1928: The Rise of Giants

After finishing the hot pot meal, Ye Luo still took some money and put it on the table as meal money.

These hot pot vendors are all operating on a small scale. Maybe this free meal will reduce the shop owner's profit a lot.

Ye Luo didn't care about the money. What the store owner said made him feel it was worth it.

Before leaving, he smiled and said to the shop owner: "Your hot pot tastes really good. Why don't you consider making the shop bigger? If you are short of funds, I can invest in it."

"No, no, boss, I appreciate your kindness. It's good to run our store like this. If we make it bigger, those officials above us won't be happy."

The shop owner hesitated to speak, but finally waved his hand and rejected Ye Luo's kindness.

He didn't know the details of Ye Luo and didn't want him to fall into the big pit of Qing City's business community.

This is a sinkhole that can trap people until their bones are left!
"Okay. Maybe we will meet again in a few days."

Ye Luo didn't say much, picked up Xiao Aqiao and led everyone away from the hot pot stall.

Long before they came to Qingshi, key employees of Ye's Investment came here to check out the situation and bought a house for them to live in.

The group arrived at a small villa located high in the city, and a dozen well-equipped maids rushed out to help them pack their luggage and contact the staff.

After a while, the person in charge of Ye's investment in Qingshi ran over.

This is a middle-aged man with a slicked back hair and a bit of a "traitor look". Others call him "Uncle Jiang". He is one of the key members of the first phase of Ye's investment talent training plan.

Uncle Jiang used to be the owner of Shanghai Tang Fabric Factory. He was once very close to the top tycoons in his glory days. Unfortunately, the paint business was monopolized by the Pei family, and he had to withdraw from the market sadly.

When Ye's investment secretly carried out a talent training plan, Uncle Jiang stood out with his outstanding ability and entered the field of vision of Xiao Aqiao and others from the bottom.

Because of the Liu Xuenong incident, Xiao Aqiao and the others paid special attention to cultivating the loyalty of talents.

After graduation, Uncle Jiang started from a low-level employee step by step, and within two years he became a middle- and senior-level manager, and he was able to stand out no matter which industry he worked in.

His loyalty is particularly high, which is completely different from his appearance.

Therefore, when he came to Qing City to do business this time, Xiao Aqiao promoted him to be the main person in charge of Ye's investment here.

In other words, Uncle Jiang is a core member of Xiao Aqiao's faction and her confidant.

Just like Chen Youde has become Meng Xiaodong's confidant.

Unconsciously, women like Ye Luo scattered all over the country began to cultivate their own direct descendants and confidants, probably paving the way for their own heirs.

Ye Luo didn't really care about these things.

After all, I have seen a lot in my previous life. No matter how awesome or how big a family is, there will always be dramas like fighting over family property and fighting over the heir apparent in Kowloon.

He does not object to women fighting for power for their own heirs, but if anyone shakes the foundation of the Ye family, he will definitely nip the bud in the cradle.

No matter who it is.

"Lao Jiang, come over and have a chat."

Ye Luo walked to the balcony and waved to the middle-aged people who kept nodding and bowing to Xiao Aqiao and Kong Lingjun.

Uncle Jiang immediately ran over with a smile.

Despite his fawning and traitorous appearance, he actually has a clear conscience.

As a subordinate, it is not a good thing if you have no desires and shortcomings at all.

Moreover, he knew that a mistress like Xiao Aqiao needed a subordinate like him who could flatter, stir up trouble, and be a bitch to deal with some problems that it was not convenient for women to come forward.

"Master, just call me Xiao Jiang." Uncle Jiang continued to nod and bow.

Ye Luo rolled her eyes at him: "We don't have to do this here."

"Yes, yes, you can call me whatever you like," Jiang Shuhan replied with a smile. "Well. Lao Jiang, how long have you been here?" Ye Luo asked.

Uncle Jiang immediately replied: "Almost three months."

"You should have figured out the bottom of Naqing City in three months, right?" Ye Luo continued to ask.

Uncle Jiang's eyes lit up, and he knew that the second young master was preparing to take the exam for himself, so he immediately answered truthfully: "Of course, I have figured out everything! When I first came to Qingshi, I thought it was a poor mountain town, but as time went by..."

He talked endlessly and told everything he knew, which really gave Ye Luo a deeper understanding of the current Qing City.

"Well, you're right. Qingshi is a good place to do business. It has convenient transportation and outstanding people. As long as Liu Xiang can continue to occupy this place and develop the economy well, sooner or later, he can truly unify Sichuan and Chongqing and become a veritable country." King of Sichuan and Chongqing'.

Ye Luo pointed to Chaotianmen Pier and said,
"The import of guns and ammunition from Sichuan and Chongqing must go through the Yangtze River waterway, otherwise they can only be purchased from the southwest. From this point of view, Liu Xiang's military logistics supplies are much more convenient than those of his opponents."

"Sir, do you think highly of Liu Xiang?" Uncle Jiang secretly noted this in his mind.

As the person in charge appointed by Xiao Aqiao, he knew that Ye's investment would most likely develop many industries in Qing City, which meant that the second young master was ready to take root here.

The person in charge of such a city has much more real power than the person in charge of an ordinary city.

Whether Ye's investment can develop smoothly depends on the out-and-out "King of Sichuan and Chongqing" that the local warlords here finally defeat.

Everyone is betting.

Although Liu Xiang appears to be the most powerful on the surface, many people are actually more optimistic about Liu Wenhui, the top leader in Sichuan and Chongqing Province who opposes him.

In 1927, Liu Wenhui was appointed as a member of the Military Commission of the Jinling National Government, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan-Kangkang Border Defense, and the top leader of Sichuan and Chongqing Province.

In 1930, he joined the anti-Chiang alliance of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan.

After the Central Plains War ended, Liu Xiang took the lead in electrifying and defecting to the Jinling National Government, winning the favor of the principal before Liu Wenhui.

Liu Wenhui, who held the Baoding Department in Sichuan to show his self-respect, decided to support the Yunnan Army Hu Ruoyu to fight back to Yunnan, supported Wang Jialie to dominate Guizhou, and then defected to Wang and supported Feng Yuxiang to oppose the principal.

It can be said that these two people must have a battle, and only one can become the true "King of Sichuan and Chongqing."

This is the famous "Two Lius Struggle for Sichuan" incident in history.

"Liu Xiang understands civil affairs better than Liu Wenhui. Along the way, many cities are still collecting many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes regardless of their tariff autonomy and the Jinling National Government's policy of canceling lijin. On the contrary, here, you only need to pay a tariff for Chaotianmen Wharf. Can."

Ye Luo smiled and said,

“With such foresight, business can grow bigger.”

There was another reason Ye Luo didn't say, but Uncle Jiang knew it.

Ye Luo was nominally friends with the principal and Zhang Hanqing, both of whom supported Liu Xiang, so it was naturally impossible for him to defect to Liu Wenhui.

"Thanks to Director Liu for the Lijin taxation." Uncle Jiang said with a smile.

"Who is Director Liu?" Ye Luo asked.

Uncle Jiang quickly replied: "Liu Hangchen, the director of the Finance Department of the Sichuan-Chongqing Disaster Management Office, is a top student at Peking University. He is now helping Liu Xiang take care of finances. As soon as Director Liu took office, he laid off more than 30 tax bureaus. Respond to the policies of the Jinling National Government.”

"It's interesting. It seems that Liu Xiang has many sensible people besides Pan Wenhua." Ye Luo chuckled.

"Not only is it interesting, there are many stories about Director Liu. In the past, when soldiers asked merchants to borrow money, they always borrowed money without repaying it. Everyone just treated it as a loss of money to eliminate disasters. After Director Liu took office, although he also asked merchants to borrow money, Money, but you can borrow it and pay it back with interest!”

Uncle Jiang was in business and was full of praise for this.

During the Republic of China, the military force was always greater than the merchant force.

After all, not everyone is a second young master who dares to challenge these warlords without suffering a loss. (End of chapter)