back, as he feared.

Moreover, everyone here also knows that the Japanese have always had a very close relationship with the flag man Zonggui, and said that they would intervene in this matter, and the people present basically would not suspect it.

However, hearing Yan Shao say this, Tang Li shook his head unexpectedly.

"Nope..."

"No?" Hearing this answer, Yan Shao was a little surprised, and even the glass he was holding in his hand almost fell on the table.

There is no way, there is a chance to disgust Yan Shao but he can't get it, which is really not in line with the Japanese setting in Yan Shao's opinion.

Hearing Yan Shao's words, Tang Li explained.

"We bought a lot of people around Pu Wei and Shanqi and others, but the report we got from them was that Pu Wei and Shanqi and others did have contact with the Japanese, but there was really no Japanese behind this incident..."

In fact, many of the bannermen hoped to get the support of the Japanese, Russians, and British, but they all hit the nail on the head.

The Japanese aside, the Russians and the British...

Now they are all engaged in this trade with the national government, so naturally they do not want to turn against the national government at this time. And a fallen royal family and the de facto ruler of China, no matter who knows how to choose, as for the original promise?

Whoever believes is ××...

When it comes to the national level, there is always only interest, commitment? How many pennies is it worth?

World War I? You must know that the two sides have been preparing for this war for a long time, and what is missing is just an excuse to start fighting, even if Germany had not invaded Belgium at that time, the war would have broken out...

You don't see how much Britain and France and other countries have retreated during World War II, and even to the point where there is no way to retreat, Britain and France still played a sit-down war, completely forgetting their original commitment to Poland.

(The British guarantee is general in nature.) But France's assurances are unequivocal. This was expressly stated in the Franco-Polish military agreement signed on 19 May 1939. The treaty stated that the French side would 'launch a gradual offensive against limited targets within three days of the general mobilization order'. The treaty further provided that 'in the event of an attack by Germany on Poland with its main forces, France would launch an offensive against Germany with its main forces from the fifteenth day after the commencement of the French general mobilization'. ）

As for the Japanese, everyone knows the ambitions of the Japanese against China, and of course, it will definitely be the most effective to ask them for help, but now that all sectors of society in the country have turned bad about Japan, it is definitely not a wise thing to ask the Japanese for help at this time, and if it is not done well, it will even become an excuse for the Kuomintang's government to clean up the flag.

And what about the Japanese? It also seems to be a very useful chess piece for the Japanese flag people, but they also found one thing, that is, every time they use some chess pieces against Yan Shao, the result is quite tragic.

The current matter is a big deal for the flag man, but from the overall point of view, it is a trivial matter, which is not enough to shake the foundation of the national government, in this case, their decision is not to get involved, to avoid any problems with the flag man's chess piece... (To be continued......)