1928: The rise of giant merchants

"To be honest, I am returning to Tianjin this time to secretly organize the anti-Japanese armed forces. If the second young master can help me, Hongchang will be grateful."

Ji Hongchang saw that Ye Luo was really unwilling to get involved in partisanship, so he turned around and hoped that he could help him establish an underground anti-Japanese force in Tianjin City.

Although the city of Tianjin is now a mixed bag, because Ye's investment is rooted here, no force from any side dares to make trouble here.

If Ye Luo is willing to help him form an armed force, I am afraid that even if the matter is leaked, no one will dare to make trouble on Ye Luo's head.

"I will not join the general's army, but if you need weapons, equipment and funds, I can provide them for free." Ye Luo knew that Ji Hongchang's rise would eventually end in failure.

But this is a spark, and you can't persuade others not to light it when you know it will go out.

He is still willing to spend this cost.

As long as it can cause some blow to the Japanese invaders, it is worth it.

"Second Young Master is so righteous, I can't thank you enough!" Ji Hongchang clasped his hands in his fists and saluted solemnly, "I don't know how much better than that Jiang!"

Ji Hongchang really hated the principal to his core.

Two years ago, he wrote a poem while in the army: Drink the blood of a beautiful woman when you are thirsty, and stand upright when you are hungry. On the day of return, I will restore my country.

It shows how much he hates the principal and his wife.

He couldn't wait for such an anti-Japanese martyr to stay in Tianjin as an apartment house until the war of resistance broke out.

"I will personally donate another 100,000 yuan to the general's military expenses. I hope the general will have a prosperous military career this time." Ye Luo sighed, took out his checkbook, wrote a check and handed it to him.

Ji Hongchang has seen too many people who say one thing on the surface but do another behind the scenes. If Ye Luo is like this, then there is nothing he can do.

Now that this check has been handed over, at least 100,000 yuan has been settled, which makes him admire the number one businessman of the Republic of China even more.

In order to prevent Ji Hongchang's actions from attracting too much attention in Tianjin, Ye Luo simply arranged for him to stay in his villa and work at the Tianjin branch of the "World" newspaper.

Not long after, with the financial assistance of Ye Luo, his new anti-Japanese force was quietly launched. Equipped with many advanced weapons and equipment, it soon attracted a large number of soldiers to join.

In the Tianjin branch of the "World" newspaper, Ji Hongchang somehow met Yu Peichen, who was about to be sent to France. The two exchanged the identities of members of underground organizations. Yu Peichen felt Ji Hongchang's patriotism. , so I applied to the branch, hoping to stay and work in the branch and not go to France.

Ye Luo saw all this and acquiesced to her behavior.

It doesn't matter if these patriots can stay in the country. As long as they are properly protected, they can still shine during the Anti-Japanese War.

He can't do anything big that changes the world structure, but such small things are not difficult for Ye Luo. If you add up a little, you can make a tower, and your future anti-Japanese journey will be much easier.

Under Lin Yuan's vigorous management, the "World" newspaper soon became one of the most famous anti-Japanese patriotic newspapers in the country, and everyone found that it seemed not to be targeted by the Jinling National Government. Those members of the newspaper editorial board who were suppressed People came to vote one after another, and the momentum became more and more powerful.

Ye Luo didn't bother to care about what they were going through. He took Meng Xiaodong and his newborn daughter Ye Dongdong to live in Meng's class for a week, and then returned to Jinling together to attend the Fifth National Games as special guests.

This National Games was supposed to be held two years ago.

However, they encountered great floods one after another, and the Fengtian Incident and Songhu Battle were postponed again and again, and have not been officially held until now.

A total of 30 units participated in the National Games, including overseas Chinese groups and overseas Chinese athletes. There were more than 60,000 spectators and a total of 2,243 male and female athletes. It was the largest sports meeting in China since the late Qing Dynasty.

Ye Luo was not only invited to be a guest at the opening ceremony, but also invited to present awards to the athletes.

This super face-saving project was specially used by the principal to burnish his own reputation. After the Fourth National Games ended in Hangzhou in 1930, the principal made the decision to hold the fifth National Games in Jinling.

Not only that, he also built a central stadium specifically on the east side of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. It covers an area of ​​1,200 acres and has complete facilities. The cost of the main project alone cost more than 1 million oceans.

Why is the current National Games so valued by the warlords and the Kuomintang?

This has to start with the title "Sick Man of East Asia".

After the Great Smog invaded, the people of the Republic of China had been weak for a long time, and this title was never taken off their heads.

Both the people and the top leaders of the Kuomintang hope to get rid of this bad international title by vigorously developing sports.

All sectors of society also strongly support this, and it is necessary to use sports to strengthen the country and get rid of the stigma.

On the day of the opening ceremony.

Central Stadium.

The principal said solemnly to all the spectators: "If you want to restore the national status and spirit, you must first develop a sound physique. Therefore, it is particularly important to compare morality and intelligence on the sports side."

After speaking a long speech, the principal immediately stepped down and continued to complete his "great cause of suppressing bandits." The audience this time were senior officials of the Kuomintang Party, ambassadors and ministers from various countries and their families, as well as social celebrities such as Ye Luo, and the principal's wife. So I stayed here to socialize with them and take over the principal's place to hold the show.

Ye Luo came to the venue with a group of Ye family members, which immediately attracted a lot of attention.

A group of KMT dignitaries headed by Wang came to shake hands with him first, followed by ambassadors and ministers from various countries. At the end of the circle, he felt that the skin of his hands was about to be worn out.

"A Luo, come sit here and talk to me." The principal's wife wore a red cheongsam today, her plump body was tightly wrapped in it. At the age of over 30, she was like a ripe peach, suppressing the beauty of many women at once.

Bai Xiuzhu sat on the other side with a group of concubines and children, busy socializing with the wives of ambassadors from various countries.

Ye Luo smiled and sat over: "Sister, how is your health recently?"

"What else can I do? It's the same as always." The principal's wife sighed, "Since Lingjun ran away to the United States, I have no one to talk to. How about waiting for Zhuohua to grow up and let him move to Qielu to live?"

Ye Zhuohua is four years old this year, and he will be able to go to preschool in a year or two. The principal's wife naturally wants him to go to the school of the four major families to study and accompany those second-generation ancestors.

Ye Luo thought about it and nodded, "Sis, I hope you don't mind his noise."

"How could that be? Zhuohua is chubby and cute, and even more fun than Lingjun when he was a child." The principal's wife really likes the children of the Ye family. If the other children were not born by concubines, whose identities were not well-known, she really wanted to adopt them all as godsons and goddaughters.