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After he finished reading the information, Yang Rui said: "Mr. Chen, I won't tell you the truth, this railway was won with the support of the Americans. The situation in the Northeast was very bad, the Russians and the Japanese were about to go to war there, and the railway was planned to be mapped before the war and construction to begin after the war. Our presence on the ground is fully capable of guaranteeing the safety of workers. As for foreign interference, it is not a problem either, the Americans will guarantee that we will fix it. ”

In addition to considering the railroad itself, there are other key issues, such as political factors, such as local security problems, when the United States was building the Pacific Railroad, in order to prevent the Indians from obstructing, the government sent troops to ensure that the construction of the road was completed smoothly. Chen Yixi nodded in agreement, these two questions were also what he was worried about, and then he asked, "How much money has your company prepared to build this road?" ”

Yang Rui didn't know anything about railways. I had to say: "We don't know how much this railway will cost?" The share capital of Tonghua Railway Company is 10 million yuan, I think it should be insufficient, and this insufficient part can only be increased in the future. We hope that Mr. Chen will give us a more accurate budget after the survey. And the sooner the better. ”

Chen Yixi asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"Yes. The war between Japan and Russia is about to start, and although the war will not reach the railway line for a while, it will be more troublesome for a large number of troops to enter the northeast, and it is best to enter before February. As long as you enter the Northeast, there is no problem with safety," Yang Rui knew that Japan and Russia were in early February, and hoped that Chen Yixi would bring people over immediately. As long as they are not in the coastal areas of Lushun or Andong, he can still ensure the safety of these people.

Looking at the map of the Northeast given by Yang Rui, and seeing the blue dotted Antongfeng Railway and the red solid line of the Russian Dongqing Railway, he was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Yes, I can send someone to survey and map immediately, but you have to ask the Tonghua Railway Company to send us a telegram to invite us over." Speaking of this, he looked at Yang Rui and explained: "It's not that I don't believe you, but the United States is very anti-Chinese, and according to the Chinese Exclusion Act, if the Chinese in the United States do not have a property of 1,000 US dollars, then they cannot return to the United States after leaving the United States." Even if you have a property of 1,000 dollars, you are only allowed to leave the United States for one year, and if you don't return after one year, you won't be able to come back later. I'm going to get the letter of invitation from the Tonghua Railway Company and discuss with the American officials that if these technicians who go to the Northeast to build roads still have to abide by this regulation, then I will tell him that the Tonghua Railway Company may not intend to hand over the railroad to the Americans, but probably to other countries. ”

After the expiration of the 10-year Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, not only did it not be repealed, but it tended to become more and more intense, and the restrictions on Chinese workers coming to the United States were more stringent. Yang Rui said: "Okay, Manager Zhong of the railway company is still in Beijing, and he has communicated with the American minister, so I can ask him to raise this issue with the American minister." ”

"That couldn't be better." Chen Yixi seemed to let go of a matter of his heart and laughed: "I've been talking for a long time, but I haven't asked for advice yet......"

Yang Rui thought about his question and said, "The surname is Yang, and the origin is a little unknown. After waiting for the domestic invitation letter, Mr. Chen should not say to the outside world that there is my deposit, but only say that it is better for Tonghua Railway Company to contact you directly. ”

This answer made Chen Yixi a little reverie, "What nationality is Mr. Yang?" This railway ......"

Yang Rui knew that he would be wrong, worried about which country he was a traitor, and hurriedly explained: "I am Chinese, there is no foreign capital on the railway, Mr. Chen is relieved." I know the people who run the railway company, so I helped. I was implicated in the self-establishment army in the year of Gengzi, so if my husband told me, then the imperial court would have other ideas about this railway. Sir, it's better not to show that the railroad has something to do with me. ”

The issue of the Independence Army had a great impact, and now the Datong Daily of the San Francisco Royalist Party has introduced a lot of it. As the most influential Chinese-run newspaper, Chen Yixi still reads it, so he still knows a little about domestic events since Wuxu.

After the two talked, Yang Rui sent a telegram to Wang Jitong - in order to keep it secret, Yang Rui's contact with the commercial line was through Wang Jitong, who was in the concession - asked Zhong Guan to invite a telegram to the United States, and raised the issue of restrictions on Chinese workers building roads to return to the United States during the period of secrecy. Soon, in the afternoon of the next day, Chen Yixi received an invitation letter from the Tonghua Railway Company in Beijing. When he went to the immigration officer with the invitation, all his requests were granted. Clearly, there was pressure on the higher-ranking officials to agree that all returnees would receive the relevant documents at USCIS, which would allow them to return to the United States after the railroad was completed without the restriction of returning to the United States that year.

Soon the American newspapers also reported the news, believing that it was a wise move for the Tonghua Railway Company to hand over the Antongfeng Railway to an American company for construction, and also agreed with the government's restrictions on allowing Chinese workers to return to the United States, believing that this move would allow tens of thousands of Chinese to not compete with American workers for jobs for at least three to five years. In the context of the media's praise, Guangde Company began to be visited by various figures, not to mention the Chinese, many railway-related suppliers also frequently asked to meet, and spit out the evil spirit of Guangde in the past.

When Yang Rui was sleeping incense, the door was opened again, and then a voice said: "Yang Zai, get up, it's more than ten o'clock, and the sun is drying holes." As soon as Yang Rui heard it, he knew that it was the voice of Chen Yixi's grandmother, she was also from Guangdong, and after her husband died early, she helped Chen Yixi's family to do things, and the children of the Chen family were brought up by her. Yang Rui was supposed to live in a hotel these days, but Chen Yixi didn't want to, he had to let Yang Rui live in his house, otherwise others would say that he had no hospitality. Yang Rui thought of the American diet and readily agreed. This Chen Yixi was originally from Xinning, and his diet at home was similar to that of Lorenzo Marques, which was very similar to Yang Rui's appetite. In addition to eating and drinking every day, Yang Rui's laziness and illness, he has to sleep until noon every day before getting up, in fact, he can't blame him, since May, he has been under great pressure to hold on, and finally in Lorenzo Marques is a little more relaxed, but it is not easy to sleep in front of the students, and he has to take the lead as an example, and in order to save his life in the future, he does not dare to relax at all, and he practices hard day and night. It's hard to get everything done, and there is such a place to eat and drink, so it's strange if you don't sleep lazy. If it weren't for the revolution, he wouldn't want to leave, Seattle didn't know why, although it was in the north, the climate was not too cold, it was really a good place.

Of course, it would be better if there was no maid grandma, she was an old qualification at home, and seeing that Yang Rui was the same age as the young masters, she had to come and disturb her every day when she slept lazily. Grandma opened the curtains when she came in, and the room suddenly became bright, Yang Rui had no complaints about Grandma's behavior, and got up in a daze. This qiē seems to have returned to the modern home, and he was picked up by his mother every day when he slept lazily. When Yang Rui got up and went to the dining room, Chen Yixi was there. Yang Rui was a little embarrassed to be caught sleeping lazily, Chen Yixi usually doesn't go home at noon, but when he came back this time, he saw himself sleeping lazy.

Chen Yixi didn't guess Yang Rui's thoughts, but said: "I have already found the Situ you are looking for, he is now in Boston, and the people who surveyed and mapped the railway have been determined, you can go next week, and I will go too." ”

The two news he threw out shocked Yang Rui, one is that Situ Meitang doesn't seem to be so famous now, and he can find it so quickly, and then he himself has returned to China in person, you must know that his old man is sixty years old. Yang Rui swallowed his saliva and said, "Mr. Chen, you have to go too, the winter in the Northeast is much colder than here, and it is minus thirty or forty degrees in the wild." No, no. ”

Chen Yixi shook his head and said very firmly: "This is the first railway built by our Chinese themselves, why can't I go and see it myself." If I don't go this time, it will be after the war, and I don't feel at ease. ”

Yang Rui had sent people earlier for him, so he said very harshly about the impact of the war on traffic, and now it has produced evil consequences. He hurriedly said, "Sir, sir, listen to me, listen to me." This war will only entangle in the Lushun area, as for Anton, I estimate that it will be accessible in the second half of next year, Mr. has American nationality, and the Japanese dare not do anything to you. Mr. still came in the summer, and when he came to Shanghai, he could do the company's steamboat to Tonghua, or he could take 6 routes from Andong to Tonghua, and check the terrain by the way. ”

Yang Rui still didn't believe what he said, "As soon as this battle starts, it can end so quickly." Don't lie to me. My body isn't great, but it's definitely not bad. Seattle is also north, and I'm not afraid of the cold here."

Yang Rui argued: "Sir, what Japan and Russia care about is the Dongqing Railway, and what Japan wants to grab is also that railway, as for Anton, it is just an outpost, there is nothing there, there is nothing to fight for." ”

Chen Yixi knew the importance of the railway, and he believed it a little. Yang Rui immediately increased: "Mr. will come next summer, no matter whether there is a war or not, I will promise to take Mr. to Tonghua." ”

Seeing Yang Rui's assurance, Chen Yixi let go of this festival and said: "That Situ Meitang is in Boston, he is a big man in the local area, and he is the fifth uncle of An Liangtang. ”

Yang Rui nodded and said, "An Liangtang, fifth uncle?" "He remembered that it should be to the court.

Chen Yixi replied, "Yes." He is ranked fifth in Anliangtang, so he is called the fifth uncle. I heard that he is very righteous, and he has helped everyone endure crimes and go to prison before, so he has a high reputation. Are you going to let him come? Chen Yixi knew that Yang Rui would return to China next month, and Boston was in the northeast of the United States, and it would take ** days from here, and it would take almost 20 days to go back and forth.

Yang Rui was also entangled in this problem, and he was wronged in his heart, he had already asked Rong Hong to help find someone, looking at the map, this Boston is next to Hartford, what a mistake. Chen Yixi has a very high prestige among overseas Chinese in the west, and it may not be impossible to ask Hongmen to inform Situ Meitang to come to San Francisco once in his name. But it's really not good to do this, no matter what, it's not appropriate to ask someone to come over like this.

While thinking about it, Chen Yixi said: "The fastest boat from San Francisco to Shanghai will take 17 days if it doesn't stop in Honolulu, and it will take 23 days to get to Shanghai if it stops. Every week, there are ships going to the country. ”

It's December 16th, and if the train is on the express train, you can get to Boston on December 25th. If you stay for five days, you should return to San Francisco around January 4, and Shanghai should be at the end of January and early February. Yang Rui mainly wanted to enter the northeast before the war on February 8. Unlike most of the students who have braids, he belongs to the category of people who do not have braids, and it is very likely that the Russians will think that he is Japanese, and if he is arrested and executed, it will be really wronged. There is also the fact that he hopes to spend the New Year with Zhong Guanguan in Tonghua, if he really celebrates the New Year on a ship, it will be too lonely.

Although Rong Hong has some influence in the United States, he is only at the top level, and he basically has no influence among ordinary Chinese. Moreover, he had previously served as the deputy envoy of the Qing court to the United States, and overseas Chinese had always had a tendency to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and they did not treat Qing court officials very well; it is said that when Li Hongzhang visited Chinatown when he came to the United States, he was escorted by the American police and galloped through Chinatown in a horse-drawn carriage, and he did not dare to get out of the car at all for fear of dangering his life. In order for the Revival Association to open up the situation in the United States, in addition to having Rong Hong, who can contact the upper class of American society, there must also be people among the overseas Chinese at the bottom.

"I'm going to go there myself." Yang Rui gritted his teeth and said.

Chen Yixi saw that Yang Rui had made up his mind and said, "Then eat right away and take the afternoon train to San Francisco." I sent the Boston Telegraph in the afternoon. And the ferry ticket, you send me a telegram when you come from Boston, and I have someone buy you a ticket back home. ”

Yang Rui was afraid that he would delay other things and said: "The people who go to the Northeast will be released before January, don't wait for me to delay the time, it will be difficult to leave later." Because of Yang Rui's sensitive identity, Chen Yixi introduced Yang Rui to others and only said that he was a new nephew in China, who had gone to a new school, so he cut his braids and did not lead Yang Rui to the railway, so that he could return to China with the pathfinder team. But now it seems that it is estimated that they are going to go separately.