Chapter 268: Old Maozi’s Richest Man

Far East, Huaguo, Binggang.

"Going home." Zhang Yuanzang had mixed feelings as he stepped on the familiar land and looked at the busy dock with faces that were the same as his own.

In 12 years, 12 years, he never dreamed that he still had a chance to come back.

"Hey, come here." Zhang Yuanzang greeted the man squatting next to him.

"Boss, let's do it!" A big man from the Northeast, wearing a big jacket, with his hands curled up in his cuffs, approached with a smile.

"There is something on the boat, let the brothers unload it." Calculated the wages with the other party, and threw him a pack of blue knife cigarettes.

Just picture this pirate on it, leaning on a scimitar, which says 'Blue Sword Ace', which is called the old knife card in Huaguo.

Produced by Duke Tobacco Company, it is one of the best cigarettes sold in China. Zhang Yuanzang brought back a dozen boxes in the first batch this time.

"Brother Zhang, where shall we go first?" Everything was loaded into the carriage, tied up, and Gu Liu, who was in charge of the translation, came over.

"Xianjin City, this place really deserves to be called Ice City, I'll freeze to death." Zhang Yuanzang shrank his neck, and the convoy headed for the city.

Along the way, I saw two checkpoints, small gun towers, with machine guns on the top and sandbags on the bottom, which looks good.

I don't know if it was because there were a lot of foreigners in the team, and the soldiers didn't make things difficult, but when they reached the gate of the city, Zhang Yuanzang took the initiative to join them.

"Brother, let's smoke a pack of cigarettes." With a flick of his cuff, two packs of cigarettes fell into his hand and were stuffed into the soldier's hand.

These days, it's not popular to call him "Military Lord." That was the time of the Manchukuo government, and the traitors imitated the accent of Peking and put money on their faces.

People in Peiping call him 'Ye', which is a respectful title, which is polite.

Dog traitor, that is really treating yourself as a master. When you turn around and be a dog in front of RB's master, you can find some comfort in your heart.

The other party didn't refuse, stuffed it in his pocket, looked at the goods he brought with a slightly kind face, and asked, "Running the boat?"

"Hey, I'm a boat runner. I'm going to do some small business in the city. We're new here, so we don't know any rules. Can you tell me?" Zhang Yuanzang clasped his hands politely.

"We don't have any rules here, be smart, don't make trouble, don't mess with old men and RB people, obey the law, then no one will trouble you."

As he said that, he rolled his eyes, looked at those foreigners and said, "Your business seems to be not small. Are you doing business with foreigners?"

"Haha, it's not easy." He said goodbye with a smile on his hands. After checking that there were some food, cigarettes and the like, he was released directly.

"Xiao Liu, ask where there is a money shop." Gu Liu inquired at the tea stall at the corner of the street, and the other party was very enthusiastic, not only giving directions, but also vaguely mentioning which one is the best.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China, the prosperity of the three eastern provinces was comparable to foreign metropolises, and Bingcheng was even called the second largest international city in the Far East.

With a heavy industrial system consisting of steel and coal and a light industrial system consisting of textiles and grain processing, Bingcheng is far ahead of this era.

Bingcheng Railway Station can directly reach important cities such as the Soviet Union, and is being laid to major European cities. It is the busiest railway station in Asia, not one of them.

On the way to the bank, looking at the foreigners, foreign companies, furs, and western clothes everywhere, Zhang Yuanzang said with emotion: "This is more lively than San Francisco!"

"If we build a few more high-rise buildings, we will become New York, right?" Gu Liu looked around curiously.

Therefore, Liu's father was sent to study in the United States at the end of the early Qing Dynasty. In the end, the Qing Dynasty disappeared, so he stayed there and never came back.

He happens to be proficient in several languages ​​and has a Chinese face. He was selected as an accompanying interpreter when Hualian was recruiting, and he is also full of curiosity about China.

After all, when he went abroad, he was still a little kid who peed his pants.

At the bank, 1 dollar = 2 silver dollars + 80 copper dollars, Zhang Yuanzang exchanged 10,000 dollars.

These days, 1 silver dollar is enough for a dozen people to go to a restaurant to cook mutton, treat two guests to a foreign restaurant, buy 20 catties of rice, and 20,000 silver dollars are enough for expenses.

New World Hotel,

One of the largest hotels in Ice City, run by Chinese, is also a fixed place for Chinese entrepreneurs to gather. Zhang Yuanzang and his party live here.

In the next few days, Zhang Yuanzang was in the hotel to make friends and deal with the businessmen who came and went, and there were endless banquets every day.

Gu Liu took Hualian's staff and began to walk around the streets looking for a suitable land.

For half a month, Zhang Yuanzang created some famous things in Bingcheng. The benevolent Mr. Zhang, a big businessman from the United States, planned to open a department store in Bingcheng.

After the news spread, Zhang Yuanzang had more entertainments.

As a city affected by the European economy, the Great Depression inevitably affected Ice City. The prosperity of the city meant that many enterprises could not maintain their operations.

There are many deeper reasons, which will not be mentioned here.

As a result, people flocked to the door for help.

Some borrowed money, some wanted to partner, some wanted to give him the storefront or land, and there were a group of monsters who wanted to be deceived.

Half a month later, Zhang Yuanzang finally waited for a heavyweight task.

"Mr. Gowalski, Mr. Zhang asked me to say hello to you." New World Hotel, Zhang Yuanzang, Gu Liu, and an old man sat around the dining table.

"Thank you, I can speak a little Chinese." Gowalski's emphasis was a bit strange, but he could understand it, and Zhang Yuanzang was overjoyed.

"I like to make friends with people who can speak Chinese." Zhang Yuanzang stretched out his hand and said.

"I also like friends from Huaguo." Gowalski expressed his enthusiasm.

If you are not enthusiastic, you will not be able to open the pot at home.

Inflation, the fall of the silver standard, the RB government using gold dollars to suppress the market wantonly, coupled with the political situation, even he, who was once known as the richest man, couldn't bear it.

"Zhang, I heard that you want to buy a lot of properties?" Drinking tea, being polite, Gowalski finally couldn't sit still.

"It's not the industry, it's the land. We, Hualian, are a multinational group, mainly engaged in department stores, that is, retail. We want to build our own department store."

Half a month of eating and drinking is not a waste of money. Zhang Yuanzang basically found out where all the doors and roads in this ice city are open.

Gowalski, this old man is one of the three richest men in Ice City.

Land No. 1, Yiyuan Street, a 3,000-square-meter luxury residence, was voted for nationwide, and even the newspapers of RB and the Soviet Union published this information.

The largest plywood factory in the Far East is his industry, and it uses advanced equipment from Siemens in D country.

Majiagou Log Storage Farm, one of the largest logging companies in Ice City, has contracted five logging farms.

The location of these five forest farms is the golden zone along the Middle East Railway, with a total area of ​​more than 6,000 square kilometers, and the transportation is extremely convenient.

To this end, Gwariski invested another 4 million rubles in the construction of a 120-kilometer forest railway.

Its properties in the city also include multiple properties, hotels, beverage factories, breweries and more.

However, now that his plywood factory has been mortgaged to the bank, the forestry company will not be able to continue. The capital chain is broken and foreign debts are heavy.