In the months that followed, the steel mill was still in full swing, and large quantities of grain were shipped in one shipload after another.

The first batch of grain was not sent to Sichuan, but was distributed to the major grain stores run by the Qin family.

Qin Hancheng built a large granary in the concession of the magic capital, and there were grain stores in more than a dozen cities such as Hangzhou, Jinling, Anqing, Jiujiang, Changsha, and Wuhan, and each grain bank had an attached granary, which could accept thousands of tons or even 10,000 tons of grain. So the first few big ships that had been brought in were quickly emptied.

The ocean-going ships from the United States to China are more than 20,000 or 30,000 tons, and at most they can only sail to Wusongkou, and then because of the restrictions on the shipping lane, they must be replaced by small ships of 5,000 tons or even 1,500 tons.

In order to further strengthen shipping, Qin Di injected 3 million US dollars, equivalent to 9 million oceans, into the China Merchants Bureau of Modu Steamship, and purchased some small and medium-sized merchant ships to be responsible for the transshipment of their own materials on the Yangtze River route.

In 1930, an ounce of silver could only be exchanged for $0.3, which was far less than before, but it had not fallen to the limit, and by the time it was cheapest in 1932, an ounce of silver could only be exchanged for $0.22. Half a century later, in 1980, the price of an ounce of silver was $50, which shows how volatile the price of silver is.

On June 6 of this year, Zhang Naijing and Qin Ling came to Qin's house with a pair of children.

Their son's name is "Zhang Shaoqing", only a few months old, and their daughter Zhang Yiran is already three years old, and it is when she is clingy, as soon as she arrives at Qin's house, she hugs Qin Di's leg and wants to listen to her uncle tell stories.

Sometimes Qin Di also felt a pity, because except for himself, the rest of the Qin family had no spiritual roots, and he couldn't teach Zhang Yiran to cultivate immortals.

"Alas, there is no successor to the Qin family!"

Zhang Naijing looked very interested, and seemed to have been very comfortable recently.

His uncle, Zhang Jinjiang, served as chairman of Zhejiang Province for two years, and is now the chairman of the Republic of China Construction Committee, presiding over industrial and mining construction, railway renovation, and so on. The Zhang family followed the rising tide, and the seven brothers all made a fortune.

Although Zhang Naijing is a junior, he controls two companies under his hands, with a capital of nearly 20 million oceans. Of course, half of them were given by Qin Di, and on this basis, he couldn't have been more cordial when he saw Qin Di.

He used to accompany him to the United States, and knew that Qin Di had sold stocks that he had held for eight years and made 50 million US dollars, but he did not know that he was shorted and made 200 million US dollars.

Every time he came to Qin's house, he didn't dare to play chess with Qin Di, because it was equivalent to looking for abuse, and he was not a masochist.

Zhang Naijing drank tea slowly and chatted with Qin Di, who was holding Zhang Yiran.

"I heard that you are planning to build a steel plant, and you are planning to build a factory in western Sichuan? What do you think?"

Qin Di smiled and said, "What's there to think about here? ”

Zhang Naijing raised his eyebrows, his eyebrows were long and slightly curved downward.

"Why should it be built in western Sichuan? I think the best location should be in Pudong! Relying on the ocean, you can import iron ore from abroad! Let me tell you, most of China's ores are poor ores, and the purity of foreign iron concentrate is very high! Steelmaking efficiency is high! You built a steel mill by the sea, the land price is cheap, the transportation is convenient, and there are people and money, which is much better than the remote places in western Sichuan. ”

Qin Di narrowed his eyes and said, "If one day, the Japanese army brazenly invades China and attacks from the Northeast, Qingdao, Wusongkou, Hangzhou Bay and Guangzhou, what do you think will happen?"

Zhang Naijing gasped, was stunned for a while, and said: "Is little Japan so bold? China is so big, it wants to swallow it whole, how is this possible? The people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, and it is not afraid to hold itself to death?"

"I ask you, if this happens, can the demons be saved?"

"Then build it in the concession! The Japanese must not break into the concession!"

"The steel plant is too big to be built in the concession. In addition, it was not safe in the concession, and the Japanese army could still come in if they wanted to. ”

"Then they must be crazy! Aren't they afraid that Britain and the United States will join forces to retaliate?"

"The economic crisis that began last year has already swept Europe and the United States! Britain and the United States are too busy to take care of themselves, so where can they manage the concession of the magic capital?"

"Is it because of this that you laid out the layout in the west and built factories and granaries in Sichuan?"

"That's right, mainly for this reason. ”

"I see you're worrying too much. ”

Qin Di took a plum, stuffed it in the little girl's mouth, and said, "Don't talk about me, talk about yourself, in addition to Kaiyuan Electric Appliance Factory, I heard that you have also set up a 'Kaiyuan Sewing Machine Factory', has it been put into production?"

Zhang Naijing said with a wry smile: "The technology I imported from the American Singer Company is being digested and absorbed, and the sewing machine that has just been produced is defective, mainly because the domestic steel is not good." Alas, speaking of this, it's a real headache, there is no good steel, not only can't you make guns, but even sewing machines are difficult to make, you have to import parts from the United States, what do you say is the difference between this and assembly?"

Qin Di said: "When my steel plant is built, I will be able to get good steel." ”

"That's at least two years, right?"

"This kind of thing can't be rushed. ”

"Why aren't you in a hurry? Life is short, you're thirty years old! As the saying goes, sixty is life, and half of your life is gone, and you won't get married! What do you want to do?"

"Hehe, I'm a long-lived person, at least two hundred years old. ”

"Ha! Leyi, tell me, is my uncle talking nonsense?"

Zhang Leyi was lying comfortably in Qin Di's arms, smelling a good fragrance in her nose, and said, "Uncle, are you sprinkled with perfume? Why does it smell so good?"

Qin Di smiled slightly and said, "Speaking of aroma, let me tell you a story, saying that a long time ago, somewhere in Xinjiang, there was a leader of the Hui nationality who had two daughters, both of whom were very beautiful. The youngest daughter is especially so, her eyes are as bright as stars, her long hair is shawl, she is as dark as night, her body is fragrant, elegant and quiet, sweet and indescribable, people call her 'Princess Xiangxiang'......"

Zhang Leyi's eyes widened and she gurgled and turned, obviously very interested in this story.

Qin Di excerpted a passage from "Book of Swords and Enmity" and told her to listen, and after a while, not only Zhang Leyi fell into a trance, but even Zhang Naijing was a little stunned, Qin Ling, Qin Yue and Yan Xue also came over and listened to him tell the story.

"It is said that Chen Jialuo, the chief helmsman of the Red Flower Society, is a hero and a martial artist...... I happened to see a pair of mutton fat white jade bottles, the bottle depicts a beauty, beautiful and incomparable, the brilliance is compelling, the autumn waves are flowing, and the cherry mouth is moving...... Later, he met the real person in Xinjiang, and the girl was brilliant and beautiful...... Later, Princess Xiangxiang was snatched away by Emperor Qianlong and named her Concubine Xiang...... Chen Jialuo was not angry, single-handedly, entered the Forbidden City, rescued Princess Xiangxiang, and finally the two wandered the rivers and lakes and lived in seclusion at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain......"

Because he was telling a story to children, he couldn't say that Princess Xiangxiang had committed suicide, that would leave a shadow in the young heart.