It was a deep night's sleep, and it wasn't until dawn that Emily was woken up by the sounds of noise and talking. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info head was still slightly painful, and she looked around the small room, very confused. Obviously, this room should be occupied by a girl, and the furnishings and furnishings will speak. There are one or two toys, and a few villain books, and it looks like the girl is still very young.

Sleepy-eyed as she walked out of the room, Emily ran into her maid, Arlene, in the hall. Ah Lian was busy carrying things inside with the purchasers sent by Chen Wenqiang, including boxes of wine and drinks, bags of snacks, and other things to be used for the Spring Festival party.

"Hey." Emily said hello lazily and asked in a daze, "Excuse me, where is this?" ”

Ah Lian looked at this foreign woman with wrinkled clothes and messy hair and was very stunned, stunned for a moment, lowered her head and replied pleasantly: "This is Mr. Chen's mansion, he explained when he left, if you are sober, you can call the carriage." If it were now, the carriage would be outside. ”

Mr. Chen? Oh, remembered. Emily smiled a little silly, which was the impression that Arlene had made. Gringos, with yellow hair and blue eyes, and gringos are easy to age, I don't know how they met Mr., and they are as drunk as a dead man.

"This is Mr. Chen's home-" Emily looked around, the furnishings and furnishings were very close to Chen Wenqiang's habits in his previous life, but in the eyes of people at the time, it was too Westernized, "Which lady's boudoir is the room I sleep in?" This upstairs is Mr. Chen's room, right? ”

"It's Miss Lili's room, Mr. Chen's adopted daughter. Upstairs is Mr. and, and Mrs. 's room. Ah Lian replied truthfully.

"Righteous daughter? Wife? Emily was a little puzzled, "Is he married?" There's no such material in the newspapers, right? ”

"My husband is not married, and my wife is ...... But that's what we all call it. Ah Lian felt that some explanations were a little unclear. The mouth also snorted.

"Oh, that's cohabitation." Emily nodded, feeling that she understood, and asked instead, "What about Mr. Chen, doesn't he live at home?" What about the lady and Lily? ”

"When the gentleman is busy, he rarely comes back. Mrs. and Miss went to Yazhou, far away. I don't come back for the New Year. Ah Lian was a little gloomy, "I heard that I will rarely come back in the future." ”

"Yazhou, well, it's a beautiful place, I've seen the introduction in the newspaper, and there are photos." Emily waved her arms excitedly, and wanted to make a long speech, but Alene was busy running to the door to carry things.

Shrugging her shoulders, Emily walked around the room without relieving her life. I also went upstairs, cleaned up in the bathroom, and tidied up my hair and clothes in front of Caifeng's dresser before I came down.

"The gentleman said that it would be enough to clean up, and the tables and sofas should be put aside, and the food and drink should be put on the table, and the place in the middle should be vacated, and there would be about twelve or thirteen people. The New Year is a lively ......" Ah Huo gestured while explaining to Ah Lian. In fact, he also listened to a half-understanding.

"Is it the living room, or is it the same in the other rooms?" Ah Lian asked puzzledly, "Are more than a dozen people going to stay overnight?" So where to sleep? ”

Ah Huo blinked, not knowing how to answer.

"Are you going to have a party?" Emily listened with great interest, walked over and asked with a smile: "On the day of the New Year, is that the most solemn festival for the Chinese?" ”

"Lying on your legs?" Ah Huo didn't know what the origin of this foreign woman in Chen Wenqiang's house was, and her casual appearance didn't seem simple. Hurriedly said: "Mr. said it was a party, everyone ate and drank together, and had a lively time." ”

"I'm talking about parties." Emily looked around, shook her head, and said, "You don't buy all these things, dress, wine, drinks, food, fun little things, music, ......."

"Sir didn't go into too much detail." Ah Huo was a little dumbfounded. Rubbing his hands a little confused, "Then I'll go to Mr. and ask for clarification?" ”

"Don't bother Mr. Chen, I'll teach you." Emily rolled her eyes and said, "Let's go, the carriage is outside, right?" Let's go buy things, and the Chinese New Year is two days away. ”

"Well, then!" Huo hesitated, opened the door, and asked Emily to go first.

"That-" Emily looked at Arlene, "what's your name?" Could you please bring my coat, please? ”

Ah Lian hurriedly fetched Emily's coat, Emily smiled and thanked her, walked to the door and turned back and said, "Please cook for two people in the evening, or three people." ”

Two people? Or three people? Ah Lian didn't know why, but as a subordinate, she still nodded habitually.

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Chen Wenqiang, who was immersed in the experiment, had not been so attentive and devoted to it for a long time, and he had no idea that Emily was dominating his home.

Accelerating the polymerization of vinyl chloride is undoubtedly the first step towards industrialization, and plasticizing additives is a more critical step in making polyvinyl chloride a more flexible and easily processed material, so that it can be widely used commercially. The variety of additives cannot be all experimented, and Chen Wenqiang can only outline and find several commonly used additives first. As for the rest, he also gave specific requirements, and left the task of searching to the laboratory staff to complete.

"Polyester plasticizers need to have a large molecular weight, so they have good compatibility with vinyl chloride." Chen Wenqiang can not teach others with empiricism, but can only analyze from theory, with the guidance of theory, there is also the right direction, the staff can give full play to their subjective initiative, carry out their own research and innovation, "You see, phthalates are very suitable, but certainly not the only one." With the development of the plastics industry, additives will also be valued and studied by more people, and it is not surprising that they have become an important chemical industry. Now, you are one step ahead, and the only way to achieve success is to find and make a breakthrough through a thousand experiments. ”

"One step ahead, do you mean that the current research and results are already in the leading position in the world?" Kim Wanjin asked uncertainly.

"So to speak." Chen Wenqiang nodded very confidently and said with a smile: "As far as I know, there are only Germany, Russia and the United States for the research on vinyl chloride, but their research on additives may not have started yet. So, every achievement that you have achieved. It is highly likely that they will be the first in the world. ”

It's certainly an exhilarating inspire, and the fame alone is heart-wrenching. Everyone exchanged glances with smiles on their faces.

"Gone down in history, yes." Chen Wenqiang continued: "In the future, it is very likely that your name will be written in the chemistry textbook of the school. So. Keep up the good work, success always belongs to hardworking people. ”

"Of course-" Chen Wenqiang changed his words, glanced around with a smile, and said: "This diligence, let's wait until after the Chinese New Year!" The combination of work and rest, and a proper relaxation, also helps physical and mental health, and helps the mind to be flexible. I won't send out invitations, and you all know the time. Then go on time, let's have a lively New Year. ”

"Mr. wants to give a red envelope!" Jin Wanzhen raised her eyebrows and teased with a smile: "I finally have a chance, don't be stingy!" ”

"To whom? You, or Zhuo Ran? Chen Wenqiang teased in turn: "Hehe, everyone has it, if you don't come, you can save me money." ”

"Eat and drink for nothing, and there are red envelopes. Who is stupid to not go! Jin Wanzhen blushed, and then made a ruthless look. He pouted, "Everyone said, didn't you?" ”

The sound of harmony, mixed with cheerful laughter, made Chen Wenqiang feel so happy that he forgot that he had been in the laboratory for one night and another half a day. Everyone else had rested in shifts, but he only took a nap in the lounge next to him.

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The street lights are on. In the square glass cover, the light looks lonely in the cold wind. The footprints lay weary in the snow, not wanting to move, until new footprints came to weigh on them, and they let out a low sigh. It was crushed into strange shapes.

Chen Wenqiang walked slowly, thinking about the words he had spoken with Yuan Shikai's messenger who had been waiting for a long time in the experimental building, and pondering the information in it.

"Brother Liang Shiyi ......" Chen Wenqiang didn't know much about the Yuan cronies who were older than him but claimed to be his brother, but he learned during the conversation that Liang Shiyi had served as the general office of the Beiyang Book Company, the Jinghan of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and the promotion of the Shanghai-Nanjing Fifth Railway.

"Governor Yuan was delayed because of urgent matters, so his brother repeatedly apologized to Mr. Chen, in addition to a handwritten letter, he also invited Mr. Chen to visit Tianjin in his spare time, and Lord Yuan would sweep the couch to greet him and treat him as a distinguished guest."

"Chen is really flattered." Chen Wenqiang arched his hand to the north and said, "Lord Yuan is in a high position and has a busy schedule, so he is very understanding. It's just that I don't know why Lord Yuan wants to meet with Chen? Brother Liang is a close confidant of Lord Yuan, so he should know all the details! ”

Liang Shiyi, in the fifteenth year of Guangxu, in the twentieth year of Guangxu, in the middle of the Jiawu Branch, in the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu, he participated in a special economic examination after the Wuxu Reform. There were 370 candidates who signed up for the exam, but due to the fierce competition, in order to eliminate the competitors on the road of life, the candidates reported other candidates as Kang Dang, and as a result, among the 370 candidates, 180 went to prison, and 190 remained, and finally entered the examination room safe and sound.

The results of the exam were announced, and the first place was Liang Shiyi, and the second place was Yang Du. The students who fell off the list were furious, and carefully studied the name of the first place Liang Shiyi, tsk, Liang Qichao, the general in the Kang Party, is surnamed Liang, and this Liang Shiyi is also surnamed Liang, can this be explained by chance? Let's take a look at Liang Shiyi's name, Shiyi, oh my God, it turns out that Kang Youwei's word is Kang Zuyi, and here another word has been encountered, which is even more obvious.

The Minister of Military Aircraft, Qu Hongji, had a grudge with the chief examiner Zhang Zhidong, and took the opportunity to slander the Empress Dowager of the West, saying that the name Liang Shiyi was "Liang Tou Kangwei" (Liang Qichao's "Liang" character, Kang Youwei's "Yi" character Zuyi). Kang and Liang were the most hated people in the life of the Empress Dowager of the West. When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately became angry and asked for a thorough investigation of the candidate's origin, but unfortunately found out that Shen Xin, who was on the list, was Kang Youwei's protégé.

When this news came out, people inside and outside the capital were panicked, and rumors spread that the Kang family had mixed into the special economic department in a big way, intending to help Emperor Guangxu seize power. The Empress Dowager Xi believed in the rumors, and would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let go of one, Liang Shiyi because of his name, Yang Duyin and Tan Si are fellow villagers, plus various absurd reasons, a group of scholars were shot by mistake, followed by bad luck, fame does not count, and many people are forced to flee.

Fortunately, Liang Shiyi was appreciated by Yuan Shikai and was hired as the general office of the Beiyang Editorial Bureau. He is also very capable, and has a good understanding of the economy and foreign affairs, and was awarded the five-grade Jingtang alternate, and successively served as the superintendent of the five railways of Jinghan and Shanghai-Nanjing.

Speaking of Liang Shiyi's position in the Yuan family's forces, he should be regarded as a master of financial management and the Yuan family's money bag. To meet and discuss with Chen Wenqiang in such an capacity, it is naturally inseparable from the topic of economy.

At that time, China's old-fashioned bill-numbered money banks were gradually declining, and foreign banks took advantage of the situation to take advantage of the situation, through loans to the Qing government, through import and export trade, controlled China's tariff revenues, monopolized international exchange, and became the masters of China's financial industry. Although Chinese businessmen have also started to run their own banks, they are weak. The Qing government established the Hubu Bank in 1905, but it was unable to compete with foreign banks.

As a result, the rapid development and expansion of the Sino-overseas Joint Venture Bank has attracted the attention of all parties. Because of the flexibility of exchange and exchange rates compared with Daqing Bank, the generous interest rate of foreign banks, and the support of domestic business groups and overseas Chinese in Nanyang, the scale of the bank's assets has increased by three or four times from its inception to the present, and it has established monetary credit in several southern provinces. At the same time, Zhongqiao Bank also intends to enter into a big alliance with Yishanyuan, the largest ticket number in Jiangnan, and Hyuga Bank of Nanyang Zhang Brothers, so that the funds will be more abundant and the business will be promoted to all parts of Southeast Asia.

The bright prospects of Zhongqiao Bank are not only seen by HSBC in the United Kingdom and Ferry Bank in France and carried out countermeasures such as adjusting interest rates, but even Yuan Shikai and others are aware of it, believing that if this momentum continues, it will be difficult for Zhongqiao Bank to take charge of China's financial industry.

However, Liang Shiyi's visit to Chen Wenqiang on behalf of Yuan Shikai was not just about the establishment of the Bank of Communications.

Chen Wenqiang borrowed the power of Cen Chunxuan to take away Han Yeping suddenly, which can be said to have thwarted Yuan Shikai's attempt to hollow out the last industry controlled by Sheng Xuanhuai. Moreover, after Chen Wenqiang took over, he quickly reversed the biggest problem of Hanyang Iron Works, and turning losses into profits was a foregone conclusion, and Yuan Shikai had no intention of taking the opportunity to make a fuss.

And Zhang Zhidong's recent repeated recommendations also made Yuan Shikai think that Chen Wenqiang's foundation in Huguang has been stabilized, and he will begin to show his strength as in Yazhou.

As for the no-show, it is not that Yuan Shikai intended to deceive. But at first, he did go on a business trip to Shanghai with public funds to avoid the flying knives and arrows of Qu and Cen, but later it was really difficult to make the trip.

………….. (To be continued.) )