Beiyang reactionaries

"Yes."

Hearing this news, George Swire had more thoughts in his mind.

Because the Taigu Sugar Factory is the largest sugar company in the world, and its business is mainly concentrated in the Far East.A large part of them will enter China.But if Sichuan establishes a sugar refining company, it will compete with itself for business.

Especially Sichuan.

This is China's sugar base.

Once a sugar refining company is established here, it will seriously affect the interests of your own company.If Sichuan's sugar companies are allowed to develop, they might fight against themselves.Instead of letting the Sichuan Sugar Company develop freely, it is better to get involved.Thinking of this, George Swire immediately smiled and said: "This is a good thing. In terms of experience and technology in sugar production, no one can compare with our Taikoo. Eduardo, can you introduce General Duan Xun to me. Since it is a sugar company, of course it needs the most advanced technology to establish the largest sugar company in China. We, Taikoo, can be responsible for capital, technology, and machinery and equipment.”

George Swire's eyes glowed.

I can't wait to set up a sugar company in Sichuan, I can't wait to swallow this sugar company.The sugar company in Sichuan must not be allowed to escape from its own control.

"George, what I said..."

"That's easy to say. After all, it's true that my people did something wrong."

How much is it worth in front of money.

George Swire was very excited when he thought that he could set up a ship repair company in Chongqing and a sugar factory in Sichuan.If these two transactions are done well, the scale and strength of Taikoo Matheson will be greatly increased.

Such a good thing cannot be refused.

The most I can do is to lose some money, just apologize, and bear it for the sake of money.

180 Calm down the situation

"Extra, extra. British Swire Pacific paid [-] silver dollars, and the owner of Swire Pacific, George Swire, publicly apologized to the dead Chinese crew in Chongqing."

"Swire Pacific apologizes!"

"Extra, extra, the UK apologizes!"

On July 1918, 7, after half a month of bombardment by Duan Xun's troops and British warships, things finally made progress.Edward Dowood was in the middle, and Duan Xun and Eric Tekman, who had wanted to step down for a long time, chose to step down.

But still the same.

It was impossible for Duan Xun and Eric Tekman to admit that it was their fault, and it was impossible for them to apologize to each other.

Duan Xun is due to being too highly praised by the current Chinese public opinion, so he cannot make concessions at this time.Otherwise, no matter how highly praised the public opinion is at present, how much the scolding will be.Therefore, it is impossible for Duan Xun to retreat voluntarily, instead he is getting tougher and tougher.Troops were assembled along the Yangtze River, and various cannons were assembled at the mouth of the Yangtze River.And it was all about making a big splash, everyone knew about the mobilization of Duan Xun's troops.A set of preparations for a big fight with the United Kingdom.

Likewise Eric Tekman is trying to preserve Britain's face.Britain's face is more important than anything else, because in the absence of military deterrence, British influence and deterrence are the best things.Usually, the UK relies on influence and deterrence to deal with many things.But once it backs down, it will make people look down on the UK, which is something the UK cannot afford.

So it is impossible for him to regress in this matter anyway, and it is impossible for him to admit his mistake.

So things were all taken care of by George Swire.

George Swire held a press conference in Chongqing and publicly admitted in front of various reporters that this incident was the fault of Swire Shipping.It was the crew of the Swire Shipping Company who acted recklessly and overturned the wooden ship. This is the responsibility of the Swire Shipping Company.Therefore, he not only apologized publicly, but also offered compensation of [-] silver dollars.

After George Swire apologized, Duan Xun and Eric Tekman also expressed their opinions immediately.

The conflict between Duan Xun's troops and the British warship was a misunderstanding, and it was a communication problem between the two parties.Eric Tekman said that from now on, he will definitely restrain the British warships and ships sailing on the Yangtze River, and will not let them knock down Chinese ships again.And Duan Xun also said that in the future, he will strengthen communication with the British side to avoid similar conflicts.

As soon as the result came out, it caused a sensation throughout China.

Run around and celebrate.

Although Duan Xun and the British side each took a step back, saying that the armed conflict was a misunderstanding.However, Swire Pacific has apologized, and it is a public apology. This is really the first time in modern Chinese history.

There were cheers everywhere.

This incident, although Duan Xun also softened at the last moment, it still earned enough face for China.Let Duan Xun's reputation in China reach a peak.Before Duan Xun invited a large number of talents to the Southwest to help the development of education in the Southwest.But there are a lot of hesitation. After all, the southwest region is inferior to the coastal provinces in all aspects.It is also far behind in education.

But after Duan Xun's action, a large number of talents are willing to go to the southwest.The same is true for many talents studying abroad.

And those funds.

Although Duan Xun strongly supports investment promotion, there are still many deficiencies in the southwest region.Many people who do business are still hesitant, but this incident has given them great encouragement.So large sums of money began to flow into Sichuan.

This includes some overseas Chinese.

It is really because Duan Xun did too much to boost morale this time.

Not to mention the army.

Originally wandering troops, such as the Dian Army in Yunnan, Yuan Zuming's Seventh Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army, Tian Yingzhao and Zhou Zefan, and Chen Quzhen's independent Third Brigade of the First Southwest Frontier Defense Army reorganized from the former Hunan Jinguo Army, These troops were originally completely free under Duan Xun's control.Their sense of identity with Duan Xun is very low.Most of them were forced by the situation and fell into Duan Xun's place out of desperation.

But gradually different.

For example, in the Yunnan army, a large number of officers began to publicly express their recognition of Duan Xun, and publicly expressed their approval of Duan Xun.Although Gu Pinzhen and Luo Peijin tried their best to prevent the Yunnan army from getting close to Duan Xun, the general trend could not be stopped at all.Especially after many senior generals of the Yunnan Army joined the People's Party, this trend became even more unstoppable.

And Yuan Zuming's troops.

Grassroots officers have been heavily infiltrated by the People's Party, and the People's Party is very active in the military.And several brigade-level military officers that Yuan Zuming relied heavily on also appreciated Duan Xun's actions this time.They all recognized Duan Xun, and even more recognized the number of the Seventh Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army that Duan Xun gave them.

This is military spirit.

Anyway, Duan Xun got a lot of benefits this time.If the only disadvantage is to offend the British, although Eric Tekman backed down a step this time, Britain will definitely remember Duan Xun.

Britain has been in China for many years, when has it suffered such a loss?It's just that Britain has no strength in the Far East for the time being, so Duan Xun was let go.After Britain returns to the Far East, it will definitely settle today's score with Duan Xun.

But on the whole, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and Duan Xun got a lot.

"General Duan, I'm here today to apologize for the recklessness of my company staff."

After George Swire publicly apologized in Chongqing, Duan Xun and George Swire met in person.

George Swire has already understood that as long as Duan Xun does not back down in the current situation, the UK really has nothing to do with him.The current military strength of the UK in China simply cannot force Duan Xun to send warlords with 10,000+ troops.Even if the British warships in China come here, they are no match for Duan Xun in the Yangtze River.Although Duan Qirui was pressured by Zhu Erdian, it was only to put some pressure on Duan Xun, and he would not completely stand by the British side.

Other powerful factions in China, who would dare to criticize Duan Xun at this time.Unless he's ready to be branded a traitor.They even want to see how Duan Xun and Britain fight.

This is actually because Britain was deeply involved in the First World War and could not take into account the Far East.Because of this, Japan filled the power vacuum left by Britain.Japan is vigorously developing its power in China, while Britain's influence continues to decline.

As a result, many powerful factions in China are supported by Japan.

Close relationship with Japan.

Without the support of Japan, how could these warlords in China dare to be so impoverished, and dare to challenge Britain.Including Duan Qirui, if it weren't for Japan behind him, how could he treat Zhu Erdian so slowly.

Very disappointed.

But although it is disappointing, since such a thing happened, George Swire still needs to solve it.George Swire was a businessman, and he just had to find a solution.

Earn back all the money you lost, and earn back all the face you lost.

My own apology this time can be said to have lost all face and made all the foreign firms laugh at me.Now that the face is lost, it is necessary to make up for it with money.So George Swire is looking forward to seeing Duan Xun this time.