Rise From Eight Hundred

"Captain Tang, you are back!" Jia Dongxing, who was sitting in the hut area, watched Tang Dao coming from a distance, and quickly stood up to greet him.

The other 'celebrities' who had already started dining in the thatched hut also hurriedly stood up.

After Tang Dao accompanied them to the 'air defense exercise' position, he left and did not return for more than an hour. Needless to say, where did he go?

He must have gone to the forward air defense position to direct air defense operations.

In the past, they would have probably regarded Tang Dao as a rising star in the army. They came here to get close to each other and invest in his future.

But now, after seeing with their own eyes that the firepower on the ground directly killed a dozen Japanese fighter planes, the Tang Dao in the eyes of these smart people was completely different.

Being able to mobilize so many anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft artillery is probably not something that one division or one army can dominate. Thinking further, I am afraid it is only at the theater level. Thinking of Colonel Fan who came here specially to watch the ceremony, the cleverness of the 'celebrities' In their minds, could they still imagine that Tang Dao must be socializing with those elders that they usually couldn't get along with?

Normally, the various meats on the Eight Immortals' table may be popular with ordinary people, but that is not the case in the eyes of these 'celebrities' who are accustomed to fine clothes and fine food. They can just take a few bites and then leave.

But now, no one is leaving, they are just sitting there waiting for Tang Dao to come back!

At this moment, no one came close, and the faint smoke confirmed their suspicions. The smiles on the faces of the celebrities were even brighter.

"Everyone, have a good meal and drink! If anything happens, let's talk about it after dinner!" Tang Dao saw the celebrities rushing towards him. When the people over there heard the noise, they got up immediately in fright. Many of them stood up in fright. The man's mouth was still full of meat and he was busy shouting hello.

Guests and hosts followed suit, and the 'celebrities' all smiled and walked back to their respective hut areas to continue eating, while Jia Dongxing took Tang Dao and sat at his table.

When it came time to dine, the 'celebrities' did not sit with their ladies as before, but sat in their own small groups, while the ladies gathered in several groups dozens of meters away. On the table, the driver's servants and the people sat on the flowing table, and after eating, they waited aside.

This is probably related to the traditional customs in the northern region, where women do not sit at the table where men eat.

Tang Dao has seen Jia Dongxing's table, but it's not that Tang Dao has a strong memory, but that most of the people at this table have pledged money. Tang Dao can't remember everyone, but he still has some impression of the donor.

Now he smiled and said hello to everyone, and sat down on the main seat given by President Jia. Tang Dao didn't want to push him around politely. Although everyone here was a big businessman from the rich side, but in this war Compared with him, a regimental commander-level officer with the authority to command an infantry regiment, he was really far behind.

No matter how much money you have, you may not be able to save your life, but more than 2,000 people and guns can. This is the rule of troubled times.

What's more, Tang Dao is the host today, and everyone here is a guest. It's normal for him to sit in the main seat as a treater.

That is, all the seats were filled with middle-aged and elderly people who were at least forty-five years old. Tang Dao was the only young man in his early twenties, who looked a little out of place.

However, none of the old gangsters here dared to underestimate the young man in front of them. I had only heard in the newspaper how many Japs Tang Dao had killed, but today Tang Dao beat down ten Japs under their noses. Get a plane.

Regardless of whether Tang Dao beat him down with his own hands or not, since Tang Dao could tell President Jia to set off a "fireworks" for everyone from the very beginning, then this matter must have something to do with him.

Using his entire regiment and tens of thousands of people as bait for Japanese planes, this young man is truly a ruthless character!

"Everyone is shocked, but today's battle is not decided by Tang Dao." After Tang Dao sat down, he apologized and pointed his finger at it. "Fortunately, Tang Dao and the soldiers fulfilled their mission!"

"There, there, today I not only saw the majesty of the Four Lines Regiment, but also saw with my own eyes our soldiers under the command of Captain Tang Ruoding, killing the Japanese fighter planes. It is really a blessing in life!" next to Jia Dongxing! A middle-aged man in a suit quickly complimented.

Tang Dao naturally remembered that this person's surname was Liu, and he seemed to be engaged in the textile industry, so he couldn't help but look at Jia Dongxing.

Jia Dongxing quickly said: "Captain Tang, these are all members of our Textile Association. Although we usually compete with each other, in fact, when there is a shortage of goods and labor, we often do OEM work for each other."

This person didn’t need to explain too clearly, Tang Dao also understood.

No wonder he could remember the faces of these people, since they all worked in the textile industry. The four most indispensable industries in life are clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The textile industry is the most basic fabric for making clothes. Although it may not be considered a light industry, in this era, it is definitely one of the most profitable industries. Otherwise, these people would have pledged at least 3,000 oceans!

"Captain Tang, I said earlier that we would move the textile factory equipment to the southwest. You said that was not a good idea. My colleagues and I have also carefully considered it. The southwest produces less cotton and silk. If we move the factory there, The cost of raw materials will inevitably rise sharply, but in this situation, hey!" Jia Dongxing sighed heavily.

Tang Dao took a look and saw that a group of textile industry tycoons not only followed Jia Dongxing with frowning faces, but also cast their scorching eyes on him. Obviously, he had previously told Jia Dongxing that he would give him a suitable suggestion, but now he was treated as a lifeline by these guys.

Tang Dao didn't know much about the textile industry, but the importance of the textile industry is self-evident. Without weaving factories, there would be no cloth. Without fabric, everyone would have to return to the original state.

In fact, the textile industry is not only important to people's livelihood, but also to the army. If an army can't even match the uniforms, and all wear vests and shorts to go to the battlefield, it's almost the same as bandits!

Not to mention that the enemy will despise them, I'm afraid that the soldiers will even be three points weaker in their own momentum.

So when the Japanese army spent a lot of effort to blockade the big sweep, the army also encouraged women to weave cloth in the cave to make military uniforms, even if the color of the homespun cloth was uneven, it had to be gray.

For Tang Dao, who has seen the future world, military uniforms are not just neat and good-looking. The future military uniforms are both warm and wear-resistant, and have professional protective colors. Some military uniforms are even waterproof, fireproof and stab-proof. He needs military uniforms to become soldiers' protective clothing, not just to reflect the identity of soldiers.

And all of these require textile factories to study textile technology to achieve technological breakthroughs.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Tang Dao must have a textile factory that is trustworthy.

But, are these people from Henan Province trustworthy? Tang Dao can't give himself an answer now.

However, helping them point out a clear way and letting these textile factories survive first can not only continue to provide cloth to ordinary people, but also give Tang Dao the possibility of cooperating with them.

This is also what Tang Dao thought on the way back. Seeing that the group headed by Jia Dongxing took the initiative to propose it, Tang Dao smiled slightly:

"Everyone, Chairman Jia wanted to put the factory in Sichuan Province before. As a child of Sichuan Province, I actually welcome everyone to invest in my hometown to build a factory. But as a child of Sichuan Province, I know my hometown too well. Although there are abundant products there, rice, soybeans, and corn are not lacking, but cotton is because of the humid climate all year round, and the grain production is not high.

If you want to weave cloth, raw materials such as cotton must be transported from the northwest, and you may not have walked the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway that was just built a year ago, It's called a highway, but when the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army swore to go to war, it took the entire army nearly a month to walk from northern Sichuan to Shanxi Province. The road conditions are so bad that you can imagine.

The biggest advantage of moving to Sichuan Province is safety. The Qinling Mountains, Wushan Mountains and other mountains surround Sichuan Province, and there is also a natural barrier of the Yangtze River. The Japanese army is now powerful and has conquered the two major plains of North China and East China. Perhaps they can occupy Central China in the future, but Sichuan Province is not something they can easily get their hands on. How powerful were Mongolia and Jurchen hundreds of years ago? Didn't it take decades to conquer Sichuan Province? "

This speech made a group of textile merchants nod frequently. Tang Dao analyzed the pros and cons clearly.

It is difficult to transport raw materials from the northwest, which will greatly increase costs. In the current economic situation, the people and the government have no money. If they want to sell them at a price that is not too high, they can only compress profits, which is undoubtedly digging their meat.

But if they were placed in a province or city that the Japanese army could capture at any time, they would be completely finished. The Japanese could do such evil things in Nanjing. If there was a first time, there would be a second time. But others and the factory would be reduced to ashes.

To put it bluntly, for the merchants in Henan Province at this time, choosing Sichuan Province was like a chronic poison. Because of the road, with the continuous increase in the price of raw materials, they would be finished sooner or later; but if they chose other provinces, they didn't know when the Japanese butcher knife would be on their necks, and Kacha would be finished with a knife.

Otherwise, a group of old rivers and lakes who had experienced many ups and downs would place their hopes on the young man Tang Dao. Tang Dao's military talent made them automatically ignore Tang Dao's age.

"Going to the southwest will not benefit you. Central China is located in the plains and cannot be visited. South China is not a good place because of the climate!" Tang Dao's face was indifferent. "Why not go to the northwest! The climate there is dry and it has been the main cotton producing area since ancient times."

"Captain Tang, don't be joking." Old Liu in a suit had a bitter face. "The Japanese conquered Taiyuan last year and then attacked westward. How could Shaanxi, which is adjacent to Shanxi Province, resist the Japanese army? The fall of Guanzhong Plain is probably a matter of time."

"What if I guarantee you that Shaanxi will never be conquered by the Japanese?" Tang Dao glanced at the textile tycoon who also donated 10,000 oceans, and asked indifferently.

"This" Old Liu in a suit had nothing to say.

Although the Japanese army is strong, who is willing to say with certainty that the Japanese can attack and plunder cities and territories on their own land at will!

However, that is emotionally unwilling, but the current situation is one-sided. Although the Japanese army did not occupy the whole of China in three months as they boasted, China lost two important regions, North China and East China, in half a year. Those are the main grain producing areas and the most developed economic regions in China.

The Japanese army, which originally occupied the Northeast, was so terrible. Now with these two regions in hand, they will only be stronger than before. What can China use to resist them?

In fact, this pessimistic thought about the inevitable defeat in the future is not only shared by people like Lao Liu who have some knowledge, but also by many senior figures.

Judging from the current situation, their pessimism actually has its own logic and is self-consistent, but they overlooked a very important point: the Japanese army can obtain sufficient resources from the occupied land, but they cannot obtain population resources.

They established a pseudo-regime in the occupied area, which was mainly composed of traitors and lackeys loyal to them, and also recruited a large number of pseudo-troops who were seeking food, but they did not dare to send these soldiers to the front battlefield, and at most they could only maintain public security in the occupied area.

Because they were afraid that these puppet soldiers could turn their guns and hit them at any time. The puppet soldiers and dogs were the same creature, but the Japanese army was more willing to believe in the latter.

Therefore, as more and more occupied areas are occupied, more and more troops are needed. They can only continue to mobilize troops from the country. A large number of young people are forced to be withdrawn from agricultural and industrial production lines. The domestic economy naturally continues to decline. In addition, a large amount of supplies Being consumed cannot be compensated by the little wealth plundered by bandits.

This is mainly because China was too poor at this time. As a big agricultural country, apart from the grain in the fields, what else is worth grabbing?

The Japanese never expected that they would step into a quagmire like this. Two million troops were firmly welded to the battlefield in China. The huge consumption was like an ancient behemoth, constantly devouring the financial resources that Japan had accumulated for decades.

Of course, what's even more terrible is that Japan's top leaders, who have achieved great success on the Asian battlefield, have collectively become disillusioned and have once again put their national destiny on the gambling table.

Gambling relies on luck. Who can guarantee that he will win every time?

Naturally, Tang Dao would not talk so much to these businessmen, but he knew very well that in the direction of Jin Province, because of the presence of the troops in northern Shaanxi, the Japanese army was not able to cross the Yellow River from Yu Province to Shaanxi Province. The Japanese army also failed to conquer Tongguan, the choke point of the enemy.

In other words, during the Great Patriotic War, the Japanese army was unable to attack the southwest and never entered the northwest.

"In this case, if you don't believe in Tang Dao, let's make a bet." Tang Dao suddenly smiled. "If the Japanese invaders step into the northwest in the future, then we, Tang Dao, will consider ourselves defeated. Any losses caused by your factory moving to the northwest and having to evacuate will be borne by Tang Dao. If you are worried that Tang Dao will default on its debt, it will be very difficult for Tang Dao to bear it." Simple, my father lives in eastern Sichuan, and Jia Yue’s family should move to eastern Sichuan soon. Just take the bet signed by me and go to them to ask for it. They are all face-saving people, and they can get it for you no matter what. ”

"Captain Tang's words are serious. We are asking you for advice on how to make you bear the burden for us." Jia Dongxing saw that Tang Dao, in order to prove his words, even risked the reputation and property of his father and father-in-law. If you want to hook up, then you dare to accept this.

"No, no, President Jia, just listen to me." Tang Dao waved his hand, his mouth slightly arched.

If Comrade Lao Wu were here, he would definitely be wary. Tang Dao is the only one who always takes advantage of others, so there are others who take advantage of him.

It's a pity that a group of textile industry bosses in Henan Province didn't know that the heroic army colonel in front of them could be so cheating.

"As the saying goes, if you get something, you will get something out. Since I bought such a large insurance for everyone, you should pay the premium!" Tang Dao continued.

"What kind of insurance, what kind of premium?" All the business bosses in the room were stunned.

This is a new word, they have never heard of it.

"Look, if you have losses, I, Tang Dao, will pay all the compensation, but I must also have income, right? You can understand it this way, I am betting on my strategic vision. If my strategic vision is not good, I will naturally It's a huge loss, but what if my strategic vision is good? You big bosses, I have earned everything you paid for me." Tang Dao patiently explained the principles of insurance to them.

Insurance companies don't bet on uncertainties in the future. They bet on probabilities. It's just that Tang Dao, a pheasant insurance company, has predicted the future in advance and is sure to make a profit.

"Oh, I understand!" They were both businessmen. After hearing Tang Dao's explanation, they immediately understood.

"I just don't know, Captain Tang, how much is the premium you're talking about? Is it a one-time payment or an annual fee?" A middle-aged uncle with a round head and a round head asked tentatively.

"Boss Zhou, right?" Tang Dao smiled slightly.

This person seems to have donated 6,000 oceans, and he is considered to have strong financial resources among this group of bosses, otherwise his mind would not be so happy, and he instantly grasped the key point.

Tang Dao's words are very tempting, and all losses will be compensated, but if the so-called premium is too high, then the gain outweighs the loss.

"Yes! Yes! Captain Tang has a good memory." Boss Futai Zhou nodded repeatedly.

"My insurance premium is not high. I only need 100,000 sets of customized military uniforms a year, and several thousand sets of special customized military uniforms." Tang Dao smiled.

All the bosses looked at each other.

Good guy, 100,000 sets of military uniforms, can they make that much in a year?

"My 100,000 sets of military uniforms are not provided by one factory, but by everyone here, you can divide them according to the proportion of each factory's production capacity, and I only need a total of 100,000 sets. I believe that in this case, you should It's not so difficult!" Tang Dao knew that these guys' faces changed drastically, and he knew that they had something wrong.

After hearing what Tang Dao said, a group of people led by Jia Dongxing breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Dao's appetite is not that big. Based on the cost of a set of military uniforms of 0.5 silver yang, 50,000 yin yang can be completely digested by those of them here, as long as the raw materials can be supplied in sufficient quantity and there is no need to incur high shipping costs.

The northwest completely meets this condition.

As for the thousands of customized military uniforms Tang Dao mentioned, they are nothing more than different styles and colors. They are just a fraction of the 100,000 military uniforms and can be completely ignored.

After looking at each other for a while, seeing everyone nodding silently, Jia Dongxing gritted his teeth secretly: "Captain Tang, this is a business transaction, and a contract needs to be signed. Even because your father-in-law, Mr. Tantai, is here, I hope He can also co-sign as guarantee.”

"No problem!" Tang Dao agreed readily.

Using a bet that seems risky to others but is actually risk-free for him to win 100,000 sets of military uniforms every year is simply a free gift.

This may be the legendary information asymmetry!

More importantly, he put a large number of textile factories in the northwest, which played a key role in the local economic development.

That army must not only be self-sufficient, but also have economic exchanges with the outside world. Cotton can also be exchanged for a large amount of materials.

As for the economic blockade launched by some people in the future, even the Japanese can't do it. How can his subordinates who are already corrupt do it?