Chapter 13 Chapter two

Taierzhuang was filled with gunfire smoke.Taierzhuang is fighting fiercely. On March 24, the most elite Sakagaki Fifth Division and the Isotani Tenth Division, each with about 7,000 soldiers, marched toward the Japanese army with the cooperation of a large number of aircraft, tanks, heavy artillery and other mechanized arms. Taierzhuang pounced.Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division of the Taierzhuang garrison, was ordered to lead the entire division to resolutely resist, and the battle was fierce. In the previous two days, Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, had visited the front line of Taierzhuang and arranged for Sun Lianzhong's second army to rush across the Grand Canal and stationed in Taierzhuang. Zhuang was occupied at the same time.So far, the officers and soldiers of the Sun Department still have no awareness of the fierce battle.News of Chiang Kai-shek's final negotiations with the Japanese army through the German ambassador to China, Tautman, is still spread in the army from time to time. Therefore, I believe that the Japanese army's offensive posture is aimed at exerting pressure on Chiang. , Once the 31st Division and the Japanese army confronted each other, many flaws were exposed.

The Japanese army had strategic intentions in taking Taierzhuang as the focus of their attack.From the perspective of terrain, the terrain on the front line of Taierzhuang is flat, which is convenient for the use of mechanized troops and easy to attack.The capture of Taierzhuang can not only cut off the retreat of our army in Linyi, but also disintegrate the resistance of our army on the front of Jinpu Road, so that Xuzhou can be easily taken. At noon on the 25th, the Japanese army destroyed the northern wall of the Taierzhuang Village with intense artillery fire, and used tanks to cover hundreds of infantrymen, and entered the Taierzhuang Village for the first time.The defenders of the 31st Division were about to defeat it before it could gain a firm foothold.

That night, Sun Lianzhong contacted Tang Enbo's army from the right wing of Taierzhuang with the 27th Division, planning to attack the enemy's left side and back... At that time, the Central Bank of the Kuomintang in Xuzhou was already preparing to retreat, and rich businessmen in the city fled to Zhengzhou and Hankou with their funds.On the same day, Xiyan Coal Mine of China Coal Mining Co., Ltd. announced its closure, and 9,000 kiln workers were dismissed.The company announced that Zhao Minquan was the chairman of the aftermath committee of the mining area, and sent Qian Jun, the chief mine engineer, to make general contact with Lihe Yangxing.On the same day, Zhang Xuanren held a second meeting with Zhao Minquan and Li Xiongfei, Special Commissioner of the Migration Supervision Committee.

A nearly new Citroen car drove out of the chaotic Xuzhou city, and galloped on the green field.It was raining, the kind of drizzle that often comes in early spring.The clouds and mist lowered the sky very low, making people feel melancholy; the wheels rolled over the wet ground, making a slight and uniform "hissing" sound, which gave the annoying melancholy an acoustic effect, making it more intense. It seems real and sensible, as if you can grab a handful of melancholy when you reach out. Zhang Daren, General Manager Zhang has really experienced the taste of melancholy now. Rain and fog outside the car window, a blur of colors.The scenery by the roadside flashed past and rushed up, disturbing him.The drops of water on the glass window were getting bigger and bigger one by one, they couldn't hang on anymore, and flowed down slowly, like the clear tears of a beautiful woman.The hunched back of the coachman Lao Zhao was motionless, like a lifeless wall.Zhao Minquan beside him was also silent, and the never-fading smile on his face was also missing.Everything seemed lifeless, as if this Citroen was not carrying its owner back to the Xiyan mining area, but rushed to the cemetery driven by some kind of ghost.

This specter is war. The Zhangda people don't understand war, but they have suffered enough from war.In the year of Gengzi, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, he was only in his teens, with a waist-length braid as thick as a thumb dragging behind his head, and some "thoughts" had already formed in his immature head.At that time, there was chaos in his hometown, and he lived in Beijing with his aunt. He saw some bloody scenes and simply understood war as killing and being killed.He felt that the Chinese should not be killed.However, why were the Chinese killed?Why is the emperor so afraid of foreigners?He doesn't understand.After the Republic of China, the current situation became more turbulent and wars continued. From a young man to a young man, and to a mature man, his "thoughts" were constantly enriched, and finally included in the track of industrial salvation and national strength.

In the winter of the ninth year of the Republic of China, Qin Zhenyu, the general manager of the bankrupt Xinghua Coal Mine Co., Ltd., asked Ji Xiangnan, the former supervisor of the Bank of China, to come forward to collect shares and organize a new syndicate of banks through the Bank of China, the former supervisor of the Bank of Great Qing. The Liujiawa coalfield mining rights in the ancient Yellow River Basin are owned by Lester Drockel.He weighed repeatedly, but finally refused.He is wise, knowing that with the strength of a few industrialists, he cannot change the harsh situation that has become a reality.However, the appearance of Qin Zhenzi aroused his appetite for mining, so that it changed the course of his life.At that time, he had a lot of capital on hand. He had just taken over a match factory and a weaving factory from his father, and there was a considerable amount of income every year. He felt that he was capable of organizing mining affairs, so he decided to buy Liujiawa Southwest Six Datong Company, ten miles away, set up a Chinese company to compete with the British company.

It was difficult for Datong to run a mine, and it was repeatedly squeezed out by British companies, and its money was tight and its capital was insufficient.However, at the beginning, they had no intention of releasing the mine, and proposed to co-operate with Zhang Daren, trying to use Zhang Daren's existing funds to expand the scale of the mine.Zhang Daren was not fooled.At this time, a gas explosion that shocked the whole country sounded the death knell of Chase.Four hundred and eighty kiln workers died unexpectedly, and the public rioted and destroyed the company.After Datong paid 125,000 yuan, he was forced to give the mine to Zhang Daren.Zhang Daren changed Datong Company to a Chinese company, intending to show the determination of the Chinese people to run mines on Chinese soil, and to awaken the patriotism and self-respect of the people of the country.

Things didn't start off well.Although the people of Zhangda have a wealth of geological data about this coal field, and although people know the great significance of the Chinese people running the mine, in view of the fiasco of Xinghua and Datong, most wise industrialists are reluctant to set foot here.In desperation, Zhang Daren had no choice but to turn to banking consortiums such as Beiyang Insurance Company and Communications.When the board of directors was established, creditor banks actually accounted for eight of the twelve directors, a full two-thirds.What is even more harsh is that the creditor bank signed a contract with him, stating that Zhang Daren's entire property must be used as collateral. If the mine fails, the mortgaged property will always be in the hands of the creditor.It was a harsh condition, one that would sink the Zhangdas into a never-ending debt mire and eventually be eaten alive.

Zhang Daren hesitated and wavered.He found his dear relatives and friends, discussed repeatedly, and even went to the mining area for on-the-spot investigation at all costs.There were quite a few mining experts with him, and they told him: the coal reserves here are extremely rich, and it is an infinite coal field, which is enough to mine for more than 800 years. Moreover, water and land transportation are very convenient. The coal can be sold to Shanghai and Nanjing in the south, Jinan and Dezhou in the north, facing the sea in the east, and is expected to be exported to Japan and Southeast Asian countries through Lianyungang.

Zhao Minquan was one of this group of mining experts at the time, and he urged Zhang Daren to go all out.At that time, Zhang Daren's father had not yet passed away. This old man who had been an alternate Taoist platform in the Qing Dynasty had a lot of reform ideas, and he also suggested to his son not to sit back and enjoy the success, but to create an immortal career for future generations. Zhang Da felt ruthless, and signed the "Deed of Sale", putting up the signboard of China Coal Mine Corporation.On the one hand, they ordered mining machinery from Germany's Siemens and Japan Mining Machinery Co., Ltd., in preparation for large-scale mining of new machines;At that time, the purpose he set for the company was: seeking food and clothing, seeking survival, and seeking development.

At the beginning, the head office was established in Shanghai, and only one office was set up in Xuzhou.Later, with the development of the business, the head office first moved to Xuzhou, and then moved to Xiyan Town where the coal mine is located.Zhang Daren is not a rich apartment, he can't, and he dare not take it lightly, and entrust his huge property, wealth and life to an irrelevant person to take care of him.He can't be like other industrialists, fascinated by the ten-mile foreign market at the head of the beach in Shanghai. He has a contract of sale on his head. He can only succeed, not fail!Therefore, he is the chairman of the board and also the general manager. He has to do everything by himself. When he sleeps, he wants to keep one eye open, so as to be alert to sniper shots from any direction.He must not repeat the mistakes of Xinghua and Datong, destroying the prestige of the people of the country and growing the ambition of others.He wants the people of the country to see Zhangda people's entrepreneurial spirit and creative spirit, and he wants to use his own experience in running mines to prove that smart Chinese people will not achieve nothing! It's been the hardest five years. It's been a frightening five years. In the 16th year of the Republic of China, the company began to make profits; in the 17th year, the company repaid one-third of its debts; in the 18th year, the company paid off all the old debts at the time of its establishment.Twenty years later, the board of directors was reorganized, and most creditor banks withdrew from the board of directors, and bank representatives no longer had the right to ask about the company's operating conditions.From then on, Zhang Daren basically got rid of the situation of relying on others. Started five years of business development. Started a glorious five years. From a career point of view, the five years from eighteen to twenty-two years are nostalgic, and he reached the pinnacle of his life.In the past five years, he successively founded and organized power plants and iron factories, and invested in railways and ship transportation... The past five years have been smooth sailing from a broad perspective, but not without crises.Looking back now, those crises have become a thing of the past, but at that time, if there was a little carelessness, the ship might capsize at any time. At the end of the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, warlords Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin went to war. North China and central China were in chaos, especially the junction of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, which has always been a war zone.Although Xiyan Town, where the company is located, is not the first to bear the brunt of the disaster, it is also often affected by the disaster.The warlords of all parties demanded exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the variety of names was astonishing.Zhang Zongchang had just taken away 30,000 yuan in mining tax, and Zhang Zuolin collected another 50,000 yuan in mining tax. Following Marshal Wu, he stretched out his claws again... The local hooligans, bandits and thieves did not show any weakness, and they sneaked up and looted the company's mines several times. At this time, Zhang Daren fully demonstrated his generosity and amazing adaptability. He was bold and careful, walked on thin ice and shouldered a company's multi-million-dollar industry, and escaped the war. In the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, the National Revolutionary Army swore in Guangzhou for the Northern Expedition, conquering Lianghu, Fujian, Jiangxi, Nanjing, and Shanghai in a blink of an eye, and the whole country was filled with joy.Zhang Daren also secretly rejoiced, hoping to eradicate the warlords of all parties, so that he can run the mine with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, after the Northern Expedition captured Xuzhou, it attacked the Chinese company.Commander-in-Chief Jiang issued 25 treasury coupons to raise military expenses and ordered the company to buy them.Zhang Daren reluctantly subscribed for 500,000 yuan, and then sold it into the stock market, earning 400,000 yuan. This alone made a loss of 100,000 yuan.He had hoped that he would be protected by the Northern Expeditionary Army by supporting Chiang with practical actions. Unexpectedly, Commander-in-Chief Chiang suddenly remembered that his father had been an alternate Taoist platform in the Qing Dynasty, and claimed: "Chinese companies are an industry of feudal remnants, and they fund warlords. Resisting the Northern Expedition should be confiscated." The company's property was sold out by public bidding in the newspaper. Shocked, Zhang Daren fought hard, and then published an open telegram to Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek in Ta Kung Pao, asking Chiang to implement the provisions of the Chinese Kuomintang's five internal declarations on protecting industries.And then initiated a joint petition from people in the industry to honor his ambition.At that time, the Shanghai Banking Union, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and the National Mining Federation all publicly called Chiang Kai-shek, saying: "There is no legal basis for the confiscation of Chinese industries..." The joint action of the industrial circles made Chiang Kai-shek dare not act rashly.Jier also learned that the company had not yet paid off the huge debts of the creditor bank, so he confiscated 200,000 yuan in reverse shares as military expenses, and ended the sensational seizure case. That turmoil is a sign of Zhang Daren's maturity. From then on, Zhang Daren really understood the relationship between politics and business, and began to communicate frequently with politicians, tried every means to absorb political funds, and even gave dry shares to some political celebrities.It is based on this that his career has repeatedly survived the desperation and continued to develop. Now, he faced a new war disaster.This war is different from previous warlords and the Northern Expedition. It is a war between one nation and another.As a Chinese, when one's country is invaded, one can only stand on one's own nation's standpoint, one's own country's standpoint.We must never again be like the previous civil wars, where we can have both sides.There is no doubt about it.What is in doubt is this government, this Generalissimo Chiang.Can the government be trusted?Is Generalissimo Jiang reliable? Zhang Daren sighed, shook his huge head slowly, rolled down the glass of the car window halfway, took out a long and thick cigar, held it on his dry lips, and was about to light a fire, when Zhao Minquan beside him Bring the lit fire to the front. He lit a cigarette. Citroen slowed down.The road ahead was uneven and full of potholes. The driver, Lao Zhao, turned left and right, but the car didn't bump too much.A damp and cool wind swirled into the car, making Zhang Daren's dizzy head clearer.He moved his generous body down and changed his posture to make himself sit more comfortably, and turned his face to the misty and rainy window. A living green earth swirls in the Zhangda's gray and weary eyes.Spring is here, and spring unknowingly comes to this miserable land, awakening all sleeping things.The artillery fire of the war cannot stop the footsteps of spring, the recovery of permafrost, the rejuvenation of wheat seedlings, and the breaking of grass. This spring of Vientiane update! This spring is full of vitality! And where is his spring?Has that industrial lion turned into a rabbit?Could it be that Zhang Daren, who refused to admit defeat and refused to accept his fate, could only sing an elegy for himself when the spring breeze was rippling?No!This is not Zhang Daren!Zhang Daren is the master of spring, full of vitality, and still a ferocious lion!Zhangda people and Zhangda people's Chinese company are with the affectionate land under their feet! This land is indeed soulful.The topsoil exposed to the sun offers golden harvests to the owner of the land every year, and the treasures buried under the surface have nurtured a coal mining company with 9,000 people.Everything about Zhang Da comes from this land, including his lion-like will. Today's giant in the industrial world is the product of the combination of the Zhangda people and this land in the past.Only this land can create Zhangda people, and only Zhangda people can control this land.Others can't do it. Think back then, when Qin Zhenyu founded Xinghua on this land, he was so invincible. However, a long time ago, a fight with weapons and a few earth cannons beat Xinghua to pieces and disappeared. Chinese businessmen are too weak, and quite a few suffer from severe rickets, unable to adapt to the rapidly changing political storms.Survival of the fittest is an irreversible law of nature and human society. If you cannot adapt, you can only perish, and there is no third way; the reality is cold, cruel, and reasonable, in a sense. , it is a bitter medicine, which stimulates the latecomers in the industrial world to be strong and strong, and if they fall - as long as they don't lose their lives, get up and do it again!It is a person who stumbles, but a group of people who learn a lesson.China's national industry has stumbled and climbed in one political storm after another, from an unpredictable childhood to a youth full of fantasy... Her history is not only the history of a bitter child who lacks maternal love. , It is also a history of continuous maturity of a hard-working struggler. Where Qin Zhenyu fell, Zhang Daren should not fall again; where Xinghua and Huotong were buried, Chinese companies should not be buried again. ——This has always been the unbreakable belief of Zhangda people.It is under this belief that he recognizes the greatness of this land and unites himself with it.He went to the countryside to do as the Romans did, made friends with local gentry extensively, and opened up local officials.Whenever the company has a major celebration, it is always full of guests and politicians; even local rogues, bandits and thieves, he will not offend a single person for no reason.Sun Meiyao, a famous bandit in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, was also a guest of the company.The generals under Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zongchang, and Wu Peifu were even regarded as honored guests and served them well. Not everyone can do it, and not everyone can be successful.This requires an open-minded mind, a far-sighted vision, the wisdom of strategizing, and a generous bearing.Zhang Da Ren has it all.He was generous when it came time to give, and he could express that generosity with affection, like a loving father sending his married daughter instead of a rich butcher sending a beggar.He is not stingy with affection.Feelings are the same as money, when used properly, they also have the effect of money; moreover, feelings are inexhaustible and can be continuously grown and recreated.He is a rich man in love.At the same time, Zhang Daren does not show his weakness, and does not let people think of him as clumsy fat.The land under his feet told him that to portray a giant requires not only kindness but also cruelty.Pounce upon your opponent like a lion, tear your opponent apart, swallow it bloody, and make all who are ready to move prostrate at your feet, make them shudder at the thought of their bloody accomplices, and never dare to do anything wrong thought. You can't be soft-hearted.If necessary, we must have the courage to kill the donkey.After the big bandit Sun Meiyao hijacked the Blue Steel Express, the situation was over.The government wanted to trap and kill him, so Zhang Daren participated in the matter, and the place where he was killed was in the company's banquet hall. This land is no longer a paradise where primitive customs prevail, and people's moral values ​​have changed considerably. Loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness are no longer people's highest code of conduct—at least not everyone's code of conduct.While the Zhangda people recognized the greatness of this land, the land also recognized the greatness of the Zhangda people.Zhangda people need this land, and this land also needs Zhangda people. Without Zhangda people, nine thousand kiln workers will not be able to survive, and nine thousand pairs of violent iron fists will destroy the order of this land. sloppy... Zhangda people are like ducks in water, like a big tree with lush leaves and deep roots, standing firmly on this land, with roots extending in all directions, becoming more and more prominent, and even interfering in local politics, deciding whether officials in surrounding counties will stay or stay. He has become one with the land.The land had loved him so much.The underground coal can be mined for 800 years, and his career has just begun! He can't go!Even if Xiangchuan agrees to his conditions, he can't leave!Li Xiongfei doesn't know this land, let alone him.This bureaucratic smiling tiger believes that Zhang Daren has reached the end of his life; but he believes that as long as he struggles desperately, another village will appear before his eyes. Citroen galloped through a section of broken and muddy road and entered the flat road.The speed of the car increased unknowingly, and the irritating hiss sounded again, which appeared so clear and real in the silent atmosphere. There was a faint rumbling sound from the distant sky. I don't know if it was the thunder in early spring or the artillery of the battle. ... Zhao Minquan suddenly spoke: "Da Weng, I have an ominous premonition that something will happen in the next few days." "Oh?" Zhang Daren smiled, "What could it be?" Zhao Minquan shook his head numbly: "I don't know, it's just a hunch." Zhang Daren pondered for a moment: "There won't be any problem with Li Xiongfei for the time being. We didn't reject him in the end today. Of course, I expect that he won't agree to our conditions. I'm going to delay with him for a while until he turns his face and fights." , Our contact with Lihe Foreign Firm is almost in progress. Xiangchuan will naturally be annoyed if it fails to make a fortune for the country, but by then, they will have nothing to do with us..." "No! I'm worried about the kiln workers, the nine thousand kiln workers who were dismissed..." Zhang Daren was startled, and couldn't help shivering.He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.No need to say.What should happen will definitely happen, and what should not happen will naturally not happen.He didn't need to spend more time talking about a matter that had already been decided, showing his cowardice.If the kiln workers didn't mobilize and make trouble, he saved more than 200,000 yuan out of thin air, which is not a small amount.If there is an endless quarrel, he will not lose anything if the more than 200,000 yuan is sent away. This is not considered a disaster for the country, Zhang Daren did this for the survival of the company and for the future revitalization.He felt that the kiln workers should understand this and help the company tide over the difficulties! Naturally, there was no need to explain this to Zhao Minquan. In the evening, Citroen drove into Xiyan Town.