Xuan Yuemeng looked at Zhao Qingluo with a smile, happy for Zhao Qingluo's uneven demeanor, which showed that she already cared a little about him.

Xuan Yuemeng grinned: "Qingluo, I just knew that you cared about me so much?" ”

Zhao Qingluo's face flushed, and it was still awkward to hear such a big person call her by her name: "Didn't I tell you that day, you can only call me sister-in-law, why did you call me Qingluo in front of so many people just now?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng pillowed her head on Zhao Qingluo's plump chest, "Qingluo, don't make noise, I'll squint for a while, I'm a little sleepy." ”

Zhao Qingluo didn't have anything to do with Xuan Yuemeng, she gently nodded on Xuan Yuemeng's head, looking at Xuan Yuemeng, who said that she could fall asleep, and didn't know what she was thinking, one hand held Xuan Yuemeng's head, one hand supported Xuan Yuemeng's waist, and gently chanted a little song.

The American Concession and the British Concession are next to each other, and they arrived in no moment, but Xuan Yuemeng actually fell asleep, and after asking Zhao Qingluo, Xuan Zhao didn't know where Xuan Yuemeng was going to see, Xuan Yuemeng just said that he wanted to see the construction progress of the American Concession, so he had to let the luxury carriage stop at the gate of the concession.

Timothy Lee and Loew were at the scene, and when they saw Xuan Yuemeng's carriage, they asked Loew to drive over with him, and now Klinsmann has a three-trailer carriage, plus a luxury carriage that Xuan Yuemeng bought for Xuan Huang's family, Xuan Yuemeng has recently bought four cars just to buy them! One of his own, one of the Xuan Huang family, and the two cars are the most expensive and luxurious carriages in Tianjin now, and the following is one of Timothy Lee, and one of Loew, Timothy Lee's carriage is of the same level as the consul of the British Consulate, and Loew's carriage is relatively ordinary, but it is very rare for the deputy manager of the foreign bank to have a special car.

Timothy Lee got out of the car. Seeing that Xuan Yuemeng in the car was lying in the arms of a young and beautiful woman, she didn't call him.

He smiled vigorously and said: "The young master is still too young, he is sleepy when he says he is sleepy, and he will wake up every time he sleeps for half an hour, Mr. Timothy Lee, your progress is very fast." Are the landscape doors at the entrance of the American Concession all done? ”

Timothy Lee smiled and sighed, "The price of this door is more expensive than a villa!" It's a perfect combination of Western craftsmanship and Eastern craftsmanship, carved beams and painted buildings, using the best stone and wood, I've been to Beijing, and the royal gardens in Beijing are not so extravagant. ”

Although Xuan Zhao's Chinese is not very standard when she listens to Timothy Lee, she can understand it, and she feels curious when she listens to Timothy Lee and vigorously talking. I couldn't help but look at the large landscape door by the car window. Xuan Zhao and Xuan Yuemeng went out of the door today, and the shock was indeed not small, Xuan Yuemeng didn't say anything, even her understanding of a group of house slaves with Dali and Xuan Yuemeng has changed greatly, when she was in the Xuan family's old house, Xuan Zhao didn't find that these people seemed to be very capable after they came out. Originally, in Zhao Qingluo's impression, Xuan Dali was just an honest man and the son of a gatekeeper.

'Welcome to the American Concession'

The six huge men are regular scripts. Below is a row of foreign characters, and the characters are also inlaid with gold edges.

Xuan Zhao pursed his lips and smiled. She had seen Xuan Yuemeng draw pictures at home and design this gate, and knew that these must be Xuan Yuemeng's ideas, which were indeed very atmospheric, trendy, and luxurious.

Nodding vigorously. "Mr. Timothy Li, this is already very fast, there is no difficulty in catching up with the progress of the project set by Young Master Meng, right? This month, the frame of the patrol house in the US Concession should be built first, and the patrol should be allowed to live in it before the year, and everyone in the province will live in the shed. ”

Timothy Lee shook her head. "The construction period is difficult to complete, although the Beiyang Yamen sent some people to help us, but their manpower is also very tight, I got the news, the people of the Tianjin Canal Gang spread the news everywhere, if anyone dares to come to our American concession to work, it is against their Tianjin Canal Gang."

Xuan Dali was shocked in his heart, this is very bad news! No wonder Zhilin just said that Klinsmann & Co. will not be able to play, this is the bottom of the kettle, if there is no one to help, when will such a big project be completed? If you can't catch up with the progress of the construction period, there is no way to link it to the sales plan formulated by the young master, which affects the sales, which is dangerous, needless to say, when the time comes, you will not be able to pay the land payment in the US Concession, and when the time comes, it will ......

Xuan Dali didn't dare to think about it anymore, except for Young Master Meng and Timothy Li, Xuan Dali was the only one who knew the details of Klinsmann's foreign business.

Timothy Li saw the anxiety on Xuan Dali's face, and also sighed, he is a China expert, of course he knows how powerful the Tianjin Canal Gang is, the first gang in the entire Jiangbei, the black side of both sides have to give face, offending such a powerful civil force, it is useless to have the support of the German Consulate and the American Consulate. "The only way to do this is to spend a lot of money to recruit workers in other places as soon as possible! But far water can't save near fire. ”

Xuan Yuemeng has woken up, and heard two people talking about the Tianjin Canal Gang, he all understood, the history of Tianjin's opening of the port is not short, it has been using the three-way wharf, and the old Tianjin city center of gravity is also over there, and when his American concession wharf is built, whether it is in management or geographical location, or in terms of hardware facilities, it is bound to squeeze the three-way wharf to the point that there is no condition for survival, which is cutting off people's financial routes!

Xuan Yuemeng knew that people wanted to do it with him, which was also understandable, but Xuan Yuemeng thought that if he had money, he would be able to hire people, and besides, he had already built the team of the American Fishing House to more than 100 people, and he was not afraid that someone would come to make trouble, but he didn't expect that the Tianjin Canal Gang was so powerful that the workers would not dare to come to the American concession to help.

Xuan Yuemeng lowered Xuan Zhao's thigh with a solemn expression, sat on the sofa, leaned deeply on the backrest, and wanted to think alone for a while.

Xuan Dali, Timothy Lee, and Loew, all saw Young Master Meng sitting up, sitting alone next to Xuan Zhao's side and distracted, everyone didn't speak, knowing that he was thinking about things.

Anyway, when everyone has something that can't be solved, in the end, they can only rely on the wisdom of Young Master Meng to solve it, and they are all a little dependent.

Xuan Yuemeng couldn't think of any good ideas for a while, and at this time going to Li Hongzhang would definitely not solve any problems, Li Hongzhang's manpower was also very tight, Xuan Yuemeng knew that although Li Hongzhang was the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, he had the power to the entire Zhili. Even most of China, but the Qing Dynasty court could not be suspicious of Li Hongzhang, otherwise the Huai army would not have 20,000 people to defend Gyeonggi, Li Hongzhang's Huai army is now busy dredging rivers everywhere, building various important military facilities with the Ministry of Industry, and expanding the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. Li Hongzhang's little people are not enough for him, how can he spare manpower to help Klinsmann & Co.?

Besides, it is unlikely that Li Hongzhang will directly send troops to help him, and the scope of this will be too wide.

Xuan Yuemeng got out of the carriage and admired the landscape gate at the entrance of the American Concession, "Not bad, magnificent, atmospheric!" Not bad. ”

Timothy Lee smiled wryly. "It's a pity that it's just a door that has been repaired, and there are a large area of potholes inside, so how can the land of the third phase be sold?"

Xuan Yuemeng glanced at a large construction site that was still full of potholes.

Xuan Yuemeng knew that Timothy Lee was going to talk about manpower, and as soon as she raised her hand, she interrupted Timothy Lee's words, "Mr. Timothy Lee, you were talking just now. I've heard it all, the man's hand. It's not easy to solve, just do what you want, and now you can start to do the job of recruiting workers from other places. ”

Timothy Li looked at Xuan Yuemeng in surprise, he didn't expect Young Master Meng to do what he wanted so happily this time, every time he proposed something, Young Master Meng always had other ways.

Timothy Lee pulled Xuan Yuemeng aside. He said softly: "Mr. Yuemeng, our funds have run out, and if we don't have so much money, it will be very cost-effective to do so." Look, can you think of a way to talk to them about the Tianjin Canal Gang? ”

Xuan Yuemeng sighed, "Okay, you can just go talk to them, right?" ”

Timothy Li was so anxious that he almost jumped to his feet, "Mr. Yuemeng, do you really not understand or pretend to be confused?" It's what they did, what's the use of us talking? You see, can we think of ideas to let the Beiyang Yamen put pressure on the Tianjin Canal Gang? I don't think you're very familiar with Master Li Hongzhang? Didn't they all say that the soldiers and bandits were a family, these gangs in the rivers and lakes, didn't dare not give face to the yamen, right? ”

Xuan Yuemeng looked at Timothy Li, and secretly said that Timothy Li is indeed a China expert, and he has more and more research on China's national conditions, this is indeed a way, but he still shook his head, "It's difficult, you think, the cooperation between Beiyang Yamen and our Klinsmann Foreign Company, all the newspapers have reported it, how can they not know?" Since the Tianjin Canal Gang knows that we have a relationship with the Beiyang Yamen, and dare to do so, obviously, they are not afraid of the Beiyang Yamen, they eat the rice of the wharf, they eat the rice of Caoyun, and their jobs are about to be snatched away by us, what are you discussing with others at this time? ”

Timothy Lee nodded gloomily, it seemed that he had thought simply, "But, what now?" Mr. Yuemeng, if this continues, I can't cry, I was awakened by the fact that there were no workers to work yesterday. If this continues, we Klinsmann & Co. will not survive this month, and once the construction site is completely stopped, the consequences will be unimaginable. Now there are still hundreds of handymen who have come to Tianjin from other places to beg for a living, they are not from the Zhili area, they are not afraid of the power of the Tianjin Canal Gang, and the locals in the other Zhili areas do not dare to come to our construction site to work again. ”

Xuan Yuemeng sighed and smiled bitterly, "Mr. Timothy Li, it's useless to cry, please relax your heart, isn't this not a shutdown yet?" Pay more wages, let the workers work day and night first, and then we will split up to find a way. It's a difficult thing to do, but when you look back after a few decades, maybe it's not a big deal, and since you want to do big business, these difficulties are normal. ”

Timothy Li also smiled bitterly, "Mr. Yuemeng, I really convinced you, you seem to be so calm at that time." ”

Xuan Yuemeng knows that he is not calm, he really can't think of a way, everyone is pessimistic and crying, is it useful?

Timothy Lee took Loew and other senior compradors and dispersed, and Xuan Yuemeng took a carriage, walked around, and left the American concession.

Xuan Zhao: "What did you talk about with that foreigner just now for so long?" Are you still talking about not having enough workers? Is he your partner? ”

Xuan Yuemeng nodded, "Yes." ”

Xuan Yuemeng is not in the mood to speak now, he is thinking about how to solve the problem, he seems to have only two ways at present, it is definitely not possible to find people in other places, one is that there is not enough funds, and the other is that the far water can't save the near fire.

He can either find a force that can suppress the Tianjin Canal Gang to help him, or use another gang rival to make them fight the Canal Gang.

But the bigger force that Xuan Yuemeng thought of, in his own relationship map, could only be Li Hongzhang Li Zhongtang, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, he was very unsure.

Looking for a bigger gang? The Tianjin Canal Gang is already the largest gang in the north, who else dares to fight with the Tianjin Canal Gang?

Before the day when he went to the concession with Xuan Yuemeng, Xuan Yuemeng was just a complete child in Xuan Zhao's heart, but after going to the concession with Xuan Yuemeng, especially when he saw so many foreigners in luxurious clothes in front of Xuan Yuemeng, everyone pushed Xuan Yuemeng's appearance, everyone waited for Xuan Yuemeng to make an idea, and Xuan Yuemeng was now concentrating on things.

Xuan Zhao suddenly felt that perhaps, he was not a child, even if he was not a real adult, at least, he was very capable.

Xuan Yuemeng still didn't come up with any good way to come out in the end. Because this is a tiger skin!

Xuan Yuemeng's last two methods can't be used!

Xuan Yuemeng let the Xuan Zhao family send the Xuan Zhao family home, and when the Xuan Zhao family got off the car and went home, Xuan Yuemeng didn't even get out of the car.

For Xuan Yuemeng, women are like clothes.

Xuan Zhao was even slightly disappointed, and Xuan Yuemeng just left.

Xuan Yuemeng: "Vigorously, this thing is not easy to do." ”

Xuan Dali knew that Young Master Meng was talking about the Tianjin Canal Gang, "Young Master, what should I do?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng sighed, "We built a wharf in the American Concession, which must have taken away people's livelihoods, and the reputation of the Tianjin Canal Gang is not bad, there is no less help for the poor, and it will definitely not be good to go against the Tianjin Canal Gang openly, but we are now forced to a dead end!" ”

Xuan Dali and Xuan Yuemeng were in the carriage, Xuan Dali's eyes were covered with tears, this was the first time he saw Young Master Meng so embarrassed! (To be continued.) )