After Hu Xiaoyan's key explanation, coupled with examples, Zhu Baosan and others accepted this view of science and technology with a wry smile. At that time, it was decided to build a modern university.

I have to admit that the tycoons at this time were more or less patriotic. In particular, the old man in the black robe clamored that he would donate all his family property to build this school.

It was also at this time that the names of the four were communicated.

In addition to Zhu Baosan, the old man in the black robe is Ye Chengxin. And the younger comprador is the famous Yu Qiaqing. The three of them are certainly not a simple party.

There is one person to mention here: Sheng Xuanhuai.

Sheng Xuanhuai has a lot of positive evaluations in history, but realistically speaking, he is a loser! Daye Iron Ore was actually reduced to a raw material supply place for the Japanese in his hands. Not only can it not be profitable, but it loses money every year. For specific reasons, you can spend your mother. And he was able to influence the bank, but he could not get money from the bank, so he could only borrow money from the Japanese. It's really hard to believe that his name is Sheng Xuanhuai, it's just unworthy of his name.

Speaking of Sheng Xuanhuai's influence on Qianzhuang, one person must be mentioned: Hu Guangyong, the word Xueyan. At that time, Hu Xueyan was fighting with Westerners in Shanghai. The fight is the pricing power of silk. This matter is a major event for both the country and the family. If we get the pricing power of silk, I believe that although China's silk will not be able to defeat Japanese silk under Hu Xueyan's key care, it will definitely not be defeated by Japanese silk like later. Because of Hu Xueyan's presence, Chinese silk has been a unified guild on the surface. It will bring a lot of tax revenue to the state and more profits for the sericulture farmers and middlemen.

And this Sheng Xuanhuai classmate mobilized Shanghai Qianzhuang to run on Hu's Fukang Qianzhuang when Hu Xueyan was the most difficult, and as a result, Fukang Qianzhuang collapsed and Hu's capital chain was broken. Hu Xueyan fell completely.

Hu Xueyan's downfall not only caused Zuo Zongtang to fail to do his job, but also indirectly pushed China's fiscal revenue into the abyss. So much so that Cixi, an old woman, had to bring Hu Xueyan to justice. Why the law? Because there is no way, the court has no money! The money consumed by Zuo Zongtang's army outside the country was not something that the imperial court could come up with. Copying Hu Xueyan's house is the best way. But this has harmed the interests of all businessmen in Hu Xueyan's family.

Since Hu Xueyan, Chinese silk has completely lost its bargaining power, and it has completely lost its qualification to compete with Japanese silk.

Coupled with Britain's support for India's tea production, the two basic forms of China's foreign commerce, tea and silk, completely collapsed. This was followed by a massive outflow of silver from China. And what China gets is foreign goods, and there is no taboo in China.

All other goods, whether cotton cloth or foreign fire, were almost all owned by foreign merchants. In other words, China has completely become a dumping ground for commodities of foreign capital, and China has absolutely no room for resistance! Because China does not have the leaders and capital that can really lead China's business.

Just think about what happened to the later champion businessman Zhang Jian and others. Either because of insufficient capital, or because raw materials are stuck, etc., it has never been able to develop and grow.

When we talk about capital here, we must talk about Jin merchants. is Qiao Zhiyong and other people often mentioned in TV series. Needless to say, this person evaluates Qiao Zhiyong in two words - a genius! But Qiao Zhiyong and other Jin businessmen are all based on ticket numbers. In terms of influence and vision, it is more than a step worse than Sheng Xuanhuai and others in the south. It can't be compared with his predecessor Hu Xueyan. Sheng Xuanhuai has been doing foreign affairs for many years.

And Hu Xueyan is the only Chinese businessman who dares to fight with Westerners. The reason why Hu Xueyan is successful and why he can be praised by future generations is because of the word "dare".

The great man said that he dared to be the first in the world.

Only such people can change China. For example, Taizu. At the same time, how many junjie, whether it was the prime minister or how many generals who joined later, fell under the "pomegranate skirt". It's on this one "dare" word.

Whether it is Qiao Zhiyong, Sheng Xuanhuai, or later Zhu Baosan, this word is missing.

Hu Xueyan's personal wealth may not be as good as the Qiao family in its heyday. But to put it mildly, all Chinese commerce at that time was shrouded in the shadow of Hu Xueyan. It's on this one "dare" word.

There are too many, interested friends can read Hu Xueyan's biography.

Having said all that, I just want to express one meaning. Hu Xueyan has always been kind to others, he didn't expect the sinister degree of people's hearts at all, and he underestimated the lower limit of Sheng Xuanhuai's discipline. He was defeated by underestimating the brutality of the political struggle and Sheng Xuanhuai's audacity.

If Hu Xueyan had not died, and half of southern China's commerce had not fallen, then there would never have been a series of events such as the Gengzi Incident.

Because Hu Xueyan is not dead, it is possible for Li Hongzhang to recover this person, and Hu Xueyan will definitely take the initiative to attach himself with interest. And if Li Hongzhang subdued Hu Xueyan, he would not be short of silver taels. His Beiyang Naval Division and Nie Shicheng's army would not have been defeated so quickly and so miserably!

After the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, there was such a record in the battle report: "Many shots hit, but several rounds did not sound." ”

He meowed, and he was speechless when he saw this. In terms of strength, the Chinese side had the advantage, and as a result, the Japanese navy did not lose a single ship, while the Chinese side was almost completely annihilated.

The reason is nothing more than lack of money. Because the money was taken by Cixi's old lady to build a garden.

It's just a butterfly effect. Hu Xueyan was to the Manchus as important to the Manchus as Taizu was to China.

Now Hu Xiaoyan needs a Hu Xueyan to support him. And the three people in front of him have influence and financial resources comparable to Hu Xueyan.

These three famous bigwigs got together to discuss a request from Sheng Xuanhuai.

Since Sheng Xuanhuai took over the Hanyang Iron Works and Daye Iron Mine, he has always been short of funds, so that he had to borrow from Japan one after another, resulting in Daye Iron Works completely becoming a raw material supplier for the Japanese and losing its original independence.

Sheng Xuanhuai contacted his "good friend" Ye Chengxin, because Ye Chengxin was still the general director of China International Commercial Bank. But Ye Chengxin was not as energetic as before at this time, and China Commerce Bank did not have so many silver taels, so Ye found his friend Zhu Baosan. At this time, Zhu Baosan happened to be interested in opening a bank, so he found Yu Qiaqing, a member of the Ningbo Gang who worked in a foreign bank, Yu Qiaqing had a good reputation in the Ningbo Gang at this time, and he also had a lot of ideas about the bank when he worked in a foreign bank. The three met to discuss Sheng Xuanhuai's loan on the one hand, and the feasibility of a joint venture to set up a private bank on the other. You must know that China Commercial Bank is still a joint venture between the government and business.

After the three of them negotiated the school, they started talking about the bank. Hu Xiaoyan couldn't do anything about this, and he didn't have much knowledge of banking in the few memories he had left in his past and present lives. So I can only shake my head and retire.

At this time, Ye Chengxin stopped him and agreed to meet at Ye's house tomorrow to talk about the school. Hu Xiaoyan agreed.

Hu Xiaoyan is still not good at communicating with people, after all, in his previous life, he seemed to be half a technician, and he had no knowledge in this area at all. At this time, he should have learned and communicated with the three of them.

Friendship, friendship, constant exchange of friendship!

Yu Qiaqing sent Hu Xiaoyan out and agreed to meet on a date. Hu Xiaoyan found Wu Yi and Wu Dun, who had long been bored. To his surprise, the three students actually chatted with Wu Yi.

The four of them are chatting passionately about the rise of great powers. Wu Dun dozed off boredly.

To be honest, Hu Xiaoyan's version of the rise of the great powers does not have the detail and depth of the later versions of the rise of the great powers, but as the first book to detail the domestic situation and the rise of various countries, Hu Xiaoyan still underestimated his influence. The failure of the newspaper's sales to rise is fundamentally a matter of Hu Xiaoyan's strategy.

Because big businessmen like Xiang Ye Chengcheng and high-level intellectuals are almost all masters who are not bad for money. Buying newspapers is usually left to the next person. And they also rarely buy newspapers from newsboys. Therefore, most people in Shanghai did not know that there was a new newspaper called Times China in Shanghai, let alone that this newspaper had articles on the rise of great powers.

Fortunately, most of the newsboys they were looking for were near the school. Most of the newspapers were bought by the teachers and students at the school, and some parents bought a copy when they came to see the students.

Therefore, although Times China has been out for a week, he is still mainly circulated among students and teachers. Li Yan, a well-known pen name, is also only circulating in the vicinity of the school.

So when these three students knew that it was actually the famous Li Yan who was talking to them, they immediately seized the opportunity, and they didn't leave!

"Sir! Mr. Li Yan. "I saw Hu Xiaoyan come out. The three students immediately stood up and shouted with a sense of puff.

"What are you?" Hu Xiaoyan asked puzzled.

"Sir, your article is also very good. My father and I enjoyed reading it. Can you tell us more about that? The leading kid said excitedly. The remaining two nodded vigorously behind him.

Hu Xiaoyan looked at the sky outside. Because I came to dinner after work, I chatted with Ye Chengxin and the other three of them for a long time in the private room. It's already dark outside.

"Okay, but don't you have to go home? It was getting late. Hu Xiaoyan said gently. At this moment, another thought popped into his mind. He meowed. Aren't these three boys the best students in the new school? You know, he's going to build a new university. It is a much more advanced university than the new university built by Sheng Xuanhuai and others. The most urgent thing in the new university is that in addition to teachers, it is students. You know, not every student can afford to pay for college. Even with Ye Cheng's funding, the tuition fee is cheaper. Ordinary students can't accept it.

The leading student looked out of the room embarrassedly and grunted. Then he looked at the two boys behind him and said, "Sir, can you please come to our school tomorrow to give a lecture?" Many of our teachers also enjoy reading your newspaper. ”

"Okay." Hu Xiaoyan is worried about how to seduce these underage teenagers. However, he added uneasily: "Is it convenient?" What's the name of your school? ”

"Convenient. We are students of Grace College! The three boys said in unison.

Shanghai Gezhi Academy, built in 1876, was initiated by Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the Qing Dynasty, and jointly founded by Xu Shou, a famous chemist in modern times, and Mak Huatuo, then British Consul General in Shanghai. It is the first Chinese-Western academy in China to teach new natural sciences and other knowledge. Of course, the fame is not as good as the new-style schools run by Sheng Xuanhuai and others, but this school has the ability to teach new natural sciences that other schools do not have, and because it was built early, it has a large group of students who understand natural sciences.

Very good! Hu Xiaoyan nodded secretly. The students taught by such a school and the large student body are very much in line with the requirements of his university students.

"Yes, then see you tomorrow, you can go back quickly, don't let the family worry." Hu Xiaoyan patted the shoulder of the leading boy.

After exchanging the address of the school and the address of Hu Xiaoyan's newspaper, the three boys went downstairs on Twitter. At the door, Hu Xiaoyan saw the three boys getting into the rickshaw and gradually moving away. Thoughts come to mind.

It seems that there is a good saying, the spring breeze is proud. I'm thinking about whatever I want.

I didn't expect to teach students for the first time, but I went with the idea of digging the foot of the wall. I don't know if I can really give a lecture tomorrow, will the principal of Gezhi Academy hunt him down after knowing the details?

Hu Xiaoyan shook his head and walked out of the restaurant with Wu Yi and Wu Dun.