Zhu Wencong noticed everyone becoming silent, underestimating the future market potential of Manchuria, thinking that investing a few million casually would suffice.
Manchuria, as the first region to complete industrial construction in the modern history of the East, unfortunately rose because of the Zhang family and also fell because of them; Yuting did not expect his son to be so incompetent.
Historically, the Northeast was first developed by Russia and Japan, beginning with Russia gaining the legal right to develop the Northeast through the Sino-Russian Secret Treaty of 1896.
The notorious Sino-Eastern Railway ran through the Northeast, linking cities like Bing City and Bin City, and exploited local mineral resources.
Seeing Russia making a fortune in the Northeast, Japan, envious, initiated the Russo-Japanese War (1905) and obtained the rights to the South Manchurian Railway and the Liaodong Peninsula.
