Chapter 29: Before Chinese New Year

  The steel mill, coking plant and power generation equipment purchased by Gao Yang in Libreville, Africa last year have arrived at the port. Gao Yang rented a large piece of land on the outskirts of the city and built a simple warehouse. After transporting all the materials into the warehouse and driving away the local people, he scanned the surroundings with the original point and found no one was watching him. Then he loaded all the materials into the storage space, started the shuttle, and returned to Nanjing in 1925.

  The Gaoyang Plan was to establish an iron and steel integrated enterprise near Ma'anshan, but before that, two things needed to be solved. First, there were the remnants of the former Wan Army that had been lingering in southern Anhui. Previously, to avoid fighting on multiple fronts, Gaoyang had been using money to keep these troops who didn't listen to orders or declarations in line, and he had turned a blind eye to their opportunistic ways. Now that things had temporarily calmed down around him, Gaoyang finally had the bandwidth to deal with them.

  The method used was very simple: the newly formed 19th Division marched forward, while separately buying off or eliminating the various small warlord leaders.

  At this time, Gao Yang had just defeated the Northern Expeditionary Army and his reputation was greatly enhanced. The small warlords who were entrenched in southern Anhui, except for a few who fled to Jiangxi, all surrendered to Gao Yang. After selecting a portion of the elite from among the over 10,000 remaining soldiers and sending them to a new recruit training camp, he organized the rest into a construction corps to build factories at Ma'anshan. Those who were unwilling to go were given 30 yuan in travel expenses and dispersed on the spot. From this point on, Gao Yang completely controlled the entire province of Anhui.

  The second thing is more troublesome, the sphere of influence of Gaoyang was divided by the Yangtze River, and it was very inconvenient to transport coal from Fengxian County in Jiangbei to the steel mill in Ma'anshan. Whether for economic livelihood or military purposes, building a Yangtze River Bridge was an urgent matter.

  Gao Yang already had an idea about this, he planned to directly use the original blueprint of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in the original time and space to build a bridge at the original site, purchase various materials from the original time and space, and then ask European construction companies to undertake the project.

  "Can technology in this era achieve that?" Yuán diǎn raised a question.

  "I've done some research before, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge that was opened this year is already quite advanced in terms of technology, even though it's not as long as the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. Not to mention the Golden Gate Bridge which started construction a few years later, the technology at this time is already sufficient to build a bridge spanning the Yangtze River." said Gao Yang.

  Afterwards, Gaoyang laid down the equipment of the steel plant and coking plant on the original site of Ma'anshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. The biochemical warriors who had been instilled with professional technical knowledge led the construction corps to start the construction work of the steel plant.

  Came to the Magic Capital and found Manager Rong, asking him to recommend a professional construction company to build the Yangtze River Bridge. Rong welcomed this huge project very much. And said that the matter of purchasing the ammunition production line mentioned by Gao Yang before had been agreed upon, but the department was very interested in the sulfonamide molecular formula and ratio in Gao Yang's hands.

  "Is it enough for you guys, just one bullet production line?" Gaoyang smiled and said to Rongge.

  Rong Ge stood up, took out a cigar from the cigar box and lit it for Gao Yang. He sat back on the sofa, smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Gao, we are all businessmen, everything can be discussed." Silently puffing on his cigar, Gao Yang began to consider what he needed.

  Ronger stood up again, took out paper and pen on the office desk, and waited quietly. Half a beat later, Gao Yang raised his head and said to Ronger, "I want a complete set of munitions factory production lines, all drawings and patent licenses."

  Jung put down the pen in his hand, remained silent for a moment and said, "Mr. Gao, this price is not low." "Anyway, Germany doesn't need it now, selling it to me for money is just right. Also, please ask Li and Yang's company to help recruit a batch of retired military officers who can serve as instructors at the Military Academy and Non-commissioned Officer School, as well as professional artillerymen, engineers, communication soldiers, pilots, ground crew, maintenance personnel, intelligence personnel, and ordnance factory technicians. I need them all." After a pause, taking a puff of his cigar, Gao Yang continued, "Money is no problem."

  Jung laughed, since money was no problem, there were no problems. The two then discussed the specific details. Before leaving, Gao Yang held Jung's hand and smiled, saying "I'll give you the molecular formula, and I can also give you a large amount of finished sulfonamide products. Make money quickly!"

  On the way back to their residence in the car, Yuan asked, "Why didn't you buy advanced weapons at the original time and space? Or I can produce them for you?" Gao Yang sneered, "The contemporary weapons you produce can be bought with money, of course, we can't waste energy points. As for your advanced stuff, let's not mention the huge consumption of energy points, the problem is who would use it if you made it? Even if the entire Gundam came out to instill driving skills, how many energy points would that take? How about energy replenishment? What about daily maintenance? And once this thing appears, it will inevitably attract attention from all over the world. Can even the strongest Gundam withstand atomic bombs?"

  "Of course, everything I'm doing now is to get the advanced stuff from your place, but I won't use it until I can ignore all opposing forces." He paused and said, "As for buying weapons in the original timeline, if it's just a few dozen guns, it's not a big deal, no one will investigate you. But now that my subordinates are already counted in tens of thousands, what's the point of buying so little? If I buy too much, first of all, where can I even buy it? And if I dare to spend tens of millions on military equipment, I guarantee that my ancestors eight generations back will be investigated! Another reason is that the weapons from the original timeline are difficult to maintain once they're brought here. Many seemingly simple parts can't be produced in this timeline, and even bullets with the same caliber can't be used universally."

  "After finishing speaking, Gao Yang quietly smoked for half a cigarette before softly saying 'In the end, it's still that my own strength is not enough, I haven't reached the point where I can ignore all obstacles.'"

  After returning to the original time and space, Gao Yang flew back to Beidu to spend the Spring Festival with his parents. He was originally happy to go home, but unexpectedly encountered trouble as soon as he got off the plane.

  Gao Yang hailed a taxi outside the North Capital International Airport and got in. When they were halfway there, the driver received a call and told Gao Yang that he had a friend nearby who was going in the same direction, so he would go pick him up. Gao Yang asked how far it was, but the driver became unhappy and started arguing with Gao Yang. Originally, Gao Yang was in a good mood, but now he got angry and directly called the police to report the incident.

  Afterwards, the driver stopped by the side of the road and waited for the police to arrive. Then he complained a lot. After understanding what had happened, the police said to Gaoyang, "What a big deal is this? You're wasting police resources."

  He was so angry that he didn't say anything else and directly took out his phone to call the law firm that had handled business for SC Trading Company before. After asking for the address, the other party only said "I'll be right there."

  The taxi driver and the police officer looked at each other, starting to chat endlessly. Gao Yang ignored them all. In less than ten minutes, the lawyer's car arrived, and they went to the police station together to make a record. Gao Yang only said one sentence to the lawyer: "Tell them, fight until we win."

  The next morning, Gao Yang, still fuming with anger, arrived at a nearby 4S store and directly told the manager, "I want the most expensive car." The manager, who had seen wealthy people before, was not surprised and smiled slightly, leading Gao Yang to a car model and briefly introducing it: "Top-of-the-line BMW 760LI, full price for purchase and registration is 31 million yuan." Without mentioning performance or discounts, the manager could tell that this guy just wanted to spend money.

  Gao Yang directly took out a check and went through the formalities. When asked for his driver's license, he was stunned and said "I don't have one." Rubbing his nose in embarrassment, he said "I often drive abroad and my skills are top-notch, just arrange for me to take the test as soon as possible." After returning home, he immediately spent a large amount of energy points to have the original point transmit top-level driving technology. Two days later, Gao Yang passed the test with perfect scores under the surprised gaze of the examiner. The examiner rubbed his temples and muttered "Does this skill even need to be announced?"

  In the following days, Gao Yang spent time with his parents eating, chatting and watching TV, soaking up the Spring Festival atmosphere, and the depression he had accumulated on the battlefield improved a lot.

  On the evening of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, a family of three sat together playing cards after dinner. After several rounds, Father said to Gaoyang, "A few days ago, your second uncle called me and said that your eldest brother is getting married and wants to borrow money from me to buy a house." "Why didn't you tell me about this?" Before Gaoyang could speak, Mother shouted at Father.

  "It's nothing, mom, don't worry." Gaoyang consoled his angry mother and asked his father, "How much money do you want?" His father said somewhat embarrassedly, "Your second uncle wants to borrow 800,000 yuan."

  "Eight hundred thousand? Why didn't he come to grab it?! Our family used to be poor and they wouldn't even call us once a year, now they're shamelessly sticking around. When your dad died, their family didn't even contribute a single penny, but when it came to grabbing the house, the whole family showed up. What kind of people are they?!" The old mother roared at her father like a protective tigress.

  "Or else how would they know that you call your family every day to brag about how successful your son is and how much money he makes?" The usually kind father was also getting angry when mentioning past grievances.

  Gaoyang comforted the two elderly people with a mixture of laughter and tears, saying "It's just a small matter, it's just about money. You shouldn't get angry for someone else's sake." After a brief pause, he said to his father, "Dad, we can lend him the money, but we won't rush him to pay us back. However, we must have a written IOU! Also, considering our old house is worth 800,000 yuan, we can only lend them 400,000 yuan."

  "Mom, no matter what, we're still relatives. Now that we have money, let's help out when we can. That way, you'll have more face in front of the folks back home, won't you? Hehe."

  After comforting both parents, the whole family continued to play cards and discussed where to go for a trip after the festival. After 10 o'clock, Gaoyang returned to the bedroom, took a bath, changed into pajamas, and prepared to rest early.

  The mobile phone on the bedside suddenly rang, and Gao Yang picked it up to see an unfamiliar number sending him a text message. "Huh? I'm not a VIP number, how did you know my phone number?" Gao Yang muttered. Opening the text message, he saw a picture that made his heart skip a beat!

  Two bikini-clad beauties, one tall and one short, stand on the beach with big smiles, making a happy gesture towards the camera. The picture is nothing special, but the two women in it are both familiar to Gao Yang - the shorter one is his ex-girlfriend Lu Lingshuang, and the taller one is flight attendant Li Yuan, whom he has dated before!

  How did they end up together? Who sent me this picture? Gao Yang was stunned for a moment. A pleasant music sound started, and Gao Yang suddenly looked at his phone, the number that sent the message flashed on the screen!