Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 220 opens, two failed talents

At five o'clock in the afternoon, on a relatively clean and atmospheric street in the central part of Hong Kong Island, Ma Rulong and Dazui drove Wang Shouliang to a two-story building. Shi Aihua jumped out of the car and smiled sweetly, "Cousin, my home is here. come on in."

In this era of Hong Kong Island, the fastest and most developed areas are the main island of Hong Kong Island, Central, Sheung Wan and Western District. Yau Tsim Mong is also a famous slum, where a large number of disaster victims and refugees have fled from the mainland. The buildings are also messy and wooden. Shacks can be seen everywhere.

Most of the Sheung Wan neighborhoods have one or two-story buildings, but there are already many brick bungalows and villas.

Shi Xi, the cheap uncle arranged by the mall for Wang Shouliang, is the Chinese boss of the Marine Police Commando Team and his status is not bad.

When he entered the room, Shi Xi walked out directly from the kitchen with a bright smile on his face, "A Liang is here, just come. Although there are many gangsters in Yangcheng, in this era..."

"It's good that you're here! Our family will have a good time from now on!"

Wang Shouliang also discovered from the memories arranged by the mall that after his "family" was killed, this cheap uncle had already been to Yangcheng once, following the merchant ship of Yalun Guilao, and helped him preside over the burial.

And contact some businessmen who want the Wang family's property, sell houses, shops, properties, etc.

During that time, those who should be "sad" had already been sad.

It is said that in 1901, having people like Shi Aihua, Ma Rulong and Dazui with energetic appearance, instead of the scrawny and dark bodies of the disaster victims and refugees who were everywhere in the late Qing Dynasty, was already a good condition.

Only wealthy young masters from wealthy families could have Wang Shouliang's height and physique.

The identity assigned to him by the mall and the family property he sold off were already worth several thousand yuan, which was still cheap.

Yes, after integrating into this era, before Yuan Datou appeared, Wang Shouliang suddenly realized that now in central and southern China and along the coast, the most circulating currency is not the Qing Dynasty silver tael, but the Heixi Ge Yingyang.

After combining the information, he remembered that until 1919, in the eighth year of the Republic of China, the various foreign banks opened in Shanghai issued banknotes such as pounds, US dollars, and Japanese yen, all of which were exchanged for black Mexican eagles and oceans. .

A Heixige Yingyang weighs 27.07 grams. According to the later standard of 50 grams per tael, an Yingyang only weighs half a tael. However, the one tael of silver stipulated in the late Qing Dynasty was actually 37.3 grams.

Ten eagle oceans are equal to more than seven taels of silver.

In different cities, different time periods, and different circumstances, one Ying Yang can buy dozens of kilograms of rice.

After all, whether it is a grain-producing area, whether it is a disaster year or a good year, etc., these have a great impact on the fluctuation of grain prices. What is the number of tens of kilograms? It fluctuates with the market.

And there is another problem. This is 1901, not the era of 2001 when hybrid rice allowed the whole of China to make rice at will. This is the era of eating bran and drinking water, and disaster victims and refugees eating Guanyin soil at every turn.

In this era, one Yingyang can buy dozens of kilograms of rice!

Compared with bran and olefins, rice is a treatment that only the rich grandpa's family can afford. Ordinary landowners cannot afford to eat rice three times a day.

An Yingyang is worth at least several hundred copper coins.

Therefore, this also shows the concept of Wang Shouliang's original Wang family, who was eager to make a move so that when he, the only male survivor, came to Hong Kong Island to join his uncle, the family property could still be sold for several thousand yingyang.

After a while, he smoothly integrated into the meal. As he was eating and drinking, Shi Xi smiled again and said, "A-Liang, let Aaron or Dazui take you to familiarize yourself with the environment in the next few days."

"The work is not urgent. The most important thing for you is to relax and let go of the bad things in the past. Regardless of whether you are doing business in the future or if you still want to be an errand, your uncle, I will go out of my way to get you some small qualifications."

"It could also be like Tianci, the nephew of the land policeman Qi's family, who started out as a trainee assistant."

Before Wang Shouliang said more, Ma Rulong smiled exaggeratedly and said, "Wow, your arrangement like this makes us miserable. I have worked hard for many years to be the only one who is Sha Zhan. Uncle Xi, you are too partial."

Shi Xi smiled and tapped the back of Ma Rulong's hand with chopsticks. "If you can catch Luo Sanpao, I will guarantee your promotion to assistant trainee."

Assistant Shi has no son, only Aihua, a daughter. Aihua has a crush on Ma Rulong. As his direct boss over the years, he also knows Ma Rulong's character and has always regarded him as half a son-in-law.

Several times against pirates in the past few years, there was no result. Instead, Luo Sanpao's team became more and more rampant and arrogant.

The marine police commandos are up and down, but everyone with bloody ambitions is holding back their anger.

Ma Rulong smiled and ate the food without talking much.

Wang Shouliang, he could only say that he had a good dinner. After the meal, he followed Ma Rulong to the police restaurant, where they drank beer, chatted and so on.

Met more new friends.

He bought his uncle Shi Xi's small two-story villa with a total area of ​​more than 200 square meters. Only two people lived in it before, but now he can live in it easily.

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On April 1901, 4, early in the morning, Wang Shouliang was dressed properly and planned to go out to do errands on his bicycle. After washing his clothes, his cheap cousin Shi Aihua saw him and asked curiously, "Cousin, are you going to go out to do errands?"

"Do you want my help?"

Mr. Wang has arrived in Plan A for almost a week. He is familiar with almost everything he should be familiar with. It is time to arrange the road to starting a business.

A few days ago, I asked Shi Xi, if he wanted to open a factory, which department should he go to to apply for the process? Lao Shi decisively invited several heads of relevant departments to a banquet and gave him some good gifts, all of which came from Hua Shi Xi's family background.

Today I went to go through the process.

Wang Shouliang smiled brightly and said, "No need for Aihua, my uncle has already paved the way for me. I can just do it myself. You don't have to wait for me to eat at noon."

After joking for a while, he got on his bicycle and quickly headed towards a certain department. The road along the way was smooth.

Again, most people nowadays, even the migrant workers in Sheung Wan and Central, are mostly sallow and thin, wearing old robes and torn straw hats, or coolie men shirtless, wearing leather shoes, trousers, a white shirt, and a handsome vest .

It is a sign of being tall, rich and handsome, not to mention that bicycles are valuable assets in this era!

Not to mention 1901, some newspaper data circulated and stored for later generations show that during the Anti-Japanese War of the Republic of China in 1941, the average price of bicycles for sale in newspapers was 300 yuan. At the same time, some foreign companies recruited employees who knew English. Only a monthly salary of 100.

The monthly salary of ordinary tutors and primary school teachers is about 40 yuan.

Some writers also recalled that in mountain towns before the Anti-Japanese War, a bicycle basically sold for 150 oceans, which was the value of a young and strong laborer who worked hard for three to five years.

It can be imagined that in this era, you ride a bicycle to go out...it is really more popular than the Ferraris and Porsches that hit the streets in later generations.

After a while, when Wang Shouliang arrived at a certain building, he entered and exchanged a few words, and was led to an office by a Chinese young man.

Knocking on the door, a young ghost guy in the office's eyes lit up. He stood up and greeted him, speaking proficient Cantonese, "Wang, you're here. Supervisor Shi called me again early in the morning. It's easy for you to run the factory." "

Wang Shouliang stepped inside, and after closing the door, he smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Kevin, last time my uncle was here, it was inconvenient to ask some questions. This time I came to ask more questions."

"It's very simple for me to open a grain processing factory and a garment factory. In addition, I also want to open a bodyguard bureau, and I want to apply for the bodyguard bureau's qualifications to legally hold guns and carry armed guards to escort various valuable properties."

"Can I apply for these qualifications?"

Ghost guy Kevin was stunned for a few seconds and shook his head, "What are you thinking? How can you legally hold a gun..." Wang Shouliang opened his briefcase and grabbed a stack of 50 pounds. They were all new and exuded a strong aroma. The ink is fragrant.

20 pieces, that’s 1000 pounds! It is equivalent to more than black Mexican eagles and seven to eight thousand taels of silver.

As we all know, in the colonial era in Plan A, corruption was rampant in Hong Kong, and countless dark crimes could be seen everywhere. Just like the jingle sung by the Marine Police Big Mouth and Taibo in the police cafeteria, "One, two, three, four, ABCD, big head in green, arrest people." Don’t blow your ass.”

In the current public security situation on Hong Kong Island, there are endless cases of robbery and wounding.

And the 1000 pounds that Wang Shouliang took out could be used to buy an official position in the late Qing Dynasty.

Kevin's eyes widened, he quickly grabbed the pound, looked around, counted it several times, took a few breaths intoxicated, and nodded, "Wang, I can't work alone."

"But I can take the lead in setting up a game. Let's eat and drink, and we can finalize it. The current security on Hong Kong Island is indeed terrible. How many guns do you want to buy? Do you need me to introduce you?"

Wang Shouliang smiled and said, "What gun?"

Kevin smiled and said, "The Lee-Enfield rifle has a magazine that can hold ten rounds of bullets. It is the flagship product of our Yilun Royal Arsenal. A trained veteran can easily fire twenty or thirty rounds of bullets in one minute."

"If you need it, 80 Yingyangs each, you can have as many as you want!"

Under the laughter, a hint of cunning and cunning flashed in Kevin's eyes. What he said was actually correct. The Lee-Enfield rifle has been the standard rifle in all parts of the Yinglun Federation since its mass production in 1895.

Even in the future World War I and II, it will still be the main rifle of the Allied Forces.

This, along with the Mauser series and North American Springfield rifles, are the most powerful rifles and firearms in Europe and the United States.

But there's one thing Kevin didn't say. The Lee long rifle at this stage has a major flaw, that is, if ten rounds of bullets are empty, you can only refill them one by one from one to ten. This is On the battlefield, it is very deadly.

It is the Boer War that is currently breaking out. A large number of Boer soldiers emptied their magazines and refilled them one by one. The Boers on the opposite side were carrying Mauser rifles. Although the full magazine only had five shots, if it was empty, press the operation button. Fill five directly.

This led to the Boer War, and the Yalun soldiers suffered a lot.

The war that has lasted for more than two years is not over yet, but the Royal Arsenal has long planned to promote the improvement of the new Lee rifle, and strive to change the loading time from one shot at a time to five shots at a time and two shots.

A gun costs 80 Black Spanish Eagles, which is of course very expensive. This is equivalent to more than pounds per gun. You must know that even in the early Republic of China, a Mauser could be sold for to dollars.

That was more than ten years later...

Nowadays, the price of the Hanyang-made and imitation Mauser 88s that China can produce will still drop to 20 to 30 yuan a piece in many years.

The price Kevin quoted was not only black, but also because he wanted to use a batch of Lee's long rifles that were about to be eliminated to make a splash.

The full magazine of ten rounds, counting from one to ten and reloading ten times, was being eliminated by the Yin Lun army on a large scale.

You should know that the contract unit price of the Maxim machine gun traded in Austria in 1890 was only 215 pounds per gun, but in 1912, Beiyang officials bought the Maxim machine gun at a discount of more than 300 pounds per gun.

This also shows how outrageous the price difference in arms transactions is!

Wang Shouliang tentatively bargained, "40 Yingyang a piece? When I was in Yangcheng, I met some businessmen from North America and talked about gun trade. You know, my family encountered misfortune during the turmoil of the White Lotus Sect..."

"The firearms in North America..."

Kevin was anxious and yelled directly in English, "Xie Te, those New World bastards and low-class people dare to compete with us for business?"

After scolding him, he switched to Cantonese and said, "50 Yingyang, which is more than four pounds a piece. The 1000 pounds you gave me can buy more than 200 pieces."

Wang Shouliang was a little dumbfounded, but he also switched to English, "That's 50 Yingyang each. How do you calculate the bullets?"

Kevin was stunned and even slapped the table and exclaimed, "Damn it, your British accent is more authentic than mine? Are you kidding me?"

"Then let's decide, 50 Yingyang for a rifle and 80 Yingyang for every thousand rounds of standard bullets."

Wang Shouliang stretched out his hand to shake Kevin's hand. In fact, he could easily take out firearms that were many times more advanced. It was just a matter of spreading money and making more friends.

After all, he couldn't produce the more advanced Bayi Bar or AK47 on an industrial scale in this plane, at least not within a few years.

Therefore, a Lee long rifle plus 1000 rounds of ammunition totals a little more than twelve pounds.

Ten thousand long rifles plus 1000 million bullets, more than pounds.

It just so happened that when he was practicing and learning before traveling through time, he printed one million pounds. If he ran out of money, he could just find a house or factory building, pull out the printing press from the portable space, and start printing.

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It's afternoon.

Wang Shouliang took a boat to the Yau Tsim Mong slum. Outside the slum where many privately built shacks were built and built, he temporarily used a box of bread to recruit a dozen people who were willing to help him.

Recruitment of the first batch of guards for the Sihai Escort Bureau has officially begun.

Salary, monthly salary of 3 Yingyang yuan, three meals a day, control, priority will be given to those who are literate, honest men with a family and a family...

The entire Yau Tsim Mong slum exploded.

Yuan Datou, who trains soldiers at the small station and is ready to fight on the battlefield, has a monthly salary of only 4.5 taels of silver. This is what he said on the surface. The actual salary has been transferred and deducted by officers at all levels.

It’s hard to say how many of them I actually got.

Mr. Wang’s monthly salary here is 3 yuan, which is not as good as Yuan Datou, but he has three meals a day! !

In 1901, there were various natural disasters and religious chaos, including last year when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China and sacked the capital, and the old witch fled to the northwest...

Three meals to keep and food and shelter are enough to make countless victims flock to it.

He also had a dinner party in the evening with Kevin and other related personnel, but in one afternoon, he easily recruited 100 men, all of them had families, basically couples with children.

There are seven literate people.

There is another person who, like Mr. Wang, came from a failed scholar background.

After temporarily giving 100 copper coins to each family and asking them to wait here for his follow-up arrangements, Wang Shouliang took the boat back to Sheung Wan. Tomorrow, he would buy land and recruit a construction team to build the factory first.

Yau Tsim Mong buys several large pieces of land connected together. Whether it is a row of two or three-storey buildings or a complete planned factory area, the land must be purchased!

(End of this chapter)