ps: Go home today, early shift, second shift to see the time back.

Steam steamships with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons are already the main force running long distances along the coast of China in this era. Being able to get from the south to the north in ten days is a remarkable speed for the present generation.

Therefore, the transportation price is also very tricky. In 1861, the Yangtze River water transportation had just begun, and a person who walked the Shenhan line cost 100 taels of silver! In the second year, the freight of 1 ton of goods will be 18 taels! However, with the vicious competition between each other and the addition of the steamship China Merchants Bureau, the number of 5 or 6 taels plummeted in just a few years.

In 1876, after fighting until there were only a few families left, the price monopoly was implemented, and in the fourth year of Guangxu, the freight from Shanghai to Jiujiang was: 3 yuan per ton of tea, 2 yuan per ton of hemp, and 1.7 yuan per ton of crude paper. It's just that the British are not particular, Swire and Jardine Matheson often secretly cut prices to compete, with the Chinese themselves are not contentious, gradually retreating, by this year, the two major British companies have formed an absolutely dominant position.

At this time, there were not many Chinese merchants who traveled from the south to the north by sea, and the majority of them were Cantonese, and the customers of the steamships were mainly foreigners. The two largest concessions--- Shanghai and Tianjin, are full of 10,000 foreigners, and most of them are not well-off.

Therefore, nothing will cost the expensive ferry ticket to wander around, and there are only the compradors and staff of hundreds of foreign companies, foreign devils who have just come to China to make money, or outsiders for other purposes, who are scattered on the boat and go on and off. Under such circumstances, it is not possible to make special coastal and riverside passenger ferries and lose money. At present, the ships running on the route are mixed with passengers and cargo, and cargo accounts for the majority.

The rumbling sound of a steam engine, which was quite advanced in this era, could be heard clearly through the riveted hull compartment, and without strong enough nerves, I couldn't sleep at all. The smell of choking smoke was everywhere inside and outside the ship, even if Yang Hao took out a forged American passport and spent a lot of money to bribe the captain into the upper class, he still had difficulty breathing with embarrassment, and simply ran to the deck to breathe.

The Yellow Sea in April was clear, it was rare to have good weather, the morning sea breeze blew away the smell of the body, Yang Hao finally relieved himself from the discomfort of several days, stretched his waist fiercely, looked around, and found that many passengers also came out.

His hairstyle, which has no braids and is obviously well-trimmed, is too conspicuous among the Chinese, whether it is a foreigner or others, they can't help but look at it a few more times, and almost all make strange expressions, and stay away.

For foreigners, you are also Chinese with braids, how can you not blend into the camp of the high Caucasians, just like those little Japanese people, shouting that they "break out of Asia and join Europe", who admits it!

Not to mention the natives, most of them think that "if you cut your braids, you don't want to abandon the people of your ancestors and get into trouble from far away provinces". In addition to Liu Dafu's two followers, and Li Yingjiu's friend Wen Dadao, two master bodyguards on the side, Yang Hao's surroundings are at least three meters of empty space, which is good, the province is crowded.

It took more than a day to wander to the mouth of Dagu, Tianjin.

At this time, the Haihe River was silted up for many years, and the water depth was less than 3 feet in many places a few kilometers downstream, and slightly larger ships or even barges could run aground and capsize, and the channel that was originally enough to accommodate the navigation of thousand-ton ships had to be transferred by small motor vehicles within 200 tons, which virtually increased a lot of costs.

Song Yunsheng and others kept their distance in public according to the prior agreement, and went to work on the loading and unloading of dozens of tons of goods, Yang Hao took four servants and got on the small boat he helped arrange, and drove upstream in the afternoon to the Zizhulin Wharf in the concession.

The former village of Mudtang has now become one of the most prosperous places in China. After changing the sign at the wharf and entering the British Concession, stepping into the famous Zizhulin Street, a hustle and bustle came to his face, Yang Hao seemed to have plunged into the vegetable market, and he was almost out of breath for the smell mixed with all kinds of strange smells!

The purple bamboo forest was originally just a small village by the Haihe River, living on the embankment, and below was a large swamp mud pond, nine waterlogs in ten years, often half a year can not go down, half a year down to plant something to barely satisfy hunger. After Britain, France and the United States drew concessions, they did not operate seriously until the Tianjin Teaching Case broke out in 1870, and there were only about 200 people in it.

Later, a large number of foreigners who opened factories and lived in Tianjin County have moved back, and now not only have built wharves along the river, but also a stone road in the British Concession, and some Western-style main buildings have also risen on the ground raised by blowing mud.

Zizhulin Street is built on such a ground, with shops on both sides lined up, Cantonese goods stores from the north and south, more than 40 foreign houses of foreign devils, restaurants with small doors, hundreds of prostitutes from Japan, tourists from Tianjin, Beijing and other places who come to open foreign meat, foreigners who do business here, pulling foreign films, blowing candy, selling gourds, and painting Yangliuqing...... It is the most mixed and strange scene in the contemporary Orient.

In particular, the street shop in the world is stacked at the door, and the street, which is not very spacious, is even more crowded. Overhead, all kinds of flags fluttered in the wind, and the shouts of soliciting guests were noisy, and the ears of the people who rushed at them itched.

Modern people are accustomed to seeing big cities with millions of people at every turn, and they are too tired to crowd around all day, and of course they don't like it much. Liu Dafu and the four of them finally fell in love with the Western scenery, and the red-eyed and green-eyed men and women could make him scream, looking like a turtle who had never seen the world, which attracted a lot of contemptuous eyes.

But fortunately, the suits they are wearing are worth a lot of money at a glance, and Yang Hao, who is surrounded in the middle, is tall and heroic, with a white top hat on his head, and his expression is comfortable, as if he is in a no-man's land.

Liu Dafu couldn't move his legs, he couldn't see everything in his eyes, as twilight fell, those private prostitutes who did business half-closed--- Cantonese rouge, and Oriental mother-in-law were coquettish, which made this boy who had never seen the amorous spirit unrelenting.

Yang Hao scraped the back of his head and scolded: "Stupid, I want to find a girl, after finishing the business, the young master will arrange it for you, these things on the street should be far away, and if you are infected with syphilis and gonorrhea, beware of rotting your children and grandchildren!" ”

Hearing the big knife, the two of them were alert, he followed out to be a bodyguard, and it was taboo to wander in the crowd! After many years of martial arts training, his mind was tough enough to quickly return to his senses.

Liu Dafu is so clever in his brain, he reacted immediately, covered his head and smiled: "Haven't I seen it before!" Young master, you have to count when you speak! ”

Yang Hao was angry, too lazy to pay attention to him, he held a wide-angle card digital camera, and casually took pictures of the street scene.

When he walked to the door of a Songchang foreign bank, he walked in with his hands behind his back and walked in like an ordinary tourist, looking around with a critical gaze. A small clerk's eyes lit up, and he greeted him and asked in a slightly strange Shandong dialect: "This guest, do you need to buy some gifts?" We have a full range of products, as well as silver steel cutlery that has just arrived from Milicán. ”

A set of stainless steel Western tableware, which is packed up by a bright glass cabinet and placed in a more conspicuous position, has no price, which is obviously a high-end product used to trap people.

Yang Hao was secretly happy, and he didn't expect the goods he sold to spread quite quickly, so he asked casually: "How much money is this thing?" ”

A Mandarin with a Beijing accent. The clerk's brows trembled slightly, his smile became more and more kind, and he stretched out three fingers and compared: "Only three hundred yuan!" A full 49 pieces of rare silver steel tableware, in the whole Tianjin will not exceed 10 sets of top-level goods, whether you use it yourself or give it away, you feel decent. ”

I'm cǎo! Each of you is darker than the other! The retail price of Lao Tzu Jian yì is only 49 oceans, okay? You'll dare to multiply it sixfold!

Yang Hao felt dizzy in his heart, he didn't know that this whole set of stainless steel tableware flowed out very little, and it was exceptionally eye-catching, and he was first liked by foreign devils from all over the world. Prices have been speculated and have been rising repeatedly, and before the second batch has not arrived, it is a poly to sell, which is really not surprising.

He tilted his cheeks, shook his head, glanced at other things casually, and turned around to pull Liu Dafu, who was so frightened, out of the door. With his back in his hand, the card camera turned on the video recording function and captured the expressions of the staff member and the others.

Back on the noisy street, Li Dafu said in a trembling voice: "Young master! We're losing money! A set of those things costs three hundred silver dollars, which is enough to buy a large mansion. Ten acres of good water for watering the land, ah....... ”

He was one of the people who moved the goods himself, and he knew exactly what price to give to the local wholesalers. The poverty of small households is accustomed, and a kind of discomfort that they have suffered a big loss is blocked in their hearts.

Yang Hao said with a smile: "We are the total source of goods, we just need to make our own profits." Besides, the higher the intermediate spread, the more the distributors work hard to hide their tracks for us, and they can't do without us, which is a good thing. By the way, did you see anything about the people in the store just now? ”

Liu Dafu's level of observation was quite high, and he smacked his lips and said, "That person's smile is a bit fake!" ”

"That's right!" Yang Hao sneered, "This nest is full of Japanese spies!" ”

"Spy?!"

Liu Dafu almost shouted. Often by Yang Hao's side, he knows a lot about what he has heard and witnessed, and he also knows that the Yang family is training soldiers and horses, and the first enemy to bear the brunt of it is the little nose of the East. It's just that I didn't expect to encounter it so soon.

"But, why do you look like us? However, the way he looks at people is really awkward. Liu Dafu glanced back curiously at the back.

Yang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, swept the shops on both sides, and said softly: "After being improved by our Chinese for more than a thousand years, monkeys can look like people." In addition, many of those Japanese prostitutes also act as ear and eye spies. Be careful when you come out to play in the future! ”

Liu Dafu still has that kind of thought, his heart is furious, and he shakes his head desperately: "I won't touch them even if I am killed, they are dirty!" ”

Yang Hao smiled and said, "Okay, don't waste time on the street, wait for the evening, the young master will take you to do something big!" ”