In order to save the precarious situation, Jiang Zhongzheng made what he thought was the most correct decision, showing all his face, and also protecting the thighs in front of him. He sent a secret telegram to Kong Xiangxi, in which he pointed out that as long as the authority of the national government leader was not involved, all the demands put forward by the Germans could be met, and no matter what the cost, it was necessary to satisfy and satisfy the German friends and ensure that they reached this series of agreements with the national government.

In fact, there is no need for Chiang Zhongzheng's instructions, Kong Xiangxi has already done this in Indochina, the finance minister has revealed almost all the secrets he knows to the Germans, and now Brumberg's special envoy has mastered all the cards of the government. Kong doesn't really want to abandon his national character and personality, but if the border blockade continues, the Kong family's industry will not be able to sustain even if it is big.

After the blockade of the coastal areas, the import and export commodity trade maintained through the southwest passage allowed him to make money day by day, and the Kong family, which controlled the government resources, was completely invincible in the business war.

The joint blockade launched by Britain and France this time is indeed a heavy blow to the Kong family, although it is not yet fatal, but once the time drags on, it will really damage the foundation of the family business.

Because it is a foreign trade business, most of the payments for these goods have been settled, and the problem is that it has nothing to do with the supplier, so even if the goods are not obtained, the consignee must pay the balance the same. The goods that are now overstocked in the port warehouse are equivalent to squeezing the next pile of real money. In less than a week, the Kong family's industry has begun to show signs of poor turnover.

Britain, France and Germany have made it clear that they are suppressing the subordinate enterprises of Kong and Song, and the partners of Europe and the United States have been informed of the relevant situation, and many companies have bluntly said that if the situation is not improved, the previous contracts can only be invalidated, and they will not offend the three top powers because of some small commercial profits.

As a result, the merchants with other trade channels in China now dare not have anything to do with the Kong family, for fear that they will be misunderstood by the Germans and put into the list of trade blockades, which is really wronged.

Now the shops of the subordinate companies of the Kong family can only rely on the support of the previous inventory, and they can't last long at all, and when the follow-up supply is cut off, a bunch of trading companies of the Kong family can only close their doors.

Immediately after that, another thing happened that gave him a headache, some downstream sellers could not get the ordered goods, and began to ask for a deposit from themselves, although the Confucian family is strong, but the other party is not a civilian without a background, and now in the national control area to do import and export business, if there is no background how can it work, the other party's relationship network is all over the military and political circles, backed by several national gods, even if it is as strong as the Song family sisters, it is easy not to dare to turn against it.

What bothers Kong Xiangxi is not only this, his accounts in major European banks have all been frozen by the government, and some of them have been opened with false identities. At this time, in addition to the pile of fiat currency that is depreciating every day in domestic banks, there are only a few funds deposited in American banks, and the problem is that most of this money is used by the government to buy foreign aid, if he embezzles this fund because of his own business, Jiang Zhongzheng will definitely not give him any face.

Kong Xiangxi was firmly pinched by the Germans and had to bow to reality, if it weren't for the fact that some bottom lines were absolutely untouchable, and he was afraid of being pointed out by the people, he would have surrendered to the Germans a long time ago. Afterwards, some experts and scholars also commented that although Kong Xiangxi showed some groveling in this incident, he still retained the conscience of some government officials, still had some national integrity on key issues, and did not betray the dignity and sovereignty of the country to the Germans.

In fact, the Germans were not at all interested in the sovereignty, dignity, territory, or anything of the national government at this time, and they had no idea of intervening in this quagmire, and Germany still had a lot of troubles to solve in Europe and Africa.

Specifically on the issue of labor export, Kong Xiangxi said that everything should be subject to the needs of the German side, and the national government would go all out to select the most qualified laborers to participate in the construction of Europe. In the area ruled by the government, the number of unemployed people remains high, and only part of it can be digested by the method of cash for work on weekdays, but there are still a large number of refugees waiting for the government's relief.

It was a complete tragedy for the Nationalist government at that time, and their rule could not reach the grassroots level. It can be said that the country in the eyes of the high-level government and the country in the eyes of the grassroots people are completely two concepts of the world.

The central government's control over the state is limited to the county and city levels, and its power is limited to the appointment and dismissal of officials. The so-called party departments in various localities are completely non-existent and completely incapable of guiding the people's thinking. There is a serious redundancy in the government, and there are more than 3,000 civil servants in a small county government. However, only 5 percent of them were members of the Kuomintang.

Chiang Chung-cheng was aware of the existence of these problems early on, and in fact the weakening of the Kuomintang organization to this point was all the result of his deliberate promotion. Because the leadership of the Kuomintang had been uncertain earlier, and often fell into the hands of his opposition, there is still a group of veterans who are dissatisfied with him. With Chiang Chung-zheng's character, how could he tolerate the vigorous development of an organization that threatened his rule, so when he came to power, he often looked for opportunities to deliberately suppress the KMT's power in the government, and he even used the reason for the separation of party and government to completely separate the KMT's party affairs from state power.

At that time, the local party offices of the Kuomintang did not have any actual leadership, and the salary of the head of the party department was not as good as that of a postman, and before the outbreak of the war of resistance in China, the grassroots organizations of the Kuomintang had almost existed in name only, the lower system was completely disintegrated, and the party staff was even more dazed.

After the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out and Jiang Zhongzheng truly sat on the throne of the country's leader, he began to attach importance to party affairs, vigorously develop the grassroots organizations of the Kuomintang, and comprehensively expand the party members. But by this time, the Kuomintang had been out of the grassroots for too long, and because of the impact of the war, all the efforts were exchanged for a pile of useless party members. The original local officials simply changed their identities and became members of the Kuomintang, but the original basic pattern has not changed in the slightest.

The government's control over the local area is extremely low, which is why they created a "miracle" in World War II. Of all the countries that participated in World War II, only China did not activate the wartime civic rationing system. The main reason for this is that the government has a severe lack of control over the grassroots and is unable to build a complete rationing system. Whether it is the collection, storage, transportation and distribution of materials, this can only be done by a government with a high degree of organization and control, but for the Chinese government at that time, this was simply a pipe dream.

"We can't guarantee that everyone will get the same supplies. As a result of the war, many people have been displaced, and many local governments are reluctant to provide food to migrant refugees because they do not have enough food on their own reserves. Kong Xiangxi picked up a small silver spoon, scooped up a spoonful of pudding, and put it in his mouth.

"That's really a question, Mr. Minister, how much labour you can provide at the moment." Blumberg put down his coffee cup.

"We're already starting to count and it's going to take some time. According to my estimates, there is no problem with recruiting 100,000 people in the first month. Kong Xiangxi replied.

"I just heard the news from the Governor's Palace that the smuggling operation at the border will end this weekend, and the companies suspected of smuggling need to pay back taxes and fines, as well as the cost of keeping the materials during this time, as long as the money is paid, the seized goods can be returned immediately." Dr. Pan Ke stirred the teaspoon and said to Kong Xiangxi with a smile.

"That's great news, thank you so much for telling me, Doctor." Kong Xiangxi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he had made a long-distance call with the one at home before, and Miss Song's murderous aura could be felt through the microphone.

"Mr. Kong, when will the assessment team you sent arrive?" Colonel Davidson asked.

"The telegram says it's tomorrow, so nothing should change."

"We are ready to know that it is not an easy task to concentrate so much equipment, not to mention arranging the personnel for demonstration operations." Davidson held out his fingers and dusted off the soot that had fallen on the hem of his uniform. The Chinese side is preparing to send a weapons assessment team to evaluate the weapons within the scope of this transaction.

"Thank you very much, Colonel, and we will compensate all those involved in the work." Kong Xiangxi just got the news he had been looking forward to, and his mood became very comfortable.

"Sir." Lieutenant Colonel Roch walked into the small garden with a folder.

"This was just received." Roch nodded to Brumberg, then handed the folder to the marshal.

"From Berlin." Brumberg flipped through the folder and looked up at the head of the message, and he glanced up at his colleagues around him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, for a moment." The field marshal picked up the folder and left his seat, and went to a corner of the pergola and began to read the telegram carefully, and Davidson and Roch quickly followed, standing beside him.

"It should be the Führer's reply." Dr. Pan Ke said to Kong Xiangxi, who was becoming nervous.

The Minister of Finance did not feel the slightest relaxation, and he carefully observed the change in the expression on Brummberg's face. Blumberg quickly finished reading the telegram, handed the folder to Davidson, and then whispered a few words to Roch before turning around and walking towards Kong Xiangxi.

"Congratulations, Mr. Minister, the Führer has accepted the apology of the Chairman of your country, and the special mission will be on to Chongqing in three days." Brumberg said with a smile at Kong Xiangxi.

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