Chapter 86
Zhang Jixian received Liu Xiang's telegram with a smile.
They are all for shipping, so there is no secret in this industry, let alone Zhang Jixian, who has long been thinking about going to Sichuan.
"I know that Mr. Lu's strength and character are finalized on the Yangtze River route. The telegram from Shuai Liu is worth ten thousand yuan."
"Ha, Yongheng, Liu Dashuai also welcomes you to build a match factory in Sichuan. He said that Mr. Liu Hongsheng's Greater China Match Alliance does not have a factory in Sichuan. The local match factory has poor quality and does not require oil paper or lime protection. It will get damp in two or three days. The Shanghai matches from Xiajiang are extremely expensive to freight."
With Sichuan Wang Liuxiang personally sending a telegram to cover it, the factory moved to Sichuan, which made it even more secure.
The two people were smiling and said that they would go to the most distinctive Dahua Hotel in Tianjin, and invited Zhou Xiaoshan and the officers of the 66th Division he brought to him.
The guest followed the host's will, and Zhou Xiaoshan was invited into the small car they brought and went to the terminal next to the Tianjin Shipping Guild.
With Chen Hong's help, he suddenly attracted two investment merchants back to Sichuan. Today, he followed several officers from Zhou Xiaoshan, with smug expressions on his face.
Who knew that after listening to Duan Yongheng’s introduction today, his face turned green.
Tianjin is in the north and Shanghai is in the south.
Economically, Tianjin is definitely the second city in the Republic of China.
There are more than 2,000 industrial factories of all kinds, and even more than 200 factories invested by foreigners. This is not enough to count the transportation industry like Zhang Jixian.
Small bosses like Duan Yongheng and Zhang Jixian cannot even rank for numbers.
After taking back two families, the reward for a drop in the bucket was still with Chen Hong's help, so he happily ate bee shit. It was reported that the 66th Division and the Sichuan Army were shameless.
Zhou Xiaoshan and Duan Yongheng had a fight yesterday and understood their identity.
Even if he has the rank of major on his body.
In the eyes of these industrialists, he is still Qiu Ba, who is far less respectable than his identity as the owner of the Hundred Battle Army Glass Workshop.
However, in the Pingjin area of Bai Zhanjun, Zhou Xiaoshan planned to ask Zheng Chunhua to help him sell it to a merchant in Jinan. If they want the agency, they would be embarrassed to take it out and meet others.
After a while, they arrived on Zhang Jixian's ship.
Zhang Jixian's seaship was not big. It turned out to be a passenger and cargo steamship to run to the Baoding Inland River, but the channel was silted, which could have been run for three seasons before freezing, but it turned out to be two months. Later, it was simply used to travel to Tianjin to Shanhaiguan.
Zhou Xiaoshan was not sure if this ship could arrive in Chongqing. After all, the Three Gorges were steep, but Yichang should be fine.
"Brother Xiaoshan, when I saw the ship, please help me with the staff. My idea is this. These two steamships are just like Shuai Liu, and they are all in charge. I don't care. I will buy two other small steamships to run Yongzhou and Chongqing?"
"How could I have this idea?"
Zhou Xiaoshan was surprised and looked at Zhang Jixian in surprise.
"Hey, you got drunk yesterday, and we took you back to the camp. We were so kind of attentive. We took you out to ask the chef for seafood on the excuse, from local prices to customs and customs, to Yongzhou merchants, a few of us talked a lot from your soldiers."
After Zhang Jixian finished speaking, they all laughed very embarrassedly.
Sure enough, they were smart businessmen who interrogated them separately, inquired about information from different people, and judged whether they had lies. Zhou Xiaoshan gave them a thumbs up.
"I even had a premonition that Yongzhou is not only a beautiful place, but also a paradise in this war-torn era."
Zhang Jixian's smile was very bright. He had already settled and stayed in Yongzhou.
"Brother Jixian, you have to know that Mr. Lu's livelihood company dominates the Yangtze River route. If the Sino-Japanese War breaks out in full swing, all ships will be requisitioned by the government. They will set sail from Shanghai to transport things involving national economy and people's livelihood by the Japanese."
Looking at Zhou Xiaoshan with a certain expression, Zhang Jixian was stunned, and his teasing expression became serious.
"Then I will leave it to Mr. Lu to manage it. Not only will my Haiyun and Haihun participate in the transportation of supplies, I will also personally get on the ship to helm. Maybe this is something that those of us who travel to the sea to shop can do for the only thing this nation can do. If the ship is really ruined and people will die without regrets."
Zhang Jixian waved his palms out with a firm look on his face. Zhou Xiaoshan stared at him for a long time, feeling that he was from the bottom of his heart.
"Hey, I now find that my plan is extremely wise. At that time, the inner family can live on the ship management from Yongzhou to Chongqing. The younger son and daughter will settle in Yongzhou. I can go to the Yangtze River channel to take a try, which can be regarded as doing my best for our country and our nation."
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Minsheng Company transported materials along the Yangtze River, claiming to be retreating in the East Dunkirk. If he could really help Mr. Lu Zuofu take two boats, Zhou Xiaoshan felt that his trip was worth it.
"I'm really saying it, don't believe it."
Zhou Xiaoshan knew that Zhang Jixian had been looked at by him, and his black face turned red and explained to the kid.
He quickly gave him a thumbs up and laughed. Sun Yongheng and Chen Mianyuan also gave Zhang Jixian a thumbs up.
"My boat is too small to withstand too big waves, so I only run short distances in the sea. The most profitable thing is the route to Shanhaiguan."
Zhang Jixian sighed and continued with some sadness.
"The Japanese occupied Rehe and made things difficult for me several times and wanted to buy my boat at a low price. I disagreed, so they sent a lot of ronin to my boat to make trouble. That was the last time I went to Shanhaiguan. Where did my boat live at night. Every morning, I set sail early. Many refugees who fled were on board the boat in advance. But the Japanese devils were not humans. More than a dozen people pretended to be drunk after drinking, wore a lollipop, rushed onto my boat, and rushed towards the girl living in my cabin. I was anxious at that time. There were more than a dozen guns on my boat, and I wanted to jump into these dogs."
Zhou Xiaoshan and Sun Yongheng both saw that this incident was probably the hidden pain of this violent captain. Chen Mianyuan's expression also showed that he had heard of this for the first time.
"Sailors, helmsmans and brothers held me tightly. Finally, with a few brave passengers, they carried the ronin off the boat and put away the springboard. Unexpectedly, not only did the puppet Manchukuo police come, but even the Japanese soldiers came. Seeing that I was alive and desperate, they drove the boat off the coast. The speedboats were all out and ordered me to leave Shanhaiguan overnight and never come to the so-called Manchukuo dock again."
"Less than a month later, I heard that not only Shanhaiguan, but also the steamships and barges near the coastline of the Rehe section were all forcibly requisitioned by the Japanese."
Sun Yongheng cursed.
"What kind of country and government is this? Tang Yulin deserves to be killed. As soon as the Japanese arrived, they organized more than 200 trucks to pull his property and family in Pingjin. They threw the provincial capital Chengde to 128 cavalry without a single shot."
Chapter completed!