Wuhan in autumn, it seems a little sluggish, the north wind blows, so that the whole Wuhan looks gloomy, this era of China, in terms of temperature, far lower than the China of later generations, after all, there is not so much pollution, the greenhouse effect is also a lot lower, located in the south of Wuhan, also seems a little cold, the cold wind blows, making people shiver.

Chen Kuilong, the governor of Huguang, as the successor of Zhang Zhidong, has always been willing to continue Zhang Zhidong's concept, and under his leadership, the Quanye Field has been expanded, and since 1909, it has been promoting the Quanye Award.

In the past month or so, Chen Kuilong is waiting for the Yang family's reply, last year began to appear Baotou cloth, with colorful and dazzling colored cloth and cloth into the fine brocade cloth, caused a sensation in the whole capital, of course, Baotou is not open to sell, scarce is expensive, anything, the result of open sale, who let these things become cabbage, all over the street.

With the introduction of mechanical production and some modern science and technology, Baotou in yarn-dyed weaving and printing and dyeing, much higher than this era, higher than the Chinese standard, such high-end fabric, the speed of production is not slow, but deliberately controlled, when 100 pieces of cloth can buy 1000 horses, or even the price of 2000 pieces of cloth, who will go to great lengths to sell 2000 horses, not sell 100 horses, the difficulty is not the same.

Yang Yuanzhao may not be clear about this, but the Jin merchant family, who was born in a business family, knows very well that the annual quota of colorful cloth is 10,000 horses, and the number of brocade cloth is only 3,000 horses, and the same pattern will not exceed 30, and it will not be sold in a city.

Rare is expensive, especially the latter brocade cloth, there are only 3,000 horses in China, less than 100 different patterns, after just appeared, it caused a sensation, this era, the Qing court center is no money, the folk are definitely Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, countless hidden tycoons, and hundreds of years of accumulation of families, these two kinds of cloth, there is no worry about sales at all, the supply exceeds demand is certain, a few places, but also have to auction and bid.

Wuhan Quanye Award into the meeting, is Chen Kuilong vigorously promoted, from 1903, the Chinese began to be keen on a variety of persuasion of the industry, the exposition, but also played some effect, some goods directly sold abroad at a high price, in 1906, the success of the Tianjin Quanye Association, a certain Cheng dù above, to promote the development of Tianjin, Tianjin is an important town in Beiyang, all kinds of industries are developed, private enterprises are also booming, from a few years ago a little no, to now, foreign fire, kerosene lamps and a large number of things can only be imported, can be produced in Tianjin.

Chen Kuilong became the governor of Huguang, of course, not for the sake of being a show, he as one of Zhang Zhidong's successors, but also wanted to promote foreign affairs, now Hubei, after Zhang Zhidong's looting, plus a big burden of Hanyang Iron Works, gold and jade outside the defeat of it, even Chen Kuilong can not be without rice into cooking, so, put his mind on the persuasion meeting, Tianjin held in 1906 to persuade the industry, in recent years held a small scale some, but the scale is not large, Wuhan as a traditional industrial city, Huguang is also an important place in the middle of the abdomen, and it is a matter of course to hold a business persuasion meeting, not to mention that Hubei still has a tradition of industry persuasion.

Chen Kuilong underestimated the difficulty of the Persuasion Association, not to mention that it was extremely difficult to get support in the center, the regent deliberately strengthened the support for the south in order to suppress Yuan Shikai, and the support of the Wuhan New Army was not much less than that of the old Beiyang, but the Persuasion Association must be taken out with real money, and what was reduced was not only the tax revenue of the governors in various places, but also the finance and taxation of the center.

Chen Kuilong is worthy of being a member of the first product, with a deep foundation, after a difficult book, the center is finally willing to reduce a little harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which depends on the transaction strength of the entire industry association, if it is similar to Tianjin's volume, the amount of reduction is estimated to be similar to Tianjin.

The tax is exempted, the establishment of the industry will also need a large number of exhibitors, and some necessary funds, with the wealth of Huguang, funds are not a problem, Zhang Zhidong built the Hanyang Iron Works, spending tens of millions, but Zhang Zhidong also followed this, intercepted the money and grain sent to the center, with the wealth of Huguang, 20 years, but also gathered tens of millions of wealth, Chen Kuilong is now a little, hundreds of thousands or even millions, can still be taken out.

The scale and exhibitors of the Quanye Association are a difficulty, originally planned to be held in April, because the exhibitors can not be determined, gradually postponed, and now it has been postponed to October, which has been postponed for more than half a year, Chen Kuilong is also anxious, a dignified governor, a product officer, dealing with businesses, and even saying good things, this has never been experienced, but his determination to hold the Quanye Award has never wavered.

"Sir!" A person who looked like a housekeeper respectfully came to Chen Kuilong's front and saluted and said.

"Fuquan, what's wrong, is there something wrong?" Chen Kuilong flipped through it and asked without much interest.

"The Yang family business has come back, and they are willing to participate!"

Chen Kuilong's spirit was shocked, the color cloth and brocade cloth in Baotou are the focus of this time, he wants to make the firearms of the Hanyang Iron Works as the focus, and the Hanyang made is also a relatively famous imitation in the field of firearms, but unfortunately this thing is not reliable, only the new army will be used if it is related, whether it is Beiyang or the new army in Wuhan, it will not use these guns, it would be good to be able to start, as for the quasi-head, it has to depend on luck.

After the color cloth and brocade cloth of Baotou were born, they immediately became the focus of Chen Kuilong's attention, so that two kinds of cloth appeared in Wuhan to persuade the industry, which will inevitably arouse the attention of home and abroad, and is very critical to the success of the meeting.

"Well done, reward!"

"Sir!" Being appreciated by the master, Fuquan was not very happy, and said with some hesitation: "Master, the Yang family still has requirements!" ”

Chen Kuilong, who was happy, his face changed suddenly, in the past few months, he had met with hundreds of businessmen in order to persuade the industry, and he knew the faces of these businessmen very well, although he was very angry, but he still knew the proportions, snorted coldly, but suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Fuquan, tell me, what do they want, do they want money, or officials?" ”

Fu Quan's heart was slightly lowered, and he said respectfully: "They don't want money, they don't want officials, they just want a position?" ”

"Location?" Chen Kuilong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't the position of the Persuasion Industry Association with them?" ”

Each product will have a booth, color cloth and brocade cloth can be said to be the focus of this promotion, Chen Kuilong also took out the best location, but also the largest two rooms, specially used to display this, location, should be filled.

Fuquan said a little boldly: "Master, the number they want is too large, almost occupying more than one-third of the entire booth!" ”

Chen Kuilong pondered for a moment, and said with a wave of his hand: "Give it to him, but they must be full of things!" ”

"This is no problem, the Yang family said, it is inconvenient for them to disclose things, but they can guarantee that there are at least 200 different goods!"

200 kinds, as far as this type is concerned, there are already a lot, in this era of China, there are too many similar things, most of them are traditional products, such as porcelain, pottery, Shu brocade, silk and the like, at most plus the Tianjin ash that has just appeared, matches, etc., these things, occasionally get the favor of foreign manufacturers, especially the first kind, these traditional export products of China, is the focus of foreign businessmen.

Chen Kuilong was ambitious to come to the Persuasion Association, of course, not only to sell traditional Chinese export products, but also to add several new products, such as Qixin Ash, although only a few hundred barrels were exported, only more than 100 tons, but it became the top brand of the Tianjin Persuasion Association, the Governor of Huguang is already the highest level of local governors, and what Chen Kuilong pursues more is another level of things.

200 kinds of products, even if they are bad, there will be some good ones, Chen Kuilong nodded and said: "200 kinds, as long as there are so many, the location can be given to them, choose as they please!" ”

"By the way, sir, they also sent the exhibition fee!"

What is the participation fee? Chen Kuilong was stunned, his Wuhan Quanye Association has never had the problem of zài exhibition fees, as long as the invitation is issued, basically the arrangement is the responsibility of the Quanye Association, of course, there are not many things, just a table, a red cloth, and put things on it.

"How much?"

"50,000 taels."

Chen Kuilong was a little surprised, 50,000 taels, for him as a governor, it is nothing, three years of Qing prefect and 100,000 snowflakes of silver, not to mention the governor of Huguang, as long as he wants, it may be too much to get 10 million a year, millions, or even hundreds of thousands, it is simply a drizzle, there is no problem at all, but pay 50,000, just the exhibition fee, what does this mean.

"They don't ask for anything!"

"Yes!" Fuquan has a feeling of putting his heart in his bag, the exhibition fee of 50,000 yuan is only one aspect, and the benefit fee of 3,000 taels is for him, otherwise, how can the chief butler of the governor of Huguang say so many things here, even as a big housekeeper, in charge of various things in the governor's palace, 3,000 taels is also a lot of money.

"They want to decorate and display it themselves, and they won't release it until the day it opens."

Chen Kuilong was tired for a while, this Baotou, don't be a ** party, otherwise why is it so mysterious, but instead, the ** party is poor, not to mention 50,000 taels, even if it is a decoration, it also costs money, pondered, and said: "Yes, but things must be inspected by us, and before the final opening, they also need to be carefully checked!"

"That's no problem, they said, if the governor wants, he can send two staff members to participate, but he must be closed with them."

What the other party said is so straightforward, Chen Kuilong also found that it was just a deliberate mystery, there should be no security problems, he has a lot of staff, just follow one casually, closed, just don't provide information to the outside world, it's really dangerous, really persuade the new army outside the industry to be a decoration?

"Yes, you can promise them all this, but there is one thing, if anything goes wrong, I can't spare them!"

"Of course!" After Fu Quan finished returning, he walked away, Chen Kuilong shook his head, and his eyes fell on the industry persuasion meeting again, it will be September soon, and it should be able to be held in October. R1152