mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 907 Shocking Resources and Connections
Du Lisan understood what Zhao Chuanxin said.

He figured it out: "Mr. Zhao, how about going to Changchun Mansion to resell Yuandou? I heard that many merchants buy young crops. Yuandou is the most important grain product. Bean grains and bean cakes are piled up like mountains. Every day at the Nanman Railway Station As many as two thousand vehicles were transported, many of which were transported to Dalian and Yingkou, and the British business Jardine and Matheson purchased the most. This is such a huge wealth..."

Zhao Chuanxin could understand Du Lisan's itching.

At this time, the soybean trading in Changchun Mansion was the original futures.

The so-called buying of young crops means that I make a reservation in advance, and you just plant it, no matter how much grain you produce, it will be delivered according to the contract.

This is futures trading resulting from severe involution.

This also involves hype and so on.

Soybean trading itself is profitable, but with the addition of gambling, it makes people's eyes even redder.

But Zhao Chuanxin was not interested, and he could not let Du Lisan squander his money on this.

His old god said: "There are too many tricks in the futures. When it comes to Dabi's money, some people dare to take risks and steal the money, colluding with foreigners to secretly raise the market price. You'd better not get involved."

Du Lisan's face was full of regret: "Then what should I do?"

"Haha." Zhao Chuanxin smiled: "In this era, there are new tracks everywhere, but you have to squeeze the single-plank bridge. It's so hard to imagine. Lubin Mansion is full of waste, you can make glass, process leather and wool, and build matches. There is a lot of potential in the factory, by firing red bricks, using Western chemical methods to make foreign wax and soap, making large soaps with exquisite carvings, building oil mills, and even frying instant noodles.”

Du Lisan's head was buzzing after hearing this.

He racked his brains and couldn't come up with a project, so Zhao Chuanxin casually mentioned six or seven.

But he was still confused: "But I don't understand anything..."

Zhao Chuanxin actually wants to attract investment to Lubin Mansion, the more the better.

The projects he mentioned basically complement the geographical environment and resources of Lubin Prefecture.

For example, for the match factory, Zhao Chuanxin took back the area along Daxing-Anling, all the way to Zha-Lantun, and built the factory anywhere, using local materials and directly loading the Dongqing Railway. The whole process can be said to be a matter of course.

What about the existing match factory nearby?
Haha, those were basically built by Tsarist Russians. Zhao Chuanxin said that those factories were built illegally and must be demolished.

He speaks and works!

Let’s talk about large pieces of pancake. The pancake produced by the traditional pancreatic method is very small, ugly in color, and the yield is meager. The only advantage is that it is easy to use.

However, using the chemical method, soap and foreign wax are made from the same materials at the same time, and are rolled by machines. The output is large, the size is large, and beautiful patterns can be printed on them, giving them a brand effect.

In any era, appearance is a very important criterion. Zhao Chuanxin can expect that this project will make a lot of money.

There are many cattle and sheep in Lubin Prefecture, so mutton oil can be obtained locally, and the Dongqing Railway is extremely convenient.

As for the oil mill, water is indispensable for building a steam mill with a steam engine. The Lubinfu area is rich in water resources, which is particularly convenient.

As for where to get these machines?
Zhao Chuanxin also had something to say.

He first explained the above benefits to Du Lisan, and then said: "There is an iron factory in Hankou, and I have shares. I have a college in Hankou that specializes in the research and production of machinery. I can give you one-third or even cheaper prices than those imported from abroad." We will build the machine, provide after-sales service, and provide technology. I have a ship to transport the equipment. Remember the Erchen Maru number I grabbed? As for recruiting workers, I will let the Government Cargo Bureau cooperate with you. After all, right? If you are short of money, you can go to Lubinfu Bank and Lugang Town Bank to check the qualifications and get a mortgage loan..."

I blanch...

Du Lisan was numb.

This is a one-stop service from birth to death.

Du Lisan has not been fooling around in vain for the past two years. He also has a concern: "Many projects will use coal. What if the amount of coal produced by Lubin Prefecture is not enough to support various industries?"

"The Kaiping Coal Mine is mine. If the Kaiping Coal Mine is not enough, Zhou Xuexi, the general manager of Kailuan Mineral Co., Ltd., is my eldest nephew. If he wants coal, he can just cut off the supply of the South Manchuria Railway to the little devil with just one sentence."

I blanch...

Du Lisan scratched his forehead, which looked like a bald head. That was because he didn't have time to shave his forehead.

“Finally, what if the goods produced have no market?”

Zhao Chuanxin showed a very happy smile: "I have to mention that I will build a new company called an Internet company. You can think of it as a new newspaper industry. Do you understand advertising? Spread the word. Next year, we will decide to build a new company in the newspaper industry. The two cities of Binfu are Longjiangfu, Jilin, Changchunfu, Lugang Town, Yanbian, Fengtian, Tianjinwei, Lanzhoufu, Liangzhou City, Hankou, Suhang, Shang -Open branches in places such as Hainan, Hong Kong Island and Australia. As long as you place advertisements on Internet companies, your product brand will be known to local people and businessmen in these cities on the same day.”

When Du Lisan heard this, his heart was filled with emotions.

If what Zhao Chuanxin said is true, then if you invest in Lubin Mansion, wouldn't it mean just waiting for the money to be collected?
"Mr. Zhao, starting an industry is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Can I invest in building a few more factories?"

Du Lisan inevitably became greedy.

"If you bite off more than you can chew, you'd better start small first. But if you just feel that you have strong financial resources and endless energy, then I suggest that you study logistics in addition to building a factory."

“What is logistics?”

Zhao Chuanxin also told him the definition and potential of logistics.

"In short, if you can connect the three provinces outside the customs, you will not only be able to deal with the troublemakers under you, but also make a lot of money. When the trucks are built in Hankou, the roads will be full of trucks from your logistics company. Think about how spectacular that scene is? Isn’t it more domineering and more powerful than your victory over the mountain?”

Zhao Chuanxin was good at guiding Du Lisan to imagine, and almost deceived this guy into lameness.

Zhao Chuanxin tricked him into working in logistics, mainly because he wanted to get rid of his dependence on the logistics system of Longjiang Prefecture Guangxin Company.

After all, the two sides will be tit-for-tat on currency, which is a competitive relationship, and sooner or later there will be a stalemate.

Zhao Chuanxin's huge network of contacts and various resources suppressed Du Lisan.

The green forest and grass are nothing compared to this.

The key is that Zhao Chuanxin's name is also well-known in the green forest. Who dares not to try to win the reputation of "a little bit popular outside the pass"?
He stood up excitedly and recited half a sentence of the poem: "The new pine tree is a thousand feet tall, and the evil bamboo tree must be chopped down ten thousand poles! Mr. Zhao, Du can be where he is today only because of Mr. Zhao's help. He will be prosperous in the future." "Report."

Zhao Chuanxin said in his heart that you are quite shameless. Du Fu's surname is Du and your surname is Du, so you can just take Du Fu's poems as your own, right?

But he said: "Easy to say, easy to say, I will be satisfied when I see you all living well. Bandits are not interesting, just be heroes. A great hero serves the country and the people. I hope you will be in the future Make a fortune, don’t forget this sentence.”

Du Lisan stood stunned on the spot and murmured to himself: "A great hero serves the country and the people? Well said!"

Born in the green forest, he also prided himself on being righteous when he led the war against the Russians.

But after all, you still have to do some dirty things to make a living.

So it’s a mixed bag.

But now he can only do good things and not do bad things.

He, Du Lisan, actually has a chance to make a comeback?
I don't think about this kind of thing, and the more I think about it, the more I think about it.

At this time, Jiang Mingxin took Zhao Chuanxin's arm and said, "Big brother, big brother, have you brought me wood chips?"

Zhao Chuanxin happily took out three wood chips and handed them to Jiang Mingxin.

Jiang Mingxin took it and immediately ran to the side.

The snot-nosed kids gathered around: "Show me..."

Xiang Yu has a force value of 95.

Ran Min has a force value of 95.

Huo Qubing has a force value of 90.

"Haha, mine is the best!" Jiang Mingxin shouted while holding up the wood chips.

"I'll switch with you."

"Don't change!"

Du Lisan was interrupted by the noise and felt very unhappy.

Zhao Chuanxin yelled, "Stop yelling and come with me to unload the truck."

He took a group of "little generals" with a force value of 20 and went out to unload the truck.

The driver looked at them at a loss as they "moved".

There is everything on the car, including rouge, gouache, rice, flour, grain and oil, silk and satin, tobacco, wine, sugar and tea, leather goods, and all kinds of valuable imported goods.

Du Lisan really brought a lot of gifts.

Du Lisheng waited for the carriage to clear before he stood up and left.

Zhao Chuanxin also refused to stay.

After the things were piled up in the living room and sorted, he called to everyone: "Let's go, I will take you to the street to buy snacks."

"Oh……"

Jiang Mingxin rolled his eyes: It's true, I haven't finished showing off yet.

Her family used to be very poor, with little food and clothing.

I remember that she wanted a pair of tiger-toe shoes, but her mother didn’t have enough money to buy them. During the Chinese New Year, she had to wear open-toed shoes and dared not go out because the toes would freeze and turn black.

Now that I am living a good life, I want to show off everything. If I don’t show off enough, I feel unhappy.

Her mother would tell her from time to time that this was all given by Da Da.

Otherwise, the two of them would still be wandering outside.

……

Amadeus Miller was unwilling to give in and asked around who Zhao Chuanxin was.

Finally, I learned that there was only one person in Lugang Town who could be so close to Miao Cuihua—Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin was nicknamed the "Butcher of the Far East", which he had also heard in Chicago.

Amadeus Miller was a little scared.

But at the same time, Amadeus Miller sneered at Zhao Chuanxin.

That is the arrogance of the literati when facing warlords.

"What's so great about it?"

If killing more people is great, then can London’s Jack the Ripper also be called a great man?

Amadeus Miller, who was dressed proudly, walked down the street depressedly.

It’s such a fucked up era. He, a knowledgeable and educated young man of the new era, is now afraid of a butcher with blood on his hands?
This is really unreasonable.

Lugang Town is mountainous, and there are still farmers who herd sheep. Due to the increasing number of people, Lugang Town was continuously expanded, and the public security station ordered to set aside a sheep trail in the town for the passage of livestock.

A herd of goats crosses the goat trail, and Amadeus Miller dodges.

A ram suddenly came out of the crowd and hit him with its head lowered.

boom.

Amadeus Miller was hit and his waist slipped.

He held his waist and was shocked and angry: "Shet! Damn Fak'er!"

As soon as he finished cursing, the ram took a few steps back, lowered his head and wanted to hit him again.

Amadeus Miller ran away regardless of the pain in his waist.

Seeing that he was running away, the ram finally stopped and looked at him from a distance triumphantly.

Amadeus Miller breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and found a group of people coming from a distance.

Specifically, a tall man with a bunch of snot babies.

It's Zhao Chuanxin.

Amadeus Miller looked at the sheep, then at the leader Zhao Chuanxin, and suddenly sneered.

For someone who cannot be defeated, even watching him make a fool of himself seems to be a pleasure.

Closer, closer.

Sure enough, the ram was already eager to try.

The ram lowers its head, kicks its legs, and sprints.

Amadeus Miller's nostrils flared, his pupils contracted, and his excitement was palpable.

When Gongyang was only two meters away from Zhao Chuanxin, Zhao Chuanxin, who was holding Jiang Mingxin, seemed to have just noticed.

And Jiang Mingxin's face showed panic.

Amadeus Miller's lips curved into a sneer.

Butcher, right? God of War, right?
Look how you made a fool of yourself. It's a pity that he didn't bring a camera, otherwise he would have taken this funny scene and taken it home and published it in the newspaper.

At this moment, Zhao Chuanxin calmly raised his leg.

boom……

The male sheep was kicked back by Zhao Chuanxin, his body tilted, rolled twice on the ground, and slid for another two or three meters before stopping the momentum.

It seemed to be stunned. It didn't get up immediately and fell to the ground shaking its head.

Zhao Chuanxin led Jiang Mingxin and slowly walked over, raised his leg and stepped on the newly raised sheep's head: "I'm from Male Gobi. I was the one who ambush here. You, a beast, want to make a sneak attack?"

The male sheep struggled hard, but couldn't get up, as if his feet were extremely heavy.

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly raised his leg, and the male sheep staggered and finally stood up.

Zhao Chuanxin let go of Jiang Mingxin's little hand, stepped forward and grabbed the goat's horns, and the goat weighing more than a hundred kilograms was easily thrown away by him.

boom……

The ram got up and ran forward as if it were flying.

I don't know if there were any internal injuries.

Amadeus Miller: "..."

He finally understood why Zhao Chuanxian was called the "Butcher" and the "God of War".

While Zhao Chuanxin didn't notice, Amadeus Miller hurriedly escaped.

Zhao Chuanxin took Sniveling Baby to buy snacks.

There are too many people in Lugang Town. Unlike before, there was always someone who recognized Zhao Chuanxin on the streets.

He was wearing a scarf and a hat, but no one said hello to him along the way. He felt like he was a young man who left home and returned to his hometown, his voice unchanged and his hair on his temples faded.

On the way, we met a wedding party.

I saw a group of snot-nosed children, and a lot of candy was sprinkled on the car. A group of snot-nosed children bent down to grab it.

Zhao Chuanxin cheerfully handed over his hand to the groom, who he did not recognize but knew at a glance that he was wealthy, and said, "Congratulations, I wish you happiness every year."

The groom just showed a smile and immediately said: "..."

The bride's lion's roar came from the sedan: "Who says mourning on a happy day? I'll see if I don't beat you to death..."

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and ran away with a group of snot-nosed children.

When he arrived at the door of the police station, Zhao Chuanxin said to the group of children: "Let's go and play by ourselves. I have to do some serious work."

He went to the police station.

Zhao Zhongyi and others are still in the meeting.

Even though it was just a phone company business negotiation, it took several days because the matter was very complicated.

Zhao Chuanxin's arrival did not cause much disturbance. He opened the door and sat quietly at the end.

Liu Guoguo pointed to the blackboard and said: "The key is this invention - the image telegraph. This thing was invented last year. When the technology was not yet mature, we had already followed up. It can transmit photos and images from Paris to London, using Undersea cable, it probably takes less than a quarter of an hour, specifically 12 minutes. "Illustrated" in Paris, "Der Spiegel" in London, they have often used this kind of image telegraph machine to exchange photos and publish news..."

Because the Qing government took the telegraph company from private to state-owned.

At that time, many private gentry who contributed funds were very angry about the Qing government's unloading and killing of donkeys.

Zhao Chuanxin's Internet company is inseparable from telegraph lines, but telegraph has been state-owned, and even he can't get it out of the Qing government's mouth.

After Zhao Zhongyi took over the matter, he also felt it was difficult and asked the problem to Li Guangzong of Hong Kong Island.

Li Guangzong was the hub of Zhao Chuanxin's information network. He came up with a plan to set up a telephone company and use this cover to contact Zhao Chuanxin's registered disciple - Sheng Enyi, the fourth son of the Sheng family.

Through Sheng Enyi, he communicated with Sheng Xuanhuai and borrowed the telegraph lines that the Qing court had already perfected.

Throw money at it, open up relationships in all aspects, and use the leverage of the Qing government's Postal and Communications Department at a small price.

Outside the customs, most telephone companies are directly operated by Lugang Town.

Going south, switches were installed by existing telephone companies in various areas.

In the telegraph office, we have placed our own people.

At this time, their meeting was mainly to calculate and plan how to connect various lines into a network at the lowest cost.

Jiang Jian shook his head and said: "The United Kingdom is known as the sun never sets, but its mainland is only an island the size of a donkey's egg. The distance from London to Paris, France, is estimated to be as far as from Lubin Prefecture to Longjiang Prefecture. We The country is vast and the image spreads from the north to the south, so it doesn’t take an hour?”

Cui Fenghua said: "It must be broadcast within an hour. It should be noted that the commission for advertising with images is very considerable, and the effectiveness of advertising must be doubled. An hour is an hour, and public screens in several places may have time differences. It is required that after 3 pm every day, Click to stop the transmission, so that the audience can see the image of the day before the screen closes.”

When it came to commission, everyone fell silent.

Isn't this all about money?

The "Internet company" that was originally unclear has gradually become clear after several days of discussion.

The essence is: use the latest and best communications to maximize the timeliness of information. Cooperate with the logistics and financial systems to mobilize the flow of materials from the southeast to the northwest. The public screen is not only a newspaper, but also an advertisement and entertainment. It can also be a bank and transportation...

At present, even the Qing court cannot do this.

But Zhao Chuanxin wanted to give it a try, and everyone couldn't help but be cautious after understanding this.

This involves too many links, that is, Zhao Chuanxin travels all over the country, relying on the contacts he has made with his fists and the territory he occupies to connect the network communication in various industries.

Once it is really done, the speed of making money will be much faster than the speed of mining gold and silver mines.

Zhao Zhongyi saw Zhao Chuanxin sneaking in and asked, "Zhuan Xin, what do you think?"

Zhao Chuanxin smiled slightly: "I don't have any insights, I just think that all the unexpected events have been planned for a long time. Lugang Town relied on the Qing court this time, and after making money, it still has to lay its own lines."

Zhao Zhongyi knew that doing such a big thing with such a small body in Lugang Town was like the Jingwei filling up the sea and the Foolish Old Man moving the mountains.

But he still gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."

Recently, he has become more and more aware of the limitations of Lugang Town.

It is neither a seaport nor a land customs. It can barely be regarded as a transit hub, and then it is the backing of the Japanese in the Yanbian area.

But when the war subsides, the development of Lugang Town will become more and more restricted. There must be an industry that can affect the entire country and even the whole country.

Jiang Jian, Cui Fenghua and Wang Jingshan were speechless.

Why are you still fighting against the Qing court?

Niu Hanzhang was equally shocked. His father is the richest man in Jilin, which sounds impressive, but it seems to be nothing compared to an industry of this intensity.

After the meeting, Zhao Zhongyi had a conversation with Zhao Chuanxin alone: ​​"Telephone company, how many shares do you want?"

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "I don't want a cent."

"Why?" Zhao Zhongyi frowned.

In the end, he could not break away from the "family world" thinking.

The benefits should be taken by one's own family, because the country was built by one's own family.

Zhao Chuanxin's gaze suddenly became far-reaching, so far away that he couldn't even see the edge at a glance: "I'm worried that one day in the future, we will be slandered just because we have been invaded and suffered. People say that we are traitors and have impure blood. I am worried that if I am alive, I will find those people along the network cable and cut them into pieces.”

Zhao Chuanxin usually smiles playfully more often than he is serious.

So Zhao Zhongyi was stunned, and then said angrily: "Having been invaded, you are a traitor? Once someone says that, even if I am dying, I will climb out of the coffin and kill him!"

……

Zhao Chuanxin stayed another night in Lugang Town. The next morning, he stroked Miao Cuihua's dark and thick hair: "Sister Hua, I'm leaving today."

(End of this chapter)