Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

But now Li Yunlong readily agreed to give these factories to the Russians. Should I sell these factories to Li Yunlong?

Thinking of this, Pan Youxin felt that it was feasible. After all, they couldn't take these arsenals away for the time being, so it would be better to exchange them for missile technology.

After figuring it out, Pan Youxin calmed down a little and looked at the transfer agreement drafted by Li Yunlong.

"Ambassador Pan, please take a look and see if there is any problem!"

Pan Youxin was stunned by this hastily-written transfer agreement. This was Asia's largest arsenal, and Li Yunlong had simply transferred it without blinking an eye?

The transfer agreement was not complicated. Li Yunlong transferred the arsenal, steel mill and other factories in Fengtian City to the Russians.

After Mao Xiong takes control of the factory, he will be responsible for all operations of the factory. Li Yunlong will no longer manage the factory, and all expenses, raw materials, etc. will be borne by Mao Xiong himself.

The agreement had a total of seven or eight requirements. Pan Youxin carefully checked each one and confirmed that there were no hidden traps like the previous treaty signed with Beria.

After reading it several times, Pan Youxin still didn't find any problems.

Watching Li Yunlong sign the word "Linglong" in a flamboyant manner, which was exactly the same as the signature on the previous treaty, Pan Youxin took a deep breath and signed his name on the transfer agreement.

He didn't expect that this time when he came to Li Yunlong, the most difficult task was completed so easily, which surprised him.

Li Yunlong smiled at the somewhat excited Pan Youxin and continued, "Since the factory has been transferred to your country, the next few issues will need to be resolved by your country."

Li Yunlong smiled and took out some documents.

These documents were not specially prepared by Li Yunlong. He originally planned to deal with these matters today, but he didn't expect Pan Youxin to come, so he took them out.

"General Li Yunlong, please speak."

"This is the payroll for some factories. The Japanese haven't paid wages for several months. After we took over, the workers demanded that they be paid or they would go on strike. Take a look."

After saying that, Li Yunlong handed over a document about workers' wages.

The amount is not small, probably tens of millions of dollars. Of course, there is a lot of water in it, even the wages of the Japanese workers and technicians are included. Li Yunlong has not had time to sort it out.

Since Pan Youxin is here, let’s settle the bill together.

"So much money?"

Pan Youxin's eyes widened as he looked at the payroll. "Yes, the arsenal has thousands of employees, and the steel mill has tens of thousands. The combined workforce of these factories is quite large. Feeding tens of thousands of people is a significant expense!"

At this point, Li Yunlong sighed and said, "I really don't have any money. These workers come to me every day to ask for their wages. They won't start work unless I pay them, and they even threaten to destroy the equipment!"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "To be honest with you, Ambassador Pan, if I didn't have so many problems, I wouldn't be so ready to give you these factories. After all, Fengtian is the largest arsenal and steel plant in Asia!"

Li Yunlong deliberately emphasized the words "the largest in Asia".

Pan Youxin was secretly delighted. Li Yunlong was really short-sighted. In order to save a little money, he actually gave up Asia's largest arsenal and steel base.

However, looking at the white hair on Li Yunlong's head, listening to his constant sighs, looking at the payroll in his hand, and imagining the scene of tens of thousands of people asking for their wages, Pan Youxin believed what Li Yunlong said. At the same time, he also secretly congratulated himself on his good luck and got a great bargain for nothing.

"General Li Yunlong, don't worry. I will handle these matters. After all, these people are working for the Japanese. If they don't want to do it, we can recruit new people!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong sighed and said, "I've thought about this too, but look at this. This is the demand put forward by the union. If you want to lay off workers, you need to pay compensation!"

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Chapter 710 The Excuse I Have to Use

“Workers’ compensation?”

After hearing this, Pan Youxin couldn't help but frown. This was the first time he heard of this.

Li Yunlong looked at Pan Youxin in surprise and said, "Ambassador Pan, the compensation refers to unemployment compensation. If a factory or other employer or individual fires a worker without a legitimate reason, they must compensate the worker for their wages."

"Both we and your country are organizations based on the working class. We should protect the interests of the working class. Doesn't your country have corresponding laws to protect the rights and interests of workers?"

Li Yunlong smiled and brought up the concept of severance pay in later generations.

To be honest, as the representative of the working class, Russia treats the working class much worse than France, the old revolutionary base.

However, although the French proposed the concept of severance pay, we are the only country that has actually implemented it. Although the implementation is still somewhat incomplete, it is legally binding.

Mercedes later went viral for giving N plus 9 compensation to its laid-off employees, and was praised by a group of people as a foreign company with a clear conscience. However, during the same period, Mercedes also laid off a large number of workers in South Africa without paying a penny in compensation.

Why is there such a big gap? It is because there are domestic laws to constrain and manage these foreign companies.

Ambassador Pan listened to Li Yunlong's words and was unable to refute them for a moment. Li Yunlong was talking about protecting the interests of the working class. If he opposed this proposal, it would mean he was opposing the working class, and he would not be able to gain a foothold in the Soviet Union.

However, if he agreed to this condition, Pan Youxin would feel overwhelmed when looking at the tens of billions of oceans in compensation for these workers. He instantly understood why Li Yunlong wanted to throw this hot potato to him.

"General Li Yunlong, this is your law, and we are the Mao Bear people. We should not abide by your law!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong's face changed and he said coldly: "Ambassador Pan, these factories are on our land. We are not the Qing Dynasty of decades ago. If you want to threaten or oppress us, it will only hurt both sides!"

Looking at Li Yunlong's narrowed eyes, Pan Youxin felt a chill on his back.

Li Yunlong's current strength is indeed not to be underestimated. Pan Youxin did not dare to break up with Li Yunlong without authorization. Finally, after thinking for a while, he said: "General Li Yunlong, I need to ask Moscow for advice!"

"Please! But our army needs a large amount of munitions, and we need the arsenal to start production as soon as possible!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and continued, "The arsenal is yours. We need weapons, and we can purchase weapons produced by the arsenal from you!"

Hearing this, Pan Youxin's eyes lit up. If this was the case, then this matter would be very easy to handle. At least the invested money would not be lost.

"I'll report to Moscow now!"

"waiting for your good news!"

After Pan Youxin left, Li Yunlong took a sip of his teacup and looked at the Chief of Staff and Wu Yi Er and the others beside him: "Haven't you figured it out?"

Everyone nodded, some of them not understanding why Li Yunlong wanted to give these arsenals to the Russians for free.

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "We are short of money. It's no problem to pay the workers with our military notes, but we need a lot of foreign exchange to buy other things."

"It seems that these factories have been given to the Russians, but the factories are in Fengtian, and we still have the final say. Even if the Russians send people over, how many people can they send? By then, won't the factories be controlled by our people?"

"The Russian bear is spending money to support workers and make weapons for us, killing two birds with one stone!"

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you just say that we were purchasing weapons from the arsenal?"

"Do we need raw materials to produce weapons and ammunition? The Russians can't just ship the raw materials from their home country, right?"

"We just sell the raw materials to them, transferring the profits from one hand to the other. Besides, the factory is full of our people. Whether the factory is making a loss or a profit is not up to us to decide."

"Anyway, the Russians want these factories, so we can give them to them in name only. As long as they are willing to pay our workers, I would be happy to work for them, not to mention the factories themselves!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he took a sip of tea with a smile and continued to think: "In addition to the weapons and equipment we produce ourselves, our Fengtian Arsenal can also participate in the internal bidding of weapons and equipment of the Russian Bear, and let the Russian Bear spend money to buy the equipment!"

"Besides, producing advanced weapons and equipment requires talent, right? It wouldn't be unreasonable to ask Russia for some talent later, right? They already own the factory, so it's unacceptable that Asia's largest arsenal doesn't deserve some experts, right?"

Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes as they listened to Li Yunlong chattering on and on. Obviously, they didn't expect that Li Yunlong could think of so many things in such a short time.

"Li Yunlong, I didn't believe the division commanders who said you fled from Taihang Mountain to Dabie Mountain before. Now I think you escaped from Pingyao!"

"Hahaha……"

While a few people were chatting and laughing, Pan Youxin had already sent the Fengtian situation to Moscow.

Beria breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Pan Youxin's telegram.

Li Yunlong admitted his mistake and did not deny the treaty he had signed with him.

What Beria is most worried about now is that Li Yunlong will turn against him. After all, the Russians no longer have the ability to interfere in the affairs of the four northeastern provinces. If Li Yunlong chooses to turn against him, the Russians really have no way to deal with it.

Moreover, the Russians still need Li Yunlong's help. Whether it is the counterattack in East and West Siberia or the missile technology, they need Li Yunlong's help. It is not appropriate to tear his face. So if Li Yunlong does not recognize this treaty, Beria will not tear his face at least until the Russians return to East and West Siberia.

However, this matter is related to Beria's status in Big Beard's heart. After all, he was the one who promoted this matter and gave Li Yunlong a lot of supplies. If Li Yunlong turned his back on him at this time, his status in Big Beard's heart might plummet.

But after reading Li Yunlong's request, Beria couldn't help but curse: "This Li Yunlong is really cunning!"

As a civilian ambassador, Pan Youxin could not see the trick behind Li Yunlong's proposal of these conditions, but Beria saw through Li Yunlong's tricks at a glance.

But he had no way to expose it, because this was one of his own achievements. He only used a pile of worthless scrap metal to exchange for the largest arsenal, metallurgical plant, hardware factory, and machine tool factory in Asia.

"This bastard!"

After cursing Li Yunlong, Beria thought for a moment and walked into the bearded man's office.

In Beria's opinion, the most cunning thing about Li Yunlong was that he let him see through his purpose, but gave himself a perfect excuse.

And I have to use this excuse!

Chapter 711 Li Yunlong Doesn’t Play by the Rules

"Sir, a telegram from Fengtian."

Beria entered the bearded man's room, smelled the smell of cigarettes in the room, resisted the urge to smoke, and reported in a low voice.

"Hmm? What did Li Yunlong say?"

The Beard is still quite concerned about the four northeastern provinces. The four northeastern provinces have fertile land, well-developed industries, and a large population. If they can be taken over, both the east and west sides of the Russian Bear can be developed and the country can be invincible.

"Li Yunlong has agreed to give us what we want according to the treaty, and has signed a transfer contract with our people."

After hearing this, the bearded man smiled and said, "It seems that Li Yunlong is quite sensible. Not bad!"

In fact, Big Beard was also prepared for Li Yunlong to deny his mistake.

He had already made up his mind that if Li Yunlong did not admit his mistake, he would have an excuse to send troops to the four eastern provinces after he dealt with De San. He would use the excuse of protecting the Russian industry to forcibly enter the four eastern provinces.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong actually admitted it, which was a bit beyond the expectations of the bearded man.

"However, there are still some things that need to be reported."

After hearing this, the bearded man frowned slightly and felt a little dissatisfied. He was a little dissatisfied with Beria's behavior of only saying half of the words.

"Li Yunlong has already transferred the largest arsenal, metallurgical plant, steel rolling mill, and lathe factory in Fengtian City to us, but these factories have over 100,000 workers, and we need to be responsible for these workers."

As soon as these words came out, the bearded man frowned, took a puff of his cigarette and said, "So many people?"

"Well, after all, the Japanese have been developing here for more than a decade, turning the four eastern provinces into the largest industrial base in Asia. This doesn't even include some other small factories. Otherwise, the number of workers could reach 300,000, or even more!"

When the bearded man heard that there were more than 300,000 workers, he couldn't help but feel excited. These were all skilled workers. If they were incorporated into the Russian army, the Russian army's strength would be greatly improved.

"What are we responsible for?"

"The workers' wages. The reason why Li Yunlong agreed to transfer these factories to us so readily is because he really can't afford to pay the workers' wages. It costs tens of millions of dollars every month."