Chapter 407: Rolls-Royce
As soon as he started the envelope, Liu Mingyuan knew that it was a letter from the people, because there was a small picture in the upper right corner, which was boxy and had a zigzag mark on the side. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The center of the picture is also painted on the steel giant ship that rides the wind and waves in the dawn - it is said that now the Chinese have applied this painting to all aspects, from the "national emblem" at the gate of the city to the reverse side of the coin, from the cockade on the soldier's head to the small picture called "China Post" in front of him.
Surprised by this, he hurriedly opened the first one, which contained an invitation letter sent by the Executive Committee of the Senate, inviting him to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Oriental Chemical Plant on May 29 as a shareholder of the chemical plant. Liu Mingyuan chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly opened the second letter, which was an invitation letter issued by the Chemical Department of the old hospital on May 22, and it was also the same invitation. I opened a few more letters, the contents were almost the same, and when I opened the last one, it was a document sent to him by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, inviting him to go to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade for a meeting to discuss the pricing of fertilizers produced by chemical plants.
"Is this the case?" Liu Mingyuan couldn't help but wonder, causing Zhang Tao and Liu Liting to come over to watch, "What is the fertilizer in this chemical plant?" Why do I need to negotiate pricing? ”
Zhang Tao almost couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly made a gesture of please, "Mr. Liu, if we don't leave now, we won't be able to cut the ribbon in time, today you are the most popular, and even the executive committee members are waiting." ”
In fact, these letters have already been sent to Liujiazhai, but the only remaining villagers in Liujiazhai have no concern about sending letters, in their opinion, these letters are nothing more than some good-looking stamps, and when those postmen came to deliver the letters, they were only sent to the door of Liujiazhai to finish it, whether it was delivered to the recipient or not, no one cared, and that's it, Liu Mingyuan has always been completely ignorant of the invitation letters sent by multiple departments of the Senate, and it is for this reason that today's " was captured by a thief".
"Why did you withhold the letter and not give it to the old man?" Liu Mingyuan couldn't help but be a little angry, but he couldn't be angry, this messenger service had never been before, after a little relief, he hurriedly said loudly, "In the future, if there is a letter sent, you must send it to me quickly, otherwise it will delay the big event." The family members nodded busily, so he didn't lose his temper, turned around and saluted Zhang Tao, "That's really a misunderstanding of you." ”
Zhang Tao smiled awkwardly, looked at the servants who were still stunned on the spot, standing or kneeling around, and saw that the old man looked like he was nothing, and he knew that it was a misunderstanding. Liu Mingyuan hurriedly waved his hand at them, "Get up, you guys do your thing!" After speaking, he followed Zhang Tao and walked out.
There are two police Rolls-Royces parked on the avenue at the entrance of Liujiazhai, which are not much different from other cars of the same type in appearance, except that a bell is installed above the body, which is sounded by the person sitting in the co-pilot or rear seat when on duty, to remind the people on the road to get out of the way. There is also a flag on the roof of the car, with the word "police" written on it, and with such a dress and a bell, even if you are 200 meters away, you can clearly know that it is a police car.
When several people got into the car, a police car drove the way in front of them, and the police car they were in followed behind. Liu Mingyuan This is the first time to ride a Rolls-Royce, if you want to say that he usually sees someone driving this kind of car on the road, the car is quite stable, although the speed is not as fast as the horse, but it is faster than walking I don't know how much, from the people in the car while chatting with the car, it must not be too difficult. Now that I have finally sat in this kind of car, I have satisfied my long-standing curiosity. The car is not big, it is nothing more than two zhang long and one zhang wide, there is a canvas roof on the top of the car, which can cover the sun in sunny weather, and can block water in the rain, and there is a wooden door in the place where you get on and off the car, this is because Sun Wenbin accidentally fell out because Liu Liting accidentally fell out last time, so he suggested that the industrial department install it. Fortunately, all Rolls-Royces have the same shape, so it didn't take much time to build the doors to install. Under the front canvas is a crystal glass, the degree of transparency is very good, but there are two scrapers on it, I don't know what material it is made of, take a closer look, it seems that it can be pulled and swung with a rope - this is naturally a wiper, you must know that these windshields themselves are also subject to great opposition, this is not tempered glass or explosion-proof glass, or ordinary glass, once there is a traffic accident, it is easy to break and hurt the people in the car. However, after discussion, the fastest speed of Rolls-Royce is only 20 kilometers per hour, and no matter how fast the speed is, it will not cause a major accident. Since you have a windshield, you must also use a windshield wiper, otherwise it is easy to lose sight of the road when it rains. The wiper is actually two scrapers mounted on glass, and now there is no rubber and plastic, so this kind of laterally moving wiper can only be made of cork because of the ugliness, and the power used is to swing back and forth through the principle of electric fan shaking head power to tow the wiper. A thin wooden board is placed in front of the car to cover the front, which should also be used to protect the sun and rain, and the front cover of the car is also printed with the national emblem. Liu Mingyuan couldn't help but smile indifferently, "Your national emblem is really everywhere?" ”
Zhang Tao smiled, got into the car, and said to the driver in front, "Drive." Then he turned to Liu Mingyuan's father and daughter in the back seat of the car, "Of course, on behalf of the country, take care of all the people, if it is difficult to find the police, it is natural to make yourself conspicuous, so that someone will come to us." ”
Liu Mingyuan only felt the smoothness of this Rolls-Royce for the first time at this time, the current vehicle is driving on the originally very smooth road, the speed is also very fast, the pedestrians on both sides of the road quickly retreated, the gentle cool breeze blew into the car, bringing a trace of coolness, except for the pedal under the foot up and down the ground from time to time to hit the calf a little uncomfortable, the rest is completely only comfortable. Seeing his daughter sitting on the saddle of the car with ease, and her feet were stepping on the pedal like the person in front of her, Liu Mingyuan was curious, and he also stepped on it tentatively, and with a little force, he actually stepped on it smoothly according to the same rhythm, without feeling tired at all, and he would not hit his calves.
"This car is good," Liu Mingyuan couldn't help but say to himself, he usually goes out either on horseback, or in a sedan chair, and occasionally in a carriage, but compared to riding a horse, his thighs hurt, and the sedan chair is slow and uncomfortable, and the carriage is slightly more comfortable, but it will also be very uncomfortable on his back. But now I am sitting in a Rolls-Royce that I don't feel uncomfortable at all, the saddle is equipped with thick cotton pads, and there are also backrests, and sitting on it is as comfortable as my own bed, and I guess it will not be uncomfortable to sit for a long time.
The police car in front rang the alarm bell, leading the police car behind to drive quickly on the road, Zhang Tao kept raising his hand and looking at his watch all the way. Because when buying a car, the Rolls-Royce 4S store had already informed that if you encounter a convoy with alarm bells on the road, you must give way immediately, otherwise not only the vehicle may be confiscated, but also may be arrested and detained and fined. You must know that now you can install alarm bells in cars, except for police cars, ambulances and fire trucks, there is no one else, these functional vehicles will never ring the alarm bell without emergency official business, and those drivers who have nothing to do with the alarm bell will also be severely punished once they are complained. There were originally many Rolls-Royce cars on the road, but when they saw the police car coming, they all leaned to the side of the road and waited, even if it broke down and couldn't drive, the driver and passengers jumped out of the car and pushed the vehicle to both sides of the road, not daring to block.
Sure enough, the vehicle arrived at the gate of the chemical plant at 9:45 a.m. Liu Mingyuan was almost frightened back before he got out of the car, and saw several women standing in the crowd from a distance, wearing very tight-fitting cheongsam, although his hands and feet were not exposed, but he felt a burst of heat rising in his lower abdomen, which had not been felt for many years, but fortunately, he was wearing a robe, and he couldn't see these embarrassments after covering it.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a figure rushed in front of him and opened the car door with a hula. At first glance, when he saw this person's face, Liu Mingyuan was directly scared, and it turned out to be the black fat man Shi Li who was five big and three thick before. Shi Li said with a complaining face, "Master Liu, you are too concerned about your own industry, right?" As he spoke, he pointed to the wall behind him, "You have shares in this chemical plant, except for the Senate, you are the only shareholder, why did you come so late to participate in the ribbon cutting?" ”
Liu Liting couldn't help but be stunned for a moment in the back, she had often heard of this chemical plant, the chemical plant, the dry dock, and the military factory could be called the three important projects of the Senate in 1629, and she didn't know that her father also had shares in the chemical plant. You must know that although Sun Wenbin read the contract last time, and explained to her the principle of equity and shares for a while, she was completely a toad jumping to the drum and did not understand, and then participated in the work of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to understand a little bit of equity and shares, but completely forgot that her father had signed the share contract, and now she suddenly remembered this, and couldn't help but feel a heartbeat, the senate of the chemical plant claims to invest 30,000 taels, so it must be one of the main industries of the senate, and his father has shares, Doesn't that mean that the Liu family will have a big share of the profits of the chemical plant in the future? As for the loss of capital, Liu Liting never thought about it, which of all the industries in the Senate has lost money? Earning only three times is already a loss-making business, and chemical plants will lose money? It's simply not possible.
Liu Mingyuan knew that he had shares, and joked that the three thousand taels he sent to Dongfang Port to redeem his daughter were inexplicably included in this share, and he didn't dare to get it back, and later the black fat man in front of him brought a group of people to Liujiazhai and kidnapped hundreds of laborers to participate in the construction. It's not bad to think about it now, since this period of time, the land has been contracted to the Committee of Agriculture, if these long-term and short-term workers are still raised in their own villages, then they have to eat, although it sounds uncomfortable to be tied up, but the food and accommodation have been contracted by the people, saving a very large amount of expenses for Liujiazhai, and I heard that the Senate also paid them wages, which saved the Liu family originally had to spend a sum of wages, which is also a good thing. But he didn't expect that after the completion of the chemical plant, he would really have his own share, and he would invite himself to attend the inauguration ceremony.
The father and daughter of the Liu family were led to the podium in ignorance, and Shi Li was relieved at this time, his chemical factory can be regarded as the first industry jointly established by the Senate and the natives, which can not only reduce the investment of the Senate, but also pull the squire forces among the natives onto the thief ship. You must know that the squire power can be regarded as the backbone of the country, what the squire forces support, what can be stable, who can get the support of the squire forces, who can sit firmly in the country. Although it will be necessary to gradually weaken or even seize the power of the squire's power in the future, at this stage, it is far from time.
Therefore, it is very important to let the indigenous people show their faces at the ribbon-cutting ceremony this time, and then receive a part of the dividends, at least to attract the indigenous people to participate in assisting the Senate and sponsoring the Senate to jointly build a strong China.
Liu Mingyuan was standing behind the podium with his daughter at this time, and Sun Wenbin was on the stage, holding a piece of paper and giving a speech. Sun Wenbin is very practical, he knows that most of the natives who come to participate in this event are squires, what do squires have? Some of them have money, as long as they make money, they move home, buy land and build houses, and the money they earn has nowhere to spend, so they can only dig a hole and hide it. Just like the old saying, the silver can not give birth to small silver, the squires also want to have more entrepreneurial opportunities, but the shortcomings of knowledge make them not know what to do to make money, so in the end they can only bury the silver, especially in the recent period to Shui Wangtai every day to complain, saying that these landlords and old money are always trying to exchange the newly issued silver coins to hide, and the silver coins on the market are getting less and less, and even the commemorative coins will be issued to the squires to rush out.
At this time, Sun Wenbin told the aborigines and naturalized people who came to see the lively story in detail what is called chemical fertilizer and what chemical fertilizer can do, and then introduced his father-in-law Liu Mingyuan, who provided resolute support not only in terms of financial resources but also in terms of manpower in the construction of the chemical plant, and was a model for the squires, calling on everyone to learn from Liu Mingyuan...... When he had to step down, it was Liu Mingyuan's turn to speak, Liu Mingyuan also pushed it down, he didn't know that chemical fertilizer had such a big use, if it could really increase crop yield, then his investment was not a chemical plant, but a gold mine! Could it be that these people are really so good that they give wealth to themselves?
However, Sun Wenbin, who came down, had a dry mouth, took a cup of tea handed over by Shi Li and drank it all in a hurry, and then said with a sigh of relief, "The chemical factory in Germany can make poison gas, but I hope that our chemical factory can make beer when it is put into production...... Tea doesn't quench your thirst! ”
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