In the spring and summer war of 1915, Russia lost more than 1.7 million soldiers, lost countless weapons and equipment, and lost a large area of territory, and the front had to retreat in great strides.

Although Russia has a large population, it cannot withstand such losses, and the gray cattle can be recruited again after they die, but the losses of arms and weapons cannot be replenished for the time being, and Russia is in an unprecedented difficult situation. The social contradictions in the country have intensified, strikes have become more frequent, and the flames of the uprising have become difficult to suppress.

This war has become a nightmare for the Russians, and a nightmare with no end in sight. Fred has a clear understanding of the internal situation in Russia through various means, and he is very fortunate to be able to cooperate with Zhang Tinglan.

The country was at its most critical, but the Russian aristocracy was completely unaware, they still lived in luxury, and their demand for luxuries continued unabated, and the more expensive the better, and they did not hesitate to spend their money.

The nobles of Tsarist Russia do not seem to care about the life and death of this empire, they only hope that the war can continue, they do not care whether Russia wins or not, so as long as they fight, they can use the power in their hands to covet the military expenses of the Mexican government and rob the wealth of merchants, which is the so-called war wealth!

Zhang Tinglan's smuggled luxury goods just impressed the Russian aristocracy, who turned their ill-gotten gains into high-end leather clothes, expensive wine, cosmetics, jewelry, etc., anything that could satisfy their ostentatious mentality was sought after.

Qiao Lanyun's business ability has indeed been fully exerted, the goods she chooses are all things that can move people's hearts, from Shanghai Tang, from Tianjin Wei to transport the goods with great effort, the investment is very amazing, but the harvest is even more amazing, many things can get more than ten times the profit.

With merchandise and banknotes, Fred finally bought off the greedy Russian aristocracy once and for all, and this time he shipped a large number of second-hand machines from Russia in the name of buying scrap iron.

Zhang Tinglan was sending people to carry it from the train at this time, and Fred said triumphantly: "Zhang, this time I only spent a small amount of money to let the Russians close four factories, including a quilt factory, a canning factory, a cement factory, and a flour mill. Then all the machines were purchased at the price of scrap iron, and I also hired a dozen jishu workers for you, and soon the machines could be reinstalled, and you could have four factories! ”

Also involved in the porter's work this time is Liu Shucheng, he only knew that Zhang Tinglan had received grain from the Russians in the past, which has already made Liu Shucheng admire the five bodies, so many years, it is the foreigners who bully the Chinese, how can the Chinese take advantage of the foreigners, I am afraid that Zhang Tinglan is the first!

As a result, Liu Shucheng now knows that Zhang Tinglan has done this level of trading, which is equivalent to digging directly into the corners of Russia, and he got four factories at once, which is not a small deal!

The sewing machines, electric mills, etc. shipped are good machines, at this time the number of Chinese factories is very small, and the machines are extremely backward, basically the rags of the powers, not that the Chinese do not want to get good things, but simply cannot afford it.

This is also the same in later generations, since the beginning of the industrial revolution in Britain, there are only a handful of fully industrialized countries on Shijie, the reason is that the huge investment in the early stage cannot be afforded, even if the great powers do not engage in jishu blockade, a single price threshold is enough to discourage most countries, and complete sets of industrial machines are too expensive.

The machine shipped this time is relatively advanced, although Liu Shucheng has never run a factory, but he still has a vision.

"Zhang Shao, you asked me to buy a few small workshops that produce building materials before, and the cement equipment shipped this time is very good, and our factory is about to land!"

"Well, it's really good, other quilt factories, flour mills, and canning factories should also be established, after a while, we will not only rely on smuggling, but also traffic serious goods, smuggling is never a right way, and we have to train our own workers, it is necessary to establish factories!"

Compared with later generations, these machines are very simple, stupid, black and coarse, not beautiful at all, and their performance is average, but this is indeed the beginning of Mukden's industrialization, so it is very important.

"Old friend, light industry is good, it's best to get some heavy industrial equipment, preferably military production lines, this is what we urgently need!"

"Zhang, you are not greedy enough, it is not easy to get these equipment, Russia has entered the wartime system, the production control of materials is very strict, the soldiers on the front line are not full of food and clothing, if they know that we bought the precious machine for the price of scrap iron, they will definitely rebel!"

Zhang Tinglan hahadaxiao: "Don't worry, even if it is a rebellion, it will only cause trouble to the Tsarist government, and it has nothing to do with us." ”

Fred also had a smile on his face, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "The Russians are indeed in great trouble, Zhang, I think the Russians are likely to lose the race!" ”

When Zhang Tinglan first met Fred, he said that Russia was in a race against time, and if it wanted to survive, it had to win the first war before the empire collapsed.

"Zhang, we still need to talk in depth and come up with a more haode cooperation plan."

Zhang Tinglan and Fred have cooperated many times, and they already have a deep tacit understanding, he knows that this Jew should be ready to lay out on the Russians, Zhang Tinglan is also happy to do so, any empire collapses, it is a luxurious feast, it depends on how much you can eat.

"We really should talk about it, we all have to think about it, a huge cake is in front of us."

Soon the equipment was removed, and this time Fred also recruited a dozen Russian mechanics, the Russian economy had collapsed, the black market was rampant, these workers worked desperately, and they could not support their families, so they were extremely enthusiastic when they heard that they had the opportunity to work in China and get paid well.

In order to avoid too much influence, Fred only selected a dozen of the most skilled and honest guys, and this time they came by train together. Zhang Tinglan immediately asked Liu Shucheng to prepare the most haode house, place these Russian technicians, let them eat well and live well, and then let them take out all their skills.

These things don't need to be explained by Zhang Tinglan, Liu Shucheng can already arrange them very well, he placed these Russians in a special compound, provided them with high wages, prepared a large amount of spirits, and found a few women to accompany them.

These Russians have a penchant for alcohol to the point of outrageousness, and for them spirits are like water. Especially during this period of time, Russia was short of materials, and they couldn't afford to buy wine at all, but now in Mukden, they finally had the opportunity to drink wildly, and they all seemed to die.

Liu Shucheng was even worried that they would drink to death, so he had to set strict restrictions, and they were only allowed to binge drink if they had taught the apprentices, which made the bears stop going crazy.

From the moment the machine was shipped to Mukden, the four factories began to enter the intense construction, Liu Shucheng had previously acquired several small workshops, expanded the plant on the original basis, and then placed all the machines in.

These Russians participated in the whole process, and Liu Shucheng selected a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old young people with the strongest learning ability to follow the Russians' side, starting from how they installed the machine, and striving to become a qualified worker as soon as possible, and soon Zhang Tinglan would be able to own the first batch of factories.

Of course, this is not enough to satisfy Zhang Tinglan's appetite, what he really wants is steel mills, power plants, coal mining plants, and even military factories, and only heavy industry is the backbone of a country.

The end of Tsarist Russia is a good opportunity to get a batch of machines and jishu workers from Russia, although Russia is at the bottom of the great powers, and the industrial jishu is at the bottom, but the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and it is no better than China.

And with the foundation of Fengtian, don't think about making too high-end things at all, even if you put the precision instrument in front of you, not many people will operate it, on the contrary, Russia's relatively backward things are just suitable for China's national conditions.

This time, since Fred is going to lay out Russia, he will simply hand over everything he needs to make money, and get as many dry goods as he can. However, Zhang Tinglan's thoughts have flown to Europe, Germany and Austria-Hungary are the top military enterprises, and the collapse of these two empires is the biggest opportunity.

In addition, Britain and France will also be greatly damaged, and the short-term opportunity after the First World War must not be missed, at least to solve the problem of whether Mukden weapons are not used, as for the quality depends on the efforts of the Chinese workers themselves.

After thinking about it for a day and deciding on the general plan, Zhang Tinglan was about to go to Fred, and his father Zhang Zuoxiang happened to return to the mansion. As soon as he saw Zhang Zuoxiang, he said with a smile: "Tinglan, Gao Ming's director has been removed, and Wang Yongjiang has temporarily acted as the director." Yuting also went to visit Zhang Xiluan, I guess the old man may not be so angry! ”

Speaking of Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Zuolin is obviously bullying Zhang Xiluan's old age.

"Tinglan, during this period of time, you have copied the Koreans, Shengyun, and Gao family one after another, and your reputation is not very good, in the future, this kind of dirty work will be handed over to your subordinates, don't always think about charging into battle!"

Zhang Tinglan also blushed, his father said kind words, some people outside already called him a little bandit, although it was refreshing to copy the house, but it did affect his reputation. Zhang Zuoxiang also loves Zhang Tinglan, a person's reputation is still very important, Zhang Tinglan is young, has a great future, and her reputation can't be bad. Zhang Tinglan also understood her father's hard work, so she hurriedly nodded yes, Zhang Zuoxiang smiled with satisfaction: "If you have something, go and get busy!" ”

After saying goodbye to his father, Zhang Tinglan quickly rushed to Daosheng Bank, and Fred had already prepared the first-class Fujian Tieguanyin.

"Zhang, before I talk about Russia, I want to tell you a good news, the Russian side has loosened, the bait has been thrown, it depends on whether the Japanese can get on the trap!"

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