In Anyuan's study room in Xiaonanhai, An Yi and Ou Yaoting sat opposite each other in front of the sandalwood coffee table. On the red clay stove beside them, blue flames flickered silently.
Ou Chuer and Feng Jieyun were playing with the tea set, and the other was fanning the stove. As the sound of "gudu" and "gudu" was heard, Ou Chuer took a closer look at the tea, smiled and nodded to Feng Jieyun, and then
Then he lifted up the Jun porcelain teapot that was azure after the rain, and calmly placed a sip of tea in front of An Yi and Ou Yaoting. The green tea slowly flowed down, stirring up white powder around the edge of the cup, rippling in circles.
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An Yi and Ou Yaoting looked at each other and smiled slightly, raised the tea cup, smelled the aroma of the tea first, and then distinguished the color of the tea. They put their mouths to the edge of the cup and blew for a while. When the tea cooled down a little, they drank it all.
Putting down the tea cup comfortably, An Yi asked softly: "Dad, since you have decided to move the group headquarters to Nanhua, why not set the headquarters in Xinjing, which has superior conditions, or in Saigon, where commerce and trade are developed, instead of
Should we set up the headquarters in Kampong Som Bay? Although it is a unique natural harbor, it is currently just a small fishing village that has not yet been developed. It would be too difficult to set up the headquarters in such a place!"
Ou Yaoting gently played with the tea cup and shook his head: "On the ship to Nanhua, I began to understand the general situation of Nanhua's development. When I got here last night, I went to the Zhizhengtang information library to check for a few hours. I
A serious problem was discovered: the current economic development of South China is too unbalanced. The main industrial bases are concentrated in the areas around the Red River Plain. Except for Saigon, there are almost no factories and enterprises in the Mekong River Plain in the south.
"Especially in Tiannan Province, the Mekong River and its tributary Tonle Sap River run through the entire territory. It is rich in products. Rice can be harvested three times a year. But there is not only no trace of industry there, but even commerce is extremely backward.
Most of them go south along the Mekong River to Saigon, or simply go to Thailand for export through border trade. However, this area is not without excellent outlets. The development conditions of Kampong Som Bay in the south are extremely favorable, but because it is surrounded by tropical jungle, it has not been effectively developed.
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"Every life lasts, and the grass and trees fall. In this world, people must leave something for future generations. Now among the 41 million people in South China, Chinese account for 26 million, accounting for more than half. In fact, here we have already
It is the land of the Chinese nation. Rather than starting a business in other countries and regions and letting other people's governments earn our tax revenue, it is better to let our own people profit. Therefore, I want to make all Indian industries
I moved to Nanhua and focused on the development of Tiannan and Wujiang provinces. My long-term goal is to develop Kampong Som Bay and surrounding areas with the help of the Ou Group. In the future, some people will point to prosperous ports and cities.
Pointing to the rows of tall buildings, he said: Look, these are the latest developments made by Mr. Ou Yaoting, and everything here is possible. If I can do this before I die, I will be satisfied."
Ou Chu'er on the side stamped her feet and said coquettishly: "Dad, why do you say that? You are not yet fifty years old, and you have plenty of time to realize your dreams. Are you satisfied with just Kampong Som Bay? Now Mongolia, China
There are still a lot of places in Asia waiting for us to develop, and I’m afraid that when you hear such praise everywhere, your ears will get calluses.”
Ou Yaoting couldn't help laughing, pointing at Ou Chu'er and saying, "You will always find nice things to say to make me happy. But if one day comes, I will die without any regrets."
Ou Chu'er frowned: "Dad, look at you, here you are again, why are you dying? It's so unlucky..."
Ou Yaoting raised his hands: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore, let's listen to Xiao Yi's opinion."
"Dad, it's not that we don't want to develop the southern economy, it's just that the conditions don't allow it!"
An Yi explained carefully: "The reason why Nanhua's economic development is unbalanced is entirely restricted by the current actual situation: Honghe Province has convenient railway, highway and waterway transportation, is the closest to our southern Yunnan, and has railways and Xufu
Connected with each other and with abundant energy and mineral supplies, it has unique development conditions.
"Now the Germans are spending money that they cannot absorb temporarily on our infrastructure construction, trying to pull us into the German-Italian axis. The railways that the Germans have invested in building from Thanh Hoa to Hue and from Xinjing to Taiyuan have already been
Most of it is completed, and the railway from Hue to Saigon has also begun to be surveyed. However, due to the Truong Son Mountains blocking the north and south, at least it has to be
It will take two years to connect the south and the north with railways. Our plan is to wait until the railway is completed before we start to build the south on a large scale. Before that, we mainly focus on urban construction, connecting electricity, communications and transportation to vigorously promote
And focus on developing agricultural production. Nowadays, the war is in chaos, but with food, we will not panic."
Feng Jieyun added: "Yes, the development of the south is greatly restricted. There are almost no energy and mineral resources in the southern plains, and they are completely replenished by the north. South China has a long coastline. Although it is convenient and fast to take the sea route, the transportation price is far away.
It is cheaper than railways and roads, but it is based on coastal defense. Now that our Nanhua Navy has just been established, it is still unable to fully protect the security of our territorial waters. Once it is blocked,
Lock, shipping will inevitably be interrupted. If we rush to launch industrial projects in the south regardless of the actual situation, we will be in trouble if others get stuck! In fact, I didn’t know this at the beginning. When I was writing and collecting stories, I went to the rural areas in the south and didn’t understand why the north and south
There is such a big gap, but recently I assisted Sister Qing in running the newspaper and was also responsible for the construction of our publishing and distribution group. I have a certain understanding of practical matters and understand Brother Yi's difficulties."
"Yes, your worries are justified!"
Ou Yaoting nodded with relief: "So this time we also followed the Germans and built the road first. We first built the railway from Kompong Som Port to Saigon and Phnom Penh, and then we built the railway from Phnom Penh to Saigon, Phnom Penh to Vientiane, Luang Prabang and
The railway in Anxin City forms a large railway ring system throughout Nanhua.
"After the national railway transportation network is built, we will also build railways between counties and cities, so that materials from various parts of South China can be continuously transported to various places through railways, reducing logistics costs.
, which greatly stimulates the development of business.
"Because of this demand, I have specially recruited railway professionals from Western European countries, purchased a large number of construction equipment, and prepared to set up a railway engineering company... By the way, Xiaoyi, are you and
Chairman Chiang has reached a secret immigration relocation agreement?"
An Yi knew that the Ou Group's intelligence system was linked to the General Staff Intelligence Department. It was not surprising that Ou Yaoting knew this, so he immediately answered:
"Yes, the land annexation situation in the two lakes and Jiangsu and Zhejiang is extremely serious now. However, because many Kuomintang veterans are involved, it is impossible to stop the annexation trend. The eldest son, Chiang Ching-kuo, carried out land reform in Jiangxi, which touched the interests of the big landowners. As a result, the Kuomintang was criticized both verbally and in writing.
, organized a crusade, and almost failed to get off stage, Chairman Chiang had no choice but to come up with this idea, to relocate all the landless peasants in the countryside.
By moving to Nanhua, we can reduce the number of landless people and reduce the labor force, so as to stimulate the landlords to sell a lot of uncultivated land to the state, and then the state will adjust and distribute it. This move is called pulling wages from the bottom of the cauldron. Now the development of Nanhua is in urgent need of labor.
Moreover, we need to introduce Chinese to improve the population ratio of South China. Mongolia and Central Asia will also need a large number of Chinese to supplement them in the future, so we signed relevant agreements in secret."
While listening to the conversation between her father and her husband, Ou Chuer filled the tea cup in front of them with tea. The aroma of tea overflowed, filling the study immediately.
Ou Yaoting took a deep sniff, the fragrance filled his chest, and he felt refreshed. He turned his head, looked at the Jun porcelain teapot, and asked with a smile:
"Chu'er, what kind of tea is this? The tea leaves are flat, smooth and straight, the color is bright green and glossy, the aroma is fresh and tender, the taste is fresh and sweet, and the bottom of the leaves is delicate and blooming. Is it the West Lake Longjing specially bought from Hangzhou?"
"Dad, this tea was picked from the tea gardens in Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang counties, Taiyuan City, Hong Ha Province, three days before Qingming Festival last month. It was fried and processed by tea masters. When I asked Brother Xiao Yi to taste it, he said it looked like West Lake.
"Longjing, I didn't expect that dad would guess wrong." Ou Chuer's eyes narrowed with a smile, and she turned to Feng Jieyun and said, "How about it, you lose, right?"
"I thought that my father has traveled all over the world and tasted countless famous teas, so he would definitely not stumble on this. I didn't expect that I would be wrong!" Feng Jieyun smiled and shook his head: "Sister, it seems that you have a good taste in this tea.
If the quality is so good, it can definitely be sold at a high price. This can not only solve the livelihood problem of tea farmers, but also have a source of high-quality tea. It is estimated that this industry can become bigger and stronger and form a good industrial chain."
Seeing Ou Yaoting's somewhat confused look, Feng Jieyun explained: "When my sister went to Taiyuan to establish the Taiyuan Branch of the Central Bank, she thought the tea there was delicious. After inquiring, I found out that the cities and counties around Taiyuan have a long history of growing tea, but the tea produced
Because there is no packaging and promotion, the selling price is very low, and tea farmers are not very motivated to produce. However, because the counties are all mountainous, food crops cannot be grown, so they can only survive, and many people are extremely poor.
When the pot was boiling, the family only had the clothes to go out, which made people feel sad. Sister Chuer immediately instructed the subordinates of the group to sign purchase contracts with local tea farmers one by one. You can pay a deposit first, and then the group will purchase the tea from surrounding counties.
We purchase the tea at a price that is 50% higher than the market price. The tea factory we built will fry it uniformly and divide it into different grades for sale. Now it seems that this tea is of such good quality that it is easy to sell it at a good price.
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Ou Yaoting stroked his beardless chin, feeling greatly relieved that his daughter had indeed inherited his legacy and could find business opportunities even when he was on a business trip. This vision was indeed something to be proud of!
An Yi also praised: "Dad, Chu'er is indeed very capable. The business and finance aspects she is responsible for almost never let me worry about it. Nowadays, science and technology are progressing steadily, various industries are developing in a healthy and orderly manner, and new products from military factories are emerging one after another.
, Chu'er is indispensable for the explosive expansion of the army!"
Ou Chuer's pretty face turned red, she looked at An Yi lovingly, lowered her head and said nothing.
Ou Yaoting was extremely happy when he saw the coquettishness of his daughter. What could be better than his only daughter marrying a good husband? Choosing An Yi as his son-in-law may be the proudest thing in his life! Old God Ou Yaoting is here
He took a sip of tea and looked at An Yi: "You won't all the people who migrated from the country divide their fields into households and arrange for them to become farmers, right?"
An Yi smiled faintly: "How can we do that? This is how we arrange the migrant population. Farms will only be granted to those who have no strong labor force, old or young, or if there are sick people in the family who need care. After the land reform, the labor intensity in rural areas is not high.
, except for the busy days of farming, rest and adjustment can be made at other times, so that such families can slowly recover their strength. If there are orphans and widowed mothers in the family who have no one to take care of, they will be assigned to collective farms to serve as agricultural workers, and the state will work according to their performance.
Raising wages fundamentally guarantees their survival.
"The remaining young and middle-aged laborers at home will all go to the city to become residents. In the entire Nanhua, from north to south, there are nearly two million people serving in urban construction, not to mention other things, such as the high-standard sewer project.
They are all built by manpower. In addition, factories and enterprises such as mines, power plants, steel plants, machinery plants, tractor factories, etc.
Including the construction workers needed for railways and highways, there are as many as three million people. The total of five million people is the backbone of the family. Calculating a family of one husband, one wife, two children plus six parents, one person
This has solved the livelihood problem of nearly 15 million people. In the future, new immigrants will be distributed in this way!"
Ou Yaoting smiled and nodded: "That's good. So, if we recruit a large number of railway workers, there shouldn't be any problems?"
"That's natural. However, Dad, I have to remind you that railway construction in the Mekong Plain is not very difficult. At best, it will take a lot of trouble to build bridges over the river, but it will take a lot of trouble to build roads in the plateau area in the northwest.
My brain is gone. The area has rugged mountains, tropical jungles, poisonous miasma, and soil.
They may also object to our building a railway through their tribes, and there are countless troubles. According to my estimate, it will be blessed by God to be able to build the railway in five years. Before that, it was just a loss.
An unprofitable business. Can the group afford such a huge investment?" An Yi said with concern.
"No problem!"
Ou Yaoting raised his left hand and waved: "The situation in India is very chaotic now. I estimate that it will take at least two or three years until it settles down. I plan to move all the industries invested there to Nanhua, with the mines and plantations under my name
I won’t sell it for now, let the locals grow it, and then I will shrink the business in British Burma and the Japanese East Indies. The money saved should be able to support it for a while.”
Ou Yaoting pondered for a moment, looked at his loving daughter and son-in-law, and couldn't help but said: "Xiao Yi, Chu'er, Yun'er, I have a major harvest in India. I didn't want to talk about it originally, but now Nanhua's development is in urgent need of funds.
, it would be outrageous if I treasured my broom."
Having said this, Ou Yaoting turned his head and called out loudly: "Zhize, bring over the gift box I brought."
Ou Zhize is twenty-one years old this year. He is a talented person trained by the orphan school founded by Ou Yaoting. He is loyal and now works as a secretary next to Ou Yaoting.
Ou Zhize came in with an exquisite gift box and put it on the coffee table. He nodded politely to An Yi, Ou Chu'er and Feng Jieyun, and bowed and left.
An Yi tilted his head, looked at Ou Yaoting doubtfully, and then looked at the box in his hand, a little confused. The gift box was golden in color, with ancient patterns carved on the surface, and the lid was inlaid with gems and diamonds. It looked extremely
Luxurious.
Even a box is so expensive, what could be inside it?
Diamonds? Gemstones? Or a treasure like an emerald watermelon?
Ou Yaoting stared at the gift box in a daze for a while. Ou Chuer and Feng Jieyun both gathered curiously. Ou Chuer shook Ou Yaoting's shoulder and asked:
"Dad, this box looks like an antique. What's in it?"
Ou Yaoting woke up from a dream and rubbed his hand on the top of the box. He heard a "ding" sound and the box popped open. An Yi took a look and found that it was a gold chain with three thumbs thick. It was so different from what he had imagined.
He shook his head and smiled.
Feng Jieyun also sat back to the tea stove with some disappointment and continued to fan the stove. Chu'er pursed her lips and said: "Dad, I thought it was some kind of precious gem or diamond jewelry, why is it a gold chain? It's so big, wearing it
How tacky to go out…”
Ou Yaoting shook his head: "What if I said, this is just a random selection of thousands of gold necklaces?"
An Yi and Ou Chuer looked at each other, a look of surprise flashed across their faces, and Feng Jieyun also listened.
Just listen to Ou Yaoting continue: "Last time there was a riot in India, I was trapped in a military camp in Maharashtra, India. At that time, there were several colonists from Karnataka who lived with us.
Government officials. Due to the extremely chaotic situation, the guards were very cautious and did not dare to fully trust the British. There were dedicated people monitoring the daily lives of the officials.
"As a result, we made a surprising discovery: It turned out that this group of people came to Maharashtra to find helpers in the army. When they were sorting through the documents, they found that a large number of folk rumors were about an astonishing sum of money.
Rich, the successive kings of the Travancore Kingdom, a princely state in southern Karnataka, buried their wealth in the thick brick walls and underground chambers of the Padmanaba Swamy Temple.
中.After careful and careful investigation, this group of people found out that there are six underground chambers in the Padmanaba Swamy Temple. The royal family has heavily guarded the chambers there. They speculate that the rumors are very likely to be true. One of them is
The officer’s wife’s brother was the commander of the 16th British Infantry Division in India, which was stationed in Maharashtra. Unfortunately, he had died of potassium cyanide poisoning when the riots occurred.
"I was very surprised when I received the news and ordered the guards to stay put. The next day, the group of people rushed back to Karnataka without waiting for the riot to subside. They probably wanted to find another way to steal the gold. I thought about it and sent
Two guards followed them. There was no one along the way.
There was no risk involved, but after entering Karnataka, while resting and drinking water by the Krishna River, those people suddenly broke into civil strife and drew guns at each other. The three survivors discovered the guards I sent.
, wanted to kill them, but ended up being killed by our people.
"After the situation in India was brought under control, I thought about the wealth and couldn't rest assured. Therefore, before leaving for Europe, I first went to Maharashtra and sent someone to quietly visit the kingdom of Travancore and confirm it.
, almost all the locals had this rumor, and there was most likely a large amount of gold stored under the Padmanabhaswamy Temple. However, the prince had a regiment of troops stationed there, so I had no choice but to leave for Europe.
"After arriving in France, I called Domingo Wright, the chief intelligence officer of the European region of the group, and asked him to mobilize elite soldiers and generals and immediately rush to the Indian kingdom of Travancore. There was no need to consider the consumption of manpower and material resources, and I tried every means to defeat him.
Domingo Wright took the order to take out the treasure. I was worried and called Meg Hughes, the head of the group's intelligence system in Myanmar, asking him to personally take charge of the matter.
"Half a month ago, before setting off from London to return to British Malaya, Mag Hughes came to the UK to see me. He seemed very sad and angry. I thought it was because the task was not completed, so I couldn't comfort him. We just couldn't do it.
There was no shortage of money. Only then did he tell me that the gold had been found, but something went wrong in the mission. After trying every means to obtain the treasure, Domingo Wright could not resist the temptation and rebelled.
Fifteen intelligence officers assassinated fifty-two of their companions, and even Mag Hughes was almost killed. After Mag Hughes escaped, he immediately mobilized the entire organization to strangle Domingo Wright.
, finally intercepted Domingo Wright who was trying to flee to the United States with his wife and children in Cape Town, South Africa. At this time, Domingo Wright actually poisoned all his companions to death and embezzled the wealth privately.
"After Domingo Wright was arrested, he refused to reveal the hiding place of the treasure under any circumstances. If McGughes had not found a hypnosis master and hypnotized him, I am afraid that the treasure would have been lost. Obtain the exact location
After finding out the address of the treasure, Mag Hughes organized people and it took a full week to transport the gold from India to Malaya. This gift box was just a random antique and three gold necklaces put in it.
Bring it to London for me to see."
An Yi looked at Ou Chu'er and Feng Jieyun in shock, but said nothing.
Ou Yaoting smiled bitterly and said: "Golden Charming Eyes, I never thought that Domingo Wright, the person I entrusted with such an important task, would betray me. This man went to the pet store to grab dog food for his hungry children.
Being caught by the police and thrown into jail, yes
I saved him. He once knelt in front of me and swore to be loyal to me for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, in front of gold, he finally broke his oath... When I saw this gift box, I thought of blood and thought of
Betrayal, so I feel a little uneasy.
"Xiao Yi, Chu'er, Yun'er, this gold includes 120,000 gold bricks weighing 2.5 kilograms, 200,000 gold bars weighing 250 grams, three gold crowns, and one thousand two hundred
gold necklaces, 3,182 gold bracelets, an East Indian princess weighing 170 kilograms
gold coins from the Napoleonic period, one hundred and eighty-seven gold coins from the Napoleonic period in the early 19th century, a small elephant made of gold, two lions made of gold, and a large number of utensils, toys, etc. made of gold, gold
The total weight is close to 450 tons, a wealth that the world cannot imagine!"
"Four hundred and fifty tons of gold!"
An Yi's eyes widened and he was speechless for a long time.
As Ou Yaoting said, no matter how rich his imagination was, he never imagined that there would be such a huge fortune. After a long time, An Yi murmured: "Oh my God, how long have these Indians accumulated?
How can you save so much gold?"
Ou Chuer came back to his senses at this time, his eyes shining: "Dad, you have to deposit this gold into our Nanhua Central Bank. With this gold as a deposit, we can issue at least 10 billion Chinese yuan. I
This home is much better!”
Ou Yaoting smiled: "Chu'er, I originally wanted to leave it to you to control. The current political structure of Nanhua is very strange. It is completely controlled by a military group and a company. But one day, the country will cooperate with the soldiers and companies.
Decoupling, by then, the money will be enough for you and your children to live without worries for a lifetime!"
An Yi was so grateful that she didn't know what to say. Ou Chuer's eyes were also red. She hugged Ou Yaoting's neck and said coquettishly: "Dad..."