Nong Jinsun looked at Xuan Yuemeng's face, and immediately understood what Xuan Yuemeng meant: "Yuemeng, I know you must have misunderstood, the Japanese are very hostile to our Great Qing Kingdom, I have been in Japan for so long, how can I not know?" Don't worry, I won't have any deep friendship with the Japanese, but we people in the Great Qing Kingdom must also face up to our backwardness! Japan's history, geography, culture, and all aspects are far behind ours, but the speed at which they are catching up is amazing, and the determination of their entire nation to surpass us is amazing! Since the Meiji period three years ago, they have been working hard in Japan, from the emperor to the poor people! For such a nation, we must be vigilant, but also contact, to engage in foreign affairs is by no means just blind obedience, by no means just to learn a little skin, to learn the roots of others, from the origin of foreign affairs in order to save our China. ”

Xuan Yuemeng sweated, Nong Jinsun is very new, is he still a seedling of an enlightenment thinker? In fact, through this period of contact with the society of the late Qing Dynasty, Xuan Yuemeng has also met many people like Nong Jinsun, he doesn't understand, why so many pioneers and ideological awakeners, in the end, did not save the decline of the country, this problem, Xuan Yuemeng is still exploring, if it is all blamed on the decay of the ruling class, Xuan Yuemeng does not agree, it should still be the problem of the whole nation, if the national consciousness is strong enough, the ruling class will not be overthrown, "Uncle Nong, I very much agree with your point of view, then what do you think, What should I do to save my Huaxia? ”

Nong Jinsun: "The most important thing is to learn the advanced scientific knowledge of the West and enlighten the minds of the people. I am just an ordinary doctor, and all I can do is to do my best to spread more advanced medical knowledge from the West and save lives. I think. We need to open more medical clinics. ”

Xuan Yuemeng sweated again, I praised you in my heart just now, it seems that you are indeed quite ordinary, at best you are just a patriotic Westernist, far from the height of an enlightenment thinker. Is there a use in opening more medical centers? Do you kill all the great powers by curing diseases?

Nong Jinsun saw Xuan Yuemeng's expression indifferently, and felt that his self-esteem had been hurt. "Young Master Yuemeng, look at our country, so many people smoke big cigarettes now! Not to mention the money earned by the foreign powers, and the health was also deprived, this is the biggest source hindering our development, but it is a pity that the Qing Dynasty was defeated in the Opium War. ”

Nong Jinsun's words, Xuan Yuemeng didn't care, but seemed to suddenly think of something? "You said that so many people smoke a lot, and we must not be able to ban smoking. The imperial court didn't dare, but the big tobacco warehouse in the concession had just been burned down a while ago, and now the supply of big tobacco must be tight, do we have any medicine that can be suppressed, or can directly help people quit smoking? ”

Nong Jinsun looked at Xuan Yuemeng in surprise, as if he had found some treasure, "You want to go with me, of course there is." I have developed a proprietary Chinese medicine that is a combination of Western medicine and Chinese medicine. It can be mass-produced with only a few raw materials that can be obtained in large quantities very simply, but there is no way to get the support of the imperial court, so I can only sell some in small quantities in the medicine store. Wait, I'll show it to you now. ”

Xuan Yuemeng nodded, although his idea was not very clear, but his thinking was already infinitely close to solving the problem of the British and French Concessions jointly blocking his Klinsmann Foreign Bank! Xuan Yuemeng's heart suddenly became nervous. Look forward to it.

Nong Jinsun quickly took a box and opened it, and inside were several large, round jet-black pills, which were extremely stinky!

Xuan Yuemeng retched, and hurriedly said, "Okay." Uncle Nong, hurry up and lock it up! ”

Huo Yuanjia and Liu Zhensheng smelled so stinky, and quickly covered their mouths and noses, when Xuan Yuemeng was talking to Nong Jinsun, the two of them didn't know what Xuan Yuemeng and Nong Jinsun were talking about, so they had been honestly waiting for Xuan Yuemeng to finish talking so that they could go home together.

Nong Jinsun smiled: "Young Master Meng, don't look at this thing stinks, I gave them a name, it's called Smoking Cessation Pill!" It is very effective for people with a big smoking addiction, if you don't smoke a lot for a month, you can quit the big smoking addiction if you take a smoking cessation pill every day. Taking this medicine can make people drowsy, nauseated, don't want to eat anything, just want to sleep, and come to one when you want to smoke a lot, it is very effective for quitting smoking, I have experimented with it. ”

Xuan Yuemeng nodded and said with a smile: "It's a good thing, but it's really not easy to promote, especially if you don't get the support of the imperial court!" If the merchants of the Great Qing Kingdom sell this kind of thing, the foreigners will definitely intervene, but what about the sale of this kind of thing by foreign companies? ”

Xuan Yuemeng suddenly figured it all out! What's the deal, Klinsmann sells foreign deals, which one dares to say? If any consulate dares to say it, go to the American consulate and the German consulate! The United States and Germany are both latecomer capitalist countries, and their market share in China is less than a fraction of that of Britain and France! And the big tobacco market is mainly monopolized by Britain and France! When you go to the U.S. consulate or the German consulate, Lao Tzu will also negotiate with you, negotiate slowly, and see who is in a hurry! If the business of quitting smoking pills is on fire, even if the construction period of the American concession is stagnant, others will not think that Klinsmann will not be able to do it! At most, Klinsmann & Co. thought that because the business of the pharmaceutical factory was too hot, it temporarily slowed down the construction period of the construction site and focused on the pharmaceutical factory!

Now, the biggest difficulty is only to find someone to support in the Qing Dynasty! Xuan Yuemeng thought of the relationship between her old man Xuan Zonglu and Li Hongzao, Li Hongzao is a hardcore old-fashioned diehard! This faction is the most hardcore to resist foreigners!

Xuan Yuemeng quickly thought about the countermeasures to deal with the merchant groups in the British and French concessions in her mind, and the more she thought about it, the smoother her thoughts became, a big problem that she had just held in her heart, and she didn't expect to find a solution so quickly.

Xuan Yuemeng thought this, suddenly stood up and shouted hello.

Xuan Yuemeng's sudden cheer startled Nong Jinsun, Huo Yuanjia, and Liu Zhensheng.

Huo Yuanjia hurriedly asked, "Yue Meng, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "I found a good project!" Uncle Nong, I'm going to start a pharmaceutical factory specifically to produce this smoking cessation pill! Can you provide me with the technology? I can pay you. ”

Nong Jinsun: "The technology here is very simple, generally a little level of Chinese medicine can be made, I just added a little Western medicine ingredients, and there is no difficulty, if Young Master Yuemeng really wants to do this, this is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people." How can I collect money? I'll write you the recipe and the manufacturing steps in detail right away. ”

Xuan Yuemeng was pleasantly surprised: "Thank you! But this is always technology, I happen to have a hundred taels of silver tickets here, you take it first, I will buy out your project! ”

When Nong Jinsun heard the word project, he felt fresh, but after all, he was a person who had stayed abroad. It's still understandable, "Young Master Yuemeng, I definitely can't ask for this money, what kind of person have I become if I ask for this kind of money?" As long as more people who smoke big cigarettes can use this drug, I thank you that it's too late. It's just that without the support of the imperial court, your medicine will be confiscated by the government as soon as you take it out, right? Because the imperial court does not ban smoking? Those officials and foreigners are in collusion with each other, and if you sell this kind of smoking cessation pill, it will affect their interests. How could they say yes? Have you considered the risks involved? I can't hurt you. ”

Xuan Yuemeng also thought of this aspect of what Nong Jinsun said, "It's okay, I'll sell it with money!" The most important thing is to get the acquiescence of the imperial court! Don't worry about it so much, you go and write out the list first, and I'll let people start preparing for mass production today! Can you close the store during this time and dedicate it to me as a technical advisor? I'll pay you. ”

Nong Jinsun saw that Young Master Meng said yes, and saw that Young Master Meng was a personality who did big things, and he was also quite excited. I didn't expect Young Master Yuemeng to do what he said! He also knew just now that Young Master Yue Meng was a director of the Board of Directors of the American Concession, and there was such a person to take the lead. Looks like there's hope! "Young Master Yuemeng, I don't want a salary, just take care of the food, anyway, I don't have any business in this small medicine store."

Xuan Yuemeng said: "This is absolutely not good, Uncle Nong, you give away technology." I accept it, if I want you to work for nothing, is that still called opening a pharmaceutical factory? Mass production must have a technical team, and you will be the director of Klinsmann Pharmaceutical Factory in the future! I'll try to find you some foreign medical experts, and you try to form a team. Your monthly salary is 10 taels of Qing official silver! ”

The annual salary of one hundred and twenty-two taels of Qing official silver is equivalent to that of a four-grade high-ranking official in this era! Of course, not counting the embezzlement part.

Nong Jinsun looked at Xuan Yuemeng in surprise, how old is this time? It's the first time I've seen this little prodigy, and I'm actually going to be hired by a child who is less than a year old? "Young Master Yuemeng, do you mean, did you hire me?"

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "It was Klinsmann & Co. who hired you, Uncle Nong, are you willing to contribute to the cause of smoking cessation and medicine in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng stretched out her little chubby paw to Nong Jinsun.

Nong Jinsun hasn't figured out what is going on yet, everything is too fast, and his mind can't keep up at all!

It is true that Xuan Yuemeng is also a sloppy personality in modern times, but in this era, he still seems to be very efficient.

Nong Jinsun also stretched out his hand in a daze, and shook it with Xuan Yuemeng's little chubby paws, just with Xuan Yuemeng's words to contribute to the smoking cessation cause and medicine of the Qing Dynasty, Nong Jinsun felt that he should follow Xuan Yuemeng.

Huo Yuanjia and Liu Zhensheng couldn't figure out what was going on, they only saw the two of them talking for a while, and then they held each other's hands, what game were they playing?

Girls in this era mature very early, but boys in this era are obviously more mature than modern boys, and boys before they get married definitely don't know as much as modern boys.

Xuan Yuemeng immediately asked Dali to find Timothy Lee, immediately prepare for the pharmaceutical factory, first cooperate with Nong Jinsun to purchase materials, set up a project department, set up a workshop in Nong Jinsun's small medicine store, immediately plan a piece of land in the industrial zone, prepare to build a larger pharmaceutical factory, and go to Shanghai to order related equipment, with the goal of establishing a large-capacity, modern, large-scale pharmaceutical factory.

Nong Jinsun listened to what Xuan Yuemeng said, and felt that he had the bottom in his heart. Originally, he still thought that Xuan Yuemeng could listen to the words of such a big child? Now I only feel that the prodigy is not groundless.

Xuan Yuemeng said to do it, immediately sent Huo Yuanjia and Liu Zhensheng back, and then returned to Zeng's mansion to find Zeng Jize, he must get the support of the imperial court, what is the imperial court? The imperial court is the Empress Dowager Cixi! The Li Hongzao that Xuan Yuemeng thought of was just the last way, before Li Hongzao, if Zeng Jize or Li Hongzhang could support him, he wouldn't have to go to Beijing.

Zeng Jize shot directly as soon as he heard Xuan Yuemeng finish speaking, "You are taking it for granted, the governors may not directly take the foreigners' big cigarette money, but there must be money at the bottom, and taking money at the bottom is actually equivalent to the governor taking money, if everyone at the bottom is against the governor, which governor will eat it?" This thing will not work at all, the court will not agree, and the people below will not agree, this will provoke a war. You are still too young, how much do you know about the imperial court and diplomacy? Your Klinsmann & Co. has already violated the interests of the British, the French and the Canal Gang by building a wharf, you see, can such a big thing be compared with such a big thing as a smoking ban? You can't do something as big as that, let alone something as big as a smoking ban? Besides, the Americans and Germans will ask Klinsmann to make the smoking cessation pill you are talking about? Aren't they afraid of encroaching on the interests of other countries? How dare they offend other powers? ”

Xuan Yuemeng expected that Zeng Jize would oppose his approach, but he didn't expect Zeng Jize to be so excited: "As long as the imperial court acquiesces, this matter will be provoked by Klinsmann Foreign Bank, which will be beneficial to the Qing Dynasty, and a few more governors will cooperate, I believe that the knowledgeable people will also support it." ”

Zeng Jize smiled bitterly, "Of course I know that this is a great thing, the Qing Dynasty is deeply poisoned by the smoke, and the harm is great, and it is the first of all evils!" How could I not understand the truth? I'm saying that it's impossible, the court won't agree, there won't be a big man to stand up for you, the governor, the minister of military aircraft, you are still too young, how much do you understand in the court? There are also foreigners, once the interests of foreigners are violated, foreigners will directly intervene by force! ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "Are you afraid that I will affect you?" ”

Zeng Jize was stunned, then sighed with a wry smile, "What's wrong with me?" If you can do this, it will be worth it even for my father! My father has spent his whole life for the Qing Dynasty, are you afraid of this? What the Qing Dynasty needs now is stability, and it needs to rise up to catch up with foreigners, so we are engaged in foreign affairs, not brute force, and we can't fight foreigners. Don't give outsiders the truth. ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "Don't worry about this, I'll go to Li Zhongtang to discuss." ”

This is the first time that Xuan Yuemeng and Zeng Jize have a disagreement! In Xuan Yuemeng's opinion, it was Klinsmann & Co. who took the lead in doing this, and what he gambled on was only his own net worth and property! It is a good and harmless thing for the Great Qing Kingdom, and there is absolutely room and possibility for manipulation, and he will not give up lightly about what he recognizes, no matter who the opponents are.

In Zeng Jize's opinion, he only felt that Xuan Yuemeng was whimsical, taking an egg to touch a stone, and the differences between the two people were ******** above and irreconcilable! (To be continued.) )