The news struck him like a lightning bolt.

Because he tried his best to negotiate with the Japanese side, he accounted for 70% of the equity of the shipping company, and the Japanese side accounted for 30%, and he took the initiative.

But just when Leboan, who was backed by the Upper Orient, was about to start the plan, he found that his opponent actually took all the chess moves he wanted to take first, and this dream was repeatedly preempted, resulting in unrealizable despair like a rope around his neck, which made Leboan sad and almost suffocated.

The same sigh as he is Akihiro Yamaguchi.

But when Leboan expressed his disheart after talking to him about his feelings, Akihiro Yamaguchi, who was energetic in his early fifties, said: "Lesang, we have a great opponent, but I like this kind of challenge!" ”

"Yamaguchi-kun's fighting spirit is good, but how to do it." Leboan asked him.

Of course, he didn't want to give up, but it depended on how determined the Orientals were.

This is the reason why he took the initiative to show frustration with the other party after he came over.

It is different from the New Rome Commercial Bank, which is dominated by Han Huaiyi, and the like-minded and interest bundling model is different.

From the very beginning, the collaboration between Loebon and Akihiro Yamaguchi smacked of trying to control and guard against each other.

"Competition, copy his model and get into the game immediately. I've thought about it ... ”

Under the lamp, while two middle-aged men were whispering, Zhang Zhidong, a handsome man who was far away in the Huguang Governor's Mansion, was sitting in the study with a sad face.

He seemed to feel the excitement of his opponents.

Because just a few days ago, the boiler of the Hanyang plant that he introduced had problems again during testing.

The Hanyang Iron Works had now become a burden, weighing heavily on his heart.

You must know that since the sixteenth year of Guangxu, he has spent 5.6 million taels, but he has not yet made steel.

Speaking of which, it was really his responsibility.

Zhang Zhidong, who has led this matter for more than ten years, is still young.

A man's youth is not only in his age, but also in his knowledge and experience.

It's like the phrase on Douyin in later generations: "You can never earn more money than you know".

Although Zhang Zhidong dominates foreign affairs, he does not understand steelmaking.

At that time, when he telegraphed Xue Fucheng, the minister stationed in Britain, to buy a furnace for a steelmaking plant, the owner of the British Tissett factory replied to him very sincerely: "If you want to set up a steel mill, you must first test all the iron, stone, coal, and coke factories in the factory, and then know what the quality of coal and iron is, what kind of steel can be smelted, that is, what kind of furnace to make. ”

At that time, Zhang Zhidong disagreed, and said conceitedly: "With the size of China, why not, why not find coal and iron first and then buy a furnace?" But according to the British use of the purchase of a penny. ”

If you have to spend this money and talk so much, the British factory owner will go with him.

As a result, the words of others really proved that professional things still need professional people to do.

After the machine furnace came to China and was set up in Hanyang, Zhang Zhidong discovered that steelmaking was not made by a furnace.

There have to be matching resources.

Fortunately, under the rule of the Qing court, power can be unbridled.

As long as it can produce results.

So Zhang Zhidong mobilized his connections and mobilized resources.

He first brought iron from Daye, then coal from Maanshan, and then made steel in Hanyang.

But the bigger problem came out, because the coal in Ma'anshan was too heavy to coke because of the heavy ash ore, so he had to buy thousands of tons of coke from Germany.

It turned out to be in vain!

Because of this matter, Zhang Zhidong has been said many times, although the court considered his face and was silent, but without the acquiescence of the court, where did those words come from? In particular, his dream of ruling directly under the government has almost come to naught.

Zhang Zhidong is tough in front of people, but he can't deceive himself in the dark room.

"I'm still impulsive, I read a half-life book and become a half-life official, but I don't know the common saying that only by listening to people's words can you not suffer losses." Zhang Zhidong sighed in his heart.

But a minister is a minister.

For a mature man to make a change, he must first have the courage to make positive mistakes, and then have a clear understanding of himself.

Not only that, but you also have to deeply dissect the external and internal causes that caused your mistakes.

Among them, the internal factors are more important than the external ones.

Because in this vast red dust, the internal cause is the real cause, and the external cause is often already the effect.

"The old man seemed conceited at the time, but in fact, he was afraid of the strong civilization of foreigners, and the old man was too eager to prove himself but didn't know the truth of steady and steady fighting!" Zhang Zhidong analyzed himself.

A night passed, but Xiang Shuai, who came to the front of people again, still looked calm.

Even if he quietly scolded himself as a dog last night, Xiangshuai's logic is, I can scold me, but you can't scold me! The field can't be lost, isn't it!

But careful people will find that Xiang Shuai will occasionally say to his subordinates: "If Yun Gong comes, let him in directly." ”

will suddenly take care of the following: "If there is a descendant named Han Huaiyi, please come in directly." ”

At this time, the Roma was heading south along the waterway.

Han Huaiyi writes and calculates indoors.

The Han family's expenses in Tianjin were largely offset by the mortgage loans, while the expenses for the transfer of manpower and ships were offset by the loans for the façade building.

After the two there was a surplus of one thousand three hundred and twenty-one taels of silver.

But at the end of the year, the interest on the two loans had to be settled with the bank, and the promised donations to the various management agencies, which added up to 2,000 taels.

Fortunately, Han Huaiyi already has seven contracts in Shanghai in his hands, and the profit after deducting the commission is 1,830 taels.

But this money must be used, half of it is used in the shares of Shanghai Great World, and Han Huaiyi is very clear that the entertainment industry absorbs more money.

One big world is worth two inland shipping routes.

The other half will be spent on the maintenance of semi-finished products from the port of Marseille, which is far from enough, but Wei Yungong can drag it out.

As for Tianjin Wei, it is estimated that it can still earn about 1,000 taels of profit for the Han family, but this money cannot be kept.

Because the relationship here should be consolidated, the funds promised to the entertainment world here must also be prepared in advance.

Then what is left is the principal of the Han family.

"I have to deduct the expenses in Wuhan again, and finally I can get 5,000 taels of silver on hand, which can cope with next year, and my family will be able to really stand on its feet from the next year."

After Han Huaiyi made a calculation, he smashed the inside story that he and his eldest brother were qualified to know, and then sighed and thought to himself that I was dancing on a tightrope, but fortunately, the next few years were calm, enough for me to reserve sufficient funds before the westward expansion of the French Concession in 14 years.

But I can't be rash anymore, because people's energy and financial resources are limited, and the layout must be followed by consolidation rather than blind expansion.

After admonishing himself, Han Huaiyi walked out of the cabin and went to the bow of the boat.

The vision ahead is open and the world is infinite, and he has determined his thoughts, spreading his arms and comfortably driving the wind, as if embracing the world.

It was also at this time that Shi Jintao had just left Guazhou Ferry and went back by boat, when he suddenly heard the boatman shouting, and he accidentally looked out from the cabin, only to see a brand-new iron armor that was about to enter the river in the wind and waves.

The foreigner's boat is amazing, Shi Jintao, who was sitting on a broken wooden boat bought from the Han family, was sighing.

In the next second, his eyes suddenly bulged.

Shi Jintao rubbed his eyes and looked at it again, and the back of the ironclad foreign ship was clearly written with the three Chinese characters "Xinyihe", this, this... Is it a coincidence? Phew! It's certainly a coincidence.