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Zhong Guanguan arrived in the capital on September 25, and it was difficult to travel from Tonghua to Mukden, but there was a train from Xinmintun -- the Russians did not allow the Guanwai Railway to reach Fengtian, so the end point of the Guanwai Railway was Xinmintun, 120 miles west of Fengtian. Seeing this scene, Zhong Guanguan was very worried about his trip to Beijing, although when he saw General Zengqi in Fengtian, under the filial piety of 20,000 taels of silver tickets, he did not object to this railway, but the railway he applied for was to connect the railway inside and outside the Guanxi in Mukden, and it was bound to pass through the Dongqing Railway in Russia. I really don't know what to think.

On the day he arrived in the capital, he was busy taking Zhao Zhujun's greeting post to visit King Qingmu of the Ministry of Commerce. This Lord Wang is over forty years old, but after reading the letter, he closed his eyes and said nothing, Zhong Guanguan was a little puzzled, but he couldn't ask, so he could only wait patiently. It seemed to take a long time before I heard him say in an official dialect with Wu language: "Xian Hu, now the imperial court has run the road is intended to be a commercial office, and the railway company is in line with today's plan, but this place outside the customs is a place of right and wrong, and now the foreigners are occupying it and refusing to retreat. ”

Zhong Guanguan had already thought deeply about this question, "The students are very grateful for the love of the adults. In the past, Taizu rose in Haixi, operating the grass, winning a hundred battles, and creating an embryonic base, it can be seen that this is the place where I am prosperous, where the dragon qi is, this can not be based on foreigners, and now the Russians have built the Dongqing Railway, traversing the east and west, and implementing the north and south, and the mines outside the customs will be seized by it. Although our Qing Dynasty is concerned with internal and external railways, this road only ends at Xinmintun, and does not go deep into the interior, so it is not a situation. Now Tonghua Changbai Mountain Forest Land, inconvenient transportation, scarce minerals, has always been light for the Russians, Antongfeng railway to private reasons from Fengtian to Tonghua, and then from Andong to the sea, this road is also horizontal, not with the Russian railway for profit. ”

Seeing Zhong Guanguan's righteous face, Lord Wang talked eloquently, but did not interrupt, and after he finished speaking, he said: "The railway matter, the cost is very much, this road is more than a thousand miles, the cost should be tens of millions, if the court allows it, this road can be completed in a few years?" ”

Zhong Guanguan saw that he was not entangled in the problems outside the customs, and knew that he had already meant to help, so he immediately submitted some documents, which had two most weighty copies, one was Zhang Qian's shareholding document, and the other was a fund credit certificate issued by Wang Ji Tongtong Guò Dutch Bank, which was written in a large amount, which was worth eight million. "The cost of the money, the company should be able to raise all the money, after the imperial court allows it, when the foreign master is looking for the road, it takes about two years, and the road is built after the road, because the road is in the mountains and forests, it takes three to four years to complete."

Lord Wang took the paperwork, and looked at it while listening to him, and the more he looked at it, the more solemn his expression became, especially the amount on the certificate issued by the foreigner's bank at the end, which was very amazing, and this money was really a lot, more than the taxes of some provinces. Wang Ji is also helpless to do this thing, if you pretend to have no money, the court said that you can't repair it if you don't have money, if you say you have money, then some of the apportionments in the future will immediately increase, but in order for the railway to be successful, it has to be like this. Lord Wang concentrated on reading these documents, and the atmosphere suddenly cooled down again, until he finished reading the last page, and then said: "Xian Fei, the iron and copper mines you asked for above are easy to handle, but this railway has a lot to do with it, and it takes a lot of trouble. Later today, tomorrow you come to the Yamen of the Ministry of Commerce, and the documents for running mines and roads need to be filled out and submitted separately, and the documents for each mine will be written down soon, but the railway depends on the will of the imperial court. ”

Zhong Guanguan nodded again and again, Lord Wang paused for a moment, and then said, "Have you heard of Lord Zaizhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce?" ”

Zhong Guanyan knew what he meant, and hurriedly said: "The students have heard about it, they are all prepared, and they are all prepared. ”

Lord Wang laughed, "In this case, you should go back first and come to the yamen tomorrow." After that, he served tea and sent it off.

The next day, Zhong Guanguan went to the Ministry of Commerce to write down the documents and submit them, and three or four days later, arranged by Lord Wang to meet Zai Zhen in the front hall of the yamen. Of course, during the period, he still neatly accepted the 40,000 taels of silver tickets - although Zhong Guanguan still had 80,000 taels, he did not dare to spend them all at one time - and then only gave him the words "wait for the will of the imperial court" and beat him away.

It seems that the silver played a role, and soon the excerpt of the Tonghua Railway was brought to the court for discussion, according to Lord Wang, in the promotion of commercial railways, and the attitude towards the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is different, the courtiers are willing to see such a non-backbone railway commercial office that does not make money, and is very likely to lose money. If it is really to be cultivated, then this Fengtian Province, the Qing Dynasty's control power will be enhanced, and the railway will be connected to Tonghua, which will also help to stabilize the Changbai Mountain area. As more and more Korean people crossed the border to colonize in the Changbai Mountain area, the imperial court was worried that Guangxu set up an east road in the Changbai Mountain area in the early years, especially not enough, and last year the original Tonghua Da Lizi area was newly set up as Linjiang County, in order to strengthen the control of the Changbai Mountain border, but it is not enough to just set up a city, the people in the Linjiang area are scarce, and the Chinese people are basically some wooden handles and some mountain guests. If the Tonghua Railway is opened, then naturally the people on this side will prosper, and the border will naturally be stable. But compared with the foreigners, these advantages are as unimportant as blowing ashes, and when most people sing high-pitched songs, some people naturally speak out against it, for example, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs passed on the meaning of the Russians: This railway will be run. We will be very angry, and the consequences will be severe. As a result, the matter of the Tonghua Railway was temporarily and irregularly shelved.

It was already the end of October when Zhong Guanguan learned about these news, and the efficiency of the Qing court was very fast, if there was no money to keep going, he would have to wait until the Chinese New Year to get a letter at the earliest. It is estimated that in order to make up for the guilt of not doing the cashier, several other mines and steamship companies quickly agreed, and he telegraphed all the information to Wang Jitong and forwarded it to Yang Rui, and then waited for their reply.

When Zhong was worried, there was a man who was overjoyed. As a gentleman from a truly civilized place, and a journalist of great repute, Mr. Morrison was very concerned about the matter. He had always appealed to Britain to restrain the southward movement of Russian forces through his connections and resources, and because of his efforts, the Russo-Japanese War was often called the "Morrison War" in later generations, and the great figures believed that without Morrison's advocacy and provocation, the war would not have been fought so lightly. With his connections in the capital, the Tonghua Railway, which he soon learned, he thought was a good material for a legendary Ming family who responded to the call of the state to build a railway, although it did not touch any interests of the Eastern Qing Railway, but was brutally interfered with by the Russians. After several turnarounds, he found Zhong Guanguan, who was waiting for instructions in the cold of Beijing. At the beginning, Zhong Guanguan was very strange when he received the post, he didn't know this person, Doctor Mo, who was it? It's good to see you when you have nothing to do. I saw a few people in the front hall, one of whom was a middle-aged foreigner, and when he saw him, he said, "Mr. Zhong, hello, hello!" After speaking, he was beaten to him.

Zhong Guanguan was a little stunned, but he was calmed by the Chinese he said, this foreigner spoke Chinese for the first time, in fact, Morrixun is just a three-plate axe, he doesn't understand Chinese at all. After his mechanical response, he sat down for a long time before saying, "It seems that the contemptible person and Dr. Mo have never met, ...... is Dr. Mo here?" ”

Mo Lixun didn't care about this, so he naturally took the words and translated through Guò: "Mr. Zhong, I am a reporter from the British Times in Daqing, and I was very interested in hearing that you were going to run a railway, so I came to visit. I took the liberty of bothering. ”

Reporter, that's the people in the newspaper, MSG's advertisement let Zhong Guan know the power of newspapers, but it is whimsical to believe that newspapers can be built into railways. After more than an hour of conversation, Morrison quickly learned the information he wanted. Soon after his return, the major newspapers in Tianjin and Shanghai reported his article:

“…… I was honored to meet Mr. Zhong Guanguan, one of the Ming people of the miraculous spice MSG, when I met him in a cold apartment in Beijing, and it was different from what we imagined, this Ming family who had already made a lot of money lived in a very simple house, and the tea served by the guests was also very bad...... He already knew that his request to host the Antongbong railway had been put on hold by the government for a long time, but he did not know the exact reason for the hold. According to reliable information, the railway, which had a huge investment but made a profit, would have been approved by the government, but it was opposed by the Russians, although they had no reason to oppose it, their interests were only along the Eastern Qing Railway, and there was no agreement between the Russians and the Qing government to monopolize Manchuria......

…… Although the request was put on hold, Mr. Zhong was confined to his apartment in Peking, and he told me that he had come to Peking at the behest of many prominent local gentlemen, and that he could not go back to face their disappointment under the present circumstances. He and the gentlemen who were going to start the railroad were ready to spend all their possessions to build the railroad to improve the lives of the local population, although the railway was not a mainline railway, and the investment would have a long payback period, and there was even a high risk that they would lose money due to lack of goods. But they are still willing to give their property to build the railway, as long as the government can approve it......"

Morrison's report did not cause any waves, of course, this is only among ordinary people, the real impact of his article is those who can influence the country's decision-making, and only these people care about his report, not long after the article was published, Zhong Guanguan's apartment began to be visited by 6 people, most of them came to some brokers, as soon as they entered the door, they boasted about how capable they were, if this railway matter was handed over to him, Zhong Guanguan was very polite to this, and after serving tea and chatting, they were invited out one by one. Until one day, a Japanese named Kameda came to him, he was the representative of the Japanese Kimsho Bank, and said that if the railway could be borrowed from the Kimsho Bank, he could persuade the Japanese government to support the railway through guò relations. After he left, Zhong Guanguan immediately telegraphed to Shanghai, isn't the money insufficient, and now there is a person who has sent money, although the imperial railway charter hopes to be completely commercial, but it is also allowed that foreign capital can occupy a small part of the shares.

A week after the telegram went out, he received Yang Rui's ocean-going mail. There is a report in English, the report is very thick, and there are charts and charts that are common in some factories. Yang Rui's meaning was very clear, he needed to send this report to the US Minister Mr. Conger, preferably in person, and then say something. These words are also in the email, the content of only two sentences, one is: if the railway is built, it will promise to buy all the purchased materials from the United States, the second sentence is: after the completion of the railway, the American company will participate in the management, and there is a sketch map of the Northeast, and the difference with Zhong Guan's application is that the railway was extended to the north with a dotted line in Tonghua, and after traveling more than 200 kilometers through Kuanchengzi, it has been stretched to Songyuan Baicheng.

Zhong Guanguan can't read English, but the charts can be understood, and they seem to be the customs numbers of recent years - Yang Rui has arranged to collect all kinds of customs trade information, and the numbers of these reports are all from here - he roughly guessed the meaning of this report: that is, the Northeast is an important market for the Americans, and to obtain this market, you can't count on the Dongqing Railway, because for the main product of the United States, cotton, the Japanese textile industry is a strong competitor, And for the other fist commodity of the United States, kerosene, Russia is a fierce opponent, and if American goods are to be unimpeded, there must be another railroad to transport the goods. "If you want to control the market, you have to control the access to the market" -- this is what Yang Rui often says in every meeting when he talks about those small, shrewd and troublesome local vendors.

Zhong Guanguan immediately took action, but when he arrived at the embassy area, he was stopped - after the Gengzi incident, the security in the embassy area was much tighter, and he could not speak English, so he had no choice but to turn back to find Lord Wang. Lord Wang did not agree with his approach, after all, he had done foreign affairs, and knew that for the weak Qing Dynasty, the only thing that could deal with foreigners was the foreigners themselves. The arranger went with him. For the sake of Lord Wang's official sedan chair, this time Zhong Guan was finally able to pass guò, and there was no need to be stopped at the American Embassy, after Lord Wang's report, a secretary-like person informed them that Mr. Minister was very busy, and if there was anything he could tell him.

Zhong Guanguan immediately said what he had prepared, and the secretary took out a note of the main points he said, and when he finally left, Zhong Guanguan handed him the report and his own address, and asked him to forward it to Mr. Minister. The meeting lasted less than ten minutes, but Zhong Guanguan came and went from morning to afternoon. Everything that needs to be done is done, and the next thing is to resign yourself to fate.

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