Yu Huizu didn't understand the phrase 'when you have 100 million, money is just a number', although he was already in this state. What he is worried about now is that he is afraid that there will not be enough money, but in fact, there will be more money. With Tianzihao's reputation in the entire money industry and industry, he can raise 10 million or 20 million casually, but he is not a pure businessman like Yu Qiaqing, and he still prefers to do things in person. For those who come to visit the foreign bank Taipan and the local money bank boss who come to visit during the New Year's holidays, he is just polite, and the real loan is only Yu Qiaqing's Dutch bank, the one million that Yang Rui borrowed the year before last is about to expire, in order to thank him for the help of the year, so he borrowed another five million, part of which is used to speculate in treasury bonds, and the rest is used to expand the industry of the land bank.

After writing down the calculated results and today's important events in the notebook, Yu Huizu said: "Xiao Xu." Tell me, what kind of layout is going to be laid out in this place, is it going to build a big trust like Tianzihao? ”

Seeing him ask, Wang Xiaoxu said: "It should be according to reason." Cheng Cheng told me a few things before. Now relying on monosodium glutamate is to build a light industry trust, soap, candles, downstream, soybeans, coal, salt upstream, except for opening a salt farm, we can do everything. Although it is not too big, it can be counted in East Asia, and as long as we rely on hydrogenated oil, foreigners are afraid that they will not be able to beat us. ”

Wang Xiaoxu said in reason, the raw materials of Tianzihao have cost advantages, and the management makes these advantages more obvious, and then Tiantong Company controls the channel again, but it is not the comprador model commonly used by foreign banks, but the modern dealer model, so that the raw materials are cheap, the management is efficient, and the technology is value-added. The sales channel is smooth, the brand is premium, so it is almost impossible for such a set to be defeated, and with the increasing scale of the Tianzi brand, the reputation is getting better and better, and the opening of the Kanto Bank, the financing cost has also been greatly reduced. Thinking of these things, Yu Huizu sighed: "It's still true, only a trust can defeat a trust." ”

Wang Xiaoxu laughed when he heard this, he said. "Now the ironworks and the shipyards will have only one trust in the future."

"How?" Yu Huizu asked.

"Hanyang is the first iron factory in Zhangzhidong, greedy for speed, inexperienced, and political performance, so it is a loss. Anyone with a little business acumen would not put the ironworks in Hanyang. Instead, it should be placed in Daye. At the same time, three and a half tons of coal are needed to produce a ton of rail steel, and even if he knows that Daye Iron Mine is the best for ironmaking, he should find good coking coal before opening the factory. As for the acid and alkali method, it is necessary to do a good job before. Although Hanyang was defeated, it does not mean that China has no advantage in ironmaking. China has a lot of coal and a lot of good iron ore, as long as it is well planned, it is not too difficult to defeat foreign iron. Wang Xiaoxu said.

"But you just said that the iron works are only not much different from the British when the iron is done. How can you compete with foreign railways? Yu Huizu knew about the Ma'anshan Iron Works, but he didn't see the specific details.

"That's when we calculate coal as the market price, if the price of coal is calculated according to the cost, then the price of iron will drop by five taels, and the price of steel will drop by seven taels."

"How many of them?" Yu Huizu didn't believe it very much.

"Yes. Although it is necessary to shorten the barge, the coal price to the factory is only one or two five yuan, and the coke is only three or five yuan, and the coking coal factory is generally nine taels according to the line price, so I just counted it according to nine taels. ”

"Since there is such a price difference, then it is better to sell iron directly, and the shipyard still does not make it." Yu Huizu thought of blowing up the Jiangnan Bureau, and he was still very uneasy, although that Li Ti could not guarantee that he would not be able to say that he would die, but this person also wanted the 100,000 taels, with these 100,000 taels, the human life was still heavy?

"No, it won't. Contains a seal. China's tariffs are controlled by foreigners, but the tariffs of other countries are in their own hands, as long as our low-cost steel comes in, they will increase the tariffs to protect their own steel mills, not only Europe and the United States, but also the colonies. In today's world, that is, only Persia and Ethiopia are considered independent, not to mention whether our iron can enter smoothly, even if it enters the markets of these two countries, it is not large. Therefore, it is better to sell coal than to sell iron, and it is better to sell iron than to sell ships. ”

As soon as Wang Xiaoxu said this, Yu Huizu woke up to the fact that foreign railways had to enter the customs to collect taxes, but the ship did not have to be like this, it was really not good, and it was okay to buy a ship to hang a Dutch flag. However, he thought of another thing, and said: "Shipbuilding needs a lot of steel, and what about the rails, which are also large iron consumers, why don't we build rails?" ”

"In addition to the self-built railways in China, the railways of foreigners will not buy our rails. The benefits of railways are huge, and the cost of steel rails is very small, so it is better to use other countries' than their own. It's a big deal to charge an extra one or two cents when selling tickets, and the price difference doesn't matter, and the impact is not big. It's the boats that are really hard to control, especially the shipping companies that are mainly private, and the fishing boats are even more so. They don't look at the tariffs, they only look at the price of the ship and whether it is suitable, and they only choose the cheap ones, not the expensive ones. ”

"That's true." Yu Huizu had a thorough understanding of the layout of the ironworks-shipyards.

"Also, there are too few skilled workers in China, and there are still many benefits to developing shipyards, at least there should be no shortage of workers. Now start to raise more workers, and wait until the time of the war in Europe......" Saying this, Wang Xiaoxu suddenly stopped, he seemed to understand a little bit of the Ministry of Industry's expression, now that Britain and France are allied in Europe, Germany and France are in conflict, and now the leader of the consular corps in Shanghai is a German, under the two, it is no wonder that Britain wants to settle things.

"Xiao Xu, are you ......?"

"It's fine." Wang Xiaoxu said, he continued what he just said: "Once the war in Europe is in turmoil, the price of steel will soar, and the demand for merchant ships will also soar at that time, and our income will be not small." Wang Xiaoxu is talking about Yang Rui's inference, although he used to think it was ridiculous, but now seeing that the Russo-Japanese war is going exactly as he expected, people have to start believing his inference about the war in Europe.

Wang Xiaoxu didn't sit long before leaving the scientific instrument tube, and in the next few days he was paying attention to the movements of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, the student gathering on Tuyao Day was extremely intense, and many students came to the stage to give speeches. For days after that, no matter how fierce the criticism in the newspapers was. There was no reaction from the Ministry of Industry and Bureau. It was not until the beginning of the fifth month of the Western calendar that news came from Wu Baochu's side, saying that Lord Yuan of Shanghai Dao had invited him to talk.

On the evening of the day when Wu Baochu talked to Daotai, he asked Wang Xiaoxu to go. Wang Xiaoxu didn't want to go, but he thought that he must have something urgent to come to make an appointment with him in such a hurry, so he disguised himself after thinking about it.

The night of the four roads is extremely lively, the whole street is full of sedan chairs and rickshaws, and the restaurant and tea house are also brightly lit and full of people. Wang Xiaoxu got out of the car when he got to the ground, and when he was holding his hat, he swept around. Then he took advantage of people's inattention and flashed into the back door of the teahouse. When he went upstairs and entered the private room, he saw Wu Baochu fidgeting inside, and he hurriedly said when he saw it: "Xiao Xu, Yuan Daotai said that he wanted us to withdraw the lawsuit, and if he didn't withdraw the lawsuit, he would copy Zou Rong's house." The whole family was condemned to death. He also said that the emperor was generous the year before last, and he did not control the crime of Zou Rong's nine clans. But now we're going to sue the foreigners. That's even more heinous. You're going to have to get his family to run away. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Wang Xiaoxu hurriedly said: "I have written down this matter, and I will arrange it immediately." What else did Lord Yuan say? ”

"Hmph, what else can he say? It's nothing more than asking me not to stand out for the revolutionary party, this surname Yuan is very fine, and he can't move me. It is estimated that Shangguan asked him to persuade him, and he just meant it. After all, Wu Baochu was a military general, and he was extremely bold in dealing with people, and his relationship with the revolutionary party was also very deep. In his opinion. Whether it is the revolution or the Restoration, they are all for the country and the people, and they are worthy of admiration, but those bureaucrats are mediocre and despicable, and they will not do anything except make money.

"It's good that you're okay! Now the Ministry of Industry should know that this matter is completely instigated by the Shanghai Daotai, and the ball was kicked to Yuan Shuxun, as long as we force it again, then the British will push the people behind it. "Wang Xiaoxu now knows what the British mean, and he is absolutely sure that he will force the Manchus out, provided that Wu Baochu resists it.

Wang Xiaoxu was talking here, and a voice came from outside the door, he hurried out, only to see Yu Ziyi say: "Sir, I'm leaving, there are a lot of people downstairs." ”

Wang Xiaoxu panicked in his heart, knowing that Wu Baochu should have been followed, so he immediately went in and said, "Brother Sui'an, I'm leaving, there are people patrolling the house below." ”

Wu Baochu was shocked, and said with his mouth open: "Ah! Xiao Xu, I..."

Wang Xiaoxu knew that he was just unintentionally mistaken, so he smiled: "It's okay." They can't catch me. With that, he went out.

As soon as Wang Xiaoxu left, Wu Baochu fidgeted in the private room, and after being anxious, he looked at the street in the corridor outside the track, only to see a bunch of patrols on the street, chasing two people dressed in black clothes and black hats, the two men in black moved very fast, shuttling freely in the gap between the sedan chair and the rickshaw, and they were about to flee to the fork alley from a distance, and a few red-headed patrols with guns flashed in front of them, and the men in black were cornered, and they were immediately tied up by these people, Wu Baochu saw that they were tied up and sweaty, Only when the patrol was gone, it still stood still by the corridor.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, he subconsciously touched the sweat on his forehead and said to himself: "This is the revolution!" ”

When Wu Baochu sighed, Wang Xiaoxu suddenly felt that something was wrong, yes, when he was patrolling and arresting people outside just now, the tea guests next to his table didn't seem to panic, let alone poke their heads out to look, which was too abnormal.

Just when he felt that something was abnormal, a rich old man stood up at the table next to him, clapped with interest, and said in a standard Beijing accent: "What a trick Li Dai Taozhuang!" is really worthy of being the world's No. 1 thief, Mr. Cheng. Wonderful, wonderful! ”

Looking at the people around him, Wang Xiaoxu didn't say anything, but he didn't know how many times he was calmed down, he took a deep breath, took another sip of tea, and then said to this extremely complacent old man: "What is Mr. Cheng, this old man is afraid that he has recognized the wrong person." ”

Seeing that Wang Xiaoxu didn't admit it, the visitor hurriedly said, "You can deceive others, but you can't deceive me, you and your subordinates have changed clothes." What a cleverness! Mr. Cheng, no one would have thought that the person who wanted to be arrested was still in the same place, but the person who didn't want to be arrested ran away. If I hadn't waited here for a long time, I'm afraid I would have been deceived. ”

Now that he has been exposed, it doesn't matter, Wang Xiaoxu is still silent to the people who come, and continues to pretend to be stupid. He knew that as long as there was no evidence that he was involved with the person who ran away just now, then he had nothing to panic about, and in the concession, he knew a lot of leading figures, even if he entered the patrol room, he would be bailed out after being locked up overnight at most.

"Hey, hey. It's still very bullish. Know who I am? The person who came still looked proud.

has walked very close, Wang Xiaoxu glanced at him, this person is more than thirty years old, with delicate skin but pale face, melon skin hat, Fu word shirt, exquisite materials, and what is even more amazing is that the belt of the jade pendant on his waist is bright yellow. Bright yellow is not available to ordinary people, could it be that this white-skinned person in front of him will be a relative of the emperor? Wang Xiaoxu was still wondering who this person was. I've already said it myself.

"Look at you, too, you're an ignorant person. This ......"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Xiaoxu put the teacup down, got up and said, "Such a beautiful day, there is a dog barking to ruin the fun." Next time this teahouse, I'm afraid I won't dare to come again. ”

He wants to go. Several burly men around Bai Yan surrounded him. Wang Xiaoxu said: "Why, the concession also dares to arrest people." Aren't you British uncles afraid? I'm a legal resident here. ”

"Hmph. And what about the concession. The concession is still the place where I am in the Qing Dynasty. You revolutionary party, you should have exterminated you the year before last, and now you have come out to make trouble again, this time I can't complain about Zhizanxi. As he spoke, the casual clothes next to him quickly surrounded him. Seeing them surrounding, Wang Xiaoxu didn't leave. I sat on a chair and drank tea again. But this time before he could drink the tea, the cup was knocked off by a catcher, and several people rushed up and immediately cuffed him.

See that they really do it. Wang Xiaoxu's heart was bright, generally the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the realm was not allowed to enter the concession to arrest people, at this time they dared to come in, afraid that they would get the permission of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, and they still underestimated their relationship. The Manchu Qing and the foreigners really hooked up tightly, and they didn't see much when Su reported the case last time, but once they were moved, the two colluded together.

Seeing that there were patrols and arresting people, the spectators in the teahouse were all pointing and pointing, and public opinion was crowded, and some wanted to call the police but found that there was no patrol on the street downstairs now, just waiting for Wang Xiaoxu to be pushed downstairs by them and stuffed into the prepared sedan chair, and the people in the teahouse were still full of public opinion.

Wang Xiaoxu was pushed into the sedan chair and was about to shout, but was stopped by the person who was hiding in the sedan chair with a knife, and the man laughed and said: "If you shout, I will stab you until you die." ”

Wang Xiaoxu ignored him, and was about to open his mouth to call someone, but this person covered his mouth with his hand, at this time the sedan chair had been swaying and lifting, seeing that he was restrained, Wang Xiaoxu was anxious, the four-horse road rental world is not too far, and it will not be an hour to walk over, it is really necessary to wait out of the concession, then everything is over.

When Wang Xiaoxu was stuffed into the sedan chair, Yu Ziyi had already grabbed Li Yuan, "Quick, Mr. was arrested by the Qing soldiers." ”

"Qing soldiers, where did the Qing soldiers come from? This is the concession. "Li Yuan in the patrol post is very strange.

"Stop talking nonsense! Take your people with me and go with me to save people. Yu Ziyi didn't have time to say so much, he had been looking at the wind in the corridor outside the building after changing his clothes just now, thinking that the patrol had been led away, but when he turned around, he saw Wang Xiaoxu being surrounded, he suddenly felt bad, and when they arrested people and went downstairs, he tried his best to remember the appearance of the sedan chair, and then turned back to find someone.

Seeing that he was serious, Li Yuan didn't ask any more questions, picked up the siren hanging on his chest and blew it, and the brothers in this group all came over, "The Qing soldiers outside have crossed the line and arrested people, damn it, take the guy with me to save people." ”

Li Yuan is the leader of this group, and he usually treats everyone well, but now it is obvious that his friend has been arrested, and this gang of Zihua people shouted together, "Fuck it, go, go with the eldest brother to save people." ”

Hua Yu soon came out to patrol the post, and chased in the direction where the sedan chair disappeared under the leadership of Yu Ziyi, Li Yuan heard that the time had passed for a while, and he was worried that the sedan chair was out of the concession, so he asked a few brothers who knew each other to remember the appearance of the sedan chair and ran everywhere first. From Gongheli on Sima Road to the east to the HSBC building by the Huangpu River, no one saw the shadow of the sedan chair, Yu Ziyi was sweating, Li Yuan was also sweating, although he was not at a high level in the Fuxing Society, but when he saw Yu Ziyi's appearance, he could think of the importance of the arrested person.

"Damn, are these bastards hidden?" He glanced at Yu Ziyi and wanted to ask him if he was mistaken, but when he saw Yu Ziyi's face full of anxiety and he couldn't breathe, he guessed that was all he knew. He immediately called one of the most clever people in his class and asked, "Ah Fu, you are most familiar with this piece, do you see where you should go if the Qing soldiers arrest someone?" ”

Ah Fu is a native of Chuansha, and he was a gangster in the Chinese world before he became a Chinese arrester, he thought for a while and said: "Na, those red guys won't go to Suzhou Creek, right?" ”

"Suzhou Creek!" Li Yuan hit his head and kept running east, why did he forget about the north. Although the concessions are all managed by foreigners, the Suzhou Creek cannot be controlled by foreigners for a while because of the large number of boat owners. As long as the Qing soldiers threw the sedan chair and dragged the people to the pre-prepared boat, it would not be the ground of the concession.

"Quick! Fast! Suzhou Creek! Suzhou Creek! Li Yuan was a little anxious, so he shouted and ran, and an Enfield rifle was thrown up and down on his shoulder, and the rest of the people ran with him to the north. (To be continued......)