Li Guolou holds a famous yellow silk wrap in his hand, which has two holy decrees and four official seals, the two holy decrees are given by the emperor to two letters of appointment, and the incense is enshrined on the fifteenth day of the first month, the seal is issued by the royal family, representing power, in order to distinguish the official rank and show the rank, the official seal is larger than the private seal, strict and steady, square, has a nose button, has a fist-sized one, can be hung around the waist with a ribbon, the official office sometimes needs to carry the seal, the issuance of instructions, documents, and folds need to be stamped to take effect, and the official seal is like the official identity certificate.

Li Guolou walked while worrying, how will he live in the future, is it possible to walk with four official seals hanging around his waist, until now he has no retinue, it seems that he will be with a "palm seal official" by his side in the future.

Two days ago, Li Lianying had already told him that he wanted Prince Qing Yixuan to establish "Qingzhong University", and only this title Li Guolou had prepared in advance, and was put on the head of Prince Qing, a big embezzler, Li Guolou also recognized that he could establish the first university in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how hard and tired he was, he broke the money, was scolded, and humbled to praise Prince Qing's stinky feet, all of which were willing.

Although the top boss is Weng Tongyi, the leader of the Qing School, and there will be a great conflict between military concepts and him, this kind of old pedant likes to sit in the classroom and give lectures, and does not like to go deep into the barracks to deal with officers and soldiers, which just gives him an opportunity to collect middle and low-level officers under the door.

What is the Wanshou Mountain Project Supervision Office doing, Li Guolou only knows that it is the personal servants of the two queen mothers who do official positions, what they do, he has no clue, and it is the great eunuch Liu Deyin who left the palace when he leaves the palace, "Congratulations, Lord Li." "Do you want to give a gift to the dead eunuch again, he has been frightened by the eunuch's bribery, others come to the door to give a congratulatory gift, and the eunuchs in his house are reaching out to ask for money, the day before yesterday, the great eunuch Li Lianying opened his mouth to ask for a reward of 10,000 taels, saying that it saved his life, "batch eight characters" This superstitious product, who would believe it, what does He Shen have to do with him, a joke, it is a big joke everywhere.

The silver is in with his left hand, and his right hand is out, whether it is a profit or a loss, he doesn't dare to calculate this account, Li Guolou walked out of the palace in a daze, and he didn't know where to go, he wanted to go to Prince Gong Yixun to find out the reasons for everything, but Prince Gong walked out of the palace of nourishing heart and walked away, and sneered at him, how smart he was, he already knew Prince Gong's thoughts, and he would avoid suspicion in the future, as soon as he got out of the palace, the officials could not get together, and they would be sued by the villain, not to mention that he was the emperor's personal slave in the future, and there was only one master "Emperor", but there were so many things, Who should he ask for advice, the seventh grandmother Zhen Yuhuan doesn't know anything about the palace.

It was already past lunch time, Li Guolou was so hungry that he didn't come up directly to pick up his family's Ding Battle carriage, but took Battle, and the two walked to Chang'an Street, wanting to find a restaurant to eat, and he was looking at the flag hanging on the restaurant in the distance.

"Master Li, do you know me?" Ronglu, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, smiled and stood next to Li Guolou, and had already changed into civilian clothes, and the bluestone-colored silk cotton robe looked very energetic.

Rong Lu Zi Zhonghua, Hao Luoyuan, Guarjia, Manchuria is a white flag person, at the beginning of the Yin Sheng to the Ministry of Industry for the main purpose, at the beginning of Tongzhi, set up the Shenji Battalion, served as the wing commander and the Minister of Special Operations, and then moved the left wing of the general army, outstanding performance, for the appreciation of Wang Yiyun of the Alcohol County and the Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Xiang, the Ministry of Reform, and the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rong Lu is less than forty years old, with a beard, red phoenix eyes, rectangular face, not fat or thin, slightly shorter than Li Guolou five or six centimeters tall, the court is very eye-catching, is a beautiful man, he belongs to the middle faction, left and right, several factions in the court are very appreciative of Rong Lu, the Ministry of Industry is commonly known as the "Ministry of Metalwork", and the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of the palace, fat and oily, Rong Lu holds two golden rice bowls, and he is not a big corrupt official.

Li Guolou finally met an official of the same type as him, from the appearance, he couldn't see the changes in Rong Lu's heart, his face was solemn, his expression was unmoving, and he hurriedly bowed down and bowed: "Lord Rong, famous, how can the lower officials not know it!" ”

Li Guolou guessed Rong Lu's move, he should have waited for him, this is one of his fierce rivals, and he is also a young talent, and he is already a third-grade high-ranking official before the age of forty.

Rong Lu said very casually: "Lord Li, are you going to eat, it just so happens that I didn't have lunch, let's eat together, I know that there is a restaurant in front of me whose dishes taste good, go, I'll lead the way!" ”

"Okay, I'll be promoted today, and I'll treat you." Li Guolou and Rong Lu exchanged a few words, and entered a "Juxian Building" restaurant together, two servants ate downstairs, Li Guolou and Rong Lu ran upstairs to sit by the window.

The two toasted each other three glasses of wine, and then ate the dishes at will, Rong Lu smiled and said: "Guolou, do you know, the signboard of Juxian Building is written by the Holy Ancestor Kangxi!" ”

"Oh······ yes, I don't know. Li Guolou's lie was as true as it was, his eyes widened, and he seemed to be very excited.

Rong Lu said with deep meaning: "After making me a friend, don't you just know!" ”

The two smirked together, squinted their eyes, and smiled so truly, Li Guolou couldn't figure out why Rong Lu was looking for him, as the saying goes, the official was one level higher than Rong Lu and crushed people, he was four levels lower than Rong Lu, Rong Lu couldn't come to him to set him, the person in front of him was the God of Wealth, and he was worth at least one million taels or more.

"Oh, I haven't congratulated the national building, the flag is raised, it's a great event, come, let's have another drink." The two of them chanted the moon without fringing, Li Guolou just left the Forbidden City, Rong Lu already knew that Li Guolou was raised the flag, and the eunuchs in the palace had to pat Rong Lu, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the news in the palace, Rong Lu is well-informed, he has seen that Li Guolou is appreciated by the two queen mothers, younger than him, taller and handsome than him, better than him, Li Guolou is a scientific scout Hualang, can get the support of literati, and he only occupies the full light, which is higher than Li Guolou, but Prince Gong suddenly came to "raise the flag", directly making Li Guolou become the emperor's private servant, Rong Lu has almost an idea with Li Guolou, so regardless of his official position is higher than Li Guolou, he wants to make friends with Li Guolou as soon as possible.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Li Guolou is not in a hurry, drinking chrysanthemum tea, he has countless doubts in his heart, but he will not ask Rong Lu for advice, people's hearts are separated from the belly, and if he says too much, he will talk endlessly, and break the secret method of making food in Juxian Building, and Li Guolou will not talk deeply with Rong Lu about other things.

Rong Lu saw that it was almost over, waved his hand to let the servant next to him leave, and said with a slight smile: "Guolou is a delicate and delicate person, no wonder Lord Bao appreciates you, Prince Gong also mentions you, not to mention others, brother, I really want to make friends with you." Speaking of this, Rong Lu stopped his words and raised his eyes to look at Li Guolou's facial expression, but seeing that Li Guolou still nodded quietly, he did not express his position, and praised in his heart that he was worthy of being the grandson of Li Hongzhang's family, and the little fox learned Li Hongzhang's demeanor and learned it like a good one.

Rong Lu said slowly: "I don't hide it from my brother, I also have some value on the seat, I want to make a contribution to the country, let my family learn from Li Zhongtang's family, and be a national entrepreneur, I want to open a textile factory in Wuxi, so that the lives of the people in my hometown can be improved, I know that the textile factory is now advanced in the production technology of your "Yadong Textile Factory", I don't know if you are willing to help my brother!" ”

Li Guolou thought about it for a while, and said sincerely: "Lord Rong, don't hide it, the textile factory is a bottomless pit, fill in the silver, tens of thousands, there is a big opportunity to do big, but the possibility of losing money is great, even if you start to make money, the market will soon become bigger, and you have to expand the plant, and improve the machine, the money, you can't see it back, you will only see the silver scattered like snowflakes, you think clearly and then tell me, I put my two wives in the pit, let them invest in Yadong Textile Factory, now think about it and regret it, if you put the silver somewhere else, It's been a long time since you could share the dividends! ”

Rong Lu smiled and said: "Guolou, you didn't lie to me, I already knew this, but who told me to be rich, national rejuvenation starts with light industry, this truth is that you say, right, I have a patriotic heart, buy a manor, land, don't do it, just do this thankless thing!" ”

Li Guolou stared at Rong Lu, if he was really the same kind of person as him, he thought about the rejuvenation of the nation, and hoped for the rise of the Qing Dynasty.

Li Guolou held the wine glass, stood up, shook his head drunkly, and said: "Okay, Lord Rong is a good man, I am not a villain, there is no problem with my family to run a factory, as long as Yadong Textile Factory has technology, it can be introduced to you to run a factory, and there is no problem with skilled workers, not to mention patent fees, and we will work together in the future!" ”

"Well, in order to revitalize the nation, we should unite and come, have a drink." Rong Lu took the secret words quietly, he thought in his heart, in fact, he learned from Li Hongzhang, with money, with industry, the combination of government and business, invincible, and Li Guolou deep friendship, is he ready to take refuge in the Westernist faction one step of dark chess, the so-called left and right, see the wind and rudder, Rong Lu every step on the way, after careful consideration, when it comes to national rejuvenation, it really moved Li Guolou, Li Guolou no longer pretended to be a Qing Gao literati.

Next, Li Guolou was not polite, he had already been like a finger, and said without shame: "Lord Rong, you should know that my family has set up a bank to invite in, we have such a good relationship, help me save some money!" ”

Rong Lu also asked unceremoniously: "Well, then what discount do you have there!" ”

During this period of the Qing Dynasty, the customer deposit bank also had a handling fee to open an account, and the deposit interest was very low, supervised by the "Money Village Association", and all over the bank, the ticket number, and even foreign banks all followed the principle of unity, and competition with each other could not harm the interests of other money banks, as for the lending, it was much looser, and the three-point interest rate for one month was also done by the money bank, which was equivalent to the underworld lending, and the Qing Dynasty was an agrarian society, and inflation had not yet occurred, and the prices of many things remained unchanged for decades.

"This ······" Li Guolou met a careful planner, and his friends also wanted to talk about interests, so he said helplessly: "Lord Rong, the rules of the industry can't be broken, I'll give you a generous gift next year, everyone knows it!" ”

"Giggles, brother, just kidding, don't take it seriously, I'll go to Tianjin to stand for you in person, save 50,000 taels of silver first, how about it, it's enough for friends." Rong Lu had a pair of Danfeng eyes, narrowed into a slit, and looked at Li Guolou carefully, business and money went hand in hand, and an ordinary lunch made two strange courtiers become confidants.

At this time, Li Guolou let go and asked: "Lord Rong, can you tell my junior brother that the emperor has given me an official position and other official hats, I have all understood, what is the purpose of the Wanshou Mountain Project Supervision Office!" ”

"Ah······h Rong Lu's hand shook, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and he looked at Li Guolou with surprise on his face, and saw that Li Guolou really didn't know, how could there be such a stupid person, and he didn't even know what the Wanshoushan Project Supervisor was doing.

After the little girl changed a pair of chopsticks, Rong Lu said: "Guolou, tell you the truth, you get a fat shortage in the palace, Wanshou Mountain is just a courtyard of the Old Summer Palace, in fact, it is the reconstruction project of the Old Summer Palace, the two Queen Mothers are about to remove the curtains, they want to live in the Old Summer Palace, usually do not live in the Forbidden City, let the emperor be in charge, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a special fund allocated to the Wanshou Mountain Project, and the Queen Mother will also put her own silver into it, a total of one year, I don't think it will be less than 250,000 taels of silver, even if it is not rebuilt in the future, light small repairs and small repairs, To maintain the use, it will cost at least 10,000 silver a year, do you understand? ”

"Ah······h Li Guolou shouted louder than Rong Lu, there is really such a thing as a pie in the sky, no wonder Rong Lu will befriend him, he is a blessed man, how can he not understand the truth of the goose plucking, the rules of the palace are three points true, seven points false, how many cats are greasy in this, tomorrow his family will present a scene that has never been seen, the dead eunuch will line up to come to his house to give gifts, history can be reversed, he actually climbed on top of the eunuch's head.

Li Guolou and Rong Lu broke up and said goodbye, Rong Lu will visit Li Guolou tomorrow and send a congratulatory gift to congratulate him on his promotion, and the two of them will say goodbye at the door of Juxian Building.

Li Guolou clapped his hands and laughed alone in the carriage, who should he share this joy with, huh······ Prince Qing Yixuan can't offend this person, I want to visit tonight, send 50,000 taels of silver first, please tell Prince Qing, the issue of the allocation of special funds for the "Qingzhong University" project, Prince Qing will be satisfied with how many years, hey······ In the future, if the surplus project funds are not enough, only he will find a way to raise it, Qingzhong University is the cradle of national culture, and he, the chief academic administrator, will go down in history, hey······ For the sake of national rejuvenation, Prince Qing can only be written as a clean and patriotic intellectual.