Chapter 25: A Huge Deal (I)
On 15 April, Wang Jundao thoroughly arranged the military and political affairs and construction affairs in various parts of Tai'an Prefecture, leaving Baiyun City to sit in Tai'an City and take charge of the affairs of Tai'an Prefecture, and let Chen Bo temporarily take charge of military affairs.
Wang Jundao first sent people to the Cologne Church to find a few Rudolph's henchmen, and then led a team of more than 500 people, in the name of escorting the caravan of the Dart Bureau, transporting a large number of new products produced by the Yanhuang Commercial Group, as well as a large number of local products and food materials, out of Tai'an, and thousands of carriages marched towards Qingdao.
From Tai'an to Qingdao, the distance is nearly 400 kilometers, the team walked for eight days, before arriving in Qingdao, because the team is too large, the materials and products transported are too large, and they cannot be sold in a short period of time, so Wang Jundao will completely package more than ten large inns, and place the caravans in these inns.
Although it has just been occupied by Germany for three years, Qingdao has become a quite international city, on the street, many people have been affected by the west wind, has cut off the braid that symbolizes numbness and backwardness, on the street, from time to time, there are three-wheeled cars, four-wheeled cars are running, most of them are Germans driving, of course, more are rickshaws, earn sweat money poor people.
Wang Jundao took Lei Ba, and Xun Qianli and Wei Zhongcheng, a group of four people walked around casually, Xun Qianli and Wei Zhongcheng are both from Tai'an, and they are the great talents discovered by Wang Jundao.
Xun Qianli was twenty-eight years old, once a high school jinshi, but just when he was about to be crowned, his mother died, he rushed home, for his mother to keep filial piety, but also because he did not accept the appointment of the Qing court in time, after the end of his filial piety, he was not reused, he was disheartened, he returned to Tai'an's hometown, guarding a few acres of thin land at home, Ping said that the silk bamboo orchestra, through the history of the classics, entertaining himself, but also free, three years in the blink of an eye, he thought that he might die in the hometown for the rest of his life, but did not expect Wang Jundao to lay down Tai'anHe was shocked and quietly visited, and found that where the new deal went, it was simply the people cheering, the people gathered, and the militia system made him see the good strategy of hiding soldiers in the people and restoring the martial arts, he felt that his opportunity had come, so he touched the city of Tai'an, and through three days of investigation, he finally found an opportunity, and recommended himself to Wang Jundao, Wang Jundao was very satisfied with him, In the end, he stayed by his side and became a staff member for the time being.
Wei Zhongcheng is the county lieutenant of Dong'e County, he himself is only twenty-three years old, but he manages the public security and criminal law of a county in Dong'e County in an orderly manner, through the test, Wang Jundao knows that he is a unique talent, so he took him with him, and temporarily became a staff member, the purpose is to train the two well, and then entrust him with important tasks.
In addition, these words, through the recruitment of various means, he also used a large number of talents in various parts of Tai'an, all of whom were arranged by him to the Tiger Ben Army, those with military talents, directly served as officers, and those with political talents were handed over to Baiyun City for guidance and leadership, and those with other talents, he also made the best use of them.
At this time, standing on the coast of Jiaozhou, looking at the quiet sea outside Jiaozhou Bay, thinking that Jiaozhou Bay is now forcibly occupied by Germany, Wang Jundao couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a natural haven, but it's a pity that the Germans are cheaper." ”
"Sooner or later, it will be recovered by the young master, and now it's just the Germans who are helping the young master run it." Xun Qianli said with a smile.
"That's a little bit early." Wang Jundao laughed, this Xun Qianli is good at everything, has outstanding ability, is reliable, decisive and decisive, and loves to flatter people.
"It only took a short month for the young master to completely occupy Tai'an Mansion, and now with Tai'an Mansion as the foundation, a Jiaozhou Bay is naturally not a problem, I believe it won't be long." Xun Qianli was still smiling.
"Well, this is a good saying, the land of Huaxia will belong to Huaxia sooner or later." Wang Jundao nodded. Thinking that in the previous history, Qingdao became the only battlefield in Asia during the First World War, and was later occupied by the Japanese Institute, he couldn't help but want to recover it as soon as possible, so as not to let it suffer from the ravages of war again.
After chatting for a while, Wang Jundao suddenly said to Xun Qianli: "I'll give you a few people, you can take a good look and see if there is a shipping company in Jiaozhou Bay that can't operate or has a relatively small capital scale, and let me find out their information, the more detailed the better, the more the better." ”
"No problem." Xun Qianli nodded. He guessed that Wang Jundao might want to establish his own shipping company, and the best way to quickly establish a shipping company is to buy or merge. He naturally has to find a way to complete it, this is Wang Jundao's first test for him, and he also believes that in the huge Jiaozhou Bay, it is impossible for every shipping company to be well-managed, and it is impossible for every shipping company to be well-funded.
"Also, if you can't find such a company, you can give me a good look, some deep-water beaches in Laizhou Bay, and find a few more places suitable for building a ship company." Wang Jundao thought about it and said, he has always wanted to establish his own shipping company and build his own fleet, if he blindly rents other people's ships, it is inconvenient after all, and he wants to compete with the Western powers, how can he do without a navy?
"Hmm." Xun Qianli nodded, he decided to prepare with both hands, both at the same time.
"Let's go, let's go back, this Qingdao will let Germany help us run it well, and when they are fattened, we will kill it." Wang Jundao suddenly laughed.
"Young Master, this is an appropriate metaphor." Xun Qianli smiled sincerely.
In the afternoon, Wang Jundao, under the leadership of Rudolph's henchmen, found the three German merchants who sold arms, two of which had their own shipping companies, although the scale was not too large, but there were more than ten ironclad ships.
Two of the three were only Rudolph's business contacts, with whom Wang Jundao had signed an arms deal in only half a day, and the other was a friend of Rudolph's, a German-Jewish businessman named Thomas.
Wang Jundao went to find him the second day, through chatting, Wang Jundao knew that he had a shipping company, there were more than ten large sea ships in the company, more than forty small and medium-sized sea vessels, and three ship production lines, Wang Jundao knew through the conversation that the number of his weapons was extremely large, and knocked out the situation of his family, knowing that his family was in crisis in Germany, Wang Jundao immediately said in German: "Dear Thomas, I believe that your family will definitely survive this great difficulty, so I decided, I've bought all your weapons, and the price we just negotiated doesn't count, so how about trading at the price you proposed at the beginning? ”