At the beginning of the last century, in order to promote local economic development, the Republic of China government successively promulgated a series of policies of "revitalizing industry" and "opening doors", and opened a number of foreign trade ports. Merchants from many countries have come to China to expand trade, and for a time local export products have become sought-after goods, and a large number of businessmen have emerged in various places, the most famous of these merchants is Zhao Bangguo, who is known as the "Silk King of Silkworm County".
The county seat where Zhao Bangguo is located is called "Silkworm County", and the real name has been forgotten. Every household in the county grows mulberry trees and raises silkworms. Over the centuries, silkworm farmers have accumulated their own set of sericulture methods, the silkworms they raise are fat and healthy, and the silk they spit out is white, smooth and tough. Compared with silk in other places, more than 10 silks in Silkworm County are difficult to tear by hand, so buyers are willing to spend a lot of money.
Since Zhao Bangguo released the wind of acquiring silkworm cocoons, buyers from other places have basically been unable to acquire authentic silkworm cocoons. Zhao Bangguo was a famous squire in the county, and he often funded the construction of bridges and roads, and did many good deeds for Silkworm County. The people of Silkworm County drank water and did not forget to dig wells, they all kept in mind, and zhao Bangguo's purchase price was fair, and the silkworm households were of course willing to do his business.
Zhao Bangguo purchased silkworm cocoons from Silkworm County, made silk, produced silk quilts, and then contacted foreign assistants to transport the products abroad. The silk sold by Zhao Bangguo was robbed as soon as it was transported overseas. A few years later, Zhao Bangguo, with the silk trade in silkworm county, suddenly became among the richest people in the provincial city and became the richest man in silkworm county. The tree is afraid of attracting wind, and Zhao Bangguo's sudden wealth has made many people jealous.
Just when Zhao Bangguo's business was doing well, a Japanese businessman named Kazumaru Kameda came to Silkworm County and threatened that the mulberry trees and silkworms in Silkworm County were from Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, and Chinese could not plant their mulberry trees and raise their silkworms! Zhao Bangguo heard this, smiled contemptuously, and said: "Since ancient times, the Uighurs have been imitating and learning from the Chinese nation, Mr. Kameda, the kimono you wear is based on the court dress of our country during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the tea you are drinking is also given to you by the emperor of our country when the monks of your country went out to the Tang Dynasty..."
Zhao Bangguo's mouth was hanging in the river, and after a few words, Kameda Kazumaru was red in the face, ashamed and angry, and spoke out to challenge Zhao Bangguo and let Zhao Bangguo quit the silk industry within a year. Zhao Bangguo was originally dismissive of him, but looking at his invincible bear-like appearance, he decided to teach him a lesson, so he and Kameda Kazumaru agreed that if Kameda Kazumaru did not crush Zhao Bangguo's business within a year, then Kameda Kazumaru would get out of China and never enter China! On the other hand, if Zhao Bangguo lost, he would wash his hands of the golden basin and never do the business of mulberry silk again. Kameda Ichimaru listened, the two mustaches almost fell down happily, he immediately signed a treaty with Zhao Bangguo, just do it!
The signing of the treaty between the Chinese businessman Zhao Bangguo and the Japanese businessman Kazumaru Kameda was hyped up by the local media. This Kameda Kazumaru was determined to win, and he quickly returned to Japan, and after borrowing a huge amount of money from the local loan shark triad with his life, he returned to Silkworm County to buy the mulberry cocoon. Kameda Kazumaru bought some goons from Silkworm County, forcibly bought the mulberry cocoons of the local people, and with the support of those merchants who secretly hated Zhao Bangguo, Kameda Kazumaru soon acquired the mulberry cocoons of several merchant ships.
Kameda Ichimaru heard that Zhao Bangguo's core business was in London, England, so he ordered merchant ships to sail to London, he wanted to preempt Zhao Bangguo, dumped the silkworm cocoon to British merchants, and waited until Zhao Bangguo worked hard to rush to Britain, only to find that the British market was saturated at this time! So he can only turn the bow of the ship to find another way, hahaha... Thinking of Zhao Bangguo's dilemma, Kazumaru Kameda laughed triumphantly.
At this time, Zhao Bangguo was calmly waiting at home, and when his men informed him that Kameda Kazumaru had set sail, he ordered the domestic servants to carry the mulberry cocoons that had been packed in the warehouse to the ship and prepare to sail to England. It turned out that when Kazumaru Kameda left to return to Japan to raise money, Zhao Bangguo had already sent domestic servants to secretly purchase high-grade mulberry cocoons. And kameda Kazumaru's proud mulberry silkworm cocoon is just a leftover cocoon picked by Zhao Bangguo, and poor him is still in the dark waiting to sell for a big price!
As soon as Kameda Kazumaru's ship arrived at the port, as he expected, it was surrounded by British merchants, and it was heard that the mulberry cocoons from China had rushed to grab the goods and the British merchants rushed to board the ship. Kameda Kazumaru was overjoyed, he saw that there were many people grabbing goods, and he was not afraid of no sales, so he sat on the ground and gave a high price. When the British businessmen heard that the price was more than double that of previous years, they all felt that the price had risen too far, but there was only one seller, and they felt that it was a pity to give up. British merchants offered to inspect the goods first. Just look! Kameda Kazumaru ordered someone to unpack and inspect the goods, and the inspectors sent by the British merchants inspected several packages of silkworm cocoons in succession, and concluded that the quality of the goods was too bad and did not match the price paid by the seller.
At first, Kazumaru Kameda still felt that the British merchants colluded to deliberately suppress his price, and after a few days, he found that fewer and fewer people came to see the goods on his cargo ship, and realized that something was wrong. He had just entered the mulberry silk industry, and he had no idea of the mulberry silk at all, plus this time he did not use his brain to analyze it carefully, and when he found that the situation was serious, it was too late, because Zhao Bangguo's cargo ship had already arrived.
In previous years, Zhao Bangguo was directly transported silk to Come to England, this time in order to win or lose with Kameda Kazumaru, he changed the transport of mulberry cocoons, Kameda Ichimaru was stunned, he did not believe that Zhao Bangguo could get so many mulberry cocoons, even if his cocoons were good, but if it was not silkworm county, Kameda Kazumaru still had the chance of winning. Kazumaru Kameda was convinced that even with the worst silkworm cocoon, he could beat the superior cocoons of other places, and he had compared the cocoons he bought at random from Silkworm County with the carefully selected cocoons from other places, but in the end it was The Silkworm County that won.
For Kazumaru Kameda, the silkworms in Silkworm County are simply a cornucopia, and in order to win this cornucopia, he must win Zhao Bangguo. However, Kameda Kazumaru's wishful thinking was wrong, Zhao Bangguo shipped exactly the silkworm cocoons of the two ships, and the price of his family's silkworm cocoons was very fair, and the British businessmen boarded the ship to buy it, and in a few days they snapped up the two ships of goods.
Zhao Bangguo disembarked to enjoy the attractions in the UK, and he did not seem to be in a hurry to return to the time. Instead, Kameda Kazumaru was so angry that his nostrils smoked, and he began to cut prices all the way, but no one bought them, and the cunning British merchants wandered around the docks, waiting for him to drop a little further. Kazumaru Kameda decided to hold on, not believing that the British Chamber of Commerce waiting for the raw materials would hold their breath.
Just as he was fighting with the British merchants, the sailors told him that because of the rainy weather for several days, coupled with the wet sea breeze, some of the cocoons in the cabin had returned to damp and moldy! Kazumaru Kameda was so shocked that he almost couldn't breathe back, he hurried down to the cabin, hurriedly checked, and found that many white cocoons had been stained with speckled black mold, which was completely finished! Kazumaru Kameda collapsed to the ground. In the end, he still cheekily found Zhao Bangguo, who was at ease.
Kazumaru Kameda lowered his head with a pitiful look and said, "Mr. Zhao, you don't remember the villains, please help me think of a way to save my life!" Zhao Bangguo pondered and said coldly: "Kameda, according to the agreement, this time you have lost, you must remember what the agreement says, back to Japan, never allowed to step into China for half a step!" Kameda prostrated his head like pounding garlic, "As long as Mr. Zhao saves his life, Kameda swears never to come to China!" Kazumaru Kameda was ugly in front of Zhao Bangguo, but after all, he returned his life.
Zhao Bangguo was kind and kind, and purchased Kameda Kazumaru 3 ships of low-grade mulberry cocoons according to the average price of mulberry cocoons in the British market at that time. He sent men to pick out the broken cocoons and sold the remaining ship and a half of them to the British merchants. This ticket business is done, which is equivalent to not losing money or earning, but it has earned him a reputation. When he led the fleet back to China, the streets were full of good news of his victory over Kazumaru Kameda. Since then, no one in either local or other countries has dared to come to Zhao Bangguo's stubble. His business snowballed bigger and bigger, not only in china, but also in the overseas, industry insiders gave him a title of silk king.
It is worth mentioning that the Kameda Kazumaru escaped back to Japan with his tail between his legs, and his business failed, because he was still unable to borrow the usury, and he was hunted down and killed everywhere...
In 1937, Kazumaru Kameda appeared in the ranks of the Japanese army invading China. When the Songhu War broke out, he led a Japanese army to wash the silkworm county in blood, and burned the mulberry trees in the mountains and fields of the silkworm county with a torch! Kameda Kazumaru went through the entire silkworm county and did not find Zhao Bangguo, so he had to hate and leave. At that time, Zhao Bangguo had already washed his hands in the golden basin, stopped doing silk business, and moved to Beiping for the elderly.
Zhao Bangguo sold all his family property for silver bills, along with all his savings in the bank, and took them out to the anti-Japanese troops for reinforcements. When he heard about the heinous crime committed by Kameda Kazumaru in Silkworm County, Zhao Bangguo's two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks, and he regretted that he did not make up his mind to force Kameda Kazumaru to die!