Prince Xuan waved his hand, "You can just serve in this palace of nourishing hearts, what am I doing in it, there are big rules inside, and you will bow down at every turn, it is better to be relaxed outside, you can go with Chonghou, he is a coat of the internal affairs house, do you want this king to lead him there?" ”

Chonghou listened to the words of Prince Xuan's big grin and indifference, and smiled bitterly, but he didn't look back, Liang Ruyi sighed, and hurriedly entered the main hall, Prince Xuan turned around and smiled at Li Hongzhang: "This king is impatient to stay inside, those national affairs, I have a headache when I listen to them, it is better to accompany the governor here to talk." ”

Li Hongzhang was originally a little apprehensive in his heart, but when he heard Prince Xuan's words, he didn't dare to slack off, "It is an honor for Weichen to be able to accompany Weichen to talk, although this is the first time to see Wangye, I don't feel unfamiliar." ”

"You are the first time, but you have seen a lot of foreign goods from Shanghai, and although you have never been to the palace, I will accept your affection," the prince said with a smile, "The festival has to be sent for no reason, and you are asked to break the bank, and the king is a little ashamed." ”

"The prince is polite," Li Hongzhang was standing in the distance with his head bowed and his eyebrows lowered, and hurriedly said, "The prince is straightforward and fast-talking, and he is now the prince with the largest rank under the knee of Emperor Xuanzong, the uncle of the Son of Heaven, and the lower officials only have the mind of admiration, so they chose some fresh things from the West to present to the prince, although these things are rare, but they are not very expensive, just some Western soil, just let the prince fresh, moreover, Tianjin is also an excellent port, these things are actually just a little bit of Weichen's mind, not as good as Tianjin's things." ”

"Although this Tianjin thing is good, hehe, but there are not many people who can get into the hands of this king, that is noble, only my younger brother of the king of parliament, there is the turn of this king," Prince Xuan complained, "If it weren't for the fact that this king spent a lot of money on those commercial houses and railway shops in Tianjin, this king really didn't bother to pay attention to him, hey, this world," Prince Xuan sighed, "I, the son of the emperor, I need to be a slave to make money." ”

"The prince also invested money on the railway?" Li Hongzhang asked.

"Yes, I didn't want to do it, that money, whether it makes money or not, don't say it, I'm afraid it's bloodless, but I can't screw the queen mother, the queen mother said, the internal affairs government presides, she herself is the major shareholder, if I don't invest money, it will inevitably make people laugh at the heavenly family, and even the money can't be done well, how can a few imperial uncles assist the emperor? That King Gong is rich and rich, not bad for money, and he lost hundreds of thousands of taels casually, the queen mother said this, this king's law, can't lose the face of my five princes, right? I had to grit my teeth, the money I earned from Jinzhou and the dividends of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past few years, all of them were thrown in, fortunately, the railway is not bad, I heard that it will be able to pay dividends next year, more or less profitable, so now if there is anyone who chirps crookedly what railway train shakes the national line, my fifth first will not tolerate him, these scholars, hum, I'm afraid that my brain is broken, or I have pink eye," Prince Xuan patted his fat belly, "Follow the Queen Mother, it's always right, I thought that the Queen Mother was asking us for money in a different way, but now she doesn't, she wants to take us to make money. ”

"Yes, the matter of the railway, I see, the south is not as good as the north, in the end it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, long live the Lord and the Queen Mother are staring, everything is faster," Li Hongzhang smiled, "My Shanghai, the railway is not as convenient as Tianjin, but the prince also knows, the southerners make the ship, this ship is not very bad, and those tea silk porcelain merchants, day by day shouting to find money, no money is not big business, if the prince still has spare money, it is also excellent to invest some in Shanghai, the water is long, this dividend is good." ”

Prince Xuan hesitated a little, "These are all things that this king is used to hearing, are there any other new things?" ”

"Yes," Li Hongzhang said with a smile, "Does the prince know that those rebels in the Hongyang Rebellion back then, chopped off their toes, they were all arranged in the factories in Shanghai, after so many years of training, they were docile and tight, and the Nanyang Sulu Kingdom paid tribute to a kind of sap from the tree, which can be made into clothes by tanning a few times, and there is one more, this juice can be made into something on the wheel, put it on the wheel, the carriage is not afraid of vibration, and the wheel is not afraid of wear, this is just that, these are all things that the Americans made up, but the craftsmen told the lower officials, It seems that there are other uses, but now it is not very clear, I am preparing to set up this factory, and now there are a lot of people who want to buy shares, I am afraid that those businessmen are just rich, but they don't know how to respect the officials to manage the factory, the prince knows, those businessmen have money, it is easy to point fingers, what does the prince think? ”

"And such a good thing?" Prince Tan was very interested, "It's just that I don't have much spare money these days," Prince Tan spread his hands, "and there is nothing to do." (To be continued......)