In June 1896, Lin Youde returned to Guangzhou from Hong Kong.
As soon as he arrived in Guangzhou, Du Qifeng, who stayed behind, gave him a big surprise.
"The Xia family came forward to coordinate, and I took over the entire street at the main entrance of Longyuan Pavilion - it can't be said to be a takeover, it is considered a joint-stock system, just like what Brother Lin did when Jin Huihuang was founded. Brother Lin, your management
The model gave me a lot of inspiration, so I implemented some small reforms in the teahouses and restaurants on the street. The result is what it is now."
Du Qifeng pointed to the bustling street behind him and said to Lin Youde proudly.
At this time, in Lin Youde's eyes, there was a huge arrow floating on Du Qifeng's head, with the words "Business Talent" written above the arrow.
When Lin Youde realized that this was the Bole skill he clicked in Hong Kong, the arrows and signs disappeared at the same time. It seems that this prompt will disappear automatically after Lin Youde notices it. This setting is good. If there is a real-time
The recording function is even better.
In short, under the management of Du Qifeng, a business talent that was equivalent to a free gift, plus the addition of Lin Youde's skills to his business system, and the prompts of some marketing concepts introduced by Lin Youde from a hundred years later, Du Qifeng spent two months to turn Longyuan Pavilion into a new business.
The ordinary small street in front of the door has become the commercial center of the nearby area.
"In addition," Du Qifeng continued, "since April, some foreigners have come to Guangzhou to see me with Brother Lin's name card. I arranged all their foreign businesses on this street in front of Longyuan Pavilion. I also
With the help of the Xia family, we rented some warehouses at the dock for these foreign companies to use, and charged cents based on the market price of the goods stored and the storage time."
Lin Youde nodded and asked: "How has the factory been doing since Catalina Xiaojie came to Guangzhou in May?"
Du Qifeng did not answer, but opened the front of his suit and showed Lin Youde the gun holster hanging under his arm.
"The first batch of guns has been successfully shipped from the factory. There are thirty guns in total. However, because the machinery is not yet fully in place, many parts of this batch of guns are handmade and are not interchangeable with each other. There are no replacement parts. For this reason, Miss Fidler issued a large number of
He had a bad temper and scolded Brother Lin for not doing things well."
Lin Youde could only smile bitterly. Catalina gave him a long purchase list. It was not easy to buy all the machines on it. Not to mention that Lin Youde didn't have enough money to buy whatever he wanted. Just this purchase
Channels gave Lin Youde a headache. When he was in Hong Kong, Lin Youde spent a lot of effort to convince Catalina's new factory to use American machines that were relatively easy to purchase and give up purchasing German machine tools.
"The disguised Hesheng Machinery Factory is progressing more slowly, and it is estimated that it will take more than a month to produce a replica silk reeling machine."
Lin Youde is not worried about the latter. Anyway, the machine factory has no hope of making money. It is just a cover for making guns. Although he privately recruits armed forces to protect his own land, he spends money to cultivate connections and let people know. It doesn't matter, but setting up a factory to produce
Weapons are another story.
Lin Youde comforted himself by thinking, just do this slowly, don't rush.
So Lin Youde inspected his property as a matter of routine, and began to lead a sensual life again. The only change was that there were suddenly more people wandering around in front of Longyuan Pavilion, and Xuedeba was more erratic than before.
He followed Lin Youde more diligently, almost never leaving.
In July, Situ Meitang sent someone to convey the news to Lin Youde. Under the activities of Zhi Gong Tang, some American politicians and arms company bosses decided to provide limited support to Lin Youde's plan. The Americans hoped that the Chinese would "make some achievements in the Philippines first"
". The first batch of aid provided by arms companies will be shipped from Honolulu in the near future, including a sum of money and a batch of old rifles and paper-cased bullets that the US military has sealed after replacing them.
After getting the news, Lin Youde immediately allocated 20 new shell guns and sent them to Hesheng Hall in Hong Kong. Lin Youde's meaning was obvious. He just wanted to tell Xiang Qiyi: We have all made achievements, you
You should also use your thoughts.
So in August of this year, a "blood transfusion" operation led by Hong Kong's Hongmen organization to the Philippines and Indonesia quietly began.
Historically, the overseas Chinese in the Philippines and Dutch Indonesia were unable to make any big waves because they had many factions and it was difficult to unify. Take the Dutch East Indies as an example. Historically, most of the overseas Chinese in the Dutch East Indies were from Chaoshan, and the localism was
,
Ruralism was serious, and people from different villages often undermined each other. It was not until the 1920s, when the Chaoshan Clan established the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the predecessor of Sun Ngee Ann, that the overseas Chaozhou Clan's attacks on each other were curbed to a certain extent.
But in this time and space, I don’t know what went wrong. The Qing government did not give the Chaozhou Gang the right to monopolize opium, so the power of the Chaozhou Gang is far less powerful than in official history. The composition of overseas Chinese in Nanyang is more diverse, so the power of Hongmen is
Nanyang is stronger than in the official history.
Now, what Lin Youde and the others have to do is to use economic expansion as a cover to send more Hongmen disciples to Nanyang. As early as the 1880s, Heshengtang saw the decline of Spain, so he began to infiltrate the Philippines, and
Shengtang has a branch in Manila and even owns a warehouse area.
At this time, both the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies were engaged in infrastructure construction, railway construction and rubber planting industry. The notorious "pig piglet" trade was at its hottest. So Lin Youde and others took advantage of foreigners' interest in "pig piglets".
The desire of "Piggy" sent Hongmen's power to the entire South Asian islands.
The Hongmen organization took quick action to eliminate some of the most heinous scoundrels who recruited Chinese workers for foreigners and made money by selling Chinese people. On the other hand, they used compradors who were originally from Hongmen to contact foreigners and recruit Chinese workers in a short time.
Trade control was in their own hands. Then Hongmen, based on Lin Youde's suggestion, proposed to foreigners the requirement to conduct Chinese labor trade in units of "wu".
Each team includes two to three Hongmen grassroots forty-nine boys, one "cadre" at the level of a small leader, and several young Chinese from the same hometown as these people.
Each corps is subordinate to the higher-level tang. These tangs are grass-roots organizations established by Heshengtang or other Hongmen companies in Nanyang. The corps leaders of the newly imported piggies all know exactly which tang in their area.
Who is in charge of the hall? Who is the big boss? In addition, based on Lin Youde’s suggestion, Hongmen added a young man who had read books and understood the righteousness of the nation to serve as the “White Feather Fan” in each hall in Nanyang.
Many people in Hongmen don't understand Lin Youde's suggestion, but Lin Youde has his own reason: it may not be useful for the big guys in Hongmen to talk about great principles, but when it comes to inciting the people, the combination of great principles and an impassioned tone will often be very effective.
Infectiousness. After all, Hongmen is preparing for future uprisings, so setting up such a position is of great benefit.
In fact, Lin Youde's plan is completely imitated by the Tutor Party's plan of "establishing party branches to companies". Actual combat has proved that this plan is effective. The importance of political mobilization plays a huge role in the struggle of this vulnerable group against a powerful enemy.
A black cat or a white cat is a good cat if it can catch mice. Lin Youde doesn't care about his doctrine, what he wants is results.
As this major blood transfusion progressed, by November of this year, in less than half a year, Hongmen’s grassroots organizations had widely penetrated into millions of Chinese workers in Nanyang. Because of these grassroots organizations, the Chinese workers in Nanyang have never been able to
The struggles and conflicts with the colonial authorities and the indigenous people that had stopped suddenly decreased or even disappeared. All Chinese people know that the time for us to raise the banner is coming soon and we must be patient.
The colonial authorities were very happy to think that their whips had finally broken the backbones of the Chinese people and shaved off their dignity. They had no idea that they were sitting on a powder keg.
In fact, this change is not so difficult to detect. In the past, in various coolie halls and plantation huts, the Chinese people who gathered together to drink, besides drinking, gambling, and wrestling, the most common thing they did was to quietly listen to Gao Hu artists playing hometown songs.
minor tune. If there is the same tune that day
When a companion dies under the whip of a helper or a foreigner - this happens often - the Chinese workers will gather together spontaneously, clink glasses in silence, and then spill the wine in the direction of their hometown, hoping that the souls of the deceased compatriots can stay far away.
Crossed the ocean and was accepted by the homeland.
But things are different now. At the end of every gathering, a certain Chinese worker will start singing: Sleeping for a hundred years~
After the heavy and long four words, all the Chinese trade unions sang together: The Chinese people are gradually waking up.
This song that Lin Youde sang out of his temper in Hong Kong at that time has now been translated into various versions, covering almost all southern dialects. With the expansion of Hongmen, influenza, black death and even the T-virus have been far behind.
The speed spread throughout Southeast Asia.
This song has been integrated into the personal experience of the Chinese workers and is often sung in a low and powerful manner. If a foreigner accidentally enters a gathering of Chinese workers, he will definitely feel that this unfamiliar Chinese song sounds very similar to Baudier's
"The Internationale" is low but powerful. There is a roar in the silence. It is as ghostly and cold as sad music, but it cannot cover up the rushing passion in the song.
Then he will instinctively feel fear, which is the warning sent to him by the remaining animal instincts of human beings. He may think of the blood of the Chinese on his hands, and of the Chinese workers who were forced to death by overwork.
In fact, a few unlucky foreigners did stumble upon the Chinese workers singing under the leadership of the team leader, and all of them disappeared without exception.
Hongmen's strict organizational system made a huge contribution to the confidentiality of the entire operation.
Before Christmas in 1896, the United States sent a secret envoy to inspect the degree of Chinese organization in Nanyang. He then said in a report to the U.S. Department of Defense: "...the local Chinese lack military training and experienced military officers, but they
The level of organization is much higher than that of the local indigenous people in the Philippines. Moreover, their number is huge, and many of them have nothing.
, under the influence of a profound national consciousness, they will become the largest outlaw group in the world. As long as they are given weapons, it is not impossible for the Chinese to occupy the Philippines alone. But the Chinese still lack three key things. First, they are
Weapons, and the second is an excuse to launch an uprising, both of which are not a problem, but the third is very deadly, they..."
That's right, Lin Youde and others don't have Shen Ji.