Volume 2 King of the Northwest Chapter 51: Win-Win
At the end of the sixth year of the Republic of China, the situation in northern China was changing rapidly.
First, on December 2, the seven provincial military governors met in Tianjin and decided to send troops to the southwest.
Then on December 6, Cao Kun, Zhang Huaixuan, Zhang Zuolin and 12 other Beiyang generals jointly telegraphed the Beijing government to issue a decree to attack the southwest. Newspapers in Shanghai and Tianjin published news about this.
The seventh year of the Republic of China will be the year of the Chinese Civil War, and the North and the South will fight fiercely over the ownership of Hunan.
In this turbulent time, Dai Jiliang was leisurely becoming a bridegroom once again.
On the second day of the eleventh month of the Dingsi year (December 15, 1917 AD), Dai Jiliang's fifth concubine, Liu, officially married into the family.
"Everyone, drink and eat well!"
Dai Jiliang usually doesn't drink, but he had to break the rules at this time.
Of course, no one dared to force Dai Jiliang to drink in his current position. There were only a dozen tables, and after each table toasted a glass, Dai Jiliang was a little drunk.
"I'm sorry Zhixiang can't accompany you anymore."
"No, no, it's our fault for disturbing you on your auspicious day, Marshal."
After hearing Dai Jiliang's words, several brigade commanders, regiment commanders, department heads, and bureau chiefs stood up and responded with smiles on their faces.
If Dai Jiliang had not issued a clear order, all Shaanxi military cadres on duty were not allowed to come over to congratulate, otherwise the banquet would have stretched across several streets. However, even so, many people who curry favor with the powerful were not even qualified to give gifts and were directly blocked outside the Governor's Mansion.
Dai Jiliang waved his hand stumblingly, turned around and retreated into the back hall, leaving the noisy voices behind him. The cold air in the corridor hit his face, and Dai Jiliang was refreshed. He took a few deep breaths, and immediately the drunken look on his face disappeared.
"Only the new people laugh, never the old people cry."
Dai Jiliang hummed a bunch of nonsense lyrics as he walked past the courtyards of his wives and concubines one by one. Looking at the mottled lights in the courtyards, Dai Jiliang sighed secretly. Once you enter a marquis's mansion, it's like entering a deep sea. Now he is the lord of a province, and he is no less worthy than the dukes and marquises in the past. Naturally, the resentment of the women in his family can be imagined.
However, in this dark age where no one can understand him or walk side by side with him, only the freshest woman can relieve Dai Jiliang's inconsolable depression. I'm sorry, Dai Jiliang apologized secretly in his heart.
"Marshal!"
Dai Jiliang pushed open the door, and several maids of the newlyweds respectfully saluted Dai Jiliang. At the same time, a call also reminded Liu that the male owner had arrived.
"You all should back off."
The red candles were burning brightly, and everything in the warm room seemed hazy in the ambiguity. Dai Jiliang sent away the giggling maids, then closed the door and opened the wedding silk on the girl's head, revealing a beautiful face.
How should I put it, she is probably not as good as Bai, but she can compete with the charming Xier.
"Master, don't!"
Before the girl could say anything, Dai Jiliang's big mouth had already closed. After a while, he pried open the girl's teeth skillfully, and his big tongue chased the lilac-scented prey like a vicious python.
The girl's breathing gradually became heavier. She had kept her body intact for more than ten years and no man had ever touched it. Yet, Dai Jiliang was wantonly molesting her. How could this inexperienced girl not feel uneasy?
"ah!"
A cry of pain was heard as the jade pestle pierced the golden cymbal, and then it was flipped over by the red waves and went straight up to the ninth heaven.
"Now I declare that the construction of Xiyao Road, Shaanxi's first railway, has officially started!"
Dai Jiliang was not obsessed with women. On New Year's Day of the eighth year of the Republic of China, the construction of Xiyao Road, which attracted much attention from all walks of life in Shaanxi, began under his personal supervision.
This road starts from Yangjiaya in Yao County in the north and ends at Wujiabao in the north gate of Xi'an in the south. It is 72 kilometers long and has a planned second phase to Yintai and Baishui in the north and a third phase to Chang'an and Huxian in the south. The total investment is 2.5 million silver yuan. It is expected that the first phase will be completed within one year and the entire construction will be completed within three years.
Once this railway is completed, it will form a cross artery running through Shaanxi together with the Longqinyuhai Railway.
"Mr. Assistant Manager, when will your company's electric light and water companies in Xi'an be built?"
Dai Jiliang hammered the first nail into the pillow in public, and he didn't need to get involved in what happened next. He naturally pulled Shanghai Meihua's representative, Driski, aside to whisper with her.
"General, you also know that the construction of your country's Longhai Railway is very slow, and the Lu-Han Railway is constantly transporting troops. Our foreign company's goods have been piled up in Shanghai for a long time, but they can't be transported in. We are also very anxious."
It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it. Once he did, the Jew complained, "As for the bullet production line, smokeless powder production line, and equipment at the three-acid factory that you are so concerned about, I'm afraid they will all be delayed ."
"Mr. Assistant Manager, this is not an excuse, right? As far as I know, the trains heading south on Lu-Han Road are indeed quite tight, but most of the trains heading north are empty."
Zeng Zhisheng was from the Ministry of Communications . Through him, Dai Jiliang easily exposed the Jewish lie. "I don't think it's that the goods can't be shipped in, but the US military's large-scale military supplies are under control. Your foreign company is powerless, right?"
"I admit that the general is right."
Driski was very thick-skinned and had no sense of shame. "But the bureaucratic style of your Ministry of Transportation is also very troublesome. Your Excellency cannot deny this."
"Really?"
Dai Jiliang shook his head.
Although Gu Changqing had been distant from him since the "well case", the machines and technicians he entrusted him to order were continuously imported into Shaanxi. When Dai Jiliang was on the northern expedition, nearly 400,000 yuan worth of machinery arrived. It seemed that they had not encountered any difficulties with the Ministry of Transport.
"I'll figure out a way to do this."
Now Dai Jiliang is begging Meihua, so naturally everything is easy to talk about.
"By the way, have you heard of the Humphrey family? Not long ago, one of my generals met their business representatives in Tianjin. They heard about the construction in Shaanxi and seemed very interested. I hope Mr. Assistant Manager can help me check if they are scammers, right?"
"Humphrey? The Cleveland Consortium!"
Driski rolled his eyes. This was a newly-emerged financial group that had just developed by taking advantage of the World War. It had the ambition and strength of all emerging forces to expand wildly. It was not impossible for something to happen between them and the ruler of Shaanxi. But was Dai Jiliang's words a threat? Or a reminder?
"By the way, we have just signed an agreement with the Inao Trading Company under the Japanese Okura Group on joint exploitation of the Yanchang Oil Mine in Shaanxi. The Japanese side is also interested in further developing the Yaozhou Coal Mine with Shaanxi. I think this is good news for your company, right?"
Dai Jiliang looked at the other party with a fake smile. It seemed that if he didn't take some drastic measures, Meihua would think that he had him under control.
"Your Excellency the General is such a joker."
The Jew laughed. Meihua was a subsidiary of the Pittsburgh National Bank controlled by the Mellon family. The Mellon Group and the Cleveland Group had close ties with each other, so he did not agree with what Dai Jiliang said just now. However, the Japanese were different.
"In the United States, gunpowder factories are basically owned by the DuPont family. If you want to purchase, you naturally cannot get past DuPont. Therefore, ~"
"I see!"
Dai Jiliang interrupted Driski's words.
The DuPont family is a large conglomerate that got its start by relying on the chemical industry and the arms industry. Although the exact ranking of various conglomerates in the United States is unknown, DuPont is definitely a large conglomerate that is no less than Rockefeller and Morgan. Isn't Driskill's words a counterattack?
"I can pay the patent fee for gunpowder production, but please arrange it as soon as possible, Mr. Assistant Manager. By the way, I have already informed Shanghai that I hope to obtain the sales agency rights for Mobil kerosene lamps and kerosene. If Mr. Assistant Manager can help me achieve this, I will be very grateful."
"I am happy to see it happen!"
Having said that, Driskill's face darkened. The evil Rockefeller, Dai Jiliang, was unwilling to suffer any loss.
Such a commander-in-chief can never be deceived like other foolish and barbaric people.
"Please rest assured, Overseer, there will be a good result as you requested before the middle of this year."
"That's great!"
Dai Jiliang smiled and stretched out his hand.
"I hope that after Xiyao Road is completed, Guiyang Bank can participate in the bidding for Yaozhou Mine. It will be a win-win for everyone."
"Win-win, I like this word."
Driski also held out his hand and shook it tightly.
"Mr. Tokisai?"
After seeing off the Jew, Dai Jiliang suddenly saw Guo Xiren in the crowd. It was obvious that this backbone of the Kuomintang was also very excited at the moment. After all, the people of Shaanxi had wanted this railway for a long time.
"I didn't expect you to come. Let's sit over here."
"Marshal, this is a good job!"
Guo Xiren started by singing praises.
"The Longqin-Yuhai Railway has been talked about for so many years, and it is still being advanced in Henan. I didn't expect the Marshal to be so bold. This is really a blessing for the people of Shaanxi!"
"Many hands make light work!"
Due to previous industrial plans, Shaanxi lacked funds on the ground. In addition to half of the American capital for Xiyao Road, only more than 300,000 yuan of the land price of the other half belonged to Shaanxi investment, and the rest of the funds came from Shanxi, Henan, Tianjin and Shanghai. Therefore, what Dai Jiliang said was not wrong.
"You can't say that. Without the Marshal taking the lead, how could this be so easy?"
Guo Xiren waved his hands and said that Dai Jiliang was being modest.
"By the way, Marshal, let me recommend two talents to you! Zhang Xiji and Wang Chongyou."
“Brother Xiji is currently the director of the Pucheng Finance Bureau and is an expert in financial management.
Wang Zuochen is a Christian friend I met when I was visiting Europe. He is a doctor of mining and established the first iron smelting plant in China in Changsha in 1908 and served as the chief engineer.
Now the Hanyeping Company is the director of Daye Iron Mine. The Marshal should know that the Hanyeping Company has been controlled by the Japanese since the third year of Xuantong. Chongyou is not happy working there. If the Marshal agrees, I would like to invite him to Shaanxi to find a mine and build a factory for Shaanxi. "
"I want them all!"
Dai Jiliang was overjoyed, it was truly a piece of cake falling from the sky.
" Mr. , I'm sorry to trouble you with everything. I'm determined to get these two talented people!"
