Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

73 Building a factory, goodbye envoy

As for Ye Qingshan, after the press conference, he immediately went to the Ye family's factory.

“Uncle Lin, please bring in the equipment that has been purchased and install it first.

Once Ah Ping buys the other equipment from Hong Kong, we will start full-scale construction.”

Ye Qingshan personally arranged the workers to carry out construction in the factory.

Black Bear and others were on guard outside.

"Second Young Master, what on earth are you going to produce?"

Uncle Lin was arranging workers and installing equipment. He was very curious when he saw these novel equipment and machines.

Still couldn't help but ask Ye Qingshan.

"Uncle Lin, don't worry, you will know soon."

Ye Qingshan kept the secret.

“By the way, are these workers reliable?”

Ye Qingshan looked at the more than 30 workers in the factory and asked Uncle Lin again.

“Knowing that the Second Young Master is doing big things, I only hired experienced workers brought from our hometown.

I know their backgrounds very well, and they are absolutely reliable."

Uncle Lin is still very meticulous in his work. Ye Qingshan nodded slightly after listening.

Ye Qingshan had no choice but to be careful, because the Japanese had already held a grudge against Ye Qingshan.

Ye Qingshan was worried that any of his actions might be monitored by the Japanese.

But the Japanese must never know anything inside this factory.

“There is also the issue of factory safety.

I can't deploy more soldiers in the International Settlement.

Uncle Lin, you still need to worry about the safety of the factory."

Ye Qingshan knew that Black Bear and others would follow him all the time and it would be impossible for them to guard the factory all the time.

The safety of the factory still needs to be entrusted to Uncle Lin.

"Second Master, I will arrange all of this.

The master has been doing business in Shanghai for some years.

In Shanghai, from the police station to all walks of life, I know some people here.

No one dared to come and cause trouble.

I have asked Boss Tong to arrange a lot of manpower around our factory.

If any stranger approaches here, we will be notified immediately."

Boss Tong is the local boss in this area and is a good friend of Uncle Lin.

"That's good."

It took Ye Qingshan and his uncle Lin and others two full days to gradually put most of the equipment in place.

“Now all that’s left is for a few other key pieces of equipment to be in place.

I don't know how Ah Ping is doing."

Ye Qingshan was also excited when he looked at the huge factory and the installed machinery and equipment.

"Second Master, good news.

All the machinery and equipment from Aping, as well as the last few raw materials, were purchased.

It was loaded onto the ship half a day ago and shipped over from the Hong Kong River.

If nothing goes wrong, we will be there the day after tomorrow."

Uncle Lin ran in and told Ye Qingshan the good news.

"Haha, great."

Ye Qingshan was also happy after hearing this.

"Captain, Secretary Ning sent someone to look for you."

After a while, Black Bear ran in and reported to Ye Qingshan.

"Let's go back."

"Uncle Lin, I'll leave this to you.

The workers you have chosen should not go there for the next two days.

Live in the factory and get double the salary."

"Second Young Master, go and do your thing. I'll help you take care of this."

"Ah."

To be honest, at this moment Ye Qingshan really felt that having an old person in the family is like having a treasure.

Uncle Lin helped him a lot in the past two days.

To be honest, if Ye Qingshan hadn't met Uncle Lin, he would have been unfamiliar with the Shanghai Concession.

It is basically impossible to build a small production plant within two days.

And this production plant is very important to Ye Qingshan.

This will be directly related to whether Ye Qingshan’s subsequent series of plans can be completed.

If he fails, Ye Qingshan will be in a passive position in the future.

Now, Ye Qingshan basically didn’t care about it and just told Uncle Lin about it.

Uncle Lin arranged everything properly.

Ye Qingshan returned to the Special Envoy Mansion. When Ning Yongchen saw Ye Qingshan, he asked curiously, "I haven't seen you for two days. Where have you been?

I have been looking for you for quite a while but I couldn't find you."

"Sorry, I was just taking care of some housework."

Ye Qingshan kept his actions secret.

"Why are you calling me back so urgently? What's the matter?"

Ning Yongchen moved closer and whispered to Ye Qingshan, "The latest news from the front line is that Dachang Town has been lost."

After hearing this, Ye Qingshan's pupils shrank: "Did the higher-ups order us to retreat?

Did the 88th Regiment of the 524th Division retreat to Zhabei?"

"Huh? How did you know?

You don't seem surprised at all?"

"That's right, you seemed to have said a long time ago that we would lose this battle.

Alas, I just didn’t expect to lose so quickly.”

Ning Yongchen sighed.

"The Chairman has issued an order to retreat; Shanghai cannot be defended.

But given the current situation on the front line, it will not be easy even if our armies want to retreat in an orderly manner.

It would not be so easy for the Japs to allow our hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat calmly.

But I don’t need to worry about this anymore.”

“Enough talking, let’s get down to business.

I asked you to come back because the master wants to see you.

The gentleman is waiting for you in the office.

Go quickly, there might be something good happening!"

Ning Yongchen smiled and gave Ye Qingshan a meaningful look.

After saying that, he was about to leave.

But he was stopped by Ye Qingshan.

"What, is there anything else?"

"Something's wrong.

Please do me a favor. After I meet the special envoy, I need to use your radio.

I want to contact my subordinates.

Until now, I still don’t know what their situation is.

I'm worried."

"Don't you all know that your 524th Regiment has retreated to Zhabei?

Zhabei is not far from here, you may be able to join them soon."

"No, I can't leave the concession for the time being."

Ye Qingshan shook his head.

He can't leave for the time being because his layout in the concession has not been completed yet.

He will need to stay in the concession for the next few days.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan had to use the radio in Ning Yongchen's hand to contact Zhou Pingkou and others.

"Okay, come find me after you meet the gentleman."

Ning Yongchen didn't ask why Ye Qingshan stayed in the concession and agreed to his request.

"Thank you very much."

"Hey, we are one family and we don't have different opinions.

If you really want to thank me, bring me a Japanese lieutenant's knife when you go to the battlefield.

It also makes me look awesome.”

Ning Yongchen has been envious of the Japanese general's sword next to Ye Qingshan for a long time.

Those are trophies, military exploits, and displays of honor!

It’s a pity that he is now doing civilian work and has no chance to go to the battlefield.

"Okay, I'll bring you a Japanese officer's sword."

Ye Qingshan wants to make friends with his junior Ning Yongchen.

Connections are important.

"Really? You said it, don't regret it."

Ning Yongchen became happy, because it was not so easy to get the Japanese officer's sword.

"Don't worry, I mean what I say."

Ye Qingshan turned and went to Special Envoy Chen's office.

There's a knock on the door!

"Come in!"

Ye Qingshan pushed the door open and walked in.

"Qingshan is here!"

Special Envoy Chen's attitude towards Ye Qingshan is now much more enthusiastic.

"Yongchen said, the master is looking for me?"

"Yes."

"Have you heard the news from the front?"

"Yes, I just heard from Yongchen."

Ye Qingshan nodded.

"Any ideas?"

Special Envoy Chen asked.

"Shanghai can be lost, but the hundreds of thousands of veterans of the National Army on the battlefield cannot be lost.

We must withdraw as many troops as possible.

They are the cornerstone of our fight against the Japanese on the front battlefield in the next few years."