In the blink of an eye, the peasants in the Northeast also began to be busy, about to welcome the joy of spring ploughing, the life of the peasants officially began, and the refugees in Liujiabao also gathered more and more, at this time there were already more than 30,000 people, under the management of Li Enyi, a qualified housekeeper, it was also more and more growing, on the basis of the original, and expanded to the outside of two thousand days.

Liujiabao also expanded to the outside, built a lot of new brick houses, the whole Liujiabao is now up to a radius of 100 miles, He Tianci naturally became the landlord of Liujiabao, but he is not a Zhou peel, he is just receiving a part of the commission, these refugees have to pay for the time being, Li Enyi is also preparing for more and more livelihoods, has gone to Fengtian to negotiate with foreign business about investment and factory matters.

In the Deyi Building of the famous hotel in Fengtian, Li Enyi was waiting anxiously in the private room, a dark American Ford car flashed its lights, stopped under the big tree at the door of the hotel, the car opened the co-pilot's door first, and a sturdy black strong man got out of the car first, gently pulled the car door, bent down to protect the roof of the car, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a black top hat coming down, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and a pair of black leather shoes under his feet, showing a gentleman's demeanor.

This person is none other than Johnson, the comprador of Citigroup, Inter and Qing Youbang, of course, the power of this foreign bank is greater, in addition to the daily necessities trade on the surface, this foreign company has done a lot of smuggling in secret, and arms smuggling is no exception.

In Mukden City, there were 141 shops and foreign shops run by merchants from all over the world, of which 103 were Japanese and 6 were Americans. Others, such as the Germans, the French, and the British, were only one or two because their main powers were not in the Northeast.

In the private room of Deyi Building, the heating is open, the arrangement is beaming, and a string of small lanterns is crossed on the sky protection board, and all kinds of delicacies of the mountains and seas have been neatly arranged inside.

After Johnson entered the private room, he said in surprise: "Well, Mr. Li has already arrived." ”

The comprador named Johnson is a native of Yankee, a native of Miami in the eastern United States, but he has lived in Mukden for a long time and speaks fluent Chinese, so he can be regarded as a Chinese expert.

Johnson took off his top hat, tilted his head, and pointed his nostrils towards Li Enyi: "In the hearts of the people of your country, there seems to be no concept of punctuality, but Mr. Li seems to be very special." ”

Li Enyi laughed, and then said complimentarily: "Isn't this waiting for Johnson's comprador driver?" We also know your identity in Mukden City. ”

This Johnson has been in China for so many years, and he also has a deep understanding of this false politeness of the Chinese, smiled slightly, and then very gentlemanly put his clothes on the chair, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Li, I think we should talk about the price, the equipment of the oil mill, and the equipment of the flour mill have arrived in Mukden, you are the most punctual Manchurian I have ever seen, give you a discount, 50,000 silver dollars, what do you think?" ”

This Li family has been in business for generations, everyone is good at doing business, of course, they are more familiar with Chinese-style transactions, and then they laboriously took out a pocket in the pocket of their clothes, opened the package, and put 8 gold bars neatly on the table, emitting a golden light, who can not be moved? Johnson no longer had the gentlemanly demeanor he had before, staring greedily at the gold.

Li Enyi saw that Johnson had been firmly attracted by the gold, then picked up a glass of red wine, took a sip, and smiled at Johnson confidently: "If it goes well, I will give you these gold in my private name, do you want to consider it." ”

This Johnson, at this time, is full of thoughts, and wants to get this money, and is worried that his boss Paul General Office will find out that he has accepted bribes, this is a very serious matter, and he hesitates. Not knowing what to do for a while, he hesitantly took out a cigar and lit it in the innermost part.

Lee Eun-yi didn't speak, and watched Johnson silently, while drumming around with the gold to attract Johnson's attention.

After a long silence, Johnson finally spoke: "Thank you Mr. Li, and please ask Mr. Li to do a good job of confidentiality, I can give you the lowest preferential price for this batch of beds, 25,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Enyi, a shrewd businessman, had investigated the market before he came, which was indeed the lowest, and then smiled proudly: "Lord comprador, happy cooperation." ”

Then he instructed his subordinates to take out a large black suitcase and put it on the table, and said to Johnson: "Mr. Johnson, this is a deposit of 8,000 taels, and the rest will be delivered with one hand after you get up and shipped to Liujiabao." ”

After sending Johnson away, Li Enyi looked at the Ford car that drove away like a gust of wind, and couldn't help but become jealous, and scolded: "it, when will we get one too, how energetic this car is!" ”

After returning to Liujiabao, Li Enyi told He Tianci about these things, and then laughed at He Tianci: "Fourth, let me tell you that this Yankee is the same as us, they are also greedy for money when they are bastard, I take gold, my eyes are shining, and the sweat and spicy (Northeast dialect) are about to flow out."

Then he joked: "You said that the strong man next to Johnson, that guy is a thief!" Fourth, do you say that he fell into the stove pit (Northeast people have the habit of burning the clay kang, and the mouth outside the clay kang is the stove pit, and you can cook on it) The inside is burned!

He Tianci sometimes can't do anything with his second brother, but when he comes up with this humor, it is really humorous, and it adds a lot of fun to everyone. But don't say it, you always smile when you look at it, but it's really shrewd to do things, as far as the bribery of comprador Johnson is concerned, ordinary people really can't imagine that the Yankees will also eat this set.

This is also a precedent for He Tianci to do business with Americans in the future, sometimes thinking about the Chinese way of doing business, foreigners are really difficult to understand, so it leads to sometimes, when foreigners come to China to do business, they are often at a disadvantage, because they do not understand China's business experience. But in later generations, because foreigners did business in China and learned a lot from Chinese businessmen, they even learned to give gifts and bribe business.

He Tianci looked at the growing Liujiabao, and couldn't help but flash a trace of relief, when these machine tools arrived, his industrialization would be further advanced, and he would be able to accommodate more refugees, and there was only so much he could do at present.