Jingshi, Luoyang. Inside the South Palace.

"Go down." Zhang Rang personally took a few small yellow doors and waited for some special vehicles to enter the palace every day, such as some important ingredients, special supplies and so on. These are all important channels for the palace to enter some special items. Some of the things that the noble concubine needs, if you go through the ordinary channel, the time it will take, and the price will be very large, which is a special smuggling channel of the palace.

But now. Zhang Rang wants to use a new batch of supplies. Bayonet.

The bayonets used by the Republican Army were not very expensive, but in half of the arms business, firearms were firearms and bayonets were bayonets, because no one bought them. For example, of the tens of thousands of firearms soldiers equipped by Dong Zhuo, only a very small number of their companies were equipped with bayonets, and most of them did not use bayonets. In their opinion, such a thing as a bayonet is very chicken.

After installation, the shooting operation is extremely cumbersome, and even feels very cumbersome, hindering some of the shooting operations. It is quite inconvenient to use.

And when it comes to assassination, compared to spears, weapons like halberds have too monotonous functions, and there is only one function of assassination. The most important thing is that under the second resale of arms dealers, the price of bayonets is ridiculously expensive, and it is not as cost-effective as buying a ring-head knife.

Because the knives made by the Republican Army are much cheaper. And much more durable than a bayonet.

"Be careful, put all those things away." Zhang Rang said.

Zhang Rang specially bought a batch of bayonets, which were installed on the firearms they used, using ring-headed knives and weapons such as halberds, which required special fighting, but for the little yellow gate in the palace, this was simply a catastrophe. Because they don't have such courage. It seems that the use of firearms is much better than ever.

But the use of firearms is too loud, if it cannot be controlled, it will cause great trouble, turmoil, in such a situation, they need a special assassination weapon, and the bayonet is secretly bought in such a situation.

Maybe a firearm with a bayonet can give them some comfort and a sense of security, and they will have a better chance of succeeding, otherwise, no one would do that, that's what they're thinking at the moment, it's simple, but it's not funny at all. It's really a hassle.

Luoyang East City, in an inn.

A businessman carefully pressed a note under the tableware, and a junior took the opportunity to quickly take it away.

It's a point of contact for the IRA, and there's usually a certain number of intelligence officers who put the information they collect under the cutlery and take it away. After a certain identification, it will be sent to a nearby residence. The transmitter is set up there. Cables are quietly buried underground. Cables pass through wells, open tunnels, and then use tunnels to lay under the city walls. This is how most of the information is delivered.

This is much more convenient than using a fast horse to pass around.

In this way, Zhang Rang's telegram of secretly purchasing a batch of bayonets was quickly transmitted to the intelligence department of Lijiazhuang.

"Bayonets?" Xu Dou asked the intelligence director.

"Yes, sir, it is true that bayonets, normally, when trading arms, bayonets are not bought, but now, the palace suddenly buys a batch of bayonets. The meaning is very different. The director said.

"In this way, something that could happen is imminent." Xu Dou said.

"Sir, I think so." The director said.

"Alright. I know. Xu Dou said. It seems that this matter needs to be reflected to Shangwu.

Hedong. Anyi.

Military orders from Dong Zhuo stimulated production at all the factories here.

The factory has undergone a reshuffle before, for example, Factory Street.

It was a wilderness outside the original suburbs, where many handicraft workshops were later established, and it was originally called Workshop Street.

At that time, there were many people who entered the craft workshop, and there were people coming and going, and you could make money by making a random food stall on the street because there were many people. It is precisely because of the large number of people that the situation is better than any time for business.

But now, the name has changed. It's called Factory Street. The reason for this is simple, it is because Factory Street can bring greater profits. Many handicraft workshops have been converted into factories.

"Director Wang." A young man dressed in spirit greeted him.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Director Wang responded with a smile. Then the two sides went into their respective factories.

Director Wang is also a leatherman. In the beginning, he made leather armor and leather clothes, in short, the business was good and bad, at least he could eat well.

Later, the Republican Army came. At first, a few Republican soldiers asked them to repair their boots, which were made of cowhide and sheepskin, and the styles were different. It is very heavy to wear, such shoes are very strong, but after a battle, some shoes will also be scrapped.

And it was from this shoe that Director Wang quickly found a way to make a fortune. Because he can repair shoes, and even, be able to change the face, just like new. Soon, the military approached him and placed an order for him to make more than two thousand pairs of military boots. Lean on this to make military boots. Director Wang opened his own military boot workshop.

Because he alone could not have completed the manufacture of so many military boots.

He needs more people, Director Wang is a person who loves to use his brain, he decomposed the military boots into a lot of links, and then a link, a link combined, and finally formed the military boots.

Of course, Director Wang still needs a lot of help, for example, the local ** tax exemption, and there is no need to pay taxes to make a list for the Republican Army, which makes him really make a lot of money and can hire many people to complete orders. That was the first big progress in Director Wang's life. It takes the help of many people to get to such a point.

In addition to this, there is also a loan from the Handan Bank, otherwise, he would have to borrow from a loan shark.

In addition to his workshop, there were many, many workshops that were opened, and they also made military boots, or belts, as well as ready-to-wear, cloth, printing and dyeing. An industrial chain has been formed. It is said that at least 100,000 people gathered here.

But Mr. Wang began to make less money, mainly because the military could look for cheaper order takers. The competition between peers is fierce. Director Wang was very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Director Wang pondered again. He began to take the initiative to improve his production line, for example, most of the military boots produced by the Republican Army were made according to approximate sizes, and some were very ill-fitting and too large. Director Wang began to make boots between a certain number. In this way, it is easy for the soldier to find the right boot for him, and not only that, but he also improves the comfort of the boot, so that the soldier does not have to bend his feet too much, or it is more comfortable to wear. Of course, that wasn't enough for him to rise all at once.

Civil orders. There are a lot of people near the factory, and most of them wear bast shoes. Comfortable, but very wear-resistant. He began to improve some of the processes, reduce costs, and sell leather boots, or mixed shoes. I attach the bottom of the military boots to the side of the linen. And the boots have breathable linen inside. In addition, the process is simplified a lot, and the cost is reduced.

Mr. Wang's shoes are very welcome.

And many workshops, because of the lack of technological upgrades, coupled with the constant staring at the military's orders for bad competition, have led to the chaos of their current situation. Lost orders from the military, especially with the end of the Northern War. Reduction in orders. Many workshops can't be opened. They closed down and changed careers.

On the contrary, Director Wang relied on private orders and the local Hedong Bank. He is also a member of the Hedong Chamber of Commerce, which has set up its own commercial bank, and its members have certain loan concessions and mortgage incentives. Leaning on these. Director Wang began a large-scale merger.

Many workshops were acquired by him. Leather workers, craftsmen came under his control.

His factory was set up all at once, and he began to be obsessed with more than just leather shoes, leather boots.

There are also belts, leather bags. and the field of trade.

This is how Director Wang developed little by little. It may sound very inspiring, but the various choices were made by Director Wang himself, and he thought about a lot of things to achieve such a point.

If Director Wang couldn't keep up with the situation, for example, if he couldn't borrow funds in time, or open up new markets, or if he couldn't get more help, he might not have achieved what he is today.

A leather factory is not up all at once, which needs to continue to seize some of these opportunities, if you can't seize such opportunities, it will be difficult to have such a development today. That's where they're hardest to develop.

Director Wang will not stop the pace of tenacious progress, he is thinking, thinking about some new developments recently, he hopes to have greater development. For example, Dong Zhuo's military order in Guanzhong.

Pure leather products can no longer meet the pursuit of profits by Director Wang. He hopes to have greater development, greater profits, and more economic benefits.

But how can this be done well, or rather, there will be greater development? This is something that Director Wang has been thinking about recently.

War will bring many, many stimuli, and Dong Zhuo's most urgent need is food. They needed more rations, as well as soldiers' clothing. After all, it's important to maintain morale.

But is that all there is to it? Perhaps, they still have some architectural needs.

You must know that artillery has advanced. Advances are also needed in defense engineering. Otherwise, it will cause a big defensive lapse. Rammed earth structures are simply not able to stop the development of such situations. That's what they need right now.