Although Hurd agreed to help check some customs documents, Lu Hong did not plan to give up any other clues, and followed the Chinese patrol three times and two times before the consulate beach, the British Concession was opened for forty years, which was a dirt road behind the British Consulate, and a few years later it became the famous Yanjing Road in Shanghai!

Upstairs in a small teahouse on the beach of the consulate, Zheng Xiongrong, who was dressed in civilian clothes, introduced Lu Hong into the backyard with a smile, and two small and delicate maids had already come up and poured on the fragrant West Lake Longjing, Lu Hong looked at the small courtyard with a smile, and was quite a quiet one, "Detective Zheng, it's really Yaxing!" ”

Zheng Xiongrong spread his hands, but he also looked proud, "Lord Lu, we can't eat with foreign devils, if we can have other ways, we don't bother to suffer the idleness of the Indian Ah San......"

After a few idle sentences, Lu Hong heard a lot of extraneous voices, the Chinese patrol is obviously not good in the concession, this Zheng Xiongrong is already the senior management of the Chinese patrol, but he is often called by those Indian patrols, no wonder this guy saw the two Indian Ah San being beaten, and his face was happy.

However, this guy is so enthusiastic to accept his invitation, it is obvious that he has other thoughts, after all, what is really making money in Shanghai is still being an official, it is obvious, this guy overestimates his ability on this official road, and it seems that he is bent on climbing this poor way...... This guy is quite ambitious!

Of course, since the other party has something to ask for, it is a favorable condition for himself, Lu Hong quietly threw out his bait, "Detective Zheng, I understand what you mean very well, if Lord Qincha Wang says a few kind words on the side of Huang Zuluo Zodiac Terrace, it will naturally be of great benefit to you...... Lord Wang is now supervising the errand sent by the emperor, and may need to know some news......"

Hearing this, Zheng Xiongrong said almost immediately without hesitation: "Lord Lu, you have found the right person for this matter, in this concession, the servants of the Daotai Yamen can't come, let alone the foreign devils and Indian Asan, let alone want to inquire about the news, where their faces go, everyone knows what they do...... My subordinates can be more than a dozen clever subordinates, and I don't dare to say that I can inquire, but I can hear some news! ”

Lu Hong showed a slightly surprised expression, sighed softly, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Detective Zheng, if things can be done well here, I can definitely deliver the message for you, Lord Wang......"

Zheng Xiongrong actually still has a silver ticket in his arms, how can he not give silver when he walks the door in this era, but he didn't expect this Lord Lu to be very straightforward, and he immediately realized that if he can perform, this may make his dream of officialdom come true, and patted his chest and promised: "Lord Lu, if you want to inquire about any news, you will command it when the time comes!"

Lu Hong smiled slightly, but did not immediately explain anything, but chatted with Zheng Xiongrong about some things about the Customs and Excise Department and the concession, he obviously also urgently needed to understand the environment of Shanghai in this era, after all, he was not a jack of all trades, after arriving in Shanghai, he had found that the super industrial system had some new changes.

Originally, what puzzled him all the time was that the most important piece of manufacturing in this industrial system had no shadow in this bullish industrial system, but after arriving in Shanghai, he found that a new system module appeared, which was an inconspicuous hammer icon, and after opening, an extremely complex huge structure appeared in the hologram system, which even made him feel a little dazzled.

The reason why this structure is extremely complicated is that, from the perspective of Lu Hong's later generations, this module labeled as a super industrial system manufacturing system should actually contain a huge vein of the entire industrial manufacturing system, but at present, what I can click on is only the first node at the bottom - the primary manufacturing system.

And take a closer look at this primary manufacturing system, which includes several detailed modules of the light industry, the first is naturally the textile industry, the mother of light industry, however, Lu Hong naturally knows that the textile industry in this era has already achieved industrial production, the British Empire is relying on wool and loom to accumulate the first pot of gold dumped products to the world, and he vaguely remembers that the government-run textile factories set up in the Westernization Movement have already owned tens of thousands of cotton spinning ingots of large factories.

Lu Hong is not very interested in this industry, the most important thing is that it is too far from what he learned in later generations, after all, he is proficient in heavy chemical industry, and focuses on military industry, and the textile industry is a labor-intensive industry after all, and it is impossible for him to be involved in this industry at present......

After carefully studying the primary manufacturing system, Lu Hong quickly came up with a new idea, but there were obviously some problems to put it into practice, which is why he was eager to understand the current situation of Shanghai, the center of Far Eastern trade.

After talking with Zheng Xiongrong for a long time, Lu Hong has made a lot of profits, and he also has a lot of new understanding of the foreign companies in the concession, originally with his understanding, in his opinion, these foreign companies should be doing the so-called dumping of buying low and selling high, but after listening to Zheng Xiongrong's introduction, he realized that the foreign businessmen in the concession are not so simple business routines, but they are very knowledgeable!

38 years ago, when the British Concession enclosed land, it was only a thousand acres of land, but after the British forcibly enclosed the land with guns, they began to run their own small circle.

However, the transshipment of a large number of arms and materials provided ample trade space for foreign and Chinese merchants, and in just ten years, an urban environment completely surpassed the urban area of Shanghai was built in the British and French concessions, which directly led to the influx of a large number of Chinese into the concessions, and the land in the concessions rose three times, and quickly formed a complete commercial urban area such as Consul Beach (Yanjing Road in later generations), Huayuan Lane (Nanjing Road in later generations), Customs Road (Hankou Road in later years), and Bulu Road (Fuzhou Road in later years).

Before the breakup, Lu Hong didn't mention the content to investigate, he did it on purpose, if he yelled at this Zheng Xiongrong to find out something, it would seem too calm, this Zheng Xiongrong is not that kind of simple role at first glance, he can be the leader of the patrol under the British, obviously there are some means.

Sure enough, Zheng Xiongrong was quite concerned about this matter, and seeing that Lu Hong did not explain anything, he showed an expression of gain and loss, and specially added: "Lord Lu, Lord Qincha wants to inquire about it, you can send someone to tell me at any time, and you will definitely not disappoint your lord!" ”

Lu Hong nodded with a noncommittal smile, and then left after a few polite words, seeing that it was still early, he pondered for a while and decided to take a look around, but after walking a few steps, a dark-skinned man ran next to him, but he was really not small, and he was on par with Ouyang Hao, he asked in a deep Sunan accent: "This lord, do you want to hire a carriage!" ”

Lu Hong was looking for a familiar way at this time, and seeing that this man seemed to be quite old-fashioned, he asked, "Man, is this road familiar?" ”

"This lord, I run to the British Concession and the French Concession every day, and I have been to most places in Shanghai! Just give us a rough idea and it should help you find the right place! The strong man took off his straw hat and fanned himself into a sweat, but he could be regarded as able to speak.

This man's answer made Lu Hong interested, and after asking a little about the car price, he immediately got into the slightly dilapidated open-top carriage with Ouyang Hao, "Man, take me along the Huangpu River all the way to the north for a circle, remember to introduce me along the way, it's feasible!" ”

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