Liu Yu's head felt hot, and he became extremely happy as soon as his upper lip touched his lower lip and he was given instructions, which made Lao Song and others feel gloomy again.
The main reason is that after Liu Yu arranged the recruitment, training, and expansion plans, he gathered the 150,000 young and middle-aged men eliminated from this recruitment to form a construction corps.
He also took out more than 6 million yuan in cash in the system and sold it to Jingxing Bank for about 4.8 million yuan. He personally invested in establishing a Taihang Construction Group, and the shares are still owned by the Veterans Welfare Foundation.
It was originally said that the money would be given to Lao Song and let the military region government take full ownership, but Lao Song refused, saying that the business was getting bigger and bigger, and public and private must be clearly distinguished, otherwise the government of the Shanxi-Hebei border military region in the future would belong to the party. Or is it personal to you, Liu Yu?
Lao Song had also considered the issue of the industrial base earlier, but now that the topic was brought up, Liu Yu was startled.
As a result, the Veterans Welfare Foundation accounted for 60% of the shares of Taihang Construction Group, and the military region government invested in land, manpower, management, etc., accounting for 40% of the shares.
The Construction Corps adopts militarized management, but does not need training in peacetime. Its main task is to be responsible for infrastructure construction, land reclamation and other work in the base area.
Mainly for the Jinzhong Basin, Liu Yu originally wanted to set up a construction corps in Yangquan and other places, but considering the protection of the original forest resources of the Taihang Mountains, he did not implement it.
Don't underestimate those primeval forests, the resources inside are unimaginable.
Take medicinal materials as an example. Many artificially grown medicinal materials are obviously the same plant and grow better than the wild ones. However, they lack some unknown things, resulting in their medicinal properties being far inferior to those of the wild ones.
There is also the tortoise, which everyone knows is very nourishing, but it is only supplemented by wild animals. If you eat one, you will have endless energy for a month or two. And those that are bred on a large scale are just a taste of it.
It’s not that some things are unscientific, but that they cannot be explained by current science. By the time people react, it will be too late to protect these resources.
Even the decline of traditional Chinese medicine is partly due to this.
Therefore, after taking over the Jinzhong Basin, Liu Yu also restarted the idea of forming a construction corps. With the construction corps for reclamation, the development of the base area can be greatly accelerated.
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The time came quickly to October 25th in the busy schedule.
It was another good harvest day. The payment for the last 40 tons of gold purchased from Germany for penicillin had arrived. At the same time, another batch of about 5,000 skilled workers and science and engineering scholars from the United States came to Yangquan.
What makes Liu Yu most happy is that Yanchang also received a set of second-hand crude oil extraction equipment with an annual output of one million tons that the United States bought from the Dutch Borneo and resold to Liu Yu, as well as a corresponding set Crude oil refining and chemical plants and more than 1,000 skilled workers.
There are still a lot of unemployed people in the United States. These people are a hidden danger if they stay in the country and they are eager to send them out. Now Liu Yu is helping them solve this problem and using penicillin to pay the intermediary. They are very happy.
As for Germany, it can be said that it is a prosperous time now.
As early as September 1st last month, Germany invaded Poland. Then the Soviet Union took advantage of the situation, occupied eastern Poland, and divided Poland with Germany. Then Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Liu Yu is familiar with history and knows that the Second World War has officially begun.
But others don’t know, especially when they see that Britain and France were very slow in preparing for war after they declared war. It has been almost two months since France declared war on Germany, and it still has not sent troops. It just stayed inside the Maginot Line and fought with Germany. People stared.
This is like a family seeing a neighbor beating another neighbor with whom they have a good relationship, and threatening to beat that neighbor. However, it turns out that their own strength seems to be a bit insufficient, and then they dare not take action, relying on the trap at their door. He shouted to the neighbor: Come here if you dare!
The British side was similar. They said they were declaring war on Germany, but in fact they only sent 4 divisions of troops to France, which was what Fatty Qiu later called "symbolic support."
The European and American powers are actually very clear about this matter. Britain and France are famous for betraying their teammates. This time, they are just sitting back and watching Poland's demise. The main reason is that this country has too much dark history. When it was a bit powerful before, it was jumping up and down all day long, and it could be called the second-largest country in Europe. (Interested friends can learn about it on their own, so I won’t go into details here)
As for whether Germany and the Soviet Union carved up Poland for the purpose of washing away historical shame, it's hard to say. After all, Poland was known as "Pingdu, independent town, exposed big-pole-pole".
In fact, until now, no one had expected that World War II would break out, and everyone thought that even if it happened, it would be a local war. No one wants to fight in World War II. After all, it was only about 20 years ago after World War I. The tragic pain is still fresh in the memory of many people of the older generation.
The appeasement of Germany by Britain and France may also be due to fear of the huge casualties.
Because of this, Mustache's confidence was extremely inflated and he began to prepare the "Manstein Plan" to attack Western Europe.
Originally, because of the early military expansion, Mustache didn't have much hard currency in his hands. Now that he captured Warsaw, he ransacked the Central Bank of Poland and ransacked many Jewish homes. He once again had plenty of money. He didn't have 40 tons of gold. If it was in arrears, it was paid directly to Liu Yu.
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"General Liu, I heard that you have a great need for skilled workers and experts. Is that true?"
At the dinner table, the German envoys William and Liu Yu toasted each other and asked tentatively: "And I found that most of the technicians you recruited are Americans. Do you have any favorable impressions of the United States?"
Liu Yu said with a smile: "I don't have any good feelings at all. I am just more disgusted with Britain and France. After all, the damage caused by these two countries to China is no less than that of Japan now. If you have spare technicians in Germany, I will also be willing to do so." Accept it, but you are now at war with Britain and France, and the whole country has entered general mobilization. I believe that all the unemployed technicians have been sent to the arsenal, right?"
William smiled and replied: "Of course our own technicians are not allowed to leave the country, but there are many Jewish technicians. If General Liu doesn't mind the Jews, we can send a batch over. The price is negotiable."
Liu Yu was startled when he heard this, thinking that Mustache had no good intentions.
Don’t think that after World War II, the Jews said that they were massacred by the Germans, and they really thought that they were pure little white flowers. This nation is really in trouble!
"Wherever there are Jews, there will be unrest." This sentence is not nonsense.
Let’s just say that Israel in future generations will be like a Middle East troublemaker!
Introducing Jews is equivalent to throwing a grain of mouse droppings into a big pot of porridge. Liu Yu is not sure whether the great tolerance of Chinese culture can assimilate this nation.
But then again, accept a group of Jewish elites, instill some private goods in them, and then send them there when Israel is established. Maybe they can plant a nail in the Middle East when the country becomes strong. , maybe you can get your hands on the land floating on oil.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu nodded and said: "Yes! Our base is now in the initial stage of development and needs a large number of talents, even Jews! But we only need high-level talents, and we allow those high-level talents to come with their families. , every time you send a senior technician, engineer or university professor, I will pay you a box of penicillin!"
William's eyes lit up immediately and he raised his glass again: "It's a deal!"
Liu Yu also smiled and raised his wine glass and clinked it: "Happy cooperation!"
Just when the two were chatting happily, Lao Song walked in with two telegrams in his hands and a panic look on his face.
"What's going on?" Liu Yu was a little confused.
Old Song looked panicked, and there was also a look of sadness on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "Something serious has happened!"
With that said, he handed the two messages to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu took it, read the first one, and immediately sneered after reading it: "Isn't it just two divisions of the Kwantung Army arriving in Datong? As for scaring you, Old Song, like this?"
Looking at the telegram again, it contains information sent from the Jirecha Base Area to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and forwarded by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, saying that the Kwantung Army's 3rd and 14th divisions were stationed in Datong and were suspected of preparing to launch an attack on our Taihang Military Region.
There are only two divisions, and Liu Yu is not afraid at all. At present, the new first division cannot defeat two permanent divisions in the field. Is it possible that the defense cannot be defended?
Lao Song did not speak, but looked at Liu Yu quietly, with some tears in his eyes.
Liu Yu was unsure, so he turned the page of the telegram and looked at the second telegram.
At just one glance, Liu Yu's eyes widened, and then he was filled with anger, grief and anger, and he yelled in Sichuan dialect: "I'm going to live in vain for you!"
