New Ming Empire mixed in America

Liu Erhe had long disliked this old foreigner who dared to fight with his father.

He jumped off the horse himself and led others to tie Joyce up.

"Li, you can't do this, you are going against the California government!"

"I'm doing this for your own good. Don't forget that you are a yellow race..."

The guard guarding Joyce probably didn't want to listen to his spiel. After the slap, Joyce's shouting stopped for a moment, and then he started shouting crazily again.

Because he saw Li Mingqi leading people into the factory area, and he was led towards a place where construction materials were piled not far away.

"Li...I am a friend of the San Francisco city councilman. You can't hurt me, Li..."

'Bang…'

The world is quiet.

After entering the factory area, Li Mingqi went straight to the architectural planning office.

The construction of such a large factory area cannot be taken care of by Joyce alone.

So he hired a large team of assistants to work here.

As for the big boss Li Mingqi, everyone in the planning office knew him, so no one came to stop him along the way.

The three-story office is the only roofed building in this factory area.

Li Mingqi reached out and grabbed a young man who was walking by him with his head lowered and tremblingly in the corridor. Li Mingqi asked casually:

"What's your name and what do you do here?"

The young man who was pulled raised his head and glanced at Li Mingqi, then quickly lowered his head and said:

"Sir, I am the draftsman here, one of the people responsible for the simultaneous construction of the factory area. My...my name is Ian."

Li Mingqi nodded and looked this young man up and down.

Li Mingqi was not idle when he stopped him just now. From the moment he entered, everyone who came in and out of the office was well-dressed and their hair was meticulously styled.

And he also likes to ignore his big boss, and he seems to be unwilling to give in to money.

But this young man is different. Although his clothes are neat, you can tell at a glance that they are old clothes.

The clothes were washed very clean, but the slight traces of wear and tear on the corners fully indicated that the clothes were much older than four years.

In fact, there is nothing wrong. Ian was brought here through his father's connections.

In 1857, after the Crimean War in Europe, excess food production capacity in the world caused food prices to plummet, and Ian's father was one of the victims at that time.

Because he is a grain merchant, a grain merchant who hoards a large amount of grain.

Ian's father did not last long after the accident, and his company became an inconspicuous one among the nearly 5,000 bankrupt companies that year.

From being a wealthy class enjoying life in the city to being a farmer in his hometown in the countryside, this change put Ian's family in trouble.

But the disaster did not spare the Ian family.

In the autumn of 1857, another currency crisis broke out in the United States, and 62 of the 63 banks in New York stopped paying.

The stocks of many railway companies fell by more than 80%, and bankrupt banks and securities lost a total of more than 80 million pounds.

Unfortunately, Ian's farm was mortgaged to a bank years ago to buy railroad stock.

The originally high-priced stocks became waste paper, so Ian's family changed from farmers in the country to members of the wanderers.

The family spent their last savings to buy a ferry ticket to San Francisco, preparing to go to San Francisco to gamble on their last hope.

After working as a miner in San Francisco for two years, Ian's father finally saved the dollars to buy a small tract of land.

Later, little Ian was sent by his father to the construction site of Generous Dongfang Li to work as a draftsman.

"Very good, you are now the person in charge here."

Li Mingqi patted Ian on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"I only have one request, and that is to start producing weapons as soon as possible. As for other things... I won't ask and I don't care."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, he stared closely into Ian's eyes and added another sentence:

"Now, do you understand what I mean?"

At this time, little Ian was shocked and speechless. His body shaking with excitement proved that his experience was still a bit immature.

But from his firm eyes, Li Mingqi knew that he had gotten the answer he wanted.

Sure enough, although Ian's face flushed with excitement, he still took a few deep breaths and tried to make his voice sound calmer.

"Yes, sir, I understand what you mean. I will arrange for workers to work overtime to complete the factory near your town as soon as possible."

"I guarantee that we can debug the equipment and start production in just one week, of course, if there are sufficient raw materials."

Li Mingqi looked at this talkative young man with some confusion and found that he actually knew a lot about the factory area.

"I used to work as an assistant manager in that company, even though it was just an assistant apprentice earning one-fifth of the salary."

As if sensing Li Mingqi's doubts, Ian pointed at a factory model placed as a decoration in the corridor.

A very familiar name is written on the model: 'Boris Steed Arms Production Company'

This company is the unlucky weapons production company where Li Mingqi took over all the equipment.

"Very good. As long as you can complete what I asked you to do, I can advance the initial funds needed for this factory project and then contract it to you."

After Li Mingqi said his promise, he asked: "Do you know the contract I signed with the company that built the terminal?"

After Ian heard that he could get a construction contract for the factory, he immediately nodded and replied:

"Yes sir, I have heard that, that is a very generous contract!"

It is indeed generous, because Li Mingqi shamelessly set up a reward mechanism. That is, without sacrificing quality, the faster the speed, the higher the reward.

If the project is completed half a month ahead of schedule, 5% of the total profit earned from the project will be rewarded.

One month in advance is 10%, two months is 20%!

Now the workers at the dock are working like crazy to meet the schedule. Every few days there is news about accidents involving workers from the construction company.

But Li Mingqi just pretended that nothing happened.

After all, people spent their lives to build a dock for themselves. You can't accuse others of being too cruel, right? So, just be silently grateful in your heart.

"Now that you know it, it's easy to talk about it. If you agree to undertake the construction of the factory area, you can go to Mr. Liu to sign the contract soon."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, he turned around and was about to go downstairs, but Ian's voice came from behind him:

"Sir, can I hire my father to help me? You know, it might be a little troublesome to deal with some of the people here..."

"The factory has been contracted to you. You can do whatever you want. You can discuss the specific matters with Mr. Liu. As for some people here..."

After Li Mingqi paused for a moment, he said in a sinister voice:

"You can decide for yourself whether they go home or go to see God! After you decide, just give him the list."

Li Mingqi didn't look back, he just patted the back of Liu Erhe beside him.

Then he ignored Ian who kept shouting thanks behind him.

He got on his horse and took the gangsters back to Xinming Town.

After calling Liu Youcai over, he told him about the contracting out of the factory area and asked him to prepare for the handover as soon as possible.

"Long live Lord, isn't it too childish to contract out the factory so hastily?"

Although Liu Youcai didn't know much about business, he still knew whether to accompany the money or not.

If this contract was given to that person surnamed Yin for nothing, then Long Live Master would be at a huge loss.

If Long Live Master loses money, it means he loses money. So he must give some advice.

"Old Liu, you can tell from what Joyce did. Those people in San Francisco... don't want us to have an easy time."

"Just lose some money. We must be prepared to deal with the next changes now."