After more people connected to the electricity, those workers were a little unhappy.Everyone pays an electricity bill of Yingyang every month, but they can use a few lights in such a few rooms in their own house, while the big family can install dozens of lights at a time. Naturally, they don't want to.

2Chapter 16 Group companies

At that time, there were no electric meters, so it was much more difficult to collect electricity bills.In the end, the person in charge of the industrial zone was really flexible. He decided to charge according to the number of equipment. As long as a light socket was installed, he would pay a silver dime a month, and the price of the radio was the same.In this way, the workers use less and pay much less, and the big families don't care about spending a few extra dollars, but face is more important, so everyone feels balanced.

Except for wealthy families, those who can afford radios are workers with relatively high wages, and these people are concentrated in the cities.For Zhao Shouhong, who hopes to publicize his ideology and broaden the horizons of the people through the radio, this is far from enough.In today's Hualan, the majority of people are in the countryside, and those farmers are the real majority. Only by improving their quality can the country be truly prosperous and strong.

Zhao Shouhong thought for a long time, and finally decided to install tweeters in each village.These high-pitched speakers are also produced by the electrical factory. They can be connected to wires or use batteries. Every village has one installed, and they directly play the content of the radio for half an hour each morning, noon and evening.Such a loudspeaker can make the whole village and even the people in the field hear clearly, so the influence of the radio station will be much greater.

In order to allow the radio station to have a wider coverage, Zhao Shouhong used Glory, the main brain of the space hospital. The signal sent by the radio station was captured by the space hospital's communication system, and then sent out. At least it can cover the entire Eastern Continent. If it is connected to a synchronous satellite, Almost half the world can be covered.This kind of signal transmission capability is probably unrivaled in the world, so radio users in the western Sichuan area did not have any noise when receiving the signal, and it sounded as if the other party was really talking next to them.

Looking at the entire world at this time, the business of radio broadcasting has just started. This new type of industry naturally has many defects. All the broadcasting stations are not only broadcast for a short time, but also have a lot of noise, and the effect is not good.What's more problematic is that these stations are all in the developed areas of the Western Continent and the Central Continent, and these signals cannot be received in the Eastern Continent.Therefore, for a long time, Zhongchuan Radio Station became the only radio station in the entire Eastern Continent, and Zhao Shouhong deliberately concealed the Dahualanism in his broadcasts, and spread throughout the Eastern Continent along with the broadcasting of the radio station. Anyone with a radio in their hands can easily listen to it.

With the development of industry in western Sichuan, the commercial routes in Zhongchuan became more and more prosperous. Eighty percent of the trains from Shudu to Chongshan City every day were transporting goods. In addition, there were more and more riverboats from Chongshan City to other provinces. Chaotianmen Wharf had to be expanded three times, but the berths and warehouses were still not enough.

As many businessmen entered Zhongchuan, they quickly discovered the miraculous product of radio in Shu.The radios and storage batteries produced by the Yazhou Electric Appliance Factory also spread in all directions along with the merchants.Nowadays, there are several small hydroelectric or thermal power stations in various parts of Hualan, especially in big cities, and it is no problem to support the use of radios.With the release of radios, the broadcasts of Zhongchuan Radio Station can be heard in major cities, and Zhao Shouhong, who is often mentioned in the radio station, has once again attracted the attention of many upper-level figures.

Many products were exported and sold to all parts of the country along the Yangtze River waterway, but problems soon appeared.After many businessmen bought radios produced by Yazhou Electric Appliance Factory, they would put their own brands on them and sell them in other places. This made Zhao Shouhong quite angry, and he began to solve this problem.

After Zhao Shouhong got to know a few businessmen who sold OEM radios in other places, he quickly learned the ins and outs of the matter.It turns out that when selling goods, you must put your own brand on it. This is a kind of publicity for the image of the businessman, and it is also a performance that reassures everyone.

For Zhao Shouhong, who came from later generations, it is not that he does not understand the importance of the brand, but he has always focused on expanding production and ignored this issue.In the past, Qin Zhongyi was in charge of the sales of Zhongchuan products, and he would re-sell the products in Guanghai City.This time the radio was directly sold by Nakagawa, that's why this happened, but it's not too late to think about it now, this matter is easy to make up for.

In addition to brand building, Zhao Shouhong's most important thing is to integrate the industries in his hands.After counting his own industries, he was surprised to find that he had three steel factories, three machinery processing factories, two large chemical factories, two cement factories, two chemical textile factories, one garment factory, and one chemical fertilizer factory in western Sichuan. , a watch factory, an electrical appliance factory, a pharmaceutical factory, an automobile factory, an aircraft factory and a military factory.In addition, among the industries cooperated with Sun Zhenze, there are two canning factories, one glass factory, two fur processing factories, five flour processing factories, four daily chemical factories and more than 70 shops.

After discussing with their father-in-law, Sun Zhenze, they decided to establish a group company.Sun Zhenze only had one daughter, Sun Yuting, so he naturally gave all his property to his son-in-law.What's more, most of these properties of his own are earned by his son-in-law, and he has no objection to the merger of the two.

Soon Hanxing Group Company, with Zhao Shouhong occupying [-]% of the shares, was established, and all its products were labeled with the Hanxing brand, and the names of each factory were changed for easy identification.The three iron and steel plants are Batang Iron and Steel Works, Ganzi Iron and Steel Works and Ningyuan Iron and Steel Works. Two of the three machinery processing plants are located in Ningyuan Hall, and the two built by Krupp are named the No. [-] and No. [-] Machines in Western Sichuan processing plant.

The Zhongchuan Machinery Bureau in Batang County was renamed Zhongchuan Comprehensive Machine Processing Factory, and the [-]-ton hydraulic press was secretly placed in this factory.The fertilizer factory was called Ningyuan Fertilizer Factory, and its raw material was provided by Zhenhua Chemical Factory, which produced soda ash using the combined soda production method.

The military factory separated from the Zhongchuan Machinery Bureau was named the Zhongchuan Arsenal. It was also placed in the Ningyuan Hall to use the electricity from the nearby hydropower station to specialize in the production of various weapons and ammunition needed by Zhao Shouhong. The steel was provided by the Ningyuan Iron and Steel Factory. The charge is produced by the secret explosives workshop of the fertilizer factory and its own gunpowder factory.

The two chemical factories were renamed Zhenxing Chemical Factory and Zhenhua Chemical Factory. Zhenxing Chemical Factory mainly produced a series of products related to coal tar, such as spices, dyes, and nylon. sulfa drugs.The Zhenhua Chemical Plant produces chemical products such as caustic soda and soda ash that use salt as raw material.

2Chapter 17 The Arrogant Thrall Merchant

The two cement factories are Batang Cement Factory and Ganzi Cement Factory. The Chemical Textile Factory is located in the Ningyuan Hall Industrial Zone. They are called Ningyuan No. [-] and No. [-] Textile Factory respectively. Nylon cloth, which not only produces clothes that are exported throughout Nakagawa, but also provides strong and durable work clothes for workers in various factories.The Zhongchuan Watch Factory is adjacent to the Second Machine Processing Factory in West Sichuan. The factory has a thousand-ton hydraulic press for the production of steel watch cases.

Zhongchuan Electric Appliance Factory is the only factory located in Yazhou outside the three industrial zones, producing many advanced electrical equipment made by Zhao Shouhong.Except for the workshop specializing in the production of radios, most of the personnel in this electrical appliance factory are working hard to produce supporting equipment such as electric motors and conveyor belts for various factories, with a view to replacing all steam engines in all factories as soon as possible.

Since there are many secret equipment and laboratories specially manufactured by Zhao Shouhong, the security work here is extremely strict.In addition, the Chevrolet Automobile Factory, Fengru Aircraft Factory and Xie Zantai Airship Factory are only in the trial operation stage. Although the products are constantly being introduced, they are not sold in the mainland of Hualan except for a small amount of sales to the Western Continent.

Except for these heavy industry factories, the rest of the light industry factories are all jointly established with Sun Zhenze. Among them, apart from the Zhizhen Fur Factory and Yonghuai Fur Factory, only Guihe Cannery and Delicious Cannery are located in Batang Industry District, the remaining five flour processing factories of Yongping Glass Factory, Yongtai, Yongan, Yongning, Yonghua, and Yongmei are all in Shudu Industrial Zone, and four daily-use chemical factories of Chenghua, Ruihua, Weihua and Minghua It mainly produces soap, scented soap, newly developed washing powder and daily cosmetics, plus safety matches and monosodium glutamate.Although all these manufacturers belong to Hanxing Group, they have registered their own brands.

In order to prevent his enemies from retaliating, Zhao Shouhong did not join Guanghai City's enterprises into the Hanxing Group Company. Although this was a bit deceitful, it had to be done.They were additionally classified as Guangming Group Corporation, becoming Hualan's second largest group company after Hanxing Group.In addition, the small shipyard that was just built in Ningyuan Hall and the Kyaukpyu Shipyard in Kokang Kingdom were not included in the company, because these two places are still in a state of secrecy.

With two group companies, the cohesion of the enterprise is much stronger. After Zhao Shouhong recruited the first batch of graduates from the Department of Economics and Management of Zhongchuan University to participate in enterprise management, he appointed Sun Zhenze as the general manager of Hanxing Group Company, and Qin Zhongyi It was the general manager of Guangming Group, and the company began to operate efficiently.

Zhao Shouhong is very clear that the world war in a few years' time will be the best opportunity for development. As long as there is a large enough industrial system, the products will not worry about selling, so his order is to train as many industrial workers as possible regardless of cost, and at the same time try to Expansion of the factory to increase production capacity.

Originally, Zhao Shouhong thought that he would spend two years comfortably in Zhongchuan, waiting for the arrival of the Revolution of [-], but soon he encountered a difficult thing.

In July of [-], Li Dele, a Saar country businessman, suddenly appeared in Zhongchuan.After this proud Saarman entered Zhongchuan, in the name of Huasa Coal and Iron Company, he used the name of Huasa Coal and Iron Company to arbitrarily demarcate land in Zhongchuan, inserting benchmarks to enclose land, and encroaching on the cultivated land of many people, including Zhao Shouhong The agricultural reclamation companies under the control of the Gelaohui.

This Sa'er man did have some skills. He brought some Sa'er engineers and found a lot of coal and iron deposits in the eastern part of Central Sichuan. Although these mines were not large, they were scattered in various places in eastern and central Sichuan.Originally, Zhao Shouhong's forces were all in western Sichuan. Although he found a lot of mineral deposits in these places from the maps of later generations, he never reclaimed them because he was afraid of being too ostentatious.

When Zhao Shouhong set up a mine, he moved the local people first, and then developed the land after paying high compensation.However, this arrogant Saar directly expelled the people and forcibly occupied the land. Such behavior quickly aroused resistance from the local people.

"We want to go home, we want land." Outside a large mine in eastern Sichuan where the Saar people were stationed, many people who were enclosed surrounded the mine in front of the Saar people and protested loudly.Some emotionally shook the barbed wire fence desperately, trying to rush in.These people are expelled people. They were driven out of the land that has been cultivated for generations without any compensation.

The local officials were as fearful of foreigners as tigers, and they didn't dare to take care of the affairs of the Saar people. Although the officials below the examination were furious, they were unable to act due to the suppression of their superiors.These young people wrote to Zhao Shouhong, hoping that the Vanguard Party could fight against the Saars and protect the local people.Zhao Shouhong is now a high-ranking official of Zhongchuan's political envoy, so he couldn't do too much, but everyone was angry, and he didn't want to dampen everyone's patriotism. In the end, he called Zhang Yi to his home to give an opportunity to face-to-face.

"I don't want to live anymore, dare to come here to make trouble with the foreigners. If you don't disperse, I will send you all to the government." An evil slave waved a whip in his hand and shouted loudly there. These traitors who rely on foreigners are even more hateful , In order to be able to dominate in front of the people of the country, they abandoned all human nature and national character.

"This is our land, why should it be taken away by you? You have a certificate of title deed." A man in a homespun gown accused him loudly, he seemed to be a educated scholar.

"Diploma of the land deed? A foreigner is a diploma. Even the officials don't dare to control the foreigner. Who are you?" the evil slave snorted coldly.

"This is our land, we don't care whether you are foreigners or natives." Those young and old people were obviously more excited, they didn't care about any foreigners, they only knew that if they lost their land, the whole family would starve to death.

The young and strong people shook it together, and even pushed the barbed wire to the ground. When they saw a gap, everyone rushed in, hoping to take back their land. "I'm tired of working." The evil slaves stepped forward one after another, and beat them head-to-head and face-to-face with the whips and sticks in their hands.The young and strong fought back vigorously, but they were too few in number and had no weapons in their hands, so they immediately fell into a disadvantage.

The young and strong were unable to resist the enemy, so they had to retreat. The old and weak women and children ran slowly, and were beaten to the point of bleeding, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

"Everyone stop, don't move at all." After receiving the news, Chief Chen, who was in charge of the Zhongshan City Patrol Bureau, mobilized dozens of police forces to head towards the mine, and arrived at the scene at this critical moment.

Chapter 248 Armed Conflict

Chen Lie yelled but it didn't have much effect, those evil slaves still kept beating, and the common people fell to the ground one after another.As the chief of the patrol police who was born in bravery, Chen Lie has a tough style and is full of military temperament.Seeing the people being beaten, he naturally couldn't sit idly by.Before he arrived, he received a telegram from Zhang Yi, the chief of the Patrol Bureau, telling him Zhao Shouhong's order, as long as no one was killed, he could act freely.

With the support of his superiors, Chen Zhan would naturally not be relentless.Seeing the people being beaten, he shouted to the police officers: "There are thugs committing crimes at the scene, all the police officers obey the order and subdue the thugs to protect the safety of the people."

"Yes." Many police officers held their breath a long time ago, and now that they received the order, they rushed up like tigers waving their batons.

The tall villain was still waving his whip, desperately beating the fallen old man, but he didn't expect a patrolman to rush over from the side, his baton in his hand swooped down, and smashed hard on the back of the opponent's head. It was dark before his eyes, and he fell to the ground immediately.The policeman helped the old man to retreat, and then rushed towards the other evil slaves again.

The addition of the police officers caught those evil slaves off guard. In addition, the police officers were all from the military and all of them were ruthless, so the evil slaves who were beating up for a while retreated back again and again.However, there were a large number of evil slaves. They quickly added reinforcements and fought with the police. The police had to form a round formation to fight.Although young and strong also joined in, the disadvantage in numbers was too great, and it was difficult for them to resist for a while.

Chen Lie saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. These people didn't pay attention to the patrol police at all, and even fought with the law enforcement officers.Now the other party is gathering more and more people, and if this continues, the police will suffer a lot.At this moment, a police officer was unable to stop him, and was hit on the head with a wooden stick by the other party and fell to the ground.Seeing the evil slaves swarming up and about to beat his brother to death, Chen Lie was immediately annoyed.He drew out his waist pistol and shot several times at the evil slaves surrounding the police, killing them all.

When the gunshot rang out, everyone stopped their hands unconsciously, and looked in surprise at the pool of blood on the floor and the Mauser pistol still smoking in their hands, and there was a sudden silence in the field.In a moment of righteous indignation, Chen Lie shot and killed many people in succession, and only then did he feel some regret.Zhang Yi's order to him was that no matter what he could do, he could not kill anyone.But because of his shot, he killed several people directly, and now he is in big trouble.

Just as Chen Lie was about to say something, a leader among those evil slaves suddenly shouted: "Brothers, the patrolman has killed someone, everyone retreat quickly." Hearing the shout, those evil slaves left the confrontation The patrolmen retreated one after another.

The police officers didn't know why, but the other party retreated suddenly, and they couldn't rush to chase them. These people had to rush to treat the injured and transport the people to a safe area outside the barbed wire.Chen Lie didn't know what to do now, so he could only rescue the injured first.

The police officers quickly moved the wounded, took out their first aid kits, and bandaged the wounded.The policemen rushed to rescue them at the most critical moment, and bandaged their wounds at this time. The people were all grateful, and the scene was full of gratitude.

Fierce gunshots came suddenly, and a dense rain of bullets hit the patrolmen who were taking care of the wounded outside the barbed wire. Two of the patrolmen were shot and fell to the ground immediately, and it seemed that they would not survive.

"All cover." Chen Lie yelled, and the patrolmen immediately took cover and hid behind nearby rocks or high ground. They retreated and still did not forget to carry the injured civilians and policemen back.

The exhibition cat was behind a big rock, poked its head out to look inside the barbed wire, and found that those evil slaves rushed back again, only this time they were all holding various rifles in their hands.These people did not have much military training, and their shooting accuracy was extremely poor, but the victory was due to the large number of people, and the bullets rained down all at once.

Not everyone on the patrol is equipped with a gun. Only those above the level of the sheriff have Mauser pistols. At this time, with a dozen or so pistols, it is impossible to suppress the opponent's firepower.Chen Lie had no choice but to take men with guns to occupy the high ground and block the opponent's attack.Seeing that the policemen's pistols were very powerful, those evil slaves did not dare to step forward for a while.

Chen Lie knew very well that his side lacked weapons and ammunition, so if he kept insisting on his own side, he would definitely suffer losses.He immediately sent police officers to the nearby garrison for help, and at the same time let the gunless patrols and young adults organize the old and weak to retreat.

Relying on their superiority in the number of firepower, the evil slaves under the British howled and charged upwards with their rifles in an attempt to destroy the patrolmen and the protesting civilians.Chen Lie was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He waved the Mauser pistol in his hand to suppress the opponent's attack, but the bullets became less and less.

In addition to wearing a Mauser pistol, a patrol officer above the level of a sheriff who wears a pistol will also carry two leather magazines, each containing [-] rounds of bullets and a bridge clip for pressing the bullets. These bullets can supply the Mauser pistol Six times full of bullets, plus the bullets in the original gun, each person can carry [-] bullets.

It stands to reason that this kind of bullet configuration is already quite a lot, but the effective range of the Mauser pistol is only more than 100 meters after all. If you want to suppress a large number of rifles, the display and the sheriffs have to shoot in the most ammunition-consuming way, which is even more serious reduced bullet consumption.

The gun battle between the two sides lasted only half an hour, and there was only the last row of bullets left on display.Pressing the last row of bullets into the chamber and pulling out the bridge clip, Chen Zhan felt a bit annoyed.When he was in the army, even if he ran out of bullets, he dared to charge up with a bayonet, but now he didn't even have a short knife in his hand.

Pulling the trigger again, five bullets were fired in one breath. Looking around, he found that several people had already used up the bullets, and they couldn't use their energy there.Seeing that the gunfire from the patrolmen gradually faded away, the evil slaves cheered up. They yelled loudly, shooting desperately while rushing upwards, no longer caring about the intermittent stream of bullets.

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