To develop regional economy and form your own chamber of commerce, it is an indispensable condition for having private force in this era. Without your own armed forces, no matter how rich you are, you are just a fat sheep at the slaughter of others.

Originally, Zhong Yang was still a little worried about forming a private army. After all, the Guangzhou military government was still a mountain pressing on him, and Zhong Yang did not intend to break up with them. Even if he could defeat them with mechanical servants, what should he do if the great powers behind them were involved? Fighting with regular troops? Mechanical servants could deal with small-caliber rifles, which does not mean that they could be safe and sound when facing heavy machine guns and artillery.

Zhong Yang is not the kind of young man who has some strength in his hands and doesn't know how to be tall and strong. Be careful, at most he will develop slowly. Anyway, with a smart factory, the outcome doesn't matter at all. But if he causes trouble everywhere and goes around alone and seeks death all day long, he will always die.

Zhong Yang just wants to be a big businessman standing behind him, rather than standing in front of the stage as a hero or public enemy of the great powers.

Fortunately, in this chaotic era, landlords, merchants, and even gangsters, as long as they can afford money, there is no unsuccessful arms. Whether it is the Beiyang warlord government, the Guangzhou military government with progressive ideas, or even the central government under the leadership of the revolutionary party, reselling arms is a normal phenomenon.

Villages with a little money all have their own village guards, and country landlords also have their own private soldiers. Only those national capitalists who run factories in the city did not dare to blatantly maintain private guards, because big cities are generally controlled by warlords with background and strength. Under their noses, of course, too outrageous armed forces are not allowed to avoid threatening the dominance of warlords.

But Zhong Yang is located outside the city, and no one will take care of the establishment of small private armed forces. The chaos of this era is beyond imagination. Bandits, chaos soldiers, regular troops are coming to sweep the villages one after another. If the village does not have some self-protection ability, it will be difficult to survive. Only Tangwei Village, a well-known dilapidated village, enjoys such leisure.

After some investigation, Zhong Yang contacted Li Adong after confirming that there was no problem and asked him to talk to the village chief about the security issues in the village. After all, the matter of Pao Brother was just over, which was a very suitable excuse.

Zhong Yang plans to build factories and production in the village, so he has to worry about the security and defense issues of the village. In addition, Zhong Yang now has a batch of medium-length rifles and certain base bullets in his hand, which can be provided as weapons to trustworthy villagers.

In the small wooden house rented by Zhong Yang and the others, Zhong Yang and Li Adong met. Recently, because of the four of Zhong Yang and the others' move in, Li Adong, who had a lot of money, rarely went out to fish. Instead, he was at the instructions of the village chief Li Wansheng and waited for the dispatch. In the eyes of the villagers, these masters were all the gods of wealth in the village and could not be neglected.

Calling Li Adong over and pouring tea for the other party himself. Zhong Yang then smiled and said softly: "Adong, I'm here to come to you this time. Actually, there are some things I want to discuss with you."

Although Zhong Yang's tone was gentle and his attitude was kind, Li Adong still seemed a little restrained out of his own little character mentality. His eyes were dodged and he did not dare to look at Zhong Yang's eyes. He did not directly answer Zhong Yang's words, but just responded in a staggering manner.

Zhong Yang seemed helpless about Li Adong's appearance. Seeing that the other party roughly understood what he meant, Zhong Yang had to smile bitterly and continued, "Adong, don't be nervous, I don't plan to make things difficult for you. I just want to set up a factory in the village and then pay for some strong men to be security guards."

Zhong Yang's sincerity and kindness finally made Li Adong not as nervous as before. But Li Adong only understood the concept of a factory when he said Zhong Yang, but he had never heard of the word security. So Li Adong seemed a little surprised and scratched his head and asked Zhong Yang embarrassedly: "Security?"

"Yes, it's security. It's a job to protect the safety of the factory. Of course, I will give everyone a salary that is satisfactory."

Zhong Yang said with a smile. Security guards are actually just a cover. Zhong Yang’s real plan is to train them into the backbone of the private army in the future. However, through the contacts over the past few days, Zhong Yang also learned that the people of this era are extremely disgusted with joining the army and joining the army. As the saying goes, a good man has become a tradition and habit in their hearts.

It’s not that the people have no political awareness and patriotism. It’s really that years of war and wars have caused the people to completely lose confidence in the warlord dictatorial government, and the army under the leadership of the warlord government has been excluded.

Because of the universality of this concept of consciousness, if Zhong Yang wanted to recruit men to defend the village, there were definitely not many people who responded. Because this village no longer had the value of being robbed. To put it bluntly, except men, the village was not qualified to be patronized. When encountering men, the well-informed villagers' hide-and-seek skills can stand the test of practice. For many years, they have been playing hide-and-seek games with major forces, and this kind of kung fu has long been practiced like a pure and pure fire.

Therefore, in order to deceive these villagers, Zhong Yang must first replace the concept of joining the army with a security guard. He first uses generous treatment to attract the young and strong villagers to work in the factory, and then recruit some young and strong villagers to be security guards. He can also instill some concepts of defending the village and living freely in the children, and educate the next generation.

Finally, he explained the definition of security to Li Adong. He seemed to be very confused by Zhong Yang. But Li Adong is not a real fool, he just had a little short of his knowledge. After Zhong Yang said so much, he finally understood that Zhong Yang actually wanted to raise some minions.

Li Adong actually agreed with Zhong Yang's proposal. After all, the villagers in the village are not living well, and everyone basically struggles to survive. Li Adong has had enough of the days when he is not full or warm in food, and he is willing to follow Zhong Yang and the others, just to have a future of wealth. So, he agreed to Zhong Yang's request and promised to discuss with the village chief himself.

Just when Li Adong left, Chen Ze, who was in charge of contacting the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, finally came back with good news. The black face that used to be often stern was also filled with joy at this time. When Zhong Yang saw his smiling face, he knew that the result of the negotiation was definitely delightful.

"Chen Ze, how is the matter done?"

"It has been negotiated and the product samples have been shown to the other party, and they all expressed their satisfaction. Duan Yitian, a subsidiary of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, happened to have his own tobacco leaf distribution channel. He was very satisfied with the data on the cigarette production line we provided. The price was initially set at 740,000 silver dollars per set, but the other party also asked to verify the actual product."

Chen Ze has been running around for several days and finally found an opportunity to meet Duan Yitian through his relationship with Yin Yuan. He showed Duan Yitian the specific data of the finished "Hongfa" brand cigarettes and cigarette production line, and the other party also expressed his interest. The two parties also discussed the purchase price of the production line in advance, but as a commercial giant, the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce also required that the physical objects must be seen first before making the next decision.

"Then what are you going to talk about?" Although Zhong Yang trusts Chen Ze very much, he still has to ask the questions he should ask.

"Duan Yitian simply wants to stabilize us with this 760,000 silver dollar. When he sees the real thing, he can constantly find fault and lower the price. They are all old tricks and can only bully those merchants who are not capable. I plan to raise the price to 900,000 silver dollar by then, and he will definitely buy it. There is no way to buy products that can match us at this price outside. Even if he doesn't buy it, we can still gain fame while it is happening. Some people want to buy it."

Chen Ze, who had already made a comprehensive plan, seemed extremely calm about this matter. He was prepared for it, so he naturally had great confidence. Zhong Yang was becoming more and more satisfied with Chen Ze's talent and mind. The other party finally had the calmness and mentality to do big things, and was no longer as petty as before. Talents can indeed be cultivated, as long as one person has the ambition to do it!

"Very good. We must strive for what we should strive for. Business cannot win over our partners by suffering losses, and we cannot give in to our own interests. This is our principle. We only make friends with those who want to do business." Zhong Yang has always expressed his approval for Chen Ze. The other party has been making progress and has never disappointed Zhong Yang.

Just as Zhong Yang and Chen Ze were talking about selling cigarette production lines, Yi Zhongming, who had just returned from the ancestral hall, also walked into the house. He poured himself a big mouthful of tea to quench his thirst, and then he slapped the sunny fan while slapping it and said to Zhong Yang and the others: "Ah, it's so hot. Zhong Yang, how about opening a soda ash production plant you mentioned before?"

"The design drawing of the machine has been completed, and it is mainly divided into two production modes: one is placed in the sub-space, and the production is carried out by the mechanical servants. Because it is full-process supervision of virtual intelligence, the efficiency has been maximized; the other is that the equipment that can be placed in the real world does not exceed the technological standards of this era, and it requires many skilled technical workers to operate it."

Zhong Yang had discussed this matter in detail with Yi Zhongming before. The main production of soda ash is enough to be handed over to smart factories. The factories and production lines outside are all for others to see. Only after cultivating qualified production technical workers in the future, they are used as the main force in soda ash production, but they are not yet able to do so.

"What should I do if the factory is built? There is no suitable place for factory buildings in the village, and the recruitment of technical workers is also a problem." Yi Zhongming considered the issues more specific, and he was temporarily responsible for these matters, so he had to remind Zhong Yang.

"The construction of brick and tile houses is not too difficult, and we do not require too high specifications. We can contract this matter to the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, and we should treat it as a business to show our goodwill. Chen Ze, this matter will be left to you."

"No problem, the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce also has its own construction team." Chen Ze's face was as deep as water, calmly recording this incident in his notebook.

"The training of technical workers takes a lot of time, but we can wait, and we don't expect the factory to make a profit immediately. Zhongming, you can also contact your friends in Germany to see if anyone is willing to come. I pay 2 times the salary and round-trip fee. Even if I don't like it, I can come and have a look. I have all the expenses."

Zhong Yang is also very eager for foreign technical talents. When Germany suffered a great defeat in the battle, he should be able to recruit some good technical talents. Even if the other party will leave in the future, Zhong Yang would have established his own technical team at that time. Furthermore, Zhong Yang also wanted to contact the German side through such channels, reveal some design ideas about new weapons, and carry out secret research and cooperation with the German side to a certain extent.

Zhong Yang, who owns a smart factory, naturally has such confidence and strength. As long as he shows some advantages in technology, he can naturally have the capital to work closely with the other party.

"Then there is no problem. Just leave it to me for contacting talents in chemical engineering. According to the conditions given by Zhong Yang, I believe that many German classmates would be willing to travel to China." Yi Zhongming grinned and smirked, as evil as a big bad wolf who found his prey.

"After the factory is established, I will also start to establish a security team and expand the members of the peripheral organization of the underground palace. Having our own force is the foundation for protecting everything. Chen Ze, I will give you the greatest authority for the procurement of metal ores. As much as we can use the funds we can buy as much as this type of industrial raw materials." After discussing the construction of the factory and the establishment of the security team, Zhong Yang talked to Chen Ze about resource procurement.

"Okay, I understand. It just so happens that the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce has been trading with the iron mines opened by France in Vietnam, so this matter is not difficult to solve." Chen Ze still looked stern, neither happy nor sad.

Just as the European War ended, the large amount of iron ore mined by France in Vietnam also lost its main buyers because it lost its military orders, and is now stored in warehouses. The Guangdong Chamber of Commerce itself does not have an iron ore industrial system, and they usually resell these iron ore to the Japanese. But as long as Zhong Yang can afford the price, it is not difficult to steal the Japanese business.

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