Since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the city of Tianjin, known as the nine rivers in ancient times, is the miscellaneous place of the five directions, the place where the north and the south are rushed, and because of the prosperity of Caoyun, Tianjin is a major town in the north where merchants gather in rows of houses and tiles, and shops are lined up, and the hub of material exchanges between the north and the south. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since the Opium War was bombarded by Britain and France, the Qing Dynasty was forced to open a port in Tianjin, although the Cao Yun gradually declined, but the foreign goods gathered, flourishing more in the past, especially the governor of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang Commerce, Li Hongzhang, set up the Minister of Beiyang Trade in Tianjin and vigorously promoted foreign affairs, Tianjin not only gradually became the most prosperous city in the north except the capital, but also in the entire Qing Dynasty, it is also the second largest city in China after Shanghai, which makes the foreign flavor of Tianjin people gradually thicken. Tianjin not only has a lot of foreigners, but even outside the concession, you can see Chinese wearing suits and dragging braids very casually.

Now it is April, it is a good season for spring flowers to bloom, more than eight o'clock, under the warm and bright sunlight, Qin Chuan watched the bustling or wearing long robes and horse coats, or wearing short clothes and small coats and so on, while looking for a path that had already been inquired about, and went straight to his dyeing factory.

Although it was the first time since Qinchuan crossed the rental world, and it was the first time to really come to Tianjin Wei in the late Qing Dynasty, I really wanted to feel the customs of this era carefully, but thinking about the dyeing factory, Qinchuan did not dare to stop along the way.

The dyeing factory is located close to the east side of the British Concession, backed by the Haihe River, which was originally the edge of the city, all of which are wasteland, but with the gradual increase of foreign firms and merchants from various countries in the British Concession in recent years, the concession is full of construction, relying on this wasteland on the edge of the concession to gradually bring together some large and small merchants, and gradually prosperous, and gradually it is called East Street according to the direction.

Since East Street has only been developed on wasteland in recent years, the street is wide enough for two large cars to walk side by side, the only downside is that the street is still a dusty dirt road.

The dyeing factory that Qin Chuan exchanged was called Nanyang Dyeing Factory, and after the dyeing factory was taken off, the Nanyang merchant had already left. Qin Chuan searched all the way, only to see the grocery shops, restaurants, tailor shops, cloth shops, tea houses, car shops, shoe repair shops, blacksmith shops on the East Street, there are many vendors on the street, there are selling vegetables and fruits, there are people who carry picks along the street to sell needles and threads, and there are stalls on the street to sell old utensils, and even Qin Chuan also saw the noodle kneading people, the whole street is full of people coming and going.

Qin Chuan inquired about the merchants on the street, followed the street all the way to the east, and finally found the Nanyang Dyeing Factory that belonged to him at the end of the easternmost street.

This Nanyang dyeing factory covers a large area, and Qinchuan has already learned from the contract that it has 3,100 pings. From the outside, the two-meter-high courtyard wall made of blue bricks tightly covers the factory, and the wide gate has no problem for any vehicles to enter or exit.

Seeing his own dyeing factory really standing in front of him, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.

Knowing that the new owner was coming today, Mr. Li, the account office, had already led more than 60 newly recruited workers to wait at the gate of the factory.

With the current scale of the factory, it was originally enough to have more than 30 people, but Qin Chuan insisted that Mr. Li recruit 30 more young men under the age of 18 who came to Tianjin to beg for a living, which is not counted, and these labor money are all paid ten yuan a month, saying that they want to organize some kind of factory protection team.

Although Mr. Li had already learned from Qin Chuan about the owner's trick of dyeing cloth, and he couldn't easily let people know, but Qin Chuan wasted money so lavishly, Mr. Li still felt a little heartache.

It's just that Qin Chuan insisted again and again, and Mr. Li had no choice but to do what he wanted.

Mr. Li's name is Li Mingfang, is a white middle-aged man, in the French Concession foreign firm has done, Nanyang dyeing factory was established when resigned from the foreign bank job to come here, Qin Chuan took over the dyeing factory, see Li Mingfang is not only shrewd and capable, people are also very responsible, so he agreed to let Li Mingfang continue to stay, in recent months, Li Mingfang often went to the concession and Qin Chuan to discuss the dyeing factory, the two have long been acquainted.

As soon as Qin Chuan arrived at the gate of the factory, under the leadership of Li Mingfang, more than 60 workers of different ages bowed to Qin Chuan in unison.

"Hello host!"

This move made Qin Chuan, a traverser who had never been a leader in his previous life, startled, and waved his hand again and again to stop it.

Li Mingfang saw Qin Chuan's embarrassment, and smiled in the round.

"The owner, most of these workers have done it here, as soon as the dyeing factory stops, they all have no food and clothing, and the rest are from Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi, and they are all anxious to find a bowl of rice for themselves and their families.

Qin Chuan thought about it, and those who came out to work were all to support their families. During his time in the concession, although he never came out, he still knew something about the outside world. In the past two years, the situation has not been very good, many places in western Henan, Shaanxi, and Shandong have been affected, and many victims have come to Tianjin Weiyong. Most of those who came out to flee had no property and could not do small business, so they could only rely on their strength to eat.

It's just that now Tianjin Wei is not short of people, and now if he wants to carry sacks on the edge of the Haihe River, he has to wait in line, and he hired them to work in the dyeing factory, which really saved them and their families.

Qin Chuan took a breath and calmed down: "Okay, good!" Hello everyone. ”

He asked without words: "Mr. Li, are you still satisfied with the salary?" ”

At the mention of wages, Li Mingfang's face smiled even more.

"Satisfied, satisfied!"

"In the past, the monthly salary given by the owner ranged from five to eight yuan, but you gave ten to fifteen yuan, which doubled, and the big guys were very happy, and they all said that they must follow the owner to do a good job."

Seeing that Qin Chuan was still somewhat unnatural, Li Mingfang hurriedly greeted.

"Boss, come into the factory to rest and rest, and then I'll take you on a tour of our dyeing factory."

"And."

Li Mingfang shouted to the well-behaved workers who were still standing in line with some restraint: "Don't be stunned, all of you should quickly help push the car in, and your hands and feet will be sharp." ”

"There's no hurry."

Qin Chuan said in his mouth, but his footsteps did not move.