Chapter 400 The Wind and Clouds Rite Again!

In July 1928, due to the reduction of natural disasters, the impact of production cuts quickly spread throughout the Republic of China. Although Chiang Kai-shek and Jieshi also adopted a more positive attitude, although Du Haisheng, Song Ziwen, Fu Zihao and others tried their best to curb grain prices, they still could not stop the law of the market at all. Grain prices were only in just a few months. It has risen several times. According to post-mort statistics, more than three million people starved to death in this famine.

Seeing the whole Republic of China, the corpses are everywhere, the people are not living, the crows peck the meat, and the beasts swallow the corpses, which is miserable!

In the face of these tragic dead, Du Haisheng is also powerless. He is just a person. In the face of the natural disaster of God, he is also helpless. People will win the sky, but they don't know that it is as easy to let them die on this day. Rainstorms, hail, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, no matter which one Once an abnormal climate occurs, human beings will be unable to cope with it.

In the face of these disasters, human beings are small, and Du Haisheng has no choice.

More than 3 million people, in his opinion, is quite good. You know, in two consecutive years of natural disasters, more than 7 million people died in Shanxi Province alone, leaving less than 10 million.

And these three million dead are still impressive achievements under the control of the efforts of all parties, but Du Haisheng knows that if history does not change, this natural disaster is far from over. For three consecutive years, drought, floods and locusts will ravage the land of the whole Republic of China, and there will be more people in the future. Death in three years of natural disasters is the biggest limit if the death toll can be controlled at about 10 million.

Because the first place where the riot occurred was Shanghai, and other places had not yet started, Du Haisheng was sad. Then he jointly announced with the Garrison Command of the Republic of China and the General Police that if anyone dares to provoke the incident and harass the local people, the police station and the police force have the right to take advantage, as long as it will The process can be reported to the ICAC and local supervision departments.

As soon as this rule is issued, the lawbreakers who want to imitate the Shanghai riots in various places have come to an end, especially the leaders of the Shanghai city riots published in major newspapers. Not only that, but also announcements from all over the world have been posted. Even if these people are greedy for profit and wealth, they are hanging on their heads. In the end, no one dared to come out and openly challenge the whole government of the Republic of China.

Shanghai City, as in the past, has regained its peace in a very short time. Those refugees are still placed outside the city, but Du Haisheng, a rich man, has been reviewed and put into Shanghai City.

These people are mostly local rich people, rich people, and many businessmen. In this famine, many landlords and old fortunes sold their property. They want to buy a piece of land in Shanghai, build some houses, and then do some business. There are too many opportunities in Shanghai. As long as they can grasp it, they still don't have to worry about making money. The money.

And those rich and businessmen think it's even simpler. Anyway, they do it wherever they do. They just come to Shanghai for a while. Maybe one day they can get ahead like Du Haisheng.

What's more, what these people say is some landlords and old money. What they don't say is a group of guys who are greedy for pleasure and live a luxurious life. Their consumption ability is even stronger than that of Du Haisheng, Liu Tianyu and others. There are such a group of landlords with amazing consumption power. Merchants settled in Shanghai, which is not only prosperous to a certain extent. The local economy will also make other industries flourish, and taxes will rise accordingly.

This is also the most critical point for Du Haisheng to consider!

Although he can't get a penny of the tax revenue in Shanghai, if the tax revenue increases, the government will increase the construction of infrastructure and the protection for the people. This virtuous cycle process will be fully reflected in the next few years. Moreover, the iron-blooded 18th Army now controls Shanghai City, looking at the whole Republic of China, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and the two major groups control the northwest, Beiping, Tianjin and other places.

And the army in Feng Yuxiang's hands, with the victory of the Second Northern Expedition, the troops in his hand have also grown unprecedentedly, with nine front armies, 32 armies, 81 divisions, and other local armies. The number of Feng Yuxiang's direct troops alone has reached 400,000. After the Northern Expedition of the Kuomintang, the cooperation between Feng Yuxiang and Jiang Jieshi also ended quickly. When dividing the territory after the war, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the original "land" Ping, Tianjin and Hebei, which Feng Jun took back with great sacrifices in the war, to Yan Xishan, which made Feng Yuxiang very dissatisfied. Jiang and Jieshi also rejected and controlled Feng Yuxiang's power in Shandong, thus exacerbating the contradiction between Feng Yuxiang and Jiang, Jieshi and Yan Xishan. Feng Yuxiang knew that the conflict with Jiang and Yan was inevitable, and stepped up to consolidate his Shaanxi and Gansu rear.

In August 1928, Song Zheyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army of Feng and chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government, led his troops to besiege the local warlords in Shaanxi, broke through Fengxiang City defended by the Party Yu Kun, killed Yu Kun of the Party, and captured more than 5,000 people. Song Zheyuan ordered all the prisoners to be killed. Except for Zhao Fenglin, the commander of the 17th Division, who secretly released more than 1,000 people captured by the division, more than 4,000 people were killed. The Fengxiang Massacre has become the most cruel and bloody incident in the history of the melee between modern warlords in China. In order to weaken Feng Yuxiang's power and prevent him from being too inflated to pose a threat to the government of the Republic of China, Jieshi also attacked and suppressed him everywhere.

The conflict between Feng Yuxiang and Lao Jiang is deepening day by day. Everyone is clear that a war is inevitable!

However, the incident that Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese in June of the 17th year of the Republic of China did not happen, and Zhang Zuolin also successfully withdrew to his nest in the northeast, but he was still the Japanese who supported him. This is beyond Du Haisheng's expectation. If Zhang Zuolin dies, the historical car of the whole Republic of China The wheel will be on the right track, and warlords from all over the world will rise again. In the next year, the Republic of China will once again fall into an endless civil war. Zhang Zuolin is not dead, and he wants to establish a new government in the northeast, but for some reason, he has never been able to do it.

During this period, Du Haisheng paid close attention to the construction of his arsenal, and the cooperation with Fu Zihao was even more pleasant and smooth!

On August 26, 1928, Du Haisheng, Fu Zihao, Liu Tianyu, Song Ziwen and Chen Guangfu negotiated at Du's enterprise headquarters in the French Concession in Shanghai, and finally reached a number of agreements. First, the five giants decided to set up a new company. The company's address is on Xiafei Road, next to a large Du's enterprise. In the building, the name of the company is temporarily set to "Shanghai Five Ordnance Manufacturing Company!"

Five people each account for 20% of the shares. Du Haisheng is the chairman, and the other four are directors. Du Haisheng not only provides funds, but also includes the arsenal under construction on the island of Vierina, New York, into the ordnance manufacturing company. Although Du Haisheng is the chairman, the real person in charge is Song Ziwen and Liu Tianyu. He also has Du's enterprise needs to take care of it. As for the ordnance manufacturing company, he believes that under the care of the two, it can also show off at home and abroad.

Second, after the establishment of the new company, it was determined to be based on independent research and development, and actively negotiated with the relationship between the American Automatic Ordnance Company and the German Ordnance Manufacturing Company, and strived to lead the Thomson submachine gun and M19 grenade to his own arsenal manufacturing, and Ma Yongzhen, also Finally determined to be the general manager of the ordnance manufacturing company, Zhang Zihan also resigned as the manager of Du's enterprise arms and weapons sales company and served as the general manager of the ordnance manufacturing company. As the general manager of the arms and weapons sales company, there is Du Haisheng's special driver, Tao Yuefeng.

Third, after the establishment of the new company, it is necessary to speed up the construction of various arsenals. First of all, it is the establishment of a heavy weapons research and development and manufacturing company. Li Wenbo, who once had a relationship with him in the "4 12" revolutionary coup, and Li Wenbo, Fu Hong and Zhao Weier's seniors, served as managers, and also resigned from Shanghai Military Engineering. The director of the technical department of the factory, an armored tank R&D and manufacturing company, is the manager of Mike, an American recommended by James. Yorkson is in charge, and the five people are quite satisfied with his ability. The manager of the gunpowder R&D and manufacturing company is Wills Smith, a technical consultant of the American Automatic Ordnance Company.

Fourth, the sales of the ordnance manufacturing company are Zhou Jin, the original housekeeper of Song Ziwen, as the manager, Wang Chong as the head of the security department of the head office, and Wu Tianyun as the general operation consultant of the head office.

Fifth, in the next five years, the new company will start to set up fighter R&D and manufacturing companies, ship R&D and manufacturing companies, and start site selection as soon as possible.

Sixth, we should vigorously cultivate talents in various ordnance manufacturing!

A series of dazzling appointments made everyone feel the tension and excitement of the atmosphere, especially the newly appointed managers and other senior executives, which were a little unbelievable.

Before that, Du Haisheng, Fu Zihao, Song Ziwen, Liu Tianyu and Chen Guangfu did not say anything to the employees of their subordinates. After negotiation, they had a long conversation with them one by one.

Since Ma Yongzhen is still in New York, supervising the construction of the Arsenal in Vierina, his position as the manager of the head office is temporarily managed by his deputy Zhang Zihan.

This secret negotiation, in the history textbooks of later generations, is called "Five Gentlemen' Cooperation!" Later historians also said that this cooperation had a far-reaching impact on the whole Republic of China and the overall pattern of the Second World War, and also had an immeasurable effect on the historical changes of the Republic of China, and Du Haisheng's dream, Because of this negotiation, he began his dream of a real arms and weapons empire.

It is also this secret negotiation, which marks that Du Haisheng has completely stood on the stage of the Republic of China and even the world after a year of keeping a low profile, drawing people's hearts and minds!

On September 20, 1928, when people woke up, they found a huge signboard standing on a building on Xiafei Road, which was marked "Shanghai Five-person Ordnance Manufacturing Company!"

This news, like a bomb, instantly detonated in Shanghai. All the people rushed to tell each other, and the newspaper was also full of introductions. Everyone took their eyes back from Du Haisheng and Du's enterprises and turned to this newly established ordnance manufacturing company. Everyone was very interested. The discussion is about who is the owner behind this ordnance manufacturing company.

Even those well-informed people have not received any information before, mysterious - I can only say that this newly established company is too mysterious.

What's more surprising is that this newly established ordnance manufacturing company is actually set up next to Du's enterprise. You know, Du's enterprise originally had an arms and weapons sales company. Isn't it obviously going to openly provoke Du Haisheng and the power group behind him? They are all waiting to Let's see how Du Haisheng reacts to this matter.

No one has revealed the origin of various characters in the ordnance manufacturing company, which has aroused people's curiosity.

But what surprises everyone next is that Du Haisheng not only did not find any trouble for the ordnance manufacturing company, but also joined hands with Song Ziwen, Wang Yaqiao, Zhao Tianming, Liu Tianyu, Chen Guangfu, and even Fu Zihao, the most mysterious rich man in the Republic of China, and Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Qinghong Gang, came to congratulate him and attended the tailoring ceremony. This makes everyone can't help but be surprised.

It is even more amazing to be passed down by the owner behind the general equipment manufacturing company. What kind of person Du Haisheng is, but he does not dare to do anything to his own competitor next to him. Instead, he personally led his cronies and friends to participate in the other party's tailoring ceremony. Such a character will be so powerful. Unimaginable!

Five people - what does this mean?

Everyone finally stared at the word "five people" and wanted to get some useful information literally, but there was no information.

Obviously, this ordnance manufacturing company is not opened by Du Haisheng, nor will it be Song Ziwen, Fu Zihao and others.

When the aftermath of the ordnance manufacturing company had not completely disappeared, another shocking incident at home and abroad happened again!

Du Haisheng was drinking tea in the apartment when suddenly a subordinate ran over from the outside. This person was Duan Tianhu, the director of an intelligence agency established by Du Haisheng.

"Boss, something big has happened!"

"In the future slowly!"

Duan Tianhu was originally a calm person, but at this time, he had a solemn face. Du Haisheng knew that something must have happened and asked in a low voice.

"Zhang Zuolin is dead!"

What, Du Haisheng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it. All the good mood disappeared, and then he became an anxious look. He said in his heart. It seems that what should come is still coming, but he can't avoid it...