For many years, inside and outside the mouth, just outside this Zhang Heng, outside this Zhang Heng City, there is a smell in the air, which is the unique smell of nitrate skin, and the traders who come back to Mongolia bring back millions of skins from the grass every year, and the horse, cattle and sheepskin are nitrated in Zhang Heng, and they are collected by the commercial house and transported to Beijing and Tianjin, or sold or exported. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Heng's city wall is not high, and even a little dilapidated, but this dilapidated city wall is broken from the inside and outside, according to the rules of twenty or fifty years, Zhang Heng is a leather shop in the south of the city, and the north of the city is the Jin merchant firm, and the city is where the bustle lies, and the leather and cattle and horses transported by the Jin merchants from the grass are sold in this city through the tooth shop. For more than 200 years, it has been like this, the north city transport, the south city sales, and the tooth line is in the middle of the dispatch, everyone is well water does not interfere with river water, but it has also achieved Zhang Heng's prosperity.

"The sun comes out and the grinding plate is big, you listen to the guest officers who come and go. Let's not talk about anything else today, let's pull the story of Zhangjiakou's millennium. What do you want to ask Zhangjiakou? There are mountains, water, and wind and sand. I'm blind when I look at the old man, and I'll look at the stories of thousands of years......"

A blind old man in ragged clothes was singing in front of the Chenghuang Temple in Zhangheng County, singing the East Road Duo Tai with a hoarse voice. I saw him holding four hu in his hand and gongs and drums under his feet, and he was like a small troupe. More than a dozen people gathered around the old man, watching him sing a one-man show, and some people took out a few coins and threw them into the copper plate under the old man's feet. Hearing the sound of the copper coin being thrown into the bowl, the blind old man smiled gratefully and sang a word of thanks.

A rush of horses' hooves came, and the crowd of onlookers followed the sound to see a group of men and horses galloping by, and pedestrians dodging one after another. The sharp-eyed ones are all watching. The leader is Da Shengkui's shopkeeper Hao. followed by Yuan Shengde, Tianyide, and Yihedun. Almost all the Jin merchants are here, what's going on?

"It's almost time to come!"

In the upper room on the second floor of the warehouse, Xu Tieshan would occasionally look out the window, looking at Zhang Heng's gray and yellow sky, with a faint smile on his face, he came here to spread the news, so that those rich people in Shanxi would know him and know that he had arrived in Zhang Heng.

However, he is not ready to go to Shanxi from here. This is not because he doesn't dare to go, but because many things can be done in Zhang Heng, and in comparison, it is more convenient to do it here, and it also makes those short-sighted Shanxi natives feel a little more at ease.

For those rich people in Shanxi, Xu Tieshan does not have much prejudice, even if it is a few "Dragon Ticket Villages" that have been blacklisted, he can maintain a normal heart, as the principal said, the current "blacklist". More often than not, it's just an attitude, as for what attitude will be held in the future. That's not what Xu Tieshan can care about, all he cares about is the railway.

Shanxi's rich landlords are different from others, their thinking is more conservative, they would rather build a big mansion and invite opera troupes all day long, rather than invest in industry, even the "persuasion" of the Beiyang Yamen, but only take out a few million taels to buy some stocks and bonds, meaning, even compared to investing in stocks and bonds, they are more willing to donate a worthless official from the imperial court.

And this time, Xu Tieshan came here to put pressure on those rich people in Shanxi, and then take money from their pockets, in order to build the railway, he promised the principal that it would not affect the issuance of stocks and bonds of the railway company, which means that he could not issue railway bonds or stocks on exchanges such as Dalian, Tianjin, Shanghai, Wuchang, and Guangzhou, and other places.

Thinking about it, there are only two places that are still blank, one is Shanxi, the other is Shaanxi, Shanxi and Shaanxi have the habit of doing business since ancient times, and have the habit of cellaring silver, but the latter's local rich gentry were almost killed when the "Tongzhi Rebellion" was killed, and everyone in Shaanxi who started by selling salt is one or two of the ten, and the vitality has not yet recovered, so in contrast, it is the Shanxi gentry who can be pointed to.

"General manager, do you think these Shanxi businessmen will give us the silver?"

Compared with the general manager's self-confidence, Li Yumin does not have much confidence, as we all know, in the newspapers in the Northeast in the late Ming Dynasty Jin Shang's "traitor" move, can be described as extremely accusatory, and even serialized historical stories. In such a situation, how could they be willing to give the money?

"You're trying to say that we scolded them so badly that they didn't dare to give us the money, did they?"

Looking at the horse team at the intersection in the distance, who was galloping on the street, Xu Tieshan had a smile on his face, who would dare to be so arrogant in this Zhang Heng except for the major numbers.

"Don't worry, the more we scold in the Northeast, the more they will want to give us the silver, don't underestimate these Shanxi people, just pull out a compound, dig into the yard, you can get up millions of taels, you know......"

After a pause, Xu Tieshan said in a rather emotional tone.

"A hundred years of accumulation is not comparable to other places, and besides, the south has not yet recovered from the Longhair Rebellion, if they are willing to take silver, let alone one railway, even ten railways can be built! Well, here they are! Let's go talk to them......"

With that, Xu Tieshan got up and walked downstairs. Those people are almost time to arrive.

Dacheng Warehouse is at the mouth of Daiwang Lane in the west of the city, Hao Jianmei and others came to the door of Longyun Warehouse, and jumped off the horse, and the strong men who jumped off the horse went to the front of the store.

After Hao Jianmei, who was dressed in a silk dress, dismounted, her face was still flat, and she immediately commanded in a deep voice.

"Xingzi, you take care of the front door; Don't be stunned, a few of you fence off the yard. Only in but not out! ”

Commanded here, Hao Jianmei over there made a request to the shopkeepers of several businesses beside him.

"Old, let's go in!"

"Shopkeeper Hao, please!"

In the invitation of others, Hao Jianmei naturally walked in the forefront without showing weakness, and the previous invitation was just polite. Strode into the warehouse.

Wealth is confidence!

Although in the middle of the Mongolian merchants, in terms of seniority, Da Shengkui did not take the lead in the dragon back then, relying on the dragon ticket issued by the emperor Taizu. The old number that entered the meadow. But after all, he also entered the grassland with Kangxi. Two hundred years of painstaking management, the momentum has long overwhelmed those old numbers that have been supplied with dragon tickets but have long since declined, and now who in Mongolia does not know Da Shengkui?

At this time, he Hao Jianmei naturally walked in the forefront, if he didn't take the lead, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to pull it out.

A group of people came in violently, although they did not bring knives and guns, but they still frightened the people in the warehouse. Some guests thought that the government was coming to investigate the case, looking for an opportunity to slip away, and some people looked at the people who came in blankly, thinking about the identities of these people, obviously, they were not from the government.

Seeing that someone wanted to go out, the long entourage who followed Hao Jianmei's side stretched out his ape arm to block their way, and asked loudly.

"Don't go! …… Who is the shopkeeper? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a man with a black mole on the side of his face squeezed out of the crowd. Here in Zhang Heng, no one knows Da Shengkui's shopkeeper Hao, this is a noble person who can't be seen before.

"Ouch, it's your old man who is the shopkeeper Hao, and the small one is the shopkeeper here, the villain's surname is Li, Li Wanchun. Hello to your old ......"

Bowing, the shopkeeper Li, who invited An, couldn't help muttering in his heart, pulling such a big formation, what is this for?

"Shopkeeper Li, I am disturbing today, I have offended a lot, I hope you will forgive me!"

It was still Hao Jianmei's long-term entourage who spoke, but Hao Jianmei and a few shopkeepers had already sat down, and then a Yuan Shengde second cabinet next to him said sharply.

"Less nonsense! I ask you, are there a few people who live here in Western clothes before! ”

Shopkeeper Li rolled his eyes, calmed down a little, and hurriedly said.

"Ah, yes, yes......"

How did those guys offend the big guys on these numbers? can also offend all the businesses that can be counted. I knew that those people were a trouble, so I didn't want to pay for the few taels of silver, and it was better to offend the government than to offend the business in Zhang Heng, not to mention that it was still these businesses that were counted, and they were offended, not to mention that it was in Zhang Heng, I am afraid that even in Shanxi and Zhili may not be able to stay.

For so many years, I don't know how many people, just because they offended these people, they ended up with a ruined family, and finally had to stay away from home, and after doing business for so many years, they didn't even have this eyesight.

Just when the second cabinet wanted to get angry again, he heard a burst of laughter coming from the backyard through the curtain, and the laughter was very hearty.

"I said, this anger is also a little bigger, this business is about harmony and wealth, and it is not reasonable to move such a big anger!"

When the words fell, the curtain was opened, and it was not someone else who walked into the lobby, it was Xu Tieshan, but this time he did not wear a Western-style hunting costume, but changed into a black and blue Han dress.

This Hanfu dress really made everyone stunned, and the eyes of several shopkeepers were a little uncertain, if this dress is attitude, it is really true, although he has Western-style short hair, but this Hanfu alone is no less than a slap in the face to them.

Xu Tieshan, who entered the lobby, had a smile on his face, although there were only two of them, but when facing these dozen people, he didn't have a trace of fear, the reason why he wasn't afraid was because he was sure that these people didn't have the courage to take people's lives.

"Shopkeeper Xu!"

Seeing that the main owner was coming, Hao Jianmei raised his eyelids slightly, hugged his fists and saluted, but he didn't do it, and the other shopkeepers naturally didn't do it either.

"Okay, it's no one else's business, it's time to go out, let's all go out!"

Although Hao Jianmei's words were not loud, the surrounding merchants listened to it, and they all left the inn as if they were fleeing, for fear of accidentally getting into some trouble.

"Shopkeeper Hao!"

Without saying a word, Xu Tieshan sat down and smiled at the shopkeeper in the room.

"I don't know, why are you here today?"

The shopkeeper Li of the inn over there broke out in a cold sweat.

"I heard that the shopkeeper Xu has opened a new business road this year, and I think this business must be very prosperous!"

Hao Jianmei's voice was not loud, but he was holding back the fire in his heart, for no other reason, although there were semicolons in Kulun and other places, no one would have thought that this surnamed Xu would put his hand into Monti in winter, the snow here has not yet melted, and the pass for this year's caravan has not yet been issued from the yamen. Even the goods are not yet available. The one surnamed Xu opened the semicolon to Coulomb. By the time the news reached Taiyuan, everyone had sold millions of goods!

Not only was they caught off guard, but what was even more annoying was that they pulled down the price by three to fifty percent, and the "iron bucket country" built by the commercial merchants of Mongolia and Jin for more than 200 years was completely ruined by this person's unruliness, and its hatred was far more hateful than those who entered Mongolia alone, at least there were no bad rules. But these people. But he didn't have the heart to follow the rules at all.

"Business, there are wins and losses, no one can say for sure!"

Xu Tieshan did not answer directly, compared with the Jin merchants, he has more advantages, relying on railway and water transportation, he can transport the freight to the edge of Mongolia, and then load the big carriage in the warehouse to transport it to Mongolia, which is naturally far from being comparable to the Jin merchants who carry horses and packs. Even this year, the North Korean tea bricks were switched to along with the tea bricks. Anyway, those Mongols can't tell the good from the bad.

As for cotton cloth and ironware, the prices of consumer goods produced by factories in Northeast China are far cheaper than those of local goods in Shanxi. It is by virtue of the price advantage that the Jin merchants can be squeezed out of business.

"Shopkeeper Xu, your bank has the governors of the three provinces as a guarantee, and we are the small businessmen of Jindi, and we can't afford to offend each other, but this time, you are inevitably too much!"

Hao Jianmei's words mean something, referring not to its entry into Mongolia, the Jin merchants' monopoly of Mongolia's commerce and trade is based on the government's concession, although as early as the Qianlong period, the imperial court relaxed the control of Mongolian merchants, more and more people into the ranks of Mongolian merchants, but the Jin merchants still monopolize Mongolia, relying on the government's "collusion".

But all the Beijing merchants and Zhili merchants who can do it in Mongolia rely on the support of the government, and now this Xu Tieshan relies on the governor of the three eastern provinces, and the government is dependent on each other, so why can't the Jin Gang do anything about them, and it is precisely because of this that they can only sit back and watch it break the rules of the Shang Gang for more than 200 years. If there was no governor of the three eastern provinces behind him, how could they allow him to break the rules of Mongolia's business.

What Hao Jianmei never expected was that Xu Tieshan not only put his hand into Mengdi, but even put his hand into Zhang Heng and Shanxi! This is undoubtedly unacceptable to him, no, as soon as he got the news that Xu Tieshan was in Zhang Heng, he hurriedly came over and brought someone to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"But it's not, shopkeeper Xu, what you are doing is too inauthentic, we are doing business in Mongolia, and we have always paid attention to the rules, not to mention that you have broken the rules in Mongolia, and you have set a bad example, not to mention, this time, what kind of license do you have to get here, you really can't deceive us!"

It was Tianyide's shopkeeper who spoke, and the thin license was not a license to do business in Mongolia, but a "license" for land allocation.

"That's it, don't think that if you have a backer, you can be rampant like this, this place, after all, is Zhang Heng!"

"If I deceive you, how can I, brother, come here to sell the charter?"

With a smile on her face, Xu Tieshan seemed very sincere.

"With this license, the railway to Kulun will be built in the future, so that the voucher can be purchased, and the voucher is not to sell the goods, if it is not for the fact that Zhang Heng and other places have been engaged in business in Mongolia for more than 200 years, how can the brother give up his close to this Zhang Heng?"

Railway!

Everyone only listened to this word, and suddenly all of them were frightened, they were no strangers to the railway, after all, now Zhili is building the railway, and even the governor of Zhili, Lord Li, asked them to borrow money, but to build the railway into Mongolia? They really didn't think that the reason why the Jin merchants were able to monopolize the business of Mengdi was because of the inconvenient transportation? If the railroad is built, who will do business with them?

Could it be that the Northeast should build a railway into Mongolia...... If so, then, then...... Having done business in Mongolia for more than 200 years, don't they know that in addition to the control of officials and businessmen, the more important thing is that the transportation is inconvenient. Is there still a place for the big guys?

Everyone's surprise fell in Xu Tieshan's eyes, he just smiled secretly, if it wasn't for the way, how could he come to Zhang Heng, in order to avoid the road construction and raising shares to affect the Northeast Railway Company, he could only come to Zhang Heng to find silver, for no other reason, because only these people know what Mongolia has, and there are countless wealth.

Of course, more importantly......

"So you have the iron heart to swallow this Mongolian land alone?"

Compared with the surprise of others, Hao Jianmei realized the problem at the first time, at the beginning, he also came to this license, in order to pull the merchants to the northeast, but he never thought that it was set up as a "leg", it was the "leg" of the firm, if there were not more than a thousand guys in Mongolia, how could it be today's Da Shengkui, but the person in front of him wanted to completely swallow the land, in fact, this is not a new thing, just like they took the license from the government. It's just that the license issued by the surnamed Xu is a voucher for the traders to purchase goods in the future, is that voucher very important? If there is no railway, it is not worth mentioning, but if there is a railway, and the railway is still under the control of the surname Xu, then the time will ...... This man was stuck in Monti's lifeblood at once.

"Alone? How dare a brother have such a heart? If so, how could they sell the licence? ”

Shaking his head, Xu Shushan denied it, and at the same time, he put on a smile on his face.

"Well, since you're here, do you want to invest in railways? You know, the speed of road construction in the Northeast has always been the first in the world, maybe, next year, you will be able to take the train to Coulomb! (To be continued.) )