Fengxian Jiangshan

With a strong roar, the train drove into Suifenhe Station from the Russian Far East, where a large number of Fengjun soldiers and porters had long been looking forward to.

This train was equipped with the first batch of important machines shipped from Russia. It can be said that these things carried Fengtian's industrialization dream, and everyone paid special attention to them. Zhang Tinglan personally greeted Horvath and asked the Russian army to provide convenience.

In fact, not only Horvath, but even other Russian military officers, Zhang Tinglan also tried to bribe them, of course not only for this transportation, but also for the long-term planning in the future, a group of greedy military officers is definitely a big deal, Sprinkling some money now can also facilitate the recovery of the Middle East Road in the future. After all, the problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

The train drove into the station and gradually stopped in front of everyone. Wang Tieshan jumped out of the car early, walked a few steps, and arrived in front of Zhang Tinglan, with an unconcealable excitement on his face.

During this period of time, he has been moving around in Russia, buying high-ranking officials, and investigating various intelligence data. He has to try his best to get the best equipment for Fengjun, and he has to think hard to deal with those Russian dignitaries. I lost a lot of weight.And being in charge of escorting the goods these days has broken my heart and exhausted my energy, and I almost didn't get a good night's sleep.

His face was full of stubble, his eyes were dark, and the corners of his mouth and eyes were cracked. It looked like he had suffered a lot.

"Thank you!" Zhang Tinglan stretched out his hand first, grabbed Wang Tieshan forcefully, and asked, "It can be seen that I have suffered a lot from the wind and dust all over my body."

"It's a lie to say that we don't suffer, but we're all used to it!" Wang Tieshan said, "What I'm most afraid of is that these goods can't be delivered safely, and I won't be able to redeem them. Now I'm finally back in our On the site. I feel a lot more at ease in my heart!"

"What is the situation in Russia?"

"It's very bad, Young Master Zhang. Just after the new year, there was a general strike of [-] to [-] people in the Russian capital, and not only in the capital, but also in other regions. The number of people is increasing, and it's not just ordinary people, even The army is not stable, but the tsar's army is retreating at the front. A large number of war refugees have poured into the rear, and the entire economy has actually collapsed!"

Wang Tieshan has been in Russia for a long time, and he has been exposed to all levels, and has a very intuitive understanding of the situation in Russia. The situation in this country is even worse than that in the late Qing Dynasty.The opposition forces faced by the Manchu Qing at that time were mainly concentrated in the south, and most of them were speculative constitutionalists.

The situation in Tsarist Russia was even worse than that of the Qing Dynasty.The lower the people.The louder the voice against the tsar, and the more radical ideas are recognized, the slogan of overthrowing the tsarist monarchy has been uttered in the demonstrations.

"Young Master Zhang, according to the original plan, I can still come back at least a week earlier, but Russian workers are on strike in large numbers. The whole society is almost at a standstill, and it has only been delayed until now. I have also noticed along the way, and there are also a lot of wars at stations around the country. Materials. But because the transportation can’t keep up, the troops on the front line can’t get supplies at all, and I don’t think mutiny is far away!”

After Zhang Tinglan listened, she nodded. Basically, the situation in Russia was similar to what she knew. The revolution had reached an irreversible point, and soon an empire would collapse, and then a more terrifying red empire would be reborn.

"Since Russia is in such a mess, will it affect our material transportation?" Zhang Tinglan asked with some anxiety: "According to my estimation, there is not much time left for us. Within a month or two, the situation in Russia will definitely There have been major changes, if the materials cannot be obtained in advance, there will be more variables in the future!"

"Young Master Zhang, don't worry. Officials at all levels in Russia know money now. As long as they pay enough, they can help us with our work. The first batch of goods was to open the road, which wasted a lot of time. Next, we will be familiar with the road. , everything is much easier!"

"En!" Zhang Tinglan nodded in satisfaction: "Old Wang, I will provide you with a sum of several million funds, and you will use all of it to open up the joints and get enough machines. Everything is up to you!"

"Don't worry, Young Master Zhang, this matter is on my shoulders." At this point, Wang Tieshan hesitated to speak.

"If you want to say something, just say it, for your credit, I will never treat you badly!"

"With Mr. Zhang, I feel at ease. In fact, I think the smuggling business will end soon. In the future, if I want to look like a human being, I have to do something serious. I plan to invest in business. I can't do anything else. I think What do you think of a coal mining company?"

Wang Tieshan is also a very smart guy, and he always sees farther than others. Now the most prestigious people in the three eastern provinces are not officials, but entrepreneurs. As long as there is a factory, local officials will take the initiative to help solve the troubles, and There are also a lot of tax incentives, no fool would do it.

Other industries are still difficult to do, but the coal mine is not too difficult. As long as there is a machine, if you get a coal field, you can sit and count money. Synonymous, he chose this industry, which is also very reasonable.

"It's a good idea. After I'm done, I'll arrange it for you. There are many coal mines in Jilin, and there are also Mongolia. Where do you want to invest, I will help you find a way!"

Receiving Zhang Tinglan's promise, Wang Tieshan put his heart into his stomach. This person is not just holding military and political power, but also has unparalleled influence in the business world. One sentence is worth a thousand or ten thousand sentences of others.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, I feel energetic again!"

During the conversation, the moving work had already started, and everyone's faces showed unconcealable joy. These devices were carefully selected, and basically they were [-]% to [-]% new, and some were unopened. Made in France and some in England.

In this era, the most advanced science and technology are still concentrated in Europe. In terms of technical equipment, in addition to Germany, there are Britain and France. At this time, the United States is actually similar to China in later generations. There is still a little gap.

Wang Tieshan was worried that Chinese workers would not be able to get these items, so he specially brought back a few Russian technicians and asked them to guide the handling.

"Take it easy, take it easy! Don't touch it!"

"Talking about you, why didn't you hear me, lightly!"

Xiong Mengyuan, Chen Qiming and others also joined in the command. They were obviously the ones who cared the most about this batch of things. They had the strictest requirements on those porters. The explanatory text must not be damaged at all, these are the best helpers for them to explore the performance of the machine.

Gradually, more and more things were shipped to Jilin, and some were also shipped to Fengtian. With the arrival of these machines, all the things that I had always wanted to do but couldn't do were now possible. Zhang Tinglan sent a letter to the industrial group At the invitation, Fengtian's main businessmen also rushed over.

Qiao Ruixuan, Liu Shucheng, Song Zhongyi, Fan Xudong, etc., also included Zhou Shutao, the representative of the Zhou family. Zhou Shutao was the eldest son of Zhou Xuexi's elder brother Zhang Xuehai, the grandson of the Zhou family, the leader of the younger generation, and Zhou Xinyao's cousin.

Since the relationship between Zhou Xinyao and Zhang Tinglan gradually became clear, the Zhou family has also formed two schools of thought. Some people support this marriage, and of course some people oppose it. The Zhou family and Beiyang share weal and woe. The traditional old-school figures hope to continue to deepen their relationship with Beiyang , Through continuous marriage, make each other inseparable.

However, there is also a group of people who believe that Fengjun's development momentum is fierce, and the business opportunities in the three eastern provinces are huge. They should use the opportunity of marriage to extend their hands to the northeast, which is conducive to the development of the family. In short, the two sides are arguing endlessly.

This time when Zhou Shutao came to Northeast China, he was also ordered to find out about the development of Fengjun, to see if he had any potential and whether it was worth marrying.

However, after Zhou Shutao arrived in Fengtian, he was hit hard. Don’t look at their family running a lot of factories, but because of the cooperation with Beiyang, they were naturally contaminated with bureaucracy. Financial power, their enterprises can only rely on the support of foreigners.

The situation in Fengtian is quite different. The independent status of Fengtian Bank has given great support to businesses, and these enterprises have generally adopted new management methods, and taking advantage of the precious opportunity of World War I, they sold their products overseas and exported them to foreigners. , in exchange for huge profits.

Then the production continued to expand and completely entered a virtuous circle. The industry grew bigger and bigger. In just a few years, there will definitely be a group of businessmen stronger than the Zhou family in Fengtian, let alone the actual control of the industrial group. Zhou Shutao also had a strong interest in Zhang Tinglan. This person who is much younger than himself has too much magical power.

After the people from the industrial group arrived, Zhang Tinglan smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, we claim to be an industrial group, but we mainly focus on light industry, and the heavy industry is almost zero. Now there is a good opportunity in front of everyone. I am going to We are preparing to build a group of heavy industry enterprises, including coal, steel, metallurgy, power generation, machine manufacturing, etc. I wonder if you are interested?"

When these businessmen heard Zhang Tinglan's words, they also became interested. After this period of operation, they all hold a lot of capital in their hands. It can't last long, and when the war is over, they will face the pressure of the great powers to come back.

Therefore, some ambitious businessmen are ready to invest in heavy industry, but they have no clue, neither machine technology nor factory personnel, so they can only suppress their ideas, but Zhang Tinglan suddenly said that he wants to start heavy industry, and they all came to the spirit .

"Mr. Zhang, it's never wrong to follow you to do business. If you show us a way, the big guy will never frown!"

Zhou Shutao, who was watching from the side, was also secretly surprised. He didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to have such a great appeal. He was also very surprised, and wanted to see what kind of touch Zhang Tinglan had. (To be continued..)