Chapter Thirty-Four: The Enormous Wealth of Jiu Zhai Tang

  If the war develops to a point where Germany can even achieve victory, he can also participate in the war.

  If Germany really can't hold on, then so be it. The longer the war drags on, the more money he'll make.

  After receiving Jiang Yu's letter, the German Emperor looked at it carefully and did not quite agree with some of the views put forward by Jiang Yu.

  For example, Jiang Yu predicted that the war would enter a long-term stalemate phase.

  German Emperor Wilhelm II apparently believed that the war would end with a quick German victory. In comparison, Britain, which was strategically encircling Germany, also thought so.

  However, Kaiser Wilhelm II decided to take some of Jiang's suggestions as a precautionary measure, that is, to build more submarines.

  As long as there are enough submarines, Britain's sea transportation can be attacked.

  If Britain's maritime traffic is hit, the consequences for a country as heavily dependent on sea transport as Britain are extremely serious.

  In order to cope with the impending war, Germany's Wilhelm II increasingly felt that it was necessary to prop up Jiangsu in the Far East.

  At this time, Jiang Yu had already borrowed heavily from banks such as the Rothschild Group and was no longer lacking in funds. What he lacked now was military technology.

  Jiang Yu obtained Germany's military technology and will not pose any threat to Germany.

  Moreover, from an emotional point of view, Jiang Yu would not help the Allied Powers such as Britain and France even if he were to participate in this war, because the Allied Powers are the interest group that has exploited China's colonial interests most severely. In comparison, Germany's colonial interests in China are not too great.

  Furthermore, Kaiser Wilhelm II also increased the stockpiling of raw materials to prevent a war from becoming bogged down due to insufficient supplies, but not excessively so.

  The two sides' cooperation was soon secretly resumed again.

  Jiang Yu sent the drawings of advanced submarines to Germany and ordered twenty 10,000-ton merchant ships in Germany, and began building submarines at Hangzhou Shipyard.

  With the support of Germans, Hangzhou Shipyard soon combined Jiangyu's advanced submarine technology to manufacture a 1,000-ton class submarine using diesel-electric power and equipped with snorkels, making it no longer necessary for submarines to surface for recharging.

  Its endurance is up to 4,500 kilometers, with a surface speed of 20 knots per hour and an underwater speed of 12 knots per hour, its performance far surpasses that of submarines of the same era.

  However, compared with the performance of submarines after World War II, it is still somewhat inferior, mainly because the performance of diesel engines and electric motors is not high enough.

  But the engine technology in Jiang Yu's hands was already the most advanced in the world at that time.

  After the success of submarine manufacturing, Germany's torpedo technology also arrived, and sent submarine instructors and some sailors to China.

  Jiang Yu secretly required the shipyard to build 100 such submarines before '14, but at that time the shipyard was manufacturing "Yangfan-class merchant ships" and the shipbuilding capacity could not meet this requirement.

  However, Jiang Yu proposed at this time that the submarine components could be produced in a factory and then transported to the shipyard for assembly, instantly solving the problem of insufficient shipbuilding capacity.

  And quietly opened a way for any industrial power to quickly burst out various 'battleships'.

  Submarines are the weapons of the poor, 100 may be a lot but they don't cost too much money. And at that time can be traded to the Germans because submarines will be the only military weapon that can be traded after Germany's sea transportation is blocked.

  If the German doesn't want it, Jiang Yu itself also has a need for it.

  As for whether the outbreak of World War I would have been avoided if he had not come, Jiang Yu had never thought about it, because the outbreak of World War I was by no means accidental or unexpected.

  But the two major camps of Britain and Germany have already started an arms race, and those who cannot hold on will fight again. The reason for strengthening military preparations and triggering a military competition is naturally due to the surplus of industrial production capacity.

  So Jiang Yu is not worried that the first war will disappear, but is waiting very firmly.

  At this time, the situation in China had stabilized, and Jiang Yu decided to bring his wife to China. Brita was already on a luxury liner bound for Shanghai and would arrive soon.

  Jiang Yu also went to live in a garden house in Shanghai, waiting for the results of those banks on one hand and waiting for his wife to come on the other.

  That day, a T-type sedan with the license plate number '9999' drove by, and stopped outside Jiang Yu's garden. A middle-aged man wearing a long gown and a top hat got out of the car.

  The middle-aged man always had a smile on his face.

  Shanghainese see this sedan and that familiar smile, they know Old Huang has arrived.

  This Mr. Huang is named Huang Chujiao, a famous Shanghai pharmacist who runs the Zhongfa and Wuzhou pharmacies and made a fortune in recent years with his "Ailuojin Brain Tonic".

  However, this "Ai Luo Supplement Brain Tonic" was considered by the Anhui Provincial Administration to be "exaggerating its effects", and was therefore banned in Anhui, Shandong and Zhejiang provinces, and not allowed to pass through the Yangtze River shipping route.

  Huang Chujiao heard that the warlord of East China, Jiang Yu, had arrived in Shanghai and guessed that he might have returned to his family garden, so he hurriedly came to visit.

  Huang Laoban was very famous in Shanghai, and Fu Bo recognized him at a glance. He asked Huang Chujin to wait outside while he went in to report to Jiang Yu.

  "Young master, there is a medicine merchant named Huang Chujiao looking for you outside." Fu Bo said after knocking on the door of Jiang Yu's study.

  "Huang Chujiu?" Jiang Yu was copying a book on civil engineering, and he was somewhat surprised to hear this name. "What does he want with me?"

  "Little doesn't know." Mr. Fu said with a shake of his head.

  "Let him in!" Jiang Yu rubbed his temples and said to Fu Bo.

  It's worth mentioning that Huang Chujiao was a modern-day tycoon, the founder of Jiuzhitang National Medicine and established a 'trust' model pharmaceutical group with 21 pharmaceutical companies under its umbrella.

  This is a guy who is extremely good at making commercials.

  But thinking about it, this guy's days shouldn't be going very well now.

  Huadong Pharmaceutical Company and Huadong Pharmacy have started to rise strongly, the main products of Huadong Pharmaceutical Company are Western medicines, with a wide variety, while traditional Chinese medicine is currently almost non-existent.

  At that time, the newspapers in China were mainly controlled by the Huadong Group. How could Zhou Ziyang allow Huang Chujin's Zhongfa Pharmacy and Wuzhou Pharmacy to advertise heavily in the newspaper?

  Jiang Yu immediately covered up his draft paper and stood up, walking towards the living room.

  As soon as Huang Chujiao was led to the living room and sat down, he saw Jiang Yu walking out from the back hall. The first impression Huang Chujiao had of Jiang Yu was that this young man did not like to put on airs, unlike those wealthy idlers who liked to nitpick and find fault in everything.

  "Humble me, Huang Chujiao, pays respects to General Jiang." Huang Chujiao immediately revealed a brilliant smile as soon as he saw Jiang Yu, stood up and slightly bowed his head in greeting.

  "Mr. Huang is too polite, although I'm still young, I've often heard of Mr. Huang's great reputation in Shanghai, and I have admired him for a long time, please take a seat." Jiang Yu greeted the servant to bring tea while chatting with Huang Chujiao, this was a social etiquette that upper-class people in China at that time had to learn.

  After exchanging pleasantries, they sat down in order of precedence.

  "What brings Mr. Huang here today?" Jiang Yu picked up his teacup and took a sip, then asked Huang Chujiao straightforwardly.

  "Not to deceive the commander, I indeed have a request. A month ago, the Administrative Bureau of Two Huai said that my 'Ai Luo Brain Tonic' was involved in exaggerating its effects and was banned, which has caused significant losses so far. Moreover, it's difficult for us pharmacies to advertise in major newspapers, please Commander Jiang show mercy." Huang Chujiu said somewhat helplessly.

  "What's this 'Ai Luo Brain Tonic'?" Jiang Yu had no idea that the Administrative Bureau of Two Huai had banned this brain tonic, probably something Zhou Ziyue and Zhao Haizhou came up with to target policy.

  However, Jiang Yu had guessed the difficulty of doing advertisements.

  "Are you sure this brain tonic can nourish the brain?" Jiang Yu asked Huang Chujiao intently, and in Jiang Yu's eyes, Huang Chujiao saw two sharp glints. As someone who had studied medicine with his father since childhood, Huang Chujiao's first impression was that Jiang Yu had "abundant blood and energy".

  No emotion can be detected from Jiang Yu's voice.

  Huang Chujiu hesitated for a moment before saying firmly: "Absolutely can!"

  Jiang Yu suddenly smiled and shook his head: "I don't believe it."

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