Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 237: Building bridges and paving roads, looking forward to it

It was another new day, and the Pearl River Department Store was still in the preparation period for its opening. Wang Shouliang rode a carriage with two horses and equipped with springs and shock absorbers and arrived in front of a house in Zhabei with a "Jingwu Gymnastics Association" hanging on it.

After Wang Shouliang got out of the car, he glanced at the sign and then motioned Xu Si, the junior guard captain of the escort division, who was running along the way, to come up and hand over the greeting card.

This junior escort division is fully staffed with ten people, still in blue uniforms, equipped with long and short guns, running from Hongkou to Zhabei is considered an armed training.

When the guard captain took out the greeting card and moved forward, a young man in a smart outfit who was guarding the door immediately ran to the house to report.

After a while, a group of four people walked out of the house. The leader bowed from a distance and said, "It turns out that it's the shopkeeper Wang who is visiting. Please forgive me for being too far away to welcome them. I am disrespectful and disrespectful."

"I, Nong Jinsun, this is Master Huo. Master Huo is the chief coach of our gymnastics club."

Under Nong Jinsun's explanation, Huo Yuanjia also raised his hands and saluted.

Wang Shouliang smiled and said, "I came here uninvited. Mr. Nong and Master Huo just don't take offense."

Nong Jinsun laughed, "Master Wang is so powerful in the South China Sea that he has wiped out all the demons and demons in my Chinese sea territory. Being able to come to my Jingwu Gymnastics Club is a great addition to our guild hall."

I have long heard about Shopkeeper Wang's illustrious reputation from his companions who were active on Hong Kong Island, including a series of deeds he performed when he rose to prominence.

But supporting Huo Yuanjia to become famous in the martial arts world is what he can do.

Because from the mouths of Wan Tianqing and other comrades, he also learned that Wang Shouliang hired assailants and escorts to feed them three meals a day, often with meat, and fatten up the thin and short strong men. With strong bodies and rigorous training, they have the elite four sea and land divisions.

"However, afterwards, I also felt that matters in the martial arts world cannot always be decided by guns. Later, after consulting the general situation of the martial arts world, I learned that Master Huo, who is well-known in Zhenjinmen, came to Shanghai to open a gym at the beginning of this year."

Before that, the Xiaoliuqiu Islands also demonstrated the viciousness of the Japanese.

Yes, Nong Jinsun was many years earlier than in the original trajectory. He persuaded Huo Yuanjia, a hero from Tianjin, to come to Shanghai. It was still the butterfly effect that Wang Shouliang blew up.

Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1891-1894, who can’t see the Japanese ambitions? What happened over there made the Chinese people hate the viciousness of the Japanese so much?

Huo Yuanjia was shocked, "Me? Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Wang, for taking this seriously, but I'm afraid I can't bear such a burden."

Nong Jinsun had no shortage of money. When the martial arts circles of Mao Xiong, Yalun and the island countries often provoked and ridiculed the Chinese martial arts circles and despised the Chinese as the sick men of East Asia, Nong Jinsun did not have a lot of money to support the elite soldiers of the Sihai Escort Bureau.

Today is the first time I met Wang Shouliang, but Huo Daxia is not immune. He has all kinds of respect for shopkeeper Wang, and he has great admiration for the Sihai navy who has been fighting with the Japanese.

Wang Shouliang took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I encountered a provocation from the Japanese warriors yesterday and was too lazy to deal with superficial skills, so I ordered them all to be killed."

Nong Jinsun didn't know Wang Shouliang's purpose, but he was indeed a progressive and patriotic young man like Wan Tianqing, Shanshan, Bai Yinghong, etc.

"Please come inside, please come inside!"

Therefore, the rise of Shopkeeper Wang and the Sihai Escort Bureau in Nanhai may not sound good when told about it, because Shopkeeper Wang is still a resident of Yau Ma Tei...

Nong Jinsun then took the initiative to sponsor Huo Yuanjia to come to Shanghai to open a guild hall and recruit apprentices to teach boxing.

Last year, there was a strong man named Mao Xiong in Jinmen who clamored to beat all the invincible opponents in China. After Huo Yuanjia came to the door for a sparring match and was so frightened that he begged for mercy, Nong Jinsun paid for the work, just to let more Chinese people practice boxing and become stronger.

Just like what Wang Shouliang said at the wine table yesterday, when Kume Island opened, 600 brothers from the Four Seas Escort Bureau died and 200 were left disabled!

In exchange for their disability and death, the fleet headed by the Asahi, which had a displacement of more than 15,000 tons, was basically completely sunk.

But the things that shopkeeper Wang did have made many heroes marvel and be fascinated by them?

The rest of the group, including several of Wang Shouliang's guards, entered the Jingwu Gymnastics Club, sat down in the courtyard, and offered tea.

"Master Huo, I wonder if you are interested in becoming an instructor in my Sihai Escort Agency?"

He has also known Huo Yuanjia for a long time and is very familiar with Master Huo.

In such a great era, normal Chinese people would think that they are heroes!

Even though Huo Yuanjia was famous in Tianjin, he was suddenly invited by Wang Shouliang to serve as the instructor or instructor of the Sihai Escort Bureau. Even if he was one of them, or a guest, temporary, he still felt flattered and a little guilty.

Wang Shouliang smiled and raised his glass, gesturing for a few people to drink tea. After drinking a cup, he explained, "My escort agency now has ten or twenty thousand brothers. At first, they were all from Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, and Jiangxi who couldn't afford to eat and support their families." A poor man with muddy legs."

"After joining the escort agency, I can make them eat well, clothe themselves, eat meat, eggs and milk, and keep their bodies strong, but in one and a half years, they have reached the passing mark."

"In terms of unarmed combat, we are still far behind, including armed combat..."

"Every filming session is extremely dangerous, especially when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. Although I have taught them some things, I still don't have systematic boxing skills."

"I asked Master Huo to be an instructor, not because I hope they can develop the strength to become famous in the world, but because I want them to further strengthen their physical fitness."

Having said this, he said to the captain of the guard, "Ah Si, come out and show me the tricks I taught you, and let Master Huo see it."

When captain Xu Si came out to ask for instructions whether to practice alone or to compete, Wang Shouliang looked behind Huo Yuanjia... At this moment, there were two energetic young men standing behind Master Huo, one was in his early 20s, and the other was still fifteen or sixteen years old. The young man.

Huo Yuanjia also smiled, and after humbly raising his hands, he looked at Chun Tou, who was in his early 20s, "Chen Zhen, please go out with the chief."

When Chen Zhen nodded and walked out, Master Huo also explained, "Chen Zhen is my fifth disciple. Although he ranks fifth, he is the most capable. Except for my Huo family's Mizong Fist, all others are already 90% of my level." , even better than others."

"By the way, Shopkeeper Wang, this is my son Ting En. He is still young and has some talent, but compared to Chen Zhen, he is a bit behind."

Wang Shouliang smiled and nodded without saying anything more.

Met Chen Zhen and Huo Tingen who were in their early twenties and fifteen or sixteen years old? Even the two characters in the Jingwu Heroes story were normal. This was only 1902.

Fearless himself was just 34 years old, and he was at his best as a man, boxer and martial artist.

More than ten years later, the island country used the excuse of World War I to send troops to Qingdao. Before the robot Fujita arrived, Master Huo was poisoned, and then he was beaten to death in the ring by Akutagawa Ryuichi.

Several people began to quietly watch the battle between guard captain Xu Si and Chen Zhen.

When Xu Si made his first move against Chen Zhen, who was stepping on the Huo family's fist footwork... Master Huo and Huo Ting'en were both blinded and a little twitching.

Chen Zhen was also a little surprised. He dodged with ease, as if he were playing house with a child, avoiding Xu Si's moves one after another.

Judging from the performance effects of martial arts competitions, Chen Zhen and Xu Si are not on the same level. A year ago, Xu Si was still a person who couldn't eat enough and could only eat a meal every now and then. He was sallow, thin, and severely stunted. .

A year of food supplements, military training, and militia training, including going to the battlefield, only made him a strong man of this era.

This is still to compare with the men of the late Qing Dynasty in this era. Where is Chen Zhen? In the story of Jingwu Heroes, this martial arts master was raised by Huo Yuanjia since he was a child. His surname is Chen, but it makes no difference to say that he is the godson of Master Huo.

I have been practicing Huojia Quan since I was a child.

The scene was like a little fighting master performing against a newbie.

However, Master Huo, Huo Ting'en and Nong Jinsun all watched Xu Si's performance with a sigh of relief. After watching a series of tricks, Huo Yuanjia was a little bit dumbfounded, "Although this officer's basic skills are average, this set of boxing skills... is really deadly." , neat and tidy!”

"The person who created this boxing technique... is amazing!"

Wang Shouliang popularized the Eighteen Black Dragon Hands among the escorts and escorts of the Sihai Escort Bureau who were just getting stronger.

Aren't they just generally neat and tidy? For those who risk their lives on the battlefield, these tricks are the most direct.

Even the Eighteen Moves of the Black Dragon have not been popularized or promoted on a large scale.

Because you may injure yourself during self-practice with these things. If you practice sparring or something, it is not uncommon for you to become disabled during sparring.

That's why he came to visit Huo Yuanjia today and wanted to ask him to be a martial arts instructor.

Wang Shouliang himself has long been a master-level expert in Bajiquan, Hongquan, grappling, and even Jingwu kick kicking. If he served as an instructor himself, he would definitely be better than Huo Yuanjia now.

The question is to serve as an escort instructor for 10,000 to 20,000 people, and possibly more in the future? Wang Shouliang himself doesn’t have that much energy!

As for why he didn't look for it in Foshan before? Foshan is still the hometown of martial arts, and Huang Feihong... I can only say that Master Huang has left Foshan long ago.

Master Huang has been opening Baozhilin in Yangcheng.

Judging from the resume of Master Huang, he should not be the Master Huang in the Once Upon a Time in Top Gun, Men Should Be Strong, and The Lion King series. After all, Top Gun should be Liu Yongfu's aid to Vietnam in 1883 to fight France.

Men should strive for self-improvement in 1895 during the Sino-Japanese War of .

When it came time for the Lion King to compete for hegemony, it was Li Daobo of the Qing Dynasty who was still in charge of the Lion King Conference.

It was not until the Dragon City Annihilation that the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, not to mention the Lion of the Western Regions. According to the information obtained by Wang Shouliang, Master Huang went to Yangcheng to open Baozhilin after his father died in 1886.

After thinking about finding a coach and instructor for the escort agency this time, Wang Shouliang sent a telegram back to Hong Kong Island before leaving today, asking Tang Xiucai and Zhuo Yifei to visit Master Huang on his behalf and hire him to work.

And before today, the 10,000 to 20,000 thugs and escorts were really in the process of going from sallow and skinny to fat and strong, and had not yet entered the stage of boxing and fitness.

The Japs warriors who made trouble yesterday made Wang Shouliang suddenly think of this matter.

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6 month 30 number.

The three-story Pearl River Department Store in a commercial district in Hongkou has opened with great success.

Wang Shouliang did not show up in person and just let his subordinates organize the store. It is similar to the model of later department stores. The first floor has everything from fruits and vegetables to matches, toilet paper, snacks, candies, daily toiletries, towels, blankets, tableware and porcelain.

The second floor is a sales area selling Zhujiang bicycles, Zhujiang clothing, some bed sheets, bedding, and sports equipment.

The Zhujiang series of enterprises definitely do not have so many types of goods. It is just that the Zhujiang department store will act as a large retail center. Before opening, we will find grain stores, candy stores, match factories, towel factories, etc. one by one, and negotiate with them to purchase goods. , put them on shelves for sale.

Pearl River Department Store takes a commission.

It's just a department store. Before 1902, there was no such modern large-scale retail center in China. When the Pearl River came, there was one.

Salespersons, cashiers, etc. who have undergone simple training are not very adaptable at first, but as long as the shopper is qualified... they can cope with it.

You said that shoppers come from all kinds of sources, how can you ensure that they are of high quality? A full complement of 36 people in an intermediate escort department does not carry Lee long rifles, but they all wear uniforms and wear Mauser C96s as security guards and patrollers. Can they be guaranteed to be of high quality?

The big brothers from the Youth Gang came to buy Zhujiang bicycles or Zhujiang lighters to save face. They were also polite when bringing their younger brothers in for shopping and did not dare to speak loudly. Can they guarantee their quality? !

That's enough.

More than 200 Zhujiang kerosene lighters for every ten black Mexican Yingyangs were sold out immediately, creating a sales volume of more than 2000 Yingyangs. On the same day, more than 30 Zhujiang Dagangs were bought for another Many Yingyang income.

The Pearl River Sugar Refinery sold thousands of kilograms of white sugar in one day...

When the situation has developed to this point, it is really a matter of making money every day and making a lot of money.

However, what surprised Wang Shouliang was that he was still on the third floor of Pearl River Department Store, planning his next move, when he saw Kevin and Joseph knocking on the door, and after getting his permission, they pushed the door open and entered the house.

Kevin first dispersed the cigarette, lit it with a lighter and took a deep puff, then smiled and said, "Wang, do you want to expand your cement plant under Zhujiang Construction?"

"During the Spring Festival, you chose several pieces of land in Hongkou, built your own house with reinforced concrete, and also built the road outside your door."

"People from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce found that cement roads are much easier to walk on than gravel roads. If the cost is not so exaggerated, they would like to ask your construction group to help repair the roads in the public concession."

Wang Shouliang was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded, "As long as you give us money, of course there will be no problem in building the road."

This is nothing more than opening a branch of Zhujiang Construction and Zhujiang Cement Factory in Shanghai, recruiting workers for construction, and expanding the size of Zhujiang Commercial Bank.

Building bridges and paving roads is not a bad thing.

Of course, cement roads are much better than the gravel roads in the late Qing Dynasty. When building roads in the late Qing Dynasty, gravel was usually mixed with lime sand and soil, paved smooth, and then rolled again and again with stone rollers, or by oxen and horses. road, or steam power.

Only when the foreign powers built roads in the concessions did they use steam-powered vehicles with stone rollers, which were the prototype of later generations of road rollers.

Gravelling, basically the prisoners in the prison use hammers and hammers to break large rocks into pieces, which is heavy physical work.

Pearl River Construction has several hundred people in Hong Kong Island and two to three thousand people in Foshan.

To open a business in Shanghai is nothing more than to recruit thousands of strong laborers.

The next moment Wang Shouliang laughed and said, "Building roads is simple, but building bridges is different. It requires reinforced concrete piers. This requires a steel factory, otherwise it will be uneconomical to transport it from Foshan."

Kevin was speechless, "You can do it if you want. I'm not complaining. Daqing's steel output is useless."

Wang Shouliang smiled a little softly. Groups such as steel, construction, cement, etc., are very promising if they are mixed together.

Being able to take over a project from the Ministry of Industry Bureau can be regarded as seeing money back.

(End of this chapter)