Section 6 Cotton and Iron

thinks that things must be wise first, and enlightenment of the people must be educated; And the education fee can be beaten in empty words, but it is the first industry; Industry and education are not only successful in each other, but also charity and public welfare.

———————— Zhang Jian

"It turns out that he is Zhang Jian, the long-sleeved champion of the Qing Dynasty who is good at dancing." Adams suddenly stood up in his heart, arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Zhang from Nantong, Mr. Daming has been admired for a long time, and it is really fortunate to see him today!" ”

Zhang Jian raised his eyes and looked at Adams, he didn't expect that this blonde and blue-eyed white young man actually spoke fluent Mandarin, and between his gestures and words, he actually relied on the Chinese etiquette. Thinking like this, a pair of white eyebrows curled slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed on his face. Before Zhang Jian could ask, Nongquan Blade on the side had already introduced: "This is Adams of Quincy, USA, John Adams. ”

"Adams of Quincy? Isn't he a descendant of the second president of the United States? ”

"What Mr. Zhang said is the ancestor." After Adams finished speaking, he turned his head to Nongquan Blade and smiled, "Since the guests of the Nongxuan Lord are here, we won't bother. ”

As he spoke, Adams was about to leave.

"Mr. Adams, take a slow step, and sit for a while, not too late, you must know that this is the best time for the second time." Nongquan Blade said with a smile.

Adams was slightly stunned when he heard this, he thought that he was here today, but by accident, but listening to the words of Nongquan Blade, it seemed that this wisher opened the door and included them.

Several people sat down again, but in fact, sitting at the table, it was only Nongquan Blade, Adams, and Zhang Jian. Zhao Yuanren and Zhang Jian's son Zhang Yizu did not dare to share the table with Zhang Jian, and stood on the side. Abby and Hallie took a table and stool with Fang Mei, and found a good place in the flowing water outside the pavilion to enjoy the scenery.

Zhang Jian sat down slightly, casually praised a few words of tea, and then paid attention to the layout of this wisher's xuan. Seeing the bamboo shadow of this wisher Xuan shakes the green, the wind sends coolness, the sound of the stream is faint, several bamboo houses are scattered, if the number of spells is combined, it is quite ancient, and the people who want to arrange this wisher Xuan are quite hilly in their chests. As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Jian pressed the faint anger in his chest. It is necessary to know that this piece of paper was originally the champion of the Guangxu period, with a mastery of poetry and books, ups and downs in the sea, a crown for business, mediation between the north and the south, and a top figure in China. Although he was puzzled, it could be seen that there were only three or four stinky children in front of him, how could he ask him? If it weren't for the fact that it was his benefactor who was the one who built the bridge this time, he would have treated him so slowly as Chong Xuan would, and Zhang Jian would have already brushed his sleeves away.

"I heard that Zhu Chongzhen, the king of Han, is still on this island, I don't know if it's true or not?" Zhang Jian put down the teacup and asked with a deep face.

"I don't know if Mr. Si'an is here, is he an official? Is it a business body? Is it the people? Or is it a shishi? Nongquan Blade didn't speak, and asked rhetorically: "Is it for political affairs?" For fortifications? For farming? Or is it a matter of the world? ”

"Where I came from, what kind of person I am, Brother Xihou should understand," Zhang Jian's eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly casually, but he pressed step by step: "Have you solved what I wanted?" ”

"Those who wish will take the bait, there is no inaccuracy. Now that I have agreed to be the lord of this wisher, it is natural that everything can be solved. Nongquan Blade laughed, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, but did not put the cup down, but played with it lightly in his hand.

"Last year, Yuan and Sun resumed the war, and the war between the north and the south resumed; Mr. Si An mediates the north and the south, and the long sleeves are flying; Today, the two ministries of agriculture and commerce were merged, and Mr. Si An served as the minister of agriculture and commerce, holding the power of China's economy in his hands; I heard that the preparations for Nantong Dasheng No. 3 Factory are in full swing, and the rest are like salt reclamation, which has also sprung up after the rain. Now that Mr. is famous in the world, above the industry, who in China can be Mr. step? ”

"The gentleman is proud, but I am afraid that it will not be past this time. And the gentleman is worried, but he is afraid that it is at this time. Mr. is accessible, naturally regardless of personal gains and losses, and has small profits; What Mr. is afraid of is the pioneering work of this economic industry, and after all, it will be like the Republic of China, with flowers in the mirror, but a laugh after dinner. Mr. Fang Cai said that the road ahead is long, where does this road lead? The country is rich and the people are strong! ”

"Please forgive Xihou for saying bluntly, Mr. is worried, it is really with Mr.'s knowledge, Nantong is the limit today, and it is still not possible to do the full work."

"The amount of China is huge, and there is no one to inherit the mantle of Mr. Pioneer at this time, but I am afraid that after a hundred years, Mr. will go to politics. What Mr. Si An wants today is just the mantle inheritance. ”

"I don't know what Xi Hou said, can I get into the ears of Mr. Si An?"

Nongquan Blade talked eloquently, with a faint smile on his face. Zhang Jian heard it, but every sentence vibrated and pierced his ears.

Adams, however, was bored, so he moved the high stool outward slightly, leaned sideways against the railing, and looked at the bamboo forest, the wind moving, the branches shaking. He suddenly remembered the famous wind blowing the banner in the Chinese classics, and the benevolent person's heart moved.

Zhang Jian's face changed, but he was used to seeing the wind and waves, "Is this what Wisher Xuan is doing?" Inheritance of the mantle? It really makes the world laugh at me Zhang Jian. Money is for me, but the dust is stained with clothes. ”

After that, Zhang Jian picked up the civilization staff in his right hand and paused, as if he was still thinking about something, but finally stood up, "I have failed Mr. Tao Zhai's good intentions, boy, if Zhu Chongzhen is still on this island, you tell him that I, Zhang Jian, will wait for him on the island for three days, and I hope to meet him." ”

"Yi'er, let's go!"

This Zhang Jian said to go, turned around and walked forward, Miyamoto Liufeng looked at the agricultural spring blade from the side, but pursed his lips and snickered. This agricultural spring blade was originally from the Xinhai New Year, and the petitioner came from the letter. But he didn't know how to get acquainted with Zhu Qiu at first sight, and his words were speculative, Zhu Qiu immediately invited him to be the teacher of Yiye Academy, and soon after, he handed over this wisher Xuan to him to take care of. However, this agricultural spring blade is a bit of a madman, and since he took over the wisher, he has not made a single business.

Seeing that Zhang Jian was leaving again this time, Miyamoto Liufeng sighed in his heart, and was thinking about how to take the opportunity to make fun of it, but when he heard the voice of Nongquan Blade, he asked Adams, who was watching from the sidelines.

"John was an American, so he naturally looked at American things like palm prints." Nongquan Blade played with the small teacup in his hand, turned it to his thumb, flicked it up gently, and fell, "In the past, the United States also had a war between the north and the south, and the battle between cotton and iron, but I don't know what the reason is, in just over 50 years, it has become the world's first-rate country?" ”

It was not only Adams, who was fascinated, but also Zhang Jian, who turned around and walked a few steps.

Adams knew that he would have some trouble today, but he didn't want to be so fast, and he also knew that this must be Zhu Yizhou or Zhu Qiu's arrangement, and he was afraid that Nongquan Blade would not be able to suppress Zhang Jian when he was young, so he borrowed his identity as a white American. I don't know what the idea was, but Adams was very cooperative.

"As far as I know, the Meiji Restoration of Japan in Asia, and even after the dispute between China and the United States, it was only more than 30 years after the American cotton and iron dispute, defeating the Qing Dynasty, defeating Tsarist Russia, and exalting its prestige in the world, and leaping into the ranks of the world's great powers. China and Japan face each other across the sea, with a strip of water, the reason for this must be clearer than me, Brother Xihou doesn't know how to teach me? ”

"I used to study in Germany," Adams said interestingly, and the agricultural spring blade also pushed the boat, "I always thought that Germany was a strong country in the world, and I didn't want to set foot on the ground before I found out, and it was really amazing that German unification was still after the Meiji Restoration." ”

"At the time, I don't know what China is doing?" Miyamoto Rukale also smiled and added.

"In Shiyi's long skills to control the country," Zhang Jian looked back, his face was already a little painful, "The Westernization Movement of the Great Qing Dynasty was more than six years earlier than the Meiji Restoration of Japan, and I don't want to be defeated in the end. The country is poor and weak, and it is even today. ”

Seeing Zhang Jian's emotion, Nongquan Blade cleaned up his face, put down the teacup, stood up, and arched his hand and said: "Mr. Si An is also a party to the Westernization Movement back then, he studied in Germany for several years in his later years, and he also has some research on German unification and self-improvement, Mr. Adams is an American family, and there must be something to teach me about the dispute between cotton and iron. ”

Among Nongquan Blade's words, only the battle between cotton and iron made Zhang Jian the most excited. Without him, Zhang Jian had a glimpse of the weight of cotton and iron in the economy as early as the second year of Xuantong, that is, a year before the Xinhai Revolution. In the blink of an eye, the business has been more than ten years, and the longer he has been immersed, the more he understands the allure of these two things, from soft to rigid to white to black.

Therefore, Zhang Jian did not hesitate, and turned around, "The sage said that there must be my teacher in the threesome, and today Brother Xihou and Adams must have to teach me, so today's trip is worthwhile!" ”

Fang Mei had no interest in the business of the Wisher, so she welcomed Zhang Jian and played with Abby and Harley by the stream. As soon as she saw Zhang Jian, she sensed the anger in Zhang Jian's heart, and after seeing that it was only a few words, Zhang Jian got up and left, and Fang Mei sighed softly. Who wanted to say a few words, the Zhang Zheng sat down again, Fang Mei looked at Zhao Yuanren standing in the pavilion, and her face was even more unbelievable, and she couldn't help but giggle.

Seeing that Nongquan Blade and Zhang Jian Adams were more and more speculative the more they talked, sometimes shouting, sometimes sighing, sometimes fighting, for a while, until the spring water was exhausted, Nongquan Blade and Zhang Jian got up and entered a bamboo hut in the east. Fang Mei knew that this was a secret contract.

At this time, some clouds suddenly accumulated in the sky, Fang Mei looked up at the sky, and knew that a rain was about to fall.

Seeing that the sky of Honolulu would change, and the scorching sun would turn cloudy in the blink of an eye, Adams felt a little cool in his heart. It is said that the United States has now surpassed Britain and France and is a first-class power in the world, but his family knows his own affairs, and Adams knows that even after half a century, the scourge left by the dispute between cotton and iron has not been completely eliminated. Everyone in the world has seen the rise of the United States, but they don't know that the failed South is also the poverty and weakness in Zhang Jian's mouth.

Perhaps, I should also make a wish in this wisher's wish. However, even if you want to make a promise, you have to meet Zhu Qiu first and sort out the matter.

"Okay, this matter must be over, Liufeng, Amei, where are you going to take us next?"

"Naturally, it's Hongzi Restaurant," Fang Mei said with a smile: "Coming to this Honolulu, encountering this rain, if you don't go to Hongzi Restaurant, it's really in vain!" ”