The final mastermind behind it turned out to be the Huangshan Mansion!

The matter has reached this point, there is no way to investigate it anymore, and it is impossible to even investigate it.

After learning the truth of the matter, Hu Shi was like a frosted eggplant, and his whole temperament instantly became decadent, and it can be seen that this incident hit him hard.

Although Chen Qiang was a little surprised, he was not surprised. After all, there are many records and evidence in later generations, all of which prove that the four major families monopolized all kinds of materials in the national control area during the Anti-Japanese War, so as to make a fortune for the country. Although the common people can't eat, they sell their sons and daughters just to survive; The soldiers could not pay their salaries, and they fought hard with the Japanese purely with their blood, but those high-ranking officials and nobles still lived a luxurious life.

At the end of 1938, the Huangshan Mansion had a banquet for Mr. Chen Jiageng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader, and the boss of the Huangshan Mansion told Chen bluntly that the government's finances had gone bankrupt, and the price of goods had risen so much that a lieutenant colonel could not support his family, and hoped that Chen Jiageng could donate more money to support the Anti-Japanese War. Chen Jiageng's tears flowed down the spot. As a result, when it was time to eat, the table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, extremely extravagant and wasteful, how could there be a little financial bankruptcy, and the angry Mr. Chen Jiageng slapped the table.

Some people in later generations believed that the four major families only began to accumulate wealth after the Anti-Japanese War, but in fact, before the Anti-Japanese War, they had already begun to loot the people's fat and ointment. In 1937, the government successively established the Agricultural Adjustment Committee and the Industrial and Mining Adjustment Committee, which directly controlled agriculture and mining. There is also the financial industry, the four major banks at that time, behind the central bank was the Huangshan Residence, behind the Bank of China was Minister Song, behind the Bank of Communications was Minister Kong, and behind the Farmers Bank was the Chen brothers.

In 1939, the Japanese secret service had secretly investigated the foreign banks in Shanghai, and later this investigation report was stored in Stanford University in the United States, the report showed that the richest man in China at that time was the big man in the Huangshan Mansion, and the deposit was converted into US dollars, about 8.09 million US dollars, and the wife of the big man, that is, the first lady of China at that time, had personal deposits of as high as 3.77 million US dollars, and the money stored in foreign banks alone was close to 12 million US dollars.

In second place is Minister Song, who has $6.37 million in deposits, and Minister Kong, who has $6.35 million, and the Chen brothers have less than $3 million in deposits each, but the two people together have more than Minister Kong and Minister Song. Even Chief Yan of Shanxi Province has $3.41 million in foreign banks in Shanghai.

And that's just their deposits in the foreign banks in Shanghai, and if you count other assets, it's not an exaggeration to say that you're as rich as a country

Of course, some people in later generations defended this, saying that this was a deliberate rumor spread by the Japanese in order to crack down on China, and the real four families can only be regarded as ordinary rich people.

However, these data were not released during the Anti-Japanese War, but were found in the archives of Stanford University in later generations, and if the Japanese were spreading rumors to attack China, they would have been released at that time, so why let these data be in the archives management for decades.

So you don't have to deliberately wash many things, just think about it and know the truth.

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Getting back to the point, Hu Shi was silent for a long time, and finally said to Chen Qiang: "Chen Qiang, I still hope that you will keep this matter secret, and don't spread it." This is also for the sake of the big picture, and now that the country is in such a difficult situation, it can no longer withstand the slightest blow. ”

"Sir, I understand." Chen Qiang nodded.

Not to mention the dignity of the Huangshan Residence, it is easy to kill these people in the embassy. If such a thing is exposed, I don't know how many Chinese will lose their will to resist, and the consequences may be more serious than losing a big battle. If you knew that the high-level people were filling their pockets in the rear, maybe they wouldn't have to fight, and the desperate soldiers on the front line would have collapsed first!

Hu Shi let out a long sigh, and then said, "You all go out first, I want to be alone and quiet." ”

Everyone nodded, turned around and left, everyone also knew that when this kind of thing happened, it was indeed necessary to give Hu Shi some personal space.

Chen Qiang did not continue to stay in the embassy, since the truth has been revealed, and the mastermind behind the scenes is still Chen Qiang's unprovoked existence, so there is no need for Chen Qiang to stay, anyway, if he stays in the embassy, people will not return the $500 to Chen Qiang.

The so-called is bound to be strong, even if Chen Qiang is a bull, he does not dare to compete with the one in the Huangshan Mansion, and Chen Qiang is punished for not living long enough. Chen Qiangquan thought that he was unlucky, helped a porcelain toucher, and was defrauded of 500 US dollars.

However, what Chen Qiang didn't expect was that the embassy people really returned the $500, and gave Chen Qiang an extra $500.

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After five days, Chen Qiang met Commissioner Wang again, but this time Commissioner Wang came to New York from Washington to find Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang looked down on this Commissioner Wang from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't bother to greet him, and asked bluntly: "Commissioner Wang, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Commissioner Wang took out a cashier's check from his briefcase and handed it to Chen Qiang with both hands.

Chen Qiang took the cashier's check, looked down at the numbers on it, and his expression was slightly surprised.

This is a cashier's check with a face value of $1,000. Although it is not from the New York Savings and Credit Center, it is also issued by another well-known financial institution, and it can be used directly as money.

"Commissioner Wang, what do you mean by that?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Mr. Chen, I am really sorry for the donation of 500 US dollars last time, I also received an order from the peak, and I involuntarily did this kind of thing against my conscience, please don't blame Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen's donation of $500 is now returned in full. Commissioner Wang said.

"Then I'll have to get you $500." Chen Qiang pointed to the cashier's check, and then said, "This is $1,000." ”

"The extra $500 should be regarded as reparation for Mr. Chen." Commissioner Wang said with a smile on his face.

"I don't dare to make amends." Chen Qiang shook his head.

Commissioner Wang continued: "Mr. Chen, to tell you the truth, the $500 was from Xiang Kee Company, and Xiang Kee Company hopes that Mr. Chen will not continue to pursue this matter." ”

Chen Qiang suddenly understood that the extra $500 was the hush money given to him by the Kong family!

Xiang Kee Company is the industry of the Kong family, and this time the resale of materials from the United States, behind the Kong family is also the specific operation, probably this Commissioner Wang reported the purchase of whiskey to the domestic Xiang Kee Company, Xiang Kee Company was worried that Chen Qiang would talk nonsense and expand the situation, so not only returned the 500 US dollars to Chen Qiang, but also gave Chen Qiang an additional 500 US dollars as a hush money.

This is also thanks to Chen Qiang's special identity, if Chen Qiang was just an ordinary person, he might not be waiting for a hush money of 500 US dollars, but a bullet that flew to the head!

The money of Xiang Kee Company is basically the people's fat and ointment looted, and they even dare to ask for the country's troubled money, this money is definitely not clean, maybe every banknote is stained with blood. Of course, Chen Qiang didn't want this kind of black-hearted money.

But Chen Qiang thought about it, he still had to accept this money, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to.

If Chen Qiang doesn't want the money, Xiang Kee Company may not be at ease, even if Chen Qiang guarantees that he will not leak this matter, Xiang Kee Company may not believe Chen Qiang. In case Xiang Kee Company hacked Chen Qiang behind his back, then the matter would be troublesome.

On the contrary, if the mouth of the eater is short and the hand is short, Chen Qiang accepted the money, even if he would not be in the same stream as Xiang Ji Company, Xiang Ji Company believed that Chen Qiang would collect money to do things, and he would be more at ease with Chen Qiang.

For his own safety, and in order to be able to make Xiangji Company feel at ease, Chen Qiang had no choice but to accept the money with a clear conscience.

Although Chen Qiang got the $500 back and made a net profit of $500, Chen Qiang was not happy in his heart. He originally planned to donate this money to the country for anti-Japanese use, but he did not donate it.

Now that this kind of thing has come out, Chen Qiang doesn't dare to donate anymore, and now he just found out a Xiangji company, who knows if there are other high-ranking officials and bigwigs who are filling their pockets? Even if this money is really exchanged for hemostatic bandages and shipped to the country, who can guarantee that it will not be resold by those who have made a fortune?

Chen Qiang thought about it for a long time and decided to keep the money first, and as for the donation, wait for two years.

Nowadays, the supplies for domestic support are all purchased by the embassy, so the dignitaries and dignitaries in the country will intervene and buy materials such as whiskey, cigars, and stockings for resale. But two years later, when the Pacific War breaks out, the Americans will begin to support China, and the materials shipped to China will be what the Americans say, at least the procurement is done by the US government, and the bigwigs in the country will not be able to intervene, and the Americans will pay for their own money, and they will naturally track the use of materials. If you donate money at that time, the materials can really be delivered to the soldiers and civilians on the front line.

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Hu Shi was hit hard by the material matter, but as the Chinese ambassador to the United States, what should be done is still to be done, the invaders are still acting recklessly on Chinese soil, and Hu Shi is also trying to seek the support of the United States.

With the efforts of Hu Shih, the United States finally brought about a policy set by the US government to consolidate Sino-US relations, and in terms of the international situation at that time, China's situation was so bad, and the United States was still willing to consolidate Sino-US relations, and it can be said that this policy was second only to the direct alliance between the two countries.

Naturally, the Japanese side expressed a strong protest, but people of insight in the US Government have obviously realized that Japan will pose a threat to the United States, and Japan's protest is obviously ineffective.

While the diplomacy of the United States has achieved fruitful results, there is frequent bad news at home.

Guangzhou, Hainan and other port cities fell one after another, China's maritime traffic was basically cut off, and Zhanjiang became the only port in China that could trade freely at that time. All the supplies needed in the mainland need to be transported by road from Zhanjiang to Liuzhou, Guangxi, and then to other places.

At that time, there was still trade between China and European and American countries, and the Japanese were afraid of the pressure of European and American countries, so they did not dare to completely blockade China, so they left Zhanjiang as a port. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese completely tore their faces with Britain and the United States, Zhanjiang would also be occupied by the Japanese, and the whole of China would be completely blocked by the Japanese.

In addition to the unfavorable situation of the war, the former president of the Executive Yuan, Wang defected at this time. As the No. 2 person in China at that time, his defection was undoubtedly a bombshell, casting a shadow on China's anti-Japanese war cause. China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is finally about to enter its most difficult period.

At this time, the smell of gunpowder in Europe was also getting stronger, and Italy demanded that France cede Tunisia, Corsica, and French Somaliland to Italy. This kind of behavior of directly asking France for colonies is undoubtedly cutting the flesh of the French, and Italy's doing so is tantamount to tearing the face of the French.

France was bullied by Italy to the face, and the whole world thought that France was going to rise up once, but I didn't expect France to be cowardly again. During the visit of German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to France, an agreement was reached between the two countries, and France once again compromised with Germany, recognizing Eastern Europe as part of Germany's sphere of influence.

It was also at this time that the Netherlands announced the closure of its borders to refugees, and the Jewish refugees who had planned to flee to the Netherlands had another way to live. And this move of the Netherlands is obviously a gesture of goodwill to Germany, after all, the Germans are now frantically purging the Jews, if the Netherlands accepts the Jews, wouldn't it be against the German Prime Minister! In order to curry favor with Germany, the Netherlands did not care about internationalism, let alone the life or death of the Jews.

Unfortunately, when the licking dog could not chase the goddess, and the Netherlands did not curry favor with Germany in exchange for peace, there was a news in Europe that Germany planned to invade the Netherlands in February 1939 in order to use Dutch airfields to launch strategic bombing against Britain.

The Dutch were immediately frightened, and the whole of Holland was worried about the German attack, which caused the Netherlands to fall into a panic.

The British were also stupid, they were also worried about the German bombing, such as Churchill and others, they had realized that war was inevitable, but the British authorities were still thinking about how to divert the trouble, by giving Germany some concessions, let Germany fight the Soviet Union.

In fact, those who are familiar with Germany know that the most frequent use of Germany in World War II was "blitzkrieg", taking advantage of the quick advantage of aircraft and tanks to directly carry out a wave of surprise attacks, and the opponent who was attacked in an instant could not take care of himself, and the attacked country had not yet reacted, and the German army had already killed at the door.

So if the Germans really wanted to fight the Netherlands, how could they spread the news and make a fuss known to the whole of Europe! It is clear that this plan to attack the Netherlands, in addition to being a temptation, is also a kind of war blackmail, and as long as Britain instigates it, Germany's goal will be achieved. As a result, the British really coaxed!

At this time, the United States was still a scene of singing and dancing.

For the Americans, a war in Europe means that countless riches will follow.

More than 20 years ago, the First World War made the Americans a lot of money, and the United States also jumped to become the world's largest industrial power in one fell swoop.

Now that Europe is facing war again, the Americans naturally want to repeat the old trick and make another fortune from the war. It is also for this reason that the United States remained neutral at the beginning of World War II, and if it was not a neutral country, how could it sell on both sides.

By the end of 1938, the American capitalists had already smelled the smell of war, and by this time many factories had begun to consciously expand their scale, recruiting and training skilled skilled workers, so that by the time war broke out, they could produce more goods to sell to Europe.

It is also for this reason that the unemployment rate in the United States at this time is unprecedentedly low, and the factory owners need a large number of workers, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will not have to worry about finding a job, even if you do not have a skill, it does not matter, the factory is willing to train you.

In this environment, Chen Qiang spent his first Christmas in the United States.

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After Christmas, Chen Qiang still played tennis with rich people in the tennis club, while the entire tennis club was discussing the Australian Tennis Championships.

This Australian tennis tournament is the predecessor of the future Australian Open, and the Australian Open at this time is not very influential, basically only Australians play by themselves, relying on high prize money to attract players from other countries to participate.

"Did you hear that the prize money for this year's Australian Tennis Championships is 30% lower than last year's?"

"The cost of going to Australia is relatively high, but now that the bonus has been cut by 30%, who wants to go!"

"As far as I know, none of the American players have signed up for this year's Australian Open. I don't know if anyone in Europe is participating! ”

"Europe is about to go to war, and I don't think anyone will go to Australia to compete."

"Don't the British go either? After all, Australia was a British colony! ”

When people in the club were discussing, some people even asked Chen Qiang if he wanted to participate in this year's Australian Open.

"If I didn't have an appearance fee, I wouldn't have participated. It's too far, and it's a waste of money and time to go back and forth. If you have that kung fu, it is better to teach a few more gentlemen to play. Chen Qiang replied with a smile.

Nowadays, Chen Qiang's business of teaching rich people to play ball is getting better and better, and sometimes he even has to make an appointment to queue up, and Chen Qiang has made some money because of this, at least so that he can live a rich life in New York.

Several other colleagues were still discussing the Australian Open, while Chen Qiang casually flipped through the newspaper in his hand.

Now that Christmas has just passed, most sports competitions haven't started yet, so there isn't a lot of news about sports.

In the technology sector, a piece of news caught Chen Qiang's attention.

When the German scientist Alto Hahn completed an experiment on December 17 and bombarded uranium nuclei with a slow neutron, an unusual situation occurred: not only was the reaction rapid and intense, releasing high energy, but the uranium nuclei split into some lighter material components with more atomic sequences.

"It turned out that it was the Germans who first discovered nuclear fission, but it turned out to be the atomic bomb that the Americans made first, and Einstein is amazing. But Einstein seems to be German too, right? I have to admit that Germany does have world-class scientists, but it is a pity that Alto-Hahn's research on nuclear fission ended up being cheaper than the Americans. ”

Chen Qiang thought that after Germany's defeat in World War II, the United States gathered a large number of top scientists from Germany, and it can be said that Germany's investment in scientific research over the years was only borrowed by the Americans in the end, and all of them became the research results of the United States.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Chen Qiang's mind, and he also thought of a business that borrowed chickens to lay eggs.

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