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Hankou, German Concession, Binjiang Pier.

Many four-wheeled carriages come and go, in and out at the Binjiang Wharf. Although it is getting late and the temperature is no longer the highest, for those coachmen wearing linen dresses and cowhide shoes, the temperature is still enough to make them sweat profusely at this time, not to mention that they are wearing black top hats on their heads. They are heavy and airtight, and sweat from their temples falls down their chins. If they are not in charge, they do not know the cost of firewood and rice, and if they are not a coachman, they do not know the difficulty of this coachman.

Sweat and hardship can still bring benefits. Wuhan is now China's heavy industrial base, with Chinese and foreign businessmen gathering. The richer the more people are, the more they pay attention to their temperament. Nowadays, if you want to be grand, this luxury Western carriage is indispensable. Although the central government and local governments are promoting bicycles now, it is indeed too unreasonable for rich people to wear dresses or long gowns and pedal a two-wheeled bike. Although there is a three-wheeled bicycle now, I always feel that the transportation is a bit shabby and cannot set off the style of the rich. Therefore, this choice

Against this background, the demand for coachmen in Wuhan is becoming increasingly urgent. Although car drivers are not bad, compared to the coachman waving a horse whip and wearing a dress, car drivers are more or less lacking in "noble atmosphere". Therefore, the treatment of the car driver is not as good as that of the coachman. The wages earned by a qualified coachman are enough to support the family.

Rich people are proud of hiring Ni a skilled coachman. As a rich man, the former President of the Republic of China Xu Shichang also saw this. The coachman of his carriage is a professional coachman hired from Hong Kong. It is said that he had survived the Hong Kong Governor's Office back then, and his skills were of course first-class. Under his control, the carriage would go smoothly.

Now, Mr. Xu Shichang's luxury convertible carriage had just driven out of the Binjiang Pier in the German Concession, turned east and went on a small street. The coachman who was driving finally breathed a sigh of relief. The street was very narrow, but the houses on both sides were very high. In this way, the sun could not shine in, and finally it could be a little cooler.

Xu Shichang did not notice the slight changes in the temperature outside. There are two reasons for this: First, although his carriage is a convertible, the tent of the flag cloth carriage is now covered, and there is no sunlight in the car, so the temperature will naturally not change drastically; second, he is now thinking about some things and devoted himself to it, so naturally he will not pay attention to the things next to him.

In fact, what Xu Shichang was thinking about was social engagements in the business world. Since he was not the president of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang has stayed away from politics. He was a residence in the Tianjin Concession for a period of time. At that time, United Front Network had just come to power and the situation in the country was not very stable. Xu Shichang decided to respond to changes in the concession, hide in the concession and watch the situation, and continue to use the interpersonal relationships accumulated in the past to support the Zhang Zuoshuang and Zhang Guardian who worked hard in the western Liaoning region. This is also a way out for him to leave so that he could go to a powerful figure when he had no way to go.

But the situation later proved that the United Front was very combative. This political group not only grasped core power in a short period of time, but also further optimized China's international environment. Now, President Zhao is more capable and more courageous than President Xu. He is the leader that this country needs now, so Xu Shichang wisely restrained the remaining interest in politics in his heart. He decided to devote himself to industry and become a real industrialist.

In the former Qing Dynasty, he worked hard for many years. With the bad rules and official salary and the filial piety of Zhang Zuoshuang and others, his Xu family can be considered a rich man. This is naturally not a problem for investing in industry. The key is what kind of industry to invest in?

After careful consideration and the suggestion of Mr. Zhang Sai, Vice President of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang finally decided to invest in the imitation weaving industry. He and the Shirno soldier who also needed to live in the concession and politician Feng Guozhe jointly established a imitation weaving factory in Wuhan, which specializes in placing yarns to sell them to small farmers in the countryside. The peasants used soil looms to weave them into half-ocean and half-soil "farmer cloth" and then entered the terminal market and sold them to those underclassmen in society.

Although there are many people who run yarn mills now, the business is still good. Xu Shichang and Feng Guozhang's imitation yarn mill have been established for only two years, and the money has almost returned. The two discussed continuing to expand the scale of imitation yarn mills. Today, the reason why Xu Shichang arrived at the Binjiang Wharf in the German Concession is for this reason. Although there are machine factories in China, the imitation weaving machines produced cannot meet domestic demand in terms of quality and output. If Xu Shichang and Feng Guozhe want to expand the scale of each yarn mill, they can only purchase machinery and equipment from foreign countries.

Xu Shichang went to the order placed by the German Foreign Company. The batch of machines should have been shipped to Wuhan last month, but due to the "Northeast Asian Crisis", Xu Shichang was worried that the situation would be uncontrollable, which led to the war again. Therefore, he specifically notified the foreign Company to postpone the shipping time. The batch of German imitation weaving machines were parked in the Hong Kong warehouse for nearly a month. Now seeing that the situation has stabilized, China and Japan do not seem to have a war. Xu Shichang rushed to the foreign Company today and asked to immediately put the machinery and equipment out of Hong Kong and transport it back to Wuhan. After the foreign Company, Xu Shichang was not relieved and went to the dock to see if the ship mentioned by the foreign Company is now at the dock.

Stay to avoid delaying the schedule. When you go out, the industry craze is focused on a craze. As an old politician in Yamen Mountain, what Xu Shichang admires the most about the United Front is that this "efficiency" and delayed work is absolutely impossible to achieve the current achievements. When you think about it, you can do it as soon as you say it. It is precisely with this decisive attitude that the United Front can rise to the political arena of this country. It must be admitted that it is indeed the luck of the people and the luck of Xu Shichang. In the past officialdom, Xu Shichang was constrained everywhere, but now, in this same changing business market, Xu Shichang is like a fish in water and is well-off.

How could the Xu family have lost their horses? If there were no frustration in politics at the beginning, how could the Xu family show their ability to do business and financial management today?

Just as Xu Shichang was sitting in the carriage thinking about shopping mall affairs, his carriage stopped, and then he heard the coachman scolding in Guangdong accent, which made Xu Shichang's thoughts turn.

It turned out that there was an ordinary four-wheeled carriage in front of him, which just blocked the way for Xu Shichang's carriage. The street was too narrow, so it was impossible to get a wrong car here. So either Xu Shichang's carriage retreated first or the other party's carriage retreated first. But the problem was that the carriage was not as easy as the carriage, and the driver of both sides was unwilling to give in. As a result, as soon as Xu Shichang's coachman started to curse, the driver of the other party also started to scold him.

Xu Shichang didn't say anything and let the coachman argue with the other party. After so many years of being in the officialdom and shopping mall, Xu Shichang had already understood. This matter involving his own interests cannot be reasonable. Whoever retreats first will be unlucky first, so even if it is ignored, you have to find someone. The reason is the same.

The two sides just stalemate. After a while, a man got out of the other party's carriage, walked to the side of Xu Shichang's carriage, looked into the carriage, and glanced at Xu Shichang.

"It turns out that it's Mr. Xu Ju, who is disrespectful. Let's give in." After the man said that, he quickly turned around and returned to the carriage.

Seeing that the other party had already given in voluntarily, Xu Shichang was not very modest, but he felt that the man seemed familiar just now, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him. I thought it might be the servant of an acquaintance in the business world, but he didn't care much. After all, since the other party didn't even report his name, he didn't have to touch his butt with a warm face.

The carriage finally left the street, and then waited at the intersection. After Xu Shichang's carriage passed, he did not enter the street again. Instead, he turned around and followed Xu Shichang's carriage and began to guess.

Xu Shichang noticed that his carriage was being followed, but he didn't find it strange. Although he could only be considered an industrialist in Wuhan, he was far inferior to those rich people in terms of financial resources, but he was the former president of the Republic of China after all. Although he had not sat on the throne for a few days and was almost impeached and impeached, his identity was still enough to be admired. In addition to the interpersonal relationships accumulated in the officialdom in the past, there were many businessmen who wanted to curry favor with Xu Juren. Every day, people rushed to his nest in the German Concession to pay a visit. Some people sometimes followed the carriage in the Xu Mansion because they didn't know where Mr. Xu lives.

There were two bodyguards next to Xu Shibi, both of whom had registered in the German concession police room. He was wearing foreign guns, so he was naturally not worried about being kidnapped. However, the feeling of being followed was really annoying. So Xu Shichang ordered the coachman to speed up and decided to immediately close the door to thank the guests after returning home, and avoid the rude follower.

Soon after, the carriage had arrived at the Xu Mansion. Xu Shichang got off the car before he could stop. He hurried into the mansion with two bodyguards. Before entering the door, he looked back and saw that the carriage that was following him had indeed stopped in front of the Xu Mansion. Obviously, Xu Shichang had guessed correctly just now, and this was another speculator in the mall who came to curry favor with him.

"Old Cai, if someone comes to visit, I will not see you today."

After giving a reminder to the butler who was greeting him, Xu Shichang went straight into the study.

After changing clothes and changing shoes, Xu Shichang called a servant to serve him and put on a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. But when he picked up the brush in the net, the housekeeper Lao Cai rushed over again.

"Master, someone is asking for a visit."

Xu Shichang said in surprise: "Old Cai, didn't I tell you just now, Master today, am I not seeing guests? Could it be that Feng Huafu and Feng Guozhang came?"

It’s not that Xu Shichang was surprised. This butler has followed him for many years and has done things properly, so he cannot disobey his orders.
Chapter completed!