Beiyang reactionaries

"Mr. Weng, I hope you will be the director. I don't want you to be an official, but to enter politics. I hope that with your contacts in the geological field, more people can come to Sichuan and participate in our southwest geological Exploration work, and participate in our China Geology exchange."

Zhang Hongzhao, Weng Wenhao, and Ding Wenjiang were all very happy when they heard Duan Xun's words.They have always hoped to make China's geology develop.But because China's political situation is turbulent, especially in recent years, China has been fighting every day.

For the current warlords, the most important thing is money and arms.As for the development of geology and other further things, they are not interested in knowing.Therefore, the development of Chinese geology is difficult.Mainly there is no money.

Without funds, it is simply impossible to explore.

Only Duan Xun has always supported them.Now Duan Xun has a bigger goal.

"Okay, General."

Weng Wenhao immediately changed his attitude.

Weng Wenhao is unwilling to be an official, but he is willing to show everything about himself to geology.Now Duan Xun gave him such a chance, of course he is very happy.

"General, don't worry. Among the students studying abroad in our country, there are many students who have achieved certain achievements in geology. I will invite them to return to China in a short time and come to Sichuan."

"Thank you Mr. Weng."

At present, Duan Xun has no money to support mathematicians, physicists, or those who work in basic science.Not to mention now, Duan Xun will not invest money in those areas in the next ten or 30 years.

When Duan Xun invests now, he will only invest in those areas that can give him returns.For example, in geology, Duan Xun wants to mine and sell things to make money, but if he wants to know the specific location of the mine, he needs people like Weng Wenhao.If it weren't for this, if they weren't able to create wealth for Duan Xun, otherwise Duan Xun would not support these geologists.There are also many engineers, these talents are what Duan Xun needs now.

"I also promise Mr. Weng here that the Resource Committee can participate in the annual financial meeting. As long as it is not in extreme financial difficulties, the funds needed by the Resource Committee will never be withheld."

157 business meeting

"General, this is Nie Yuntai, general manager of Hengfeng Spinning Factory."

"Boss Nie, I've heard of your name for a long time."

After listening to the Chongqing exploration report, Duan Xun soon attended the business meeting.In Duan Xun's position, there are countless meetings.There are not many issues that Duan Xun has to deal with personally, but there are many meetings to be held.Duan Xun, Wang Yongjiang, and Dan Maoxin participated, and Duan Xun's new secretary Lu Zuofu was with Duan Xun.

Lu Zuofu, as Duan Xun's secretary, is also in charge of communicating with business leaders recently.Then write a report to Duan Xun.

Several representatives from the business community attended the meeting today.But the first person Maoxin introduced to Duan Xun was Nie Yuntai.Nie Yuntai is quite famous. He has a famous grandfather, Zeng Guofan, Zeng Wenzheng.Nie Yuntai is the grandson of Zeng Guofan.

Of course speaking, Zeng Guofan's family is famous all over the world because of Zeng Guofan, but Nie Yuntai's Nie family is not inferior to Zeng Guofan's family.Nie Yuntai's Nie family is a well-known family in Hengyang. Nie Yuntai's father, Zeng Guofan's youngest son-in-law, was also a general of Westernization under Li Hongzhang, and he was very famous among the Westernization School.

Although Nie Yuntai did not develop in the political arena, he is well-known in the business world.Nie Yuntai is currently a leading figure in China's textile industry, and he has a high prestige in the Shanghai business circle.Not only in industry, but also in the financial field.

Moreover, Nie Yuntai's younger sister married a generation of strange people in Hunan, that is, Zhang Qizhen, the director of the Hunan Military Affairs Department when Tan Yankai was the governor of Hunan.

"General, this is Mr. Liang Huankui, the chairman of Huachang Company."

"Mr. Xingfu, I have admired your name for a long time."

Facing Liang Huankui, Duan Xun bent slightly, giving Liang Huankui a lot of face.After all, Liang Huankui, who is already 50 years old, is a senior. He is a well-known figure in both the business world and the academic world.

"this……"

"Boss Fan, we meet again."

"Yes, General."

After passing Fan Xudong, Duan Xun still smiled and said, "Brother Pei Zhi, long time no see, how is the business?"

"Thanks to the general, the business is very good."

The last business representative is Li Heyang, a local business tycoon in Chongqing.He is also the younger brother of Li Zhanyang, the vice-governor of Sichuan and the mayor of Chengdu.Duan Xun is quite familiar with him.

After all, this is a typical figure established by Duan Xun to cooperate with the government.

With Duan Xun's support, Li Heyang's business in Chongqing can be said to be very prosperous.Li Heyang's Chuanjiang Shipping Company has 240 large and small ships and is currently the largest shipping company on the Yangtze River.Because of the cooperation with the government, a large amount of the government's business is handed over to Li Heyang's company, so Li Heyang's Chuanjiang Shipping Company is very busy.

In addition to this, Li Heyang also invested in the construction of light bulb factories, flour mills, thermal power plants, and water plants in Chongqing, including Tianfu Coal Mine and Beichuan Railway. Li Heyang has shares.Li Heyang is currently the leader of Chongqing's business community, and no one can say exactly how much he is worth.However, the fathers of Li Zhanyang and Li Heyang were known as the richest man in Sichuan back then, and after Li Heyang's management over the years, many people believe that the Li family's wealth can reach 3000 to [-] million.

Now these few people are very distinctive.

Li Heyang represents the business community in Chongqing, and to a larger extent, represents the business community in Sichuan.Although Nie Yuntai is from Hunan, his family is also a big family in Hengyang, Hunan, but Nie Yuntai's business is in Shanghai, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.Therefore, the arrival of Nie Yuntai also represents some businessmen in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions, and they are a kind of temptation for Sichuan.And Liang Huankui is a real figure in charge of Hunan industry, representing the Hunan industry school.As for Fan Xudong's assets, he is far inferior to the previous three, but Fan Xudong has a technical background and a chemical background.Representatives of a group of people in the chemical industry.

"Everyone sit down."

Duan Xun sat on it and said: "Thank you for investing in Sichuan. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, many people have called for China to 'save the country by industry', and many people have personally practiced 'save the country by industry'. Although I don't understand it myself, I also know I think the path of "saving the country by industry" is correct. Unfortunately, I was born in a military force and cannot practice "saving the country by industry". Therefore, what I can do is to escort everyone's development of industry. Today, Governor Wang (Wang Yongjiang) and I are in Here, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me directly. As long as it is something we can solve, we will help you solve it."

The attitude is very sincere.

Duan Xun's attitude made several people very useful.For example, Nie Yuntai, although he can be regarded as a powerful and powerful businessman in Shanghai, and Shanghai's business is also very developed, but there is no one who specifically solves things for these businessmen.

Regardless of which side the warlords entered Shanghai, the first goal was to make money.Because Shanghai is really rich.

Not to mention a warlord of Duan Xun's level.If you don't apportion some military expenses to you, those are warlords who are quite face-saving.As long as there is a war, most of the warlords will apportion these merchants before the troops leave.This is already a well-known thing.

"General, let me talk about it first."

"Boss Nie, today is a place to speak freely. Don't have any worries, just say what you have to say. You can ask questions so that we can make corrections."

"General, Chongqing does have its advantages in many aspects, but its disadvantages are also very obvious. The first is the traffic problem. After all, Chongqing is located in the southwest, and it cannot compare with coastal cities in terms of transportation convenience. In addition, the economy in the southwest region is not good enough. Developed, lack of commercial circulation, far away from the economically developed coastal provinces, these are the disadvantages of Chongqing. However, these things are not insurmountable, but Chongqing has a big problem. If this problem cannot be solved, many enterprises will not be able to come to Chongqing .”

"Boss Nie, please speak up."

"Lack of electricity."

Nie Yuntai said seriously: "General, the so-called industry and commerce, especially the development of industry, requires electricity. Without enough electricity, factories cannot operate. Especially the current factories need electricity to operate. "General, I came to Chongqing to set up a textile machinery manufacturing factory in Chongqing. But such a factory consumes a lot of electricity. The current power generation in Chongqing simply cannot meet the needs of us."

Nie Yuntai is a leader in the textile industry.

The outbreak of World War I gave China's national capitalists a huge opportunity.In the past, European and American merchants dumped their cloth in China, and China could not resist at all.

But after the outbreak of the First World War, European businessmen, especially British businessmen, had no energy to manage China at all.This has given China's textile industry a great opportunity for development.Not only did China not import British cloth, but it also exported it to Europe.Therefore, China's national textile industry has developed more than dozens of times in the past few years.Because of the vigorous development of the textile industry, Nie Yuntai discovered a business opportunity.

Textile machinery factory.

Although China's textile industry has developed greatly in recent years, the machines used by those textile enterprises are all imported from abroad.Nie Yuntai talked with many machine engineers that textile machinery manufacturing does not have much technical content.As long as China has industrial master machines, that is, machine tool equipment for manufacturing textile machines, then China can also imitate textile machines.So Nie Yuntai was ambitious and wanted to set up a textile machinery factory.

Chongqing was chosen.

In fact, compared with Shanghai, Chongqing has no advantage at all.But the reason why Nie Yuntai chose Chongqing was because Duan Xun offered a lot of discounts.Willing to grant land for free, give preferential taxation, even after the textile machine is built, the cost of shipping on the Yangtze River can be given preferential treatment.Overall, Chongqing's advantage is the strong support of the Sichuan government.This is the biggest advantage.

Because of this, Nie Yuntai chose to come to Chongqing.But after coming to Chongqing, everything is good, and there is only one worst thing.That is, there is a severe power shortage in Chongqing, which cannot be compared with that in Shanghai.

This gave Nie Yuntai a headache.

Textile machinery manufacturing plants, this is very power-hungry.Without steady electricity, the factory simply cannot turn.

"Yes."

After Nie Yuntai finished speaking, Fan Xudong answered immediately, saying: "General, the development of modern industry is inseparable from electricity. At present, the world's industrial powers, take the Republic of America as an example, their current annual power generation capacity is more than 400 200 million kwh. And our current power generation in China is [-] million kwh, a difference of more than [-] times. And this gap is the gap in our industry. Moreover, China's current power generation is basically concentrated in a few large coastal areas. In the city. I am building a factory in Chongqing, and the biggest worry is the problem of electricity. Our chemical enterprises consume more electricity. According to the current power generation in Chongqing, it is very difficult for our enterprises to open normally.”