When Zhu Baosan was pointing out Yu Huizu, Wang Xiaoxu listened to it and didn't speak, he only felt that it was not difficult to take down the Jiangnan Bureau before, but now it sounds like there are still a lot of unknown factors in it, and the biggest problem is that Shen Baozhen and the foreigner consul did not build a merchant ship contract before, if it really goes to Beijing, I am afraid that things will be useless. Do you want to open a dock yourself? Even if Shanghai is already packed, where can it be opened when the time comes?

He was thinking about it, Zhu Baosan continued to explain some important things to Yu Huizu, "Hanzhang, now Lord Yuan of Daotai, Lord Zhou, the governor of Liangjiang, are all in the line of Lord Yuan, the governor of Zhili, and the relationship between you and King Qing is not bad, and there are also a lot of dry shares of Bei Zi Zaizhen in Tianbao Company, so everyone will take care of everything; But Lord Lu and Master Sheng are different, although they are all in the same vein as Li Zhongtang, but since Li Zhongtang died, they have all lost to the point of dispersion, and they have gone their own way. Don't think that Master Sheng is counting on you to buy his rails on the Guanwai Railway, so you will take it lightly, it is difficult to succeed, and it is easy to fail, it is better to be careful. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai's side was seized by Yuan Shikai because of the steamship and telegraph office, which made it difficult for the Hanyang Iron Works to maintain, but fortunately, the Luhan Railway needed a large amount of rails, which was a breather, and when Luhan was about to be completed, Antongfeng outside the customs had to start construction again, so that all the way, the iron factory could barely be maintained. It's just that Sheng Xuanhuai has always wanted to renovate and expand the iron plant, the year before last when the railway was just approved, he talked to Yu Huizu once, he wanted to borrow 3 million from the Tonghua Railway Company for the expansion of the iron plant, Yu Huizu did not refuse, but when the Shengda people came to ask for money in the middle of last year, the money of the railway company was transferred from the Chase Bank of the United States, and then transferred to London to speculate on the treasury bonds, and in desperation, Yu Huizu had to scrape together 300,000 yuan for him to use. In addition, in order to reassure Shanda. Yu Huizu according to the date given by Yang Rui, promised to pay the rail in July this year, if Hanyang needs funds to rebuild, the railway company can pay all the five million rails, as soon as this statement came out, Sheng Xuanhuai was determined, and threw aside the mortgage contract of the Daye Iron Mine in Japan (note), and strongly supported all the affairs of Tianzihao, that is, the fundraising reception of Tongji University Hall a few days ago, although others did not arrive. But it was also donated 10,000 taels.

Yu Huizu didn't want to tell Zhu Baosan the details, so he had to quickly nod his head and say yes. Zhu Baosan nodded when he saw him, touched his beard, and looked tireless, and then said, "As for the foreigners' protests." There is also a way to solve it. Aren't you familiar with the Germans, who this year have already set up the Bandung Iron Works in Yangshupo. This one is also a shipbuilder. If you buy Jiangnan Bureau, merging or associating with it is also a solution. ”

Hearing Zhu Baosan say about merging and uniting with the Germans, Yu Huizu hurriedly shook his head, he had a natural rejection of foreigners, and always felt that none of those foreigners were good people, and once he joined hands with foreigners, the victims would naturally be Chinese. So the railroads have never wanted the United States to get involved.

Seeing that Yu Huizu was unwilling to get together with the Germans, Zhu Baosan had no choice but to say: "Then if you don't look for Germans, just find Americans." You also relied on their relationship to gain a foothold on the Kanwai Railway, and now the Jiangnan Bureau is here. You can say that you don't want to build merchant ships, and you can buy them first. Then they can get the Americans to register a company, and then lease the dockyard to this American company, and in the future, it will be the business of the American company to build merchant ships, and if they protest, then let them protest against the Americans. ”

It turned out that it could be such a turn, and it was leased to an American company to build ships, which Yu Huizu could fully accept, and said with great joy at the moment: "It's still the seniors' brains, so the British will have nothing to say." ”

Yu Huizu was overjoyed, but Zhu Baosan was still calm, "You." Don't be too happy, it's better to think about how to get things in your hands first, as long as the things are in hand, it's not difficult to build a ship. ”

Yu Huizu was about to listen to his advice, when the words of the subordinate sounded outside the door: "Master, Lord Yuan has arrived." ”

Hearing that Yuan Shuxun had arrived, Yu Huizu and Wang Xiaoxu stood up and prepared to go to the door to greet them, but Zhu Baosan was not busy, and took another sip of tea before standing up and slowly walked outside the hall.

The time of conversation inside passed quickly, and when I got outside, I saw that the sky was already very dark, and at this time I was greeted outside by a rich and short-fat old man, about sixty years old, under the black melon skin hat, with a fat head and big ears, although the old eyes were a little dim, but a gray beard was combed very energetically. He first bowed his hand to Zhu Baosan, and then thought about Yu Huizu and Wang Xiaoxu, and then entered the living room with everyone. After a few people were polite, Zhu Baosan said: "Brother Haiguan, I have been working hard again these days, and I have really worked hard." ”

As soon as Yuan Shuxun sat down, he raised his hand with a big grin, took a sip of the tea on the table, listened to Zhu Baosan say that it was hard, and said slightly: "Third Brother Bao, you don't know anything, because of the Jiangnan Bureau, there are many protests from foreigners. A few days ago, Mao Gen, the British chief engineer of the Yezon Shipyard, came to the yamen, that is, to talk about the business affairs of the Jiangnan Bureau, and he also took out the contract signed by Shen Wensu at the beginning, saying that once Jiangnan built a merchant ship, then he would ask the British minister to note or something, and I said that he would be persuaded to go over, but today, just now, the yamen is about to close, and they are looking for him again. You say this...... It's really hard to do. ”

Hearing Yuan Shuxun say that things were difficult to do, Yu Huizu was a little anxious and wanted to speak, but was suppressed by Zhu Baosan with color, and then only listened to him: "Actually, the British are not afraid of having one more opponent." Although the Jiangnan Bureau dock is deserted, it is a mud dock, which is not suitable, and it will eventually be changed to a wooden dock, and this dock is not small, with 325 feet and three shore docks; Besides, the regulations of the Jiangnan Bureau are already large, and it is on the Huangpu River, and it is not impossible to open a few more docks, as long as the person who takes over is willing to spend money, then it must be the second largest shipyard in Shanghai, no wonder the British want to protest. ”

Listening to Zhu Baosan's opinion, Yuan Shuxun stroked his beard and said, "That's it." If it weren't for the Liangjiang Governor Zhou's intention to purge the Jiangnan Bureau, I think this matter would be extremely difficult to handle, and now with the protests of foreigners, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to do. However, these four bureaus and two docks spend a lot of money every year, and I'm afraid it won't work if I don't change it......"

"Brother Haiguan, I think it's not impossible to change the business office. In the ninth year of Guangxu (1883), this foreign factory had built gunboats. At that time, two of the six Fujiang forts were actually built by the Yesong shipyard......"

Zhu Baosan was interrupted by Yuan Shuxun before he finished speaking, and then said, "Baosan, when is this happening?" It's not like you don't know what kind of world this is. If the foreigners breach the contract, it is not called a breach of contract, if we breach the contract, it will be a real breach of contract, and when the British make trouble in the capital, then ......"

Yuan Shuxun said strictly, but Zhu Baosan knew that he had always been like this, as long as he was allowed to do things. There is nothing that is not said to be difficult. He will come today, which means that there is a drama in this matter, and he didn't care about it at the moment, and said with a smile: "I invited Brother Guanhai to come today, just to discuss this matter after that." If you buy the Jiangnan Bureau first. And then how about leasing him to an American company shipbuilding? ”

After Zhu Baosan finished speaking, Yuan Shuxun's dimly lit up. Just want to talk. Glancing at Wang Xiaoxu again, Zhu Baosan immediately said, "This is Master Wang, who is his own person, and runs a shipyard with this Hanzhang." As he spoke, Wang Xiaoxu stood up and saluted.

"Since it's my own person. Then there's nothing to hide. But if the U.S. consul doesn't help you talk and doesn't recognize the company as an American company, then it's going to be a difficult thing to do. Furthermore. It's also difficult for the Jiangnan bureau to come down, although Lord Zhou is on the fold, but there are too many people who want to eat this piece of meat, not to mention the docks that were set up in the early years...... The Lushun dock was occupied by the Japanese, and the Taigu dock was robbed and destroyed in the year of Gengzi, and now the horsetail and Jiangnan dock are still there, and the horsetail is afraid that it will not work, and this Jiangnan, no matter how it is said, is also in Shanghai, I am afraid that the adults in Beijing will not sell it. ”

"Isn't this for you to discuss, how about you see this number?" Zhu Baosan didn't talk nonsense, and wrote a number directly on the table.

Yuan Shuxun smiled and said, "Bao San." The money in the money industry is easy to come by, but once I transfer to another place, those money bank bosses are afraid that they will not recognize me. It's all about industry saving the country, and Master Yu's industry is doing well, that is, even Lafayette is appreciative, if Master Yu doesn't dislike it......"

Yuan Shuxun's words didn't go on, but the meaning was very clear, he didn't think that the money he gave was too little, but that he wanted to do shares, Zhu Baosan knew what he meant, and laughed at the moment, "Okay." It's a good plan to watch the sea. He looked at Yu Huizu, then at Wang Xiaoxu, and then said, "If that's the case, okay?" With that, he wrote one on the table.

Yuan Shuxun just laughed, didn't answer or nodded, Zhu Baosan wrote another one, and then wrote a five, Yuan Shuxun still laughed, probably because he felt that Zhu Baosan was familiar with it, and he wrote a two. Wang Xiaoxu was taken aback when he saw this, this Jiangnan Bureau was ready to invest one million taels in shipbuilding, plus the original dock workshop machine, adding up to more than four million taels when it was full, so it was taken by Yuan Shuxun at once. However, he was not easy to stop, thinking that when the revolution succeeded, this account would not be settled.

Wang Xiaoxu was surprised, but Yu Huizu felt very ordinary, these officials and masters are tigers who eat people and don't spit out bones, and this matter is really difficult to do, Zhu Baosan's previous one-fifty was discussed with him, and now it is mentioned that two-percent, it is not unacceptable. He nodded at Zhu Baosan, this matter is settled.

The light in Yuan Shuxun's eyes only appeared when he was bargaining, and when he saw that the conditions were negotiated, he turned into an old and dizzy look again, he had thought of a way before he came, and only waited for Yu Huizu to agree. From Gengzi year to now, he has been doing Shanghai Daotai for five years, and he will be transferred to another place in less than two years. Besides, in the past five years, there are more than 300,000 taels of interest every year, plus other filial piety and inputs, and now there are three or four million taels on hand, but these money is not easy to come out, and it is always necessary to find a way to turn them white, and this Yu Huizu's Tianzi is very famous in Shanghai, earlier it was just for the sake of face, and taboo that he took the relationship in the palace, and he has always wanted to buy shares but has no opportunity, now is a godsend opportunity, as long as the shipyard is shared, other things such as soap and matches will expand again in the future, Buying a stake is also simple.

Yuan Shuxun's goal was to drink tea without speaking, and the others had to wait for him to say the next method, and they were silent for a long time, and finally Zhu Baosan said: "Look at the sea." Tell me what to do about this, and we can arrange it if we have a plan. ”

Yuan Shuxun changed his previous appearance at this time, and said: "The foreigners will do what you said before, but the American consul still talks about the matter first, and I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid of foreigners." And I am most afraid of the British among the foreigners. When the time comes, once the British protest, but the Americans do not help to carry out, this dock will not be able to build merchant ships. Then ......" Speaking of this, he stopped to drink tea again, and after drinking, his eyes only swept over the faces of Wang Xiaoxu and Yu Huizu, Zhu Baosan immediately understood, and said: "Hanzhang, Xiaoxu, you should avoid this first." ”

Yu Huizu and Wang Xiaoxu immediately went outside, and they didn't know how long it took for Zhu Baosan to ask people to invite, and when they returned to the living room, Yuan Shuxun had already gone back.

Yu Huizu asked stupidly, "What about this Lord Yuan......

Zhu Baosan said: "Lord Yuan is gone." Everything was discussed. Not only did he ask for 20 percent of the dry shares, but he also had to invest 20 taels in the last shipyard. What do you think? ”

Yu Huizu couldn't imagine that Lord Yuan was not satisfied with two percent of the shares, and he actually had to invest, he glanced at Wang Xiaoxu and said: "As long as Lord Yuan does not interfere in the internal operation of the shipyard, investment is not impossible." ”

"That's good." Zhu Baosan was also afraid that he would not agree. Now that they all agree, there is nothing to pay attention to, he said, "Lord Yuan said. This dock wants to be bought. I'm afraid it's not enough to just fold it. ”

"What then?" Yu Huizu didn't understand what they meant, but he said that he wanted to let Lord Yuan go to the fold.

"Lord Yuan is afraid that there are people in the capital who are reluctant to give up the last dock left, so if you want to take over, you still have to let those people completely die, if something happens to this Jiangnan Bureau. It can't be used at all, so the adults in Kyoto won't say anything, and it's easy to buy it. ”

Zhu Baosan's words were fluttering, but the meaning was very clear. Yu Huizu was not stupid, looked at the kerosene lamp lit in the hall, and said nervously: "If something happens to the Jiangnan Bureau... Can't use ...... I want to put a fire in it...... It's also too ......."

Zhu Baosan shook his head and smiled, Yu Huizu was puzzled, and Wang Xiaoxu next to him didn't understand, he also thought that he was going to set a fire in the Jiangnan Bureau, but now Zhu Baosan shook his head, and he didn't understand what it meant to make something happen to the Jiangnan Bureau.

Seeing that they couldn't think of anything, Zhu Baosan had no choice but to say: "Hanzhang knows why the Jiangnan Bureau wants to go to Longhua to set up a branch office after setting up a bureau in Gaochang Temple?" ”

After paying attention to the Jiangnan Bureau for a long time, this Yu Huizu knows, he said: "Because there is a gunpowder factory in the Jiangnan Bureau, there was too much black powder made in the early years, but now it has been changed to smokeless gunpowder, and the black powder in the bureau is piled up, and the Jiangnan Bureau is next to the French Concession, and the foreigners are afraid of accidents, so they want the black powder in the bureau to be transferred to the ......" He said This suddenly woke up, and stammered, "Ah!! This... Be... Want... Bomb factory! This ......" Yu Huizu was frightened, and the tea cup on the table was also hit to the ground by him in a panic, and the porcelain cup was clattering, and there was silence in the living room.

Yu Huizu was flustered, Wang Xiaoxu only recited Amitabha Buddha in his heart, but Zhu Baosan's face was as usual, and he was not in a hurry at all, "What are you panicking about?" If you don't destroy the Jiangnan Bureau, how can you buy it from the imperial court? ”

Yu Huizu said: "This... It's hurtful, I... I don't buy the head office, do I? ”

As soon as it came to hurting the heavens and harming the reason, Zhu Baosan became angry, "Why is it hurting the heavens and harming the reason?" The place where the workers in the Jiangnan Bureau lived was not too far away from the gunpowder storehouse, and at most the house collapsed, and no one could die. Besides, it is not to blow up the factory, as long as there is a bigger accident, when the French in the nearby concession protest, the imperial court can only let the Jiangnan Bureau move, the machine can be moved, the land, the factory, and the dock cannot be moved, and if it is not sold, it must be sold. ”

After Zhu Baosan finished speaking, he looked at the two of them with a surprised face, and said: "This idea was actually not thought up by me and Lord Yuan, but by Li Zhongyu, the promotion of the Jiangnan Bureau, and now it is not as good as before, the Beiyang Training Army only knows how to purchase foreign weapons, and most of the provincial patrol battalions use German Mauser made in Hanyang, and the guns of the Jiangnan Bureau are only required by the poorest frontier battalions." In addition, Gengzi's compensation is very huge, and the amount of money solved in one year is less than that in one year, and if it is not changed, I am afraid that the Jiangnan Bureau will really be abolished. Zeng Wenzhenggong and Li Zhongtang knew that this Jiangnan Bureau would end up like this, and they were afraid that it would be ......"

Zhu Baosan sighed again, "I have been in business for many years, and to be able to have today is to be trustworthy." But many things in this world cannot be done with faith alone, and many things must be done well before they are bad. If you don't buy the Jiangnan Bureau, then he will be paralyzed there forever, and he can buy new ones, if those technicians are gone, where can he find them? These people have been trained for decades with real money, and they can't be found back if they are gone. ”

What Zhu Baosan said was reasonable, Yu Huizu was not so panicked, and said straightly: "Then this ...... How should this accident happen? ”

"If you bring 10,000 taels of silver to me tomorrow, someone will naturally do it. Li Zhongyu is the promotion of the Jiangnan Bureau, if someone dies, he can't leave, so you better let go of your compassion. Again," said Zhu Baosan, who took out a list, "The land of the dock, the dock, the factory house, the machine, and the sporadic furniture objects such as tongs, drills, and chisels, are estimated to be more than 3.28 million taels of silver, and you can actually pay 1.67 million taels." For a little bit, Lord Yuan is 200,000 taels here, Li Ti is 100,000 taels, Lord Zhou is 100,000 taels, Prince Qing is 100,000 taels, and there are sporadic petty officials in the original bureau, just give 70,000 or 80,000 taels. In this way, it can help you save 1 million taels, and the additional 1.6 million taels to be paid can be paid up to half in advance, and the rest can be paid in installments over the years. (To be continued......)

PS: [Note: The contract for the loan of 3 million yen for 30 years was signed on January 23, 1904, and the payment of 3 million yen according to the contract date was within six months after the contract was signed, that is, in July 1904, and Sheng Xuanhuai used the money after March 1905, and he replied to Li Weige who went to Europe in March 1905 about the expansion plan of the iron works...... These three items cost about 223,146 pounds of British gold, and the (existing) Japanese money was 3 million dollars, equivalent to 300,000 British pounds, and according to the number of applications, only more than 76,000 pounds remained, and it took about 2 years for the new furnace to be arranged, and another year to open up the market. Even if all the 3 million gold is used, it is not enough ......],