In the sound of the flickering music. The guests in the courtyard gathered together in twos and threes, "Where old friends are reunited, some are developing interpersonal relationships, men are polite, women are subtle and generous, this is the social scene of high society."

This is the North Garden of Hankou Chinese Merchant Racecourse, now the Wuhan area, prosperous in commerce and trade, industry, and many wealthy people. There are many rich people, all kinds of luxury needs will follow, this Hankou Chinese business racecourse is to meet the competition of the big guys** and lively, because the central government of the Republic of China does not prohibit horse racing, so, the Hankou Chinese business racecourse will hold a number of horse races every weekend. At this time, the Hankou Chinese Merchant Racecourse is crowded with people, and the liveliness is far from the foreign merchant racecourse that serves foreigners.

In order to receive rich and powerful guests, there is a garden built on the north side of the Chinese merchant racecourse, which is the North Garden, which is the place where the rich men gather before the start of the horse race, and it is also the place where courtesans and noble ladies compete with each other.

It's the weekend. It's the day of horse racing at the Chinese Merchant Racecourse again. Wealthy people rush to this North Garden early, horse racing betting is secondary, and the most important thing is to strengthen interpersonal relationships, which is very helpful for cultivating connections. Moreover, because it is far more lively than the foreign merchant racecourse, more and more foreign merchants also choose the north garden of the Chinese merchant racecourse as the first place for leisure.

Today, there is a distinguished guest in this North Flower Country, it is Mr. Zhao Bei, the president of the Republic of China, therefore, this usually very guarded high society social field has become more guarded, if you do not receive an invitation letter from the Wuhan General Chamber of Commerce, even a foreign consul in Hankou can not enter the North Garden.

Today's Jockey Club is specially organized by the Wuhan General Chamber of Commerce for Mr. President, and many of the contestants are from the cavalry units of the Chinese National Defense Forces, and they will hold a friendly match here with the military attaches of various embassies and consulates in China. Among the consuls of various countries, except for the Japanese consul who excused the future, other people came, and the French consul even wore a hunting suit and brought a British thoroughbred, intending to personally go into battle and contribute to the cause of Sino-French horse racing.

Before the official start of the competition, the necessary communication is indispensable, which is the main purpose of the guests, to be able to get in touch with Mr. President of Gookook, no matter from any aspect, it is of great significance for the future of politics and business, understand this, and understand why everyone rushed to talk to Mr. President.

But talking to Mr. President does not mean that Mr. President will definitely remember who you are, after all, as a national dollar, Mr. President has a lot of opportunities, and it is indeed difficult for ordinary little feet to enter the eyes of the president. At most, Mr. President's aide-de-camp will exchange a business card, and whether or not he can hold this business card and see Mr. President again in the future depends on the creation of each person.

Now, Mr. President has finished his pro-people move and walked into a wing room on the east side of the North Garden to have an in-depth conversation with several heavyweights.

Among the Chinese guests, Mr. Liu Renxiang, the real estate tycoon of Hankou, and Mr. Tingbi, the Chinese financial tycoon, were the most prominent, and among the foreign guests, Mr. Marvin, the American consul in Hankow, and the German consul in Hankow, Mr. Wessenmang, were the most eye-catching.

In view of the fact that Wuhan is now the most important industrial base in China, and that with the development of industry, commercial activities are becoming more and more active and faintly catching up with Shanghai, so the US government and the business community agreed that the candidate for the US consul in Hankow is very important, so Mr. Stade, the US Minister to China, recommended to Mr. Secretary of State his assistant and Tokuzawa Daowen to the post of consul in Hankow, because Marvin is familiar with China. Moreover, he has also dealt with Mr. President of the Republic of China many times with Stade in the past, and he is the most suitable consul candidate, and he is located in Wuhan, which is very good for American businessmen

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For the same reason, the German government also transferred Mr. Weiss from the consul in Chengdu to Hankow, and changed to the consul in Hankow, and he was accompanied by his Mr. Fenscel Fenschel, both of whom had also dealt with the president in Chengdu, but at that time, the president of the Republic of China was only a general of the revolutionary army, and when he was in Chengdu, no one thought that this military strongman in the Far East would grasp the central power so quickly, and use this power very handily, especially in foreign affairs. For this pro-German president of the Republic of China, the German emperor and German businessmen were very satisfied.

Marvin is proficient in Chinese, and the conversation with the president is very convenient, and the two come from time to time, humorous, which makes people feel that the friendship between the two is very close, in contrast, Mr. German consul is much more rigid, because the Chinese language is too awkward, Mr. Weiss has to talk to the president through his assistant and Mr. Fischel, and perhaps because of the relationship of personality, these two, the Germans are not very good at joking, I can't even understand why Marvin and Mr. President are humorous about some strange witticisms, for example, Mr. President's joke about the police from various countries going into the forest to arrest a rabbit, it is simply too lax, the German police will never be idiotic enough to deal with a rabbit, fortunately Mr. President is also measured, in this joke about the police and rabbits

For the German consul, perhaps, this may be the only thing worth laughing at in this joke.

After studying the shortcomings and advantages of the police in various countries with the American consul, Mr. President began to discuss in depth with several Chinese businessmen the long-term strategy of China's light and heavy industry exhibition, a topic that was of great interest not only to the American consul but also to the German consul. After all, commercial profits are the fundamental driving force behind the interaction between countries.

Perhaps seeing that the president was quite interested, several business leaders present here unanimously suggested to the president that they should take advantage of the opportunity of the industrial exhibition to formulate a perfect "Securities and Exchange Law" to solve the current irregularities in stock speculation, although the center has long set up a securities and exchange supervision committee, but this is not enough, because the power of the committee is vague, and they are in charge of things that should be managed, and they are also in charge of things that should not be managed, which restricts the legitimate pursuit of profits by businessmen, which is "rule by man." It is not the "rule of law", so businessmen strongly hope that the central government will standardize the terms of reference of the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as possible.

Seeing that everyone focused on this issue, Zhao Bei smiled and agreed to the businessmen's suggestion, but he vaguely stipulated a timetable, telling the businessmen that the commercial order must be standardized, and the law must be formulated on the premise of maintaining the normal commercial order.

In fact, the reason why the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission were deliberately blurred in the first place. Zhao Bei's purpose is very clear, that is, he leads the issue of the flow of private funds in the industrial exhibition, and it is precisely his personal planning that has been detonated by the European financial circles The "rubber crisis" has not had a fatal impact on China's financial circles, and those money banks and ticket numbers that should have collapsed have been able to continue to maintain their operations, and in the dismal operation, these money banks and ticket numbers have also realized the advanced nature of the banking system, and they are carrying out the integration of funds under the guidance of the Securities and Exchange Regulatory Commission. In order to establish a new private bank, the Securities and Exchange Regulatory Commission will continue to play a role until the banking industry is truly standardized, and in the future, it will continue to escort China's financial exhibition.

On the other hand, Zhao Bei is a national dollar after all, and there are too many affairs to deal with. It is impossible to be distracted from everything, so sooner or later this commercial and industrial matter must be handed over to others to do, the reason why he wants to do everything now must be done personally, which is completely out of the sense of responsibility of the traverser, he does not want to see the hard work of accumulating a little bit of family wealth by a group of short-sighted speculators to be ruined, the development of industry, what is needed is down-to-earth, not short-term speculation, this is also the experience summed up by later generations.

The president's words were unfathomable, but they were also serious, and everyone had to accept them, so the topic was pulled away again. From abroad to China, from the suppression of bandits in the Mongolian steppe to the construction progress of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, we talked for more than a while unconsciously, and at this time, there were a few brass horns outside, and the horse race officially began.

"Guys, let's get in. I don't know who you will bet on to win, I bet on the French consul to lose ten Chinese dollars. I hope I haven't looked away, but the English thoroughbred horse of Mr. French Consul is indeed a good racehorse, and the military horse may not be able to compare.

Mr. President led the guests out of the wings, left the North Garden, entered the racecourse through the VIP passage, and personally opened the first horse race with a command gun. But after all, the president was busy, and after watching only one game in the stands, he hurriedly left the racecourse with his subordinates, after all, the country is too big, and there are too many places to need the president

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The main reason for Mr. President's hurried departure from the racecourse was a telegram, which was taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the content was very simple, just to tell the President that the Japanese government had officially informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had decided to put Japan on the "Kwantung Prefecture Garrison." and the "South Manchurian Railway Garrison" was officially reorganized into the "Kwantung Army." And appointed the former "Governor of Kanto." Yoshimasa Oshima was the first "Commander of the Kwantung Army". At the same time, the former "Kwantung Prefecture" was abolished and the military and political divisions were implemented in the "Kwantung Prefecture leased land", and the "Kwantung Office" was established, with the former Joseon Commander Zeng Mihuang in charge of the civil affairs of the "Kwantung Office".

"I have promoted the "division of the military and the people", and Japan has also come to a "separation of the military and the government", which of the Japanese government is singing? Could it be that the Japanese government was planning to turn the leased land into a colony? It seems that the negotiations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese government are not going well

Sitting in the car, Zhao Bei took the telegram transcript and pondered the mystery behind this matter, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, he originally planned to go to the aircraft factory to inspect, but because of this incident, he had to change his itinerary, and ordered the driver to go straight to the Yangtze River wharf, take a boat to the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, and convene senior officers to discuss the matter.

In Zhao Bei's memory. "Kwantung Army. It seems that it was officially formed only after the First World War, but now. The "Kwantung Army" was established ahead of schedule, which must have been the result of his intervention in history, and as for the extent to which this result would unfold, Zhao Bei really had no certainty.

However, since he was wary of Japan's actions, there was no need to worry too much about this, after all, he was the head of the country, and he controlled the resources of the whole country, which was enough to deal with the situation in front of him.