Yang Rui was sitting in the office of the Red Clay Cliff, and Chen Guangshou in front of him was talking. It has been several days later, the school's account has basically been checked, and Chen Guangshou is reporting this matter to him, but he has no intention of hearing it at all, so that Chen Guangshou finally found that his husband was distracted again, so he had to stand aside. After a long while, Yang Rui was stunned and said, "You can continue." ”

"There is no problem on Mr. Du's side, and this matter has already been reported to Mr. Xiao Xu......" Chen Guangshou didn't finish his words, and was interrupted by Yang Rui, "Why didn't they report it to me?" ”

"Because ......" Chen Guangshou was shocked by Yang Rui's drink, and lowered his head and said: "At that time, Mr. happened to be not in Shanghai, and Mr. Xiao Xu saw that the education expenditure was huge, since the steamship company could make money by overloading, as long as the accounts of the money were clear and it was used in the meeting, he agreed." ”

No wonder Du Yaquan didn't hide this, it turned out that he had already reported it, after Yang Rui heard Du Yaquan say that a few days ago, he was still very strange, if he was corrupt, he would definitely try his best to cover it up, how could he explain it so straightforwardly, and Du Yaquan didn't look like a greedy person...... But why didn't he say that the matter had been reported? Did he guess what I was going to do? Actually, it's not difficult, everyone is smart. Yang Rui thought about this, and asked again: "Are those private accounts clear?" ”

"It's all very clear, every stroke is in the book. Mr. Xiao Xu also sent a telegram from Shanghai, explaining the matter. Chen Guangshou replied, he felt that Yang Rui seemed to be a little too cautious.

"Do other companies have anything like that?" Yang Rui asked again.

"Other companies are still investigating, and there should be very few such cases." Chen Guangshou holds the report from the Financial Ombudsman. Didn't see anything like that in other departments.

"Then tell Qiu Fan to go to work. Also, Mu Rongchu from the United States asked him to hand over the matter within two months," Yang Rui looked at the current date. On April 22, "I came to the Northeast in late June to report. ”

Mu Xiangyue and Chen Wanyun are the right-hand men of the United States, Yang Rui transferred him back for fear that it would change the personnel of the northeast, Chen Guangshou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "Yes, sir." After saying that, he went out.

Du Yaquan has been absent from his post for the past few days. But Yang Rui can still easily understand the situation of the entire Liaodong, as far as industry is concerned, the most difficult thing in the Northeast is the railway. The most important thing is not steel, but soybeans. Although the soybean production in 06 was only 650,000 tons, it was mainly due to the good crop rotation. Farmers are growing other crops. Normal production should be close to a million tons. And with the increase of immigrants in the Guannai, it is very normal for the soybean output in Northeast China to reach 1.5 million tons within three years, and the output value of the entire industry will be 52 million taels in the conservative period of 35221 tons.

If all the 1.5 million tons of soybeans are exported, according to the previous calculations of the agricultural trading company, the farmers will get 60 percent, the big car shops and grain stores will get 20 percent, and the agricultural trading companies will get 20 percent. That's 10 million taels. Subtracting the cost, there is still a profit of four million taels. However, the volume of foreign trade is now less than 50,000 tons, and although the volume of domestic trade is large, it is completely used to pull the volume, and at the same time, the large car shops and grain stations in various places are in the process of being absorbed, so last year, the soybean business of the agricultural trading company was in a state of slight loss.

Yang Rui, who had finished reading the report, suddenly apologized to Du Yaquan again, at least he had done a lot of practical things in the past four years, and his ability was stronger than Zhong Guanguan, but ...... But he wasn't his own. Yang Rui comprehensively recalled Du Yaquan's various actions, and felt that he was just a simple transactional talent, and he didn't deliberately befriend anyone, but could he trust him? Thinking that he and Cai Yuanpei taught and ran a newspaper before, Yang Rui faintly felt that he couldn't, so it was better to arrange a higher position for him in Shanghai.

"I'll inform Tonghua later, I'm going to have dinner with Brother Qiufan in the evening." Yang Rui figured it out in the room, so he said to Chen Guangshou. Chen Guangshou was busy after responding, and Du Yaquan was at home in Tonghua New Town at this time, and he wanted to take a small train to go over.

In Tonghua New Town, in a spacious apartment, Du Yaquan was wearing a green shirt, bored watching his wife take off the sheepskin jacket on his little son, the child was naughty, and the jacket was full of ash that he didn't know where to get.

The wife scolded while picking up her jacket: "If you don't want to go to the ironworks, you have to go!" Look, the jacket is so dirty, look at how you wear it next year, I think you're just itchy skin......"

The child was clever, turned around and took off his jacket, and then ran to Du Yaquan's feet with a smile, and then turned around and slipped out again. The Northeast is different from Kannai, the temperature is extremely cold, and in the coldest period, you not only have to burn the kang, but also wear sheepskin jackets. Although Du Yaquan's position is high, his salary is not high, and he has no money left to support his family, so his wife is still extremely economical.

Looking at his wife's cherished look, Du Yaquan said, "It's okay." Next year should be the New Year in Kannai. ”

"Really?" Jiangnan women are still not used to the cold here even if they have been here for a few years, and they are happy to hear this: "Can you really go home for the New Year?" That's great! ”

"Hmm. You can't go wrong. As soon as Du Yaquan finished speaking, his assistant outside came over, "Prime Minister, there was a call just now, saying that it was an old man Yang who wanted to have dinner with you." ”

Master Yang is Yang Rui's pronoun, hearing Yang Rui eating with him, Du Yaquan shook his head and laughed, and said after a while: "Did he say where to eat?" ”

"That's it, Prime Minister, are you going to push it?" The assistant had never heard of Mr. Yang before, and Du Yaquan did not have the habit of bringing guests home for dinner, but this Mr. Yang seemed to be an old acquaintance, and he came here to visit directly, which surprised him very much.

Seeing that the assistant was going to push Yang Rui away, Du Yaquan still smiled, "You can't push it, you still have to go grocery shopping," he touched the money and said, "Hmm...... Just buy a pheasant and mushrooms, and don't want anything else. As he spoke, he took out a one-dollar bill and hurriedly sent the assistant away.

After handing over the work that day, Du Yaquan stayed with the people of the Financial Supervision Department all morning, specially explaining the affairs of the steamship company, and then he had been drinking tea and reading books at home. The wind of rectification is rising. If he is as smart as he can still see some of the things inside, the people in charge of the purge inside and outside the gate are all Yang Rui's cronies, and those who have been purged are really problematic. Many of the senior cadres who have been transferred to other posts are from Zhejiang. In his understanding, this is a purge, but also a peaceful purge. But even so, he didn't have too many ideas, if something happened in Hangzhou, it was reasonable for Yang Rui to take power, and these people were all in a flat or high-profile manner. There are no complaints. He also wanted to apply to go to Guannai when he looked at this shape, but in Tonghua for nearly four years, he watched one factory after another start from scratch. The school books were loud, and he was reluctant to leave.

A few days ago, Yang Rui's coldness and arrogance shocked him greatly, so that he did not justify that matter, but handed over the work according to the regulations. Then wait for the results of the review. In fact, he is not worried about the outcome. Knowing that this is just a reason to transfer away from him, he is going to drop himself into the guan in the end. However, what he didn't expect was that Yang Rui didn't kick him back to the gate with an order, but came to the house for dinner, which was a chance for the two to communicate privately.

Yang Rui came to Du Yaquan's apartment when it was almost dark, and Chen Guangshou beside him was still carrying pheasants and mushrooms, but as soon as he entered the door, he smelled the fragrance of pheasant stewed mushrooms in the house, and he suddenly said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Qiufan is ready for everything." ”

Du Yaquan was ready to listen to what he said. also smiled slightly, and said, "I bought it outside." It's better to be beaten outside, it's different. "Come on, let's stew this too." ”

Yang Rui didn't say anything when he heard the meaning of his words, but first gave the accompanying gadgets to the children, and then sat down at the table. After the dishes were all served and the banquet was held, he took the wine and said, "Brother Qiufan has been wronged in the past few days, and I will also make amends." ”

Seeing this, Du Yaquan didn't serve wine, but said: "The company's rules are there, how can there be any grievances and not grievances." If you say something wrong, you should be fined a cup. ”

Yang Rui saw that he didn't seem to have a knot in his heart like this, so he drank the cup with a smile, and then poured the wine and said, "Brother Qiu Fan has worked hard all these years. Without you, this Tonghua would not have been able to do this. ”

When the words finally came to Du Yaquan's heart, he was a little excited, and he also said with wine: "For the sake of the revolution and the country, I have no regrets in death, no matter what hard work." It's wrong again, but I'll accompany you this time. ”

The degree of the second pot head is extremely high, Du Yaquan usually drinks rice wine vigorously, but now half a bowl of white wine is in his stomach, and his face is red. Yang Rui hurriedly asked him to eat, but he seemed to be addicted to alcohol today, and he drank two more times in a row, and then he was a little dizzy. Maybe he was dizzy, and when his head shook for a while, Du Yaquan asked half-dizzy and half-drunk: "Actually, what do you think the success of the revolution will look like?" ......He didn't find anyone for a long time, and finally said, "How is it better than Russia?" ”

Yang Rui thought that he was going to Japan, but who knew that he was talking about Russia, so he said: "Then you have to give time, the revolution has just succeeded, and it can't be compared with the great powers, but it must be better than Mexico." Seeing that he actually talked about Mexico, Yang Rui himself laughed.

Yang Rui did make sense, and Du Yaquan corrected: "In those twenty years, can it be compared to Russia?" ”

"If it is better than the people's days, it must be that we are better than them, but if we compare with our own family background, we still can't compare with them, now their steel output is more than two million tons, even if it is ......" Thinking of the October Revolution, Yang Rui had to skip: "Twenty years is too short for China, if everyone can be condensed into a rope, thirty years, no, it should be forty years, we estimate that it will only be worse than the United States, and other countries are not a problem." However, if you want to live better than the people, I am afraid that this is still not comparable. Twenty years, twenty years, we can only make sure that everyone has clothes to wear, food to eat, a house to live in, and children can have a school, and then the country will not be bullied by outsiders, but it is still a little difficult to bully outsiders. ”

Du Yaquan was still disappointed when he heard Yang Rui's words at first, but he was happy when he heard it, but he saw that Yang Rui was going to bully outsiders, so he smiled and said: "Do you have to fight between countries, we don't bully others, and others don't bully us, this ......" Du Yaquan was stunned, and he knew that this was stupid after a while, so he changed his words: "It's better for us to bully others, at least we were bullied by others before." The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, alas, this is how this world is. ”

Hearing Du Yaquan's sigh, Yang Rui said: "Brother Qiu Fan has been wronged for a few years, and next year I want Brother Qiu Fan to return to Guannei to preside over the overall situation, and I will let it go first in the Northeast." ”

Yang Rui said that he would return to the customs. Du Yaquan's eyes widened a little, and he said reluctantly: "Then who is this diplomacy for?" ”

Seeing his reluctant appearance, Yang Rui had no choice but to say: "I'm going to transfer Mu Rongchu back in the United States." He used to help with the shortening project there, and then he was in charge of the silk chain store in the United States, and now that the silk chain store has opened, he can put things on his hands. After Yang Rui finished speaking, he looked at Du Yaquan or at himself, knowing that he was still not at ease, and added: "He was an apprentice in the cotton industry in his early years, and then learned a new school. Only then did he enter the customs as a clerk, and he was considered a person who had endured hardships, and his results in the Shanghai management training course were among the best. His elder brother Zhu Zhai was an old member, and he himself was extremely enthusiastic about the revolution. Of course, the Northeast will not be handed over to him immediately, after he returns in two months. I'll be with you for half a year then. If he can't do it in half a year, let him go back to the United States. ”

Yang Rui's words were very simple, a qiē is Du Yaquan's appearance in charge, but Du Yaquan knew that this was another job transfer, and he was reluctant to give up, and said: "I believe that he has become a promoted person, I have half a year to get along with him, and it is expected that it will not be a problem to take over the northeast." You can rest assured. He said. He smiled and asked, "Then where am I going?" What do you do in the back of the customs? ”

Yang Rui was actually worried that he would not agree, but now he is full of agreement. I asked about my new position again, at first glance I was willing, but in fact I was reluctant, so I said: "There is a lack of people in Ma'anshan, Brother Qiu Fan is just going, and there is a call to build a steel mill here, and then I still have to go to the Coal and Iron Factory and Mining Co., Ltd., and when the time comes, I will still have the Manchu Qing Dynasty with Sheng Xuanhuai, it will depend on Brother Qiu Fan." This thing, Brother Hanzhang can't do it, he doesn't understand the business of the iron factory, and now he is best at gift-giving. When the time comes, you will be the master, he will be the auxiliary, and with the cooperation of each other, you will still be able to do a lot of things. ”

The steel mill was something Du Yaquan liked, and when he heard that it was such a position, he became happy, and immediately asked, "Why do you want to merge with that Hanyang of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" The location of its factory is too poor, the internal management is not smooth, there is a lot of fraud, and once it is merged, if it is swallowed by Sheng Xuanhuai, it will be ......"

"Don't be afraid, it's just that it's a matter of three or four years if it's been annexed. As long as you keep an eye on your money bag and your money is not spent, it's not a big deal. As for the merger of the three factories, this is inevitable, one steel mill on the foreigner's side is equal to several steel mills on our side, and one blast furnace is 500 tons of pig iron per day. Only by merging the three factories can we have resistance to foreigners. To be honest, I don't care who owns the company or who makes the money, but I am most concerned about whether the cost will drop and whether the efficiency will improve after the merger of these factories. Now in Hanyang, looking at the report, you can see that the cost is extremely high, the internal management is also messy, and the defective rate is extremely high. Only by merging can we take over the management of Hanyang, and finally we can use our management system. Hanyang, I have invested 20 million taels of silver one after another, and if I don't rectify it well, the 20 million taels will really be wasted. "Hanyang Iron Works is really a headache, but even if it is congenitally deficient, Yang Rui still wants to put it in order.

In his impression, Hanyang is just a political achievement project, with an initial investment of more than 5 million, but only 2 million is really effective, plus various intertwined relationships within the company, it is very tricky to rectify such a factory. However, he likes to do such things, he looked at Yang Rui and said, "Since I think I can put Hanyang in order, then I'll try." When the time comes, you and Brother Hanzhang will help me resist the pressure from Sheng Xuanhuai's side, I am a ruthless person. ”

"This is nature." Seeing that Du Yaquan had found the target, and began to be a little upset, Yang Rui said happily. "Now Brother Hanzhang is already talking to him, including the railway."

In the Shanghai Public Concession, in Yu Huizu's apartment on Sima Road, Zhang Meiyi is talking to Yu Huizu, although he is no longer Sheng Xuanhuai's staff, but the cooperation between Sheng Xuanhuai and Tianzihao is still handed over by him, which is probably because Zhang Meiyi is also from Ningbo.

"Hanzhang, what my lord means is that it is better to apply for the section from Jilin to Kuanchengzi first, so that the pressure is not great, as soon as this railway is approved, then you will submit a document, begging the court to connect the section from Meihekou to Kuanchengzi. In this way, it is light first and then heavy, and there is the meaning of throwing stones to ask for directions, otherwise once the grass startles the snake, then the thing will not be beautiful. Zhang Meiyi took a sip of tea and said slowly, he and Yu Huizu are old acquaintances, and he came to talk about the earlier Hanyang loan and the merger of the iron factory, and now he has come several times about the Northeast Railway.

"Let Sangong, this thing can't work. Even if the section from Jilin to Kuanchengzi is not allowed, the section from Meihekou to Kuanchengzi is allowed. This section is repaired, the railway is a living dragon, if this section is not repaired, it will be a dead snake. Adults have always known a lot about industry, and they don't know that the key to this section of the road is more than 200 miles. It is a good policy in peacetime to avoid the important and light, but now that the relationship between the foreigners is delicate, tomorrow the Japanese will withdraw all their troops, and it is a good time to propose this railway. Sheng Xuanhuai's meaning Yu Huizu was very clear, and he thought so at other times, but Yang Rui was strictly ordered to let Sheng Xuanhuai prompt the imperial court to approve this section of the railway at any cost. He didn't believe it when he saw the instructions at the time, but after careful inspection, he found that it was indeed Yang Rui's handwriting, so he had to work hard in this direction.

"Hanzhang, this thing is really too difficult. Not to mention that Japan will definitely protest at that time, it is estimated that there will be gossip in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. My lord, this has just taken over the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and there are a lot of Yuan Shikai in it. Although Yuan Shikai is gone, King Qing is still there, although he is sick and retired, his power still exists, if it is really ......" Seeing that it is for the sake of fellow villagers, Zhang Meiyi also said some things that should not be said.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was originally a new ministry created by reforming official posts last year, and the railways, telegraphs, shipping, and postal services throughout the country were all under the management of this ministry. The earliest Shangshu was Zhang Baixi, and then Lin Shaonian, at the end of last year, Sheng Xuanhuai took one million taels to get through the road of Zaize, and after the Qingliu series was suppressed, Sheng Xuanhuai took over the ministry. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was newly established, but the shipping and telegraph bureaus and the railway company were originally under the jurisdiction of Sheng Xuanhuai, but they were seized a few years ago because of Ding Wei, and now after they are taken back, they are considered to be returned to their original owners. It's just that shipping and telegraphy are easy to handle, that is, the railway has been changed beyond recognition by Yuan Shikai, Tang Shaoyi is the squire of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and the manager of the railway company is his fellow villager Liang Shiyi, and there are Ye Gongxuan, Guan Genglin and others below Liang Shiyi, these people are actually the transportation department in the early years of the Republic of China in history, and they are all Tang Shaoyi's fellow villagers. Excluding these civil officials, Zhan Tianyou and other engineers who presided over Jingzhang were also Yuan Shikai's people, and the small railway that Cixi worshiped his ancestors earlier was built by Zhan Tianyou, and Jingzhang was also built by Yuan Shikai. As far as the relationship between the railway company is concerned, Sheng Xuanhuai, who was the first secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, grabbed the two bureaus of shipping administration and telegraph, and the railway company did not have the time to clean up one by one, and the influence of King Qing was still there, and Tang Shaoyi and others were capable officials, so it was not so easy to clean up.

Considering Sheng Xuanhuai's difficulties, Yu Huizu was silent for a while and said: "If Sheng Daren can first approve the section of Kuanchengzi at the mouth of the Meihe River and the follow-up funds of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, I am willing to raise one or two." ”

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is nearly 200 kilometers, but the construction of the mountainous area is very expensive, and Sheng Xuanhuai's new head of the Ministry of Posts and Communications is afraid that it is a headache for money. However, Yu Huizu was wrong, and Zhang Meiyi only said after hearing this: "My lord has said, Jingzhang is not in a hurry, it is better to complete the iron factory and the bank first." ”

"That's what your lord said?" Obedient and obedient, when it comes to Sheng Xuanhuai's level, many words will not be said explicitly, but can only be enlightened, "Huizu is stupid, if the adults have anything to say, let the third prince please come with them." ”

That's what the adults said. Nothing else has been said. Zhang Meiyi actually said everything she knew, and she didn't know what Sheng Xuanhuai was going to do.

"'Run the iron factory and the bank first...... 'Do the iron factory and the bank first', '...... the iron factory and the bank first', the iron factory and the bank ......, and the iron factory and the bank ......" Yu Huizu said to himself, and suddenly it became a little clear. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Let Sangong, the bank's matter is very big, so please wait for our shareholders to discuss it first." Zhang Meiyi saw that Yu Huizu should have guessed the adult's thoughts, so she didn't say anything more at the moment, and bowed her hand and left. (To be continued......)