At the beginning of the lanterns, the whole New Capital city was bustling with excitement. Firecrackers sounded continuously in the streets and alleys. Large expanses of fireworks shot up high in the sky, rendering the night sky under the bright moon brilliant. The streets and alleys of New Capital were all decorated with hanging lights.
The colorful lanterns were lit, pushing the festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival to its highest point.
Jiang Dingwen, Huang Shaohong, Chen Chengi, and Zhang Wenbai returned from the city in a military special car. Along the way, they enjoyed the scenic views of Xinjing through the car windows. In many places, they saw Peking Opera being sung on high platforms. The audience in the audience
The waves of applause were endless, and I couldn’t help but sigh that the influence of Chinese culture here has penetrated into all aspects of society.
Returning to Villa No. 2 of the Government House where they were staying, they saw the angry-looking Guangdong Army General Zhang Fakui, who was losing his temper at his adjutant Hua Bingyue. The four of them hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him. Hua Bingyue left in disgrace as if he had received a great edict.
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The four of them pulled Zhang Fakui to sit down on the sofa, and then told them happily about today's visit around Hanoi. After breakfast in the morning, they still didn't receive an invitation from An Yi, so they called a car and went
Nanhu, south of Xinjing, visited Xia Jian, the commander of the front army in charge of the defense of northern South China.
Accompanied by Xia Jian, the four visited six large-scale industrial zones and 12 large wholesale markets under construction in the south of the city. The industrial zones mainly accept less polluting electronics, textiles, wood product processing, food processing and other light industries.
Industrial enterprises have entered, and the wholesale market has been refined to include textiles.
Specialized markets for goods, plastic products, furniture, electronic appliances, hardware, clothing, auto parts, building materials, decoration, etc. Nanhua’s business philosophy is that only through large circulation can there be great development, so every city will build such large-scale business areas to supply
Purchase goods from various places and exchange what is available.
In the future, all cities in Nanhua will have preset logistics warehousing land in the central urban area. At the same time, logistics across the country will be registered uniformly. Whether it is a collective or individual transport vehicle, it will arrange its own itinerary according to the cargo allocation situation in each place.
, to prevent the transportation company from returning empty trucks, causing a huge waste of road and transportation resources.
I just watched it in a casual way, and the day passed quickly. This trip was an eye-opener, and it had a particularly huge impact on Huang Shaohong and Zhang Wenbai, who were in charge of the administration.
After listening to the four people's explanations, Zhang Fakui couldn't help but regret. During breakfast in the morning, Huang Shaohong had invited him to go on a trip, but he declined because he was busy with official duties and needed to use radio to communicate with the army. When he went to the Government House restaurant for lunch at noon, he heard He Zhonghan and others
People told about what happened to them at the Nanhua Government Affairs Office in the morning.
When he met, he wanted to show off in front of his juniors, so he came to the door carelessly and gave Xu Ziliang, Zhang Peigong and others a good training to show their strength. Who would have thought that An Yi and Song Meiling arrived and made a fuss, and they almost
He was thrown into jail and lost all his face.
After listening to Zhang Fakui's account of what happened behind the Government Affairs Council and the Ministry Building in the afternoon, Huang Shaohong and others couldn't help but secretly rejoice that they had gone out early and were not involved in this dispute. Although this incident seemed to be loud and clear, the result seemed to be handled lightly.
Not painful or itchy, but not affected at all
Little Song Meiling has seen everything from beginning to end, and will definitely add fuel to Chiang Kai-shek's ears after returning. Zhang Fakui leads troops to fight, it's nothing. He Zhonghan and others have finally won the opportunity to show their faces in front of Chiang Kai-shek. This time, not only do they achieve
It won't have any effect, but will have the opposite effect.
In addition, since He Zhonghan, Deng Wenyi, Kang Ze and others are unable to go out, the achievement of this mission has nothing to do with them. Going out has neither credit nor hard work. Instead, it destroys the unity between Nanhua and the mother country.
This alone is estimated to make
Chiang Kai-shek was furious. He Zhonghan and others must have learned from the pain and regretted it in Villa No. 3! As long as they think about similar major events in the future, Chiang Kai-shek will not entrust them to them. This alone makes them
It's hard for people to accept.
Just when Huang Shaohong and Jiang Dingwen were discussing how to fulfill the chairman's trust, Lin Yaodong came to the door. He respectfully invited the four of them to the banquet hall of Government House, where An Yi hosted a banquet to discuss important matters.
The four of them looked at each other and were extremely happy. Knowing that An Yi invited her at this time, she must have reached an agreement with Soong Meiling. They only needed to sign and confirm without any further effort.
With such a great contribution shared by four people, I think the Chairman will look at him differently in the future.
When they arrived at the banquet hall, after the host and guest exchanged cordial greetings, An Yi took out the prepared documents and asked Jiang Dingwen and the others to review them.
The four people circulated it and were secretly shocked by An Yi's generous interest-free loan of 100 million yuan. However, they did not know that this was only a small part of An Yi's huge income during this period.
With the sudden outbreak of large-scale plague, cholera, dysentery, meningitis, typhoid, whooping cough, influenza, anthrax, chickenpox, dengue fever and other epidemic diseases across Australia in January, more than nine million Australians (unlike history, at this moment the Chinese
Most of the more than 200,000 immigrants (more than 200,000 immigrants) have contracted the disease, and hospitals are overcrowded. The demand for sulfonamides, panoxicillin, simoxicillin (streptomycin) and special cold medicines has suddenly increased to a terrifying figure.
After giving priority to ensuring the medication needs of the Chinese in Australia, pharmaceutical factories in western Hunan, Xufu, and southern Yunnan started production at full capacity. Authorized pharmaceutical factories in Nanyang and North America also went all out, and shiploads of anti-inflammatory drugs were quickly shipped to Australia.
Sold out.
At this time, in Australia, due to the early discovery of many very large mineral deposits, there were more than 50,000 factories, including ores, glass, chemicals, steel, textiles, tanning, clothing, cigarette making, wine making, wood, furniture, paper making, and printing.
, electrical, rubber, musical instruments, jewelry, porcelain, etc. are all available. The industrial categories are extremely complete, the total number of workers has exceeded two million, the total value of industrial products is 1.3 billion pounds, and the national livelihood
With a GDP of 1.6 billion pounds, it is basically a developed capitalist country with industry as its main body. Its eastern and southeastern coastal areas include New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, etc.
A large number of large cities with extremely developed industries have emerged. In other words, Australia is now extremely fat, and the per capita wealth is even higher than that of the United Kingdom.
The huge accumulation of wealth has given Anyi Group a good opportunity to make money. In Australia, which is under threat of death, stimulated by the tight relationship between market supply and demand, panoxicillin has been sold for one hundred US dollars, and simoxicillin has been sold for two hundred US dollars.
support is still in short supply. In the face of
Faced with the test of life and death, many Australians spent their life savings, even going bankrupt and borrowing heavily, to save themselves and their families. In late January and early February alone, drug sales reached as high as 200 million and 300 million respectively.
billion dollars.
With the rapid emergence and spread of various bizarre infectious diseases in Australia, it has caused a global panic, and the demand for anti-inflammatory drugs has increased to astronomical figures in a short period of time.
At present, Anyi Group is gradually releasing anti-inflammatory drugs that have been hoarded for many years on the market. At the same time, the Xiangxi factory, the Xufu factory and the southern Yunnan factory have opened additional production workshops and significantly increased production lines. It is expected that the sales of drugs will continue for a long time to come.
A substantial growth process.
Regarding the various diseases that have appeared in Australia, in addition to the doomsday views held by some religions, many scientists believe that they are side effects of the development of underground mineral deposits. After all, what is hidden in the soil buried underground for millions of years that is harmful to human beings?
No one can figure out harmful minerals.
As of mid-February, almost all countries have closed commercial and diplomatic channels to Australia and declared Australians an undesirable ethnic group. Even its sovereign country, the United Kingdom, has announced a temporary severance of all exchanges with Australia under public pressure. All Australians
All Australian-registered ships are not allowed to dock in the British Isles and will be repatriated. Australians traveling to Commonwealth countries on official business are also immediately expelled. They are absolutely not allowed to bring terrible diseases to Commonwealth countries.
Only the newly established government of the Republic of South China issued a telegram on February 10, generously announcing that it would accept Australian ships to dock, but they must go through a set of strict quarantine and epidemic prevention procedures. At the same time, Australians were also welcome to come to South China for treatment.
Already on the border between China and South China
A special infectious disease hospital has been set up in Mong Cai Port to accept Australians for treatment. Although the money required for treatment here is an astronomical figure, many Australian rich people are still ecstatic and immediately fled with their families and their families.
The Australian continent is shrouded in the shadow of death.
All of this has brought a steady stream of wealth to Nanhua. However, in China, which was tightly blockaded by Japanese warships, most politicians knew nothing about it. Even Chiang Kai-shek, Song Meiling, Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi and others only
I know roughly that Chiang Kai-shek has ordered Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Shantou, Guangzhou and other ports to pay attention to the goods shipped from Australia. Once discovered, they will be sealed on the spot and will never be allowed to flow into the mainland.
After both parties signed, the tasks undertaken by Jiang Dingwen and others during this trip were successfully completed. An Yi smiled and invited everyone to eat and chatted while eating.
Since there were other people present, Huang Shaohong did not appear very close to An Yi and simply chatted about his situation in Zhejiang.
Ningbo has now temporarily replaced Shanghai as the gateway to foreign trade in Central China and Jiangnan. Many materials that originally flowed to Shanghai are now transported to Ningbo for export via railways and highways. In early January, under the emergency repairs of the Anjiajun Arkbridge Troops,
The Qiantang River Bridge has been successfully reopened to traffic, which has increased the volume of goods transported. Zhejiang has become a big fat country. As the provincial chairman, Huang Shaohong's life is naturally very comfortable.
However, keeping in mind the experience and lessons of the fall of eastern Zhejiang, the construction of Zhenhai Fortress, Jintang Fortress, Jiantiao Fortress and other coastal defense fortresses has become the No. 1 construction project of the Zhejiang Provincial Government. A large number of migrant workers have been organized, and the construction work has been completed in accordance with the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou
The cannons needed after completion can only be purchased from the Syrian Arsenal using taxes.
When it came to national defense and coastal defense, Chiang Kai-shek was not stingy. Even though military expenditures were extremely tight, he still allowed the Zhejiang Provincial Government to withhold and spend this money.
Jiang Dingwen now holds the two important positions of director of the Xi'an camp and commander of the Fourth Army. With one hand holding Shaanxi and Fujian respectively, he can be said to be Chiang Kai-shek's most valued confidant.
However, Jiang Dingwen only had a good reputation. The land in Shaanxi was barren, and northern Shaanxi was occupied by the 18th Army. Southern Shaanxi was the territory of Yang Bin, the director of the Hanzhong camp. He was not happy enough as the director of the Xi'an camp; and in Fujian, the provincial chairman
Chen Yi also serves as the commander of the 36th Group Army, and has many constraints on the power of the military and political power.
, coupled with the troubles caused by Zhang Fakui and Liu Jianxu, the Fourth Army was in an embarrassing situation. Now, Jiang Dingwen was somewhat envious of Huang Shaohong. Not long after taking over Zhejiang, the Japanese invaders were expelled, and Zhejiang's economy quickly entered a high-speed channel, becoming one of the few military forces today.
In this prosperous land, one cannot help but lament Huang Shaohong's good luck.
Zhang Zhizhong was kept in cold storage by Chiang Kai-shek because his promise to Chiang Kai-shek to take over the Japanese Concession in Shanghai within a week was not fulfilled. He temporarily left the army and currently serves as the chairman of Hunan Province. Hunan is now the rear area, and many factories that have moved westward have settled there.
Here, it is a land of plenty, and some of the universities that migrated from the north and the coast are set up here. It is a gathering of humanities. Zhang Zhizhong does not feel like being exiled. He is doing well as the chairman of Hunan Province and is proud of himself.
Its fun.
Chen Chengyi is the purest among the four. He currently serves as the director of education at the Central Military Academy and concurrently serves as deputy director of the Military Training Department of the Military Commission. He is considered a civilian official in the army and lives a peaceful life with a fairly generous salary.
Think about the impermanence of the world. When An Yi was the commander of the model battalion of Liu Zhi's 2nd Division, Chen Jiehe was the commander of the 4th Regiment. The two had a close relationship and fought many battles together. Later, Chen Jiehe was transferred to the 22nd Division.
, started as deputy division commander, and then took over as division commander. An Yi also became the commander of the independent regiment of the second division. However, with the end of the Zhejiang campaign and the recovery of Shanghai and Nanjing, An Yi was transferred to Chiang Kai-shek as commander-in-chief. Bai Chongxi
The Central Army, which was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, separated from the old brothers of the Second Division, and had less contact with Chen Chengi, who was assigned to fight on the right wing. After the victory of the Second Northern Expedition, the entire army was reorganized. An Yi's independent division remained organized, while Chen Chengi
However, he was demoted to the position of deputy commander of Qian Dajun's third division. After that, their positions changed. Today, An Yi has become the overlord of the party, and the gap between Chen Chengi and An Yi has become even wider.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone gradually started talking more.
An Yi, Chen Chengi and Jiang Dingwen all came from the Second Division. Looking back on the past, I feel sad. In the past, the Second Division went all the way to the north. The commander of the Fourth Regiment, Wen Zhiwen, the deputy of the Fourth Regiment, Xiong Shouyun, and the commander of the Sixth Regiment, Zhang Hanzhang, died in the Battle of Nanchang.
Taking over as commander of the fourth regiment
Liang Zihou and the commander of the fifth regiment, Jiang Dingwen, were seriously injured. The renewed commander of the sixth regiment, Guo Junzhan, died in the Battle of Longyou. In addition, many generals died on the way to the Northern Expedition. They can no longer remember their faces, faces, and smiles. It is so disturbing.
Adding a bit of melancholy.
Seeing that the atmosphere had become a bit dull, Chen Chengqi said with a smile: "I am the only one here who has no future. I am neither a man nor a warrior, but I am much luckier than my brothers who sacrificed their lives. Xiao Yi is still the most powerful, and he has created something from scratch."
With such a huge foundation, we are now expanding our territory, and I think it will be easy to leave a name in history in the future.”
Jiang Dingwen was extremely touched: "I used to think that when I was in China, there was nothing special about Annan, a land with barren mountains and rivers, and rampant poisonous miasma. But now that I have experienced it in person, I realized that I was completely wrong. Many generals in the army laughed at Xiao Yi, It is said that he is short-sighted and only cares about immediate interests. If he stays in the country, he can wait for the Japanese to be driven away. If he enters, he can directly send troops to fight for world hegemony. If he retreats, he can wait for ten or twenty years to replace the chairman of the committee. However, Xiaoyi chose to send troops to Annan and go to this barbaric wilderness. With the development of the land, the military strength was dispersed and the foundation of competing in the Central Plains was lost...
"But the truth is not that Xiaoyi is short-sighted, but that we are short-sighted. Just take tonight's Lantern Festival lanterns as an example. The customs and customs of Annan are the same as those in the south and north of the Yangtze River. It is basically the country of the Han family. If it develops, it will be For a Xufu, Xiaoyi has a sharp vision, which is amazing!"
An Yi shook his head: "If this place really develops, it won't just be as simple as Xufu. Nanhua has a long coastline, numerous excellent seaports, foreign trade and water transportation are extremely convenient, and the development potential is beyond imagination. , I can even say that after Nanhua has developed, it will not be weaker than the prosperous Yangtze River Delta region, so I cherish everything now. This is why I was so strict with He Junshan, Deng Xuebing, and Zhang Xianghua in the afternoon.
"Think about it, elders and brothers. I, An Yi, led my troops to occupy Annan. Compared with the locals, I can be regarded as an outsider. If I don't know how to win over the elites of the Annan locals and make the people's hearts and minds work for me, then all this will happen. Everything is like a castle in the air, and it will fall down in an instant. To be honest, if it weren't for the face of the chairman and the teacher's wife today, He Junshan and the others would never have thought of getting away so easily!"
Jiang Dingwen asked nonchalantly: "Xiaoyi, aren't you afraid that Kang Zhaomin will go back and say bad things about you? Kang Zhaomin's Rangers are the chairman's darling! It is this unit that vigorously promotes the Red Army's Soviet areas in Jiangxi and the Dabie Mountains." The "Baojia System" stipulates that any family that wants to prove its status as a "good citizen" needs to find four guarantees to guarantee not to "collaborate with the enemy", not to take in any suspects, and not to provide materials to the Soviet area. Five families must be guaranteed in a row. Anyone who fails to report the enemy's situation will be shot and exterminated. If one family commits an offense, the other four families will be killed without mercy. It is reported that according to such strict laws, Kangze's Rangers exterminate villages and towns and burn down houses. , human trafficking caused the population of the above areas to decrease by nearly one million, which fundamentally attacked the Soviet regime. He was hailed by the Chairman as the 'mainstay' of the party-state and enjoyed the privilege of being able to meet with the Chairman at any time without restrictions."
An Yi said with disgust: "This is what I hate about Kang Zhaomin. When we fought in the country, whether it was the two Northern Expeditions, the crusade against Tang Shengzhi, Li Zongren and the subsequent Central Plains War, when did we wield the butcher knife on innocent people? After all? According to Kang Zhaomin's approach, it is estimated that no one will be killed in Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places... Forget it, let's not mention it, so as not to disgust people, I resisted not saying anything to Zhang Xianghua this time The reason why we fight with my senior brothers is that they represent China, the Chinese nation, the central government, and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. If they cause problems in Beijing, how will the domestic media who don’t know the truth think about it? I’m afraid there will be a catastrophe War of words on a large scale is unavoidable... Instead of that, I would rather prevent them from doing evil at the source. Just before coming here, I made a special trip to the homes of Xu Ziliang and Zhang Peigong to express my condolences and encouragement in person. Let it be how it is, if it happens again, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"
Jiang Dingwen and the four of them looked at each other in silence.
Now An Yi is no longer the cautious and humble gentleman he was before. His every move involves the safety of tens of millions of people. He has many interests to take into account and he has long been unable to control himself. Today's things seem simple and ordinary, but they involve
The national structure and the people's hearts belong to him. He Zhonghan and others still look at An Yi in an old light. No wonder they will suffer a big loss.
Seeing that An Yi didn't want to talk about it anymore, Zhang Zhizhong changed the subject: "Xiao Yi, I see that the construction outside the city is in full swing. Aren't you afraid that the French will fight back and lose all their money? The French claim to have an army of five million, and now Cochin
China is still under the control of the French colonial government. Once they counterattack, the consequences will be disastrous!"
An Yi was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. He did not expect that the "hiding the truth" strategy would be so effective. Even Zhang Zhizhong, Jiang Dingwen and others who were well-versed in information had no way of knowing. After careful consideration, he decided to keep it a secret.
Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that the four people will not reveal their secrets after returning. With the all-pervasive intelligence spying capabilities of the great powers in China, the secret will no longer be a secret.
An Yi randomly found a reason: "According to the news from Berlin, Hitler's head of state has just digested the Sudetenland for more than a month, and has set his sights on the last piece of land in Czechoslovakia. It is expected that from March to April, they will
It will choose to take action. The annexation of Czechoslovakia to German territory is already a certainty. Once the German government achieves its wish, it will definitely extend its tentacles to Lithuania, Poland and other places.
"Especially in Poland, the Baltic port city of Danzig and East Prussia cover tens of thousands of square kilometers and are surrounded by Polish territory. However, Danzig and East Prussia are German territories. It is reported that Hitler meant to build a building between Poland and Germany.
a corridor,
Connecting the German mainland, Danzig and East Prussia, Britain and France will no longer allow Germany to expand and will inevitably support Poland in rejecting Germany's demands. The situation in Europe will therefore be full of gunpowder, just like the Balkan powder keg during the last European War.
Same, it explodes at the first touch.
"In this case, I am confident that France will not send large-scale troops to Asia. After all, compared with the gains and losses of the French Annan colony, the safety of the homeland deserves more attention. In this way, we may face up to about 200,000 troops.
Despite the French attack, relative to the number of our troops, we are still confident that we can maintain the war in the mountainous areas between Cochin China and the areas controlled by our army, thereby ensuring the fruits of our construction."
After listening to An Yi's introduction, the four of them could not help but be impressed by An Yi's sharp vision.
It is estimated that no one but An Yi can clearly grasp the future trend despite the current complex international relations. With this vision, Nanhua's future will inevitably become bright under the leadership of An Yi. On the contrary,
It was the domestic situation that became chaotic because An Yi turned his attention to opening up new territories.
Before that, due to Chiang Kai-shek's high regard for An Yi, and An Yi's sudden status as Chiang Kai-shek's godson-in-law because his wife Feng Jieyun was Soong Meiling's goddaughter, many people regarded An Yi as the best candidate to succeed the chairman of the Generalissimo.
Judging from the current situation, An Yi has no intention of doing so in China. So, who is Chiang Kai-shek's successor?
At this moment, the four people's minds all thought of Chiang Ching-kuo, who was doing a prosperous job as the Secretary-General of Nanchang Camp.
But when I think about the incompatible relationship between Chiang Ching-kuo and Soong Meiling, and when I think about the fact that Soong Meiling still has a boy or girl in her belly, I quickly give up the idea. After all, whether it is better to pass down the line to the elder or the direct descendant, there have been debates in all dynasties.
It’s better not to get too involved in this matter, just wait for the day when everything comes to an end!