After sending the Sasaki sisters to Tangcheng, Japan, he was not idle. He immediately sent a telegram to Thomas who was still in London. Within a few days of receiving the telegram, the latter came to southern Thailand under the pretext of inspecting a textile factory. Tang Cheng had been waiting here early, and as soon as he saw Thomas, he gave him a technical book. Perhaps it was rare to see Tang Cheng being so serious. Thomas concentrated on reading the plan carefully. The plan Tang Cheng gave Thomas was actually very simple. It described the necessity of establishing a metal smelting plant in Africa.
"Hans went to Europe this time and conducted a detailed investigation of the metal market. He found that if we only transport the ore to Europe in the copper mines in Africa, the profit obtained from it is not high. If we directly operate the mines there, By establishing a metal smelting plant, you can directly transport the finished metal to Europe, and the profits are not small." Tangcheng was very determined to convince Thomas, because the exploration team sent by the Thomas family to Africa recently discovered an aluminum mine.
Including the first two copper mines and three iron mines found, Tangcheng and the others have found more than a dozen mining sites in Africa. Building a metal smelting plant will only do more good than harm. Thomas read the plan very carefully. He had to admit that Tang Cheng was indeed very careful in doing things. In this plan, the reason why Tangcheng will build a smelter in Africa is so clear and logical that Thomas cannot find fault even if he wants to find fault. There was indeed nothing wrong with the plan that Tang Cheng produced, but Thomas still felt something was wrong in his heart.
Tang Cheng, who had been paying attention to Thomas's reaction from the corner of his eye, saw Thomas starting to show hesitation, so he immediately took out another plan and handed it to him. "My think tank did a survey and they felt that Thailand is very suitable for growing sugar cane, so they suggested that I build a very large sugar factory in southern Thailand. So, I decided to import the required equipment from the UK. Do you think How about it?"
Tangcheng talked about the sugar factory, and Thomas immediately became energetic. You must know that Europeans are big sugar eaters, especially the British who cannot do without sugar in their afternoon tea. When the British controlled India, almost all of their sugar consumption came from India. Because of India's independence, the relationship between Britain and India has become somewhat awkward. If Tangcheng increases the production of cane sugar, this will indeed be good news for Thomas. Thomas had always unconditionally supported Tangcheng's ability to make money, so he immediately offered to invest in the sugar factory.
In almost every business deal in Tangcheng, Thomas and the British royal family would be actively involved, but this time, Tangcheng rejected Thomas. "I'm afraid it won't work this time!" Tang Cheng, who refused, patiently explained without waiting for Thomas to glare. "I plan to make this large sugar factory state-owned. Even the royal family of southern Xinjiang only holds 30% of the shares. At least half of the income from the sugar factory will be used for infrastructure and education in southern Xinjiang, and the remaining part will be used for infrastructure construction and education in southern Xinjiang. It should be used to pay the salaries of government officials.”
"You can be considered a China expert. You should know that Chinese people pay attention to worldliness. Over time, this kind of worldliness may breed corruption. Therefore, I plan to adopt a strategy of high salary, integrity and enforcement of laws to try to eliminate corruption among government workers. There is a possibility of corruption. According to my landline, not only sugar factories, but also tobacco companies and mining groups that will expand in the future will adopt the same approach and allocate certain shares to ensure government integrity."
The reason Tang Cheng found was not incorrect. Even Thomas couldn't find a suitable reason to oppose Tang Cheng for a while. After all, corruption also exists within the British government, and it has always been a headache for Downing Street. After Thomas figured out Tangcheng's purpose, he even secretly wondered whether he should tell the politicians in Downing Street about Tangcheng's high-paying method of maintaining integrity. Tangcheng rejected Thomas's idea of taking a stake in the sugar factory, but gave the Thomas family and the British royal family the right to act as agents for the sales of white sugar in Europe.
When the British royal family acted as an agent for Burmese cigarettes, Thomas thought there was not much profit. However, as more than a dozen varieties of high, middle and low-end Burmese cigarettes were put on the market, the British royal family, as the European agent of Burmese cigarettes, made a lot of money. The bowl was full, which made Thomas secretly envious. Tangcheng has now opened the agency rights for sugar in Europe. Thomas didn't even bother to contact the British royal family, so he immediately nodded and agreed.
With the benefit of being an agent for sugar sales, Thomas immediately promised to contact the British royal family and give Tang Cheng an answer as soon as possible about Tang Cheng's proposal to build a smelter in Africa. But Tang Cheng was not satisfied with this. Instead, he took Thomas to a training camp of the Youth Army in southern Thailand. In this training camp, Thomas saw a new automatic rifle that the Soviet army had not yet equipped on a large scale. "Does it look familiar?" Tang Cheng picked up the automatic rifle on the table and played with it skillfully.
The automatic rifle placed on the long table did indeed look familiar to Thomas. When Tang Cheng took out another rifle from the box beside the table, Thomas finally remembered it. "That's right! This new automatic rifle named AK47 by the Soviets is at least 70% similar to the MP44 assault rifle previously developed by the Germans. It is also 80% similar to the MT45 semi-automatic rifle independently developed by Myanmar, but they were still There is a clear difference.”
Throughout the afternoon, Tang Cheng and Thomas stayed at the training camp's shooting range, shooting all the new rifles on the table. With careful comparison, the differences between these new rifles can be clearly seen. "This automatic rifle of the Soviet Union can be fired single or continuously. If a few small changes are made, it can also fire three rounds. Because of the design of the bullet caliber, the new automatic rifle of the Soviet Union has many features. With strong lethality, it can be called an excellent automatic weapon.”
After leaving the training camp, Tang Cheng mentioned the Korean Peninsula to Thomas, who was a little confused. This made Thomas even more confused. He couldn't figure out what the Korean Peninsula had to do with him. "Due to the previous election, the Korean Peninsula has now formed a North-South confrontation. Rhee Syngman in the south is a puppet supported by the Americans. Without the support of the Americans, Rhee Syngman's South Korea is no match for the Kims and his sons in the north. "
As Tang Cheng spoke, he picked up a pencil, found the location of Japan and drew a circle on the open map on the table, and then used arrows to connect Japan and the Korean Peninsula. "My spy in Japan reported that the Americans are adjusting their garrison in Japan and secretly training Korean students and young adults. According to the information provided by the spy, my think tank analyzed that the Americans are likely to support this Li Cheng At night, we will launch a provocation against the Kims and his sons in the north."
"I believe you don't know much about the Jin family in the north, and you don't even know that the most powerful troops under the Jin family are all from the original Eighth Route Army in China." What Thomas had just said to Tang Cheng was not He was not interested at all, but when Tang Cheng mentioned that the Jins and his sons actually had troops from the Eighth Route Army, Thomas immediately changed his expression. The domestic melee in China has now reached the final blow, so Thomas already has an understanding of Yan'an's combat effectiveness.
"When the Kim family and his son resisted the Japanese invasion, they were surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese army several times until they ran out of ammunition and food. In the end, they had to cross the border into China and hunker down. Later, it was because of Jin Jiu's liaison with the Soviet Union. With the support of others, the Kims and his sons sent the regrouped troops directly to Yan'an and asked Yan'an to help train their soldiers. As the saying goes, training is worse than fighting. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of these North Korean soldiers, Yan'an often They will be assigned some tasks with low combat intensity, and over time, these North Korean soldiers will be trained."
What Tang Cheng was saying in front of Thomas was clear and logical. In fact, Thomas didn't know at this moment that most of what Tang Cheng just said was just Tang Cheng's nonsense. The actual situation was different from what he said. However, there is nothing nonsense in Tangcheng. There are actually Korean officers and soldiers who have separated from the People's Liberation Army under the father and son. Moreover, these Korean officers and soldiers not only fought head-on battles with the national army, but also fought face-to-face with the Japanese army.
The people gathered under Syngman Rhee were almost all South Korean traitor troops from the Japanese-Puppet era. How could they be the opponents of the Korean troops under the Kim father and son. After Tang Cheng paused, the confused Thomas finally spoke, "What does the matter on the Korean Peninsula have to do with us?" In fact, Thomas had an epiphany in his heart, but he did not show it, because Tang Cheng The city has no stated purpose.
After Tang Cheng heard this, he immediately laughed, "If there is a war on the Korean Peninsula, Syngman Rhee will never be the opponent of the Kims and his sons in the north! In this way, the Americans will definitely support Syngman Rhee, and the Kims and his sons in the north will also We will definitely look to the Soviets for support. Do you think the Soviets will use the new automatic rifles we played with this afternoon to support the Kims and his son?"
Thomas had already thoroughly understood the performance of the Soviet Union's new automatic rifle through an afternoon of study. Hearing Tang Cheng's rhetorical question at this moment, coupled with his previous doubts, Thomas immediately understood completely. Seeing this, Tang Cheng nodded and smiled, "That's right! As long as the Soviets are willing to support Kim and his son with this new automatic rifle, we can copy it and sell it all over the world. Are you interested in cooperating with me to form a An arms company?”
