Wuhan's persuasion industry award into the fair, in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, but is a very lively thing, the people of the whole Wuhan, will come to see the new products, some foreign products also come to join in the fun, generally in the exhibition, won a good reputation, sales in various places are quite good, this has also become the beginning of the China trade fair, Wuhan better traffic conditions, a certain amount of dù above, but also to promote the development of this trade fair, the three eastern provinces, the northwest, the southeast, the southwest, basically, some are interested in business, From the day of its establishment, the transaction volume has been rising, so more and more people have noticed this fair, and the most important thing is that some of the advanced machinery and equipment of the West, most of them, are also placed in the fair.

In October 1909, slowly came, at the beginning of October, a major event occurred, in the modern Chinese Westernization movement, played a very key role, in one fell swoop laid the foundation of Hubei in China's modern puzzle on the status of the Minister of Military Aircraft, the former governor of Huguang Zhang Zhidong, died in Beijing, and he promoted and carried forward the field of persuasion, also a few days later, ushered in the holding of the persuasion meeting.

Yang Yuanzhao attached great importance to this appearance, and even took time out of his busy schedule to come to Wuhan in person.

In Wuhan in October, the cold wind was killed, and after a year, Yang Yuanzhao came to Wuhan for the second time, and the treatment he received was completely different from before.

Before, Yang Yuanzhao was just a foreign student, proposed a project, and went to Shanghai with Yang Yue, at that time, Yang Shixun was mainly here to pick up Yang Yue, incidentally, entertained Yang Yuanzhao, but this time, Yang Yuanzhao is the president of the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, the largest shareholder of several large factories, and his influence in Baotou has comprehensively surpassed that of the Jin merchants, and even the eight major Jin merchants.

Yang family, Liu family and other personnel, plus some of the early arrival personnel, very lively, Yang Yuanzhao did not stay in the station for a long time, directly met some of the person in charge, mainly asked about the display of decoration, transferred from Baotou, are elite soldiers, in a sense, all aspects of the preparation work is very good, the whole decoration has met Yang Yuanzhao's requirements, there is one day is the official opening of the exhibition, Yang Yuanzhao believes, will be able to make Baotou's fame expand.

Zhang Cheng is a cloth merchant in Xi'an, in the past year or so, his cloth shop got a new product, Northwest cloth, Tong guò sells Northwest cloth, earned a fortune, Northwest cloth is very popular in the whole Xi'an, dignitaries and nobles, small people in the market, or like colorful, weak cicada wings of fine cloth, or like strong and durable, can wear a long time coarse cloth, no matter which one, will cause popularity, sales are also rising.

After buying this cloth by chance, Zhang Cheng's business, on the basis of the original, climbed steadily, opened more than a dozen branches, almost monopolized the entire cloth trade in Xi'an, and the huge transaction volume not only allowed his wealth to accumulate rapidly, but also gave him a new idea.

This time, Zhang Cheng with more than a year to earn 50,000 yuan, came to Wuhan, from the northwest to Xi'an, the road is relatively far away, after several hands of reselling, the profit of the cloth has been relatively meager, he thought of the same as the south, here in Xi'an, open a weaving layout, with the northwest cotton yarn as raw materials, in this way, the profit will be higher, I heard that the northwest, is also imported from Germany, Wuhan Quanye Award into the fair, is a heavy expo, some foreign machines will also come to the exhibition.

However, after a day of shopping, I didn't see a suitable one, not to mention the high price of foreign things, 50,000 yuan, at most I can buy less than 20 machines qì looms, and the efficiency is not very high, compared with the output of the weaving mills in the northwest that he heard from the merchant piecemeal, it is far behind, and the quality cannot be compared.

Zhang Chengzheng stood in front of a loom booth in the United Kingdom, Britain is a textile country, even in the world market, occupies a very high share, this British production loom, according to the introduction of the comprador, is the most advanced in the world, 24 hours of cloth production 3 horses, can be adjusted from 15 to 32, it is very practical.

Next to it, a businessman in Zhejiang was very satisfied with this loom, but the price was a little hesitant, because the price of this loom was as high as 2,600 yuan, which was also the most expensive among all the looms present.

Looking at the comprador's gushing introduction, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but say: "What is this loom, I heard that the German loom used in the northwest can adjust from 14 to 62 different cotton yarns, and the weaving efficiency can also reach 20 horses per day!" ”

"20 horses? Are you kidding? The comprador said loudly, in his opinion, Zhang Chengcheng is a troublemaker or a bad troublemaker.

A foreigner next to him came over and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The comprador muttered to the foreigner for a long time, and the foreigner came over and said to Zhang Cheng: "Do you say that the German loom can adjust 14 to 62 pieces and produce 20 horses per day?" ”

The foreigner's Chinese is a little strange, but the words are quite clear, Zhang Cheng understood it, and quickly nodded and said: "Yes!" ”

The foreigner shook his head and said, "That's impossible!" ”

Charlie is an engineer in a British company, the current loom, although not the most advanced in the UK, is also a first-class, Germany, perhaps in other machine tools, occupies a leading position, but the loom such a light industrial product, Britain has been developed for hundreds of years, starting from the Jenny spinning machine, the industry ** has changed the appearance of the UK, looms and looms have been improved, all started in the UK, this is where Charlie is proud.

Zhang Cheng opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, the previous numbers were also hearsay, he was just the owner of a cloth shop, and he had never been to Baotou, let alone seen those looms.

The businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who were interested in British looms before, were also a little hesitant, and the young man next to him said softly: "Uncle, why don't we go to the stall in Germany to have a look, my classmate is from Zhili, and their family runs a business house that acts as an agent for fine cloth from the northwest, and you have also seen it." ”

These two people are uncles and nephews, the older one is called Zhou Qi, the smaller one is called Zhoushu, the reason why Zhou Qi is interested in textile machinery, is also derived from the number of weeks, most of the sales places in the northwest cloth are in the north, there are very few in the south, Jiangnan has always been an important town for cotton textiles, handicraft workshops do not know how many, but in Zhou Qi's view, these handicrafts are not generally big compared with foreign machine qì production, the difference is really not ordinary, even if the family is rich, and is not willing to devote himself to this industry, but the nephew Zhou Shu went to Beijing once, Brought back hundreds of pieces of cloth, so that he changed his mind, silky and delicate, colorful muslin, more intimate and soft than silk, more flexible than silk, which made him see business opportunities, you know, the price of cotton cloth, but than the price of silk, much cheaper, from the wealthy, to the ordinary people, the market is extremely huge.

This kind of loom in the UK can already be regarded as good, if you buy 100 units, it is only 260,000 yuan, and you can produce 300 horses a day, this investment is enough to make people's hearts move.

"This gentleman, I'm afraid you don't know the situation in the world, British textile machinery is definitely the world's first-rate, with a daily output of 20 horses, not to mention in Germany, even in the United Kingdom is impossible to appear, our most advanced loom, a daily output of cloth is only 7 horses."

"Do you have 7 horses per day?"

Charlie shook his head and said, "That's only available in local factories, and it's impossible to sell them for the time being!" ”

"This!" Zhou Qi hesitated, since the late Qing Dynasty, the British opened the country, the influence on the south, far more than the north, all along, the British strong, almost has penetrated into the hearts of the gentry, especially Ningbo, this important town known for the textile industry, is also one of the first few open treaty ports, the British power is huge, the machine qì is good for Taixi, has been identified.

Zhou Qi was a little hesitant, but the balance in his heart had gradually tilted towards the British machine, and there were cotton textile factories around them, which seemed to be used, and they were all British machines, with good efficiency and rate of return.

The comprador looked at Zhou Qi, and was happy in his heart, he was able to become the comprador of the British foreign company, his eyes were very vicious, Zhou Qi and Zhou Shu's uncle and nephew, at first glance, they were from a rich family, and at first glance even the clothes on their bodies were not as good as the previous Zhang Cheng, but in the low-key, revealing indescribable luxury, as well as the momentum of the whole body, unceremoniously said, this person must be from the rich family, everyone in Jiangnan is rich, if you get involved in the field of looms, maybe you can sign a big order.

The retail price of the loom is 2600 yuan, and for every loom sold, he can withdraw 26 yuan, only one percent, but if the amount is large, 20, 30, this is definitely not a small amount, just now he also asked on the side, the other party is at least 50 units, maybe 100 units, in this time and space China, more than 2000 yuan of wealth, it can definitely be said to be very large.

"Uncle, let's take a look!" Zhou Shu saw that his uncle was a little moved, and he was a little anxious, he was optimistic about the Northwest cloth, although the loom in front of him was good, but the effect of the woven cloth was far from the Northwest cloth, and it was not even a product on the same level at all.

"Mr. Zhou!" The comprador who has been paying attention to this side interjected: "With all due respect, this loom is already the best loom that can be bought in the entire Qing country, and hearsay is not to be believed!" ”

At this time, a young man parted the crowd and said calmly: "Who said that the British textile machine is the highest in the world, the frog at the bottom of the well!" ”R1152