Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 444 British, here we come!

Hanyao Automobile still looks like a carriage, so don't feel ashamed, or Zhu Chuanwen didn't contribute.

These days, the famous Ford Model T sedan in the United States is nowhere to be seen, and the reason is that Hanyao's automobile factory, like the American automobile factory, first uses the assembly line for manufacturing horse-drawn carriages to seek technological transformation and maintain the largest industry. utilization, but is already shifting...

It is expected that next year, the new Hanyao Automobile production line will be completely improved and put into production.

Zhu Chuanwen was wearing a traditional costume of the Qing court, and the big red flower on his chest was especially festive.It was a compromise, after all, I came to Fengtian to welcome my relatives, and Zhao Erxun was determined to watch from the sidelines. The Qing Dynasty had entered the countdown, and Xiao Zhu didn't want to be targeted at the last time in the future.

"The auspicious time has come, welcome!" Chu Keqiu trotted down from the other side of the car with Zhu Chuanwen, stood at the gate of Gong's house, and shouted loudly towards the inside. If there are too many people, things will be done quickly. Yes, every minute and every second of Zhu Chuanwen's wedding has his own plan.

At this time, in the main hall of the Gong family, Gong Baosen was pacing back and forth. The old father married his daughter, and he was still in a panic. Next to him was Lao Jiang, the housekeeper of the Gong family, looking at his nose, nose, and mouth. Heart stood aside, unusually calm.

Chu Keqiu's faint voice seemed to come in, Gong Baosen could also hear the boiling movement at the door, and was about to go out to have a look, when Ma Sansan strode towards the main hall and clasped his fist at his master : "Master, the people from the Zhu family are here, and they are still driving a car. It is much better than the cars I saw in the capital. The carports are all closed." Ma San is also 21 this year, but there are still some teenagers in front of his master. Xinxing, talking about the car regardless of priorities.

"Okay! Let's go, let the mothers help the young lady out." Gong Baosen interrupted Ma San's description, but he felt a little emotional in his heart. Zhu Chuanwen didn't say how the Zhu family had a child. Today's Kanto, Especially in Hei Province, how many people have been given a living by Hanyao and Zhujia Liangpu, and how many people have Zhu Chuanwen's longevity seat in their homes.Besides, Zhu Chuanwu made his name in Nancheng after two years in the capital.And the youngest third child, Zhu Chuanjie, is also said to be doing well in the United States.

As for himself, Ma San, who has been with him since he was a child, is still a teenager at heart, hey...

But in fact, don't these have a lot to do with family education?Gong Baosen hoped that his son would become a dragon, but he forgot that with him by his side, Ma San was actually his own shadow.

"Understood, master, let me go!" Lao Jiang looked at his future successor, really a little unreliable, and volunteered.

Gong Baosen took Ma San to meet Zhu Chuanwen at the door.

"Uncle Gong!" Zhu Chuanwen cupped his hands.

"Still called Uncle Gong?" Gong Baosen was annoyed.

"Master Yue Zhang!"

"Where's your sedan chair?" Gong Baosen nodded in satisfaction, and looked behind Zhu Chuanwen.Gong Baosen must have regretted it all his life, because Zhao Erxun would not let him leave Fengtian, and Zhu Chuanwen met his relatives in Fengtian this time, and then took the special train through Chuncheng to Bingcheng.

In Fengtian, Gong Baosen had to entertain the guests. After all, Hanyao had primary suppliers of grain, timber, iron ore and other raw materials in the entire Kanto, and officially, Gong Baosen was still the entire Kanto New Army. His martial arts instructor, and Zhu Kaishan is the wing chief of Ji Province, both officials and businessmen came.

Of course, if anyone wants to go to Bingcheng to witness, Zhu Chuanwen will always come. As long as he has an invitation letter from Hanyao, the special train can take people at any time.

"My father-in-law, this is the first batch of cars manufactured by Hanyao. Using this to welcome relatives is more grand than using a sedan chair!" Zhu Chuanwen pointed to three small cars parked side by side not far away. There are actually a lot of cars in China, even in Lushun and Qingdao. These places have a common feature, colonies.

"You Hanyao made it yourself?" Gong Baosen had no expression on his face, but he was secretly surprised, but he felt a little complacent when he thought that someone like Zhu Chuanwen had become his son-in-law.

"Then let's get married." Gong Baosen said to Zhu Chuanwen, seeing his girl stepping out of the gate with a hijab holding a beautiful porcelain jar.

Zhu Chuanwen looked at the bride who was jealous of the hijab, and didn't delay, the process was all negotiated, "Then we set off, Bingcheng is far away, and the horse mat has to be taken care of by Mr. Yue Zhang. I have ordered the shopkeeper of Hanyao Fengtian to take care of it." I will obey your orders." Zhu Chuanwen saw that Gong Ruomei was being helped into the car by the old lady of the palace mansion, and she was giving a junior gift to Gong Baosen, and said again: "Also, Mr. Yuezhang, I will keep these three cars in Fengtian. One is my filial piety to you, please give the second one to the Governor-General on my behalf, and the last one will be used for public use in the Hanyao Fengtian Chamber of Commerce."

"Understood!" Gong Baosen nodded and watched the convoy go away.

Taking advantage of his big marriage, Zhu Chuanwen built the Hanyao Automobile first. It would be a shame not to use his fame to advertise.And this wedding, different from Zhu Chuanwen's first marriage, had too many rules.Since yesterday, the Fengtian Palace family has been entertaining guests, accompanied by a drum team, which is called "dropping the table".Today, the noon banquet for the bride to marry is called the "horse-mounting banquet", and the dinner in Bingcheng is called the "dismounting-horse banquet".This is still the process after Zhu Chuanwen's repeated simplification.

Big marriage, no, on the third day after Zhu Chuanwen's second marriage, Xian'er returned to the porcelain house with her two children.

Zhu Chuanwen knew in his heart that the only way to keep the family harmonious in the future is to have a flat bowl of water, so he and Xian'er were married again for two days. It's like going to work, it's too hard!
Hanyao Headquarters
Zhu Chuanwen sat leisurely on the chair, looking very happy at work.

"Mr. Prime Minister, a British man came here with an invitation letter from the consul in Beijing. He also attended your wedding banquet. I don't know where he got the invitation card. He kept inviting me to dinner. I also went there , At the Modern Hotel, I have already reported to the security office, and today I was blocked at the door, saying that I want to come to visit!" Zhao Dong pushed open the door and said to Zhu Chuanwen, who was leaning on the chair and lamenting the difficulty of being a man.

The security office of Hanyao's headquarters has the support of hunters and is also responsible for inspection. The report Zhao Dong mentioned is naturally the process of Hanyao, especially this kind of British treat.

"British?" Zhu Chuanwen couldn't help thinking of the golden retriever named "Rhubarb" at home. He knew that there must be something wrong with the fact that the British consul gave Wu Lien-te a dog and was donated. Porcelain House's new "Little Brit (Rhubarb)" don't jump, sure enough, now he's looking for you.

As for Zhao Dong's banquet, Zhu Chuanwen didn't say anything, as long as it was reported, it didn't matter. The unified development method of hiding in a small building was not suitable for Hanyao's development.There is a saying that goes well, only by going out can we go further.

But Zhu Chuanwen thought about meeting the British, and said: "Tell them, I'm busy, and I have to go to Vladivostok, see you!"

"Mr. Prime Minister, they still have Master Xu's handwriting, saying that Lubin Hurd has come forward!" Zhao Dong said.

"All the old foreign devils have come forward?" Zhu Chuanwen was surprised. The British consul asked Xu Shichang to understand, but Lu Bin Hurd, this is a legendary British in the Qing court.

Since the British took office, he has been in charge of the customs of the Qing court. Talking about his background, he is a member of the British civil service system. After joining the job, 23-year-old Hurd was originally in the British consulate in Beijing. One of them was later transferred to Guangzhou, which was occupied by the British and French allied forces, as the secretary of the British and French General Administration of Government Affairs, and at the same time as the secretary of the Hong Kong Supervision Office.

In October when he was 23 years old, he was transferred to Guangzhou as an interpreter at the British Consulate in Guangzhou, where he became acquainted with Lao Chongguang, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.The Taxation Department of the Qing court was an important department subordinate to the Prime Minister’s Yamen, but around 10, the Qing court could be said to have suffered a great loss in this regard. The three chief taxation directors were all British. The first Li Taitai, The second was Hurd, and the third was Anglian.

As far as the entire Qing court is concerned, the Chief Taxation Department of Chief Hart can be said to be the cleanest institution in the Qing court, but this incorruptibility is ultimately for the Qing court people to see. According to the documents compiled by the hunter, there are nine out of ten, The 4.5 million taels of silver in the Xin Chou Treaty came from Hurd's handwriting. After all, the entire Qing court, and only this British man, knew how much tax revenue the Qing court received from commerce and trade in a year.

That's why Zhu Chuanwen called him an old foreign devil. This person should return to England now to wait for the fallen leaves to return to his roots, but he is a serious official of the Qing court after he resigned from the British civil servants, with a first-rank official rank.

"Mr. Prime Minister, shall we see you then?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Master Xu has to save face. Let's make an appointment at the garrison headquarters in the afternoon." Zhu Chuanwen said, he was also very curious, what is the purpose of the British people coming to Bingcheng today?

At 2:[-] in the afternoon, Zhu Chuanwen appeared in the garrison headquarters building wearing a uniform of the insurance team. Zhong Xuan had been waiting downstairs.

"Have the British come?" Zhu Chuanwen asked.

"Here we come, Chief Instructor, he's in the meeting room."

As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Chuanwen saw a middle-aged man dressed as an English gentleman, with a pocket watch, cane, and gentleman's hat.

"Mr. Zhu! Hello!" The British walked up enthusiastically, wanting to give him a hug, but when he was half a meter away from Zhu Chuanwen, Zhu Chuanwen stretched out his hand, and the British retracted his movement in embarrassment.

"Mr. Zhu, I didn't expect you to be so reserved. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ackerman, and I belong to a joint enterprise in the United Kingdom and the United States." Ackerman said with a smile, holding Zhu Chuanwen's hand.

"Go in and talk."

When the two of them were seated, Zhu Chuanwen actually had a lot of Anglo-American companies in his mind.

"Mr. Zhu, I would like to add that I work for the United Tobacco Company of Britain and America. I am here to explore the possibility of cooperation between United Tobacco Company of Britain and United Tobacco Company and Laoba Duo Tobacco, a subsidiary of Hanyao."

Zhu Chuanwen narrowed his eyes slightly. Sure enough, he thought of this company just now. British Tobacco and American Tobacco were originally two separate companies, but in order to avoid competition between the two companies, the two companies merged, but a very interesting thing. The tobacco company gave up its stake in the joint venture.British American Tobacco is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with British investors buying up the majority of the shares held by its US parent company.The two played the trick of putting the candy in the left pocket towards the right pocket.

And because British American Tobacco will start global business in the future, it has signed a regional agreement with Imperial Tobacco in the UK, and British American Tobacco cannot conduct business in the UK.

It has to be said that the British played globalization at the beginning of the [-]th century.

Of course, these are the news that Gu Ansheng reported from the Hong Kong newspaper. According to Gu Ansheng, last year (1910), British American Tobacco officially entered Nanyang, and signed a regional agreement this year. This is to expand the market again.

"How do you want to cooperate?" Zhu Chuanwen also read Xu Shichang's letter before he came. Why is the postal logo green? It is said that Hurd designed it.

"We, British American Tobacco, want to expand the Qing Dynasty market together with Lao Ba Duo Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of Hanyao Manufacturing Bureau." Ackerman said.

The British really set their sights on the tobacco market in the Qing Dynasty, and I have to say that the British are keen.

Cigarettes with filter tips have become a trend now, and they are a real profiteering industry. Leveraging the habit of growing tobacco in places such as Guandong Ning Guta, Laoba Duo Cigarette Company has completely ushered in a take-off after Hanyao's capital injection.After several expansions, Lao Ba Duo Brothers currently only holds 10% of the shares, Xia Yuanzhang holds 5%, and the rest is owned by Hanyao.

It can be said that these are the most profitable factories under Hanyao, and the supply has always been in short supply.Laobaduo cigarettes are one of the first products to enter the Shanhaiguan market after Hanyao Flour.

"Mr. Zhu, it's a bit presumptuous to come here this time, so I entrusted many people to meet Mr. Zhu." Seeing Zhu Chuanwen pondering, Ackerman talked about his own efforts to meet the Hanyao ruler .

"Mr. Ackerman, this is the first time I have met you. I don't know why you entrusted these people to see me, but you have to understand that it is impossible for the British to enter the North Manchuria area. You should know who is behind me." Zhu Chuanwen Said directly.

"I know, Mr. Zhu, but you may not know that the United Kingdom and Russia are now the Allied Powers, and our two countries are considered one. Otherwise, I would not dare to come to Ice City." Ackerman said it freely.

"The agreement is only a military agreement. I think you, Britain and Russia, are still competing." Zhu Chuanwen pointed out that the Allied Powers were fragile alliances before a strong opponent appeared.

Ackerman laughed dryly, not knowing what to say.Later, under Zhu Chuanwen's verbal refusal, the first meeting between the two ended in such embarrassment.

Ackerman left, and Zhu Chuanwen quickly approved the construction of cement plants in Bingcheng, Xiaoqingshan, and Yashan. Originally, Hanyao Cement not only purchased from Russian businessmen, but also had horse brand cement (a symbol of a dragon and horse with a negative Taiji picture). Although this factory was taken back from the British by the Qing court, it is now the first time that the British have broken up. Zhu Chuanwen still plans to spend all Hanyao's living money this year, and three cement factories have to be built. up.

(End of this chapter)