Let's talk about Zhong Yi later.

Zhong Yi stayed in Zhaobaoshan for almost two hours, and after the two devil destroyers evacuated proudly, Zhong Yi also took a Ford car back to Yinjiang.

After returning to Yinjiang, Zhong Yi did not return to the city government, but came to Jiangbei first.

After learning the truth of the matter in the morning, Zhong Yi asked Commodus to help him deal with it.

The ash in the hands of the Chinese merchants in Shanghai has been bought by the Japanese, and Zhong Yi no longer thinks about it, but there are still a large amount of ash in the hands of those foreign merchants in Shanghai.

Zhong Yi wanted to ask Commodus to lobby these foreign businessmen to sell the ash at a fair price.

At this meeting, Zhong Yi came to the Legation in Yinjiang to listen to Commodity's reply.

"Zhong, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter." As soon as they met, Commodus shrugged his shoulders and said, "They don't want to sell at a fair price, they have to sell at market price." ”

Zhong Yi frowned and asked, "What is the market price of ash in Shanghai now?" ”

"A pound a tonne." Commodus shrugged and said, "And it's still going up." ”

"Oh Tfak? A pound per tonne? Zhong Yi roared, "Why don't they rob it!" ”

One pound per tonne is almost three dollars per tonne, which is almost six times the original price!

Just the design cement consumption of the two fortresses of Zhaobaoshan and Jinji Mountain is more than 500,000 tons, doesn't this mean that the amount of cement used in the two fortresses alone is close to 2 million US dollars? This is not counting building materials such as labor, steel bars and wires, and the cost of buying fortress guns, who can withstand this?

You can't use all the money from the sale of land to build the fortress, right?

If this is the case, those wealthy businessmen in Yinjiang should trouble him, because the Yinjiang New Area can't be built, and the land they bought at a high price is still only farmland, and they rely on crops every year to make it back?

At that moment, Zhong Yi said angrily: "Kang Maode, have you told them that if they sit on the ground and raise the price, they will be included in the unreliable list by the Yinjiang Municipal Government and even the National Government, and they will be refused to invest after the new area is completed in the future!" We Chinese people are generous to our friends, but we will never be soft on our enemies! ”

"I've said it all, but they're still not willing to lower the price." Commodus shrugged his shoulders and said, "Zhong, I don't know if you have read Marx's Capital, there is a very classic sentence in it, if there is a 100% profit, the capitalists will take risks; If there is a profit of two hundred percent, the capitalists will defy all laws; If there is a profit of three hundred percent, he dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged! ”

After a pause, Commodus added: "But now, these foreign merchants in Shanghai are very likely to make 600 percent or even higher profits, do you think they will care about the threat?" ”

"No, I promise they won't get anything! Do these idiots really think I'm like those weak-eyed and weak officials of the Republic of China? Zhong Yi said with a dark face, "Maybe other officials of the Republic of China can only obediently admit it and accept their exploitation when they encounter such a thing, but I, Zhong Yi, am not so easy to bully!" ”

"But what's the solution?" Commodus shrugged and said, "You can't grab it, can you?" Moreover, they are in a hurry, and only Shanghai can buy such a large amount of cement in a short period of time, and Hong Kong and Singapore do not have so much, and foreign businessmen in Hong Kong and Singapore may not collude with foreign businessmen in Shanghai. ”

"Then buy it directly from the United States!" Zhong Yi said with a dark face, "It's not like your domestic cement manufacturers in the United States have also been bought by them, right?" ”

"That can't be." Commodus said, "There are more than 10 million cement manufacturers in our country. ”

"Then help me buy it from the United States." Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "It's a big deal to delay a little time." ”

"In this case, I will help you contact domestic cement manufacturers." "The price is absolutely fair, even if you add the freight of sea freight, it is much cheaper than the current cement market price in Shanghai." ”

"Okay, then order me a million tons first!" Zhong Yi said with a dark face, "As for the cost, I'll send it over when I turn around." ”

"It's a pleasure to work with." Commodus happily stretched out his right hand to Zhong Yi, which can not only help the partners in the business field, but also make a small profit, which always makes people feel happy.

Zhong Yi's mood couldn't be happy, time! Delay for at least a month!

came out of the legation with a black face, and when he was about to get into the car, Zhong Yi suddenly stood still again.

The second dog, who was pulling the car door and preparing to get into the car from the other side, turned around in surprise: "Mayor, what's wrong?" ”

Zhong Yi didn't say anything, turned around and walked back to the Legation of the United States, and went straight to the second floor to Commodus's office.

Commodus was grinding coffee beans, and when he saw Zhong Yi coming and going, he asked in surprise, "Zhong, why are you back again?" Did you forget that something was with me? ”

"It's not a thing." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "Yes, there is still something." ”

"Anything else?" Commodus was surprised, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhong Yi said in a deep voice: "Little Japan's hoarding and maliciously inflating the price of cement this time did not cause substantial economic losses to Yinjiang, but it also reminded me of this. ”

"Reminder?" Commodus said, "What do you mean? ”

Zhong Yi said: "Since Little Japan can fry cement, it can naturally also hype others!" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "Speculating on cement is nothing more than losing a month's precious time, but if little Japan extends its claws to the necessities of life, especially food, it will cause a big mess!" ”

Commodus spread his hands and said, "Yinjiang is a grain producing area, so there won't be a food crisis, right?" ”

"There won't be a food crisis in the grain producing areas? Not necessarily. Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "In short, be careful, you still help me order some more grain from the rice country, oh yes, what kind of food is the cheapest in your rice country now?" ”

"Of course, the cheapest is corn, which can buy a ton of corn for less than three dollars, which is almost enough for a family of three for a whole year." ”

Zhong Yi said: "Then, you will help me buy another million tons of corn!" ”

"You want a million tons?" Commodus stammered, "So much? ”

"A lot?" Zhong Yi said, "It's enough for three million people to eat for a year, if it weren't for the lack of money, I would even want to buy 10 million tons directly!" ”

"Okay, okay, a million tons of cement plus a million tons of corn." "It's going to cost about three million dollars, when will it get there?" ”

"Tomorrow!" Zhong Yi said, "I'll have someone send it over early tomorrow morning, and then you place an order as soon as possible, within a month, the first batch of cement and corn must be delivered to Yinjiang Port as scheduled!" ”

"Okai." Commodus said, "No problem. ”