Chapter 66 Coal Mines
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Cheng Ying's family lived on Baochang Road in the French Concession, which was later changed to Xiafei Road, and then called Huaihai Middle Road. At this time, the French Concession is still relatively partial, and it is not as prosperous as the British Concession. As a human being in two lives, Yang Rui no longer has any feelings for money. If a person is self-confident and self-sufficient, then the coat made of money and status has no attraction for him, but a man is always inferior to himself by conquering the world, as if otherwise the existence of the self has no value. A long time ago, when his classmates and friends were making great progress and being aggressive, Yang Rui understood this, and after that, he only followed his inner thoughts and actions, and only did what he liked, not those who proved himself.
He has a very close idea of Cheng Ying, but he has never dared to take any direct action, and the two are just a potential tacit understanding that can only be understood, but now, because of the decision to revolution, this tacit understanding with her has been broken. I didn't reply to my letter before I went to Japan, and I wrote to her after I came back, but there was still no response. Today, he really couldn't bear this kind of concern, so he couldn't help but come to her door. Looking at the tight courtyard door and the closed window of the second room in the left corner of the second floor of the small building-that was Cheng Ying's room, it was after telling the story of the prince and princess once, she sent Cheng Ying home and told Yang Rui when she entered the courtyard, but Yang Rui never shouted under the windowsill, and the princess's long head never put down. If it really doesn't work, then there is only a visit - Yang Rui, who can't find his thoughts at the door, thinks so, in this era when there is no mobile phone, only going directly to the door is the right way, if there is anything wrong, it is better than doing it now.
Just as he was hesitating, a voice stopped him. Looking up, it was a girl, the one who often came to her mind with Cheng Ying, Yang Rui couldn't remember her name, she only felt that she had a very pungent temperament, and she was a person from the surrounding of Shanghai. Xiao Pepper has always been straightforward: "Yang Xisang, what are you doing in the room?" Last time, I made Miss angry and cried, and Miss said that she should never pay attention to Nong again. β
Seeing her talk about Zhang Yuan's incident last time, Yang Rui felt that there seemed to be a lot of sweat on his head, but it was not easy to wipe it, and said in a deep voice: "I was wrong last time, I was ...... Hey, it's all my fault. I didn't want to be blamed by her on this matter, so I quickly asked: "I wrote several letters to your young lady, did she receive them, did she say anything?" β
Seeing that Yang Rui was covered in sweat, Xiao Pepper bit her lip and hesitated for a while, and said strangely: "Thick letter, how did Allah know?" Miss said it all, don't pay attention to it anymore. β
Yang Rui saw that she said several times that Cheng Ying ignored herself, and was a little anxious, so he only said: "I want to see your young lady, can you help me ...... with her" Seeing Xiao Pepper's refusal on her face, he had to say: "I'm not leaving, just wait here for your young lady to come out!" After that, he stopped at the door of Cheng Ying's house across the road, and made up his mind to wait for it.
Seeing Yang Rui's serious look, Xiao Pepper said nervously: "What are you doing in the inner compartment, Miss won't come out." Then he looked at the door of the courtyard and said nervously: "I don't know, my little mother came over earlier, don't let Miss go out, Yi won't come out." β
Little Mom, why did you have more of this role, Yang Rui was very strange and asked, "Who is Little Mom?" β
Seeing that he didn't know, Xiao Pepper said as if he had made a decision: "It's the second wife of the master, and she has always wanted the young lady to marry the young master." It's better to go. "It turned out to be a stepmother character, so I don't know what kind of image this stepmother is like with sharp teeth or amiable, but looking at Pepper's appearance, it is estimated that there are more possibilities for the former. Yang Rui smiled on his face, but he was depressed in his heart, feeling that the things between him and Cheng Ying were becoming more and more dramatic, how could the rich girl, stepmother, cousin, and arranged marriage be met here because things that should only be found in Qin Yao's TV series, things that are too complicated are always difficult to complete, it is better to be simpler.
Seeing that Yang Rui was unmoved, Xiao Pepper hurriedly entered the yard after saying a few more words, but after a while, he came out of the yard again, saw that Yang Rui was still at the door, and said, "Don't go back yet, Miss won't see Nong again." With that, he stepped forward and stuffed something into Yang Rui's hand, turned around and went back.
Yang Rui only felt that there was an extra thing in his hand, but when he looked down, it was a chain, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and while rubbing it, he only felt a hole suddenly open in his chest, and the wind poured into it, and his heart was cold. This chain is the one he gave to Cheng Ying, and on the first day of crossing, he settled down because of it, and he felt that it could bring good luck to people, and he gave it to Cheng Ying one day, but he didn't expect it to be thrown back today.
When Yang Rui was standing on the side of the street, a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup and bright makeup behind the window on the second floor of the opposite courtyard was looking carefully through the glass, and she asked while looking, "You gave him something?" β
As if suppressing her breath, Pepper whispered, "Yes, ma'am." Allah to the eja. β
"Then why hasn't he left?" The middle-aged woman seemed to be looking behind the window for a long time, looking impatient.
"Allah doesn't know. Allah ......" Pepper lowered her head and looked at her toes, not daring not to answer the woman's words, but she didn't know what to say.
"Alright. He'll be gone in a moment, you remember, you can't tell Miss SΓΉ about this. Hum! With that, the middle-aged woman turned around and glared at Pepper, and left the room without waiting for her to reply.
Yang Rui stood on the side of the street I don't know how long it took, and finally I felt that it was better to forget it, they were all adults, it was no big deal, and it was a complete ending like this, I hope she can live well in the future; Besides, if you want to do a revolution, it's not bad to travel so lightly, will there be fewer women in the future? With such thoughts, Yang Rui returned to the instrument hall, and Yu Huizu came over and said, "Mr. Zhang Si is back, he should have arrived in the morning." "I asked him to help pay attention to the news of Zhang Jian's return, and now I finally know that this Mr. Zhang Si is back.
Just waiting for him to come back, Yang Rui's other thoughts were put aside, and he hurriedly wanted to take Yu Huizu to visit together, Yu Huizu didn't know why, it is estimated that Zhong Guanguan had not told him about the coal mine, so it was not easy to explain, so he pulled him out first. Zhang Jian lives in the Shanghai office of the Dasheng Yarn Factory, and it is estimated that he set up the office in Shanghai to sell finished products and import cotton.
Dasheng's office is in an alley of the sixteenth shop wharf, according to the rules of the visit first handed over the post, in fact, it is just like the business card of later generations, but it is not so fancy, the slightly larger red paper has the name written vertically, according to the rules of this era, the bigger the name is written, the more respectful the attitude.
The two of them were outside the door for a while, they were invited in, and inside, Mr. Zhang Si was already in the living room, after the two sides met, Mr. Zhang Si first thanked him, this time he went to Japan not only to see the Osaka Expo, some schools or something to see, Yu Zixun found someone from the MSG Club over there to greet him very well, and the itinerary was very attentive. Champion Lang thanked him, both of them couldn't stand it, and after this topic passed, he couldn't help but say how he felt about his trip to Japan.
Mr. Zhang Si touched his beard and sighed: "I am particularly touched when I go to Japan." The whole of Japan is equal to the land of the Governor of Liangjiang, and the land of the South Seas is more than several times, but in comparison, I am not as good as many! "It seems that this trip really brought him a very deep feeling, and I think about it, why can there be such an exhibition in such a big place in Japan, especially after the economic ranking in the world in the future, only after the United States, but it has no resources, and even food has to be imported. China must have more resources than Japan, but its economy is not as good as his.
Yu Huizu has no concept of Japan, and he has never been abroad among the three in the instrument hall, and he only works in the museum. Yang Rui wanted to know what measures this champion would take after this shock, and he could learn from it, so he asked: "I also deeply feel Mr. Zhang Si's feelings, this Japan has been rich and strong since the Meiji Restoration, and it has been great in the past 30 years. I just don't know how I can improve in China at present? β
Yang Rui did not say "I am in the Qing Dynasty" but "I am China", and Mr. Zhang Si estimated that he was just in time to meet the foreign students to reject Russia, so he was not interested in some of the revolutionary party's rhetoric, and he did not have any adverse reaction to the word "I am China". said: "As far as I know, who is the most important, is education first, workers second, soldiers third, agriculture fourth, and businessmen the bottom, is the foundation of our Qing Dynasty's education first, this salvation and survival." β
It seems that the prescriptions of people of insight are all the same, they are all education to save the country, but they do not realize that the premise of Japan's education to save the country is political zhΓ¬ stable dΓ¬ng. Of course, Yang Rui is not good at evaluating these, so he has to say some polite words. Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang Si seemed to feel that Yang Rui seemed to have something to do today, so he asked politely: "In addition to listening to me about my trip to Japan, it seems that there are other things to do today?" β
Originally, I wanted to warm up, but when I saw that he had broken it, I had to say it directly: "I really have something to talk about when I came here today." Seeing that Mr. Zhang Si nodded, he said to himself: "The British took advantage of the scourge of Gengzi to occupy my Kaiping mine, and they were indignant, and then only in Shanghai, nearly 10 million tons of coal were sold every year, which were basically produced in Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Britain and Russia. China's large coal mine is only Kaiping, and now Kaiping has been seized, and this coal will no longer have our country's share. I want to open a coal mine in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is a good thing for the country and the people. β
Mr. Zhang Si twisted his beard and listened, while thinking about how this young man wanted to help himself, and when he saw him say that he was going to open coal mines in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he came back to his senses and asked: "It is clear that there are no coal mines in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and some are peat, which is useless." Could it be that there are other mine-capable mines? β
Yu Huizu also looked at Yang Rui strangely, he thought it was just a visit, but now he said that a coal mine is coming, which he didn't say before, and he didn't get angry, just look at what Yang Rui said, if there is really a coal mine, then with Mr. Zhang Si as a shareholder, this thing can be done. I saw Yang Rui smile with confidence: "It is said that there is less coal in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is not nothing, now there is a large mine on the shore of Taihu Lake, I have asked American engineers to explore, this reserve can also be opened for decades, the quality of coal is different from Kaiping, only suitable for boilers, but ironmaking is not." β
Maybe he heard that an American had investigated, but Mr. Zhang Si nodded when he heard this, and only asked, "Then what do you want the old man to help?" β
Yang Rui replied: "This coal mine is in Changxing County, Huzhou, close to Taihu Lake, as long as the wharf is built, the coal mine can be transported to all places, the initial investment is also around one million, the purchase of Western-style equipment, two wells, after the completion of the annual output of about 500,000 tons." Because of the proximity to Taihu Lake, the transportation capacity and manpower are less than that of Kaiping Mine, and one ton of coal is transported to Shanghai that is less than two taels, and the annual profit will not be less than one million at the current market price. I want Mr. Zhang Si to also participate in the shares, after all, we are not familiar with official things, and it is better to ask Mr. Zhang Si to come forward. β
Mr. Zhang Si still twisted his beard, only when he heard about the investment, his hand paused slightly, and after listening to the profit, he still did not show his color, and after seeing Yang Rui finish speaking, he sighed: "Compared with the truth, the old man feels old for some reason." As soon as these words were said, everyone laughed, and after laughing, Mr. Zhang Si said: "As long as you can see accurately, the old man will help you pick this head, as for the shares, although the yarn factory is profitable, but the flowers are expensive, the profits are thin, and they have to spend a huge amount of money every year to hoard flowers, otherwise it will be difficult to continue, and now they can only recognize a share." β
Hearing his support, Yang Rui's heart was completely let go, it was difficult to open a mine in later generations, he didn't know that now the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to run a few large mines, Yan zhΓ²ng, he really had no confidence in his own mines, not only that, but also changed most of the mines in the office to commercial offices, and even the Hanyang Iron Works in Zhangzhidong was handed over to Sheng Xuanhuai to change to commercial offices, and Gengzi had a huge amount of compensation and there was no spare money to run mines and repair roads. As long as the current mine has solid capital and clean family background, the government will approve it, of course, it still needs to be done, but if Mr. Zhang Si comes forward, the cost of this point will be reduced a lot. He immediately said: "Then I will send the materials two days after tomorrow to apply for a license, and please ask Mr. to bother." β
The business was over, and the two sides chatted for a while, and Mr. Zhang Si served tea to the guests. Out of the door, Yu Huizu hurriedly asked: "Actually, this mining matter is heavy, why is it decided in such a hurry?" β
He didn't say this because he was angry that he didn't discuss this matter, but because the risk of running a mine was huge, and once it lost money, the entire factory would be dragged down. Yang Rui also knew that this matter was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to communicate with him, so he said patiently: "Hanzhang, this matter was just decided two days ago, originally I asked him to sue you and Mr. Huafeng when I talked to Xian Feng yesterday, maybe he hasn't had time yet, I have looked for foreigners in this mine, and the coal quality, reserves, and mining difficulty are no problem, but it is in the mountains, and the road is not easy to walk, but this is not a problem." β
Yu Huizu heard what he said so well, he was more relieved, and asked: "But we don't know how to open a mine, who are you going to let take care of this matter?" β
Yang Rui had already thought about this problem and said: "None of us know how to open this mine, but I know where it is. β
Yu Huizu asked, "Where is it?" β
Yang Rui smiled and said, "Kaiping." β