108701908 Far Eastern Madman Chapter 389 Promoted to Fortune

The northbound train is traveling at a hurry, and the battle of Qianhenan has ended. The Northern Expeditionary Force has also stopped advancing, and now the southern section of the Jinghan Railway has resumed normal traffic, and civilian trains have been able to resume operation according to the new timetable, although many military trains can still be seen on the railway line, but commercial traffic has indeed resumed, especially the section of the railway line from Henan to Hubei. Civilian traffic has been restored to its pre-war condition.

The bus that was running in the wilderness of northern Henan came from Hankou Railway Station, and the terminal was Because the war has not completely subsided, there are not many people who dare to go far away, this train is extraordinarily empty, and the passengers are mostly businessmen and soldiers, some reporters and students dressed as people are also embellished, and there are not many people who get off the bus halfway, and it seems that their destination is Zhengzhou.

As one of these passengers, Mr. Huang Hancheng took a few servants to sit in an ordinary car, originally the servants suggested to take the first-class car, but Huang Hancheng insisted on sitting in the ordinary car, this because he was shy in his pocket, and secondly, he was looking for catties. The people who spoke, the passengers sitting in the first-class carriage now, were all foreigners, Huang Hantian could not find a common language with them, and he did not speak foreign languages very well.

Now, Mr. Huang Hancheng is talking to a businessman who is also from Hubei, but not from Hankou, but a cattle dealer from Huangkuo, surnamed Li, and according to himself, that Li Yuanhong is his distant relative, as for whether it is the truth, Huang Hancheng does not care, he cares about the business opportunities revealed by the businessman surnamed Li from the conversation.

"Lao Huang, let me tell you, now you might as well go with me to sell cattle, the foreigners in the concession like to eat our Chinese beef, which is more chewy than foreign cattle, why? Because what we sell to the concession is not beef cattle, they are all ploughing cattle, working every day, and kneeling meat. Those captive cattle in foreign countries can't compare, and besides, cattle are sold all the way from foreign countries to China. The price is also high, and foreigners can't afford it, so yes. Lao Huang, you listen to my advice. Hurry up and turn your "Huang Zhicheng, the old store is transferred, and you can also go to sell cattle." Foreigners eat beef as food, collect cattle from the countryside and sell them to the concession, to say the least, it is double the gross profit, is it not much faster than your dismantling industry to make a cent? Last year, when there was no war, I partnered with people. A batch of cattle was sold to Qingdao, just a few hundred heads, and sold to the Germans, and later when the accounts were divided. I did the math, and after this trip, my capital tripled, and this cattle sale is a good deal.

Huang Hancheng just listened quietly, but he didn't get much moved, because he knew very well in his heart that the main reason why these cattle dealers were able to double the capital from the cattle trade was because the source of the purchased cattle was unknown, in other words, many of those cattle were stolen from the village farmers by thieves in the countryside, which made money from the villagers, and it didn't last long.

In the past, the Manchu court was too busy to take care of itself and had no time to manage rural security, but now that it is a republic, Huang Hanhan does not know what the military governments of other provinces do, but he knows that the republican military government in Hubei is cleaning up the "sabotage forces" in those villages with iron and blood. The "hoe society" is not just a rural mutual aid organization, it has a strong grassroots political color, in front of it. There is no hiding place for all the destructive forces in the countryside. Those ruffians and scoundrels who used to run rampant in the countryside have now walked through the street rats, and the inferior middle does not dare to shield them anymore, and now the Hubei countryside is in order, so the purchase price of cultivated cattle in Hubei has also risen, which is probably the main reason why the cattle dealers in Hubei have come to Henan to collect cattle.

In Henan now, the war is over. Order in the countryside has not yet been restored, especially in northern Henan, where the situation is chaotic, and it is no wonder that there are several cattle dealers sitting in this carriage when the cattle traders fish in troubled waters.

Of course, there is another reason why Huang Hancheng is not interested in the cattle trade, because his new investment action has caused serious difficulties in his capital turnover, and he simply cannot spare so much money to buy cattle.

Since he took refuge with Colonel Tian Jinfu Tian in Wuxue and listened to the officer's views on "commercial modernization", Huang Hancheng became deeply interested in the "modern retail enterprise" that Zhao Bei told Tian Jinfu, and he took a loan from Zou Tingbi's Xincheng Commercial Bank, preparing to fight against the tide and transform the old store of "Huang Zhicheng" into a modern retail enterprise, and did a lot of investigation and research for this.

However, after careful investigation and research, Huang Hancheng felt that Tian Jinfu's business strategy was unrealistic, so he did not continue his original business, and the business development plan was small, but changed the direction and prepared to operate the imitation weaving industry, not only put all his loans into the weaving factory, but even transferred almost all the real estate under his name. All the funds raised were also invested in imitation weaving mills. But the funds are still not enough, because Huang Hancheng wants to set up a large factory, and just buying machinery is a lot of money.

When he went to Zhengzhou, Huang Hancheng's main reason was to solve this financial problem, and he went to find the Ministry of Tingbi.

Originally, some time ago, the Ministry of Tingbi had been running back and forth between Shanghai and Hankou, and even when the situation between the north and the south was at its most tense, he did not hide in the concession, but continued to be busy with the affairs of the bank, and now, with the assistance of the Ministry of Tingbi. The republican junta has set up its own bank, which is actually the Fanqin Xincheng Commercial Bank to expand its capital! After the construction of the ancient, the first few years of the detour oh lead... Zhao Bei, chairman of the current front, sent a telegram to Zhengzhou to discuss matters, and it is said that it is for the bank's affairs.

Because he didn't know when Bu Tingbi would be able to return to Hankou from Zhengzhou, Huang Hancheng couldn't wait, and now the problem of funds is quite urgent, and there are several new weaving factories in the entire Wuhan area. The demand for machinery and equipment is also urgent. As soon as the batch of imitation weaving machines ordered by Huang Hantian from the United States was shipped to Hankow, some people immediately planned to dig up the corner, and the price offered was enough to make the manager of the foreign company tempted, and the other party had clearly reminded Huang Hancheng that if he could not settle the full payment within five days, the foreign company would have to resell the machines to other merchants, even if he did not hesitate to pay liquidated damages, so it can be seen that the profits of this transaction were huge.

Although some foreigners had suggested that Huang Hancheng raise funds through the stock exchange in Hankou, Huang Hancheng did not agree, in his opinion. If you issue shares in a weaving mill on the stock exchange, you have to pay a commission to the other party, so it is better to make a contract with someone to join the shares yourself.

For new things, Huang has always been more conservative, he still believes in personal friendship, for the law, the system, like many old-fashioned Chinese businessmen, take a cautious stance, after all, this country has been under the rule of bureaucrats for more than 2,000 years, has always despised laws and institutions, rather than relying on the law, it is better to maintain friendly relations with the bureaucrats in the officialdom.

Huang Hancheng decided to hold on tightly to the ministry Tingbi. Because that person has a very close relationship with Zhao Bei, chairman of the United Front, this backer is very hard and worth relying on, and now that Zhao Bei has commanded the United Front to defeat the Beiyang Army, it seems that there are signs of sitting in the world, and he has to grasp it tightly.

Huang Hancheng thought about it, and the cattle dealer sitting opposite was still eagerly selling his cattle selling strategy, until the two officers walked in from the back compartment, and the cattle dealer hurriedly stood up and greeted the two officers.

"Chief Wang, Chief Lu, what a coincidence, you two are also going to Zhengzhou? Look at the two of you are full of energy, I'm afraid that you are also going to be promoted and make a fortune. ”

The cattle dealer beckoned the two officers to sit down beside him, and the two officers were not very polite, just as Huang Hancheng sat down, one of the officers smiled and patted the cattle dealer on the shoulder, and said in Shandong dialect: "Shopkeeper Li, your business is good." Just now you said that we went to Zhengzhou to get promoted and make a fortune, and we borrowed your auspicious words, if you are really promoted and make a fortune, we will not forget your goodness. Speaker Lai is your relative, and we are also your friends. ”

The cattle dealer smiled, and hurriedly introduced Huang Hancheng to the two officers, and then introduced the two officers.

"Lao Huang, these two are not ordinary people. This is Chief Lu Yongxiang and Chief Lu and that is Chief Wang Zhanyuan, and the two of them are not only high-ranking officials of the United Front and vice presidents of the military academy, but they have also formed the Republican Progressive Party with Li Huangsui before, and I met them at the Speaker Li Huangsui Parliament Mansion. ”

Huang Hancheng was slightly surprised, so it seems. This cattle dealer is really a distant relative of Li Yuanhong.

According to the propaganda of the republican military government, they were both "revolutionary fathers" of the pre-battle uprising, and they were the generals of the Beiyang Uprising who made great contributions to the cause of the republic, and like Li Yuanhong, they were both veterans of the republican military government. It's no wonder that they will form the Republican Progressive Party with Li Yuanhong.

"Both of them are well-known figures. Why did you rush to Zhengzhou by car? According to the official ranks of the two, it seems that you can take a special car.

Huang Hancheng asked.

Being complimented by the "famous name", Lu Yongxiang and Wang Zhanyuan were quite complacent, and naturally they inevitably bragged about how close they were to the people and how they didn't dare to destroy the train schedule. That's why I took an ordinary civilian train to Zhengzhou to attend a military conference.

In fact, these two people are also blind, and the reason why they have to take ordinary civilian trains. The real reason is that they missed the military column.

Lu Yongxiang and Wang Zhanyuan were ordered to rush to Zhengzhou to attend the military conference, and together with them they received orders from a large number of senior officers who stayed in Wuhan, and even Jiang Fangzhen, the person in charge of the logistics headquarters, also received an order to go to Zhengzhou to attend the military conference; in order to protect the safety of these senior officers, Zhao Bei specially sent a special train to Wuhan to pick them up, and when the special car passed by Xinyang, the officers asked the commander-in-chief for approval, and deliberately went around the Xinyang battlefield, and by the way, they went to the Jigong Mountain in the south for a half-day tour. Originally, they were supposed to continue their journey the next day, but Lu Yongxiang and Wang Zhanyuan drank too much wine the night before, and fell asleep in the hotel in the dark, and when they woke up the next day, they rushed to the station to inquire, but learned that the special car had left half an hour ago, and the two of them were left behind by the officer corps.

The army is a disciplined force, and they will drive whenever they say, and they will never delay their trip in order to wait for two people, so Lu Yongxiang and Wang Zhanyuan have nothing to complain about, and the two hurriedly bought tickets for the next civilian train. I took this train to Zhengzhou, hoping not to be too late.

The two of them were also trembling, for fear that they would not be able to catch up with this afternoon's meeting, which would affect the future of the two, so when they heard the cattle dealer's sentence of "promotion and wealth", the two of them were also happy, when they were in the Beiyang Army, the two were also so superstitious, just like other Beiyang officers.