However, now that Hong Kong is rising, Macao's shipbuilding industry has plummeted, and it can be predicted that there will be no improvement in the shipbuilding industry in the foreseeable years.

The employees of these shipyards, with the exception of a few Western engineers and clerks, are all Chinese and have a fairly good level of technology, and can be proficient in using a variety of Western machines, including lathes, milling machines and drilling machines.

Yes, Macao's shipyards are also up to date, although they are inferior to the advanced shipyards in Europe, but there are still necessary machines, at least equivalent to the level of the twenties in Europe, both woodworking machine tools and metal cutting machine tools, most of which are driven by animal or human power, and some are driven by steam engines.

Advanced, Zhao Dagui nodded secretly.

Because there are very few Westerners in Macau, and most of them are rich, and they are engaged in hundreds of jobs as a cheap industry, so the workers in these factories are Chinese, and many of them have worked in this kind of shipyard for decades, and the level is quite good.

It's just that they also know that the shipbuilding industry is in a recession now, and they are likely to be fired, so some people are worried.

"It's a treasure trove, even more important than the Great China Steamship. Zhao Dagui was extremely happy in his heart, and it was a little hard to believe his good luck, it seemed that he had come to Macau at the right time.

In the early years, when the business was good, no one would be willing to sell the factory, and in a few years, when the business was bleak, the shipyard would definitely be dealt with, and the workers would be scattered all over the place, and it would be boring to just take some machines.

Consult with the owner of a shipyard about the price, and take all the land and machinery, which is about 6,000 yuan, as for the workers, if they want to continue to be hired, they will be retained, and if they don't want to use them, they will be let go home.

"These damn bastards. ”

Zhao Dagui scolded secretly, and spent 5,500 yuan to take down all the shipyards, and then announced to all employees that from workers to technicians to ordinary clerks, could stay in the shipyard and continue to work.

It's just that Zhao Dagui himself is from Shanghai, and all these machines must be packed and brought to Shanghai, and Chinese workers and other employees will also follow them to Shanghai.

Chinese workers are relatively poor and anxious to find work to support their families, so as long as Zhao Dagui does not deduct his wages and is responsible for making them go back and forth once a year in the future, he is willing to follow Zhao Dagui to Shanghai.

A few people asked if they could bring their families to Shanghai together, and Zhao Dagui immediately agreed, and promised to help them settle down, and even help find job opportunities or something, which made more people willing to bring all their families to Shanghai.

Those Westerners, engineers and technicians Zhao Dagui must have tried their best to persuade them to take them away, as for ordinary clerks, they are a little casual, but as long as they are willing to go to Shanghai, they will definitely give people a chance.

As a result of such negotiations, the vast majority of people agreed to go to Shanghai to try, and only a few people could not leave their homeland, and Zhao Dagui was helpless about it.

Zhao Dagui was still a little dissatisfied with the three technicians and more than 40 workers who got three technicians and continued to contact the owners of other shipyards.

In the end, the result of some hard work was the purchase and annexation of five shipyards, a dozen Western technicians and more than 200 Chinese workers, as well as a large amount of equipment and machinery.

"It's only more than 30,000 yuan before and after, and I have so many workers and technicians, as well as machines and equipment, which is really profitable. Zhao Dagui was secretly happy in his heart, and only then did he understand how terrifying the purchasing power of the wealth in his hands was in this era.

With this relationship with Macao's shipbuilding industry, another advantage is that it will be cheaper and much easier to buy other equipment or merchant ships in the future.

Zhao Dagui brought a lot of employees of Dagui Commercial Bank this time, and asked them to come forward to do a series of trivial tasks such as packing machines, renting cargo ships and passenger ships, and relocating to Shanghai, while he followed Stark around Macau.

"You bought so many shipyards, hired so many employees, and just made a supporting ship repair yard for the steamship company, it seems that there is some need, right?"

Stark originally thought that Zhao Dagui was just going to buy a shipyard, but he didn't expect the other party to be eager to pack up all the shipbuilding industry in Macau, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Any ship has 200,000 yuan, and spending 30,000 yuan to build a shipyard is nothing, right?" Zhao Dagui asked rhetorically.

"Hehe, it seems that you have really made a lot of money in Shanghai, and your economic strength is first-class. Stark knew that Zhao Dagui had always had some resentment about buying an expensive ship, so he hurriedly diverted the topic.

"It's still not as good as a certain young master, there are mountains of gold and silver at home, unlike us who make some hard money all day long. ”

"The money in the family is the money in the family, not my own after all.

I actually have a lot of business here, how about we work together?"

"That's good, of course. ”

Stark naturally has a lot of resources in his hands, but he can't use them to exchange money, and he is very interested in meeting a powerful Chinese businessman like Zhao Dagui.

The two are close in age, and their temperaments are somehow very similar, and they soon hooked up together and came up with a lot of ways to make money.

"I'm happy today, let's go, let's find a place to drink.

I know there's a place in Macau where the rum is the best in all of China, and I invite you to come and drink it. Stark was temperamental, and finalized a big deal with Zhao Dagui, so he pulled Zhao Dagui to drink.

"That's a good idea. But, to be honest, I still prefer wine to rum. Zhao Dagui said with a smile.

"Drink the best wine someday, Louis's, or thirteen. Starkra walked with Zhao Dagui and said happily.

Zhao Dagui thought that Stark would take him to a tavern in Macau, but he didn't expect the other party to take him to a monastery, looking at the nameplate, it seemed to be called "Grimm Abbey".

"Let's go to the monastery to find a drink, isn't it?" Zhao Dagui couldn't help but be stunned.

"What's wrong with not knowing that the best wine in Europe has always been made in the monasteries?" Stark scrambled to the monastery.

Zhao Dagui thought about it, this is really a cultural difference, if it is a Buddhist temple or Taoist temple in China, it will be scolded to death by the believers the next day, but European monasteries have always had a tradition of brewing excellent wine.

Even in modern times, the wine brewed in many monasteries is the most high-end luxury.