coobybook Chapter 156: Combine vertically and horizontally
Chapter 156: Combine vertically and horizontally
Song Wenchang's brows furrowed immediately.
He stared at Kong Yongzhi for a while: "Is this a threat?"
Kong Yongzhi shook his head, his gaze deep: "If it's a threat, that's fine, but I'm afraid this guy really has connections."
“I found out that this guy went back to Shanghai before.”
"After returning to Hanyang from Shanghai, I took the initiative to bring up this matter with the people at Mitsui Steel."
As he spoke, Kong Yongzhi's eyes became playful: "Do you think it might be your old flame who's going to step in and help him?"
Song Wenchang rolled his eyes, not bothering with the matter.
He thought for a moment and said, "We still need to try our best to find out what Sheng Chengze's trump cards are."
"We don't know his trump card, so it's best for us to wait and see."
"How can we just wait and see?"
"If Hanyeping really receives other foreign investment, the pig iron business will probably not be able to continue."
Kong Yongzhi expressed his concerns.
As for national interests... transporting pig iron from Hanyang to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to be smelted into steel is like letting the meat rot in the pot.
They only profited a little from it.
It doesn't count as harming national interests.
The government couldn't stop Mitsui from transporting pig iron back to Japan, so what could he do?
"hehe."
Song Wenchang chuckled: "Even if the sky falls, there are tall people watching over it. Aren't the Japanese the ones most affected?"
"Let's see what they do first, and then we'll make a decision."
Kong Yongzhi was about to speak again, but he was stopped by him.
Then, the story of what Chen Bonan from Guangdong Province had done came up.
This made Kong Yongzhi frown immediately, then he narrowed his eyes and said, "Lin Yi went to Guangdong Province a few days ago."
"Do you think it might have been him who instigated it?"
Song Wenchang's eyes narrowed as well.
He raised an eyebrow a few times and said through gritted teeth, "You know what, it's actually quite possible."
"The construction movement has been proposed for so long, and Chen Bonan is only now reacting."
"The most likely explanation is that someone gave him advice behind the scenes!"
As he spoke, Song Wenchang couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, is this kid here specifically to cause trouble for us?"
"So, we can't just sit and wait any longer."
Kong Yongzhi said in a low voice, "Given the opportunity, we must do everything in our power to deal with him."
"It has already become a major problem, and if we let it continue, it will only become more and more difficult to deal with."
Song Wenchang didn't say anything more, he just nodded silently...
Leaving Guangdong Province and entering Guangxi Province.
The Textile Federation does have several member textile factories in Yongzhou.
However, compared to the industrial scale of Guangdong Province, the entire Guangxi Province is significantly smaller.
Therefore, Lin Yi went through a lot of trouble to meet Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng, two bigwigs in Guangxi Province.
However, things went very smoothly after the two sides met.
When discussing several matters, including the sale of special steel, the construction of a fertilizer plant, and mineral exploration and development, the original Mr. Lin became Brother Lin.
They lingered there for several days until the day Lin Yi left Yongzhou for Chuncheng.
A special plane carrying documents outlining the industrial and agricultural development plan for Guangxi Province flew to Nanjing...
The meeting between Chuncheng and Long Dengyun went smoothly.
The issues discussed were largely the same, except for the addition of investing in copper mining and prioritizing procurement.
Long Dengyun, director of the Yunnan-Shenzhen Civil Affairs Bureau, readily accepted this suggestion.
Since it's an investment, he won't lose anything.
As for the copper ore produced, it doesn't matter who we sell it to.
Especially recently, he has been training his troops.
The procurement of weapons is a huge expense.
With the ten million yuan Lin Yi spent on purchasing the mine's shares, their immediate crisis was resolved.
As for the suggestion to take advantage of Nanjing's economic development campaign to obtain some preferential policies, he readily accepted it.
It would be best if industry could develop.
Even if it doesn't develop, it's good to have the government's money coming in.
The Yunnan Army is short of funds for expansion; it would be great to find some excuse to scam some loans...
This journey south took almost a month.
Lin Yi finally arrived in the mountain city.
Liu Yuanfu is an old friend.
In particular, the Andao Textile Factory, which was built earlier, continues to expand in scale.
The taxes paid also increased steadily.
In addition, the fact that China's first real automobile factory was located in Sichuan Province brought both significant impact and substantial benefits.
Therefore, Liu Yuanfu held a very grand welcoming banquet.
During the meal, the topic of the cooperative ironworks came up again, and they almost became sworn brothers...
"Haha, Brother Lin, I've missed you so much!"
Guangnan, headquarters of the 20th Army.
Yang Zihui, who had run all the way to the meeting room, gave Lin Yi a bear hug.
"Brother Zihui, you look better and better."
"Haha, thanks to you, my little brother."
"Brother, I'm eating well and sleeping soundly now. I have no worries and I'm carefree and healthy."
Yang Zihui laughed heartily.
Now he has territory, as well as mining and factory taxes.
Since Lin Yi left last year, I haven't had to worry about money anymore.
The training of his troops also went smoothly.
Although the number of soldiers has decreased, based on his twenty years of military experience, he can still clearly feel the improvement in combat effectiveness.
During this period, Luo Dingchen, who had fled Guangnan, caused trouble again.
He bribed two of his regimental commanders in succession.
Unfortunately, times have changed.
Not only did they fail to pull the troops away, but one of the regimental commanders was also disarmed by the deputy regimental commander and taken directly to the military headquarters for questioning.
The men sent by Luo Dingchen, along with another regimental commander, were also eventually captured and brought back.
He didn't stand on ceremony either.
In accordance with military discipline, he was executed by firing squad on the training ground.
As for the deputy regimental commander who made meritorious contributions, he was not only promoted directly to regimental commander, but also received a reward.
The officers and soldiers of both regiments also received rewards.
Although the recovered stolen money wasn't enough, he added some more, but no one understood better than him how it boosted morale among the troops.
He proudly told Lin Yi about his experiences over the past year, and the two had a good drink together.
Slightly tipsy, he invited his two sisters-in-law over for a few rounds of chatting.
As the night drew to a close and the event ended, Yang Zihui, who had been holding back all day, finally spoke.
"Brother Lin, could you sell me some of the guns from your arsenal?"
Then he added, "Brothers are brothers, but business is business. I'll accept whatever price you ask, and I'll never make things difficult for you!"
Although the arsenal was a secret production facility, Lin Yi wasn't surprised that Yang Zihui knew about it.
Not to mention that local workers cannot strictly adhere to confidentiality rules.
Even during routine training, the mine security team cannot completely avoid being seen.
This is Yang Zihui's territory after all; it would be strange if he didn't know.
Even Lin Yi admired him for holding back until now to ask him.
"Of course I can sell it."
“These things are produced to be sold and made money. If you want to buy a gun, Zihui, that's doing me a favor.”
Hearing Lin Yi say that, Yang Zihui immediately grinned.
"Brother Lin, I've heard that your rifle is a repeating rifle."
"Tsk tsk, if my troops get equipped first, the first thing I'll do is crush Liu Yuanfu's balls!"