Northeast people pay attention to cat winter, in December, the ground has long been covered by thick snow, the weather is cold and cold, a gust of northwest wind blows, as if it can penetrate the clothes and flesh, blow directly into the bone marrow, and the current winter is much colder than the future generations.

Zhang Tinglan also had to get a mink robe, wrapped all his body, with a dogskin hat on his head, and thick cotton shoes under his feet.

"Bears are bears, you can't joke with your life for the sake of grace!" After Zhang Tinglan got dressed, he got into the carriage and went straight to the North Market.

Since Zhang Tinglan came to this era, he regarded the North Market as the key point to break the situation, and the fact is indeed as he estimated, with the successful development of the North Market, more and more Fengtian businessmen took the initiative to join Zhang Tinglan's chariot, until the formation of an industrial group, control of the official silver number, and the Fengtian business community was completely attached to Zhang Tinglan's door.

At present, the industrial group of the industrial company controls the large and small commercial houses in Fengtian, controls the main factories, and controls the finance, and the strength in their hands is already quite strong. When finance and industry are combined, in fact, the prototype of a consortium has appeared, and what Zhang Tinglan wants to build is the Feng consortium.

With the support of a strong consortium, the Feng system can develop better, which is the combination of Jiangsu, Zhejiang chaebol and Huangpu department, which has made a very good example. Therefore, Zhang Tinglan attaches great importance to the commercial development of Fengtian, and no matter how busy he is, he keeps in touch with Liu Shucheng, Qiao Ruixuan and others as much as possible to understand the latest situation.

"Zhang Shao, I knew you would come over, so I waited early."

"Lao Liu is too polite, I'm just going around. How's business going everywhere now? ”

"It's good, it's much better than before." Liu Shucheng said with a smile: "Master Zhang has become Zhang Dashuai, and the resistance to our development has disappeared all of a sudden. Director Wang is rectifying public order again, and even the soldiers and ruffians are a lot less, without these extortions, business is much easier. ”

Liu Shucheng said with a smile: "During this time, I have been busy buying grain in various places, and many places in Fengtian have suffered disasters this year, so I am afraid that the price of grain will rise a lot next year." ”

"How much it went up. We can't make this money, and if someone hoards it, we have to act decisively to stabilize food prices. ”

"Zhang Shao, don't worry. None of us are a short-sighted person, and Fengtian industry and commerce finally have hope for development. How can you dig your own grave? I heard that you have set up a cash-for-work program in Liaoyang. More than 80,000 peasants will open up their fields next year? ”

"That's right, now we are selecting the plot of Tuntian, preparing things like cattle seeds, and starting to do it in the spring."

"It's good to open up the wasteland, after clearing the wasteland, you have your own source of food. If there are any more floods and droughts, grain production reductions and so on, we don't have to be afraid. ”

Liu Shucheng said some of Zhang Tinglan's plans to open up the wasteland and tuntian, and he always has grain in his hands. Don't panic in your heart, this food is the anchor of a society!

At present, the Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, and the food pressure is much smaller than that of the Guannai, but Zhang Tinglan knows very well that the Northeast will definitely have to emigrate a large number of people from the Guannai in the future, and also develop industry, and the urban population will also grow rapidly, and the demand for food will grow very quickly.

"Lao Liu, are you interested in organizing people to open up the wasteland?"

Liu Shucheng smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Zhang Shao, don't laugh, although I have become rich in business, and now I am investing in factories with you, I always feel that the land is still reliable and reliable." ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded, it seems that what Wang Yongjiang said is not wrong at all, the Chinese people's concept is like this, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is easy to change.

"Lao Liu, I am not against investing in land, but I am resolutely against landlords who rely solely on land rent and rentier. This time, I am going to refer to the foreign farm model to do it, and you can also observe that the income will be several times higher than the land rent. ”

"Zhang Shao, you have never missed it, I will definitely learn from you."

If you can't curb the impulse of these people for the land, then let them be farmers, which is better than the local owner, this is Zhang Tinglan's wishful thinking.

There are some things that it will be much easier for a private liliang like Liu Shucheng to do it than the government, and it would be good if these people really had the enthusiasm to build rural areas. Even if the grain output is lower than that of the later generations, it is not a problem for the Northeast to feed 35 million people, and now the three provinces are more than 10 million people, and there is a huge room for growth.

If there are a large number of farms, there will inevitably be a labor shortage, and these businessmen will naturally take the initiative to bring in labor from the Guannai, which will not just increase the population of the Northeast, and immigration to the real border is also the next thing to be done in Fengtian, and the joint efforts of the government and the non-governmental sector will produce a very good effect.

"Lao Liu, if you set up a farm, you will not only produce grain, but also grow soybeans and develop an oil mill."

Liu Liu Shucheng's eyes suddenly widened, his breathing was even a little short, he stared at Zhang Tinglan deadly, and asked in disbelief: "Zhang Shao, are you going to grab the jobs of the Japanese?" ”

"It was the Japanese who robbed us of our jobs, everyone knows how high the profit of soybeans is, even the West has to import from China, and as a result, the processing and export are all controlled by the Japanese, and sit back and watch a piece of fat fall into the mouths of the Japanese, which is the blood and sweat of the people of Fengtian, who can be willing to watch it robbed by the Japanese!"

Liu Shucheng nodded and said: "I understand Zhang Shao's plan, but this kind of thing is not something that businessmen can say, and the government must be able to withstand the pressure of the Japanese."

"Well, what we have to do now is the layout in the early stage, first of all, we must have a soybean production base in our hands, there is a sufficient supply of goods, and the second step is to establish a new oil mill, and the machines and jishu can be imported to the United States. When the time is ripe, we will use Huludao or Yingkou and other places to directly export soybeans, and set up a soybean trading center in the north market. ”

Zhang Tinglan had long thought about winning the profits of soybeans, but the Japanese were in control of it, and it was too difficult to start, so he planned for a long time and came up with such a roundabout way forward, starting from planting, slowly mastering the industrial chain in his own hands, and then fighting a decisive battle with the Japanese.

And by that time, Zhang Zuolin was almost already a patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, holding great power, and also had the capital to deal with the Japanese.

"Zhang Shao, since you have made up your mind, of course we will take the lead. Minsheng Department Store has officially opened for business in the past two days, do you want to go and see it? ”

Zhang Tinglan also participated in the planning, his design changed the narrow pattern of Chinese shops in the past, referring to the supermarket style of later generations, the building is spacious and tall, the shelves are neat and hygienic, and the staff are uniformly dressed.

In short, Zhang Tinglan made a bunch of suggestions, and I don't know how they will implement them, and now Liu Shucheng suddenly mentioned it, Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Lao Liu, take the initiative to invite me to go, I'm afraid that the business is good, you want to show it!" ”

"Zhang Shao, you are beating a rake, the design plan of the people's livelihood is proposed by you, we will do things according to your instructions, and the credit is yours!"

Zhang Tinglan also smiled and said, "Since that's the case, let's go and take a look." ”

They left the headquarters of the Industrial Company and went straight to the North Market, and when they came out of the Great West Gate, the road had more than doubled, and it was all asphalt roads, in order to facilitate their access to the North Market.

Along the way, there are more and more people, some people are driving carriages, and there are also ordinary people pushing wheelbarrows, there is an endless stream, most of the people's carts are filled with rice, flour, oil, salt and other things, and some cars have firecrackers Spring Festival couplets.

"Lao Liu, it's a little too early to start buying New Year's goods at this time, right?"

"It's not early, there is still a month to go before the end of the year, all year round, the old and young in the family are looking forward to this day! Besides, this New Year's goods should be purchased as soon as possible, what if you can't buy them at the end of the year? ”

Liu Shucheng explained with a smile, Zhang Tinglan also nodded, he also remembered, in his previous life, when he was young, his family also bought New Year's goods early, and everything was ready. It's just that things are getting richer and richer, and there is no need to be in a hurry, it's the same when you buy it, maybe it's because it's not urgent, and there's no sense of expectation, so the taste of the New Year fades.

"This young master sees that you are a big family, you don't have to worry about these trivial matters, the promotion of small people is different." The rickshaw driver said with a smile: "Just three days ago, Minsheng Department Store officially opened, announcing that the purchase of New Year's goods within ten days would be discounted, and the people of Fengtian were shocked. ”

As soon as Zhang Tinglan heard the driver mention Minsheng Department Store, she asked with a smile: "It's not just cheap, what if the things are not good?" ”

"This young master, on the opening day, the villain went to Minsheng for a turn, and I borrowed money at that time and bought a bunch of New Year's goods to go home. The things of the people's livelihood are complete, walk upstairs and downstairs, and buy everything. The price is more than one percent lower than the outside, and it is also a nine-percent discount, a good thing for pies in the sky, who can miss it, this is not everyone here, I heard that many people in other places have been alarmed, ready to come to Minsheng to buy New Year's goods! ”

In order to ensure the basic order, even a large number of police officers had to be mobilized to maintain order, Zhang Tinglan did not expect that the business would be so good, it was like a fire, but this also brought trouble, and it was too difficult to get in.

"Zhang Shao, let's not squeeze with them at the main gate, let's go in from behind!"

Liu Shucheng led Zhang Tinglan into Minsheng Department Store through the back door, Liu Shucheng casually pulled over a specially designed shopping cart, and said with a smile: "Zhang Shao, according to your suggestion, we came up with this thing, don't say it, push this shopping cart, most people will unconsciously buy more things." ”

Zhang Tinglan also noticed that these shopping carts that didn't look big, but had an amazing volume, showed a hint of pride on her face, this is one of the traps of the supermarket! (To be continued......)