wIn Tianjin’s Chengnan Commercial District, an agricultural company called ‘Black Land’ was established. People who want to cry are already confused.
The main business of Black Earth Agriculture Company: Cooperating with the government, responding to the government’s policy of relocating to the border, recruiting refugees to go to the Northeast for reclamation, and developing a series of agriculture-related businesses such as foreign agricultural trade.
Needless to say, this company also allows Liu Zhenming to plant the seeds purchased from the system in the Northeast openly. Since the Northeast does not belong to Liu Zhenming's territory, the seeds purchased from the system can only be planted on this land for one generation.
However, Liu Zhenming had his own workaround. He could build a planting base around Chinatown and then continuously transport seeds there instead of buying them from the system at high prices.
Liu Zhenming sold the submarine design drawings and documents to the Germans and received 600,000 pounds.
The current battleship of the Beiyang Fleet, the Haitian, has a displacement of 4,300 tons. It was ordered from the Germans and cost about 330,000 pounds. In other words, Liu Zhenming sold about the value of two Haitian ships, which can be said to be a huge sum.
Paid.
The Germans were willing to spend such a large sum of money to purchase the submarine. In addition to the value of the submarine, the amount also provided Liu Zhenming with funds for his anti-British activities.
As soon as the company was established, Liu Zhenming recruited a Chinese who had recently returned from abroad to temporarily start business as a manager. His name was Yang Junzhong. He was in his thirties and looked very calm and capable.
Originally, Yuan Shikai was willing to lend someone to Liu Zhenming, but he refused. Liu Zhenming did not want to make wedding clothes for others.
Today, Yang Junzhong just came to the company and sat down. He saw Liu Zhenming leading several guests to file in. He couldn't help but stand up and quickly greeted the latest chapter of Four Seasons in Jerusalem.
Not to mention, Yang Junzhong admired his boss very much. As soon as the company was established, he obtained 30,000 acres of land set aside by the government from Fengtian Province, and I heard that another 50,000 acres are under negotiation.
Yang Junzhong's main job now is to recruit people from all over the country and then transport them to the land for reclamation. And I heard that this boss is also planning to import agricultural tractors from abroad for reclamation. Not only does he have money, but he also has the courage.
If Liu Zhenming knew what Yang Junzhong was thinking, he would be a little depressed. Although the land was purchased from Fengtian Government Office at a very low price, a large area of it was in contact with the Russian sphere of influence. He had to guard against thieves day and night.
Liu Zhenming clearly got a good deal and acted like a good boy. Others might have tried hard to get such a good thing. He was someone in the court who wanted to do something good, and his behavior was a typical collusion between officials and businessmen.
"Junzhong, you go and do your work. I will personally take these distinguished guests around." Liu Zhenming waved away Yang Junzhong who came to greet him, thought for a while, and then said: "This is Qiaoer, and he is also very good at doing business.
Come on, leave the unimportant work at hand to her."
At this time, Liu Zhenming couldn't help but miss Ji Li. If she were here, it would still be his turn to take care of these troublesome things.
Now Liu Zhenming is preparing to establish several radio bases to contact Chinatown through radio, so that he can communicate with Chinatown conveniently and covertly.
The Marconi telegraph is worth ten thousand merits. Since China is an entire Pacific Ocean away from British Columbia, it may be necessary to buy several units and place them in places such as Japan or Hawaii to obtain communications. Radio technology has not been in use for a long time. As long as the base is built
Hidden, there is no fear of discovery by the Japanese and US governments.
Yang Junzhong glanced at Han Qiaoer briefly. Seeing that she looked at Liu Zhenming differently from others, he knew that this might be the boss's wife.
After all, Yang Junzhong had returned from studying abroad. Although he had some prejudice against women, he was not as stubborn and conservative as some people in China. He immediately nodded and led Han Qiaoer down with enthusiasm.
Liu Zhenming watched them leave with satisfaction. Fang and Wu Peifu led Aoki Xuanzhun and other Japanese people into a conference room.
"Aoki-kun, have you fully understood my intention? Master Yuan feels very good about this." Liu Zhenming used the tiger skin as a banner, and as soon as he sat down, he tilted his head and squinted at the Japanese.
"Brother Liu's idea is indeed worth a try. Under the guise of an agricultural company, we can open up land all over the Northeast. We can also put our people in to investigate the Russian military deployment and obtain various intelligence. What's more, we
You can hide the soldiers among the refugees, and when the time is right, you can launch a sudden attack on the Russian army. No wonder Brother Weiting values you so much." Aoki Xuanchun's eyes flashed, and his words of praise really came from the heart.
Liu Zhenming stood up, walked to a map of the three northeastern provinces hanging in front of him, pointed at it, and said energetically: "As long as we acquire land in more than ten places in the three northeastern provinces, we will be able to form a complete map of the Northeast.
In the intelligence system, countless intelligences come from the three northeastern provinces every day, and all we have to do is sit in the room and wait, but we still have a little difficulty."
"What's the difficulty?" Nobuzumi Aoki asked curiously.
Liu Zhenming smiled lightly and said: "The funds for the activities are not enough."
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When Nobuzumi Aoki came out of the Black Earth Agriculture Company, the smile that had always been on his face disappeared.
"Sir, do we really want to give Liu Ziqian an activity fund of fifty thousand taels? The total activity fund we received from the staff is only one hundred thousand taels." As soon as he left the house, Major Morita Toshihara asked angrily.
Nobuzumi Aoki brought a total of more than 30 Japanese intelligence personnel this time. After forming a mixed detective intelligence team with the Chinese side, they will go to the Northeast. Morita Toshihiro is the highest ranking among them.
Toshita Morita and Nobuzumi Aoki remained silent, and said harshly: "It is undeniable that Mr. Liu's plan is very good, but in my opinion, in addition to using the company to collect intelligence, he is also seeking for himself.
Self-interest, as long as the Black Earth Company goes on the right track, his wealth will continue to grow, but we haven't gotten a single share of his company, and we still have to pay so much money."
"The Chinese people have always made no distinction between public and private affairs, and they like to use power for personal gains. This Liu Zhenming is no exception." Aoki Xuanzhun had always had a gloomy face, but now he laughed when he said this, and continued: "It's a pity that these Chinese people always do it for themselves."
Regardless of the interests of the country, rest assured, the lands he proposed to purchase are all on the edge of the Russian sphere of influence. As long as the empire wins the Russo-Japanese War, these places will naturally fall into the hands of the empire. Now
We just put the money in his pocket temporarily."
A cold light flashed in Nobuzumi Aoki's eyes, and he said solemnly: "Besides, he may not live until that time, and his perfect intelligence collection system will be implemented by us on his behalf."
"Your Excellency, you want to kill him?" Morita Toshihara was overjoyed.
"No need to say much about this matter, as long as you know it."
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After getting an activity fund from Nobujun Aoki, Liu Zhenming asked for an activity fund from Yuan Shikai. When you have money and people, you also need a boat. To others, this may be a huge sum of money.
Cost, but for Liu Zhenming, the cost must be reduced by at least half.
Several transport ships and cargo ships in the Beiyang Fleet were rusting at the port. As soon as Liu Zhenming learned the news, he bought them from the Navy Yamen through Yuan Shikai's relationship.
There are three ships in total, one is a transport ship of about 1,000 tons, originally named "Zhenhai", Liu Zhenming was too lazy to name it, so he named it "Black Earth No. 1".
The other two are small ships with a displacement of only one to two hundred tons and can sail offshore. These three ships were originally sold for 50,000 taels of silver, but were finally sold to Liu Zhenming as decommissioned scraps for only 10,000 taels.
silver.
However, what makes Liu Zhenming depressed is that it cost 20,000 taels of silver to take care of it, which is twice as expensive as the purchase price. Welcome to your support, which is my biggest motivation.m