Let’s talk about Xu Rui later.
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After making suggestions to Zhukov, he immediately ordered his accompanying Lang Ya to pack up and prepare to return to Baotou.
However, before leaving, Xu Rui asked Digua to send a secret telegram to Yan'an using the radio he carried with him. After Yan'an received the telegram from Xu Rui, he immediately contacted Mrs. Sun through Zuo Lian.
So the very next day, a news item about tofu cubes appeared in Pioneer, the official publication of the Left Federation.
Although it is just a tofu block news, the content of the news is not trivial. What this news says is that Xu Rui has reached a formal agreement with the Soviet government on the resumption of the Baotou Tea Road. The Soviet government not only reopened the Kyaktu and Kulun ports, It also agreed to use the average price of tea foreign trade in the past century to be increased by 50% as the benchmark price.
As soon as the news was disclosed, it was immediately reprinted by Shenbao, Ta Kung Pao, Xinhua Daily and other major newspapers and media. Within just two days, it had spread throughout the country. For a time, businessmen rushed to tell each other, the military and civilians were excited, and the well-known Scholars have also published articles one after another, praising Xu Rui.
It’s not without reason that people across the country reacted so violently.
Because Xu Rui’s tea trade negotiations with the Soviet Union were the first of its kind in foreign trade negotiations since the Opium War!
Since the Opium War, none of the foreign trade negotiations between China and Western powers has been beneficial to China. Chinese businessmen have suffered all kinds of exploitation, Chinese people have suffered all kinds of humiliation, and the Chinese government has suffered all kinds of discrimination and contempt. , but this time, Xu Rui gained the upper hand in the tea trade negotiations with Su!
Any fool can see that China did take advantage of this tea trade negotiation, because the Soviet Union not only reopened the ports and reopened the tea road, but also increased the purchase price of tea by 50% from the original price, and the conditions proposed by the Soviets were only Yes, build a refinery in Baotou City to provide gasoline and diesel to the Soviet Far East Army!
Let’s not talk about the tea trade, but just building a refinery in Baotou has only advantages and no disadvantages for China, because after the refinery is built, it will not only solve the employment problem, but also generate tax revenue and produce more In addition to supplying the Soviet Red Army, the gasoline and diesel fuel can even solve domestic supply and demand!
Therefore, China has taken advantage of this tea trade negotiation!
That’s why it caused such a big stir after the news spread! Not only people across the country rushed to tell each other, not only were numerous students excited, but even many scholars published articles one after another, praising Xu Rui in various ways, almost praising Xu Rui as the number one diplomat since the Republic of China.
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In Yan'an.
** Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu finally got a moment of leisure. They sat down and prepared to smoke a cigarette. As soon as they sat down, Vice Chairman Zhou hurriedly walked in with a stack of documents. As soon as he walked in, Vice Chairman Zhou raised his hand. The stack of documents said: "Chairman, boss, guess what I brought you two?"
** chuckled and said: "Seeing that you are so happy, it's probably good news."
Boss Zhu also smiled and said, "Is it about this little guy Xu Rui?"
"The boss is so awesome, he guessed it right." Vice Chairman Zhou said as he walked closer and put the stack of documents in his hand on the stone grinder. Boss Zhu immediately carefully took a mat and put it on the stone roller. On top of the stone roller, Vice Chairman Zhou would not sit directly on the stone roller and get frozen.
Vice Chairman Zhou sat down on the mat and said: "Chairman, boss, this is a compilation of major newspapers just sent by the Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing. In the past two days, more than a dozen major newspapers across the country have reprinted it. We have passed Mrs. Sun published the news in the Pioneer, and now the influence of the tea road dredging has spread across the board."
"I insist on getting it." Mr. Zhu said happily, "Now, I want to see how Chiang Kai-shek can still play tricks?"
** picked up this stack of newspaper excerpts and read them, and said with a smile: "At first, our Chairman Chiang gave such a difficult task to Comrade Xiao Xu and our party, but he had no good intentions. , He deliberately wanted to see Comrade Xiao Xu’s jokes, and he also wanted to put our bodies on the fire. Unfortunately, God is not as good as man, and his wish was in vain in the end. He would never I would have thought that Comrade Xiao Xu actually accomplished this matter."
"This is what people can do to defeat nature." Vice Chairman Zhou said solemnly, "The general trend of the world is vast. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Today's general trend is for the whole nation to work together to resist Japan. Chairman Chiang has Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. To undermine the resistance against Japan is to go against the trend, and this kind of behavior is doomed to failure."
** narrowed his eyes and said: "I hope this incident can teach him a lesson and help him return to the anti-Japanese united front of the entire nation, instead of engaging in internal fighting with us, where relatives will be hurt and enemies will be happy." thing."
"I don't think so." Mr. Zhu said with a groan, "In the past half month, Hu Zongnan's troops have become more and more arrogant. Not only did they openly set up cards outside the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to prohibit merchants from trafficking goods to the border area, they also imposed restrictions on our dispatched troops. The caravan made all kinds of difficulties, and even secretly sent troops to pretend to be bandits to rob, they just did everything they could."
** struck a match, lit a cigarette again, took a deep breath, and then said quietly: "A comprehensive economic blockade will indeed bring certain difficulties to our border area, but, Chairman Chiang If you think that relying on economic blockade can bring us down, you are too underestimated as a people."
After a pause, *** continued: "Immediately issue a document in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, calling on cadres in the border areas to launch a production self-rescue movement. We *** people do not believe in heaven and earth, do not believe in ghosts and gods, we only believe in our own hands! I don't believe it, so many How can party members and cadres starve to death guarding this fertile loess plateau?"
Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou both nodded heavily when they heard this.
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In Guisui, the headquarters of the North Route Army of the World War II Zone and the headquarters of the 35th Army.
"What do you mean?" Fu Zuoyi stared at Ye Qijie in surprise and lost his voice, "Xu Rui really cleared the Baotou tea road?"
During the recent period, Fu Zuoyi has been busy deploying and building the defense line outside Guisui, because Guisui is too close to Datong and Zhangjiakou, and there are road connections with Datong and railway connections with Zhangjiakou. The Japanese army Being able to maneuver quickly by road and rail is very tricky.
Therefore, after taking over Guisui, Fu Zuoyi immediately began to deploy defense.
After more than half a month of busy work, the defense line against Datong and Zhangjiakou was finally established, and Fu Zuoyi could finally breathe a little easier. As a result, he had just returned to Guisui City when he heard the news.
Xu Rui actually unclogged the tea route in Baotou? Did this guy really get things done
"Chief, this happened two days ago." Ye Qijie smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Fu Zuoyi still didn't believe it, and said suspiciously: "Brother Xinwu, is it true or false?"
"Really." Ye Qijie spread his hands and smiled bitterly again, "This matter has already spread throughout the country and everyone knows it. If this matter was not true, Xu Rui and ** would not be the spit of the people all over the country. Death? What's more, the official documents sent by the Baotou Anti-Japanese Democratic Government to all tea merchants in Suiyuan have been sent to various tea merchants in Guisui."
"Official documents? Sent to various tea shops in Guisui?" Fu Zuoyi said blankly, "What do you mean?"
Ye Qijie sighed and said: "It means that Xu Rui wants to monopolize the tea road in Baotou. All tea merchants in Suiyuan Province, and even all tea merchants in the country who intend to sell tea to Su, must obtain approval documents from the Baotou Anti-Japanese Democratic Government and submit them to the merchants." Otherwise, even if the tea is shipped to Kulum or Kyaktu, the Soviet Union will not charge it.”
Fu Zuoyi immediately froze there. After a long time, he slapped his forehead fiercely and said in annoyance: "Brother Xin, you have been fooled. We have been fooled. We have been fooled by this boy Xu Rui! This is a dog, for sure." He had long thought about clearing the tea road, so he took Guisui to exchange Baotou with us. Hey, hey, he was fooled, he was fooled, we were fooled... "
At this moment, Fu Zuoyi felt regretful. If he had known this, he would never trade Baotou for Guisui.
Although Guisui is the capital of Suiyuan Province, its population is slightly larger than that of Baotou, and its business environment is better preserved, but these are nothing compared to the tea trade in Sui, which cannot be restored to its original state. In its heyday, there must still be 40 to 50 million ocean flows every year. Damn, 40 to 50 million ocean flows!
Even if it's just one draw out of ten, that's a tea tax of four to five million oceans!
Four to five million per year. Thinking of this, Fu Zuoyi is really heartbroken!
"Hey, my heart, my liver!" Fu Zuoyi covered his chest with an embarrassed expression.
Ye Qijie didn't notice that Fu Zuoyi's face had become very embarrassed, and he continued to talk to himself: "Maintain, this is nothing, this guy Xu Rui not only re-opened the tea road in Baotou, but also... In exchange for providing gasoline and diesel to the Soviet Far East Front, the Soviets were required to assist in building some kind of industrial park in Baotou."
"What are you talking about? Industrial park?" Fu Zuoyi said dumbfounded, "What industrial park?"
"I don't know the specifics." Ye Qijie shook his head and said, "I only know that this industrial park contains a large number of factories. In addition to petroleum refineries, there are also meat product canning plants, quilt factories, and power generation plants. Factory, oh by the way, there is also an arsenal that specializes in producing 12.7mm caliber heavy machine gun bullets!"
"What are you talking about?" Fu Zuoyi shouted, "So many factories and arsenals?!"
"No, and it's free of charge." Ye Qijie said helplessly, "I really don't know what drug Xu Rui gave the Soviets. How could the Soviet government agree to such conditions that are humiliating and humiliating the country? It's really evil. ”
Fu Zuoyi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he covered his chest and started wailing: "Oh, my chest hurts so much, my heart, my liver, oh, it hurts so much, it hurts me to death..."