Li Guolou was going to meet with Yu Hanbing of the elders' meeting to see the textile factory the next day, and if he didn't go back to Beijing first, Li Guolou sent Wu Defu to the French Concession Office in the Qing Dynasty, so he was relieved to say goodbye to Wu Defu, and there was no word to break up the scene, the two like to pretend to be hidden deeply, wave goodbye and vent when they are excited to succeed, and now they are as idle and bored as ordinary people.

Li Guolou returned to Victoria's apartment at more than ten o'clock in the evening, and as soon as he got home, he was interrogated by three women, as if he had done something sorry for his daughter Lingling outside, Li Guolou assured God that the two lovers would spare him in the future, staring at him with affection, it turned out that the two lovers did not sleep until now and did not want to let go of Li Guolou all night.

Li Guolou shook his head and said, "No, the second grandmother, the third grandmother, I have to get up early tomorrow, I'll sleep in the living room!" ”

"Hmph." Xie Xiuzhu and Yelia were angry.

"I'm going to work out and fight boxing with Tarzan the Apes." Li Guolou also has a talisman magic weapon.

"It's early." Yeriaga was dissatisfied.

"Xiaolou, the hot water has been put away for you." Xie Xiuzhu clearly told Li Guolou that he would not be able to escape tonight.

"What about me." Originally, she had been silent, and Xie Liya suddenly spoke.

"Give me some acquaintance and go sleep with Lingling." Xie Xiuzhu has white eyes and is shameless, and the British girl Xie Liya.

Li Guolou said meaningfully: "Xie Liya, I will accompany you tomorrow night!" ”

Xie Liya hugged Li Guolou tightly and said, "Well, it will take three days!" ”

"Hey." Xie Xiuzhu and Yelia sighed, eating Li Guolou, how should they divide it.

"Let's go, two big babies." Li Guolou hugged left and right, hugged the color and walked into the bathroom with high spirits, no longer using his brain, now he is still young and has to squander positive energy.

At this time, the textile factory is excessive to large-scale mechanization, many manual textile technology was replaced by machinery, the invention of the steam engine led to the industrial revolution, there are many strange steam engines in the textile factory emitting white smoke, female workers are terrible thousands of people, they wear uniform belly clothes, silently do the work at hand.

Yu Hanbing led Li Guolou and his eldest brother Li Guoyun, brother-in-law Tan Guoxi, Xie Xiuzhu, Yelia, Bao Quan and others to visit Weimin Textile Factory.

For specific business, Li Guolou is the shopkeeper, the eldest brother and Yu Hanbing talked, Li Guolou was just very interested in those steam engines, looking at the bursts of white smoke above his head, human strength can not be compared with machinery, the industrial revolution began with the invention of the steam engine, the Qing Empire just did not keep up with the pace of the steam engine, this is backward and beaten, and now he stands under the tall steam engine, and his heart yearns to start the Qing Empire on the road of rejuvenation from here.

Standing here, Li Guolou felt that he was a shameful person, the same people, these female workers worked more than ten hours a day, but in exchange for twenty copper coins, many of them were eleven or twelve-year-old child laborers, and their thin bodies were doing the same thing, and people were as lifeless as machines.

The steam engine made a deafening sound, Xie Xiuzhu couldn't bear to be the first to escape, Li Guolou left the factory one after another, he wanted to reward these hard-working female workers, but it seemed that he didn't conform to the rules, he could only leave silently, exploitation here is vividly embodied, but there is no development without exploitation, and it is impossible to survive under the cruel competition in the textile industry, because small Japan is more exploited than the Qing people, and the little Japanese women are not afraid of hardship to endure, and the women of the Qing Empire can only continue to endure, which is a production industry that relies on human resources to enrich production, The Western powers have never had an advantage, and have relied on the development of large industry to create miracles, but since the Qing Empire opened to the outside world, the textile industry has returned to this land, which used to be the exclusive monopoly of the Qing Empire, and now the Japanese have joined to make the competition in this industry more cruel.

The machinery here is all coal-burning, and the tall chimneys emit puffs of black smoke into the air, which is the symbol of the Industrial Revolution, and the huge black smoke factories are surrounded by filthy people.

When Li Guolou came to the office, he took off his mask, and his two lovers had already sat inside and sighed.

"Hey, Mike, why do you want to invest money here, my second grandmother and I don't agree, which industry can't make money, this industry is too dark, live under the smoke forever, we don't want to come again." Yelia was extremely dissatisfied that Li Guolou brought the two of them here to see the factory, the textile factory is a lowly industry, and people with status and status disdain to step into this industry.

Li Guolou spread his hands and said: "I can't do anything, good industrial industries like manufacturing ships and arsenals are monopolized by Westerners, and the threshold of that kind of industry is too high and there is no government support sooner or later it will go out of business, I am forced to do the textile industry, only this industry has the advantage of our Qing Empire, no country can compete with us, I called you not to let you be managers, but to let you see how the people at the bottom live, if we don't let the people live a good life, they will rebel and blow us up!" ”

"We are superior people, so we can deal well with the people in the palace and continue to live a pampered life." Xie Xiuzhu was unwilling to be bewitched by Li Guolou, and wanted to resist after doing it.

Li Guolou clenched his fists and said: "Second grandma, third grandma, I am a promising young man, how can I be a national moth, of course, I will continue to do moths, but I will also take responsibility for the country, heavy industry We have a thin foundation and it is impossible to compete with Westerners, light industry has low technology content, we have innate advantages, and our family will be a big textile giant in the future!" ”

"But here we beat people with the demon plague, we are not scolded to death." Elijah stomped her feet in anger, angry at the tragic scene on earth.

Li Guolou glanced at it and said: "Third grandmother, what's this, little Japan does something wrong and doesn't move with two slaps in the face, if there is a major accident, the little Japanese foreman will commit suicide by caesarean section to apologize, this is a cruel industry, if you want to be soft-hearted, don't step into this industry, female workers also have a choice, are they willing not to do it, how many industries recruit female workers in this society now, how many families are supported here, do you know, we are scolded a few words because people don't understand the cruel competition of this industry, we are doing things now to support the backbone of the Qing Empire, Only by relying on us to feed a big family can we let a few people enjoy themselves, and if the big family can't support it, the people will still rise up and rebel! ”

"How can there be a person like you, who obviously exploits the poor working people, but speaks as if you are a noble person, and you are a mean exploiting class." Xie Xiuzhu coquettishly commanded Li Guolou, and now she is not afraid that Li Guolou will dump her, but she likes to ride Li Guolou.

"There is nothing wrong with being an exploiting class, the working people cannot do without our exploiting class, if you are scolded, you can be scolded, aren't you willing to be a little second and a third and climb on me." Li Guolou explained the truth in simple terms, and no one could debate it.

"Indecent." The two lovers stood up angrily and hugged Li Guolou to kiss.

Bao Quanzhong opened the door just in time to see this scene, and scolded angrily: "Little Lizi, this is broad daylight!" ”

"We didn't do anything." Li Guolou is used to strong words, hugging and hugging is commonplace, this is the etiquette of Westerners.

Bao Quanzhong stood at the door and said: "Let's go, my time is very precious, I don't want to waste here, your eldest brother told you to go, we have to sign a letter of intent, so that each of you has to make a preliminary opinion!" ”

Li Guolou said: "Xiaobao, your father is letting you see, you don't have the right to sign, and the intention to sign has no legal effect, why are you working so hard!" ”

"Hey, hey, it's because it doesn't have legal effect that I want to sign it, I've never been in front of so many people, and today I'm going to sing a song to praise Xiao Lizi." Bao Quanzhong's reasoning also makes sense, he is still quite clever.

Li Guoyun made a decision on the spot, bought four textile factories that were on the verge of bankruptcy, and sat in Tianjin for a long time.

Li Guoyun's heroic behavior made Yu Hanbing worship so much that he threw himself to the ground, and told Li Guolou on the spot that he wanted to wash his hands in the golden basin and sell the remaining six Lepiao Piao Smoke Houses in the Beijing Division, and in the future, he would follow his eldest brother Li Guoyun to saddle up the horse and become a promising national industrialist.

Li Guolou was startled, and glanced at his eldest brother Li Guoyun, where did he get the money, the eldest brother Li Guoyun must have gambled all his net worth on the boxing match between him and Robinson, and it was definitely not that he said 20,000 taels of silver in front of him, no wonder the one-eyed dragon Jack Ken paid a sky-high price to invite him to fight another boxing match, it turned out that he had such a great appeal, and the brothers still had to hide it from him.

Li Guolou asked secretly: "Mr. Yu, will you go to the Black Dragon Club to open the Cherry Blossom Building tomorrow, Qiao Benlongxing will have a treat!" ”

Yu Hanbing said in a low voice: "Then whether your eldest brother will go or not!" ”

"My eldest brother is fake and don't pay attention to him, my brother-in-law will go together, Xiaobao is indispensable with fart, remember to keep it secret!"

Yu Hanbing smiled and said: "I still have two brothers, both of them are on your head, and the public entertainment at night is the mainstay, pretending to be a good person!" ”

The two snickered, pretending to be serious businessmen, watching the three textile factory owners sell the factory they had worked hard all their lives.

"Immortal Banban, little plum, I was bewitched by you, if I don't shine in two years, I will also jump into the Haihe River, remember not to pull my pigtails then." Yu Hanbing was full of emotion, as if he had lost his soul.

"Remember that before you jump, you will get my brother and my brother-in-law up first, they gamble more than you, so don't pretend to be wronged." Li Guolou rolled his eyes and was cold, what is there to be afraid of, it's a big deal to fight with Little Japan, so that the little Japanese textile industry boss will also cut his belly.

Li Guolou chatted with Yu Hanbing for a few words, and then went to negotiate the price with the two lovers, he belonged to the kind of person who was a white wolf with empty gloves, except for the family dry shares to get some small bits and pieces, he still had to rely on the two lovers to support him.

Li Guolou asked softly: "Second grandma, third grandma, have you discussed it, if you are good, go and sign, and tell my eldest brother how much to invest!" ”

"Hmph, little villain, I know we can't do without you, right, give you face and let you sign, it's all on your head, my second grandmother and I have a total of 150,000 taels of silver, now you are satisfied." Yelia said triumphantly, waiting for Li Guolou's praise.

Li Guolou remained silent and sighed: "Third grandmother, don't be stingy, double it, you are worth more than this, just honestly put your home on me, take the young child out in the past two years, and we will live together for the rest of our lives!" ”

"You're really a little villain, you've calculated your sister's money, if your investment fails, I'm going to **." Yelia was lightly angry and beat Li Guolou in the chest.

"Okay, okay, after I go back and marry my grandmother, I will have a grand wedding with you immediately, so that you can marry me in style." Li Guolou patted his chest and promised, and hurriedly said: "Second grandma, don't cry, if you really can't wait, let's go to the French Concession in Tianjin to hold a grand wedding!" ”

"Hmm." Xie Xiuzhu burst into tears and laughed, and Tian laughed shamelessly.

Li Guolou was proud, better than young and strong, first make the belly of a few grandmothers bigger, so that they don't have the heart to go out of the wall, and then they will be able to have a harmonious family in the future.

As a detective with a brain, Li Guolou's strength is definitely not only to spy on the whereabouts of murderers, he is also handy at calculating women, and the prototype of a big family has been formed Li Guolou enjoys it.