For a period of time after that, the reception room of the entire Wenfu became a stage for our Wenfu to perform.

From steam engines to ironworks, from large blast furnaces to small converters, from coal coking to benzene purification, from large-scale production to industrialization, Li Changting couldn't help but say that all kinds of modern concepts were so wild that he couldn't stop at all, as if he had been shot at a machine gun, and he didn't care whether the natives in front of him could understand it or not. After talking about the technology, our lovely director Wen tried his best to tout the ability to fool, saying that this iron and steel plant is in the sky and there is nothing in the earth, saying that this iron plant can "bring rolling financial resources", "greatly improve people's livelihood", and "forever change the Great Ling Dynasty".

Just when Director Li was almost halfway through his speech, Young Master Lan knew that the lobbying plan had failed.

Because he saw that although Prince Wen seemed to be listening carefully with his eyes wide, his eyes were completely out of focus, and he didn't pay attention to what Director Li was talking about.

It was only after Director Li finally ended his tirade and asked the prince what doubts he still had, that the shopkeeper of Wenda came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from the hypnotized state: "Ah, ah? Issue? What's wrong with me? ”

Now even Director Li himself knows that he has failed to act.

Lan Wang glared at Li Changting fiercely, and casually took it and said, "Lord Wang, Director Li is asking if you still have any doubts and do you understand what he just said?" ”

“......”

There was a short, awkward silence.

Lan Wang had an illusion at that moment: he and Director Li seemed to be American children in the late Qing Dynasty who were studying in the same plane, and after returning to China after completing their studies, they tried their best to popularize the importance of modern science and technology to those Qing court feudal officials who were holding on to the defects - the problem was that although Li Hongzhang, Shen Baozhen, Liu Mingchuan, Zhang Zhidong and others were also very conservative, they could understand some human words in the context of modern science and technology, and our young master Lan could see from the puzzled expression of Prince Wen that he had just listened to the book of heaven for half an hour.

"No wonder Xiucai rebelled for ten years! I don't think science students are much better at that! Young Master Lan said to himself.

"I ...... I seem to be a little out of the world just now, and I didn't understand what Xiao Li was saying! The chubby prince wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead, and an embarrassed and slightly apologetic smirk appeared on his face.

Young Master Lan and Director Li were full of black lines when they boarded.

"Boss Wen, what I just said, you really ...... Didn't understand at all? Li Changting still seems unwilling to believe the ironclad fact that his public relations and marketing skills are extremely poor.

Boss Wen's face turned even redder. He smiled sheepishly and shook his head again.

Young Master Lan knew that time was running out for the two of them now - once the major shareholders or investors lost interest in a certain project, no matter how eye-catching the project was and how great the potential was, it was destined to be cold.

He, a mercenary who used to kill people, seemed to have to be a marketing executive who was on the line of fire and made a cameo appearance.

"Lord Wang, junior now suggests that you forget everything you heard just now - Director Li will hand over a written report to you in a while. You only need to know three things about this planned ironworks now.

"First, to put it closer, once the iron plant is put into operation, the net profit alone will be ten times that of the current Wenjia Workshop, and. As long as you have an Iron Factory, all members of your Guardian Team can change to Iron Armor in bulk. ”

"Second, in the long run, if you want to make the ambitious people who are eyeing the wolf dare not peep, you must have strong force. You are a warrior, so you know that a strong army needs equipment at hand. Where does the gear come from? Naturally, it was an iron factory. Can you count on a few ruined blacksmiths to make swords, guns, and spears for thousands of horses? “

"Third, forgive the younger generation for being rude and blunt: Don't you want to avenge your loved ones? The culprits with blood on their hands are still at large, but how can you avenge the blood without the backing of a rich territory and a powerful army? When will the mahogany thorns be removed from your bun? Are you going to take them to the grave? What's more, whether it is the steamboat room of Wenjia Workshop or this infant iron factory, it is the hard work of your grandson Director Wen, if you don't believe it, you can ask Director Wen! “

Young Master Lan's voice was categorical: "The younger generation hereby makes a military order for the prince: if the Yangguan Town Iron Works can be built, within ten years, the prince's revenge will be avenged!" “

When Young Master Lan said this, Prince Wen was just listening calmly at first, and then his face changed, and when Young Master Lan mentioned the last point, his face was already cloudy, as if he was hesitating, calculating, doing a fierce psychological struggle, and trying to convince his heart.

It was a long time after Lan Wang's voice fell that the prince finally reacted. As if he had suddenly made up his mind, the old man slowly opened his mouth and asked in a deep voice: "Lan Dashao, there is no joke in the army, since you have made a military order, you don't know what to use as a guarantee?" ”

Lan Wang did not hesitate, and replied loudly: "After this incident, the enemy of Prince Wen is already the enemy of my Lan Wang, the enemy of my Lan family's room. That being the case, the younger generation hereby guarantees his own net worth, his martial arts cultivation, his master's reputation, and the honor and disgrace of the Lan family's house! “

Our traverser can be regarded as out of his mind, and he swears heavily when he opens his mouth, and arranges his cheap father and mother and the teacher Lan Fengyun who has only met once.

He's gambling -- betting on our Lord Wen to eat this.

An old man, a young man, a fat and a thin person looked at each other for a long time, and Prince Wen suddenly laughed: "Boy, it's good, it's courageous!" Appetite for this king! ”

"If my guess is correct, your second ancestor is not too ambitious! Otherwise, what ten-year-old child would dare to gamble on his family's 'honor and disgrace'? ”

Wen Shili waved his hand, quite a bit of the style of Wang Duoyu, the richest man in Xihong City: "What kind of 'start-up capital' of your 'iron factory', this king has invested!" Personnel craftsman, I also packed! ”

Lan Wang and Li Changting squinted at each other, and sang in unison: "Shengming is no more than Lord Wen!" ”

Walking on the path outside the Wen Mansion, Director Li gave a thumbs up to Young Master Lan: "You still have a way!" ”

"Lao Li, I didn't say you, your art of speaking is still not practiced!" Lan Wang was holding a bamboo basket in one hand at this time, looking like a little old man, "Isn't there a saying that says: we humans like to eat meat, but if you want the donkey to be happy and want it to grind hard, you have to feed him forage!" I don't mean to be disrespectful to Boss Wen when I say this, but you know the reason, right? I don't have to say anything about your professional and technical level, but if you talk to him about metallurgical technology, isn't that playing the piano to a cow! You can only find out his pain points and start from the needs he is most concerned about, so as to impress him in the shortest time! Our boss is relatively kind and easy to talk to, if you were replaced by an old bureaucrat who has been wearing a black gauze hat for many years, he would have beaten out the two of us a long time ago! “

"Also, although Prince Wen is a person we can trust, we still have to be cautious about mentioning the modern knowledge of the original plane in front of the natives of this plane next time!"

Director Li lowered his head and walked slowly, as if he was a primary school student who had been criticized by the teacher, and nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice: "I know it's wrong, I know it's wrong!" ”

"Alright, alright! Let's hurry up, there is still a 'meat ticket' to cook in this hand! ”

Lan Wang smiled.

The two turned around several forks in the path and came to a small courtyard separated by an iron fence.

The courtyard sits in a building vacuum at the junction of several large mansions, with a gate sandwiched between several narrow alleys, surrounded by greenery, overgrown with weeds and vines that cover the façade of the courtyard. The building was silent, and it looked as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

This place is the place where Prince Wen arranged for Lan Wanglan to interrogate prisoners.

After the three of them briefly discussed the issue of the new iron factory in Prince Wen's mansion just now, Lan Wang pulled out the straw mat covered on the other end of the bamboo basket.

Although Prince Wen expressed some "contempt" for the act of completely stripping the captives and tying them up into hairy crabs, claiming that this practice was "insulting", he did not express any opinion. After that, he changed his words, and praised Lan Wang's old methods and rich experience with his backhand.

"This kind of binding method is worth learning from the army of my Great Command Dynasty!" Wang Ye commented.

After that, the shopkeeper personally pointed out to Lan Wang a very hidden place where prisoners were held and interrogated - an abandoned courtyard in Wenfu. Wang Ye said that the small courtyard is in a "three regardless" area, the surrounding terrain is complex, it is extremely difficult to be found by outsiders, and more importantly, several houses in the vicinity happen to be vacant, and there is a basement with a particularly hidden entrance in the courtyard. In the words of Prince Wen: "As long as you kid doesn't lift the roof, no one will hear how to fix this old immortal thing in it!" ”

"It's a good place to choose, but there are no torture instruments! The guy has nothing to do, how can he pry open this guy's mouth? Director Li scratched his head, looking confused.

"I'm not talking about you, a layman is a layman!" Lan Wang pursed his lips and scoffed at Director Li's remarks, "Who said that torture is necessary to use torture tools to extract confessions?" I'm afraid you've watched too many spy war dramas in your last life, right?! The main point of extorting confessions by torture is that it can destroy the mental will and psychological defense of the interrogated person in the shortest possible time, and physical torture is always only an auxiliary means and never an end! Take 10,000 steps back, even if you really need to be physically tortured, I can use a few silver needles with me to make his life worse than death. ”

Li Changting had a look of surprise and adoration on his face. He gave a thumbs up like Li Yunlong: "Hey, I didn't see it, you're really a fucking talent!" ”

"Of course!" Lan Wang pretended not to hear the irony in this compliment, "I have been a mercenary for so many years, and I can smell whether a captive is a hard bone or a soft persimmon, I can smell it with my nose!" And this old thing......"

Lan Wang glanced at the naked old man in the bamboo basket and smiled coldly.

"Apparently the latter."