"Director Yang, has the surveying and mapping been completed?" In a village outside Yuyao County, the sun sets in the west. Yang Wangzhiyuan and his friends have just finished their work and are preparing for dinner. On the way back, they met a former retired veteran from the 11th Mixed Battalion of the Army. This person is now the militia director of the village. He often cooperates with them and is very familiar with them.

"I have said it many times. My surname is Yang Wang, but not Yang. Why can't you remember it?" Yang Wang Zhiyuan agreed angrily, and then said, "What should I eat tonight? I have eaten dry food in the wild these days, and a bird has faded out of my mouth."

"Hehe, you're making a fortune tonight! The village killed a pig and collected some wild goods. The dinner was full of sumptuous dinner." The militia director helped Yang Wangzhiyuan pick up a box and said with a smile: "In addition, a member of the county came down and gave everyone some rice wine, fruits, etc., saying that it was hard work for everyone, and they came to comfort him on behalf of the Huizhou Merchant Guild."

The militia director of this village is also the designated logistics supplier of Yang Wang Zhiyuan and his surveying and mapping team. He helped their surveying and mapping team with more than 20 people to make a good profit. This is actually a disguised subsidy for these "own people" who are rooted in the grassroots level. Otherwise, why would they have to go to the food servant who runs at the home of this disabled veteran to purchase food and other daily necessities? Why didn't they look for others?

To put it bluntly, it is not that they are trying every means to enhance the government's influence on the grassroots level! The government will try to arrange for these injured veterans to serve as militia directors, regardless of their personal character or ability. This is enough because they have served in the army for a long time, have good obedience and discipline, and have a remaining loyalty to the army and the government. At least in the generation they are alive, the government's influence on the countryside is not completely zero.

Of course, some people say that the countryside of Ningshao or the countryside of mainland China have been very xenophobic since ancient times. Cadres who have arranged their positions may not be able to carry out their work effectively and are destined to be excluded by the clan. Haha, of course this situation will happen. However, in Ningshao, which has experienced decades of new baptism and the pace of life has gradually become faster, even the clan elders in the countryside are not ignorant and stupid, and they know a little about the outside world. What's more, the East Coast people have just defeated the Qing army for a few years. It was the time of its prosperity. Who has a trick to provoke them? I really have annoyed these militia directors who can be called village cadres. They go directly to the government to file a lawsuit. Can you afford it? Do you really want to go to the bitter and cold places like the Thousand Islands and even the Heixiazi Port to accompany the black bear?

Therefore, these veterans are generally alive in Ningshao villages, and they can be described as "settled and peaceful" with the clans. If government cadres go to the countryside to work, they will usually contact them first. Like this surveying and mapping team of the Nantie Company, all daily food purchases are entrusted to the militia director, so that he can make some money and his loyalty to the government can be maintained for a longer period of time.

"The merchant of the Huizhou Gang?" Yang Wanglin took out a pack of Universe cigarettes from his pocket, and after lit the match, he sucked a sip of smoke in comfort. Then he asked in surprise: "These guys are moving fast. It seems that they have made up their minds to enter the railway board. Hehe, I have an idea, I like it."

Yang Wangzhiyuan is the grandson of Yang Wanglin, former director of the Eastern Coast State Railway Administration. After graduation, Meilin Railway Academy (a specialized school for training railway talents run by the State Railway Administration, located in Meilin County). He directly joined the Nan Railway Company. Born in 1653, he is now in the position of deputy director, and can be regarded as a young and capable person. He is one of the major cadres trained by Nan Railway Company.

Director Yang Wang has been in the Far East for a year. He has been working on the Gum Smoke Railway Line in the first half of the year. While maintaining the railway, he is also familiar with the local situation. Later, news that the plan for the Southern Development Team to build Ding Railway was approved by local authorities. The Nan Railway Company began to draw personnel from the Gum Smoke Railway system to go south to make preliminary preparations for the construction of Ding Railway. Yang Wang Zhiyuan came to Yuyao County at this time.

Now, he has lived in a small southern county with an environment that is very different from that of Denglai in the north. The surveying and mapping work is progressing smoothly, and the raising of railway funds is also very smooth. It is said that many railway equipment has been produced locally. It is almost time to be loaded and left port. This is the government of the Southern Development Team who is willing to take the lead and asks the local Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium, Railway Machinery Processing Factory and other units to produce equipment on credit. If everything goes well, civil engineering can be started at this time next year.

Before that, what they were most worried about was the fundraising issue. Although everyone took a look at Ningbo's private capital, no one could guarantee whether this money was willing to flow into the railway or not. After all, this is a new thing, and it is very common for everyone to be cautious. However, it seems that Ning Shao's merchant group is still open-minded. After giving them the right to participate in the railway, they quickly subscribed to construction funds with a total amount of up to 3 million yuan, giving people a new understanding of their financial resources.

The businessman who came to visit Yang Wangzhiyuan today was a representative of the Huizhou Merchant Guild, which subscribed to 600,000 yuan in construction funds. This gentleman who runs a pawn shop in Yuyao County obviously came to establish relationships. After all, the daily operation of the railway after the completion of the railway will depend on cadres and staff of the Southern Railway such as Yang Wangzhiyuan. Everyone will deal with each other a lot of times, and it will not be harmful to get to know each other in advance.

Yang Wangzhiyuan soon met this "Mr. Lin" at the home of the militia director. After a while, the two sides exchanged greetings, they did not talk about the railways, but about the business in Ningshao area.

"It is really crucial for Ningbo's business to develop to this point today, the financial support of your association is really important." Seeing the large amount of gifts sent by others, Yang Wang Zhiyuan vigorously praised the contribution of the Huizhou merchants, which made Mr. Lin smiled with joy.

Of course, although he is bragging, it is not completely aimless. In fact, Ningbo's business has developed to such an amazing scale today, and the huge role played by the financial industry in economic operation and import and export trade is well known. In addition to new banks (i.e. Northwest Reclamation Bank and Taiwan Bank), financial institutions such as financial institutions operated by private private companies such as money shops, billing numbers, money shops, silver furnace rooms, valuation bureaus, and pawn shops are also important and even the most important part, because although there are no accurate numbers, everyone agrees that their total turnover exceeds that of new banks run by the government.

Among these private financial institutions, local merchants in Ningbo are not strong, but those opened by foreign merchants (mainly Qing Dynasty merchants) cannot be underestimated. Taking the Xinyi Money House opened by Huizhou to help merchants as an example, tea from Huizhou and even southern Anhui is picked, processed, and then transported to Ningbo for sale. Xinyi Money House provides one-stop financial services throughout the whole process, which greatly stimulates tea production in Huizhou area, and the number of exports to Ningbo is increasing steadily every year, which shows that.

Now the financial services of these Huizhou merchants have gradually penetrated into the Ningshao area, especially in Yuyao, Yu, Sheng County, and Huizhou merchants who have been newly occupied for a short time, and have achieved considerable results. Lin Yuanwai opened pawn shops in Yuyao County under this background. In the former Ningbo Prefecture areas such as Yin County, Dinghai, Fenghua, and Cixi, they had too much disadvantages when competing with Ningbo local merchants. It is better to take a different approach, first open up the situation in Yu, Yuyao, Sheng County and other places, and then find ways to achieve further development in Ningbo and other places.

"Financial is like a blood bank, and it is of extraordinary significance to modern industry and commerce. Most of the industries in Yuyao's silk textiles, tea production and sales rely on money shops and banks, which can be said to be the key. Mr. Lin, I have heard of you. Your family has already become the East Coast, right? This is very good. In the future, Ansheng will develop in Ningshao. If you have any relatives and friends in your hometown, you can call them." Yang Wangzhiyuan said with a smile.

He knew that Lin Yuanwai was one of the shareholders of Xinyi Money House, and this money house was very famous in Huizhou area. "Set up small money houses in various places, and the official funds in southern Anhui are mostly under his control." If such a person can be brought over, it will definitely be a profitable business, just like some Qing merchants who had already become naturalized on the East Coast.

Of course, there are Qing merchants who are willing to become naturalized on the East Coast, and naturally there are also unwilling. Some people still retain their original identities after operating in Ningbo for several years, and still eagerly collect all kinds of knowledge and books from the East Coast, trying every means to pass them back to their hometowns. These people objectively play the role of promoting new ideas, new knowledge and new transformation, and have the attribute of progress, injecting a clear stream into the somewhat twilight Qing ideological circle.

These new things from the outside world are especially valued by the newly emerging Han military officials, because they are particularly interested in why they have been defeated on the East Coast. Although the Qing court was a little dissatisfied with this, they had to rely more and more on Han officials when they were attacked everywhere. Therefore, they were not easy to ban these new ideas and could only accept them selectively. That is, they are vigorously promoted nationwide, promoting republican ideas, and naturally prohibiting the new political system. Of course, things about the dark history of the Qing Dynasty cannot be put in.

In short, after so many years of direct or indirect influence, especially after reconciling peace with the East Coast, the two sides fully opened up trade and borders, the Qing Dynasty was very different from decades ago! Although the change was not as fierce as Shun State, it was quite considerable. Compared with them, the most backward and corrupt force in the mainland of the country is the Southern Ming Dynasty, which is quite interesting to say.

"Director Yang Wang said that. The old man had already written letters to his family and asked more than ten nephews to come to Yuyao. Most of these are veterans who have been engaged in pawning, pen and ink and tea industries for many years, and have rich experience. They will definitely be able to contribute to Ningbo's industry and commerce." Lin Yuanwai replied with a smile: "Dadongban has created a good business environment for us businessmen that has never been seen since ancient times. Everyone cherishes it very much, and they all want to come to Ningshao to develop. They don't need Director Yang Wang to urge him to come here, haha."

After hearing this, Yang Wanglin nodded, smiling without saying a word. Of course, he knew that Lin Yuanwai's words were untrue. Although Huizhou helped merchants to become naturalized in the East Coast, there were not many people who did not want to become naturalized. He once heard of a man who "had a hometown" who returned to his hometown and wrote to the Qing court, requesting the opening of a silver dollar bureau and a copper dollar bureau, using machines to mint coins, and innovate the currency system, and adopted it by the court. Therefore, in the Qing Dynasty, for various reasons, the currency circulating on the market was varied and extremely chaotic. They included silver dollars, copper coins on the east coast, and the original silver coins (but they vary in size, relying on weighing, and the quality was also very complicated). There were many private coins minted by the people and silver coins from the European countries that came from foreign trade, which greatly affected the development of business and "the people suffered a lot."

Therefore, after seeing the exquisite appearance and uniform currency of the East Coast man and machine minting, the merchant suggested buying a hydraulic stamping coin machine from the East Coast man and dredging the market currency system: the initial plan is to mint large silver dollars (weight seven cents and two cents), two silver dollars (weight three cents and six cents), five silver dollars (weight one cents and four cents), and ten silver dollars (weight seven cents and two cents), so as to use silver coins for unified use across the country. In addition, the Copper Yuan Bureau will also use machines to mint ten copper dollars and two copper coins to facilitate daily use and promote commercial development.

There is no doubt that these measures can greatly increase the fiscal revenue of the Qing government. This is not only the income from seigniorage, but also the huge dividends brought by the great development of industry and commerce in the country after the unification of the currency system. The latter's dividends are several times that of the former. These business groups chose their hometown and chose to cooperate with the Qing government, which made Yang Wanglin very unhappy, but they didn't mind too much. People on the East Coast pay attention to coming and going casually and free trade, so naturally they won't pick their own brand.
Chapter completed!