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Chapter 1309 I must pay for Laozi

Not to mention the Shanxi old man's distrust of Liu Lang, who was speaking generously at this moment, all the Shanxi gentry and dignitaries also looked at each other and looked down at their feet.

Ordinary people are easily inspired by Liu Lang's passionate instigation, but for those of them who are considered middle-class elites in China's mainstream society, it is not so easy to blindly follow him.

They know that the soldiers on the front line are very brave, and they also know that the four generals died heroically. But it is one thing to be moved in the heart, but it is another thing to say that you just want to take money out of their pockets.

Not to mention the soldiers present, those who are qualified to stand within thirty meters of the mourning hall are basically the famous big businessmen and political figures in Taiyuan City. Those without money and power are not qualified to enter the mainstream of society. This is basically the case.

The concrete manifestation of all social forms.

Especially this group of Shanxi merchants, what brilliant minds they have!

How many Chinese troops participated in the Battle of Shanxi? Not counting Shanxi, there must be a small 200,000 people in Xinkou alone! A casualty of 30,000 to 40,000 is normal, and 70,000 to 80,000 is entirely possible. If it is established here

The Assistance Fund for War Killed and Disabled Soldiers. When the family members of the war dead and disabled servicemen come to you for assistance, each person will have to receive at least dozens of dollars! Moreover, it may be more than once. It is less than three million dollars.

With the financial resources, this so-called foundation will be finished soon, and it may even be pointed at and scolded.

Don't look at the fact that Liu Lang just opened his mouth and asked for 200,000 silver dollars. Let's not say whether he can take it out. Even if he can take it out, it is only one-fifteenth of the basic number of 3 million. The remaining 2.8 million dollars are

Who can I get it from?

Did everyone here take it? Or should the officers here take it, or should the commander of the 2nd Theater Command, Shanxi No. 1, whose face was already a little stiff and staring at Liu Lang's pocket, take it?

Anyway, after Liu Lang said this, almost no one spoke up.

A group of soldiers wanted to respond, but looking at their wallets, they swallowed their words back. They also have to support their families!

Wang Shihe could only step forward to help smooth things over, "Haha, okay, Commander Liu is so concerned about our frontline soldiers, he is really a role model for our military officers. I, Wang, will report this matter to the national government and let the Ministry of Civil Affairs and

Shanxi Provincial Government, let them come up with specific regulations and never let the soldiers shed blood or shed tears."

"Yes! Our second theater, the Shanxi Provincial Government, will definitely cooperate with the central government to come up with subsidy regulations that satisfy all the soldiers in Xinkou." The old man from Shanxi also responded with a headache.

Naturally, what the major general, who represents the country’s supreme leader, and the supreme commander of the Shanxi 2nd Theater Command said very nicely. However, the more pleasant the words were, the more cliche they became.

Obviously, these two people, like the group of officials and businessmen, are not optimistic about this. In other words, if they miss today, forget it.

Liu Tuanzuo, who was talking quite a bit to himself, showed no embarrassment at all on his face. His eyes passed over the many dignitaries in Shanxi who lowered their heads and looked at their toes, and a hint of coldness curled up at the corner of his mouth.

How about saying, "Most people who are righteous are dog-slaughters, but those who are unfaithful are scholars." Hundreds of miles away, every second, soldiers and officers who defend Shanxi fall down because of guns or cannons. Their blood

Every inch of the country was dyed red. Liu Lang didn't know the number of casualties in Xinkou now, but in the past time and space, during the three-month defense battle for Taiyuan, the Chinese army suffered more than 100,000 casualties.

Perhaps because of his appearance, there are fewer troops in eastern Shanxi now, but the Japanese army's defeat in eastern Shanxi will definitely increase its attack on Xinkou. Perhaps, the casualties on the battlefield in northern Shanxi where the fierce fighting is going on at this moment are even heavier than in the past.

Although there is no meat grinder mode like the Songhu battlefield, every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood can definitely be counted.

But even so, this group of scholars, this group of elites who can be called the upper class of society, do not think about how to solve the problems of the soldiers on the front line who are protecting their property and glory, but they still consider their own interests.

Is a mere 2 million silver dollars a lot? Liu Tuanzuo almost had the urge to slap them in the face. Shanxi looked at the poor mountains and harsh waters, and there were not even trees on many mountains, but Shanxi was really not poor. Especially these Shanxi merchants, With the policy support of an economically savvy old Shanxi man, he has been hiding silver winter melons in his family cellar for more than 20 years.

Even if they were asked to take a few thousand silver dollars, they would look as sad as their dead fathers. If you really go to their house to dig up, it would be like robbing a bank. It's a pity that these misers don't know that their wealth is extremely huge. Most of them are cheaper than the Japanese.

Not to mention them, it was the old man from Shanxi who, in the past, was too cautious and was reluctant to move the arsenal in advance. As a result, hundreds of thousands of tons of raw materials and a lot of machine tools and equipment in the huge Taiyuan arsenal fell into the hands of the Japanese who captured Taiyuan. .As a result, the Japanese just shipped ten trains of equipment that could be used to make guns and cannons to the Japanese mainland, which almost caused a group of short-legged people on the Japanese island to laugh until they had a cerebral hemorrhage.

"Everyone, I'm afraid you think I'm just talking nonsense again, don't you?" Liu Lang smiled coldly, "That's right, I paid for the money I sent to the three generals yesterday with the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal. I guess everyone in Taiyuan City knows it. , I, Liu Lang, from the Liu family in Sichuan, am so poor that I don’t have a single fortune.”

After listening to what Liu Lang said, Shanxi's wealthy businessmen and politicians remembered that this man had another level of identity. He was not only a small group leader, but Lang Tuanzu was also a big landowner in Sichuan. I heard that his father had dug an iron mine. The machine factory is making guns and cannons for the poor men of the Sichuan Army! The owner of the mine has a family.

But, what does he want to do by saying this? A group of political dignitaries have a bad feeling in their hearts. This guy can't sell his house and land to raise money, right?

Their guess seemed to be pretty accurate.

"Is General Manager Han of Huashang Group here?" Liu Lang suddenly shouted to the crowd.

"Here he is! There he is!" Han Tianhao, who had been huddled in the innermost part of the crowd, now emerged and squeezed out of the crowd.

"My Liu family owns 1,000 acres of fertile land in Chongzhou, Sichuan, including 800 acres of paddy fields and 200 acres of dry fields. According to the average market price at this time, each mu of land is 100 acres. Is the total price of 100,000 oceans expensive?"

"It's not expensive, it's very cheap." Han Tianhao shook his head. "If some time passes, the price will be even higher."

Although Han Tianhao did not make it clear, the businessmen here all understood that as the war progressed, the fields in several provinces affected by the war would naturally become worthless, but the fields in southwestern provinces like Sichuan, which were firmly protected by the Qinling Mountains, would definitely soared.

"My Liu family also has a small-scale iron mine, which can produce thousands of tons of iron ore per month and can produce thousands of kilograms of refined iron. The price is 100,000 yuan. Is it expensive?" Liu Lang continued to ask.

“Not expensive!”

Of course it's not expensive. Now not only Han Tianhao was shaking his head, but almost all the businessmen were shaking their heads.

Iron mines that can produce several tons of wrought iron in a month, and the output of dozens of tons or even hundreds of tons a year, although very small, are still a cash cow. Not to mention the considerable profits that can be made by turning iron into steel, it is a rough-processed product.

A ton of iron can be sold for up to 10,000 yuan, and an investment of 100,000 yuan can be recovered in less than two years.

Especially in this era of war and chaos, steel has no worries about sales.

"My Liu family's thousand acres of fertile land and iron mines are packed with 200,000 yuan, will you take them?"

"This..." Han Tianhao looked embarrassed.

That frown was frowned upon. If the future general hadn't known that this guy was summoned by Liu Lang, he would run from Taiyuan to the front line in eastern Shanxi, and he would have almost been deceived by his acting skills.

It's going to be bad, it's going to be bad! The only Shanxi old man who knows the close relationship between Liu Lang and the Huashang Group is feeling alarmed.

There is no reason for Fatty Han not to know Liu Lang, but if he does, he still poses like this, then he is acting. What is the purpose of acting?

Naturally, it is just to deceive people.

However, even if he knew, what else could he do? Come out and say that you two join forces to act? The leader of the Anti-Japanese Heroes is selling land and mines now, okay?

Suffering from the inability to expose Liu Lang's tragic love story, the old man from Shanxi began to worry about his wallet. It seemed that it was going to be a lot thinner again.

"Should I accept it? No, I'll look for someone else."

"Collect it, why don't you collect it!" Han Tianhao said hurriedly.

"Okay! I will give you the title immediately. By the way, please send a message to my old father in my hometown. At this time when the country is ruined and the family is in ruins, if the few acres of thin farmland of my Liu family can help thousands of our frontline soldiers, the ancestors of my Liu family

The spirits in heaven will certainly not blame the unworthy descendants." Liu Lang nodded.

"There is no rush for the receipt. Even our Huashang Group needs time to raise the two hundred thousand cash." Han Tianhao shook his head, thought for a while, gritted his molars and stamped his feet: "When I came to Shanxi two years ago, my Huashang Group

The general manager once told me that the reason why our Huashang Group was named was first of all because of China, the Chinese of China, and secondly, business. If there is no Zhonghua, how can we have Chinese business? Today I saw Captain Liu Ning selling his ancestral land.

, I was deeply touched in my heart.”

Then, the fat man with a round head and body faced the audience and shouted: "As a frontline soldier, Commander Liu can still sell his land to recruit troops. I, Han Tianhao, have retreated from Rehe to Pingjin, and then to Shanxi.

I don’t want to quit anymore, but I also want to join Ji Panlin once. As the general manager of Shanxi and Shaanxi of Huashang Group, I hereby announce that Captain Liu personally invested 200,000, and we, Huashang Group, raised 1 million with the strength of the group.

1.2 million funds have been used to establish the Huashang Shanxi War Officers and Soldiers Relief Fund. No matter now or in the future, all soldiers and family members who hold the military certificates of the Shanxi participating troops or the sacrifice and disability certificates and meritorious medals of the Shanxi participating troops can come to us.

Huashang Group’s branches in cities across the country receive living subsidies.”

This voice shocked the people around him. One million! So heroic, so heroic.

The second lieutenant who had been kneeling beside Tang Yuzhen's coffin stood up, took out two cash coins from his waist, strode to Han Tianhao who was shouting, and first gave a solemn military salute, "I represent all the brothers in the 196th Brigade and those who are still here.

My brothers in the national army who are working hard on the front line thank you and Commander Liu. These are Mr. Huang’s last two dollars. Don’t be too little. I hope it can help the brothers who died in the battle.”

"My old lady, I don't have anything else. This is one month's military pay left behind by my son when he left. Liu Chang..." The old woman who took out a stack of French currency from the small bag at her waist was obviously very impressed by Liu Lang who took the initiative to give it to her.

The adopted son who came to the door was still a little unfamiliar. He held the banknotes that were still warm and said: "Liu Lang, please donate to the old lady and me, Yu Zhen'er!"

"Mom! My mother calls me a prodigal son in the house. You can call me that too from now on! I will donate your money for you." Tears welled up in Liu Lang's eyes.

This was not Liu Lang's acting. He was acting for the so-called elites. But in this old woman who had just lost the general's son, he once again saw the tenacity and simplicity of the real Chinese. That

It is a legacy of five thousand years of civilization and tradition.

"I'll donate five hundred, but I can't get my royalties until I go to Wuhan, okay?" Liu Xueyuan, with red eyes, also stepped forward and asked.

"No problem. I, Han Tianhao, will personally advance Reporter Liu's five hundred donation."

It's like the last straw that breaks the camel's back. How can the common people endure it after seeing this scene?

"Boss, I don't have any money, but I still want to donate fifty cents."

"I'll donate a piece!"

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