readsfreenovel Chapter 332 Getting angry
Chapter 332 Getting angry
When Hou Xiaoge heard that another 10 million US dollars was needed, the corners of his mouth twitched. Damn, investing in a country is really a bottomless pit!
But Jin Yin Tang is really useless and too conservative.
Hou Xiaoge no longer paid attention to the Jinyintang, but turned his attention to the leaders of the Jimintang and several other halls.
The materials and funds of the Internal Affairs Hall are now all borne by the Jinyintang, and in fact, all of them come from Hou Xiaoge's material support.
The remaining Law Enforcement Hall, Information Hall, Documentation Hall, and Education Hall were relatively stable, and nothing major happened.
However, he still lacked money, which made Hou Xiaoge very annoyed.
"Old Wang, and all of your gangs.
The alliance cannot waste money endlessly. Too much money has been invested from last year to this year. If this money was kept in the country, it could support a million-strong army.
I won't talk about other things for now. It's been a year. Where is the bank of our Yanhuang League? What is your Jinyintang doing?
I have been traveling around Myanmar these days, and all I saw were foreign banks and government banks.
Our Yanhuang League has such an advantageous position in the peaceful area of Myanmar, and you still tell me that we don’t have enough money?
You want the alliance to directly use real money to attack? You don't know how to use financial means!
I am really disappointed with your Jinyintang. It seems that you need to hire a group of financiers from America." Hou Xiaoge criticized mercilessly.
"This, this, this is indeed my negligence. I thought I could just do business peacefully like in China. I really didn't expect this.
Alliance leader, these foreign trade and financial aspects need professionals to manage, and I really don't have the ability to do so. I hope the alliance can recruit talents in this area as soon as possible." Wang Debin's face turned red, and he stood up and bowed as an apology.
"Forget it, Lao Wang, sit down! This is really not your strong point. You have worked hard this year, but you are too steady, which is not good.
Since our Yanhuang League came to Myanmar last year, we have to focus on both the military and the economy. We need to be strong in both aspects. We cannot rely solely on support from the league.
Now that we have passed the most difficult stage, the alliance will no longer provide a penny to Jinyintang. The alliance’s funds must be reserved for more important places.
Developing people's livelihood and making people live better is not what the alliance should consider now. What should be considered now is how to make the Chinese live safely in this place.
Grain tax cannot be collected, and commercial tax cannot be collected? Have you made good connections with the government supported by the Self-help Army? We are no longer a simple commercial organization.
The self-help army supported by our Yanhuang League is of a government nature, and it must have all the institutions and facilities that a government should have.
Later on, we have to spend money to purchase weapons and military expenses, we can’t just get free stuff from the alliance endlessly.
The Nationalist government invested only 20 to 30 billion U.S. dollars in military expenditures during the seven-year war of resistance against Japan. In just over a year, the alliance has invested nearly 200 million U.S. dollars here.
You all are running out of money and you ask me for it? I am not a money printing machine.
The equipment of these four divisions this time is worth several million US dollars, and it will have to be provided continuously for future wars.
The alliance is not your nanny or money bag. Its presence will gradually decrease in the future. All simple outputs will be stopped. Ask for supplies and money.
I won’t talk about other halls, I will just talk about Jimin Hall.
Lao Feng, you are a businessman, where is your courage? Jimintang still needs funding from Jinyintang and donations from Chinese people every year?
Don't you know about foreign welfare gambling institutions when you do business overseas? It shouldn't be difficult for Jimintang to join hands with the Self-help Officers' Office to set up a gambling institution!
Foreign gambling organizations earn huge amounts of money every year, but you guys just work when you have money and rest when you don’t.
Well, Jimintang is a purely welfare institution, right?
Now that the refugees in the country have been allocated land, they can live a good life. Why don’t we withdraw the Jimin Hall? They are all useless anyway.” Hou Xiaoge looked at Feng Guoqing, the new head of the Jimin Hall, who was dressed in a suit and tie.
The new head of Jimin Hall was Feng Guoqing, a patriotic Chinese businessman who held a high status among the Chinese in Southeast Asia.
As for the stubborn old man Li Xiuyuan, Hou Xiaoge forced him to step down and become the deputy hall master.
“I can’t continue to serve as the leader of Jimin Hall any longer.
In fact, I already had the idea about the corresponding gambling organization and proposed a plan.
But the church believes that betting is related to gambling and does not support it. "Feng Guoqing's face was hot after being scolded by Hou Xiaoge, so he just gave up and said it.
"Who doesn't support? You are the hall master, who dares not support?" Hou Xiaoge was angry.
"I don't support it. Jimin Hall should be pure, without any mixed interests." Li Xiuyuan behind Feng Guoqing stood up expressionlessly and bowed to Hou Xiaoge.
"How dare you! Li Xiuyuan, how many times have you done this? Do you think the money of the Yanhuang League was blown by the wind or fell from the sky?
Originally I thought you were a good-natured person who simply cared about the people, so I didn't bother with you. But I didn't expect that you were so confused and pedantic that you dared to affect the operation of the alliance?
Since you like purity, then well, Myanmar cannot keep you here, you should go back to your hometown Chang'an!" Hou Xiaoge was so angry that his lungs almost exploded. It was the first time he had seen such a conservative person.
However, this man had made great contributions to the suppression of the rebellion of the Yanhuang League last year, so Hou Xiaoge reluctantly sent him back to the country to retire.
"Humph! If we don't share the same ideals, we can't work together."
Li Xiuyuan's face turned red after being scolded by Hou Xiaoge. He adjusted his sleeves and walked out of the meeting room directly.
"The Document Hall drafted the document, and Jimin Hall's Deputy Hall Master Li Xiuyuan maliciously sidelined his superiors and hindered the normal operation of the alliance hall.
He should have been stabbed three times and made six holes in the sword and expelled from the Yanhuang Alliance.
However, considering his contribution in suppressing the rebellion in 1943, his position as hall master was cancelled and he was moved back to his hometown of Chang'an to enjoy the treatment of a fifth-level host and no longer hold any position in the Yanhuang League. "Hou Xiaoge said directly with a dark face.
As Hou Xiaoge spoke, the female clerk sitting behind him took notes.
He had always been a smiling good guy in the alliance, but this was the first time he got angry and directly took out a senior member of the alliance, causing the meeting room to fall into silence.
"Law Enforcement Hall, cooperate with Hall Master Feng to investigate those people in Jimin Hall who obstructed their superiors this time. All of them will be demoted one level and fined one quarter's salary.
Those who refuse to cooperate and are conservative will be expelled from the alliance.
Master Feng, if you don't report this incident, you will be fined for one year's salary." Hou Xiaoge said to Li Bing and Feng Guoqing.
"Yes, leader!"*2
"Old Feng, I will give you a plan after the meeting, and you can implement it according to the plan and the actual situation." Hou Xiaoge said to Feng Guoqing.
"Yes!"
"What I said just now was not directed at the Jinyin Hall or the Jimin Hall. Each of your halls has problems, and they are big problems.
I can understand that you may be confused for a while after living in the country for a long time and suddenly being involved in the management of such a large place, but this is not an excuse.
In the future, the Yanhuang Alliance will become bigger and bigger, with more and more people, and the industries and interests involved will become more and more complicated. I don’t want you to be reluctant to participate in the development of the alliance.
If you can't keep up, then get out of here.
I just can't believe it. With more than 200,000 square kilometers of land in the recovered area, such fertile land, how can more than 20 million people not create 300 to 500 million US dollars in wealth a year?
This year is only the last year for you. If any of you still cannot adapt, I will find someone to replace you. "Hou Xiaoge looked at everyone present and spoke seriously.
Hou Xiaoge wanted to say these words a long time ago. In the past two years, he has accumulated a fortune of more than 200 million US dollars by selling wake-up cigarettes, as well as patent fees and free supplies.
Because of the sufficient money and food, many places in the alliance have developed bad habits and treated each other like the United States. They have become dependent on the alliance leader and do not regard money as money.
Especially the commercial sector, which controls a huge market of tens of millions of people, but still engages in the old way of speculating in goods and services. It is completely like throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds, which is really infuriating.
After the meeting, the only one who performed well was the Zhan Tang, whom Hou Xiaoge was most worried about at the beginning.
Tieli could not read or write, but he was a righteous and generous person who knew how to delegate power. He handed over the power of the army to two deputy hall masters, while he served as logistical support.
In other words, the army still has a firm control over them, otherwise Hou Xiaoge would have to give up these things.
"The reform within the Yanhuang League must be carried out as soon as possible. I will spend most of my time in the league.
Be bolder in the future. If you are in doubt, come to me directly. This is not China, there is nothing to worry about. "Hou Xiaoge scolded for more than two hours and was a little tired. He didn't want to say any more.
"Yes!"*66
“Let me talk about external issues. I have been conducting a private inspection during this period.
The problems of the local natives, Asan and John Bull are also quite serious.
Do you have any difficulties now? Do you have any specific solutions?" Hou Xiaoge asked.
“Alliance leader, the former Burmese government and John Bull have put a lot of pressure on us over this period of time.
Especially after our alliance expanded to the southeast, we often had conflicts with the local natives and the Indians who immigrated from John Bull." Tieli stood up and said.
"How to solve it? Is there any solution?"
"We think we should just fight and drive the Ah San back to China.
The self-help army was somewhat afraid of John Bull's power, so the contact they gave was to consolidate their current territory, and the others would temporarily withdraw. " Tieli and several hall masters looked at each other and said.
"How many places are under the management of the Self-Rescue Army now?" Hou Xiaoge asked as he stood up and looked at the map on the wall.
"The Allied Forces have now recovered 80 percent of Burma, with only some coastal areas and parts of the land adjacent to Thailand remaining.
The area occupied by the Self-rescue Army is now about 120,000 square kilometers, and the Expeditionary Force, John Bull and the United States occupy about 200,000 square kilometers. "Tie Li reported.
“There are no people in the expeditionary force and the United States, they are all military, no matter what.
As for John Bull, huh! He was just a colonist.
In this way, the self-rescue army was contacted, and all the weapons and ammunition were equipped in Myanmar, and the regular force was expanded to 150,000.
With Mandalay as the border, all the land in the west was taken back by the Self-Rescue Army.
Drive all the natives and Indians to the east, and the main development in the future will be in the west." Hou Xiaoge took out a marker and drew a vertical line on the map of Myanmar.