He was not originally from Chixian City.

He fled from another city more than ten years ago, and his original occupation was a bookkeeper.

Later, through hard work, he managed to transform himself from a refugee into a local resident with an official household registration.

And the process was very clean, without any blemishes.

According to our investigation, it seems Yu Bingfu and his group are planning to start a trade broker business."

Lin Li was taken aback by what he heard:

"Trade broker?"

A trade broker.

It is a commercial organization engaged in trade intermediation in indigenous ancient and modern times.

In the Pre-Qin and Han dynasties, trade intermediaries were called Zang, Zankui.

By the Tang and Five Dynasties, they began to be referred to as Ya, Yalang, Yakui.

During the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, they were also called leaders of the people, brokers, and trade elders, generally known as Yaren.

By the Ming dynasty, during the Jiajing period, Yaren began to be formally called Xing.

The market law formulated in 1523 first mentioned the term "trade broker."

In other words.

The civilian named Yu Bingfu is planning to be involved in intermediary matters.

At this moment, Shi Zehong spoke up again:

"I once talked with several experts, and they also believe that trade brokering is actually a very promising business direction.

After all, this is no longer the time we just entered the city.

Although the whole of Chixian City is still under our control, the intensity is no longer as strict as it was at the beginning.

Take, for instance, a few villages outside our city.

To be honest.

If someone really planned to escape in the middle of the night, we would at least discover it by the next day.

This is an inevitable trend; we cannot keep suppressing them forever.

And with the relaxation of our various directives, the possibility for trade brokers to emerge has become plausible."

Just as Shi Zehong said.

Currently, while the rabbits are still absorbing refugees, the level of control over the entire city is no longer as stringent as before.

At the beginning, Chixian City implemented military control and curfews.

Food was distributed at relief points per person.

But now, the rabbits only manage macroeconomic control.

At most, they merely guide newcomers entering the city.

As for how you want to spend your money and where, the rabbits don't interfere at all.

The same applies to private trade.

For example, some clothing.

Happiness Supermarket sells industrial textiles, and the tailor shops in the city sell handcrafted items as well.

You can buy wherever you like; no one will stop you.

And soon enough, the rice outside the city will ripen.

A large portion will certainly be eaten by the rabbits, but quite a bit will circulate through private trade.

If you're bold, you could form a trading caravan and sell a batch in cities a hundred miles away.

This isn't out of the question.

Thus, little by little, the basis for trade brokers or other derivative industries to form has been established.

At this moment, Lin Li had an idea.

He suddenly shifted his gaze to the map Shi Zehong used earlier to introduce road progress, focusing on a particular factory.

Then he pointed to the map and asked:

"Director Shi, if I remember correctly...

Isn't there a clothing wholesale plan at the garment factory?"

Shi Zehong instinctively nodded:

"There is indeed, but theoretically, the wholesale plan will only gradually open up in three months.

Why, are you implying...?"

Lin Li pondered for a moment, lifted his eyelids, and waved his hand decisively:

"I think we can release a batch of quotas first, using this opportunity to facilitate the embryonic form of trade brokering and the clothing wholesale industry!"

Currently, there are four factories in Chixian City: a textile factory, an agricultural machinery factory, a bicycle factory, and a fertilizer factory,

of which the textile factory employs the most workers, with more than 23,000 employees.

This is because, when the rabbits introduced the factories, they planned for production lines to be primarily manual, thus accommodating a large workforce.

And the main outlets for the textile factory's products are twofold:

One is self-selling in Happiness Supermarket, providing basic clothing supplies for new arrivals to Chixian City without any income.

The second is exporting to Linyuan City and Ziqiong City, as part of a trade arrangement with Yang Bolin.

In the long-term plan, the rabbits have another intention.

Which is to develop some channel wholesalers, creating a thriving clothing industry within Ziqiong City.

Even further, to cultivate a few large downstream clients.

Thus directly customizing or even contracting part of the clothing factory's production capacity.

There are countless precedents for this locally, with famous production bases in Guangdong Province, Min Province, Su Province...

Sales or transfer points include Sijiqing, Shisanxing, etc....

According to the command center's plan, this strategy may officially commence in three months.

By then, the total population of Chixian City would range between 120,000 to 125,000, approximately the population size of a local county town.

This level of population is sufficient to form the basis of a clothing industry, and with local precedents, for wholesalers, it's practically a sure win.

It just depends on who the lucky one will be.

But hearing Lin Li's words now...

It seems he intends to advance this plan early?

Shi Zehong hesitated for a moment, somewhat uncertain, and asked:

"Captain Lin, if the plan is advanced....

Could it cause some issues with subsequent arrangements?

If it leads to losing more than we gain, that wouldn't be good."

Lin Li firmly shook his head, full of confidence:

"It probably won't.

The only difference between the current Chixian City and three months later, aside from the population gap, is the savings of the working class.

But clothes aren't luxury items, as long as the livelihood trend remains stable, whether you have a month or three months of savings won't really affect clothing purchases..

Let me give a domestic example.

If you earn a stable income of 12,000 per month, and food and lodging are not a concern.

Then even if you only have 2,000 yuan on hand, you can still buy a 100-yuan piece of clothing when shopping, without having to wait until you have 20,000 or even 200,000 to buy."

Hearing Lin Li's explanation, Shi Zehong seemed to understand somewhat.

Indeed.

Clothes aren't like houses or cars.

Unless we're talking about those expensive brands costing tens of thousands, the average person doesn't need or have to be wealthy to buy.

Currently, workers in Chixian City with more than three months of work experience have average savings of four to five million in Huaxia currency.

A piece of clothing from the textile factory costs only twenty to thirty, at most forty to fifty.

If the wholesale channels become a bit more affordable, surely many would be willing to spend to buy one or two pieces.

So theoretically, Lin Li's idea is feasible, though with some risk.

But on the other hand.

If Lin Li's idea succeeds, the gains would be remarkable.

Firstly, Chixian City would immediately form a nascent clothing industry, building a solid foundation ahead of time.

If there's ever an opportunity, Chixian City might become the handicraft clothing center of the Damo Realm!

If such a scenario materializes, Chixian City could stably accommodate a million-level refugee population—even with the first digit not being too small.

Secondly, it would provide a significant boost to emerging private enterprises.

Weighing the benefits against the risks, it's undoubtedly an opportunity worth trying.

To put it bluntly.

Even if the attempt fails, with the ability of the rabbits, it wouldn't be difficult to get things back on track.

After deciding on this intention, Lin Li quickly organized a meeting with the camp leaders.

The meeting finally voted to approve:

Advance the clothing wholesale plan in a manner that doesn't interfere with Yu Bingfu and others, and assist with appropriate regulation techniques.

At this moment.

Far away in Chixian City, Yu Bingfu, busy encouraging his companions, was unaware that he and his associates had already caught the attention of the rabbits.

And around the same time.

The rabbits' supplies conveniently arrived in Ziqiong City...

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