Beiyang reactionaries

"Director Zhao, the construction of the Beichuan Railway has been completed. I am planning to establish a railway bureau in Sichuan. You will serve as the director of the Sichuan Railway Bureau and help Sichuan design a railway development plan. But first, we must plan the construction section of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway."

For technical talents like Zhao Desan, Duan Xun is always the more the better.The most indispensable thing in China now is cultural people who do not do practical things all day long and talk about it every day. There are many such people in Sichuan.What is most lacking is Zhao Desan's kind of skilled and willing to do practical things.

"Yes."

Zhao Desan still had a good time in Sichuan.

Although he only supervised the design of a railway of more than 30 miles, the construction difficulty of this railway is very great.Because the terrain is very complicated, it is also a big challenge for Zhao Desan.Moreover, during the construction of this railway, the Chongqing government mobilized a lot of migrant workers, and the money for the construction was very happy, and there was no default in arrears.Sichuan is very supportive of my work.

In contrast, the railway fortifications he participated in before were often suspended due to civil strife, bandits, and money issues.Therefore, when he heard that Duan Xun hoped that he would be the director of the Sichuan Railway Bureau, he happily accepted it.

For technical talents like Zhao Desan, what they need is a platform to display their talents.For them, being able to build more railways is the greatest compliment.

"General, there are still many people waiting, let's go there."

"it is good."

Duan Xun walked with Jiang Hongyu and soon saw many people.Duan Xun knew some people. After all, before entering Chengdu, Duan Xun had stayed in Chongqing for a while.But there are also a lot of people I don't know.

Even Duan Xun didn't know many people in Chongqing municipal government agencies.

"General, this is the home of Yang Cansan, Young Master Yang of Ju Xingcheng."

"Mr. Yang, I have heard about the name of the Yang family Juxingcheng for a long time. I heard that you are very good at running a bank. In recent years, Juxingcheng has also developed very well. I have heard of it in Chengdu."

"Governor, you've won the prize."

Yang Cansan was very modest.

Although everyone said that the Yang family came from Qilin'er, at the age of 29, he was already a man of the hour in Sichuan's financial circle.But who is standing in front of him? This is the 28-year-old Sichuan Governor.

In front of Duan Xun, Yang Cansan could only choose to be modest.

"No no no. Before I came, Mr. Wang was the vice governor of our provincial government, Wang Yongjiang, but he told me that Mr. Yang can come to Chengdu if he has time. The provincial government is planning to set up a bank besides the Southwest Bank. A commercial bank would like to cooperate with Juxingcheng.”

"It is an honor for Juxingcheng."

Yang Can clasped his fists three times.

In fact, it was a hit-and-miss thing.Wang Yongjiang united several banks in Sichuan to establish the Southwest Bank, but his function is similar to the central bank of the new China. Its main function is to unify finance and stabilize the financial order in Sichuan.Not too involved in the business side of things.

Therefore, Wang Yongjiang is going to set up a commercial bank.

And the best commercial bank in Sichuan is Juxingcheng, and even the Yang family's Juxingcheng Bank has the No. 700 bank in the whole country.At present, Juxingcheng's total assets are around 1000 million yuan, deposits reach 900 million yuan, and loans reach [-] million yuan. It is very powerful in the entire Chinese banking industry.

The Yang family is very experienced and resourceful in banking, especially in exchange capacity.Although Juxingcheng Bank is inferior to banks in Shanghai and Tianjin in terms of scale and influence, it is second to none in China in terms of profitability.If we can cooperate with Juxingcheng, it will be much easier to set up a commercial bank.It could even be the government's stake in the Yang family's Juxingcheng Bank.

The Yang family is a joint venture of several families in Juxingcheng Bank, among which the Yang family is the absolute major shareholder, owning nearly 70.00% of Juxingcheng's shares.

Similarly, the Yang family is also very willing to cooperate with the government.

Juxingcheng is a private bank with no official background.The development of private banks in China is very difficult now, and which one can become a national bank does not have a government-run background.Leaving Chongqing, Juxingcheng is always at a disadvantage when competing with other banks in other provinces.Especially facing the banking giants in Tianjin and Shanghai, they suffered a lot.The main reason is that compared with them, Ju Xingcheng has no support in the officialdom.

If Duan Xun's support can be obtained, then relying on Duan Xun's strength and the Anhui Department's strength, Juxingcheng's development will be much faster.

Of course it's not just that.

Since the Sichuan Provincial Government established the Southwest Bank and handed over many of the government's businesses, especially the tax business, directly to the Southwest Bank, the blow to Juxingcheng Bank was still very severe.Because they used to rely on these businesses of the government, making a lot of profits every year.Now this business is suddenly lost, and the loss has been very large this year.Therefore, the Yang family very much hoped to establish a relationship with the government.

Because this is a good thing that benefits both parties.

"General, their Yang family invested in the Beichuan Railway and Tianfu Coal Mine this time. Wanxian organizes negotiations with foreign businessmen, and Yang Shaodong's family is one of the negotiators selected by the Wanxian government. Because the main business of the Yang family was foreign trade. .”

Jiang Hongyu introduced the Yang family to Duan Xunzai.

After listening to Jiang Hongyu's words, Duan Xun took another look at Yang Cansan, and really looked at the Yang family.The Yang family's Juxingcheng Bank is already a very powerful commercial bank. It turned out that the Yang family was a family that started with foreign trade.

Since I participated in the negotiations between Dan Maoxin and the foreign firm, I will definitely participate in it.The Yang family invests everywhere, and in the future they will definitely be the top richest family in Sichuan.

"Okay. Mr. Yang, the Yang family supports Sichuan's construction and is my friend of the Sichuan government. I can also give you and the Yang family a guarantee here. As long as the Yang family does not commit any crimes, the Yang family will live up to me, and I will I will live up to the Yang family."

"Thank you Governor."

Yang Can had three joys.

Duan Xun's words carried a lot of weight, it was like giving the Yang family an iron coupon of the alchemy book.As long as Duan Xun is in Sichuan for one day, he can bless the Yang family for one day.Duan Xun nodded with a smile.It's not that Duan Xun has much affection for the Yang family, but that Duan Xun needs to build a group of top Sichuan financial groups like the Yang family to help him.

Everyone is mutually beneficial.

"General, he is Deng Zhiru. He is responsible for the sales of Sichuan Salt in the Lianghu area. He is also the major shareholder of Beichuan Railway and Tianfu Coal Mine, and invested 50 in it."

"I know, it's my big salt merchant in Sichuan."

The afterlife is terrifying.

Duan Xun looked at Yang Cansan and Deng Zhiru, and found that they were very young.Unexpectedly, at such a young age, he is already a famous figure in the business circle of Sichuan.Deng Zhiru's family, Duan Xun, is more familiar, because when Sichuan Yan was rectified, Deng Zhiru's family information frequently appeared in front of Duan Xun.Because Deng Zhiru's family is a big salt merchant in Sichuan.

"Boss Deng, do you know about Fan Xudong and his Jiuda Refined Salt Company?"

"Of course. For us salt merchants, Fan Xudong and his Jiuda Refined Salt Company are like thunder."

Deng Zhiru guessed what Duan Xun meant.

Fan Xudong returned to China in 1914 to set up the Refined Salt Company, but was besieged by salt merchants at home and abroad as soon as it was established.When Fan Xudong's company officially started producing refined salt last year, the siege became even more serious.Because Fan Xudong moved cheese from domestic and foreign salt merchants.The first to hit were foreign businessmen.The current Chinese eat coarse salt, and only rich people can eat refined salt.Refined salt is monopolized by foreign businessmen.Now that Fan Xudong has set up a refined salt company and started selling refined salt, of course it is to impact the interests of those foreign businessmen.

Then there are domestic salt merchants.

China has attached great importance to salt since ancient times, and it is all government-run.There are strict regulations on how to sell.Where the salt is produced, it can only be sold to a certain place.If it is sold elsewhere, it is considered private salt and will be confiscated.However, the emergence of refined salt is completely different from traditional salt merchants, and it will easily impact the original domestic pattern.In particular, it affects the interests of salt merchants in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

Since ancient times, the salt merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been heavily taxed by the government and have a very close relationship with the government.Of course, they can't let their own interests be damaged, so they do everything possible to obstruct the development of Fan Xudong's refined salt company.

Even the government originally wanted to ban the establishment of refined salt companies.It's just that the public opinion was too big, so the production of refined salt was approved.But there are very strict regulations on the production and sales of refined salt.These refined salt companies do not have the right to expand production by themselves. The government stipulates that you can only produce as much as you want in a year.If you want to expand production, you can only apply to the government department.

Similarly, refined salt companies are not allowed to set up sales points by themselves.If you want to sell to a certain place, you must let the local salt merchants sell it on your behalf.If there are no local salt merchants willing to sell, then your refined salt cannot enter the area.

We can see the influence of traditional salt merchants in government departments.

Sichuan salt is also one of the traditional salts. Deng Zhiru guessed how Duan Xun would treat Fan Xudong.

"The development of technology is unstoppable. And why should we Chinese eat coarse salt? Fan Xudong's refined salt will definitely become a development trend, and this is also the way out for our Sichuan salt. Boss Deng, your family is a salt merchant for many years , must understand these truths better, so we have to take a longer view. I hope that Sichuan Salt can use new technologies to produce better salt. It’s just that our government is not easy to come forward, and I am not easy to come forward, so I think Boss Deng Can you come forward on your behalf, cooperate with Fan Xudong, and set up a refined salt company in Sichuan. The cooperation between private parties will be much less stressful than us coming forward."

salt.

It is a necessary thing in daily life, and it is something that people cannot live without.Also for the government, salt is an indispensable thing, because there is no business that makes more money than salt.Not to mention selling salt, the salt tax alone is astonishing.To give an example, Jiangxi is a province that does not produce salt, so it can only buy salt from other provinces.The salt tax is very heavy, so heavy that 70.00% of the salt price in Jiangxi is salt tax.Half of Jiangxi Province's annual fiscal revenue is salt tax.It is very common in provinces where thirty to forty percent of fiscal revenue is salt tax.

And places like Sichuan that produce salt are even more powerful.

Not only can the salt tax be collected, but also because of the direct control of the salt-producing land, it can also get a large amount of income from selling salt.Although Fan Xudong has an older brother who is the head of education, but that doesn't count as his background.Facing the powerful salt merchant group, its strength is very poor.