More than 100 kilometers away in Baiyun Obo, thousands of workers, a large number of machinery, are busy nervously, more than 100 kilometers away in Baotou, busy not going down there at all, or even to a higher level.

Every month, or even to be exact, new factories are established every day, relying on the huge cotton textile factory, a series of factories related to cotton textiles, closely united around the cotton textile factory, from the ordinary garment factory, to the bed sheet factory, the socks factory, the quilt factory, the curtain factory, the cleverness of the Chinese businessmen, is definitely the first class in the whole world, before I just didn't think of it, now as long as there is a profit, there are traces of these businessmen, large and small factories appeared, and new products were listed every day.

The surrounding area of the cotton textile factory, not much in Yang Yuanzhao's eyes, not to mention being trapped by the steel mill, even if he knows, he will not care, these are small money, the world is big, the business is vast, the money can never be earned, if the vision is so short-sighted that even these small projects are in the eyes, it is destined to become an atmosphere.

In March and April, the spring returns to the earth, especially in the north, are thawed, the merchants who come to the south to purchase, last year through the guò Baotou products profit, and then ran to Baotou to continue to purchase, their arrival, increased the busyness of the highway, for the commercial development of Baotou, contribute to the bricks. Especially after entering April, Baotou has a group of businessmen, businessmen from Mongolia, and even more distant Russia, at this time in previous years, they will bring leather goods, come to Baotou to trade, this, before, is the most important transaction project in Baotou, major merchants will gather to increase, this year has changed.

Bileg is a middle-aged man, his name in Mongolian, means wise man, he also lives up to the expectations of his parents, and is now the butler of Prince Darhan, not the chief butler, but he is also in charge of Prince Darhan's caravan on the west road.

Every year in April, when the heavy snow on the grassland completely dissipated, Bileg will take a huge caravan to Baotou, store a winter batch of goods, take Baotou to sell, and sign an agreement with several large leather merchants, the annual turnover of his cattle and sheepskins, almost more than 300,000 yuan, this trade route, has become one of the most profitable ways for the Prince of Durhan.

Spring, is the day of growth, but also the day of green and yellow, although the cold Mongolia has ceased to exist zài, spring back to the earth, but the growth of grass and trees and cattle and sheep fat, it takes time, wintering, has consumed a lot of Mongolian grain and cattle and sheep, in order to exchange for enough things, will slaughter a group of livestock, part of it as food, and the other part, become fur, trade, this is the annual reincarnation of Mongolia.

This year, a little more in number, Prince Darhan got in touch with Russia, and they received furs from the north in the hands of Russian merchants, of excellent quality, and in the opinion of Billeg, they will be able to sell for a good price this year, estimated to exceed 400,000 yuan, but this time they are more than 100,000 yuan.

When Bileg came to Baotou, he was frightened by the changes in Baotou, Baotou is still a wharf on the bank of the Yellow River, the city is still prosperous, but in the northwest of Baotou, there is a large number of buildings, tall and neat, Bileg is also considered to go south and north, and has also been to the important town of Tianjin, but he feels that even the concession of Tianjin, and here can not be compared, smooth and smooth gray road, wide and spotless, even Bileg, dare not step on it, let alone, other herdsmen, They looked at the familiar and unfamiliar place in front of them, was this still the place they had been every year?

If these changes are acceptable, bigger changes are still to come, Baotou in early spring, how can there be so many people, looking at the carriages, caravans, shuttling back and forth in Baotou, they are all loaded with all kinds of things, thick packages, the smiles on the faces of the guys, it seems that they have done a good business, not to say, the most important thing in Baotou is the fur, without the fur of their Mongolian princes, what else is there in Baotou.

Bileg stood by and watched in amazement, and happened to meet the shopkeeper of Ju Changlong, they had dealt with each other before, and they knew each other, Bileg stepped forward to stop him, and said: "Lao Du, what, what's pulling!" ”

"It turned out to be Bileg, you haven't been to Baotou for a few days, this is to sell leather goods?" Duke Xing saw Bilegh and greeted him warmly.

"yes, it's already a contract!" Bileg glanced at Lao Du, pulled Lao Du aside, pointed to a big car and said: "Lao Du, look at the condition, it was brought from Russia, a good fur in Yishui!" ”

Juchanglong is also a leather goods store, and the largest can not be compared, but it is also a time-honored brand, the things brought by Bileg, in addition to the contract, the rest also need to be shot, and sold by the way, I met Lao Du, just to introduce.

"What a skin!" Duke is an old shopkeeper, and he has been buying and selling skins for at least ten years, he recognized it at a glance, this is Russian skin, not to mention the genuine, it is still warm, in previous years, he may have come down directly to negotiate the price with Bileg, but today, he arched his hand and said: "Bileg, I am not responsible for this piece now, you go directly to Juchanglong, the shopkeeper over there will accept it!" ”

After Duke Xing finished speaking, he left in a hurry, Bileg looked at the direction of Duke Xing's departure with some astonishment, fur has always been Ju Changlong's main business, Duke Xing is also the big shopkeeper, if he doesn't care about this, what is it, he was degraded, but look at the caravan led by Duke Xing, they are all tall four-wheeled carriages, there are really a lot of them, almost forty or fifty cars, which in previous years, should be all the belongings of Ju Changlong.

In the middle of hesitation, Bileg saw an acquaintance again, Wang Qi of Longxing, he also did the leather business, but it was relatively small, it was a single gang, in Horqin, he had helped him, and hurriedly called Wang Qi loudly.

Wang Qi was also very happy when he saw Bileg, and came up to salute: "Old housekeeper, come to Baotou and take the leather goods!" ”

"Yes, I saw Lao Du just now, why was he demoted?"

Wang Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "No! “

"Didn't you say he didn't care about the leather business?"

"Yes, he is now in charge of the entire outer circle business of Juchanglong, not only taking the salary of the big shopkeeper, but also dry stocks!" Wang Qi said happily.

Bileg became more and more confused, looked at the strange and familiar Baotou, and said with some emotion: "Why is Baotou so much changed!" ”

Wang Qi also said with emotion: "Of course it's bigger, the current Baotou is different from the past, what kind of industrial base is it now!" ”

"Industrial base?" The name was very unfamiliar, which surprised Billeg.

"Look at this!" Wang Qi saw that Bilege was at a loss, and unloaded a bag of things from the car, Bilegg took it and looked at it, and said in surprise: "White noodles? ”

"Yes, this is the production of refined first-class powder by Baoxin Company, look at it, white, whether it is Taiyuan Datong or Xi'an, it is simply in short supply, and this!" Wang Qi said, and took out another small thing, which looked square and smelled fragrant.

Bilegg asked in surprise, "Is this incense powder?" ”

"What kind of powder, this is soap, for bathing, the skin is tender and smooth!" Wang Qixian said.

Looking at the things one by one, Bileg's heart couldn't help but rise a trace of desire, these are all good things, worthy of his purchase, once he gets the palace, he will definitely be rewarded, although the owner is the Duke of Mongolia, but he is very interested in many imported goods.

"Old housekeeper, you haven't been here for a year, and now Baotou has changed, these things are Westerners' things, and now, they have begun to be produced in Baotou." Wang Qi pointed to the carriage behind him and said, "I am also full of these things, this time, I am ready to run far away and go to Xi'an!" ”

"Where can I buy these?"

"Just over there, on East Street, there is a signboard of Baoken Company, by the way, they also accept your leather goods, which is the highest price in Baotou, you sell leather goods directly, go and buy it, go early, it's late, you can't catch up!"

Bileg walked forward in disbelief, of course, to complete the contract first, but he found that Baotou's fur business, really not the hottest, in the past, I saw his enthusiastic shopkeeper, either a replacement, or an ordinary expression, accept his fur are a little bitter melon face, Bileg does not know, now Baotou is the most profitable is textiles, the first class is almost in short supply, as long as it is produced, it will be bought, and then taken to the bustling city to sell, and even go abroad, the rest, even if a little daily necessities will be rich, Buying leather goods such an old business, at least a year's capital, until the autumn and winter, when foreigners come to buy fur, can be sold, do used to make money short, flat fast, who still do traditional business, too much pressure on funds.

Bileg asked a circle, there are few fur collectors, the contract is fulfilled, others, even if it is good, do not take a look, or the price is too low, according to Wang Qi's words, found the Baoken company to the external store, sure enough, it is crowded, the carriages are lined up to the other end of the street, it is easy to come in, fur purchase, the price is not low, he sold a good price, full 130,000, but when he asked Baotou about the hottest daily necessities and cotton cloth, flower cloth, but was told that it was out of stock, You have to wait a while.

Seeing those high-quality goods in person, of course Bilege was willing to wait, 130,000 funds, in Baotou, not big or small, it can be regarded as a big customer, especially after knowing that he was the housekeeper of the Mongolian Duke, Liu Shu personally gave instructions, gave priority to supplying him, it took almost a week, and filled the entire caravan, more than 100 carriages were loaded slowly, and Bilege left with satisfaction.

In April, after the products of light industry began to be put into production, more and more people and caravans, especially Mongolia and the north, were attracted to Baotou, and the liveliness of Baotou has not stopped. R1152