Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 291 Progress in Shanghai
Because of the enthusiasm of the Zhu family, Gong Baosen directly lived in the porcelain house. He still felt that it was really inconvenient for such a novel building.

He couldn't bear the fact that the land of reincarnation of grains was set in the room, and after using it a few times, he still found it very convenient.

But seeing the daughters of the Zhu family every day, it's hard to describe...

So he was forced to play the role of an old father, borrowing Zhu's carriage to send his daughter to school.After sending them off, they began to visit Hanyao's factory and family home in Bingcheng under the leadership of Zhu Chuanwen.Of course, the gunpowder factory and the gun factory were not brought there... The Ice City gave Gong Baosen the feeling that it was the time when he went to Jinmen, and there were major constructions everywhere.

In this way, going out early and returning late every day, returning to the porcelain house to sleep, made this old stubborn a lot more refreshing, and had the opportunity to compete with Zhu Kaishan twice in the small garden, both of which were a draw.

Because there is still Fengtian's military affairs, Gong Baosen can only stay in Bingcheng for a week, and it is time for parting in a hurry.

"Ruomei, remember to come back on time." This is the agreement between Gong Baosen and his daughter Gong Ruomei, saying that they must go home before their birthday in one month, and the things passed down by the Gong family cannot be sloppy.

"Huh..." Gong Ruomei didn't make a sound, but Zhu Chuanwen, who accompanied her, saw her trembling and cold expression, and secretly saved this expression.

"Then I'll go." Gong Baosen knew his daughter well, since he didn't refute it, he acquiesced.

On the carriage to the train station.

"Chuanwen, how big is your Hanyao now?" Gong Baosen asked a question that has been on his mind lately.

"Including the people from the Fengtian Manufacturing Bureau this time, there are probably more than 6000 people." Zhu Chuanwen has already excluded the number of workers from the picket team, the hunter department, the trading firm and Xiaoqingshan, and only said Hanyao in the ice city. The number of workers, compared to last year, the expansion of the monosodium glutamate factory, flour mill, gun factory, and steel factory has doubled the number of workers in Hanyao.

"Hiss—" Gong Baosen secretly took a deep breath. After a few years, Han Yao's development is really vital, or rather terrifying.

Bingcheng is a magical place. Gong Baosen, who was used to staying in the capital, saw a lot of numb faces. On the faces of the workers in Bingcheng, he saw that kind of smile, and he was a little scared.

But after thinking about it again, it's really a good thing that these people are living well, and people can't help but want to join in. For the first time, Gong Baosen had a little bit of regret about his settlement in Fengtian.But he also turned to talk about his daughter: "Chuanwen, sending Ruomei to Bingcheng should be the most correct thing for me as a father to do."

As for why he felt this way, Zhu Chuanwen also heard it from Xian'er, but now listening to a father's narration, he has a different feeling again.Why is the Zhu family so indulgent towards Gong Ruomei?Apart from the factor of being the daughter of the palace family, there is also the fact that she is pitiful.

Gong Ruomei is a poor person!After the death of her mother, she started to take care of the chores of the palace family when she was 10 years old. The stability of pretending to be the headmistress of the palace family made her lose a lot of happiness as a child and suppressed her own nature.

In this regard, Gong Baosen has no choice. Since the development of the Gong family, it has been this kind of family model. Most of the direct disciples he cultivated will be released. Because of his generation, he has no idea of ​​remarrying. Gong Ruomei must support the backbone of the Gong family, and even if Ma San becomes the head of the Gong family, he still has to be attached to the Gong family, or become a wife...

And this time Gong Ruomei came to Bingcheng, in addition to the smaller size of the Gong family and fewer trivial matters, he was also a father. The last time he indulged his daughter, when she graduated from middle school, some things had to be put on the agenda .But it seems that Gong Ruomei has indeed found happiness in Bingcheng!That's why I said this to Zhu Chuanwen.

"Uncle Gong, don't worry if Ruomei is in Bingcheng, my father and mother are raising me as my own daughters, and I want to meet a god-in-law!" In this way of thinking, with three sons, there is a lack of a daughter.

"Damn it..." Gong Baosen thought carefully, but didn't speak.

The two of them arrived at Bingcheng Railway Station in this way. Outside the railway station, Zhu Kaishan, who had come from the Binjiang City Insurance Team's station, was already waiting, and he had to do enough etiquette.

After sending Gong Baosen on the train, Zhu Kaishan hurriedly came to Zhu Chuanwen's side: "How about it, have you mentioned the matter of being a relative?"

"I mentioned Dad, but Uncle Gong didn't say anything..."

"Okay, let's talk about this matter, if you don't refuse in person, you have a chance." Zhu Kaishan comforted himself, and then rode on his own snow-treading crow and walked slowly towards the insurance team. His old Zhu dreamed of a daughter!

When Zhu Chuanwen returned to the porcelain house again, Xian'er was teasing Gong Ruomei.

"Okay, isn't it just a trip back to Fengtian? What's there to be unhappy about? After you learn luck, you can go back to school. Didn't the palace master promise you to stay in Bingcheng until you graduate from middle school?" Xian'er taught Gong Ruomei, who has the grace of teaching art, has always called Gong Baosen like this.

"Sister Xian'er, Uncle Zhu can teach me luck just like you, so let me go back to Fengtian." Gong Ruomei was still dissatisfied, with a small face.

"How can this be the same? Your father's personal inheritance proves that you are the orthodox of the palace family. This is your status!" Xian'er naturally understands these things. Becoming a mother, coupled with the status of the shopkeeper of Hanyao Education, made her far-sighted And thinking is gradually broadening and maturing.

"Hey, is fame so important?" Gong Ruomei muttered to herself.When he saw Zhu Chuanwen came back, he couldn't help but feel a prank. "Brother Chuanwen, Xiaoman's diaper hasn't been washed yet."

Well, maybe you will be my god-sister in the future, so bear with you one more time.Zhu Chuanwensheng walked to the living room without love, picked up his son's diaper, and took it to the servant. It's not that he hasn't washed it himself, but there are still important things to do.

As soon as he put down the diaper, Wu Tong came in: "Boss, shopkeeper Chu and the two shopkeepers Zhou are here."

"go!"

Zhu Chuanwen went straight to the small garden of the porcelain house. The turmoil made Xian'er and Gong Ruomei, who were talking in the living room, curious. They walked to the dining room on the first floor of the porcelain house, where they could see the scene behind the small garden .

In the past two days, due to the cold weather, fresh vegetables for Chuanwenniang and Xianerniang have become difficult to buy. Under Zhu Chuanwen's suggestion, a glass greenhouse has been built in the farmland around the insurance team's station since October. At this time, the two of them were taking people to see if any vegetables were ripe, so that they could take them home for cooking, and maintain the nutrition of the fresh baby during breastfeeding.

So only Xian'er and Gong Ruomei are left at home.

"Sister Xian'er, look, it looks like a machine with two wheels."

"Sister Xian'er, Brother Chuanwen is riding, so he won't fall?"

The two stood in front of the window, looking at Zhu Chuanwen who was trying to ride a bicycle in the backyard, their eyes were full of worry.

After a while, this worry turned into pride, "Xiao Man, look at your dad, you can learn everything so quickly." Xian'er hugged Xiao Man, waving his little hands as if to say hello, without the initial inexperience, seven After turning eight turns, Zhu Chuanwen steered the bicycle in circles in the small garden.But how did Xian'er know that bicycles are one of the necessary skills for Chinese people, and the lack of proficiency at the beginning was just a problem with the bicycle itself and some rustiness.

In the small garden behind the porcelain house, a new big toy was made by Han Yao and appeared here.

"Ring ring ring!" The crisp bell rang.

Zhu Chuanwen is test-driving the Hanyao brand bicycle jointly produced by Ironware No. [-] and No. [-] Factory.According to the current capabilities of Hanyao Ironware Factory, the technical content of this thing is not high. Things like bearings and transmissions were conquered when the steamship was refitted, and they were only made small.

Riding the heavy [-] pole, Zhu Chuanwen struggled to turn around in the yard.

An elegant one turned over and got out of the car, pulled down the support frame to stop the car, and said to Chu Keqiu and the Zhou family brothers who were about to claim credit: "Master Chu, two shopkeepers Zhou, have you tried this car?"

"I tried it, boss, but it's not as good as yours." Chu Keqiu really admired it. He had fallen a few times, and his boss could walk as soon as he got started, and he looked a little coquettish.

The Zhou family brothers also nodded in agreement, according to the current statement, their boss is really awesome.

"Then let me mention a few shortcomings. There is no problem with the power of this car, but the body is too heavy, which affects the handling and indirectly increases the cost." Zhu Chuanwen knocked on several places on the body, "This is solid, think of a way Make it hollow, of course I am not only talking about these places, you go back and test a few more, Lao Chu, you do it, figure out the force, this thing must be able to withstand a weight of 400 catties, don't make it The pressure collapsed."

The reason why Erba Dagang is so popular is not only that it has changed the way people travel, but also that it has undertaken part of people's freight needs.Zhu Chuanwen once saw a video. Even in later generations, some countries in Africa and the Americas still have [-] big bars in many places. These cars are first-class freight transporters, with hundreds of catties of bananas on both sides. There is no pressure at all.

"I know my boss." Chu Keqiu wrote it down.

"Also, Mr. Zhou, I'm using my foot to brake this car. It lacks my own brake. To put it bluntly, it's just missing a brake part." Zhu Chuanwen was talking about the brakes.

"Boss, what is this brake?" Da Zhou was the technical shopkeeper of Hanyao No. [-] Factory, and he had honed his skills, so he was the first to ask the question.

"Look, this car lacks a front brake and a rear brake." Zhu Chuanwen squatted down and pointed to the wheel, "This is the wheel, put two parts on the handle, the left and right brakes are divided into front and rear, and pinch..." Zhu Chuanwen gestured Then, Da Zhou understood in seconds.

"Understood, boss, we'll improve it after a while." The brothers of the Zhou family carefully recorded this matter in their notebooks.

"Well, what's more, it's just an experimental product now, and it's harmless, but in the end we have to put our logo on it. This bike is called Hanyao Bicycle." This is a new product of Hanyao Ironware Factory in the future, and it is about to start For sales, it is natural to do a good job of branding.

But after squatting, Zhu Chuanwen saw the problem again.

"How about the rubber?" Zhu Chuanwen asked the three people behind him while holding the tire.

The three of them looked at each other, Chu Keqiu was responsible for this matter: "Boss, shopkeeper Gu has sent a letter from Shanghai, and has contacted the rubber plantation in Nanyang to provide stable supply to Hanyao. Guangting is helping me Design a rubber production line.”

"Well, all the money collected from the coal yard this month should be used to build a rubber production line, and put it in the second factory. There will be many uses for your rubber in the future."

"Okay, thank you boss."

"Also, this wheel is also made to be inflated for me. One outer tire is used to make it thicker, and the inner tube is used to inflate it. Refer to the current tires used for carriages, so that it is much more comfortable to ride. Just now your solid rubber tire almost knocked me apart." This time pinching the tire, good guy, Chu Keqiu probably made a solid rubber tire directly to save trouble, no wonder it is so heavy.

The three of them originally came here with the mentality of asking for credit, but these questions taught them another lesson, so let's change it.The three shopkeepers staggered and rode towards the iron factory, one on one and two on the other, and they talked about it, this thing is really fun...

The original Hanyao bicycle was taken for remodeling, and Zhu Chuanwen went to the Hanyao building.

"Zhong Xuan, has the news from Shanghai come back?" Sending Gong Baosen off in the morning, secretary Wu Tong stayed in the porcelain house, while Zhong Xuan went to Hanyao Building early, and had some information on hand that needed to be compiled.

"Boss, it's back." Zhong Xuan hurriedly took out the sorted materials from his desk.

Zhu Chuanwen took it into his office, and began to look at it carefully. These were all sent by Gu Ansheng from Shanghai. Some of them went through the public telegraph system, and some went through the wireless telegraph system of the hunter department.

The above records in detail the money spent after Gu Ansheng went to Shanghai at the end of October.

At the end of October, Xia Yuanzhang took a large sum of 10 silver dollars, which was basically the repayment of the monosodium glutamate paid by Yasuda, Japan.

Among them, more than 3 silver dollars were used to build Hanyao's business channels in various places, and the remaining more than 27 silver dollars were all invested in the rubber stock market. This is Gu Ansheng's maximum capital allocation based on the current situation. .

Let me talk about the establishment of the retail channel of the commercial bank first. This is a joint action between Hanyao Commercial Bank and the hunter department. The hunter department directly sinks to the bottom of the sales terminal, that is, the construction of the grocery store, while the commercial bank is responsible for the various grocery stores and sales channels. Established, the general cargo yard was established in Shanghai, and Xiong Zhen, the deputy captain of the Yilan, carried out the supply six times a year.

When it comes to the establishment of the general cargo yard, the role of Xu Shichang has to be mentioned here. Originally, Hanyao's actions in Shanghai were slow, but since Xu Shichang's telegram to Sheng Xuanhuai, Hanyao has also been influenced by this big boss in Shanghai. Full support, at least officially.In the telegram this time, Hanyao's warehouse in Shanghai has also been coordinated and is about to start construction.

The second is the most important issue of buying rubber stocks. The sharp rise in rubber futures on the London Stock Exchange last year seems to have sent a signal. Now rubber fever is starting to appear all over the world, which has risen to a higher level than before.

This kind of enthusiasm is not without warning. In the final analysis, it was caused by the Beijing-Paris rally last year and continued to ferment. The main sponsors of that rally, in addition to several car companies, also participated in the promotion. Hutchinson, Lanxess, Vibram, Goodyear and other famous rubber manufacturers.

These manufacturers have participated in the rubber industry for a long time. From 1820, the world's first rubber factory was established in England. In 1839, American Goodyear invented the rubber vulcanization method, which solved the problem of raw rubber becoming sticky. The problem of brittleness makes the rubber have high elasticity and toughness, which marks that the rubber has completely entered the stage of industrial application.

Over the past few decades, tires have been the target of these rubber manufacturers. From the transition of horse-drawn carriages from wooden wheels to pneumatic tires, to the transition of rickshaws and bicycles, to car rallies, it has proved the practicality of cars as a means of transportation. It marks a result that the price of rubber will increase.

From the information collected by Gu Ansheng, Zhu Chuanwen also gave instructions that rubber should still be purchased, and rejected Gu Ansheng's idea of ​​establishing rubber plantations in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

Thanks to the efforts of overseas Chinese and people of insight in these places, foreign experts have broken the myth that Brazilian clover rubber, which is native to the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River, can only grow in tropical areas within 10° north latitude.But in Zhu Chuanwen's heart, this matter perfectly interpreted a word, beyond reach, Hanyao's roots are too far away from these places!
In the acquisition of stocks, Zhu Chuanwen once again made it clear that Gu Ansheng should start buying the stocks of the Nanyang plantation companies. It is best to send people to the local area to check the facts and try to spend all the money before December.

After reading the news about spending money, Zhu Chuanwen really didn't expect that there would be another news about making money.

"Wu Tong, go to the ironware factory and invite shopkeeper Chu over here."

This news really has something to do with Chu Keqiu, because the communication skills cultivated by Gu Ansheng in Bingcheng, and Sheng Xuanhuai are also fiercely fighting, and after going back and forth, Zhu Chuanwen passed on Zhu Chuanwen's latest ideas.

Gu Ansheng used 7 words to describe the change of Sheng Xuanhuai's expression at that time...

Surprised in vain, wasted years!

Then came Sheng Xuanhuai's endorsement, some series of Leili's popular operations: because Huizhou merchants encountered a bumper wheat harvest this year, they turned to start large-scale flour mill construction, and found Sheng Xuanhuai from Shanghai China Merchants Bureau. Today's Huizhou merchants go They are all connected by Li Zhongtang. Even though the six brothers of Li Hongzhang have passed away, Guangxi still has the second generation of the Li family. The road is just around the corner, so Sheng Xuanhuai is very generous.

However, it took a long time to import foreign equipment from China Merchants. It happened to meet Gu Ansheng who wanted to sell the flour production line of Hanyao No. 20 Ironware Factory. The feelings of the "Myself" Manufacturing Bureau to produce equipment.

Zhu Chuanwen was thinking about these 7 words when Chu Keqiu pushed the door open and entered.

"Master!"

"Old Chu, there is a big order!" Zhu Chuanwen smiled and brought the order worth 20 silver dollars and 5 sets of flour mill equipment to Chu Keqiu.

"Boss, good news!" Chu Keqiu was also beaming with joy after reading it.

"Haha, yes, come and do the math with me, how much profit can this money make?"

"What do you want to do, master?"

"How else can you calculate it? Calculate the labor first, and then calculate the cost of getting the steel from the steel mill!" Zhu Chuanwen said angrily, this guy just can't give a good face.

There are indeed two algorithms in Hanyao Ironware Factory. One is based only on labor, which is the algorithm that counts iron ore mining, transportation, steelmaking, and sales of ironware. This only counts the money consumed by Hanyao's entire system; the other It is for the three ironware factories. There is an exit price for iron billets and steel billets from the steelmaking factory. steel mill.

"Okay, boss!" Chu Keqiu is naturally used to the boss's swearing way of communication, and after a while, he calculated the money Han Yao earned from this transaction, "Boss, if it is only based on labor, the 20 Hanyao’s overall profit will be 18 silver dollars. If you count the goods from the steel mill, then this will be less. 5 sets of equipment, including the money to Lao Qu, will have more than 6 silver dollars to our second factory I’m exhausted!” After speaking, he sighed: “Old Qu really makes money.”

Well, the iron ore factory in Xiaoqingshan is still being raised by a steel factory. Try to buy iron ore, and there is not much money left.

"Okay, you can take this order, and the equipment will be delivered on schedule, with quality and quantity guaranteed, no problem?"

"No problem, my boss, 10 units have been built, let alone 5 units, when the time comes, they will be shipped by sea?"

"Go by sea, let the workers who went to Fengtianan equipment last time follow, and assemble these five sets!"

This is a good start for Hanyao Ironware Factory, but it has to be done well. The merchants are all cautious, not to mention the shrewd group of Huizhou merchants, who are highly recommended by Sheng Xuanhuai, and the equipment purchase cycle of foreign firms is long. Only then did they make a decision to settle for the next best thing. They had also heard about the quality of Hanyao's flour, so they purchased this set of equipment with the attitude of trying it out.

Chu Keqiu was about to leave, but Zhu Chuanwen stopped him again: "Old Chu, how is your European tour going?"

"Boss, after I let go, I will see how well the steam engines manufactured by my subordinates are. I will start again, but I have booked a few places, Russia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The period is about 5 months, and I have to hurry up." , Come back before June, but my boss has postponed it for another month, so your funds will be fine by then."

"No problem, won't the 6 silver dollars arrive in the account right away? I won't move. I'll put it here with Xia Yuanzhang first, and I'll transfer it to you when the time comes."

"Okay, then thank you, my boss." Chu Keqiu walked towards the ironworks factory bouncing around. The matter of the bicycle and the matter of the steam engine can be said to be a double blessing.

And when the matter of Fengtian Manufacturing Bureau is settled and the matter of steam engine manufacturing is on the right track, Chu Keqiu will also embark on a journey of travel...

(End of this chapter)