The two hit it off, and they were ready to earn a part of the profits to make a joint venture with Liu Chang In this way, their business is no longer a source of water, a tree without roots, as long as the momentum of the rainbow army is rising step by step, they will have a long-term and stable source of profits. ^//^

Therefore, Rusya also picked on the white and said, "Your Excellency Demmons, what are you going to invest in?" ”

De Mons said with a smile: "Since General Liu is going to build a heavy industrial base in Huzhou, in this case, I can invest money in the construction of a railway from Huzhou to Hangzhou······"

With such a big hand, Rusya said with a smile: "This railway from Huzhou to Hangzhou, I'm afraid it can't be done without a few million taels of silver, right?" Count De Muns, your family has a great business, and you may not be able to scoop up so much silver. ”

De Mons smiled: "For me, a few million can't be scooped up, two or three hundred thousand, it's very easy, only General Liu agrees with me to run this railway, and I immediately ask him to raise millions of silver yuan in Shanghai." ”

This is an exaggeration, but with De Mons's own capital and General Liu's approval, De Mons can at least raise the start-up capital for the railway in Shanghai, and even more.

You know, now there are many adventurers in Shanghai who have excess funds in their hands and do not know where to invest, and the railway has proved to be a high-return investment in the Western world, especially the railway from Hangzhou to Huzhou, which connects the two most prosperous regions of China.

But Rusya also has her own opinion: "I heard that the railway is the territory of the Feng family, are you going to sing against Feng Dashao?" ”

"No, although Feng Dashao scooped up the patent for running a railway, but China is so big, so many railways can be repaired there, since he is powerless, he will not stop me from building the railway!" De Mengs is full of confidence: "I believe that the most reasonable agreement can be reached between me and His Excellency Feng Wenyi." ”

Now Feng Wenyi feels that the funds are tight just to build a telegraph line, not to mention the more expensive railway business, and the first railway he fancy is the golden line from Hangzhou to Ningbo, if the Huzhou to Hangzhou railway is opened, it will also be an excellent thing for Feng Wenyi.

And De Mons is concerned about what direction Rusya will invest: "Then Miss Rusya, what direction do you choose?" ”

"I, I just have a little interest in the chemical industry, and other than that, I'm willing to continue to cooperate with General Yoo in the garment industry as always."

De Mons had to admit that Rusya's appetite was no smaller than his own, not to mention anything else, just a chemical industry, you know how many large factories there are, and how much profit these factories can contribute to Rusya, and the clothing industry is also a high-return industry. ^//^

According to De Mons's own rough statistics, in the last year, the import of British cotton cloth from the port of Ningbo alone has tripled, and with the coming industrial revolution, it is conceivable that cotton and cotton cloth will be the most desired goods in the whole of China, and traditional homespun cloth will be phased out of the Chinese market step by step.

It's just that Hongjun has already built some factories related to the garment industry: "Your interest in the garment industry seems to conflict with General Liu, right?" As far as I know, Hongjun already owns more than one garment factory. ”

"No, the demand of China's textile industry will change the world!" Rusya said confidently, "This is my best chance......"

"Both Delmons and Rusya are willing to cooperate with us further, not limited to purchasing some industrial equipment and raw materials?"

Liu Chang smiled and asked, "Do you want to invest in the railway business?" And you want to invest in the chemical industry and the textile industry? "...," not an investment, it's a joint venture! Rusya immediately found out the mistake in Liu Chang's words: "We can scoop up hundreds of thousands of silver yuan and put it into the joint venture factory." ”

"You also earned hundreds of thousands of silver yuan from me." Liu Chang tentatively bargained: "But once the joint venture agreement is signed, I may lose more than 100,000 silver yuan every year." ”

"But there's more to it than just friendship." De Mons replied cleverly - "With our cooperation, we will start construction of a railroad and many large ......factories in a few months."

Liu Chang replied: "With the financial resources of our Hongjun now, we can also do this, you know, hundreds of thousands of silver yuan are just a number for the current Hongjun!" ”

Liu Chang is qualified to say such things, and now he has scooped up Hangjiahu and Suchang Mansions, which are the richest areas in the whole world, even if the Taiping Army occupies these areas, they have expanded hundreds of thousands of troops, not to mention that the Hong Army is not like the Taiping Army, which uses most of the money to build a bunch of palaces.

You must know that just one Li Xiucheng's Zhongwang Mansion may have cost millions of taels of silver, so that the Qing Dynasty officials after accepting it were amazed, so Liu Chang can be said to be very wealthy economically.

But Rusya also has her own thoughts: "But if you cooperate with us, you will have the support of the whole Western world, and the great powers will regard you as the most enlightened monarch······"

In the past few decades, the British and other powers have tried their best to find business opportunities in China, but the progress has been slow, Liu Chang smiled and said that I need more than just support, if I can, I would prefer Shanghai to complete the transition to neutrality as soon as possible, so that if you can do this, I can give you both a charter......"

"What kind of charter?" De Mons knew that this charter must be extraordinary, but Liu Chang's answer surprised him.

"Concession of Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, Concession ······ of Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway"

Demons almost knelt down and kissed Liu Chang's footprints, what a miracle! Shanghai to Hangzhou railway!

Rusya asked a question: "Can it be extended to Suzhou or even Nanjing?" ”

"Then it's up to you to try!"

"Thank you!" Rusya imprinted a kiss on Liu Chang's face, announcing that the negotiations had reached a preliminary agreement, and then both Demons and Rusya needed to return to Shanghai to prepare the preliminary work, select partners, determine the technical plan, and raise the huge amount of money needed for the construction.

It's just that when Demons and Rusya just left, Liu Chang got a bad news: "Wuchang is lost, Wei Zhijun led the army to break through and leave......"

"So fast?" Liu Chang was taken aback slightly: "I originally thought that Wei Twelve would be able to hold out in Wuchang for a few more months, but I didn't expect to retreat so soon." ”

At the same time as Zhou Xiuying reported the information, he also had questions: "Check, the battle situation in Jiangxi has reached an urgent time, Wuchang is lost, Jiujiang is in danger, I think it is better for the first division to enter Jiangxi as soon as possible······"

Although Liu Chang had made up his mind to enter Jiangxi as soon as possible, the First Division had to complete the sweeping work of capturing Suchang before, and at the same time rested and replenished in Changzhou Mansion for about a week, after all, the losses of the First Division in the Suchang Campaign were also close to 1,000 people.

Therefore, as soon as Wuchang was lost, the entire Jiangxi war situation seemed to be in danger, so Zhou Xiuying took the initiative to propose: "For public security operations near Huzhou and Guangde, it is enough to have our cavalry brigade, and the vanguard of the reserve brigade has also arrived in Huzhou......"

"Nope! The 1st Division is still moving in the direction of Guangde, and it will not only lend you a week, but it can also be extended for two or three days, but I said ugly that it can only be borrowed for two weeks at most. ..., it seems that the battle situation in Jiangxi is above his eyebrows, but he still believes in Huo Qiu and the old comrades-in-arms of the Nanxi Brigade, even if they can't defeat the entire Jiangxi Province, it should be no problem to hold the existing territory.

What's more, as long as Jiujiang is not lost, the situation in Jiangxi will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the change of hands in individual prefectures and counties will not affect the overall situation, and Lin Qirong is also a strongman in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in history he held Jiujiang until 1858, and now the first division is dragging the court near Huzhou for a week or two to run in the troops so as not to affect the overall situation.

At this time, Lin Qirong was eager for the first division to enter Jiangxi as soon as possible.

"The two, no matter how the situation changes, I, Lin Qirong, am the king of the east and pull it up, and I will live up to the kingdom of heaven and the king of the east ......"

His words were loud, but Wei Jun opposite him was full of sadness: "It's not a big problem for you to vote for Liu Juehu, but what do you want me to do!" ”

His real name is Wei Zhijun, known as Wei Twelve, and he is the younger brother of Wei Huichang, the king of the North.

It's just that now the lord of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took a sip of cold wine: "The two princesses of Liu Jiehu, one is the sister of the East King and the other is the sister of the Wing King, both of whom have a blood feud with my brother. ”

Wei Jun's words fell, and a barefoot Guangxi man on the opposite side stood up, this person was dressed in a yellow robe, but he was extremely heroic: "The Wing King can tolerate you Wei Twelve, can't he tolerate you Wei Twelve!" ”

This person is Huang Wenjin, the guard general of Xiaochikou, the real Guangxi old thief, in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War, he was almost indisobedient, and the Qing army's report repeatedly hit or injured this Guangxi old thief, sometimes it was a false report, sometimes it was a real heavy blow to this old brother in Guangxi, but within a month or two, Huang Wenjin appeared on the battlefield alive again, and continued to become the most headache opponent of the Qing army.

Until the fall of Tianjing, Huang Wenjin was still stubbornly guarding Huzhou, the last stronghold of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Zhejiang, and repeatedly hit the Qing army and foreign gun team that came to create, but the luck of the Heavenly Kingdom was indeed exhausted at this time, and as soon as the young king arrived in Huzhou, it didn't take long for Huang Wenjin to die, or die of illness, or die of war.

In short, Huang Wenjin died at the wrong time, as a result, when the young king arrived in Huzhou, there were still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the morale was still good, Huang Wenjin's hearts were scattered as soon as he died, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses collapsed in a month, and the young king and the god-king were captured one after another.

But no matter what, Huang Wenjin is a very important general in the Kingdom of Heaven, and he said directly: "Twelve, at this time, where you and I go, it all depends on the Wing King!" ”

ps The eyes are very tired, there is only one change today, and I will make up for it tomorrow