Chapter 26: Our Far East Group is in the business of ‘exporting security’!
Since I'm already prepared to take manpower and supplies from my father-in-law.
It's like fishing, you have to prepare the bait in advance.
As expected.
Zhang Xue Ming's move had a clear effect.
“Two million silver dollars!”
“Goodness! Goodness! This is the first time I've ever seen so much money in my life!”
“Truly the Zhang family of Fengtian, only they can come up with so much money in the entire nine provinces of Northeast China!”
Shocking!
Everyone present, from wealthy merchants to ordinary people, were stunned by Zhang Xue Ming's generosity!
In the early years of the Republic of China, the silver dollar was very stable, one yuan could buy ten pounds of pork, twenty to thirty pounds of rice.
Workers in Shanghai were considered high earners, but they only made about 20 yuan a month.
As for farmers, they worked their fingers to the bone in the fields all year, and at most they would only make a dozen silver dollars.
To put it bluntly.
This 2 million silver dollars could buy a small county.
However, as everyone was stunned by the silver mountain.
Only one person remained calm.
That was Yu Wen Dou, Yu Feng Zhi's father!
Yu Wen Dou knew the inside story of the Fengtian Marshal's Mansion.
On the day of the marriage, the Marshal had sent a secret letter to him by an aide.
He hoped that he would urgently dispatch 200,000 piculs of grain to Fengtian.
If the army hadn't been on the verge of starving, their salaries wouldn't be able to be paid.
The Marshal wouldn't have been so eager to marry into their Yu family!
Moreover, the cunning Yu Wen Dou also heard what Zhang Xue Ming had said!
“Father-in-law! Today, Feng Zhi has come to visit, these two million silver dollars!”
“Are my, Zhang Xue Ming's, gift to you!”
This isn't the Zhang family's gift!
It's Zhang Xue Ming's ‘personal’ gift!
He was so young, yet he could pull out 2 million silver dollars!
My new son-in-law!
Seems to be more powerful than I imagined.
Yu Wen Dou was a wealthy merchant, naturally, he wouldn't be intimidated by two million silver dollars.
What he cared about was whether his daughter had married the right person!
He took a sip of wine.
Turning to Zhang Xue Ming, he said: "Son-in-law, Feng Zhi is going to do great things with you!"
“These two million silver dollars, I'll let Feng Zhi manage it!”
“Women need some pocket money, too.”
Yu Wen Dou was indeed an old hand at this game.
The subtext was obvious.
I won't take this money, I'll give it to my daughter.
Since you two are husband and wife.
This money will go back to you eventually.
You just need to be good to her!
“But! Son-in-law! Why are you spending so much money?”
Seeing that Yu Wen Dou understood his meaning.
Zhang Xue Ming smiled: "Let's be frank!"
“I want to learn how to do business from my father-in-law!”
When it came to doing business.
Yu Wen Dou immediately became confident. He went from an apprentice to the King of Grain in the East Nine Provinces, all through business.
“Doing business is all about buying low and selling high, and transporting goods throughout the North and South.”
“What kind of business are you interested in, son-in-law?”
Zhang Xue Ming stood up, took the pistol from his waist, and slapped it on the table.
Bang!
“Father-in-law, this is it! I want to earn money standing up!”
Gun?
Weapons trading!
Hiss!
Yu Wen Dou gasped: “You want to set up an arms factory, to sell weapons?”
“War is the ultimate evil!”
These days, selling weapons was like selling opium, a lucrative business.
Don't think people didn't know the saying: “When your neighbors store grain, you store weapons.”
The marriage between the Zhang and Yu families.
On one hand, the Fengtian Marshal's Mansion was indeed short of grain.
On the other hand, the Yu family was truly afraid of being robbed!
The two families marry!
This is mutually beneficial!
Seeing the look of shock on his father-in-law's face.
Zhang Xue Ming smiled calmly.
“Father-in-law, selling weapons is a vulgar term!”
“We call it ‘exporting security’!”
“For example, our Yu family manor, with so many grain cellars, if you don't have a gun, wouldn't you be afraid of bandits robbing you while you sleep!”
“I open an arms factory, I sell you guns!”
“With a gun! Don't you have security!”
“We are great philanthropists, we are doing good deeds!”
Exporting security?
Selling weapons is a great act of philanthropy!
Holy crap!
My son-in-law.... he's really a silver-tongued orator!
He's got the makings of a great businessman!
Looking at the smiling Zhang Xue Ming, Yu Wen Dou suddenly felt a sense of ‘nu’clear warmth!
He judged that his son-in-law was going to do great things.
But he never imagined!
That he would be doing something so big!
He asked weakly: "Son-in-law, how can I help you?"
Zhang Xue Ming laughed.
“Father-in-law, to be honest, I, Zhang Xue Ming, am only poor in money!”
“My Far East Group just opened!”
“I need you to provide me with some grain, and help me recruit workers!”
He pulled out a recruitment agreement and placed it on the table.
This time.
Not only Yu Wen Dou, but the other wealthy merchants present also came over.
The recruitment agreement was written in black and white.
《Far East Trading Group Recruitment Contract》
This group is recruiting various workers.
Accommodation and meals are provided.
Monthly ration of thirty pounds of grain, including ten pounds of fine grain!
Monthly salary of five silver dollars.
After working for five years, housing is provided!
“Hiss——”
“Thirty pounds of grain a month, food and accommodation included, and five silver dollars!”
“This young Marshal Zhang, is he doing charity?”
You know, even a shop assistant in the city only gets twenty to thirty pounds of grain a month.
Only during holidays when they return home.
Would the shopkeeper give them a couple of silver dollars, which was considered a prosperous year.
Five silver dollars a month.
Truly outrageous!
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Extra chapter!
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