Xu Muchun, who had already received the notice, specially arranged a dozen pots of flowers in the living room.

After some polite opening remarks, the eyes of several big shots finally fell on Comrade Jiang Shan.

Gradually, Jiangshan began to hear some clues from Lu Xuzhang's narration.

“In November 1947, a freighter flying the Soviet flag set off from a North Korean port.

Under the surveillance of Kuomintang aircraft and warships, they headed south to their destination, Xiangjiang.

The ship was loaded with valuable medicinal materials, furs, gold, and more than 3,000 tons of potatoes.

After arriving at Victoria Harbor, the cargo on the ship was quickly moved into a warehouse called United Bank.

With this batch of gold in hand, United Bank quickly opened up the international trade market.

In the next few years, European and American businessmen almost crowded out this small company in Hong Kong. Do you know the reason for this?"

"What's the reason?" Jiang Shan knew but said he didn't know.

"In 1938, Wang Jingwei, who was preparing to surrender to Japan, was still thinking about establishing a pseudo-regime that was worse than anything."

Recalling the past, Lu Xuzhang, who is nearly 70 years old, still has a sharp look in his eyes:

"But our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army resolutely advanced into the occupied areas and opened up battlefields behind enemy lines.

At that time, the Japanese army had advanced weapons and sufficient logistics.

But our base area only consists of poor rural areas.

If we don’t have guns or cannons, the enemy can make them for us.

But things like medicines and medical equipment are difficult to seize from the enemy.

The gauze used by the wounded had to be washed and used repeatedly.

Due to lack of medicines, many injured soldiers died after being infected.

You will definitely not be able to win this war just by relying on your strong will.

Therefore, Duke Zhou set his sights on Xiangjiang, which was thousands of miles away.

So who is the right person to send?"

At this time, several old comrades in the living room pursed their lips and smiled as Lu Xuzhang told a story to a young comrade.

"At this moment, Comrade Chen Yun thought of someone.

At that time, in order to open a traffic station in Pujiang to cover underground organizations.

He handed two gold bars to a comrade named Yang Lian'an.

The original order was just to open a rice shop, but I never expected that this comrade actually opened the rice shop and the business was booming.

In a short period of time, eight Mihang branches were developed.

Seeing that more and more gold bars were sent back, Chen Yun, who had no intention of doing anything, firmly remembered Liu Chengyin.

Therefore, Yang Lian'an became the best candidate to be stationed in Xiangjiang.

Soon, a company called United Bank was officially established in Xiangjiang..."

At that time, there were only two employees in the company, including Yang Lianan.

The public business is dealing in North and South goods.

In fact, it is to purchase medicines, generators, communication equipment, auto parts and other materials that are urgently needed in the base area.

Buying and selling is easy, but how to get these materials to Yan'an over the blockade is the most important key of the "United Action".

Because, as soon as the company opened, Guangyizhou fell.

The most important communication line between Xiangjiang and the mainland was completely cut off.

Yang Lianan could only turn his attention to Yue Yinan next door.

The supplies traveled by sea to Vietnam, then from Nanning via Guiyang, Sichuan, and across the Qinling Mountains to Guanzhong.

On the rural loess road, continue heading north.

In September 1939, ten large trucks drove into Yan'an.

In addition to clothes, there were more than 20 boxes of the most advanced X-ray machines, microscopes, radios and generators at the time.

But while the first batch of trucks was still on the road, Japanese bombers destroyed Haiphong Port.

Yang Lian'an, who was "jointly traveling", had no choice but to change runways again.

Departing from Yangon, Myanmar, we passed through the famous 18-turn Yunnan-Myanmar Highway and arrived in Kunming.

This is a passage of life that made a large number of overseas Chinese in China give up everything and return in droves, working together with the people of the motherland.

It stretches for 1,147 kilometers and crosses six rivers and three mountains.

Under the continuous bombing by the Japanese army, one-third of the more than 3,000 workers who maintained the highway stayed in foreign lands forever.

In this way, no matter how difficult it is, the joint operation in Xiangjiang has always tried every means to deliver important war preparation materials to the front lines in the rear.

Until the fall of Xiangjiang.

"The time came to 1946, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War,"

Lu Xuzhang took a sip of tea and continued:

"Chiang Kai-shek, who launched the civil war, received US$5 billion in support from the United States.

After the fall of Xiangjiang, Yang Lianan, who returned to the rear of Yan'an, was immediately re-sent to Xiangjiang.

This time, Duke Zhou appointed another general..."

At this point, in addition to Jiang Shan, several old comrades in the room turned their attention to Qian Zhiguang of the Textile Department.

"I can't even speak of a general," Mr. Qian said with a smile, "but my name is quite auspicious."

Lu Xuzhang immediately nodded and said with a smile: "That's what we said at the beginning."

Needless to say, Qian Zhiguang really succeeded right out of the gate.

After being ordered to set off, we took a boat from Yantai to Xiangjiang.

Later, I saw that the waterway heading south had been blocked by Kuomintang gunboats.

Forced to change his route, Qian Zhiguang had no choice but to go north to Dalian, which was under the control of the Soviet Union at the time, to find a way.

This unexpected move allowed him to find a maritime trade route connecting Northeast China and Xiangjiang.

As a result, various products from the Northeast Liberated Areas were first transported to North Korea by train in Harbin.

Then it was loaded onto a Soviet freighter flying the Soviet flag, and the PLA marks on the goods were cleaned, making it a legal foreign trade commodity.

Under the eyes of the Kuomintang navy and air force, they sailed to Xiangjiang, two thousand miles away..."

In this way, the high-quality agricultural products and raw materials from the Northeast Liberated Areas have perfectly opened up the international market.

Military raw materials and medicines were exchanged and then sent to the front line by people's scooters.

Therefore, behind the wheelbarrows in the Huaihai Battle were not only the artillery shells of Dalian, but also the large ships of the United Line.

During World War II, the United States was worried that it would not be able to use the mass production of penicillin, which was piled up in warehouses and was eager to sell its remaining military supplies.

He was also miraculously sent to a hospital of the People's Liberation Army after a "joint trip" by international gangsters.

“Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t share the common ground?”

Qian Zhiguang laughed as he listened: "It's just that Chiang Kai-shek doesn't know."

"I heard that at that time, the funds on your China Resources books were enough to buy Causeway Bay?" Zhuang Shiping also spoke at this moment.

"Causeway Bay is nothing," Mr. Qian waved his hand:

"In the Pujiang trade war in 1949 alone, we sent back enough supplies to support five Huaihai campaigns.

At the same time, veils and cotton cloth equivalent to half of the national output that year were delivered within 10 days.”

According to Jiangshan's understanding, it was only included in the battle plan for the liberation of Taiwan formulated by the Congress in 1950.

"China Resources" has formulated a plan to buy two 7,000-ton second-hand cruisers from the United Kingdom, one in the south and one in the north, to lock the Taiwan Strait.

Unfortunately, all this was forced to stop with the outbreak of the Korean War.

"Xiaojiang,"

Just when Jiang Shan was listening in fascination, Lu Xuzhang changed the subject: "Do you know why I called you here today?"

Putting his hands on his legs, Jiang Shan sat upright and couldn't help but smile.

Why else would you ask him to come over?

"You...don't want me to advertise for China Resources Group, right?"

"of course not,"

Lu Xuzhang knew this guy would say this:

"Here, let me reintroduce you. This is Mr. Zhuang Shiping, the chairman of Nantong Bank of Omen and Nanyang Commercial Bank."
Chapter completed!