I don't know how Liu's parents will deal with Lord Zhang Weixian, who is spewing samadhi real fire, but Alfred on my side stayed at Miao's house, and when he heard a farce played by the lackeys of the Russians, he was so happy to ride a donkey and eat bean buns. These Russians are simply too sweet, when they came, they were still a little apprehensive about whether they could buy shares, after all, they boasted about their family, and if that damn shrewd Jew-like Sean refused his investment, then he couldn't imagine that he would have any future in the family. Now well, those savage Ivan helped themselves solve this problem, in the case of being threatened by the Russians, it is difficult for them to refuse the intention of a nobleman of the British Empire to buy shares, in fact, they can try to grab as much as possible, to know that their annual sales plus the order of German bearings and other key components for the standard factory have earned themselves and their families nearly 80,000 pounds of net profits, this is a golden hen, If he does not become one of the protectors and owners of this golden hen while the weasel is burrowing in the chicken coop, he is simply the stupidest fool in the history of the British Empire, and there is no one.

The next day's negotiations went well, at least that's what Alfred Children's Shoes thought, because he got 25% of the shares of the standard factory, while my shares dropped to 45% and Miaojia's shares were reduced to 30%. However, Alfred had to pay an extra 50,000 pounds, which is still for me and the second brother Miao to see in the face of the old boy's shoes after all, and did not calculate this year's premium part in the shares, otherwise his 80,000 pounds may not be able to account for 20% of the shares in Jinan Mansion. After Alfred's hurried back and forth, the second phase of the standard factory soon started outside Ping'an Town in Changqing. Five months later, the first batch of German equipment arrived in Jinan from the Xiaoqing River wharf, after a month of installation and commissioning, the first bearing production line of the Qing Dynasty was officially completed, although it can only produce general ball bearings and needle bearings, micro bearings for precision instruments and large bearings for trains are still blank, but the independent production of bearings has been able to meet the requirements of 100% localization, since then the status of pure domestic products is unshakable. Of course, this was all later, and by the time Alfred returned with a full load, the political situation in Shandong had undergone well-known changes. Because the xenophobic behavior of the Boxers in Shandong under the pseudonym of the White Lotus Sect caused dissatisfaction among various countries, the Qing court was forced to remove Yuxian, the governor of Shandong, who connived at the boxers, and replaced him with Yuan Shikai as the acting governor of Shandong, and led all the new troops (then known as the "Wuwei Right Army") to Jinan. Of course, my little butterfly also made some contributions, because the business of Jinan Mansion is prosperous, Shandong is regarded by the Gonggong Zhugong of the capital as another big fat shortage after the two lakes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Yuxian brother has a good character, but he is too strong and strict, and he can't appreciate the holy will of Lafayette, and the backer behind him is not reliable enough, so Yuan Xiangcheng was worried about the governor's position under his buttocks, so he had to be wronged to carry a Shen Yu to move to Shanxi Xinghua Village to rest, so last year in one fell swoop to determine the key figure of the Wuxu Rebellion Party, Brother Yuan Shikai finally took up the post of senior member for the first time when he was forty years old.

Political envoy Zhang Weixian Zhang naturally has to deal with the relationship with the trust governor first, as for us who are grass people, he can't take care of the old man for the time being, so he might as well put it down and deal with it, anyway, the standard factory is built on the ground in Jinan Mansion, and it will not run with long legs. In the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the drizzle was drizzling, and the old and young masters who had just represented the Jinan Chamber of Commerce set up a banquet for Yuxian's nephew to see off and send a thousand taels of Chengyi, and the wine had not yet returned, and he received a post sprinkled with gold. didn't say anything, changed his clothes and took Du Niang to call the second brother of Shangmiao.

When I arrived at Jinsheng Building, I realized that something was wrong, Xu Shichang has always been low-key, why is Jinsheng Building chartered today, not accepting foreign guests, Lao Xu Tong's shoes are not so generous, and the last time we ate together, I didn't know how he behaved, could it be that the promotion shelf was big? Walking into the door with a question mark, the old housekeeper who met last time and the two Goshha were waiting downstairs, and they were naturally led to the largest private room upstairs, "Jinsheng Pavilion". As soon as he entered the door, Lao Xu was sitting in the deputy seat drinking tea, and a fat man wearing a tuanhua Shu brocade robe was looking at the scenery of Minghu Lake outside the window with his hands behind his back, and even we didn't disturb his Yaxing when we came in. As soon as Lao Xu saw us, he hurriedly got up to greet the guests, and we hurriedly humbled and sat down with the guests, and I found out that I was given the position of the guest of honor, and the deputy guest was the second brother Miao, needless to say, the guest of honor was naturally left to Brother Meng Luochuan Meng. Shandong territory is evil, without chattering, just thinking of Brother Meng, the door curtain was raised, Meng Luochuan came in from outside, hugged his fists and saluted, and the road was late, and the seat was set, and the main escort had not seen anyone yet. Xu Shichang couldn't hang up a little, and called softly, "Easter, Easter." The fat man was still holding his hands behind his back, and his posture was exactly the same as when I came in, obviously not looking at the scenery, I don't know if he was thinking about things. Meng Luochuan was also not polite, seeing that Xu Shichang's reminder did not work, he raised his voice, "Brother Xiang Cheng, didn't you become our old parents, and didn't even give us face for a filial meal?" "Oh" The fat man's body trembled, as if he came back to his senses, and turned around to see that all the people at our table were waiting for him, this guy was also very thick-skinned, and he didn't see a little embarrassment, and smiled slightly, "Which Fang family should I be, it turned out to be Brother Luochuan." I, a veteran who has not taken office, will disturb your meal, and I hope that Brother Luochuan will take care of it. "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, we, the little merchants who are begging for a living on the ground in Shandong, have to count on the adults to loosen your fingers and pick up some rice to satisfy the famine."

"Okay, okay, I'll say two, this isn't selling on the flyover, as for talking so lively." Xu Shichang hurriedly stopped, "Brother Luochuan and Xiang Cheng are old acquaintances, so I don't need to be entangled in it." Brother Xiang Cheng, these two on your left and right hands are the rising stars of the business community in Shandong, and the one on the left is "The fat man known as Xiang Cheng raised his hand to stop Xu Shichang's introduction, and gave it to me, "This benevolent brother must be the boss of the Huantai Miao family Miao Shiyuan Miao who is in charge of the Qilu flour industry, then this young and promising person must be Wu Chenxuan Wu Brother, who started from scratch within a year and set a standard factory. ”。 I'm rubbing, this fat man is actually Yuan Shikai, the governor of Shandong, who will take office the day after tomorrow, that is, the future Hongxian Taizu. We don't talk about humility. The guest and host deliberately did not mention the imminent appointment of Yuan Shikai, and only talked about some interesting things, but it was also relaxed. Taking advantage of the drunken heat, Meng Luochuan and Yuan Shikai were chatting about the past when they were young, and Boss Meng suddenly changed his words, "Brother Xiang Cheng, I just entered the door and saw that you have been looking at the window, and I didn't even notice that my brother came in. "Hey, Brother Luochuan, you don't know yet. I thought it would be my turn to let go, but I didn't expect that Yuxian, an old boy, would leave me with a mess. You know, brother, I train and fight in the hands of the handle, but this place of governor, I really have no confidence, just now I was worried, and I didn't notice your brother coming in for a while. I hope my brother doesn't want to be surprised. "Hey, what's that. By the way, you said that Lian got a mess, no, the taxes in Shandong have always been able to make it difficult for Shangfeng, and the local oil and water are also abundant, and there will be no civil uprising. "Who said it wasn't, I thought so at the beginning, I emptied my eunuch bag and went around, and finally got a real shortage, who knew this Shandong, alas, I knew it was like this, why rush to wipe people's butts." "Ah, I said Brother Xiang Cheng, don't say half a sentence and leave half a sentence, why did Shandong make it difficult for you?" "I might as well talk about "Xu Shichang took over the conversation" There are three things that the proprietor has a headache, one is that Yuxian has made a contribution to the arrears this year, and he has not come up and down the stage for the proprietor, if the tax in the second half of the year is a little missed, I am afraid that it will be true. The second is the arrogant and fierce general of the Wuwei Right Army, and when he first arrived, the salary was cut in half by the gang of Qingliu of the household department, saying that he wanted to raise half of it from Shandong, and the owner was worried that if the salary was disturbed in the place, it would be more than worth the loss if it caused a conflict between the military and the people. The third is that Yuxian supervised Lu during the period of blind indiscriminate killing, and the Boxer and White Lotus Sects in the Lubei Plain and Lunan Mountains became more and more rampant, and the court and the central government were uncertain and discussed, and the sacred heart was unpredictable. ”

"Ah, this is a difficult problem, by the way, Chen Xuan, do you have any ideas for this Zhiduoxing. Take it out and talk to everyone together. "Brother Meng drank with a red face and a thick neck, and pushed me to the front desk very righteously. I smiled naturally: "Everyone, the kid is a little shallow and not very mature, please give me advice." "Yes, well, say it." Meng Luochuan's temper was very urgent.

It seems to be three problems, but in fact, there is only one word "money", two words "silver", and three words "lack of silver", so as long as there is silver, these problems can be solved. ”

"Isn't this nonsense?" Meng Luochuan slapped the table, "Don't you often say that money is not a problem, the problem is that there is no money." Don't fix that useless, a few brothers are here, just don't have a piece of soup meatballs, and just dry the goods. ”

"Okay, okay, your boss, I'm afraid of you. My idea is to "open source and reduce expenditure" in four words, and open source is better than reducing expenditure, after all, Lord Yuan has just taken office, so it is not good to be too harsh on the below, so as not to make his subordinates feel unjust. I think there are three strategies for this open source, one is to reward industry and commerce, escort for the new type of industry and commerce, and severely punish some officials who dare to stretch out their hands, this industry and commerce are developed, and it only takes a few months of hard work to increase Shandong's tax base by an order of magnitude. Moreover, the leading role of the upstream and downstream of industry and commerce is obvious, such as Brother Miao's flour mill, which suddenly solved the problem of grain sales in several counties from Huantai, Yucheng to Gaotang. The downstream industry is even more incredible, transportation, bodyguards, wholesale, retail, and even Jinan's steamed bun houses have changed their habits, no longer grinding their own flour and directly using Miaojia flour. It can be said that the people who directly accepted the employment of the Miao family were more than five times more than the more than the 300 people in his factory, and the 1,500 people had a stable income, which could make the government collect more taxes. I took a sip of water, and looked at the few old men around me staring at me, and I smiled, "This second strategy, I have already given advice to Lord Xu, rectify the government-run enterprises, eliminate redundant personnel, and realize public-private partnerships, which can not only make money but also make their own ammunition and guns, so as to facilitate the new army to update its equipment, prevent being subject to foreigners, expand government-run enterprises, and form an enterprise group dominated by heavy industry, which is not only the only way to meet the needs of military production, but also plays a role in promoting and laying the foundation for new light industry enterprises in Shandong and even in China. The vigorous development of many national light industry enterprises will feed back to the heavy industry enterprises, and eventually a virtuous circle will inevitably be formed, not only do you not need to throw silver into it every year like Hanyang Arsenal and Han Yeping, maybe while meeting the equipment needs of the Wuwei Right Army, there is no need for Lord Yuan to exchange silver everywhere. ”

"Oh, listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years, Qilu Junjie, extraordinary." Yuan Shikai showed a surprised expression for the first time, and his two little eyes instantly became bright, no longer in the state of smiling without smiling just now, it seems that my strategy scratched his itch.

"The third strategy, the plan is to exterminate the bandits and appease the place."

"Ah, isn't it a matter of money to suppress bandits? How can it be considered open source" Looking at the question mark on everyone's end, I was a little proud, but I didn't know that banditry was a profitable business.