New Warlords 1909

This was Hua Fei's biggest headache, and it was also a question he had been worried about for a long time. After thinking about it, he immediately asked, "If we release the grain we currently have in stock and supply it to these people at a limited price and at a limited price, how long can it last?"

"It definitely won't last a month!" Huaxin said immediately.That's right, once he limited the supply, he would almost be responsible for all the food supplies in Shanghai. With Hua Fei's two-week reserves, it would be a miracle if he could last for a month.Ship now, I'm afraid those profiteers will laugh at the conductor.

"The biggest problem is to solve the problem of food imports! Didn't the foreign merchants respond?" Hua Fei continued to ask.

"Yes, there are, but they all take the opportunity to ask for prices, and it will take two months at the fastest to arrive!"

Hua Fei gritted his teeth. If there is really no other way, even if the foreign merchants charge sky-high prices, they can only endure it.Blame only my own lack of experience, negligence, caught Yuan Shikai by surprise!

"Smuggle, we can smuggle!" Staff Li Yue suddenly stood up and said.

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The earliest batch of student soldiers, but unlike most of them, he happened to be passing by Anqing at that time, and when he saw this scene, he stopped and stayed out of curiosity.Originally, he thought that Hua Fei would organize these youths into combat units to perform combat missions, but after hearing that Hua Fei organized all the youths into a student army, he signed up to join the student army.

Later, Hua Fei incorporated most of the student army into the Jagged Military Academy, which made Li Yue finally make up his mind to stay here temporarily.He has only been educated in traditional private schools, and has always been very curious about foreign studies. Because his family is poor, he is unable to study abroad.The Jagged Military Academy undoubtedly gave him this opportunity.

Later, during the Second Revolution, Li Yue was incorporated into the General Staff Department, and it was he who suddenly proposed in a meeting that he should march into Jiangsu, which aroused Hua Fei's great attention.But since then, although Hua Fei has talked to him several times, Li Yue is reticent and doesn't talk much most of the time.

"Smuggling?" Hua Fei's eyes lit up, "Tell me what you think!"

"Nowadays, the army is stationed on the border of our region, and several northern provinces have followed suit. The price of food in Shanghai and other places has skyrocketed, and the huge profits have caused countless businessmen to take risks. Although we have almost cut off most of the food import channels on the surface, but There are still hundreds of shi of grain entering Shanghai every day!"

"I need a regiment of soldiers to sneak into various places. If all goes well, I can increase this number to thousands of stones in a short period of time! If I can get support from the sea, the number will definitely be even more!"

"Okay!" Hua Fei snapped his fingers happily, and said decisively, "Order the staff of the headquarters to dispatch a regiment of new troops from the Second Army to command Li Yue's staff. There would be too much suspicion. Tell the staff that there must be a nuclear selection for this mission, and I don't want any surprises."

"This year's national grain harvest is bumper. I suggest that Li Yue's smuggling team should be divided into two teams. One team goes north to smuggle wheat and other crops, and the other goes south to smuggle rice and other grains. And because of the Jiangxi Corridor, I believe it will be very convenient. !” A staff officer suggested.

"Great, if it succeeds, their goal of stopping us in terms of food, I'm afraid it will come to nothing!"

"That's it!" Hua Fei thought for a while, "Regardless of whether the grain smuggling plan is successful or not, there must be a limit to the price of grain! Once the price of grain exceeds 10 yuan per stone, it will be released into warehouses to stabilize the market price. In addition, statistics of all common The number of people, the supply of rice and flour at a fixed price, the price should not be higher than the previous average market price!"

"In addition, a notice was sent to the temporary civilian governments in various places to mobilize them to go to the countryside to persuade local landlords to sell their stock, and to raise funds to purchase their existing stock from farmers!"

Both ways.No matter how.Food prices are related to people's lives and production.On a stable basis for everything.This is also the reason why the other party blocked the grain price from the beginning.Create confusion.Thereby comprehensively expanding their blocking front.

Just these measures.It's all just delaying tactics.You can smuggle.The other party can still smuggle silver dollar capital into the country.And customs checks strictly.There are also obstacles to trade.Causing foreign businessmen are increasingly dissatisfied.The pressure from foreigners.is also increasing.

Especially those confused democrats.Because Hua Fei never responded positively to their geological responsibilities.The courage is getting bigger and bigger.It even attacked the self-government of Hua Enclave in an all-round way.Even the current market chaos.Also put the blame on Hua Feidi.Confused.If paper money is not issued.How can Hua Fei mobilize more capital and confrontation.If paper money is not issued.How can he regulate the market more effectively?

Bottom line.The fundamental reason why Hua Fei is passive.It is the lack of capital!

"Report to the commander. Your phone number. It's still the reporter lady!" Wang Meng learned the lesson from last time.Without waiting for Hua Fei to ask.Just say it directly.

"Herman?" For half a month.Hua Fei devoted almost all of his body and mind to dealing with the market crisis.Almost forgot what happened last time.What is she calling at this moment?Could it be possible to get a loan?

Although he didn't have much hope, Hua Fei still said, "Put the phone in!"

"Hi, long time no see, Commander Hua, you must treat me to dinner this time!" Herman said impatiently before picking up the microphone.

"Oh? What do you say?"

"I want to give you a surprise, how about it, do you have time to see me now?"

"Of course! How about this, I'll send the driver to... oh, I'll pick you up myself!" Hua Fei patted his forehead and quickly changed his words.

"My honor, giggling...!" Immediately Hua Fei heard hearty laughter coming from the phone.

Take the latest Ford car to the public concession area, where Herman lives in a foreign hotel.When the car arrived, Herman was already dressed in formal attire, which was exactly the formal attire for a date, but the color was a little more elegant.Just like her temperament, she is elegant and refined but also weird and elf.

As soon as he got on the bus, Heman told the driver that he was home to the famous Huizhong Hotel in the concession area, which was later known as the Peace Hotel. It seemed that he wanted to kill Hua Fei severely.

The bronze-colored revolving door and the dim yellow glazed lamps, as the most famous hotel in Shanghai, gave Hua Fei a different atmosphere as soon as he entered the hotel.Especially those costumes, people coming and going in costumes from various countries, cigarette smoke, classical elevators...all of these are like being in a classical movie, dreamlike and unreal, making people confused What is reality or dream.

Don't look at Hua Fei who can mobilize tens of millions of silver dollars with a swipe of a pen, but he has never been to such a luxurious place.However, although I didn't like it in my previous life, I often went in and out of similar places.So after being slightly shaken by that strange feeling, Hua Fei quickly returned to normal.

"You are here for the first time?" Ingrid Hermann asked very curiously after seeing Hua Fei's reaction.

"I like it here, I like this feeling!"

After being seated, Hua Fei made Herman even more curious whether it was his demeanor or ordering food.Although he is not as well-behaved as a British gentleman, the casualness and spontaneity in that kind of politeness makes people understand that it is by no means the first time for him to enjoy Western food, nor is it a habit that he has developed every year or two!Moreover, Hua Fei would occasionally say a sentence or two of very authentic American English. According to Herman's understanding, Hua Fei seemed to have never been abroad!All of these made Hua Fei full of

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Although Herman was extremely curious, and out of professional habits, she had an unconscious desire to pry into privacy.But these are obviously not the focus of this trip, nor can they be explored now.

"If Warsling likes this place, he can buy this restaurant, and then he can eat here every day!" Herman teased.

"To be honest, although I am used to Western food, Chinese food is obviously more to my liking! But you reminded me that when the time is right, I really have a plan to open a restaurant. A restaurant that is more upscale than Huizhong Restaurant , an ultra-modern hotel!" Hua Fei had an idea, and the significance of the hotel is not only to make profits, but also a place for meetings and communication.For example, the International Anti-smoking Conference held in Shanghai not long ago was held in Huizhong Hotel.In such a big country, holding an international conference and holding it in a foreign hotel is really a shame.With the rise of Hua Fei's strength and status, he will inevitably meet more and more international celebrities and politicians, and they can't all go to the Jiangnan factory!

Herman didn't pay much attention to this, and after taking a few sips of wine, he immediately got to the point, "During the last phone call, you said that you hoped to obtain a loan. I have already contacted many friends in the United States, and I have already obtained a loan. $[-] million loan commitment. This is my limit, I hope it can help you!"

Hua Fei, who was drinking, almost choked on the wine. The value of [-] million US dollars was equivalent to [-] million silver dollars and new coins, which was larger than the total capital that Hua Fei could mobilize now.How does she have such great energy as a small reporter?And she doesn't seem to have mentioned a mortgage guarantee, is it true?

"What? You don't believe it?" Herman seemed to understand Hua Fei's expression, and smiled slightly.

"Why, that's why I want to know!" Hua Fei said solemnly.

"It's very simple, interest, although I really hate to say it!" Herman put down the knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a cloth, "I have spent a lot of effort on this [-] million dollars, all of which are short-term loans, and must be Pay off the principal and interest within half a year! After all, you know..."

Of course, Hua Fei understood that 1000 million US dollars was not a small amount, let alone [-] million US dollars, even if Hua Fei found Smith, with his years of cooperation, he might not be able to borrow [-] million US dollars of capital now.Who is this Herman?The identity is definitely not simple, why should she help herself?

"Mortgage? What mortgage do I use? How much is the interest?" Hua Fei asked cautiously.

"You don't need a mortgage, I believe you understand that even if you can get a mortgage, you can't get [-] million dollars in cash from Citibank! The interest rate is not low, I tried my best, but those bankers can come up with such a huge amount of money , I can’t let them earn nothing, right! Believe that [-] million US dollars is used to deal with your immediate crisis, half a year is enough!”

No collateral required?The suspicion in Hua Fei's eyes grew stronger, "Who the hell are you? Don't tell me that you don't have any purpose!"

Heman was slightly stunned, his smile seemed a little stiff, he was taken aback, took a sip of his wine and lowered his head, "Can I keep a little privacy temporarily? As for the purpose, of course I have."

Hua Fei stared at Heman, unable to tell whether he was happy or disappointed.If Heman's conditions are acceptable to him, then considering the overall situation, Hua Fei needs this life-saving emergency aid of [-] million US dollars too much.

"You know, I studied finance in the United States!" Herman turned his gaze out of the window, watching the crowds and rickshaws outside the hotel, Herman's voice was low and gentle, "Even if I don't like finance, I can't escape my love." Fate! I thought I could hide for a few more years...Their condition is very simple, in addition to half a year's interest of 1000 million US dollars, they will also gather hundreds of millions of dollars of capital, and at the same time enter Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou and other big cities, and you Cooperate, carry out alliance operations, and sweep the entire Chinese market. However, in order to deceive people, all these capitals need to be listed under your name, as if you were a loan from the Bank of America!"

"No, absolutely not!" Hua Fei immediately vetoed it mercilessly. The speculative mopping up of the market by Yuan Shikai and others was an act of completely disrupting the market and destroying business.Hua Fei was forced to fight, but he was forced to do nothing.If in order to win, reaching such an agreement with the Americans will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the economy outside the autonomous region, and even make the entire currency war out of control, thus causing a national economic crisis, that is not impossible!

Even if the autonomous region wins, it will be at the expense of the overall economy of the rest of the country, which Hua Fei will never agree to!The development of the autonomous region is not isolated. Although most of China's industries are concentrated in this region, there are still many industries that are closely related to other regions.Once there is any damage elsewhere, it will inevitably affect the development of the autonomous region, which Hua Fei absolutely does not want to see!

Heman was not surprised, as if he expected Hua Fei to have such a reaction, he stretched out his hand to grab Hua Fei, and after he sat down, he said softly, "They gave... all the tasks here... to me And I... also agreed, you understand!"

What's the meaning?Hua Fei was a little dumbfounded. After thinking about it, Shi Shi was not sure, "You mean...you mean you don't plan to block it in other areas?"

Herman smiled, as a tacit consent.

"No, how do you explain to them if you do this? And if they find out, what will you do if you change people temporarily?" Hua Fei's heart suddenly trembled, his eyes widened and he said, "Could they be...the mafia?"

Hua Fei, who once roamed the west coast of the United States, knows that the gangs in the United States are diverse and powerful!They rose from World War I to World War II. In Hua Fei's era, most gangster families were both black and white, and they were completely bleached and legalized on the surface.Although it is not clear whether the American gangs in this era have such strength, but if they are united, they should have this capital.Otherwise, how could it be explained that Heman could not get a dollar loan from the bank, yet Herman actually got him a capital of [-] million dollars.