（0745）

"Everything is ready, just wait for Miss Shen to send the day * book back, you can go directly to Yangzhou. The news from Yangzhou will be in May, and it will not be postponed again. ”

Hou Shanping replied cautiously.

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

Since there are too few local rich people in Shandong, they have to think of a way from those big businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. The pockets of those big merchants in Jiangnan are indeed bulging, if they can get rid of theirs. Take out a little bit of it from the bag, and the development funds of the Tiger Ben Army will be much more abundant.

However, these days, it is indeed not easy to take money out of other people's pockets! Fortunately, the Tiger Benjun has no other skills, and he still has the ability to bully people with his fists. When necessary, I had to convince people with my fists.

The Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce originally said that it would be held in October last year, but due to some reasons, it was postponed to March this year. In March of this year, it was postponed to May this year for some reason. The two postponements have caused a lot of bad rumors in the market. If it continues to be postponed, rumors will fly all over the sky.

"What's the situation over there in Linqing?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly thought of a rich place again.

As soon as he crossed over to Shandong, he heard that Linqing was the richest, richer than Jinan and Dengzhou. It's a pity that when he went to Linqing last time, he didn't investigate it carefully, so he didn't know the details. If the people of Linqing are really rich, these stocks can be digested by them.

"The merchants over there are all asking when Caoyun will resume!"

Hou Shanping said with a smile.

Zhang Zhun nodded quietly.

The businessman of Linqing, the most hopeful thing "is, of course, that Caoyun is restored." Most of the merchants in Linqing are engaged in industries related to water transportation. If the luck does not recover, the businesses that have more than one success in Linqing will be unemployed. Zhang Zhun just took this opportunity to "force the merchants of the Qing Dynasty to step on the thief ship of the Tiger Ben Army."

If they have no way out, they may take a gamble. As long as someone takes the lead, the followers behind will come one after another. Now, the Tartars are withdrawn from both sides of the canal, but Texas is occupied by the Tiger Army, "If you want to restore the Cao Fortune, you must ask for the consent of the Tiger Army." If they want to restore Caoyun, they must give the Tiger Ben Army certain benefits. This benefit, of course, is to buy shares of the Tiger Army.

"Sanyuan, have you ever been to Linqing with these stocks?"

Zhang Zhun said meaningfully.

"Not yet."

Hou Shanping shook his head and said.

"Let's go there."

Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

"I understand!"

Hou Shanping naturally reacted.

Zhang Zhun is trying to make a bow to the overlord, hijack the merchants in Linqing, and force them to buy these stocks. Once they bought these shares, "their interests, some of them were tightly tied to the Tiger Army." It's a huge thief ship, and if you get on it, don't even think about coming down.

In fact, Caoyun was cut off, and the only way out for those merchants was to change careers and join the business system of the Tiger Army. Of course, it's okay if you don't change careers, so wait slowly. There will always be a time when Caoyun will recover, but no one knows the exact time. Maybe the day when you are buried in the earth" will definitely wait.

"In addition to Linqing, there are also Dezhou, Liaocheng, Jining and other places!"

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

"My lord, I see" I'll arrange for someone to do it. ”

Hou Shanping said with a little excitement.

The stocks in his hand can raise a total of two or three million taels of silver, "as long as half of it is completed, it is a considerable amount." If you can sell them all, the amount will be even more impressive.

"Lord Governor!"

After Hou Shanping left, Liu Baoyu followed him.

Liu Baoyu mainly came to report on business developments. So far, there are more than 1,000 large and small shops in the area controlled by the Tiger Army, and more shops are being opened. The commercial tax collected every month is almost 30,000 taels of silver.

Compared with the extra money of the Tiger Army, such an income is indeed not much. However, if you compare it to the previous one, it is a good start. It must be known that the area that the Tiger Army really controls at present is actually only four prefectures, and Jinan Prefecture has not yet been fully controlled. Liu Baoyu optimistically estimated that when the Tiger Army unified the entire territory of Shandong, the circulation of materials would be more frequent, and it would be completely okay to collect a commercial tax of 100,000 taels of silver every month.

For the commercial tax on the gills stipulated by the Tiger Army, some merchants are acceptable. Because, after paying 15% of the business tax, there is no other apportionment. This is especially popular for small shops. The Hukou Decree lifts all hukou restrictions, which is also attractive to ordinary small traders.

Of course, the most important thing is that as the area controlled by the Tiger Army gradually develops, the purchasing power of the people begins to increase. The sales of some daily necessities have increased several times compared with the past, and some have even increased more than ten times. The variety of products has also increased a lot compared to the past. All these factors have greatly promoted the activity of business activities.

"What do we import the most?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly asked.

"Cotton."

Liu Baoyu replied without thinking.

He explained in detail that the most material from the outside is cotton cloth. Every month, more than 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth are sold in the areas controlled by the Tiger Army. The inexhaustible Songjiang cloth and the inexhaustible Weitang yarn are indeed not blown out. The textile industry in the southeast half of the wall is indeed very developed, basically seizing the market in Shandong.

Objectively speaking, the cotton cloth in Jiangnan is not only advanced in technology, excellent in quality, but also quite low in cost. A piece of cotton cloth arrived in Linqing by transport, and the price was only six or seven dollars of silver. A boatload of cotton cloth is thousands or even tens of thousands, which can fully meet the needs of the local people in Shandong.

Now there is a more troublesome problem, that is, some merchants in Jiangnan seem to have signs of raising the price of cotton cloth. At present, each cotton cloth to Linqing or Jining "opens to one or two silver." Shandong can not produce a large amount of cotton cloth, cotton cloth from the south of the Yangtze River, can be free to raise the price. On this issue, the Tiger Ben Army is also not easy to regulate. As a result, a large amount of silver flowed out.

In the past, the Tiger Benjun had tens of thousands of taels of silver to be earned by the big merchants in Jiangnan every month, but now, it is almost more than 100,000 taels. As the high-level leaders of the Tiger Army, Zhang Zhun and Liu Baoyu do not want this situation to continue. It's almost the same to earn silver from Jiangnan" The silver of Bai Huāhuā flows to Jiangnan, so what's the point?

Zhang Zhun frowned and said: "Is there a big cotton cloth manufacturer in our local area?" ”

Liu Baoyu said helplessly: "There was originally a Chen family in Qingzhou City, which specialized in the production of cotton cloth*, but unfortunately it was crushed by the big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Look at whether there are other businesses willing to get involved in the textile industry on a large scale." I have a drawing here that will give them a "considerable advantage" in terms of cost. Liu Baoyu looked at Zhang Zhun curiously.

What kind of drawings can give merchants a cost advantage? In other words, those big cloth merchants in Jiangnan, in this regard, it seems that the cost is already very low. It is precisely because of the low cost that the cotton cloth in the south of the Yangtze River not only occupies the whole country, but also exports a large number of them. Every year, the cotton cloth shipped to the South Seas is calculated by large ships.

Zhang Zhun took out a drawing from the closet and slowly spread it out on the table. This drawing is the structural diagram of Jenny's spinning machine. Before he crossed over, Zhang Zhun was bored, and he carefully studied the structure of this Jenny spinning machine, as well as the hydraulic loom.

At that time, he was still thinking that "in case of crossing, he can also use these two technologies" to make a small fortune.

It's a pity that on the ground in Shandong, the cotton cloth production enterprises are not developed at all, almost all the cotton cloth is transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and only a very small number of housewives are woven by themselves. In such a situation, even if there is advanced technology, there is no place for it. If these technologies are handed over to the merchants in Jiangnan, it is simply impossible.

Zhang Zhun said solemnly: "You must find a trustworthy business, and the technology must be kept secret!" Liu Baoyu said a little puzzled: "My lord, is this drawing really so precious?" Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Liu Baoyu thought about it, but he couldn't think of any merchant who could meet Zhang Zhun's requirements. The most fundamental reason is that there are no large businesses engaged in the textile industry in Shandong. In Zhu Baowei's Qilu Chamber of Commerce, no one is engaged in the textile industry.

"To Baoyu*......"

"Liu Baoyu, not in the *......"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"My lord, it seems to be ...... Sun Weina?

Liu Baoyu only said.

"It's her." , Zhang Zhun nodded.

This voice is indeed Sun Weina.

I don't know what she was going to do when she came to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but she didn't see Liu Baoyu, so she screamed. She has a special identity, and she can also come and go freely in the Governor's Mansion of the Tiger Army. However, she rarely comes here, and today I don't know what kind of wind blows her here.

"Please come to me!" , Zhang Zhun said with a smile.

He hadn't seen Sun Weina for a long time, and he wanted to ask how she was doing. Because of the war, Zhang Zhun and Sun Weina often stagger and rarely have the opportunity to appear in the same place.

Liu Baoyu stood up and brought Sun Weina to Zhang Zhun's side.

Today's Sun Weina, wearing a blue fur coat, looks graceful, graceful, and full of the charm of a mature woman. She's really not afraid of the heat, it's April weather, and she's wearing a fur coat. She also wears mocskinskin boots on her feet. Among all the women Zhang Zhun knows, the one who likes fur the most is probably this Miss Sun Weina.

After Sun Weina came in, before she could speak, she saw the drawings on the table, her eyes lit up, and she asked curiously, "What kind of good thing is this?" Seems to be used for weaving? ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said: "That's right, it's the *...... used to weave cloth."

Sun Weina picked up the drawing, looked at it carefully, seemed to notice the value of this drawing, and suddenly moved, and said eagerly: "Whose drawing is this?" Sell it to me! I just need it! Zhang Zhun said curiously: "What? Do you also want to get a foot in the textile industry? ”

Sun Weina nodded and said, "Of course!" Zhang Zhun said in surprise: "Why? Sun Weina said with shining eyes: "The price of cotton cloth has risen now, the profit is good, I am ready to become bigger and stronger in this industry, and fight with those merchants in Jiangnan." Jiangnan has to earn a lot of silver from us every month, and I want to earn this silver myself*......"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a smile: "Okay!" Drawings are given to you for free! You take away! Remember, this is a very advanced technology, don't give it out to anyone else! He was looking for someone to intervene in the textile industry, and Sun Weina took the initiative to take on this task, which is really good. With Sun Weina's strength, she can indeed insert a kick in the textile industry, and with the help of Jenny's spinning machine, there is no problem at all to resist the invasion of foreign merchants on the ground in Shandong.

The silver, still in his pocket, feels a little better. It would be better if it could be reversed, Shandong's cotton, a large number of raiders in Jiangnan, and earn Jiangnan's silver. It seems that the industrial grass life started from the textile industry. In the future, there may be some miracles!

Sun Weina suddenly said a little strangely: "Yulin, that Linqing Lin Gongzi ......", Zhang Zhun asked blankly: "What Lin Gongzi"

Sun Weina's face turned red, and she said a little embarrassedly: "Is that Lin Gongzi last time?" You won't forget *......"

Zhang Zhun was obviously stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

Worst!

Sun Weina actually remembers Dong Shuyan, an impostor!

In other words, Dong Shuyan is all about herself, do you want her to pretend to be Lin Gongzi?

When Sun Weina saw Zhang Zhun's face, she thought that Zhang Zhun had thought of something bad, and immediately asked with concern: "Lin Gongzi won't get out of the matter?" Zhang Zhun hesitated and said, "He............ Well, it's out of the way*......"

Sun Weina suddenly became nervous, her face changed, and she hurriedly said, "What happened to him?" Why didn't you tell me? Zhang Zhun was stunned and said, "I thought it was ...... You're separated! Sun Weina's face turned red, and she said insincerely: "No! I've always thought about him! It's just that I'm busy with things and haven't had a chance to meet him*......"

Zhang Zhun had no choice but to say: "That ......" *......"

Sun Weina said with concern: "What happened to him?" Zhang Zhun said helplessly: "He went to Nanyang, and he won't come back so soon for the time being." Sun Weina was relieved.

It turned out that I went to Nanyang. For those who do business, Nanyang is not a very distant place, and if it is fast, it will take half a year to go back and forth. If it were slower, a year round trip would be enough.

Zhang Zhun added a headache: "When will he come back, I really don't know!" Sun Weina said indifferently: "It's okay, I'll wait for him to come back!" With that, he took the drawings of Jenny's spinning machine and walked away.

Zhang Zhun frowned loudly in the back alone.

How can this trouble be solved perfectly?