Manhattan, New York, this is the paradise of wealth, of course, the financial center of this era in London, Manhattan in the United States, has begun to take shape, a certain distance dù above, is a paradise for the rich, at this time New York, and London is somewhat similar, all kinds of factories, all kinds of personnel, plus close to the sea, here is a natural center, transportation, finance, industry, have been greatly developed, especially with the formation of the Great Lakes Industrial Zone, excellent shipping, connecting New York and the Great Lakes, New York Harbor is starting to get busier and busier.

Leaving Anna and the children in New York, Harpy has a lot of work, to recruit people, New York and the Great Lakes region is incomparable, from Germany did not find all the personnel, dozens of people, I feel shabby when I think about it, to find the right personnel, the Great Lakes is a must to go, that is the industrial core of the United States.

The transportation in the United States is unusually developed, but the continuous travel is tiring, Harpy does not want his wife and children to follow, destined to cross the whole United States, or let them rest well in New York, he left the necessary personnel and guides, to guide Anna and the children, he took the personnel, hurried away, the goal is the Great Lakes region.

As early as more than a month ago, Harpy registered companies in the United States with the help of Citibank and Deluxe Bank, mainly in import and export trade and sales of machinery, with some factories and enterprises, which need to leave at least 10 offices in the United States to purchase a large number of machinery equipment and industrial raw materials, of course, including some grain.

The industry of the United States has become the first in the world, and this is only the total amount and not the cutting-edge technology, whether it is machinery, science and technology, or shipbuilding, munitions, the strength of the United States is only second-rate in the world, but there is one item, the United States has long been the first in the world, that is, agriculture, especially some cash crops and agricultural products.

When Yang Yuanzhao was considering the United States, under Harpy's construction, he left most of the industrial orders in Germany, and the remaining part in the United States.

In this era, 8 million US dollars, which is definitely an astronomical amount, is still used to buy grain, just this grain is enough to fill dozens of 10,000-ton cargo ships.

The Great Lakes region, through Chicago and other American history, the most well-known industrial cities, industrial orders are definitely completed very quickly, the huge production capacity of the United States, in terms of many machine qì deliveries, even above Germany, in just 3 days, Harpy established an order of nearly 6 million US dollars, almost completed all the orders of the United States, and also through the Guò Chamber of Commerce and agricultural associations, the implementation of 8 million grain orders, after doing this qiē, Harpy began to recruit personnel with great fanfare.

From the order, Harpy knew that Yang Yuanzhao was ambitious, 100 million German marks, without blinking an eye, directly thrown to Europe and the United States, the number of equipment purchased is huge, far more than the Qing government's Westernization movement, huge investment, must represent the construction of a huge industrial base, but the industrial base, not only the problem of the machine, many times, the machine can not solve all the problems, there is also the most important problem, that is, the problem of people.

If there is no one to operate this machine, this machine will only be a machine, only if there are people, there are people who operate the machine, and people who produce products, such a machine will become a wealth creator, and it will be able to continuously produce various products.

Compared with Europe, it seems that the recruitment of personnel in the United States is easier, unlike Europe, the countries in Europe are scattered, they are all small countries, the population is not large, and the domestic production has been satisfied, especially recently, under the situation of war clouds, all countries are preparing, countless funds, massive investment in various fields, everywhere is starting, everywhere is producing, workers are even relatively lacking, only those who really can't get along, will accept their high sons, choose to go to China.

You must know that at the beginning of the 20th century, the US National Defense Force was only tens of thousands of people, that is, one or two divisions, and for the United States, with a population of tens of millions and hundreds of millions, it was simply extremely rare, and the number of National Guard and police was not much.

In 1908, although the number of unemployed people was not as large as during the financial crisis, the huge industrial structure and industrial workers, and the cruel and mean factory owners, still left many people unemployed.

Faced with the choice of living and working place, many people invariably choose the former.

The recruitment campaign began, and to Harpy's surprise, there seemed to be more than Europe, and there was even some real talent.

In a working-class neighborhood in Chicago, two blue-clad workers were standing on the side of the street chatting, and one of them said mysteriously: "Robbie, did you know that there is a German-owned company that recruits a lot of people and has a high salary?" As long as you recruit Tongguò, you will get at least $30 a month! ”

"Really, the current conditions in the world are so bad, and there are still people who pay high wages, it should have other conditions." Robbie, who was a little younger, did not blindly follow the other party's words, and asked suspiciously.

"I'm going to work in China!" The middle-aged worker who inquired about Bao said affirmatively.

China, a strange place, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Chinese Exclusion Act was still going on, the Americans, for the Qing Dynasty, the impression is still in the braids behind it, the ignorant Chinese, the Chinese for the Americans, especially the Americans at the bottom, that is a direct competitor, their malicious trampling on the Chinese, take it for granted that the Chinese are the same, fear is the first thought.

Similar conversations are in many places, which has also become the hottest topic in Chicago, many people are talking about German companies, Chinese jobs, and 30 dollars, you know, in Chicago, 30 dollars, almost an engineer's salary, and even meet some bosses who pick the door, 30 dollars don't even think about engineers, many factories employ women and child laborers, their wages, will not exceed 10 dollars, some even only 5 dollars, capital from the day it was born, in every pore, All with blood and filth.

Harpy invested 300,000 US dollars for this recruitment, a huge investment, directly let all the propaganda means in Chicago serve the German and American foreign firms, and the advertisements almost hit the slums, compared to the workers who are still working, but they are dissatisfied with their work, and they can still persevere, it is not a wise choice to cross the ocean and go to the strange and mysterious Qing country, but for American workers in the slums, who have no jobs and are facing an existential crisis all the time, bread seems to be more tempting.

Sure enough, after three days of open recruitment, under the temptation of Gaoxin, there will still be bread, not no one is willing to leave their homeland, 30 US dollars of Gaoxin, a Chinese allowance of 5 yuan per month, and a 2-month advance salary settling-in allowance, a certain amount of Cheng dù above, became the last straw that broke the camel's back, in the Great Lakes region, Harpy recruited a total of 400 workers, the vast majority of these workers, are ordinary, workers at the bottom of the factory, they are just skilled in one or two machines, These can only be used as the most basic workers, but there are also generals among the lame, I don't know what's wrong, among them, Harpy recruited 15 senior workers, who are already qualified for four or five levels of work according to later generations.

For example, his wife and son can take him to China, even if he doesn't know anything, he will be offered a job with a salary of 20 dollars, and his son will study in a church school, and he will arrange a house in China.

Workers who still have doubts themselves, completely relieved, these workers, Harpy will arrange simple technical training, at least simple Chinese, and some necessary professors, Harpy went to the next goal, these basic workers, in Harpy's eyes, are the storage of technicians, they will support the foundation of the entire industrialization of Baotou.

The unexpected acquisition of a few skilled workers made Harpy see the possibility of recruiting high-level personnel, and the recruitment of ordinary workers stopped, and Harpy chose to continue to go deeper, and began to choose some intermediary companies, looking for skilled workers similar to the dozen or so workers recruited before, preferably with college experience, or engineers.

There are not many such personnel, most of them are treasures in every factory, and few can be leveraged, but the United States is a commercial society after all, from the bones, it is a society where money can solve most problems, when a new round of prices is opened, an engineer, $150 a month, a university lecturer, $200, a university professor, $500, almost all of the same type, the same grade of wages more than ten times.

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, not to mention the huge funds, not to mention, once hired, after signing the contract, to give 2 months' salary, dispelled many people's concerns, especially the recruitment work lasted at least a week, the previous 500 people, the vast majority of them have already received the settling-in allowance, which is no longer news in the slums, therefore, some engineers with realistic pressure and problems, university lecturers, and even university professors, have begun to initially contact this new German and American company RS