"I'll see if I can find a few money banks to dismantle, although the profit is higher, but as long as the profits increase after the increase in production at that time, I can barely bear it!" Zhao Chenbin took the initiative to say his own solution, before he came, he had already contacted some of Tianjin's money banks, and also talked to several of them, if Zhao Dongyun could approve, he would go back to Tianjin to borrow money from those money banks, and then purchase equipment to expand production.

Although the interest paid is higher, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and some risks are worth taking.

But at this time, Zhao Dongyun said: "Although Qianzhuang is also a way, but don't worry, you can go to Tianjin Guanyin to talk first!" ”

Hearing Zhao Dongyun's words, Zhao Chenbin showed a look of surprise on his face, he knew that it was a new silver account that was only opened this year, and this silver number was not an ordinary foreign or private bank, but a completely official silver number, no matter how strong he was, but it was actually no longer an ordinary commercial organization, but a real official yamen.

Maybe for ordinary people who go to save money, it is not much different from other banks, and even has Yuan Shikai, a Beiyang tycoon, on his head, and his reputation is much higher than that of those money banks and other private banks, but for businessmen, the difference is big.

For Zhao Chenbin, this kind of official-run silver number belongs to the kind of yamen that doesn't have a back, it doesn't matter, don't enter the door, otherwise if you go in rashly, you won't be swallowed, only bones will be left.

However, he didn't expect Zhao Dongyun to say Tianjin Guanyin at this time, and what he didn't expect was Zhao Dongyun's next words: "A few days ago, I met with the Zhou General Office of Tianjin Guanyin, and I talked about the loan by the way, and he has already agreed, but you still have to go there to discuss the specific things!" ”

Zhao Dongyun said it lightly, but in Zhao Chenbin's ears, he was shocked!

Who is Zhou Xuexi, this is a veritable Beiyang God of Wealth, even Zhao Chenbin has heard a little about this person, and knows that that person is Yuan Shikai's money bag, but Zhao Dongyun said with an understatement that he had already met Zhou Xuexi, and by the way, he mentioned the loan, then Zhou Xuexi agreed, and he didn't even know how much money to borrow, so he agreed, how not to shock Zhao Chenbin.

At this time, seeing that Zhao Dongyun still looked calm, Zhao Chenbin suddenly remembered that the young man in front of him was not an ordinary businessman, to be precise, Zhao Dongyun was not a businessman, he was a soldier.

And Zhao Chenbin's impression of Zhao Dongyun was still before he went abroad to study, thinking that he was still an ordinary rich young master, even if he became an official, he was just a small officer who could only manage a few hundred people, and he didn't realize that Zhao Dongyun was already an important military general who could affect the expansion process of the Beiyang New Army.

He didn't know that in these Beiyang systems, although Zhao Dongyun's status was far inferior to the core bosses such as Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, he could be regarded as a middle and high-level in the Beiyang system, and he was politely said to be the leader in the second echelon of the Beiyang system today.

In the second half of 1902, Zhao Dongyun had already crossed the obstacles that most of the middle and lower-level officers in Beiyang could not cross, broke away from the limitations of one battalion and one standard, and rose to the height of the entire Beiyang system. At this time, many Beiyang warlord leaders who were well known to later generations were still struggling in the positions of team officers, pipe bands, and commanders. For example, Wang Zhanyuan, Cao Kun, Sun Chuanfang, Lei Zhenchun, Lu Yongxiang, Yang Shande, these famous figures in later generations are still staying at the grassroots level of the army, and these people have to respectfully shout Zhao Supervision when they see Zhao Dongyun.

Although Zhao Dongyun is younger than all of them, it doesn't matter much!

The high-level bigwigs of the Beiyang system after the Gengzi year are all too young, including Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Wang Yingkai and others, basically all of whom were born around 1860, and now they are in their early forties or even less than forty, and there are even more people in high positions in their thirties or even twenties.

The Beiyang system in this period of time is actually very young, completely different from the historical Beiyang after the Xinhai Revolution, which is all old men, with a rigid promotion system and full of twilight.

In the years after the Gengzi Incident, the promotion of young people in the Beiyang system was rapid and without too many scruples, Zhao Dongyun himself was an example, Li Zejun, who took over Zhao Dongyun as the commander of the second battalion of the right wing of the Wuwei Right Army, was also an example, and Zhang Shaozeng, who had just returned from Japan, was also an example.

In fact, it can also be thought that as long as the officers who have returned to China after studying abroad in the past few years, then their promotion speed is unimaginably fast.

It's just that if this situation is not seen by people in the Beiyang system, it is difficult for outsiders to see it, even if they see one or two examples, it is difficult to believe that this is a common situation, at least the Zhao Chenbin in front of him is hard to believe that his master is already in a high position when he is only in his twenties, which is enough to deal with Zhou Xuexi and Feng Guozhang.

"I'll go back with Tianjin Guanyin, and try to settle this matter!" Zhao Chenbin pressed the shock in his heart and replied.

Zhao Dongyun nodded: "Well, just write it down, if nothing goes wrong, the funds needed for this expansion should not be a problem, and when the funds are in place, you will have to bother Uncle Bin to work harder, and when the time comes, you have to look at the equipment more, don't let those people below deduct too much!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Dongyun thought for a while and said: "You have been going to Tianjin for a while, and Dougal and others in the yarn factory also have many foreigners to befriend, and my machine gun battalion also has some ordnance to buy, you can see if you can contact those foreign companies!" ”

After that, he didn't wait for Zhao Chenbin to say anything and continued: "I handed over this matter to Dongping, it is estimated that he is also looking for foreign banks in Baoding, but when it comes to foreign companies, there are more foreign companies in Tianjin and Shanghai, if they are looking for them in Baoding, it is better to go directly to Tianjin to find them, and I will let him go to you when the time comes, and you will help him do this!" ”

When Zhao Chenbin heard the word ordnance, he immediately wondered: "I don't know what kind of ordnance I want and how much is it?" ”

Zhao Dongyun said: "There are some fragmentary rifles and pistols, but the big head is still a machine gun, and it is estimated that there will be fifty or sixty thousand taels in total, and you have to look at the quotation of the foreign bank to know the details!" ”

As soon as he heard the ordnance purchase list of fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver, Zhao Chenbin's eyes widened suddenly, this is not a small amount, don't look at the history books that it is written that there are millions of tens of millions of taels of silver, but they are all large transactions worth counting in the history books, and for ordinary people, the business of tens of thousands of taels of silver is already very large.

You must know that the Fuyuan Yarn Factory he runs is only seeking funds of 40,000 or 50,000 taels of silver for this expansion.

"Got it, I'll go to those foreign stores!" Although Zhao Chenbin was very curious about this kind of military purchase list, he didn't ask much, because he knew that Zhao Dongyun was estimated to start with this matter, and he wouldn't worry about the details at all.

"In addition, there are some things in the military purchase list that do not need to be imported from foreign companies, such as quilts, military uniforms, military shoes, and other bits and pieces, you can look at it with Dongping at that time, or close a factory to make it yourself, or directly order a batch of them!" After Zhao Dongyun said this, he remembered the machine gun mount, and then remembered his ambition to run an arsenal.

I don't have the capital to buy a lot of equipment to run an arsenal now, but it shouldn't cost a few dollars to get a small workshop, let those people study grenades and mortars and the like first, and then officially start it when the time comes.

So he said: "In addition, you can set up a small machine factory, and you can also do it yourself for acquisition, without spending too much money, build the shelf first!" ”

"If there is something related to ordnance, I will let Dongping talk to you in detail at that time!" Zhao Dongyun also wanted to say in detail, but in fact, he couldn't say too much, because he ordered the people below to do many things, and he would know the details of these things.

Hearing Zhao Dongyun's series of things, Zhao Chenbin wrote them down one by one, and he didn't ask too much, but after hearing Zhao Dongping's name, he sighed a little in his heart!

He wondered, why are the people in power in the Zhao family getting younger and younger, and his own master Zhao Dongyun won't mention it, and there are few twenty-four-year-old Zhengsanpin looking at China, but Zhao Dongping can't get it at the age of twenty, how can he be so young that he is responsible for the major affairs of military procurement, isn't the master afraid that he will mess up

After sending Zhao Chenbin out, Zhao Dongyun didn't wait too long to call Zhao Dongping over and explain to him about the ordnance.

Zhao Dongping walked in wearing a military uniform, Zhao Dongping in a military uniform looked more stable than before, and he was already slightly taller, looking older than his actual age.

After sitting down, Zhao Dongping spoke first: "Yesterday, the first batch of silver has been pulled out, but only 37,000 taels of silver have been issued!" ”

Hearing this 37,000 taels, Zhao Dongyun frowned: "Didn't you say the first batch of 40,000 taels?" Who would dare to deduct it? ”

Zhao Dongping smiled bitterly: "It was drifted away according to the old rules, but they didn't have the courage to add more deductions, and General Manager Zhou's office also took care of it, and they made up an extra 1,000 taels, otherwise they could only give 36,000 taels!" ”

Hearing this explanation, Zhao Dongyun couldn't wait to scold his mother, damn, the money was deducted from my son's head! But angry is angry, but he also knows that although the efficiency of the Beiyang system is okay, but in the end it belongs to the Qing court officialdom, and some traditional bad habits still exist, for example, it is impossible for Zhao Dongyun to get all the funds for the new machine gun battalion this time, and some of the handlers and even other chaotic officials are left behind.

This part is not to say that they deliberately withheld it, but it has been the practice over the years, and a large number of officials and officials are counting on these bad rules to support their families!

This kind of thing can't be solved even if Yuan Shikai goes into battle in person, so although Zhao Dongyun is unhappy in his heart, he can only pinch his nose and admit it.

But then again, Zhao Dongyun is not qualified to accuse those people, because even he himself deducted money from it to reap benefits, not to mention far from it, just in the purchase of ordnance, according to the expected kickbacks and the profits from those fragmentary ordnance, it is enough for him to get ten thousand taels of silver.