Far East, China, Ice Harbor.

"Home. With his feet on the familiar land, looking at the busy docks, and the faces that are the same as himself, Zhang Yuanzang has mixed feelings.

12 years, 12 years, he never dreamed that he would have a chance to come back.

"Hey, here's someone. Zhang Yuanzang greeted the man squatting next to him.

"Boss, what are you going to do!" a big man from the Northeast, wearing a big jacket, curled up in his cuffs with his hands, came up with a smile.

"There's something on board for the brothers to unload. Calculate the salary with the other party, and throw him a pack of blue knife cigarettes.

This pirate is drawn on it, holding a scimitar, and the kind that says 'Blue Knife Ace' is written on it, which is known as the Old Knife Card in China.

One of the best cigarettes sold in China produced by Duke Tobacco Company, Zhang Yuanzang brought back more than a dozen boxes in the first batch this time, and he could use it for relationships, gifts, and scenes.

"Brother Zhang, where are we going first?" Everything was loaded onto the carriage, tied, and the translator came over.

"Advanced City, this place, it really deserves to be called Ice City, freeze to death. Zhang Yuanzang shrunk his neck, and the convoy walked towards the city.

Along the way, I saw two levels, a small turret, with machine guns on top and sandbags reinforced below.

I don't know if it's because there are a lot of foreigners in the team, and the soldiers didn't make it difficult, but when they arrived at the city gate, Zhang Yuanzang took the initiative to come up.

"Brother, come and smoke a pack of cigarettes. The cuffs flicked down, and the two packs of cigarettes fell into his hands and stuffed into the hands of the soldiers.

In these days, it was not popular to call 'military master,' it was when the puppet Manchurian government was in power, and the dog traitor learned the accent of Beiping and put gold on his face.

The people of Peking call 'Ye,' that is an honorific title, polite.

Dog traitor, that's really taking himself as a master, when he turns his head to be a dog in front of the RB master, he can find some comfort in his heart.

The other party didn't refuse, stuffed it into his pocket, looked at the goods he brought with a slightly kind face, and asked, "Running the boat?"

"Hey, the boat runner, I'm going to do some small business in the city, we are new to the city, and we don't know what the rules are, can you tell me?" Zhang Yuanzang bowed his hand politely.

"We don't have any rules, be smart, don't make trouble, don't mess with Lao Maozi and RB people, abide by the law, then no one will trouble you." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the foreigners and said, "Your business seems to be not small, do business with foreigners?"

"It's not easy to eat with a mouthful, haha. With a smile, he said goodbye, and the inspection was all food, cigarettes, etc., and he was directly released.

"Little Liu, ask where there is a rich bank. Therefore, Liu inquired at the tea stall at the corner of the street, and the other party was very enthusiastic, not only pointing the way, but also vaguely mentioning which one was the best.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China, the prosperity of the three eastern provinces was comparable to that of foreign metropolises, and Bingcheng was known as the second largest international metropolis in the Far East.

The heavy industry system composed of steel and coal and the light industry system composed of textiles and grain processing made Bingcheng far ahead of this era.

The Bingcheng Railway Station has direct access to important cities such as the Soviet Union and is being rolled to major cities in Europe, making it one of the busiest railway stations in Asia.

On the way to Qianzhuang, looking at the foreigners, foreign shops, furs, and dresses everywhere, Zhang Yuanzang sighed: "This is more lively than San Francisco!"

"If we build a few more high-rise buildings, we'll become New York, right?"

Therefore, the sixth father was sent to study in the United States at the end of the early Qing Dynasty, and finally the Qing Dynasty was gone, so he stayed there and did not come back.

He happens to be proficient in several Chinese languages, and he is still a Chinese face, and he was selected as an accompanying translator when Hualian was recruited, and he is also full of curiosity about China.

After all, when he went abroad, he was still a little bit of a peeing of pants.

When he arrived at Qianzhuang, 1 US knife = 2 silver dollars + 80 copper yuan, and Zhang Yuanzang exchanged 10,000 US dollars.

In these years, 1 silver dollar is enough for more than a dozen people to go to the restaurant to shabu mutton, invite two foreign restaurants, can buy 20 catties of rice, and 20,000 silver dollars is enough for expenses.

New World Hotel, one of the largest hotels in Bingcheng, is run by Chinese and is also a fixed place for Chinese entrepreneurs to gather, where Zhang Yuanzang and his entourage live.

In the next few days, Zhang Yuanzang made friends and dealt with the businessmen in the hotel, and the banquet continued every day.

Therefore, Liu, with the employees of Hualian, began to walk the streets and alleys to find suitable land.

In the past half a month, Zhang Yuan has created some fame in Bingcheng, and Mr. Zhang, a big businessman from the United States, is preparing to open a department store in Bingcheng.

After the news spread, Zhang Yuanzang had more entertainment.

As a city affected by the European economy, the Great Depression inevitably affected the ice city, and the prosperity was manifested in the fact that many businesses could not stay afloat.

There are many deeper reasons, which I will not mention here.

As a result, people who came to the door for help flocked to the door.

There are those who borrow money, those who want to cooperate, those who want to give him the store or land, and a group of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods who want to be cheated and abducted.

More than half a month later, Zhang Yuanzang finally waited for a heavyweight task.

"Mr. Gwariski, Mr. Zhang, let me say hello to you. "New World Hotel, Zhang Yuanzang, so six, and an old Maozi sat around the dining table.

"Thank you, I know a little Chinese. Gwarisky's emphasis was a little strange, but it could be understood, and Zhang Yuanzang was overjoyed.

"I like to make friends with people who know Mandarin. Zhang Yuanzang stretched out his hand and said.

"I also like Chinese friends. "Gwarischi was very enthusiastic.

If you don't be enthusiastic, you can't open the pot at home.

Inflation, the fall of the silver standard, the RB government's wanton suppression of the market with gold dollars, coupled with the political situation, even he, who was once known as the richest man, could not bear it.

"Zhang, I heard, you want to buy a lot of property?" Drinking tea, politely, Gwarisky finally couldn't sit still.

"It's not industry, it's land, we Hualian is a multinational group, mainly doing department stores, that is, retail, and we want to build our own department stores. ”

Half a month of eating and drinking, that is not a waste of money, Zhang Yuanzang basically inquired clearly, where are all the doors and doors in this ice city.

Govwarsky, this old man is one of the three richest people in Ice City.

Lot 1 of Summer Garden Street, a luxury residence of 3,000 square meters, that is a national vote, and even RB and Soviet newspapers have published this information.

The largest plywood factory in the Far East is his industry, using advanced instruments from Siemens in country D.

Majiagou Lumber Yard, one of the largest logging companies in Bingcheng, is contracted for five logging farms.

The location of these five forest sites is a golden area along the China Eastern Railway, with a total area of more than 6,000 square kilometers, and it is extremely convenient to transport.

To this end, Gewarisky invested another 4 million rubles in the construction of a 120-kilometer forest railway.

Its properties in the city also include a number of properties, hotels, beverage factories, breweries and more.

However, now that his plywood factory has been mortgaged to the bank, the forestry company will not be able to operate, the capital chain is broken, and the foreign debt is heavy.