When he saw Liu Xiang, Zhuang Jihua was startled. Liu Xiang's hair was almost half white, his eyes were deep and his eyes were dull. It seemed that the failure of the six-way encirclement and suppression had a great blow to him.[]

"Twenty years of hard work are ruined." Liu Xiang murmured: "My twenty years of hard work."

Is the ** Kingdom or the Sichuan Army in the past twenty years? Zhuang Jihua guessed it was the former, but he still comforted him: "Fu Gong, don't worry, the Central Army has entered Sichuan, and the Sichuan Army can have a chance to breathe. This time Jihua came to Chengdu to help Fu Gong rebuild the Sichuan Army."

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and shook his head. Qiao Yifu asked sharply: "How does the Central Committee plan to rebuild the Sichuan Army, and who do Hu Zongnan and Liu Maoen listen to?"

"The Chairman of the Sichuan Army must have a detailed plan. Secretary-General Yang and I are not very clear about it. I guess the Chairman of the Chairman will discuss the command of the troops entering Sichuan. Please rest assured about this." Zhuang Jihua knew very well that although the losses of the Sichuan Army were very large, its strength was still not to be narrow-minded. Once it was forced to force it, Liu Xiang would turn to cooperate with the Red Army, and the trouble would be great, and Chiang Kai-shek would not ignore this.

"Cultural Revolution, would you not know?" Zhang Sike looked disbelief and said coldly: "Since the Cultural Revolution, since the Southwest Development Team entered Sichuan, Fu Gongke has been fully assisting and giving us whatever you want. You have been tragically trampling us in Chongqing. Have you ever seen Fu Gong complain at all, and someone advised Fu Gong to fight back, but Fu Gong said that your policy is beneficial to the people of Sichuan and firmly refused; you can't put down the wrong thing now."

"I remember my support for me," Zhuang Jihua said sincerely. Indeed, the set of policies he implemented in Chongqing in the past two years have had a great impact on the Sichuan Provincial Government. The responses in various parts of Sichuan were very great, and putting great pressure on Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang had to take some corresponding measures. However, Sichuan's fiscal revenue could not adopt the same policy as Chongqing, so Liu Xiang was still criticized. However, Liu Xiang never complained to Zhuang Jihua or interfered with the reforms carried out in Chongqing. Otherwise, Chongqing's reforms would not go smoothly. Zhuang Jihua knew this and was very grateful: "The Sichuan army was newly defeated and Sichuan government was in difficulties. I came to Chengdu this time to provide support for Fu Gong. Please make any requests for Fu Gong. I agree if I can. If I can, I will agree. If I can. I will try my best to help Fu Gong fight against the Chairman."

Zhuang Jihua said in a different tone: "As for..., I really don't know what Brother Sike said. After I returned to China, I had an appointment with the Chairman. I only went to the outside but not the inside. I did not participate in the suppression of the Communist Party. This is probably because the Chairman did not tell me the local reason."

"Really?" Qiao Yifu and the others were all very surprised. Zhuang Jihua actually dared to make such an agreement with Chiang Kai-shek. This was really shocking. Liu Xiang and Qiao Yifu exchanged glances. Qiao Yifu asked: "This time we suffered a lot of losses. In addition to the losses of the army, the military expenditure was more than 20 million, and the losses of guns and ammunition were even less than that. We received news that the Chairman asked Fu Gong to choose one of the positions of Commander-in-Chief of the Sichuan Army and the Provincial Chairman. Is this true?"

"I have heard of this news," Zhuang Jihua immediately replied: "The division of military and political families is the central government's consistent strategy. There is no soldier in the central government who serves as the provincial chairman. The soldiers who serve as the provincial chairman are only in local forces. In the long run, the separation of military and political affairs is inevitable. China's tradition is that soldiers do not interfere in politics. Only in the chaotic period of history can soldiers interfere in politics. You are more familiar with Chinese history than me, and you should know what I say is true."

Liu Xiang's face was gloomy, Qiao Yifu and the others were not easy to answer, but Fu Chang wanted to refute but just opened his mouth. Zhuang Jihua looked at them and suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Fu must have a solution to it. Mr. Fu is not short of talented people who are good at government affairs. *Mr. Fu can let them take the position of chairman. This is also a division of military and political affairs."

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly in his heart. This was exactly what he thought of. After being revealed by Zhuang Jihua, Liu Xiang felt that he could not get Zhuang Jihua in circles. This person was too smart.

"To be honest, I am mediocre in the Cultural Revolution and neither good at military affairs nor government affairs. I am to blame for this crushing defeat. I have asked the Chairman to resign as commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression army. Next, I plan to resign from the position of commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, devote myself to construction and seek benefits for the people of Sichuan."

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and wanted to know Liu Xiang's intention. He didn't want to hand over the position of provincial chairman. He would rather hand over the position of commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, but he wanted to hand over the position of commander-in-chief. Who would do it? Deng Xihou and the others would definitely not do it. They could not transfer the troops of the 21st Army and transferred from the 21st Army. If Liu Xiang didn't nod, who would dare to take over?

After thinking about it, Zhuang Jihua had to admit that Liu Xiang was very clever. Chiang Kai-shek probably didn't expect that all his judgments were the same as him. Liu Xiang would find someone from his aides to serve as the provincial chairman. He held the position of commander-in-chief tightly, but Liu Xiang did the opposite, which made Chiang Kai-shek's plan fail.

"The Sichuan Army suffered a lot this time, with soldiers losing 60,000 and guns losing up to 80,000. After the Cultural Revolution, do you have to help me this time?" Liu Xiang told Zhuang Jihua his plan, and asked Zhuang Jihua to tell Chiang Kai-shek that he would not care about what Chiang Kai-shek would do for the time being, but he had to consider the losses of the Sichuan Army, so he put his ideas on Zhuang Jihua.*

"What does Mr. Fu mean?" Although he had already planned and prepared for bleeding, Zhuang Jihua still did not expect that Liu Xiang was so direct.

"I heard that the arsenal in Chongqing can already produce guns, ammunition, as well as medicines and equipment. Can you tell me if you can give me some?" Liu Xiang asked lightly, but his eyes contained hope.

"No," Zhuang Jihua said after thinking about it. Liu Xiang's face suddenly became very disappointed. Fu Chang stood up in anger and wanted to scold him. Zhuang Jihua calmly made a gesture to Fu Chang, and then said: "These factories belong to Sichuan Development Company. Whether guns, ammunition, or medical equipment and medicines, they are the sources of income for Sichuan Development Company. You can buy it with money, but I have no right to allocate it, otherwise other shareholders will not agree."

Liu Xiang's face suddenly turned gloomy and the Chongqing factory was put into production one after another. There are more than a dozen of them, including seven or eight arsenals. Although I don't know how much the monthly output is, there are probably not a small number of tens of thousands of guns in total. It should be no problem to equip one or two divisions. * But when he thought about it, his expression immediately dimmed. He spent a lot of money on the six routes to surround him. He almost paid for the military expenses. He had already emptied it. If he bought weapons and ammunition, he would not be able to afford so much money.

"Last year, the Sichuan Development Company had poor performance, and there was not much dividend at the beginning of the year. How much will the income this year?" Qiao Yifu asked with a smile. Last year, the entire Sichuan Development Company's revenue was only seven or eight million, and it mainly came from banks. At the shareholders' meeting at the beginning of the year, all shareholders had a lot of opinions and almost broke up. It was Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, and Yang Sen who insisted on supporting him, so there was no big problem. This is also the thing Zhuang Jihua said to remember.

"The revenue this year will be much higher than last year," Zhuang Jihua seemed happy: "At present, the monthly income of the pharmaceutical factory alone reaches 1.6 million yuan, which is not counting the patent fees outside Shanghai. I estimate that the patent fees in Europe will still have hundreds of thousands of marks, and the income of the cement factory will also reach 3 million silver dollars, the income of the steel factory will also reach more than 700,000 silver dollars, and the bank of the transportation company. The income of the entire company can reach more than 20 million silver dollars by the end of the year, and if it is better, it can reach more than 30 million silver dollars, which is close to the total fiscal revenue of the whole province of Sichuan. This has not counted the income of the arsenal. The products of the arsenal are not sold and are still in the warehouse. If this income is added, the income by the end of the year will reach 40 million yuan, which is close to the fiscal revenue of the whole province of Sichuan. I estimate that it can double next year."

Zhuang Jihua did not mention the investment in this figure. His investment this year was as high as 200 million silver dollars, which was not counted as Panzhihua's development costs. Moreover, the revenues were mainly from pharmaceutical factories, cement factories, and transportation companies. After a year of expansion, the production capacity of the pharmaceutical factory has reached more than 35,000 penicillin per month, and it is still expanding, and the supply of products is in short supply. In addition, the second pharmaceutical factory has been built to produce other drugs. Cement is mainly due to large-scale infrastructure construction in various parts of Chongqing.

But this figure surprised Liu Xiang and others. When the fiscal revenue in Sichuan Province reached only more than 40 million at its highest, it was better to use the method of increasing the field tax and changing the ocean to Xiaoyang to plunder. The normal fiscal revenue was only more than 20 million. Now in less than two years, the income of the development company is as high as 40 million. How can this not surprise people?

"If you want it, the turtle son must have it," Liu Xiang was so happy that he rubbed his hands repeatedly, and his face smiled: "I didn't expect that, I really didn't expect that it was less than two years."

"Mr. Fu is happy now?" Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "The income will be higher next year. Mr. Fu will be happy secretly when he is here."

Everyone burst into laughter, and after the laughter, Fu Chang asked: "The Central Committee will promote legal currency, will this affect the collection of development banks.

The fiat currency has been discussed for a long time. In June this year, the US Congress passed the Silver Acquisition Act, which increased the purchase price of silver, which directly led to an increase in the purchasing power of silver dollars, resulting in a serious outflow of silver dollars. China's economy suffered a heavy blow. Chiang Kai-shek accelerated the issuance of fiat currency. The financial community also agreed that the silver standard should be abolished. Therefore, the government and the opposition basically reached a consensus that the implementation of fiat currency is inevitable.

"There is definitely an impact, at least we do not have the right to issue currencies." Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "But I support this policy. A country can only have one currency. In the past, there were as many as a dozen types of currencies in Sichuan Province. I am afraid that you have a deep understanding of the harm. After a year of rectification, we eliminated all other currencies, which has provided strong support for the development of Sichuan's commercial trade and industrial finance. But from a national standpoint, Sichuan is only part of China, and the currencies we issue are only local currencies. In essence, it has disrupted Chinese finance. Therefore, I firmly support the central government's implementation of fiat currency to cancel local currencies."

I am ashamed, ashamed. I am really ashamed to see other people’s monthly tickets growing hundreds of tickets overnight. When will my monthly tickets grow by hundreds?

Please give me a monthly ticket

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Chapter completed!