Seeing Xu Shichang away, Hu Xiaoyan felt more and more pressure and had to speed up the pace.

After many miscellaneous things, he came to the only tavern in Lieshan Town. Because Lieshan Town was newly built, there were not many rich people. So there are fewer people who come to the tavern to consume. The business of this tavern can be imagined.

The big shopkeeper of the tavern is a local old man in Huaibei, but the owner is very mysterious and hardly comes out. Of course, Hu Xiaoyan didn't come here to drink. He asked for the innermost private room upstairs and asked for a pot of legendary daughter red. A glass of wine is not finished yet. The door to the private room opened.

It was Chen Yu who came in. Chen Yu is much older than when the two sides first met. He was a twenty-two-year-old boy who now looked at least thirty years old.

"Brother, what are you?" Hu Xiaoyan is very strange.

"Sensei said, tired. I said, Brother Hu, you didn't deceive me, did you? Will there be business opportunities in this bird place? Chen Yu poured himself wine dissatisfied.

"I ran from Shanghai to Tianjin, then to Shandong, and finally to you, as far as I know, even that place in Shanxi has much more business opportunities than your ghost place."

"That's because your eyes only see beautiful buildings and people coming and going in gorgeous clothes." Hu Xiaoyan didn't care.

"Although there are opportunities you need there, the competition there will also be more fierce, whether it is foreign cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol, or foreign fire. What are you competing with these things? But with me it's different. Hu Xiaoyan drew a big circle on the table.

"This is the mainland, the transportation is inconvenient, and the cost of foreign goods from other places is very high, and I have the support of the governor of Anhui Enming, as long as he sends a document to prohibit any foreign goods from entering the country, what do you think?"

Chen Yu rolled his eyes: "There are not many local foreign goods, if you want to cut off their goods, those people still don't fight with you?" ”

"No kidding, are you here for real?"

"Of course. With such a big market in Anhui, there is no need to leave it to foreigners. Hu Xiaoyan held the wine glass and shook it gently.

"If the foreign goods are sealed, what can the foreigners do with me? Send warships to attack? No kidding. I'm the mainland! Don't say that the big ships of the navy can't get in, even if they can get in, Lao Tzu will let them have no return! ”

Chen Yu sighed: "Brother, there's no need to be so intense. ”

"I can't afford to wait!" Hu Xiaoyan said categorically.

"Time is on the side of foreigners. I don't have that much time to wait. If it weren't for lack of money, you thought I would be looking for you? In the end, do it or not, give a word! ”

"! It is the grandson who has money and does not earn. Of course, Chen Yu doesn't want to be a grandson.

"Let your chief shopkeeper drive the tavern to the four cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou, and the required manpower and funds will be contacted by your chief shopkeeper. Now pack up and go back to Nanyang. Business here is too big. You can't get an idea. Hu Xiaoyan finished drinking the wine. Push open the window and look at the busy scene outside.

He didn't want to come to Chen Yu because he had more important tasks for Chen Yu to do. But alas, things turned out beyond his estimates. Originally, it was thought that these light industry businesses could be handed over to Li Hongzhang's family and Hui merchants. But Li Hongzhang is now jealous of him!

And Hui Shang was cheated with Hu Xueyan more than ten years ago. Until now, he has not recovered his vitality, and his courage has become too small and too small. They have lost their pioneering spirit! Hui Shang may have died more than a decade ago.

Hu Xiaoyan had to rely on Chen Yu to find a point for the spy organization. At the same time, Chen Yu is relied on to help develop the local light industry. The tavern that the spy organization needs is very cheap. Chen Yu's own financial authority can solve the problem. But the issue of light industry is not so simple. One hundred and eighty thousand silver dollars each can't be handled. Don't look at Hu Xiaoyan's income of 50,000 taels all of a sudden, and 100,000 taels all of a sudden. It's just that he's in a different position than ordinary people.

If Yuan Shikai casually sent 10,000 taels, Hu Xiaoyan didn't pay attention to it. Yuan Shikai, who was a few thousand taels or something, couldn't take it.

But you must know that the start-up capital of the Dasheng Yarn Factory of Zhang Jian, the champion businessman, is less than 50,000 taels! 50,000 taels is not Zhang Jian's alone, but a joint contribution by many shareholders.

The money needed for light industry is nothing to people who stand on the same level as Hu Xiaoyan, whether it is people like Sheng Xuanhuai or Ye Chengxin, their working capital can be used casually to set up more than a dozen light industry factories, whether it is a yarn factory or a garment factory. If these people had taken out all their possessions, they would have been able to set up hundreds of factories in light industry!

It's just that Sheng Xuanhuai has always been engaged in heavy industry, and Ye Chengxin and others are engaged in the financial industry. These two lines require too much money. Therefore, there is no capital and talent to engage in light industry. China has never been short of money! Even after so many years of fighting the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the concentration of private funds could still complete China's comprehensive light industrialization and semi-heavy industrialization.

However, the centralized use of private funds is easier said than done. Just like the light industrialization process that Hu Xiaoyan needs, is there really no funding? No! Those small landlords and scholars in Suzhou County casually smashed a few money jars to withdraw enough funds. However, the thinking consciousness of these people is still stuck in the old days of small-scale peasant economy.

It was not until 20 years later, when Lao Yuan introduced a series of encouraging policies, and under the propaganda of countless revolutionary parties in various places, that the landlords began to take the initiative to invest money in the development of light industry.

Hu Xiaoyan's foundation is too shallow, if the ancient castle on the beach. It looks powerful, but it dissolves at the touch of a button. So he couldn't afford to wait.

When he came out of the tavern, he still had the bottle of his unfinished daughter red in his hand.

After Chen Yu promised to explain clearly, he set off for Nanyang to talk to his family and his friends. That night, Hu Xiaoyan went to Chen Xin's house to eat, and then talked to the old lady. Although the old lady was unwilling, she was helpless. This made Hu Xiaoyan a little uncomfortable.

The next day, Chen Xin, Huo Yuanjia, Li Chen, Zhang Yufeng, Jin Yunting, and Cheng Youlong gathered in the square. They will go abroad with Hu Xiaoyan. After arriving in Beijing, he met Li Hongzhang, who was now squeezed by Yuan Shikai and Cixi, and it was a foregone conclusion that he would go out to the province. The two sides were able to exchange views only and no useful agreement was reached.

After Hu Xiaoyan was excerpted, he was recognized by Cixi. Then Hu Xiaoyan went to Tianjin Wubei Academy and took away ten junior students again. Although the security of his territory has improved, it is the shock brought by Hu Xiaoyan's spicy hand destroying flowers! It's not that the police system is really good. He will take the trainees to England to learn about the police system in England. Others will go to Germany to learn the advanced staff system.

Take these people to Shanghai again. had a dinner at the Hu family's compound in Shanghai, and the whole process was very depressing, so that he could not experience the warmth of his family. He is not much older than Hu Caoqing, but he is Hu Caoqing's elder. And Hu Xiaoyan has almost no impression and friendship with them.

After leaving the Hu family, Hu Xiaoyan went to Times China to meet Zhang Binglin and Wu Yi, as well as all the other children and progressive literati who studied in the United States. After having a good talk with them about the international situation and the current situation in China, I went with Zhang Binglin to meet with the members of the preparatory committee of Shanghai Chengxin University. Shanghai Chengxin University has now started construction, but because the steel bars of the Hanyang Iron Works have not been up to standard, delaying the construction of other aspects quite quickly. The foundation has been laid, and if nothing else, the university will be ready to be completed in May next year. Except that the institute has always existed only theoretically, there is nothing wrong with anything else. Ye Chengxin's physical condition was not very good originally, but now he runs to the construction site every day, and as a result, his body is getting better and better, and his face is full of red light.

Rong Hong, Cai Yuanpei, Liang Qichao and others are even more like fish in water. With the outcry of these literati, the number of donations from universities is increasing day by day. Even Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and others donated 10,000 taels each.

After spending three days in Shanghai, Hu Xiaoyan officially embarked on the road to Europe, but to his helplessness, he found a team of 10 people led by the trio of Gezhi Academy on the boat.

These people secretly used their pocket money to buy Hu Xiaoyan's ferry tickets for the same period. This is the oldest person who is only seventeen years old. The youngest was less than fifteen years old. In the crowd, Hu Xiaoyan saw the pigtailed girl he had joked about.

"I say, little ones! Do you have the consent of your parents? Hu Xiaoyan had a headache.

"No, but we have written a letter." The leader of the trio stood up and replied confidently. What a special secondary two teenager can't afford to hurt! The ship has already been boarded, and the boat has already started. Then, of course, you can't get rid of these middle two. Hu Xiaoyan had no choice but to let the trio take the lead. There were also three little girls among them. I had no choice but to change the three little girls to Hu Xiaoyan's own room near Hu Xiaoyan by changing rooms, so that they could be taken care of nearby. and replaced Zhang Yufeng, Jin Yunting and Cheng Youlong.

Zhang Yufeng himself is very stable, and he can also take care of those secondary two teenagers nearby. Every day in his spare time, Hu Xiaoyan will gather these secondary two to give lectures. It's all about the rise of great powers and the supremacy of science and technology, interspersed with occasional wealth of nations theory.

Hu Xiaoyan usually works late, even with his super physique, he is a little unbearable, this long-distance trip is just a good time to relax. But if you relax for a long time, you will slack. Hu Xiaoyan is not so undetermined. So he brought the Wealth of Nations, and every night he had to read a few chapters and study it carefully. During the day, these newly understood things will be explained to these future flowers of the motherland. And these secondary two teenagers are indeed very smart, and they can always draw inferences from one another.

Over time, Hu Xiaoyan became acquainted with Thomas the British journalist and Lev Davidovich, a professor at the Russian University. They were all very interested in Hu Xiaoyan's conversation, and then they also joined the course. Thomas is well-informed, while Lev Davidovich is a funny talker. The remarks of the two also caused Hu Xiaoyan to think deeply to a greater or lesser extent. Among them, Lev Davidovich, a Russian, caught Hu Xiaoyan's attention. Because his remarks were unintentionally biased toward Marxism, he also had some unique views on Marxism.

When Hu Xiaoyan came to this era, of course, he would pay great attention to Marx's ism. Marxism can be said to have opened a new era. Hu Xiaoyan was wary of this, Marxism can enter China, but it must be replaced by Chinese and not Russians.

There is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hate for no reason. Perhaps Lenin, a great man, could achieve peaceful coexistence with China and would not have much intention of China. But his successor will not! China and Russia, as close neighbors, one strong and the other weak. One is aggressive, the other resting. It's simply the most vivid metaphor of a cat and a mouse. Russia is not invading China, so it is a ghost! Had it not been for the suddenness and far-reaching impact of World War I and World War II, the Russian Revolution and later Stalin's Blood Moon had also led to the interruption of Russia's industrialization. If it weren't for the fact that Russia didn't have the opportunity to pull out its hands in the face of a strong European enemy. China will definitely not be luckier than Afghanistan.