Qiao Yu knew that the most precious thing now was time, and it would definitely be a good thing to be able to use the foundation laid by Bai Kuan to quickly set up the factory, so he was very anxious, Qiao Cheng took Qiao Yu to the Bai family's house in a short time, and a carriage happened to come from the other side of the street, and it also arrived at the door of the Bai family, which was Bai Kuan's carriage.

"Uncle, are you okay with your old health?"

Qiao Yu came to the side of the carriage, the curtain was raised, and a short and fat old man leaned out and saw Qiao Yu at a glance, his face full of surprise.

"Well, aren't these three boys? You're back, go into the house with your uncle!" ”

Bai Kuan grabbed Qiao Yu's arm and didn't want to let go at all: "San'er, you have been gone for five years, not to mention my sister, even my uncle is distressed, I have been dealing with foreign devils a lot in the past few years, those people are like coming down from Liangshan, unreasonable, uncle has been angry these days, you haven't suffered any grievances over the years!" ”

"People are under the low eaves, they have to bow their heads, we Daqing people have no status outside, white eyes or something is indispensable, but you see I'm not very good now, I don't lack anything, you are old, this difficulty will always have a time to pass, in fact, those foreigners are just bluffing, as long as they grasp their lifeline, there is nothing difficult!"

When Bai Kuan heard Qiao Yu say this, he suddenly came to his senses.

"Shunqing, you want to help your uncle, I know that you have learned your skills, so you can help your uncle run this factory, why do I have to fight for this!"

Qiao Yu, Qiao Cheng, and Bai Kuan came to the main hall, Bai Kuan hurriedly instructed his family to prepare wine and food, and soon set up a full table, all of which were authentic Sichuan cuisine, full of spicy flavor, and a few bottles of Moutai Zhenronghe wine, the wine was good, and the food was better, but what moved Qiao Yu the most was the strong family affection, Bai Kuan said to himself, shh

"Uncle, why did you think about setting up a factory? What's the problem? I've been messing around in a foreign country for a few years, so I can help you with your staff! ”

"Hey, Shunqing, in the past few years, you must also know that foreigners are getting more and more say in us, even with foreign cloth, foreign ash, foreign nails, foreign oil and all kinds of foreign goods are popular, more than a dozen of my cloth villages used to operate homespun cloth, the old rival Huang million and foreigners hooked up, operating foreign cloth, seeing that my business is not as good as the day, I am unwilling, so I am ready to set up a factory, let's weave foreign cloth by ourselves!"

Qiao Yu quietly listened to Bai Kuan's narration, it turned out that Bai Kuan had been in the position of the leader of the cloth village in Yucheng, but Bai Kuan did not like foreign cloth, and had always insisted on selling homespun cloth, his competitor Huang Million was also running a cloth business, and hooked up with the British foreign firm more than a year ago, the British sold a large number of foreign cloth to him, and then Huang Million sold it again to earn a middle price, but to be honest, the foreign cloth is indeed better quality than homespun cloth, and the price is also low, and the market of Baijia cloth shop is getting smaller and smaller.

Bai Kuan also planned to resell foreign cloth at first, but one was that the supply was limited, and the other was that Huang Million had already taken the lead, and it was already a little late to do it again, which aroused Bai Kuan's ambition, and to deal with competitors, he had to build his own factory and weave foreign cloth.

Listening to Bai Kuan's narration, Qiao Yu's heart was full of waves, in his previous life, China was already known as the world's factory, and Chinese manufacturing was all over the world, which also brought problems such as pollution, but at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he really felt the preciousness of industry.

Not to mention heavy industry, even ordinary daily necessities have to be imported, foreign ash, foreign oil, foreign cloth, foreign fire, foreign nails, foreign cars, everything is foreign, only by feeling it personally, can we know how many rights and interests have been taken by foreigners in this era, Qiao Yu admires his uncle very much, at least he took the first step.

"I don't know how much you're going to invest, uncle? Textile factories to run, or to rely on the scale to win, this cloth is a necessary thing for life, the scale is small can not affect the market, the cost is high, it is inevitable to be suppressed by others. ”

"I prepared 300,000 taels of silver, and the land and everything have been found, isn't this contacting the machine, originally I discussed with the British foreign firm, to order 200 looms, who knew that those foreign devils were going to raise the price again, I just quarreled with them, and I was angry!"

"Uncle, what do you think of our two joint efforts to set up this factory? The scale of 200 looms is not large, I think it must reach at least 800 or more, and the scale of more than 20,000 spindles will be enough, and the investment should also reach 1 million taels! ”

Bai Kuan looked for his brother-in-law before setting up a factory, but the old man was not very interested, so Bai Kuan set up a factory alone, as soon as he heard Qiao Yu's suggestion, his eyes lit up, Qiao's family background is also very strong, especially in the official Qiao Guangyuan also knows a lot of people, the most important thing is that Qiao Yu is such a foreign student, looking at people always pays attention to a spirit, Bai Kuan has long noticed that his nephew is calm and confident, thinking that he must have gained knowledge outside, with ability, if he can help himself, That's definitely going to take a lot of trouble off the way.

However, the scale of the 20,000 spindles that Qiao Yu said also made Bai Kuan gasp, he took out 300,000 taels and had already made a bloody investment, but he didn't expect this nephew to be more courageous, but if he could join forces with the Qiao family, the funds would not be a problem.

"That's naturally good, but your old man is stubborn enough, can you get through that level?"

"Now the times are different, the old yellow calendar must be changed, I will persuade my father, I believe he will listen."

Qiao Cheng has been listening, he is not yet thirty, it is the most ambitious age, when he heard that Qiao Yu actually advocated joining hands with his uncle to set up a factory, he also agreed, but he was still a little worried in his heart.

"Third brother, a few years ago, the Dasheng Yarn Factory run by the champion industrialist has not invested as much as ours, even the investment in the second Dasheng Factory is only 800,000 taels, so why should we invest in it all at once?"

Qiao Yu is still familiar with the famous Zhang Jian, Qiao Cheng raised this question, and he didn't blame him for worrying, one million taels is equivalent to pressing up the family foundation of the two families, and it is necessary to sell some industries, which is really too much investment, but Qiao Yu feels that the southwest textile industry is still a blank, the development prospects are very huge, and the scale of the textile factory can be digested no matter how large it is, and he clearly knows that next year is the Xinhai year, and he is ready to build his own team based on this factory, how can he do it if he is small.

"Big brother, now the entire southwest textile industry is still a blank, it is a great opportunity to show their talents, run a large factory, firmly occupy the opportunity is the most critical, don't look at Zhang Jian is a champion background, but the courage is still too small, the pattern is not enough, he is too dependent on his own network privilege to run a factory, this kind of factory is not competitive, we must not go his way, in addition to now the imperial court is rewarding industry and commerce, we have less investment, the official may put us on the spot a piece of meat, but if the investment is large enough, the shock is also big, For the sake of future political achievements, the official will definitely help us, and our early development will definitely be much smoother! ”

Bai Kuan agrees with Qiao Yu's point of view, it is not difficult for him to do business over the years, as long as he has capital, some diligence and genuine goods, he can always make money, what he is most afraid of is that everyone will pounce on the black and white and take a bite, so how much money is not enough.

"What Shun Qing said is reasonable, but won't this be too public?"

"Why, uncle, are you still afraid of showing white? If we set up a factory and build a brand, we will have to stir up our reputation, or who knows our things. ”

This is the question of the concept of people in the two eras, Bai Kuan listened to Qiao Yu's words, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and then slapped the table hard.

"Shunqing, Shiqing, let's set up a factory together, let them also see our skills, I will go to Wanxian County with you now, let's go to persuade my old brother-in-law together!"

Bai Kuan was born as a businessman, he was resolute, he simply cleaned up, got up with the Qiao Yu brothers and went straight to Qiao's house.

Qiao's family is a super big family in Wanxian County, and thirty percent of the land in the entire county is theirs, Qiao Guangyuan has also served as the right attendant of the household department, and the construction of the family house is extremely magnificent, someone has already informed the old man and the old lady, the third young master is back, and the uncle is also coming over, so the old lady of the Bai family and Qiao Guangyuan are waiting in front of the door, no matter how the family asks them to go to the house and wait, they don't listen.

Seeing that it was almost noon, two carriages came from afar, it was Brother Qiao Yu and Bai Kuan, Qiao Yu saw the second elder waiting in front of the door from afar, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour, no matter in the past life or this life, his parents were leaning on the door like this, looking forward to going home, time and space changed, but the truth has never changed.

Before the carriage could stop, Qiao Yu jumped out of the carriage, trotted to the second elder, and fell to his knees.

"Daddy, the unfilial child is back!" The old lady cried with joy, hugged her son, she didn't know what to say, Qiao Guangyuan had long lost the calmness of being an official, she grabbed Qiao Yu and seemed to cry and laugh, and kept chattering, "It's been five years, it's been five years!" ”

Bai Kuan and Qiao Cheng also got out of the car and gathered over.

"Old sister, brother-in-law, Shun Qing has returned from school, this is a happy event, let's celebrate, don't cry, we have a bumpy journey, and we haven't eaten yet!"

"Look at my old fool, how did I forget about this, come in quickly."

The family happily entered the main hall, and the old lady's hand never let go of Qiao Yu, and kept rubbing.

"The child has grown up, taller, and stronger, and he was almost the same as me when he walked, and now he is a head taller than me, but he is not as fat as a child, and he is wronged outside, he is wronged!"

Qiao's mother couldn't help but sigh, Qiao Guangyuan recovered quickly, and his emotions were not so excited, and everyone began to ask questions after they sat down.

"San'er, have you learned anything from this five-year walk?"