This year's spring is particularly bright, with a variety of flowers and lush vegetation. The older generation said that this was because there was a war all over the country last winter, and there were too many young people who died.

Wuhu Beiguan is a rich people's settlement, a piece of deep house compound. Recently, housing prices here have soared, and the original five-in-five mansion can be bought for 3,000 taels to 5,000 taels, but now it has risen to more than 10,000 taels. The arrival of dozens of Yangzhou salt merchants has raised the housing prices here, and the number of people doing small business around has gradually increased.

The six rows of golden copper nails on the vermilion lacquer gate show the owner's outstanding net worth. This was originally a house of the imperial history of the two Huai Salt Road, the old imperial history made a lot of gold and silver during his tenure, and spent a huge amount of money to build this house with a garden, which is in response to the old saying: rich but three generations. The children and grandchildren are not good, smoking big cigarettes and scooping bitches, and the twenty years of life have ruined the family, and the gold and silver are treated as things, the jewelry is used as antiques, and the porcelain is used as calligraphy and painting, and finally the pawn tickets are sold to the drummers for a few scattered silver.

After the family property was lost, he had to sell the big house and move the family to a shanty town in the east of the city. The current owner of this house is Liu Baokun, a big salt merchant in Yangzhou.

At the age of forty, it was the peak of the spring and autumn period for men, Liu Baokun's family was huge, and his wives and concubines were like a group, and he had a good life. In the blink of an eye, the Qing Dynasty changed the Republic of China, Liu Baokun didn't know which tendon was wrong, and wanted to get a real shortage of officials. When the turtle slave Sun Tiansheng was the governor of Yangzhou, Liu Baokun led people to visit him, but seeing Sun Tiansheng's incoherent words and grotesque behavior, he gave up his desire to serve. It just so happened that someone was trying to lure Xu Baoshan, a big salt lord, into Yangzhou, and promised that as long as Liu Baokun was willing to take out 100,000 taels as military expenses, he would give him the throne of Yangzhou's finance minister.

Liu Baokun took out the silver and waited happily for the official to take the seal, but he didn't expect Xu Baoshan to burn, kill and loot after entering the city, if it weren't for Liu Baokun's mansion wall as high as three zhang, and dozens of guards of the courtyard resisted desperately with foreign guns, the prominent Yangzhou Liu family would definitely be ruined.

As the so-called disaster is not a single line, after a disaster, Chai Dongliang, the governor of Anhui, took the sailor to kill Yangzhou, destroyed the salt lord Xu Baoshan, and then began to settle accounts after the autumn. Anyone who colluded with the salt lord was taken to the temporary military court and passed through the hall one by one, where has Liu Baokun seen this formation since he was a child? It didn't take half an hour to confess obediently.

Fortunately, Chai Dongliang did not behead them for public display, nor did he confiscate their family property, but only made them move to Wuhu with all their wealth.

This Jiangnan Industry Persuasion Meeting, Liu Baokun also participated, and he didn't dare not go, he pinched the handle in the hands of others, and he could pinch him to death if he tightened his hands at any time.

300,000 yuan for a set of equipment, isn't this a money grab? 300,000 taels of silver is more than 18,750 catties, which is more than 5,000 catties heavier than Sun Monkey's golden hoop stick??? The mountains of silver were exchanged for a few black iron lumps, and Liu Baokun couldn't sleep for a few days in distress.

Yu Qiaqing, Wu Jintang and others kept explaining the benefits of running an industry to the salt merchants, and how advanced this equipment was??? It's all bullshit, didn't you collude with that Chai Dudu, and even came to deceive yourself? took Lao Tzu's 300,000 cash silver, and they went back to the account of 4466, thinking that Lao Tzu was a young child and a plague who had just debuted?

No matter how huge those iron lumps are, they are also made of iron, but they are sold for a gold price, and the heart of this Chai Dudu is much darker than that of the officials of the Qing Dynasty!

Take 10,000 steps back and say, these machines are really as good as they say, but where is anyone around them who will do this? No one has ever engaged in industry in eight lifetimes!

"Master, will you drink a bowl of ginseng soup?" A sixteen or seventeen-year-old concubine walked up from the back hall with a bowl twisting a three-inch golden lotus and a willow in the wind, blowing with her mouth as she walked.

This ninth aunt was just asked for last year, a sixteen-year-old Qing Qi person, Liu Baokun lit her candle and spent a lot of money to comb the cage, and after a few times, she felt that she couldn't do without it, and finally took out three thousand taels of silver to redeem herself.

"Get out!" Liu Baokun angrily smashed the red soup bowl in the blue and white glaze: "Lao Tzu is angry, you give me ginseng soup, I'm afraid I'll die slowly?" Lao Tzu is dead, how about you go and be a bitch again? ”

Aunt Jiu is too pampered since she entered the door, Liu Baokun is afraid of melting in her mouth, holding it in the palm of her hand for fear of leaking, she has always been gentle and soft-spoken, how could she have had thunderous anger? Suddenly, Aunt Jiu's tears fell, and she stood aside and covered her face and sobbed.

"If you want to die, stay away, don't let Lao Tzu look bad." Liu Baokun said irritably.

The housekeeper walked in from the outside, looked at the scene of the room, wanted to speak but didn't dare, and his lips squirmed for a long time. Liu Baokun scolded: "The dog slave who doesn't open his eyes, if he has a fart, he will quickly release it, poking it like a dead wood, Lao Tzu raised you to eat dry rice?" ”

Liu Baokun has been angry recently, and the housekeeper and the slave are afraid of unjustified disasters, and they dare not take matters seriously. The housekeeper plucked up his courage and said, "Master, there are guests to worship." ”

"Nobody, nobody, nobody." Liu Baokun waved his hand impatiently.

"Sir??? See you again?? See, he said he was from the Governor's Palace. The butler said tremblingly. After that, he handed over a half-foot square bronzing name.

Liu Baokun opened it and saw that it read: Yang Liren, special commissioner of the Industrial Bureau of the Anhui Governor's Office.

He hadn't even heard of this Yang Liren's name, but he understood the words of the Anhui Governor's Mansion in front of him, and Liu Baokun gave the housekeeper a big-eared post, and scolded angrily: "Bastard thing, why didn't you say it earlier?" Go and invite distinguished guests in the flower hall first?? No, I had tea in the main hall, and I changed into the clothes of the guest and met him. Then he yelled at Aunt Jiu, who was crying and crying on the side: "Dead man, don't go and take my caftan over, raising you waste is really eight lifetimes of blood mold!" ”

The housekeeper covered his face and retreated aggrievedly.

After a while, Liu Baokun changed into a poplin robe and a dark flower sleeved horse coat, with a piece of Hanyu around his waist, and walked out of the inner hall. As soon as he arrived at the door of the main hall, Liu Baokun, whose face was as stiff as the filial son of a dead old man, was immediately filled with sweet and greasy smiles, and clasped his fists at the young man who was drinking tea and said: "Rude, rude, let the distinguished guests wait for a long time!" ”

Yang Liren was dressed in a white dress, twenty-four or five years old, and had a lazy smile on his face that marked the surname of an international student.

"In the presumptuous coming down, don't be surprised by the old boss Liu!" Yang Liren also said politely.

Liu Baokun laughed: "You are a noble person from the Governor's Mansion, you can come to the Humble House, and the villain is shining??" Come on, prepare the banquet of Bazhen, and then go to the 'Qingyin Pavilion' to invite Mr. Yingying to accompany you. After that, he leaned over and asked respectfully: "I think the distinguished guest should come back from abroad, right?" I don't know if Chinese food and this pingtan cappella can enter your eyes? If you don't feel good, I'll ask you to arrange a fancai??? It's just that our Anqing can't compare to the big wharves of Shanghai and Tianjin, and there is no such famous restaurant as Qishilin. ”

Yang Liren smiled faintly and said: "The old club is kind, and he understands it in his heart, but he still has official business, so he doesn't dare to delay." ”

Liu Baokun's heart sank, it was rare to come to rip off the bamboo again? 300,000 cash is still not enough to satisfy Chai Dongliang's appetite?

"Commissioner Yang has anything to do, just tell him, and the small ones must do it, and he must do it."

"Next, may I ask my old employer, your equipment has been ordered, when do you plan to set up a factory?" Yang Liren asked with a smile.

Liu Baokun said casually: "This is prepared, and after the machine is delivered, the villain will build the factory." ”

Yang Liren took a sip of tea and said, "I don't know where the old boss is going to build a factory?" How to connect water and electricity, whether the land has been bought, and where is the ash produced? ”

This asked Liu Baokun about it, and after a long time, he said with a bitter face: "Don't tell the commissioner, it's naturally good to run a factory to engage in industry, but I've never done this before, and now it's a tiger who has nowhere to eat!" Moreover, after the payment of 300,000 yuan, the villain's family has been emptied, and he really can't afford to buy land to build a factory??? I had to say it slowly. ”

Yang Liren laughed and said: "Old boss Liu is joking, land acquisition, building factories, and importing raw materials, at most 50,000 taels is enough, and you have paid 300,000 yuan, and 50,000 yuan will stump you?" If you can afford a horse and can't afford a saddle, you're kidding your juniors! ”

Liu Baokun suddenly had cold sweat on his forehead, and he was stunned for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, let's be like this, and then honor the Governor's Mansion for 50,000 taels, and honor the Lord for 10,000 taels??? This is already a villain who has repaid with his full wealth, and I hope that the adult will be gracious. After that, he took off the Hanyu head from his waist and handed it respectfully: "A little gift is not a respect, just a plaything does not hurt the cheap, please appreciate it." ”

Yang Liren hurriedly said: "The old club has misunderstood, please sit down first!" I couldn't help but press Liu Baokun on the chair, and then said with a smile: "We all know the sincerity of the owner and the salt merchants to serve the country, and we understand the hardships of you who have not engaged in industry, so the governor set up an industrial bureau and set up a Guanghua industrial management company???

Liu Baokun was surprised: "I've heard of this telephone company, electric light company, and steel company, and I have a little understanding of what it does, but what does this management company do?" ”

Yang Liren said with a smile: "Let me tell you this, don't you have talents and technicians who are engaged in industry?" The management company prepares the manpower for you, manages the trading for you, and the management company occupies a certain stake in your factory and participates in the dividends. ”

Liu Baokun nodded and said: "I see, since this is the case, then the ordered robot villain will serve the governor, and the right should be a little filial piety of the villain." ”

Yang Liren laughed and said: "If you do this, wouldn't the Governor's Mansion become Shuibo Liangshan, a place where a group of robbers share the spoils?" Don't be afraid, the old boss has explained, you are willing to invest in industry to contribute to the country, and all kinds of things in the past are also bewitched by others, and they will no longer be pursued??? The suggestion of our Industrial Bureau is that the Industrial Bureau should provide land, factory and water and electricity facilities, and the working capital should account for 30% of the shares, the management company should account for 10%, and you should still be the largest shareholder with 60% of the shares??? The ledger is arranged by you and the finances are supervised by you, but the accounts must be open to all shareholders. ”

Liu Baokun thought for a long time and muttered: "This is good, it's good, but we haven't done it, I don't know if this ash factory is making money or losing money, if you make money, of course it's the best, if you lose money??" Don't hide it from the commissioner, the little one has already emptied his family and is really unable to bear it. ”

Yang Liren laughed and said: "Don't worry, the old owner, this joint venture factory naturally has a charter, and the management company can't take the shares for nothing, right?" If the governor loses money and pays it by the Industrial Bureau, he will pay dividends according to the shares when he makes money. ”

Liu Baokun was overjoyed: "That dare is good, the governor loves the people like a son, how can this make the villain grateful." ”

Yang Liren took out a document and handed it to Liu Baokun: "This is the charter of the joint venture factory, please look at the old owner, and let's sign a contract when we go back, it's better to write in black and white." ”

Liu Baokun waved his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, how dare the villain sign a contract with the commissioner?" If you say what you say, the villain will follow it. ”

Yang Liren categorically refused: "This is a consensual thing, just like a man and a woman talking about marriage, how can this twisted melon not be sweet, the old owner should consider it carefully, I will leave this thing for you, and you will make a decision after reading it." ”

Liu Baokun hurriedly said: "You don't have to look at it, what kind of identity are you, how can you deceive the villain?" ”

Yang Liren and Yan Yuese said: "The old owner doesn't have to be too modest, now it's the Republic of China, there are no adults and villains, our industrial bureau is to serve industrialists like you, if the service is not thoughtful, it will be dismissed, if you dare to accept your gifts, then if you are impeached, it is ready-made to go to prison and kill your head." ”

Liu Baokun was shocked: "Chai Dudu's royal law is so big? Commissioner Yang is honest and admirable. ”

"It's not the royal law of our governor, it's the law of the Republic of China??? disturbed the old club, and the younger generation said goodbye. Yang Liren clenched his fists and bowed his hands, and was about to leave.

Liu Baokun grabbed him and said, "How can this be done?" Seeing that it was already noon, how could I say that I would have to eat before leaving Yang Liren said with a smile: "The hospitality of the old owner, the younger generation, but our industrial bureau is different from other yamen, we are only allowed to invite industrialists like you to eat, but we are not allowed to eat industrialists' meals??? After eating your meal, I'm afraid I'm going to smash my job, so I say goodbye! ”

Looking at Yang Liren's fluttering back, Liu Baokun was puzzled, and even forgot about the send-off. Since he can remember, he has never seen an official who is not greedy for money, which cat doesn't eat fish? Some officials of the Qing Dynasty did do everything possible to pretend and not collect money, but they were comfortable with things such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

Don't you need to buy these things with silver? What is the difference between receiving these elegant things and receiving real money?

You can dismiss the official after eating a meal, which is too harsh, this Qing Dynasty changed the Republic of China, and even the cats changed to vegetarianism?

Since I don't understand, Liu Baokun no longer thinks about it, and flips through the articles of association, the above clauses are clearly written, their own investment in equipment accounts for sixty percent of the shares, if there is a loss before the investment is recovered, the industrial bureau and the industrial management company are responsible, the cooperation period is ten years, after the expiration of ten years, the industrial bureau and the industrial management company will occupy forty percent of the shares will be equally distributed to all the workers and technicians in the factory.

How can it not be done if you only make money and don't lose money? Liu Baokun was overjoyed, and shouted: "Xiao Jiu, bring the ginseng soup to the master." ”

Aunt Jiu's face was still dry, so she carefully took out a bowl of ginseng soup and handed it over, Liu Baokun wiped the tears on her face with his sleeve, and then pecked her cheek and said: "The master was phlegm just now, and I wronged my good little Jiu, I should be beaten, I should be beaten." My obedient little nine, don't be angry with me! ”

Aunt Jiu pouted and said: "Xiao Jiu is a hard-working person, although he said that when he followed the master, his body was still clean, but after all, he was just a bitch, how dare he be angry with the master." ”

Liu Baokun stroked her smooth little hand and said: "The master is wrong, the master apologizes to my Xiao Jiu, the master drank the ginseng soup cooked by Xiao Jiu, which is strong and feels twenty years younger??? After a while, the master hurts my Xiao Jiu so much. ”

Aunt Jiu turned her anger into joy, and scratched his old face and said, "This is just a bowl of ginseng soup, and it is not the elixir of Taishang Laojun." ”

The old man Liu Baokun chatted about the madness of youth, hugged the ninth aunt Taiping, and laughed: "You are my rejuvenated Jin Dan." ”

"Master, it's still daylight, and I'll talk about it in the evening." "What's going on during the day? I'm a master, I can be as long as I want! ”

A moment later, the panting of a woman and the creaking of the bed board were heard in the inner hall.

(To be continued)