The first battle of power generation equipment was won, in fact, it was expected in the northwest, the second industrial **, as early as a few decades ago, was vigorously opened in the world, electricity is easier to control than steam power, more economical, more efficient, so that electricity is applied in various fields, the promotion of formal electricity, Germany and the United States, which are more advanced in technology, have surpassed the United Kingdom in total and become a powerful industrial country in the world.

Nanyang merchants through Guò Demei Farm, purchased a number of basic equipment, most of these equipment can be driven by electricity, the productivity is relatively strong, in these places in Nanyang, has a considerable competitiveness, almost all the Nanyang merchants who invested in the factory have made money, but there is a problem, Southeast Asia, the distribution of electricity is very uneven, the colonial authorities do not plan to lay large-scale electrical lines and build power plants here, they are greatly affected when producing.

Electricity is rising, the power gap is getting bigger and bigger, and the intention to invest in power companies is also relatively strong, and some people will even see this as the hottest business. In the past year or so, with the support of the northwest, these wealthy businessmen led by Tan Kah Kee have rapidly expanded their capital, and in just over a year, the amount of capital has almost doubled by a few heels, which is also the fundamental reason why Tan Kah Kee was able to suppress several Nanyang traditional families and become the head of this delegation.

Tan Kah Kee as the first to devote himself to the power industry, is also very concerned about the configuration of electricity, but when he was on the train, the northwest was in charge of the reception staff, and he had a simple contact with him, and he knew some things about electricity, but he did not compete with other families, except for the vicinity of Penang, the rest did not get involved, leaving a certain amount of funds, and good things were behind.

There are many members of the delegation, hundreds of people are not necessarily everyone is concerned about power production, as long as they have their own electricity to use, they are more concerned, whether they can buy the machine, sell the products of the northwest, and get quite a lot of benefits, so that these Nanyang businessmen, the horizons are more broad, especially after the contact with the German and American farms, many northwest views, almost deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the concept of industry over agriculture, has been verified, cheap raw materials, after primary processing, the price is immediately different.

Just like flour, ordinary flour, ground by stone mill, non-public effort, not delicious, but refined flour and white flour, these prices are relatively much higher, every processing process, is the added value of the product rises and improves the process, these together, it forms a real industrial system, of course, is only the most basic industrial system, but for the merchants of Nanyang, they may not even reach this, they are engaged in the industry, most of them are land planting, restaurant catering and sales of goods, there are very few in the industrial field, at most a milled flour.

What is the place of the colony, on the one hand, it is the raw material production area of the great powers, their cheap human resources and rich products, so that the colonists can harvest wealth, on the other hand, it is the dumping ground of industrial products, there are in and out, in and out, in order to form a complete system and reincarnation, so as not to unilaterally draw blood to cause impact, because of this, no great powers are willing to build colonies, even if it is India, which is known as the jewel in the crown, there are not many factories, and the great powers will not let the colonies compete with themselves for wealth, a few, Or the British built.

In the past, most of the funds of the wealthy merchants in Nanyang were placed on the purchase of land and farming, which was a habit passed down from generation to generation, but the northwest can play a lot of differences in farming, and the demonstration role of German and American farms is also great. Demei Farm, 50% of the land, is planted with rubber trees and others, but the rest of the land, are mechanized operations, itself, a person, at most can plant more than a dozen acres of land, but after the use of mechanization, is each person hundreds of acres, or even hundreds of acres, although the unit capacity, compared with intensive farming, after mechanized production, liberated a large number of labor, these labor, not idle, but put into industrial production, relative to agriculture, industrial production capacity is greater, More value.

German and American farms can do this, they can also do this, I heard that the price of the equipment in the northwest is not high, but the quality is very good, as long as you find the right direction, it is not difficult to make money, this is the mentality of most of the delegation's ordinary businessmen, after the intention in terms of electricity has just been reached, they urge to continue to move forward.

Following the footsteps of the commentator, after walking through the power section, it is the traditional advantage project of the Northwest, cotton textile, printing and dyeing and garment manufacturing, the front, starting from the Northwest foothold, is the foundation of the Northwest, high-end cotton textile, printing and dyeing industry, the Northwest can be said to be the best in the world, all kinds of new fabrics, lighter, more fashionable, among them, the most well-known is the stockings, which is almost the same as medicine, and has become the business card of the Northwest around the world.

In this era, stockings are definitely high-end products, because they are woven with the finest silk, which is not only costly, but also time-consuming and laborious, and has always been synonymous with high-end products, while nylon stockings are more light and thin than silk, more beautiful, and most importantly, it is stronger than silk. As soon as it appeared, it caused a sensation in the whole world, countless women went crazy, a pair of stockings can be sold for 80 dollars in the United States, and short stockings can also reach 10-15 dollars, which in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, is a lot of money.

It doesn't sound much, but this is not more than 100 years later, this is the first decade of the 20th century, you know, now the average American worker's salary, that is, about 15 dollars, with a month's salary to buy a pair of stockings, with a small half a year's salary to buy stockings, this seems to be a crazy move, but ushered in a rush to buy, there is a popular saying in the United States, every woman's wardrobe, there is a lack of a pair of stockings from China. This is true not only in the United States, but also in Europe, where stockings have even become a hard currency comparable to gold, and the price of the black market has doubled to a very high level, which is more or less incredible.

Due to the prosperity of the stockings industry, after Yang Yuanzhao copied the stockings, the Northwest set up a sales organization specifically for the stockings, which was responsible for the brand establishment and promotion of the stockings. It is very different from the nylon of this era, especially the mixing of multiple materials, so that their cracking progress is not much, but as long as the other party goes all out, it is almost a matter of time before they crack it.

If it is only according to the product itself, when this thing is cracked, it is impossible to have huge profits, and even the operation will become a problem, but if you use this period that everyone recognizes, to promote the brand with products, it is another concept, Chinese products are not recognized by Europe and the United States, in the past few hundred years, * disaster theory is almost recognized, plus from 1840, after Britain opened the door to China, China has become synonymous with poverty and backwardness, even if it is the previous product, It can only be sold with foreign trademarks.

However, the emergence of broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs represented by sulfonamides, as well as this stockings, two major products, one is a life-saving drug, in the face of disease, it is almost impossible to be refused, and the other is a woman's love, the silk stockings that are highly sought after in themselves, are from the East, cohesion, without any disobedience, which also contributed to their hot sales, and at the first time, the importance of the brand was instilled in, and now the 12 most popular stocking brands in the United States, 5 of which are unique to the Northwest, and the remaining 7, It is also under the control of the Northwest that affiliated enterprises were established, and they were divided into different focuses, focusing on specific groups of people, and even some associated brands, which began to expand, and some light industrial products in the Northwest were sold with the same brand, and the effect was quite good.

Under the instructions of Yang Yuanzhao, the Industrial Exhibition Hall opened most of the machine facilities, including the most sophisticated cotton textile processing facilities, various types of printing and dyeing facilities and printing and dyeing materials, and even among them, there is also a primary silk stocking processing machine, which is specially put into the transaction catalog. It was the first time in the Northwest.

Following the footsteps of the commentator, listening to the numbers of the machine, many things are produced by industrial products, they have also sold, very clear about their market, the merchants of Nanyang nodded again and again, this is what most of them need, some businessmen who already have some goals in their hearts, began to ask about the price performance of those machines, production indicators and other things, almost on the spot a few signed intentions.

For these machines, the real rich will not care too much, they are all miniaturized machines, the total investment is only hundreds of thousands, if you are interested, you will let the person in charge continue to contact, the light industry machine, slowly to the back, the last one looks strange, because this machine is placed in the corner, and the front is blocked, and the visitors did not notice this machine at first.

At this time, these Nanyang businessmen noticed that this machine is not big, but the name brand on the machine is not small, and there are simple five words written on it, stockings textile machine. R1152