Anyway, old friends are old friends!

Although Yuan Keli did not agree with Su Baiyi's approach, he reluctantly agreed to Su Baiyi's request, repaired the book with Zhou Shipu, and sent it to the mansions of the nobles all over the country!

At the same time, Su Baiyi didn't stop!

In order to make full use of the resources, he personally wrote a letter to the British Gong Zhang Zhiji in Beijing, and sent the procedures and regulations for the sale of railway shares, and asked him to help contact the sons of the nobles!

The invitation is over!

Su Baiyi naturally can't be idle!

A lot of work needs to be done to ensure that the whole auction can be opened and ended perfectly.

You must know that even those noble, powerful and wealthy businessmen really came to Guide Mansion because of the face of Yuan Keli, Zhou Shipu and Cheng Kai, but that is only the face.

It's not worth a trip for the sake of face, but it's a bit too childish to pay for the sake of face to participate in the auction of railway shares. Don't talk about others, even Su Baiyi himself will not pay for a new thing without scruples!

There are still a few more steps to get these dignitaries to take the silver out of their pockets!

For people to buy railway shares, they must first understand what a railway is?

Then let them know the convenience and benefits of the railway!

Finally, let others believe in the ability of the railway, not what you say, and let people believe that you Su Baiyi has the ability and technology to build such a railway.

That's perfect.

In order to achieve this goal, propaganda must be used, and it must be used sufficiently, preferably to shock those who come to watch. Only after the shock, can you go crazy to pay!

First of all, it is necessary to set up a site and show all the bidders in the form of pictures and text what the railway is all about, and how much profit it can bring by building a good railway.

This entailed setting up a large venue and then completing all the pictures and text over the course of a month.

The text is easy to say, the key is the picture!

Su Baiyi plans to buy some pictures from the system and post them if it really doesn't work.

After the venue, it is generally a physical inspection.

In the afterlife, there was a special word called the test section!

For example, Su Baiyi's railway, if a section can be established when attracting investment and let everyone see that it is best to go up and take a ride, Su Baiyi guarantees that there will be a lot of people who will dig out the silver without saying anything, and it is the kind of person who breaks his head and desperately takes out the silver.

But under today's conditions, it is certainly unrealistic to build a test section within a month.

What to do?

Modeling!

Su Baiyi decided to use the huge garden of his new home to build a temporary model railway around the garden, and then buy a steam locomotive to put on the tracks.

It's just a pity for a big garden!

For the sake of the cause, it is also appropriate to give up some of your own property, and the public is selfless!

The auction was scheduled for May 20, a month later, and the time was very tight, so Su Baiyi said he would do it. The members of the old equipment group from the previous year, that is, the group of people who built Jenny machines and flying shuttle looms by the South Lake, were transferred, and led by student Deng Long, began to build a model site in the garden.

Su Baiyi's requirements are very strict, and the site must include flat roadbed, bridges, and slopes, with fill sections and excavation sections, so as to accurately and truly reflect the terrain and landform, at least in terms of perception.

It is also necessary to form a circular loop, so that the model locomotive can start from the starting point and finally go around the garden and return to the starting point.

The Su family's garden and courtyard are the same length, almost 200 meters from south to north, and the width is about 60 meters, and the entire railway circles the courtyard, which is about 500 meters.

Even a model is a huge project.

But fortunately, there are a lot of old equipment groups, plus Deng Long, there are more than a dozen of them, and most of them are carpenters with good skills, and it will not be a problem after being familiar with the drawings, and the most troublesome thing is to build the terrain first!

As for the materials, Su Baiyi purchased them all from the system.

It's just thumb-thick rails and sleepers.

The bridge was temporarily made of wood, and the locomotive was purchased directly.

Su Baiyi is busy working, and Yu Mutong is also busy working.

She was busy with the moving work of the Su family, and from the Su family's small courtyard to the Su family's compound, there were really a lot of things that needed to be moved. The most troublesome thing is silver.

Because the Su family's courtyard was too small in the early stage, and it was not safe to put the silver in the room, so under the encouragement of Chunyan, the three women dug a deep pit in the Su family's courtyard, and all the silver was buried in the pit.

Now if you want to move, if you want to move money, the first thing you have to do is to dig a pit.

This is a laborious job, and they don't dare to find someone outside to do it, so the three women took it upon themselves to dig out all the silver little by little with a shovel, and then put it in the car and sent it to the Su family's compound.

Su Baiyi almost laughed crazy when he learned about it, and pointed at Yu Mutong and said, "You tell me, why don't I let Fu Lin and them go to help dig up the silver?" ”

Su Yan said: "How can it work, outsiders are not safe, what if you know that our family has money and wants to sneak over at night?" ”

Su Baiyi asked, "How much silver does our family have?" ”

Su Baiyi folded his fingers and counted for a long time and said, "How can I say that it is a few thousand taels bigger." ”

"Then do you know that Fu Lin and they have saved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the Yu Courtyard?" Su Baiyi asked with a smile.

"Ah......" Su Yan looked confused!

Su Qing and Yu Mutong also looked at Su Baiyi in shock.

I know that Yuyuan's business makes money, but I didn't expect Yuyuan to be so rich?

You must know that half a year ago, there were only Su Baiyi and more than 80 students in the Yuyuan, and at that time, they were discussing the construction of a new academy next to the big elm tree in the snow, and everyone had a piece of silver to make up forty-two taels.

How much time has it been?

Yuyuan already has hundreds of thousands of taels of family resources?

"Brother is amazing!" Su Yan looked adoring.

Su Baiyi smiled slightly: "So, your little family background Fu Lin and Hou Fangyu, including all the students of our Yu Academy, are not eye-catching, and they are afraid that others will worry about it." Let's be honest, people don't have that time! ”

Another day later, the son of Zhou Shipu who promised was also delivered.

Zhong Er led the team, and a total of ten people were sent, five male servants, and five maids, the eldest was in his twenties, and the younger one was only about the same size as Chunyan.

After Zhong Er saw Su Baiyi this time, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and he no longer dared to claim to be an elder like before, but bowed his body and saluted Su Baiyi steadily.

"Second Uncle Zhong is welcome, we are all old acquaintances!" Su Baiyi looked at the ten people in front of him, the male servants looked loyal and honest, and the maids all had clear eyebrows, and smiled slightly in their hearts: It seems that these ten people should be carefully selected by the Zhou Mansion.

"Just these ten people!" Zhong Er smiled and said, "Master Su, these are all born of a family, if there is disobedience in the future, you can teach a lesson." After a pause, he pointed to a dark-skinned man and said, "This is the grandson of the old slave, his name is Zhong Liang, and I hope Lord Su will take care of him." ”

Su Baiyi was slightly surprised, and then smiled: "This is natural, Zhong Liang, Zhong Liang, the name is a good name, in the future, my Su family will be diligent in doing things, honest and honest, and your benefits are indispensable." He looked at Zhong Er again and said, "Zhong Liang will be our Su family's housekeeper first, the monthly money and other benefits, and the mother will tell you when you go back." ”

Yu Mutong is from everyone's beautiful background, presumably these things should be able to do well.

"Stunned, why don't you hurry up and thank Master Su?" Zhong Er walked over leisurely and kicked Zhong Liang, which caught Su Baiyi and Zhong Liang off guard.

Zhong Hao seemed to be very afraid of his grandfather, and he didn't dare to look up at Su Baiyi after being kicked, so he directly threw himself to his knees, and really kowtowed a few times to Su Baiyi, which can be regarded as the best thanks.

"Okay, let's all go down, and from now on, we will live in the inverted room of the second courtyard!" Su Baiyi made a simple arrangement, and then arched his hand towards Zhong Er: "Trouble Second Uncle Zhong this time, go, go in and have a cup of tea." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" I don't know if I didn't dare to accept the title of "second uncle", or didn't dare to enter the gate of the Su family directly, Zhong Er smiled awkwardly, and then retired.

Su Baiyi is still the same Su Baiyi, a person with a faint mentality, dressed in white as before.

But with the change of his status, the second uncle Zhong in front of him is no longer the second uncle who talked and laughed in front of the juniors at that time.

Immediately, the eunuchs Zhao Heng and He Shan also moved over and lived in the east and west wings of the third courtyard of the Su family respectively. As for the fourth courtyard, it is the owner's residence, and Su Baiyi and Yu Mutong live in the main house of the fourth courtyard. Su Yan and Su Qing's identities changed, from subordinates to dignified masters of the Su family, as Su Baiyi's two sisters, they lived in the east and west wings of the fourth courtyard respectively. Of the five new maids, two are responsible for cooking, and the remaining three are divided into the main room and the east and west wings to serve the living life of the owner of the third room.

The popularity of the entire Su family suddenly became strong.

With the housewarming of the new house, another round of people who came to visit and give gifts began to come in an endless stream, and the originally cold gate suddenly seemed to be as chaotic as a busy city, so busy that the Su family was busy.

Su Baiyi was too lazy to deal with it, and all of this was handed over to Yu Mutong and Zhong Liang.

Among the many visitors, there was one person who was the most special.

That is the contemporary head of the Shen family, Shen Zheng, the leader of the Jiangxi Buzheng Division, and he came to the Su family's compound so suddenly on an ordinary morning with many visitors from the Su family.

Shen Mansion came abruptly!

Su Baiyi was originally the husband of the Shen Mansion, but was later dismissed by Shen Zheng. Although the two families have not turned against each other, they have not intersected since Su Baiyi left the Shen Mansion.

Today, Shen Zheng suddenly came over, which made Su Baiyi a little confused.