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Upon hearing that the imperial court and Yuan Qi were willing to build a railway in Shanxi, Hou Yinchang hurriedly smiled and said: "With such a profitable business, how can there be any reason to push it out, if this matter spreads, where will the face of the Jin merchants go." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

He didn't know if the sales volume of coal was as big as Yi Zhiqi said, but he knew that railway transportation was not only large but also fast and convenient, and once the Shanxi Railway was built by the imperial court and Yuanqi, Shanxi would be stuck by the imperial court and Yuanqi, which was something that Shanxi businessmen could never tolerate.

Yi Zhizhi felt that his words were perfunctory, and he said with a slight sigh: "The construction of the railway in Shanxi is not only beneficial to the country and the people, but also a great benefit to Shanxi. ”

Hearing him say this, Hou Yinchang said worriedly: "As far as I know, Zhili, Shandong, and Henan are rich in coal ...... ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Zhili, Shandong, and Henan are all rich in coal, but the Hou Dongjia has not thought about it, why did Benjue choose Shanxi?" ”

"Because of the ticket number?" Hou Yinchang said tentatively.

"There are reasons for the ticket number, and there are reasons for the geographical location, but mainly because of the funds." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Shanxi Lao Xuan, the wealth of the world, the top ten business gangs of the Qing Dynasty, the Jin merchants have the most abundant financial resources, the reason why Benjue chose Shanxi as the pilot province to implement the Yuanqi model is that the Jin merchants have abundant funds.

The construction of the railway, in order to develop Shanxi's coal resources, Benjue is ready to vigorously promote large-scale machine coal mining in Shanxi, now in the West, has already begun to popularize machine mining, that is, coal mining, there are machine sinking machines, can speed up the progress of coal mining, improve production, there are mine safety lamps for deep mine lighting, there are towing machines, there are metal lifting platforms to replace manual back transport of coal, as well as mechanical ventilation and so on.

The large-scale use of machine coal mining can double the efficiency of coal mining, the output will be beyond your imagination, and the cost of mining can also be greatly reduced, which is enough to improve the competitiveness of Shanxi coal in the market, and one more point, you should also know that Shanxi coal is the best. ”

"Large-scale machine coal mining?" Hou Yinchang muttered, the factory under the name of Guangzhou Yuanqi uses a large number of machines, he has heard of this, machine silk reeling machine, machine sugar mill, machine manufacturing factory, I heard that there are also machines for casting silver dollars, coal mining machines, he is still the first time to hear of it.

"Hongji Coal Mine will use machinery on a large scale in the past two years." Yi Zhixiang said with a smile, "Shanxi is closed, and the Jin merchants should organize the young children of all families to go to Guangzhou to have a look, and go to the Hongji Coal Mine for a field trip by the way. ”

This is a good suggestion, Hou Yinchang secretly thought in his heart, he should take this opportunity to organize young children to go to Guangzhou to see the world and open their eyes, the two walked all the way and talked, and unconsciously came to the gate of a courtyard, Hou Yinchang stretched out his hand and politely said: "Sir, please-." ”

After entering the hall, after taking a seat, Yi Zhizhi took out a cigar and lit it, and Hou Yinchang said with a smile on his face: "How does the lord look at this garden?" ”

Yi Zhishu said casually: "It's not bad." ”

"If you can get into the eyes of the lord, your thoughts in the next few days will not be in vain." Hou Yinchang said, took out a deed and put it on the coffee table and gently pushed it over, "This is the house deed of the garden, and I ask the lord to accept it with a smile." ”

Send the garden? Yi Zhizu chuckled and said, "What does Hou Dongjia mean by this? ”

"This garden is not small, and the building regulations in the garden are not low, although I donated a four-grade official title, I didn't dare to trespass, this garden was originally bought in the name of the lord." Hou Yinchang said and arched his hand: "If you are offended, I hope the lord will forgive me." ”

Yi Zhishu was speechless for a while, shook his head and said: "Benjue has been in Beijing once in a few years, and he will leave after staying for ten days and a half months, what is the use of asking for a garden in Haidian?" ”

"The lord has learned from China and the West, and he is a rare economic talent in the Qing Dynasty, and he will definitely be able to pay homage to the military plane in the future." Hou Yinchang said with a smile on his face: "Although I can't use it now, I will definitely be able to use it in a few years." ”

This fart really slapped the horse's leg, Yi Zhishu laughed secretly in his heart, he couldn't wait to come to Beijing for the rest of his life, so he immediately gently pushed the deed back, and said: "Hou Dongjia's mind, Benjue has it, but Benjue has never accepted gifts easily." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head, "Because of the ticket number, the implementation of the Yuanqi model in Shanxi can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and with the strong financial resources of the Jin merchants and the accumulation of years of opening ticket numbers and expanding trade routes, it can easily radiate the northwest."

Now the Western countries invaded from the sea, the imperial court will shift the focus of defense and development to the southeast, but the northwest has always been eventful, it is difficult to be peaceful for a long time, Russia is now expanding to Europe, once blocked, it will turn around to the northwest and northeast of the Qing Dynasty, Taiyuan, Xi'an will be the focus of the imperial court in the future to develop the industrial and transportation center, I hope that the Jin merchants can grasp this rare opportunity.

Now the Qing Dynasty is in the midst of great changes unseen in 3,000 years, as a merchant of the Qing Dynasty, we must keep pace with the times, we must have an open vision and the spirit of innovation and adventure, blindly conservative can not adapt to this rapidly changing era, and will eventually be ruthlessly eliminated. There is a saying in the West that a snake that does not shed its skin has only one way to die!

As the treasurer of Yuanqi, Benjue promised to strongly support the development of Shanxi, and also hoped that Jin merchants could take advantage of this opportunity to grow and develop rapidly, and echo each other with Yuanqi in the south and north in the future. ”

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Daoguang paced back and forth slowly, pacing back and forth a few times, before he glanced at Mu Zhang'a and said: "Intended purpose, Yi Zhizhi will formally form the Nanyang Navy in Dinghai, and the Yuanqi regiment will be transferred to the Marine Corps and will be under the control of the Nanyang Navy." ”

Mu Zhang'a walked the dragon and snake, and quickly polished Daoguang's words before kneeling down and said: "Your Majesty, the scale of the Nanyang Navy is not comparable to that of ordinary coastal naval divisions, if there is no one to contain ......." ”

"Now is not the time to be contained." Daoguang stopped and interrupted him: "The navy is modeled after the Western military system, and who knows the Western military system among the senior members of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China?" At this time, sending people to contain it will only hinder it, and I just want to let Yi Zhishu let go and toss and train a strong team for the imperial court.

Moreover, now that the treasury is empty, there is no silver at all, whether it is to levy Annam or issue naval salaries, the imperial court is powerless this year, Yi Zhicontent controls the navy alone, and Yuan Qi will not leave it alone. As for containing ....., sending additional officers is a matter of will, so there is no need to worry. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, "One more will." After a pause, he continued: "The navy is newly built, and talents are urgently needed, in order to show that the imperial court attaches great importance to the navy, I intend to select a group of noble children of the clan from the Beijing Division, and the children of the Eight Banners to enrich the navy, fifteen to eighteen years old, healthy and literate can be. ”

Mu Zhangamo wrote it down, and then said: "Your Majesty, the southern ships and northern horses, the southerners are good at swimming, the northerners are good at riding, and the banner people have always been afraid of water, not to mention the children of the noble clan, even the children of the Eight Banners of the Beijing Division, I am afraid that no one is willing to join the navy." ”

Daoguang glanced at him dissatisfied, "The south ship and the north horse, how can you be born like this?" If you are not good at swimming, you can learn, the Qing Navy can't all be Han Chinese, right? After a slight sigh, he said: "The troubles of the southeast sea frontier are far better than those in the northwest, how can there be eggs under the nest!" The family of the noble clan is a noble family, but there are school-age children, there will be one person, in addition, to publicize the treatment of the navy, there are many people in the Jingshi Banner who are trapped for their livelihood, this is a rare opportunity. ”

Daoguang's two edicts quickly spread out, and immediately caused a sensation, ordinary banner families don't care, after all, the principle of voluntariness is adopted, but the family of the clan is compulsory, but there are children of the right age, healthy and literate people, there will be one person, this is a bit fatal, who of these noble children of the clan who are pampered in Beijing are willing to go to the navy to adventure? What's more, the Admiral of the Nanyang Navy is still a Hanchen!

Yi Zhizhi returned to Prince Zheng's other garden at dusk, and the gate was not far away, Su Shun quickly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Brother Guocheng can be regarded as coming back, not to mention Haidian now, I'm afraid that the entire Jingshi has fallen out......" ”

The whole Jingshi fell out? Yi Zhishu said with a surprised face: "What's wrong?" ”

"Brother Guocheng still doesn't know?" Su Shun was a little surprised, and hurriedly said Daoguang's two edicts.

The son of the noble family of the clan? Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but secretly speak, Daoguang played really ruthlessly this time, it seems that Daoguang is planning to use the navy to cultivate a group of children for the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and also expects this group of children to be able to control the navy in the future, so that the Nanyang Navy is lively and see!

Su Shun said with a gloating expression: "This is a large number of yellow belts and red belts, can Brother Guocheng be sure to hold it?" ”

The clan has a yellow belt around his waist, and Jueluo (a secondary royal family, the uncle and brother of Taizu Nurhachi and the descendants of Uncle Zu's brother) has a red belt around his waist, and he still knows it with common sense, but seeing Su Shun's expression, these yellow and red belts are obviously not a good thing, so he frowned and said, "It's not easy to mess with?" ”

"It's not just that it's hard to mess with." Su Shun said with a smile: "Those who have no officials and no lords, are idle and panicked, boring, and can't easily get out of the Beijing Division's yellow and red belts, which is not the lawless demon king of the mixed world, this is going to the navy, I'm afraid there will be a lively look." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled disapprovingly, and said: "Dinghai is not a Jingshi, and the Demon King of the Mixed World has to give me an honest tail, otherwise the military law will wait." Saying that, he thought in his heart, the next time we meet, I can talk about it, don't let these rat feces harm the navy.

The two laughed all the way back to the courtyard, and Su Shun said very abruptly: "Can I go to the navy?" ”

Yi Zhifen glanced at him and said, "You want to replace him?" ”

"I'm not afraid of Brother Guocheng's jokes." Su Shun said unabashedly: "I want to go to the navy to fight for a knighthood." ”

Prince Zheng is one of the **** of the Qing Dynasty, Su Shun's third brother Duanhua is the prince's son, the prince's title has nothing to do with Su Shun's concubine, if you want to get the title, Su Shun can only fight for it yourself, there are many nobles in the idle clan of the Beijing Division, it is not easy to get a high title, only military exploits, and now the Nanyang Navy is attacking Annam, it is indeed a rare opportunity.

Yi Zhixiang was not in a hurry to agree, and after entering the room and sitting down, he slowly lit a cigar before he spoke: "Brother Yuting is not an outsider, the navy is indeed easy to establish military exploits, but the navy is just established, and the risk is not ordinary, with the talent of Brother Yuting, he can also get ahead in Beijing..... division." ”

"Maybe there's a chance to get ahead...... Su Shun sighed lightly: "But if you want to obtain a high title, you can only make outstanding achievements. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Brother Yuting is brave enough to take risks, it's not impossible, but you have to think of this matter yourself, and I can't open my mouth." ”

"As long as Brother Guocheng agrees, this thing will be done." Su Shun said with a smile: "My eighth brother is on the list, and I will go in his place." ”

"Brother Yuting is a third-class auxiliary general, right?"

"What is a third-class auxiliary general, but it is equivalent to a second-class military general, and the Beijing division grabs a lot of them." Su Shun smiled: "We are not greedy, we will be satisfied with getting a town and a prince to assist the country." ”

Yi Zhishu waved his hand and said, "Then hurry up and prepare, since the emperor has decreed, we will have to leave Beijing in a few days." ”

"What is there to prepare." Su Shun said disapprerovingly, and after a pause, he said: "This time in Beijing, Brother Guocheng has visited Wang Zhongtang?" ”

Wang Ding? Yi Zhixiang shook his head, the four major factions in the DPRK and China, he is undoubtedly Wang Ding's faction in the eyes of others, and he has also considered whether to visit Wang Ding, but after thinking about it, forget it, Wang Ding's faction is the main battle faction is a radical faction, and his attitude towards England is quite radical, and he opposes compromising with Western countries such as England, he is not so radical!

Seeing that he was silent, Su Shun pondered and said: "It's better to visit, Brother Guocheng's initiative has always been quite controversial, and Wang Zhongtang also has a lot of protection for Brother Guocheng." ”

Su Shun didn't say this explicitly, but Yi Zhishu understood that it was not possible to stand in line with the DPRK, and if there was no factional support, it would be difficult to gain a foothold, so he immediately nodded and said, "I'll go to visit in the evening." ”

Wang Ding's other garden in Haidian is rewarded by Daoguang, just east of Haidian Town, the garden is not small, but it is quite deserted, easy to know that it is enough to come after dark, and see the black lights in the garden, I feel quite emotional, I handed the post at the door, and then I was led in, it should be that Wang Ding had long expected him to come.

In the room under the guidance of the subordinate, he saw Wang Ding washing his feet in a short gauze gown, which obviously did not treat him as an outsider, which made him feel a trace of guilt in his heart, and hurriedly saluted, "The lower official has seen Lord Zhongtang." ”

"No need to be polite." Wang Ding casually pointed to the chair and said, "Sit, you are not a formal person, drinking tea and smoking are all casual, and you don't have to be restrained." ”

Waiting for Yi Zhizhi to sit down, he sighed lightly and said, "The old man is not afraid of death, but now he wants to live for another three or five years......" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhi's heart was sour, and he hurriedly said: "Zhongtang's body is Kangtai, why do you say this." ”

"It would be nice if your kid was born ten years early." Wang Ding said with a smile, "Tell me your general idea, the old man can't see it, it's good to hear it with his own ears." (To be continued.) )