East Lake, Wuhan, in the Ministry of Armaments of the National Government. ，

Zhang Naiqi, the great gentleman of Zhang, wearing a straight dress, sat quietly by the side of the living room in the armaments department. A cup of tea, there was no heat in front of him. And he also looked restless, his eyes just looked at the statue of Sun Yat-sen hanging on the wall, as if he was anxiously looking forward to something.

Outside the living room, the sound of the soldiers in the compound of the Military Commission was heard. The sound of neat law, the sound of guns on and shoulders down. With the high-pitched and powerful voice of the officers, there was a burst of voices.

Suddenly there was the sound of soft footsteps outside the door, and then the living room door was pushed open. Two figures flashed in, Zhang Naiqi just glanced at it, this should be Luo Yaoguo's brother-in-law, Lu Ming, director of the Trade Bureau of the Ministry of Armaments. Zhang Naiqi hurriedly got up and saluted, squeezing out a somewhat embarrassed smile on his face.

Lu Ming's voice was very clear, and he still smiled: "Mr. Zhang, don't bow in the moon." I'm here, and I don't have an official name... I am here as a director of China Iron and Steel Corporation. ”

At present, the "cold war" between the North and the South is still continuing, and although it is still relatively calm on the military demarcation line, the propaganda tools controlled by each side have begun to control each other. Demonized". Moreover, the high-level leaders of both sides have put on a posture of "Han and thief do not stand on each other", and neither of them is willing to send official envoys to the other side first. Zhang Naiqi now seems to have become the intermediary between the two sides.

Probably a burden. Internal mission", Zhang Junzi did not have a little arrogance, but sat down in a proper manner, put his hands on his knees, and looked at Lu Ming at eye level. Lu Ming sat across from him with a big grin. Although the person who followed him was wearing a long robe, he sat there with a straight back, as if he was a soldier.

"Ziyan. . . …… ~ Zhang Naiqi spoke. was interrupted by Lu Ming, and he smiled and said, "Brother Naiqi, how is the situation in Beijing and Tianjin now?" ”

Zhang Naiqi's face sank, and he said in a low voice: .. Why did Brother Ziyan ask knowingly? However, we should not be satisfied, although the GCD is blocked by internal and external enemies, but the morale of the revolution is still high, the upper and lower levels are united, and the current difficulties are only temporary, and I advise you to end the persistence as soon as possible and return to the three major policies of the former prime minister. ”

Lu Ming smiled: "Has the drought in northern Shaanxi and Yuyuan been alleviated?" And the locust plague and drought in Shandong did not affect northern Lubei, right? In the past two years, there have been a lot of natural disasters in China, but fortunately, the wind and rain in the south are still smooth, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides have gradually begun to spread, and the lives of the old people have finally improved. ”

He looked at Zhang Naiqi with a smile, but Tong Naiqi was cramped and didn't speak, and his face was a little gloomy. What's wrong? Brother Nai? Anything else on your mind? ”

Tong Naiqi glanced up at Lu Ming, this Luo Yaoguo's brother-in-law and confidant is now a time to be jubilant. From his face that was almost smiling, you can see the current economic situation in South China. Rise up, now the whole capitalist world is prosperous, and this theory of Marx's grandfather seems to be very difficult to realize.

Zhang Naiqi took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and bowed his head:

"Mr. Lu, now that China and G are willing to reopen the Jinghan Line, Jinpu Line and Tianjin Port to facilitate the transportation of coal to the south, taking into account the needs of heavy industry growth and people's livelihood in the south. The only condition is that they fulfill the agreement reached in the 16th year of the Republic of China on the development of energy in Shaanxi and the completion of the Yanxi Railway. That's not too much, isn't it? ”

Lu Ming smiled undiminished and listened to him quietly.

After Tong Nai's instrument, his whole body trembled slightly, and his face showed a look of righteous indignation. And Lu Ming said softly after a moment of silence: Brother Naiqi. It's just that the right-hand man of Zhong G has been doing business so well in the south over the years, and he has made a fortune now, with a beautiful house and a beautiful wife. But he is still galloping north and south for Zhongg, and he doesn't know where the head is. But I really want to help... But this time the person who negotiated the peace was not me, but the one behind me. ”

Zhang Naiqi only then paid attention to the person behind Lu Ming.

And Lu Ming also smiled at him. The man's facial features were regular, his skin was fair, and he seemed to be a white-faced scholar, but the light from those eyes was not cold. At this time, he also slightly signaled to Zhang Naiqi's jaw.

Lu Ming smiled: "This is Mr. Mao Renfeng, chairman of the newly established North-South Exchange Foundation. The North-South Exchange Foundation is a non-governmental organization in the South, whose purpose is to enhance exchanges with the North and to serve as a bridge between the North and the South. Whether or not to restore the railway and shipping between the north and the south this time, you can negotiate with him, and if you want to complete any deal with the south in the future, please negotiate with the North-South Exchange Foundation. ”

Tong Naiqi was slightly stunned, and hurriedly nodded his head: "It's rude!" ”

It turned out that the Kuomintang side also came up with a so-called... Non-governmental organizations" came to communicate with China and G. It seems that the Kuomintang does not want to do anything desperately, so it seems that there is hope for the resumption of north-south traffic.

Thinking of this, Zhang Naiqi immediately felt a lot more relaxed, but he was still slightly uneasy.

Lu Ming's tone was gentle: "Now that China G takes into account the needs of our heavy industry and the growth of people's livelihood in the south, it is actually unnecessary. At present, there are many new large-scale coal mines in Henan and Shandong to be put into operation, and the output of large-scale coal mines in Anzhe, Jiangxi, Xuzhou and other places is also rising. Our heavy industry is absolutely satisfied. ”

．． Mr. Grass. As soon as Lu Ming's voice fell, Mao Renfeng immediately took over the topic: "However, Chairman Hu and Chairman Jiang are really unbearable considering the livelihood of the people in the north, especially the drought in the northwest for many years, so they are willing to continue to purchase coal from Shanxi." As for the Yanxi Railway, there is absolutely no possibility at present, unless the Central Committee bans the lawless Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, there is no possibility of negotiations between the two parties, and the opening of the railway is a matter of great importance, and it is by no means something that can be dealt with by non-governmental organizations. I hope Mr. Zhang can understand. ”

Zhang Naiqi listened while complaining in his heart. At present, the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee in Beijing is the most important ally and partner of China and G, how can it be that they are sold in order to "export" some coal? Isn't this the Kuomintang left worse than coal? If that's the case, don't you have a clean brand among the democrats and the princes of the Beipai? Who will make friends with Zhongg in the future? It seems that this northern Shaanxi energy company will continue to lose money, when will the loss be over! It's just a pity that those machines, mines, oil fields, and tens of thousands of workers are all the best guys in the northwest early in the morning, and everyone is pointing to this little bit of work.

Soon after the establishment of the North-South Exchange Foundation, a "non-governmental organization" in South China, a "non-governmental organization" called the "North-South Exchange Association" also appeared in Beijing.

Uh, a little. SEF Association". With these two "non-governmental institutions" began to act as a platform for communication between the Kuomintang and the G, the situation that was almost on the brink of the civil war seemed to be relieved again. And when the peace calmed down, the days when the wind and waves were calm and comfortable naturally passed quickly, and people didn't grasp anything, and they slipped out and disappeared without a trace!

In a blink of an eye, the calendar turned to the end of November of the 18th year of the Republic of China! That is, at the end of November 1929, the Great Depression of the capitalist world finally came!

As in history, on October 24, 1929, the United States, the boss of the capitalist world, ushered in its "Black Thursday". On this day, the U.S. financial world disintegrated, and stocks fell from the top to the abyss overnight, and prices fell so fast that even the automatic display of stock quotes could keep up. October 29, 1929 was a Tuesday, and the New York stock market fell to its extreme on that day, so there was also a month "Black Tuesday" to refer to this event. In just two weeks, from October 29 to November 13, 1929, a total of $30,072 in wealth disappeared, equivalent to the total U.S. expenditure in World War I. But the collapse of the U.S. stock market is nothing more than the crater of a catastrophic economic crisis.

Although the capitalist system is about to disintegrate, Luo Yaoguo is in a good mood during this time.

At the end of August, Natalie successfully gave birth to a baby girl, named Luo Qingqing, a mixed-race child, a person with pink carvings, extremely cute. Luo Yaoguo has a woman who has everything to do, so he naturally doesn't pay much attention to such a big thing as the imminent disintegration of the capitalist system.

The stocks and real estate investments held in his name have been realized at a high price early on, and now his net worth is more than 10 million fiat currency! It's a big deal. Uh, is there more than 10,000 old fiat money considered rich?

At this time, the national government has more gold and foreign exchange savings in its hands. Due to the seventeenth year of the Republic of China.. During the "fiat currency crisis", a foreign exchange control system was implemented to avoid the loss of gold and foreign exchange to the greatest extent. In addition, the central bank of South China and the top 10 major commercial banks also exchanged their more than 100 million silver dollars and more than 100 million taels of silver in their hands in the international market in a timely manner because they were pegged to silver because of the dissolution of the fiat currency.

By the end of the year, the accounts of the Central Bank of the Nationalist Government had a total of $1.5 billion in foreign exchange and 20 million taels of gold! With such a large amount of hard currency in hand, if you don't speculate on the big bottom of the US imperialists, there is always more than enough self-protection, and you should be able to buy a lot of machinery and equipment from the United States at the price of cabbage every month.

Luo Yaoguo vaguely remembers that the Soviet Union spent $300 million to buy a lot of good tools in this capitalist crisis, and now the Nationalist Government has nearly $2 billion in its hands! What else is there to worry about?

And the economy in the area under the jurisdiction of the southern national government, although there is a little trouble, but it is not without example.

As for the style, it's just printing money! The Kuomintang is the best at doing this kind of thing. I think that in the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, 80 percent of the tax source was lost, and the whole situation was maintained by printing bills. By the time of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the economy disintegrated, and all industries were depressed. Later, no one wanted the old fiat currency, and then printed the "Jin Yuanjuan" until the lost mainland ran to the island of Taiwan, and the new Taiwan dollar was printed to maintain the economy! With such a regime that is good at printing money, in the current situation of the Great Depression, when everything is too much, why not print some votes and build some infrastructure, so that the workers can have jobs and the capitalists can make money?

In the face of this sudden economic crisis, the Nationalist Government, which is the "weakest" link in the capitalist camp, is not worried. That as the GC of the thriving socialist camp. The central government, of course, will not be even more unfounded. Not only is there no concern that this capitalist economic crisis will impact the socialist construction that is in full swing in the areas directly under the central government, but there is also a faint expectation... Hopefully the capitalist world will completely disintegrate in this Great Depression, and then the red flag will be planted all over the world! Now it seems that there is still a lot of hope.

In the West Flower Hall of Zhongnanhai, members of the Politburo in Beijing gathered again. The room was filled with smoke, and everyone was in a little excited. Zhou came to sit on a wicker chair, holding a teacup in his hand, and a smile on his face.

Mao Chi smoked a cigarette as usual, but his mood was quite high. It can be seen that the leaders of China G are in a pretty good mood at the moment.

The socialist transformation of Zhili, Chahar and Beijing went quite smoothly, and the landlord class in the countryside had been wiped out, while in the cities, although most of the capitalists ran away in time and fled every day, but the monks could not run away from the temple. Their factories, shops, banks, banks, houses, and automobiles have all returned to the people. Of course, China G is still very policy-oriented to the national capitalists who have not run away, and basically does not hurt people, but only divides the capitalists, owners, etc. In order to distinguish itself from the working class. It's much milder than in the countryside.

After the completion of the socialist transformation, the economy in the jurisdiction of China and G has gradually recovered. In particular, in the land reform struggle in Zhili, China and G obtained a large amount of grain from the landlords, which greatly alleviated the grain shortage caused by the early disasters in northern Shaanxi and Yuyuan. The economic depression in Beijing, Tianjin, Baoding, Zhangjiakou and other large cities also began to recover slowly after the completion of socialist transformation.

In fact, the socialist planned economic system is not as useless as later generations imagined. This kind of system may have its rigid and inefficient side, and it is not easy to stimulate people's enthusiasm to create and discover wealth. Thus falling behind in the enduring adherence to the capitalist system. But in a short period of time. Under the conditions of "wartime", the planned economy still has the superiority of the past and night. This kind of economic system can concentrate the resources, wealth, and labor power of the entire society under a centralized government to the greatest extent, and the government will make reasonable distribution according to the needs of the war, so as to tap the war potential of the entire society in the shortest possible time! At present, this kind of system is being implemented in the jurisdiction of Central G, and it is still just beginning, and it is the time when the enthusiasm is the most energetic and efficient. "Comrades." DInternational Advisor Miff seemed to be the happiest one in the whole room, and his whole face burst into laughter, and he waved his arms and said loudly: "The enemy is rotting day by day!" And we're getting better day by day! The terrible system of capitalism is now facing a crisis that they simply have no means to overcome! And the first to disintegrate in this crisis is bound to be the weakest link in the whole capitalist camp, the zone ruled by the Kuomintang reactionaries. There is no doubt about this, Comrade Stalin has already given instructions for this (indicating the economic disintegration of South China economically?). ）。

The committee members applauded with all their might, and there was thunderous applause from the venue, and Mifu's eyes scanned the hall and took in the faces of the committee members. Including Zhou Lai and Mao Chi, their faces were excited. Miff smiled slightly: "Comrade Stalin instructed the Central Government to be ready to take over the whole of China after the disintegration of the capitalist system in the south. Of course, the Central Committee should also strengthen its leadership over the working class in the south and push the workers' movement in South China into a new era at a time of capitalist economic crisis! At the same time, China and G should also speed up the law of socialist economic construction in the north, especially in the areas under the jurisdiction of China and G, and it is necessary to draw up a five-year or three-year economic construction plan. Comrade Stalin's suggestion was to draw up a three-year plan, because within five years the rule of the Nationalist Government in the South might collapse as a result of economic disintegration, and then the Central Government would have to draw up a plan for the economic construction of the whole country. ”

Zhou came up and smiled when he heard this, stood up, and took Comrade Miff's words: Comrade Adviser's position is completely consistent with the views of our Party. Our Party is now thinking of formulating an economic plan, but it seems that it will be difficult for our Party to establish a complete industrial system within three years because it lacks experience in this area and is a little lacking in financial resources. Ignorance... Will the Soviet Union be able to help us? ”

Miff's eyebrows furrowed slightly, he had already understood what Zhou came to say. The g wanted the USSR .. aid", but the current USSR is also facing great difficulties! Not only was it facing famine, but the Soviet Union's five-year plan was at odds with history, and they traded machines and warships to Germany and Japan for the sake of monthly oil, so they invested too much in the oil industry in the first five-year plan! Now the international oil price has fallen rapidly after the financial disintegration of the United States, and it is currently less than a barrel of cents! Listening to Comrade Stalin's regrets, the political prisoners and peasants of the USSR are about to start unfavorable again during this time ...