Chapter 908 Conqueror's Welfare (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
The battle is over!
With the surrender of the garrison, after Montevideo was captured, some troops left Montevideo and headed north, while others entered other areas to wipe out the remaining enemies. For the troops stationed in Montevideo, the long-awaited leisure days had arrived.
The streets were full of soldiers. At the beginning, there were very few civilians on the streets, but like any post-war city, more and more civilians appeared on the streets a few days after the battle ended.
After all, for ordinary people, they always need to live. In order to maintain their lives, many people sell non-essential items at home there. They set up stalls on the roadside to sell things like oil paintings, down quilts, silver tableware, and sometimes even some porcelain.
"Hey, it was made during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty..."
Looking at the words on the back of the Cantonese porcelain plate, Lin Yili asked.
"Is it the whole set?"
"Yes, sir, there are 78 pieces in total, including the tea set. You can see they are all here. This is the dowry my father gave me when I got married..."
The old woman replied respectfully that although it was only a few days, the local citizens found that these outsiders were indeed extremely civilized. They never robbed and would always pay for things they bought.
"How much?"
"Ten Ming Yuan, sir."
"It's too expensive, six yuan!"
There was no doubt that the deal could be done for six dollars. After buying a set of Cantonese porcelain, Lin Yili took them directly to the nearby military post office, packed them simply, and sent them back home.
Soldiers in the Ming Dynasty all have corresponding benefits - free mailing of packages weighing 40 kilograms every month, so after the battle, the military post office is the busiest, and the soldiers always buy a variety of goods, which are souvenirs they bring to their families.
“Things on the street are so cheap!”
Walking on the streets of Montevideo, Li Pingcai looked at the street vendors with some surprise. Many things were so cheap that they seemed to be free.
"How can it not be cheap? It's basically just ordinary people selling things on the street. What they sell are from their own homes. They just make a living..."
Li Tieliang, who had experienced turbulent times, naturally knew what kind of people the street vendors were.
“Hey, it’s not easy!”
With a long sigh, Li Tieliang said.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Ask around and see if there's a factory there. Let's go take a look."
After sending the package, Lin Yili was strolling on the street. After walking a few steps, he noticed two Ming people walking there and asking something.
So he immediately walked over and asked.
"Hey, where are you from?"
Foreigners? Soldiers from the Ming Dynasty... they speak Mandarin fluently.
"Sir, we came from Yingtian and want to do business here."
"I came from Yingtian to do business."
Looking at his compatriots in front of him, Lin Yili gave special instructions.
"Don't wander around. The streets may seem peaceful now, but no one knows if there are any deserters hiding. If you run into them, it will be the end. By the way, what kind of business are you doing? The headquarters has designated a commercial area. There are more military police there, so safety will definitely be no problem."
Seeing that the foreign soldiers in front of him spoke very politely, Li Tieliang did not hide their purpose.
“You want to start a factory?”
"Yes, that's why I came here to see if there is any opportunity."
"Opportunity? Opportunity is what you guys are looking for when you're wandering around like headless flies. Go ask around at the headquarters. There are people there who are specifically responsible for merchants..."
When the words came to his lips, Lin Yixiang thought of a closed machine factory he had passed by before, so he said to them.
"I do know of a factory about three blocks away. Do you want to go take a look?"
"That would be great."
Sometimes the encounters in life are always so wonderful, at least for the father and son of the Li family, they were like headless flies, but as soon as they arrived here, they found a factory. Although the door of the factory was closed, there was a seal posted on the door, which indicated where they should go.
The owner of this factory is a Brazilian, so the factory is of course enemy property.
So they found the headquarters again, which was in the Business Department. However, as soon as they stated their purpose, the other party started flipping through the catalog and spoke.
"Alfonso Iron Works, right? You want to buy it?"
"Yes, sir, we want to go there first and see what kind of machines there are..."
Without waiting for them to finish, the sergeant in charge of entertaining them spoke directly.
"Can you guarantee that production will resume within half a month?"
"What?"
The Li father and son were a little confused.
"Here is its equipment list. There are a total of twenty-three machines. Take a look..."
After handing over the list, the sergeant said,
"If you can guarantee that production will resume within half a month, you only need to pay a deposit of one thousand yuan, and that's it..."
"Deposit? What deposit?"
Li Tieliang, who was looking at the equipment list, looked at the military officer with some confusion.
"It's the contract deposit. Although this is enemy property, the military is only managing it on behalf of the enemy until a disposal plan is released. You can take it over, resume production, and hire workers. After all, the market will eventually return to normal..."
The sergeant's explanation dumbfounded Li's father and son. They didn't even dare to imagine that there was such a good thing in the world.
Everything seemed like a dream. Even after they signed the contract, the father and son still hadn't reacted.
"Pingcai, is this factory ours?"
When walking out of the headquarters, Li Tieliang's eyes were still full of disbelief. This... was like a dream.
"It's not ours. Didn't you hear what Chief Xu said? We are only temporarily contracting the factory. We have to pay rent. The key is what will happen in the future..."
Li Pingcai pursed his lips and swallowed his saliva with some excitement.
"If disposal is carried out in the future, the contractor can participate in the disposal first..."
In fact, this is the disposal of enemy property.
As for the imperial army, they did not mind "subletting" the confiscated or undisclosed enemy property to domestic merchants in order to achieve the goal of restoring the economy. As for future disposal and other matters, there were naturally special agencies to handle it.
By that time, factories, houses and land originally worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan will be sold to those with foresight at extremely low prices, although some assets will inevitably flow into the hands of certain people.
But what is certain is that for anyone with vision, this is the war dividend for adventurers, and they will definitely be rewarded handsomely for their courage.
A few days later, the factory, renamed "Zhenhua Machinery Factory", resumed operations. The workers in the factory were exactly the employees of the original factory, and even the raw materials in the factory were the remaining inventory from before.
When the steam engine was running again, Li Tieliang, who had transformed himself into "Boss Li", could not believe it.
If it weren't for the war, who would dare to believe all this?
No one dared to believe that all this was happening, but Li Tieliang knew that from now on, the fate of their Li family had undergone a drastic change.
Listening to the roar of the machine beside him, he couldn't help but grin, revealing a smile from the bottom of his heart...
(End of this chapter)
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