The two looked at the night sky for a while, and Liu Tong suddenly asked in a low voice: "Dashuai, I want to ask you for a favor." ”

"You say."

"If you meet Miss Xiaoai next time, can you propose to her for me?" Liu Tong said in the future.

Wang Yongan's eyes widened at first, then he laughed, and said with his fingers empty: "What? Do you want to marry her? Figured it out? Miss Xiao Ai is very good to you, isn't it...... You don't seem to care much. ”

Liu Tong bowed his head and said: "Dashuai, in fact, I understand what she means to me, but I used to be self-righteous, and I always thought that I was young Why not look at it, besides, there are so many courtesans in Jingshi to show favor to me." However, after the assassination and disappearance of Dashuai, Jiangbei was leaderless, and many people asked those courtesans to ask me for news, and I realized that they were just using me to get close to Dashuai, and they had other plans. In the past, I thought very highly of myself, but I always didn't feel any security, but it was only when I slept and ate well with Miss Xiao Ai that I realized what I wanted. ”

Wang Yongan said with a straight face: "Xiao Ai is my sister-in-law, I have one thing to teach you first, otherwise I can't rest assured." You should know she can't have children, right? Although Master Li took her around to find famous teachers in the world, Master Li also admitted that there was little hope, can you accept such a Xiao Ai? ”

Liu Tong nodded heavily and said, "I can, I can accept it." ”

Wang Yongan laughed and said: "Actually, this question is not difficult for you, you marry her and treat her well, if you don't have children, you will take a concubine and have a few children in the future." But you know that she is the eldest lady, and the remaining children in the future must be passed on to her, otherwise I will not only not help you to say that I will kiss, but I will also oppose this family business. ”

"I swear to Dashuai that Liu Xiangtian will definitely be good to her." Liu Tong said loudly.

Wang Yongan nodded and patted him on the shoulder, with some comfort in his heart, Xiao Ai's life is hard, Liu Tong's life is also hard, if these two can live together, I hope that their lives will be bitter in the future.

Early the next morning, Wang Yongan felt soreness all over his body, and when he touched his head, he knew that he had a fever, so he hurriedly asked the doctor to come.

The doctor said that Wang Yongan had a cold and had to recuperate and could not leave Beijing for the time being, so Wang Yongan had no choice but to ask Yuan Shikai for leave to postpone his departure from Beijing. However, Yuan Shikai couldn't take care of him, because Yuan Shikai's old illness relapsed and he was lying at home to recuperate, and both Weng and his son-in-law, who could decide the fate of China, became sick seedlings for a while.

As the saying goes, there are many good things, and the exchange of shares of the Industrial Bank of China and the Bank of Communications had to be delayed because of Wang Yongan's illness, Wang Yongan took the opportunity to let Yu Qiaqing transfer funds from the Industrial Bank of China, Yu Qiaqing asked for excuses, Wang Yongan said that you can find a way to make excuses yourself, whether it is investment, building a factory, or a railway. At this time, the four railways in Jiangbei needed a shortage of funds, so Yu Qiaqing gradually transferred funds from the Industrial Bank of China in the name of investing in the Jiangbei Railway alone.

At first, the banks of the four countries did not care about the flow of funds, but apparently Yu Qiaqing's hand was a little big, and the construction of four railways at the same time made a one-time payment of five million US dollars, which made Harold, the general manager of the United States, vigilant. Fortunately, Yu Qiaqing was appointed by Wang Yongan as the general manager of the Jiangbei Railway Group, and had the right to use Wang Yongan's $50 million, and Harold could not do anything even if he stopped it, so the Four Nations Bank had to send investigators to investigate the Jiangbei Railway.

In addition to the Jiangbei Railway, Yu Qiaqing also decided to build the Jiangnan Railway, a railway from Shanghai to Hangzhou. Wang Yongan, on the other hand, believes that his sphere of influence will be in the southwest in the future, so he still needs to build a railway in the southwest region, and he remembers the famous Panzhihua iron mine in later generations, and Panzhihua is now in the Sichuan Special Zone. Liupanshui, an important coal mining area in southwest China, is precisely in Guizhou Province, and Guizhou Province is also its own territory, if Liupanshui and Panzhihua are connected by railway in the future, and then connected with Chengdu, Kunming, Guiyang, and Baxian (Chongqing) by railway, it will be able to achieve revival again.

Yu Qiaqing calculated for Wang Yongan, if he wants to develop iron mines, establish coal mines, and build railways, then the 50 million US dollars will cost at least 30 million, and the follow-up investment will not only be sky-high. Wang Yongan called back to Yu Qiaqing and said that the money was not kept for watching, but for use, and he would bring the funds into the southwest for development and construction, and build the southwest into a small Jiangnan.

Maybe he was worried too much, Wang Yongan's typhoid fever has not improved, but Yuan Shikai's high blood pressure has improved, and he came to visit Wang Yongan. Of course, it can also be understood that Yuan Shikai urged Wang Yongan to handle the share transaction between China Industrial Bank and Bank of Communications as soon as possible.

Wang Yongan can naturally delay day by day, and his deposit in the Industrial Bank of China has not yet been fully cashed out, so how can he exchange it casually, but Zhang Jian completely sold his shares to the Bank of Communications. However, Zhang Jian did not receive monetary compensation, but received compensation from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau, the two largest factories in the former Qing Dynasty, and two million taels of silver.

Yuan Shikai is a white wolf again, and now the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau are in the hands of the revolutionary party, the revolutionary party does not understand production, and there are often revolutionaries who steal factory goods and sell scrap iron parts, but how can Chen Qimei, the governor of Shanghai, honestly hand over these two factories. However, Zhang Jian was optimistic about the two factories, and privately thought that he could negotiate with Chen Qimei, so he accepted the conditions for dismissal from the central government.

When Wang Yongan learned about Zhang Jian's trading conditions, he thought that Zhang Jian had made a big gamble, but if he withdrew his capital, Zhang Jian's shares would also become invalid, so Zhang Jian's transaction before him was not wonderful. Zhang Jian also specially expressed his gratitude to Wang Yongan, saying: "If it weren't for your pressure on the central government, I would not have been able to get the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau, which are worth more than hundreds of millions of taels of silver." ”

Wang Yongan said with a smile: "The central government just sells you gifts from other people's hands, even if it doesn't give it to you, those two factories are now in the hands of Chen Qimei, what can they do." So they just bought your shares for two million taels of silver, and neither of you suffered a loss, so it can be regarded as a win-win situation. Zhang Gong, it's just how do you convince Chen Qimei? ”

Zhang Jian arched his hand and said, "So you still need Jingyun." ”

Wang Yongan smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that Chen Yingshi won't listen to me now." ”

Zhang Jian waved his hand and said: "I dare to conclude that Chen Yingshi only listens to you and Sun Yat-sen, and now that you are building a railway, Sun Yat-sen will definitely support you, so Chen Yingshi will listen to you even more." ”

"In this way...... Wang Yongan said with a smile: "Since Zhang Gong is in trouble, I will do my best." Zhang Gong, I have something to ask you, why don't we cooperate? ”