In the middle of the afternoon, the inspector of the patrol room rushed over.

After investigating the situation at the scene, he patted his chest and assured Zheng Xingqiao that he would definitely investigate strictly, especially the Dongfang Machinery Factory that Zheng Xingqiao said.

But Zheng Xingqiao didn't believe that he dared to investigate the Oriental Machinery Factory, because behind the Oriental Machinery Factory was that Mr. Sun.

Although the Jiangsu-Zhejiang chaebol clique headed by the big compradors was not very afraid of that Mr. Sun.

But no matter what, Mr. Sun is also a person with a gun in his hand, and he also served as the temporary commander of Beiyang, and the inspector of a patrol room, but he still doesn't have the courage to move other people's industries.

Calling the patrol over is just a necessary process, and the real solution to this matter still depends on the relationship above.

If something like this happens, don't expect to enter the foreign bank today.

After making some hasty arrangements, Zheng Xingqiao went out to Dafeng.

He was going to find someone, that is, his partner, the comprador of the previous Deutsch-Hua Bank, Xu Xingquan.

The Huzhou Xu family is one of the largest comprador families in Shanghai, which was founded by Xu Xingquan's father, Xu Chunrong, and developed and expanded.

In its heyday, the Xu family opened a total of seven money houses in Shanghai, a Dafeng foreign goods number, monopolized the foreign cloth imported from Britain by the British merchant Taihe Foreign Company, and also operated the import of imitation machinery, pig bristles and foreign yarn horses.

Moreover, Xu Chunrong also held the comprador position of Deutsch-Hua Bank and Citibank, and he was in the limelight for a while.

However, in the tenth year of Guangxu, after the outbreak of the Sino-French War, there was a run on the Shanghai bank, and the Xu family's money bank closed down one after another, and the Xu family also declined.

Xu Chunrong passed on the post of comprador of Deutsche Hua Bank to his son Xu Xingquan, until Commerzbank closed its operations in China three years ago.

It was at that time that Zheng Xingqiao had a relationship with Xu Xingquan and cooperated to open this foreign firm.

Dafeng is the foundation of the Xu family in Shanghai, and Xu Chunrong relied on this foreign goods to break through the foundation of Nuoda.

Although the family fell later, the money village went bankrupt, and the partners had a lot of trouble, but this Dafeng has never been affected.

After stepping down from the comprador position of Dehua Bank, Xu Xingquan returned to Dafeng, took charge of the goods number on behalf of his father, and became the chief treasurer.

After Zheng Xingqiao came to the goods number, he went straight to the rear account room, where Xu Xingquan usually worked hard.

Seeing Zheng Xingqiao coming, Xu Xingquan was a little surprised.

Although Zheng Xingqiao often comes to see him on weekdays and asks him to drink, it is usually when the profits of foreign banks are shared.

Right now, in the middle of the month, he came to find him, could it be that something was wrong with the foreign bank?

He guessed accurately, and as soon as Zheng Xingqiao opened his mouth, he was startled: "Brother Quan, it's not good, something is wrong!"

Xu Xingquan was still weathered for a long time, quickly calmed down, pulled him aside and sat down, and asked, "Don't worry, you speak slowly, is there a problem with the business of the foreign bank?"

Zheng Xingqiao told the matter worriedly, and after listening to his story, Xu Xingquan's face couldn't help but become solemn.

"Brother Zheng, you really did this thing...... Alas!"

He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zheng Xingqiao was too impulsive to do this.

"Alas, I'm also in a hurry, or would I watch them rob us of our business?"

Zheng Xingqiao sighed.

Xu Xingquan was puzzled and asked: "Isn't it just a small three-ton press? How much business can it rob us?

He also read the report a few days ago, but he was not as anxious and uneasy as Zheng Xingqiao. Beauty Nest

In his opinion, the so-called domestic press made by the Oriental Machinery Factory is not worth mentioning at all.

It's just a small three-ton press, and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau imported from Britain is a big guy of 2,000 tons, and three tons is against 2,000 tons.

He believes that this is just a gimmick deliberately made by the Oriental Machinery Factory in order to make a name, and such propaganda methods are very common.

However, as the saying goes, interlacing is like a mountain, and he doesn't know much about the machine itself, which is why such a mistake occurred.

The significance of the press is not in its size, but in its own presence.

A 2,000-ton press is powerful, but it is only suitable for forging large items such as cannons and ship components.

But how can there be so much steel for it to use?

How many machinery factories can afford such an expensive cost? Can they afford to hire labor?

The small press of the Oriental Machinery Factory is different, the vast majority of the domestic parts it uses are domestic parts that can be imitated by the domestic machinery factory, and the machines on the production line are also domestic machines, and the production cost has dropped a lot compared with foreign goods.

What is needed for the production of domestic products is such a cheap and easy-to-use small machinery.

With this kind of press, the production capacity of domestic machinery factories will increase at a terrifying rate, and at that time, it will greatly affect the business of foreign banks.

Zheng Xingqiao reluctantly analyzed the relationship between the matter and him, and Xu Xingquan suddenly realized.

"But, even if that kind of pressure affects us, you don't need to send someone to do that kind of thing, right?"

Xu Xingquan frowned and asked, "Why don't you come to me to discuss it first?"

Zheng Xingqiao sighed and stopped talking, he couldn't say this kind of thing in front of his face, "I felt like I couldn't count on you at the time", right?

Xu Xingquan guessed what he meant, and his face was a little unsightly.

But at this point, it's useless to blame him, and solving the problem is the right solution.

On the opposite side is Sun Wen, the former commander, who just won a battle this year, and he can be regarded as a strong soldier.

Although his sphere of influence is on the Guangzhou side, he still has some supporters and advocates on the Shanghai side.

After thinking about it, Xu Xingquan sighed: "I still have to find the old man for this matter." ”

The old man he said was Xu Chunrong, his father.

Since the collapse of Qianzhuang, the Xu family is no longer prosperous, and Xu Chunrong has gradually disappeared and no longer shows up.

But that doesn't mean he's completely out of shape.

The emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and the connections he has accumulated over the years of business are still there, and among his peers, he is still willing to sell him face.

On top of that, he has two good sons-in-law.

One of his daughters is married to the son of the famous Shanghai "hardware king" Ye Chengxin, who is the pioneer and leader of the Ningbo merchant gang, with hands and eyes.

His other son-in-law is Xi Yuguang, who was a comprador of Baoxin Bank and an associate of the Shanghai branch of Daqing Bank, and is the third son of Xi Zhengfu.

Xi Zhengfu, like Xu Chunrong, is a comprador family.

The famous Dongting Mountain Gang Xi family is the largest comprador family in Shanghai at present, and there is no one.

The comprador of HSBC, which has the most abundant resources in Shanghai, is the Xi family.

Not only that, the Xi family has also built a huge network of compradors, with a total of 23 compradors of three generations serving as compradors of foreign banks and foreign banks in Shanghai.

More than half of the compradors of foreign banks in Shanghai are served by their Xi family.