The female student named Yang Shufen was sent home by Zhou Hexuan the next day. When she left, the girl was still a little reluctant, probably because she had an admiration for Zhou Hexuan.
As soon as Fan Haer took a boat to Shanghai, Zhou Hexuan met Lu Zuofu, the big capitalist in Sichuan.
When talking about Lu Zuofu, most people will think of Minsheng Shipping Company. This shipping company transferred countless countries, national assets and people when Japan invaded China, and also carried countless soldiers out of Sichuan to fight against Japan.
But Lu Zuofu is not only engaged in shipping. He built the first railway in Sichuan (Beichuan Railway) (under construction), the largest coal mine in Sichuan (Tianfu Coal Mine) (under construction), and the largest coal mine in southwest China.
The textile and dyeing factory (Sanxia Weaving Factory) is also about to start construction.
In a few years, Lu Zuofu would also establish the Western Academy of Sciences, the largest private scientific research institution during the Republic of China, set up a rural telephone network in Sichuan, open a hot spring park in Chongqing, etc. Build roads, open canals, set up farms, build factories, open parks, etc.
Building hospitals, libraries, museums, schools, stadiums, renovating old cities... Mr. Lu did it all and did it all well. Rejuvenating the country through industry is not just talk.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, Taizu once said: "In the modern history of China, there are four people who we must never forget. They are: Zhang Zhidong who is engaged in heavy industry, Zhang Jian who is engaged in textile industry, and Zhang Jian who is engaged in transportation industry
Lu Zuofu, Fan Xudong who is engaged in the chemical industry."
It goes without saying that Zhang Zhidong and Zhang Jian are well known to everyone.
Fan Xudong is the chairman of Tianjin Jiuda Refined Salt Company, and has independently developed domestically produced soda ash, ammonium sulfate and other chemical products. Many of the chemical raw materials for the enamel factory that Zhou Hexuan is about to establish need to be purchased from Fan Xudong's Jiuda Group.
Lu Zuofu can be as famous as Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Jian and Fan Xudong, one can imagine his contribution to China's national industry.
"Oh, Mr. Zhou, I have long admired your name!" Lu Zuofu happily shook hands with Zhou Hexuan.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Brother Zuofu, we are each other."
Lu Zuofu laughed and said: "I can't compare with Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou's complete set of academic monographs is still in my study."
Lu Zuofu was not a businessman at the beginning. He was engaged in education. He once served as the education section chief of the local government office and advocated "education to save the country." Lu Zuofu had his own educational philosophy and advocated "popular education." He once founded an educational institution in Chengdu (Harmony).
Many exhibition halls, museums, and libraries.
Unfortunately, Lu Zuofu's educational career failed twice because of the warlords' melee. He became frustrated and went into business.
Therefore, Lu Zuofu's enthusiasm when facing Zhou Hexuan was not a pretense of politeness. He said with a serious face: "Mr. Zhou, I have read the book "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" you wrote more than ten times, and it is really like every sentence.
Jin! I went to the Northeast for inspection last spring and witnessed with my own eyes the various actions of the Kwantung Army. Japan is so ambitious that sooner or later it will invade China by force!"
Lu Zuofu obviously anticipated the crisis in the Northeast. When he returned from an inspection trip to the Northeast last year, he immediately gave a patriotic speech to company employees and school teachers and students, exposing the Japanese's wolfish ambitions. He also wrote a book "Travel to the Northeast" and printed it as a gift to people in Sichuan.
Warlords and dignitaries, celebrities and relatives and friends, and was serialized in Chongqing's "Xingzou" weekly and "Youth World" magazines.
It's a pity that not many people are willing to believe it, and even if some people believe it, they don't care about the future.
Lu Zuofu read Zhou Hexuan's "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" repeatedly. The book analyzed the reasons for Japan's invasion of China very clearly and even predicted China's anti-Japanese situation. Lu Zuofu was deeply impressed by this. Although he had not met Zhou Hexuan, he
He has long been regarded as a confidant.
The two did not discuss business cooperation, but talked about the Northeast issue.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Japan's invasion of Northeast China may be this year."
"So fast?" Lu Zuofu was surprised.
Zhou Hexuan nodded and said: "Now is the best time for Japan to invade Northeast China. First, Japan's domestic economic crisis is serious. Militarists took the opportunity to clamor for external expansion. Japanese public opinion has tended to attack China. These public opinions have an impact on the Japanese government and military.
Very large; secondly, Japan's lease in the Northeast is about to expire, and they must rush to send troops before the lease expires, otherwise they will lose the excuse to send troops; third, the elite Northeast Army is all in North China at this time, and the Northeast's defense power is empty;
Fourth, the country has just finished the Central Plains War, and both the central and local warlords are heavily in debt and do not have the financial resources to send troops to fight against Japan. Based on these four points, as long as Japan is not a fool, it will inevitably choose to invade as soon as possible."
Lu Zuofu believed that Japan would invade Northeast China, but he just made a prediction out of thin air after witnessing the actions of the Kwantung Army. Now that he heard Zhou Hexuan's methodical analysis, he immediately became more sure of this prediction and worried: "What should we do? I heard that Mr. Zhou and
We have a close personal relationship with Deputy Commander Zhang, have you ever reminded him?"
"Reminded," Zhou Hexuan said helplessly, "but it's useless. The elite Northeast Army is stationed in North China to deter warlords with disloyal intentions. It is temporarily unable to mobilize military forces to defend against the Japanese."
Lu Zuofu said: "The Japanese are foreign enemies, and local warlords are just internal bandits. How can they care about the inside and abandon the outside world?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and said: "But to Deputy Commander Zhang, the Japanese are just imaginary enemies for the time being, while the local warlords are the enemies in front of us."
"The warlords are harming the country!" Lu Zuofu said angrily.
Lu Zuofu had no reason not to be angry. When he was young, he pursued education to save the country, but his two educational undertakings were aborted due to warlord melee.
Now that Lu Zuofu has compromised, he can only choose to cooperate with the warlord he hates the most. After gaining Liu Xiang's support, business is indeed booming, which has to be said to be sad.
Zhou Hexuan said in a low voice: "Once Japan begins its full-scale invasion of China, Northeast China, North China, Central China, East China, and South China may not be able to stop it. Sichuan is the country's last hope."
"Is it really that bad?" Lu Zuofu couldn't help but become pessimistic.
"China will definitely win the final victory, but it may lose a large area of territory, and the central government will have to move its capital to Chongqing." Zhou Hexuan said.
"The central government will move the capital to Chongqing?" Lu Zuofu could not imagine how dangerous China would be before Chongqing would become its capital.
Zhou Hexuan nodded and said: "Yes, we will move the capital to Chongqing. That's why I chose to build a factory in Chongqing in advance. The enamel factory is just the beginning, and more factories and mines will be built in the future. I hope Brother Zuofu can help. Let's do business together and serve the country."
, for the nation, for the people.”
Although Lu Zuofu did not believe that Chongqing would become the capital, he still nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, if that day comes, I, Mr. Lu, will definitely do my best. As for Mr. Zhou's enamel factory, I will contact Mayor Pan. You
It’s best to give Commander Liu some more shares.”
