"One, two, three, hard!" A few sturdy laborers, hanging one end of a thick telephone pole with a rope, put the cement telephone pole into the dug mud pit, and in the distance, at intervals, there was a telephone pole that had been erected upright.

In the past, the streets of Benxi were full of low-rise huts, but by this time the red brick buildings with three or five stories high could be seen everywhere, a phenomenon that was rare even in Mukden City.

"There, a 12-storey Zhao Mansion will be built, funded by Mr. Zhao Xinian, the richest man in the city, and I heard that it will be built as the largest hotel in Benxi." Chen Yanqing explained to Qin Yu some new changes that have taken place in Benxi in the past two years.

"Why, to build such a big building, you and Lao Yu didn't intervene?" Qin Yu asked with a smile.

It was a joke at the wine table, but I didn't expect Lao Zhao to be more serious. Lao Yu and I can't help him. Chen Yanqing shook his head and smiled. Lao Zhao has made a lot of money this time, and the foreigner engineer he hired has been sick recently, and he is a little sick and shouting to go back to Shanghai for treatment, and the time for coming back is not yet determined, but Lao Zhao is in a hurry, and he runs to Shanghai in person, but he doesn't know that the division is coming, otherwise he will stay with the teacher. ”

"There is also this kind of thing, what, the foreigner has been hired, the shelf is so big, don't care about him, the foreigner put up a shelf, give me a lawsuit, and really take our Fengtian businessman as a soft persimmon. We don't deceive people in business, and others don't want to ride on our heads. "Qin Yu doesn't care about authenticity, it's just a trivial matter.

"Shizuo, the British engineer hired has a lot to do with Shanghai." Chen Yanqing said tentatively.

"Don't play tricks on me, do you still want me to stand up and charge for you?" Qin Yu asked rhetorically.

"I don't dare, a word from the teacher is enough." Chen Yanqing smiled. "But the lawsuit with the foreigner is protracted. It doesn't always have a good result, especially in Shanghai. ”

"If you can't win, you will fight until you win, take people's money, and eliminate disasters for others. The foreign devil doesn't want to do anything after taking the money, how can there be such a good thing. I think Fengshang should also make a name for himself and not deceive others. But being bullied to the head, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu must also have the momentum to tear him off the horse, this lawsuit is not a matter of winning or not winning, it is to establish the image of Fengshang. Keep promises, keep promises, and at the same time do not bully the soft and afraid of the hard. If you put the signboard out first, your reputation will be bigger, and the way to do business will be wider in the future. Qin Yu didn't care about the authentic way.

"Master, this method is not bad." Chen Yanqing is an experienced businessman. Just thinking about it carefully, you can think that although Qin Yu has the intention of seeking justice, the greater purpose is to make a reputation for Fengshang. Thinking clearly about the key to it, Chen Yanqing couldn't help but smack his lips and said, "It's a pity that the master can't do business." ”

"It's good to be a successful businessman. It's just that the current situation is chaotic, and some things have to be done. ”

Qin Yu snorted, and Lan Tianwei, who was following behind, was touched when he heard it, looking at the high and low floors on both sides. In the past, Benxi was also a county seat, and later it was upgraded to Benxi Prefecture. At present, looking at the development momentum of Benxi, there is a tendency to compare Fengtian City. There are construction sites everywhere, trucks coming and going on the streets, or pulling ashes, or some other merchandise.

"Bah, bah. Bang! "The sledgehammer hammered on the red-hot iron, vaguely visible is the shape of a pair of scissors, at this time, relying on the steel mill, Benxi has risen a large number of hardware processing workshops, needle-making. Scissors, kitchen knives, hoes, shovels, iron rakes, iron pots and other utensils.

Compared with some scissors that are directly manually sharpened, there are also some people who have channels and are willing to invest, buy an electric grinding wheel, and sharpen the speed of scissors can top dozens of people.

From the moment you enter Benxi, the more you look at the blue sky, the more amazing you are, the more you look at it, the more you look at it, the more amazing it is, the more you look at it He had seen a lot of these when he was studying in Japan before.

Now the entire Fengtian Province, or the entire Northeast, Inner Mongolia, Hebei area, some scissors, farm tools and other things, almost all of them are processed and sold from Benxi, just a rough estimate, including coal mining, mining, as well as various family workshops, oil mills, match factories and other employees should not be less than 30,000 employees. Their output value is far higher than farming, if there are no things to do now, they must fight for limited arable land, the population can only be concentrated, in order to pull the market, Benxi, the emerging city of the gradually increasing urban population, so that more factories, restaurants, teahouses can survive.

Due to the sudden increase in the urban population, the environment of Benxi is not very good, it can be said that it is a little dirty, but in this relatively dirty environment, Lan Tianwei has seen a vigorous vitality.

"Sell toffee, fragrant and sweet toffee!"

"Cigarette cigarette cigarette..."

"Drive, drive, drive!" Brigade of soldiers appeared on the street. I don't know all the people have given way, but they are just looking at the side of the street, in the past few years, Benxi has been managed not to say that it is in order, but the soldiers are making trouble and hurting people, and the matter of eating and taking buckles has not happened again. If there is no good order, Benxi will not burst out with unprecedented vitality.

"I've seen the teacher!" In addition to Chen Shengwu, the mixed brigade, there is also Qin Yu's most powerful assistant in the economy, Du Liming.

"The division didn't say hello to the lowly people in advance when he came to Benxi, and he almost caught the lowly people off guard." Du Liming is not in the army, and he usually doesn't have so many rules with Qin Yu, so he can't help laughing.

"It's not a war, what are you bringing so many people out for? Let them withdraw. is murderous, and is not afraid of disturbing the silence of the market. Qin Yu waved his hand and said, the reason why he didn't notify Chen Shengwu in advance was because he didn't want to be too troublesome.

"Shizuo, it's no wonder that Brigadier Chen, Benxi is not very stable these days, Lord Zhou received news that some ronins in Japan will have a bit of a conflict with the local gangs in Benxi these days, and he is worried about disturbing Shizao, so Brigadier Chen specially brought people over to prevent accidents." Du Liming explained. It is very simple to get a few guns in this era, and it is not the first time that Qin Yu has been assassinated, so there is nothing wrong with being careful.

"Yes, in the past two years, more and more ronins have entered Benxi, and the number of Japanese businesses has also increased a lot. If it weren't for the division's seat in Benxi, an infantry brigade was added. Benxi is afraid that it is not so stable as it is now. Chen Yanqing couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he has been doing business for many years, and when he has disputes with foreigners, he only has a little confidence in Fengtian City, Benxi, and Taonan, and these places are all areas directly controlled by Qin Yu, and only Qin Yu's army can make them businessmen feel safe.

"Fengtian Province belongs to the Republic of China. The Japanese can't turn the sky upside down yet. When he arrived at Zhou's mansion, Qin Yu turned over and dismounted, came to Benxi, and couldn't say anything if he didn't go to Zhou Yingxue's mother's house to visit.

"Brother Yuchen, you go to see Old Taishan, I'll go in, just walk around Benxi." Blue Sky Blue Road.

"It's okay, Liming sent a few people who are familiar with the road. Follow Mr. Lan, and fight down. Qin Yu said.

"Yes. Division. ”

"Benxi has erected so many power poles, where does this electricity come from?" While Qin Yu went to see the Zhou family, Lan Tianwei wandered around with Jiang Kun, asking a word or two from time to time.

"Of course, it's from the steel mill, where there's plenty of electricity and there's a surplus. Without adding generator sets, it can meet the needs of the following Benxi. Jiang Kun said.

"Then let's go to the steel mill." When I came to Benxi, how could Lan Tianwei not take a look at the large steel plant in Qin Yu's mouth that could be compared with Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant.

"Mr. Lan, please come with me."

For the convenience of transportation, railroad tracks were laid from the mine area to the steel plant.

I saw the buildings and chimneys in the factory area. Liu Gan, Fang Gang and the others, who had been forced to be calm in front of Qin Yu before, looked shocked. In Fengtian Province, I saw a lot of low-rise small houses, even Fengcheng, and there were few decent buildings. Suddenly seeing such a large number of buildings, these people couldn't help but be amazed, and the dormitories of the employees in the factory were all six-story red brick houses. Uniformly glazed windows. Although it is a dormitory, it is already a very good accommodation condition for the poor people of this era.

"These are 350 kilowatt gas generator sets purchased from Siemens in Germany, which can not only supply power to the plant, but also meet the power required by Benxi City Electric Lighting and Electric Fan." At this time, most of the small power plants in China were small generators purchased from Shanghai to foreign companies, and the large ones were only a few tens of kilowatts, and most of them were second-hand goods eliminated by the foreign powers. However, in addition to Shanghai, cities such as Tianjin and Xuzhou do not consume much electricity, and for the time being, tens of kilowatts of generators are sufficient for electric lighting.

"How many people are using electric lights in Benxi now?" Lan Tianwei asked, he didn't know anything about these strange machines. However, it is also known that these things can appear in Benxi, which is a huge progress at present. The industrial civilization of the great powers is a strong foundation. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the reason why the Republic of China has been poor and weak is because the vast majority of people are engaged in traditional and inefficient agriculture.

"731, this year is expected to exceed 1,000, various schools, offices, as well as some new small western-style buildings, hotels will be equipped with electric lights." Jiang Kun said, "When the generator was assembled, there were few households in Benxi, except for the supply of steel plants, the first two or three years have been operating at a loss, and now with the improvement of Benxi conditions, the improvement of the power transmission system, and the increase in the electricity consumption of some factories and family workshops, the power plant has only begun to make a profit. ”

"How much would it cost to build such a power plant?" Fang Gang couldn't help but ask.

"The cumulative investment is not less than 700,000 yuan." Jiang Kun Road.

Fang Gang, Liu Gan and others were dumbfounded, when the revolutionaries were on the Northern Expedition, they were still worried about tens of thousands, more than 100,000 military spending. To the South Seas, to the North American Chinese to raise donations. Raised in various places, I didn't expect that a power plant on this side of Benxi would reach the scale of 700,000 oceans. Looking at the patches of factories, towering chimneys, and busy workers coming and going, Fang Gang, Liu Gan and others were speechlessly shocked. Leading troops to fight and gather people for revolution is what they have been doing before, but in the face of this original barren place and the establishment of an industrial base, there is a sense of powerlessness in their hearts, which is a field they do not understand at all. Even if they succeed and occupy Mukden, will they be able to manage a huge situation? (To be continued......)