Gradually entering the **. Kneel and beg for a recommendation ticket. Why are the recommendations higher than mine, regardless of the ranking before and after me?

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Hu Xiaoyan didn't know what kind of agreement Ye Chengxin and others reached with Sheng Xuanhuai, in short, Sheng Xuanhuai did not get mad in the end but took the initiative to donate 10,000 taels, and he would take the initiative to recommend twenty students to study in a new university. The tuition, room and board expenses of these students are all borne by Sheng Xuanhuai. These students were also known as commission trainees.

With Sheng Xuanhuai's initial training, other wealthy businessmen seemed to have opened their eyes in an instant. The least also donated five thousand taels, and each recommended two to twenty students.

As a result, Shanghai Chengxin University has more than 100 commission trainees before it is built. The final amount of donations also exceeded 1.5 million taels. plus one million taels prepared by Ye Cheng and 500,000 taels from Hu Xiaoyan. The cost of building the university has reached three million taels.

Not only that, under Sheng Xuanhuai's guarantee, Chengxin University obtained about 3,000 acres of land in Baoshan District, and the land cost was only 10,21 acres. In other words, the originally very expensive land purchase money saved almost one million taels because of Sheng Xuanhuai's intervention.

Now Shanghai is the most prosperous city in China, and the price of land is also the most expensive. However, Baoshan is not yet a foreign leased area, and the purchase and price of land are determined by the Shanghai magistrate. And the county magistrate of Shanghai can't match Sheng Xuanhuai's promise. This is the benefit of collusion between officials and businessmen.

And judging from Sheng Xuanhuai's calm face, he must have received some promises from Ye Chengxin and others. At this time, the Ningbo gang such as Ye Chengxin and Zhu Baosan almost controlled most of the government-run banks and private banks in Shanghai. And Ye Chengxin and Zhu Baosan have more support from the big guys in the DPRK and China behind them. It can be said that in terms of gold and silver in Shanghai, Ye and Zhu can decide in one word. Even Qiao Zhiyong, a big celebrity among the Jin merchants, came to Shanghai at this time, and it had to depend on the color of the two.

After many businessmen reached a donation, the spoils were divided. Just like Hu Xiaoyan said, the materials needed to build such a large school are very huge. Because the university is a closed education, it needs running water, electricity. Grains and vegetables. There are also books and stationery.

The construction of the university requires steel and cement. It also requires a lot of labor.

Since Sheng Xuanhuai is here. Of course, the steel was to be handed over to Daye Iron Works. And the cement is also the ash, which is naturally divided by everyone here. The amount of ash needed to build a university was astronomical in this era. No ash plant could meet the demand. In fact, in this era, China's ash factories were at most equivalent to the village-run cement factories of later generations. Capacity is extremely low.

Although grains and vegetables do not make much money, the key is to be effective in the long term and in large enough quantities. This was taken by two local businessmen in Shanghai. The Ningbo Gang did not fight.

Books, stationery, etc., are not something that ordinary people can handle. After all, it is a school that can accommodate 20,000 students, and it also leaves a lot of room for expansion in the future. The amount of stationery needed for such a school is also a big business. This was taken down by several businessmen of the Ningbo Gang.

As for thermal power plants and hydropower plants, because of the huge cost. The main thing is to raise funds from everyone to complete. Including Sheng Xuanhuai, almost everyone here has more or less participated in the shares. Because water and electricity can be supplied not only to schools, but also to surrounding towns and even Shanghai. Although the construction cost is high, it is nothing compared to the income in the later period.

All tasks are finished. You are all very happy. And Hu Xiaoyan finally understood the deep meaning of Ye Cheng's arrangement in the end.

Different from Sheng Xuanhuai's unique business, the business philosophy of the Ningbo Gang and the Wenzhou Gang in later generations is similar, that is, everyone earns money together. Such a benefit is risk transfer, and another benefit is the benefit chain. Not all of you here are the Ningbo Gang, there are also some Hui merchants and even Jin merchants. Behind these people are a group of bigwigs. And this university connects all the networks.

Anyone who wants to move this university will face a counterattack from a large number of interest groups. Once this university is built and the surrounding area begins to make profits, then even Li Hongzhang, a Zhongtang adult, will not be able to move the school at that time.

Because after the spoils distribution meeting, after bidding farewell to the businessmen who were very interested, Ye Chengxin invited Hu Xiaoyan and Sheng Xuanhuai aside. In the room, Hu Xiaoyan saw Rong Hong and two foreigners.

Ye Cheng clenched his fists and smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Ye was late. ”

Several guests stood up and saluted each other and sat down.

After some negotiations. Hu Xiaoyan met Rong Hong. As for the two foreigners, one is an American businessman Green, who has a relationship with Rong Hong. This time I came for the benefit of the school. The other was Philip, a counselor at the U.S. Embassy who was brought to the platform by Green.

The idea of the Americans is simple.

In that year, the British ambassador and Sheng Xuanhuai jointly established China's first university hall, the Tianjin Peiyang University Hall. The students of this university are undoubtedly British-educated, and after graduation, they have gone on to work in various government departments and in the military of the Navy and Army. These people have a great deal of affection for the UK, and they will bring a great deal of benefit to the UK in the years to come. For example, British cotton, foreign fire, cigarettes, etc., and then the land of China to make a wild spree for silver. Without the support of these people everywhere, the business in the UK would not be as big.

Americans have always learned a lot about their British brothers. The British investment in Peiyang University has paid off handsomely, and the Americans naturally want to replicate it. So Green was sent by the U.S. Embassy to play an outpost. No way. The university is only on the books. It has not officially started construction yet.

After hearing about tonight's internal plan recruitment activity, Philip ordered to bring Green, an American businessman who had some dealings with Yung Hong, to come and set up a friendship.

Sheng Xuanhuai didn't care about this, and even after starting to negotiate, he began to doze off.

This deepened Hu Xiaoyan's affirmation in his heart. Ye Chengxin must have agreed to Sheng Xuanhuai's request to inject capital into Daye Iron Works. Otherwise, Sheng Xuanhuai would not have said nothing. And the purpose of Sheng Xuanhuai's being pulled here is easy to guess. Sheng Xuanhuai's way of cooperation is the UK. If the conditions of the Americans are not good, Sheng Xuanhuai can play a deterrent role here.

Your conditions are not good, so I will go to the British. After all, the British already had the experience of establishing the Peiyang University Hall in Tianjin. And you Americans don't.

After the pleasantries, Green began to ask about the equipment needed for the university.

Hu Xiaoyan only has a partial memory, so the equipment is not specifically proposed, but only gives a general direction. In addition, the setting of disciplines is not very reasonable.

So Ye Chengxin has been playing official and acting as a white face. He also doesn't understand what equipment is needed in college.

And Rong Hong is acting as a red face. Constantly stimulate the bottom line of Americans. And kept aiming at Sheng Xuanhuai to talk about the British.

Although Sheng Xuanhuai squinted his eyes, he always coughed gently to show his presence at critical times.

As a result, we chatted for half an hour. Philip didn't get anything. His face turned red with anger. But Rong Hong and Green are both circling inside, and he can't get angry. He can't get angry either. Whether it is the Americans, the Germans or the French, they have essentially long been interested in the hot sales of British goods in China. This is also the reason why the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was formed very quickly after the Gengzi Incident. Everyone wanted to snatch a piece of meat from the mouth of the British, and no matter how bad it was, they would have to bite off a bite of meat from the Manchus.

Hu Xiaoyan sat on the side and listened, also a little inexplicably moved. He knew that Ye Chengxin actually gave him a chance to observe. Old man Ye has the most contact with someone Hu, and he has the deepest understanding of someone Hu.

Hu is in fact a technician. Although there doesn't seem to be much memory of this. But there is no doubt that Hu Xiaoyan is very lacking in receiving people and things and negotiating business.

Old man Ye's arrangement can also be called well-intentioned.

No amount of negotiation will pay off. In the end, Ye Chengcheng gave the answer: to integrate the school design and curriculum design of MIT and Harvard University to build a new university that far exceeds the two.

Ye Chengcheng's answer was based on the views of Hu Xiaoyan and Rong Hong. Hu Xiaoyan gave Ye Chengxin the greatest feeling, that is, if you don't do it, you will do it, and once you run a school, you must do the best.

Yung Hong gave information about the school. At this time, the president of Harvard University was Charles William Eliot, who was said to be revolutionary, and he also said that Harvard, a second- or third-rate school, brought it into the hall of a first-class university in the United States. His reputation is well-known in the academic world. The reason why MIT was favored by Ye Cheng was because Charles William Eliot had repeatedly called for the merger of MIT and Harvard University. Yung Hong also learned about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology because of this, and also knew that this science and engineering program was even more powerful than Harvard University.

Ye Cheng's request directly frightened Philip. School design is not a problem. Because the area of more than 3,000 acres has exceeded the area of 380 acres of Harvard University in later generations. If necessary, the area of the university can be expanded again. As a result, most of the farmers in Baoshan District have lost their land. But they don't lose either. Because the construction of the university needs workers, and after the university is established, there will be a need for all kinds of shops near the university, and these shops will need workers. It can be said that the entire Baoshan has actually been completely sold to the future university under the manipulation of Sheng Xuanhuai and the Shanghai Zhixian. As for the question of legality, Sheng Xuanhuai doesn't care, his backstage is Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong. If you dare to object, go talk to Li Hongzhang. Although Li Hongzhang is not in much power now. But the influence of the people is there, and the protégés and former officials in the court don't know how many. In addition, Zhang Zhidong's words, as long as Sheng Xuanhuai does not pull the flag to rebel, just one treasure mountain is not enough to make the Manchu Qing Dynasty decide to tear their faces with Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong.

Such a huge school surprised Philip, but it was not enough for him. What made me feel most difficult was the equipment for the science and engineering courses of these two universities that Ye Cheng asked for. As for the curriculum and technology, it is not difficult to do. Because the equipment itself is very valuable, plus the later teacher dispatch and so on. It's at least a big deal of tens of millions of dollars. Sell a little technology for tens of millions of dollars. The Americans will not refuse.

The president of the United States in 1898 was McKinley, and the biggest event of his time was the revival of the American economy and the foreign expansion strategy he later proposed.

And the Chinese order is believed that he will absolutely agree. But that's not enough. McKinley is a war maniac, and he played an extremely important role in the Gengzi Incident, and it was precisely because of his strong promotion that the Eight-Nation Coalition Army was quickly formed. And before that, the Mexican-American War went without saying.

This guy is definitely the front desk of the arms dealer. But it's a pity. Morgan and the others must not like him very much. Because the war cost Morgan's money, and it was not Morgan who benefited the most.

Looking at Philip who was crooked. Hu Xiaoyan sneered in his heart. In contrast, he prefers to deal with the Germans, because although the Germans are not good birds, they do not act in the back. It is also blatant for Germany to do bad things. The Americans, on the other hand, have a honey-bellied sword and a knife in the back. For example, McKinley will soon do the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China against China. So President McKinley, you'd better die.

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Ask for a recommendation ticket. Why are the recommendations higher than mine, regardless of the ranking before and after me?