In the First Battle of Hukou, the Taiping Army burned more than 100 ships of the Hunan Army's naval division, captured Zeng Dashuai's boat, the Hunan Army died down, and the Shuai tent retreated to Nanchang Mansion.

Zhang Zongbing saw the small boat of the Hunan Army's sailors, escorted the commander away, and ordered the fast crab to get rid of the entanglement with the long hair, enter the main channel, at dawn has been down the river for a hundred miles, it is the evening fast crab sailed into the Qingbei wharf.

The first thing he said when he got off the boat was: "Immediately pull out the camp and return to western Zhejiang!" ”

"How was the Battle of the Nine Lakes?" The leader of the Hunan army asked puzzled.

"Zuo Ling returned to western Zhejiang with me and others, and then transferred to Nanchang Mansion, and I guess I can see Zeng Dashuai."

"Huh?" This is defeat!

Don't say it, the Hukou Taiping Army, rushed overnight, rushed to the Qingbei ferry at the same time, of course, it was empty, and there were chicken feathers in the ground, and they also wondered, how did the news leak so quickly?

After the war, Zeng Dashuai pleaded for guilt, did not mention the merits and demerits of the military training in western Zhejiang, and the overall defeat, and it was meaningless to comment on local advances and retreats?

Mr. Zhang is still like that, it doesn't matter!

Tang Zongbing lived in Jin County and didn't leave, he handed a petition to the governor, and he didn't see the following, and the military department didn't know about it, as if there was no such person, that is to say, he was hanged, defeated or victorious, no one argued! At least the two battalions in his hands are consumed cleanly, as a general, there is no power without soldiers, no one listens to what he says, he doesn't make a sound when he farts, and he has a bare pole to participate in a general, it is not a problem, it is not in the way, but it is an eyesore!

Tang David insisted on refusing the gold and silver that Zhang Yingquan gave him, saying that the silver taels last time had not been spent, which was enough for him to enjoy, and only let Brother Zhang show mercy to the families of the deceased in this battle.

Zhang Zongbing drew a separate piece behind the camp, built a square pure white ash room, and three big characters on the stone screen: 'Martyr's Shrine'

There are several battles in the ancestral hall, and the dead brave and heroic martyrs, regardless of dignity and inferiority, regardless of region, regardless of subordination, are ranked according to their surnames, which is very solemn.

Fortunately, Zeng Dashuai is not a ruthless person, sent Zuo Ling to Jin County again, brought a letter and ten gold bars, apologized, and brought a little personal gratitude, if it wasn't for the rapid arrival of the training army, Zeng Dashuai at this time, if he said that he fell in the prison of the Hong bandits, it is not known? It's still the same sentence, creation makes people.

In addition, Zeng Dashuai wanted to build a musket battalion, and asked General Zhang to buy 2,000 muskets on his behalf, and hoped to send a sect leader to train the musket battalion.

It is worthy of being a model of 'repeated defeats, repeated defeats'.

Now Mr. Zhang is very busy, ordinary people can't see it, even Shangguan can't do it, too lazy to bird you, some people joke that except for the emperor in person, everyone else will avoid it. There is one exception, if you don't see it, you can't do it, this person, don't make noise, don't make a fuss, eat and drink well, can't catch up, die and beg for nothing, who? It is Shangguan, the political envoy of Zhejiang, Bai Xianglong.

Since the iron factory under the Smelting Bureau and the production of guns, Bai Xianglong has become a celebrity in the officialdom, one of the most capable people in the history of the Qing Dynasty. The emperor specially sent someone to investigate, of course, he knew that there was water in it, but he just didn't break it, and Bai Xianglong was sent to raise the flag for him, from the original inlaid white flag to the positive yellow flag.

The current Bai Bu political envoy is not Bai Ding two years ago, and he also knows how to close the door for the holidays, for example, there are two thresholds for making guns, one is the mold, and the other is the material. After all, the mold is a one-time transaction, which is equivalent to spending money directly to buy the design, and there is always a way to get it. But this material is a consumable, there is it today, there is no tomorrow, even if it costs money, it is not something that can be bought at any time, especially the weapons materials, are controlled by the great powers as strategic secrets, and non-allied partners do not cooperate, they all say that Prussia's guns are good, and it is true that other people's steel is good, and if you can't cross the threshold of smelting steel yourself, making guns is a false story.

At present, in the Qing Dynasty, the steel-making technology is not good, and the iron materials produced by the smelting bureau are used for agricultural tools, which is far from making guns and cannons, and Zhang Yingquan must solve the problem of smelting steel.

Bai Xianglong came to Zhang Yingquan to discuss this matter.

"This smelting and rolling technology can only be achieved by introducing complete sets of machines from the West, and it will be accumulated slowly, and it will not be possible in the year of the monkey."

"There are also proposals at the court meeting, import foreign machinery, and run a government-run manufacturing bureau, but the official rebound, there is a suspicion of competing with the people for profit, this way of officials and businessmen, can't mess up the dignity and inferiority, right?"

"The official family specializes in smelting and mining, does not let others get involved, divides the land as a prison, the merchants go to foreign countries, and the industry runs factories, which should be done, but they are also subject to the monopoly and do not get along with each other, guarding the gold and silver mountains, and living a poor life that is ridiculed by others, and this old and bad habit must be changed eventually."

"Isn't this a consultation with you?"

"It's better to do this, how about a two-way approach, the government supervising the private office or the government and business?"

"Jointly organized by the government and business?"

"But this official is not an official in the system, otherwise it won't work."

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Bai Xianglong took the first charter of the government-business joint operation of the steelmaking plant, and read it repeatedly for a long time, about the governance structure, appointment requirements, etc., I feel good, do things! Pay attention to seriousness, the first physical factory, don't take it seriously!

The initial investment of two million taels of silver, not much! Officials pay 40%, merchants pay 60%, how much? 800,000 taels of silver, this money? A year's donations are far more than this amount, and the money earned by raw silk speculation is larger than this amount.

The merchant contributed 1.2 million taels, of which 600,000 taels is technology transfer, and the merchant pays the foreign businessman to obtain specialized technology. That's it!

Then there are civil construction costs, equipment deposits, pre-start-up fees, etc., which are barely tight, and the follow-up funding gap is still huge. People have a way to borrow money from the bank, and at the same time borrow money from several big banks, and there is an official family as a guarantee, rolling the mortgage, of course, it is not a problem.

The most wonderful thing is that after borrowing money to start, introduce equipment, while building, attracting investment, expanding shares, using the name of steelmaking to attract investment, and make clean use of the reputation of the official, such as mining rights and smelting rights, without this, you can't do it if you have money! There is an official family as a guarantee, what else do you have to say? Industrial subcontracting, what coking coal, smelting, steel rolling, Seiko, packaging and investment, can make money, of course, there are businessmen who want to make money, absorb the money of large merchants, and then absorb the capital on the market, issue small stocks, dividends can be expected, buy and sell with the market, send money to the door, and be willing, which is more refreshing than robbery.

In the end, the money raised, enough to set up a factory investment, that is, the mercy of the subordinates, is more than enough, can be the official and business of the early investment in disguised recovery, the so-called bag for safety, no risk, seems to be careful calculation, open source and throttle, in fact, the 'empty gloves white wolf' move, in a financial unsupervised imperial bureaucracy, if according to the securities operation methods of later generations of financing, it is really easier than grabbing money.

The nature of this industry is 'joint operation of government and business' on the surface, but in terms of risk-taking, it is essentially 'government-supervised-run and private-run enterprises'. It's clear that there is no business and no treachery! It's all the same.

Can capital also be played like this? People say that the big businessman Hu who fried raw silk can play with money and play the trick of making money, but no matter how he plays, he has not been able to get rid of the set of 'official treasury through private treasury', and he will eventually be criticized.

This Brother Zhang is even more good at playing, playing the big pattern of 'rivers flowing into the sea', so that you can willingly send money to him to play, that is, the official and the imperial history, if you can't find out the reason, who can fart? People not only do not compete with the people, but make profits for the people, which is called 'a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way', a word to describe: high!

In any case, when it comes to the ancestral system and legal system, the stakes are very high, and the political envoy told Zhang Yingquan to prepare early, rush to the capital by himself, present himself to the emperor, and ask for a promise, so that the imperial envoys of the officials and officials shut up in advance, and prepare to throw off their arms and do a big job.

Zhang Yingquan has been planning to develop the Hewan area outside Jinxian County. This area is more than ten miles away from the county seat, the central location is called Shili Pavilion, the Golden River passes through here, the area is larger than the county seat, and it is also called Jinhe Bay.

The imperial court has no explicit regulations on land development, private land, as long as it does not involve public transactions, no one cares, and there is no planning, most of this area is gravel beach, no one cultivates, except for a few sheds, there is only a small village across the river, called Wangshan Village, Bit's foreign church is there, the rest is barren, the county government encourages reclamation, and the land register indicates that where reclamation is made, cultivation for three years is exempt from land tax, and cultivation for five years is issued a land license.

Someone actually bought this land? The county government officials are stunned, if this land can be sold, what kind of tricks are there to do 'three exemptions and five licenses'? So far, there has been no successful case, who will buy it? Zhangjia in the mountain town?

The county magistrate knows that the Zhang family is powerful, but this matter involves laws and regulations, and he does not dare to mess around, so he repeatedly considers and makes a price. One is too big, there are violations, the other is to be reclaimed in the register, there is a violation of tax rules, if when the development of wasteland, you can consider freezing the land circulation first, but the Zhang family needs to pay reclamation tax, three years, one or two pieces of silver per mu, thousands of taels, after the fact, according to the specific affairs, block for the land license, and a tax transaction fee, the land transaction price is negotiable.

Yes! Zhang Yingquan did not drag mud and water, and immediately promised that the development of the river bay area was imminent.

If you want to be rich, build the road first, this is the mantra of Zhang Zongbing, his own road, with reference to the standard of the mountain town, the gray ground, the diversion of people and vehicles, the width of the main lane can be parallel to two large cars, there are curbs, drainage ditches, greening, and telephone poles, everyone does not know why to erect a row of poles, the general soldier does not need to ask, it will be of great use.

This avenue, passing through the central area of Hewan, leads directly to the fast lane into the mountain, killing two birds with one stone, and the Zhang family seems to play Go, connecting into a general trend.

The next month, Bai Xianglong arrived in a hurry, the first sentence.

"The emperor has agreed, open mining, smelting, official supervision and private offices, first in Jiangsu and Zhejiang trial, discretionary order of the official and general office, personally point your brother for the lack of official officials, from the five products will be done, the specific affairs by you, congratulations to Zhang Hui first!"

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