Five days later, Su Baiyi received the news.

Every word and deed of the emperor and his ministers in the court was passed on untouched.

And there are two copies of the news, one is sent by Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, he and Su Baiyi didn't say a few words, but they are both close ministers of the Son of Heaven, Luo Yangxing knows Su Baiyi's status in the emperor's heart, so he can't help but make friends, and only then did he pass the big discussion about him in the imperial court to Guide Mansion.

The reason for doing this is that in addition to making friends, there is also the meaning of stammering.

Why Su Baiyi is so important in the emperor's heart, it is because Emperor Taizu entrusted his dream to today. Very little is known about this matter, and Luo Yangxing is one of them.

Another messenger to Guide Mansion was a eunuch, the number one leader of the East Factory.

For Wang Zhixin, Su Baiyi didn't have much contact, he knew each other when he was in Shandong before, this kung fu was good, and he worked with Guo Cheng in Dengzhou City for several rounds with his bare hands, although he was defeated in the end, he ran back from under Guo Cheng's hands after all, and he could be regarded as having two brushes.

As for why Wang Zhixin passed the news to him, Su Baiyi didn't know, let's understand that this product was also because he also bought a share of the railway.

Su Baiyi is really right.

A day later, he received a letter from Zhang Shize, the prince of the British government, which fully proved this point.

Intentionally or unintentionally, a railway added a lot of weight to the court, at least the nobles and eunuchs won some support.

Staring at the letter, Su Baiyi fell into deep contemplation.

Wen Zhenmeng, this old guy is taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle, this hand is really ruthless!

If the silver is really put into the Tai Warehouse, then the next thing to build the railway will be yellow. As for holding a second concert, that's pure nonsense.

Although those nobles are rich, and businessmen are rich, low-key in this world is king.

If you have nothing to do, you think this is a peaceful and prosperous world, and this is a society ruled by law?

Moreover, from another point of view, this time the singing and selling meeting almost took out the family funds of various giant businessmen and nobles, plus the instantaneous bombardment effect of two promotions and one auto show, so that many people lost their judgment in an instant, so that the last share of singing and selling 3.5 million taels of silver could be formed.

Sober up afterwards, Zhou Wangfu is estimated to pat his thigh and shout regret.

Therefore, even if the show is held again, the effect will be greatly reduced compared to the first time.

If you speculate like this, the consequence of giving the silver to the imperial court is that eighty percent of the railroad cannot be built.

Can't you give it?

Although the emperor said it well, he was unhappy in his heart, and he was wronged and ashamed of him, and he didn't want to be reluctant.

Actually, hehe!

If you really don't want to touch the money of the railway, you can directly and decisively refuse, why are you still procrastinating.

Of course, as the emperor Zhu Youzhen's position may not be correct, after all, the country is about to perish, and if you have money, you must first calm the war rather than build the Laoshizi Railway.

Under the trade-off, Su Baiyi himself fell into a tangle.

To give or not to give?

Half a month later, several luxurious carriages with a long escort of 3,000 people traveled south from Beijing to the south gate of Guide Mansion, and directly occupied the post station of Guide Mansion.

Cabinet minister Wen Zhenmeng, with the newly appointed governor of the five provinces Chen Qiyu, arrived all the way. As soon as Xiaoyu returned to Germany, officials of all sizes came to pay a visit.

Although Su Baiyi is an official rank of the second grade, he still seems a little insignificant in front of Wen Zhenmeng, the cabinet minister and Chen Qiyu, the first official of the Ming Dynasty and the governor of the five provinces, so he can only go to the meeting with a bitter face.

Of course, Su Baiyi knew very well in his heart that these two guys came over in cahoots to ask him for silver.

"I've seen Wen Ge Lao!" After all the people who visited the meeting left, Su Baiyi finally ran to the living room of the post station and bowed his hand to meet Wen Zhenmeng.

Wen Zhenmeng looked kind, twisted his beard with a smile, and said: "I haven't seen you for half a year, Master Su is more handsome than at the beginning, he is really the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, he will enter the cabinet one day, and it should not be a problem." ”

"Thank you, Elder Ge, for your praise!" Su Baiyi responded with a smile, looking harmless to humans and animals.

Everyone has won the Oscar, who doesn't know how to pretend, even if the sword in his heart is opposite, his face is like a spring breeze.

"Master Su, sit down, sit down!" Wen Zhenmeng gave up his seat, and at the same time pointed to a person next to him: "Hey, look at my memory, this is the squire of the military department, Chen Qiyu Chen of the military affairs of the five provinces. ”

"I've seen Master Chen!" Chen Qiyu is the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, and he is the biggest official because he has the largest territory, not because he has the largest official rank.

In fact, logically speaking, Chen Qiyu's governor of the five provinces is temporary, and the squire of the military department is true love, so he is only the third grade, so Su Baiyi did not stand up when he saluted, but just sat on his seat and made a flat salute.

Chen Qiyu's face moved, and he also gestured.

This thing looks about forty years old, with a Chinese-shaped face, the skin belongs to the middle shape that is neither black nor white, and the beard under the jaw hangs down, which has a sense of ease, and then looks at his nose with a towering nose, long eyebrows and straight eyebrows, and a pair of eyes as narrow as knives.

looks good, and if this thing has a daughter, it is estimated that she is also a big beauty. Su Baiyi speculated in his heart, smiled at Chen Qiyu, and turned his head to look at Wen Zhenmeng: "Lord Wen has come all the way to Germany, I don't know what to say?" ”

"White!" Wen Zhenmeng took a sip of tea lightly, sighed deeply and said, "I think when you and I first met in Fengyang Mansion, you were a down-and-out scholar, and the old man was a frustrated official. But now that they are relatively close, they have become members of the court, and they are responsible for the people of the world, and they dare not forget it for a day. ”

Su Baiyi just smiled slightly and said, "What Master Wen said is good, Su empathizes. Take Su as an example, I was wrongly loved by His Majesty, and now I have been added to the post of railway governor, I feel a huge pressure, how many pairs of eyes are staring at me in the whole court, those funders are waiting for it, and the people are looking forward to a way out, these hopes are not a kind of pressure? Su was trembling and walking on thin ice, for fear of messing things up; But that's it, there are still some people who treat the railway as a piece of fat and want to come over and take a bite, alas...... It's hard...... It's hard to be a man, it's hard to be an official, and it's even more difficult to be a fat meat that is looked down upon by dogs! ”

Wen Zhenmeng's face immediately darkened, and his gaze became a little ugly.

You paralyzed Su Baiyi, you dare to scold me for being a dog?

"Ahem...... Chen Qiyu next to him coughed twice and said: "Master Su is too worried, if you want to say that this meat is also the meat of the imperial court, the so-called dogs, aren't they all Your Majesty's dogs?" In front of the people of the world, you and I are all dogs, why bother with these? ”

Su Baiyi laughed dryly, and said: "Well said, well said, you and I are dogs in front of the people of the world, hehe......" This thing listened, and the four words of the deceitful people's servants in later generations were spelled.

"White-clothed......" Wen Zhenmeng took a deep breath: "Mingren doesn't say secret words, since we are here, we won't go around those bends, this time the old man is at the behest of His Majesty, and came to transfer the silver of your Railway Governor's Palace." Your railway is a good state affair, but fighting a war with soldiers is also a state affair, and I believe that Lord Su also knows the truth that the skin does not have hair.

Besides, you are building the Longhai Railway, and now there are bandits everywhere from Luoyang, Henan Province to Xi'an, how to build the road? You should also know which comes first. Instead of holding the silver in your hand and not using it, it is better to take it out to quell the bandits, and wait for the day of Jingping in Shaanxi, which is the time for your railway to show its strength. ”

"How Su repairs the railway, you don't need Master Wen to advise!" Su Baiyi asked with an unkind face: "What did you say about following Your Majesty's will, is it true that if I don't give money to Su Baiyi, I can't resist the will?" ”

"Not really!" Chen Qiyu said: "Your Majesty's dictation, let me and the elder Wenge come to discuss with you Railway Governor's Mansion, if you agree, if you don't agree, Your Majesty also said, I will not be reluctant." ”

All the people present were high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and no one dared to falsely pass on the holy decree.

Su Baiyi nodded, his brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at Wen Zhenmeng and said, "I don't know when Lord Wen borrowed the silver from the Railway Governor's Mansion, when do you plan to repay it?" ”

"Repay?" Wen Zhen Meng blew his beard: "What are you talking about?" It's all the silver of the imperial court, and it's going to go into the Tai warehouse, and it's not going into my Wen Zhenmeng's pocket, what do you say to pay it back? ”

I'm not going to pay it back!

Hmph, I already know what you guys think.

Su Baiyi snorted coldly and said, "If you have borrowed or not, it's really a good idea to fight." However, Master Wen, my money is to build the railway, and your old man has transferred me in one breath, and if the railway cannot be repaired, how can I explain to those railway funders? Another point, if the railway is to be repaired, the silver is nothing to say that it belongs to the imperial court, but if the railway is not repaired, the silver will not belong to the imperial court, but to those investors. ”

"Su Baiyi!" Wen Zhenmeng's tone was cold, and after thinking about it, he still had to know the righteousness: "The ...... of national events"

"Stop!" Su Baiyi said with a smile: "Don't talk about national affairs, let's continue to talk about the silver, originally, if Lord Wen comes later, it doesn't hurt to give you the silver, but it's a fly in the ointment, you came early." ”

"Early?" Chen Qiyu and Wen Zhenmeng looked at Su Baiyi at the same time, and said with a depressed expression: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"It's early to ......" Su Baiyi looked at the two of them, sneered secretly in his heart, raised the cup and took a sip of tea, and said abruptly: "Although the railway shares have been auctioned out, the silver has not been recovered." The two adults also know that our railway governor's palace has only just been established, and there is no official yamen for the office, who dares to bring so much silver in one go, and where to put it when it is obtained? So I agreed with those investors that when the money was needed, I would inform them one by one to send the money. But there is no impermeable wall in the world, Su is afraid, if the intention of the imperial court spreads out, who is willing to send money over? ”

After speaking, he smiled bitterly, with a look of regret that I am willing to give you silver, but I can't give it to you.

Wen Zhenmeng's face instantly darkened.

Chen Qiyu's face was also pale.

If this is the excuse, it is really difficult for them to force Su Baiyi, and His Majesty can also explain the past.

"Of course, if you are poor, you will think about change, and if you change, you will understand!" Su Baiyi said slowly "kindly": "The conquest is a big deal, and you can't let the two of you come for nothing, I still have an idea here to help the two of you get silver!" ”