Seeing that Xi Wensu's dark eyes were full of hope, Yi Zhizhi smiled, lit a cigar slowly, and said: "Drill the sky and the Dongting is full of emblems and ......, and the Dongting merchant gang is known as the drill sky, so it can be seen that there is nothing to camp, and there is no place to go, so why stick to a province?" ”

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Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Guessed? ”

"What does the lord mean is to let the Dongting Merchant Gang give up the money village and set up a business in the provinces?" Xi Wensu couldn't care about being rude when he said it, and looked at each other eagerly.

This guy is a talent, Yi Zhishu nodded slightly: "It is worthy of being a child of the Xi family, and it is thorough at all." ”

"The lord is ridiculous." Xi Wensu suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said modestly: "Please also ask the lord to give more details." ”

"Have you ever heard of the saying that the channel is king?" Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The magic weapon of business competition and the key to winning is the sales channel, now the Qing Dynasty is open to trade, a large number of Western goods will pour into the Qing Dynasty, seize the Qing market, and squeeze market share." Yuanqi developed industry, after all, it started later than Western countries, and the industrial commodities produced by Yuanqi must have their own sales channels if they want to dominate the Qing market.

Benjue will not hide it from you, with the trade of the four mouths, Yuanqi will open a series of factories in Guangzhou and Shanghai, producing many goods, such as silk, cloth, clocks, glass, soap, hot water bottles, foreign fires, cigarettes, kerosene lamps, etc., so many goods, naturally need to have their own sales channels, Dongting merchants are willing to work with Yuanqi to establish sales channels within the Qing Dynasty? ”

Xi Wensu naturally knows the value of sales channels, and also understands how much profit can be created by the circulation of goods, and Yuan Qi, who listened to it, wants to open so many factories, so he naturally understands how valuable this sales channel is, but I don't know how much money it will take until the Year of the Monkey to build so many factories.

After a slight hesitation, he asked, "What does the lord mean, is Yuan Qi and the Dongting Merchant Gang joining forces?" ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhi said: "Yuanqi doesn't have so much energy to lay sales channels, but Yuanqi can't tolerate sales channels in the hands of others, and joining forces with Dongting Merchants or Hui Merchants is the best way." ”

Xi Wensu naturally heard the meaning of the last sentence, drilling the sky Dongting everywhere Emblems, to be exact, Yuan Qi to lay sales channels and cooperate with Hui merchants is the best choice, the reason why he can give this opportunity to the Dongting Merchants Gang is undoubtedly a compensation, where does he dare to hesitate, when even said: "It is the luck of the Dongting Merchants to be able to cooperate with Yuan Qi." ”

Yi Zhizu said slowly: "This is not a trivial matter, you go back and discuss with Ling Zun, if you are interested, let Ling Zun come to Shanghai." ”

This is indeed not a trivial matter, Xi Wensu is not hypocritical, nodded, and said: "Yuanqi opened many factories overnight, I take the liberty of asking, can we participate?" ”

"Absolutely." Yi Zhizhi said without thinking: "The Qing Dynasty wants to develop industry, not just rely on Yuanqi, all the merchants and gentry in the Qing Dynasty, but anyone who is interested in opening a factory to set up a business, Yuanqi will be extremely welcome, and will spare no effort to support, Yuanqi is very happy to Jiangsu and Zhejiang merchants and gentry and businessmen and Yuanqi to work together to develop industry."

In fact, Yuanqi has always been adhering to the concept of win-win cooperation, this concept can be said to be the basis for the rapid development and growth of Yuanqi, if the Qing Dynasty wants to develop rapidly and achieve the purpose of rejuvenating the country through industry, only Yuanqi is not good, and most of the merchants and gentry and businessmen need to join in, Yuanqi only plays the role of a leader. ”

Hearing these words, Xi Wensu arched his hand and said: "Yuan Qi can have such a mind, he is worthy of being a model of the Qing Dynasty merchant gang, without further ado, he will return to Dongshan on the same day and invite his father to come to Shanghai." ”

Xi Wensu, who was waiting, bowed and retired, and Yi Zhishu walked slowly into the study with a cigar in his hand, and cooperated with the Dongting Merchant Gang, not only because he felt that he owed the Xi family a favor, but also took this opportunity to show Yuanqi's attitude - Yuanqi was willing to cooperate with the merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Today's Yuanqi with Yuanqi's strong financial resources and the support of the imperial court, has gained a firm foothold in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, once the control of the raw silk trade in Jiangnan, the control of Shanghai's foreign trade, must be a dominant situation, however, this is not a good thing for Yuanqi, after all, Yuanqi is an outsider, if you want to turn over your hands in Jiangnan for the clouds and cover your hands for the rain, you must unite a number of large and small merchants in Jiangnan, and cooperate with the Dongting merchants, for Yuanqi, it is just a good start.

Bao Shichen walked out of the wing room slowly, and when he saw Yi Zhizhi standing on the steps smoking, he couldn't help but smile, "Which two provinces are you considering?" ”

Yi Zhishu turned his head to look at him and said, "It seems that Mr. has an answer." ”

"Naoli." Bao Shichen did not sell Guanzi, and said straightforwardly: "Zhili is the head of the province in the world, if Yuanqi wants to win the absolute trust of the imperial court, he should first support Zhili, and then, Zhili is the place where the wealth of the Qing Dynasty gathers, and it is also conducive to concentrating financial resources. ”

This is not unreasonable, Yi Zhishu nodded, and said: "Is Zhili suitable for free competition or support from the imperial court?" ”

"The lord said he was joking, didn't he? How can Zhili allow the merchant gang to compete freely? Bao Shichen chuckled and said: "The business gang of Zhili has a great background, if it is free competition, wouldn't it be a mess?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, it is true, if Zhili allows the business gang to compete freely, the four factions of the DPRK and China will inevitably fight for the head of the blood, besides, Daoguang cannot tolerate the control of the economy of Zhili in the hands of any faction, "Zhili is one, and there is another?" ”

Bao Shichen glanced at him, shook his head and said, "The other one is not easy to weigh, I think the lord should know it." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Shanxi." ”

Shanxi? Bao Shichen was quite surprised, he originally thought that it should be a coastal province along the river, but he didn't expect it to be Shanxi, and after a slight groan, he said: "Is the lord taking a fancy to the strong financial resources of the Shanxi merchant gang or because of Liang Caohan, the governor of Shanxi?" ”

Although Liang Caohan, the governor of Shanxi, is not a faction of Wang Ding, but a faction of Pan Shien, he is quite honest and honest as an official, and has a good reputation, and he is not to blame Bao Shichen for asking so, but he shook his head and said: "Jin merchants are indeed rich, and Liang Caohan is also a good official, but it is not the reason why I chose Shanxi." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The choice of Shanxi is because of Shanxi's coal, coal is an indispensable fuel for the development of industry, and priority must be given to the development of Shanxi's coal resources, one is coal mining and the other is railway transportation, Shanxi and Zhili, must give priority to Shanxi, Zhili to develop industry, can not do without Shanxi's coal." ”

It turned out that it was out of this consideration, Bao Shichen nodded, he knew that the reason why the other party said it to him so clearly was to ask him to write an excerpt, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "This recruitment of the Navy and the Naval Academy has caused a lot of sensation, and there are quite a few people from all over the country who have rushed to Shanghai and Guangzhou to apply for the examination and take the exam, and the imperial court is afraid that there will be complaints about this." ”

Yi Zhifen said nonchalantly: "Sir, do you know why Benjue wants to take this opportunity to attract a large number of young people to Shanghai and Guangzhou?" ”

Hearing him ask like this, Bao Shichen was a little surprised, wasn't it to take the opportunity to send troops to Annan to expand the strength of the Yuanqi regiment? After thinking about it, he reacted, even if he wanted to expand his strength in Annan, Yuan Qi didn't dare to be so blatant, looking at this situation, the number of people who attracted Shanghai and Guangzhou this time was afraid that there would be tens of thousands, and he groaned slightly, and then he tentatively said: "Is it to reserve manpower for the construction of a factory?" ”

"Not bad." "Guangzhou is currently planning to build a series of new factories, which will require a large number of workers and apprentices, and Shanghai will also need a lot of labor to carry out infrastructure construction.

In order to develop industry, England carried out the land enclosure movement, which converted a large number of landless peasants into workers, and we could only take advantage of various opportunities to attract a large number of people to meet the needs of industrial development in both places. ”

Bao Shichen frowned and said: "These people are all coming for the Navy and the Naval Academy, I am afraid that they may not be willing to enter the factory, besides, the imperial court is not at ease with Yuan Qi, and they don't know ..... about this situation." ”

Yi Zhifen said with a smile: "Sir, you can rest assured, the Navy and the academy have limited enrollment places, judging from the current feedback from the news, it is estimated that it is one out of ten, and Annan will not need so many people, and those who are eliminated will enter the factory nine times out of ten."

As for saying that the imperial court did not understand ......, it was not unaware that the imperial court was quite concerned about the situation of the factories in Guangzhou, and the factories needed a large number of workers. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and stretched out his hand and said, "Go in and say." ”

The two of them entered the room and sat down, and Yi Zhizhi continued: "The Yuanqi regiment is practicing to expand the army in Annan, and I want to make it clear to the emperor that I want to go up to the secret and make ...... to the emperor." ”

Hearing this, Bao Shichen was stunned, "Is the lord sure to convince the emperor?" ”

"The elder mentioned that the emperor intends to expand the territory to wash away the shame of leasing Hong Kong." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Yuan Qi sent troops to Annam without authorization, and the court pretended not to know, which is tantamount to acquiescence, which also proves that the emperor does have the intention of annexing Annam."

In addition, Yuanqi regimental training has to be stationed in four treaty ports, and it is impossible to keep too many troops in Annam, so we can justifiably ask Hongji to train new soldiers in Hongji to defend Hongji and Xin'anfu, and I have ordered Hongji to capture Xin'anfu, and with the combat strength of Yuanqi's regimental training, I believe that in another month, we will be able to fully occupy the entire Xin'anfu. ”

Hearing this, Bao Shichen was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he spoke: "The lord is worried about the expansion of the Yuanqi regiment in Annan, and he can't hide it from people?" ”

This Jiang is really old and spicy, Yi Zhishu really takes into account that this matter cannot be hidden, and the training of recruits in Annan can indeed hide from the eyes and ears of the imperial court to a large extent, but a steady stream of recruits are transported to Annan, I am afraid it is difficult not to attract attention, because of the urgency of time, Yi Zhicontent plans to expand the army in Annan this time by 10,000 or even 20,000, such a large amount, if you want not to be noticed, it is obviously impossible.

Nodding his head, he said, "Does Mr. feel that something is wrong?" ”

"Naturally, it's not right." Bao Shichen said: "Even if the emperor has the intention of annexing Annan, he will not announce it to the public, after all, Annan is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and the Yuan Qi regiment is practicing to expand the army in Annan, and the court is also turning a blind eye to the sky, pretending not to know, if the lord is on the secret fold and makes it clear, it can only be bad." ”

"Can't you do it?"

"The secret fold is also to be returned to the archive. The lord doesn't ask about these little things on weekdays, and it is inevitable that he will be negligent. Bao Shichen said and told him about the secret fold.

Is it dense or not? Of course, the secret, directly to the saint, without a third person, after Zhu approved and then sent back to the person on the secret fold, it can be said that the degree of secrecy has reached the extreme, but there is one point, but all the secret folds with Zhu Approval must be returned to the archive before the end of the year, and the courtiers are not allowed to keep it privately.

Yi Zhizu secretly asked Annan to train recruits, Daoguang for the sake of his former and later reputations, or stay in the middle (not Zhu approved and not returned.) Either they refuse to reprimand and are unlikely to be allowed.

Listening to these words, Yi Zhi's heart was cold, it seems that it will not work to expand the army in Annan in a justifiable way, it can only be carried out secretly, in this way, it will be a little troublesome, after all, the amount is too large, and if you can't say no, you can only expand the war in Annan.

He was silent, and Bao Shichen couldn't help but say: "The lord is in a hurry to expand the scale of Yuanqi's group training, in order to annex Annan?" ”

"It's not just about Annam, it's about competing with Western countries for the South Seas." Yi Zhishu said casually, the reason why he said this was not because he didn't believe the other party, but because he was afraid that the other party would not accept Yuanqi's idea of sending troops to the Japanese country, and no one hated the Japanese country like him these days, and no one took the Japanese country that was still closed off seriously, and he didn't want to bother to explain.

The importance of Nanyang, Bao Shichen heard Yi Zhicontent mention it many times, but he didn't ask much, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Even if the imperial court has the intention of annexing Annan by the hand of Yuan Qi, it will not tolerate the expansion of Yuan Qi's group training.

The Yuanqi regiment must be cautious in training and expanding the army, and it must be done slowly, and it must not be too hasty, once it arouses the vigilance of the imperial court, it will inevitably be self-defeating. This time, it was suggested that the provinces promote the Yuanqi model, and finally made the imperial court a little lax about Yuanqi, but don't fall short because of the expansion of the army. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, this is Lao Cheng's cautious words, he is indeed a little in a hurry, at the moment Yuanqi's foundation is not stable, whether it is open or secret, it is not suitable to conflict with the imperial court, and it is the best choice to follow the trend.

Seeing him nodding, Bao Shichen secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and changed his words, "Guangzhou Changle Machinery Factory can imitate a steam engine?" ”

"It's not hard to imitate." Yi Zhizhi said: "But at present, it cannot be produced in large quantities, some parts have high requirements for iron hardness, and high-hardness steel Guangzhou cannot be produced in large quantities at present, and it is still in the exploration stage." ”

Bao Shichen smiled when he heard this, "In other words, the so-called promotion of the Yuanqi model in various provinces is just painting cakes to satisfy hunger." ”

"Two years." Yi Zhizu stretched out two fingers and gestured: "In two years, he will definitely be able to produce his own steam engine, and Yuan Qi has hired a large number of Citi mechanics with high salaries for this purpose." (To be continued.) )