"The latest shipment of Madeira wine, Mr. Naryshkin, do you want to buy some?" On the street opposite the Naryshkin building, a man with a red cloth on his head and a sailor's appearance shouted. While shouting at him, he patted the oak barrel next to him to attract Oleg's attention.

"Honorable Mr. Naryshkin, it's time for you to change your formal attire. According to the latest popular styles in Qingdao Port, we have newly designed a Chinese gentleman's outfit, a blend of silk and woolen fabric, which is very good. I guess it's very crucial for you to attend high society gatherings. A middle-aged man with a pair of glass-eyed eyes on the bridge of his nose sat in his small shop and said with a smile: "Even if you don't need it, your servant needs a relatively decent tweed coat, and you will not be disappointed if you have been working as a professional tailor for twenty years." ”

"Delicious seafood risotto, everything I have eaten says is good. Mr. Naryshkin, it's already noon, it's time to sit down and enjoy some food. I have left you a quiet room, and if you don't want to, I can have lunch delivered to your office in the Naryshkin building. Gratuitous! Another fat cook came out of the room and said in a flattering tone.

"Mr. Naryshkin, the new Indian god oil ......"

"Mr. Naryshkin, fine Virginia tobacco ......"

As soon as Oleg entered the 50-meter radius of the Naryshkin Building, the sound of selling his own goods or services sounded in his ears, which made him very helpless and at the same time proud. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that Young Master Oleg from Russia is young and rich, and he has a lot of money, and the salaries of servants, bodyguards, housekeepers and others around him are 1.5 times the market evaluation price, which is quite good. Moreover, he is a shareholder of the Yanbu Railway, he is invited to attend every general meeting of shareholders, and he is also the owner of the Naryshkin Building, a landmark building in Nancun Port.

Seeing these merchants soliciting business, Oleg also smiled and nodded to them, but did not stop, but went straight into the Naryshkin building. There were several offices dedicated to him on the ground floor of the building, where he took a break, then ate a few fried veal steaks for lunch, and then left the building with his entourage and turned into a comprehensive market more than 100 meters away from the building.

Although the family kept sending money to him, this did not mean that Oleg planned to do nothing and passively wait for money. In fact, there are still some teenagers who also plan to start their own business, so he specially auctioned a 650-ton old ship in the Qingdao port ship market, ready to purchase various commodities on the east coast, and then ship them back to Russia for sale in order to make a profit.

Isn't Russia now cut off trade with the East Coast, one might say? Well, if we analyze it carefully, in fact, it was only the Russian Empire's unilateral refusal to trade merchant ships from the East Coast, but the East Bank Republic has never issued a ban on Russian merchants, although the number of Russians who trade abroad by sea is really rare.

Therefore, Oleg really intends to buy some goods that are rare in Russia on the east coast and go back to sell them. And the place where he buys goods is undoubtedly a comprehensive market located in the commercial town of Nancun Port.

The general market is open every day, and at 6 a.m. at the beat of the drums at the market management office, vendors, craftsmen and tooth workers flock in, take their places, and start selling their wares. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the market management office will ring the bell 50 times, signal everyone to retreat, and then send someone to come in to clean up and wait for the reopening tomorrow.

There were many farmers selling melons and fruits in the market, and Oleg saw it as soon as he entered the market gate. Those people wore straw hats, sat on straw mats, and placed walnuts, melons, dates, apricots, mulberries, sour plums, watermelons and other seasonal fruits in front of them, although not as sweet and juicy as the Chubut River and Ludang River basins, but they were quite good, and the prices were even cheaper, so they were very popular.

Oleg bought a bag casually and gave it to a few of his attendants to eat, while he continued to walk forward with a double harvest on his back. The first time he did the sea trade business, to be honest, he didn't know what to buy, he just thought that it should be very good to buy some daily necessities and small commodities with the characteristics of the East Coast. When he was still living in Moscow, the East Coast had a very good relationship with Russia, and at that time, some goods produced in the East Coast were quite popular among the Moscow aristocracy, and many people also liked to learn Chinese, because they all knew that the East Coast was very strong, probably stronger than the United Provinces and England, and it was not shameful to learn everything from the East Coast, on the contrary, it was a very compelling thing.

Now that Russia is at odds with the East Bank, Oleg does not know whether the views of Moscow's upper class have changed, but he is inclined to think that there is not. The upper nobility of Russia is not a fool who does not understand anything, in fact, many people who are proficient in French, Latin, and Dutch have been paying attention to the situation in the outside world for many years, and know from many angles the strength of the Eastern Republic today. They dared to send a fleet to bombard the Portuguese coast, blockade the ports of France, and have trouble with the Dutch, the coachmen of the sea, and this kind of majesty is really unmatched by few countries. All of the above has planted the impression that the East Bank is strong in the hearts of the Russian upper class aristocrats, and when the East Bank is strong, their things are naturally the best and naturally have learning value, so Oleg does not think that East Bank goods will be unsalable in Russia, even if the relationship between the two countries is at a low ebb.

"Dyeed Boot ......" When he walked in front of a store specializing in all kinds of leather clothes and boots, Oleg stopped. The dyed leather goods on the east coast have always been exported in large quantities and are deeply loved by the people of continental Europe, and Oleg plans to buy some.

And these leather boots, with a strong East Coast style, long boots, short boots, some of which are inlaid with beautiful patterns, make people love it at first sight. Compared with those leather boots in Russia that are rough in workmanship, hard to the feet, and even more colorless, East Coast boots and short boots are not only very novel in style, but also complete similar products in other European countries in terms of texture and comfort. In addition, there is a kind of galosis worn in slush on the east coast, which is very practical and should be marketable in Russia, and Oleg also intends to increase purchases.

In addition to this, there are also high-heeled shoes and boots with pointed and round toes worn by women on the market, and Oleg looks left and right, and he can't make up his mind to buy them. Guy was a rarity in Russia, and he wasn't sure that the families of nobles or wealthy merchants would buy such strange shoes and boots, even though they had some pretty patterns such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects.

However, high-heeled shoes and boots are not bought, but another kind of "flower shoes" that are more popular among the ladies of the East Coast can be purchased. The soles of these shoes are generally leather, the top ones may be high-quality furs such as whale skin and seal skin, and the upper is made of brocade and silk silk, which is embroidered with various patterns, which is very beautiful. And if the customer customizes, the upper can also be inlaid with gems and other ornaments, which is even more expensive.

This kind of women's shoes with the characteristics of traditional culture on the East Coast, Oleg plans to buy more. Moscow's fashion trends are still chaotic, with Parisian, Amsterdam and even Italian styles having a profound impact on the eastern European capital. And given the great success of the East Coast over the past few decades and their growing influence in international affairs, the fashion from the port of Vostochny or Qingdao will also have a profound impact on Moscow. Although they are a little far from Europe, their strong national power and mighty fleet have played a very good "advertisement" for this country, and there are many people in Europe who yearn for everything in this country. With this in mind, Oleg did not hesitate to order the purchase of a lot of clothing and shoes, intending to ship them to Russia to see which way the wind went.

There is also a magical corner of the general market, where there are shops selling all kinds of musical instruments. These stores are small in size, but they often have some manufacturing workshops behind them, providing customers with a variety of customized services, the so-called "front shop and back shop" structure.

In terms of musical instruments, the East Coast is honestly more competitive. It is well known that the New World of America has a much better quality wood than Eurasia for making musical instruments. The people of the East Coast took full advantage of this advantage and produced a variety of musical instruments in the country, many of which they invented themselves, such as pianos and so on. Among these instruments, the most famous is the Haidiao Musical Instrument Factory, which is wholly owned by the Mo family, but Oleg does not plan to buy such expensive brand goods, he intends to buy some relatively inexpensive instruments made by craftsmen himself, which will make his profit margins greater.

Piano, erhu, pipa, zhongruan, violin, guitar, transverse flute, pan flute, organ, etc., buy as much as you want. Even after sweeping away the spot, he paid a lot of deposit and ordered an additional batch. These musical instruments, in Russia, where the art of music has just developed, should still have some sales. After all, many aristocrats or wealthy businessmen are still willing to let their children learn these things in order to improve their family's style and taste, so that they can have some blockbuster talent shows at the party.

Of course, in addition to musical instruments, some music scores and sheet music on the East Coast should also be purchased as much as possible. In particular, Oleg is going to make great efforts to collect some music magazines, try to buy every issue, and then publish and sell them in Moscow. Anyway, with the current bad relationship between Russia and the East Coast, no one should chase after the copyright issue, not to mention that the Russians don't care about these at all.

Oleg spent the whole afternoon picking goods in the general market and placing orders (many of which were just orders, and the actual delivery could have to go somewhere else) until the bell rang for the closing of the market. And when he was busy with all this, and had time to sit down and drink a cup of tea in the Naryshkin Building, he had time to sigh: the port of Nancun, which a few years ago seemed to be a dirty, chaotic little market, has developed over the years, and has become the most important commercial center in the entire south of the Río de la Plata, where countless merchants deliver grain, meat, leather, and all kinds of machinery, tools, and daily necessities, and the daily trade volume is not much smaller than that of Moscow, which is also very surprising.

Oleg is now more and more glad that he seized the opportunity at the beginning, and when everyone still had doubts, he took the lead and invested in the Yanbu Railway and Nancun Port, which won the favor of the East Bank Railway Department and laid a solid foundation for the future of the Naryshkin family.

The people on the east bank of the Yanbu Railway have established many counties and townships, immigrated hundreds of thousands of people, and produced huge amounts of wealth, and Oleg is very satisfied with this. He was even more heartened to hear that the people on the east coast were planning to establish some new settlements west of the Yanbu Railway, in order to make the most of the expensive railway. You must know that this railway runs through the entire East Pampa region, but at present, there are only dense villages and towns and populations to the east of the railway, and in the west where the railway can also radiate, there are few people on the east bank, which is undoubtedly a great waste.

Oleg, who attended the latest shareholders' meeting on the Yanbu Railway, knew that the people on the east coast were determined to rectify the current anomaly, that is, they had made up their minds to start the work in the near future, to resettle more than 10,000 settlers west of the railroad and to develop that equally fertile land.

Mr. Chen Jia, the CEO of the American Railroad, also confirmed this in a private conversation with Oleg. They didn't seem to care about the Spaniards' reaction at all, thinking only about the financial difficulties that immigrants might cause, not the political obstacles. General Manager Chen mentioned the operation of the railway annex, and believed that more than 100 workshops or factories of various types have been established in the annex, and the material wealth produced is enough to support the colonial activities west of the railway. He even smiled and said to Oleg that once the large-scale colonization activities west of the Yanbu Railway became a reality, the income of the railway annexes would skyrocket, and the financial situation of the Yanbu Railway and even the American Railway Company would also be greatly improved, and as a shareholder of the railway, Oleg would naturally be able to share his share of the profits.

Oleg was very excited about this wonderful promise, and at the same time carefully calculated his current asset situation to see if he wanted to participate in this colonial expansion that was destined to be vigorous and full of opportunities. And it is precisely with this idea in mind that he now wants to make a lot of money and replenish the liquidity on hand as soon as possible, so that he can be one step ahead in the future, but this seems to require some business investigation first.

On February 5, 1689, after a two-day break at the port of Nancun, Oleg Naryshkin boarded a train bound for the port of Yancheng. He plans to stay at the beginning of the Yanbu Railway for a while, to examine the economy, so that he can make decisions in the future.