At the same time, in the Wenyang Building of the Eight Great Hutongs, several officials of the Republic of China government were also listening to the song. It turned out that Zhou Qitong, a former acting deputy director of industry and commerce, came back from the south and invited several friends to gather together. Among the people who came, Zhang Zongxiang, chairman of China Huiye Bank, Jin Bangping, industrial department of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and of course the most important guest was Zhao Binghe, deputy director of culture.

Several people listened to the song and talked about the customs and customs of various places. Zhou Qitong was very good at talking about the experiences and experiences in Jiangnan this time. He remembered the memories of what he saw and heard were quite slim. It can be seen that this person has a strong memory. Zhou Qitong said: "China's silk industry cannot beat Japan's silk industry. Don't rush to deny me. There is a reason for me to say that." Seeing everyone refuting, he smiled and said: "Although the Chinese silk industry has been around for thousands of years, after modern modern industry, the commercial annexation model of large groups and large chaebols annexed and killed small workshops. The Japanese silk industry was led by the state and controlled by financial oligarchs. In order to plant mulberry leaves, the Japanese government even forced farmers to return to farm mulberry trees. Do you remember the Japanese rice riots two years ago? How could Japan lose rice? Because in order to eliminate China's silk industry, the Japanese government eroded the local area and demanded that the land be reduced.

Quantity. After investigation in the four provinces of Jiangnan, I got a very disappointing phenomenon. Chinese people were willing to sell silk to Japanese silk reel buyers who offer higher prices. Japanese silk reel buyers monopolized China's silk reel for two consecutive years, forcing a large number of silk workshops to close down. When the silk industry in China was in a downturn, Japanese merchants encouraged Chinese silk farmers to grow mulberry trees, resulting in a large amount of silk reels. So Japanese merchants began to purchase at low prices, causing huge losses to Chinese silk farmers. After a while, Chinese silk farmers and silk merchants were injured by Japanese oligarchs. "He sighed and smiled bitterly: "Chinese people like to take advantage, they like to take advantage. In order to make dozens of dollars more, they would rather sell silk to Japanese buyers, and eventually they broke themselves. There were more than 30 silk reels that I counted in Jiangnan this time. Look..."

Qiu Lu, general manager of Dahua Industrial, said: "This is also a fault with Chinese silk merchants. Why not raise the acquisition price?"

Zhou Qitong smiled bitterly and said, "It's easy to say, it's rare to do. Japan is an oligarchic controlling shareholder. The purpose of the country invests money is to strangle China's silk industry. They would rather pay tens of millions of yen than destroy China's silk industry. From silkworm farmers to silk workshops, how can we make this economic account? You tell the people that this is the trap of Japanese merchants, and the people who care about you? Don't say how proud the country is now, for ordinary people, even if the country becomes a foreign colony, they are still them - the concept of the country, which is easy to say, and it takes twenty or thirty years to cultivate the concept of the country."

Zhang Zongxiang said: "This time, Japanese thugs persecuted Chinese people is a good opportunity."

Zhou Qitong shook his head and said, "Otherwise, otherwise, I have come into contact with ordinary people, and only 30% are willing to sell them to domestic silk merchants at a low price. Seventy percent of them mean that those with higher prices will get it. Selling to Chinese people and selling to Japanese people has nothing to do with them."

"Is this anti-Japanese march useless?" Zhang Zongxiang asked again.

Zhou Qitong said: "The main force of the anti-Japanese march is young students and patriotic farmers who know nothing, and it is only a hot topic. There are very few merchants who boycott Japanese goods in business. Patriot merchants are admirable, but very few. Merchants pursue profits, while small farmers value profits. Alas. What should I do in this country? What should I do?"

"According to you, China's silk industry is unsaved?" Zhang Zongxiang asked.

Zhou Qi said, "It's not unsuccessful," he smiled strangely, "You don't know that Chinese silkworm farmers get the Japanese yen. If the Chinese government directly announces the appreciation of the RMB, the result will be the exchange of the Japanese yen and the silver dollar in the silkworm farmers' hands. Well, these silkworm farmers will never dare to sell things to the Japanese again."

"No, no," Zhang Zongxiang said. "How can silver dollars appreciate and depreciate at will? It's too much for daughter-in-law."

Zhou Qitong smiled and said, "I'm just a joke. I guess the presidents of the three major banks are unwilling to appreciate the RMB silver dollar."

Zhang Zongxiang said: "Speaking of this, if the RMB appreciates, our banks will be able to make a profit." His China Huiye Bank now opens ten branches in Zhili, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong, which shows how much he made last year. Since withdrawing from politics, Zhang Zongxiang has shown his skills in the financial industry and has become a rare talent in the northern financial industry.

"If the RMB appreciates or depreciates, your bank will only make money and not lose money." Qiu Lu quipped.

"This is true, those who open banks will lose money unless the country is in turmoil." Zhang Zongxiang smiled.

Qiu Lu asked Zhao Binghe, who had not spoken much, and said, "Brother Zedong, why are you worried? Today is the day to welcome Brother Guangyin."

Zhao Binghe raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's have one together."

Everyone had a drink, and Zhou Qi said, "Brother Zedong, your Ministry of Culture is getting stronger and stronger now. In the future, my brother will definitely go further."

"Brother Zedong, we really have to count on you in the future."

"I guess in a few years, Brother Zedong will soon become the minister."

"Yes, Brother Zedong is young and strong, young and promising, and we are still from the north, and we will definitely have a great journey in the future."

"Come on, come on, raise your glass to catch up with Brother Zedong in the future." Zhou Qitong suggested.

Everyone toasted a glass together. Zhao Binghe drank it and felt proud, but a humble expression appeared on his face and said, "Brother Guangyin, I have been too rewarded, I have been too rewarded, Zedong is not as talented as you say. I just want to be a deputy chief safely and immediately. Besides, even if you have ambition, you can only help the president share the burden. Everything depends on luck, and it depends on luck." He looked at everyone's humble faces to him, and after drinking too much, there was something in his mouth that had no idea. He whispered: "Everyone, I advise you to stock up on some supplies recently."

Everyone was surprised and stretched their necks to look. Zhao Binghe said in a low voice: "This time the Chinese suffered a disaster in Japan, why did the President be resolute in an abnormal manner?"

“Why?”

Zhao Binghe said, "On the surface it seems to be a national righteousness, but in fact the president is..." He pressed his voice down, and everyone stretched out his ears one after another, while Qiu Lu waved to the singing female official, and the female Yingying Yanyan went out with a very eye-catching look. Zhao Binghe said, "Through this national righteous movement, we can further control the power."

Zhou Qi said: "You mean..."

"Any country is strong, there must be a strong and powerful monarch." Zhao Binghe said, "Although our great country in China has completed unification and the President has governed military and political affairs, now... the President has not tested absolute force in China, but force and political skills." He smiled and took a sip of wine, and said, "The President was 500,000 troops, but two million troops in the country. If he did not rely on his skills and means, how could he be unified? The army was unified and the country was unified, but now many gentry and local governments still do their own things. The sky is high and the emperor is far away."

Several people looked at each other, as if they wanted to get some information from Zhao Binghe's mouth, but Zhao Binghe stopped talking. After eating and finishing, Jin Bangping took the car back with Zhou Qitong's car on the excuse that he had no car. They sent everyone away. The two got into the car. Jin Bangping then said: "The death of Yang Xiu in the past is vivid in my mind. Brother Guangyin, take it as a warning."

Zhou Qitong immediately understood that he had some ideas. Zhao Binghe, who was a little drunk today, said without saying anything, and smiled and bowed, "Brother Boping, Guangyin knows."

Jin Bangping sighed and said, "I have gone through six governments. I know the most dangerous thing about quickly promoting officials like Zedong Brother is that they are not strict. You should take this as a warning." After that, he opened the car door and left the car, and turned around the corner of the street to pick him up.

Zhou Qitong was thinking about what Zhao Binghe meant. What was he talking about? What was the emperor far away? What did he mean?

The next morning, Uresong, the captain of the Presidential Office, came to General Shangwu's office to pick up Wang Maoru to the Presidential Office. Secretary-General Zhang Kui'an reported that the fleet and airships could be assembled today and could set off tomorrow morning. Then Zhang Kui'an asked hesitantly: "Do you really care about the attitude of the Japanese government?"

Wang Maoru's mouth twitched for a moment and said, "No matter what, if it's a national war, just fight the national war."

In the morning, after Wang Maoru dealt with some urgent matters, he asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Yi to issue an ultimatum to Japan. If the Japanese government does not give a clear reply, the Chinese rescue fleet will no longer pay attention to the attitude of the Japanese government. Then, Silk Investigation Commissioner Zhou Qitong reported to Wang Maoru about the situation of the Jiangnan silk industry. After briefly introducing it for half an hour, Wang Maoru said: "Okay, your investigation is very important. Now I need you to do one thing to establish the National Silk Textile Group. The purpose of our establishment of this general company is not to compete with the people for profit, but because Japan has begun to use the method of swallowing the whale to eliminate the Chinese silk and textile industries. It is too difficult for private capital to fight against Japanese chaebols, so we want to establish the National Textile Group. Guangyin, the first general manager of China Silk Textile Group, will be borne by you."

Zhou Qitong was immediately excited and said: "Yes, the President, the humble position will definitely live up to expectations."

Secretary-General Zhang Kui'an knocked in and said, "Previous Minister of Defense Yu Shuai Zhang Zuolin, Chief of Staff Yu Shuai Wu Peifu arrived. It's time to go to Weihai. The plane is ready."

"Yes." Wang Maoru nodded, wrote down a note, handed it to Zhou Qitong and said: "This is my private note. Your group can borrow money from China Merchants Bank. The amount is not limited, and the future of China's silk industry will be handed over to you."
Chapter completed!