Republic of China: I am a great warlord, many children, many blessings

When Shen Hao takes over Ganxi Province, there will be enough talents of all kinds, and the drama will need theoretical talents like Chang Naichao to teach.

So Shen Hao said: "Continue to recruit soldiers at the present time, according to the standard of 30,000 people.

Chu Yunfei got 15,000 and Li Yunlong got 15,000.

After I take down the governor, the division commander will definitely be yours."

"Yes, Master," the two said happily;

"Chang Naichao, we will select 100 people and you will be in charge of giving the lectures."

"Yes"

"Okay, recruit soldiers as quickly as possible, train them intensively for a month, and have veterans lead new recruits. Tell them whoever leads better will be promoted."

"Yes, Commander," the three saluted together;

990 After the three left, Shen Hao began to prepare to buy equipment.

Shen Hao has a lot of money now. Yuan Datou gave him one million oceans, Yuan Fuzhen and Leng Qingqiu each gave him one million oceans, which adds up to three million oceans.

Not to mention the last time Cao Ying was killed, 120 million yuan was confiscated from his property.

The total net worth is 450 million US dollars.

These equipments are definitely enough.

However, this time there was no rush to find the German arms dealer Becker.

Instead, he found a familiar arms dealer to find out about the market situation.

At the same time, Shen Hao also spread the word that he was preparing to purchase one million worth of arms.

Let those who purchase arms compete.

Only when there is competition is there room for premium, so of course we should save as much as we can.

Sure enough, as soon as Shen Hao spread the news, countless people came to his door the next day.

1913 1 Month 13 Day.

In Shen Hao's reception room, there was a man in his forties, thin and with a mustache.

He introduced himself right away.

"Master Shen, my name is Yong Jianqiu, and I used to be the deputy director of the Tianjin Mint.

He later resigned and is now an arms comprador for Germany's Jebsen & Co.

I hope Mr. Shen will accept this gift."

After saying that, he presented his gift.

Ten pairs of deer antlers, ten pairs of bear paws, two tiger skins, eight leopard skins, ten wolf skin mattresses, ten golden wine cups, and two ancient vases, one is Ming Xuande porcelain, and the other is from the Qianlong official kiln.

It can be said that it is full of sincerity.

Yong Jianqiu?

Shen Hao remembered that this guy was a very famous arms dealer during the Beiyang period.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there was a special class in the country - the compradors.

In simple terms, they are middlemen or managers in trade activities. They are employed by foreign businessmen to assist foreigners in doing business in China, just like the current distributors of foreign brands.

Yong Jianqiu is a big comprador, but he is different from others because he is an agent for arms.

From entering the arms business in 1910 to withdrawing from the arms industry in 1917, the arms orders completed by Yong Jianqiu amounted to hundreds of millions of yuan.

Yong Jianqiu personally made five or six million oceans from it and was the most successful and largest arms comprador during the Beiyang period.

Moreover, a while ago, Yuan Datou gave him one million oceans, and also mentioned Yong Jianqiu, asking Shen Hao to take care of the business.

The reason why Yuan Datou said this was because Yong Jianqiu, through Zhu Qiuqun (Minister of Communications), donated 6000 M1888 rifles and 10 24-centimeter heavy siege mortars to Yuan Datou free of charge.

After Yuan Shikai took over the arms, he instructed the Army Chief Duan Qirui to "take care of" Yong Jianqiu's arms business as much as possible.

This guy is willing to spend money just to build relationships.

Weaving a network of contacts is a powerful method, and of course the main purpose of winning over relationships is to make money by selling arms.

However, this guy is most famous for the West Lake Hotel he built in Tianjin, also known as the West Lake Villa, which was once very luxurious.

Very famous in history.

However, this guy later lost his protection due to the death of Yuan Datou.

In addition, because Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Zhang Zuolin and others were supported by Japanese pirates, the arms business plummeted.

For a very wealthy businessman, if he loses his protective umbrella, it means the beginning of bad luck.

Some people started to target Yong Jianqiu.

Yong Jianqiu sold arms and did charity work at the same time, allowing many people to go to school for free, and he also purchased many Buddhist temples.

Wu Bingxiang, the chief of the Beijing police, had long been unhappy with Yong Jianqiu, but he had not dared to take action because of Zhu Qiuqun's protection.

After Yuan Datou's death, Zhu Qiuqun stepped down.

He instructed his men to fabricate charges of "forcibly purchasing temple property and insulting Buddha statues" and arrested Yong Jianqiu without granting him bail.

Yong Jianqiu's wife went through a lot of trouble and spent six or seven hundred thousand oceans, and finally got him out through Duan Qirui's connections.

The temple property was returned to the abbot, the school was closed, and Yong Jianqiu was jailed for several months, where he was severely humiliated.

It can be seen that in the country at that time, no matter how rich a businessman was, if he had no one above him, he would be a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.

Of course, this approach still works in the 21st century, and Shen Hao is a living example.

And the old man Le, whose market value is 200 billion, was also forced to go abroad.

Therefore, Shen Hao has a strong obsession with becoming an official and a big warlord. This is more addictive than playing with women.

"Oh, I only know about Lihe Foreign Company, but I don't know about Jiecheng Foreign Company?" Shen Hao said deliberately;

The Lehigh & Co. was the most famous German-owned enterprise in the Far East and the agent of the Hamburg Shipping Company, the German Krupp Company and the Zeiss Optical Equipment Factory.

Famous for importing German arms, heavy machinery, precision instruments and mining equipment.

From the Beiyang period to the Anti-Japanese War, they were the most famous arms dealers, just like Volkswagen in later generations, with a very good reputation.

In the early years, when Yuan Shikai trained the Beiyang New Army, he used the German drill system and equipped it mainly with German weapons. After becoming president, Yuan Shikai still trusted German weapons.

Yong Jianqiu hurriedly said: "Captain Shen, the strength of Jiecheng Foreign Company is not as strong as

Lihe and Yanghang are good, I can guarantee this."

"How can you guarantee that? I haven't bought your products."

Yong Jianqiu said: "Commander Shen, you may not know that I was an agent for Lihe Foreign Company before, so I am very familiar with the products of both companies.

The price-performance ratio is very good, and I can guarantee that as long as Commander Shen buys in good faith, my price can be lower.

The quality can be guaranteed.”

"Oh, then why did your Lihe Company suddenly become the agent for the weapons of Jiecheng Company?" Shen Hao asked:

Hearing this, Yong Jianqiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course, it's because the commission paid by Lihe Foreign Company is too low.

Brigade Commander Shen should be aware of the Krupp weapons under the Lihe Trading Company.

With a good reputation and a strong brand, their products have no trouble selling. However, the commission that Lihe Foreign Company gave me was very low, and they were unwilling to spend more on social activities, which made me very unhappy.

Krupp Arsenal's weapons are world-famous brands, but they are not without competitors.

Krupp's competitor in Germany, Erhard Arsenal.

Products of Erhard Arsenal (Rheinmetall) - a monopoly group that produces steel, arms and ships.

The German company Jebsen & Co. represented the Ahmad Arsenal in its arms business.

It just so happened that Jetsen & Co. was also preparing to expand into the domestic arms market.

So, the general manager of the bank, Mr. Nalde, saw that I had opened up sales channels for Krupp Arsenal for the Lihe Company, so he cooperated with me and gave me a very high commission.

Therefore, I chose Jebsen & Co.

Shen Hao nodded and raised his eyebrows, "Really? Then how can I know what the bargaining chips are for you?"

Yong Jianqiu smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem with this. I only proposed three conditions at the time:

First, I told him that bureaucracy... no, it's connections that need to be bribed with a lot of money, so the campaign fee should be high, don't be as stingy as Lihe Foreign Company;

Second, the price of goods must be low, at least lower than that of Lihe Foreign Trade Co., otherwise it will not be able to compete;

Third, play the long game and catch the big fish. The foreign company will be responsible for the sports expenses spent regardless of whether the business is successful or not.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Nalder nodded in agreement, and I naturally became the agent.

To be honest, Commander Shen, you are my first transaction as the agent of Jetsen & Co."

"Oh? You have such strong connections, how could I be the first one to do business?" Shen Hao said in disbelief;

So, Yong Jianqiu told the story;

Yong Jianqiu had a very clear assessment of the situation and knew that the price of German arms would definitely rise.

For the Erhard Arsenal, the only competitor was the Krupp Arsenal.

What Yong Jianqiu had to do was to establish a network of contacts among the high-level officials of the Beiyang government and promote the products of the Ehard Arsenal.

At first, Yong Jianqiu's main public relations target was State Councilor Tang Shaoyi. Unexpectedly, Tang Shaoyi stepped down due to a falling out with Yuan Shikai, and the public relations fees were wasted.

Finally, he used his relationship with Zhu Qiuqun (Minister of Communications) to establish a bridge with Yuan Datou.

The business could only be carried out after 6000 M1888 rifles and 10 24cm heavy siege mortars were given to Yuan Datou free of charge.

After hearing the whole story, Shen Hao could also feel Yong Jianqiu's pressure and sincerity.

Yong Jianqiu said again: "Moreover, Mr. Shen, as long as you cooperate with me, I will take care of the transportation license for the Ministry of the Army, and Mr. Shen doesn't have to pay for it."

In those days, provinces that imported arms needed to apply to the Ministry of the Army for a weapons import and transportation license.

Of course, there is also a large amount of smuggled arms, such as the last arms deal between Shen Hao and Becker.

However, this kind of transaction is very dangerous and unprotected. If you get robbed, you deserve it and no one will stand up for you.

Shen Hao is close to the coast, so smuggling is convenient and he does not have to pass through other areas, so arms trading is also simple.

Generally, smuggled arms are light weapons, such as rifles and pistols. Few people are willing to smuggle heavy weapons.

If you are an inland force and the Ministry of Army does not approve your purchase of arms, you can only buy them from other warlords.

But it's easy to be robbed.

Shen Hao doesn't care about the license at all. Yuan Datou is his father-in-law, so getting a license is no big deal.

So Shen Hao smiled playfully and said, "Oh? So confident?"

It seemed that he had touched upon the business he was good at, and Yong Jianqiu became more confident.

He smiled and said, “Brigade Commander Shen, I can guarantee 100% that there will be no problem.

The Ministry of the Army was the territory of Chief of Staff Duan Qirui and Director of the Military Horse Department Xu Shuzheng.

Brigade Commander Shen: This means that the army's arms business is in the hands of Chief Duan and Director Xu.

But Director Xu is my sworn brother, so getting a license is a piece of cake.”

135. I want a rifle production line

Seeing Yong Jianqiuzi's confident look, Shen Hao asked, "Then do you know who I am?"

Yong Jianqiu was stunned for a moment and didn't understand what Shen Hao meant.

Puzzled, "What does Commander Shen mean by this? I don't quite understand."

Shen Hao said: "It seems that you are very behind the times, Mr. Yong~."

At this time, Yong Jianqiu also heard the hidden meaning in Shen Hao's words.

But his forehead was still full of question marks.

I have been running around on business for the past half month, and all I know is that a new warlord, Shen Hao, has emerged in Guangdong Province.

The momentum was very strong, and they killed Cao Ying and Guo Changshun.