Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 258 Money, Food and Guns

Four months passed by in a hurry, August 1905.

Summer wind and rain enveloped Shanghai. Jin Quan hurriedly arrived at Bai Mansion in a Pearl River T-model, and waited to see Bai Xiuzhu coming out of the villa to greet her.

Jin Quan couldn't help but asked curiously, "Xiuzhu, where is your elder brother? Isn't he back yet?"

Didn't he hear that Shiro had become the commander of the guano trading fleet and had returned carrying tens of thousands of tons of guano for the third time?

The fleet entered the port the day before yesterday.

For four consecutive months, it has brought nearly 20 tons of super-high-quality guano to the land of China to increase production and fertilize. That’s nearly 20 tons! !

Such a Bai Xiongqi may have a strong and strange smell that attacks your body and mind as soon as he talks about his position.

But you can't deny that those fattening bird droppings have really played a great role in promoting agricultural production.

Wang Shouliang, the big boss of the Sihai Escort Bureau, purchased large amounts of farmland in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, North China Plain and other places to set up farms. The first batch of farmland he purchased at that time already brought some crops with him.

There was no time to arrange operations in a unified manner.

"But some people dislike him for being picky. On the surface, no one complains about it, and privately they don't like him very much. He lives in the streets where the Japanese, expatriates, and businessmen gather."

Everyone is really in a mess!

But the efficacy of these high-quality bird droppings has become more prominent, making people even more confused and confused. Who doesn’t know that in troubled times, the most important things are money, food and guns? !

Money, food and guns, no matter which one of these four words you choose, you have the foundation to become a tycoon and a giant.

"I'm on summer vacation. Come here to have a look and experience the scenery of Shanghai."

After being in a weird mood for dozens of seconds, Jin Quan smiled and said, "You're on summer vacation? Okay, okay, walk around more and play more. You've been to Yau Tsim Mong for a few months. What do you think of it?"

Any experienced farmer can predict that there will be a bumper harvest soon.

But in the following time, during the second round of planting this year, many farms in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and North China Plain have collectively cultivated some corn, soybeans, rice and other staple foods.

As far as he knew, in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, everyone who monopolized the profession of selling night fragrances was also a big brother-level tycoon who was rich and rich.

Regardless of whether this kind of thing sounds good or not, Bai Xiongqi, a traditional scholar and gentleman, set an example and is really doing good things and doing practical things!

This second round of crops has caught up with the returning guano trade.

Bai Xiongqi, the special commander of the guano trade, doesn't sound good, but he can't stand it because of its high gold content! !

Following Jin Quan's words, Bai Xiuzhu looked embarrassed, "Uncle Jin, my eldest brother does not live here, although the Bai Mansion is also in Shanghai and Hongkou, not far from the Wang Mansion on East Broadway Road."

Jin Quan couldn't help but was speechless for a while, God was so pickled!

Even the guano from Nauru Island that was first shipped back in May was a little too late to catch up with the summer harvest that started in May.

And the importance of food is sometimes far greater than money.

Even though many crops will not start to be harvested until September, it is already August. Does the bird droppings have the effect of increasing fattening and increasing production? It's already obvious.

Bai Xiuzhu said excitedly, "It's very good. It's very fashionable and prosperous. There are also many talented and artistic students in the women's school."

When he betrayed him, he was a special commander of the fleet. He sounded very bluffing, not to mention Jin Quan. Even the big head listened to it, and he didn't dare to complain at first.

"It's not far from the Sihai Escort Bureau branch. It was specially given to my eldest brother by Shopkeeper Wang."

Bird droppings and some farm dredging mud were used to improve soil fertility, and a large number of rice fields and corn fields began to experience explosive yields.

When this large fleet with a total displacement of more than 12 tons is launched, it will still be pooping bird poop one by one when it sails near Hawaii...

If times hadn't changed, in some conservative dynasties in the feudal era, such large-scale and large-scale crops would have doubled their output per mu, which would have been at the same level as auspiciousness.

It was also because of this that Jin Quan rushed from the capital to renew the teacher-student relationship with that good student.

"It's just that the area of ​​Hong Kong and Kowloon is a bit small and a bit cramped. It's far less spacious and open than Bao'an New District and Foshan. Compared with the Shanghai Public Settlement and Zhabei, it's also a bit cramped."

She has also opened up a lot of horizons in the past six months. As I said before, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, she followed her elder brother and took refuge in Ludong like Datou.

I haven't been to Beijing for a few years.

The appearance of the capital city in this era is just like that. There is a real gap between the new Asian cities that are full of five-story residential buildings, three-story shops and relatively high greening rate.

Not to mention bringing the capital to the Qing Dynasty. It was an island country that originally had an impact on the first great power in East Asia. The cityscape of Tokyo during this period was just like that. There were one or two-story wooden houses everywhere. Otherwise, Li Mei Barbecue would not be able to do so in a few decades. Achieve more brilliant results than a little boy.

Yau Tsim Mong, Foshan, Yangcheng New District and Bao'an New District, including some of the current Hongkou New Districts, are full of architectural patterns with upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones, briquette kitchens or gas stoves, and flush toilets and bathrooms.

One building is already eye-catching, but these new towns are blooming everywhere!

In conjunction with the spacious two-way four-lane roads everywhere, there are more and more cars!

Compared with New York and Chicago, the only difference is that the floors are not as high and there are not so many skyscrapers.

It's already August. The Bao'an General Plant of the Pearl River Automobile Factory has steadily produced more than 600 Zhujiang T-type cars. Since the Shanghai branch established a production line in May, 5 vehicles have been produced in more than three months.

This is not too bad for the mechanized torrent that Wang Shouliang expected.

Also last month, Wang Shouliang's large army activated 600 Zhujiang T-Ts, paired with 900 bicycles. For two days and two nights at a time, it used 2000 elite troops, carrying pistols, long rifles, and Maxim machine guns, including Tents, military engineer shovels, tactical daggers, tactical kettles, instant noodles with biscuits, ham sausages and other supplies.

It only takes two days to reach Yangcheng by land from Baoan New District!

Across 140 kilometers!

This time, the sudden marching exercise once again caused a stir. Not to mention the Hans Cat visiting delegation, which was blown away by the shock. Yalun, France, North America and other ghost guys were also stunned with shock.

That's 2000 people throwing away the artillery, which is basically equivalent to a fully armed queue. It also includes drinking water and food for the 2000-person team for seven days...

Including using the multifunctional engineer shovel to quickly dig trenches and pull barbed wire outside Yangcheng!

You said this was a drill, right? It is just a military exercise, a large-scale armed training exercise. You want to say that it is not an exercise...but? ? It is only about 140 kilometers from Dagukou to Beijing. In the Ghost-Bear War, which was in full swing and resulted in dozens of casualties and nearly a million casualties, bunkers, trenches, machine gun blockades, and barbed wire fences were also a very tragic, cruel, and flesh-and-blood military competition before the start of the First World War.

There were so many Mao Xiong and Japs dying at every turn in Lushun, Fengtian and other places.

Isn't it just the battle meat grinder that is working? !

In World War I, Hanscat was equipped with 12500 Maxim MG08 heavy machine guns. It killed and wounded more than soldiers on the Somme River in one day. This was one of the peak displays of Maxim's power.

But in the Battle of Port Arthur, the Battle of Fengtian, etc., the combination of Maxim, barbed wire, and trenches was also very ferocious.

Therefore, hundreds of cars, hundreds of bicycles, and 2000 people rushed forward so quickly, Maxim and barbed wire could pull a batch of them away, and there were also super easy-to-use multifunctional military shovels...

The old witch discussed the topic of moving the capital with Da Tou more than once or twice.

The Eight-Nation Allied Forces were very capable of killing thousands of people and committed countless crimes, but the level of terror they brought was not as good as Wang Shouliang's Sihai Escort Bureau.

There are already 110 or Zhujiang T vehicles in August. Also starting from June, the main plant and branch plants have produced an average of vehicles per month.

It has also been 6 months since the launch of the straight-6 and V8 engines, and then the design drawings and R&D direction plans of the V11 engine. From North America and Hans Cat, Wang Shouliang spent money to buy them, and then spent money to buy them. The group of automotive engineers has basically settled down in less than half a year.

The first batch of Liberty and Jeffrey truck projects under the Pearl River brand have all been developed in a good way, and they are not far away from building the first semi-manual, semi-assembly line production truck prototype.

Jin Quan even heard that the Krupp 1902 150MM howitzer imitated by the Zhujiang Ordnance Factory will soon be able to self-supply shells, and the related manufacturing of the gun carriage is still in the research and development stage.

He could only say that as an important backbone of Beiyang's staff, his fear of the Sihai Escort Bureau was getting stronger and stronger day by day.

Datou is a little bit desperate. Wang Shouliang has always regarded himself as the big boss, and he is vigorously promoting it. Year after year, he remotely controls the escort agency to go crazy. This crazy speed will only make Datou more and more collapsed and desperate.

After a while, Jin Quan chatted with Bai Xiuzhu for a few more words, and then asked tentatively, "Xiuzhu, do you know what Shopkeeper Wang has been doing recently?"

Bai Xiuzhu spread her hands in confusion, "I don't know, I'm still a child."

Jin Quan couldn't help coughing twice, "Ahem, I haven't seen you for half a year, Xiuzhu, you have become a lot more beautiful..."

He also knew that it was a bit unethical for him to want to get information from a child.

But who made him suspect that Wang Shouliang seemed to be attracted to Bai Xiuzhu? Otherwise, he still couldn't figure out why Bai Xiongqi was valued and promoted by Wang Da's shopkeeper Na Nan Tian Wang!

Starting from the Spring Festival of 1902 to 03 after the Battle of Xiaoliuqiu, many people in Beiyang came to give gifts, official titles and wishes under the leadership of the commander-in-chief, but no one was looked upon in a different light.

Bai Xiuzhu will be 14 years old in a few months. It is very common for her to get married in the Qing court. 14 years old is one of the legal ages for marriage.

And he did find that Bai Xiuzhu seemed to be several levels more beautiful after not seeing each other for a few months.

Mainly in terms of makeup and clothing, a simple long black straight or single ponytail, paired with some modern casual clothes, makes her look more beautiful than the complicated dresses and expensive jewelry she wore to make a wealthy lady half a year ago. high.

After coughing, Jin Quan didn't know what to talk to a little girl, so he decisively walked away and went to find Bai Xiong in the area where Japanese expatriates and businessmen gathered.

………………

About the same time.

In a fairly magnificent and majestic indoor swimming pool on a certain street in Hongkou, Wang Shouliang swam around in the two-meter-deep swimming area before returning to the pool and grabbing a towel to wipe his hair.

"Old Bai, next, Yin Lun, France, Hans Cat, etc. have formed a comprehensive negotiation team."

"We just want to talk to North America about pricing power in international oil trade!"

"Last year, you could buy a ton of oil for US$9 or US$16, which was not many times more expensive than anthracite. But this year, the price of oil has climbed to US$ per ton."

"It is impossible to say that we are fighting life and death to let North America take advantage of the New World. You can take the time to represent our Sihai Escort Agency and join the negotiation table."

"My bottom line is that it cannot exceed $10 a ton."

Bai Xiongqi nodded repeatedly, his eyes gleaming. It was not easy. He had been transporting bird excrement for four months, and it had already soaked him up.

Can you imagine driving for about half a month and arriving near Hawaii, watching the spectacular scene of Hans Cat commanding various steam-powered vehicles and loading shit into the big ship?

That dilapidated island is almost entirely made up of bird droppings!

This kind of life is really not what he wants. However, like the great powers negotiating with the Qing Dynasty, he can also sit at the negotiating table as a representative to negotiate oil prices with North America as one of the attributes of the great powers? ?

This is so fascinating.

The allies he fought side by side this time were Yin Lun, France, Hans Cat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and almost all the big bandit and bandit leaders, all gathered together to negotiate pricing power with a jackal brother in North America.

He just watched the whole process, taking advantage of it. As long as he left his name when signing, he was destined to leave his name in history!

This is so easy to get excited about.

I feel like getting drunk before I even drink.

By the way, it's already August, and the Demon-Bear War, which lasted for more than a year, has basically come to an end. The enemy won miserably on land, but still won miserably on the sea. The battleships led by the Shikishima showed off their last dignity, and in the war with The Second and Third Pacific Squadrons of Tsar the Bear fought to the death.

The Tsarist Navy was finished, and the Japanese only had the semi-disabled Shikishima. The other large ships with a displacement of 14,000 to 5,000 tons were all sunk.

They were all killed by gray animals who drank too much vodka and charged with torpedo boats.

Gray animals can kill and injure hundreds of thousands of Japanese on land, and even torpedo boats can charge!

Now at the negotiation table, the Japs are trying to blackmail the Tsar. The Tsar is too lazy to pay attention to the various claims, transfers of interests, etc. made by the Japs. He ignores you. When I am pushed to the limit, I will continue to mobilize the army to deal with you. Believe it or not?

This is a game where both sides suffer losses, bleeding each other and almost killing each other.

Internationally, France, France and North America all cheered and celebrated this. This is the result that everyone wants to see the most.

Yalun and North America are already wielding guns and want to enter the island country to dump goods.

Wang Shouliang's Sihai Squadron was wandering around the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and the Japanese troops on land were evacuating in a hurry. As for Xiaoliuqiu, Wan, etc., how many years have they not recovered goods or money and materials? One ship appears and one disappears!

After a tragic battle, the Sihai Escort Bureau became the biggest winner.

(End of this chapter)