Chapter 1104 The market opens
Wang Jingzhong fell into contemplation, he thought that these old comrades-in-arms, when they were walking on the feet, everyone was one with food and housing, and they could see Zhang Han almost every day, and now the family has a big business, even if they want to see Yang Si and Sun Duoer, it is not easy for them, not to mention that now they are the body of meritorious service, and they can't be compared with before. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The officers and men looked at the old officers and fell silent, everyone was very interested, the officer level at the brigade level is estimated to be abolished, and the vast majority of officers at the brigade command level have been adjusted to the deputy regiment level, Wang Jingzhong's qualifications and actual level, if he had not gone the wrong way, it is estimated that the regimental level command would be a matter of time.
In other words, everyone is actually talking to the commander who is carrying the silver star on his shoulder, the world of the big man is complex and changeable, and the soldiers are no longer speaking out and eating their own food with peace of mind.
After eating, some people took off their military uniforms and boots, waded through the shallow water overgrown with aquatic plants, and jumped into the river.
The soldiers are in good physical condition, swimming is also a standard course in military training, and with years of training and special training, these young men can swim back and forth in the rushing river with almost no difficulty.
Wang Jingzhong sat by the river and smiled and watched them play in the water, his identity was not good, and he took off his clothes and went into the water.
When the young men finished swimming ashore, a pond horse rode up and came to Wang Jingzhong's side under the attention of everyone.
"Captain." Tang Ma gave an overly respectful military salute that went beyond the scope of etiquette for the officers.
"Herald." Wang Jingzhong returned the salute.
"According to the emergency military order, please hand over your duties as a team officer and report to the trading city immediately."
After the order was read out, Tang Ma handed the military order to Wang Jingzhong, in duplicate, Wang Jingzhong signed and left one copy, and the other Tang Ma brought back to the Military Order Department for review and filing.
"Do you know what to do when I was told to go back to the Buying and Selling City?" Wang Jingzhong folded the military order and put it in the dark pocket on his chest.
"Yes." Tang Ma hesitated, they are the people of the military order department's herald system, not a simple Tang Ma, considering Wang Jingzhong's identity and the affection of his old boss, Tang Ma revealed in advance: "The military department has selected a group of candidates to go to Taiwan with Sun Zhengguan, and you have also been selected, the old team officer." ”
"What?" A group of dragon knights suddenly blew up the camp.
A dragon knight said angrily: "How many levels have our team officers been demoted, and they still want to be assigned to Taiwan?" ”
"He came all the way from the foot dart master, whether it is foot and horse fighting, spear waist knife and fire, he has made great contributions to our Hutchison."
"Don't be so bulliful."
"Someone must have deceived your lord!"
Seeing that everyone was angry, Tang* couldn't help but say: "You know a bird, not to mention that the old team officer used to go with the political officials, ordinary people have such an opportunity?" In addition, if you are transferred to Taiwan, you will be promoted, and the veteran officers will now have military exploits, and with the promotion in Taiwan, they will at least be able to command from the team officer to the company or deputy battalion level, although they are still far from their original official positions, and they will not remain here as a squad officer. ”
Only then did everyone understand that Wang Jingzhong was waiting for a rare opportunity.
Wang Jingzhong took a deep breath and said: "The top is also to give me a chance to perform, boys, you are going to continue the march, after I come back, I will go to Beicheng to see you, don't disappoint me!" ”
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"It's finally time for the market to officially open!"
For many days of continuous negotiations, Hutchison led a large number of Han merchants and Russians to negotiate non-stop, and the negotiations were almost day and night, even the war with the Chotu Khan did not bring the negotiations to a halt. Of course, after the end of the war, the negotiations were much easier, and the Russians had also negotiated the part that they had fought to death and refused to give in, and on the whole, the attitude of the Russians was acceptable, while the Han Shang and Hutchison felt that they would make considerable profits in this trade, and both sides would make a lot of money, and the Russians had just restrained their greed.
After realizing the extraordinary strength of the opponent and the strength that there is no way to contend with, the Russians are much more honest, and they have taken the initiative to provide a lot of lists and prices of goods, which are not available for the time being, but they can reach an intention, and on the premise that there is no need for a deposit, as long as there is a definite intention, when the next large-scale Russian businessmen come, the number and variety of goods will undoubtedly increase a lot.
Even now, the Han merchants are quite satisfied.
The shops of the trade street have all been opened, and the dazzling array of goods is dazzling, and a large number of furs and northern specialties are filled with shops, not only from the Russian Far East, but also from the Russian mainland.
From this point of view, the Russian side is more prepared for bilateral trade, which began to be prepared a year ago.
When Wang Jingzhong led the horse into the city, he felt this very deeply.
The goods of the Han merchants are strange, there are many goods that are not suitable, and there are actually several antique dealers, who bring some Xuande furnace Gaoli fans and Tianyu to sell, and they may be able to sell them, but it will definitely be a long process from setting up a stall to actually selling.
There are also some people who sell pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and the four treasures of the study, Wang Jingzhong feels that the guy's brain is broken, and he has been trampled on by a donkey.
The east-west trade street was filled with people of all kinds, but the trade had not yet officially begun, and everyone was just putting their goods on the table and getting ready.
The most positive were the poor people from the small tribe who didn't even have pants, and they put the few skins they had and sold them, and the value was some pearls in good condition, and some ginseng that was well preserved.
In the mountains and rivers that stretch from the Krulun River to the eastern boundary of Liaodong, the pearls are in good condition, and the same is true for ginseng, and these things are very lacking in the interior, quite lacking.
They put these things away, and they looked around with expectant eyes, and they made all kinds of expectations in their hearts.
The Mongols had a much larger number of goods, and many herders came to trade with live sheep, cattle and horses, as well as vegetables and fruits that they picked themselves.
The mile-long avenue was almost impenetrable, and the official trade list between Hutchison and the Russian mission had already been listed, and when it began, the two sides exchanged lists with each other and moved goods to each other's warehouses.
Wang Jingzhong saw the Russian convoy, and sure enough, it was also a four-wheeled cart similar to Hutchison, of course, there was no way to have a uniform size and style like Hutchison, and the Russians had many cart styles and colors, or it could be said that it was like a group of beggars used to beg for a cart, which was tattered and unorthodox.
But if you look closer, you can see that these big cars are particularly strong and strong, and each part has a rough taste and feeling, and the shape of the big car is far less than that of Hutchison, but Wang Jingzhong looked at it and felt that the weight of the big car and the ability to go off-road for long distances should not be much worse than that of Hutchison.
They are all the craftsmanship level of this era, the brushed springs, the front axle of the wheels and the steering system, the longitudinal axle at the bottom of the carriage, the axles and steering systems of the Russians are all stupid and coarse, and many of them are rusty, Wang Jingzhong shook his head when he looked at it.
"Don't look down on their carriages."
A middle-aged man who looked like a military officer was also looking at the carriage, he looked at Wang Jingzhong, and saw that it was a team officer dress, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and said casually: "The top may not know, but we have studied a lot recently." ”
"What are you studying?"
"Have you seen the map?" The middle-aged man said: "Coming from their Moscow to us is much farther than our journey from Hainan Island to Beijing." It's such a long way, it's this thing that comes all the way, pulls the good things here and then turns back, and it's over 10,000 miles back and forth. Of course, they also have boats, all of which are mainly along the river, but there are also a lot of places to be pulled by carriages, have you seen the blank space marked on the map, those are all Russians have not been there, there are forests everywhere, dense forests full of wild beasts, there is no road at all if you don't walk along the river, the whole place is bigger than our Daming! There are not as many people in such a big place as our Datong Mansion, think about what it feels like. They just went over the mountains, from the dense forest to the grassland, all the way back and forth, just using this carriage and walking along the river, this carriage is really fucking made, too leather! ”
This middle-aged military personnel should be the technical staff of the Miscellaneous Bureau of the Department of Industry and Commerce, and he said in a very appreciative tone to Wang Jingzhong: "It's useless to make flowers, it's useless to improve the body, it's best to fuck it, our car has a high damage rate, mainly because there are too many parts, if you want me to say, Lord Zhang should offer a reward, reduce the parts of the carriage like a firecracker, and reduce a reward of silver, the simpler the better, the more solid the better!" ”
"Makes sense." Wang Jingzhong pondered: "The parts of the fire gun are reduced and fewer, but the operation is simpler, and then the damage rate is reduced and the firing rate increases. ”
"Look." The middle-aged military officer said proudly: "Talking to someone who understands is brisk." ”
Wang Jingzhong laughed and said, "In this case, if I have the opportunity to meet an adult, I will definitely tell him what you said in person." ”
"You're bragging, aren't you?" The middle-aged man glared and said, "You old army seems to be a good brag, otherwise you would be a team officer if your temples are white?" ”
Wang Jingzhong was not angry, laughed and continued to move forward.
At this time, on the top of the tallest building on South Street, suddenly the windows were wide open, and the people first marched, and then they all cheered.
Zhang Han's figure appeared by the window, and important businessmen such as Petrin and Zhang Ziming were also beside him.
Underneath the building were crowded together Russian merchants and Han merchants, both of whom of course played quite important roles.
Zhang Han did not ask the people to wait long, and the trade negotiations and the preparation of goods had been delayed for a long time, so he picked up the drumstick and beat it heavily on the city drum.