Li Guolou is very clever, and from the answer between Li Hongzhang and Sheng Huaixuan, he has already heard what he means. Sheng Huaixuan is a businessman with a pioneering 'spirit', and he is also a master of private fund-raising, seeking an official here from Li Hongzhang, not asking for a ready-made official position that earns more than 100,000 silver a year, and leaving after seven years of 'fat' shortage. But like him, he wants to make a fortune and make a career to help Li Hongzhang's career go to the next level.

Sheng Huaixuan and Li Guolou are the same type of people, they both want to make a fortune, but they both have the heart to serve the country, and they are willing to take out the money they earn and do practical things for the people. At this time, Sheng Huaixuan opened two charity halls in Shanghai to sponsor some poor students to study.

Like Wanshou Lu, Qiao Zhiyong and other owners of Shanxi ticket numbers, those who are worth more than one million taels, rely on tight clothing and food, accumulate wealth over time, and get rich. These people are willing to do what they can in their hometowns by opening charity halls, schools, and building public facilities. But if they go to the next level and take out the money they earn to serve the motherland, they will only share the proportion in guilds like the Purple Clothes Society. Although the amount of money raised is also an astronomical amount, he will never do anything out of the ordinary and gamble his life to donate to key national defense projects.

And Li Guolou and Sheng Huaixuan are willing to do this kind of thankless work, in addition to being officials and businessmen, they also have a sense of mission for the rise and fall of the country, which makes them brave to create a historical precedent.

Li Hongzhang opened his mouth and said: "Xiaolou, you came at the right time, Xingsun and I are talking about doing business, and we want to open up a new industrial road, what kind of business do you say, in order to achieve the perfect combination of government and business." ”

Li Guolou said calmly: "Uncle, Brother Xingsun, if you want to say that the perfect combination of government and business makes a fortune, of course, it is to build a railway. There is a saying in Britain: As soon as the train starts, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and the United States has developed by building railroads. A new capitalist country has already hit our country······"

Sheng Huaixuan interrupted Li Guolou's words and said: "Xiaolou, I also know this, but the national policy does not allow the construction of railways, and what you say is in vain." ”

Li Guolou glanced at Li Hongzhang, but when he saw a servant lighting a hookah for Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang clicked and 'smoked' the hookah, and the room was filled with a smell of smoke. Next, the servant lit Sheng Huaixuan again, and Sheng Huaixuan also began to 'smoke'. Li Guolou waved his hand to indicate that he didn't 'smoke' hookah, just drink tea to refresh himself.

Sheng Huaixuan exhaled a puff of smoke and said: "Xiaolou, you haven't been in the army, this army is marching and fighting, you can't do it if you don't 'smoke'." Tobacco can remove moisture, do not produce arthritis, and can also prevent viruses from infecting the body and dispel poisonous insect bites. On the march and fighting in a strange place, without tobacco, the soldiers will get sick. ”

"Oh! Is it? It's the first time I've heard of it. Li Guolou was lonely and unheard, and he didn't know that cigarettes had the effect of fighting poison with poison.

Li Hongzhang 'smoked' a few sips of hookah, and the person was comfortable, exhaled a long breath, and said: "Xiaolou, if you continue to talk about it, what emerging industries can make a lot of money?" ”

Li Guolou thought for a while and said, "Do you want to say that there is?" However, there is also a new industry, which can achieve a perfect combination of government and business, and the money earned is astronomical. However, this industry has just started and needs state support, otherwise it will be criticized like building a railway. ”

Sheng Huaixuan slandered Li Guolou in his stomach, and kept selling Guan Zi at a young age, interrupting Li Guolou's words at the right time, Li Guolou was a little unhappy. Helplessly, he raised his hand and gestured: "Xiaolou, I'm a little quick-tempered, I interrupted your words just now, don't mind." Please go on. ”

Li Guolou smiled brightly, 'exposed' his white teeth, and said: "The younger brother is used to sitting in the court, and he likes to say half a sentence, so that his subordinates can't figure it out, I'm sorry Brother Xingsun, I don't have any opinions about you." ”

Li Hongzhang also 'revealed' a pleased smile, hehe, and looked at his grandson approvingly, with the stability and reserve of being an official, he can take on a great responsibility.

"Oh! Xiaolou, I also had it in the past, but now I have no official and a light body, so I have changed it. Hahahaha! Sheng Huaixuan thought of the good old days, only when he was an official did he know the benefits of being an official, and the power unique to the privileged class was by no means the glory imagined by a rich businessman.

Li Guolou said in a deep voice: "Uncle, Brother Xingsun, the emerging industry I am talking about is the combination of the telegraph office and the pavilion office, called the post and telecommunications bureau abroad, this industry can introduce private capital, the ascendant post and telecommunications bureau will replace the old-fashioned pavilion in the function of fast horse transmission, and there is also the function of circulation of goods and letters, and even the function of rapid transmission of war information." For example, if a certain coastal area has been landed by foreigners, and with the telegram in the post and telecommunications office, the people of the whole country will know in a few minutes, and the people everywhere will immediately prepare for battle, and if a foreign invader wants to sneak attack an important facility, it will become an impossible task. If it is government-run, it will definitely become a monster like a museum, devouring state financial subsidies every year, and raising a large group of people full of waste wood. Therefore, the telegraph industry must be open to the people, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, knowledge is money, and it is very appropriate to put it on the post and telecommunications bureau. In addition, the post and telecommunications bureau will become the most important channel for the people to get information in the future, who controls the post and telecommunications bureau? controlled public opinion. ”

Li Guolou kept silent, Li Hongzhang and Sheng Huaixuan are extremely smart people, and the meaning of his words has already pointed out the key, and those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. Now that the "mouthpiece" has been controlled, what does the Westernists want to do in the future, are they still afraid that there will be no support from the people of the whole country?

Li Hongzhang was indignant, and suddenly changed his color and said: "Xiaolou, this opinion is very good!" Why don't you write it on the slip? ”

Li Guolou raised his eyebrows and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, this can only be done, and you can't say how good it is, otherwise those Manchurians will oppose it again, they only know the policy of fooling the people, and they never thought that paper can't contain fire." When the people of our country get the news, they can only hearsay it, or they know only a few words from the newspaper, and as for the newspapers that are now controlled by foreigners, they are all in foreign languages, and it is also a forbidden area. Therefore, the post and telecommunications bureau is the breakthrough point, and when this road is opened, the information will be smooth, and it will be easier to run newspapers and develop railways in the future. ”

Sheng Huaixuan's face was 'revealed' and he said: "Father-in-law, it is appropriate for me to do this business, introduce private capital, first try it out in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and then slowly roll it out. In addition, this is a new industry, and people in other provinces don't know how to 'operate', so there will not be much resistance for us to enter those provinces. When the Post and Telecommunications Bureau succeeds, the public opinion of the whole country will be in my hands. ”

Li Guolou said: "Uncle, if you make up your mind to do it, the headquarters of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau is located in Shanghai, and it must not be placed in Beijing, and the private office must have the appearance of a private office. ”

Sheng Huaixuan hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes!" How can no one resist the righteous father's rule, otherwise he will make a wedding dress for others. ”

Li Hongzhang remained motionless as a mountain, quietly pondering, he was in a high position of power, and the things he considered were not only personal interests, but the development of the entire country.

"Xiaolou, do you say that this post and telecommunications office will be like a Pandora's box in the West, open it and release the demons, and then it will be out of control."

Li Guolou lowered his head and pondered, what Li Hongzhang said is very likely to become a reality, new ideas and new culture have a swift road paved to the entire Qing Empire, and no one knows what the Post and Telecommunications Bureau will become in the future? Those who want to take control of the post and telecommunications bureau may end up being criticized and even fall because of something that happened to the post and telecommunications bureau.

Li Guolou raised his head and said, "Uncle, the demon of Pandorari has long come to our Great Qing Kingdom and is eating our bodies everywhere. The post and telecommunications bureau is like a bitter 'medicine', when you drink it, it will be pangastric acid, and people will feel uncomfortable, but the treatment of diseases and saving people will not change at all. I still say that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, so you must do it. Time is not waiting, only people like my uncle can afford this big tripod. ”

Li Hongzhang stroked his beard, nodded and said: "Xingsun, you have heard everything, you will sleep in the study after dinner, don't go back, write out the old slip of the post and telecommunications bureau for me, and then let me revise it, and I will present it to Prince Gong early tomorrow morning." The demon of Pandora, who said Xiaolou, had already come to our Great Qing Kingdom and was eating our bodies everywhere. The post and telecommunications bureau is like a bitter 'medicine', when you drink it, it will be pangastric acid, and people will feel uncomfortable, but the treatment of diseases and saving people will not change at all. These few sentences are written. As the leader of the Westernization faction, I must have the courage to cure diseases and save people, it is a 'medicine' that is poisonous, I am not afraid to 'deal' with a large group of demons, and I am still afraid that the Post and Telecommunications Bureau will attack its master? ”

Li Guolou and Sheng Huaixuan looked at each other and smiled, there was a feeling of familiarity at first sight, they were both next to Li Hongzhang's big tree. The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, all the ideas, achievements, fame and fortune are inseparable from Li Hongzhang's support. Therefore, they will do whatever it takes to promote Li Hongzhang to a high position, and they will not set up another mountain, change their course, and abandon the ideas of the Westernists.

Sheng Huaixuan smiled and said: "Xiaolou, when you come in and open the bank, I will definitely come to cheer, how many are you going to open first?" ”

Li Guolou said: "Oh, open six first, two in Shanghai, one in the Public Concession, one in Songjiang Mansion, two in Tianjin, and the headquarters is located in the British Concession. Jingshi also opened two houses, just six or six Shun. ”

Sheng Huaixuan quipped: "That relationship is good, in the future, I will empty my gloves and white wolves, so I will ask for a bank loan." ”

Li Guolou replied: "It depends on Brother Xingsun, how much deposit can be brought in to the bank." ”

"Xiaolou, your cheeks are 'very' thick, and you're not polite at all." Sheng Huaixuan sneered.

Li Guolou retorted: "Brother Xingsun, didn't I learn from you? ”

The two little foxes looked at each other and laughed, and the meanness and 'dark' psychology hidden in their hearts were the same, they were both corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and their ability to make money was unsurpassed.

"Xiaolou, don't fight on the 'female'?" Sheng Huaixuan poked Li Guolou's Heart Sutra, which pot is not opened.

Li Guolou sneered at each other, squinted at each other, and said: "Brother Xingsun, if you cross the line again this time, your stepfather will not save you." ”

"Hey, I now know how bad US imperialism is, how can I fall into the same river twice, foreigners don't understand that our Qing people's righteousness comes first, and in the future, I will only hold our Qing people's money. Father-in-law, how big is this errand at the post and telecommunications office? Sheng Huaixuan couldn't help but wonder how many officials he belonged to in the officialdom in the future?

Li Hongzhang smiled and said: "The official hat is not how big it is, but how big the power is?" 'Get' a seven-grade official hat for you. ”

Sheng Huaixuan's eyebrows were 'flowery' and smiled, originally before he was overthrown, he was an eight-rank official, but he didn't expect to fall once, not to fall but to rise, and he could be on an equal footing with the Songjiang prefect, and it was a great blessing in life to have a high-powered father-in-law. Sheng Huaixuan stood on tiptoe to light a hookah for his father-in-law Li Hongzhang, re-brewed tea, handed over a hot 'hairy' towel, did things without delay, and had good living habits.

Li Guolou 'touched' his nose and remembered it in his eyes, his face was extremely ugly, and he was scolding himself for being stupid. Why is such a good idea cheap and I don't know Sheng Huaixuan? Xiao Cleverness is in the wrong place, it shouldn't be shown here, although there is one more ally, but the loss is greater than the gain, the idea of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau is worth at least 200,000 taels, and the result of the poor mouth is nothing. Only let his uncle Li Hongzhang see that he is a highly talented person, and his thinking is progressive, which can be of great use. But he ran to Li Hongzhang's residence, not to ask for an official hat, the gains outweighed the losses, and he couldn't regret it.

Li Guolou didn't look at Sheng Huaixuan, who was pat at the horse, this kind of trail, he didn't cut it, and thought about how to recover the loss of "200,000 taels of silver" from Sheng Huaixuan?