Xuan Yuemeng ignored Zeng Jize's grievances and anger, and went to find Li Hongzhang after eating, it was not difficult for him to see Li Hongzhang now, as long as Li Hongzhang was in Tianjin.

It's just that Xuan Yuemeng didn't expect that as soon as his carriage arrived outside the gate of the Beiyang Yamen, Zeng Jize also followed.

Zeng Jize sighed and grabbed Xuan Yuemeng's little chubby paw, "You kid, you're really anxious, as long as Master Li agrees to help you, I'll be responsible for convincing my father." Now, you should be happy, right? ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled, "Uncle Zeng, you won't be angry with me, right?" ”

Zeng Jize touched Xuan Yuemeng's head, "Didn't I say it?" This is a good thing, I just think that doing this now does not have any conditions for success, this is infringing on the interests of foreigners, this thing will make a big fuss, and the trouble will not end! How could I be angry with you as a child? You can think about the country, I won't blame you. Quit smoking and strengthen the country, these are the things that my generation should do. ”

Xuan Yuemeng nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle Zeng, then you can discuss it with Grandpa Great-Grandpa now, discuss it first, it's always okay, right?" When the time comes, he will talk about it from beginning to end, but he is not mentally prepared, and he will send telegrams back and forth, delaying his efforts. ”

Zeng Jize nodded on Xuan Yuemeng's nose, "Think far as you want." ”

Li Hongzhang met with Xuan Yuemeng at the first time, listened to Xuan Yuemeng say that Klinsmann Foreign Company was going to produce and sell smoking cessation pills, and then looked at the samples that Xuan Yuemeng brought, and listened to Xuan Yuemeng's finished speaking, his expression was similar to Zeng Jize's, and there was no trace of joy, but there was worry.

In fact, if the imperial court really wants to make up its mind to quit smoking and make up its mind to turn against foreigners, where can I use any smoking cessation pills? Burn all the cigarettes directly, and if you don't quit, you have to quit.

Li Hongzhang glanced at Zeng Jize: "Yuemeng, who came up with this?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng understood what Li Hongzhang meant, and Li Hongzhang probably thought that Zeng Jize came up with it. "I came up with it alone."

Li Hongzhang nodded, pondered for a long time, and did not speak.

Xuan Yuemeng doesn't know what Li Hongzhang is going to do, can he do it? Give me a happy word?

Xuan Yuemeng: "It's embarrassing for Lord Zhongtang, I'll think of another idea." ”

Li Hongzhang smiled: "You little hairy child." What can you think of? This matter is indeed as Ji Ze said, first, there must be someone among the ministers of military aircraft, and the Queen Mother acquiesces, and the second is that the three governors must be willing to help, and I am in charge of the house, and there is no problem on my side, as long as the Queen Mother acquiesces, I am the first to approve the promotion of this what quit smoking pill, which is indeed a great thing for the country and the people. I believe that there is nothing on Zeng Zhongtang's side, and when the time comes, I will urgently send a letter for 800 miles, and I can also send a telegram to the foreigner's telegraph office, the key is the side of Ruilin, the governor of Liangguang, and the relationship between Liangguang and foreigners has always been the deepest, on the one hand, it is the relationship between interests, up and down, and it also involves the imperial court. The scope of involvement is too wide, on the other hand. If you really want to work against foreigners, Ruilin will never be able to, he is not Lin Zexu! ”

Li Hongzhang thought for a while and muttered: "As far as I know, this Lord Ruilin is not only full of nobles, but also narrow-minded. He gave Guo Songtao, the governor of Guangdong, all the stops. ”

Zeng Jize also regretted, "It's a pity that this Guo Songtao is a pity, he is a capable minister of foreign affairs, open-minded, and he is more likely to investigate the root cause than when he encounters problems." It's a rare operator in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Xuan Yuemeng hadn't heard of Guo Songtao, and didn't want to say anything wrong, so she continued: "As long as Li Zhongtang says this, it is enough, I will go to Beijing tomorrow to find a relationship, if the imperial court acquiesces to the sale of smoking cessation pills by Klinsmann Foreign Company, I hope Li Zhongtang will not forget what he said today." ”

Li Hongzhang touched Xuan Yuemeng's head angrily and funny, "The old man has lived a sixtieth year, coaxing you to be a child?" Yue Meng, is this your own meaning, or the meaning of the foreigner behind you? Isn't this foreigner afraid that the government in their country will do him? ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "If you want to be big, you always have to offend people!" Britain and France have cut off the supply channels of Klinsmann & Co., and we have to give them some color to see! By the way, you can also save hundreds of millions of smokers in the Great Qing Kingdom! This is all my own idea, if something happens, I don't want my life! ”

This is Xuan Yuemeng's heart's words, Xuan Yuemeng has been in ancient times for a long time, and he has been pretending to be a man for a while, people who have lived once in both worlds, Xuan Yuemeng doesn't want to live so much in this life as in the previous life, and he doesn't want his country to be like a sick cat forever.

Xuan Yuemeng felt that he would definitely not have such a great energy to directly launch a campaign to quit smoking, but there was still hope that he could do it through hard work in reducing the export of cigarettes from foreigners to China on a small scale.

Li Hongzhang looked at Xuan Yuemeng with a smile and shook his head, "At a young age, look at what you can, who can you go to Beijing?" Also, how much money is your little life worth? ”

Zeng Jize sighed, "This kid really has a lot of thoughts, day by day, he can keep getting things out, and I also have a headache." ”

Xuan Yuemeng sweated profusely, you treat me as a little monkey, right? I'm here for China, for the sake of thousands of Li people, such a noble thing, with you and me, am I fooling around?

Xuan Yuemeng and Zeng Jize came out of Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Yamen and returned to Zeng's mansion, and Timothy Li had been waiting for Xuan Yuemeng outside the gate of Zeng's mansion for a long time.

Timothy Li listened to the words that were passed on to him vigorously, and learned that Xuan Yuemeng was going to set up a pharmaceutical factory and what quitting pills were produced, so he was in a hurry.

Xuan Yuemeng and Zeng Jize's carriage stopped.

Timothy Li immediately came over and saluted both of them, and the big bull hugged Xuan Yuemeng out of the car.

Timothy Lee: "Hello, Lord Zeng Jize. ”

Zeng Jize nodded, "Mr. Timothy Li, why don't you come to my mansion to sit down?" What do you do standing in the doorway? It's been a long time since the weather was cold. ”

Timothy Li glanced at Xuan Yuemeng and said to Zeng Jize: "Lord Zeng Jize, I am so hot, I just came to say a few words to Mr. Yuemeng and left, I don't want to go into the mansion to disturb." ”

Zeng Jize: "Okay, Yue Meng, I'll go in first, you go back to bed early." ”

Xuan Yuemeng agreed, knowing what Timothy Li was looking for herself, and asked Da Niu to carry her back into the carriage. Let Timothy Lee get in the car as well.

As soon as Timothy Lee sat down, her hands danced excitedly: "Mr. boss, are you crazy?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled and said, "Mr. Timothy Li, have you forgotten what I told you at the beginning?" How can you call me boss? ”

Timothy Lee knew what Xuan Yuemeng meant, and didn't let him call him boss at any time, and couldn't let anyone except Dali know about it. Even when it's just the two of them, they can't forget, "Mr. Yuemeng, I'm sorry, I'm confused, but I really can't understand what you think this time?" We already have bad relations with the British and French, so why should you further offend their interests? You are completely cutting off your own back road, how can this small foreign bank of ours confront two big empires? You do. The German government and the US government will not care about us, and maybe they will jointly sanction us, do you think that our current situation is not bad enough? ”

Xuan Yuemeng said calmly: "What the consequences will look like, I have already thought about it, this time I decided to gamble everything, including my life!" If Klinsmann's foreign firm collapses, I will give you a large sum of money and will not put you in danger. You don't have to be afraid. I've thought about it before, and now I want Klinsmann to live. There is only one way to make Britain and France unbearable! I don't believe that Britain and France will know that our small foreign firm in China is not someone else, but the British Concession. I'm going to make this thing bigger, bigger and bigger! ”

Timothy Li heard Xuan Yuemeng's resoluteness, and her eyes turned red sadly. "Young Master Meng, I'm very grateful to you for thinking so much about me, I'm anxious, and it's not entirely for myself, I'm mainly anxious for you. I don't think things have come to this point, even if the British and French use ocean shipping to jam our necks, I believe that through diplomatic channels, this matter can always be solved, are you too impatient? Even if it can't be solved for a while, and next year it will affect the payment of the Americans' land purchase money, we can discuss more with the Americans now, discuss with the U.S. consulate, and let them feed back the specific situation to the U.S., and extend the repayment period with accommodation. ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "Mr. Timothy Lee, the method you said is not unreasonable, you can do this now, you can communicate more with the US Consulate in this regard, but you don't forget, the American government is not anyone's government, and the Americans are known for asking for money and shamelessness, they will not be polite to us at that time, as long as we delay the repayment deadline once, they will definitely take back all the land we purchased in the American concession!" And we will also be charged liquidated damages! ”

Timothy Lee has been dealing with Americans for a long time, and he believes that the possibility that Xuan Yuemeng said is likely to come true.

Timothy Li held his head and said: "Mr. Yuemeng, even if we plan for the worst, at most we will find a partner, or sell the land cheaply, or simply give in to the British and French, and there are many other ways to solve the problem?" You really don't have to be so extreme, it's too risky to do this now. If the money is gone, we can still think of ideas, and if we don't have our lives, everything will be over. ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled slightly: "Mr. Timothy Li, don't worry about me, it's okay, everything will pass." Although my approach is risky, it is beneficial to our Klinsmann foreign company, and if this is successful, the British Concession and the French Concession will not dare to let their domestic forces sanction us casually in the future, and we will really gain a firm foothold in China! And, don't you think it's a good thing to benefit hundreds of millions of people? Don't you feel anything when you look at those skinny Chinese who smoke a lot? ”

Timothy Li nodded, glanced at Xuan Yuemeng seriously, and deeply realized the fiery patriotic heart hidden under Xuan Yuemeng's childish appearance, "Okay, Mr. Yuemeng, you persuaded me." I'll do what I'm supposed to do. ”

Xuan Yuemeng put the little chubby paw on Timothy Lee's hand and smiled at this foreigner, Xuan Yuemeng is not an extreme nationalist person, within the scope of permission, even if he has unparalleled power of life and death, he is not willing to kill living beings, he likes the atmosphere of love between people. In Xuan Yuemeng's heart, a benevolent person like Timothy Lee can be regarded as an international friend, which is why Xuan Yuemeng decided to hire Timothy Lee in the first place.

Xuan Yuemeng: "Mr. Timothy Lee, don't think about it, go back and rest early." Tomorrow, I will still go to the American Concession, don't make it like a life and death, and I hope that when I come back from Beijing, you can celebrate for me. ”

Timothy Li said: "Mr. Yuemeng, you still want to go to Beijing?" What to do? ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "A lot of things, don't I want to settle the Qing court first?" Without the permission of the Qing court, how can we sell smoking cessation pills? Also, you do me a favor and help me make a will, if I die, all my property will be left to Xu Xiangzhi, didn't I help Xu Xiangzhi apply for German citizenship before? You will find two more German lawyers to help me do the notarization tomorrow, and tomorrow I will take Xu Xiangzhi to sign. ”

Timothy Lee was shocked, "Mr. Yuemeng, it's not to the point of writing a will, is it?" In this way, I am even more opposed to your production and sale of this smoking cessation pill. ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled slightly: "Writing a will has nothing to do with this matter, you always have to have a will, so you won't be afraid to do things." ”

Timothy Lee said in his heart: You are less than a year old, and you are going to write a will? Shouldn't I write a will? The more Xuan Yuemeng was like this, the more Timothy Li felt depressed, and his mood fell to the bottom, and he reluctantly told Xuan Yuemeng to be careful, although it has only been a few months, the two of them have indeed been friends for many years.

Xuan Yuemeng returned to Zeng's mansion, it was already late at night, and Xu Xiangzhi and Hua Yuerong were still waiting for him.

The antique courtyard, a white cardigan jacket with broken flowers, jet-black hair, a goose-egg-like face, pink carved jade, bright eyes, are particularly moving in the night.

Xuan Yuemeng looked at Xu Xiangzhi seriously for the first time.

Xuan Yuemeng came to this ancient time, and seriously looked at Yaxin Gege, seriously looked at Zeng Siping, seriously looked at Zhao Qingluo, and seriously looked at Hua Yuerong, this is the first time to take Xu Xiangzhi seriously, even if Xu Xiangzhi is actually the woman who has been with him for the longest time.

Xuan Yuemeng thought, if the will is written to the Xuan Huang family, the character of the Xuan Huang family's mother-in-law will definitely go everywhere to say, it is not reliable, then, in addition to Xuan Huang's is Xuan Hongtao, Xuan Hongtao is not reliable, the final choice is only Xuan Xu's, Xuan Yuemeng believes that if he really lives to the end this time, giving the property to Xu Xiangzhi is the best choice, Xu Xiangzhi will not go, Xu Xiangzhi will never go, he understands her, she is like most women in this era, loyal and stubborn. After Xu Xiangzhi took over his property, the beneficiaries would still be the Xuanhuang family and Dafang, so that even if he died, he could die with peace of mind.

For the first time, Xuan Yuemeng had the fear caused by the threat of death. (To be continued.) )