Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 818 Buying You Insurance

"Captain Tang, you're back!" Jia Dongxing, who was sitting in the straw shed area, watched Tang Dao approach from afar, and quickly got up to greet him.

The rest of the 'celebrities' who had already started dining in the straw hut also stood up hurriedly.

Since Tang Dao accompanied them to the 'air defense exercise' position, he left and returned after more than an hour. Needless to say where he went?
It must be to go to the front air defense position to direct the air defense operation.

In the past, at most, they regarded Tang Dao as a rising star in the army, and they came here to make a fool of themselves, investing in his future.

But now, after witnessing the firepower on the ground directly killing more than a dozen fighter planes from Little Japan, the Tang Dao in the eyes of these smart people is quite different.

Being able to use so many anti-aircraft guns is probably not something that a division or an army can dominate. Thinking about it, I am afraid that there are only theater-level ones. Thinking of Colonel Fan who came here to watch the ceremony, the 'celebrities' are so smart. Can't you think that Tang Dao must have social relations with those big guys who they can't get along with?

In peacetime, the various big meats on the table of the Eight Immortals may be liked by ordinary people, but that is not in the eyes of these "celebrities" who are accustomed to rich clothes and fine food.

But now, no one is leaving, and they are all sitting there waiting for Tang Dao to come back!
At this moment, no one came close, and the faint smoke of gunpowder confirmed their conjectures, not to mention the bright smiles on the faces of the celebrities.

"Everyone eat and drink well! What's the matter, let's talk about it after dinner!" Tang Dao saw the celebrities rushing towards the hundred and ten people, and the people over there got up in fright when they heard the noise. The man's mouth was still stuffed with meat, and he hurriedly greeted them loudly.

The guests did as they wanted, and the 'celebrities' all smiled and walked back to their respective grass shed areas to continue eating, while Jia Dongxing sat at his table holding a Tang knife.

When it comes time to eat, the 'celebrities' don't sit with their wives as before, but sit in their own small groups, and the wives gather at other tables tens of meters away On the morning, the coachman and servants went to the flowing water mat with the people, and waited aside after eating.

This is probably also related to the traditional customs in the northern region, women are not at the table where men eat.

Tang Dao has seen Jia Dongxing's table before. It's not that Tang Dao has a strong memory, but that this table has basically pledged. Tang Dao can't remember everyone, and he still has some impressions of the benefactor.

At the moment, he greeted everyone with a smile and sat on the main seat vacated by President Jia Dao. Compared with him, a commander-level officer with the command authority of the infantry regiment, he was really far behind.

No matter how much money you have, you may not be able to save your life, but more than 2000 people and guns can. This is the rule of troubled times.

What's more, Tang Dao is the host today, and all the guests present are guests, so it's normal for him to be the host as a treat.

That is, the whole house is full of middle-aged and elderly people who are at least 45 years old, and Tang Dao is a young man in his early twenties, which is a bit abrupt.

However, none of the veterans present here dare to underestimate the young man in front of him. He only heard about how many devils Tang Dao had killed in the newspapers, but today Tang Dao was right under their noses, beating ten devils down. Come on a plane.

Regardless of whether it was beaten by Tang Dao himself, since Tang Dao could tell Master Jia to set off a "firework" for the big guy from the beginning, then he must have something to do with this matter.

Using his entire regiment and tens of thousands of people as bait for Japanese planes, this young man is definitely a ruthless character!

"It surprised everyone, but today's battle is not up to Tang Dao to decide." After sitting down, Tang Dao first apologized and pointed his finger at it. "Fortunately, Tang Dao and the soldiers fulfilled their mission!"

"There, there, today I not only saw the tiger's might of the Four Elements Regiment, but also saw with my own eyes that our soldiers under the command of the regiment commander Tang killed the Japanese fighter planes. It is really a blessing in life!" Jia Dongxing A middle-aged man in a suit quickly complimented him.

Tang Dao naturally remembered that the surname was Liu, and he seemed to be engaged in the textile industry, so he couldn't help looking at Jia Dongxing.

Jia Dongxing quickly interjected: "Teacher Tang, here are all members of our Textile Association. Although there is competition between us, in fact, when there is a shortage of goods and labor, we often do OEM work for each other."

Don't need this person to explain too clearly, Tang Dao also understands.

No wonder he can remember the appearance of these people, they are all in the textile industry.The four most inseparable industries in a person's life are clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The textile industry is the most basic fabric for making clothes. Although it is a light industry, it is definitely one of the most profitable industries in this era. Otherwise, the least of these people pledged 3000 oceans!
"Head Tang, I said earlier that we would move the textile factory equipment to the southwest. You said that was not a good idea. My colleagues and I have also carefully considered that the southwest produces less cotton and silk. If we move the factory there, The cost of raw materials will inevitably rise sharply, but in the current situation, hey!" Jia Dongxing sighed heavily.

When Tang Dao took a look, a group of textile tycoons not only frowned with Jia Dongxing, but also cast their burning eyes on him.Obviously, he told Jia Dongxing that he would give him a suitable suggestion, but now he is being treated as a life-saving straw by these guys.

Tang Dao doesn't know much about the textile industry, but the importance of the textile industry is self-evident. Without a weaving factory, there will be no cloth. Without cloth, everyone will have to collectively return to the original state.

In fact, the textile industry is not only important to the livelihood of the people, but also to the army. If an army cannot even be equipped with uniforms, and all wear vests and short hexagrams to go to the battlefield, it is not the same as bandits!

Don't say that the enemy will be contemptuous, I am afraid that the soldiers are even three points weaker than themselves.

That's why when the Japanese army put in all their efforts to blockade and raid, they also encouraged women to weave cloth in caves to make military uniforms. Even if the color of the homemade cloth was not evenly dyed, it had to be gray.

For Tang Dao, who has seen the future world, military uniforms are not only neat and good-looking. Future military uniforms are both warm and wear-resistant, and also have professional protective colors. Some military uniforms are even waterproof, fireproof and stab-resistant. He needs military uniforms to become a soldier. Protective clothing, not just reflect military status.

All of these require textile mills to conduct research on textile technology in order to achieve technological breakthroughs.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Tang Dao must have a reliable textile factory.

But, are these people from Yu Province trustworthy?Tang Dao couldn't give himself an answer right now.

However, pointing out a clear path for them and allowing these textile factories to survive first will not only continue to provide fabrics to ordinary people, but also give Tang Dao the possibility to cooperate with them.

This was also what Tang Dao was thinking on the way back. Seeing that the group headed by Jia Dongxing proposed it, Tang Dao smiled slightly:
"Everyone, President Jia wanted to put the factory in Sichuan Province. As a child of Sichuan Province, I am actually one hundred people. Welcome everyone to invest in my hometown and build a factory. But as a child of Sichuan Province, I know me too well. In my hometown, although there are abundant products, there is no shortage of rice, soybeans, and corn, but this cotton is because of the humid climate all year round, and the grain production is not high.

If you want to weave fabrics, raw materials such as cotton must be transported from the northwest, and you may not have traveled the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway that was built just a year ago. It is said that it is a highway. When the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army set off to march, the entire army It took nearly a month to walk from northern Sichuan to Jin Province, and the road conditions are so bad.

The biggest advantage of moving to Sichuan Province is safety. Qinling Mountains, Wushan Mountains and other mountain ranges surround Sichuan Province, and there is also a natural danger along the Yangtze River. Occupying Central China, but Sichuan Province is not something they can easily get their hands on. Mongols and Jurchens were so powerful hundreds of years ago, wouldn't it take decades to conquer Sichuan Province? "

The words made a group of textile merchants nod frequently, and Tang Dao could not have analyzed the pros and cons clearly.

It is difficult to transport raw materials from the northwest, which will greatly increase the cost. With the current economic situation, the people and the government have no money. If they want to sell them at too high a price, it will only reduce profits, which will undoubtedly dig their meat.

But if it is placed in a province or city where the Japanese army may conquer at any time, it will be completely ruined. The Japanese can do such evil things in Jinling.

To put it bluntly, for the merchants in Yu Province at this time, choosing Sichuan Province is like a chronic poison. Because of the reason of the journey, and with the continuous increase in the price of raw materials, they will die sooner or later; but if they choose other provinces, they don’t know when that day The Japanese butcher's knife is on the neck, and it's over with a click.

Otherwise, a group of veterans who have experienced more or less great storms would pin their hopes on Tang Dao, a young man. Tang Dao's military talent made them automatically ignore Tang Dao's age.

"It's not good for you to go to the Southwest. Central China is located in the plains and you can't go there. South China is not a good place to go because of the climate!" Tang Dao's face was indifferent. "Then why not go to the northwest! The climate there is arid, and it has been the main producing area of ​​cotton since ancient times."

"Leader Tang, stop joking." Old Liu in a suit had a bitter face. "The Japanese conquered Taiyuan last year and then attacked westward. How can Shaanxi, which is adjacent to Jin Province, be able to withstand the Japanese army's peak? The fall of the Guanzhong Plain may be a matter of time."

"What if I assure you that Shaanxi will never be conquered by the Japanese?" Tang Dao glanced at the textile tycoon who also donated [-] oceans, and asked indifferently.

"This" old Liu in a suit has nothing to say.

Although the Japanese army is strong, who wants to say with certainty that the Japanese will be able to attack cities and loot land at will on their own land!

It's just that it was emotionally unwilling, but the current situation is one-sided. Although the Japanese army did not occupy the whole of China in three months as they boasted, in half a year, China lost the two important regions of North China and East China , which is the main food producing area and the most economically developed area in China.

The Japanese army that only occupied the Northeast was already so terrifying. Now that they have these two areas in their hands, they will only be stronger than before. What will China have to defend against them?

In fact, this kind of pessimistic thinking about the inevitable defeat in the future is not limited to some knowledgeable people like Lao Liu, and there are not a few high-level figures.

Judging from the current situation, their pessimism actually has its own logic and is self-consistent, but they ignore a very important point. The Japanese army can obtain sufficient resources from the occupied land, but they cannot obtain population resources.

They established a puppet regime in the occupied area, mainly loyal to their traitors and lackeys. They also recruited a large number of puppet troops for food, but they dare not put these soldiers into the frontal battlefield. Take a look at the security of the occupied area.

Because they were afraid that these puppet soldiers could turn their guns and attack them at any time. Puppet soldiers and dogs are the same creature, but the Japanese army is more willing to believe in the latter.

Therefore, with more and more occupied areas and more and more troops needed, they can only continue to transfer troops from the country. A large number of young and strong people are forced to be transferred from agricultural and industrial production lines. The domestic economy will naturally continue to decline. Being consumed is not something that can be compensated for by the little goods robbed by robbers.

This is mainly due to the fact that China is too poor at this time. In a big agricultural country, what else is there besides the little grain in the field that is worth grabbing?
The Japanese never expected to step into a big quagmire like this. The 200 million troops were firmly welded to the battlefield in China. The huge consumption was like an ancient behemoth, constantly devouring the financial resources that Japan had accumulated for decades.

Of course, what's more terrible is that the Japanese high-level leaders who had achieved great success in the Asian battlefield collectively drifted away, and once again put their own national fortune on the gambling table.

Gambling is a thing of luck, who can guarantee that he will win every time?
Naturally, Tang Dao would not talk so much with these businessmen, but he was very clear about the direction of Jin Province. Because of the existence of the army in northern Shaanxi, the Japanese army could not cross the Yellow River at all, from Henan Province to Shaanxi The Japanese army also failed to capture Tongguan, the main throat.

In other words, during the Great Patriotic War, apart from being unable to attack the southwest, the Japanese army never entered the northwest at all.

"Well, if you don't believe in Tang Dao, let's make a bet." Tang Dao suddenly smiled. "If the Japanese invaders step into the northwest half a step in the future, then I, Tang Dao, will lose. Tang Dao will bear all the losses caused by your factory moving to the northwest and having to evacuate. If you are worried about Tang Dao's refusal Simple, my father is in Eastern Sichuan, and Jiayue's family will move to Eastern Sichuan soon, so you can go to them with the bet signed by me. They are all people who want to save face. gone."

"Tuan Zhang is serious, serious. We are asking you for advice. How can we ask you to bear it for us?" Jia Dongxing saw that Tang Dao did not hesitate to sacrifice the reputation and property of his old father and father-in-law in order to prove his words. If you catch up, dare to answer this question.

"No, no, Chairman Jia, just listen to me." Tang Dao waved his hand, with a slight arc of his mouth.

If Old Comrade Wu was here, he would definitely be vigilant. Tang Dao has always been the only one who takes advantage of others, and others take advantage of him.

It's a pity that a group of bigwigs in the textile industry in Yu Province didn't know that the heroic army colonel in front of him would be so foolish.

"If you earn something, you get something out. Since I bought such a large amount of insurance for everyone, you should pay the premium!" Tang Dao continued.

"What insurance, what premium?" All the business leaders who were in the room were stunned.

This is a new word, they have never heard of it.

"Look, if you have any losses, I will pay for all of them, but I must also have income, right? You can understand it this way. I am betting on my strategic vision. If my strategic vision is not good, I will naturally The bottom line is up to the sky, but what if my strategic vision works? You big bosses, I have earned all the money that each of you handed in to me." Tang Dao patiently explained the principle of insurance to them.

Insurance companies, aren't they betting on uncertainties in the future, they are betting on probabilities, but Tang Dao, a pheasant insurance company, has predicted the future in advance and will make a steady profit.

"Oh, I see!" They were all in business, and after hearing Tang Dao's explanation, they immediately understood.

"I just don't know, how much is the insurance premium you mentioned, head Tang? Is it a one-time payment or an annual fee?" A middle-aged uncle with a round head and a very rich appearance asked tentatively.

"Boss Zhou, right?" Tang Dao smiled slightly.

This one seems to have donated 6000 oceans, and he is considered to have strong financial resources among this group of bosses, otherwise his brain would not be so happy, and he caught the key point in an instant.

What Tang Dao said is very tempting, and the loss will be fully compensated, but if the so-called insurance premium is too high, then the loss outweighs the gain.

"Yes! Yes! Captain Tang has a good memory." Boss Futai Zhou nodded repeatedly.

"My insurance premium is not high. I only need 10 sets of customized military uniforms and several thousand sets of special customized military uniforms a year." Tang Dao smiled.

All the bosses looked at each other.

Good guy, 10 sets of military uniforms, can they make that much a year?
"My 10 sets of military uniforms are not for one factory to sell, but for everyone here, you can divide them according to the production capacity of each factory, and I only need a total of 10 sets. I believe that if this is the case, everyone should It's not that difficult!" Tang Dao saw that the faces of these guys changed drastically, and he knew that they wanted to go wrong.

Hearing what Tang Dao said, the group of people headed by Jia Dongxing was relieved.

Tang Dao's appetite is not too big. Based on the cost of 0.5 silver oceans for a set of military uniforms, [-] silver oceans can be completely digested by those present here, as long as the raw materials can be supplied in sufficient quantities and there is no need to incur high shipping costs.

The Northwest fully meets this condition.

As for the thousands of sets of customized military uniforms that Tang Dao mentioned, they are nothing more than different styles and colors. For 10 sets of military uniforms, they are just a fraction and can be ignored.

After looking at each other for a while, seeing everyone nodding silently, Jia Dongxing gritted his teeth secretly: "Mr. Tang, then this is a commercial activity, and a contract needs to be signed. Even, because your father-in-law, Mr. Tantai, is here, I hope He can also co-sign as a guarantor."

"No problem!" Tang Dao readily agreed.

To win [-] sets of military uniforms every year with a bet that seems to others to be very risky but actually to him is zero risk is simply picked for nothing.

This, perhaps, is the legendary information asymmetry!

More importantly, he put a large number of textile factories in the northwest, which played a key role in the development of the local economy.

That army must not only be self-sufficient, but also have economic exchanges with the outside world, and cotton can also be exchanged for a large amount of supplies.

As for the economic blockade launched by some people in the future, even the Japanese can't do it, how can his corrupt subordinates alone do it?

(End of this chapter)