Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2210 Hunting Country (Seventeen)

After several years of development, Hexi County is indeed different.Oleg Naryshkin walked around the county town and was really bored, so he stepped into one of the foot massage parlors, intending to relax.

Reflexology seems to be something brought by the founders of the country decades ago.Since then, this kind of health care behavior has slowly spread from the upper class to the lower class, and it has become popular all over the country from the capital. Many ordinary farmers and working-class people will occasionally spend it. The Founders MPs did the same.

What's even more hilarious is that only a small number of people who engage in foot massage are Orientals, and the vast majority are Hispanic East Coasters and a small number of French Protestants who immigrated to the East Coast.After these people came to the east coast, some of them went to open up wasteland and farm, and some of them were unwilling or unable to engage in this kind of service industry, just like the most common Italians in the underground sex industry.

Of course, the large number of Russian immigrants are not engaged in high-end jobs.Those who work in the Hexi Chemical Plant are pretty good. In fact, there are more people engaged in various physical labor in the docks and construction industries.They are violent, daring to fight, and ruthless in their methods. Even though the East Coast police turned a blind eye, they did well, although their reputation didn't sound very good.

Oleg knew some Russians in the gray industry.When the Naryshkin Building broke ground, these people came to the door, wanting to contract some projects.They have been wandering on the east coast for many years, but no matter what young master you are from the Naryshkin family, as long as you don't meet my requirements, they will give you a good look.Partly out of concern, partly out of win-win, Naryshkin gave them some small projects to do.Although the other party was not very satisfied, but because Naryshkin knew many people, he finally agreed with his nose.It’s just that those people didn’t seem to end up very well. One day, they were arrested one by one by the police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who broke into the house. After a quick trial, they were exiled to Australia. Naryshkin hadn’t heard from them for a long time.

The one who massaged Oleg was a Spanish girl in her 20s. She was giving Oleg an unprofessional massage while winking at Oleg. The young master of the Naryshkin family was very annoyed by this. He had no interest at all, so after the hasty massage, he left the "horrible" foot massage shop and returned to the street.

He misses Qingdao a little now, where there are polo matches to watch, dances to attend, chess to play with wives and ladies, and fishing on the beach.At worst, it’s better to invite a few friends to go hunting together than to nest in Hexi County, which looks like an urban-rural fringe.

Hexi County is too rude and backward. The men on the street looked at him with scrutiny, and the women looked at him with curiosity. Even the children running around in the street would sometimes follow behind him and make fun of him. Looking at him, a stranger in a dress uncommon here.In a word, he is too eye-catching, he doesn't fit in with this place at all, and of course he doesn't want to blend in with the life here, not at all!

The only thing in Hexi County that made Master Oleg feel refreshed was probably the acrobats everywhere.These people probably came from the Far East, and they performed all kinds of tricks with their family skills that they practiced since they were young.Oleg felt a sense of deja vu when he saw it, that is, every time Moscow celebrated, the tsar would invite some circus troupes to perform. He watched it with his elders when he was a child, and his memory is still fresh.

Oleg asked a follower to give these people two silver dollars, which made them thank you again and again.There is no doubt that their income is not high, and the performance is also very hard, and there is a certain degree of danger, and all they earn are hard money.Oleg once asked them why they didn't open up wasteland and farm land. That way the income would not be too much, but it would be much safer and more comfortable.But these people only answered with a wry smile. When a person has learned how to perform and how to please people since childhood, it is really difficult for you to let him farm.

Oleg didn't wander the streets of Hexi County for too long. On May 5, he received an invitation from the county government. Wang Dazhuang had returned from his investigation in Luoyang Mansion and was waiting to meet him in the office. So Master Oleg I happily bought some tea as a gift, and rushed to meet each other.

"I also went to see the Naryshkin Building. I am afraid that the annual rental income must be 10,000+ yuan? Oleg, have you thought about how to use such a huge income?" Wang Dazhuang is young, but After working as a local chief official for a long time, the momentum is different, and he is the first to catch people: "Even if taxes, salaries, maintenance costs and other expenses are removed, it is not a problem to have 3 yuan or 10,000 yuan a year? Hehe, [-]+ yuan, The annual financial income of most counties in Hexi is not necessarily so much when the land sales are included. I won’t go around the bush, how about it? Are you interested in coming to us for a project?”

"Don't rush to refuse." Wang Dazhuang motioned to the secretary to make a pot of yerba mate tea, and then said with a smile: "I've heard that, you are not very interested in opening a factory in the forest, and you can't find anyone, right? I can understand this, so are you interested in coming to Hexi to engage in projects? Our industrial projects are very difficult here. I have learned about it. It started too late and there is no policy support from above. Then we can only give full play to our comparative advantages and engage others. I can't do it anymore."

The "project that others cannot do" mentioned by Wang Dazhuang is actually very simple, that is, cotton planting.There is no doubt that cotton is now a valuable cash crop on the east coast, and the eastern half of the Chaco Plain has all the favorable conditions for growing cotton: there are many savannahs or clearings where trees have been cut down, and the soil It is sandy clay soil, the temperature is just right, the annual frost-free period is more than 210 days, the sunshine is sufficient, and the summer rain stops obviously when the buds bloom. It is simply a natural place to grow cotton.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Textiles have sent people to conduct numerous investigations, and the results are very exciting.Everyone agreed that this is indeed a "sacred place" for cotton growth, and great efforts must be made to develop it.Otherwise, it will always rely on scattered domestic planting and overseas imports (Caribbean and Xinhua Island), and the cost will not be reduced.Considering that Europeans are increasingly mechanized in the production of cotton cloth, and the cost has dropped rapidly, the cost advantage of East Coast Textiles has been greatly reduced after paying long-distance sea freight and high insurance premiums. Good relations and advantages in product quality occupy many markets.

But the quality of European cotton textiles will improve sooner or later, there is still room for cost reduction, and the output is also growing steadily. If the cotton textile industry on the east coast does not think of a way, even with the help of the Dutch, the market will be occupied It is unacceptable for the Europeans in a favorable location to nibble away bit by bit.The cotton textile industry creates a lot of profits for the east coast every year, contributes a lot of tax revenue, not to mention the jobs created, it can be said that it is a very important industry on the east coast, affecting the livelihood of thousands of households, it must be guaranteed of.

Therefore, after they discovered the advantages of cotton planting in the Chaco Plain, they immediately and decisively stopped the follow-up investment in other so-called cotton planting areas in China that were originally planned. A super large planting area.It is also because of this that Wang Dazhuang has the confidence to carry out a series of projects in Hexi. After all, in the next few years, it is almost 100% certain that tens of thousands of immigrants and a large amount of equipment, capital and technology will flow in. This is the basis for the take-off of Hexi.

The reason why he approached Naryshkin was because of his considerable influence among the Russian-American community and the huge amount of money he could mobilize.Especially the latter, after learning that Oleg might not be able to get Russian immigrants, the funds in his hands became Wang Dazhuang's covetous thing, that's why he had the question just now.

"Cotton cultivation requires a large number of people, and according to my observation, there are no idlers on the streets of Hexi County. Even if I am willing to invest, I may not be able to find enough people to work." Oleg Naryshkin with both hands Yi Tan said helplessly: "Besides, three new shareholders of the Naryshkin Building in Nancungang joined in last year. I need to pay them dividends, so it is impossible to get more than 10 yuan in cash. Moreover, I have Decided to invest in the construction of a new eight-story Naryshkin Building in Luoyi District, Luoyang Prefecture, which will require a huge amount of funds. County Mayor Wang, as you know, I am already negotiating with the bank for a loan. Luoyi District The Naryshkin Building will adopt the latest construction technology, stone materials need to be collected from the mountains in the west, and steel and cement need to be purchased and transported from the east coast, which will cost a lot of money, and my funds are also very tight.”

"So you don't have any money?" Wang Dazhuang asked after putting down his teacup heavily, his face suddenly darkened.

Oleg secretly groaned when he heard this.This east bank official would come up with this trick, and show him face at every turn, which made him really unable to adapt.It was the same when he was forced to invest in the stocks of the Yanbu Railway, the toll national highway in the Pampa Plain, and the low-interest bonds issued by the government in the Qingdao Port market. There will be no way the secret police will rush out and arrest him without explanation.

Of course, Oleg also knows that the officials on the east bank actually eat very well.Even in the most civilized United Provinces and England, wealthy businessmen are also objects of fundraising when the country continues to spend money, and they cannot refuse.Therefore, in the end, Oleg could only express bitterly that he was willing to spend "tens of thousands of yuan" to invest in the wharf of Hexi Port to renovate and expand it to adapt to the new situation of transporting large quantities of cotton in the future. That made Wang Dazhuang "cloudy and sunny", let him go for a while.

And after going through such an incident, Oleg Naryshkin also realized that as a successful businessman and a foreign businessman who made a lot of money on the east coast, the situation he faced was very complicated.In the future, if you want to continue to maintain the current booming business, or even go further, you must follow the steps given by the officials on the east coast, otherwise you may have countless small shoes to wear.Of course, the officials on the east bank are already the most civilized and well-mannered. Oleg, who knows the inside story of Russian officialdom, is not a child who knows everything. Not very willing, but still willing to follow the baton in action.

Now that you have enjoyed a lot of benefits, you have to take on a lot of obligations, right?

It's the end of the year, and there are so many dinner parties and activities that it's really a trap.There is not much time, please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)