Since today is Tuesday and it is ten minutes at noon, the Qingping Club on Father Du Road is very quiet and peaceful, and there is no noisy and lively scene.

Although he had no appetite, Qin Chuan insisted on drinking two bottles of beer out of politeness before leaving Liu Ji's restaurant, and after eating half a plate of tuna sashimi for lunch, he drove to Qingping Club, where he was going to

Meet Wei Ningbo here.

The first and second floors are somewhat deserted, with only a few tables of customers having lunch in the restaurant on the first floor.

The large chess room on the second floor has now been converted into a ballroom, and the small chess rooms have also been renovated and turned into reception rooms or lounges.

The "Spring and Autumn Go Association" did not move, but moved to the third floor, and even the foundation also moved to the third floor.

Due to sufficient funds, the Go Association and the foundation originally wanted to rent a house and move out, but several major sponsors of the Qingping Club repeatedly persuaded them to stay, and even promised that not only would they not charge rent, but they would also free up a floor for them.

Use.

Qin Chuan is very clear about the thoughts of the main sponsors of these clubs. What they value is not the Go Association, but the close ties between the Go Association and the Japanese, especially in the current severe situation, maintaining a certain distance with the Japanese.

The relationship may be helpful to their business in the future.

The right side of the third floor has been converted into a chess room and a tea room that serves as a lounge. Most of the rooms on the left side are occupied by the foundation. The club only retains the accounting room and Yan Zhendong's office, because Yan Zhendong is also the chairman of the foundation.

, so his office also functions as the office of the chairman of the foundation.

Although he and Wei Ningbo met at the club and they agreed to only play chess in the chess room, Qin Chuan still did not enter the chess room directly, but came to Yan Zhendong's office first.

Since Qin Chuan, the secretary-general, would not come here every day, he declined the foundation's offer to leave him an office, so he did not have his own office in the club.

In the office, Yan Zhendong was frowning and pacing alone on the ground. When he saw Qin Chuan coming in, Yan Zhendong immediately took a few steps forward and took Qin Chuan's hand, urging him urgently.

"Chengji, where are the four freighters you leased from me now?"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but secretly sigh, saying in his heart, "What was supposed to come has finally come."

It turned out that two months ago, Qinchuan had reached an agreement with Yan Zhendong to lease four of its largest and youngest cargo ships from Yan Zhendong's Xiawei Company in the name of "Global Business Group", with a total tonnage of more than

Thirty thousand tons.

Since the "Global Business Group" has a large amount of business dealings with the United States, the two largest cargo ships, the "Chang Yuan" and the "Taiping", are exclusively used to run the American route.

Two smaller freighters only sail to Southeast Asia and India.

According to Qin Chuan's memory, Yan Zhendong, the shipping king of the Republic of China, eventually went bankrupt and lived in poverty and poverty in his later years.

There are two reasons for his bankruptcy. First, in order to prevent the Japanese army from quickly entering the inland along the Yangtze River, there will be a concentration of shipwrecks in Jiangyin tomorrow, the 11th, to block the waterway; and one month later, in order to prevent the Japanese army from landing at Jinshanwei

, sinking on the waterway

For some reason, the relevant departments of the Kuomintang requisitioned the large-tonnage freighter of Xiawei Company for these two shipwrecks without compensation. Yan Zhendong had no significance for the needs of the Anti-Japanese War. After receiving the requisition order, he actively cooperated and sailed the ship to the designated area.

Shipwreck.

However, the steamship company of Yu Qiaqing and Du Yuesheng did not suffer any damage. It even continued to operate normally during the Anti-Japanese War and made a lot of money.

There is another reason, which is the Japanese.

In Qinchuan's memory, after the "July 7" Incident, Japan's Datong Co., Ltd. leased its two largest cargo ships, the "Changyuan" and the "Taiping", from the Hawai Company, hoping to use the war to

Finally, he took it as his own.

It is a pity that the Japanese conspiracy succeeded, and shortly thereafter, Japan Datong Co., Ltd. paid the rent. Since then, Xiawei Company has been pursuing to no avail.

After the war, Datong Co., Ltd. was acquired by Mitsui Co., Ltd. of Japan, making it even more difficult to recover.

It was not until decades later that, with the cooperation of domestic courts, a Mitsui cargo ship was forcibly detained at a certain port. Finally, with the help of the state, 190 million yuan was successfully recovered, but by then Yan Zhendong had already passed away.

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However, the person who was under Yan Zhendong at that time became a famous shipping king in later generations, which made Qin Chuan feel sorry for Yan Zhendong.

After Qin Chuan got in touch with Yan Zhendong, he admired the shipping king's determination to serve the country, so he decided to help him and lease all four of his largest and best cargo ships for four years.

The rent is NT$900,000.

Yan Zhendong was left with only two small cargo ships suitable for inland river shipping, which were enough to explain to the relevant departments of the Kuomintang.

Because Qinchuan knew very well that although a large number of civilian ships and even naval warships eventually sank to Jiangyin, they only blocked the Japanese navy's shallow-water gunboats from going up the Shuojiang River for a short period of time, and the effect was not significant.

Moreover, Qin Chuan believes that dropping a large number of fixed-depth magnetic mines on the waterway is far more effective in blocking the waterway than sunken ships.

What Qinchuan is most worried about is that because magnetic mines have not experienced actual combat, the Kuomintang leaders will use both shipwrecks and mines to be on the safe side.

Now it seems that what he was worried about has happened.

However, Qin Chuan remembered that the decision to sink the ship to block the Yangtze River waterway would not be made until tomorrow. Could it be that because of him as a traveler, the decision was made earlier?

However, Qin Chuan pretended to be confused and asked, "Mr. Yan, what happened?"

Yan Zhendong nodded and said, "I just received a recruitment order from the Wusong Garrison Command of the Navy. It said that the Navy has a large amount of supplies in Jinling that need to be transported to Hankou, and there is an urgent need for ships. Not only our Xiawei Shipping, but also several other shipping companies have accepted it."

This requirement has been met."

Then, Yan Zhendong whispered again, "It looks like there is likely to be a war. I guess they want to transport supplies and personnel to the rear."

Qin Chuan thought for a while, and he probably knew the whole story. It is said that the proposal to block the waterway was first proposed by the Navy. It was proposed at the top-secret meeting of the Military Committee tomorrow. It was strongly supported by Chief Bai of the General Staff Headquarters and was finally passed.

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And if there is no preparation in advance, it is simply impossible to make a decision tomorrow afternoon and start implementing it the next day. It will be too late at all.

Qin Chuan spread his hands and said in embarrassment, "The 'Changyuan' and the 'Taiping' were only loaded in San Francisco yesterday, and the other two cargo ships should be on their way to India now."

Yan Zhendong sighed and said, "Now is the time for our generation to contribute to the country, but the ships are all outside. It's really a pity!"

Qin Chuan shook his head and said, "Mr. Yan, the ship we went to India this time shipped out porcelain and silk, and what we shipped back was cotton, sugar and grain. If there is a war, these things we ship back are strategic materials.

Yes, we are also helping the country."

For Yan Zhendong, Qin Chuan is very willing to do something for him. He is willing to help Yan Zhendong. He believes that with Yan Zhendong here, he will do more things that are beneficial to the country and the people. In fact, Qin Chuan is already doing related things.
Chapter completed!