The atmosphere in the flower hall immediately dropped to the freezing point, and the people waiting in the back garden of Lotte looked at each other in fright, who would have thought that Zhang Xiaowen would make trouble here.

Xiao Letian's fingers lightly tapped the table, and it took him a long time before he smiled and said to Zhang Xiaowen, "Your name is Zhang Xiaowen......?" What's more, if you are guilty of taking bribes, is there no sin in giving bribes? After all, you gave the money yourself?"

"Prime Minister!" Zhang Xiaowen said with a sad and indignant face, "We are just businessmen, businessmen with no power and power, and officials like Hubu Shangshu ask me for bribes, do I dare to refuse? Fukang firm is not easy to operate in the Ryukyus, if I am squeezed out, how can I be worthy of the big shopkeeper?"

"People say that the prime minister is fair and honest, but is it all fake? Could it be that this Ryukyu is the same as the Qing Dynasty, but what is covered with brocade is dirty ......?"

"Enough!" Hu Xueyan slapped the table, "Zhang Xiaowen, you get out of here, I, Hu Xueyan, don't have a disobedient second shopkeeper like you, you leave the Ryukyu ...... immediately"

After speaking, Hu Xueyan bowed to Xiao Letian and said, "Prime Minister is angry, this is my royal majesty is not strict, I will give an explanation to Prime Minister and Lord Lin...... Old shopkeeper, can you help me with a few kind words!"

Fan Yao's face on the wine table also sank, but they didn't persuade Xiao Letian, but took a sip of Huadiao from the cup, and then said faintly, "I haven't told you these words, I haven't told you these words, you are tired enough to be busy with military affairs, and I don't want you to be distracted...... But those local officials in Ryukyu should also be in charge, and they are all rich and dead!"

"Oh, my father-in-law already knows about these things?" Xiao Letian asked.

"Not to mention Xueyan's Fukang business, since you have been proud of Europa, now even Western businessmen have kept a lot of low-key, everyone who dares to make trouble in the Ryukyus, this group of filthy officials does not even let go of foreigners, and stretches out their hands to ask for money......"

"Don't say it, those foreigners who are invincible in the Qing Dynasty really pay for it, it's really a bunch of cheap goods......"

Xiao Letian smiled, but this time the smile was not very good-looking, and those who were familiar with her knew that this was a precursor to anger: "What about my soldiers? Since no one is greedy, so my officers have also become rich?"

Long Ye walked forward behind him, "The proud new army disdains those dirty money, the prime minister has given us enough military salaries, whoever dares to touch this dirty silver, then there is only one end, shooting!"

"Okay, with your Long Ye's guarantee, I will feel at ease, no matter when the army can't mess up, let alone dirty ......" Saying this, Xiao Letian personally helped Zhang Xiaowen up.

"I've heard your grievances, give me a few days to investigate carefully, I'm not a person who gets hot when I slap my head, if it's really so arbitrary and reckless, you won't believe me......, no?

"This is just a small episode, it will not affect this cocktail party, come and drink this cup of ......" After a glass of wine, looking at Hu Xueyan who had palpitations, Xiao Letian said with a smile, "In the cool summer night, there are not only butterflies, bees, but also flies and mosquitoes...... This world is not perfect, if you find a problem, solve him!"

"The prime minister admires it in his heart, and to be honest, he really prepared a gift for the prime minister, but after experiencing this, I was embarrassed to show my hand......" Hu Xueyan said with a smile.

"Hahaha, take it out and take a look, as long as it is Zhengda Guangguang and not a dark box exchange of interests, what do I dare not accept?" Looking at the piece of paper that Hu Xueyan put on the table, Xiao Letian said suspiciously, "It looks like a land deed?"

"That's right, this is the title deed in Yuanbao Lane at the foot of Wushan Mountain in Hangzhou, a total of twelve acres is still vacant land...... It is said that Suzhou and Hangzhou are paradises on earth, and the dignified Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea must have a good homestead......"

"As long as the prime minister likes it, the matter of building a garden is also on me!"

Li Mi's eyes flashed, how could he not know the name of Yuanbao Lane, the later generations in Hu Xueyan when it was the most glorious time was probably the eleventh year of Tongzhi to start construction, and it took three years to spend three million taels of silver to build it.

Obediently, Hu Xueyan is taking the foundation of his future garden to give a gift, which is too heavy.

"A gentleman doesn't win people's love, this gift is too heavy...... Xiao Letian pushed away the title deed, but he didn't expect Hu Xueyan to be a giant businessman, and his psychological quality was very good.

"Prime Minister, this property is not for you, but for the forces under your command, you must know that Jiangnan is the lifeblood of China's economy, if the prime minister does not have an office here, it will not be good, I know where the prime minister in Shanghai has bought a piece of land on the bank of the Huangpu River, to build a building, but after all, that is the boundary of foreigners......"

"I heard that the prime minister and Zeng Dashuai have a good personal relationship, and they will have their own real estate in Hangzhou in the future, which is convenient for you to be close to Dashuai, hahaha......"

This is the highest level of bribery, which is fair and upright, so that no one can say anything.

"That's good, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, but I won't take this gift in vain, I have a big business and want to merge with Xueyan, do you think you're interested?"

"Oh, let's hear about it......" Hu Xueyan's eyes suddenly lit up, Xiao Letian needs to complete the business of the joint stock, it must be very big.

A huge map of East Asia hangs on the wall, with Ryukyu as the central line and two black lines, one leading to Shanghai and the other to Fuzhou.

"Ryukyu is 820 kilometers away from Shanghai in a straight line, and Ryukyu is more than 840 kilometers away from Fuzhou, and I want to build two submarine cables under these two waterways, and what I do is the business of telegraphs......

"Now that the cable from Ryukyu to Kyushu in Japan has been successfully started, it will definitely be completed in the summer, and I will build a telegraph line to Korea, Jinzhou, Jiaodong, and Tanggu in the future......"

"Not only that, but it is only more than 660 kilometers from Fuzhou to Hong Kong, and it is not difficult to lay telegraph lines...... If such an information network is successfully built, we will have to die every year in the future!"

"Not only that, but since then, the fluctuations in commodity prices in East Asia have been completely in our hands, what is the price of rice in Japan, how much has the price of land in Hong Kong, and when will the timber from outside the border arrive...... Oh, that's when the real cargo came to life!"

Hu Xueyan has always had a close relationship with the foreigners in Shanghai, of course he knows the benefits of the telegraph, which is a heavy weapon of the military state and a sharp weapon for doing business.

In the future, Lotte & Co. and Hu Xueyan's Fukang firm will definitely be the two hegemons of China's business circles, and even foreigners will have to bow their heads and submit to softness, not to mention that after the completion of the telegraph line, it will be a cornucopia of money, and sending a telegram to you for three or four oceans is not too much, right? At the beginning, it is not a problem to ask for ten oceans, one word and one gold.

"Prime Minister!" Hu Xueyan bowed and saluted, "The Prime Minister's love is inexplicably grateful, may I ask how much money the Prime Minister needs......?

"Very good, the total budget of the entire submarine cable network is five million taels, half of your family and my family, but I want a controlling stake, it's not that I'm unreasonable, it's because the telegraph line can also be converted into the military, so I have to take into account the issue of national security......"

"Half of the family, I own 51% of the shares, what do you think?"

"No problem, the prime minister gave me half a year, and I raised the funds in three batches, is it too late?"

"Haha, discuss the specific things with my father-in-law, I don't care about these details, anyway, the sooner the better...... Drink and drink!"

The atmosphere in the flower hall immediately became warm, and now Zhang Xiaowen also admired the five-body throw, he had just given the prime minister a faceless, but the prime minister was not only annoyed, but also gave such a big deal.

In Xiao Letian's emotions, he was still willing to help Hu Xueyan, although he was a very traditional Chinese businessman, and he dared to have a raw silk war with British businessmen at that time, which showed that he was a patriotic national businessman.

This kind of person will not say that they will transfer money abroad when they make money, what they are thinking about is starting a war with foreign businessmen and making money in their own country, and the realm of the same money-making people is different.

When he blushed, Xiao Letian took Hu Xueyan's hand and said, "Don't forget our identity, don't forget our nation when you are a businessman, you have to spend it in the country when you make money, don't give it to foreigners! No matter how good it is in another country, the land of ancestral blood cannot be ......lost."

Hu Xueyan didn't know why the prime minister reminded these words, but he would firmly remember that "the prime minister can rest assured, Xueyan will never betray the land where the ancestral soul lives, and the prime minister's teachings will never be forgotten!"

Hu Xueyan is really grateful to Xiao Letian, because he knows very well that this kind of big business cannot be done without the protection of the army. Foreigners are not stupid, the telegraph line was invented by others, and people must know how profitable it is.

This kind of business is only capable of the imperial court and Xiao Letian, if ordinary businessmen accumulate millions of silver taels of this kind of project, let alone whether the imperial court agrees or not, those foreigners will do it.

Without the protection of a strong military force, those foreign devils will not let the Chinese monopolize such important projects for both military and civilian purposes, and will the rich people not make money?

Secretly cut your cables, put pressure on the imperial court, and find the government to pressure you, anyway, they will definitely intervene in this kind of militaristic weapon, how can the great powers watch you China is strong.

Hu Xueyan has a heart but he has no strength, his umbrella is the Hunan army, and he is also a part of the Hunan army, and he still has a little influence in Jiangnan, but if he really wants to reach out to the sea, he is nothing.

Today's olive branch of Xiao Letian is tantamount to a long drought and a rainy day, and Hu Xueyan is so excited that he is about to cry.

Just when the atmosphere of the banquet was boiling, Xiao Letian's internal review in the Ryukyus had actually begun, Xiao Hexin became the commander-in-chief with a cane, and countless squad leaders, platoon commanders, and company commanders were waiting for orders in front of him.

In the dark night scene, a group of new soldiers politely invited the frightened Ryukyu officials, until finally Luo Huo personally led the team to surround the house of Tobe Shangshu Lin Yuanmiao.