Chapter 615: The Three Great Families
I thought it would come naturally, but I encountered such difficulties, and the young Zhu Hua didn't even know what the problem was, but it was Yang Shu, looking for a contact person, and after asking every detail clearly, he sighed and said: "It seems that we look at the problem too simply?" ”
"Commander Yang, how do you say this!"
"The situation in Borneo is far from being as simple as we see, the reason why we are so calm is probably due to the reputation of Germany and the United States, as well as the attraction of the Dutch governor, but ordinary people, rich Chinese businessmen, too many are not satisfactory!" Yang Shu simply told him about his previous experience of going to the city, and Zhu Hua knew that it turned out that the situation in Borneo was so sinister that the high-flying colonists, the natives who were supported as enemies of the Chinese, and some people with ulterior motives, those Chinese families were also walking on thin ice, and they did not dare to make the slightest move, for fear of bringing the family to the end of the world.
"What then?" Zhu Hua asked a little anxiously, it was easy to have the opportunity to be on his own, I thought it was an easy thing, but I didn't expect it to be so tricky.
"We can only take our time, we have to win the trust of these families, this is not something that can be done in a day or two."
Zhu Hua sighed and said, "That's the only way!" ”
Next, under the arrangement of Yang Shu, some people with goods carefully entered various Chinese settlements, in the form of small traders~, selling goods, these places, the intelligence department has been thoroughly marked, and the itinerary is basically protected by soldiers, but not afraid of the pervasive native robbery. As for the Dutch government, as long as it doesn't stay in the city for a long time. In the countryside, far from the city, no one will notice at all.
Countless people walked into the village and into the alleys. These small commodities from the farms and the goods shipped from China were very popular, and the Chinese in Borneo were also divided into several levels, some of them were Dutch, located in different Jiajia or status, they mostly lived in the city, and some of them begged for a living in the city, or had big families. They also have a stronghold in the city, but more of them live in the ancestral land, and some of them are relatively low-level, they rely on renting land or doing odd jobs to make a living, they are the lowest among the Chinese, and they dare not live in the city. Most of them live in remote places.
In these places, what kind of business, to buy daily necessities, you still need to go to the city and endure exploitation. Now, you can get good things without leaving your home, or from a distant homeland. Just because Chinese people don't have money doesn't mean they don't understand. The quality of some things is evident at a glance.
In a week or so, a lot of things were sold. But there was still no contact that he was looking forward to, Zhu Hua was a little anxious, but Yang Shu calmed down, observed and sorted out the information collected by the vendors every day, and watched very attentively.
This move was carried out for a few days, and when Zhu Hua was about to lose patience, Yang Shu took a piece of paper, came to Zhu Hua, and handed it to him, Zhu Hua took the paper curiously, there were only a few simple names on it, and he asked with a little surprise: "What is this?" ”
"This is the direct shop of several big families, which belong to their immediate families, and if you marry them, you will definitely be able to meet the heads of these families!"
Zhu Hua's eyes lit up suddenly, they contacted each family, the purpose was very clear, they wanted to see their family master, but unfortunately they only knew where the ancestral house was, just like the eight families of the Jin Shang Dynasty, they were all families that lasted for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years, needless to say, the big family is not thousands of ethnic groups, or even tens of thousands, and there are more than 1,000 sets of houses in the ancestral house, and there are tens of thousands of sets of houses, who are you going to find a dizzy duck, according to the fixed way of visiting, I am afraid that you will be picked out before entering the door.
Now the way given by the poplar tree, it looks very gentle, but it is more operational, these shops are all poplars from a large amount of information, gathered out, the possibility is extremely high, although it is not directly under the main family, but it is a close branch, and even the shop of the key person, as long as these shops are knotted, in the end you will be able to see these key people, someone recommended and no one introduced, these are completely two concepts, and then from the intentions of these families, the next qiē is logical.
Poplar's plantation's subordinates, Zhu Hua's staff, almost all of them were sent out, of course, there were also the hawkers who walked the village and alleys before, they already had experience, and more than a dozen shops were written on it, and the business suddenly boomed, all of them were door-to-door business, and some could be owed on credit, it was simply a pie falling from the sky.
Yang Shu carefully selected several breakthrough families, namely the Chen family, the Shi family and the Huang family, they are one of the famous families in Borneo, among which the Chen family is not a family in Borneo, it is a new family, it is not the focus in Borneo, it is just a branch shop, his leader is Chen Kah Kee in Singapore, who was later the richest Chinese in Nanyang, and now he is a well-known wealthy businessman, Yang Yuanzhao is in the Lanfang plan, specifically listed him.
After Zhu Hua came to Borneo, he also investigated the situation of Chen Kah Kee, but the news he got made him a little tricky, all along, his primary supporter of Sun Yat-sen, joined the League in 1910, and was a member of the revolutionary party, although he was not the richest in the Chinese business circles in Southeast Asia, but he was extremely famous, he kept his promises, and he kept his word, and had a lot of influence in the circle of Chinese businessmen.
Such a figure, of course, needs to be fought for, the northwest and the alliance can not be compared, but Yang Shu knows that Chen Jiageng has always been relatively close to the people, and has always been committed to the improvement of the status of the Chinese, they have 2 million Chinese, and they are very happy Chinese, this is a heavy weight, but whether to tell him or not, we need to continue to observe.
The Shi family, is a shipbuilding family, but also the intelligence department specifically mentioned, to occupy Southeast Asia, to control Malacca, ships are necessary, the current northwest has no navy, China does not have a navy, but can be hung in the name of Harpy's German and American name, a huge ocean-going cargo ship, not only can transport the products of the northwest, but also transport, there is also influence, the northwest is very weak in this aspect, even if it meddles in the Jiangnan shipyard, it is just a start, but the Shi family has been engaged in shipbuilding for generations, Not a single cargo ship of more than 1,000 tons has been built yet, but 5000 have been repaired
There is no problem with tonnage cargo ships, the key is that the Shi family has a 7,000-ton dock, which is the old man of the Shi family, with the help of the Spanish-American War, when the Shi family even took over the maintenance of the US warship, with such a name, only to obtain this dock, but unfortunately, after the Spanish-American War, it was suppressed by the Dutch colonial authorities, and tried to produce 2,500-ton merchant ships, but now it is only barely producing 800-ton boats, and at most can only repair some boiler ships.
Living in Borneo, at the core of the Dutch colonists, it was suppressed by both the colonizers and the great powers, and the Shi family was able to develop this Cheng dù, which must not be said to be very bad.
After controlling the Jiangnan Shipyard, it already has the ability to make merchant ships of more than 5,000 tons, but the Jiangnan Shipyard relies on foreign engineers and designers, even if they go to Germany, they have successfully received the support of Germany, and the shipyard in Qingdao is established, Chinese designers and engineers also need time to train, this time, if you get the support of the Shi family, you will get twice the result with half the effort, At least a group of skilled workers and Chinese junior designers, they follow a higher level of learning, and the difficulty of promotion is greatly reduced.
The Huang family, but it is a family of farmers, they have more than one million acres of land, unlike Harpy, he is accumulated from generation to generation, most of them are ripe fields, in terms of fields, their fields are the richest, and the Chinese who control zhì are also the most among the three families, they are also the three families, rooted in Borneo for the longest time, the earliest can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty more than 500 years ago, it can be said that it is the oldest branch of the Nanyang Chinese.
Chen Hao, is Tan Kah Kee's distant nephew, in 1904, at the beginning of Tan Kah Kee's business, he followed Tan Kah Kee, and his business experience over the years made him the current head of Tan Kah Kee's pineapple orchard and rubber plantation in Borneo, and also opened a rice shop in Pontianak, specializing in rice noodles.
However, recently, someone took the initiative to come to the door and peddle Chinese products to him, the conditions were so generous that he almost felt that the other party was a liar, selling on credit, and checking out after January, the price was quite generous, and the quality was excellent, even after many years in the shopping mall, Chen Hao had never encountered such a good thing.
Pontianak is the largest city in Borneo, once the capital of Lan Fang, and it is also the focus of the Netherlands after taking Lan Fang, which currently has about 170,000 people, Chinese products, not to mention the good quality and low price, he does not increase the price, these practical, cheaper than foreign goods, good quality goods, soon sold out, only 3 days, earned 100 US dollars, although only 20 percent, But it was a business without capital, and even when he took the initiative to find more products, the other party agreed.
The goods opened the way, relying on money and interests, and began to have a relationship with the three families, although it is still a relatively unfamiliar relationship for the time being, but Zhu Hua knows that once these relationships are on track, the next thing is logical, Nanyang Chinese, to be exact, these Chinese in the Dutch colony, the hardships of life, I am afraid it is unimaginable, the obedience of the Chinese has become the root of this qiē, but a raging anger is accumulating, once someone takes the lead, it will inevitably erupt like a volcano. (To be continued......) R1292