"Captain Tang, you are back!" Jia Dongxing, who was sitting in the hut area, watched Tang Dao coming from a distance and quickly stood up to greet him.
The other 'celebrities' who had already started dining in the thatched hut also hurriedly stood up.
After Tang Dao accompanied them to the 'air defense exercise' position, he left and did not return for more than an hour. Needless to say, where did he go?
He must have gone to the forward air defense position to direct air defense operations.
In the past, they would have probably regarded Tang Dao as a rising star in the army, and they came here to get close to him and invest in his future.
But now, after seeing with their own eyes that the firepower on the ground directly killed a dozen Japanese fighter planes, the Tang Dao in the eyes of these smart people was completely different.
To be able to mobilize so many anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft artillery is probably not something that one division or one army can control. Thinking further, I am afraid that it is only at the theater level. I think of Colonel Fan who came here specially to watch the ceremony. The cleverness of the 'celebrities'
Who could have imagined that Tang Dao must be socializing with those elders that they usually couldn't get along with?
On a normal day, the various meats on the Eight Immortals table may be popular with ordinary people, but that is not the case in the eyes of these 'celebrities' who are accustomed to fine clothes and fine food. They can just take a few bites and then leave.
But now, no one is leaving. They are all sitting there waiting for Tang Dao to come back!
At this moment, no one had come close, and the faint smoke suddenly confirmed their suspicions. The smiles on the faces of the celebrities were even brighter.
"Everyone has a good meal and a drink! If anything happens, let's talk about it after dinner!" Tang Dao saw the celebrities rushing towards him. When the people over there heard the noise, they got up immediately in fright. Many of them stood up in fright.
The man's mouth was still full of meat and he was busy shouting hello.
Guests and hosts followed suit, and the 'celebrities' all smiled and walked back to their respective hut areas to continue eating, while Jia Dongxing took Tang Dao and sat at his table.
When it came time to dine, the 'celebrities' did not sit with their ladies as before, but sat in their own small groups, while the ladies gathered in several groups dozens of meters away.
On the table, the coachman's servants and the people sat on the flowing table, and after eating, they went aside to wait.
This is probably related to the traditional customs in the northern region, where women do not sit at the table where men eat.
Tang Dao has seen Jia Dongxing's table, but it's not that Tang Dao has a strong memory, but that this table has basically pledged donations. Tang Dao can't remember everyone, but he still has some impression of the donor.
Now he smiled and said hello to everyone, and sat down on the main seat given by President Jia. Tang Dao didn't want to push him around politely. Although everyone here was a big businessman from the rich side, but in this war
Compared with him, a regimental commander-level officer with the authority to command an infantry regiment, he is really far behind.
No matter how much money you have, you may not be able to save your life, but more than 2,000 people and guns can. This is the rule of troubled times.
What's more, Tang Dao is the host today, and everyone here is a guest. It's normal for him to sit in the main seat as a treater.
That is, all the people in the hall were middle-aged and elderly people who were at least forty-five years old. Tang Dao was the only young man in his early twenties, who seemed a bit out of the ordinary.
However, none of the old gangsters here dared to underestimate the young man in front of them. I had only heard in the newspapers how many Japs Tang Dao had killed, but today Tang Dao beat down ten Japs under their noses.
Get a plane.
Regardless of whether Tang Dao beat him down with his own hands or not, since Tang Dao could tell President Jia to set off a "fireworks" for everyone from the very beginning, then this matter must have something to do with him.
Using his entire regiment and tens of thousands of people as bait for Japanese planes, this young man is truly a ruthless character!
"Everyone is shocked, but today's battle is not decided by Tang Dao." After Tang Dao sat down, he apologized and pointed his finger at it. "Fortunately, Tang Dao and the soldiers have fulfilled their mission!"
"There, there, today I not only saw the majesty of the Four Lines Regiment, but also saw with my own eyes our soldiers under the command of Commander Tang Ruoding, killing the Japanese fighter planes. It is truly a blessing in life!" said Jia Dongxing next to him.
A middle-aged man in a suit quickly complimented.
Tang Dao naturally remembered that this person's surname was Liu, and he seemed to be engaged in the textile industry, so he couldn't help but look at Jia Dongxing.
Jia Dongxing quickly said: "Captain Tang, these are all members of our Textile Association. Although we usually compete with each other, in fact, when there is a shortage of goods and labor, we often do OEM work for each other."
This person didn’t need to explain it too clearly, Tang Dao also understood it.
No wonder he could remember the faces of these people. They all worked in the textile industry. The four most inseparable industries in life are clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The textile industry is the most basic fabric for making clothes. Don’t look at it.
It is a light industry, but in this era, it is definitely one of the most profitable industries, otherwise these people would have pledged at least 3,000 oceans!
"Captain Tang, I said earlier that we would move the textile factory equipment to the southwest. You said that was not a good idea. My colleagues and I have also carefully considered it. The southwest produces less cotton and silk. If we move the factory there,
The cost of raw materials will inevitably rise sharply, but with the current situation, hey!" Jia Dongxing sighed heavily.
Tang Dao took a look and saw that a group of textile industry tycoons not only followed Jia Dongxing with frowning faces, but also cast scorching eyes on him. Apparently, he had previously told Jia Dongxing that he would give him a suitable suggestion, but now he was beaten by these guys.
As a life-saving straw.
Tang Dao didn't know much about the textile industry, but the importance of the textile industry was self-evident. Without weaving factories, there would be no cloth. Without cloth, everyone would have to collectively return to the original state.
In fact, the textile industry is not only important to people's livelihood, but also to the army. If an army cannot even wear uniforms and goes to the battlefield wearing vests and short hexagrams, then it is no different than bandits!
Not to mention that the enemy will feel contempt, I am afraid that the soldiers' own momentum will be weakened by three points.
Therefore, during the period when the Japanese army spent all their efforts to blockade and sweep the area, the army also encouraged women to spin cloth in cave dwellings to make military uniforms. Even if the homespun cloth was dyed unevenly, it would still be gray.
For Tang Dao, who has seen the future world, military uniforms are more than just neat and good-looking. Future military uniforms are both warm and wear-resistant, and have professional protective colors. Some military uniforms are even waterproof, fireproof and stab-proof. He needs military uniforms to become a soldier.
protective clothing, not just to reflect military status.
All of these require textile mills to conduct research on textile processes to achieve technological breakthroughs.
Of course, the premise of all this is that Tang Dao has a trustworthy textile factory.
But, are these people from Henan Province trustworthy? Tang Dao can't give himself an answer right now.
However, helping them point out a clear path and allowing these textile factories to survive first will not only continue to provide cloth to ordinary people, but also give Tang Dao the possibility of cooperating with them.
This is what Tang Dao was thinking about on the way back. When he saw the group headed by Jia Dongxing taking the initiative, Tang Dao smiled slightly:
"Everyone, Chairman Jia previously wanted to put the factory in Sichuan Province. As a child of Sichuan Province, I actually welcome everyone to invest and build factories in my hometown. But as a child of Sichuan Province, I know my business very well.
Although my hometown is rich in products, including rice, soybeans, and corn, the cotton yield is not high because of the humid climate all year round.
If you want to weave fabrics, raw materials such as cotton must be transported from the northwest. You may not have walked through the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway that was just built a year ago. It is said to be a highway. When our 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army took the oath to go to war, the entire army was
It took nearly a month to get from northern Sichuan to Shanxi Province, and the road conditions were very different.
The biggest advantage of moving to our Sichuan Province is safety. Mountains such as the Qinling Mountains and Wushan Mountains surround our Sichuan Province. There is also a natural barrier along the Yangtze River. The Japanese army is powerful at this time and can even conquer our two major plains in North China and East China. Maybe they can still do so in the future.
They occupy central China, but Sichuan Province is not something they can easily get their hands on. In Mongolia hundreds of years ago, the Jurchens were so powerful. Wouldn’t it also take decades to conquer Sichuan Province?”
The words made a group of textile merchants nod frequently, and Tang Dao analyzed the pros and cons very clearly.
It is difficult to transport raw materials from the northwest, which will greatly increase the cost. And with the current economic situation, the people and the government have no money. If they want to sell them at a price that does not rise too high, it will only reduce profits, which will undoubtedly lead to digging profits.
their meat.
But if it were placed in a province or city that could be conquered by the Japanese army at any time, it would be completely ruined. The Japanese could do such evil things in Jinling, and the first time would be the second time, but others and the factory would be reduced to ashes.
To put it bluntly, for the merchants in Henan Province at this time, choosing Sichuan Province is like a chronic poison. Because of the distance and the rising prices of raw materials, they will be finished sooner or later; but if they choose other provinces, who knows when that day will come?
The Japanese butcher's knife was placed on his neck, and Kacha would be dead with just one stab.
Otherwise, a group of old Jianghu who have experienced more or less great storms will place their hopes on this young man Tang Dao. Tang Dao's military talent makes them automatically ignore Tang Dao's age.
"It's not good for you to go to the southwest. Central China is located in the plains and you can't go there. South China is not a good place because of the climate!" Tang Dao looked blank. "It's better to go to the northwest! The climate there is dry and it has been the main producing area of cotton since ancient times.
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"Commander Tang, don't be ridiculous." Old Liu in a suit said with a grimace. "The Japanese conquered Taiyuan last year and attacked westward. How could Shaanxi, which is adjacent to Shanxi Province, withstand the Japanese army? The Guanzhong Plain fell
I’m afraid it will be a matter of time.”
"What if I guarantee you that Shaanxi will never be conquered by the Japanese?" Tang Dao glanced at the textile tycoon who also donated 10,000 yuan and asked indifferently.
"This" old man in a suit, Liu, had nothing to say.
Although the Japanese army is strong, who wants to say with certainty that the Japanese will be able to attack cities and plunder lands at will on their own land!
However, it was an emotional reluctance, but the current situation is one-sided. Although the Japanese army did not occupy all of China in three months as they boasted, within half a year, China lost two important regions in North China and East China.
, which is the main producing area of grain and the most economically developed region in China.
The Japanese army that originally only occupied the Northeast was already so terrifying. Now that they have these two areas in hand, they will only become stronger than before. What can China do to resist them?
In fact, this kind of pessimistic thinking about the inevitable defeat in the future is not limited to people like Lao Liu who are somewhat knowledgeable, but also among high-level figures.
Judging from the current situation, their pessimism actually has its own logic and is self-consistent, but they have ignored a very important point. The Japanese army can obtain sufficient resources from the occupied land, but they cannot obtain population resources.
They established a puppet regime in the occupied areas, dominated by traitor and lackey leaders who were loyal to them, and also recruited a large number of puppet soldiers who were looking for food. However, they did not dare to put these soldiers into the frontal battlefield, and at most they could only maintain
Improve public security in the occupied areas.
Because they were afraid that these puppet soldiers could turn their guns and hit them at any time. The puppet soldiers and dogs were the same creature, but the Japanese army was more willing to believe in the latter.
Therefore, as more and more occupied areas are occupied, more and more troops are needed. They can only continue to mobilize troops from the country. A large number of young people are forced to be transferred from agriculture and industrial production lines. The domestic economy naturally continues to decline. In addition, a large amount of supplies
The money that was consumed cannot be compensated by the little wealth that was plundered by bandits.
This is mainly because China was too poor at this time. As a big agricultural country, apart from the grain in the fields, what else is worth grabbing?
The Japanese never expected that they would step into a quagmire like this. Two million troops were firmly welded to the battlefield in China. The huge consumption was like an ancient behemoth, constantly devouring the financial resources that Japan had accumulated for decades.
Of course, what's even more terrible is that Japan's top leaders, who have achieved great success on the Asian battlefield, have collectively become disillusioned and have once again put their national destiny on the gambling table.
Gambling relies on luck. Who can guarantee that he will win every time?
Naturally, Tang Dao would not talk so much to these businessmen, but he knew very well that in the direction of Jin Province, because of the presence of the troops in northern Shaanxi, the Japanese army was not able to cross the Yellow River from Henan Province to Shaanxi Province.
The Japanese army also failed to conquer Tongguan, the strategic choke point.
In other words, during the Great Patriotic War, the Japanese army was unable to attack the southwest and never entered the northwest.
"In this case, if you don't believe in Tang Dao, let's make a bet." Tang Dao suddenly smiled. "If the Japanese invaders step into the northwest in the future, then I, Tang Dao, will think that I have lost, and all your factories will move there.
Tang Dao will bear all the losses caused by the final evacuation of the Northwest. If you are worried about Tang Dao defaulting on your debt, it is very simple. My father is in eastern Sichuan, and Jia Yue's family should also move to eastern Sichuan soon. You can just take me.
Go to them to get the signed bet, they are all face-saving people, so they can get it for you no matter what."
"Captain Tang's words are serious. We are asking you for advice on how to make you bear the burden for us." Jia Dongxing saw that Tang Dao, in order to prove his words, even risked the reputation and property of his father and father-in-law.
If you want to hook up, then you dare to accept this.
"No, no, President Jia, just listen to me." Tang Dao waved his hand and slightly arched his mouth.
If Comrade Lao Wu were here, he would definitely be wary. Tang Dao is the only one who always takes advantage of others, so there are others who take advantage of him.
It's a pity that a group of textile industry bosses in Henan Province didn't know that the heroic army colonel in front of them could be so cheating.
"As the saying goes, if you have income, you will have something to spend. Since I bought such a large insurance for everyone, you should pay for the premium!" Tang Dao continued.
"What kind of insurance, what kind of premium?" All the business bosses in the room were stunned.
This is a new word, they have never heard of it.
"Look, if you have losses, I, Tang Dao, will pay all the compensation, but I also have to have income, right? You can understand it this way, I am betting on my strategic vision. If my strategic vision is not good, I will naturally
The loss is huge, but what if my strategic vision is good? You big bosses, I have earned all the money that each of you paid me." Tang Dao patiently explained the principles of insurance to them.
Insurance companies are not betting on uncertainties in the future, they are betting on probabilities. It’s just that Tang Dao, a pheasant insurance company, has predicted the future in advance and is sure to make a profit.
"Oh, I understand!" They were all in business. After hearing Tang Dao's explanation, they understood immediately.
"I just don't know, Captain Tang, how much is the premium you mentioned? Is it a one-time payment or an annual fee?" A middle-aged uncle with a round head and a round head asked tentatively.
"Boss Zhou, right?" Tang Dao smiled slightly.
This person seems to have donated 6,000 yuan, and he is considered to have strong financial resources among this group of bosses. Otherwise, his brain would not be so happy, and he instantly grasped the key point.
Tang Dao's words are very tempting, and all losses will be compensated, but if the so-called premium is too high, then the gain outweighs the loss.
"Yes! Yes! Captain Tang has a good memory." Boss Futai Zhou nodded repeatedly.
"My insurance premium is not high. I only need 100,000 sets of customized military uniforms and several thousand sets of special customized military uniforms a year." Tang Dao smiled.
All the bosses looked at each other.
Good guy, 100,000 sets of military uniforms, can they make that much in a year?
"My 100,000 sets of military uniforms are not provided by one factory, but by all of you here. You can divide them according to the proportion of each factory's production capacity, and I only need a total of 100,000 sets. I believe that in this case, you should
It's not so difficult!" Tang Dao saw the changes in the faces of these guys and knew that they had gone astray.
After hearing what Tang Dao said, a group of people led by Jia Dongxing breathed a sigh of relief.
Tang Dao's appetite is not that big. Based on the cost of a set of military uniforms of 0.5 silver yang, 50,000 yin yang can be completely digested by these people here, as long as the raw materials can be supplied in sufficient quantity and there is no need to incur high shipping costs.
The northwest completely meets this condition.
As for the thousands of customized military uniforms Tang Dao mentioned, they are nothing more than different styles and colors. They are just a fraction of the 100,000 military uniforms and can be completely ignored.
After looking at each other for a long time, seeing everyone nodding silently, Jia Dongxing gritted his teeth secretly: "Captain Tang, this is a business transaction, and a contract needs to be signed. Even because your father-in-law, Mr. Tantai, is here, I hope
He can also co-sign as guarantee."
"No problem!" Tang Dao agreed readily.
To win 100,000 sets of military uniforms every year with a bet that seems very risky to others but actually has zero risk to him is like picking it up for free.
This may be the legendary information asymmetry!
More importantly, he placed a large number of textile factories in the northwest, which played a key role in the development of the local economy.
That army must not only be self-sufficient, but must also have economic exchanges with other countries. Cotton can also be exchanged for a large amount of supplies.
As for the economic blockade launched by some people in the future, even the Japanese cannot do it. How can his corrupt subordinates alone do it?
