Chen Baotong, the prefect of Leizhou Prefecture, was only twenty-four years old when he was born in the third year of Tongzhi, but he also had some ambitions, and he also had the idea of Confucian self-cultivation to rule the country and level the world, but after only two months of being the secretary of the country, the vigorous Taiping civil strife failed.

The king possessed by the god of Hong committed suicide in Tianjing, and the Huai army sprung up, and had great power in the court, and he, a small Jin Shilang without an officialdom background, could only mix in the capital, and it was seven or eight years before he climbed from the sixth grade to the position of the official member Wailang, and his ambition had long been worn out in the peaceful and prosperous world.

And his level of Beijing officials, in Beijing City is as many as a cow's hair, thinking of such a quiet life, he is also somewhat unwilling, after using the savings and accumulated contacts, he released a remote Guangxi Pennsylvania Governor, the usual practice of the collection is naturally wanted, and the additional benefits are not let go, but the idea of benefiting one party is still in mind, and the local affairs of all sizes have also really worked hard, compared to those who donate officials to make money desperately, he thinks he is still a good official.

A few years ago, the colleagues of the Ministry of Officials won the position of the prefect of Leizhou for him, which is much better than the remote Pennsylvania, which cost him a lot of money accumulated in Pennsylvania......

The population of the entire Leizhou area is less than one million, and the population of Guangzhou City at this time is more than 3 million, not to mention the counties around Guangzhou. Although Xuwen County, a subordinate county of Leizhou, is the birthplace of the ancient Silk Road, compared to the port of Guangzhou, which is hundreds of miles away, the port trade here can only be described as a door.

The world-famous Hepu "Nanzhu" business, although it is still well-known in this era, but the production of this thing is scarce, and it is all relied on fishing in the seawater, each one is precious, and there is not much benefit in the past few years. Last year, the port trade business had been sluggish because of the war with the French, so he was busy for a few years in office.

Thinking that the time in office is short, in the past few months, he has been a little hesitant, today, suddenly followed the staff for many years Master Ding came in with a sticker to report, ran in excitedly, and said with some excitement: "My lord, my lord, Lord Sun Fusun, the branch guard of the Guangzhou Yamen, is here."

"Lord Sun......" Governor Chen obviously didn't understand the situation, this common practice in the Guangzhou yamen is paid in full, but why is this Lord Sun not impressed? Suddenly, he patted his head and remembered that this was not the official of the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang, but the chief staff of the new Governor Lord Qin, the Guangzhou Branch Inspector, Lord Sun Fusun

This Guangdong is the world of the Hunan army, so he didn't think of the newcomer Qin Governor at first, this Qin governor seems to have some background in the Hunan army, but obviously not as deep as the Hunan army boss Liu Kunyi, he also sent someone to send it at the beginning of this year, but the amount of silver is average, it makes no sense that this Daotai of the fourth grade wants to visit his prefect from the fourth grade

He hurriedly got up and took Master Ding to the door, this official is a big one, it is crushing people, the number of etiquette can not be lacking, what surprised him is that this Sun Daotai also brought a few officials today, he didn't make a sedan chair at all, and he didn't know how to come, now is naturally not the time to think about this problem, he hurriedly stepped forward, with a professional smile on his face, "Lord Sun came to this Leizhou Mansion, why didn't he inform the lower officials, so that he could prepare one or two"

Sun Fu arched his hand and smiled, "Lord Chen, I was also passing by, and I saw that this Leizhou Mansion is under the governance of Lord Chen, the people are simple and all industries are prosperous, so I specially came to pay a visit."

Chen Baotong laughed, it is true that the people of Leizhou are simple, but all industries are prosperous...... He also knew it, and was busy diverting the topic, "Lord Sun, please do it inside, I have the best West Lake Longjing here, please taste it."

Sun Fu smiled and nodded, and when he arrived at the main hall, Chen Baotong naturally asked Sun Fu to be the leader, and he was by his side, and Master Ding immediately asked people to serve tea. ,

After asking about the fragrance of the tea, Sun Fu tasted a sip of green tea with the fragrance of fresh tea, and asked with a smile: "Governor Chen, this Longjing tea can be regarded as the best, I have been in Fuzhou for many years, and even Governor Ding has never seen such a good tea" Saying this, he couldn't help but ridicule Qin Kai, a rich man with a lot of money...... No, it's obviously tens of millions, but he always entertains himself with that kind of inferior tea.

Seeing Shangguan's happy attitude, Governor Chen was also secretly happy in his heart, this green tea was obtained by him with a lot of effort, and this is what he wanted, and he said with a smile: "Lord Sun, I also got this superb Longjing from a friend of Tongguò in the Ministry of Officials back then, but the quantity is very small, if you like it, bring a can in a while!"

In this era, this back and forth gift in the officialdom is the norm, it is abnormal not to send it, and it is even more abnormal to send it and not receive it, Sun Fu naturally nodded with a smile, chatted a few words, he looked at it and it was time to cut to the chase, so he asked with a smile: "Lord Chen is the second top jinshi in Tongzhi for three years!"

"Master Sun, I'm smiling, this courage of the year, don't mention it"

Seeing Shangguan talk about his little brilliance back then, Governor Chen's face was a little more bright, this second top rank, that is, the fourth place in the palace examination, although it is not as glorious as the champion, Bangyan, and Tanhua, but in the eyes of readers, it is also a great ability, this will be the test, the retest, and the palace test three times, to get such a position, it definitely takes ability and luck.

It's just that his ability and luck seem to have been exhausted in the imperial examination that year, and in the officialdom after that, although he was also working hard and was well versed in officialdom, he always lingered outside the core of the imperial court. But...... Today, Lord Sun suddenly mentioned this matter......

Before Chen Baotong could figure it out, Sun Fu took a sip of tea, smiled slightly, but spoke first: "Governor Chen, I came today to pave a way for you, whether you go or not, you have to decide for yourself, I don't dare to say that this must be a broad road, and I don't know if you want to hear it."

Chen Baotong's heartbeat accelerated several times all of a sudden, and his brain was even a little buzzing, he was not a politician Bai Ding, this Sun Fu came to show the way, who is the character behind him, that is a question that an idiot can understand, he is so lucky, let the governor of Qin, the feudal governor of a province, see it, he immediately calmed down, picked up the teacup and drank it all, got up and bowed down.

"Lord Sun is righteous, the lower officials keep it in mind, and ask the adults to guide the lower officials to a clear way" This merit is fully done, and the attitude is even more respectful to the extreme, he still has more than a year to serve, if there is no big backer, it will take a lot of practice and a lot of contacts to continue to stay in office, and now the pie in the world is undoubtedly an irresistible temptation for him.

Sun Fu is naturally quite satisfied with Chen Baotong's attitude, this Chen Governor's Mansion, he has listened carefully, the background is not deep, relying on some of his own connections in the capital to achieve this position, he also learned about the political achievements of Leizhou Mansion through the relationship of the Guò Hunan military department, and it can be seen that this one of the few prefects in Guangdong Province who was born as a genuine Jinshi can also be regarded as a capable official, and in the face of the scarce civil official system in the Nanyang system, this is an object worth wooing.

So after obtaining Qin Kai's consent, he personally came to Leizhou Mansion to meet this Chen Governor's Mansion, this meeting, after a few words of trial between the two sides, it is obviously a matter of your affection and my willingness, then the remaining thing is to talk about the conditions, for Qin Kai, if Chen Baotong is willing to take the initiative to take refuge, it is the best result.

However, in the same way, if Chen Baotong does not have enough loyalty, even if he is temporarily accepted by the Nanyang system, then he will be placed on the periphery of the Nanyang system for a long time in the future, Qin Kai can consider giving him money and official compensation, and let him transfer to other places in the future, of course, for the control of Leizhou, that is an imperative measure for Qin Kai.

He needs a piece of his own experimental field too much, although Mawei Shipyard is a fertile soil, but there are too many uncertain factors, Lao Ding's body is the biggest problem, at this point, Qin Kai is not sure, now only let Dr. David and Luo Shou always care about Lao Ding's health, at present, it seems that Lao Ding's physical condition is far better than the situation in history, and his butterfly is the first to affect this.

Sun Fu revealed a little bit of tone, Chen Baotong had already understood the thoughts of this Qin governor, it was obvious that in Guangzhou, this Qin governor did not intend to have a conflict with Liu Kun, the governor of Liangguang, and recently he learned that the relationship between the two sides could even be said to be very good, so this governor stretched out his hand to Leizhou, the only place he could get...... Maybe Lianzhou is also among them,

Now there are two feasible choices in front of Chen Baotong, of course, rejecting the olive branch thrown by the governor this time, that is definitely something that only brainless humans do, as a veteran of officialdom, this is absolutely not to be considered, and there are obviously two ways to accept the olive branch of this Lord Qin.

The first is to adopt a cooperative attitude, and fully cooperate with the governance of this feudal official of the Qing Dynasty in all aspects, but he is deeply skeptical about what kind of governance ability this Qin governor can have, this Qing officialdom is a big mud, and he can only be mixed in it, and he can only protect himself by wrapping himself in black mud.

The second choice is naturally to take refuge without reservation, but I don't know if this Governor Qin will be sincere to himself, these years of officialdom experience, he has already seen and understood, there are those justices and righteousness in this officialdom, and the name of Qiē is used to cover up the officialdom's black hands and filthy excuses, obviously, this requires absolute risk, but ...... If he succeeds in becoming the core of this emerging group, he will find a big backer

Now there is no chance for him to think about this, Sun Fu is not in a hurry at all with the teacup, he has already given Chen Baotong a chance, whether he can seize it or not, it depends on him, now there are no more than ten people in the entire Qing Dynasty who can understand the strength of the Nanyang system, and they are all in a life and death relationship with the Nanyang system, but everyone is full of confidence......

Chen Baotong was also in the tense ideological struggle at this time, the opportunity came so suddenly, he was completely unprepared, and subconsciously he also thought that this was a huge opportunity, but the prudent principle of being an official made him cautiously peep and think on the periphery of this circle, but this step has never been taken.

Chen Baotong thought about it for a long time before he said: "Lord Sun, the love of the Governor of Qin, the lower officials keep it in mind, so I ask the Lord to tell the Governor that if the Lord has something to do in Leizhou, the lower officials should deal with it according to the orders of the Lord."

Naturally, there is no need to say too thoroughly in this official face, Sun Fu smiled and nodded, the newly built Qin Kai city in the Nanyang system was named Zhanjiang, this Chen Baotong must know some news, and now he is making a statement, the things over there are completely let go, and he will definitely cooperate here, but there are words in this word, he thought about it, and he also thought of something......

"Governor Chen, if you have time, you might as well come to the governor's yamen for a while, the governor has already heard of Lord Chen's literary name."

"When?" This was obviously a topic that Chen Bao had been talking about for a long time, and he blurted out a question.

"Anytime"

"When Lord Sun returned to Guangzhou, Xia Guan was willing to accompany him all the way."

"Then there is the prefect of Lao Chen" Sun Fu smiled slightly, it seems that the result of this trip cannot be concluded too early, he has already sorted out the front station, and the rest of the matter will be handed over to Qin Liefeng to deal with......

A day later, Chen Baotong's follower Sun Fu briefly visited the Zhanjiang Industrial Zone and urban area under intense construction, here, he felt the shock of industrial ** for the first time, in a stamping plant that has just completed construction and is in trial production, the huge steam engine equipment is spewing black smoke, driving the huge machine, and the hard steel is rapidly formed under the unparalleled impact and becomes a variety of parts.

Two days later, Chen Baotong had already arrived in Guangzhou, and he did not go directly to see Qin Kai, but first secretly made an appointment with a familiar governor of the Yamen, Master Liu, and learned about the situation by knocking on the side

And when he entered the governor's yamen, some factors that were completely different from the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty immediately attracted him, and it was not the officials who were guarding the gate of the governor's yamen, but indeed a group of soldiers who were neatly dressed and could not be more neat, and he saw at least dozens of people coming in and out, and none of them paid the usual money for entering the door.

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