During their inspection of Houtao Town, Li Ming and others also met Liang Yujie, who was in charge of the commercial work of the Hetao base area. At this time, Liang Yujie wore a set of Russian-style camouflage uniforms every day, although she was still so heroic, but she had long lost the domineering momentum of the year.

She has been working in the Loop for about a year, and various departments have generally responded well to her. When he and Li Ming came to Daming, they have been working at the Far East Central Plains Intelligence Station of the Far East Company in Henan.

Because of Liang Yujie's outstanding achievements in Manila that year, Li Ming asked her to be in charge of presiding over the work of the Far Eastern Business Group. Liang Yujie stayed in Henan for nearly two years, and made great achievements in the rectification of the Far Eastern Business Group.

Originally, there were many problems in the Far Eastern Business Group, mainly concentrated in low efficiency, chaotic accounts, unreasonable staffing, and some serious corruption problems in individual departments.

In fact, the root cause is still in the system, the Far East Intelligence Department initially only regarded the Far East Business Group as an intelligence agency in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and there was relatively little consideration for commerciality, and after the Far East Intelligence Department successively established intelligence warfare in various places, the Far East Business Group was in a very embarrassing position, and the problems accumulated over time increased.

Liang Yujie vigorously integrated the resources of the Far East Business Group, and quickly established a perfect market system in various parts of Daming by taking advantage of the advantages of the Intelligence Department and various sought-after commodities of the Far East Company. Each region has allocated various agents according to the needs of the Ministry of Intelligence, and on this basis, a large number of distributors and dealers have been established, which not only meets the requirements of the Ministry of Intelligence, but also greatly increases the profits of the Far Eastern merchant group.

Those who have the ability can shine everywhere. In the more than a year since Liang Yujie presided over the Far Eastern Business Group, the scale of the Far Eastern Business Group has nearly doubled, and the marketing volume has increased several times. And it has given a great boost to the work of the Ministry of Intelligence.

The three giants such as Zhou Billy of the Intelligence Department have given great recognition to her work. There was even the idea of keeping her in the Ministry of Intelligence. But how could such an economic talent be placed in the Ministry of Intelligence, and Liang Yujie also wanted to work in the Hetao area, which dispelled the idea of several big spy leaders.

During the period when Liang Yujie was in charge of the Far Eastern Commercial Bank, he paid more attention to the business situation in Shanxi. and took advantage of the Far Eastern merchant group and the merchants of the Shanxi region to make extensive contacts.

In fact, the merchants at the border in this era were all bureaucrats and gentry, Ming princes and military leaders of the border army standing behind them. Without the support of these people, you want to do business at the border, and you can make a small fuss, but once you get bigger, you have to let these guys eat and skin them alive.

The Intelligence Department mainly dealt with the forces behind the Ming Merchant Group, which also gave Liang Yujie the opportunity to contact them. Li Ming swept away the eight traitors and Jin merchants in Shanxi, and later broke Ningxia Town, which had a great impact on the three sides of Shaanxi and the towns in Shanxi. It has been in a state of stagnation.

In recent years, the Far East has gradually controlled the Liaodong and Monan grassland regions, and the trade routes of the Ming Dynasty and the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty have also been greatly affected. In the past, they relied on smuggling transactions with the Mongolian tribes in the eastern Liaodong and steppes, and they could make large profits every year.

The Ministry of Intelligence used various means to make contact with merchants in the Shanxi area, and through them, they got in touch with the relationships behind them. A well-developed network of intelligence systems was established in the Shanxi region, and the Far Eastern merchant group also took root in these two regions.

After Liang Yujie came to the Hetao area, he also used the intelligence network of the Ministry of Intelligence in the Shanxi region to establish a relationship with the Far Eastern business group. Smuggling border trade was resumed with merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. Because of the powerful resources of the Far Eastern merchant group that could be utilized, merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi went out of the customs to trade with the Hetao base area. Directly by the Far Eastern merchant group and Shanxi merchants in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in order to ensure the profits of the smuggling transactions of the Shanxi merchants, the Far Eastern merchant group will make up for it through other preferential treatment to ensure the interests of the Shanxi merchants. In addition, Shanxi merchants could also bring back traditional goods such as leather goods, cattle and horses from the grassland when they traded with the Hetao base area.

After nearly a year of operation by Liang Yujie, the border trade smuggling, which was originally completely stagnant. It's starting to be active again. From the civil officials and military leaders to the princes and princes of the Ming Dynasty, they all organized caravans to go out of the customs and trade with the Hetao base area.

In the past, when the merchant group went out, the goods were brought at random, but now the Far Eastern business group has basically negotiated the type and price code of the goods with many merchants directly in the customs. The varieties of commodities include all kinds of cloth, cotton, salt, tea cakes, daily necessities, clothing, shoes and hats, etc., all of which are urgently needed in the Hetao base area at present.

Although the various goods brought by the various caravans that went out of the customs were expensive. But the cost is also much lower than that sent from Liaodong, and the supplies are replenished very quickly. What materials were wanted by the base area, a telegram to the Far Eastern merchant group immediately arranged for the merchant groups from all over Shanxi to organize the supply of goods out of customs.

If it weren't for the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, the Far Eastern merchant group could have purchased goods by itself. However, it will not be an easy task to transport a large number of materials needed for the Hetao base area out of Jiubian.

The smuggling trade of the entire Ming Dynasty is actually a huge chain of interests to maintain, and the Far Eastern merchant group is unable to operate this matter at all, so they can only use the merchants of Shanxi and Shaanxi to export the customs trade through their respective merchant groups.

After the caravan of Shanxi merchants left the customs, they only needed to meet the banks of the Yellow River with their supplies. A wharf was established on the banks of the Yellow River not far from the border pass, where it received all kinds of supplies transported by Shanxi merchants out of the border pass, and then transported back to the Hetao area by inland steam-deck barges.

Therefore, although the current profits cannot be compared with the previous ones, it is better to be convenient and trouble-free, and the merchant groups can meet the destination of the goods not long after they get out of the border through all parties, so the business groups from all over Shanxi are also very willing to take over this business.

The price code was twice that of the original Guannai, and all the merchant groups from all over the country flocked to it, and they organized caravans to supply the Far Eastern Company. With the support of business groups from all over Shanxi, the Hetao base area finally had enough materials to survive the initial stage of construction and resettle a large number of displaced people. In addition, the Hetao base area also purchased a large amount of grain from merchant groups from various parts of Shanxi and Shaanxi. It's not a lot, but it's better than nothing.

Of course, Liang Yujie was unwilling to be exploited by these Shanxi merchants, so he instructed the Far Eastern merchants to let them trade with the Shanxi merchants as black as they wanted, and the price was also outrageous. (To be continued.) )