The Chinese did not break their promise. On that day, the Logistics Department of the Chinese Expeditionary Force transferred a large amount of supplies to the Oberhausen Municipal Government. Mayor Schroeder, who was personally sent to receive, saw with his own eyes that the warehouse was empty as the large amount of supplies was transported out. The Chinese colonel in charge of logistics comforted Schroeder in a very shameful tone when handing over the signature, and said something that he even wanted to disobey the orders of superiors and handed over all supplies to the mayor, which made all the Germans who came here with him very grateful.

The next day, Yang Du, as the president of the Bank of China, called the maximum amount of funds he could call with the fastest speed, and entrusted the Chinese delegation in Paris to use the funds to purchase a batch of supplies. Through the railway, the batch of supplies arrived at Oberhausen Railway Station one after another in just a few days and was handed over to the city government as soon as possible.

The kindness and selfless help of the Chinese made all the Germans in the Ruhr area burst into tears. When recalling the incident in Qinghai Island, China, the Germans privately praised the war that caused the whole of Germany to fall into an air disaster. The former German Emperor William II finally did a good thing in office, that is, to return Qinghai Island to China unconditionally before the war began.

"Gentlemen, the Chinese have done enough for us, but the crisis still exists. These materials cannot last for us Germans at all. Now, it is time for us to make up our minds!"

In the city government, Mayor Schroeder said to the city councillors present, waving his hands and looking extremely excited: "Instead of letting the greedy Frenchmen plunder our wealth, it is better to give these things to the Chinese, at least, their actions have won our friendship. And we have been defeated, with the personality of the British and Frenchmen, they will never let go of the great Germany. Cooperation with the Chinese is our only way out."

"I agree!" An elderly MP stood up tremblingly with a cane. His hair was all gray, and his face was narrow and deep due to the shortage of food, but his eyes were still bright.

"The Chinese have a clear purpose. As a backward Far Eastern country, they need our German technology and equipment to rise. Especially these factories that can lay the industrial foundation. However, they also gave us great help. If it weren't for the Chinese supplies, countless people would have starved to death, so I agree with the mayor's suggestion."

"Agree!"

"I have no objection!"

"I agree too!"

Everyone voted for approval. The Germans were rigid in their work, but they were definitely not fools. The Chinese mayor Schroeder and his MPs were actually very clear in their hearts that they knew the purpose of the Chinese. However, as Mr. Schroeder and the old MPs said, in this situation, in the face of the crazy plunder of other countries in the Allied Powers, such as France, they would rather hand these things over to the Chinese, at least they could exchange the necessary supplies and hard currency for the Germans from the Chinese to save the poor people.

The city government's bill was passed, and Mayor Schroeder began the dismantling and transfer of various factories. During this work, Schroeder secretly contacted his colleagues in the French-occupied area of ​​Ruhr and asked them to dismantle and transport valuable things to Oberhausen as soon as possible before the French. Oberhausen would use the materials they urgently needed to trade. This news spread throughout the Ruhr in a very short time, and a rush to transport under the eyes of the British and French people was in full swing.

A week later, Yang Du signed a commercial loan agreement with Oberhausen in the name of the Central Bank of China. The Central Bank of China will acquire a large amount of German machinery, equipment and even the entire factory for 12 million silver dollars. These things include almost all basic and high-end industries. They will be shipped at the Oberhausen Railway Station controlled by the Central Team, and then transferred to Hamburg via a railway network, where they loaded Chinese cargo ships back to Asia.

The Oberhausen Municipal Government, which obtained a large amount of hard currency, did not use the funds directly because of the defeated country. They were afraid that the Allies would occupy the funds as the early part of the war reparations. Therefore, after discussion, the Oberhausen Municipal Government entrusts the Central Bank of China to custody the funds and use them to purchase the materials urgently needed by the Germans.

Of course, China will not refuse this request. Under the control of the Chinese, it uses this money to purchase materials from allies. The source of these materials is as Yang Du once said, from Britain, France and the United States, and of course some of them are from China.

However, the Oberhausen Municipal Government could not have imagined that, except for a very small part, most of these nominal materials from various countries were produced in China. The Chinese government, which had long been hooked up with the Americans, had made arrangements before and transported huge amounts of materials to Europe. The Chinese government will cooperate with the Americans to take action in the name of the United States, and the US Expeditionary Force will also earn huge commissions without spending a penny. Who would refuse such a good deal?

Under the leadership of the United States, some British, French and even Japanese also brought in. For a time, Europe was full of buying and selling. In the end, the big head fell into the pockets of the Chinese, and the rest of the countries also shared their own interests, and no one got a small vote.

The Chinese spent a huge sum of 12 million silver dollars in the early stage. This money seemed huge, but in Fang Zida's eyes, it was almost the same as collecting waste. According to the valuation of facilities sent by Yang Du from Europe, these things could not be exchanged for 50 million silver dollars in peacetime. This transaction was a big profit in any case, not to mention that the reselling of materials also caused domestic factory owners to work overtime and work hard to produce. Looking at the products sent out and the white silver dollars flowing in, I was really happy.

The actions of the Chinese also affected all countries in the agreement, especially Britain, France and the United States. In the occupied areas of various countries, except for France's crazy plunder, the British and Americans did not do such things. However, the things they plundered were almost useless. Even if a large number of facilities were transported back to the country, they were a pile of scrap iron. Just like France, France's industrial foundation was not weak. In addition to using some raw materials, the French dismantled German factories, other things were a kind of revenge for them. The equipment that the French pulled back was thrown back in the open air and was as useless as garbage, and it also occupied space. But now I suddenly learned that the Chinese actually wanted to buy real money and silver. How could such a good thing be missed?

Of course, the senior executives of the Allied countries are very cautious about this matter. For Western countries, they are not willing to see a strong China that can compete with them. However, watching the business cannot intervene, which is also a bit unwilling to accept. Therefore, the senior executives of various countries issued an order to allow the occupying forces to appropriately exchange German things for money or supplies from the Chinese, but the premise is that sensitive and important equipment must not be provided.

This paper order is a bit taken for granted. There is a saying among the Chinese that there are policies and countermeasures at the top, but in fact, the same is true for Westerners. Who would really execute this fool's order? Could it be that the group of people below guarded the pile of equipment that would be turned into scrap iron for nothing and not exchanged for money? Therefore, within the occupation army, although nominally complying with this order, in fact, no one took it seriously. As long as it could be exchanged for money and supplies, no matter what it is.

An interesting situation happened in the Allied-occupied area, that is, the Germans and the Allied-occupied forces (except the Chinese) were crazily collecting various equipment and pulling them to Oberhausen for money and supplies. This trend began to spread from the Ruhr area and soon spread to other areas. Even the former Austro-Hungarian Empire occupied the area. Looking at the equipment that was constantly transported and transferred out every day, Yang Du was in pain and joy, so busy that he didn't even have a chance to take a breath.

This incident made the Chinese laugh from ear to ear. Similarly, Britain, France, the United States and other countries were also happy to count the money. Only the Japanese were angry and annoyed about it. Watching the Chinese buy "scrap" in Europe but they gained nothing. How could the Japanese sit still?

Not long after this situation began, the Japanese Expeditionary Force hurriedly reported to Tokyo, demanding to snatch these things with the support of Tokyo. Germany's manufacturing industry is world-famous. If Japan can obtain these equipment, it will completely suppress China. Once it is taken away by China, it will be a misfortune and sadness for Japan.

However, Tokyo's reply disappointed the Japanese Expeditionary Force. Due to Japan's foreign exchange system, the yen has become a regional currency. The Japanese government itself closed the door to free exchange, which made the yen unable to be officially traded internationally. Therefore, it is not practical to use the yen to purchase these equipment. However, Tokyo also attaches great importance to this matter. They proposed that they would use ships to transport a large amount of materials to Europe as soon as possible, and to carry out the transaction method of physical goods for physical goods. However, the Japanese did not consider that transporting from Japan to Europe also included material preparation time, which was impossible without two months. And after 2 months, even a hair would not be left to the Japanese. You should know that the Chinese had made sufficient preparations long before the plan began.
Chapter completed!