The cost of the Foguang railway is indeed not low, easy to know that when the railway is built, high standards are required everywhere, in order to arouse the great attention of the imperial court and the gentry and businessmen, listen to Wang Dechang's words, he said disapprerovitously: "This is the first railway built by our Qing Dynasty, all the materials required are transported from the West across the ocean, the price is inevitably more expensive, the terrain of Shanxi is complex, to build the railway, just to survey the line, it will take several years, to start construction, the cost of the railway has long been reduced." ”

Wang Dechang said suspiciously: "Can this cost be reduced?" ”

"Of course." Yi Zhi said with confidence: "Changhua Iron Mine will be able to provide a large number of high-quality iron ore in more than a year, and at that time, Guangzhou will be able to produce high-quality iron needed for the construction of railways, and can also forge rails and produce steam locomotives. ”

Wang Dechang secretly wondered, no wonder Yuan Qi was willing to invest so much manpower, material and financial resources in Changhua, it turned out to be for the construction of this railway. After a slight sigh, he said: "I still don't understand a little bit, Guangzhou's coal is now purchased from Annan, and it seems that there is no need for Shanxi's coal, why is Yida's shopkeeper so interested in building a railway in Shanxi?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizhi smiled, "The reason is very simple, because the construction of railways in and out of Shanxi is the most profitable, and whoever can control the railways in and out of Shanxi will control the coal in Shanxi." ”

"The shopkeeper of Yida is quick to talk." Wang Dechang said with a smile: "The amount of money required to build the railway is huge, and I can't be the master at the lower level, but I will report the situation of the railway train in detail, and strongly recommend the construction of the railway. ”

"Okay." Yi Zhizhi said: "Please tell your respective general number and owner, Jin merchants build railways, and Yuan Qi will definitely help." ”

Fan Qigui, who had a rich ticket number, couldn't help but speak: "The shopkeeper of Yida doesn't seem to have any intention of getting involved in the Shanxi Railway, why did he try his best to promote the construction of the railway in Shanxi?" ”

"Repay the favor." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Xipiao has repeatedly assisted Yuanqi, and Yuanqi naturally has to reciprocate." As he spoke, he got up and arched his hand: "Let's go to the back and take a look, and we'll talk about it another day." ”

got up to send Yi Zhishu away, Wang Dechang slowly sat down, glanced at a few shopkeepers, and said, "How is it?" ”

"It must be repaired." Yuan Tsuji said: "As the shopkeeper of Yi Da said, whoever can control the railway in and out of Shanxi will control the coal in Shanxi. ”

"Shanxi's railway, Yuanqi can't repair it, this self-knowledge is still there." Wang Dechang said slowly: "Otherwise, he wouldn't have encouraged us to cultivate so much." ”

"Is this disapproving of the king's shopkeeper?"

Wang Dechang smiled and said, "How can you disapprove of a book of great benefits?" However, this railway is not tens of millions of afraid that it will not be repaired, and the funds are used for the construction of the railway, what about the ticket number? ”

Tsujikuan said suspiciously: "Is this an ulterior motive?" ”

Ren Tiande, who had a ticket number in Tianchengheng, said: "Don't talk nonsense, people keep saying that they are Jin merchants, not ticket numbers." ”

Wang Dechang waved his hand and said, "This is not the place to talk, go back and discuss it." ”

The opening of the Foshan Guangzhou Railway has caused a sensation in the entire city of Guangzhou, the power of the train is endless, fast and stable have become a topic of conversation, however, Yi Yunchang, the old man of Yifu, does not care about the railway train, but cares about the marriage of Yi Zhi, Yi Zhishu is not small this year, he is twenty-three years old, but the marriage is delayed again and again, and he is the same age, how old are the children, and he is not in a hurry.

Of course, it is not only Yi Yunchang who is anxious, Mrs. Lin is more anxious than him, after ordering someone to arrange the dinner, she looked at Yi Yunchang and said: "Le'er will go to Shanghai tomorrow to take office, no matter what, I have to make it clear today, there are three unfilial pieties, no queen is the greatest, marriage is a major event, and it can't be blindly left to his temperament." ”

Yi Yunchang took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was already four o'clock, and it was estimated that the three boys should also come back, after the stroke, he handed over the Fu Tai Bank to the two sons to take care of, and he basically didn't care about it, and now, the only thing that he couldn't rest assured was the marriage of the three boys, he felt a little guilty about this matter, if it wasn't for the poor management of the Fu Tai Bank and the debts, the marriage of the three boys would have been decided a long time ago.

"Son, what's the use of us in a hurry?" Yi Yunchang slowly put the pocket watch back into the bag, and then said slowly: "Le'er has his own opinions, he is now a four-grade Taoist, looking at the posture, it is estimated that he is still rising, if he can have a good in-law, it will also be a great help, just mention it, there is no need to force him." ”

"It's all the master's blind connivance." Lin complained, thinking that the other party was in a hurry, he immediately paused and said, "Okay, just follow the master, don't force him, it's always okay to mention it, right?" ”

"Mention, of course you have to mention, it's not too big." Yi Yunchang's words fell, Yi Zhishu walked in with a smile on his face, he just came back from the train station, and before he could see him, Lin asked, "Le'er didn't come back with you?" ”

"Back to Mother." Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "The third brother's affairs are complicated, I'm afraid it will take a while to come over." ”

Yi Yunchang glanced at him and said, "Those two girls who like to dress up as men to find your third brother, can you find out?" ”

"Back to my father." Yi Zhizu nodded and said: "I have made it clear, one is from the Xu family, but I heard that they have been engaged, the husband's family is from Dongting Lake, and the other is from the Jin family, and it is still to be written." ”

"The Jin family, a salt merchant on Tianhao Street?"

"Exactly."

"That's the right thing for Yemen." Yi Yunchang bowed his head and said, "I'll find an opportunity to probe his tone later." ”

Lin asked, "What about the Jin family's woman?" ”

"What can be worse than what Le'er likes?" Yi Yunchang said: "What do you do when you ask so much? The door is not bad. ”

After five o'clock, Yi Zhizhi rushed back to Yifu, tomorrow he will go to Shanghai to take office, and maybe when he can return to Guangzhou, naturally he wants the family to have a reunion meal, and when he enters the gate, he rushed straight to the main courtyard, only to the door, Yi Zhishu greeted him, and said with a smile: "The third brother is back." ”

"I've seen my brother." Yi Zhizhi smiled and arched his hand.

"Why should the third brother be so polite." Yi Zhishu said and returned the salute, and said: "The third brother invested millions to build the Foshan-Guangzhou Railway, which was originally criticized a lot, but it was opened to traffic today, but it was all praised, how long will it take to recover the cost?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhishu was a little surprised, his eldest brother has always been more responsible, how can he be so concerned about the railway train today? He pondered: "It's hard to say, it's mainly about the volume of transportation, especially freight." ”

"I'm afraid the freight is not optimistic." Yi Zhishu said: "Sanshui is the distribution center of goods in western Guangdong and northern Guangdong, the train only goes to Foshan, the goods are transported from Guangzhou to Foshan by train, and then transferred to Sanshui, I am afraid that there are not many businessmen willing to dump, unless the goods only go to Foshan." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "Then go further and repair to Sanshui." ”

"Is the railway really going to be built to Sanshui?" Yi Zhishu said happily.

It seems that he really has an idea, Yi Zhishu didn't ask, he didn't leave, he took out a cigar and lit it, and waited for the following, Yi Zhishu smiled and said, "The train station, how does the third brother plan to manage it?" ”

Do you want to refer someone? Yi Zhizu groaned: "For the management of the railway, we have no experience, and now we are in a critical period of railway promotion, and the slightest accident can not happen, so Yuanqi hired Citi people with a high salary to manage the Fozhou-Guangzhou Railway, and at the same time transferred a group of English students from Yixue to learn management." As he spoke, he smiled, "Brother, if someone wants to take care of him, let him learn English first." ”

Yi Zhishu said with some disappointment: "Why don't you learn Yi first?" ”

"It's good to learn English, and Yuanqi needs a lot of English talents in the future." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "The railway will be repaired on a large scale in the future, don't worry about not having a chance." ”

After listening to it, there was an opportunity, Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "Third Brother Xie mentioned something." ”

Entering the main hall, at a glance, he saw that Yi Yunchang and the Lin family were sitting upright, and Yi Zhizhi secretly wondered in his heart, what is the situation? He didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and when he stood up, he smiled and said, "Father's body is like a day by day, and now I look at it, I have fully recovered." As he spoke, he said to Lin: "Mother seems to have lost some of her weight these days. ”

Lin said with a stiff face: "The **** people are constantly praising this woman for her good looks, and the woman is virtuous, can this not be reduced?" ”

This is another family matter, Yi Zhizhi was content, and his head was big, and he hurriedly laughed with him: "It's all bad for children, and my mother is tired." ”

"No need to stand up, sit." Yi Yunchang said and pointed to the chair, and when he sat down, he said kindly: "You are also not small, and now you are the actual Shanghai Dao, and you have not yet married, what do you say?" Your mother is also worried about this all day long, these days, carefully selected, finally there is a family agreeable, has someone to come to the door to propose, this time you are not allowed to shirk again. ”

Have you come to the door to propose? Yi Zhi couldn't help but be stunned, and only hesitated for a while: "Which woman?" ”

Yi Yunchang said: "Nancheng, Tianhao Street, Jin Family, the famous scholarly family in Guangzhou City, and there are also a number of big salt merchants, and our family can be said to be a good match." ”

Golden orchid? Yi Zhishu reacted as soon as he thought about it, this was cheating him, and immediately smiled: "Father, don't mess with the mandarin duck spectrum." ”

Hearing this, several people in the house are all the same, not the Jin family, that is the Xu family? But isn't the girl of the Xu family already promised someone? The two elders looked at Yi Zhishu together, could it be a mistake? Seeing this situation, Yi Zhishu hurriedly said: "The girl of the Xu family is engaged to a family affair, and the third brother is now an official of the imperial court, which has this reputation." ”

"Where did my brother say?" Yi Zhicontent said depressedly: "I and those two girls are innocent. He knew that this would only get darker and darker, so he immediately stopped, looked at Yi Yunchang and Lin, and said, "Father and mother, don't worry, how old is the child?" Twenty-two, now is the time when it is smooth sailing, three years, how about waiting for another three years? Maybe he can be promoted to a third-grade member and marry a princess when the time comes. ”

"Forget it, princess, we can't afford to wait." Yi Yunchang smiled and waved his hand.

Yi Zhishu said: "The third brother doesn't like the woman of the Jin family? ”

"It's not that I don't like it." Yi Zhizhi said: "This matter has to pay attention to fate." "To be honest, he doesn't have a bottom in his heart, if he wants to meet a favorite woman this year, it is not an ordinary difficulty, and the women of the idler's family are not out of the door, and it is difficult to see each other, for Jin Lanxiang, he can't say that he likes it, he can't say that he doesn't like it, he doesn't think about it at all, Xu Yixuan, he likes it a little, but people are engaged.

After being quiet for a moment, Yi Yunchang spoke: "You can think about this matter carefully, marriage is still the right one." ”

Early the next morning, two green cloth sedan chairs stopped outside the gate of Lei Garden, as soon as the sedan curtain opened, Xu Yixuan, who was dressed as a man, walked out of the sedan chair, looking at the gate of Lei Yuan with her hands, and she didn't know what she was thinking. ”

Xu Yixuan turned around and instructed the little servant: "Go and report it." Then he looked at Jin Lanxiang and said, "I didn't fall asleep all night last night, and I was still turning over in the middle of the night." ”

Jin Lanxiang said: "Thinking about taking the train today, I am naturally excited. ”

Hearing this, Xu Yixuan quipped: "Are you thinking about meeting someone today, and you can't sleep with excitement, right?" ”

"I think my sister is." Jin Lanxiang shot back without showing weakness: "Sister is not asleep either." ”

Xu Yixuan sighed lightly and said, "My sister can't sleep because she is about to get married." ”

"Huh?" Jin Lanxiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Is the Xi family here?" ”

Xu Yixuan nodded and said, "That is, next month." ”

Hearing that even Xu Yixuan was going to marry far away, Jin Lanxiang's heart was panicked, and her eyes turned red in an instant, and she said: "Sister, I'm afraid that I won't have the opportunity to meet again in this life." ”

"Not necessarily." Xu Yixuan said: "As long as my sister is not far away, it will be fine." ”

What do you mean? Jin Lanxiang looked at her puzzled, but she couldn't open her mouth to ask, but Xu Yixuan said disapprerovingly: "I am in a hurry to get married, it is for Chongxi, and it is estimated that it is more than lucky." ”

"Huh? Isn't this pushing my sister into the fire pit? ”

Xu Yixuan sneered: "That's fine, it's just to pay off the debt." ”

The two were talking, Yi Zhishu had already come out of the door, and they were clearly here to see him off today, of course he wanted to greet him, "Brother Xu, Brother Jin." He smiled and said: "It's just to go to Shanghai to live temporarily, and I will return to Guangzhou every three or five days, so why dare the two of them come to see them off." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Please, two of you." ”

"Who's going to send you." Xu Yixuan said: "Let's go to take the train, by the way." ”

Hearing this, Jin Lanxiang hurriedly bowed her hand and said: "I go back to Guangzhou every three or five times, Brother Yi, this is Shanghai and Guangzhou?" ”

"There is a fast boat under it, and it will take five or six days to travel from Guangzhou to Shanghai." Yi Zhixiang said with a smile, "Yesterday's opening ceremony, I thought the two of you would not miss it." ”

"There were so many people yesterday that we didn't dare to go." Jin Lanxiang said: "Thinking that there should be few people today, I specially invited a few sisters to go and have a look." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said with a smile: "This matter must be strongly supported, and I instructed them to arrange a carriage for you." ”

Jin Lanxiang hurriedly arched her hand and said, "Thank you, Brother Yi, and I wish Brother Yi a smooth journey." (To be continued.) )